Chapter 166 Li Siyuan Enters Luoyang
Li Yanqing, Wang Quanbin, He Fujin and others saw that Li Cunxu was dead, so they could only cry for a while and escaped. In the end, only loyal servants and kind friends were left, and Li Cunxu's beloved musical instruments were brought in, covering Li Cunxu's corpse, igniting the fire, letting them accompany their masters and burn them all in the blazing fire.
However, Li Cunxu would not be lonely. Because in a very short time, many people met him on the road to the underworld. Among them were the Wang Yan clan who was ordered to be executed by him, the rebel general Kang Yanxiao, and many of his relatives, and the main members he favored in his circle of confidants.
In the process of helping Li Cunxu to destroy the country, the queen Liu Yuniang, who worked hard and could stand half of the sky, heard that Li Cunxu was dead, hurriedly tied some of the jewelry he had packed to the saddle and called Li Cunxu's younger brother, King Shen, Li Cunwo. Li Shaorong, who was well-known in the pit, brought 700 cavalrymen to protect him, and together they opened the palace and fled west.
In Luoyang City, Li Cunxu also had three younger brothers, including Tong Wang Li Cunque and Ya King Li Cunji, who also escaped from the palace and hid in the mountains in the southern suburbs of Luoyang to avoid disaster. Li Cunxu's sons, such as Li Jitong, Li Jisong, Li Jichan, Li Jiyeong, and others, were rescued by others, shaved their hair and put on makeup to escape.
Guo Congqian did not find Li Cunyi, and the rebels lost their target, so they had only one way to rob and make money. Zhu Shouyin outside the city heard that Li Cunxu was dead, and was very glad that his intelligence was: the choice of not saving him when he was dead was indeed correct! Next, the first big thing he had to do was to make money for himself in the national crisis.
Zhu Shouyin ordered his troops to return to the city immediately, and then drove into the palace in the chaos, selected dozens of beautiful palace maids, full of gold, silver and jewelry that Liu Yuniang had no time to take away, and took them all back to his private house. His second major event was to express his loyalty to the new master. He urgently sent envoys to welcome Li Siyuan, saying: "The capital has been in chaos, and there are chaos soldiers everywhere burning, killing, looting, and doing evil! Only when you come to preside over the overall situation can you save the country!"
Li Siyuan had passed the Sishui Pass at this time and walked to the Poppy Valley. When he learned that Li Cunxu had been killed, his biggest problem was solved. So he was extremely sad in front of everyone and burst into tears. Li Siyuan cried to the generals indifferently: "The Lord has always been deeply grateful for the morale of the army. He did not want to be deceived by a group of villains, and ended up in such a great disaster! Now that the Lord has passed away, who else can I surrender to?"
Of course, Li Siyuan would not surrender to anyone, but instead entered Beijing to take charge of the overall situation according to what Zhu Shouyin said. On April 3, Li Siyuan entered Luoyang, stopped the looting of the riots, and restored order in the capital. Then, after Zhu Shouyin, Li Shaohong, Dou Luge, Wei Shuo and other civil and military officials repeatedly begged, they announced the regent. Originally, when the Mazhi mutiny was rebelled outside Weizhou City, a military officer named Hou Yi under Li Siyuan fled in the chaos and ran back to Luoyang to sue Li Cunxu.
At this time, the sky changed. Hou Yi tied his hands and went to Li Siyuan with Xifang Ye, who had resisted Li Siyuan in Bianliang to apologize for his crimes. Li Siyuan praised the loyalty of the two of them, and all forgive their sins and restored his post. This incident made everyone feel that Li Siyuan would not be able to counterattack and carry out a major purge, and the people in the capital were slightly calmer.
Soon, the place where Tong Wang Li Cunqu and Ya Wang Li Cunji were hidden was discovered. An Conghui discussed with Huo Yanwei: "Since your highness has been reincarnated, the problems of the princes of the previous dynasty should be resolved as soon as possible to unify the people's hearts. Your Highness has always had a good reputation for being kind. This is rough
We can do it, so don’t make things difficult for him.”
