Tiantang

Chapter 477 Yang Guozhong's Desperation!
Chapter 479 Yang Guozhong's Desperation!
Yan Zhenqing, Chen Xilie and other courtiers arrived slowly, and Xiao Shisanlang led hundreds of iron guards to escort Queen Cui Ying and other women to the outside of the Zhonghua Palace.This is the residence of Emperor Zhang Xuan. Li Tan led his army and marched into the Zhonghua Palace with his armor, which was already an out-and-out conspiracy.

What's more, they staged such a farce of restoring the Tang Dynasty on the square outside the Zhonghua Palace, which was almost a child's play.

Cheng Qianli led 56 party members to kneel down to worship the mountain and call Long Live, and then Li Tan canonized hundreds of officials hastily with make-up.

What's even more ridiculous is that he canonized Cheng Qianli as Marquis of Fuguo and Prime Minister of the Left, and Chen Xilie as Prime Minister of the Right. He gave important tasks to all the party members who rebelled against him. Minister of the Ministry of War, Minister of the Ministry of War, Governor of Jingzhao, and General of Gyeonggi, his "favor" is even more important than Emperor Zhang Xuan's treatment of Yan Zhenqing.

Chen Xilie and Yan Zhenqing stood on the periphery, closely guarded by soldiers, watching the farce in front of them in a daze.

The corner of Chen Xilie's mouth twitched, he couldn't help laughing, he patted Yan Zhenqing's shoulder with his hand, and said loudly, "Qingchen, it's unbelievable that you are still a great hero of Li Tan's restoration of the Tang Dynasty, and you are regarded as a minister of humerus! "

Yan Zhenqing smiled wryly, "Lord Zaifu, aren't you the same?"

Chen Xilie laughed loudly, "The clown is extremely disgusting! Qing minister, hurry up and send troops to wipe out this group of rebels!"

Yan Zhenqing nodded silently, but a strange look flashed in her eyes.

Cui Ying and other women have been watching silently, without saying anything.

Both Chen Xilie and Yan Zhenqing walked up to Cui Ying, and bowed down, "Your Majesty, Li Tan has rebelled thousands of miles away, and I will share your Majesty's worries, kill him, and help the country. Please don't worry, Your Majesty!"

Cui Ying sighed softly, "Thank you, my lords. Your majesty is not in the capital, and I have troubled you all. On behalf of the emperor, I thank you for your diligence and loyalty."

As Cui Ying spoke, she cast a glance at Wan Chun, who was standing behind her with a very ugly face, and said softly, "Li Tan rebelled, just punish the culprit, don't get involved too much. I heard that the Tang king, Li Heng, was ascetic and solitary. , did not collude with Li Tan's rebel party, I ask Lord Yan to protect the safety of Tang Wang."

Cui Ying's words were obviously for Wan Chun's sake, and she wanted to keep Li Heng.It is impossible for Li Tang's royal family to be wiped out, otherwise Wan Chun would not be able to deal with himself.Since Li Heng is so smart and doesn't participate in Li Tan's rebellion, then hug him.

Wan Chun was greatly moved, her lips were trembling, and suddenly she fell to the ground with a thud, "Sister, Wan Chun thank you for your generosity!"

Cui Ying was startled, she quickly helped Wan Chun up, and said angrily, "Sister Wan Chun, what are you doing, get up quickly."

Wan Chun sighed quietly, and bowed to Chen Xilie and Yan Zhenqing again, "My lords, I will entrust the lives of my brother and family to you two."

Chen Xilie and Yan Zhenqing were shocked, and quickly dodged, "Your Majesty, don't be like this, I can't bear it! Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best to deal with it fairly! Only punish the culprits, and don't get involved!"

This is an attitude.Counter-insurgency is a turmoil, a kind of cleansing. Without Yan Zhenqing's control, in the chaos, not to mention Li Heng, all the Li and Tang royal families, no matter how far or near, would be killed in this turmoil. .

