Liu Chengyou had been dissatisfied with several powerful ministers who cared about life for a long time. He had long been murderous and had already started planning.

The first thing he did was to transfer Guo Wei out of the capital in the name of defending the Khitans. Guo Wei led the army to fight the rebellion and spent money along the way. There were few casualties during the fight against the rebellion. In addition, he was easy-going and often got along well with the soldiers. He had a high prestige in the army, even Shi Hongzhao, the leader of the Forbidden Army, could not compare.

Only a few of the Forbidden Army were from the Hedong Army who followed Liu Zhiyuan, and the vast majority were left over from the Liang, Tang, and Jin dynasties, and they always fell with the wind. Guo Wei was originally the privy envoy in charge of military aircraft. It was not feasible for him to have such prestige in the Forbidden Army. He was driven out even if he had the military power of the feudal town.

The second thing was to disgrace Shi Hongzhao. He wanted to rectify the public security in the capital, and Su Fengji helped him to rectify it. When the Kaifeng Mansion and the Ministry of Punishment arrested people, they would send them to Shi Hongzhao for processing. Shi Hongzhao did not disappoint Su Fengji and was extremely cruel to the suspects. In less than a year, he became a murderous devil in the eyes of the officials and people of Bianliang. If he died, wouldn't everyone praise him and it would show the emperor's wisdom?

"Now that Guo Wei is not in the capital, Shi Hongzhao's reputation has long been ruined. As for Yang Bin and Wang Zhang, although they have great power, they have no soldiers and can't make any waves. Since your Majesty has made up his mind, why not make it early? Take action."

Su Fengji kept encouraging Liu Chengyou, his eyes full of desire. In fact, he was more anxious than Liu Chengyou. If the other four ministers who cared about life were killed, he would have monopoly power.

In the past few years, he, like Liu Chengyou, had suffered enough from the arrogance of several powerful ministers. Su Fengji was already narrow-minded and hated them, and his desire for revenge was no less than Liu Chengyou's.

Liu Chengyou nodded and said: "In that case, we will take action tomorrow morning. Then let Yan Jinqing and Nie Wenjin lead the people to kill Sanni. Guo Yunming, you and your uncle will go out of the palace to kill Sanni's family members."

Li Ye said: "It's easy to talk about these three families, but Guo Wei's family members should be killed together."

Liu Chengyou couldn't help frowning and killed Guo Wei's family members. Guo Wei, who was far away in Yedu, would definitely raise an army and rebel after hearing the news. If he had known it, he would have been in trouble if he had left him in the capital.

Su Fengji admonished: "Why don't your Majesty secretly send an envoy to Yedu and secretly order the generals in Hebei to kill Guo Wei with high-ranking officials and gold and silver money? It won't be too late to kill Guo Wei's family members when the news of Guo Wei's death comes."

In Su Fengji's eyes, these Qiu Ba were money-grubbing and vulgar people who would do anything as long as they had money. It was not difficult to bribe them with high-ranking officials and generous salaries. This was a typical literati mentality, and he even had the same extreme professional discrimination as Shi Hongzhao.

Anyone in this palace who has been in the military for a long time would object, but unfortunately there are none here, and they all praise this bad idea.

Liu Chengyou said: "Let Liu Zhu, the governor of Kaifeng, keep an eye on Guo Wei's family members. Don't let them escape."

After everyone had discussed, Liu Chengyou asked Yan Jinqing, the envoy from the Internal Affairs Ministry, to come over. The envoy from the Internal Affairs Ministry sounded like a head eunuch, but he was actually a military attaché in the palace, in charge of some of the palace guards.

Yan Jinqing, the envoy of the Neihai Province, was originally Liu Zhiyuan's personal guard when he was in Hedong. Later, when Liu Zhiyuan became emperor, he served in the palace. Although the official was not great, he was the emperor's confidant. The year before last, when the three towns rebelled, Liu Chengyou sent Yan Jinqing to accompany the army. The purpose of the expedition was to monitor Guo Wei.

Yan Jinqing was too serious, unlike Li Ye, and confidants like Guo Yunming often flirted with Liu Chengyou, but Liu Chengyou trusted him in his heart. After all, the late emperor trusted him very much when he was there.

