Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

Gao Yang's comforting words did not make Gao Yan feel better, but instead made him feel even more depressed.

He deliberately wanted to refute Gao Yang's overly pessimistic perspective, but he always felt that the words were lacking in strength. After thinking for a long time, he only caught a few logical loopholes in Gao Yang's words. He frowned and muttered: "Does brother think that in After enjoying the wealth of China, these Jinyang warriors are still willing to follow me and return to Beizhen?"

"If you don't leave, you will die. Everyone has their own way. Besides, do you have any better way?"

Seeing Gao Yan racking his brains to find his faults and denying his prediction completely, but the rebuttal was so weak, Gao Yang couldn't help but feel a sense of pleasure as if he had succeeded in revenge.

He did not expect that when he came to the end of his life, the person who could save him a little respect would be the enemy he hated to death. Seeing Gao Yan frowning because he didn't have a good strategy to defeat the powerful enemy, his mood improved inexplicably.

But this is just self-comfort after all, and it does not improve one's own circumstances at all.

After Gao Yang thought about it for a while, he said in a deep voice: "I was really obsessed with it a few days ago, but now it seems that it is indeed more reliable to pay you for the affairs of the family and the country. Although the prince is my son, he cannot afford to do such a thing no matter what. In this sense, I have already lost. Even if I rely on my father's influence to gain the throne for a while, it will not last long. The disciples in the country are already hard to tolerate, and there are even more powerful foreign enemies who are eager to take on the important task. It is also his blessing to work for you.”

When he came to the end of his life, he also put away the arrogance and arrogance of the past. He turned to look at Gao Yan calmly and even somewhat flatteringly and said: "You are responsible for the affairs of the family and the country. I have nothing to worry about. I will also abide by the preface. Next The edict is on you.

The wives and children in the household are nothing more than foolish women in the palace, ignorant people, and unnecessary redundant personnel. Killing them will not show the power of the king, but will stain the reputation of the times. They will not have any objections and dangerous plans. If my brother can tolerate it, he can be raised in a cold palace and abandoned garden. If he is tired of seeing me, he can be sent to a village in the market. "

After Gao Yan heard this, he also avoided the table and stood up. He replied with his heart: "Brother and I are not irreconcilable enemies. We just have differences on the future plans of our family and country. Now that brother is willing to give up his past, he If you are willing to fulfill my plan, I will naturally thank you for your trust, respect your elder sister-in-law, and treat your son well. If you violate this, heaven and earth will not tolerate it!"

Hearing Gao Yan's answer, Gao Yang also showed a look of relief on his face, and then said a little weakly: "I'm getting more and more sick now, I'm afraid I won't die soon. Since the prince is here, can you call him to serve here?" Don’t let him leave deep regrets about filial piety in the short term..."

After Gao Yan thought about it for a while, he wanted to nod and agree, but out of the corner of his eyes he saw the Baibao sergeants surrounding the emperor, and he muttered again: "The Baibao sergeants here have been guarding for a long time, and they have all been here since then. If you don’t relax, how can you not be tired?”

After hearing this, Gao Yang waved to the two Baibao sergeant commanders to come forward, and said in a deep voice: "I am also deeply gratified that you and other loyal guards have lived up to their old grievances. However, our family is troubled at home and abroad, and there is no shortage of strong men who can work hard." The person who harmed me is a Qiang thief. He will fight bravely to kill the enemy in the future. Not only can he avenge his death, but he can also protect his wife and children. Please retreat now. King Changshan has made arrangements for me to stay here. Don’t wait. worry."

"Your Majesty, all the ministers are willing to follow you to the death and stand guard in the underworld!"

After hearing this, the two governors paused and said sadly. However, Gao Yang knew that if he did not dismiss the Baibao sergeants around him, Gao Yan was afraid that he would not let the prince come in, so he raised his hand to cover his face and raised his other hand to wave. Said: "Get back!"

When the two governors saw this, they had no choice but to retreat in tears, and immediately summoned the sergeants inside and outside to prepare to lead them elsewhere.

After Gao Yan saw this, he quickly resigned in the name of rearranging the guards. When he came outside the emperor's residence, he quickly summoned Puyang King Lou Zhongda in front of him, and arranged for his confidants to take over the emperor's duties seamlessly. The guard next to him.

When he saw the two governors dejectedly leading the Baibao sergeants to another place, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes. He raised his hand to summon his generals and ordered in a low voice: "Capture and kill these two disciples in a secluded place. Don't do it." Let Sheng leave Ganlu Temple!"

With the emperor's body further in his hands, Gao Yan became more confident, but he was not completely relaxed yet.

After returning to the camp, he immediately summoned the court officials who had accompanied the army and ordered them to quickly draft an imperial edict. After the court officials finished writing, he carefully revised the words and sentences. After feeling completely satisfied, he immediately sent it to Ganlu Temple for the emperor to read and adopt.

"In order to allow the prince to enter the temple and serve on the medicine bed, the Supreme Lord took the initiative to dismiss the sergeants. It can be said that he had good intentions. It is true that a person is about to die, and his words are also sad. Naturally, I was willing to do so, but I think that the prince has now At the age of governor, when I see that my father is suffering from this illness, I may unreasonably speculate that it is caused by my persecution. After careful consideration, it is still not appropriate to arrange for the prince to serve. "

Later, when he went to pay homage to the Queen Mother An, Gao Yan spoke about this meeting with the emperor and couldn't help but sigh: "The prince is still in his prime, and it is not appropriate to overly observe these old diseases and decline. If you treat him because of this, My secret resentment is even worse. My uncle and nephew don’t know how to get along with each other in the future. What does my mother think?”

