Zhaozong did not know that Zhu Wen's memorial was sent to Chang'an together with Zhu Wen's secret order to Zhu Youliang. At this moment, Zhu Wen had led his army to the river and would enter Guanzhong at any time. No one among the officials dared to go to the court.

Only Zhu Youliang was waiting for the emperor's approval at the palace gate. However, when there was no movement in the palace by the afternoon, Zhu Youliang directly sent troops to surround the residences of Cui Yin, Zheng Yuangui and others.

Zhaozong thought, since the Bian army has taken control of Cui Yin's residence, the responsibility for killing Cui Yin does not lie with me. I was forced and helpless! Zhaozong took a long breath and finally signed.

Cui Yin saw that there were suddenly more guards in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the people who had been respectful to him suddenly became fierce. They strictly guarded the door and prohibited people from entering and exiting. He knew that something was coming.

But Cui Yin didn't know where he was wrong. Although he was against Zhu Wen in his heart, he was far from open to the public. He didn't even have any plans or actions in this regard. It was impossible to say that anyone would leak the secret. He was just afraid of becoming the second person.

I am just doing something to maintain the continued existence of the imperial court, and do not intend to touch Zhu Wen's interests. My attitude towards Zhu Wen is also very respectful, what is the flaw? Could it be that Zhu Wen can predict what I am thinking? Or?

Is it Zhu Wen who wants to come to power?

Cui Yin had no way of knowing what was going on outside, hoping it was a misunderstanding. When Cui Yin saw that among the Bianzhou soldiers entering the Prime Minister's Mansion, there were many undercover Bian soldiers posing as recruits. Cui Yin immediately understood that he had lost long ago.

Today was his day to die. He suddenly laughed wildly, then cried loudly, slapped himself repeatedly, and cursed: "Traitor Cui Yin, he led the wolf into the house. Traitor Cui Yin deserves death. Traitor Cui Yin, die well!"

Since the Six Dynasties, hundreds of members of the Cui family of Qinghe, which has been spreading continuously, were killed at the same time. The 80-year-old veteran Zheng Yuangui, the hero of the defeat of Huangchao, also refused to retire because of his retirement. He wanted to repay the country's favor with his bones, but he was also killed at the same time.

The family also became martyrs.

After Zhaozong learned about it, he came to Yanxi Tower in person and was about to summon Zhu Youliang. Zhu Wen had already flown to Beijing and asked Zhaozong to move the capital to Luoyang to avoid being controlled by Pizhou and Qizhou. Zhaozong went downstairs to talk to Pei Shu with Zhang Zhang.

, also got a letter from Zhu Wen, entered the palace proudly, and urged all the officials to go eastward. The next day, he drove out the scholars and people and ordered them all to rush to Luoyang. The poor people in the capital cried all the way, crying and cursing: "

The thief Cui Yin summoned Zhu Wen to overthrow the country and make us homeless." Zhang Tingfan, Zhu Youliang and others were placed under supervision and beaten at will, and blood flowed all over the river.

Although Zhaozong did not want to move the capital, at this moment, Zhu Wen's confidants were all behind him. At this time, Zhaozong had no choice but to force him to drive eastward. Zhaozong had no choice but to leave in the late first month of the fourth year of Tianfu (904).

, took the concubines, kings and others, and left Chang'an. As soon as the car left the capital, Zhang Tingfan had been ordered by Zhu Wen to serve as the imperial camp envoy, supervising the soldiers to demolish the palace, as well as government and private residences. Obtain the materials for the houses and build them into boats.

, floating on the Wei River and flowing down the river.

Chang'an fell into ruins and was no longer qualified to be the capital. However, Luoyang was greatly rebuilt. Zhu Wen recruited tens of thousands of craftsmen from the towns of Lianghe and ordered Zhang Quanyi to repair the palaces of the Eastern Capital. Zhang Quanyi worked day and night to build all the necessary materials.

The material is named Chang'an Duzhong. Zhang Quanyi sent envoys to report to Zhaozong on one hand, and to Zhu Wen on the other.

