Chapter 435 Miao Fu Liu Zhengyan Mutiny
The Chief Secretary Zhang Cheng submitted a memorial to impeach Wang and Huang, saying that they had twenty major crimes. The two also jointly submitted a memorial saying that the country was in a difficult situation and that the ministers and others dared not submit a complaint to seek resignation. Because Zhao Gou wanted to find someone to take the blame, he dismissed Huang Qian, Shanzhi Jiangning Mansion, Wang Boyan, Hongzhou, and promoted Zhu Shengfei to the right servant of the Shangshu and the Secretariat of the Secretariat. Wang Yuan also signed a letter to the Privy Council. Wang Yuan had no prestige and was suddenly promoted to a higher vocational position, and many people were unfair.
Wang Yuan was from Xizhou and later moved to Huanzhou. He was fond of wealth and righteousness, good at riding and shooting, and bravely and crafted. Wang Yuan once said: "The officials of the court used titles and sufficient salary to farm. If they were to work as a slasher, why would I love titles and salaries? How could I be a wealthy and great businessman!" He applied for the recruitment to attack Xixia, made many military achievements, and was awarded the third general of the Lanhuang Road of Xihe by the court. The Qiang invaded, and Wang Yuan won the battle with the ruler, and was also the leader of the Linzong village.
In the fifth year of Xuanhe, Liu Yanqing attacked Fang La, taking Wang Yuan as the vanguard. Fang La occupied the geographical advantage of Qiantang area, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Wang Yuan said to Liu Yanqing's junior college Han Shizhong: "The thief came from afar and must look down on me. Tomorrow, he will fight against the war and escape with a pseudo-escape. I will be able to win the ambition with a powerful crossbow hundreds of steps away." Han Shizhong heard his words and pretended to be defeated after a few minutes of fighting with Fang La's army. Fang La rashly pursued him, but ended up being defeated. The Song army then chased him north to Chun'an, and Fang La occupied Bangyuan Cave and was surrounded and annihilated by the Song army.
Wang Yuan was appointed as the clerk of Xuanzanshe of the Gumen for his military merits, and served as the presiding for the baojia and the official duties of the prison. Then, he followed Liu Yanqing to attack the Liao Kingdom. Wang Yuan led thousands of troops to protect the way, was defeated and captured, and then fled back. The court did not blame him, but he still appointed him as the martial arts doctor and the Guozhou Tuanzheng envoy. Then he followed Yang Weizhong, Xinxingzong defeated the thieves Gao Tuoshan, etc., and was promoted to Gongwei Doctor and Ningzhou Observation Envoy for his merits.
In the first year of Jingkang, Wang Yuan was promoted to the chief steward of Zhending Prefecture and was in charge of the commander. At that time, Wu Zhan rebelled in Zhaozhou, and Wang Yuan led his troops to fight against the throne. The Jin people attacked Bianjing, Hedong, and the Northern Xuanfu envoy Fan Ne, commanded the king's troops to station in Yongqiu. Wang Yuan was the vanguard and led his troops to Zhao Gou. The following year, the Jin Kingdom established Zhang Bangchang as emperor, and Zhao Gou ordered Wang Yuan to lead three thousand troops to come in to protect him in Jizhou. Wang Yuan went to Bianjing, persuaded Zhang Bangchang to remove the title of emperor and support Zhao Gou as emperor.
After Zhao Gou ascended the throne, he valued Wang Yuan very much and praised him as a pillar minister. Zhao Gou set up the Imperial Camp Department, appointed Wang Yuan as the commander of the Dragon and the commander of the Shenwei Four Guards, and then changed it to the commander of the Tianwu Four Guards, and was promoted to the commander of the Chengxuan of the Great Army. At that time, a group of thieves rose up, Zhao Gou appointed Wang Yuan as the commander of the commander of the Hangzhou area and pacified the bandits in Hangzhou. Wang Yuan promoted troops to conquer and won a great victory.
In February of the third year of Jianyan, the Jin people attacked Yangzhou. Zhao Gou hurriedly crossed the river and fled. Wang Yuan and the eunuch Kang Lu guarded the lord to Zhenjiang. Liu Guangshi, the governor of the Fengguo Army, did not catch up with the guard. He was afraid that Zhao Gou would blame him, so he cried in front of the lord and falsely accused Wang Yuan of being responsible for the Jiangshang ships and not allowing his troops to cross the river. In a fit of anger, Wang Yuan beheaded Huang Fu Zuo, the inspector of Jiangbeidu, to resolve his own resignation. Since then, Wang Yuan has lost the hearts of all the generals.
