A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 672 Long Live My Emperor Long Live Long Live!
Daqing Palace

All the courtiers heard a loud noise and thought it was thunder. When they looked at the sky, it was clear.

A vision from heaven! !
Is this God dissatisfied with the prince? ?………

"Report, the rebels have captured the Xihuamen Newspaper, the rebels have captured the Xihuamen." A soldier covered in blood limped into the Daqing Hall.

Prince Zhao Zongquan thought he had heard it wrong, and a few minutes ago a messenger came to report that Gu Tingye had eliminated the spies from Xihua Gate.Although the gates of the imperial city were not as tall and strong as the outer city, they were not made of paper. He asked sharply, "Where's Gu Tingye?!"

The messenger shook his head and said, "Commander Gu's life and death are unknown. The rebels don't know what magic method they used. After a burst of explosions, the city gate collapsed."

A thought popped up in the heads of all the ministers, the Great Song Dynasty is about to change again!
"Papa. Papa." There was a dense sound of frying beans and fighting outside the hall. A few brave people squeezed to the gate to look out. I saw a group of people in camouflage clothes holding strange weapons in their hands. , one of the imperial guards fell for no reason...

"What kind of weapon is this?"

"Won't it be a witchcraft?"

"..."

"Boom..." Sheng Hong felt his head lighten, and the official hat fell to the ground with a "pop". He quickly picked up the official hat and found a small hole in the hat. The things hit each other... If it went a little lower, it hit the head... Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he pulled Sheng Changbai to hide in the side hall.
Wang Lidong stepped into the palace and looked around. The guard posts everywhere have been replaced by Musketeers. A large number of prisoners of the Imperial Army were surrounded by Musketeers. Most of them squatted on the ground obediently. A few chatted lively and quietly.
"Report to the Governor that the Third Battalion of the First Regiment has occupied the Daqing Hall and captured the false prince alive." Gu Tingzong escorted the "false prince Zhao Zongquan" to Wang Lidong and reported.

Unexpectedly, his family won the first prize this time, Wang Lidong was very happy, patted him on the shoulder heavily and said, "Okay! Good job. I remember you!"

Gu Tingzong couldn't help grinning silly.

The regiment commander has arrived.

After seeing Zhao Zongquan with disheveled hair, like a stray dog, Wang Lidong lost interest in chatting, and said, "Take him and go to Daqing Palace."

When Wang Lidong, Cheng Guogong and other nobles had just stepped into the Daqing Palace, a green-robed official jumped out suddenly, stood in front of everyone, pointed at Wang Lidong and yelled loudly, "Qi Heng! The late emperor died, and the whole country Grieving, Er Nai, the first emperor hand-picked the champion, did not want to serve the country and be grateful, but instead rebelled, no different from animals, if you..."

This idiot must be sick. When he is Song Renzong, he spits on his face and even compliments him with a "good scolding". Wang Lidong pulled out the pistol at his waist, and "popped" a hole in the head of the green-clothed official
Seeing the censor Chen Tongzhi fell on the ground, his legs twitched twice and then stopped moving, all the officials in the hall were a little stunned. This is the censor's speech officer. Song Taizu once swore not to kill high-ranking officials and the person who wrote the letter.

Censor Zhongcheng Yu Zhou Xun immediately walked out of the crowd, pointed at Wang Lidong and cursed, "Qi Heng, how dare you kill the Yanguan! You are a traitor! You are waiting to be stigmatized forever"

Wang Lidong glanced at the corpse on the ground, it turned out to be someone who sold his name!

Wanting to get promoted and get rich is crazy, he really thinks he is Wei Zheng and he is Li Shimin.

Seeing the old man in purple swearing more and more ugly, he didn't know this person. He presumably was promoted recently, and there was a high probability that the prince Zhao Zongquan belonged to the party.

Just use it to scare chickens and monkeys!
Wang Lidong raised his hand and shot again, "Crack!" Yu Shi Zhongcheng Yu Zhou Xun also had a hole in his head, the blood 'stabbed' as far as ten feet away, and the heads and faces of several people nearby were covered with blood...

