Chapter 509: Battle to Ascension (Part 1)

The sudden news surprised everyone. They looked at each other. They almost understood at the same time that this was what Pei Min said. Li Heng had been planning for a long time and disbanded the Political Affairs Hall at this critical moment, killing the young emperor.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Hao knelt down to the north and cried bitterly. Cui Huan was shocked and angry, and cursed: "He dared to take the blame for the world and kill two emperors. Wouldn't he be afraid of going to Avici Hell after his death?"

At this time, Pei Min also regained his rationality from extreme shock. He immediately said to everyone: "Now is not the time to cry. Everyone should take their family to Chang'an County as soon as possible. No! No! We can't take care of our family anymore. Let's go to Chang'an to hide now. If we step late, we will not be able to leave."

Everyone understood what Pei Min meant, so they hurriedly walked out of the gate. Pei Min walked at the end and took his wife with him. Everyone got on the carriage. The coachman whipped the whip and several carriages rushed towards Chang'an County.

They were very lucky. As soon as the carriage rushed across Zhuque Street, Li Heng's martial law was issued. The gates of Wannian County were closed one after another. Teams of Jinwu Guard soldiers ran on the street, and ordered the pedestrians to go home immediately. The Pei Mansion and Wei Mansion located in Wannian County were surrounded by soldiers.

The sudden martial law in Wannian County made people in Chang'an puzzled. Some people had already vaguely guessed that something might have happened in the court, but the truth has been blocked, and all the situation can only be known until dawn tomorrow.

For insiders or participants, this night is undoubtedly a sleepless night. This short night will completely change the history of the Tang Dynasty.

At the high level of Hanyuan Palace in the Daming Palace, Li Heng looked down at Changan City with his hands behind his back. He felt like he was embracing the world in his arms. Now this feeling became real.

The Daming Palace has been completely isolated from the outside world. Except for the eunuchs who first escaped from the news, others could no longer enter and exit. The fully armed Yulin Army general Daming Palace was strictly controlled. The Yulin Army currently controls the Daming Palace, led by General Xu Ziyao, and he has been completely bribed by Li Heng. The mother of the Yulin Army General An Baoyu died last month. He took three months of bereavement leave, which gave Li Heng a chance to control the Daming Palace.

But Li Heng could not control the Tai Chi Palace and the Imperial City. The five thousand Yulin Army there was commander by the right general Zhao Yuxin. Zhao Yuxin was the confidant of the former Yulin Army General Changsun Quanxu. If you want to control him, you must win over Changsun Quanxu. Unfortunately, after the Pinglou incident, Li Heng no longer had the chance to reconcile with Changsun Quanxu.

But nothing can be covered. He can't control the five thousand Yulin Army in the imperial city, nor the twenty thousand Niuwei in Chang'an County. This is actually nothing. More importantly, Li Heng has 200,000 Guanzhong troops in his hands, so he is not afraid of anyone making things difficult for him. Even the Anxi Army is not afraid of strength. This is strength. As for the pen of the Shijia behind him, he is even more afraid. As long as he ascends to the throne, isn't history a ball of dough in his hands?

Behind him, the Yulin Army and the palace guards stood. General Xu Ziyao stepped forward and smiled flatteringly: "Your Majesty, I respectfully ask Your Majesty to be the Great Treasure."

Looking at the lights of thousands of families all over the city, Li Heng suddenly burst into laughter. He smiled so happily. His years of grievances were left behind by him at this moment. This was when he suddenly turned around and stared at the throne he had dreamed of for nearly twenty years. He could no longer control his excitement and walked towards the supreme throne of Hanyuan Palace.

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The night was dark, and several war horses were galloping on the official road west of Chang'an like lightning. Hu Peiyun bit his lip tightly. His fast horse whipped again, and infinite hatred appeared in his eyes. He felt a cowardly that he had never seen before. As the chief leader of the Chang'an Internal Affairs Department, he knew nothing about Li Heng's plan, which made him feel ashamed and humiliated. But things had happened. He could only do what he would do in the future and apologize to the general.

They rushed by like a gust of wind. In less than an hour, they arrived at the Anxi Army camp in Xianyang. After reporting, they were hurriedly taken into Yanzhuang's tent by soldiers on duty.

"Mr. Hu, you always come to me at midnight!" Yan Zhuang yawned and complained a little tired.

"Sir, no wonder, something big happened in Chang'an, so I had to come overnight."

"Don't worry, sit down first!"

Yan Zhuang asked him to sit down and smiled and said, "Can I guess it?"

He pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "But the young emperor has passed away?"

Hu Peiyun was shocked and asked quickly: "How do you know sir?"

"I saw the information you sent you the day before yesterday. It said that the emperor was sick. I was thinking that if the emperor died of illness at this time, it would be a good excuse for Li Heng. I didn't expect that he would really take action."

Yan Zhuang looked quite proud. He was proud of himself for being able to accurately touch Li Heng's heart veins, but Hu Peiyun felt very depressed and said, "It's a pity that he succeeded. I'm incompetent!"

"No! No! No!"

Yan Zhuang quickly comforted him and said, "It is not a bad thing for us to succeed, it is also what the general expects. The general knew that there would be today when he supported the young emperor ascended the throne. If you stop it, it will ruin the general's major affairs. Do you understand?"

Yan Zhuang's explanation relieved Hu Peiyun's guilty heart. He smiled bitterly: "Although it's a bit lucky, we have no insight after all, and this cannot be denied."

"No more about this."

Yan Zhuang waved his hand and smiled, "What is the situation in Chang'an now? What is the reaction of the Zhengshitang?"

The information sent to Xianyang Camp is once every two days, and the dissolution of the Political Affairs Hall was made yesterday morning, and Yan Zhuang doesn't know yet.

"This is also the second thing I want to report to my husband. Since the four prime ministers of the Zhengshi Hall resigned at the same time, the Zhengshi Hall was disbanded yesterday."

"There is still such a thing?"

Yan Zhuang was stunned. After a while, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and sighed: "Okay! What a Li Heng, no wonder the general wants me not to underestimate this person. As expected, there is a way. The Political Affairs Hall was disbanded at this critical moment, and Li Heng cleared the biggest obstacle to his ascension."

"But without the support of the Ministers of the Political Affairs Hall, how could he ascend the throne?" Hu Peiyun still didn't understand.

"You don't understand this. Isn't the Political Affairs Hall disbanded? Just form another one. Three or five prime ministers are fine. It's ridiculous that Zhang Yun thought he could be like a fish on both sides, but this time he was played hard by Li Heng. Now he is afraid that he will regret it. I have to admit that Li Heng is a master of power."

Hu Peiyun pondered for a moment and asked, "Since the sir has already made an accident, what should we do next according to the sir?"

Yan Zhuang nodded and said, "You are asking well. These two days are the most critical moments. You and Nan Jiyun should do what I said and take action tonight."

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With a Zhuque Street as the boundary, a scene of water and fire appeared in Chang'an City. Wannian County was martial law by Jinwu Guard. The lights of every household were extinguished early, and the stagnant water in each yard were silent. However, the gates of Chang'an County were wide open, and they were not closed all night, with pedestrians and carriages coming in endlessly, and the lights were brilliant. The West City also allowed a night market to open. The shops were cheering, and the customers were crowded with people and carriages.

The soldiers of Qianniu Guard were also patrolling the streets in groups. After the hour of the 12th, Chang'an County began to calm down. At this time, the military police with red sleeves distributed leaflets from house to house. The content of the leaflets was shocking.

‘The father killed his son, the ancestor killed his grandson, and the ethics were destroyed and tragic.’

The leaflet used extremely detailed facts to reveal the incident of the Supreme Emperor Li Heng poisoning the late emperor in the imperial village last year, and also revealed the tragedy that happened in the Daming Palace today. The little emperor only fell into the water and suffered from cold, but died of poisoning tonight. Everyone knows who the murderer is.

The flyer was sent to every household, and illiterate people went to explain to those who could read. Soon, the news on the flyer shocked Chang'an County. Although it was a bit incredible, it was reasonable to think about it carefully.

Every household was talking about this shocking news behind closed doors. At this time, officials came from the Daming Palace and notified officials living in Chang'an County one by one that major matters would be discussed tomorrow morning, and all officials above the seventh rank in Chang'an must participate.

Worry enveloped the hearts of every Tang Dynasty official. Although it was already very late, the court officials living in Chang'an County spontaneously came to Taipingfang in groups of three or three. After receiving the news, other officials also arrived. Thousands of court officials gradually gathered in the square in front of Dugu Mansion in Taipingfang. Some of these officials were only low-ranking officials, and some were high-ranking officials above the fifth rank and nobles. But no matter what their status was, everyone's heart was also full of confusion and worries. Where would the Tang Dynasty go?

