sjar Chapter 269: Cannon Fodder Who Was Confiscated and Exiled at the Beginning 44
Chapter 269: Cannon Fodder Who Was Confiscated and Exiled at the Beginning 44
269, the cannon fodder who was confiscated and exiled at the beginning 44
The news of the emperor's army's defeat reached the court.
The court officials were dumbfounded by the truth that the entire army fainted from hunger and were captured, and that the generals were carried away after fainting from hunger.
When the emperor received the news, he failed to send anyone to replenish food and fodder in time, causing the entire army to starve to death.
All the court officials couldn't believe that the emperor could really do such a thing.
The emperor could only angrily scold Marquis Lu Bei for emptying the food supply in the court.
The emperor believed that it was Marquis Lu Bei who sent troops to take away the grain, and angrily called Marquis Lu Bei a shameless villain.
Some court officials believed that all was fair in war, and that Lu Beihou's actions were understandable. However, no one would speak for Lu Beihou.
The emperor also took the opportunity to frame Marquis Lu Bei for the theft of 100,000 taels of gold from the national treasury.
The emperor was very good at framing others, and he was very happy that Marquis Lu Bei had to swallow the loss in silence.
He could also solve the problem of the empty treasury. He could legitimately say that the treasury had no money, and let these court officials find ways to raise money for the treasury.
The emperor immediately asked his officials in the court to come up with a solution to the problem of the empty treasury.
And he said, "My fellow courtiers, the country needs you, and each of you must raise some money to fill the treasury."
The court officials were stunned when they heard this. What did the emperor mean? He actually wanted them to raise money for the national treasury.
How could they raise the money? Should they use their family’s money to support the national treasury?
Your Majesty is so shameless.
They don’t know that there is no silver left in the treasury.
They also knew that all the silver in the national treasury had been used by the late emperor to build a temporary palace.
I heard that the floor of the late emperor’s palace was paved with gold.
The court officials were angry and exchanged glances to express their opinions secretly.
Their dissatisfaction with the emperor has reached its peak.
The prime minister stood below and secretly observed the performance of the court officials.
He knew that the emperor had lost the hearts of his courtiers. The country was finished.
The Prime Minister was already thinking about who to choose as the new emperor. The Second Prince? Marquis Lubei? Or Marquis Nan?
The prime minister screened the capable princes and found that the princes this year were not good enough and none of them was up to the standard.
He also analyzed the people who held the military power and picked out a few who had a good relationship with him.
After selecting from these people again, he decided that the one with whom he had the best relationship was Lu Beihou.
He had been in contact with Marquis Lu Bei since the time of the previous emperor. He had sent messages to Marquis Lu Bei and helped him before.
Let's choose Lu Beihou. First, we need to make sure whether Lu Beihou wants to compete for that position.
He had to contact Lu Beihou quickly.
After the court session, the prime minister ignored the officials and hurried out of the palace.
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The prime minister went directly to meet Lu Beihou's people and verbally conveyed his intention.
He wanted to ask Marquis Lu Bei whether he had any intention of competing for the throne?
Marquis Lu Bei received a pigeon message from Kyoto and saw the prime minister's questions.
After returning home, he called the whole family to the dining hall and discussed the matter together.
The whole family unanimously decided not to leave their fate to others and were willing to give it a try.
Marquis Lu Bei replied to the Prime Minister.
The prime minister received the news from Marquis Lu Bei and sent someone to tell him that he decided to help him fight for the throne.
The two of them discussed the matter over the air, exhausting the carrier pigeons that carried the message.
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The second prince was bored, so he left the yard and walked to the street to relax.
Marquis Lu Bei sent someone to find the Second Prince and discussed with him that perhaps the late Emperor actually passed the throne to the Second Prince when he died.
When the second prince heard this, he cursed the current emperor in secret.
The more he cursed, the more he felt that maybe his father would really pass the throne to him. If he had not run away from the palace, he would not have lost the throne. The emperor was such a despicable villain.
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The second prince went to see Marquis Lu Bei and told him the truth.
When her father died, he passed the throne to her.
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor must have murdered his mother in order to silence her.
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor wanted to kill my mother because she heard my father say that he would pass the throne to him.
Then his mother's people risked their lives to bring the news to him.
The second prince fabricated a person named Concubine Xian, his mother, in order to make Marquis Lu Bei believe that his father had actually passed the throne to him and that he was the real emperor.
Of course, Marquis Lu Bei believed the Second Prince and angrily scolded the current emperor.
He said that the emperor framed him for treason when he was still the crown prince, and he knew that the emperor was not a good person.
It is impossible for the late emperor to pass the throne to the crown prince because the crown prince is not worthy of the position.
The Second Prince and Marquis Lu Bei were both persecuted by the Emperor, and they had a conversation with each other in a sympathetic manner.
Marquis Lu Bei decided to support the second prince in regaining the throne.
The second prince was overjoyed and said that if he could succeed in ascending the throne, he would confer the title of Duke Zhenguo on Marquis Lu Bei, a first-rank title.
Lu Beihou was extremely grateful.
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The second prince wrote a notice to explain the truth to the world.
He said how much the late emperor valued him and had always said he wanted to pass the throne to him.
The late emperor finally passed the throne to him.
The emperor, who was still the crown prince at the time, killed his mother in order to seize the throne and persecuted him, forcing him to escape from the palace.
Finally, the ten major crimes of the current emperor were enumerated.
The meaning is just one thing, he wants to eliminate the emperor and seize the throne.
Marquis Lu Bei sent troops to escort the second prince into Kyoto.
There was a prime minister in the court who was an insider and knew all the emperor's plans.
When they encountered the emperor's army along the way, their food and supplies would always be inexplicably taken away, and they would cry out in hunger.
Marquis Lu Bei sent troops to surround the emperor's army. Without losing a single soldier, he sacrificed a lot of meat and won the victory without fighting.
Marquis Lu Bei successfully ordered people to bring the ancestral tablets into the big tent and burn three incense sticks a day as offerings.
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Lu Beihou's army is about to reach Kyoto.
The Emperor sat in the Empress Dowager's palace with a gloomy face.
The Empress Dowager advised, "My son, as long as there is green hills, there is no need to worry about running out of firewood.
Saving our lives is the most important thing. Let's set off to the southern border as soon as possible. There is the concubine's father, the Marquis of Nan.
Then let Nan Hou send troops to stop Lu Bei Hou's army. The safety of the emperor and I will be guaranteed.
Nan Hou has been in the southern border for more than ten years, but he still can't defeat Lu Bei Hou who came from the northern border?
By then, Marquis Lu Bei might lose his life in the southern border.
Once Marquis Lu Bei dies, the prince can return to Kyoto."
The emperor hesitated and said, "Mother, what if Marquis Nan also has the same rebellious intentions as Marquis Lu Bei?"
The Empress Dowager advised, "My son has already welcomed Nan Hou's daughter into the palace as a concubine. Could it be that Nan Hou has no feelings for this daughter? My son can go to the concubine to find out first."
The emperor went to the concubine's palace.
The imperial concubine saw the emperor's forbearing expression and said, "Your Majesty, welcome."
The emperor stepped forward and took the concubine's hand, "Please excuse me, concubine."
The emperor asked some questions and secretly inquired.
Of course, the imperial concubine only picked the good ones to talk about.
The emperor left with a heavy heart.
When Marquis Lu Bei was about to arrive in Kyoto, the emperor finally made up his mind and took the empress dowager to hide in the central region.
At that time, let the Southern Marquis send troops to the central part to protect him, and then recruit an army from the east to restrain each other.
The emperor fled Kyoto.