This blood pressure is a bit high.

Killing a third-rank official is like slaughtering a chicken, and all the officials in the palace were stunned.

Those who originally wanted to jump out to blind BB all stopped.

The hall fell silent in an instant.

Most of the officials looked at the Queen. This is Princess Pingning's adoptive mother, but Queen Cao is not moving at all. She is not stupid. Now that the situation is unclear, we should wait for others to find out the way.
Wang Lidong scanned the crowd of officials, pointed to the internal main pipeline huddled in a corner, "Mr. Liang, please take me to pay homage to the late emperor."

Officer Liang was overjoyed, and hurried forward, bowed his head and bowed his hands, and said, "Little Lord, Qi Ya Nei, all the Dukes, Lord Hou, please come with me."

When the group came to the side hall, Wang Lidong saw many people standing inside, including his future father-in-law and brother-in-law. After saying hello, he came to the coffin of the late emperor, and kowtowed three times according to the rules. Ring your head.

When he returned to the main hall, Wang Lidong saw the edict on the ground, picked it up and looked at it, it was his work, patted the ashes on it, looked at the prime minister and said, "This is the edict of the late emperor, why did you throw it on the ground? "

Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang stepped forward and said, "Doctor Qi, this edict is a fake edict."

Wang Lidong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought that he still had an official position, serving as a doctor, so it would be appropriate to call him Doctor Qi.

"False edict?"

He pretended to read the edict and said, "It's the teacher's handwriting, and the jade seal seems to be fine. Why did Zeng Xianggong say that this is a fake edict?"

Zeng Gongliang hesitated for a long time and didn't say why.

Wang Lidong sneered, "Is it because the first emperor passed the throne to Princess Fukang instead of the 'pseudo-prince'?"

Zeng Xianggong frowned and said, "Doctor Qi, the crown prince was appointed by His Majesty, not some 'false crown prince'."

Wang Lidong sneered, "Imperial appointment?! I remember that Zhao Zongquan never held a canonization ceremony, right? Just by an imperial decree?" He raised the edict in his hand, "Have you ever seen that I did not hold a canonization ceremony when I appointed a prince for the next time? The posthumous edict in my hand was written by the first emperor himself, and you say it is a false edict. The imperial edict setting up Zhao Zongquan's false crown prince is also a false edict."

The privy envoy Ouyang Xiu cupped his hands and said, "Doctor Qi, His Royal Highness was appointed by the late Emperor at that time."

Glancing at this fellow, Wang Lidong said to Fu Gui, "Bring Shen Congxing and Duan Chengyong here!"

After a while, Weibei Hou Shen Congxing and his confidant General Duan Chengyong were escorted into the palace by several guards.

Wang Lidong looked at Weibei Houdao, "Tell me about how Zhao Zongquan and Gu Tingye conspired to kill Wei Guogong, Anding County King, Nankang County King and all the adults in the palace."

Shen Congxing lowered his head and talked about how they planned to win the reserve position more than a month ago. just find it."

When Zhao Zongquan saw Shen Congxing, his heart skipped a beat. Now that he heard Shen Congxing's revelation, he said angrily, "Shen Congxing, you are ungrateful!"

The guards guarding Zhao Zongquan immediately threw out two big mouths, then took out a piece of black cloth, and blocked Zhao Zongquan's mouth.

Shen Congxing smiled wryly in his heart, he didn't want to be a boy, but TM Qiheng's tactics were too shady, and his methods of torture were too shady, even a man can't stand cutting his second child if he doesn't tell the truth...

After Shen Congxing finished explaining, the officials asked Shen Congxing and Duan Chengyong a lot of questions. There was no sign of fraud
Wang Lidong shouted to all the courtiers, "Dali Temple Minister Huang Xianggong?"

A long-bearded, thin-faced, purple-robed official stepped forward and bowed, "Doctor Qi."

Wang Lidong said, "Master Huang, what crime should we commit for murdering two county kings and a Duke?"

