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Zhao Yuanjian rushed back to Xishu in three days to implement his plan.The vassal king has great power and is in charge of the military power, administrative power, and taxation power of the four provinces.

However, Zhao Yuanjian was under the control of more than a dozen officials, including chief envoys, ministers, and towns, specially sent by the queen mother. Although they were officials under the vassal king, they were the queen mother's cronies, and they were the queen mother's sharp sword to monitor her.

Although Zhao Yuanjian has controlled the generals of the four provinces, he must first tidy up the Queen Mother's eyeliner if he wants to deploy troops.

Zhao Yuanjian arranged for ten days.Invite officials who can govern themselves within the four provinces to the banquet.

That night, the moon had only one crescent crescent, and it was pitch black.Those officials rode horses or sat in sedan chairs to the palace of the feudal king.

They entered the gate of the palace, walked into the main room, and knelt down and saluted Zhao Yuanjian who was lying on the bed.

They were all afraid of the young feudal prince, his eyes were as cold as ice, he had never smiled, and his brows were tightly furrowed.

Whether it was the general or the civil servants like them, he never smiled when they said compliments.

Xu Bushi wanted to break the silence: "Lord, you look good today. The admirals and I are here. Let's see if the banquet is open now."

Zhao Yuanjian smiled unprecedentedly: "Admiral Wang and Admiral Liu didn't come."

Xu Bushi: "They have important business to do today, please forgive them for not being able to attend the banquet."

Zhao Yuanjian opened the curtain behind him, and behind the curtain was a small room.

Zhao Yuanjian: "Aren't they sitting here?"

A dozen officials looked inside, and two officials in the room sat nervously on the table.

They felt that something was wrong and were hesitant to go in.

Zhao Yuanjian said, "Please come in."

When they entered, they saw that it was a room without windows, but with a small door.

Zhao Yuanjian took the main seat, smiled and held up the wine cup: "It's the first time for me and you to drink, but it's at such a Hongmen banquet, please take a seat."

Admiral He laughed loudly: "We have to come to the Hongmen banquet, not to mention that the vassal king is not Liu Bang."

Everyone at the table laughed and sat on stools.

Admiral Xu: "The feudal lord, you are joking. This is not a Hongmen banquet. This is a festive banquet. The feudal lord, you are too polite. We will also invite you to the mansion some other day, so please come .”

Zhao Yuanjian sat down, his smile made people feel like a spring breeze, and he said: "This king will definitely go."

They had a drink, Zhao Yuanjian chatted with them about military affairs, and they prevaricated.

Admiral Xu asked Admiral Wang who was trembling beside him: "Why are you two so nervous, why are your hands shaking all the time?"

After he finished speaking, he felt dizzy, and then a dozen people fell on the table one after another.Zhao Yuanjian's guards rushed into the house, tied up these people, and sent them to the private prison established by Zhao Yuanjian.

Zhao Yuanjian said to himself: "Thank you for participating in the Hongmen Banquet. You have really helped me and the emperor a lot."

A few days ago, Zhao Yuanjian sent people from Baihetang to rob the family members of officials who were locked in private prisons and all the family members of civil officials in the area under his control to Xishu.Now he called Baihetang to gather these family members and relatives from other places in a secluded mountain village in Xishu.

By the time these officials woke up, it was already too late. They were wearing steel chains and sitting in a deep pit a hundred feet deep, unable to fly in the dark.

There are heavy guards guarding the deep pit, and they never thought that the feudal lord really threw a grand feast.

Zhao Yuanjian sent General Xishu and General Zhongwu to mobilize troops the next day to implement the rebellion plan.He asked more than a dozen confidant generals to gather the army and assign tasks.

Some generals did not know the inside story, and transferred a large number of troops to the residence of the vassal king.Zhao Yuanjian's feudal prince's mansion was surrounded by a dense army, and soldiers stood on both sides of the feudal prince's mansion holding weapons.

Zhao Yuanjian named his army the Southern Army, made Southern Army banners and Southern Army war drums, and asked General Zhongwu to issue military power and horses, prepare food and grass, and make all preparations before the battle.

Standing on the tall building of the feudal prince's mansion, looking at the majestic army outside the mansion gate, he felt so proud. He vowed to take back the world for Xiao Heng.

After three days of arrangement, he wrote a document to announce it to the world. The document read: The Empress Dowager abused the power and harmed the country and the people, causing the world to be in chaos, the gods of heaven and earth were furious, and sent down a torrential flood.The Southwest vassal lord swore to the world that he would lead an uprising in the Southwest on the side of the Great Wei Emperor Xiao Hengqing.

The generals stationed in the local area, the two chief envoys, the admirals, etc., as well as the prefects, etc., all 86 people participated.

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He wrote another document one after another, in which he wrote the empress dowager's top ten crimes, and also wrote that the empress dowager killed the former emperor, did not treat the current emperor's illness, made the emperor lose his memory and emotions, and became a stupid emperor.

Only then did the civil and military officials know that Xiao Heng had lost his memory and fell ill.For a time, people in the court were panicked and confused.

The emperor fell ill, the Huns invaded the north, and the south was cut off by Zhao Yuanjian.There are Turks and Tibetans in the west, and the ministers are afraid that these people will also take the opportunity to invade the Central Plains.