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Li Tan made such a big move, how could Yan Zhenqing be unprepared.It's just that he got the emperor's secret decree, the emperor didn't let him take down Li Tan, but asked him to find a way to expel Li Tan and others from the capital, and let them go to Fan Yang's Zhang Tong.

Ever since receiving the emperor's secret decree, Yan Zhenqing knew that the emperor played a trick of "yin" this time, in order to completely eradicate all kinds of hidden dangers lurking in the court.He is not afraid of Li Tan and others making trouble, but he is afraid that Li Tan will keep his own place.If Yan Zhenqing wanted to take Li Tan down, Li Tan would have been imprisoned long ago, but the emperor meant to let Li Tan go.

Since the secret decree is so, Yan Zhenqing's leading troops to suppress the rebellion this time is actually mostly a bluff.

He knew in his heart that the emperor seemed to want to take Zhang Tong with him.But Zhang Tong... Yan Zhenqing sighed secretly.

Chen Xilie raised his finger to Li Tan and Cheng Qianli, and reprimanded loudly, "Li Tan, Cheng Qianli, you gathered armored soldiers to enter the palace to rebel, seek to usurp the throne, treason, you deserve death! Now that you are besieged by the army, don't hurry Hurry up and surrender!"

Cheng Qianli ordered his own soldiers to guard Li Tan and the others to retreat slowly towards the palace gate, then sneered and shouted loudly, "Old thief Chen Xilie, you are originally a minister of the Tang Dynasty, and you are the prime minister. You don't want to repay the emperor's favor." , but turned to the thief Zhang Xuan, betraying his master for glory, how despicable!"

"Today, my emperor is merciful. Don't blame the past, don't remember the old evils, and canonize you as Prime Minister. If you, an old man, turn to the light, His Majesty will definitely forgive you the death penalty!"

"You are also average. You were originally a minister of the Tang Dynasty. The buyer sought glory, and you did not rein in the precipice and assist me in the Tang Dynasty!"

Cheng Qianli's voice was cold and high-pitched, echoing in the sky for a long time.

Yan Zhenqing frowned, and shouted, "Cheng Qianli, you old thief, capricious, unkind, you committed a felony, and you instigated Li Tan to usurp the country, the crime is unforgivable! Come, and this official The party takes it!"

Yan Zhenqing's soldiers suddenly agreed and rushed over.

However, the battle was not fierce, and it was a bit of a bluff.Li Tan's army and horses protected Li Tan and others and retreated while fighting. They left the palace gate and fled towards the city gate. After a while, they left the city, gathered their family members outside the city, and fled in the direction of Fan Yang.

Yan Zhenqing stood on the tower of Zhongjing, looked at the direction of the smoke and dust, and smiled coldly.

"Quickly close the gates of the city and stabilize the situation in the city. All the remnants of Li Tan's rebellion will be killed without pardon!"

Although Yan Zhenqing gave such an order, he knew in his heart that there were not many Li Tan rebels in the city, and most of them fled to Fan Yang.

Yan Zhenqing let the water go.

If he was not waterproof, people like Li Tan would not be able to leave the city, let alone escape.Even if he escapes, how can he escape from Zhongjing to Fanyang, where there are many barriers set up by the officers and soldiers?
Yang Guozhong was greatly disappointed by Li Tan's escape.He had expected that Li Tan would cause a riot, and he took advantage of the chaos to force the palace.Unexpectedly, Li Tan's so-called restoration of the Tang Dynasty was a farce, which started hastily and ended hastily, which is extremely ridiculous.

However, in this way, all of Yang Guozhong's plans came to nothing.

Martial law has been imposed in Zhongjing City, Yan Zhenqing is on guard, and all the power in the court is in the hands of Chen Xilie and Yan Zhenqing, and the Yang family basically has no chance to stand up.

Yang Guozhong was very depressed, but there was nothing he could do.

But he was not willing to let it sink down.

