283 The Enthronement of the New Emperor and the Slaughter of Jinling
Text Volume 283 "The New Emperor Ascends the Throne" and "The Slaughter of Jinling" Imperial Master Yan Fei left the top of Zijin Mountain and went to the Jinling Palace to meet with the old emperor Zhao Purui.
Yan Fei informed the latter,
The old emperor Zhao Purui was still wearing white clothes and a crane cloak, sitting in meditation to contemplate immortality.
After hearing the news, I was overjoyed and immediately decided to leave the palace and drive to the Guoshi Temple on the top of the Purple Mountain Mountain and stay in the temple.
He wanted to see the refining of the [Immortality Pill] completed with his own eyes, and then gain immortality as soon as possible.
The mortal world has no meaning to him.
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The thirty-eighth year of Qianyuan.
Early December.
Daqian Sheng Emperor Zhao Purui abdicated.
Prince Zhao Lingrui ascended the throne and changed his reign name to——.
The great cause of peace.
The new emperor Zhao Lingrui took this as his reign name, hoping that he could turn the tide, turn the crisis into safety, and rebuild a peaceful and prosperous age.
Or it is an allusion to the late Qianyuan Dynasty, when the Holy Emperor abandoned the court and appointed female officials, causing chaos in the world.
The change of the year name has been agreed upon.
Zhao Lingrui made many political moves in a short period of time.
Internally.
Before Zhao Lingrui ascended the throne and was still the crown prince, he kept in mind the instructions of the former crown prince Zhao Lingfeng, knowing full well that Da Qian's most serious trouble lay within.
When Zhao Lingrui first took over the power of supervising the crown prince, he had already begun to rectify the administration of officials, using various vicious methods to punish corrupt officials to death, which restored a trace of clarity to Daqian, which had been in chaos for many years.
Now that the new emperor Zhao Lingrui has ascended the throne, Zhao Purui has completely delegated power and become the supreme emperor. He even secretly went to live in the Guoshi Temple on Zijin Mountain.
Zhao Lingrui holds great power. In addition to dealing with the rebel crisis, he also completely rectifies the internal affairs of Dagan.
Many royal party elders who had been entrenched for many years were completely liquidated.
And intends to promote some honest and promising officials.
However, at this moment, not many officials still want to stay in Jinling.
The new emperor Zhao Lingrui also had a private conversation with Gu Beiju and intended to make him prime minister.
However, he was declined by Gu Beiju.
Zhao Lingrui didn't force it.
I just sighed in my heart, now that the rebels of the feudal lord are approaching day by day, the position of Prime Minister Dagan, which everyone envied and coveted in the past, is now so despised.
foreign.
The vassal king's rebellion was imminent. Zhao Lingrui tried his best to mobilize the army and began to win over the king of Zhenbei.
In addition to the many promises he made to King Zhenbei when he was the prince of the country, now that Zhao Lingrui has ascended the throne, he has also followed the promise he made to Yan Wulu when he was in Jinling.
And for the king of Zhenbei, he added nine tins, crowned him with twelve enamels, rode in a golden chariot, drove nine horses, and used the emperor's ceremonial ceremony to go out and go out.
The King of Zhenbei is as indistinguishable as the emperor.
…
The Zhenbei Army's march south to King Qin was not too slow.
But obviously...
The rebels of the feudal lord are faster.
Late October of the thirty-eighth year of Qianyuan.
Xiao Tianzuo was defeated and died, and the vassal rebels began to counterattack.
Early November of the thirty-eighth year of Qianyuan.
Prince Zhao Lingrui had no troops to mobilize, so he began to ask for help from the King of Zhenbei.
At the same time, the vassal rebels once again invaded Daqian territory.
The end of November in the thirty-eighth year of Qianyuan.
The king of Zhenbei swore an oath in the north and followed the imperial edict to go south to the king of Qin.
Early December of the thirty-eighth year of Qianyuan.
The new emperor ascends the throne.
At the same time, in addition to the city's destruction, the vassal rebels advanced by land and water, aiming directly at Jinling.
While Zhao Lingrui was mobilizing reinforcements, he tried to secretly negotiate peace with the southern vassal king, but the envoy was beheaded and the negotiations broke down.
The first year of Chengye.
The first month of the first lunar month.
