Ma Yin was overjoyed to receive his reward, and personally took Ma Cun out of the city to greet Ma Bin. When Xuanzhou City was defeated, Ma Bin was captured alive by Yang Xingmi's men in order to cover Xinglan and his nephew's escape. Ma Yin has always missed this younger brother, and has tried many methods to

Inquiries yielded no results. The three brothers Ma Yin, Ma Bin and Ma Cun met, hugged each other and cried. The scene was touching.

The three brothers of the Ma family had been separated from each other since Ma Cun escorted Wen Xiang southward from Xuzhou City. They did not expect that in the troubled times, the three brothers would be able to save their lives fourteen years later. After going through many ups and downs, they were finally reunited in Tanzhou.

Ma Yin brought Ma Bin and his family back home and met Wenxiang, Danv, Furong Mudan and other concubines. Under Wenxiang's persuasion, Ma Yin just took Xinglan's two beautiful maids Shijian and Rujian as concubines.

, Furong Peony was already pregnant at this time. Three years ago, Ma Cun got married and gave birth to a son under the auspices of Ma Yin. The three families of Ma Yin brothers reunited happily. Ma Yin held a grand banquet to celebrate the reunion of the brothers, which was lively for several days.

Ma Yin asked Ma Bin what happened after leaving, and Ma Bin told his elder brother one by one. Ma Yin also told Ma Bin what happened after he was in Xuanzhou. Ma Bin was deeply saddened when he heard that Xinglan had been killed. Ma Bin and

Xinglan has been getting along for a long time, and naturally they have quite a lot of affection for each other. In order to save Xinglan from danger, Ma Bincai took the initiative to stay behind, but was captured by Yang Xingmi's generals.

When Ma Yin saw that his second brother had returned to his side, he had one more relative whom he could trust the most. In the future, he would be able to do things more easily. Naturally, Ma Yin wanted to reuse Ma Bin, and immediately sent an envoy to the court to request the appointment of Ma Bin.

He served as the deputy envoy of the Wu'an Army. In order to prevent outsiders from saying that he was nepotistic, he also asked the imperial court to formally issue an edict to appoint Li Qiong as the military envoy of the Jingjiang Army. Of course, Ma Yin sent an envoy to Chang'an for another purpose, which was to inquire about the affairs of the imperial court and

Recent developments in various vassal towns.

At this time, the power of the court was in the hands of Prime Minister Cui Yin. Cui Yin was a native of Wucheng, Qinghe, with the courtesy name Changya. The right servant was the grandson of Cui Cong and the son of Cui Shenyou, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. In the second year of Qianning, he passed the Jinshi level.

Wang Chongrong was the governor of Hezhong at that time and asked him to work for him. Later, Cui Yin entered the imperial court as an official and was continuously promoted. During the Dashun period of Tang Dynasty, Cui Yin successively served as the Minister of War and the Ministry of Personnel, and soon he was appointed as Pingzhangshi. This is Cui Yin.

Yin paid homage to the prime minister for the first time.

At this time, the Tang royal family was declining, power was falling apart, and the eunuchs and courtiers were fighting for power. They established cliques, formed vassals and towns, and bullied each other in the court. Cui Yin was cunning, scheming, and good at flattery.

Although he looked mature and dignified on the outside, he was actually sinister in his heart. When Li Maozhen, the governor of Fengxiang, and Wang Xingyu, the governor of Xingning, rebelled, their troops were strong and Prime Minister Du Rangneng and Wei Zhaodu were brutally killed. Prime Minister Cui Zhaowei and Wang Xingyu joined forces.

Therefore, to keep his power and position, he treated Cui Yin with the courtesy of a clan member and repeatedly recommended him. As a result, Cui Yin had a prosperous official career.

After Li Maozhen marched into Chang'an, he took Zhaozong hostage to Huazhou. Zhaozong Zhaoxue Du Rangneng, Wei Zhaodu punished Cui Zhaowei, removed Cui Yin from his position, and appointed him as the envoy of the Lingnan East Road. At this time, Zhu Wen dominated Guandong.

, was powerful, so Cui Yin secretly wrote a letter to Zhu Wen asking for help. Zhu Wen wrote to Zhaozong, stating Cui Yin's merits, defending Cui Yin, and blackmailing Zhaozong, saying that Cui Yin could not be allowed to leave the position of prime minister. Zhaozong was helpless.

I had no choice but to withdraw the previous edict.