However, Wang Yuan was favored by Zhao Gou and colluded with eunuchs and became increasingly promoted. After becoming the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp and the Privy Councilor, Wang Yuan gathered money and plundered the people's wealth. When Zhao Gou fled, he was responsible for cutting off the rear, but he used warships to transport his treasures, causing tens of thousands of Song soldiers and war horses to fall into the enemy camp. At that time, the people whispered that "the treasures on the ship were all plundered by Wang Yuan when he pacified Chen Tong."
During the march, eunuchs such as Kang Lu also acted as a blessing and occupied the house. [Miao Fu, who was with the army, said angrily: "The emperor was so displaced, and those people dared to do this." His subordinate Zhang Kui also angered the army and said: "If Wang Yuan and those eunuchs could be killed, everyone could live a good life. How could the court punish us?" At this time, only Miao Fu's army guarded Zhao Gou, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Yang Yizhong, Liu Guangshi and others in Hangzhou who were guarding other key points.
Wang Yuan should have been severely punished, but because he had made friends with eunuchs, Zhao Gou only waived his position as Privy Council and changed his position as a member of the Privy Council. He did not commit any other severe punishment, which aroused the dissatisfaction of many officers and scholars. Soon, Zhao Gou issued an edict: "Wang Yuan, the new member of the Privy Council, will be exempted from being submitted to the official affairs of this court." That is, when Wang Yuan was allowed to take charge of the affairs of the Privy Council, there was no need to submit a letter to the emperor.
The entourage commander Miao Fu was guilty of his family's contributions. He was dissatisfied with Wang Yuan's rise and said angrily: "You have made the world so difficult, but you dare to do it." Although the governor of Weizhou Liu Zhengyan was promoted by Wang Yuan, he was not satisfied with Wang Yuan's recruitment of his soldiers. Both of them were dissatisfied with Wang Yuan's dominance and the eunuchs, so they spread dissatisfaction in the army. Because most of the army were from North China and they also hated eunuchs, they received responses from many people.
At the same time, Miao Fu has always been self-conceited and compared himself to a famous general. Liu Zhengyan felt that he had made great contributions because of his submission to the Drama Thief, but he received too little rewards. The two of them were resentful. The two of them conspired to kill Wang Yuan first, and then kill Kang Lu and Lan Gui. The junior doctor Wang Shixiu also hated the domineering eunuchs and contacted Miao and Liu. Miao Fu and Wang Shixiu and the "Chic Heart Army" led by Wang Junfu, Zhang Kui and Ma Rouji agreed to tell Wang Yuan that there were thieves in Lin'an County and hoped that Wang Yuan would agree to him to dispatch troops.
At this time, the eunuch Kang Lu's servant received a secret report. There was a document suspected of wanting to rebel. It had a signature eye of "Tian Ai, Jin Ai" on it. "Tian" means "Miao" and "Jin" means "Liu". Kang Lu secretly reported to Zhao Gou, and Zhao Gou asked him to find Prime Minister Zhu Shengfei and asked him to inform Wang Yuan. Kang Lu said that Miao Fu and others had gathered near Tianzhu Temple recently, and now they finally knew their intentions and told Wang Yuan that Liu said that "there are thieves in the suburbs" were to let the soldiers go out on the excuse. So that Wang Yuan ambushed five hundred elite soldiers outside Tianzhu Temple that night, panicked in the city, and the residents were all closed doors and dared not enter and exit.
On the day of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty's death, all officials held incense sacrifices. Afterwards, all officials entered the court and listened to the court's appointment of Liu Guangshi as the chief lieutenant of the procuratorate, and the Xuan system of the commander of the palace. [Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan ordered Wang Shixiu to ambush soldiers under the north bridge of the city and wait for Wang Yuan to retreat. Wang Yuan was unaware of it and went in a daze, and then came out in a daze. As soon as he left the city on a horse, the ambush soldiers rushed out of the bridge, rushed up, dragging Wang Yuan off his horse. Liu Zhengyan drew his sword and unsheathed him and immediately cut him to death. At that moment, Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu joined the city and went straight outside the palace gate.
They took Wang Yuan's head and ordered Xingque to search for eunuchs separately and killed more than a hundred people. Kang Lu heard that something had happened, so he hurriedly reported Zhao Gou. Zhao Gou was so scared that he was trembling, and there was no way. Zhu Shengfei was about to go to the palace to be on duty, but hurried to the upper floor and questioned Miao Fu and others for the crime of killing. Miao Fu said in anti-voice: "I will report to the emperor in person." At this time, Wu Zhan, the commander of the central army at the palace gate, had an affair with the rebels, and guided Miao Fu's subordinates into the city, and shouted, "Miao Fu will not let down the country, but will only eliminate the harm to the world."
