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Chapter 57: Dugu Mingjing's Failure

Yuwen Huzhi was arrogant and arrogant: "It's unnecessary to ask the Empress Dowager to read the memorial!" He was so angry that Dugu Mingjing was so angry that he burst into tears. The five-year-old Crown Prince Yuwen Yun Zaichun was frightened by the roars of eight strong men on the spot and scattered a soak of dragon urine on his pants without any ambiguity.

The Bazhu Kingdom became addicted to quarrel. The next day, he went straight to the palace to make a big fuss with Dugu Mingjing. Faced with the group of men who rushed into the widow's palace without saying hello, Dugu Mingjing was so angry that he trembled all over and almost fainted. For supreme power and the dignity of the empress dowager, Dugu Mingjing once again rejected the tough demands of the Bazhu Kingdom.

Seeing that Dugu Mingjing was still unwilling to give in, the Eight Pillars simply threatened with a strike, and refused to deal with all the government and state affairs, nor handed over to the Queen Mother. Looking through the history of any generation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, we could not find any incident in which the ministers had striked in any dynasty.

Dugu Mingjing knew that this was a political incident that seriously disobeyed the saint's order, this was a challenge to the imperial power of the Eight Pillar Kingdom, and a political intimidation carried out by the Eight Pillar Kingdom to the new emperor Yuwen Yong, and her crown prince Yuwen Yun.

Gala comforted his elder sister: "The eight pillars of national merits are the masters, the new emperor Yuwen Yong, Dugu Mingjing and the crown prince Yuwen Yun are the dolls in their hands. If they do not obey the arrangements, they will let the government shut down."

Dugu Mingjing cried in tears: "But, after taking this step, they pressed step by step and would not let us breathe for a moment."

Galo said: "But now is the time when the Great Zhou Dynasty is in trouble with external troubles. The actions of the Eight Pillars are directly related to the operation of the government. If handled improperly, it will inevitably affect the stability of the political situation across the country. Even if the elder sister can delay today, what will happen tomorrow and the next day?"

Dugu Mingjing shook his head hopelessly, and she didn't know what would happen. At this moment, whether it was her, Yuwen Yong or Yuwen Yun, they were all fish on the chopping board and were slaughtered.

Galo said: "I know my elder sister is unwilling to accept it, but at this time, Mount Li was completely controlled by the Eight Pillars and forced too much. The new emperor, the elder sister and the crown prince are at risk of being kidnapped at any time, and my father is far away in Chang'an, which is difficult to echo for a while."

Dugu Mingjing said: "If I don't insist on the idea of ​​governing the country from behind the curtain, once the new emperor ascends the throne successfully and Yuwen Hu assists in the administration, then I will become a sand in Yuwen Hu's eyes, and he will definitely kill me!"

Gala comforted Mingjing: "Sister, Otsukazuka has been through the battlefield for a long time. If he is allowed to see through your intention to seize power, not only will the previous efforts be wasted, but the disaster of killing will come faster. I am afraid that even going back to Chang'an..."

Garo said: "Sister, it's a matter of time before the First Emperor's Codon is back to Beijing. I can ask Yang Jian to advise Otsukazai to prepare some vehicles in order to reduce the burden of returning to Beijing, and arrange for the First Emperor's harem to return to Beijing one after another."

After suffering such an impact, Dugu Mingjing, who was in danger, slowly calmed down after listening to Gala's analysis, but she had never been good at making decisions.

Galo said: "Sister, you must quickly and rationally choose to give in. Locally giving in is for the overall victory, for time to exchange space, and for smooth realization of the final decisive battle after the transfer of Chang'an."

Gala's words ignited Dugu Mingjing's hope. Dugu Mingjing decided to issue the edict formulated by the Eight Pillar Kingdom to publicly refute Lubian without changing a word. After the edict was issued, the Eight Pillar Kingdom "does its usual affairs and speaks and laughs as before."

