Chapter 681 The reputation of thief Cao cannot be washed away
Chapter 681 Now Cao’s reputation as a thief cannot be erased.
Meng Shu, Chengdu Prefecture, at this time, this famous city in Shu no longer has the aura of wealth and nobility that can be seen in the red and wet places at dawn, and the flowers are heavy on the official city.
At this moment, the six gates of Chengdu Fucheng were wide open, and the people, gentry, merchants, and even the soldiers guarding the city were helping the old and the young and running out of the city crying and howling.
Those whose families were too big to leave, those who had no relatives in the countryside, and those who had no way of living outside Chengdu Prefecture began to seal up their homes with wooden boards.
If any family has an unmarried daughter, they would originally have to choose the uncle's character, talent and appearance. Now, as long as you are willing to marry, you will pay a large amount of dowry just to marry off your daughter.
In this way, at least the daughter is married. If she is insulted by the soldiers, it will be because the uncle failed to protect his wife and children, so he will not be unable to get married at all in the end.
At this time, if anyone had access to Beibing, there were countless people who came to seek protection or even sold themselves into slavery.
For example, there was a sudden rumor in Chengdu Prefecture that Han Baozheng's sister, who had taken refuge in Mianzhou, was the favorite concubine of Emperor Shao Ming. In an instant, people from outside the Han residence seeking protection surrounded Han Baozheng's residence three floors inside and three floors outside.
Among them were many high-ranking officials and dignitaries from Meng and Shu. They could not enter the mansion, so they slept on the ground outside the mansion.
Meng Shu's court has completely lost even a little bit of its role. Not only was the Chengdu Mansion in chaos, but there were robberies and fights in various palaces of Meng Shu, and there were even people with evil intentions outside the palace attacking the palace.
Such a chaotic situation made the wealthy and wealthy gangsters in Chengdu have their mouths full of food. Some people married five or six wives overnight, and some even broke into the homes of wealthy people and occupied empty houses and considered themselves the masters.
Now after listening to Fei's words, I just felt ashamed and angry. I took the opportunity to get angry on the spot and swept all the poisonous wine and golden elixir in front of me to the ground, while shouting a scolding.
After all, there were many warriors from the Hedong and Daibei lines in Zhang Zhou's court, and Li Keyong's grandson still had to be given some preferential treatment.
This was also the first time that a country was truly destroyed by war after the founding of Zhang Zhou. The previous Nanping and Ma Chu could actually be said to have been forced to surrender. Only Meng Shu won through bloody battles.
If I had known that Meng Yiye, the second brother of Meng Chang, the Lord of Shu, would be Li Key's grandson with one of the few living blood relatives.
In the Xuanhua Palace, the sixty-three-year-old Princess Fuxing, carrying a long sword, led dozens of strong eunuchs and fat palace maids, as well as a small number of guards holding bows and swords, patrolling back and forth in the three main halls of the palace.
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However, after the commotion calmed down, Princess Fuqing looked at the Chongde Hall where Meng Chang was, and was speechless for a long time. After a while, she sighed and said
"Emperor Wu and the late Emperor were so heroic, but how could they give birth to a son who was an embroidered pillow? He was always so proud but had no sense of responsibility in his heart.
"This is something that only a lonely person can say. How dare you, a palace lady, say this!"
Princess Fuxing gritted her teeth and nodded heavily. She pointed at Li Yanniang, the noble concubine of Meng Chang in the palace and said.
Yin Zhengqi immediately accepted Meng Chang's official surrender as the chief official of the military camp in the expedition to Shu.
At this time, Fei had not yet been given the title of Mrs. Huarui, and had only been in the palace for more than half a year, but she was already extremely favored.
The former is the adopted son of the emperor, Gao Huaide is the head coach and a relative of the emperor, and Li Rong has made great efforts in Dingxing Yuanfu, so it is most appropriate for the three of them to go.
As expected, she was indeed a woman who made her fortune by entertaining people. Empress Dowager Li had predicted Zhang's preferences to a very close degree.
"The slave family has been very beautiful since they were young, and many noble disciples covet it. They often use this sword to protect their chastity.
Although Meng Chang pretended to commit suicide, it was actually just a show, and he still wanted to survive in his heart.
With Li Cunhui's consent, Li Rong killed more than 400 people at once, released more than a thousand women who had been occupied, and returned thousands of people's properties.
Li Yanniang has good looks but little temperament, while Fei, the future Mrs. Hua Rui, has the appearance of an immortal but a heart of ice, which is perfect for me, Zhang Shengren.
When Li Hao, Wu Zhaoyi, and Meng Yiye arrived among the Zhou army in Hanzhou, tens of thousands of soldiers cheered. The three-month battle against Shu finally came to an end.