The vassal rebels have already arrived at Jinling City, surrounded Jinling City, and launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle with the defenders in the city.
Jinling City spent the New Year Festival of the first year after its name was changed during the siege of the city by rebels.
At the same time, the connection between Jinling and the Zhenbei Army was completely cut off by the feudal rebels.
The new emperor, Zhao Lingrui, contacted the Zhenbei Army for the last time, and the latter's vanguard army on the east route had arrived in the Xuzhou area.
It’s roughly half a month’s journey from Jinling.
Zhao Lingrui was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe with five claws and gold patterns and a twelve-pin crown, walking back and forth in the main hall of the palace.
He has dispatched all available Six Division forces and garrison forces in Jinling City to defend the city.
but……
Even so, he still didn't know if he could hold out against the rebels for half a month.
Within the imperial court.
Countless officials are in panic.
When the government was discussing affairs in the early morning, the sounds of siege outside the city started again.
Many courtiers looked panicked for a moment.
Zhao Lingrui could only try his best to comfort him, and he said seriously——
Zhao Lingrui said it righteously and sternly.
The courtiers were encouraged.
Only Gu Beiju, who was good at observing words and expressions, could see the subtle movements in Zhao Lingrui's hands.
This is a sign of Zhao Lingrui's lack of confidence.
When Zhao Lingrui made such a micro-movement, he said words that even he himself could not completely believe.
Gu Beiju is deeply pessimistic about the future of Jinling City.
But thinking about it, fortunately, my younger sister had already married Ye Changtian from the North.
At least, she will be safe.
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Xuzhou.
Ye Changtian's army has already moved forward.
The main force led by King Zhenbei followed and stationed in Xuzhou.
Xuzhou governor, county guards and other officials went out of the city for ten miles and lined up to welcome him, as if they were welcoming a holy chariot.
Zhenbei Wang Danran accepted.
After entering Xuzhou, Southeast Governor Lingzhi sent his men to deliver the news——
The words fell.
King Zhenbei's eyes immediately changed.
After listening to the report from his subordinates, King Zhenbei directly asked Ling Zhi to come to Xuzhou for an interview in person, accompanying Wang Jia.
At the same time, he ordered the army to temporarily station in Xuzhou and stop moving south.
The mighty army of King Qin that marched south suddenly fell into silence.
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The first year of Chengye.
The middle of the first lunar month.
Shu land.
After Longxiang General Li Mieling led the Western Route Army into Shu, they were invincible and victorious along the way.
According to the secret order of the King of Zhenbei, Li Mieling brought many close officials from Beidi, Hetao and other places, took over all the recovered areas of Shu, and left a garrison.
Li Mieling's Longxiang army attacked quickly and often captured the city by surprise. In less than half a month, they captured Chengdu, the capital of the Han Dynasty.
Li Mieling personally beheaded the King of Han, the enemy of King Zhenbei, and had him put it in a brocade box and sent it to the king on a starry night journey.
The Han army once again became a rebel army and bandits.
Li Mieling left his deputy general to lead the army to suppress it and took over the entire Shu territory.
He himself led the main force of Long Xiang's army and immediately took a boat to move eastward along the river.
Don't waste a moment.
Li Mieling had already heard the news that Jinling City had been besieged by the vassal coalition for a long time.
He was very impatient and angry inside.
His eyes looked toward the east, like a ferocious beast looking down at its prey.
…
Above the Yangtze River.
The Daqian navy has already dispatched many of them to fight in the south.
But even so, although Li Mieling's Long Xiang army was not afraid of death and extremely brave, it was indeed not good at water warfare.
Facing the waterside wall of Jinling City and the remaining naval forces, something might happen.
For this reason, Li Mieling led his army to deflect the course and headed towards the Dongting Lake water system.
There, Li Mieling saw an extremely spectacular water village.
The army suppressed the stronghold.
Li Mieling entered the water stronghold alone, without any soldiers, not even a box of treasures. He only had a badge from the Zhenbei Army.
He met Long Tao, the leader of the water thieves.
Long Tao still has the same short hair as before, with a huge metal earring on his left ear. He is sitting on the main seat of the water village with one foot in front of him.
Chic and uninhibited.
He glanced slightly sideways at the people in the hall.