Kang Yunzhi, the governor of Hangzhou, asked Zhao Gou to the city tower to stabilize the military and civilians, otherwise he would not be able to stop the rebellion. Zhao Gou had no choice but to climb up the city tower and asked Miao Fu the reason for the rebellion. When Miao Fu saw Zhao Gou, he still shouted down the mountain and bowed, and then accused Zhao Gou of sternly: "Your Majesty trusts eunuchs, and you can get a high rank by making friends with eunuchs. Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan were incompetent and had not yet been exiled. Wang Yuan could not resist effectively when encountering the enemy, but he got the high rank of Privy Council because of making friends with Kang Lu. He made many contributions, but he only served as a regiment training in a remote county. He also said that he had killed Wang Yuan and captured and killed eunuchs outside, requesting to kill Kang Lu and Lan Gui, and he had selected three eunuchs to thank the three armies." Zhao Gou replied: "The eunuchs are at fault, so they can be exiled to the island, and please return to the camp quickly." Zhao Gou hoped that the coup would be quelled.
But the rebels did not retreat. Miao Fu said, "Today's affairs are all done by the ministers and have nothing to do with others. I hope that Your Majesty will put the people of the world first and kill those harmful eunuchs. If we don't kill them, we will never leave." Zhao Gou said, "I know that the generals are all loyal and righteous people. I now appoint Miao Fu as the envoy Chengxuan and the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp, and Liu Zhengyan as the inspector and the deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp. All other soldiers are not guilty."
Miao Fu also shouted: "If I just want to be promoted, just contact the eunuchs, why should I come here?" Zhao Gou asked his close ministers about his opinions. Shi Ximeng, the head of the Zhejiang West Pacification Department, said that the disaster was caused by eunuchs, and if the eunuchs were not killed, it would not be calmed down. Zhao Gou was reluctant to let it go. Military weapon supervisor Ye Zongchen said: "Why should you cherish Kanglu?" Zhao Gou had no choice but to use a bamboo basket to hang Kanglu down the city and hand it over to the rebels. He was immediately beheaded by the rebels. Miao, Liu and others shouted under the city: "Your Majesty's throne is not right. If the two emperors return in the future, how can they handle themselves?"
Zhao Gou sent Zhu Shengfei down to the city to negotiate with the rebels. Miao Fu and others asked Empress Dowager Longyou to rule the country behind the curtain and negotiate peace with the Jin Dynasty. Zhao Gou had no choice but to agree and issued an edict to ask Empress Dowager Longyou to rule the country behind the curtain. Miao and Liu refused to submit a speech after hearing the edict, and further demanded that Zhao Gou abdicate and set up the three-year-old crown prince Zhao Yan as the emperor. Zhang Kui said: "The people are the most important, and the country is the next, and the king is the least important. I hope that Your Majesty's affairs today should be based on the country and the people, and there are precedents."
The ministers were talking a lot, some supported Zhao Gou's acceptance of the abdication, and some strongly scolded the rebels. The weather was cold at that time, and Zhao Gou sat on a bamboo chair without bedding on the city wall. When he sent someone to invite the empress dowager, he stood on one side instead of sitting. All officials asked him to sit on it, and he said, "I am no longer worthy of sitting in this seat."
Soon, Queen Longyou arrived later. She was unwilling to climb the tower, but wanted to go out directly to appease the rebels. All officials thought this was dangerous and worried that the rebels would hold the Empress Dowager hostage. Zhu Shengfei tried his best to disagree, which showed that the rebels would not dare to do so. Instead, they could see their intentions. So the Empress Dowager took a sedan chair out of the city. Miao and Liu Xiabai said: "The people are innocent and the lives are in trouble. I hope the Empress Dowager will come out to stabilize the situation."
The Empress Dowager said: "Emperor Huizong appointed treacherous ministers, changed the laws of his ancestors at will, and tried to jointly destroy the Liao Kingdom with Jin, which caused the situation today. The current emperor sacred Xiaoming was only delayed by the treacherous ministers Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan. Now the two have been exiled, don't you know?" Miao Fu said: "We have all discussed it, so don't hesitate." The Empress Dowager said: "Since that's the case, I will rule with the current emperor."
Chapter completed!