Zhu Changxiao's version of the Sui Dynasty

Ever since Su Wei proposed to Empress Xiao the plan to preserve the posthumous child, even though Empress Xiao disagreed in her heart, she had no plan to preserve it. The premonition of a mutiny grew day by day, especially since Yan Hong'er was pregnant with Yang's bloodline, which made her even more concerned.

Before the mutiny started, Empress Xiao issued an imperial decree to let the maid Yan Hong'er come to her side as a servant and protect her secretly. Qi Wang Yang Li liked to fight dogs and raise eagles. He was a dandy and had no intention of doing business. He never cared about this ugly maid who got drunk and was lucky. Since the queen mother liked her, she did not try to keep her at all, and sent the ugly maid Yan Hong'er to serve the queen.

Concubine Chen brought Yan Hong'er to the palace. Yan Hong'er usually only did rough work and had never served the concubines. She was terrified when she entered the palace, and was submissive, with a bit of shyness and timidity, and did not dare to look up.

Empress Xiao thought that she was just a daughter of an ordinary family, who had never seen the world and was timid, so she asked, "Are you Yan Hong'er, the maid of the King of Qi?"

"Reporting to the Queen, it is me."

"Raise your head, let me see."

Yan Hong'er looked up at Empress Xiao secretly. Empress Xiao looked at her carefully, and her heart skipped a beat. She was so ugly that she was unprecedented and unspeakable. She really looked like:

Black face, broad cheeks, swollen eyelids, and uneven eyebrows.

The upturned nostrils were as black as a hole, and the fat forehead was like mud.

Empress Xiao had seen countless beauties in the palace, and she had also seen a lot of ugly maids and servants, but it was the first time she had seen a woman as ugly as Yan Hong'er. She never thought that Prince Qi Yang Li would be drunk and lose his composure and favor such an ugly woman.

Empress Xiao looked at this ugly servant and secretly felt that the ugliest thing in the world was this one. She became more and more worried and asked, "Although you are a servant who does rough work, I heard that you are pregnant with Prince Qi's child. How many months have you been pregnant?"

"Reporting to the queen, it has been more than three months." Yan Hong'er said.

Empress Xiao said, "Today, I summoned you to the palace so that you can take good care of your child and give birth to a grandson. You can rest assured here and don't let me down."

"Why don't you thank the queen quickly." Concubine Chen touched Yan Hong'er beside her.

"Thank you, Queen." Yan Hong'er kowtowed to express her gratitude.

Empress Xiao said again: "I am here to tell you that even if you are pregnant with a dragon, you are still a servant. As long as I don't ask, you are not allowed to tell anyone about the dragon grandson in your belly. Otherwise, you and the child will not survive. Remember this?"

Queen Xiao's tone suddenly changed, and her voice became tough, which frightened Yan Honger so much that she said yes repeatedly and dared not neglect it.

Since Yan Honger moved in with the queen, she has been like a servant all day long, just doing some rough work. Emperor Yang of Sui went out for a few days and returned to the palace. He only regarded Yan Honger as a servant who did rough work and did not care.

But the news of the emperor's return to the palace was immediately spread to the East City Camp. Xu Guogong Yu Wenhuaji, Yuwen Zhiji, Sima Dekan, Linghu Xingda and others gathered in the central army tent. Zhiji said: "Just now Pei Qiantong sent someone to deliver a secret report that the emperor had returned from playing. These twoWe will move into Chengxiang Palace on the same day. It is time for us to start."

Everyone was confident, except Yu Wenhuaji, who was nervous. Huaji asked, "I heard that the palace is heavily guarded, and the north and south gates are heavily guarded. It is still unknown whether we can get in."

Zhiji said, "Brother, don't worry. Yuanli has used a trick to divert the envoy camp guarding the north gate. We only need to take down the general on duty from the south gate to protect our son, and Pei Qiantong will naturally support us in the palace."

"That makes me feel at ease." Yu Wenhuaji was confident and said, "Send someone to inform Yuanli immediately, and let him find a way to divert the envoy camp as soon as possible."

Sima Dekan said, "Don't worry, Duke Xu, this matter is up to me."

