Chapter 675: Palace Coup

Since Gao Xianzhi left Shuzhong, Guo Yingyi, the general of the Yulin Army, replaced Gao Xianzhi as the governor of Jiannan and took control of the military power of Shuzhong. Guo Yingyi was originally an interview envoy of Longyou and the governor of Qinzhou. During his tenure as an official, he was extremely extravagant. He wanted to have polo and women. In order to perfectly combine the two, he trained several female polo teams, spending dozens of money to hundreds of officials every day, which aroused public grudges and hatred. After Li Qing and Andong advanced, he removed his official position.

This made Guo Yingyi extremely angry with Li Qing'an, so he followed Li Longji into Sichuan, which was trusted by Li Longji and became the general of the Yulin Army. Soon he defected to his new master Li Heng and made great contributions to Li Heng's palace coup.

Unlike Gao Xianzhi, Guo Yingyi is very good at being an official and is familiar with the rules of the officialdom. He is especially good at changing his powers and will never tie himself to a big tree. This time, he instigated soldiers to rob and steal openly and secretly, causing the army to make a fortune.

Not only that, he also arrested more than 5,000 civilians with armed forces, and used the excuse of reviewing the spies of the Northern Tang Dynasty. In fact, he extorted money. Each of them released people at a price ranging from twenty to hundred stakes. This item alone made more than 200,000 stakes, which caused public resentment. The court officials were extremely indignant of him, and even all officials jointly impeached him. However, Guo Yingyi himself did not care. He himself had the most important army in the Southern Tang Dynasty, so he was not afraid of those civil officials and censors going to heaven.

Guo Yingyi's home was not in the city, but in a manor in the northern suburbs. Of course, he also had a manor in Chengdu, but he thought the manor was too small to play polo, so he moved his family to the suburbs and built a manor covering an area of ​​150 acres. Just one polo court is as large as a hundred acres. Every evening, he held a women's polo match. The red tassels danced on the polo court and scolded him in a delicate voice, which made Guo Yingyi laugh.

However, Guo Yingyi has not had the heart to watch the women's polo game in the past two days. The battle between the prince, Jingxiang fell, and the northern Tang and southern pressure were pressed. All kinds of unfavorable situations made him feel particularly heavy. He also realized that his good days were not too much, but he still felt a little lucky. Things would not be too good or too bad. The Northern Tang occupied Jingxiang only for the needs of the canal transportation. Before An Lushan was wiped out, they might just put pressure on the Southern Tang, rather than really attacking the Southern Tang.

It was already deep in the night, and Guo Yingyi was still not sleeping. Li Heng's illness gave him a premonition that perhaps something would happen these days, and sleeping would cause him to lose many opportunities.

It was almost the first update, and he yawned and was indeed a little sleepy. He put down the book and got up to go back to the room to sleep. As soon as he stood up, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps coming from outside, which were the footsteps of his personal captain.

"Master! Someone is going to urgently ask for a meeting with Master."

"Who is it?"

"It seems... it's Li Fuguo."

"What!" Guo Yingyi was stunned, Li Fuguo came.

Guo Yingyi supports King Peng Li Gang, not because he has any special affection for King Peng Li Gang, and he found that Li Heng wanted to change the prince. Since the emperor wanted to change the prince, he naturally followed the emperor. To be honest, he didn't like King Peng at all. That prince was too weak and dull, and liked to listen to those civil officials. If he ascended the throne, it would be of no benefit to him.

But Guo Yingyi first considered the emperor's attitude. As long as the emperor supports him, even if he is a pig, he will support him. But Li Fuguo is the prince's person! He came to find him, was he trying to support the prince instead?

Thinking about it, it is very possible that Xiangyang is over, the prince loses Yu Chaoen's army support, and his situation is in danger. Maybe they are taking a desperate bet.

The first thing Guo Yingyi thought of was the conditions, and he asked again: "What did Li Fuguo bring?"

"Li Fuguo brought a few big boxes."

As if he had some understanding, Guo Yingyi smiled and said, "Please wait in the lobby and carry the boxes in together."