Liu Chengyou immediately explained his plan to annihilate the powerful ministers to Yan Jinqing, and asked him to take on the most important part. Yan Jinqing's face changed color when he heard this, "This is absolutely not allowed, your majesty, please take back your orders as soon as possible."

Liu Chengyou had nothing to hide in front of his confidants, "Yang Bin and Shi Hongzhao were dictatorial and lawless. They suppressed me everywhere and treated me like a child. I have hated him for a long time. If I don't kill him, it will not satisfy my hatred!"

Yan Jinqing pondered for a while and advised: "It is true that they have some power, and the humble ministers will not defend them. But your country is also protected by them. If you kill them, who can suppress those arrogant and powerful generals? "

Yan Jinqing deserves to have been around Liu Zhiyuan, and he can see through the essence of the matter at a glance. These four ministers who care about life have high authority, but it is because of this that they can suppress those restless forces. What's more, these four ministers who care about life are Liu Zhiyuan The loyalty of the old team in Hedong was not comparable to that of the later surrendered ministers.

Yang Bin held the personnel power, and Wang Zhang held the financial power. Although they had great power, they were both civil servants. Although Shi Hongzhao had military power, he could not usurp the throne and claim the throne because of his character.

Guo Wei was originally the most likely candidate, and Liu Zhiyuan probably also saw this. Although he was allowed to be in charge of the Privy Council, he was not given military power. If Liu Chengyou hadn't sent him to the local area to serve as the Jiedushi, Guo Wei would not have had the capital to rebel.

If this was carried out step by step, Guo Zuo of the Later Han Dynasty might have been a little longer and had to endure all these people to death. The power would naturally belong to him, Liu Chengyou.

"I don't believe it. High-ranking officials and generous salaries cannot buy loyalty. Once they are dealt with, I will appoint you to an important position. Don't say more, just go down and prepare."

Yan Jinqing knew that Liu Chengyou might not trust him if he tried to persuade him again, and would probably kill him to prevent leaks, so he had no choice but to agree and go to the palace to select loyal and capable guards.

But he was extremely uneasy in his heart. Liu Chengyou's nonsense would only ruin the future of the Han Dynasty. After being released from prison, he stood at the intersection and hesitated for a long time before walking towards Shi Hongzhao's mansion.

Yes, he wanted to inform Shi Hongzhao, but in his heart he was loyal to Liu Chengyou, or in other words, he was loyal to Liu Zhiyuan. He didn't want the country that his old master had finally developed to be ruined by a new master who didn't know the importance of it. in hand.

He believed that Shi Hongzhao was as loyal to Liu Zhiyuan as he was to the empire that had only been built for four years. He hoped that Shi Hongzhao could stop this coup, but in his heart he was afraid that Shi Hongzhao, who had a violent and violent personality, would lead his troops into the palace and kill Liu Chengyou in a rage.

It would be great if Guo Wei was in Beijing. Yan Jinqing also did not doubt Guo Wei's loyalty. He believed that Guo Wei's cunning strategy would successfully resolve the coup, but he was not here.

I don't know when I arrived at the gate of the Shi's Mansion. The guard guard recognized Yan Jinqing and greeted him: "Isn't this Ambassador Yan? Looking at your sad face, maybe you have something to do with our Grand Master."

"Haha... I have some small matters that I want to talk to Master Shi. Please let me know, brother."

"The grand master has just released the office, please wait a moment!" The soldier responded and turned around and entered the door. Yan Jinqing suddenly regretted in his heart. If Shi Hongzhao was really angry and rebelled, how could he be worthy of the late emperor.

Just as he was hesitating, he saw the soldier coming back, "I'm sorry, my Grand Master is feeling a little unwell and said he can't see you. If anything happens, we'll talk about it tomorrow at the palace."

"Then let's talk about it tomorrow." Yan Jinqing's heart returned to his stomach, and he immediately turned around and left quickly, thinking: "This is God's will, then just let it be!"

The soldier guarding the door rubbed his cheek and said, "What a bad luck. Who would have thought that the grand master would play with women in the study!"
Chapter completed!