The Regent's Tender Darling

In the early spring of the first year of Yanming Dynasty, ten days after the new emperor ascended the throne, Yan Anzhi was young and did not understand the affairs of the government. The three auxiliary ministers had different opinions, and Taiwei Pei was even more aggressive. There were constant disputes in the court.

In addition, the Kingdom of Jin frequently invaded the southern border due to severe drought. The ministers of the DPRK and China were divided into different factions, and disputes continued. For a time, there were internal and external troubles.

Captain Pei showed signs of rebelling one month after the new emperor ascended the throne. First, a fire broke out in the city, which attracted a large number of imperial guards to mobilize, resulting in a weak defense of the imperial city.

There was also action in the palace, a fire broke out in the harem, and the palace turned into a pot of chaos.

Afterwards, Li Tiancheng, the deputy to the commander of the Forbidden Army who was bribed by Captain Pei, opened the three closed gates of the imperial city.

As soon as the city gate opened, Taiwei Pei led his troops into the imperial city and passed through the imperial street directly into the palace gate.

There was chaos in the palace, and the imperial guards were not vigilant enough, allowing Pei Taiwei and others to approach the Yangxin Hall where the emperor was.

At that time, the Internal Security Department immediately dispatched the Shadow Guards after receiving the news, and the Regent also ordered the Iron Blood Battalion to send troops into the imperial city to rescue him.

The torches were randomly discarded in the palace, causing fires everywhere. Pei Taiwei led only 2,000 soldiers, and they were all scattered soldiers.

At that time, Taiwei Pei had already controlled the sleeping little emperor Yan Anzhi, pointed his sword at the little emperor, and forced the little emperor to kneel down in the palace to draft the edict of succession.

When the edict of passing the throne was half-way through, the arrogant Pei Taiwei thought that he had obtained the throne and had become the lord of the world, so he relaxed his vigilance for a while.

At this moment, Taiwei Pei was shot dead in the hall by the shadow guard. An arrow pierced his heart, leaving no chance of survival.

As the saying goes, when a tree falls and the monkeys disperse, the soldiers who were brought into the palace were all in chaos, and the Iron Blood Battalion also led troops into the palace.

Pei Yongchang, the son of Taiwei Pei, who was a doctor in the Ministry of War, saw that his father was dead, so he desperately entered the Yangxin Hall, just to take the life of the young emperor.

The little emperor was escorted by the shadow guards. Pei Yongchang was seriously injured by the shadow guards, who pushed down the oil lamp and set fire to the Yangxin Palace.

There were many burning objects in the palace, and the fire spread very quickly. The shadow guard no longer stayed to fight and left the palace. After being seriously injured, Pei Yongchang could not escape and eventually died in the fire.

Outside, all the soldiers led by Captain Pei surrendered and were captured one by one by the Iron Blood Battalion.

The next day, the regent ordered that the rebellious soldiers be sent to the border. All the men in Pei Taiwei's family and above ten years old were executed. The men under ten and all the female family members were tattooed and exiled to the border as slaves.

It was reported that more than half of them died during the exile, which was not surprising among the exiles.

Zhao Quan, the Minister of War at the time, was suspended from office for half a month because he did not participate in the rebellion.

Although Zhao Quan was not involved in the rebellion, he was indeed derelict in his duty, but someone must take the position of Taiwei.

In order to ensure that this kind of thing would never happen again in the future, the regent resolutely promoted Zhao Quan, the Minister of War, to the position of Taiwei, evading his military power, and holding the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households in his own hands.

Since then, one of the original three auxiliary ministers has been eliminated.

Seeing this, Prime Minister Mu also changed from a virtuous prime minister to a person who never asks questions. Once something that neither the emperor nor the regent agrees with is handed over to Prime Minister Mu, Prime Minister Mu will fall to the ground and twitch.

The court was not surprised by this.

"It's you." Yan Sihan said. Back then, he didn't pay much attention to Pei Yongchang.

The fire in Yangxin Hall made it difficult to identify the body. Only his personal jade pendant was still in the hall, so they thought Pei Yongchang was dead.

Pei Yongchang smiled contemptuously when he heard Yan Sihan's words, especially the slightly surprised look in Yan Sihan's eyes.