First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 162 The Death of Yu Shiji

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At this time in the Jiangdu Palace, if there are any ministers who can truly serve Yang Guang to the death, Shen Guang, the commander of the envoy battalion, is definitely one of them.
Yuan Li went straight to Xuanwu Gate to station the envoy camp. Shen Guang and Yuan Li were old friends, so there was no time to exchange pleasantries.

Yuan Li said sternly: "Preach the sage's oral instructions."

When Shen Guang heard this, he hurriedly sat down to salute.

"General Chen Leng of the Right Guard has defeated the enemy and will arrive in Jiangdu tomorrow. I will go to greet him in person. I will always go to the Changting Pavilion in the east of the city to clear the way," Yuan Li said sternly.

Yuan Li has been by Yang Guang's side for a long time, and he is very familiar with Yang Guang's speech habits, and now he is delivering the "oral instructions" face to face, and the words used are exactly the same as Yang Guang's.

The master of Shen Guangzi, Yang Guang called Shen Guangbiao after he was invited to the court in Goguryeo.

Hearing that Chen Leng had won again, Shen Guang was extremely happy. Chen Leng is also from the south of the Yangtze River. His official worship is General You Yuwei. He was sent by Yang Guang to Jianghuai to attack Du Fuwei, Li Zitong and others. There are often good news. , is now one of the few generals under Yang Guang's command.

Shen Guang has no doubts about Yuan Li's false oral instructions. Even if he gathers hundreds of elite envoys, he will go to the Changting Pavilion in the east of the city, because usually if Yang Guang goes out of the palace to play or hunt, he will give it to the envoy camp in advance. Went to Qingdao to investigate and ensure safety, Yang Guang just left the palace.

Seeing that all the envoys had left, Yuan Li smiled slightly.

Not long after, a person rushed over outside the Xuanwu Gate, and went straight to the envoy's camp, but he saw that the huge camp was empty, with only a few guards.

"Where is your Commander Shen?" The man grabbed a guard and asked eagerly.

The guard hurriedly said: "Return to General Mailang, the commander has led his brothers to the long pavilion in the east of the city."

It turned out that this man was Mai Mengcai, Wu Benlang's general, the son of Mai Tiezhang, the general of Youtunwei.

Mai Mengcai inherited his father Mai Tiezhang's behest, and he was righteous and strong. Hearing that Xiaoguo's army wanted to rebel, he didn't have time to go through the forbidden palace to face Yang Guang, so he hurried to Xuanwu Gate to inform Shen Guang. Mai Mengcai and Shen Guang made friends , I also know Shen Guang's loyalty, but I don't want to come in a hurry and miss nothing.

Hearing the guard's words, Mai Mengcai was startled. After questioning carefully, he immediately understood that Shen Guang had been transferred away from the mountain, so he hurriedly borrowed a horse and prepared to chase after Shen Guang's men. Unexpectedly, he was about to go out. Seeing the menacing army approaching ahead, Mai Mengcai hurriedly hid in the envoy's barracks.

Through the crack of the door, Mai Mengcai gritted his teeth and saw Sima Dekan and Yuwen Zhiji, who were the leaders, at a glance. There was no resistance at the Xuanwu Gate, and Yuwen Sima led the troops straight in.

Passing through the emissary camp, we first arrived at the Ministry of Internal History located in Xuanwu Gate.

The Ministry of Internal History, later Zhongshu Sheng, was the highest government department, and the Neishi Ling, later Zhongshu Ling, was the prime minister.

At this time, Yang Guang was suspicious and suspicious, and did not set an internal history order. Only the Minister of Internal History acted as the prime minister, and the current Minister of Internal History was Yu Shiji.

Yu Shiji is from Kuaiji in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is destined to be in a different camp from Sima Dekan, Yu Wenzhiji and others. Moreover, Yu Shiji has won the trust of Yang Guang, masters secrets, and participates in government affairs. The goal is to get rid of Yu Shiji.

