Chapter 451 Shipwreck

Author: Feng Chuxiao

Chapter 451 Shipwreck

On April 15, the 21st year of Dashang Dynasty, the emperor went on a personal expedition.

In early June of the 21st year of the Great Shang Dynasty, Xirong was defeated and paid tribute to the Great Shang Dynasty.

In the middle of June of the 21st year of Dashang, the emperor drove back to Beijing.

Along the way, it was scorching hot, and as soon as the sun came up, the ground seemed to be on fire. Cars and horses could only walk part of the way in the early morning and dusk, and the rest of the time had to hide in inns or in the woods to escape the heat.

The emperor, who was personally conducting the expedition, did not rush back to the capital. Instead, he took dozens of Yulin Guards to travel all the way to the capital.

The journey that originally took one month took the Emperor nearly two months.

On August 11, the 21st year of Dashang, the emperor boarded the ship in Tongzhou and expected to return to the capital on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The big ship went smoothly and headed for the capital as quickly as possible.

At noon on August 14, the 21st year of Dashang Dynasty, as he was approaching the capital, the large ship on which the emperor was riding was attacked. A large hole was opened in the bottom of the ship by water bandits. More than fifty Yulin guards who escorted it fought bloody battles.

In the end, they were defeated and the ship sank on a sandbank in the middle of the river.

Except for those who died in battle, the dozens of people on board fell into the water and perished together with the emperor.

Fang Jing, the deputy of the Habayashi Guards, rushed to the shore after falling into the water and was rescued by local fishermen. On the 16th, Fang Jing rushed to the capital before the city gates were locked. After explaining the reason, he died of exhaustion.

From the time the accident occurred to the court receiving the news, two full days had passed.

Not to mention the corpses, even the sunken ship moved its position in the water.

Regardless of the objections of the courtiers, Chen Luxing took his people to the sandbank in the middle of the river in the rain and salvaged it by boat himself. He did not sleep for three days and three nights, and finally exhausted himself and was knocked unconscious by the Duke of Zhen and forced to bring him back.

Dozens of people fell into the water, but only a dozen bodies were fished out. In the past few days, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River coincided with flooding, and more than 40 people, including the emperor, were lost in the flood.

A country cannot live without a king for a day.

After the ministers searched for the emperor's body for more than ten days but could not find it, they knelt down and begged the crown prince Chen Luxing to ascend the throne.

Chen Luxing firmly refused, saying that the emperor was just missing, which did not prove that the emperor had been killed. He believed that the emperor would be in good health and return soon.

The prince did not want to ascend the throne, so the ministers asked again.

After three requests and three rejections, the Queen Mother finally took action in person and talked with the Prince for a whole night. The Prince then agreed with red eyes to serve as the supervisor of the country temporarily.

After a period of one year, the emperor could no longer be found, and he ascended the throne again.

When the coffin containing the emperor's crown was transported to the capital, the empress Gongsun Wanying was devastated and cried non-stop. The empress died of illness less than half a year later.

In the 22nd year of Dashang Dynasty, Prince Chen Luxing ascended the throne as emperor.

Chen Luxing discussed with the ministers and decided that his posthumous title would be "Jingtian Changyun, Wenwu Ruizhe, Gongfengxuanxianxingxiongxiang Emperor Kangpingwen", and his temple name would be "Shang Taizong".

Emperor Wen is a posthumous title. Wen means that he has talents in the world, is morally profound, and has the character of being studious and inquiring.

Taizong of Shang Dynasty was also a man of great reputation for opening up new territories.

A monarch who can enjoy a temple title can enjoy the worship and sacrifices of descendants for generations to come. A monarch who can receive a temple title. In each dynasty before the Tang Dynasty, there were only seven monarchs at most in each dynasty. Not every king can enjoy such qualifications.

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The temple name of Shang Taizong is well deserved.

As soon as Chen Luxing proposed it, none of the ministers dared to object.

The Great Shang Dynasty was only established for twenty-one years. During the more than ten years of his reign, the Great Shang Emperor calmed the people and established laws and disciplines. The entire country had a strong army and strong horses, and the country was peaceful and the people were peaceful. Those small subordinate countries that had been conquered had almost the same annual tribute.

