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Chapter 245 Liu Chengyou Kills Three Officials

Empress Dowager Li said, "This matter cannot be easily decided. It should be discussed carefully with the prime minister and others, and then the interests can be settled." Li Ye replied, "When the late emperor was alive, he once said that the major affairs of the court were not discussed with those scholars. These literati were cowardly and incompetent, which could easily delay things." Empress Dowager Li disagreed, so she called Chengyou and told him to act cautiously. Liu Chengyou said angrily: "This is a big matter, not something you women can know! The son has his own opinions." After that, he left.

At this time, strange things happened many times in the Later Han Palace. One day, a strong wind blew up the house and trees, which made the door of Zhengmen in the southwest of the capital fly up, and it took more than ten steps before it landed. Six or seven people were killed, and the water depth of the ground was more than one foot. Liu Chengyou then summoned Zhao Yan, the Sitian Supervisor, to ask about ways to avoid disasters and avoid disasters. Zhao Yan replied: "I am only familiar with astronomical and calendar calculations, sacrifices and prayers, etc., which are not what I know. However, if those who rule the world want to eliminate disasters, the best way is to practice virtue." Zhao Yan returned home, and Liu Chengyou sent an envoy from the palace to ask: "How is it considered practicing virtue?" Zhao Yan replied: "Please read "Zhenguan Zheng Yao" and follow it." Liu Chengyou was extremely unhappy, so he ignored it.

Although Empress Dowager Li did not agree with Liu Chengyou's plan, under Li Ye's instigation, Liu Chengyou made up his mind to let Li Ye act according to the plan. Li Ye wanted to win over more people, so he told Yan Jinqing about this. Yan Jinqing was worried that their plan would not be successful, and instead would cause trouble for him, so he hurried to ask Shi Hongzhao to tell him about this. Unexpectedly, Shi Hongzhao happened to have something else and was inconvenient to meet guests, so he ordered the doorman to refuse Yan Jinqing. Yan Jinqing had no choice but to go home.

The next morning, Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao and Wang Zhang entered the court. As soon as he arrived at Guangzheng Hall, dozens of fully armed warriors rushed out and killed Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao, and Wang Zhang under the east corridor. Nie Wenjin immediately summoned the prime minister. The court officials arranged the court squad in Chongyuan Hall and immediately announced the decree: "Yang Bin and others have planned to rebel, and have been executed, so I will celebrate with you." He also summoned the generals of the army to the Wansui Hall In the courtyard, Liu Chengyou personally announced the matter to them and said, "Yang Bin and others regard me as children. Today I will start to be your monarch. You will be relieved of the tyranny of the powerful ministers from now on." Everyone thanked and retired. Emperor Yin summoned the governors in front of the capital, the governor and others to go to the hall to announce the matter. They sent the envoys to lead the cavalry to arrest the relatives, followers, and all killed.

There were imperial guards guarding the gates of the palace city, and they did not leave. At noon, they let the public go out of the palace. Everyone walked home and realized that Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao, and Wang Zhang had all been killed, and their family property was confiscated. The next day, they heard that the iron cavalry had gone out everywhere and captured Yang, Shi, and Wang's remnants. They also arrested and killed the three servants at their usual times. Everyone was afraid that they would be punished for being in charge of being in charge and were in panic all day long. Only when they were at night did they feel at ease.

Because Shi Hongzhao treated Wang Yin, the commander-in-chief of the infantry commander of the guards, after Shi Hongzhao died, Liu Chengyou believed Li Ye's suggestion and sent the entourage officer Meng Ye to Chanzhou and Yedu with the top secret edict, and ordered the Zhenning Jiedushi Li Hongyi to kill Wang Yin. Because Guo Wei and Shi Hongzhao and others had close contacts and had deep friendship, he secretly ordered Guo Chongwei, the commander-in-chief of the cavalry camp in Yedu camp, and Cao Wei, the commander-in-chief of the infantry commander-in-chief of the infantry commander-in-chief of the infantry commander-in-chief of the army.