When Zhaozong went to Huazhou, the people lined the roads and mountains shouting long live. Zhaozong cried sadly: "Don't call me long live anymore! I can no longer be your lord!" When he stayed at Xingde Palace, Zhaozong said to his courtiers: "There was a time in the capital.

There is a slang saying: "The freezing cold kills the sparrows on the top of Hegan Mountain, why don't you fly away and live happily?" I am wandering around now, I don't know where I will end up?" At this point, tears were streaming down my face. I couldn't look up to either side.

In early February, Zhaozong came to Shaanzhou and stopped temporarily because the palace in the Eastern Capital had not yet been built. Zhu Wen came to court from Hezhong. Zhaozong invited Zhu Wen to a banquet and ordered He Hou to meet him. He Hou hid his face.

Weeping, he said: "From now on, we and your wife are committed to you." Zhu Wen left the banquet and stayed in his private residence in Shaanzhou. Emperor Zhaozong ordered Zhu Wen to take charge of the left and right Shence Army and the guards of the six armies. Zhu Wen stayed in his private residence.

They held a banquet with wine and invited Zhaozong to visit him. He first went to Luoyang to supervise the construction of the palace, and Zhaozong naturally agreed.

The next day, Zhaozong held a banquet for all the ministers and held a farewell party for Zhu Wen. After drinking for several rounds, all the ministers resigned, leaving Zhu Wen present. In addition, Han Jian, the Zhongwu Jiedushi envoy, came out of the room and held the jade in his hand.

, persuaded Zhu Wen to drink. But at this time, Mrs. Jin from the harem came to Zhaozong and said a few words.

Zhu Wen became suspicious, and Han Jian secretly stepped on Zhu Wen's right foot. Zhu Wen then excused himself as drunk and left without drinking. The next day, Zhu Wen immediately rushed to Luoyang, the eastern capital. Before leaving, Zhu Wen wrote a letter asking for changes.

Chang'an was the military force for the protection of the country, and Han Jian was the military envoy for the protection of the country. Although Zhaozong was accurate, he had secret intentions in his heart. He wrote secret edicts on silk at night, and sent envoys to Xichuan, Hedong, and Huainan to report in emergencies.

The edict said: "I was forced to move to Luoyang by Zhu Wen, and I was trapped in a claustrophobic environment. The edicts and edicts all came from his hands, and my intention cannot be restored. Your Majesty and others can unite the towns and try to restore them as soon as possible." Soon, Zhu Wen came to the table.

He claimed that the palace in Luoyang had been set up, and asked the driver to set off quickly. However, Wang Chi, the Tianjian, reported that the stars had changed, and it was expected to be this autumn, so it would be unfavorable to travel eastward at this time.

Zhaozong therefore wanted to postpone his trip to Luoyang until the winter, and repeatedly sent palace officials to tell Zhu Wen that the queen had given birth to a new baby and would not be able to go to the palace. Please wait until October before heading east again, and take the medical officer Yan You's diagnosis and prescription as evidence.

Zhu Wen suspected that Zhaozong was lingering and waiting for changes, so he sent his dental officer Kou Yanqing to lead his troops to Shaanzhou. Zhu Wen told him: "Hurry to Shaanzhou quickly and urge the officials."

come over."

When Kou Yanqing arrived at the palace, he pretended to be powerful and forced Zhaozong to set off on the same day. Zhaozong could not resist him, so he had to leave. Zhu Wen personally came to Xin'an to greet him, and secretly ordered the medical officer Xu Zhaoyuan to report Yan Youzhi, Wang Qi and Jin's wife for plotting to kill the marshal, and took them away together.

They were arrested and executed. Since Cui Yin was killed, all the six armies were scattered. The remaining more than 200 children who were imprisoned and worshiped in the inner garden came east with them. Zhu Wen set up food in the tent and lured them to drink.

Hang to death.

Zhu Wen selected more than 200 people of similar size to serve in this battle. Zhaozong didn't notice it at first, and only learned about it a few days later. From then on, all the people around him were Zhu Wen's personal people, and all the emperors and empresses were

Every move is known.

