When it was almost dawn, Chen Kefu went to bed.

But not long after sleeping, just as the sky was dawn, the eunuch general manager Li Chaoen woke him up.

"Your Highness, Chief Guard Chen is here to report, Lord Tang of the Special Service has urgent military information!" Li Chaoen said with a cautious look on his face.

Chen Kefu shook his dizzy head, "Transfer!"

When Chen Kefu got up and changed his clothes and arrived at Wenhua Pavilion, Chen Lei was already waiting there with Tang Jinyun.

"I entered the palace so early, but what happened?"

"Your Highness, according to the secret report from Liu Si, a spy of the special service captain of Gaoyang County, who sent a secret report from Feige, the monks of the Wuli Conference held in Gaoyang County were cultists. They took advantage of the donation of the Wuli Conference to attract a large number of people to gather in Gaoyang. Nearly 10,000 cultists rushed to Gaoyang from all directions in the name of attending the Firing Conference. As a result, at yesterday's Firing Conference, Tan Sheng, the abbot of Tianlong Temple in Hengshan, issued a evil saying and gathered people to rebel. They attacked the county city Xianyu City, seized the official office, and killed the rebel people."

"And the evil monk Tansheng has already planned to rebel and rebelled, established himself as the kingdom of Buddhism, established himself as the Mahayana emperor, appointed nun Jingxuan as the queen of the evil wheel, and changed the reign to Vajra. Moreover, Gao Tansheng had already planned to connect with Gao Shida's general Gao Kaidao who fled in Hejian last time. Tansheng also named Gao Kaidao as the King of Qi, and obtained all his subordinates' 5,000 troops. Now he has gathered nearly 10,000 troops in Gaoyang and has engulfed more than 20,000 people."

"Bang" Chen Kefu slapped the table with his palm, his face extremely gloomy. He had no good feelings for these monks, and when he dealt with the aristocratic families, he had plans to deal with them together. He also notified the people from below to guard against these religious people. However, he did not expect that not only did he be careless, but also the following people were careless. These evil monks took advantage of the loopholes. What's even more hateful is that they made such a big mess under their noses. Those aristocratic families were not doing well, but they didn't expect that these bald donkeys would take action first.

With a dark face, Chen Kefu said coldly, "How about Xianyu City now?"

"Xianyu City, Gaoyang County, has now fallen into the hands of Gao Tansheng and Gao Kaidao. After resisting for a long time, the city officials and a small number of garrisons fled from Xianyu City with a large number of people at night and fled south to Gucheng, where General Luo Yi was stationed in the north of Zhao County."

Chen Kefu snorted coldly, "Do you know the identity of Gao Tansheng? I don't believe it. With this big move, these bald donkeys will have no clue in advance."

"It is because of his subordinate's dereliction of duty, so I would like to ask His Highness to punish him. At present, I only know that Gao Tansheng only left Hengshan when he was twenty years old. As for the situation before he was twenty years old, he has not yet found out."

"Hmph!" Chen Kefu was very dissatisfied.

"Your Highness, Lord Li Wangsheng, Director of the Investigation Department, is asking for a meeting outside the palace." An eunuch came to report.

"I'm sending him in now, I know how he explains to me." Chen Kefu said coldly.

Li Wangsheng quickly rushed to Wenhua Pavilion and knelt down as soon as he entered, "Your Highness, the matter between Xianyu City is a dereliction of duty. Please punish Your Majesty."

"Have you found out the details of Tan Sheng now?"

Li Wangsheng lowered his head and knelt on the ground. Without permission, he dared not get up. He thought to himself that His Highness had indeed asked about this when he met. Fortunately, he had found out with all his strength. Otherwise, he would not be able to stay in the position of the director after this incident.

"After your highness, the investigation department has investigated all his strength, it has found out the details of Gao Tansheng. Gao Tansheng is the great-grandson of Emperor Gaozu of Northern Qi, Emperor Shenwu of Emperor Gao Huan, his grandfather is Emperor Wenxiang of Northern Qi, and his father is Gao Changgong, the famous general of Northern Qi. In the fourth year of Wuping, Lanling King was poisoned to death by Gao Wei, the emperor of Northern Qi, for his contribution to the lord of Gao City, for his contribution to the lord of the city. His wife Zheng then returned to Buddhism and entered the Xuantian Temple in Hengshan to practice. However, after entering Buddhism, he found that he was pregnant.

Finally, with the help of the temple master, he secretly gave birth to a son, Gao Tansheng. When Gao Tansheng was young, he was fostered in a village house at the foot of Hengshan. It was not until he was twenty years old that his mother, who was already the abbot of Xuantian Temple, entered Tianlong Temple in Hengshan to become a monk and ordained. Then until now, this year, Gao Tansheng was forty-two years old. According to investigation, as early as the seventh year of Daye, people from the former Northern Qi knew his identity, and suspected that it was from that time that he began to plan."

Even Chen Kefu was shocked when he knew Gao Tansheng's identity.

He never expected that a rebellious monk would be the descendant of the royal family just like him. Moreover, Gao Tansheng was even more powerful, and he was a member of the most famous perverted royal family in Chinese history. Among his previous three generations, his great-grandfather Gao Huan was a hero for a lifetime, and he eventually became the founding emperor from a robber. Although his father, King Lanling, was only over thirty years old when he died, his reputation on the battlefield made the world look at him at that time. In the battle of Mangshan in Luoyang, the Northern Zhou army could not find the North.

Historical records show that the King Lanling was very handsome, and together with Dugu Xin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he was known as the two most beautiful men in the world. Therefore, when he went to the battlefield, he had to wear a very hideous mask every time, and was invincible on the battlefield. According to the "Book of Northern Qi", the soldiers sang him for this battle, which was the famous "The King Lanling Entering the Formation Song"

》. His short life was loyal to the superiors and to be kind to the subordinates, and he made many military achievements, which was known as the people of the time.