"You cannot die in the country and have been greedy for life to this day. The reason why I endure the death is for you to keep in mind. Now that you are dead, I will live in peace." Then he also went on a hunger strike and died.
The Later Tang Dynasty was written in the Later Jin Dynasty. Compared with Shi Jingtang, Li Siyuan's son-in-law who was traitorous and seeking glory, Meng, as a rare blood relative of Li Keyong, had much stronger appeal than Shi Jingtang.
He accidentally saw the golden elixir in the wooden box next to him, but as if he had been stung by a wasp, he gritted his teeth and looked away.
Sons of our heroes, our country is ruined and our families are about to perish, and women are about to fall into filth, so why not follow the example of the common people of Liang and Li Congke of Xuanwu Tower, and my concubine should follow suit."
There were even more daring ones who pretended to be the vanguard of the Zhou army to explore the horses, and openly took possession of the wives and daughters of the people, dominating and dominating them.
Yin Zhengqi's army arrived in the morning, and within a few hours, Meng Shu and Zhongshu's subordinate Li Hao, Zhongshu's minister Wu Zhaoyi, Meng Chang's brother, Li Keyong's only living grandson, Shu Yan King Meng Yiye
The three of them arrived at the military camp following Jiang's instructions.
She looked at Princess Fuxing and said sadly: "I heard that Emperor Shao Ming treated the generals in Hedong very well. He also praised Emperor Wu for his loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, and he also accepted Ming Zongzi as his adopted son.
Different from the history where 140,000 people disarmed all after a few decades, Meng Shu in this time and space still had a large number of elite men who had been killed by Meng Zhixiang when he defeated Dong Zhang and resisted the Later Tang Dynasty.
The vulgar language in Queen Mother Li's mouth does not mean that Li Yanniang likes to say dirty words, but that she is not a high-class person and does not have Fei's aloof temperament.
But when the former Shu king Yan's kingdom was destroyed, it was he who surrendered. Now that Meng's Shu kingdom no longer exists, he still wrote the surrender.
Following Wu Zhaoyi back were three generals: Li Cunhui, Gao Huaide, and Li Rong.
I heard that Emperor Shao Ming liked to win over beautiful women the most, similar to Wei Wu.
Empress Dowager Li shook her head sadly. She didn't know whether she was sad that Meng Shu was about to destroy his country, or that Meng Chang was unwilling to die for his country.
Recalling Meng Zhixiang's kindness to her in the past, she also recalled the kindness of her sister, Princess Qionghua, who climbed into her brother-in-law's bed without asking her to be held accountable, and even persuaded Meng Zhixiang to give her a title.
Meng Chang took refuge in the inner hall, while the two women discussed outside to send their daughter-in-law out for safety. They felt their own share of sorrow and tears. After the agreement was completed, the two women went to persuade Fei.
The three of them were headed by Li Cunhui. As soon as he arrived in Chengdu, he immediately sealed the Shu treasury, searched the Meng family's property, and registered the treasures, goods, gold, silver, and jade objects in the Meng Shu palace, as well as the palace people and eunuchs.
"I poured two large bowls of poisonous wine, but I said it was too cold and I needed to warm it up and add tangerine peel and rock sugar before I drank it. The golden elixir was in the box, but I was told it was too big and I might not be able to swallow it."
Gao Huaide led the troops to guard the eight gates of Chengdu Prefecture to maintain law and order and detect spies.
Emperor Wu refers to Li Keyong, and the late emperor is Meng Zhixiang. He Geer refers to Li Cunxu's eldest son, the Wei king Li Jiji who committed suicide immediately after hearing that Zhuangzong was dead.
On May 27th, Yin Zhengqi set up the yamen in Chengdu Prefecture to observe and deal with the twenty-one prefectures in western Sichuan during the expedition to Shu, and issued an order.
The rest depends on how Emperor Zhou, who is far away in Chang'an, will deal with the Meng family.
I, Zhang Shengren, have no shortage of women now. Naturally, in addition to appearance, I pay more attention to connotation.
"Li is a noble concubine, just like a queen, and it is a disgrace to send her to her.
However, although they were not talented, they were clever. They ruled Shu for fourteen years and were very popular. They even sent troops to Guanzhong with the intention of competing in the Central Plains. How could the emperor of the Northern Dynasty tolerate him?
It is said that he married Li Kerang's daughter, who is the current Princess Fuxing (Qing).
Empress Dowager Li cried all her tears, but after all, this was her biological son, and she was not as determined as Princess Fuxing to force Meng Chang to death for the sake of the Meng family.
