The Four Great Cases of Wu Zetian

Chapter 57

An Jinzang broke his heart and wept to persuade Di Renjie to be ordered to raise troops
But it is said that Wu Chengsi turned back to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, entered the court with five drums the next day, bowed down on the golden steps, and went up to play: "Now the king of Luling's soldiers are committing crimes against Huaiqing, and the momentum is extremely rampant. Under the city, I want to break through the city, march towards Tokyo, and regain the world. Hu Shijing, the prefect of Huaiqing, is in the same spirit as the thief, and conceals the military situation. Fortunately, he guards the Jincheng, so he reports it alone. Now urgent documents, please deliver them to the ministers. The courtiers acted on behalf of their affection, the city was weak, and it was extremely critical. Once Hu Shijing left the city and surrendered, he went down to the prefectures and counties, and it would be like a broken bamboo. And there is a copy of the false imperial edict of the king of Luling, please read it." He said the false imperial edict of Jincheng's official document. , and presented by the general on duty.Wu Zetian unfolded it and looked it over, and couldn't help sighing: "The former widow demoted the prince far away to Fangzhou because of his cowardice and ignorance. Originally, he experienced several years, redeemed his past mistakes, and then pardoned him, and then became a great treasure. Unexpectedly, his family relationship was extinct. Enmity with his mother. Last time Xu Jingye, Luo Binwang and others raised troops to invade the country, the lonely family thought he was misheard and did not prosecute him. Now they are colluding with thieves again to win the world.

Such an unfilial and unrighteous person, how can he become the king of the world in the Ninth Five-Year Plan!Since he is not filial, how can I be kind, and quickly dispatched [-] soldiers to Huaiqing to destroy him in the starry night.After breaking the thief, go to Fangzhou again, bring the prince lock to Beijing, and punish him according to the law! "The civil and military on both sides, seeing Wu Zetian preaching such a decree, all looked ashen, and under the holy anger, they did not dare to come forward to persuade them.

When Di Renjie arrived at this time, he knew that the prince had been wronged, so he had no choice but to step forward to dissuade him, saying: "The Holy One hurts the mother and child, and is ridiculed by the people of the world. This must be a traitor who seduces a strong man, pretends to be the king of Luling, and uses falsehood to deceive the truth. The Holy Majesty believes that this is a matter of military affairs. If the crown prince is in trouble, why not start an uprising in Fangzhou, instead of marching in Huaiqing? Although Hu Shijing, the prefect of Huaiqing, is a scholar, he does not know his own interests. If the city is in danger, it is reasonable for him to report to his ministers Please, the representative of the governor’s yamen, why dare to hide the information and not report it, so that Jincheng went to the Ministry of War for emergency? The Minister of the Ministry of War is Wu Chengye’s job. A few days ago, his brother framed Liu Weizhi and others, deceived the court, and ordered him to die. After the replay, Mengsi was released just now.

An Zhi didn't tell his brother that he sent troops to wipe out the prince, and then there was no heir, so he peeped out of it?This matter was definitely not done by the king of Luling.Your Majesty is requested to send troops, but bring Li Feixiong to Beijing, and hand him over to his ministers for interrogation, and there must be a real confession. "