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager nodded repeatedly and said: "My son has considered it carefully. It is indeed not suitable for him and his son to get along for a long time. Even though the emperor has some regrets, he should be smiling if he can exchange for his wife and children to live in peace for a long time."

The mother and son blandly wiped out the dying man's last wish, just like Gao Yang's casualness in violating others and depriving people of their lives in the past.

As his life was coming to an end, Gao Yang had to spend a lot of energy every time he woke up. After an in-depth conversation with Gao Yan, when he woke up again, Duan Shao and other generals had all arrived at Ganlu Temple.

Although Ganlu Temple was not as solemn and magnificent as the palaces of the two capitals, in order to reflect the ritual sense of the edict of succession, Gao Yan still had people make careful preparations. The main hall of the Buddhist temple was used as a place for holding ceremonies, and the statues of gods and Buddhas enshrined inside were temporarily moved out.

Those sutras that could not be moved were covered with yellow silk curtains, making the Buddhist temple look solemn and solemn. Every time a breeze blew up the silk curtains, the patterns of sutras and gods inside were revealed, which gave people a sense of fate that gods and Buddhas were hard to deceive.

In the morning, when the emperor's condition stabilized, he was carried into the Buddhist hall on a sedan chair. Gao Yan, Duan Shao and others who had been waiting outside for a long time also hurried in.

When Gao Yang heard the sound of bowing and kowtow from below, a trace of confusion flashed across his face, and then he seemed a little excited. He opened his eyes and leaned down to look down, and saw the vaguely familiar scene of the ministers bowing. His Adam's apple trembled up and down. Just as he was about to speak, the waiter next to him came forward, pretending to support and feed him, but in fact he was forbidding him to speak, so Gao Yang only made a few dull sounds.

The ministers in the hall knew that the emperor had been ill for a long time, and seeing him like this, they just sighed that his condition had become so serious. Then, led by Gao Yan, a group of people bowed again and sat down.

Since it was not an official court meeting, and the emperor was ill and could not speak, everything could only be kept simple. Gao Guiyan, the Prince of Pingqin, who was temporarily appointed as the Minister of Chancellery, went to the front to kowtow to the emperor and took the imperial edict drafted by Gao Yan from the imperial ceremonial officer. After verifying the seal, he began to read the imperial edict.

The edict declared that the crown prince was weak and difficult to be appointed, and he was abolished and renamed the Prince of Taiyuan. The former Prince of Taiyuan Gao Shaode was transferred to the Prince of Jinan. At the same time, Gao Yan, the Prince of Changshan, was appointed as the crown prince and concurrently exercised the power of the regent. After the death of the emperor, the successor would succeed the throne.

When Gao Guiyan read the edict to this point, Gao Yan immediately left the table and stood up, bowed deeply in the hall, tears streaming down his face, and refused the order repeatedly. The emperor asked the Minister of Chancellery to announce the edict again and again. At the same time, Duan Shao, the Prince of Pingyuan, and others in the hall also stood up to persuade him to put the overall situation first. Gao Yan then bowed again with tears on his face and accepted the order.

A simple ceremony ended, and the ministers who watched the ceremony left one after another. Even if some wanted to stay to greet the emperor, they were rejected and dismissed on the grounds that the emperor was not in good health.

After the ministers left, the emperor was put back on the sedan chair, but he struggled at this moment, and said in a hoarse voice: "The right way, the right way..."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that the prince is waiting in the pavilion. He was deposed without any guilt, and his heart was not at ease. He was ashamed to see everyone, so he did not come out."

Gao Yan, who had just been named the crown prince, came forward and patted the back of the restless emperor's hand and said softly. After hearing this, the emperor calmed down and was carried back to his bedroom obediently.

There was naturally no deposed prince in the bedroom. The emperor looked around the room and found that he had been deceived. He immediately shouted angrily, and his hoarse voice revealed a sense of hysteria.

However, at this moment, he had completely lost all his value. Even the servants nearby were no longer as considerate and attentive as before. They moved the emperor from the sedan chair to the couch, then half-closed the door of the inner room, and then retreated and stood in front of the corridor to chat.

Bang, bang...

Muffled sounds continued to be heard in the room. It was the furious and powerless emperor who kept kicking and hitting the bed with his heels to vent his anger.

He clenched his teeth, blood continued to seep from the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were as big as copper bells. If it were any other time, such an angry attitude would have frightened many people to death, and who knows how many people would have lost their heads. However, after hearing this, the waiters who were gossiping in front of the corridor just laughed in a low voice: "The Supreme is very powerful today..."

At some point, the sound of kicking and smashing the bed in the room gradually weakened. A waiter noticed that the charcoal fire in the small stove for warming wine in the room had gone out. Then he remembered that it was past the feeding time, so he quickly lit the small stove to warm the wine.

However, at this moment, a waiter who had entered the inner room to check came out and whispered: "No need to warm the wine, the Supreme has passed away, tell His Majesty the Regent!"

In the room, Gao Yang's fingers clasped the quilt like chicken claws, his limbs stretched out on the couch, his ankles covered with only a layer of wrinkled skin, his cheeks and eye sockets were all sunken, only his eyeballs were open and bulging, and there was no breath in his mouth and nose.

When the waiter entered and saw this fierce death, he was also shocked for a moment. He trembled and went forward to cover his face with a plain silk cloth, and then huddled aside anxiously waiting for the arrival of the Regent Crown Prince and others.

"My brother abandoned the country, abandoned his relatives, and abandoned the people. Why doesn't the heaven have mercy on him!"

Not long after, Gao Yan led everyone here in a hurry, beating his chest and stamping his feet and crying loudly.

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