The order for disarmament has not yet been officially issued, and the soldiers of the Fourth Expeditionary Army are waiting and watching. They are different from the garrison of states and counties. If the court wants to disarm, it will definitely attack them.
Among the Four Expeditionary Armies, the Western Expeditionary Army has the least sense of existence. The western border they are responsible for guarding, thousands of miles of Gobi, except for some bandits and horse thieves, does not have a powerful country like the Yeluo Tribe or the Chu State. On the side, therefore, the Western Expeditionary Army is the smallest unit of the Fourth Expeditionary Army, with only 100,000 people, and most of the family members of these people follow them to guard the border. Considering all aspects, the Western Expeditionary Army will not be the object of disarmament.
The commander-in-chief of the Southern Conquest Army was He Ze, who had taken refuge with the prince. Now that the prince had lost power and was repeatedly suppressed by Emperor Yan Ping, He Ze, as the prince’s recommendation, had the title of princeling, so He Ze was very worried about himself. Will become Emperor Yan Ping's target.
Yang Zhuming of the Northern Expedition Army and Li Jun of the Huben Army were members of the Jin royal party wearing a pair of trousers, and they were the main force of the military generals in the imperial court. Emperor Yan Ping had the intention of killing Li Jun, but the situation dictated that. Forced, he had to be appointed again and again, but he always regarded Li Jun as a serious problem in his heart. Therefore, in order to curb Li Jun's prestige in the army, Emperor Yan Ping was also very likely to use the Northern Army or the Huben Army to attack.
Sure enough, in May of the 23rd year of Yanping, Princess Li Hao of Xinyuan gave birth to a baby boy for the Yang family. Yang Zhuming wrote a letter requesting permission to return to Beijing for a visit, and returned to Kyoto in early May. The next day, Emperor Yan Ping issued an order allowing Yang Zhuming to stay in Beijing until the child was one year old. A few days later, Emperor Yan Ping issued another edict, saying that the northern border was at peace and the soldiers should be allowed to return home. Therefore, a total of more than 80,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people in the Northern Army were dismissed.
Later, Emperor Yan Ping sent Cheng Zhu to Dingbeicheng with the imperial envoy in the name of supervising the army. His intention to replace Yang's family was obvious. Yang Zhuming stood still at Li Jun's signal, handed over the military talisman very cooperatively, and lived a life of living on his wife's soft rice.
In late May, Emperor Yan Ping sent two brothers, Song Xutai and Song Xuyang, nephews of the Cheng family, to follow the imperial envoy to serve as supervisors for the Huben Army and the Zhengnan Army respectively.
In June, what He Ze was most worried about happened. Song Xuyang sued Emperor Yan Ping on the grounds that He Ze had neglected his duties. Emperor Yan Ping did not admit He Ze's guilt but still transferred him back to the capital to serve as General Pingnan, who was promoted openly and secretly, took away his military power.
At this point, Emperor Yan Ping had not been in court for two months, and the imperial edict he issued was directly transmitted to the military camp without the prime minister and various ministries, causing dissatisfaction among the ministers. At the same time, Emperor Yan Ping no longer mentioned the reduction of official salaries, and seemed to be seeking peace.
On the Fire Day in July, the shrine that Emperor Yan Ping insisted on building was finally built in the northeast of Kyoto. The altar is about 49 feet high and covers an area of about 120 feet. It has nine floors. Each floor is engraved with a picture of a pagoda coming to the world to suppress demons. In the painting, the position of the demon is always in the northeast. The sword has a green face and fangs, and a tiger is often followed behind him. Its meaning is self-evident.
Li Jun repeatedly suppressed the Buddhist sect.The power naturally aroused their resentment. In addition, the direction of the falling star in Emperor Yan Ping's dream was in the northeast, which seemed to mean that disaster would come from the northeast, and Jinyang was northeast of Kyoto. The tiger is easier to understand. The name of the tiger and the Ben army comes from Li Jun, so the meaning of the mapping is really easy to understand.
The incident on the shrine aroused great dissatisfaction among the military commanders. They demanded that the national preceptor Yu Qiuzi who presided over the matter be punished. Emperor Yan Ping naturally would not agree. However, the people of the Military General Faction were very different from the civil servant group led by Lu Wen'an. Lu Wen'an's Civil Service Group had no other choice but to kneel in Emperor Yan Ping's palace and beg him to take back his life. However, the Military General Faction was extremely angry and they directly The target was the Cheng family, which had been extremely active recently. Dozens of middle- and lower-level generals secretly gathered to attack the Cheng family residence at night. In the chaos, the uncle of the imperial concubine Cheng Xueqi and several cousins died.
After the news came out, Emperor Yan Ping was naturally furious. He felt that these people were going to rebel, and ordered Li Wei of Jingzhao Prefecture to go all out to arrest the criminals. However, before Li Wei could verify the matter, dozens of generals took the initiative to come to Jingzhao Mansion to confess their crimes. Li Wei was shocked and had to report the matter truthfully. Emperor Yan Ping, still furious, ordered the dozens of generals to be executed for conspiracy to rebel under Cheng Xueqi's cries.
After the imperial edict came out, the government and the public were shocked. The military generals blocked the edict and actively contacted their subordinates, hoping to save the lives of these people. Suddenly, Kyoto was in turmoil, and troops and horses were mobilized frequently.
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The civil service group was also extremely dissatisfied with Emperor Yan Ping. They cooperated with the actions of the military commanders, which hindered the actions of the guards, city defense battalions and patrol battalions led by the Chen brothers. Private soldiers even gathered to fight against the officials. The streets of Kyoto are full of scenes of conflict.
Seeing that things were getting worse and worse, the situation was getting out of control, so both Li Xi and the Chen brothers went to see Emperor Yan Ping to explain the seriousness of the situation.
After Emperor Yan Ping stopped going to court for three months, he found it more and more comfortable not to go to court in the morning. As a result, he did not want to go to court to face those ministers who would only find fault with him.
When Li Xi and others arrived at Weiyang Palace, Emperor Yan Ping only hurriedly put on a dragon robe and came to see them. At this time, Emperor Yan Ping's temples were gray and his old eyes were cloudy. Except for the red layer of wine and wealth on his face, he was no different from a dying old man. In just three months, the emperor, who was not very mediocre at first, now seemed to have no sense of imperial majesty at all.
The three people reported the recent events to Emperor Yan Ping with their eyes and noses attentively. Emperor Yan Ping was furious as expected and accused: "They are going to rebel! Chen Shi, I order you to lead The soldiers of the patrol camp arrested all those who caused trouble and sentenced them to death!"
Chen Shi hesitated: "Your Majesty, are all those involved in this matter going to be killed? Are all these people arrested? ”
Chen Shi thought to himself: There are hundreds of imperial officials who have come to light these days, including the Duke and the Minister, and even more.There are many generals in the town. If these people are killed, it will definitely cause panic in the government and the public, and the court will be empty.
Emperor Yan Ping said without hesitation: "Catch! I will kill the nine tribes of them!"
"I obey the order."
Li Wei added: " Your Majesty, this matter has a wide range of implications. The land of Kyoto is full of soldiers. There have been dozens of conflicts in the past few days. The people involved are all important ministers of the country. If you ignore it, I am afraid that most of the court will be empty. Your Majesty, think twice."
Emperor Yan Ping said angrily: "There are so many people?"
Emperor Yan Ping calmed down and carefully checked the list of people reported by Li Xi.