A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 227: Father and son killing each other, what does it have to do with the Bai family?

July 9
Jiang Chong and others came to Chang'an with the Han Emperor's order to question him, and asked to take the prince to Ganquan Palace to accept the Han Emperor's questioning.

Liu Zheng was worried that he would be killed by Jiang Chong and others, so he sent his retainers to pretend to be the emperor's envoys and arrested Jiang Chong and others. According to Dao Hou Han, he suspected that the envoy was fake and refused to accept the edict, so he was killed by Liu Ju's retainers.

In the south of the city, Liu Zheng personally oversaw the killing of Jiang Chong and cursed: "You are a slave of the Zhao State. It was not enough to harass your king and his son before, but now you are harassing our father and son again!" He also killed Jiang Chong's barbarians. The wizard was burned to death in Shanglin Garden.

On the same day, Liu Ju sent his attendants to the Weiyang Palace Changqiu Gate at night, carrying the talisman, and reported everything to Queen Wei through Yihua, the chief imperial concubine.

Empress Wei learned of Liu Zheng's plan, sighed, and acquiesced to his action, so Liu Zhi was able to use the talisman to mobilize the royal horse's carriage to carry the archers, open the weapons arsenal, take out the weapons, and distribute them to his The retainers and attendants dispatched the guards of Changle Palace.

As Liu Zheng's actions became more and more serious, the city of Chang'an was in chaos, and rumors spread: "The prince is going to rebel."

少府
"Mr. Bai, the prince's attendant came with the queen's talisman to request for the deployment of war horses and chariots. What should we do?" Fu Jieling ran into Bai Xeng's office with sweat on his face and said anxiously.

Because the Shaofu was in charge of the royal family's finances, the emperor's food, clothing, housing, transportation and other matters, as well as the taxes on mountains, seas and ponds, it was too close to the Han Emperor, so many subordinate officials were envoys personally appointed by the Han Emperor, so Bai Zong's power in the Shaofu can be said to be minimal.

"Since there are talismans, let them hand over their horses and chariots to the prince and his companions!" Bai Zhen said nonchalantly while reading.

"Well, I heard that the prince wants to rebel. Mr. Bai, why don't we hand over the chariots and horses?" Fu Jieling hesitated.

Bai Yan glanced at him and said: "Since the prince has the queen's talisman, our young manor only recognizes the talisman and not the person. Everything is done in accordance with the rules and regulations. No one can say anything."

After hearing this, Fu Jie Ling breathed a sigh of relief and backed away.

"Master, the prince wants to raise an army, won't we, the Bai family, help?" After Fu Jie ordered to go out, the young official who had been standing next to Bai Zong said in confusion.

Bai Yong put down the bamboo slips and said: "There is a conflict between father and son. If we get involved, who should we help? Whichever side we help, it will not be beneficial to us. Is it possible that our Bai family is involved in the Liu family's struggle for power? Did you suffer less damage?”

"Then what should we do?"

Bai Yong thought for a moment and said: "Go back to the Bai Mansion immediately and tell Quan Er to send a message to all the Bai family members in Chang'an. Don't get involved in anything that happens today. It's best if you don't get involved in these days." Don’t go out every day, even if you are working in the mansion, don’t be easily inclined.”

"Here!"

The clerk got the order and went out.

As Bai Zong ordered the Bai family's forces not to participate, the prince's faction suddenly felt that the resistance was much less, and the speed of mobilizing troops was also much faster.

On the other side, Su Wen of Zhonghuangmen successfully escaped Liu Zhi's liquidation, escaped from Chang'an, came to Ganquan Palace, and reported all the prince's actions to the Han Emperor.

At this time, Emperor Han's mind became a little clearer and he said: "The prince must be afraid and resentful of Jiang Chong and others, so such a change happened. In this way, Liu Fei, you immediately returned to Chang'an and told the prince, don't be afraid, I He can distinguish right from wrong, so ask him to come to Ganquan Palace immediately so that we, father and son, can have a good talk."

"Here" After receiving the order, the eunuch Liu Fei went to Chang'an with a bitter look on his face.

But on the way to Chang'an, I heard that the prince's faction was already purging Jiang Chong's party in Chang'an City, and he also defected to Jiang Chong. He was afraid of being killed by the prince and did not dare to enter Chang'an. After arriving at the gate of Chang'an City, he immediately He returned the same way and reported to the Han Emperor: "The prince has rebelled and wants to kill me, but I escaped."