This round was a victory for Yuwen Hu and others. After experiencing this contest, Dugu Mingjing realized that he had been too hasty in his attitude towards Lu Bin's memorials, and he urgently hoped to achieve it overnight.

Realizing the dream of being behind the curtain, underestimated the energy of Yuwen Hu and others in Mount Li, so they rashly activated the struggle, confronted Yuwen Hu's party with a tough confrontation, and ended up in a dilemma.

Undoubtedly, this is the pain in Dugu Mingjing's heart. But in order to achieve the purpose of eradicating the Yuwen Hu party and reshuffling the political power, Dugu Mingjing endured it and summoned the Eight Pillars as usual every day, carefully reviewing the memorials from various places, and refuting what should be correct and refuting what should be refuted, without revealing the slightest of the Bianbei.

Dugu Mingjing's strategic concession ensured the overall stability and also paralyzed Yuwen Hu's party. Otsukazai really joined the throne, thinking that after this refutation, the middle and lower-level officials who did not know the matter would not dare to make strange arguments again, and the matter behind the curtain could be stopped.

The overall situation of the Otsuka Prime Minister was decided in this way, and its legitimacy was no longer doubted. Therefore, at the suggestion of Dugu Mingjing and the court officials to return to Beijing earlier, the Eight Pillar Kingdom decided to choose the 23rd October to return to Beijing in the 23rd October.

For Dugu Mingjing, returning to Chang'an is a big deal. Only after leaving the Lishan Palace, which Yuwen Hu strictly controlled, Dugu Xin had the opportunity and possibility to turn the world around and realize her dream. But there is a lot of work on how to return to Beijing.

Before the coffin of Yuwen Yu's coffin was set off in October, the new emperor Yuwen Yong should kneel beside the Dashengyu and wait for the coffin to board the hearse. After the new emperor Yuwen Yong gave it to the place where the coffin was parked that day, he rushed to the place where the coffin was parked that day, and waited for the spiritual carriage to come and celebrate the ceremony.

The second day, the third day... is still the case until the capital. But if you act like this, Yuwen Hu and others may walk together, their energy may be best utilized, and they may be able to detect the trends of the coup.

Dugu Xin could not predict whether Yuwen Hu would attack the Empress Dowager and the Crown Prince on the way. Therefore, the most urgent task was to break down the joint efforts of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms, but they did not notice that it was a deliberate arrangement.

So, Dugu Xin took great pains to design. Dugu Xin took the excuse of the Crown Prince Yuwen Yun being too young to withstand such troubles, and asked the Bazhu Kingdom to discuss whether there could be any adaptable methods.

Ensure that the Crown Prince Yuwen Yun is healthy and worry-free. Yuwen Hu had some bad premonitions, but he did not object on the surface. He discussed with the five ministers who were respectful and humiliated, and made the following expedient arrangements for the itinerary of the new emperor and the crown prince.

The Crown Prince Yuwen Yun and the two Empress Dowagers walked separately from the Daxing Codon, so that Dugu Mingjing could arrive in the capital a few days in advance and had plenty of time to arrange the coup;

The Crown Prince Yuwen Yun and the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces walked separately from the Daxing Codon, which made it possible for the Eight Pillar Kingdom to be divided into two batches, one group to protect the carriage, and one group to protect the codon. The Eight Pillar Kingdom with iron walls was isolated.

So, Dugu Xin and Zhao Gui were ordered to escort Dugu Mingjing and the crown prince, while Yuwen Hu escort Yuwen Yu's coffin and the new emperor Yuwen Yong. Zaiyuan and Duanhua left Yuwen Hu's design and arrangements, and the two had no backbone and could not become any climate.

In early October, Dugu Mingjing's sedan chair arrived at Deshengmen, Chang'an. One sedan chair was Empress Dowager Mingjing and Crown Prince Yuwen Yun, and the other sedan chair was Empress Dowager Tiancheng Xu.

