On November 28, the winter solstice, from the capital to all places, all officials burned incense and bathed early. The hundred officials of the capital followed the emperor out of the suburbs of the south gate, called the southern suburbs, once every three years. Local officials go to the official temples and worship together.

After the southern suburbs, it is customary to push grace, and all the officials in the world are promoted together, which is a happy day. Many unambitious officials, whose normal promotion channels have been blocked, are waiting for the triennial southern suburbs to be promoted to a half-official position, and they are particularly excited. There are also many officials like Du Zhongxiao, who were not promoted when they should have been promoted in the front, and who were promoted a few more ranks when they were waiting for the southern suburbs. It is a day of universal celebration, and for officials, it is much grander than the Spring Festival.

Before dawn, Zhang Deyi, the governor of Beizhou, together with the new Tidian Prison Tian Jing, took Dong Yuanheng, the general judge, Tian Bin, the prisoner of soldiers and horses, and the judge Li Hao and other officials, as well as the following officials of Qinghe County, who were attached to it, to Tianqingguan in the south of the city.

In the camp of the Xuanyi Army in the city, Wang Ze was draped all over his body, stationed with a big knife, and sat in the middle of the military tent. The commander of the Xuanyi Army, Cao Zhi, led a group of military leaders to huddle behind Wang Ze, both excited and nervous.

The Xuanyi Army was established in Jingdong, Huainan, Liangzhejiang and Jiangdong Road in the first year of Qingli, and was later implemented in various roads to protect grain and ban the army. They belong to the forbidden army sequence, but they are stationed in various places and do the work of the van army. This army has been in trouble since its inception. The duty to protect grain is subject to local jurisdiction, and it is often punished for things such as overdue grain transportation. In addition, the distribution of the money is not timely, the training has not been done for a long time, the management is not good, and the people's morale is sluggish, and I don't know how much chaos has occurred in recent years. A few years ago, the rebellion of Wang Lun in Yizhou, which spanned dozens of states in Huai, also started from the Xuanyi Army.

A very interesting phenomenon in the army of the Song Dynasty is that the class system is strict, and in terms of system, the battalion-level commander has absolute power over his subordinates, and his subordinates can decide the life and death of their subordinates with a word. On the other hand, except for some of the elite Sanya directly under the forbidden army, most of the army's officers have difficulty establishing authority over their own troops, with a strong five-generation heritage, and often become puppets of their subordinates.

This is the case with the Xuanyi Army in Beizhou, and Wang is only a small colonel, but because he is the incense master of the Maitreya Sect in Benzhou, there are many henchmen, and he speaks nothing in the barracks. Even the commander Cao Zhi obeyed his words. Wang said that no one in the Xuanyi Army objected to today's incident, and most of the people thought about the success of the great event, and what benefits they would get from being a dragon hero.

This kind of army troubles are all a swarm. Someone took the lead, and they responded in groups, and there was chaos. If you encounter a Zhizhou with clever means, as long as you dispose of a few leaders, the others will be turtles with shrunken heads, pretending not to know anything, and still eating food as soldiers.

It's a pity that Zhang Deyi, the governor of Benzhou, doesn't have this ability, he neither discovered the signs of Xuanyi's army in advance to make trouble, nor did he have the courage and means to deal with this kind of thing. Zhang Deyi's grace is out of office, his father Zhang Qi is kind to the queen mother Liu E, and he is honored and favored, and the prince and the prince are now living in the capital. Zhang Qi has more than 20 sons, Zhang Deyi is not prominent, and is not appreciated by the imperial court.

Wang Ze usually drinks and gets angry, and he is a street gangster, but at this time, he is extremely calm. looked outside the account and said nothing.

On the third pole of the day, when Cao Zhi and the others were impatient, Zhang Luan walked in quickly from the outside and crossed his hand to Wang Ze: "I've seen the incense master!" ”

Wang Ze said in a deep voice: "How is the official office now? Have you ever been able to get the key? ”

Zhang Luan took out a key from his arms and said, "Fortunately, I lived up to my mission and got the key to the Jiazhan Library." It's just that the key to the military treasury is on Dong Yuanheng, who is cautious, and there is no way to use all means. ”

Wang Zedao: "It's enough to have a storehouse!" When the time comes, I will take the weapon and occupy the state city, and I am afraid that I will not be able to take it! - What about the other brothers? ”

