History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 95: High Pian
Just pretending to be mysterious would definitely make Gao Pian suspicious. Although Gao Pian was mentally retarded, he was not an idiot. Lu Yongzhi had his own way, which was to bribe Gao Pian's people, servants, etc. with a large sum of money, and let them secretly observe and report Gao Pian's every move and every word, and when necessary, they would act as extras to cooperate with Lu Yongzhi in acting.

Therefore, Lu Yongzhi was completely deceiving Gao Pian from a God's perspective, and Gao Pian was also surprised at Lu Yongzhi's omniscience and firmly believed that he had the ability to predict the future.

Even Gao Pian's attendants couldn't stand it anymore. Sometimes they couldn't help but hint to Gao Pian and wanted to expose Lu Yongzhi's tricks. But before they could open their mouths, Lu Yongzhi would frame them to death. In the end, no one dared to reveal the secrets, and they all became shills to accompany Gao Pian to witness the miracle.

Among the group of people who pretend to be gods and deceive others, there are naturally wild masters outside the system who are unwilling to rely on Lu Yongzhi, such as Shentu Sheng.

Shen Tusheng was older than Lü Yongzhi and was said to be able to turn stone into gold. He was highly skilled and was favored by Gao Pian. However, Shen Tusheng was no match for Lü Yongzhi in political tactics. Lü Yongzhi easily pushed Shen Tusheng out of the core power circle.

In order to avoid the murderous hands of Lü Yongzhi, Shen Tusheng fled to Xiang and Han, while Gao Pian sent people to hunt him down.

Shentu Sheng did not dare to return to Huainan, so he went to see Liu Jurong, who was in charge of Xianghan, and performed his specialty, turning stone into gold. Liu Jurong was delighted and immediately kept Shentu Sheng by his side. One of Tian Lingzi's confidants passed by Xiangzhou, and Liu Jurong warmly invited him to witness the miracle together.

After hearing this, Tian Lingzi ordered Liu Jurong to hand over Shen Tusheng to the court. Liu Jurong refused. Tian Lingzi was filled with hatred and later found an opportunity to execute Liu Jurong's entire family. Shen Tusheng also died in the chaos.

Therefore, in Huainan, Lu Yongzhi's gang completely dominated the "immortal circle", possessed supreme authority, and had the final right of interpretation on how to practice Taoism and become an immortal.

Later, Gao Pian simply entrusted the military and political power to Lu Yongzhi, and withdrew himself to worship the gods wholeheartedly, practice Taoism, and strive to ascend to heaven as soon as possible.

After Lu Yongzhi came to power, he accepted bribes and sold official positions and titles on a large scale.

A man named Xiao Sheng bribed Lü Yongzhi in order to get a position as an administrative official in Yancheng (now Yancheng, Jiangsu Province). Gao Pian was embarrassed because this was obviously a violation of the rules. Xiao Sheng had never even taken the imperial examination, let alone passed the imperial examination. He was not a descendant of nobles and had no military achievements. He failed to meet the requirements in all aspects.

Lu Yongzhi said: "I am not doing this for an insignificant Xiao Sheng, I am doing this for you, the commander. A few days ago, I received a fairy letter from the sea, saying that there is a sword in the ancient well of Yancheng, and it must be retrieved by an official with spiritual energy. Xiao Sheng is the attendant of the immortal, and I want him to help you get the sword!"

Gao Pian slapped his forehead and said, "Sir, you should have told me earlier. You almost delayed my important plan!"

Comrade Xiao Sheng took office immediately.

A few months later, under the guidance of Lu Yongzhi, Xiao Sheng presented a wooden box containing a bronze dagger.

Gao Pian has been a soldier all his life, so how could he be fooled by other things, and how could he be fooled by a weapon that kills people? He reached into the box and took out the dagger, "Hey -" a knockoff from a street stall! Just as he was about to get angry, Lu Yongzhi beside him knelt down with a plop and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Marshal, this is the sword that the Northern Emperor carries with him. If you get it, no weapon within a hundred miles can hurt you!"

Gao Pian immediately treated it as a treasure, decorated it with pearls and jade, and wore it with him all the time.

【High parallelism】

Unlike Gao Pian, who was nearly mentally retarded, Lu Yongzhi had an extremely clear mind and knew how to be a qualified treacherous minister.

