Chapter 77 Chapter 76: Pengcheng King Shi Zun

In April of the fourteenth year of Jianwu (348 A.D.), the atmosphere in the mansion of General Shi Zun was particularly tense. Standing beside Shi Zun were Yao Yizhong, Fu Hong, and Ran Min (Ran Min), generals of the Later Zhao Dynasty in uniform.I only heard Ran Min say impassionedly: "King Pengcheng, the late emperor Shi Hu unfortunately died of illness, Shi Shi's hairy child ascended the throne, Empress Liu and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials Zhang Jackal colluded and controlled the government. Who doesn't know that you are talented among the sons of the late emperor. Outstanding! The first emperor wanted to pass on the throne to you, but he was old and foolish and was obstructed by Zhang Jie. Now the heroine is in court, the treacherous ministers are in power, and there are few soldiers in Kyoto. If you raise troops to condemn Zhang Jack, who would dare not Turning back to welcome you to the throne? What is the use of you just stationing troops here? We have just pacified Liangdu, and we are willing to fight back to Kyoto with you!" Hearing this, Shi Zun burst into tears, gritted his teeth, and ordered Raise troops and spread to Yecheng (now southwest of Linzhang, Hebei).Zhang Jackal ordered his soldiers to go out of the city to fight, but the soldiers guarding the city said: "It is only right and proper for the son of the emperor to go to the funeral. We should go out of the city to meet him." So they ran out of the city one after another.Seeing this, Zhang Jack was so frightened that he trembled all over.When Shi Zun arrived at Anyang Pavilion, Zhang Jack came out of the city to meet him. Shi Zun had hated Zhang Jack for a long time. When he saw his shadow, his anger suddenly ignited, and he arrested Zhang Jack and took him to Pingle City to kill him.Then, Shi Zun broke into the front hall of Taiwu from the Fengyang Gate, abolished Shi Shi as King Qiao, and declared himself emperor. Within a few days, he killed Shi Shi and Shi Shi's mother Liu.After Shi Zun came to the throne, he made Shi Yan, the son of Yan Wang Shibin, the crown prince.

After Shi Zun became emperor, he violated his promise to make Shi Min the crown prince, and wanted to deprive him of his military power. Ran Min was very annoyed and scolded Shi Zun everywhere.Zhongshu ordered Meng Zhun and others to persuade Shi Zun to kill Ran Min to get rid of future troubles. Shi Zun called Shi Jian, Shi Bao, Shi Kun, Shi Zhao, etc. to his mother, Queen Mother Zheng, to discuss how to deal with Ran Min.Shi Jian and the others agreed to kill Ran Min immediately, but Empress Dowager Zheng objected, and said sharply to Shi Zun, "Without Ran Min, how would you be today!" Shi Zun and the others were speechless.After Shi Jian went out, he immediately sent eunuch Yang Huan to inform Ran Min of Shi Zun's plan. Ran Min immediately sent generals Su Hai and Zhou Cheng to Nantai, where Shi Zun lived, with 3,000 soldiers.Shi Zunzheng was playing checkers with the woman. Seeing soldiers coming to arrest him, he asked, "Who wants to rebel?" Zhou Cheng replied, "Shi Jian, king of Yiyang, should be made emperor." In this way, Shi Jian can last for a long time!" Zhou Cheng didn't care what happened, and ordered the soldiers to kill Shi Zun.Shi Zun reigned for 183 days.