During these two days, the Song army in the imperial city was certainly actively preparing and defending with all its might. The rebels outside the imperial city are not idle, and they are also doing various things. Since he was the actual mastermind of this rebellion, Shi Miyuan, had hardly closed his eyes for the past two days.

On the night of the rebellion, most of the rebel leaders and rebels were in a hurry to attack the palace, and Shi Miyuan immediately recruited his henchmen and told them that he would launch a coup d'état in Jiankang to overthrow Zhao Chen's court and proclaim Zhao Hong as king. This group of people not only includes Shi Miyuan's henchmen Qian Xiangzu, Wei Jing, Wang Ju'an, Wang Shiyong, and Sun Bingwen, but also Shi Miyuan's henchmen Yang Cishan, Li Bi, Zhang Di, Xia Zhen, Lei Xiaoyou, Lin Dazhong, Lou Key, and more than ten people. However, they are basically middle- and lower-level officials, and Yang Cishan, who has the highest official position, is just a positive fourth grade.

Qian Xiangzu, Wei Jing and others have always been planning the major event of rebellion with Shi Miyuan, and they have all been ventilated in advance, knowing that the matter will be within these few days, so after listening to Shi Miyuan's words, they are not too surprised. However, Yang Cishan and others were all taken aback, although they formed a party with Shi Miyuan in the court, but it was only for their own interests, so that they could fight for power and profit in the court, and they never thought of raising troops to rebel and set up a new king.

Yang Cishan strengthened his courage and said: "Master Shi, the abolition of the establishment is not trivial, please think twice, and I have a low position, how dare I decide such a big thing, and ask Lord Shi to discuss with those high-ranking officials, I can't accompany you." ”

When several other officials heard this, they also said: "That's it, that's it, I'm going to leave." ”

Shi Miyuan had long expected such a situation, and said lightly: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is too late now, we have already started to do something, and we attacked the palace last night, and everyone who is here will not be able to do anything with it." ”

When all the officials heard this, they couldn't help but cry out bitterly, if the coup had not started now, it would still be too late to clear the customs with Shi Miyuan, but now that things have happened, then the Xing quality of this gathering can not be said to be clear, plus these people are usually from the same party as Shi Miyuan, so they can't shake it now. Therefore, many officials cried anxiously and said, "Master Shi, don't harm us, don't harm us." ”

Shi Miyuan was secretly happy in his heart, for him, it was natural that the more officials who were pulled into the water, the better, so he said: "Things have come to this point, you can't get rid of the scriptures, the only way to do this is to carry out the coup with me to the end, once the coup is successful, King Deng ascends the throne, everyone has the merit of supporting it, and at that time, the addition of officials to the knighthood does not mean that it is something to be done?" Where to go, you can figure it out for yourself. ”

After listening to Shi Miyuan's words, all the officials also stopped making noise, and each calmed down and thought about how to choose what was best for them now. But only Yang Cishan complained bitterly in his heart, because he was different from others, and he could be regarded as the ruler of the dynasty.

Yang Cishan's sister Yang Guizhi was elected to the palace and became Zhao Chen's concubine, for more than two years, although after Zhao Chen's wedding, he and Yue Ying have been very gracious, but Concubine Yang is smart and clever, good at singing and dancing, and behaves very decently, so she is quite favored in front of Zhao Chen. After Concubine Yang entered the palace, Yang Cishan's officials were also promoted all the way, from the Jizhou assassin envoy to the Fuzhou observation envoy, and the Baoning army to undertake the propaganda envoy. The two sons Yang Gu and Yang Shi also served as the prefect, although these official positions are basically fictitious, but as a relative, Yijing is quite good, and a clan like Yang Yan is just an outlier.

Therefore, Yang Cishan is also very satisfied with the current situation. And he is also quite self-aware, he knows what kind of material he is, even if he imagines Yang Yan to be on par, he must have Yang Yan's ability. In the future, as time goes by, as long as Concubine Yang does not fall out of favor, she will be slowly promoted, and then she will exercise, and maybe she will be allowed to be a local official. But if you follow Shi Miyuan to launch a coup d'état, it doesn't matter whether this coup can succeed, even if it is successful, Zhao Hong was successfully put on the throne, but is her sister still going to continue to be the concubine of the new monarch? Even if he has the merit of supporting it, as the ruler of the previous dynasty, it will definitely be difficult to be important. Therefore, it is definitely not worth the loss.

But now it seems that this matter can't be undone, Yang Cishan regretted it in his heart, he was really blind at the beginning, how could he get involved with Shi Miyuan's gang?

