Zhu Changxiao's version of the Sui Dynasty

In the 14th year of Daye, on the night of the 10th day of the third month in 618 AD, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was hanged to death by the rebels in Chengxiang Hall of Jiangdu Palace. He was 50 years old and was posthumously named Emperor Yang. The Great Sui Dynasty, which lasted for 38 years, ended here.

After Yang Guang was hanged, the rebels arrested and executed the princes and grandchildren of Jiangdu, and summoned all the ministers to establish a new emperor. Everyone searched the palace separately. Yu Wenzhi and Sima Dekan led a team of soldiers and went straight to the inner palace.

Empress Xiao Jun was in Guangling Hall in the harem. The guard of Guangling Hall was Xiao Ju, the nephew of the queen and the son of Xiao Xun. Xiao Ju had not rested yet that night and was in the room teasing his six-year-old son Xiao Siye.

Suddenly, he heard the noisy voices of the palace maids and eunuchs outside, so he put his son down, took off the sword hanging on the wall, and went out to check. When he walked out of the room, he heard the sound of the rebels' armor rubbing against each other and the footsteps of the troops approaching.

The gate of the palace was kicked open, and the rebels led by Yu Wenzhi and Sima Dekan came closer. Xiao Ju stopped them head-on with a stern face, holding his sword, and asked sternly: "Sima Dekan! This is a forbidden area in the inner palace, how dare you barge in?"

"I have been ordered to find the royal family."

"Who do you think you are? You dare to find the royal family with such arrogant words?"

"Hmph!" Sima Dekan glared at him, his face ferocious, and without saying anything, he drew his sword and chopped. Xiao Ju drew his sword to resist, and everyone surrounded Xiao Ju and started fighting. When the two sides started fighting, Xiao Siye, who was watching from the side, was scared.

Xiao Siye hurried to the bedroom, crying: "Grandma, help me, my father has met a bad guy!"

Empress Xiao, Concubine Chen, and Yan Hong'er were stunned and didn't know what was going on. At this time, Yu Wenzhi and Sima Dekan led their troops into the hall. Xiao Siye threw himself into Empress Xiao's arms, too scared to look directly at them.

Empress Xiao saw blood dripping from the rebel's knife and knew that Xiao Ju had been killed. Concubine Chen asked, "You daring thief, you broke into the harem late at night, are you plotting a rebellion?"

"Hahaha!" Sima Dekan laughed and said, "The tyrant Yang Guang has been killed. Duke Xu has ordered people to summon all officials to discuss the establishment of a wise ruler, so please ask the queen to attend the court!"

When Empress Xiao learned about this, she was not surprised at all, and she was calm and composed. She had already expected today's disaster, and asked coldly, "The emperor dared to harm, why do you need a woman to attend the court?"

"The tyrant is dead, and a new king should be established. Without the queen's decree, how can the officials be convinced?" Yu Wenzhi winked, "Do we still need soldiers to carry the queen to Chengxiang Hall? ? "

"No need for the soldiers." Empress Xiao then slowly stood up and walked out of the palace. When she came close to Yu Wenzhi, she said, "I can attend the court, but the general cannot touch the concubines in the palace."

Yu Wenzhi looked at Chen Guiren with lust, and smiled at Empress Xiao, "The new emperor has not been established yet, so I will not investigate the concubines in the palace for now, but you will not be able to do anything about it in the future, let's go!"

The maids and eunuchs in the harem were all under house arrest. Empress Xiao followed the rebels to the main hall of Chengxiang Hall. At this time, the body of Emperor Yang of Sui was placed in the center of the hall. The civil and military officials were so scared that they didn't know what to do in the middle of the night. They stood on both sides, surrounded by the rebels of the coup.

Yu Wenzhi followed Empress Xiao to the throne. Empress Xiao sat on the throne with her head held high. Seeing the horrified faces of the officials, Yu Wenzhi stood beside the throne with his sword at his waist.

Empress Xiao looked at the strangled body of Yang Guang, and was angry and afraid. After all, she had never experienced a regicide coup. She just sat on the throne without saying a word. Yu Wenzhi looked at the officials and said, "Now the emperor is unjust and has destroyed himself. We, the loyal and good people, need to establish a new emperor to rectify the imperial system. Colleagues, who do you think can be the new emperor?"

Yu Wenzhi said, "Prince Yang Li of Qi, Prince Yang Gao of Zhao, and the emperor's grandson Yang Tan were all executed by the rebel army. Only the emperor's nephew Yang Hao is still in the palace."

Yu Wenzhi turned his head and asked, "Why not establish the emperor's nephew Yang Hao? What do you think, Your Majesty?"

