Chapter 40 Succession
Early on the next morning, Chu Wei first accompanied King Yuwen to the city wall and looked down at Tongyuan County. Twenty thousand soldiers led by King Yuwen were stationed on the east and west campuses and under the north and south walls of the city. However, they saw flags fluttering in the military camps and formations.
The troops are neat and tidy, the tents are neat and orderly, and there is no harm to the common people. It is a well-disciplined army.
This situation made Chu Weixian secretly admire him. King Yuwen was indeed worthy of his reputation.
King Yuwen said to the General Soldier of Chu: "With the fall of Gulu Pass, the imperial court will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to take over the Western Regions in the near future. When I go to the Western Regions, I am not only seeking refuge with the King of Zhenxi, but also coming to help. The troops under my command can do their best to help.
The commander-in-chief calls upon you and me to work together so that we can defend this city without losing it."
"I heard a while ago that Mr. Chu had a miraculous calculation and used his troops like a god. He managed to defeat the imperial court's 100,000-strong army with a mere 10,000 troops. It was indeed a remarkable achievement." King Yuwen's words revealed his sincere respect.
"I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it!" General Chu soldiers quickly waved their hands and said, "It's actually because I was lucky enough to get the help of an expert that I was able to defeat the enemy with skill. It's really a bit of a fluke, but it's not worth mentioning." After that, Chu Wei first asked King Yuwen.
It describes the detailed process of planning to rob food, arranging arrows to defend the city, and using sky lanterns to repel the enemy.
After hearing this, King Yuwen was full of praise and praised him repeatedly for being wonderful. He asked General Chu for the design drawings of the "Arrow Arrangement" and studied them carefully. While looking at the drawings, he asked General Chu: "Is this person the right person?"
The person your little girl said is somewhat similar to me?"
"Exactly." Chu Wei first replied: "This man's surname is Zhang and his given name is Tianci. He is a fellow countryman and an old friend of my little girl. When he was young, he went to the mountain to seek Taoism. He may have learned some strange skills from a famous master.
This person is born with extraordinary intelligence, wisdom and courage, and has the talent of a general. He will definitely achieve great things in the future."
"Oh, then I will definitely meet this person when I have the opportunity in the future. But with such a talented person, why doesn't King Zhenxi reuse him?"
"I want to retain him, but this person is a disciple of Taoism. His nature is traveling around the world, and he still has the responsibility of being a teacher. Naturally, he cannot be retained." Chu Weixian shook his head regretfully.
At this time, the messenger came to report: "The King of Zhenxi has an order: Yuwen Haotian, the king of Zhenbei, is invited to go to Xiamaguan to meet with this king. General Chengguang and Captain Zhao Jian will accompany him. The rest of the people are not allowed to follow."
After hearing the order, Chu Wei first said to King Yuwen: "Then I would like to ask King Yuwen to go there in person and discuss important matters with King Zhenxi." There was a bit of worry in his words.
King Yuwen saw Lord Chu's worry and asked, "What does Lord Chu think is wrong with this matter?"
Chu Wei hesitated for a moment and said, "There's nothing wrong with that, but I've always heard that King Zhenxi seems to have a very different opinion of you, saying that he doesn't have any political views with you and doesn't want to work with you." After a slight hesitation, he added, "It's common knowledge.
It is rumored that you once led the Tufan army to enter the palace to assassinate the emperor and commit rebellion, and even the current emperor decreed that the entire Yuwen family be executed. This is the reason why you rebelled against the Northern Territory. We have only heard about it and do not know the truth. How dare you
I'm asking you for confirmation." After saying this, he bowed his hands to express his apology.
After King Yuwen heard this, he sighed: "Alas! If this injustice is not redressed, how can I, Yuwen Haotian, have any face in the world!" After that, he told the general soldiers of Chu in detail everything that happened that year.
It is said that when King Wu Yu was fighting in all directions, two of his three biological sons were killed in battle, and these two sons were all born to his original wife Wu Qin, leaving only one son, his concubine Huang Wu
This meant that the only son who could succeed to the throne in the future was this concubine. This made King Wuyu feel very sorry for the Queen Qin.
Unexpectedly, in the second year of Wu Zhi's reign, Mrs. Qin, who was already over 40 years old, was pregnant with another child. King Wu Yu was so overjoyed that he invited famous doctors from all over the world to take good care of her. He did not want to end up with a dystocia, and Mrs. Qin risked her life to give birth.