At this time, Shi Miyuan ignored them, believing that these people were not stupid people, and at this time, they had no other choice. And now I still have big things to do, and I don't have the time to spend much time with them. Therefore, Shi Miyuan immediately ordered that Qian Xiangzu, Wei Jing, and Sun Bingwen immediately rushed to the political hall to guard, and once it was dawn and a minister came to the court, they would immediately keep them. Then Shi Miyuan himself took Wang Ju'an and Wang Shiyong, two disciples of Tianji Palace, Jin Hao and Huang Qiongying, and the remaining more than 500 rebels, and immediately rushed to the Privy Council with him, went to get the talisman, and then mobilized the soldiers guarding the gate of Jiankang. Guarding the city gate is the number one priority, in case Li Xianzhong leads the army into the city, it will not be easy to do.

Because now Wang Ju'an and Wang Shiyong both serve in the Privy Council, one is the same as the Privy Council, and the other is the Privy Council, and the two of them are here to get the talisman. Then Shi Miyuan led everyone and rushed to the various city gates.

There are a total of 12 city gates in Jiankang Mansion, and there are 300 defenders at each gate in normal times, although there is a rebellion in the city, but it is all in the vicinity of the imperial city, and it has not yet reached the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city have not arrived at the order, and they dare not leave their posts without permission. After Shi Miyuan arrived with his people, he immediately declared to the soldiers: There are thieves mixed in with the forbidden army in the city, and they are launching a rebellion, and the forbidden army must investigate thoroughly, so he ordered all the soldiers to lay down their weapons at once, take off their armor, leave the city gate and assemble at the designated place, wait for a thorough investigation, and anyone who does not obey the order and dares to act privately will be punished as rebellion.

The soldiers defending the city saw that there was a military charm, and the officials of the Privy Council conveyed it, although they felt a little surprised, but they still did it honestly. After the guards left, Shi Miyuan immediately ordered the city gate to be closed, not allowed to enter or leave, and left thirty people to guard each city gate. Overnight, Shi Miyuan ran through the twelve city gates without stopping, and finally transferred all the defenders of the city gates.

At this time, the sky was bright, and the rebels failed to attack the palace and temporarily retreated. After Shi Miyuan received the news, he didn't dare to slack off, and he didn't care about staying awake all night, so he immediately rushed to Xi'an Gate and saw Zhao Hong, Zong Tianxuan and others.

After fighting last night, the rebels suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, and the two disciples of the Tianji Palace still failed to capture the palace, so everyone was a little discouraged at this time.

After Shi Miyuan listened, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Mr. Zong, now the entire Jiankang City is under our control, although the puppet monarch is still resisting, but after all, he is still surrounded in the imperial city, there is no food and grass inside, there is no rescue outside, and defeat is a matter of time, so we must not be discouraged now, we must continue to work hard, and the great thing will be completed." ”

After listening to Shi Miyuan's words, Zhao Hong, Zong Tianxuan and the others cheered up a little, and Zong Tianxuan said: "Master Shi, then what should we do next?"

Shi Miyuan thought for a while and said: "After yesterday's battle, our manpower is very tired, I think we don't want to continue the attack for the time being, just take a break, just guard the various exits of the palace gate first." ”

At this time, Chen Yichao said: "Master Shi, our losses in yesterday's battle were not small, I think we should transfer the reserve men and horses from outside the city into the city." And our weapons are too poor, and we lack armor, now that we control Jiankang City, can we get some? If it can be fully assembled, it will be easy to attack the Imperial City. ”

Shi Miyuan nodded and said, "Okay, I will immediately send people out of the city to transfer troops, and the armor and weapons are also ready-made, just at each city gate, which is left by the gate guards, I will have someone send it to you in a while, and what is lacking will be mobilized from the treasury immediately, you can rest assured." ”

Then Shi Miyuan said to Zhao Hong: "Your Highness, this place will be handed over to General Chen first, please leave with me immediately and rush to Fengtianmen." ”

Fengtianmen is the gate of the periphery of the palace, the political hall and the six ministries of the three provinces, and the Privy Council are listed around the Fengtianmen, and the ministers usually enter the palace through the Fengtianmen.