When Zhaozong arrived in the eastern capital, the imperial palace accepted the dynasty and was changed to Yuan Tianyou. Shaanzhou was renamed the Xingtang Prefecture, and Jiang Xuanhui was granted the title. Wang Yin was appointed as the envoy of the North and South Academy of Xuanhui, Zhang Tingfan was appointed as the envoy of the guards, Wei Zhen was appointed as Yin of Henan, and he was also the deputy envoy of the guards of the Sixth Army.

He summoned Zhu Yougong and his uncle Cong to command the left and right Longwu armies and take charge of the guards. He promoted Zhang Quanyi to be the military governor of Tianping, and appointed Zhu Wen as the military governor of the four towns of Protecting the Country, Xuanwu, Xuanyi and Zhongwu. Zhaozong had no sovereignty and was exclusively responsible for the military affairs.

Relying on other people's breath, controlling everything, feeling depressed and bored.

Zhaozong also made Qian Liu the King of Yue and Luo Shaowei the King of Ye, hoping that they would be enthusiastic about the royal family and repay their kindness to King Qin. Li Maozhen, Li Jihui, Li Keyong, Liu Rengong, Wang Jian, Yang Xingmi, etc., but they went back and forth to denounce Zhu Wen, and they all tried to prosper.

Zhu Wen wanted to attack Li Maozhen in the west, but he was afraid that Zhaozong would take the opportunity to make a change. Zhu Wen planned to take advantage of the situation to abolish Li Maozhen in order to usurp him in the future.

Zhu Wen then sent the judge Li Zhen to Luoyang to discuss with Jiang Xuanhui, Zhu Yougong, Shi Shucong and others. These people only knew about Zhu Wen and did not know about Zhaozong, so they simply came up with a trick. One night in autumn, Zhaozong was staying overnight.

Jiao Palace. Jiang Xuanhui led his dental officer Shi Tai and more than a hundred people to knock at the entrance of the palace at night, saying that there was a military emergency and reporting to the emperor. As soon as the palace servant Pei Zhen opened the door, Shi Tai and others rushed in. Pei Zhen said in a panic

"If there is an emergency, why should we lead troops?" Before he could finish his words, Yu's neck had been stabbed and he immediately fell in front of the door.

Jiang Xuanhui was behind and shouted: "Where is the Supreme Being?" Zhaoyi and Li Jianrong came first in their clothes. When they opened the pavilion and looked around, they saw swords flashing in all directions. Knowing that they had bad intentions, they said sadly: "I would rather kill me."

Cao, please don't hurt everyone." Zhaozong was also frightened, ran out of the bedroom with only his bare clothes on his feet. When he encountered Shi Tai coming in with a knife, Zhaozong hurriedly ran around the pillars.

Shi Tai chased after him, but Li Jianrong rushed up a few steps to protect Zhaozong with his body. Shi Tai stabbed Li Jianrong to death. Zhaozong became more and more panicked and covered his head with his hands, trying to escape without any means. But he heard that Li Jianrong was in trouble.

With a sound, he fell unconscious and died. Zhaozong was thirty-eight years old and had reigned for sixteen years.

He then spread out, met Jiang Xuanhui, and quickly begged him. Jiang Xuanhui couldn't bear to do anything, and ordered him to go in. So Jiang Xuanhui and others prepared an edict claiming that Li Jianrong and Pei Zhen had conspired to kill the emperor, and that King Hui Li Zuo should be appointed as his successor.

The crown prince changed his name to Li Zhi and supervised the military and state affairs.

The next day, Jiang Xuanhui and others pretended to be the queen's will and ordered the crown prince Li Tie to ascend the throne in front of the coffin. Li Tie was born after Zhao Zong. He was only thirteen years old, so he didn't know what the big government was. After Zhaozong's death, he was also hurriedly buried in the coffin. Since then

From then on, no one dared to express condolences loudly, it was all done in a hasty manner.

When Zhu Wen heard that Zhaozong had been killed, he pretended to be horrified and said: "These slaves betrayed me and brought me a bad name for all generations." So he went straight to the east capital, entered the Zi Palace to pay homage, fell to the ground and cried. Then he went to see the new emperor and paid tribute.

