Chapter 1133: Losing the Way and Finding Few Supporters

Chapter 1133: Losing the Way and Finding Few Supporters

Perhaps the world has really suffered from tyranny for a long time. Not only is Gao Yan's work going smoothly, but Gao Zhan's efforts to recruit people are also very effective.

In addition to the previous Pengcheng King Gao Yu, under the contact of Gao Zhan, there are also the Henan King Gao Xiaoyu, the son of Emperor Shizong, and the Shangluo King Gao Sizong's son Gao Yuanhai, who have joined one after another.

Some of these people hold important positions in the court, and some serve in the imperial guards. Their respective official positions and identities are also very helpful to the plan. Moreover, among them, people like Gao Yuanhai are greedy and happy to take advantage of others, and they are quite self-righteous. When they learned that the two kings were actually planning such a big thing, they couldn't help but offer their ideas enthusiastically.

"The King of Pingqin is deeply trusted by the Supreme, and has been in charge of the imperial guards for a long time. Now he has led the guards to Liaoyang. If you want to succeed, this situation must be observed!"

After joining the team, the dog-headed military strategist Gao Yuanhai quickly proposed that Gao Guiyan was the key to success.

Gao Guiyan was already of high seniority among the existing Northern Qi royal family members. He was the only one of the same generation as Emperor Shenwu, and he had been trusted by the emperor for many years, and he had always been in charge of the imperial guards. If Gao Yan and others wanted to succeed, Gao Guiyan was a person they could not avoid.

Gao Zhan was also quite troubled after hearing this, and said with some distress: "King Ping Qin is now in a high position and has great power, so it is difficult to lure him. He is also far away in Liaoyang, guarding the Supreme Emperor, so it is difficult to kill him. Do you have any plan, how to deal with him?"

Several young men from the royal family made suggestions, some said to arrange assassins to kill him, some said to persuade him with money, and some said to fabricate charges and slander him for colluding with the Western Wei foreign enemies.

But regardless of whether these plans were reliable or not, they all had a fatal flaw, which was that they were time-consuming and labor-intensive to implement. What they lack most right now is manpower and time. If they are too obsessed with Gao Guiyan, even if they haven’t even managed to get the emperor, they will probably be exposed.

Gao Yuanhai, who prided himself on being a think tank, couldn't help but shake his head after listening to everyone's suggestions, saying that it was not good. When everyone looked at him angrily, he said slowly: "If you want to alienate the Supreme and Ping Qin Wang, it is very difficult. But if you want to make him an enemy of the prince, it is much easier.

There are many corrupt Han scholars in the prince's mansion, who are stupid and ignorant, and do not know how to adapt. Now they follow the prince to govern the country, and they do things inappropriately. Ping Qin Wang's family style is very bad, and his descendants are rampant in the capital, often breaking the law and committing crimes, which has caused public resentment. You can report the matter to the Regent General's Office and persuade those old scholars to arrest Ping Qin Wang's family members for trial and punishment. Ping Qin Wang has always been extreme and narrow-minded. How can he not resent the prince for his family members being abused like this?"

"What Yuanhai said is really a good idea! If it works, I will definitely remember your contribution!"

After hearing Gao Yuanhai's suggestion, Gao Zhan suddenly felt enlightened.

Yes, why should they insist on targeting Gao Guiyan? Seeing that the emperor is dying soon, and is determined to pass the throne to the crown prince Gao Yin, although Gao Guiyan is extremely favored now, it may not be the case when the crown prince takes the throne. Presumably, he also has such considerations and concerns, so after ruining the relationship between him and the crown prince, I am afraid he is not willing to see the crown prince ascend the throne.

So at Gao Zhan's order, a group of young men from the royal family began to collect and dig up black materials about Gao Guiyan's family. Gao Guiyan's family members were not very self-disciplined, and under the deliberate fabrication of everyone, their crimes were both confirmed and groundless, and soon a large number of them were collected, and the paper rolls with their crimes filled several large baskets, which was really innumerable.

After collecting and sorting out the charges against Gao Guiyan's family, Gao Zhan asked people to copy several copies, one of which was thrown directly outside the Regent's Office, and the rest were thrown along the street to create public opinion. At the same time, they arranged for some dandies in the capital to shout and accuse the Regent's Office of being unfair and condoning the evil deeds of the powerful.

With such a push, it took only a short time to cause a big sensation in the capital. Moreover, many of these things still have victims. Under the sad accusations of those victims, all the accusations against Gao Guiyan's family became credible.

A group of officials in the Regent's Office, such as Zheng Zimo, Song Qindao and others, were also put in a very passive position because of this wave of trend.

But in fact, they were all secretly happy. Regardless of whether there was anyone behind this incident to fan the flames, these officials of the Eastern Palace had always lacked a sense of presence in the current situation. Although they were able to control the ruling power by taking advantage of the opportunity of the Crown Prince to govern the country, they were still not comparable to the real rulers such as Prime Minister Yang Yin.

So they also needed a big event to show their presence and reflect the power and majesty of the Regent General's Office. Gao Guiyan, the King of Pingqin, was indeed powerful, but it was also a suitable target for this reason. And it was obvious that someone in the capital was eyeing Gao Guiyan and wanted to use this to hit his prestige. They cooperated openly and secretly, which was just right!

