On November 28th, on the winter solstice, from the capital to all places, all officials burned incense and bathed early. All officials in the capital followed the emperor to go out to the suburbs of the south gate to worship, called the suburbs of the south suburbs, once every three years. Local officials went to various official temples to worship together.

After Nanjiao, it was a common practice to express gratitude. All officials in the world were promoted together, which was a happy day. Many unsuccessful officials, whose normal promotion channels were blocked, were just waiting for Nanjiao to be promoted once every three years, and were particularly excited. There are also many officials like Du Zhongxiao who did not advance when they were supposed to be promoted, but who were waiting for Nanjiao to be promoted several more ranks. This is a day of celebration for the whole world. For officials, it is much more grand than the Spring Festival.

Before dawn, Zhang Deyi, the governor of Beizhou, and the new chief of the criminal prison, took the magistrate Dong Yuanheng, the chief of the military commander Tian Bin, the judge Li Hao and other officials, as well as the magistrate of Qinghe County, to Tianqing Temple in the south of the city.

In the Xuanyi Army camp in the city, Wang Ze was covered with a big knife, and sat in the middle of the military tent. Cao Zhi, the commander of the Xuanyi Army, surrounded by Wang Ze, and was both excited and nervous.

Xuanyi's army was established in Jingdong, Huainan, Liangzhe and Jiangdong Road in the first year of Qingli, and later promoted the grain protection and imperial guards of various routes. They belonged to the sequence of imperial guards, but were stationed in various places and did the work of the wing army. This army has been in trouble since its establishment. It has responsibilities to protect grain, and is under local jurisdiction. It is often punished for things like transporting grains for more than the period. In addition, the salary is not paid in time, it is not well-trained, poor management, and people are dispersed. I don't know how many chaos have occurred in recent years. In the past few years, the rebellion of Wanglun in Yizhou spread across dozens of states in the Huai River, and it was also caused by Xuanyi's army.

A very interesting phenomenon in the Song Dynasty army was that it was to facilitate the strict class system. In terms of system, the battalion-level commander had absolute power over his subordinates and could determine his life and death with one word. On the other hand, except for some elite three yamen directly under the imperial guards, most of the officers of the army were difficult to establish authority over their own troops, and they had a strong legacy of the Five Dynasties and often became puppets of their subordinates.

This is true for the Xuanyi Army in Beizhou. Wang Ze was just a small school, but because he was the incense master of the Maitreya Sect in this province, he had many followers and said the same thing in the military camp. Even the commander Cao Zhi obeyed his advice. Wang Ze said that the matter started today, and no one in Xuanyi Army opposed it. Most people thought about the success of great things. What benefits would they get from the dragon hero?

Such army caused troubles in a crowd. Some people took the lead and responded in chaos. If they met a magistrate with wise means, as long as they deal with a few leaders, the others would become turtles, pretending not to know anything, and still join the army to eat food.

Unfortunately, Zhang Deyi, the governor of this state, did not have this ability. He neither discovered signs of Xuan Yi's army's rebellion in advance nor had the courage and means to deal with such matters. Zhang Deyi's innocence came to power, and his father Zhang Qi was kind to the Queen Mother Liu E, and he was favored by the prince and the Grand Tutor retired and now lives in the capital. Zhang Qi had more than 20 sons, but Zhang Deyi was not outstanding and was not appreciated by the court.

Wang Ze usually drinks and is a street gangster, but at this time, he is extremely calm and looks outside the account without saying a word.

It was noon at sunset, and just as Cao Zhi and others were impatient, Zhang Luan quickly stepped in from outside and crossed his hands to Wang Ze: "I have seen the Master of Incense!"

Wang Ze said in a deep voice: "How about the official yamen now? Have you ever taken the key?"

Zhang Luan took out a key from his arms and said, "Fortunately, he fulfilled his mission and obtained the key to the Armament Bank. It was just that the key to the Military Capital Bank was on the Tongzong Dong Yuanheng. He was cautious and had no choice but to use all means."

Wang Ze said: "It is enough to have the armored guardhouse! If you take out the weapons and occupy the city of the state, you are afraid that you will not be able to get it! - What about the other brothers?"

