Gao Congyi's restless heart fluctuated, and his brother Gao Congjie's words often appeared in his mind: "You and I, brothers, support the world together."
Looking at his rough big hands, he thought about his elder brother who was wandering among the powerful men in the world. Although he was called "a scoundrel and a scoundrel", no one in Nanping looked down upon him and wanted to win over him.
What now?
The king ignored the government for nine years, the people in power had no respect for their elders, and Nanping was in decline.
If my brother had passed on the position to me, or "conong Xu, Cong Shen, Cong Yi, Cong Qian", how would Nanping be in the situation it is today?
In fact, Nanping Elementary School is in decline, and no one can do anything to replace it.
But most people in this world feel good about themselves and think that they can do things that others cannot do as long as they sit in that position.
What Gao Congyi was really dissatisfied with was that Gao Baorong, the nephew, valued Gao Baoxu, the younger brother, instead of his uncle.
A man who had followed Gao Congjie and shared the world was pushed to the back by his nephew. Hearing a nephew who was more than 20 years younger than himself gesticulate in front of him, Gao Congyi felt indignant.
In particular, Gao Baorong's nine-year absence from politics made Gao Congyi feel that his brother was doing nothing wrong all his life.
It is a big mistake to only rely on the establishment of reserves.
He should abide by the rule of brotherhood and not pass the position to his incompetent son Gao Baorong.
Historically, Gao Congyi was extremely dissatisfied with the two brothers Gao Baorong and Gao Baoxu, and finally chose to rebel.
However, Gao Baorong and Gao Baoxu controlled the situation in Nanping openly and secretly. Gao Congyi directly let Gao Baorong take it, and then exiled him to Songzi for execution.
Now, because of the appearance of Luo Youdu, he first prompted Zhou Dynasty to stop protecting Nanping and transferred Gao Baoxu, the soul figure of Nanping. He further prompted Wei Lin and Li Jingwei to fight, which led to Nanping's internal and external troubles.
This unintentionally did Gao Congyi a big favor and helped Gao Congyi clear one obstacle after another.
Gao Congyi held the Nanping Forbidden Army in his hands, and he had the strength to rebel, which was the breeding ground for ambition. He originally wanted to lie dormant for a while, but as a result, the Zhou Dynasty was hostile.
The earth becomes mature.
Could it be that God felt that Gao Baorong and Gao Baoxu were causing harm to Nanping and were helping him to gain the position of ruler and revive the Gao family's style?
Gao Congyi also felt that things were going too smoothly, but he couldn't care less.
Rebellion is an act that is carried out with a knife on the neck. If you are timid in such a great situation, what other great cause can you talk about?
Gao Congyi, who was determined, sent someone to invite his ally, Prime Minister Li Yanwei, to come to the government for the last meeting before the uprising.
Li Yanwei didn't come for a long time, which made Gao Congyi feel anxious in his heart.
Everything you do must be righteous, and the same goes for rebellion. You need a reason.
As the leading scholar in Jiangling City, Li Yanwei has the support of the gentry behind him. With his help and positioning at critical moments, he can stabilize the situation as quickly as possible and face the next challenges.
After waiting for a long time, Li Yanwei slowly arrived.
"Ms. Li, please let me wait!"
Gao Congyi stepped forward and took Li Yanwei's hand excitedly, his heart falling to pieces.
Li Yanwei smiled cheerfully and said: "Now is an extraordinary moment, so naturally we have to be more careful!"
Gao Congyi said: "As we discussed before, Gao Baoxu's departure was the time when Jiangling was most relaxed. It happened that Wei Lin's incident happened and he had no intention of taking charge of military affairs, so he could take advantage of the situation. He controlled the palace, and the son was responsible for controlling the four gates of Jiangling.
Once everything is stable and the navy outside the city is conquered, the situation will be settled."
Li Yanwei did not raise any objection, but said: "As for my son, Young Master, you can rest assured that all the lieutenants and generals in the army are close to you. However, not all of the Imperial Guards in Young Master's hands may be of the same mind as you."
Gao Congyi said confidently: "There is no need to worry too much, Xianggong Li. Even if he is a little dissatisfied, it will be one or two out of ten and it will not affect the overall situation. Then you and I have made an appointment. We will act together tomorrow and night."
Li Yanwei said loudly: "That's right."
The two discussed the details briefly.
Gao Congyi sent Li Yanwei away, but in his heart he was thinking about how to deal with the Li family after the matter was completed.
This was able to win over Li Yanwei, all thanks to the suppression of the Li family by the brothers Gao Baorong and Gao Baoxu.
As a person with the fifth surname, Li Yanwei attaches great importance to continuing the family bloodline.
After establishing a foothold in Nanping, Li Yanwei was determined to reopen the branch of the Li family in Zhao County in Jiangling. He married a daughter of the Cen family in Jiangling, and attracted many scholars to rely on him as a great scholar. Through marriages with local gentry, he used
Over the past twenty-five years, he has built up a large network of contacts to consolidate his family.
His method wouldn't arouse people's fear elsewhere.
The huge aristocratic families have long since ceased to exist, but wherever there are people, there will be a gap between rich and poor, and the gentry class can never be eliminated.
Li Yanwei didn't have much ambition, he just wanted to continue the bloodline of the Li family in Zhao County and occupy a place in Jiangling.
However, Nanping does not have jurisdiction over three states, and the population of Jiangling is almost equal to the other two states combined.