According to the planned abacus, Dugu Xin brought a large group of princes and officials to greet him. Although Dugu Mingjing was tired, he was not in a hurry to return to the palace. Instead, Dugu Mingjing publicly accused everyone of the eight pillars of the country of bullying orphans and widows.

With the cooperation of Dugu Xin and Dugu Mingjing, it was easy to make the crowd excited and swear to be incompatible with the ministers of the Eight-Pillar State headed by Yuwen Hu.

Zhao Guigong took his personal revenge and asked intently: "Why not punish him seriously?" The two empress dowagers also pretended: "He is a minister who praises the king, can he punish him directly?"

Zhao Gui, who was familiar with administrative procedures, gave advice: "The Empress Dowager can remove him from his post first and then arrest him." The Empress Dowager said: "Good." Dugu Xin had already sent someone to write a decree for punishment and immediately presented it to him. The two Empress Dowagers used seals and signed the arrest warrant.

Three days later, two memorials were delivered to the Otsuka Pai at the same time. One was from the Grand Secretary Su Chuo and the other was from Yang Zhong who sent troops to personally escort Yuwen Yu's coffin. The contents of the two memorials were similar, and they both asked the Otsuka Pai to assist in the administration, and the fourth prince Yuwen Yong succeeded to the throne.

The military generals and civil servants all turned to the Otsukazu, the Fourth Prince, Dugu Xin and others, can be imagined.

On the same day, the ministers gathered together. Yuwen Hu announced that he would ask Dugu Xin, Zhao Gui and others for the edict. Zhao Gui asked foolishly: "We have not passed yet, where did the edict come from?" The guards next to him had already rushed forward, stripped the two of them from their caps and escorted them to the clan's mansion.

On the other side, Dugu Xin had just arrived at the Lishan Palace, Yu Wenxun took his men and horses to capture him, broke into the door, caught him from the bed, and sent him to Chang'an overnight. Within one day, all three first offenders were arrested. The implementation of the coup took only three days, which was really lightning.

On October 6, Otsukazuka made a punishment decision on the ministers who supported Yuwen Yun in the Eight-Pillar National Middle School: Dugu Xin and Mo Yang Chong committed suicide; Zhao Gui and Yuan Xin were executed; the other four were dismissed; the others only punished six officials and five eunuchs who had close contacts with Dugu Mingjing.

In addition, Otsuka Yuwen Hu did not make any major implicits. What is particularly amazing is that Otsuka Yuwen actually burned all the letters and books collected from Dugu's family. This won the reputation of the new emperor Yuwen Yong, and easily won the convincingness of all the princes and ministers for his continued serving as Otsuka Prime Minister.

In the second year of Wucheng, Dugu Mingjing, who was only 22 years old, originally wanted to cooperate with Duke Dugu Xin of the Wei Kingdom, and after careful preparation, he launched a palace coup in the form of lightning, and seized the highest power in China at that time, but he failed in the end.

Dugu Mingjing was wearing a plain dress and was preparing to welcome Yuwen Hu's final judgment on her. Gala wanted to help his sister get rid of the cage and gain the initiative, but failed.

Gala was wearing his favorite blue dress on weekdays: "Sister..." Dugu Mingjing smiled and held her hand without saying a word. Dugu Xin and four other ministers of the state of the state had already died.

Yuwen Hu knew that although Dugu Mingjing had read some books, she did not have the ability to plan such a big palace change, so Yuwen Hu did not deal with them in Mount Li.

At this time, another major event happened. Zhao Gui's son, who had been fleeing abroad, was captured by Chen State, and the Turkish Prince Mugang was also captured with him.

Chen State sent the captured Prince Mu Gan and Zhao Xun to Dazhou together as a little sincerity to seek peace. Otsukazai sent his confidants to take back Prince Mu Gan and Zhao Xun.

Even Yuwen Yu didn't know about this before Otsukazai personally interrogated Zhao Xun overnight and asked him to confess his father Zhao Gui's crimes.
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