Zhu Yougong, Shi Shucong and others were unable to control the soldiers and should be demoted and killed. They immediately demoted Zhu Yougong to the position of Yazhou Sihu and Shishu Cong to Baizhou Sihu, and ordered them all to commit suicide. Zhu Yougong was the adopted son of Zhu Wen, and his original name was Li Yanwei. He was dying.

At that time, he shouted to everyone: "Sell me to stop the world from slandering you, but you can deceive people, but you cannot deceive ghosts and gods. Is there any hope of a future for such behavior?"

The new emperor Li Jie accepted the homage in the royal palace, that is, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, and respected Queen He as the empress dowager. Zhang Quanyi, the envoy of Tianping Festival, came to the court and was appointed as Henan Yin Bing and Zhongwu Festival Envoy, and judged the guards of the six armies. He also ordered Zhu Wen to concurrently serve as Tianping Festival Envoy.

Zhu Wen resigned and returned to Daliang. Liu Yin bribed Zhu Wen heavily and gained his protection, and ordered him to hold the Jie Yue.

Suddenly another year passed, and Emperor Ai did not dare to change the Yuan Dynasty, and still said that he was in the second year of Tianyou. Zhu Wen had decided to usurp the Tang Dynasty, and his special envoy Jiang Xuanhui invited Zhaozong's disciples to have a banquet at Jiuquchi. At that time, the kings of virtue, Li Yu, and Di

There were nine people including Wang Li Zhen, Qian Wang Li Su, Yi Wang Li Xu, Sui Wang Li Ye, Jing Wang Li Mi, Qi Wang Li Qi, Ya Wang Li Zhen, Qiong Wang Li Xiang and so on. Zhu Wen entertained the king very well and made all the kings very drunk.

Wen immediately ordered his warriors to enter, strangle them to death one by one, and throw their corpses into the pool.

How could Emperor Ai dare to interfere? He could only be buried in Heling Mausoleum by Zhaozong, which was regarded as the final ceremony of the Son of Man. In Tongping Zhangshi, Liu Canju passed the imperial examination, but only four years later, he suddenly gained the position and blindly sought to please Zhu Wen. Jiang Xuanhui, Zhang Tingfan and other Zhu Wen

Wen's powerful slaves, such as Pei Shu, Cui Yuan, and Dugu San, looked down upon Liu Can, which Liu Can regretted.

Zhang Tingfan was favored by Zhu Wen as a good man and recommended him as Taichang Qing. Pei Shu hesitated and said: "Zhang Tingfan is a meritorious official of the country, so he has a heavy responsibility. Why does he need to be an official? This matter may not be the marshal's will, so it is inconvenient to obey."

Zhu Wen heard this and said to Bin Zuo: "I once said that Pei Shu has pure knowledge and will not join the floating party. Now with this discussion, his true nature has been exposed." Liu Can was about to push Pei Shu and others down, and took the opportunity to add insult to injury.

, added a lot of bad words to Zhu Wen, and also involved Dugu Chang and Cui Yuan, saying that they were in the same party as Pei Shu. Zhu Wen then asked the three ministers to dismiss, and recommended Zhang Wenwei, the minister of rites, and Yang She, the minister of the official affairs department, to the same party.

Peaceful affairs.

In summer, the comet appeared in the northwest, and astronomers said it should be

Among the monarchs and ministers, there was fear of a big disaster of execution. Liu Can made a list of the people he was usually jealous of and presented them to Zhu Wen secretly. He also said: "These are all complaints and slanders. They can be punished. I should do it."

The stars have changed." Zhu Wen was still hesitating, but the judge Li Zhenjin said: "The king wants to achieve great things, and he will not succeed unless he gets rid of these people."

Zhu Wen immediately demoted Dugu Sun to be the governor of Dizhou, Pei Shu to be the governor of Dengzhou, Cui Yuan to be the governor of Laizhou, Lu Kuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, to be the Sihu of Puzhou, Wang Pu, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, to be the Sihu of Zizhou, and the crown prince, Taibao Zhao Chong

He was the Sihu of Caozhou, and Wang Zan, the Minister of War, was the Sihu of Weizhou. In addition, all the ministers who were either senior officials or were admitted to the Taige of the three provinces through academic training. Those who had a little prestige were all demoted, and the court was left empty.