At this time, Cui Yin had arrived in Hunan and was immediately recalled to serve as Pingzhang. Cui Yin became prime minister for the second time. Cui Yin gained Zhu Wen's support and exercised authority. He hated Xu Yanruo, Wang Bo and others for exposing Cui Zhaowei's past affairs, which caused

He was also implicated, so he tried his best to exclude them, and soon pushed Xu Yanruo out of the court. Then, he falsely accused Wang Bo of having the intention to endanger the country, and asked Zhu Wen to impeach him. In the middle of Tang Guanghua's year, Wang Bo was demoted to Xizhou Sima and sentenced to death.

Lantianyi. Cui Yin soon served as the three envoys of Duzhi, Yantie, and Hubu. From then on, the power of the court was vested in Cui Yin alone, and his power was extremely powerful.

Cui Yin always hated the tyranny of eunuchs and always had the ambition to eradicate eunuchs. Tang Zhaozong was also dissatisfied with eunuchs. Cui Yin relied on Zhu Wen as foreign aid and repeatedly conspired with Zhaozong to remove the eunuchs. The privy envoys Song Daobi and Jing Wuxiu had exclusive power.

Self-robbery also linked to the two towns of Qihua to resist Cui Yin. Wang Bo calmly entered the memorial and said: "A ruler should understand the general principles and should not be partial. Eunuchs have been in power for decades. Who doesn't know the harm? But it is difficult to eliminate the situation suddenly.

, and wait until the external difficulties subside before punishing the internal beetles."

Zhaozong conveyed this to Cui Yin, and Cui Yin attacked Wang Bo for clinging to the eunuch and making it impossible for him to become prime minister again. Zhaozong suspected that Cui Yin was seeking revenge for his own sake, so he dismissed Cui Yin and made Lu Xun his prime minister. How could Cui Yin be willing to rest?

So he asked Zhu Wen to come forward and forced Zhaozong to demote Wang Bo, Song Daobi, Jing Wuxiu and others. Zhaozong was so powerful that he demoted Wang Bo to Yazhou Sihu, Song Daobi to Huanzhou, Jing Wuxiu and others.

He was demoted to Aizhou and appointed Cui Yin as prime minister. This was Cui Yin's third time as prime minister.

Cui Yin asked Zhaozong to issue an edict to order Wang Bo, Song Daobi, Jing Wuxiu and others to commit suicide. So Cui Yin took charge of the government again, which shocked the country and abroad. The eunuchs looked at each other with suspicion, were very afraid of him, and were filled with resentment. At that time, the lieutenant

One was the eunuch Liu Jishu, who commanded the left army and murdered kings together with Han Jian. When Song Daobi, Jing Wuxiu and others were demoted to death, they could not help but think of the rabbit's death and the fox's sorrow.

So Liu Jishu conspired with Wang Zhongxian, the lieutenant of the right army, Wang Yanfan, Xue Qixuan and others who succeeded him, and said: "The Lord is frivolous and deceitful, and he cannot bear it."

Serve. I am afraid that we will be in trouble eventually. If we enthrone the crown prince, and lead troops from Qizhou and Huazhou to help, and control the vassals, we can avoid future troubles." Wang Zhongxian and others agreed in unison.

On that day, Zhaozong went hunting in the garden and came back from a night banquet. After being drunk and confused, he stabbed Huangmen with his hands and several maids. In the early morning of the next day, at three o'clock in the morning, Zhaozong was still sleeping soundly in the palace and had not left the house.

Liu Jishu hurriedly came to Zhongshu Province and said to Cui Yin: "There must be changes in the palace. We are ministers and cannot sit back and watch, so we would like to do it cheaply." Cui Yin was speechless for a long time. Liu Jishu led a thousand people from the imperial army, broke into the palace, and visited the palace.

Liu Jishu came out and said to Cui Yin: "What the Lord has done, how can he govern the world anymore? It is better to abolish the ignorant king and establish a bright king. For the sake of the country, it is inevitable." Cui Yin was afraid.

He was so intimidating that he had to agree vaguely.

Liu Jishu immediately summoned all officials and presented them to the military hall, and ordered Cui Yin and others to sign a petition asking the prince to supervise the country. Cui Yin and others were afraid of death, so they had no choice but to sign. Afterwards, Liu Jishu and Wang Zhongxian led the imperial army and shouted to enter Si.

He went to the Zheng Palace and killed many people in the palace. When Zhaozong heard the noise in front of the palace, he was so frightened that he fell under the bed. When he reluctantly got up, he saw Liu Jishu and Wang Zhongxian in front of him. His hair stood on end with fright. Liu Jishu and others ordered him to sit down.

