Wang Shichong had just received news from Yun Dingxing, and Emperor Tai refused to go to Mangshan to sacrifice to the sky because of his physical discomfort. Unexpectedly, as soon as Yun Dingxing's people left, Duan Da's son-in-law came with him.

In the middle army's tent, Wang Shichong sat in front of the desk and carefully read the letter Duan Da wrote to him. He read very carefully, without missing a word. From this letter, he read Duan Da's fear, and wrote out all the details without any conditions. How to start and when to start? Even if it means that everyone wrote it out, there is only one meaning in the whole article, and Duan Da showed a full appearance of slavery.

Although Duan Da's slave appearance made Wang Shichong despise, this kind of slave is very useful. He was worried that Yun Dingxing alone could not stabilize the situation. It would be just right if there was one more Duan Da.

"I understand. County Magistrate Zhang went back to tell the Prime Minister Duan that I would never let him down. If he made a contribution, he would definitely get it."

"Thank you, Your Highness Zheng, for your good words. I'm leaving."

"Go!"

Wang Shichong sent Zhang Ding away. He walked slowly in the tent with his hands behind his back, thinking about the final plan. Wang Shichong was hesitant now whether he should take one step or two steps, or take two steps, to ascend the throne directly, and to take two steps, that is, to take charge of the government power first, then sit firmly before forcing Emperor Tai to abdicate.

In terms of personal feelings, he tends to take one step and ascend the throne directly. He has 100,000 stones of food in his hands, which is enough to win the hearts of the people. However, reason tells him that if that is the case, most court officials will abandon him and flee. What is the point of being a bare-legged emperor? Walk in two steps, wait for him to firmly settle the government and gradually calm the court officials before abdicating to the throne. However, in this way, the waiting days will make him feel distressed.

He still needs to consider it again, and Yang Yuanqing, who promised to return Emperor Tai to Yang Yuanqing. Wang Shichong did not understand why Yang Yuanqing wanted Emperor Tai, and he thought about it. There was only one explanation. Yang Yuanqing wanted to give the court officials an explanation to win people's hearts, but it seemed a bit far-fetched.

At this time, a personal guard quickly walked to the door and reported: "Your Majesty, someone has come from the palace and said that an imperial edict has arrived!"

Wang Shichong was stunned. A sneer immediately appeared on his face. What was his imperial edict going to say.

"So quickly put the incense table to receive the order!"

In front of the central army's tent, the incense table had been set up, and the eunuch Zhao Yingzhong stood aside with an imperial edict expressionless face. Two little eunuchs stood behind him. Wang Shichong knelt down in front of the incense table and said respectfully: "Wang Shichong obeys the order!"

Zhao Yingzhong walked to the front, brushed the ground and opened the imperial edict, and read aloud: "I just arrived in the second year of Huangtai, and I have been waiting for the treatment. However, I have been ordered to work in heaven to cultivate the country of Sui Dynasty. I should be grateful for the awe of heaven and be grateful for the virtues. I think of it. Worshiping the heaven is the duty of the lord, and I cannot be abandoned because of the matter. I decided to worship the heaven in the palace on the sixth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Huangtai, and ordered the Shangshu Zuofu Lu Chu to be the main sacrifice. I and the King of Zheng sacrifice to heaven. All court officials above the seventh rank should attend. I must not be misleading, I am honored by this!"

"My minister, Wang Shichong, obeys the order!"

Wang Shichong kowtowed three respectfully, stood up and asked, "I heard from Shangshu Yun that he suggested that the emperor go to Mangshan to worship the sky? Why did he change it to the palace again?"

Zhao Yingzhong squeezed out a smile on his face and bowed and smiled, "The prince doesn't know anything. The emperor has not been good in the New Year. The imperial physician has been here twice. He is not allowed to go out. Although he wants to go to Mangshan, his body cannot support him. He can only wait to go to Mangshan to worship the sky next year. This year he originally planned not to worship. After receiving a reminder from Secretary Yun, the emperor decided to worship the heaven in front of Chengde Hall. At that time, His Highness Zheng will sacrifice with the emperor. This is an honor that the Great Sui Dynasty has never had before. Congratulations to His Highness Zheng!"

Wang Shichong smiled, "Thank you, Eunuch Zhao for your kind words, I will definitely go and sacrifice with the emperor."

