From eunuch to emperor

Long Chen said: "Jinling City has been messed up, everyone actually has opinions in their hearts, I just expressed my thoughts for them."

Li Chengdao is willing to be a vassal because of the evil spirit, and the common people are unlucky.

Jingzhuang was dragged into the battlefield, his family property was taken away as military rations, and the people felt resentment in their hearts.

Lu Ji asked, "My lord, what should we do now?"

Long Chen said: "Don't move for the time being, let the common people continue to discuss, and wait until the time is right before doing anything."

Let the public opinion continue to ferment, and after there is sufficient public opinion preparation, the follow-up things can be done easily.

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Wu'an Palace.

A carriage entered quietly through the side door, and a young man got off from the carriage. This person was Huairen, the son of Dali Temple Qing Huaiyi's son.

Huaiyi was killed because of his disobedience, Huairen always wanted to take revenge, and had been preparing secretly.

But before everyone was afraid of ghosts, Huairen contacted everywhere, and only found 23 like-minded people.

Such a small number of people is simply not enough.

After the nursery rhyme spread, many people began to cast their eyes on Li Zhaoliang. Huairen persuaded him intentionally or unintentionally, and many people expressed their willingness to join the group.

Today, Huairen came to the palace again and wanted to discuss this matter with Li Zhaoliang carefully.

"Master Huai, please come inside."

Liao Houqi saw Huairen get off the car, and immediately went into the secret room to meet him.

"Is the prince there?"

Huairen asked anxiously.

Liao Houqi said: "Wait a minute, I'll be here soon."

Soon, Li Zhaoliang walked in, and Liao Houqi stood guard outside the door.

"My lord."

"Master Huai, please sit down."

The two sat down, Huairen began to say: "Today there is a nursery rhyme circulating in Jinling City, the prince must already know about it."

Li Zhaoliang nodded slightly. Of course he knew the nursery rhyme, and he guessed that Yu Fuguo had released this nursery rhyme.

Huairen said happily, "My lord, this is God's will."

Before that, Huairen's plan was to contact people with lofty ideals to fight against the devil, and ask Li Zhaoliang to be the leader, that's all.

It's different now. After hearing the nursery rhymes, Huairen wanted to promote Li Zhaoliang as emperor, replace Li Chengdao, and establish a new court.

Li Zhaoliang looked at Huai Ren with a worried expression on his face, and said, "Master Huai also thinks that this king should ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor?"

Huairen nodded solemnly, and said: "This is what I think. I have contacted the officials in the court, and 98 people are willing to support the prince."

Huairen took out a list from his underclothes, with names and bloody fingerprints written on it.

Li Zhaoliang took the list and looked at it, secretly happy in his heart, he did not expect so many officials to support him.

"This is seeking power and usurping the throne. It's a big treason."

Li Zhaoliang tested Huairen, and Huairen said firmly: "My lord's move is only to preserve Daliang's 400-year foundation, not usurpation."

"Ghosts are raging, the court is full of smog, the current emperor is like a puppet, Daliang exists in name only, and if things go on like this, Daliang will surely perish."

"As the royal family of Daliang, how can you just sit back and watch the country of Daliang be destroyed?"

The more Huai Ren talked, the more excited he became, Li Zhaoliang patted Huai Ren's shoulder and said, "This king already knows how Master Huai feels."

"This king tells you one thing, Mr. Huai, don't panic."

Huairen felt strange, he was about to usurp the throne, what else could cause people to panic?

"Emperor brother has a secret edict ordering this king to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor."

Li Zhaoliang finally revealed the big secret.

Huairen looked shocked, he thought he had heard wrong.

It is unbelievable that Li Chengdao actually ordered Li Zhaoliang to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

"My lord Huai, it's hard for me to believe this matter, and I didn't believe it back then."

"Brother Huang said that the ghost fetus controlled the Great Liang and Jiangshan. He...should be hard to escape, so let this king proclaim himself emperor."

Huairen finally regained his composure, surprised and surprised, and said: "Since this is the case, what the lord is doing is according to the order, why should the lord hesitate?"