Huang Shenglang, Minister of Dali Temple, said, "Volume [-] of the 'Laws of the Great Song Dynasty', the murder of the county king, both father and son over the age of sixteen are hanged and have no official position."

Cousin Qi Xuan whispered, "Brother Heng, what are you talking about with them, just drag Zhao Zongquan and his son out and kill them."

Wang Lidong rolled his eyes and whispered, "Brother, this is Song Dynasty, not Wa country.

This time we are under the banner of 'Qing Jun's side' and are the teachers of Qin Wang. We can't kill people at will like bandits and robbers. We still have to do it. "

Cousin Qi Xuan thought he would be refreshed in Japan, so he pulled him out and collapsed if he didn't like it! He whispered, "I know it's so troublesome, so I might as well just rebel."

Wang Lidong said, "Speaking lightly, have you ever calculated how many people would die in Song Dynasty if they directly rebelled?"

Qi Xuan thought for a while, but said uncertainly, "In the entire Song Dynasty, there should be three to four million yuan, right?"

"Every time the dynasty changes, the number of deaths is more than ten million. From the end of the Qin Dynasty to the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the population decreased by 200 million. During the period from the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population decreased by 3000 million. From the end of the Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, the population decreased by about 4000 million... Great Song Dynasty Now there are only more than 9000 million people. If there is a rebellion, such a large territory will take about a year to win, and there should be no less than 1000 million casualties during this period.

These are all my own people, how can I bear it? ! "Wang Lidong said, "Now Koryo and Japan, we only occupy the capital of the king.We stationed 1 troops and more than [-] logistics personnel in a place the size of a block of tofu in the capital of Koryo, and the Japanese country doubled it.

If you want to take all the two countries, the number of people must be increased by at least ten times.

Do the math yourself, if we take dozens of countries, how many people do we need in total? "

Qi Xuan thought for a while, then frowned and said, "According to what you said, the population of the Great Song Dynasty will not be enough even if the population is increased by ten times."

Wang Lidong said, "So now one less death is one."

Qi Xuan muttered in a low voice, "Then you just killed two of them without saying a word."

Wang Lidong said speechlessly, "If we didn't do this, according to the virtue of civil servants, we would already be pissing on our heads..."

The evidence was conclusive, and several ministers quickly unified their opinions and announced that Zhao Zongquan was a false prince.

After asking his subordinates to detain the false crown prince, Wang Lidong raised the edict in his hand, and said to Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang, "Mr. Zeng, please read the edict of the late emperor."

"This edict is fake." Empress Cao shouted out, "Yuan Ruo, the edict in your hand is fake!"

Wang Lidong sneered, "Whether it's fake or not, it's not up to you, the empress." Turning to look at the ministers, he said, "Masters, is this edict true or false?"

After waiting for a while and seeing that several people were silent, Wang Lidong pointed at Zeng Gongliang and said, "Mr. Zeng, tell me."

After hesitating for a moment, Zeng Gongliang said, "The handwriting and jade seal are both correct, but the first emperor"

Wang Lidong interrupted, "I'll just ask you, is this edict true or false?"

Zeng Gongliang saw the murderous look in Wang Lidong's eyes, his heart trembled, he cupped his hands and said, "The edict is true."

Wang Lidong then asked the other three governors, and all three confirmed that the edict was indeed written by the late emperor.

Wang Lidong shouted outside the hall, "Come here!"

A group of soldiers rushed in from outside the hall, standing at attention,
"Great Governor!"

Wang Lidong pointed at the queen, "Please return the queen to the harem!"

Empress Cao said angrily, "Presumptuous! Qi Yuanruo, you want to rebel?"

Wang Lidong sneered and said, "For mother's sake, I didn't want to expose you in front of all the courtiers. Since you are so ignorant, don't blame me for not being sympathetic."

Turning his head to Fu Gui, he said, "Bring up the Empress Cao's personal servant Ji Daguan."

After a while, two sergeants escorted an old man into the hall. All the courtiers knew him, and he was Empress Cao's personal official.

All the officials wondered what the empress had done so shamelessly. After Ji Daguan opened his mouth to tell some of the past events, the startled officials and clan were filled with righteous indignation and cursed.