The Dugu Mansion was closely guarded by thousands of Thousand Niu Guards, and every official who arrived was verified. The Dugu Mansion's family also lit dozens of big lanterns in the square, illuminating like daytime. Pei Min and six senior officials who fled from Wannian County were temporarily living in Dugu Mansion. They also came out and discussed tomorrow's countermeasures with more than a thousand officials. The square was filled with whispers.

Wei Tao hurriedly found Pei Min, "Pei Prime Minister, this is Song Ji, a member of the Ministry of Rites. He has an important situation to report to the Prime Minister."

The official stepped forward and bowed: "I am not good at the position of the prime minister!"

Pei Min had seen him and smiled and said, "What important situation does the Song Envoy have to say?"

"Reported to the Prime Minister, Beizhi is very good at playing polo, and our fellow mates from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War will make an appointment to play outside the city during the ten-day holiday. We are too lazy to run and deliver letters, so we use a pigeon to contact us. Beizhi is the person in charge of contact. I can use a pigeon to notify more than a dozen officials living in Wannian County to let them understand the truth and keep pace with us."

"This method is good!"

Pei Min immediately praised: "Let them find a way to notify the Zhao Wang Party and the royalists in Tongfang, and they will not go to court tomorrow."

At this time, Wei Tao smiled and said, "We, Wei, also have carrier pigeons. I can also use the carrier pigeons to notify the Wei family and the ministers with close ties in Wannian County, so that they will not go to court tomorrow."

Pei Min received his reminder and then remembered that the Pei family was actually OK. There were many Pei clan members in Chang'an County, and they could also find ways to notify their fellow tribes in Wannian County to resist tomorrow's morning court.

He immediately turned around and walked up the steps, waved his hand and shouted loudly, "Please be quiet, listen to me, my words."

Seeing that it was Pei Min, the right prime minister, who spoke, more than a thousand officials calmed down and looked at him. Pei Min said loudly: "Tomorrow's so-called morning court, Li Heng must have planned to ascend the throne. This person ascending the throne will bring shame to the Tang Dynasty. This is the shame of the Tang Dynasty. Maybe we cannot stop his madness, but we do not recognize his identity. We want to resist his ascendance to the throne. We want everyone in the world to know what kind of person wants to steal the Tang Dynasty, kill his sons and grandchildren, where is the ethics and morals? Pei Min, the right prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, hereby advocates to you that we would rather be civilians and rural farmers than to be his official positions!"

"Let's boycott him!" Cui Huan shouted with his arms raised.

"Boycott him!" More than a thousand officials were infected and shouted together.

"Very good! Not only do we have to boycott, but we also need to find ways to let the officials of Wannian County know the truth. Let everyone boycott together. Let everyone mobilize! Let the family stop your relatives and friends on the way to the morning court tomorrow, and let them go back and not go to court."

Pei Min's suggestion received a positive response from everyone, and everyone was discussing various methods in a hurry. At this time, the gate of Dugu Mansion opened, and more than a dozen maids and mothers surrounded Princess Zhao Dugu Mingyue and walked out. She had to come out. For her husband, Mingyue also knew that everyone had a deeper meaning when they came to Dugu Mansion spontaneously. They were eager to get news from Li Qing'an from themselves.

The wet nurse behind Mingyue held her child in her hand, and she was also the only son of King Zhao Li Qing'an. Several personal guards guarded the child from left to right.

Mingyue walked to the steps, and Dugu Mansion Square became quiet again. Everyone looked at her. Mingyue was holding a pigeon letter in her hand. This was the latest battle situation of the Anxi Army. Nan Jiyun just handed it to her quietly.

I don’t care what news is in this pigeon’s letter. The key is that Princess Zhao will announce it, which is more convincing. This is also the hope that Princess Zhao and other important officials will stabilize the anxious hearts of the officials.

"I'll ask everyone to calm down their anxious hearts first!"

The sound of the bright moon is very soft, but it is clear and firm, and every word is struck in the hearts of the officials.

"Although dark clouds will temporarily cover the sun and the moon, the north wind will eventually blow it away, and the world will be clear."

I don’t know who took the lead in applauding first, and then there was a thunderous applause in the square. When everyone applauded, Mingyue raised the red message tube and said aloud: “This is the urgent item that His Highness Zhao has just sent. It is his handwritten handwritten. I will read it to everyone.”

She unfolded the silk and illuminated by the lanterns, and she chanted loudly: "Receive victory before going out. Our Tang army has already shot and killed Tubo Zanpu in the city of Ayan, Tocharo. The whole army is excited and annihilated the Tubo army is just around the corner!"
Chapter completed!