The Han Emperor was furious. It happened that Shi, the Prime Minister's Mansion Chief, was ordered by Prime Minister Liu Quyou to come to Ganquan Palace and tell the Han Emperor everything that happened in the city.

Emperor Han asked: "What did the Prime Minister do?"

"The Prime Minister blocked the news and did not dare to send troops."

Emperor Han said angrily: "Things have become so heated, how can there be any secret at all? The prime minister has no legacy of Duke Zhou at all. How could Duke Zhou not kill Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai at that time!"

When he learned that the prime minister had even lost his official seal and ribbon because he was walking too fast, he issued an imperial edict with a seal on him, ordering him: "I will clearly distinguish rewards and punishments for hunting down traitors. Use an ox cart as a cover." , don’t engage in hand-to-hand combat with the rebels, killing too many soldiers! Guard the city gate tightly and never let the rebels rush out of Chang’an City!”

Here, Prince Liu Ju summoned soldiers and horses in Chang'an City on the grounds that the Han emperor was staying in Ganquan Palace due to illness, and some treacherous ministers hijacked the emperor and took control of Ganquan Palace.

After hearing the prince's declaration, the Han Emperor left Ganquan Palace and came to Jianzhang Palace in the west of Chang'an City. He issued an edict to recruit troops from counties near Sanfu and deployed officials with a weight of less than 2,000 shi under the part-time jurisdiction of the prime minister.

Liu Ju also sent envoys to falsely convey the imperial edict, pardoning and releasing the prisoners in the official prison of Zhongdu in Chang'an, and ordered young master Fu Shide and disciple Zhang Guang to take charge of them respectively. He also sent Chang'an prisoners such as Hou to march to Changshui and Xuanqu with talismans. The Hu cavalry in the area were all fully armed and came to join them.

The minister Ma Tong was dispatched by the Han Emperor to Chang'an. After learning about the incident, he immediately pursued him, arrested Ruhou, showed him the new talisman, and told the Hu people: "The talisman brought by Ruhou is fake, and you cannot listen to him." !" So he executed Ruhou and led the Hu cavalry into Chang'an. He also recruited the ship soldiers and soldiers along the way and handed them over to the command of Dahonglu Shang Qiucheng. After cleaning up the power in his hands, he had initially taken control of the Southern troops stationed in the palace. However, Liu Ju found that there were still Northern troops stationed in the city that he had not grasped, so he personally came to the south gate of the Northern Army camp and stood on the cart. At the top, Ren An, the envoy of the Northern Guard Army, was summoned, presented with a talisman, and ordered him to send troops.

Ren An worshiped and accepted the talisman festival, but after returning to the camp, he stayed behind closed doors.

Liu Zhi had no choice but to leave, forcibly armed tens of thousands of citizens from the four cities of Chang'an, and took them to the west gate of Changle Palace. He happened to encounter the army led by Prime Minister Liu Qumo. The two sides fought for five days, and tens of thousands of people died. People, blood flowed into the ditches on the street like water.

People say that "the prince is rebellious", so people don't rely on the prince. They hide when they can when recruiting the prince, but the military strength of the prime minister's side is constantly strengthening.

Seventeenth

Liu Ju was defeated and fled south to Fu'anmen in Chang'an City. Si Zhitian Renzheng led his troops to guard the city gate. Because he felt that Liu Ju and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a father-son relationship and did not want to press too hard, Liu Ju was able to escape from the city.

Liu Qumo wanted to kill Tian Ren. Bao Shengzhi, who had been promoted to the imperial censor, said to Liu Qumo: "Sizhi is a high official of the imperial court with two thousand stones. He should report first. How can he kill Tian Ren without permission?" So Liu Qumo said Qu Ya had no choice but to release Tian Ren.

When the Emperor of the Han Dynasty heard about it, he became furious and ordered Baoshengzhi to be arrested and punished. He also sent someone to question him: "Sizhi let the rebels go. The prime minister killed him to enforce the laws of the country. Why did you stop him?"

Frightened by the sudden victory, as a former Xiu Yi Zhizhi, he knew the criminal laws of the court and did not want to be scrutinized, so he committed suicide.

Later, the Han Emperor issued an edict to send Zongzheng Liu Chang and Jingzhao Yin Baibin to take back the queen's seal and ribbon with the emperor's decree, and Queen Wei committed suicide.