First, it is necessary to build a huge intelligence network and establish and control a systematic spy agency.

Lu Yongzhi instigated Gao Pian to set up a "Patrol Envoy", nominally an intelligence agency to serve Gao Pian. Gao Pian was devoted to Taoism, so he entrusted the daily operation of the agency to Lu Yongzhi.

Lü Yongzhi recruited more than a hundred ruffians to serve as grassroots agents, named "chazi". Their daily work was to walk through the streets and alleys, recording everyone's words and deeds, and they visited everything. From big things like who invited guests to drink, who said and did what at the banquet, to small things like couples' love words, parents beating and scolding their children, etc., all were recorded one by one and reported to Lü Yongzhi in detail. And these gossips became the material for Lü Yongzhi to fabricate charges and frame people.

The horror of the "Inspectors" is not just that they are paparazzi, they are real mad dogs that bite people.

Whenever Lü Yongzhi set his eyes on someone's property or coveted someone's wife and daughter, he would instruct his "Cha Zi" to falsely accuse that person of treason, and then arrest and torture him until he confessed. After the suspect "confessed", he would be executed in accordance with the principle of "leniency to those who confess", and his property, wife and daughter would be confiscated.

Lü Yongzhi used this method to kill hundreds of families, so that pedestrians on the street dared not look up, and both civilians and officials became dumb. Even if they hid in their own homes, they had to be cautious and look around when yawning.

The sky over Huainan was covered with dark clouds, and the entire nation was shrouded in an atmosphere of terror.

Secondly, we must control the military power.

Truth is always within the range of cannons, and caliber is justice. Evil people are more willing to abandon moral teachings, while good people always cry and tell others that fairy tales are all lies after being hurt.

A traitor is different from a clown. A clown only knows how to deceive his master, but a traitor will try every means to control the military power after that. Tian Lingzi is like this, Lu Yongzhi is like this, and all traitors and traitors in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, are like this.

Through coercion and inducement, Lü Yongzhi instigated the generals to propose a military system reform, carefully selecting 20,000 elite soldiers from the existing troops and organizing them into the "Left and Right Moye Du", similar to the Left and Right Shence Army of the Central Imperial Guard, led by Lü Yongzhi and Zhang Shouyi.

"Left and Right Moye Du" has a complete organizational structure and command and combat, logistics and dispatch systems, becoming an independent, elite private armed force that only obeys Lu Yongzhi's orders.

Whenever Lu Yong went out, he would be escorted by more than a thousand elite soldiers.

Finally, of course, the goal is to further sideline the top leader and make him exist in name only.

Even with his impenetrable spy intelligence network and his strong armed forces, Lü Yongzhi still did not dare to rest easy. He was very sensitive and cunning, and was afraid that someone would risk his life to persuade him and expose his ugly crimes. So he said to Gao Pian: "Do you know why you can't invite the gods? Because there are too many ordinary people around you, and you can't cut off the worldly ties."

Therefore, Gao Pian stopped receiving guests, trying to get rid of the shackles of the secular world. Not only did he not receive civil and military staff, but even his wives and concubines were not allowed to meet him. Gao Pian wanted to be a pure person, a person who was free from vulgar tastes, fresh and unworldly, and transcendent to become an immortal.

If there is an urgent matter and they must meet, the guest must first "cleanse himself from impurities", take a bath, change clothes, fast and pray, offer sacrifices to ghosts and gods, and the Taoist priest will perform a ritual on the spot to expel the impurities on his body and cleanse his soul, and then they can reluctantly meet.

The so-called "meeting" was led by the protocol officer (a follower of Lü Yongzhi), who stood two stops away from Gao Pian and kowtowed to him from a distance. As soon as he stood up, "It's time to see you off——"

Gao Pian was completely sidelined, and Lu Yongzhi truly monopolized power without any worries.

Gradually, the people in Huainan only knew about Lu Yongzhi but not Gao Pian.

Lü Yongzhi had many wives and concubines, with more than 100 of them listed on the books, and he led an extravagant life. His income mainly came from accepting bribes and embezzling public funds.

Does power allow you to do whatever you want?
Sorry, the power really can do whatever you want.

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