Liu Chengyou's emissary Meng Ye came to Liaozhou (澶州, in present-day Neihuang County, Henan), and Empress Li's brother Zhenning Jiedu (镇宁節度) made Li Hongyi worship secretly edicted. A passage in the edict reads: "Yang Ying, Shi Hongzhao, and Wang Zhangmou rebelled and have been killed. Zha Guowei, Wang Yin, and others were also members of the same party, and they immediately killed them on the spot..."
Stabilize Liu Chong
At this time, Empress Li was already unable to help herself, so she had to obey Guo Wei's propositions and declare: "The artifact cannot be left without a master for a day." Hedong Jiedushi Envoy Chong, Zhongwu Jiedushi Envoy, was the younger brother of Gao zu, Wuning Jiedushi Envoy Yun, Kaifeng YinXun, was Gaozu's son and nephew. Please choose the right successor among them! "
Empress Li couldn't help herself
Liu Zhiyuan's eldest son, Chengxun, had already died of illness, and the second son, Chengxun, had become a ghost under the sword. Now there is only one Liu Xun left, but he is seriously ill and bedridden, so it is naturally not suitable to succeed to the throne.
The second most suitable candidate was Liu Zhiyuan's nephew and Liu Chong's son Liu Yun.
After consultation with the hundred officials, they asked the empress dowager to submit a request, and Feng Dao was ordered to go east to welcome Liu Yun to come and take the throne.
In fact, this was just a ploy by Guo Wei to stabilize Liu Chong's envoys in Hedong Jiedu.
Unsurprisingly, Liu Chong, hearing that the Han court had decided to appoint his own son as emperor, revoked his plan to raise an army south, making time for Guo Wei.
Three days later, Guo Wei was ingenious
Three days later, Guo Wei again made a clever proposal: Liu Yun arrived early, and asked the empress dowager to listen to the government. The empress dowager obeyed the arrangement and really listened to the government. On the same day, when the "Khitan invasion" was reported, Empress Li did not know the truth and hurriedly ordered Guo Wei to command his troops out of Beijing and go to the enemy.
Soon, Guo Wei crossed the river and arrived in Lanzhou. Early the next morning, thousands of soldiers suddenly shouted, rushed into Guo Wei's tent, and loudly requested: "We have made a vendetta against the Liu clan, and we are determined not to establish the Liu clan as emperor again!" If you have merit in the country, you should be the son of heaven yourself! "
Some people also draped an apricot yellow flag prepared in advance on Guo Wei's body, and the sound of "long live" was earth-shaking and endless.
The apricot yellow flag was draped over Guo Wei.com
At this time, Guo Wei could not care about "invading" the Khitan in Hebei and hurried back to the capital. Dou Guzhen, who remained in the capital, led hundreds of officials to greet him and persuaded Guo Wei to ascend the throne as emperor.
However, Guo Wei could not agree to the "affection" of the hundred officials at this time, because Liu Yun was on his way to the west, and it was really not the time to be assured of being called emperor.
Guo Wei's general Guo Chongwei was ordered to lead a horse of seven hundred to Song Prefecture to stop Liu Yun. In Songzhou, seven hundred cavalry regiments surrounded Liu Yun's post.
Without waiting for Liu Yun to return to his senses
Liu Yun was shocked to see this, and went upstairs to inquire about the room, and the reply he got was: "There has been a military coup in Liaozhou. Guo Gong is worried about your safety and sent me to defend it. "
Liu Yun's staff naturally saw Guo Chongwei's true intentions on this trip, and the Xuzhou judge Dong Yi persuaded Liu Yun: "What Guo Chongwei did did not look like he had come to guard His Majesty. According to the legend of the Road, Guo Wei has already been proclaimed emperor, and His Majesty will move forward again, and the disaster will not be small. Please summon the guard general Zhang Lingchao immediately, let him rob Guo Chongwei overnight, and look for an opportunity to go north to Taiyuan tomorrow! "
That night, Zhang Lingchao took the name of "robbing Guo Chongwei" and took his subordinates and all surrendered to Guo Chongwei.
Before Liu Yun could return to his senses, Guo Wei's letter summoning Feng Daoxi had arrived.
Guo Wei's letter has arrived
Before Feng Dao was leaving, Liu Yun said to him: "What the widow believes in this time is the faith and righteousness of Feng Gong for thirty years. So, rush on the road without any preparation. Now that Guo Chongwei has captured my bodyguards, the matter has reached the extreme, how is Feng Gong ready to rescue him? "
At this time, Feng Dao had no other way but to silently oppose. Liu Yun's left and right wanted to kill Feng Dao, but Liu Yun stopped them: "You must not be hasty, this is not a matter for Feng Gong!" "
The famous Zhou Taizu in the history of the five generations
After Feng Dao left, Guo Chongwei killed Liu Yun's right and left confidants, and let Liu Yun live in the house outside the inn, send troops to guard and take strict precautions.
Removing the trouble of his confidants, Guo Wei asked Empress Li to make him oversee the country in the name of Shizhong first.
At this point, the hundred officials naturally have thoroughly penetrated the organs in it and once again expressed their persuasion.
One day later, on the first day of the first lunar month in the first year of Guangshun (951 AD), Guo Wei finally ascended to the emperor's throne after a series of fake plays. This is the famous Zhou Taizu in the history of the Five Dynasties.
Guo Wei became emperor, and Liu Yun was deposed as the Duke of Xiangyin and was killed soon after.
Liu Xin committed suicide long before Guo Wei became emperor, unable to withstand Ma Yi's persecution.
Empress Li was moved to the Western Palace, which was like a seclusion. Liu Zhiyuan's other son, Liu Xun, was already ill in bed, and then he suddenly fell ill. In this way, the Liu family was left with only Liu Chong, the emissary of the Hedong belt.
Empress Li was moved to the Western Palace
This Liu Chong, who was proclaimed emperor in Taiyuan, Hedong, still followed the name of the Later Han Dynasty, occupying the land of twelve states such as Hehe and Fen, and calling it the Northern Han Dynasty in the history of the Five Dynasties in order to distinguish it from the Southern Han.