Therefore, several people repeatedly advised the Crown Prince Gao Yin, hoping that the Crown Prince would order the arrest of Gao Guiyan's family members and thoroughly investigate the matter to give a satisfactory explanation to the current people in the capital.

Crown Prince Gao Yin naturally did not know how treacherous human nature and the world were. When he saw the series of illegal crimes committed by Gao Guiyan's family, he was very angry. When he heard the indignant accusations and advice of his confidants, he ordered the arrest of the criminals and would never condone or shelter them because of King Ping Qin's power.

Therefore, under the iron-faced law enforcement of the Supervisor's Office, Gao Guiyan's family, which had always been domineering in the capital, suddenly suffered. Many of their descendants were arrested and brought to justice, and then they were prosecuted according to their charges. An interrogation and investigation began.

These East Palace officials uphold the principle of impartiality in enforcing the law. Even if they want to investigate and punish King Ping Qin's family, the evidence must be conclusive, so that King Ping Qin has no way to defend and redress his injustice, and can only admit the result obediently. However, little did they know that the people behind these little tricks were already happy after seeing the suffering of Gao Guiyan's family.

Gao Guiyan's personnel foreshadowing here still needs time to explode, and the scene Gao Yan deliberately performed in Shangshu Province has gradually spread through the spread of interested people.

Many people, especially the soldiers stationed outside the city, already knew that in order to get more food supplies and better treatment for them, King Changshan directly had a big quarrel with Prime Minister Yang Min in Shangshu Province, and almost almost had a big fight with him. He was dismissed from office and expelled by Yang Min.

For a time, the two completely opposite images of Yang Min's generosity, benevolence, patience and humiliation, and Yang Min's arrogance and bullying of the clan king became more fixed and concrete in people's word of mouth.

Gao Yan's remarks about Yang Min, who fed the horses several buckets of fine food but gave the warriors who defended their country a few liters of coarse grain, spread quickly, arousing great hatred and resentment among the people, and there were many people who cursed and cursed. Yang Min was a traitor to the country, and the soldiers whose interests and treatment were harmed were even more indignant. Even targets in the camp had Yang Min's name written on them, and they stabbed and stabbed them with swords and arrows to vent their anger.

In this passionate and angry atmosphere, one of the most important control groups was how much horse feed Yang Min's horses had eaten, and no one cared about or investigated it. And Yang Min is too arrogant. Even though he knows that public opinion is slanderous and unfavorable to him, he is too lazy to pay attention to it, or he has no time to pay attention to it.

In order to deceive others and buy himself more time, Gao Yan did not completely ignore the tasks assigned by the emperor. After secretly sending his wife and children to Jinyang, he arranged for Liu Taozhi and other Forbidden Army soldiers to start The whole city arrested the Yuan clan members and secretly leaked the emperor's plan to kill Zhu Yuan, thereby creating a human panic.

Although this will also have a certain impact on his reputation, this kind of extrajudicial law enforcement can also strengthen his authority. When arresting Zhu Yuan, whether he should be lenient to women and children, and whether his relatives would be affected, were all matters that needed to be decided by Gao Yan. Others would naturally respect him more because they asked for help from him.

"Diao Nu, please retreat quickly. Don't you know that I am Duke Pengcheng? I want to see King Changshan. Please pass the message to me quickly!"

In front of the palace of Prince Changshan, a middle-aged man was so angry that he rushed to the palace, but was intercepted by the palace officials. This man was Pengcheng Yuan Shao, the son-in-law of Emperor Shenwu Gao Huan, and the brother-in-law of Prince Changshan. , but now a series of identities have become less prominent because of his origin in the Yuan family. No matter how he yells, the servants will just respond with a cold face.

Although Yuan Shao was not allowed to enter, he still stayed here and refused to leave. Finally, when Gao Yan rode his horse back to his residence in the evening, he rushed forward, grabbed the horse's bridle and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, save me." I, your Majesty, save me..."

Gao Yan first reined in his horse and paused, but before he could speak, Yuan Shao had already said: "Your Majesty, can you lead me to Liaoyang to meet you? There are rumors in the capital of chaos, which is definitely not the intention of the Supreme Being. I want to meet the Supreme Being and kowtow." …”

After hearing this, Gao Yan's face suddenly darkened, and he winked behind him. Several followers rushed out, pulled Yuan Shao by the roadside, and then beat him hard, even hitting his knees. The pain was so painful that Yuan Shao almost fainted.

At this moment, Gao Yan got off his horse, walked up to Yuan Shao with tears in his eyes and said: "I have orders from above, so I can only obey them, and I can't help myself. Why is Peng Chenggong so unwise! If you hide temporarily If not, I could still try to cover it up for you, but now you are shouting loudly in front of everyone. You are really forcing me to do things. Even if you want to cover up and rescue me, you don't dare to openly disobey me... Why bother to come forward in a hurry... "

Yuan Shao had been beaten to the point where he had more air to breathe than to take in. When he heard Gao Yan's words, he was even more excited and regretful. Yong Jin held Gao Yan's ankle with all his strength and said: "Your Majesty, save me...save me..."

However, Gao Yan raised his legs and walked aside, and immediately ordered the imperial guards behind him to throw him directly into prison.