After the decision was made, he showed the signatures of all officials and handed it to Zhaozong.

The palace people quickly reported to Queen He, who came in and said: "Lieutenant, please don't disturb the officials. If you have something to do, please discuss it later." Liu Jishu said: "Your Majesty is tired of Dabao. The ministers have asked the prince to supervise the country. Please move your Majesty to the East Palace!

Zhaozong hesitated and said: "Yesterday I had a drink with Qing Cao, and I didn't realize that I was too drunk. Today I have regretted it." Liu Jishu shouted with angry eyes: "This is not what I did. If the matter goes out of Nansi, it is difficult for the public to be angry. Please, Your Majesty, please

Go to Shaoyang Palace, wait until things have calmed down a bit, and then welcome His Majesty back to the palace, don’t make any mistakes!"

Later, he saw that Liu Jishu had a stern voice and a very frightened face, fearing that he would take the opportunity to harm Zhaozong. He then had to say to Zhaozong: "Your Majesty, please obey the lieutenant for the time being." He then took out the imperial seal from the bed and handed it to Liu Jishu. Liu Jishu shouted at the group.

The eunuch helped Zhaozong and his queen board the chariot, together with more than ten concubines and imperial attendants, and sent them to Shaoyang Palace. Liu Jishu marked the ground with silver laos, counted Zhaozong's faults, and said: "Sometimes you don't obey me, something

You don't obey my words, and you have committed dozens of crimes, so what can you say?" It's like a father lecturing his son. After saying this, he went out, locked it himself, melted iron to imprison it, and sent back the left army deputy envoy Li Shiqian to lead his troops to guard the surrounding area.

In order to prevent Zhaozong from leaking information to outsiders, Liu Jishu ordered that not even a pen or a piece of paper be allowed to be brought in. To prevent accidents, no gold-dusted utensils were allowed to be brought in, and food could only be brought in through small holes in the wall.

It was a severe winter at that time, and the clothes of the officials accompanying him could not keep out the cold. The sound of wailing could be heard outside the courtyard, and the situation was extremely miserable.

Liu Jishu welcomed the prince into the palace, and issued an imperial edict to order Prince Yu to ascend the throne. He changed his name to Zhen, appointed Zhaozong as the Supreme Emperor, and Queen He as the Empress Dowager. He was given a hundred official ranks and was given preferential rewards to the officers and soldiers. In order to consolidate his power, Liu Jishu recruited many people and granted amnesty.

In the world, officials and titles were granted indiscriminately. Palace officials, alchemists and other people who were usually favored by Zhaozong were all beaten to death. Even Zhaozong's younger brother Muwang Li Yi was not spared. Moreover, he often killed people at night and divided them into ten carriages during the day.

When the corpses were transported out, some only loaded one or two corpses into one cart, hoping to show their prestige.

Liu Jishu also wanted to kill Cui Yin, and Cui Yin had a friendship with Zhu Wen. He was afraid of Zhu Wen, so he had to remove Cui Yin's Duzhi, Salt and Iron, and Transport Envoys, leaving the prime minister as before. Liu Jishu also wanted to kill Si Tianjian Hu Xiulin.

Hu Xiulin said sternly: "Lieutenant Youqiu Junfu, do you still want to kill more innocent people?" Liu Jishu did not dare to take action and obeyed the order.

Although Liu Jishu imprisoned Zhaozong, supported the crown prince, hijacked the emperor, and exerted great power, he did not get the support of the vassal town. So many people wrote to the commanders of various regions, asking them to raise troops to serve the king. Jinshi Li Yuke lived in Huazhou and wrote to Han Jian, please

He took the lead in trying to reverse the situation, but Han Jian was a supporter of the eunuchs and did not adopt Li Yu's opinions.

In order to stabilize the political situation, Liu Jishu sent his godson Liu Xidu to Bianliang to find Zhu Wen, who had a large number of soldiers, and explained the reasons for deposing the emperor, and promised to hand over the Tang Dynasty to Zhu Wen. He also sent Li Fengben, the enshrinement officer, to forge the forged Supreme Emperor.

The abdication edict was shown to Zhu Wen in order to gain Zhu Wen's support. In order to save the situation, Prime Minister Cui Yin also wrote a letter to Zhu Wen privately, asking him to send troops to appease the emperor and clear his side.