After a moment, Li Fuguo walked into the lobby, and more than 20 Guo Yingyi's personal soldiers carried five heavy boxes to the lobby and spread them out in a row.

Li Fuguo came to ask Guo Yingyi for a low attitude today. Although he could control Li Heng, the court officials had no choice but to support Li Chan. The most important thing here is the support of the army. The five thousand Yulin Army has expressed its support for the Li faction, but there are still 100,000 troops stationed outside the city. Their attitude is crucial.

The reason why eunuchs repeatedly defeated civil servants in history was not only because they held the power in the palace, but also their style of work was different from civil servants. Civil servants should be face-saving and character-oriented when doing things, and they should be first-handed and read and passed. Most eunuchs are pragmatists, who are more direct, more efficient, and good at seizing opportunities.

For example, tonight, Li Heng had already expressed his intention to depose the prince to the Grand Secretary Dou Hua and asked him to get the memorial, but Dou Hua thought it was too late and there was no hurry. It would be too late to get it tomorrow, and it would not be too late. However, Li Fuguo was the opposite. Not only did he get the imperial edict first, but he also made a big plan with the queen and prince. Not only that, he also went out of the city overnight to find Guo Yingyi for support. His method was also very simple and practical. He did not talk about justice and exchanged interests.

Soon, Guo Yingyi walked into the lobby. He glanced at the five boxes and laughed: "It's so late, isn't Eunuch Li still resting?"

Li Fuguo smiled and said, "Come and visit the Grand Marshal and express your feelings."

"Oh! How dare I accept Eunuch Li's wishes?"

Li Fuguo knew Guo Yingyi very well, and he was greedy for money and lust. He was promoted by Li Longji but betrayed by Li Longji, which shows that this person only has interests in his heart, but no loyalty and righteousness. This is a person who can win over.

Li Fuguo didn't say anything, and opened the four large boxes casually. The hall was full of dazzling lights and jewels, showing off so much that it was so stunning that it was full of two boxes of treasures and two boxes of gold.

Li Fuguo smiled humbly and said, "This is what His Highness the Crown Prince gives to Guo Shuai."

Guo Yingyi's eyes were smiling. He intuitively said that these precious golds were worth at least hundreds of thousands of yuan, which was simply a fortune from the sky. He did not hide the greed in his eyes and kept rubbing his hands, "How can you be so embarrassed?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince admires Guo Shuai for a long time, but he has no chance to express his feelings. This is only a small part of the Crown Prince's intentions."

Li Fuguo's implications and more important interests were added. Guo Yingyi was no longer hypocritical. He immediately ordered his personal soldiers to carry four large boxes into the inner room for his wife, and Li Fuguo was invited to his study.

The two went into the study and sat down. Since they had already said that, Guo Yingyi no longer made any mistakes and asked directly: "I wonder what the prince has to do with me?"

Li Fuguo smiled and offered a list of sky-high prices, "There are fifty palace maids, all of whom are the best beauties. In addition, they were awarded the title of General of the Cavalry and Prince of Jinchang, and actually the title of 500 households. They were also awarded the title of Minister of War, and they were the title of Pingzhangshi for the Secretariat."

Jinchang is a county under Shazhou, and it is also Guo Yingyi's hometown. It has wealth, prince, general, prime minister, and Li's family made a big deal! Guo Yingyi gasped and even gave him the emperor's woman. What is he going to do?

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Guo Yingyi suddenly realized that this was not simply asking him to support him.

"Eunuch Li, what happened?"

Li Fuguo nodded and said in a vagina: "The emperor's illness suddenly worsened, and the imperial doctor said that he might not be able to survive tonight."

"What!" Guo Yingyi's eyes suddenly widened, and he couldn't stand tonight, "How could this happen?"

"I know the root of the disease that I have been suffering from since childhood. I am most afraid of great stimulation. Xiangyang fell and the army of 200,000 was wiped out. It stimulated him so much that the old illness relapsed."