Empress Cao herself was infertile, and when she saw other concubines giving birth to princes and daughters, she tried every means to send the old emperor's sons and daughters to the west.

"It's no wonder that all the princes died in infancy. The reason has not been found out. It turned out to be the queen's hand."

"Poisonous woman! Poisonous woman! There are such poisonous women in this world, hateful! They should be killed!~"

"It's so vicious, it deserves to be cut to pieces!"

Empress Cao turned pale and denied it, "I never did it. I didn't kill it. This was framed by Qi Yuanruo."

"Put it down, and after the new emperor ascends the throne, His Majesty will deal with it!" Wang Lidong waved his hand, and several guards grabbed Empress Cao and dragged her out of the hall
Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang looked at the will from Wang Lidong and wanted to reject it, but he accepted the will with both hands honestly. It is waiting to be read out
"Wait a minute." Dazong Zhengdanyang County King Zhao Zonglu came out and said, "Doctor Qi, although this edict was written by the first emperor, Princess Fukang is a woman. There is no woman who is called emperor in Song Dynasty. It should be re-elected from the clan. A clan son inherits the lineage."

A group of civil officials saw that someone had become the first bird, and they also responded, "Yes! For thousands of years, there has never been a woman who has become the emperor."

"Brother Lu, I forgot about Emperor Zetian."

"I heard that Emperor Zetian is not a woman"

(o__)

Wang Lidong said, "What's the matter with women? Which law in my dynasty stipulates that women cannot be emperors? Taizu said or Taizong said? Or is it written in the Song Dynasty's laws? If there is no law prohibiting it, you can do it."

Wang Lidong said to the minister of Dali Temple next to him, "Our Dazong probably doesn't even know the laws of the Great Song Dynasty. I would like to trouble Master Huang and Dazong to tell you about the relevant regulations of the Great Song Law on the succession of extinct households."

Dali Temple Minister Huang Shenglang said, "'Great Song Regulations' Volume [-] "Household Assets", the funeral order, all those who have no family, all the trilogy, guest girls, slaves, general burials and the merits of the camp. In addition, the rest of the money is with the daughter."

The law of the Song Dynasty stipulated that in the case of "hukou extinction", a daughter can inherit all the inheritance of her parents.

Wang Lidong looked at Da Zongzheng and said, "Princess Fukang is the eldest princess of the first emperor, and it is only right and proper to inherit the throne. What questions does Dazongzheng have?!"

Zhao Zonglu, the king of Dazong Zhengdanyang County, hesitated for a moment, but still made a request, that is, the eldest son of Princess Fukang and her son-in-law must have the surname Zhao, otherwise the Song clan would never agree.Wang Lidong made a random move, and after his son-in-law Li Wei came out, he patted the breasts on the spot to guarantee that the eldest son's surname would be Zhao.

All the officials showed contempt for Li Wei, the captain-in-law!
For the throne, I don't even want my son!

Are you worthy of the ancestors of the Li family! ? !
Li Wei looked at the eyes of everyone, and couldn't guess what these people were thinking. He spat secretly, and said grapes were sour if he couldn't eat grapes!

Seeing that Da Zong was retreating, which represented the approval of the clan, Wang Lidong glanced at the officials in the hall, civil servants, nobles, harem, and the four biggest forces in the Song Dynasty were all dealt with!Then let the guards welcome Princess Fukang from the harem to the Daqing Hall.

"..The imperial daughter Zhao Huirou, who is benevolent, filial, respectful and thrifty, is known all over the world. She should be bestowed with an artifact, to show the glory of the predecessors, and to be named Zhao Jin, so that she can take the throne in front of the coffin."

Princess Fukang has a big belly, and with the support of her mother, Queen Mother Miao, she slowly sat on the dragon chair.
All the courtiers knelt down and kowtowed, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!."

Jiying Lane, Sheng's House
In the side hall of Shou'an Hall, the smog was lingering at this time. Mrs. Wang was kneeling in front of the three holy statues. Crap.