Instead, Zhu Wen handed Cui Yin's letter to Liu Jishu, saying that Cui Yin was capricious and should be eliminated as soon as possible. After Liu Jishu read the letter, he immediately called Cui Yin for questioning. Cui Yin was so anxious that he deduced that the letter was a forgery, and then

An alliance was made with Liu Jishu to jointly deal with Zhu Wen. Afterwards, Cui Yin wrote to Zhu Wen, asking him to lead troops to attack Liu Jishu.

Zhu Wen was hesitant for a while under the struggle of both sides, not knowing what to do. Zhu Wen then summoned his colleagues to discuss, and someone said: "The important affairs of the imperial court are not the vassal town's responsibility." Everyone was talking about it, and they couldn't agree. Only the deputy envoy

Li Zhen generously said: "When the royal family is in trouble, it is to help the duke to achieve hegemony. Now the duke is responsible for the safety of Huan and Wen of the Tang Dynasty. Liu Ji said that an eunuch dared to imprison and depose the emperor. If he could not attack, how could he give orders?

Princes? Moreover, if the young master is allowed to take the throne, all the power in the world will inevitably belong to the eunuchs. Wouldn’t it be a case of handing over the power to others?"

Zhu Wen realized that he was about to imprison Liu Xidu, so he sent his official Zhang Xuanhui to Beijing to conspire with Cui Yin. Zhu Wen also sent troops to attack Liu Jishu in the name of King Qin. He first sent General Zhang Cunjing to lead an army to attack He

Zhong, plundered Jin and Jiangzhou. Before Zhu Wen led his army into the pass, something happened in Chang'an.

Sun Dezhao, the commander of the Shence Army at that time, was very angry with the eunuchs for arbitrarily abolishing the establishment and insulting the emperor. Cui Yin wanted to instigate him to rebel, so he sent his confidant Shi Jian to play with him and take the opportunity to observe. After Sun Dezhao drank too much, he often cried. Cui Yin

Yin figured out his situation and asked Shi Jian to say to him: "Since Liu Jishu deposed the emperor, everyone in the world has paid attention to this matter. The warriors and loyal ministers are all sad and angry. Today, the rebel Liu Jishu has committed a heinous crime, and many people are forced by Liu Jishu.

Authority cannot accomplish anything. If you can seize the opportunity to kill these two traitors and bring back the emperor, you will become famous and your name will go down in history. If you don't make plans in advance, I'm afraid others will take the lead."

Sun Dezhao wept and thanked him: "Dezhao is just a small school. How can he dare to act on national affairs without authorization? If the Prime Minister has his destiny, how can Dezhao dare to love him to death?" Shi Jian came back and told Cui Yin. Cui Yin cut off his clothes and belt to write a book.

, ordered Shi Jian to transfer to Sun Dezhao. Shi Jian went to see Sun Dezhao again and told Sun Dezhao about Cui Yin's plan, and Sun Dezhao agreed. Sun Dezhao then made friends with the right army generals Dong Yanbi, Zhou Chenghui and others to prepare for an incident on New Year's Eve and ambush outside Anfu Gate.

, hunt and kill fierce people.

The old age has come to an end, and people inside and outside the palace gathered together to stay up late and drink all night long. Only Sun Dezhao and others led the sergeants and lurked separately. In a blink of an eye, the sky dimmed and the sound of roosters announced the dawn. Wang Zhong entered the court on horseback. As soon as he arrived at Anfu Gate, Sun Dezhao suddenly killed him.

He came out, mobilized his soldiers, captured him, and chopped him into two pieces with one sword. Sun Dezhao then carried the head of Wang Zhongxian in his hand, captured the soldiers guarding Shaoyang Palace, knocked on the door and shouted: "The traitor has been executed, your majesty."

Come out to work, soldiers!"

Empress He was crying with Zhaozong when she suddenly heard the cry. She didn't believe it, so she immediately responded: "If the traitor is executed, where will his head be?" Sun Dezhao immediately handed Wang Zhongxian's head through the hole. Empress He took it

After checking it with Zhaozong, it turned out that it was true. Zhaozong then broke through the door and went straight out. Cui Yin had also arrived. He went to the Changle Gate Tower with Zhaozong and led all the officials to congratulate him.

Zhou Chengjie captured Liu Jishu and Wang Yanfan and escorted them downstairs. Cui Yin had already asked Yin and Zheng Yuan of the capital to gather tens of thousands of people waiting with large pillars. Zhaozong had not had time to question Liu Jishu. At this time, thousands of pillars came in and the two were captured by everyone.