He immediately turned around and ordered, "Get three hundred taels of gold!"

Zhao Yingzhong was shocked and waved his hand quickly, "This is not OK!"

The soldier brought a plate of gold to him, and Wang Shichong put thirty cakes of gold into the bag and forced him to say, "This is the tea money for my father-in-law. If you don't want it, don't give me Wang Shichong face, accept it quickly."

Zhao Yingzhong was secretly happy. This was three hundred taels of gold! He pretended to refuse again, so he happily accepted it and returned to the palace happily.

Wang Shichong looked at his figure and walked away, snorting coldly, "I dare to collect my gold, and I am impatient to live."

...........

In the palace, Lu Chu finally persuaded Emperor Tai Yang Tong to accept their plan. Although Yang Tong agreed to sacrifice to the sky in the palace, he was suspicious of taking the opportunity to kill Wang Shichong, and he was worried that this would lead to chaos in the capital.

"Your Majesty, if your father is not dead, Lu is not over. If Wang Shichong does not die, the danger of our Sui Dynasty will not stop. I also know that if Wang Shichong kills him, his subordinates will cause trouble in the capital. But after all, they are the Sui army. As long as His Majesty is here, they will not attack the palace. And as long as the morale of the army is in chaos, they will gradually flee. I will use elite troops to capture Wang Shichong's sons and nephews. Your Majesty, Wang Shichong's danger will be eliminated!

Yang Tong understood Lu Chu's meaning, and he was surprised and said, "Is the prime minister going to sacrifice the people of Luoyang to protect the imperial palace?"

"His Majesty!"

Lu Chu raised his voice, "I don't want to do this, but I choose one of the pros and cons. This is the best way. As long as we work together in the future, the scars of the people of Luoyang will gradually be healed. Your Majesty, if you want to do big things, don't be care about the details!"

Yang Tong lowered his head and said nothing, feeling extremely embarrassed. He would rather die by himself than implicate the people of Luoyang. Although Lu Chu knew that Wang Shichong's army would plunder the people, he regarded it as a means to eliminate Wang Shichong's rebellion, which made Yang Tong unacceptable.

He suddenly raised his head and plucked up his courage: "Prime Minister Lu, we can ask Yang Yuanqing for help and ask him to send troops to wipe out the Wang Shichong Rebellion. We can let the two Sui Dynasty merge, and I am willing to abdicate!"

"Your Majesty is confused. The two Sui Dynasty merged. Even if Your Majesty is willing to abdicate, what should the court officials do? Have you ever thought about it for them? Will there be their position in the new Sui Dynasty? Your Majesty, I believe that the court will not agree, and I will not agree first."

Lu Chu was really annoyed. He tried his best to preserve the throne for him and eliminate Wang Shichong for him. In the end, he actually wanted to merge the two Sui Dynasty and relate to Luoyang and become a stepmother.

In fact, Lu Chu also knew that the merger of the two Sui Dynasty was not a problem to maintain the position of the merged prime minister with the head of the Lu family and the chief prime minister of the Southern Sui Dynasty, but what should be done with other ministers in the court? He could not only consider himself and be the head of all officials. He had to consider more of the interests of ministers. More importantly, the merger of the two Sui Dynasty would be Yang Yuanqing's new dynasty, and the Great Sui Dynasty would be over, and he could not accept it emotionally.

Yang Tong sighed, "Let me think about it again! I will reply to the Prime Minister tomorrow morning."

.........

In the night, Lu Chu's carriage slowly drove back to the mansion under the protection of more than a hundred guards. Lu Chu leaned against the car window and looked at the streets of Luoyang shrouded in the night. In the bitter cold wind, there were still many people setting up stalls and selling small groceries. Today is the fourth day of the first lunar month. The hardships of life forced them to go out to set up stalls.

Lu Chu sighed softly, the most prosperous capital of the Sui Dynasty in the world in the past had fallen into such a desolate situation. I really don’t know who was wrong?

The carriage was one mile away from Xuanfengfang, and suddenly stopped. The coachman whispered: "Master, there is an army ahead!"

Lu Chu was shocked and looked forward. He saw that the street was covered with dense black shadows. It could only be an army. "No!" Lu Chu suddenly realized that Wang Shichong had launched a coup in advance.

He shouted anxiously: "Turn back to the palace!"