After listening to Di Gong's play, Wu Sansi was afraid that he would refute the matter completely, so he hurriedly played again: "Please Your Majesty to investigate this matter carefully. I will serve in Beijing and go to court every day. How can you bear to disappoint the country?" Well, willing to conspire against the thieves! It is clear that Di Renjie colluded with the crown prince, resorted to violence, and intimidated His Majesty. A few days ago, Weizhi asked His Majesty to call the prince back to Beijing, and retreat to the court to give way. I have repeatedly asked His Majesty to call the prince back, but because he failed to obey the request, such a big change occurred. The ministers would rather make a statement and listen to His Majesty's decision, but I am afraid that your Majesty will treat the Prince with kindness, and the Prince will not treat His Majesty with benevolence and filial piety. If you violate the court, you might as well place the heinous crime on Li Feixiong. At that time, when you regain the throne, you don’t know where to put your majesty. If you can't get a false loan, why doesn't your sage know the reason? I'm afraid this fight will be worse than that of King Luo Bin." These words convinced Zetian, and he said angrily to Di Renjie, "You traitorous ministers who have deceived the country, you As the governor, and the Huaiqing Mansion is under your command, there is such a strong man in the Taihang Mountains, why not wipe them out sooner? At this time, raising carbuncles will cause trouble, and the soldiers invaded the Celestial Dynasty. Isn't it because you are not strict in controlling your subordinates! Like this plot, it is different from The king of Luling conspired to know. Rebelling against treacherous ministers will not only hurt the relationship between my mother and son, but also damage the friendship between your monarch and your ministers. If you don't give the prince to death this time, the country, law and human relations will be destroyed by you. You will be punished!"

After that, he ordered Wu Chengye to send [-] soldiers, lead the soldiers, first go to Huaiqing, destroy Li Feixiong, and then go to Fangzhou to capture the king of Luling.

Wu Chengye obeyed this imperial decree, he was very happy, and was about to receive the decree to leave the court, when he suddenly saw a person from the left squad, nine feet tall, with two thick eyebrows and a pair of round eyes, stepped forward and played loudly: " Your Majesty acted like this, where do you want to put the prince? The former prince was relegated, and the courtiers did not know that it was wronged. At that time, there were those who dismissed him from office and went to hermit, and some who cried bitterly. Heart, to return to the great position. Wu Chengye is a lawless villain, a gangster, and a man in the green forest, all of whom are secretly colluding. This is clearly a treacherous minister who made a false edict, which made Li Feixiong come here under a false name, so that His Majesty fell into his scheme, so as to take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos. Looting the country. Why don't your majesty disregard the affection of mother and child, and listen to the words of treacherous ministers, fearing that the Tang Dynasty will not belong to the Li family!" After speaking, wept loudly, and the sound shook the court.

When Empress Wu saw that he said that he disregarded the affection of mother and child, she became even more angry and said: "When you are in the court, you are careless about major events in the world. Whenever I have something to do, you will talk about it. The widow is the mother of the world. The king of Luling does not follow the way of his son. If there is no more punishment, how can we control the world? If someone plays again, he will be beheaded first!" After hearing this, everyone looked at the man again. Playing to Empress Wu, he said: "Your Majesty does not listen to your ministers and falsely accuses the Crown Prince. I cannot bear to witness it. Please break your heart so that the Crown Prince will not turn against you.

"After finishing speaking, he pulled out his saber, untied the jade belt on his chest, tore open the court clothes with one hand, and stabbed the saber in his chest with the other. He immediately shouted: "Chen An Jinzang cleared the crown prince's grievances. If your majesty doesn't believe it , Fear that Jiangshan will be lost to traitors! "After that, he sent the knife in, and then pulled it out again. In an instant, all the internal organs came out, and the blood flowed down, splashing the clothes of all the ministers with red blood.

When it was Wu Wen on both sides, they were caught off guard, and suddenly seeing him such a direct remonstrance, they all turned pale in shock and took a few steps back.Empress Wu didn't expect him to ignore his life at this time. Seeing him fall under the steps, she couldn't bear to see him. She stretched out her dragon sleeves, covered her eyes, and said: "The matter of a lonely mother and child cannot be explained by itself, so that you It's really lamentable to make such a bad policy." Xuan ordered people to use chariots to send An Jinzang to the palace, and ordered the imperial physician to treat him quickly, and if he could save his life, he would be rewarded according to his merits.After this decree came down, the eunuchs who passed through the palace carried An Jinzang into the chariot, but they didn't know the personnel, and they still didn't go with the sword in their hands.After the ministers left, Yuan Xingchong, Heng Yanfan and others cried in unison: "An Jinzang is a too-normal worker with a humble official position. He knows the prince's injustice, so he directly admonishes him with death. Your Majesty will not listen any more. I had no choice but to die in the Golden Palace." At that time, some people wanted to draw their swords to kill themselves, and some wanted to smash to death on the iron pillars of the Golden Palace, so they used the front of the Golden Palace as a place to seek death.