Zhang Luan said: "The Buji brothers arrived at the Baoxiaojie military camp early in the morning, and when we were on our side to raise things and open the armor staff warehouse, they responded!" ”

"Okay, the dog officials go to Tianqing Guan, the yamen is unguarded, we don't do anything at this time, when will we stay? Follow me to open the armor staff storehouse, take the sword and weapon armor, kill the dog officer, and occupy the city! As long as we hold Beizhou and the news spreads, the surrounding states such as Qi and Germany will inevitably respond. When the world is in turmoil, we will enter Kaifeng Mansion and take the world of the Zhao family! At that time, you will all be the founding ministers, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth! ”

The people gathered in the tent were waiting for this sentence, and they applauded one after another, and the cry shook the sky.

The commander Cao Zhi was the one who was the official in the end, and he was the first to kneel in front of Wang Ze and shouted: "Subordinates see the king!" ”

Wang Ze put his hands on Cao and said, "Command, we share weal and woe, we can only be brothers, and there is no need to perform this great gift." ”

Cao Zhi was willing to get up, and said in his mouth: "The king should meet the mandate of heaven and the hearts of the people, and take my brothers and other brothers to lift big things and open up a new world." The world cannot be left without an owner for a day, the Zhao family's destiny has ended, the king is not called a lonely widow, how can he reassure people! ”

When Zhang Luan saw this, he hurriedly knelt on the ground, and together with Cao Zhi, let Wang Ze ascend the throne first to correct his name.

They have been preparing for a long time, and the country name and year name have been discussed a long time ago. Wang Ze saw that people's hearts were available, and he did not shirk, and now proclaimed himself the king of Dongping County, the country name was Anyang, and the year name was changed to Desheng.

Zhang Luan got up and said to the king: "King, our actions today are actually in line with the will of heaven. In ancient times, the winter solstice was the year, it was the New Year's Day, the spring and autumn clouds: 'Wang Zhengyue', the new king was enthroned as the first month, thinking that it was the beginning of the new century. The king is enthroned today, and what we discussed earlier is just an ancient ceremony. ”

Wang Ze was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Zhang Luan: "You are full of poetry and books, and you are familiar with the affairs of the yamen, you are my prime minister!" ”

Zhang Luan was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Wang Ze.

Wang Ze said to Cao Zhi again: "Command, you still lead the Xuanyi soldiers, the commander of the infantry army, the three lieutenants, and the infantry commander!" ”

This official is a little lower than Zhang Luan's prime minister, but fortunately, he is a military general, which is barely acceptable, and Cao Zhi is also grateful.

After appeasing everyone, Wang Ze took a group of officers and soldiers of the Xuanyi Army, remitted out of the barracks, and went all the way to the state office. first went to the back and opened the armor staff storehouse, distributed weapons and armor to everyone, sent people to occupy the state office, and then came to Tianqingguan.

The officers and soldiers in the city, in addition to training and going out to perform tasks, usually have weapons stored in the armor staff storehouse. With a knife in their hands, these people became bolder, raised their heads and chests, and walked along the street of the state city to Tianqingguan.

Although Beizhou is not a large state, it is located on Hebei Road, which is the front line against the Khitan, and there are many weapons in the inventory of armor staffs. The king assigned his henchmen, and all the members of the Maitreya sect could come and receive weapons.

In the Tianqing Temple, Zhang Deyi and Tian Jing were burning incense and worshipping together with a group of officials. A servant panicked and ran quickly.

When Zhang De saw it, he said sharply: "At this time, who dares to trespass without permission!" Come on, drag me out and beat me to death! ”

The official knelt on the ground: "Official, the big thing is not good, the king of the city is making trouble with a group of military thieves, occupying the state office, and is coming here!" ”

Tian Jing was startled, hurriedly stopped Zhang Deyi, asked the official to get up, and asked in detail what was going on.

After listening to the officials' words, all the officials were stunned and didn't know what to do. There are only Xuanyi Army and Bao Xiaojie Army in the city, and the other Xiang troops are unbearable to fight. The Xuanyi army followed Wang Ze's rebellion, and the situation was already quite critical.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Deyi: "For today's plan, there is no other way." Tian Dujian, you take your subordinate soldiers to block the rebellion, I will go to the Baoxiaojie military camp now, and transfer the soldiers there to quell the chaos. ”

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