The army directly broke through the Ministry of Internal History. Yu Shiji's family all lived in the Houya, and Yu Shiji lived a luxurious life. At this time, he was enjoying singing and dancing in the middle hall. Suddenly, he heard a commotion, and Yu Shiji was shocked and keenly aware of the approaching danger.

At this time, younger brother Yu Shinan and his four sons also came to the hall together, "Brother, what happened?"

Yu Shinan, an official worshiper, lives with his elder brother Yu Shiji, but lives in a very poor life. Although they have different living habits and political ideas, they are brothers and friends.

As soon as Yu Shinan finished speaking, there was a loud bang, the front courtyard door was smashed, and Xiaoguo soldiers poured in like a tide.

Yu Shiji was shocked, he hurriedly pulled out the sword on the beam, and stepped forward to protect his younger brother and fourth son, "This is the Ministry of Internal History, you dare to break in, will you not succeed in rebelling?"

"Yu Xianggong, it's really enjoyable." Yu Wenzhi rode straight into the courtyard, saw the trembling dancer and music girl behind him, and praised loudly.

"Yuwen Zhiji", Yu Shiji was shocked and angry when he saw this, "What do you want to do?"

"No one else, it's just that Yu Xianggong persuaded the saint to move to Danyang, but the Xiaoguo soldiers behind me don't want to go." Yu Wenzhiji sat on the horseback, looked at the members of the Yu family proudly and said.

"Hmph, the holy will has been decided, how dare you gather troops late at night, this is a conspiracy to punish the clan", Yu Shiji was so powerful, how could he be frightened by Yu Wenzhi and this prodigal son, and immediately scolded.

"It's useless to say more", Sima Dekan on the side pulled out his horizontal knife when he saw this, with a fierce expression on his face, "When I return to Guanzhong, Mr. Yu can stay here", after all, he slapped his horse and swung his knife straight at Yu Shiji go.

Yu Shiji was over half a hundred years old, a literati, who was about to die by the sword, but the eldest son Yu Su behind him reacted quickly, flew up and pushed Yu Shiji, Yu Shiji fell to the ground, but Yu Su was slashed to death with a knife in the chest, dripping with blood , the Yu family suddenly cried and shouted.

"What a filial son," Sima Dekan said with a sneer.

"Yu Shinan please take his brother's place to die." After supporting Yu Shiji, Yu Shinan stood up straight, straightened his clothes and said with his head held high.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was astonished.

"Bo Shi can't do it," Yu Shiji stretched out his hand and said, "The traitor, just kill me alone, don't hurt innocent people."

"None of them can escape." Sima Dekan immediately charged in with a knife on his horse, beheading Yu Shiji's three remaining sons Yu Xi, Yu Rou, and Yu Hui one by one.

Then, ignoring Yu Shinan who was pleading hard, he slashed across Yu Shiji's neck with a knife.

"Brother", Yu Shinan hugged Yu Shiji and cried loudly, hoarsely.

Yu Shiji held his younger brother's hand tightly, and his mouth twitched. He seemed to recall the time when the two brothers were studying together under the mentor Gu Yewang. Lu Ji Lu Yun of the Western Jin Dynasty was full of vigor.

"Live...alive", Yu Shiji said forcefully, then closed his eyes and tilted his head, the controversial Prime Minister of Great Ye fell into Jiangdu Palace.

Yu Shiji was quiet by nature, his emotions and anger were invisible, and he was very manly. He used to be an upright and upright minister who offended his face and gave advice. However, Yang Guang never accepted advice when faced with harsh advice.

After offending Yang Guang several times, Yu Shiji had no choice but to change his principles of life and politics, and became flattering and flattering from then on.

To sum up the reason, the main reason is that Yu Shiji saw with his own eyes that none of the loyal ministers who persuaded him came to a good end, such as Gao Jiong, Zhang Heng, He Ruobi, etc., were killed one after another because of their advice. Don't dare to disobey again.

(End of this chapter)