It was half of the income of the Great Shang Dynasty, and this was all due to Taizong.

The coffins of the emperor and the queen were sent to the imperial mausoleum in Dongyang County and the Renshou Palace. The queen mother lit an ever-burning lantern.

The Queen's death was caused by the Queen Mother.

When Lu Sheige left, he had already made arrangements for the queen.

It's just that the Queen Mother couldn't bear the blood on Lu Xiang's singer, and she couldn't bear that one day the Chen Luxing brothers and sisters learned the truth and had murderous intentions towards their aunt Lu Xiange. The Queen Mother simply removed the people sent by Lu Xiangge, and waited until the bad news came about the emperor's death.

Moved his hands.

The death of Gongsun Wanying did not make anyone doubt it. They all thought that Queen Gongsun and the Emperor had a deep love for each other. They could not accept the fact that the Emperor passed away, so they could not afford to fall ill and followed the Emperor.

When Empress Gongsun died, Prime Minister Gongsun received the bad news, fainted on the spot, and died of phlegm.

The Gongsun family lost a queen and a prime minister. Gongsun Wanying's father, Gongsun Changsheng, was not a man with great ambitions. His descendants also had mediocre IQs.

Gongsun Changsheng was named the Marquis of Yong'an and received a sinecure. Even if the Gongsun family did not have outstanding sons and daughters, at least within three generations, as long as they did not become monsters, they would be prosperous and wealthy.

The year the emperor disappeared, Chen Xiaohu, who came back from Xirong, searched for him for a year. Until Chen Luxing ascended the throne, Chen Xiaohu had no choice but to turn around. The next day, he went to the court to plead guilty and asked the new emperor to punish him for dereliction of duty.

Condemn Chen Xiaohu?

The ministers in the court each held their own opinions. Some said that Chen Xiaohu's protection was not good and Xirong had been defeated. Chen Xiaohu should not have allowed the emperor to return alone in order to clean up the battlefield. This was dereliction of duty and should be severely punished to comfort the late emperor's spirit in heaven.

There are also people who are close to Chen Xiaohu who are complaining for Chen Xiaohu. General Chen is loyal to the country and has toiled hard without any merit. The emperor is going to return alone and is killed by water bandits not far from the capital. How can he be General Chen?

What about dereliction of duty?

Chen Luxing remained silent, only watching the civil and military ministers quarreling below.

Tang Qi, the Duke of Zhenguo, came out to intercede on behalf of Chen Xiaohu: "Your Majesty, I think that General Chen has merits and no fault. If General Chen can't get over this hurdle, he feels that he failed to protect the late emperor. I suggest that General Chen should lead the three

Thousands of soldiers eradicated the canal water bandits and avenged the late emperor."

The bunch of red-faced and thick-necked ministers immediately agreed, this is okay. Regardless of General Chen's merit or dereliction of duty, the water bandits will definitely be suppressed.

Not only the water bandits near the canal must be eradicated, but also the mountains and rivers near the Shang Dynasty, as long as there is banditry, should be eradicated instead of allowing them to harm one party.

Because Taizu Chen Quan was born in a reckless manner, he once said before his death that those gangsters who were desperate and only collected tolls and did not kill people or intercept goods would be let go if possible. Who would be willing to be a bandit if it was not because they could not survive.

The previous dynasty was corrupt and incompetent, the people were in dire straits, and mountain bandits and river bandits were rampant. Only then did Chen Quan's uprising lead to the establishment of the Great Shang Dynasty.

The Great Shang Dynasty has been enjoying good weather and peace for the country and the people in recent years, and there are not many banditry problems. Who would want to go to the mountains and rivers to become a bandit if they are well fed and clothed.

However, there are always people with evil intentions who want to get something for nothing.

After the death of the late emperor, Chen Xiaohu led three thousand elite guards to suppress bandits for three years. After wiping out all the large and small bandits of the Great Shang Dynasty, he built a large ship and went to sea, which was bound to wipe out all the pirates around the Great Shang Dynasty.
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