Li Zhen still refused to give up and persuaded Zhu Wen to eradicate the root cause. It turned out that Li Zhen repeatedly tried to become a Jinshi scholar but failed in the end, so he hated the Jin gentry and wanted to kill them all. Zhu Wen therefore sent troops to Baima Post to intercept Pei Shu and the other 30 people.

The remaining people were killed and thrown into the river. Li Zhen was able to vent his hatred and said with a smile to Zhu Wen: "This generation should throw themselves into the turbid current." Zhu Wen also smiled and nodded, thinking it was a happy event.

After Liu Can executed and expelled his colleagues, fearing that the people would not be convinced, he specially summoned Sikong Tu, a former member of the Ministry of Rites, to join the court in order to give him a heavy responsibility. Seeing that the court was in chaos, Sikong Tu had already abandoned his official position and lived in seclusion in Wangguan Valley, so he had no choice but to enter the court.

Pretending to be old, he fell down from the imperial palace, which was a great loss of etiquette. Liu Can also sent an edict, saying that he had robbed the imperial court of great benefits, but he was still released. This was what Sikong Tu wanted, so he left the capital. Later, Zhu Wen usurped the throne.

, and also recruited Sikong Tu to be the Minister of Rites, but Sikong Tu still refused. After Emperor Ai was killed, Sikong Tu died on a hunger strike, and his name was fully restored.

Zhu Wen took over the power and was appointed as the marshal of all the troops and horses, leaving the imperial palace. Zhu Wen has become the undisputed most powerful vassal in the world, but it does not mean that no one dares to oppose him. Wang Jian has already joined forces with Li Maozhen

They got up and prepared to attack Guanzhong. When Li Maozhen was defeated by Zhu Wen, the Xichuan generals advised Wang Jian to take the opportunity to attack Li Maozhen's Fengxiang. Wang Jian hesitated and asked Feng Juan, the judge of Jiedu, for his opinion.

Feng Juan said: "Soldiers are a deadly weapon and ruin the people's wealth. Today, Liang and Jin are fighting against each other. They are not at odds with each other. If they merge into one and raise their troops to Shu, even if Zhuge Wuhou is resurrected, they will not be able to fight against each other. Fengxiang is the power of Shu."

It is better to make peace with him and get married. If nothing happens, he will work on farming and training soldiers, and protect the battlefield. If something happens, he will observe the provocation and take action, so that he will be safe." Wang Jian accepted Feng Juan's suggestion and sent someone to make peace with Li Maozhen. Li Maozhen sent the judge Zhao

Quan went to Xichuan to propose marriage to his nephew Tianxiong Jiedushi Li Jichong. Wang Jian agreed to the marriage and married his daughter Princess Puci to Li Jichong. Wang Jian also gave him all the supplies and soldiers that Li Maozhen often requested. After the two got married,

Naturally, it is not good for Zhu Wen.

Zhu Wen wanted to take a preemptive strike and ordered Zhao Kuangning, the loyal military envoy in the name of the Tang Dynasty, to send a navy upstream from the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River to attack Wang Jian. However, Zhu Wen did not expect that Zhao Kuangning had always been loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

2. No matter where the emperor is, or who is holding the emperor of Tang Dynasty hostage, the Zhao Kuangning brothers will send taxes to the feudal town where the emperor is located.

After Zhaozong was killed, Zhu Wen sent envoys to inform various vassal towns to observe their reactions. Zhao Kuangning shed tears and said to the envoys: "I am deeply influenced by Tang En, and I dare not have other ambitions." He was obviously dissatisfied with Zhu Wen. However, Zhu Wen did not think about it for the time being.

Instead of dealing with him, he wanted to take advantage of him. Zhao Kuangning did not dare to disobey Zhu Wen and launched an attack on Wang Jian. Zhao Kuangning sent his navy up the gorge to attack Wang Jian's Kuizhou, but was defeated by Wang Zongruan, the governor of Yuzhou.
To be continued...