Zong Tianxuan couldn't help but be a little strange, and said, "Master Shi, what are you going to Fengtianmen to do at this time?" ”

Shi Miyuan smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness, Mr. Zong, at this time, the officials of the imperial court should have arrived at Fengtianmen, let's rush there, and let them immediately serve His Highness as the king in the political affairs hall and set the name, isn't it a top priority?" ”

Zhao Hong and Zong Tianxuan suddenly realized, and secretly agreed that Shi Miyuan thought about it, especially Zhao Hong, ascending the throne and sitting in the palace, this is what he has dreamed of for a long time, although he has not completely defeated Zhao Chen yet, but listening to Shi Miyuan's words, Zhao Hong is also a little impatient. hurriedly said: "Master Shi, you are right, we will leave immediately." ”

At the moment, Shi Miyuan was left to immediately start arranging, with Chen Yichao presiding over the overall situation here, leaving Xie Jingfeng and Song Yiren to assist, and ordered people to immediately go outside the city to prepare troops to be transferred into the city. Then Shi Miyuan and Zong Tianxuan accompanied Zhao Hong, and rushed to Fengtianmen with Zhang Fangyuan, Cai Fang, Long Shanhai, Luo Yanchao and five hundred rebels.

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In fact, last night, almost all the ministers had heard some movements, and knew that someone had launched a rebellion in the city last night, and Ju Shuo had surrounded the palace, so many ministers gathered at the gate of Mukden early this morning to see what was going on.

When they arrived at Fengtianmen, they found that Qian Xiangzu, Wei Jing, Sun Bingwen and others were guarding here with a team of people, and naturally some people stepped forward to ask what was going on, and Qian Xiangzu and others did not hide it, and directly declared to the officials that they were going to overthrow the current emperor Zhao Chen and set up Zhao Hong as the king. At first hearing the news, all the ministers were shocked, but it was too late to go to the scriptures, because the rebels blocked the road with the scriptures, and they were only allowed to enter but not leave. As a result, outside the Mukden Gate, more than a hundred people gathered in a noisy manner.

Some people naturally disagreed, so they quarreled with Qian Xiangzu and others, and Qian Xiangzu and others according to Shi Miyuan's instructions, although they blocked the hundred officials, but they did not dare to be rude to them, so they were surrounded by the officials and questioned, fortunately, all the civil officials present, although the quarrel was very fierce, no one did anything. Rao is like this, Tie Xiangzu and the others also feel a little unbearable, and they just hope that Shi Miyuan and the others will come soon, otherwise they will not be able to control the situation. Fortunately, at this moment, Zhao Hong, Shi Miyuan, Zong Tianxuan and others also led the crowd to arrive.

Qian Xiangzu and the others were surrounded by officials, and when they saw them arrive, it was like seeing a savior, Tie Xiangzu hurriedly said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Tie is just following orders, and now that Lord Shi is here, if there is anything, you should go to him." ”

When the officials heard this, they "hula", put aside Qian Xiangzu and the others, and rushed towards Shi Miyuan and his party. Qian Xiangzu breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and thought to himself: "These old guys, they still dare to be powerful until now, and after this coup is successful, they will clean up one by one." ”

Shi Miyuan was leading the way in front, and when he came to Fengtian Gate, he saw a large number of people chattering, and before he could get off the horse, he saw a group of old ministers led by the imperial envoy Chen Junqing rushing to him angrily. Shi Mi was far from involuntarily strangling the master to sit on the horse.

At this time, Chen Junqing came to Shi Miyuan's horse and said sharply: "Shi Miyuan, do you want to rebel?" ”

Before Shi Miyuan could answer, Zhou Kui, who was beside Chen Junqing, was also full of emotion, and said, "Shi Miyuan, you are so bold, you dare to do such a rebellious thing?" ”

Shi Miyuan stabilized his mind and said: "Two adults, how dare you rebel in the future, just because today is immoral, reckless and reckless, and indiscriminately applying new laws, so that the Great Song Dynasty is full of complaints, and in order to lose the hearts of the people, Mi Yuan just can't bear to destroy my Great Song Dynasty in a flash, so he wants to follow the story of Yiyi and Huo Guang back then, and set up a new monarch for himself." ”

Chen Junqing sneered and said: "If you want to add crimes, there are no words, these are just your self-deception, when today's son has succeeded to the throne, there has been no loss of morality, using troops to conquer, is to recover the lost land, implement new laws, but also to enrich the country and strengthen the army, even if there are some small mistakes, you should also do your best to advise, not to lose the way of the minister, but also to talk about complaints and lose people's hearts." You, a person who deceives the king, do you dare to meet the old man again? ”

Zhou Kui also said: "Yi Yin and Huo Guang are both virtuous and virtuous in ancient times, even if they do something to abolish the establishment, they will first tell the hundred officials, and only after seeking the approval of the hundred officials will they dare to do it." What kind of virtue and ability do you Shi Miyuan, and you dare to compare yourself with Yiyi and Huo Guang. ”

Ye Hao also walked over and said, "In my opinion, you are not following the stories of Yiyi and Huo Guangzhi back then, but learning from Wang Mang, Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Sima Zhao and others." ”