The carriage quickly turned around and ran towards the palace madly. At this time, the army ahead also discovered them. Hundreds of people followed him and arrows were like rain. Lu Chu's guards were all soft and light-fitting, with only swords. They were not wearing armor and shields. The guards were constantly shot by arrows and fell from the carriage screaming.

The arrow shot through the carriage, and Lu Chu lay in the carriage, and countless arrows shot over his head. The carriage ran wildly and rushed across the Luoshui Bridge. Finally arrived at Duanmen, and at this time, his guards were less than twenty left.

More than 500 pursuers held down their war horses opposite Luoshui Bridge, but did not continue to chase them, watching the door slowly close.

...........

Wang Shichong's 50,000 army entered Luoyang City, and the first one was the residences of the four prime ministers. Huangfu Wuyi's whole family was killed by the rioters. Huangfu Wuyi tried to escape and was shot to death in the Luoshui by arrows. Wei Ji escaped his life because he surrendered to Wang Shichong in time and was loyal to him.

Fires surged into the sky in front of the gate of Lu's mansion, and Wang Shichong personally led 5,000 troops to surround the Lu's mansion. In the fire, Wang Shichong coldly looked at the two corpses carried out from the mansion. These were Lu Chu's two sons. Although Wang Shichong promised Yang Yuanqing to hand over Lu Chu to him, he did not agree to spare Lu Chu's family.

At this time, a lieutenant rushed out and knelt down on one knee to present a letter, "This is what Your Highness wants, and the humble official is found in Lu Chu's study."

Wang Shichong opened the letter and found that it was the letter of oath that Lu Chu and other four prime ministers were preparing to kill him. It contained the signatures and handprints of the four prime ministers. Wang Shichong sneered, with this, he became famous for his troops.

"Where are the other people in the Lu Mansion?" Wang Shichong asked sternly again.

"According to Your Highness's orders, no one will be left behind!"

"good!"

Wang Shichong waved his hand and said, "Go to the palace!"

...........

Luoyang Imperial Palace is divided into imperial city and palace city. The main gate of the imperial city is called Duanmen, and there is a Yemen gate on both sides. The imperial city has a general Fei Yao led 5,000 troops to guard it. They strictly guard the palace gate and are confronting Wang Shichong's army.

There are 10,000 guards in the palace city, of which 5,000 Hu Ben Army were led by Lu Chu's nephew Lu Zushang to guard the front palace, and the other 5,000 people were called Longxiang Army. They were commanded by General Ba Yegang, and guarded the Xuanwu Gate in the harem and the Ziwei Palace, the emperor's bedroom.

At this time, Wang Shichong's army surrounded the palace had as many as 50,000. At this moment, Wang Shichong made up his mind to take the second step, using Yang Tong as the puppet emperor, and he presided over the government. After taking over Luokou City, he ascended the throne and became emperor.

But Wang Shichong did not appear at Duanmen. He led 10,000 troops to Xuanwu Gate behind the palace city, and from here he could directly enter the Ziwei Palace where Emperor Tai Yang Tong was located.

As soon as Wang Shichong's army arrived outside Xuanwu Gate, the Xuanwu Gate slowly opened. General Longxiang Ba Yegang ran out on a horse and knelt down on one knee in front of Wang Shichong. "I will remember the teachings of His Highness Zheng, and I am willing to serve His Highness Zheng!"

Wang Shichong smiled slightly. Did Lu Chu and the others think the palace is invincible? The palace is already in his hands. He helped Ba Yegang up, "General, please raise him. Wang Shichong is extremely grateful for the general's surrender. I wonder where the emperor is now?"

Ba Yegang turned around and waved his hand, "Bring it up!"

Hundreds of soldiers poured out from the Xuanwu Gate, and they pushed out two of them from the fire, one was the terrified Emperor Yang Tong, and the other, to be precise, a corpse, Lu Chu's body.

Ba Yegang apologized: "Lu Chu vowed not to surrender, resisted hard, and was killed by his brothers. Your Highness, I am sorry for the humble rank."

Wang Shichong sighed helplessly. Although it was difficult to explain to Yang Yuanqing, he had no choice. The palace chaos was not something he could control. Wang Shichong quickly walked to Yang Tong and knelt down, saying in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I am late for Wang Shichong to save you!"

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