Yu Wenhuaji said, "The date of the uprising is set to be the evening of the tenth day of the third month of the fourteenth year of Daye. When we start the army, we must first execute the Jiangdong faction of thieves!" Everyone accepted the order and waited for the tenth day of March. It can be said that:

Collusion leads to rebellion, and killing the dissidents first will end the disputes.

It is hard to say the rise and fall of Jiangdu, but we can only sigh that there are so many changes.

Several commanders of the imperial guards secretly issued military orders, ordering each camp to prepare for the rebellion. When the generals heard that they were going to rebel and go home, most of them supported them. Among the rebels, only Wu Ben Langjiang Mai Mengcai felt unfair. Mai Mengcai was the son of the general Mai Tiezhang. He was eight feet tall, brave, loyal, and had the style of his father.

After all, Mai Mengcai was from Jiangnan, so he was not so homesick. But when he thought that the Xiaoguo camp was rebelling, it was the Jieshi camp that was guarding the inner palace. If he informed the Jieshi camp in advance, he might be able to take precautions and rescue the emperor.

The reason why he planned to inform them in advance was because Shen Guang, the commander of the Jieshi camp, was also an old friend from Jiangdong, and he was also very brave. He is my best friend, so I might as well tell him in advance.

Mai Mengcai wanted to go out of Dongcheng to inform the secret, but the Dongcheng camp was already on high alert and checked everyone in and out. Suffering from no chance, he waited and waited, but after a few days, it was the tenth day of March.

On the tenth day of March alone, Sima Dekan transferred two hundred war horses to supplement the army, and the gate of Dongcheng was wide open. Mai Mengcai took this opportunity to leave the Dongcheng camp and head straight to the north gate of the imperial city. The Envoy Camp.

The Envoy Camp stationed at the north gate of the imperial city originally had hundreds of elite guards. Coincidentally, in the evening, the internal guard Yuan Li followed the conspiracy and went to visit the Envoy Camp commander Shen Guang after noon.

When Shen Guang saw that it was Yuan Li, he knew that he was the emperor's most trusted guard in front of the palace, and he was also an acquaintance, so he treated him well and did not have any suspicion. Yuan Li said: "I came here with the emperor's oral order to pass on the order to the soldiers of the Envoy Camp."

Shen Guang asked: "I wonder what the emperor's oral order is?"

Yuan Li frowned, sighed, and said hypocritically: "Brother, you don't know that General Chen Leng won a great victory in the fight against the bandits in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He returned yesterday and is expected to arrive in Jiangdu tonight."

"What does the emperor mean? "Shen Guang asked.

"The emperor has given an oral order to order the envoy camp to go to the Shili Changting east of Jiangdu City as a vanguard. The emperor wants to personally welcome Chen Ling at the Shili Changting." Yuan Li said.

Hearing that the government army had won a great victory, Shen Guang was very happy. He believed Yuan Li's fake oral order and passed it down without thinking, ordering the envoy camp to advance oneThey started cooking in an hour and rushed to Shili Changting before dark to welcome Chen Leng's army.

By the time of dinner, the envoy camp had already set out. Mai Mengcai hurried to the north gate of the imperial city to see the envoy camp. The barracks were empty, with only a few soldiers left behind. Mai Mengcai asked, "Where is Commander Shen Guang now?"

A soldier said, "He has gone to Shili Changting to wait for the emperor."

"Ah?" Mai Mengcai was shocked and asked, "Why did the emperor go to Shili Changting?"

"General Chen Leng won a great victory in defeating the enemy. He returned to Jiangdu in the evening. Your Majesty will hold a dinner to welcome him."

Mai Mengcai felt that something was wrong and hurriedly left the north gate, ready to go to Shili Changting to chase Shen Guang's envoy camp.

Just after leaving the north gate, not far away. Faintly heard a sound of footsteps in the distance, followed by torches lit, soldiers lined up, looking in the dim light of the evening, the person coming is none other than Yuwen Zhiji. This is:

The tiger is lured away from the mountain to cause trouble, and the palace is cleansed without bloodshed.

I sigh that the arrangement of heaven is clever, but the disaster is brought to the moonlight.

At this point, Mai Mengcai knew that things were not good, hid in a deserted place, and had to secretly spy, only to see that Yuwen Zhiji's rebels sealed the north gate, deployed soldiers to guard it, and imposed martial law overnight.

