Chapter 131 The Great Court Meeting (Part 2)
Whether it is King Yi Su Yi ascended the throne or King Chu Su Zhe ascended the throne, it is not a good thing for Liu Yu.
A person with military power, even a vanguard general who was like Liu Yu, was also the target of being suppressed when changing the emperor. If he really rebelled, he would use the power of the Imperial Guard. As the right commander of the Imperial Guard, Liu Yu was to blame for the emperor. He had no support for the new emperor, and no matter where he succeeded, it would be a crime but not a merit for him.
Either support and rebel together or make things right. This is the choice placed in front of Liu Yu.
There is no need to choose for Liu Yu. Su Yi ascended the throne, which is equivalent to the crown of Concubine Li. A woman who can play with conspiracy and be tyrannical in the inner court for a long time. Liu Yu feels that his strength is weak and it is difficult to compete with him. Only one way is left before him, and he uses his title of "Right Commander of the Imperial Guard" who is not very responsible for the matter to fight against Concubine Li and his son to the end. If he succeeds, he will be a great achievement.
Now the ministers of the court meeting are still in the future, which means that the rebellion has not yet begun, and Liu Yu has time to prepare but not enough time.
"Let's go, Brother Han, instead of guessing here, it's better to take a trip to the inner court."
Liu Yu and Han Sheng were about to break into the inner court when they saw their father, Dingguo Marquis Liu Zhao, and his brothers came with them. Except for Liu Yu's second brother Liu Ting, who was still in Huaibei Province, the eldest, third and fourth brothers were all there. When they saw Liu Yu, Liu Zhao shouted: "Where is this going?"
Liu Yuben still wanted to pretend that he didn't see it, but now he could only walk forward to pay tribute to his father and brother.
"Wei'er, this is going to the inner court, there are some minor problems in the Imperial Army Office."
When Liu Yu mentioned his errands, Liu Zhao's face looked even worse. After all, this incompetent son is now in front of him while he is at home. The psychological contrast makes him angry.
Liu Zhao glanced at Liu Yu's right arm hanging around his neck, and snorted coldly. He waved his hand and let Liu Yu go.
Liu Yu and Han Sheng walked around several halls and arrived at a gate in the inner court. They saw that the door was strictly guarded. Originally, they were just the duties of a team of guards, but now they were transferred to a guard imperial guard, with a total of fifty people.
"Brother Liu, are you still going to enter?" Han Sheng also wondered.
Liu Yu did not answer and broke straight inside. Without any accident, he was stopped by the Imperial Guards in front of the door.
"The inner court must not be summoned or entered!"
The man who spoke was a square face. He judged that he was the left guard of this team, equivalent to the adjutant of the Imperial Guard of the First Guard, and his position in this guard was second only to the right guard.
"Is this how you talk to your superiors?" Liu Yu was also wearing a military uniform. Although he was removed from his Imperial Guards' errand and did not wear the military uniform of the right commander of the Imperial Guards, he was also the uniform of the vanguard general, and the military personnel could recognize it at a glance.
The left guard glanced at it, clasped his fists and bowed, and threw his face away. He was still not ready to give way. At this time, a person who Liu Yu felt familiar to him came out of it, and he smiled as soon as he came over, "Is this the right commander General Liu Wenyan and Liu?"
The man came over and introduced him, named Lian Husheng. Liu Yu remembered that it was the first time he entered the Imperial Guard that day, and he stopped him at Yuhua Gate and insisted that he go around a big circle to Dongye Gate without letting him take a shortcut right guard.
Since he was an old acquaintance, Liu Yu was not so polite. He put on the airs of his superiors and said arrogantly and rudely: "Even the Right Guard, I will go to the inner court under the imperial order, please give way."
Lian Husheng looked embarrassed and said, "General Liu You should know the rules of our inner court garrison. Only the left commander or above can enter. Now you are recuperating at home. Can you take a look at the imperial order?"
Liu Yu showed a sneer on his face and said, "Come here, I'll show it to you."
Seeing Lian Husheng approaching, Liu Yu acted to put his left hand into his arms. It was well known that Liu Yu's right arm was injured. His actions were equivalent to sacking his hands at the same time. Lian Husheng was careless for a moment. He thought that Liu Yu would not have any "special actions". Who would have thought that as soon as he approached, Liu Yu suddenly grabbed his right hand on the hilt of his knife and pulled out his sword. He was stunned and could not react. Liu Yu took the opportunity to put the knife on his neck.
"Swish!Swish!Swish!"
All the guards behind Sheng were unsheathed.
"Don't move!" Liu Yuleng shouted.
Lian Husheng was a clan of a family. He thought that Liu Wenyan, the "second-generation ancestor" who relied on his "ancestor" to enter the court as an official, was ordinary. On weekdays, there were also discussions among the Imperial Guards, saying that Liu You was just a weak scholar. Unexpectedly, this weak scholar was both civil and military today, and used such iron-fisted means to subdue him.
"Mr. Han, please give me the imperial decree!"
With the hostage in hand, Liu Yu's tone became much more violent.