So, Huo Yanwei sent assassins to assassinate the two princes at the farmer's house. After Li Siyuan learned about this, although he was very sad, he also blamed An Conghui and Huo Yanwei for some reason, but he did not punish him. Li Cunxu's other younger brother, Xue Wang Li Cunli, was missing.
Besides, Liu Yuniang and her group were originally planning to escape to Hezhong and defect to Li Cunba, the King of Yong who served as the governor of Hezhong, and waited for Li Jiji's army to conquer Shu to return. But they ran apart halfway and went their separate ways.
When Li Shaorong walked to Pinglu, his entourage ran away. As a result, the exhausted general was caught by the local village soldiers, broke his legs and took him back to Luoyang. The angry Li Siyuan personally interrogated and said angrily: "What place do I have to be sorry for you, why do you want to kill my son?" Li Shaorong knew that he had already messed up, and he could not survive because he was surrendering now, so he stared at him and asked, "Where is the last emperor who is sorry for you!"
Li Shaorong's words sounded righteous and stern, but they were obviously ruling. There were too many people who were sorry for Li Cunxu, otherwise there would not be such an ending. His killing of Li Jijing was in an opposition to the order, not out of loyalty. However, Li Shaorong's words still deceived many people, thinking that he was a loyal minister. Li Siyuan did not talk nonsense to him anymore and ordered him to be executed.
Liu Yuniang and Li Cunwo did not go to Chenghezhong, but changed their route to Taiyuan. The reason they did this was because the building had collapsed and Li Cunba could no longer suppress Zhu Youqian's old subordinates in the river and left the city and fled. Liu Yuniang was on the way to escape, and seized time to enjoy life, and became a gangster with her uncle Li Cunwo.
Liu Yuniang and Li Cunwo were lucky enough to reach Taiyuan and successfully arrived in Taiyuan. Although Taiyuan was the base camp for Li Keyong and his son to make their fortunes, Zhang Xian, the remaining Taiyuan, was one of the very few people loyal to Li Cunxu, and this place could no longer be their place.
Previously, Li Cunxu's arrangement for Hedong was to separate the four powers: Zhang Xian left behind only managed the administrative power, Li Yanchao, inspector of the Beidu, was in charge of military power, and two military eunuchs, Eunuch Lu supervised the army's mobilization, and Eunuch Zheng supervised the receipt and delivery of materials. The relationship between these four people was very unharmonious, especially Li Yanchao and the two military eunuchs, were deeply intimate.
Before Liu Yuniang and the others arrived in Taiyuan, Li Yanchao had already made suggestions to Zhang Xian, saying that the general trend of the world had turned to General Manager Li, and we should not be too backward. Like everyone, we submitted a memorial to support General Manager as the emperor. Zhang Xian sighed and said, "I am just an ordinary scholar. From having no military achievements to being tall and standing, I have been wearing gold and purple. All of this comes from the grace of the former emperor. How can I bear to betray the old master and live a life of silence? If it is irreversible, I will sacrifice my life for the country!"
Soon, King Yong Li Cunba fled to Taiyuan in a panic. When he set out from the river, there were more than a thousand cavalrymen, and they had become barely barred. However, as soon as he entered the city, he was detained by Li Yanchao. Li Cunba shaved his hair, put on a cassock, and asked Li Yanchao to become a monk, and never cared about the world. Li Yanchao originally wanted to hand over Li Cunba to Li Siyuan for disposal. However, his soldiers were excited and could not allow Li Cunxu's younger brother to survive. The troops rushed forward and beheaded Li Cunba! Seeing that the military morale was like this, Li Yanchao simply did not stop and took the opportunity to pull the two eunuchs in the army to be buried with Li Cunba.
Chapter completed!