Supervisor Wang Jun, the envoy of Xuanhui.

At this time, Gao Xingzhou had already transferred Tianping, Fu Yanqing also transferred Pinglu, and Murong Yanchao transferred Taining, so Liu Chengyou issued an edict, ordering them to enter Beijing and the governor of Yongxing Guo Congyi, the governor of Tongzhou Xue Huairang, the governor of Zhengzhou Wu Qianyu, and the governor of Chenzhou Li Gu to enter the capital and the governor of Chenzhou.

Liu Chengyou ordered Prime Minister Su Fengji to act as the Privy Council, former Pinglu Jiedu governor Liu Zhu acted as the prefect of Kaifeng, Li Hongjian, the commander of the guards, and Yan Jinqing, the commander of the guards, and the commander of the guest province, to serve as the commander of the guards. Although Su Fengji had a rift with Shi Hongzhao, Li Ye and others made a private decision, but he actually did not participate in the proposal. Suddenly, he was shocked when he heard such a shocking change and said to his colleagues privately: "This matter was done too hasty. If the emperor had asked me for my opinion, he would not have been so hasty and anxious!"

Liu Zhu has always been cruel. When he was the governor of Pinglu, he was rampant. The court was preparing to recruit him back to Beijing, but he was afraid that he would resist the order, so he took advantage of the opportunity to use troops against the Southern Tang Dynasty in Yizhou and Mizhou to send Yizhou Governor Guo Qiong to lead the army to station in Qingzhou. Liu Zhu felt uneasy and set up a banquet to summon Guo Qiong. At the same time, he ambushed the soldiers in the office, preparing to kill him. Guo Qiong learned about Liu Zhu's conspiracy and resolutely retreated all his followers and went to the meeting alone without any fear. Liu Zhu did not dare to take action. Guo Qiong took the opportunity to explain the benefits and good fortune, and Liu Zhu was influenced by Guo Qiong. That was equivalent to the fact that as soon as the edict arrived, he immediately went to Beijing and entered the court. The court appointed Guo Qiong as the envoy of Yingzhou.

After he took up the position of Kaifeng Yin, he conspired with Li Ye to carry out a campaign to eliminate the roots. All Guo Wei and Wang Jun's families were arrested and killed, no one of them, no one of them, both young and old, and no one escaped. Li Hongjian was Li Ye's brother, and Li Ye asked him to hunt down Wang Yin's family. However, Li Hongjian refused to commit a crime, but instead sent troops to guard Wang Yin's home and let them live as usual, so that Wang Yin's family could keep their safety.

Wang Yin was still in Chanzhou at this time and did not know the situation in the capital. Suddenly, Li Hongyi entered the tent and handed him the secret edict to him, asking Wang Yin to take a closer look. After reading it, Wang Yin was shocked and asked where he got it. Li Hongyi said: "The court has sent Meng Ye here and told me to harm you according to the secret edict. But I have been with you for many years, how can I bear this evil move?"

Wang Yin hurriedly bowed and said, "The rest of Wang Yin's life is all your gift!" Then he asked if Meng Ye was still there. Li Hongyi said, "I came with him just now, and I should return it to the door now." After that, he went out to summon Meng Ye and met Wang Yin together. Wang Yin asked about major affairs in the court, and after saying a few words, he was already indignant and imprisoned Meng Ye immediately. Then Wang Yin sent Deputy Envoy Chen Guangsui to report to Yedu.

Besides, after Guo Wei came to Yedu, he eliminated bad policies and strictly ordered the border generals to guard the battlefield and not act rashly. If the Liao people invaded, he would adopt the method of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields to fight against the enemy with ease. The border generals naturally followed the orders, so the Liao people did not dare to invade, and Hebei was finally able to stabilize.

On this day, Guo Weizheng and the Xuanhui envoy Wang Jun came back from the city to inspect the border. The two of them were talking about border affairs in the Yanei. Suddenly someone reported to Chen Guangsui, deputy envoy of Chanzhou, to ask for a meeting, and Guo Wei immediately invited him. Chen Guangsui presented Wang Yin's secret letter. After Guo Wei read it, he realized that there were changes in Kyoto. Guo Wei hid the book in his sleeve and took Chen Guangsui into the office.