"Third brother, what should we do next?" Yang Kai sighed helplessly, "Chen Xilie and Yan Zhenqing have controlled the situation, and we have no chance!"

"Maybe there is no chance." Yang Guozhong's gloomy face suddenly revealed a smile, "Since Chen Xilie and Yan Zhenqing are in power, how about we push out the two old things Zhang Jiuming and Zhang Jiugao?"

Yang Kai was taken aback, "What does the third brother mean?"

"Fourth, think about it, who doesn't want to sit on the throne of the emperor? Especially the members of the royal family. The emperor has always been harsh and ungrateful to the royal family. The old man also feels resentment in his heart when he sees the two royal families, Zhang Jiuming and Zhang Jiugao. Don't say anything In addition, the two dignified uncles are only named county kings, and the heirs of their families are rare to be officials."

"More importantly, the emperor will severely punish Zhang Jiugao's son, Zhang Ji. Zhang Ji's corruption of the son-in-law of the army must be a serious crime. The emperor doesn't show affection at all, so Zhang Jiugao has no idea in his heart?"

Yang Kai was startled, shook his head again and again and said, "Third brother, you can't do this. Bewitching the emperor's uncle... this is tantamount to treason!"

"Third Brother, I think I'll just sit back and enjoy what we get. We can be regarded as heroes of the new dynasty, and the third sister is in the palace. Even if the Yang family can't cover the sky with one hand, they can still keep their power and wealth." Yang Qi After persuading him, he retreated a bit.

Yang Guozhong sneered and said, "Fourth brother, it's a pity that you are in a crisis and you don't know it!"

Yang Guozhong had always had a premonition that when the emperor stabilized the world and the war was over, he would definitely attack him.Even if the emperor is gone now, people like Guo Ziyi will not let him go.

"Fourth, you think, people like Guo Ziyi are getting more and more arrogant. The Chen family, the Guo family, the Yan family and even the family of Pugu Huai'en, they will gradually replace our Yang family. If we sit and wait for death, we will wait for Guo Ziyi to come back to Beijing to support us." Establishing the little prince as emperor... where is our Yang family's foothold?"

"Guo Ziyi's daughter is also the imperial concubine. The Guo family, the Cui family, and Zhang Jiuming's family are all related by marriage. Guo Ziyi is also in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and has a high position and power. If he has the merits of supporting him, what should we do? "

"But……"

"There is no but, the only way is to move forward! To retreat is to wait for death, and to move forward is the only way out!"

Yang Guozhong's face became more and more gloomy, "Fourth, you go to connect with the ministers who are close to our Yang family, and I'll go to Zhang Jiuming's house right now! This old man is greedy and lustful, so I'm going to go with him Put eye drops on!"

"Tomorrow's Great Court Meeting, let's take a drastic drudgery!"

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Yang Guozhong took a cart of jewels, gold and silver and dozens of beautiful singers to Zhang Jiuming's county palace.

No one knew exactly how he talked with Zhang Jiuming, but those who cared noticed that when Yang Guozhong resigned from the mansion, Zhang Jiuming personally sent Yang Guozhong out, and the two were very close.

In fact, Yang Guozhong didn't say much.

It just expounded a basic fact: the emperor passed away, and the prince Zhang Qian was appointed as the emperor, which is as it should be, and he deserves his name.But Zhang Jiuming and Zhang Jiugao, as the uncles of the emperor, the elders of the emperor, stood up to help the overall situation at this critical moment, and no one dared to say anything.

Furthermore, whoever comes forward to support the little prince as emperor will be the one in power, and the result is completely different.When Guo Ziyi returns to Beijing, all the power in the court will fall into Guo Ziyi's hands, and there will be nothing wrong with the two emperor uncles.

More importantly, only when the quasi-supreme emperor who became the superintendent of the country elected his young nephew and grandson as emperor, the interests of their uncles would be protected to the greatest extent.At the very least, the life of Zhang Jiuming's son Zhang Ji can be saved, and the two royal families can go one step further.

(End of this chapter)