The arrival of all the disasters seemed Almost everything was expected by Empress Xiao. Today's killing was inevitable. Empress Xiao suppressed her anger and compassion, looked at several rebel leaders, and thought to herself, "Shameless people harmed my whole family, and they still had the nerve to ask, so she answered indifferently: "Let the general decide."

Yu Wenzhi issued an order in the hall, honoring Xiao Jun as the empress dowager, announcing the empress dowager's decree to the world, establishing the emperor's nephew Yang Hao as the emperor, and changing the reign title to "Tianshou"; Yu Wenzhi appointed himself as the prime minister and took charge of government affairs.

This Yang Hao was originally the son of Qin Wang Yang Jun. He was weak and incompetent. At this time, he was supported as a puppet emperor of the rebels. Although the officials in the court despised Yu Wenzhi, no one dared to say anything, so they had to obey. The old minister Su Wei had no choice but to bring all the officials to pay homage to the prime minister Yu Wenzhi.

The new emperor was enthroned in Chengxiang Hall, but Mai Mengcai, who was hiding outside the hall, saw it all clearly. He thought to himself that although the Xiaoguo Camp had rebelled, the Shishi Camp was still unaware of it, so he had to tell the truth immediately and devise a plan to get rid of Yu Wenzhi and other rebels.

While the rebels in Chengxiang Hall were busy bowing to the new emperor, Mai Mengcai sneaked out of the palace. The imperial city was guarded by rebels, and many of them were Mai Mengcai's acquaintances, so he entered and left without suspicion.

When he came to the imperial stable, the guards were people who were acquaintances of the Xiaoguo Camp. Mai Mengcai made up a lie, tricked out an imperial horse, and then got on the horse and left the imperial city. Mai Mengcai galloped all the way. The imperial horse was called Tietui Zaoluju, and it could travel a thousand miles a day. He galloped all the way to the Shili Changting outside the Jiangdu Palace. This is:

Confusing people's hearts and wanting to collapse, the rebels turned the imperial flag into a captive.

The killings in the evening were gone by the west wind, but the spring rain still knocked on the fence of the inner courtyard.

The commander of the envoy camp, Shen Guang, had been waiting in the long pavilion for three hours. He was originally ordered to be the front station for the emperor. After waiting for a long time, he did not see Emperor Yang of Sui or General Chen Leng. Deputy commander Qian Jie thought something was wrong, so he said to Shen Guang: "The imperial carriage that was to welcome him has not arrived, and the troops that were to return to the court have not come either. This seems to be a bit strange."

Shen Guang thought so too, so he asked: "In General Qian's opinion, should we wait here or not?"

Qian Jie asked back: "Could it be that Yuan Li falsely conveyed the imperial edict?"

"Why do you think so?"

"Now among the imperial guards, there are many people who are homesick.If Yuan Li is not allowed to do anything bad, will he also plot something bad?"

Shen Guang hesitantly lowered his head and pondered. When the two were hesitating, they saw a fast horse running in the distance, whipping the horse whip continuously, making a sharp sound. When they got closer and took a closer look, it turned out to be Mai Mengcai.

Mai Mengcai turned over and dismounted, clasped his hands together, and said excitedly: "Two commanders, something bad is happening, something bad is happening."

"What are you panicking about? Tell me in detail." Shen Guang said.

"There was a mutiny in the palace, and the two commanders fell into the trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain." The two were shocked, and Mai Mengcai went on to say: "In the evening, Yu Wenzhi, Sima Dekan and others led the Xiaoguo Camp to launch a coup, killing Lai Huer and Dugu Sheng, strangling the emperor, and supporting the emperor's nephew Yang Hao as the king."

"Ah? "After hearing this, Shen Guang and Qian Jie were furious and shocked. The guards of the Envoy Camp were the personal soldiers of the palace, loyal to Emperor Yang of Sui. Now that the emperor was killed, everyone was indignant.

Mai Mengcai said: "Now the palace is full of the imperial guards of the Xiaoguo Camp, no less than 10,000 people, and the Envoy Camp has only more than 100 people. We cannot attack by force. It is better to pretend to surrender and wait for the opportunity to eliminate the traitors."

After hearing this plan, Shen Guang and Qian Jie also praised it very much. They gathered the soldiers of the Envoy Camp and returned to the Jiangdu Palace to pretend to surrender to Yu Wenzhi.

After a lot of trouble, it was already dawn. Mai Mengcai entered the city first and pretended to meet the Prime Minister Yu Wenzhi. Mai Mengcai said: "The Envoy Camp heard that the new emperor has ascended the throne, the Prime Minister supports the new emperor, and has made great contributions in making policies, so they asked for permission to surrender. "Yu Wenzhi didn't know it was a trick, and was overjoyed. He ordered Shen Guang and Qian Jie to continue to be the commanders of the envoy camp and serve as his personal guards.