Guo Wei then summoned Guo Chongwei, Cao Wei and the generals of the three armies

The school gathered together and said to each other: "I and I plundered the thorns and followed the late emperor to obtain the world. The late emperor returned to heaven, and I personally received the last order of the late emperor, worked hard with Yang, Shi and others to manage state affairs, and forgot to eat and sleep, so that the country was fine. Now Yang and Shi have been killed for no reason. Another secret edict has arrived to take the heads of me and the military supervisor. I think the old friends are dead, and I am unwilling to survive alone. You can cut off my heads and repay the emperor according to the requirements of the edict, so that you will not implicate you!"

When Guo Chongwei and others heard this, they couldn't help but lose their lust and replied: "The emperor is young. This must be what the villains around the emperor do, not the emperor's original intention. If these villains succeed, how can the country get peace! We are willing to follow you to Beijing and appeal in person when we enter the court, to eliminate the incompetent rats and eliminate the filth of the court. We must not be killed by an envoy and gain an eternal reputation."

Privy clerk Wei Renpu also spoke: "You are a minister of the country, with a reputation of outstanding merits and reputations, and you have strong soldiers and guard important cities. Once you are framed by villains, disasters will be unexpected, which cannot be resolved in words. This is already like this, so you should not sit and wait."

Hanlin Astronomy Zhao Xiuji also advised him from the side, and he said to Guo Wei: "What are the benefits of sending death in vain? It is better to follow the hearts of everyone and lead troops south. This is a good opportunity for heaven. Since God has given you the opportunity, you will be inadvertent against the will of heaven." So Guo Wei made up his mind. Guo Wei left his adopted son Rong to guard Yedu, and he was preparing to lead the army south personally to ask Song Huizong to understand.

Guo Rong's original surname was Chai, and his father's name was Shouli. He said that Guo Wei's wife's brother's son. Guo Rong was very beautiful and loved by Guo Wei, so he asked Guo Rong to be his godfather. Originally, the court appointed Guo Rong as the governor of Guizhou, but Guo Rong was willing to be his foster father, so he did not go to Guizhou to take office. Therefore, Guo Rong stayed in Yecheng for the time being. Then he was commanded by the commander of Ya'nei and led Guizhou from afar.

Because Guo Wei was left behind, he ordered Guo Chongwei to be the vanguard, and he and Wang Jun led the large army to march south. Soon, Guo Wei arrived in Chanzhou, and Li Hongyi welcomed Guo Wei. When Wang Yin greeted the visit, he cried bitterly and led the army under his command to follow Guo Wei across the Yellow River.

Liu Chengyou sent a slaughter in the palace to secretly monitor Guo Wei. Guo Wei captured this person, put the memorial form in his collar, and asked him to go back and tell Liu Chengyou, saying: "After receiving the edict yesterday, I stretched my neck to die. But Guo Chongwei and others couldn't bear to kill me, saying that this was all the people around His Majesty who were greedy for power and unsatisfied to frame me, so they forced me to march south and apologize under the palace. I begged for death and have no power to control them. Within a few days, I will go to the palace courtyard. If Your Majesty thinks I am guilty, how dare I escape punishment! If there are indeed villains who slander, I hope to arrest them and hand them over to the army for disposal, so that people can't help but please me. Then, how dare I not appease the various tribes and retreat to Yedu!"

At this time, the monarchs and ministers in the court knew that Guo Wei led his army south, so they wanted to send troops to refuse. At this moment, Murong Yanchao and Wu Qianyu were summoned to the court. Liu Chengyou hurriedly discussed the issue of sending troops with them. The original Kaifeng Yin Houyi said: "The families of the soldiers guarding Yedu are all in the capital, and the government troops should not go out easily. It is better to close the city gates to discourage their spirits, let their parents and wives climb the city tower, and call them back. In this way, we can win without fighting."
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