Mai Mengcai thought that if he did not inform the emperor at this time, then once the mutiny occurred, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty would surely die.

Unexpectedly, Yuwen Zhiji led his troops not to go straight into the north gate, but surrounded the Xiangguo Mansion outside the north gate. The person living in the Xiangguo Mansion was none other than the prime minister of the dynasty, Yu Shiji.

Yu Shiji followed the Sui emperor to live in a corner, and was free and was lying on the bed in the house, reading a book. Suddenly, there was a loud noise, and the maids shouted in the yard. The maids in Yu Shiji's house were usually very careful and had never made such a noise.

Yu Shiji was surprised, threw down the book, put on his robe, and was about to go out of the house to see, but he heard a "clang" and the door was kicked open, revealing a flash of cold light, and then a team of government troops rushed into the yard.

"How dare you break into the prime minister's house with knives?" Yu Shiji asked in surprise.

Yuwen Zhiji held up his sword, stared at Yu Shiji and asked: "Prime Minister Yu, don't you want to persuade the emperor to move the capital to Jiankang? Brothers don't want to go."

"Why do you say that? Are you planning a rebellion?"

"To be honest, we are going back to Guanzhong to fight against Li Yuan. We really don't want to leave you in Jiangdu, so we will send you to the west first!" Yuwen Zhiji said, swinging his sword and stabbing. As soon as the sword was swung, Yu Shiji screamed and blood splattered everywhere. Yuwen Zhiji stabbed Yu Shiji to death and immediately left the prime minister's mansion with his troops and headed straight for the north gate.

Yu Shiji was executed in the north, while Linghu Xingda led another rebel army to the south gate. Outside the south gate was the Dali Temple, where lived another important official of the Jiangdong faction, Dali Temple Minister Pei Yun.

It was easy to enter the Xiangguo Mansion, but it was not so easy to enter the Dali Temple. After all, the Dali Temple was the judicial department of the Sui Dynasty, and there were many soldiers and servants in the Dali Temple.

Linghu Xingda had just arrived at the door.Outside the Dali Temple, candles were already lit, and the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Camp were blocked by the guards outside the Dali Temple. The leading lieutenant, holding his sword, asked sternly: "Who are you? How dare you block the Dali Temple at night?"

Linghu Xingda said: "What is the Dali Temple? We are arresting the wanted criminals tonight, come on!"

Before he finished speaking, the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Camp waved their swords and raised their guns, and rushed to the guards of the Dali Temple. This fight scared the guards of the Dali Temple out of their wits. On weekdays, the Dali Temple arrested criminals and tried important cases. The king's law was ruthless, majestic, and intimidating. Now the imperial guards rebelled, and they charged into the Dali Temple with swords and guns.

A few guards in the courtyard were still fighting with the rebels, when Pei Yun, the Minister of the Dali Temple, rushed out from the main room, holding a sword in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Which thief is so bold!"

Linghu Xingda saw that it was Pei Yun, and pointed his sword at Pei Yun: "Pei Yun, the traitor who rebelled against the country, kill him quickly!"

The soldiers of the Xiaoguo Camp rushed into the courtyard, and more and more soldiers rushed to Pei Yun. Pei Yun was immediately horrified. He saw the guards on the left and right falling to the ground one after another, and watched the rebels rushing to his front. He stabbed and Pei Yun fell to the ground and died on the spot. This is:

The bloody battle started on the tenth day of March, and the north and south government offices fought.

Killing the Jiangdong faction in the court, homesickness only cares about Guanzhong.

Yu Shiji and Pei Yun, two important officials of the Jiangdong faction, were executed one after another, and most of the other ministers of the Jiangdong faction were not spared, and were killed in their residences by the rebels of the Xiaoguo Camp.

At night, the north and south gates of the Jiangdu Palace were blocked by the rebels, and the people in the palace could not escape. Mai Mengcai, who was hiding in the dark at the north gate, saw that something big was about to happen. He knew that the situation was extremely critical, so he decided to break into the palace and risk his life to report to Emperor Yang of Sui.

Mai Mengcai slipped under the city gate and punched the door. He saw that the palace door, which was usually closed, slowly opened a crack. Mai Mengcai was shocked and said to himself in surprise: "Hey? The palace doesn't lock the door so late?"

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