Just after eight o'clock in the morning, Menzi reported that rebels had invaded the city of Tokyo, and she was so frightened that she couldn't help but feel helpless. Fortunately, the old lady, who was the magic needle of calming the sea, stepped forward in time to preside over the overall situation.

When Menzi said that Duke Qi's government was also involved in the rebellion, she was so frightened that she almost fainted. The rebellion would implicate the nine clans.
An hour ago, when she learned that the rebels had entered the palace, Wang felt relieved. The gods were still very strong, and immediately asked the maid to take ten bundles of incense candles and light them.

There was a gasp in her ear, and when Wang opened her eyes, she saw Rulan's absent-minded expression, and immediately became angry, and turned her head to glance at Minglan, kneeling straight, with a serious expression, and said something in her mouth. keep muttering...

Look at Minglan!
He reached out and grabbed the little daughter's ear, and cursed, "I'm dying of anxiety, your father and second brother are both in the palace, I don't know what's going on now, look at Ming girl, if the gods see you being so dishonest, blame me down"

Ru Lan cried out in pain, pointed at the little golden pig in front of Sansheng and said, "The gods will know that I am sincere when they see this."

Seeing that her daughter dared to quibble, Wang became even more angry. She got up at three o'clock today, tossing and tossing for a long time, but she didn't wait for the mother's carriage, thinking that the old lady had something wrong halfway, and sent someone back When I went to Wang's house, I learned that the old lady had gone out before dawn. I misunderstood that the old lady had shaken her, and she was so angry that she smashed two tea bowls.

The mother is eccentric, and the daughter doesn't listen to her now!

Ru Lan felt that the ears were almost not her own, and hurriedly begged for mercy loudly, expressing that she would earnestly beg the gods, so the ears returned to her head. ".Sanqing bless Second Brother Heng." Rulan pursed her mouth, unwilling to reciprocate, thinking in her heart: good intentions will not be rewarded, if she hadn't stopped her, her mother would be in the palace now.

Will bully myself this weak!

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The old lady Sheng heard the movement in the side hall, thought something happened, got up and came to the side hall, the maid opened the door, a puff of smoke rushed into her nostrils, "cough cough cough", quickly asked the maid to close the doors and windows. opened.

When the thick smoke dissipated, he said to Wang, "It's been more than an hour since I prayed. Come out and rest. Both girls are still young, so don't hurt your knees."

Ru Lan immediately jumped up, pulled her mother and said, "Mom, eat something to cushion yourself, so that you can pray after you have strength. Otherwise, the gods will be unhappy when they see you listless."

Mrs. Wang glared at the little girl a few times, feeling a little tired, so they came to the hall together.

Ru Lan picked up an apple and started chewing it with a 'crack cluck'. Wang took two sips of tea and asked about the situation outside.

"Hasn't the rogue settled down and smashed?"

Liu Kun's family said, "There will be sentries every [-] feet on the street, and there will be patrols passing by from time to time. Anyone who sees a rogue will be arrested. The street is very safe now."

Wang muttered, "This in-law is really too risky!"

The old lady Sheng glanced at her daughter-in-law, if the Duke of Qi's mansion waited any longer, sooner or later the crown prince would eat him up.

Glancing at Ming girl next to her, she couldn't help sighing, the rebels had all entered the palace, the situation was clear, Gu Tingye was the prince's confidant
At this moment, the little magpie trotted into the house, saw that the atmosphere was a bit serious, and was so frightened that he immediately braked and slowed down, came to the old lady and the eldest lady, and said to Ru Lan, "Girl, Sister Chunlan is here."

Rulan said pleasantly, "Chunlan is here. Where is she?"

Old Madam Sheng suddenly said, "Call Chunlan in. I just want to ask something."

After a while, the little magpie led Chunlan into the hall, and Chunlan said good luck to the old lady and Mrs. Wang.

Ru Lan asked, "Chunlan, is Second Brother Heng okay?"

Chunlan smiled and said, "Miss, don't worry, the young master is doing well, the 'big army' has already controlled the entire capital and the palace."

(End of this chapter)