Li Mieling's words were very strong.
Many of the surrounding water thieves had long been dissatisfied with the man in front of them, and now they all came forward with knives in hand, looking fierce.
Li Mieling was unmoved. In his eyes, the difference between the people here and the dead was just a matter of his own thoughts.
Long Tao looked at Li Mieling and raised his hand to signal the younger brothers around him to step back.
He stood up and said -
When Li Mieling heard this, he immediately smiled with a venomous air.
He threw the waist card in his hand to Long Tao.
Long Tao grabbed it in the air with one hand.
Long Tao saw that this Zhenbei Army badge was indeed the position that Yan Wulu proposed when he recruited him when he was in Hedong.
In the past, the Zhenbei Army did not have a navy and could only be assigned by the King of Zhenbei.
Long Tao took the badge and suddenly laughed evilly.
Li Mieling also knew the water thieves' money-hungry nature and smiled accordingly.
Long Tao immediately agreed.
Jinling is the richest city in the world.
Li Mieling's Longxiang army was definitely not comparable to the fierce battle between the two armies in Jinling.
Capturing Jinling was as easy as flipping a finger.
On the same day.
Long Tao led tens of thousands of experienced water thieves under his command, and together with Li Mieling's Longxiang army, they sailed eastward and approached Jinling.
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The first year of Chengye.
The end of the first month.
Jinling has been under siege for nearly a month.
King Qin's reinforcements never arrived.
Jinling City has a large population. Although there was an emergency search for grain and grass reserves before the siege, the siege in January
, has already exhausted the food and grass in the city.
The morale of the army was shattered, and the people wanted to change.
Early February.
Jinling City sent messengers to break out of the encirclement and contact the Zhenbei Army, but no one brought back a reply.
Li Mieling met Long Tao at the Dongting Lake Water Village, and the two reached a cooperation and sailed eastward.
Mid February.
The outer city of Jinling has been captured by the rebels.
The vassal coalition forces and the Daqian Army launched the final street battle in Jinling.
Now, only the Imperial City is still under the control of Daqian.
However, it will soon be no longer the case.
…
Inside the palace.
Countless eunuchs and maids stole the palace treasures and fled in all directions.
The entire Jinling Imperial City was in a mess.
Having been without food for a long time, Daqian's military morale had already weakened.
I don’t know whether it started when the former crown prince Zhao Lingfeng was sentenced to death, or whether it started when the military general Xiao Tianzuo was defeated and died.
Zhao Lingrui had a premonition of the defeat of Daqian on this day.
Back then, Zhao Lingrui finally ascended the throne that he longed for.
But I found that there was no way to save it...
At this moment, Zhao Lingrui was sitting alone on the dragon chair in the Qianqing Palace with disheveled hair.
He was the only one in the huge palace.
The maids and chamberlains inside and outside the palace had already started running away in confusion.
Zhao Lingrui doesn't want to care about them now.
Anyway, even if they escape from the palace, they will die in the chaos.
If they are lucky enough to survive, then it is their good fortune.
Finally, the sound of footsteps came.
Zhao Lingrui raised his head and saw Princess Yu, who is now the queen of the world.
...It's a pity that she has only worn the queen's crown for less than three months. I'm afraid she will never be able to wear it again.
The queen looked around and saw that the gorgeous palace decorations were still there.
But now, it feels like a layer of loneliness and dust.
She walked forward slowly, came to the gorgeous dragon chair where Zhao Lingrui was sitting, and squatted down.
She held Zhao Lingrui's right hand which was placed on the armchair of the dragon chair with both hands, and warned -
Zhao Lingrui's voice was somewhat self-deprecating, but there was no sign of cowardice at all.
As Zhao Lingrui spoke, his face covered by his long hair revealed a strange smile.
The queen's eyes were full of tears.
She is the eldest daughter of a noble family in Jinling. She has been with Zhao Lingrui for many years and has a deep friendship.
Back then, when Yan Wulu, who was still the crown prince of Zhenbei, was in Jinling, she still remembered the scenes of negotiations in the palace with Zhao Lingrui, who was still Prince Yu.
Zhao Lingrui raised his head slightly when he heard this, and then leaned on the back of the dragon chair.
The brilliant golden color around him made him look even more tired and helpless.