Zhang Luan said: "Brothers Buji arrived at the Baoxiaojie Military Camp early in the morning. They responded when we waited for the matter to start our side and opened the Arctic Sword Library!"

"Okay, I'll go to Tianqing officials for the dogs, and there is no one to guard the yamen. If we don't do anything at this time, when will we wait? Let me open the armored warehouse first, take out swords, weapons and armor, kill the dog officials, and occupy the city! As long as we guard Beizhou, the news will spread, the surrounding Qi, De and other states will inevitably respond. At that time, the world will be in chaos, and we will enter Kaifeng Prefecture and seize the world of the Zhao family! By then, you are all important founding officials, and you will be able to enjoy the glory and wealth!"

The people gathered in the tent were waiting for this sentence, and they all cheered and shouted loudly.

The commander Cao Zhi was an official, and he could wink. He was the first to step forward and kneel in front of Wang Ze, shouting: "See the king!"

Wang Ze supported Cao Zheng with both hands and said, "Instructions, we share the joys and sorrows, we can only be communicating with brothers, and we do not need to perform this great gift."

Cao Zhi was not willing to get up and said, "The king responded to the destiny of heaven, and the lower ones were in line with the hearts of the people. He led our brothers to do great things and opened up a new world. The world cannot be without a master for a day. The destiny of the Zhao family has been exhausted. If the king is not a lonely person, how can he be content with the hearts of the people!"

When Zhang Luan saw this, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and joined Cao Zhi to let the king ascend the throne first to correct his status.

These people have been preparing for a long time, and they have already discussed the country's name and year's name. The king saw that people could use it, but he did not refuse. He now proclaimed himself the Prince of Dongping, the country's name was Anyang, and changed the year's name to Desheng.

Zhang Luan rose up and said to Wang Ze: "King, our business today is actually in line with the will of heaven. In ancient times, it was the year of the winter solstice, which was the New Year's Day. The Spring and Autumn Period said: "The first month of the king" and the new king ascended the throne was the first month, thinking it was Kaiyuan. The king ascended the throne today, and what we discussed before was just an ancient ritual."

Wang Ze was overjoyed and said to Zhang Luan: "You are well-read poetry and books and are familiar with yamen affairs, so you are my prime minister!"

Zhang Luan was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Wang Ze.

Wang Ze said to Cao Zhi again: "Instruction, you will still lead the soldiers of Xuanyi's army, the commander-in-chief of the infantry army, the Grand Marshal of the Three Yas, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Bu!"

This official is a little lower than Zhang Luan's prime minister, but fortunately, he is the military general who is extremely responsible and can barely accept it. Cao Zhi also thanked him.

After appeased everyone, Wang Ze brought Xuan Yi's army and sent out the military camps to the state yard. He first went to the back to open the armored warehouse, distributed weapons and armor to everyone, sent people to occupy the state yard, and came to Tianqing Temple.

In addition to training and going out to perform tasks, the officers and soldiers in the city usually put their weapons in the armored scepter warehouse. With the knife in their hands, these people became bolder, raised their heads and chests, and walked along the street of Zhoucheng toward Tianqing Temple.

Although Beizhou is not a big province, it is located on Hebei Road and is the front line against the Khitan. The armored sword stocks a lot of weapons. The king assigned his party members, and all the Maitreya religious believers could come to collect weapons.

In Tianqing Temple, Zhang Deyi and Tian Jing were burning incense and worshiping with a group of officials. An official was in a panic and ran over quickly.

Zhang Deyi saw it and said sternly: "Who dares to break in without authorization at this time? The person who comes will drag him out and beat him to death with sticks!"

The official knelt on the ground and said, "Officials, the big things are not good. The king in the city is in trouble with a group of military thieves and occupied the state yamen and is coming here!"

Tian Jing was startled and hurriedly stopped Zhang Deyi, asked the official to get up, and asked in detail what was going on.

After hearing the officials' words, the officials were stunned and didn't know what to do. There were only Xuan Yi Army and Baoxiao Jie Army in the city, and the other officers of the Fang army were unable to fight. Xuan Yi Army all followed Wang Ze to cause trouble, and the situation was already quite critical.
Chapter completed!