The queen mother received Zhao Yuanjian's rebellion documents and threw them on the ground in a ball. She was about to die of anger.She has no choice now. If Xiao Heng is sent to appease Zhao Yuanjian's anger, the ministers will definitely disagree.

If Zhao Yuanjian gets Xiao Heng, he will not retreat, as long as he raises troops, he has no choice but to come back with Xiao Heng to deal with him.

How could she never have imagined that her gentle nephew, who was as gentle as jade, would actually conspire against him.Now that her dirty thoughts are known to the whole world, it would be a bit shocking not to treat her son.

Now the world is in chaos, and the smoke is everywhere. If Xiao Heng gets worse, the Xiao royal family and some ambitious people will jump out and take their place, and her rule will end here.

In order to appease the ministers and the people of Wei, she hurriedly sent an imperial doctor to treat Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng was no longer foolish and foolish under the best treatment of the imperial doctor, but he still couldn't remember anything. He only remembered Brother Zhao who came to see him that night.

Xiao Heng began to put on the dragon robe and go to court every day, and accepted the worship of ministers every day.

The Empress Dowager personally wrote an edict to tell the world: Blessed by the heavens, the emperor said: The Southwest feudal king used my physical discomfort as an excuse to use the banner of the Qing emperor to plot rebellion and rebellion.Zhao Yuanjian is an unfaithful, unfilial, benevolent and unrighteous minister who betrayed the imperial court and the people of the world.

Zhao Yuanjian was leading the army to the battlefield when he received the edict.Riding on a war horse, he tore up the imperial edict and threw it into the turbulent river, and then led the soldiers and horses to attack the cities along the Yangtze River.

Soon Zhao Yuanjian released the officials he had imprisoned.

The detained officials and civil servants were all dumbfounded, and could only conspire with Zhao Yuanjian, because Zhao Yuanjian wrote their names on the official documents of the rebellion, and their wives and children were also in his hands.

These officials couldn't tell their hardships, so they could only work with the prefects and county magistrates to maintain order in the rear, supply food and grass to the front line, and assist Zhao Yuanjian.

Zhao Yuanjian wrote to Zhao Yuanlang, inviting Zhao Yuanlang to rebel with him.

Zhao Yuanlang showed the letter to Mr. Xu, and Mr. Xu said, "He is messing around too much, what are you going to do?"

Zhao Bojian: "He is my own younger brother. We will talk about it later. The Huns are the most vicious enemies."

The Xiongnu raised troops in the north and made rebellion, while wars broke out in the south.Xiao Heng heard from the golden throne that there are Xiongnu in the north and feudal lords in the south.

Xiao Heng hated Zhao Yuanjian to the core. He heard that he was vicious, like a ghost. Xiao Heng was very curious to see what he looked like.

Because the Wei army mostly fought against the Xiongnu in the north, Zhao Yuanjian was like a fish in water in the south.Within half a year, he led a large army to drive straight in, and had obtained most of the area south of the Yangtze River. Jianghan County, Manzhou, Wuhan, Hunan, Jiangnan and other places were all under his control.

Zhao Yuanlang intercepted the Xiongnu in the north, and sent Qi He and others to fight Zhao Yuanjian on the other side of the Yangtze River.

Qi He led the Northern Army to quickly rush to the Yangtze River Valley and set up camp.

Seeing that Xiao Heng was fine, Liu Min rushed to join Qi He, and they met on the bank of the Yangtze River.

The Yangtze River is majestic, the terrain is steep, the river is rushing continuously, and the uneven gullies along the coast are natural dangers. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

Qi Hewen stood on the bank of the Yangtze River and asked Liu Min: "What should I do? Zhao Yuanjian is the general's younger brother and the emperor's best friend. He may really be rebelling for the emperor."

Liu Min: "I will meet Zhao Yuanjian in person."

She sneaked into Zhao Yuanjian's camp at night.He was the only one in Zhao Yuanjian's camp, sitting on a chair and reading a strategy book.

Zhao Yuanjian has completely changed, his shoulders have become wider, the image of the son-in-law has disappeared, and he has the aura of Wuwei.He has a sullen expression, cold eyes, frowning, and two vertical lines between his brows. He seems to have become a conspirator.

Zhao Yuanjian raised his head and said, "Stop hiding, show yourself."

Liu Min jumped down from the tent, she said: "Look at your virtue!"

Zhao Yuanjian: "What's wrong with this king now, I will see the emperor soon."

Liu Min: "You think beautifully, if he is destroyed, will he still love you?"

Zhao Yuanjian raised his hands and swore to the sky: "The heavens and the earth are mysterious and yellow, the ancestors of the Xiao family, this king is really helping the emperor regain the imperial power, if this king has the slightest selfish intention, I will call the five thunders on the top of the king, the sky will be struck by lightning, and I will die! "

"Will you replace him after regaining the imperial power?"

Zhao Yuanjian: "Others can look at me like this, but you can't. You have seen me go through life and death with the emperor, and this king died for the emperor. You still can't trust me?"

Liu Min: "Then what should we do?"

"Tell Qi He to betray the water, and cooperate with me from the inside out, and I will release your father and let him live a comfortable life."

Liu Minfei went to the room.She returned to the Great Wei barracks at dawn.Soon there was news that Qi He, the general who conquered the South, was fighting the feudal king on the Yangtze River.

Zhao Yuanjian sent his men to fight Qi He in Jinzhou City.

He prepared enough food and grass in Xuzhou City.He started his plan.