If the Li family really unites the Jiangling gentry, what will happen to the Gao family?
Therefore, Gao Baorong and Gao Baoxu suppressed Li Yanwei and restricted their development.
If not, Li Yanwei would not think of rebelling.
But in fact, Gao Congyi also agreed with the Gao family's suppression of the Li family from the bottom of his heart. Even if he gained the power of the Gao family, he would not dare to reuse the Li family.
Li Yanwei returned to the mansion, pretending that nothing had happened, and waited until his son returned home normally before calling him to the study for a detailed discussion.
"My father has already set a time with Gao Congyi, it will be tomorrow night. He will rise up and take control of the palace. My son can divide his troops into three groups. One group will control the four gates of Jiangling, one group will go to capture Wei Lin to recruit watermen, and one group will capture Sun Guangxian.
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Li Jingwei's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. Instead of being afraid, he is eager to do great things.
When he was catching Wei Lin raping, he remembered what his father told him about rebellion.
Only then did he boldly offend Wei Lin to death and trample the Gao family's face under his feet.
Seeing this, Li Yanwei emphasized: "Don't be blinded by personal hatred. Wei Lin and Sun Guangxian will both live. Don't cause too much killing, it will not be beneficial to our future. If it weren't for Gao Baorong, Gao Baorong pushed too hard, how could he be a father?"
I won’t take this step.”
Li Jingwei smiled and said: "Why are you thinking so much? The army is under our control. As long as the young master becomes the king of Nanping, are we afraid that we will lose power?"
"Confused, stupid!"
Li Yanwei cursed angrily: "Do you think Gao Congyi is a good person? Conspiracy with him is just seeking skin from a tiger. The best plan in my father's heart is to dedicate Jiangling to Emperor Guo... My father understands clearly that the Gao family's own strength is so
, no matter who is in power, they will not allow us to develop. Only Emperor Guo, who is sitting in the Central Plains, is happy to see us unify the gentry in the state and help local officials manage local people's livelihood. As long as we stay within the boundaries, everything will be fine."
Only then did Li Jingwei know his father's truest thoughts and asked: "What should the child do?"
Li Yanwei said: "First act according to the plan and help Gao Congyi control Gao Baorong. As a father, we can then think of a way to see if we can contact Guo Tianzi's people. Jiangling's geographical location is special, and there is no reason why he doesn't want the land."
In this era of the jungle, the weak breathe the wrong breath.
Gao Baorong and Gao Baoxu may not have great talents, but they are neither greedy for beauty nor extravagant. The people in the three states within the territory live and work in peace and contentment without any fault.
It was because the Zhou Dynasty had withdrawn its protective umbrella from them that the intrigues of various forces and their own self-interested plans emerged.
A day flies by in a blink of an eye.
The first ones to attack were not Gao Congyi and Li Jingwei, but a little man named Gao Zhixun.
Gao Zhixun is one of Gao Congyi's confidants, but he is a two-faced person and has long been conquered by Gao Baorong secretly.
Gao Baorong didn't know that Gao Congyi had any rebellious intentions, but that didn't stop him from placing a chess piece next to his uncle.
Historically, it was because of Gao Zhixun's informant that Gao Congyi was captured without blood by Gao Baorong.
But now things have changed. Gao Zhixun knew that when Gao Congyi's rebellion broke out, it was only one hour away from the agreed time.
In a hurry, Gao Zhixun could only find Gao Baorong first and rushed out of the palace with Gao Congyi's shocked expression.
Gao Congyi could only start the rebellion in advance...
Before the agreed time, Li Jingwei didn't have time to control the four gates, nor did he have time to get Wei Lin and Sun Guangxian.
When Wei Lin saw the great commotion in the city, he was so frightened that he took up residence in the city.
Sun Guangxian was well prepared and immediately organized more than a hundred servants to distribute the only weapons in his house.
I really didn’t have a weapon, so I sharpened the tip of the water bamboo that I was watching in the yard, which was a spear.
Sun Guangxian was not only good at writing, but also good at swordsmanship. He led his servants to kill the palace.
Although he didn't know anything, he had an idea in his mind to send Gao Baorong to Kaifeng.
North of Jiangling City!
Luo Youdu looked at Jiangling City filled with flames and the chaos inside. He stretched himself out and said, "You can let Hou Jiedushi and Lin Dutong prepare."
In fact, he didn't know what was going on in the city.
Luo Youdu really didn't expect Gao Congyi to rebel.
Although this matter has appeared in history books, it is only recorded in a dozen words. Even professionals in this field would have to look up the information when encountering it, let alone a non-professional like Luo Youdu.
However, the development of the situation did not go beyond Luo Youdu's plan. Even without Gao Congyi's rebellion, he would have forced Li Yanwei and Li Jingwei to rebel.
Gao Congyi stepped forward first, which saved Luo Youdu.
It can only be said that the wall fell and everyone pushed it.
Next, we just need to follow the trend, skip the step of forcing Li Yanwei and Li Jingwei to counterattack, and fast forward to the last step.
Facing Gao Congyi's rebellion, it no longer matters whether Gao Baorong can survive.
It is impossible for the Great Zhou Dynasty to recognize Gao Congyi's status, so it is imperative to send troops to Jiangling City.
But if he follows the plan step by step, Luo Youdu is sure to take the city without any bloodshed.
Now Gao Congyi appears, and the situation has undergone a completely new change. Although it is not out of control, there has also been a small deviation.