"...Don't talk about him, even if it is me, even if there is no rebellion, I ascend the throne, even if there are saints
Purpose, even if there is an iron scroll of alchemy, I will still cut down the vassal!"
As Zhao Lingrui spoke, his eyes opened slightly, filled with the calmness of an ancient well.
Zhao Lingrui turned his head slightly and looked at his queen.
He reached out and gently brushed away the tears on the queen's cheek...
The queen burst into tears,
Zhao Lingrui said, then put a purple-gold medicine bottle into the queen's hand,
When the queen heard this, her expression did not change, she just smiled softly and wryly,
Tears flowed uncontrollably from the queen's eyes, and she held the poison that Zhao Lingrui gave her.
Zhao Lingrui's eyes were determined,
The queen understood it, and she still wanted to say something, but in the end she said nothing.
She got up and called the princes and concubines who were waiting outside the palace.
Zhao Lingrui also stood up from the dragon throne.
He pulled out the stainless steel sword hanging next to the dragon chair.
The bright blade of the sword illuminated the determination and helplessness in his eyes.
As the sword shadow flickered, there was a pool of blood.
There was a loud roar outside the city.
The palace gate seemed to have been blasted open at just this moment.
Zhao Lingrui was sitting in a pool of blood holding a sword, and the bright yellow dragon robe on his body had been stained with blood.
The queen drank the bottle of poison, and she fell into his arms.
Blood flowed from her mouth. She looked at Zhao Lingrui and finally said -
Zhao Lingrui touched her cheek,
The man in his arms has closed his eyes peacefully.
The gentle smile on Zhao Lingrui's face gradually disappeared, returning to its usual dead silence.
He took one last look at the glorious palace through the palace gate.
Then... he swung his sword and killed himself.
He and his queen fell into a pool of blood strewn with royal corpses.
…
The new emperor Zhao Lingrui committed suicide in the palace.
When the vassal coalition forces were about to break through the imperial city.
Li Mieling led Long Xiang's army to attack suddenly, crushing and scattering the vassal king's coalition forces as if they were crushing the dead.
The vassal coalition forces besieged the city for more than a month, and the large army in the city completely collapsed, and the vassal coalition forces were also exhausted.
Facing the iron hoof of Long Xiang's army, no one can stop him.
Later, the warship navy of the vassal alliance on the river was attacked by Long Tao water pirates. The navy suffered numerous casualties. All the warships were on fire and perished in a sea of fire.
The coalition forces of the vassal kings almost failed and had to withdraw their troops and leave Jinling.
After half a day of fierce fighting, Li Mieling and Long Tao had taken control of the entire Jinling City.
Li Mieling stood on the towering tower, overlooking the endless Jinling City.
...This is the richest, most prosperous and most vicious and putrid city in the world.
Long Tao came to ask Li Mieling for payment.
Li Mieling nodded slightly.
He stepped forward and looked at the silent and neatly arranged Longxiang army below the city, as well as the scattered Dongting Lake water thieves who had begun to plunder everywhere.
Li Mieling suddenly ordered loudly——
The words are powerful, with strong internal force attached to them, and they continue to echo around the city.
The water thieves immediately raised their swords and shouted.
The only one or two thousand water pirates who came here to gather immediately turned around and joined the plundering and massacre team.
Long Xiang's army stood still and hesitated at first.
But after confirming that this was the general, he immediately pulled out his sword and joined in the bloody massacre like a bloodthirsty madman.
Long Tao didn't seem to be in a hurry to plunder the property. He quietly leaned on the city wall.
Li Mieling's deputy general reminded Li Mieling urgently——
Li Mieling sneered lightly,
Li Mieling said, looking crazy.
The lieutenant's face turned ashen immediately,
The deputy general suddenly mentioned.
Li Mieling also thought of this and immediately ordered -
While he was talking, the deputy general came over with a map of Jinling City.
Li Mieling looked at this picture and highlighted several people who had good relations with the King of Zhenbei.
As Li Mieling spoke, he threw the wolf-hair brush in his hand to his bodyguard.
The lieutenant general was trembling with fear.
He always felt that slaughtering the city of Jinling would offend the king.
But facing the king's brother-in-law, the champion, and general Longxiang, he did not dare to refute, so he had to respond respectfully.