She gave birth to this son for King Wu Yu, and eventually gave birth to her younger son Wu Shizheng, but Qin died of hemorrhage.
King Wu Yu was really filled with sorrow and joy. In order to commemorate the Qin family, he named the Qin family Queen Renzhong and permanently reserved the queen position for her. However, he did not promote Concubine Huang to the queen, and immediately made Wu Shizheng the prince.
Unexpectedly, although Wu Shizheng was born with extraordinary talents and intelligence, he could read the books of sages since he was a child, he could argue clearly, and he knew everything, but his body was very weak, as thin as a stick, and he was sick all the year round. Not only did he have no martial education
Wang's mighty and strong physique turned out to be a sickly man without the strength to restrain a chicken.
It can be said that God is jealous of talented people. In the thirteenth year of Wu Zhi's reign, King Wu Yu fell seriously ill. He sought treatment from famous doctors all over the world but could not get a cure. For the sake of his death, he wanted to abdicate the throne to Wu Shizheng, who was only ten years old at the time.
, but seeing that he was still young, ignorant, and frail, I felt both intolerable and uneasy.
Later, under Huang Guifei's repeated lobbying, King Wu Yu finally decided to let Huang Concubine's son Wu Shizhong temporarily inherit the throne on his behalf without changing the reign title. When Wu Shizheng turns eighteen, he will still be in the throne.
Zheng, after Wu Shizheng officially succeeded to the throne, the reign name could be changed to show legitimacy.
In the spring of the following year, King Wuyu died, and Wu Shizhong took over the throne and ascended the throne. However, Wu Shizhong had a loyal character and no scheming. Although he was in charge of the palace, he had no interest in government affairs. All the affairs of the government were decided by Queen Mother Huang.
As a result, Queen Mother Huang often controlled the government affairs. For a time, the Huang family's chickens and dogs ascended to heaven and became extremely powerful.
In the 20th year of Wu Zhi's reign, Prince Wu Shizheng should still be in the throne, but Wu Shizheng was seeking enlightenment in the mountains at this time and was nowhere to be found. The emperor sent people to search everywhere, and finally found him and returned to the court, hoping to return the imperial power to him.
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But Wu Shizheng, who had just turned 18, was obsessed with Taoist scholarship at this time and wanted to travel around the world and visit the fairy mountains in the world. He did not want to inherit the throne. When he came back this time, he happened to meet Yu Wenmingzhu, the youngest daughter of the Yuwen family.
Immediately they fell in love with each other, and they agreed to get married. Therefore, they agreed with Wu Shizhong to get married first and postpone the succession for another two years.
Unexpectedly, in the spring of the next year, Wu Shizhong was bitten by a venomous snake while hunting in the suburbs of Beijing. The venom immediately attacked his heart and made him sick in bed, and he was about to die.
When Wu Shizhong was critically ill, he immediately sent someone to recall Wu Shizheng, who was traveling around the world with his wife Yu Wenmingzhu, regardless of the obstruction of his mother Huang, in order to transfer the throne to him.
After Wu Shizheng received the letter and rushed back to Beijing, Wu Shizhong just died of anger. Queen Huang showed Wu Shizheng the secret edict issued by Wu Shizheng during his lifetime. As a result, the content of the secret edict was to let his son Wu Beikun inherit the throne.
Rather than letting Wu Shizhong take over the Wu family world.
Since many ministers in the court knew that the founding emperor Wu Yuwang had made a will to let Wu Shizhong take power and return the throne to his younger brother in the future, it was unexpected that Wu Shizhong finally gave up the throne to his son Wu Beikun before his death.
Therefore, many people were very dissatisfied. In addition, the Huang family's long-term control of the government also caused a lot of dissatisfaction. For a time, there were many disputes inside and outside the court. The pro-"direct" faction headed by the Yuwen family and the princes and ministers surnamed Wu were in conflict with the Huang family.
The pro-"common" faction headed by the family formed two factions, good and evil, which were at odds with each other. The most powerful thing was that after King Wu Yu's younger brother Wu Yuguo, the king of Zhenxi, heard about the passing of the throne, he immediately raised a flag to rebel in the Western Regions, claiming to abolish the common people.
Establish a direct descendant and help the imperial court! Suddenly the world is in chaos
Chapter completed!