Wu Zhaoyi was Meng Chang's confidant. He originally wanted to comfort Li Hao, but he felt so heartbroken that he couldn't say a word, so he could only give up with a long sigh.
As a noble concubine, Ms. Li is very charming and can also perform palm dances. If she offers her to her, she will definitely be favored. If I ask Ms. Li to give her a few kind words, I might be able to save everyone's lives."
Under her strong intimidation, the panic outside finally did not spread to the three main halls of Xuanhua Palace where Meng Chang was located.
Fei fell to the ground crying with disappointment. At this moment, Princess Fuxing and Queen Mother Li also entered the Chongde Hall. The two women looked at Meng Chang's hastily escaping back, desperate and helpless.
Yin Zhengqi then released Wu Zhaoyi back to Chengdu, and ordered Meng Chang to lead hundreds of officials out of the city to beg for surrender.
After Fei heard this, she was like thunder. She had only entered the palace for half a year. Although Meng Chang had just disappointed him, on weekdays, I, Meng Wansui, was more elegant and suave than Pan An, was proficient in poetry, and was the lord of a country. I had already treated Fei
He was so confused that his eyes were intoxicated.
In addition, Meng Shu intended to use troops in Guanzhong at that time, and Li Keyong's veteran generals were still alive, so they all had the intention to respond.
Anyone who sees robbing, stealing or even shouting and running around will immediately show that he has no eyes for bows and arrows.
Moreover, this woman came from a family of performers. Although she was good at music, she was not good at poetry and her speech was often vulgar.
After Princess Fuxing took control of the situation, she quickly entered the palace to find Meng Chang's biological mother, Queen Mother Li.
If he can sacrifice his life for the country and become a hero, then how can he still have half of the vitality of my Li family like this? He is far inferior to me!"
"Are you willing to die for the country?"
Princess Fuxing looked at the six or seven stunning beauties in the palace and whispered to Queen Mother Li: "We don't want to die for our country. Just because the palace is so colorful, it will be a way to die in the capital of gods!"
Princess Fuxing and Liang Qiang were weak, and there were often soldiers pressing down on the territory. Naturally, she was not a weeping lady in the palace. The first thing she said when she saw Empress Dowager Li was to ask.
The former is recorded on the epitaph of Princess Fuqing, and the latter is recorded in the history of the Old Five Dynasties.
Emperor Shao Tian is the Lord of Heaven, so he would definitely prefer someone like Fei."
Therefore, the imperial court of the later Jin Dynasty adopted a unified approach when compiling books and did not admit that Meng Zhixiang's lineage was directly related to Li Keyong.
Empress Dowager Li also cried loudly, "The pain of country subjugation is not easy to bear.
When Li Hao and Wu Zhaoyi saw that Yin Zhengqi was willing to show respect to Meng Yiye, they knew that at least Cai Guogong, Yin Zhengqi, the commander-in-chief of Zhou's expedition to Shu, had no plans to go on a killing spree.
Yin Zhengqi accepted the surrender and detained Meng Yiye in the army. He still respected this king who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun.
In fact, this is not called strong. In fact, this girl Fei was coveted when she was young because she was extremely beautiful. She felt very insecure and longed to be protected, so she should be called Mu Qiang.
On the other hand, Fei's appearance was even more beautiful than that of Li's, and she had just entered the palace not long ago. She was good at poetry, prose and music, and her voice was like gold and jade, soft yet strong.
This is also a determined old lady. In history, after Meng Chang was killed by Zhao Da, she did not cry beside Meng Chang's body, but raised a glass of wine and said to Meng Chang's body.
A day ago, these guys were taking advantage of the chaos to commit rape and plunder, but now, they were all killed by the Zhou army.
Queen Mother Li shook her head slowly. It wasn't that she thought this method was bad. On the contrary, it was a very reliable choice. She felt it was inappropriate to send Li Yanniang away.
This gray-haired old lady, Princess Fuxing, is the daughter of Li Keyong's younger brother, Li Keyong.
Li Hao was left by his side as a consultant to understand the military and political affairs of Shu.
When the people of Chengdu Prefecture saw that the Zhou army not only did not plunder, but also acted fairly and punished lawbreakers, they were immediately relieved.
Say it, the two women burst into tears outside Chongde Hall.
Thinking of this, Fei cried even harder, but he was just a prostitute, and in the end he could not control Princess Fuxing, who was determined to save the Meng family, and Queen Mother Li, who was determined to save Meng Chang.
Meng Chang heard a cry in the palace, and his face turned green and red. He picked up the poisonous wine bowl, sighed several times and then put it down.