Yu Wenzhi became the prime minister and was busy rewarding those who had made contributions to the rebellion. Empress Dowager Xiao Jun, who had no one to care about, Chen Guiren, Yan Honger, Xiao Siye and several palace maids and eunuchs had been anxiously waiting for a night. Seeing that Xiao Jun returned to Guangling Palace safely, they were relieved.

Chen Guiren stepped forward and asked: "Did those rebels harass the queen last night?"

"The princes and grandchildren of the emperor suffered misfortune, and what use is there for me, a middle-aged woman." Xiao Jun said disappointedly.

The eunuchs following Xiao Jun carried Yang Guang's body over, and Empress Xiao said: "Please trouble the eunuchs to dismantle the bed board of the dragon couch and make a coffin for the late emperor. ”

Eunuchs and palace maids were all in tears. They sobbed and wiped their tears while dismantling the red painted wooden board of the bed. After a few hammering, a simple coffin was made. Chen Guiren and Yan Honger took two imperial brocade mattresses, wrapped Emperor Yang of Sui up, and put him in the coffin. Xiao Jun led his nephew Xiao Siye and walked in front. Chen Guiren and Yan Honger accompanied them. Several eunuchs carried the coffin and came to Liuzhu Hall in the west courtyard.

Xiao Jun said: "Let's bury him in Liuzhu Hall. "Several eunuchs dug the ground, and the crowd hastily buried Emperor Yang of Sui's coffin. After everyone paid tribute, they left.

After burying Emperor Yang of Sui, everyone was tired after a day. Seeing that it was getting dark, Chen Guiren, Yan Honger, and Xiao Siye were about to accompany Xiao Jun for dinner, when suddenly a group of government troops rushed into Guangling Hall. They were soldiers from the Xiaoguo Camp, and the leader was Yuwen Zhiji.

Everyone was afraid, but Xiao Jun was calm.He calmed down and asked, "The palaces and gardens in Jiangdu are all owned by the Xiaoguo Camp. You are not here to ask for wine, are you?"

"The Queen Mother is really good at telling jokes." Yuwen Zhiji said, "The Prime Minister has ordered that the beauties in the palace may not eat well tonight, so please invite Concubine Chen to Chengxiang Hall to drink and spend a good night together."

Everyone was shocked. Concubine Chen threw the bowl and chopsticks on the table and asked angrily, "I am a noble conferred by the previous emperor. As a minister, how can you have rude thoughts in your heart?"

"Haha." Yuwen Zhiji With a sneer, he said, "Grand Prime Minister, I heard that Chen Yu was made a noble lady at the age of thirteen, and she has not been favored by the emperor for twelve years in the palace. She is born beautiful, but as a girl, isn't it a waste of her life?"

After saying that, Zhiji waved his hand, and two soldiers held Chen Yu out. Xiao Jun slammed the table and asked, "The late emperor's body is still warm, how can you do such a beastly thing?"

After hearing Empress Xiao's angry rebuke, Yuwen Zhiji laughed and ignored it, letting Chen Yu cry and shout, and was still taken to Chengxiang Hall.

Yuwen Zhijiu pushed Concubine Chen to the East Pavilion of Chengxiang Palace. There were wine and food on the table. Concubine Chen was furious and scolded: "Chen Xi was treated well by the late emperor. Although she has never enjoyed the emperor's grace, she will never do anything unchaste!"

"Hmph!" Zhiji said fiercely: "Tonight, either you sleep with the prime minister or die. Think about it yourself, my beauty." After that, Yuwen Zhiji left with his sleeves, leaving Concubine Chen's scolding and shouting without paying any attention. The soldiers on both sides closed the doors and windows and locked her in the East Pavilion. There was no way to escape.

Let's talk about the prime minister Yuwen Huaji. Now he is noble in front of people, taking the honor in Aoli, with his hands behind his back, full of majesty. Since the rebellion that night, he has taken a fancy to Concubine Chen Xi at first sight and swaggered to the East Pavilion of Chengxiang Palace.

Yu Wenzhi opened the door and walked into the pavilion. The room was in a mess. It must have been smashed to pieces by Concubine Chen. He thought it was the best. He was about to pick the thorny rose. He walked to the bedroom and took a closer look by candlelight. He was so scared that his hair stood on end and cold sweat ran down his face. This is:

Men love women with strong temperaments, and thieves cannot bear women who do not obey them.

Don't touch poisonous wisteria, and roses are thorny and cannot be picked.

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