Then the Emperor of the Han Dynasty thought that Ren An was an old official. When he saw the war, he wanted to sit back and watch the success or failure, and join him to see who would win. He had second thoughts about the court, so he had Ren An and Tian Ren cut in half.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty also captured Ruhou because of Ma Tong and named him the Marquis of Chonghe; Jing Jian from Chang'an County followed Ma Tong and captured Shi De and named him Dehou; Dahong Lu and Shang Qiucheng fought hard, captured Zhang Guang and named him a Marquis. .

Finally, all the disciples of the prince who had been in and out of the palace were put to death; anyone who followed the prince in sending troops to rebel would be punished with genocide for treason; officials and soldiers at all levels who were coerced by the prince out of their true intentions would be punished. Exiled to Dunhuang County. And because the prince was on the run, he began to set up garrison troops at various city gates in Chang'an.

Early morning, east of Chang'an City, Baigong Mansion

The door that had been closed for more than half a month slowly opened, and several servants immediately brought cleaning tools and began to wash away the blood stains on the door and the street.

Bai Yong slowly walked out of the house, looked at the blood on the street, sighed, and got on the carriage. Under the urging of the coachman, the carriage gurgled towards the young manor.

And with the gurgling sound of the carriage, high doors or small doors along the way were slowly opened. Looking at the blood stains on the street, I felt cold all over, and then I looked at the moving cars from the bottom of my heart. The carriage bowed and handed over.

It turned out that when Bai Zong realized that the situation had escalated to the level of war, he decisively left the Shaofu and returned to Bai Gong's Mansion. He relied on the hundreds of soldiers in the mansion to avoid trouble, and then sent his soldiers to be the son of Jing Zhaoyin. Bai Bin escorted him back home.

He also sent his evil servants to warn the people in the east of the city that no one should go out in the next few days for fear of risking their lives. With the reputation of Bai Gongfu in the east of the city, many people believed it, so Able to avoid war disaster.

Later, some defeated soldiers wanted to rob the east of the city with swords, but Bai Zong sent some of his soldiers to kill them, minimizing the losses to the neighborhoods in the east of the city.

Although Chang'an is still under martial law, it is the political center of the world and still needs to operate, so Bai Yong returned to his position as soon as the turmoil ended. However, after returning, he found that many of his subordinates were missing, but Bai Yong He didn't say much, he just told the remaining subordinates to talk less and do more during this time.

In Bai Yong's mind, this turmoil was limited to the court, and did not extend to the lower levels, nor did it have any impact on the world. It was equivalent to a conflict between the Han emperor and his son, and had nothing to do with him. He just felt pity for those who were suppressed by them. Soldiers and civilians who were trapped and died.

The prince Liu Zheng was still fleeing, and the Han Emperor was in an unprecedented rage. This made all the officials in the court feel very frightened. They were afraid that if they didn't say the right thing, they would be killed by the Han Emperor, and they didn't know what to do.

At this time, Ling Gumao, the third elder of Huguan, was deeply aware of the losses suffered by Guanzhong due to this turmoil, and desperately wrote to the Han Emperor: "I heard that the father is like the sky, the mother is like the earth, and the son is like the person between heaven and earth. All things, so only when the heaven is calm and the earth is safe, can all things flourish; only when the father is kind and the mother loves, the son can be filial.

Now the prince is the legal heir of the Han Dynasty, and will inherit the great cause of eternity, carry out the great trust of his ancestors, and is the eldest son of His Majesty in terms of relationship.

Jiang Chong was originally a commoner, nothing more than a slave in the market, but His Majesty showed great respect for him, allowing him to take the orders of the Supreme Being to persecute the Crown Prince. He gathered a group of treacherous villains to defraud, frame, persecute and frame the Crown Prince. The father-son relationship between His Majesty and the Prince is blocked.

When the prince entered, he could not meet with his majesty. When he retreated, he was troubled by the frame-ups of rebellious ministers. He was wronged alone and had nowhere to appeal. He couldn't help but feel resentful and killed Jiang Chong. However, he was afraid that his majesty would convict him and was forced to flee.

As your Majesty's son, the prince embezzled his father's army just to save himself from being framed by others. I don't think he has any sinister intentions. ···”

An eloquent petition of several hundred words moved the Han emperor to some extent, but due to the emperor's face, he still did not publicly issue a pardon for the prince Liu Zhi, but relaxed his arrest. Instead, Jingzhao Yin Baibin was responsible for the arrest of the prince.

(End of this chapter)