Although Chen Kefu knew that after the Sui Dynasty ruled the Central Plains, there were many royal families that were destroyed during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, even a monk was still a descendant of the royal family and was still such a famous person, which surprised him a little.

However, after the accident, he also paid more attention to Tan Sheng. If he was just a monk, even if he rebelled, there would not be too much threat. But if he announced the identity of the Northern Qi royal family, it would be a big trouble at that time. Most of the lands in Shandong, Hebei and Shandong are the territory of the Northern Qi that year, and maybe he could call out a group of old ministers from the Northern Qi that year.

"Didn't General Luo Zhong, who was stationed in Hengshan, send a message yesterday that his troops had arrived in Hengshan, Gaoyang? Where are his troops now? Have you started to attack Gaoyang?"

"According to subordinates, General Luo's three thousand soldiers had surrounded Gaoyang City, and General Luo was still drawing troops to continue to rush to Gaoyang. Although the evil monks and rebels were numerous, as long as General Luo's troops arrived, they would be wiped out."

Chen Kefu said seriously, "No matter what, this Tan Sheng must be captured. If he cannot be captured alive, he must be killed. I have to see people alive and corpses."

"yes"

Gao Tansheng gathered people to rebel in Xianyu City, Gaoyang, which undoubtedly completely ignited the already nervous powder barrel in Hebei.

Just the second day after Xianyu fell, Cui Xian, the head of the Cui family in Qinghe, openly rebelled against the court. In Qinghe, private soldiers gathered in the army, and slaves raised their troops. He proclaimed himself King of Zhao. Later, Cui family in Gaoyang and Cui family in Shanggu also responded one after another, and the two tribes raised troops to respond in the local area.

Subsequently, Gao Kui, the head of the Gao family in Bohai, established himself as the King of Wei, the Li family in Zhaojun, and the Liu family in Pingyuan, and responded one after another. Gao Kui named Li Cheng, the head of the Li family, as the King of Gaoyi, and Liu Ming, the head of the Liu family, as the King of Pingyuan.

Immediately on the same day, the Lu family, who had a huge influence in northern Hebei, also rebelled. The head of the Lu family in Fanyang, Lu Che, called himself the King of Yan in Zhuo County, gathered the three members of the Lu family.

Soon, the powerful families of Shandong on the south bank of the Yellow River also rebelled one after another. The Zheng family, Xiao family, and Wang family in Shandong rebelled. Wang Zhi, the head of the Wang family in Langjia, proclaimed himself King of Lu, and named Xiao as King of Lanling and Zheng as King of Jinan.

From Zhuo County, the northernmost part of Hebei to Pengcheng, Huaibei, the southernmost part of the Liaodong Army, the aristocratic tribes and landlords and powerful people, all of them rebelled. They raised their troops from the fort, united with each other, and attacked the county town. Overnight, the entire Hebei and Shandong were in chaos. Local officials such as Hebei and Shandong closed the city and retreated into the city to protect themselves. For a while, the entire Hebei and Shandong were full of private soldiers from the aristocratic tyrants. There were even many temples that followed the chaos, swept the people and rioted the places.

Such turmoil shocked the government and the public.

Even one of the Lu family's rioters in Hebei went directly outside Beijing.

For a moment, people in Beijing were panicked and rumors were flying everywhere.

Even Changsun Wugui and other women in his wife came to ask Chen Kefu. Chen Kefu naturally comforted these people with kind words.

The aristocratic unrest in Hebei made many aristocratic families in Beijing also moved. As the Lu family's chaotic army rushed outside Beijing with flags and left arrogantly, the entire Beijing city became more and more impetuous.

The prince's tutor Pei Shiju jogged all the way into He'an Palace where the little emperor lived. As soon as he entered, he burst into tears and shouted, "Your Majesty, you're so happy."

"Mr. Pei, why are you happy?" The little emperor always referred Pei Shiju as his confidant minister, so when he was in front of him, he never concealed his thoughts.

Pei Shiju said excitedly, "Your Highness knows that Chen Pojun is not aware of where to live, and he dares to point his finger at all the families in Shandong, Hebei. Now, all the powerful families in Shandong, Hebei, have rebelled. According to my opinion, Chen Kefu is now in the land of Hedong in Huaibei, Liaodong, Shandong. If this chaos arises, maybe Chen Kefu will suffer a great defeat that he has not seen in his life. At that time, the powerful families in Hebei will definitely hold His Majesty to re-take charge of the government and restore the imperial power of the Sui family."

The little emperor became a little happy when he heard this. As he grew older, he became more and more dissatisfied with Chen Kefu treating him as a puppet emperor. Especially after listening to the words of Pei Shiju and some surrendered ministers in Hebei, this feeling became stronger and stronger.

The little emperor stood up and walked a few times, and said with some concern, "But although Chen Pojun is unruly, he has always been a strong general and the Liaodong army has unparalleled combat power in the world. Although those powerful men of the aristocratic clans are loyal and brave, they are mostly servants and private soldiers. If they really want to fight, I am afraid they are not the opponents of Chen Pojun."

"There are so many ants that can kill the elephant, not to mention that Chen Pojun offended all the aristocratic and powerful landlords this time. Everyone in the world wants to rebel against him. Even if he is brave, how many can he fight? Your Majesty doesn't have to worry. Anyway, we will just sit on the wall to watch the fight. If Chen Pojun wins, we will not lose. But if Chen Ke is defeated again, it will be a great good thing."

The little emperor nodded with a fiery look and his heart was full of expectations.

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