Han Shengben was standing by and wanted to see how Liu Yu could enter the inner court. Now, when he saw Liu Yu strong, he asked him for "imperial order". He was stunned at first, and immediately realized that there was indeed a copy of it, but it was just an edict to pass the throne. Although it was not right, he had to take it out and hand it over to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu opened the edict with his left hand, exposed one end of the jade seal, and showed it to the tense guards from afar, saying, "Let your dog eyes widen, see, is this the emperor's imperial order?"
That was what the guards had never seen the real imperial edict. Zuo Wei said: "General Liu, even if this is really an imperial edict, you must follow the rules. Besides, how can we see it? I will hand it over first and ask for instructions!"
"Who are you? Are you qualified to enter the inner court?" Liu Yu sneered disdainfully, put the edict in front of Lian Husheng, who was held by him, and said angrily, "Let the right guard carefully see if this imperial edict is forged!"
Liu Yu shook his hand and spread the edict, and the content of the edict was clearly presented.
After all, Wan Husheng was the Right Guard and had submitted an imperial edict. He had seen the red seal and the edict. He first glanced at the red seal, but didn't feel anything. When he saw the content of the edict, his eyes were wide open. Although his body was restrained, he couldn't help but speak, "I would like to ask the sage!"
Even Husheng confirmed that it was the imperial order. Although he was suspected of being coerced, the left guard and the guards had to kneel down to ask the Holy An.
Liu Yu was threatening to break into the inner court, and Lian Husheng hurriedly said, "Master Liu You, don't go in, the guards inside are very strict, and there is no directive from the superior. I'm afraid you..."
"Who is the one who is the one?"
Lian Husheng was not right: "He is now working in the outer court, and everything in the defense of the Imperial Guard is left to Commander Wen You. Without Commander Wen You's instructions, we have no right to enter the inner court."
Liu Yu had only heard of another right commander's literary squad and had no meeting, mainly because he was practicing troops outside for many years and the Imperial Guards also had the habit of training in the field. In addition, Liu Yu was short of his time as the right commander and the acting president, so the two have no intersection so far.
According to Lian Husheng, Liu Yu speculated that the Imperial Army President He Mao must have been sent away or imprisoned, and Concubine Li won over the right commander of the Imperial Army Wen Ban to command the Imperial Army to complete today's usurpation of the throne.
Li Dai was dead, and caught a turtle in a jar. Concubine Li deserves to be a woman who can play conspiracy methods.
"Where is Yang Lie, the commander Yang Zuo?" Among the generals of the Imperial Guard, Liu Yu was familiar with only Yang Lie. With Liu Yu's understanding of Yang Lie's character, he felt that he would not rebel with him.
"Commander Yang Zuo appeared in the Imperial Army Office of Dongyemen." Lian Husheng said in a cold sweat, "Commander Wen You temporarily removed Commander Yang Zuo, Commander Lan Zuo and Commander Zhang Zuo on the grounds that he was unable to do his job."
Even the three left commanders that Husheng mentioned, Liu Yu, had seen during patrols. The only one he had never seen was the one who followed the Wen team out to train troops. Needless to say, he was also the confidant of the Wen team. There were a total of four left commanders who were placed under house arrest. Everyone knew that Sima Zhao's heart was afraid that Yang Lie and others would ruin the throne and usurp the throne.
"I can't do things well?" Liu Yu raised his tone eighth and said the sentence that every Imperial Guard feared the most, "I think you want to rebel! You know that Commander Wen You has something wrong with you, you dare to accomplice the tiger! But I forgot the oath he had when he joined the Imperial Guard!?"
Liu Yu's voice was deafening and hit the psychological defense line of every Imperial Guard.
In fact, with the awareness of these Imperial Guards, they had long felt that the dispatch of the Imperial Guards in the past few days was unreasonable. He Mao disappeared. The Wenban, who was in charge of training, suddenly entered the full-time commander of the palace for no reason, and the emperor did not have any intention. Liu Yu, another right commander who had been acting president, was resigned as soon as he entered Chang'an. Everything was developing towards the dictatorship of the Wenban.
Even if these guards doubted the rebellion, they would not dare to mention it. Now that Liu Yu has pointed out, it is equivalent to breaking a layer of window paper, so that every Imperial Guard can understand his situation.
Liu Yu shouted: "Transfer the Holy Ordinance!"
Even even though he was alive, he knelt down respectfully and listened to Liu Yu read the "Sacred Order" in his hand.
"In accordance with the heavens, the emperor ordered that the vanguard General Liu Yu be restored to his post and the right commander of the Imperial Army shall be temporarily led by the Imperial Army President. Everything above and below the Imperial Army shall obey his orders, and I admire this."
Liu Yu clearly stated that he had falsely spread the imperial edict, and this was all clear that Sheng and Han Sheng knew it very well.
But they also knew the content of this "edict". This was an edict for the throne transmission. Under what circumstances would Liu Yu come out to show off with the edict for the throne transmission? Even Hu Sheng understood the seriousness of today and respectfully kowtowed: "I will obey the edict!"
Liu Yu patted Lian Husheng's shoulder to show his gratitude for his trust. His tone also calmed down a little, "Now, I will lead you to the Imperial Army Office with me and restore the three left commanders to their posts! To listen to the order!"
"Subordinately follow the order!" replied in an orderly manner.
Chapter completed!