After listening to Fei's words, Meng Chang realized that the seemingly weak Fei in front of him not only had ice-cold muscles and clear bones but also had a strong heart.
As he said this, he seemed to be leaving in anger, but in fact he was running away.
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Li Hao had a very complicated heart. He knew that his son Li Xiaofeng and his half-brother Li Dalang's family had been working for the Zhou Dynasty for a long time, and he himself also liked the unification of mountains and rivers.
What's more, the Lord of Zhou came from Hexi and has always been accused of being a Tibetan thief. The Northern soldiers under his command are so cruel. It is impossible to say that the Lord of Zhou himself is a monster with a height of eight feet and a waist of eight feet.
This is actually correct, because when Meng Zhixiang was still working as a left-behind in Beijing (Taiyuan), he hooked up with his widowed sister-in-law, Princess Fuxing.
And I praise you, the Li family and the Fei family beside me are both beautiful and fragrant. Once we enter the capital of the gods, how can the emperor of the Northern Dynasty not salivate and how can he still save his life? It is better to die today."
There are two theories about Meng Zhixiang's first wife in history. One is that he married Princess Qionghua, the sister of Zhuang Zong Li Cunxu, a daughter of Li Keyong.
Of course, those who were killed were not ordinary people or the royal family of the Meng family, but those daring urban foxes, community rats, and local ruffians in these days.
After being washed and cleaned, he was escorted by Empress Dowager Li's brother to the Zhou army camp, and then waited to be sent to Chang'an.
Li Rongze began a killing spree in Chengdu Prefecture.
Of course, as a symbol of escaping from the mortal world, Buddhist temples such as Wenshu Monastery, Zhaojue Temple, and Baoguang Temple in Chengdu are also overcrowded.
This was when I was passionately in love, and suddenly I was asked to go thousands of miles away to serve another man. I couldn't accept it for a while.
Princess Fuxing was silent for a long time. She understood what Empress Dowager Li meant. She wanted him to cry to Zhang Chang as the niece of Emperor Li Keyong to see if Meng Chang could be saved.
Empress Dowager Li was originally a concubine of Emperor Zhuangzong of the Tang Dynasty, but was later given to Meng Zhixiang and gave birth to Meng Chang.
Although it cannot be compared with the Xiaorui of the Zhou army who defeated Khitan and destroyed Hedong, he is not a lamb to be slaughtered.
"If you want to avoid disaster, you should give up all your external possessions. All the Meng family's property in Shu must be dedicated. All these stunning beauties around you should also be dispersed.
She looked at Meng Chang with tears in her eyes, gently took off a short sword from her inner robe, and then raised her hands above her head.
My sister is a woman, but is there any way to avoid disaster?"
Thinking of this, Li Hao looked at Wu Zhaoyi with a sad face and said: "A certain person has been in Shu for twenty years, and he has been practicing surrender. Later generations don't know how to ridicule him!"
It was only a little over a hundred miles from Hanzhou to Chengdu. It can be said that the Zhou army had already reached the suburbs of Chengdu.
On May 25th, Yin Zhengqi led an army of 40,000 to the east gate of Chengdu. Meng Chang led the sheep naked and led all the civil and military officials out of the city to beg for surrender.
After Meng Zhixiang entered Shu, Tang Mingzong killed all Li Keyong's descendants. Princess Fuxing resented Mingzong, so she followed Princess Qionghua into Shu.
If I can't die now, will I be so tired that the Meng clan will be destroyed?"
While earth-shaking changes were taking place in Chengdu, Yin Zhengqi had already led his army across Zhongshui (Luo River) and arrived at Hanzhou (Guanghan).
After hearing this, Princess Fuxing burst into tears, "What a hero the late emperor was, how could he be born with such a tiger father and a dog son?
The Emperor Shao Ming was able to spare Gao Baorong and Ma Xiguang because they had long been obedient and cowardly, so that they could return them as nobles of the new dynasty to show the generosity of the Emperor of the Central Plains.
He ordered Meng Shu's Yazhou Yongping Army Jiedushi, Suizhou Wuxin Army Jiedushi, Zizhou Wude Army Jiedushi, Lu, Rong and other seven states to observe and handle the envoys to arrive in Chengdu within five days to obey orders.
On May 29th, Ma Zhaoyuan established the Pingshu Dongchuan Thirteen Prefectures Observation and Disposal Envoy Office in Fuzhou, and began to stabilize the situation east of Meng Shu.
Mencius and Shu were declared destroyed.
Just when Meng Chang was leading the sheep, a team of three hundred Hanshandu elite riders, carrying a large amount of Meng Shu palace treasures and a green carriage, began to go to Chang'an.