Huairen was very happy. With Li Chengdao's secret edict, it was logical for him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. It was not treason and usurpation, and the guilt in his heart was gone.

Li Zhaoliang said: "Lord Huai, don't get excited, even though there is a secret edict from the emperor, this matter must be kept secret."

"The key to this matter is not the emperor, but the ghost. His power minions are still there, so we must guard against it."

Huairen nodded and said: "The lower officials know how powerful they are. If there is a secret edict from the emperor, the lower officials can do it freely."

Li Zhaoliang said: "Lord Huai, Brother Huang not only gave a secret edict, but also sent someone to this king."

Huai Ren asked in surprise, "Who is it?"

There is a shortage of manpower for the matter of proclaiming the emperor, and Huairen is looking forward to it.

Li Zhaoliang said in a deep voice, "Yu Fuguo."

Huairen was taken aback, and said: "Hasn't Yufu Kingdom surrendered to the enemy? The Imperial City Division has rebelled!"

Yu Fuguo took refuge in Longchen, the Imperial City Division wiped out all the nine clans, and Jinling City experienced a catastrophe, everyone knows about it.

Li Zhaoliang suddenly said that Yu Fuguo was a helper sent by Li Chengdao, Huairen felt unacceptable.

"My lord Huai, this is the emperor's ingenious plan. If you don't do this, Yu Fuguo will never be able to escape the control of the devil."

"He pretended to surrender to the enemy, then returned to Jinling City, and secretly helped the king proclaim himself emperor."

It took Huairen a while to accept that Yu Fuguo pretended to surrender to the enemy and really served the country.

"I didn't expect... Huangcheng Secretary could pay so much for Daliang."

Huairen was shocked.

Because they pretended to surrender to the enemy, all the people in Huangcheng Division were wiped out, and tens of thousands of people were killed in Jinling City.

Huangcheng Division became a traitor in everyone's eyes.

Unexpectedly, all of this was actually arranged by Li Chengdao.

"Where is Father Yu now? Is he already in Jinling City?"

Huairen really wants to meet Yu Fuguo.

Li Zhaoliang said: "Yes, it has been a while, and this king wants you to meet."

"We are so weak that we must muster all our strength to get things done."

Huairen nodded and said: "My lord arranges a time, and my subordinates will call all the colleagues who have joined the group, and we will discuss together."

Li Zhaoliang nodded and said, "Okay, that's it for today, you go back first."

Huairen got up happily, left the secret room, and went back by the side door in a carriage.

After Huairen left, Li Zhaoliang thought for a while and said, "Go to the Qi Family Wine Shop to find Yu Fuguo, and tell me that the king wants to meet him."

Now that the matter has come, we must discuss it face to face.

Liao Houqi immediately went out to Qi's wine shop.

When we arrived at the store, the bartender greeted him warmly: "Grandpa Liao, you haven't been here for a while, what wine do you want this time?"

Liao Houqi said: "The wine last time was good, I'll go to your winery to have a look."

The bartender took Liao Houqi to the backyard, where there was a wine shop.

After entering the winery and sitting down, Liao Houqi waited for Yu Fuguo to come over.

Upstairs, Yu Fuguo was discussing with Long Chen.

"Now there are 1 imperial guards in Jinling City, 2 servants in the garrison mansion, and the surrounding barracks are empty, so there are 3 soldiers."

On the table was a map of Jinling City, Yu Fuguo pointed to the yamen next to the imperial palace and said.

The Garrison Mansion is the yamen governing Jinling City, similar to the Jingzhao Mansion in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

The soldiers and horses in the hands of the garrison are used to manage Jinling City and several surrounding areas. The chief officer is the garrison eunuch, appointed by Li Chengdao.

This garrison eunuch is only responsible for the jurisdiction of the imperial city, and does not participate in the government affairs, in order to stay away from the government affairs, and only loyal to Li Chengdao.

Yu Fuguo once served as a garrison officer, but later resigned, and now the eunuch Xiang Ji is in charge.