Li Fuguo pointed, "I heard from the imperial doctor that a lot of blood was bleeding from it, and all facial features were bleeding. Alas! We didn't expect it to come too suddenly."

Guo Yingyi suddenly understood what was going on with bleeding facial features. He fully understood. At this moment, he suddenly made up his mind. Since Li Heng was no longer there, what taboos did he have? In life, interests are the most important.

"What does the prince hope I will do?"

Li Fuguo seemed to have seen the dawn of victory, and he said anxiously: "The prince hopes that the army will enter the city immediately and implement martial law throughout the city."

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In the middle of the night, Li Heng suddenly woke up. Perhaps it was dry mouth, perhaps the sound of footsteps woke him up, or perhaps it was an inexplicable uneasiness. He slowly opened his eyes and saw a few black shadows standing next to his bed. The lights were all turned off, and he couldn't see clearly.

"Who are you?"

"Father, I am a son's minister!" It was the voice of the crown prince Li Shi.

"What are you doing... Why don't you light the light?"

Li Heng was very weak and his words were intermittent. Li Shi suddenly knelt down in front of him and kowtowed to him, "I came here to ask my father to abdicate. Since my father cannot manage the country, let me save the crisis of the Southern Tang."

"What did you say?"

Li Heng felt angry. He struggled to sit up, but was held down by Li Shi, making him unable to move.

"Come! Come on!"

In desperation, Li Heng shouted, but no one came in for a long time.

Li Shi smiled coldly, "Father, you don't have to shout anymore, no one will come in."

"Rebellious! What are you going to do?"

Li Heng suddenly saw the murderous intent in his son's eyes. He was scared and hurriedly said, "Okay! I will give you the throne, I... be the Supreme Emperor."

Li Shi shook his head, "No need for the emperor to issue an order. I am the prince. As long as the emperor dies, I will naturally ascend the throne."

After saying that, Li Si stood up and winked at the men in black beside him. Several men in black walked forward, pressed Li Heng's head and hands and feet, and forcibly pried open his mouth. A man in black took out a very small gourd bottle, pulled out the bottle stopper, and poured it into his mouth.

Li Heng was so scared that he was scattered. He struggled desperately, but it was useless. Poisonous wine poured into his stomach. Li Shi looked at him coldly from beginning to end. At this moment, the father-son family relationship no longer exists. They are just opponents fighting for the throne. Either you die or I live.

"Father, don't blame me, you want to destroy me first!"

This is the last sentence Li Heng heard in the world. The severe pain in his stomach was unbearable. He wanted to roll around, but his body was pressed down, allowing him to experience the arrival of death bit by bit.

Suddenly, Li Heng saw the eldest son Li Yu being poisoned to death. He lay in front of the window and reached out, as if shouting for his father to spare his life, as well as his grandson, his father.

All the dead were resurrected before his eyes, and countless people were trying to kill him, but they were stopped by the eldest son. He shouted: "Don't kill my father!"

A tear of regret rolled down from the corner of Li Heng's eyes.

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At the same time when Li Heng was poisoned to death, the 100,000 Jiannan Army rushed into the city again and began to carry out martial law. The gate of the yard was closed and the city gate was not opened, and no one was allowed to go out.

The Peng Mansion was also surrounded by thousands of soldiers. At the fourth update, the Li clan issued an order to kill King Peng. Thousands of soldiers rushed into King Peng and killed everyone. Li Jun and Yan Kai saw that the situation was not good, so they fled to the Buddhist scripture building in the backyard in panic, but were killed by the chased soldiers. Poor Yan Kai had no time to tell his identity and was also killed.

At the fifth update, the right prime minister Wang Gong wrote a letter to Li Shi, formally expressing his support for his ascension, and the left prime minister Cui Yuan also expressed his support for his ascension to the throne.

As soon as the sky was dawn, Prince Li Shi, wearing a dragon robe, walked into the Qinzheng Hall under the escort of three thousand iron armored soldiers, ascended the throne, accepted the congratulations of all officials, officially ascended the throne and changed the New Year name to Xuanren.
Chapter completed!