They attacked with large trusses and made a mess. Xue Qixie threw himself into a well, and the sergeants found his corpse. So he killed four families and killed more than 20 people who rebelled against the party. The eunuch concealed the left army in the name of the prince and returned it to the country.

Seal. Zhaozong said: "Li Yu was young and weak, and he was set up by a murderer. He is not guilty of any crime, so he can return to the East Palace." Yu was still demoted to King De, and his original name was restored. Zhaozong gave Sun Dezhao the name Li Jizhao, and Zhou Chengjiao the name.

Li Jijie and Dong Yanbi were also given the surname Li. Li Jizhao served as the military envoy of Jinghai, Li Jijie served as the military envoy of Lingnan West Road, and Li Yanbi served as the military envoy of Ningyuan. They both held the title of Tongping Zhangshi and were left in charge of the guards.

When he returned home at the beginning of the day, the rewards poured into the treasury. At that time, he was named the Three Envoys and Prime Ministers.

After Zhaozong was restored to power, Zhu Wen was granted the title of King of Dongping. Li Maozhen heard that Zhaozong had been restored and entered the dynasty from Fengxiang. He was granted the title of King of Qi by imperial edict. Li Maozhen was granted the title without merit, which made him more domineering. When the Yuan Dynasty was restored, there were descendants of Dalai heroes. Zhaozong also When Cui Yin was asked to be promoted to Situ, Cui Yin refused to resign to show his humility. However, he still assisted in the affairs of the court, led the envoys of the three departments, and exercised great power. Zhaozong trusted him more and did not even call him "" when he summoned him. Name, and address by words, favor thousands of people at once, unparalleled.

Cui Yin and Lu Kuang jointly signed the letter and said: "When the country is in trouble, it is caused by the middle-level officials commanding the troops, and the minister Cui Yin is in charge of the left army, and the minister Lu Kuang is in charge of the right army. In this way, the eunuchs have no way to master their duties, and the princes everywhere cannot If you dare to invade the mausoleum, the royal family will naturally become more respected." After hearing this, Li Maozhen thought that Cui Yin and others wanted to destroy the princes, so he strongly opposed it. Zhaozong summoned Li Jizhao, Li Jijie, and Li Yanbi to join the business, and the three of them said in unison : "I have been in the army for many years, but I have never heard that a scholar can be a military commander. Moreover, if the imperial army belongs to the Southern Division, there will be many changes. It would be better if it still belongs to the Northern Division."

So Zhaozong ordered Han Quanhui, the privy envoy, and Zhang Yanhong, the supervisor of the Fengxiang army, to be the left and right lieutenants, and Yuan Yijian and Zhou Jinrong were appointed as the privy envoys. Li Maozhen bid farewell and returned to town. Cui Yin discussed with Li Maozhen and ordered 3,000 troops to be retained as guards. , supervising the eunuchs. Li Maozhen promised to make his adopted son Li Jiyun a general and lead 3,000 people to stay in the capital. He admonished the official Han Xie: "Keeping these troops will be a national disaster." Cui Yin refused to listen.

Cui Yin thought about suppressing the eunuchs and cutting off the internal handles every day. When Yang Fugong was a lieutenant, he asked Du Zhizhi for a loan to support the two armies, but he never repaid him. Cui Yin did not want the eunuchs to have the power, so he ordered Fu The restaurant composed its own music and sent money to Duzhi every month, and the nearby towns also handled the matter as usual. Li Maozhen failed because of this, so he begged to enter the court to discuss the memorial. Han Quanhui even applied for it on his behalf, and Li Maozhen was allowed to enter the court. Li Maozhen arrived in Beijing. , Han Quanhui gave him generous gifts and made friends with him, and agreed to support the party.

Cui Yin began to be wary of fear, and became friendly with Zhu Wen to resist Li Maozhen. Zhaozong relied on Cui Yin as the most important, no matter how big or small, he consulted first and then acted. He called Cui Yin to sit and discuss every day until late. Cui Yin was eliminated. Cui Yin's ambition was to be an eunuch, and he often encouraged him when he wrote to the emperor. The eunuchs looked at him more and more. Ling Huhuan, the scholar in Zhongshushe, and Han Xie, the admonishment official, had been promoted to Hanlin bachelors. When they heard that Cui Yin wanted to kill the eunuchs, they followed him. People around him repeatedly warned him that if he insisted too quickly, he might change, but Cui Yin never realized it.
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