si-mexico Chapter 464 Reactions from all parties
Chapter 464 Reactions from all parties
After Tong Xuan cried all night, he sent people to collect the emperor's body and buried all the civil and military officials with great honor the next day.
In the emperor's mourning hall, the generals under Tong Xuan's command knelt down, holding the imperial seal, and persuaded Tong Xuan to ascend the throne**.
They said that a country cannot be without a king for a day, and now in the entire Da Qi, only Tong Xuan is qualified to control the overall situation.
After hearing this, Tong Xuan was greatly surprised and repeatedly said that it was inappropriate. What qualifications did he have to become the emperor of Da Qi?
Absolutely not.
So the subordinates continued to advise.
If Tong Xuan ascends the throne, they will be the founding heroes. Who wouldn't want to have the merit of following the emperor?
Tong Xuan refused again.
His subordinates tried to persuade him again, but Tong Xuan refused again.
After three persuasions and three concessions, the subordinates cried and wailed, some wanted to pretend to be dead, some wanted to commit suicide, and some even cried for their parents and fainted.
Some of the bolder ones directly found a yellow dragon robe, held Tong Xuan down, and put it on him.
Then, the subordinates knelt down together and shouted "Long live the emperor" three times.
Tong Xuan, wearing a dragon robe and holding the jade seal, shouted: You have really made me suffer.
Afterwards, Tong Xuan announced that he would choose a day to hold the coronation ceremony, and promised to lead everyone to repel the Yan army, recover the lost territory, and demand an explanation from the State of Wei.
After reading this information, Shen Changgong laughed out loud, threw the paper directly on the table, and said,
"It's really hard to judge Tong Xuan. He wanted to be emperor, but he also wanted fame. He didn't want to bear the stigma of regicide, so he put on such a good show and even put the blame on the State of Wei.
Call him stupid, but he still knows how to shift the blame.
Although he was smart, he was also impatient. When our army was still there, he rushed to kill the king and completely cut off the aid of Wei.
With only 400,000 men, he wants to stop our army, which is undoubtedly like a mantis trying to stop a chariot and is beyond his ability.
I don’t know how long he can remain emperor.”
Gongsun Wan'er also nodded and said,
"Yes, according to our intelligence, Wei only has 100,000 troops in the northern border, and the central army is still on its way to the northern border to strengthen its garrison.
Those 100,000 people didn't move at all. This was all Tong Xuan's trick."
“Well, that’s right. Write this up as a notice and post it all over the city and inform the whole country.
Tong Xuan's regicide is unforgivable and unforgivable. We in Great Yan will definitely avenge the Emperor of Qi."
"Ah? We are avenging the Emperor Qi? Aren't we here to kill the Emperor Qi?"
Gongsun Wan'er was shocked.
Shen Changgong smiled and said,
"It's a different time now. Now that Tong Xuan is helping us attract hatred, we must make good use of it. Things like this require us to adapt to the situation.
With Tong Xuan's murder of the emperor, we can attract the hatred of the people of Qi. If we kill Tong Xuan and avenge the emperor of Qi, the people will be more likely to return to their hearts."
"I understand. I'll have someone work on it overnight."
"That's good. Go ahead."
Shen Changgong patted Gongsun Wan'er's butt and asked her to go do her work.
……
On the other side, Emperor Cao De of Wei also received a letter via carrier pigeon from the north.
It was already dark at this time. Cao De had been busy with government affairs all day and was enjoying himself in a side hall.
In the side hall, musicians were playing music and dancers were dancing gracefully. In front of Cao De was a table of delicious food, with a bowl of rice in his hand, and the wife of a minister sitting next to him.
While eating, he enjoyed the wine-feeding service of the wife next to him. His life was very happy.
Suddenly, the guards outside came in and told Cao De the urgent news.
After hearing this, Cao De became furious and slammed the rice in his hand onto the table.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"Tong Xuan has 80,000 elite soldiers stationed in Xuzhou. 80,000!"
"The total number of troops in the north of the Great Wei is only 100,000, and they haven't moved at all!"
"Even if it's 80,000 steamed buns, it would take our army half a month to eat them!"
"This Tong Xuan actually **, it really makes me laugh to death!"
"A traitor dared to kill the king! And he even put the blame on the Wei Dynasty!"
"This is really too much! This is too much! This is intolerable!"
"Send a message to the northern army that is rushing to support us. When the Yan army attacks Tong Xuan, they should immediately attack and capture Xuzhou City to avenge their grievances!"
"Also, immediately send an envoy to Linzi to meet with their Southern King and Lanling King and tell them that we, the Great Wei, are willing to join them in exterminating the thief Tong Xuan, to set things right and appease the public anger!"
"Tell them we are allies, not enemies, and then tell them not to attack!"
After a series of orders were given, Cao De finally sat down, picked up the bowl of rice, and shoveled the rice into it.
Then he said to the musicians and dancers,
"Keep playing the music, keep dancing, don't let it affect my mood."
The seductive music immediately filled the side hall, and the beautiful woman's graceful dance made Cao De feel relaxed and happy.
After eating and drinking, Cao De put his arm around the beautiful woman's shoulders and said with a smile,
"Madam, would you be willing to sleep in the same bed with me?"
The minister's wife had a bitter expression on her face, but she didn't dare to resist at all and could only nod slightly.
Cao De laughed heartily, took the beautiful woman's white little hand, and went into the bedroom in the side hall, eager to enjoy this beautiful woman.
……
The Qin State was relatively far away, and received the intelligence at dawn.
At this time, the Qin Emperor had just gotten up and was going to attend the morning court.
During the court meeting, the guards read out this information aloud, and the Emperor Qin and all the civil and military officials in the court heard it.
For a moment, the entire hall was stunned, and all the civil and military officials looked at each other in confusion.
The Emperor blinked several times, and then asked,
"My dear ministers, what do you think of this matter?"
The Prime Minister immediately stood up and said
"Your Majesty, I feel there are many doubts about this matter."
"I think so too. Tell me what you think, my dear."
"Yes, Your Majesty, the most suspicious point is what the intelligence said: after the Wei army captured Xuzhou City and killed all the civil and military officials, they did not engage Tong Xuan's army and retreated.
This thing is too weird.
That is, why did the Wei army attack Xuzhou? Was it just to kill the Qi emperor? The Qi emperor had only been on the throne for two years and had no deep hatred against them. It didn't make sense for him to kill for revenge.
Moreover, since ancient times, the purpose of attacking a city is to plunder land, but the Wei army attacked but did not take it. They just took Xuzhou, killed all the ministers and royal family members, and then left.
Xuzhou had 80,000 soldiers stationed there, but it was broken by a Wei army of 100,000 soldiers, which shows that the Qi army was completely vulnerable.
But if they were vulnerable, why did the Wei army flee without fighting?
Losing soldiers and wasting money and food just to charge in and kill a few people? This doesn't make sense.
Therefore, I believe that it is very likely that Tong Xuan staged a good show himself, arranging his soldiers to disguise themselves as Wei soldiers to kill the king and usurp the throne.