Wu Zetian saw that everyone said in unison that Li Feixiong was falsely slandering, so he had to say: "The family of the Qing family is so bitter, how can the lonely family go to war? How do you deal with what you say? In short, Huaiqing's soldiers are coming to the city. This is the truth. Whether it is true or not, They must all be wiped out with troops."

Di Renjie said. "If Your Majesty can appoint a brigade of ministers and generals to go to the crusade, Li Feixiong will definitely be brought back to Beijing alive. On the one hand, he ordered Yuan Xing to take the enemy's false edict to the housing state and watch it with the crown prince. Seeing this rebellion, the crown prince Books, don’t the imperial court be the most important thing, even though His Majesty did not order him to conquer the thieves at that time, the crown prince still had to go forward to show his heart. It seems that this can kill two birds with one stone, His Majesty has all the ideas and meanings, and those traitors can’t use their tricks.” At this time, Empress Wu was riding a tiger, so she had to play on time, put Wu Chengye's soldiers under the command of Di Gong, and let him choose a hundred generals to go to Huaiqing to destroy the bandits at night.The next imperial book, together with Li Feixiong's false edict, was handed over to Yuan Xingchong and taken to Fangzhou.The two thanked each other, and then retreated.

Simply speaking, Mr. Di ordered [-] soldiers in the teaching ground early in the morning, and he brought over a dozen famous generals, all of whom were loyal and daring, and forgot their personal interests in public affairs. They came all the way to Huaiqing in a mighty way.At this time, Hu Shijing had already received the report. Hearing that it was Di Gong who came, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and said to his subordinates: "After the dispute with Jincheng, our government knew that he flew to Beijing and asked for urgent troops. The soldiers went there, and the crown prince was unable to resolve his grievances. Now that Duke Di is here, it is really a long live luck.” At that time, all the soldiers in the city were sent to guard the city. welcome.When I arrived at the front team, I had already sent an official to see Di Gong in the army.Seeing that it was the Huaiqing mansion who came here in person, Di Gong immediately asked: "Your mansion is the leader of a party, and the soldiers approached the city without moving, which is very respectable! I received a letter from your lord a few days ago, which is a proof of great knowledge. How will your mansion retreat now?" thief?
"When Hu Shijing saw Di Gong's question, he said: "The lower officials know that Jin Shoubei has filed a document, but he refuses to cater to the treacherous ministers, so the prince is wronged today.Li Feixiong must have been instigated to do this under a false name.If the king of Luling did this, why didn't he pass the edict before the incident, and wait until the bandits entered the country before delivering the false edict?According to this end, it can be seen that counterfeiting.Now people have been ordered to go to Fangzhou to inquire first, and report the truth after the authenticity is identified, so as not to worry about the saints and hurt the relationship between mother and child.It is really a good fortune for adults to come here at this time. "At that time, I went to the front of the city with Di Gong, and went to the village according to the city.

The next day, Di Gong was promoted to a large tent, and it was reported that Jin Cheng came to question him.Jin Cheng was already terrified at this time, and he wanted to hand over the emergency document to the Ministry of War, and the Wu brothers would lead the troops, so that they could be one.At that time, I only got a big account to please An Shili.Di Gongdao: "This court received your emergency documents in Beijing, saying that the king of Luling colluded with Li Feixiong and committed an attack on Huaiqing. Since you are a soldier, why didn't you open the city to meet the enemy and kill the rebels? If Hu Shijing obstructed the defense, This is solid pedantry and Confucian knowledge, since our court has come here, I will order you to scold the enemy here, and if you come back without victory, come and see me!" Hearing this, Jincheng couldn't help being terrified, and ordered to come, Get on the horse and go.I don't know what will happen next, let's see the next chapter.

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