In this way, Liu Hong passed a promise of 'ruling the arch' in exchange for Chen Ping coming to visit Liu Hong alone in front of the court this morning.

After a brief negotiation, the two sides reached an agreement: Liu Hong said that the cheap father listened to Cao Shen's words and handed over all the government to the courtiers was very correct and worthy of his learning; Chen Ping exclaimed with tears in his eyes: Your Majesty is true and even sincere and filial!

And Liu Hongdi's actual harvest is the prime minister's seal that Chen Ping printed on the edict.

However, what Liu Hong didn't expect was that this attempt, which even he was not very sure of, actually brought him unexpected surprises one after another - I don't know for what reason, the historical hussar general Bo Zhao, together with Chen Ping, also appeared on the side of the road where Liu Hong went to the main hall of Weiyang Palace!

Even if Liu Hong can't know the details of Bo Zhao from the history books, his identity is already known to women and children in Chang'an City - the acting queen mother's uncle.

Just looking at Bo Zhao's appearance at that time, Liu Hong already understood how bad Liu Heng's situation was now.

- Even in the early morning, which was still a little dim, Liu Hong could clearly see that Bo Zhao's cloth boots were already covered with a thick layer of mud and dust, and the dry mud was like a dry riverbed, and as Bo Zhao walked down, the boots could no longer see their original color.

In the Han Dynasty, although there were no three obedience and four virtues for women, washing the cloth shoes for the husband and letting the husband wear clean shoes to go out was the minimum requirement for a person and wife.

In this context, Bo Zhao's appearance in front of Liu Hong wearing such a pair of shoes can only prove one thing - he has not returned to his home for at least two or three days.

After a little calculation of the time, we can know that the few days when Bo Zhao did not go home happened to be three days after Liu Hong fell into a coma.

What was the reason why Bo Zhao didn't go home for three days after Liu Hong returned to the palace, didn't sleep well, didn't even have time to change his shoes, or simply cleaned up the dirt on his boots?

The answer is self-evident - as Liu Heng's spokesperson and even the only spokesperson, when Liu Heng is inconvenient to go out, Bo Zhao has been running around for Liu Heng in the past three days, in order to protect himself in this incident.

Looking at Bo Zhao's bad complexion and his abnormal behavior of 'seeing His Majesty privately without being communicated', it is not difficult to see that Liu Heng is close to the end of his life...

As long as Liu Hong wants to, he can completely grasp the crime of Bo Zhao and give Liu Hengan a charge of 'ill-intentioned'!

But the question is, why bother?

In the early dynasties, there were hundreds of people standing in the main hall of Weiyang Palace, and Liu Hong was sure that it was his own people, but it was only the confessor Ji Chen, the old eunuch Wang Zhong, and the unexpected appearance of Wang Ling.

Why did Liu Hong erect one more enemy for himself, making the already terrible situation even worse?

Therefore, Liu Hong pushed the boat down the river and decided to accept Liu Heng's acceptance; Even if he knew that Liu Heng might not be willing, Liu Hong could only accept it - now he is like a beggar who has nothing, and any food is a life-saving straw for him!

In view of Chen Ping's presence, Liu Hong's failure to do it was too obvious, so he had to ask Bo Zhao to bring back a message on the grounds that 'it is not easy for all the kings to gather in Chang'an': This evening, all the kings in Beijing gathered in Weiyang Palace to participate in the palace banquet.

As for whether Bo Zhao's appearance was Chen Pingdi's temptation, Liu Honggu couldn't consider it; Even if Liu Heng was a poisonous mushroom, Liu Hong, who was in a desperate situation, could only close his eyes and bite down.

- If you eat it, you may be poisoned; But if you don't eat, Liu Hong will starve to death soon!

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Pulling Wang Ling back to the dormitory together, Liu Hong waved away Cao Yan, who came to check the pulse again.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Liu Hong always feels that Cao Yan may not be Zhou Bo's person - if so, then he can poison Liu Hong's medicine last night, and then say to the outside world that Liu Hong 'died'.

Seeing Liu Hong drink the decoction in the bowl without any scruples, Wang Ling was entangled for a moment, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this medicine... Who is it that cooks? ”

When he raised his head, he saw Wang Ling staring deeply into the depths of Liu Hongdi's eyes, his eyes full of worry.

Putting down the medicine bowl, Liu Hong gargled with water with a distorted expression, and then looked up at the original owner's teacher: the late emperor Taifu, the historical Marquis of Anguo, Wang Ling.

The royal tomb is very old...

The loose upper eyelids almost covered the cloudy eyes; His cheeks hung like a heavy object on his trench-filled face, and the white hair under his chin was curled up in a mess, hiding the rings on the neck of the king's neck.

But in Liu Hong's eyes, although the old man in front of him was half a head shorter than him who was only thirteen years old, his straight and straight backbone seemed to be silently supporting this big Han country!

In the original history, after the death of Emperor Hui, the old brothers who followed Liu Bang to fight the world, such as Cao Shen and Fan Xu, one was counted as one, and all of them succumbed to the obscenity of Empress Lu, even when the former young emperor was 'neurotic' and 'died of illness', he didn't dare to put a fart.

There are even more shameless people like Zhou Bo, when Empress Lu wanted to crown Zhu Lu as the prince and king, he flattered and said, 'Empress Lu's move echoes the Emperor Gaozu system, which is a blessing for the world!' Such disgusting remarks.

And in the fifteen years after Liu Bang's death, only one person did not bend the backbone of Liu's courtiers when facing the increasingly rampant Empress Lu-An Guohou and Wang Ling.

Even Liu Hong, who is an 'outsider', has a lot of respect for the old man in front of him, and there is no other reason: Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and the country is now a loyal minister!

Liu Hong predicted that in his future career as an emperor for thirty or forty years, there would be no second person like Wang Ling, a courtier who had no regard for personal interests and unconditionally supported Liu Hong out of his family and country...

- Politics has always been a game of the elite; And the more elite they are, the more they know how to weigh the pros and cons.

Sighing in his heart, Liu Hong took the disciple salute and respectfully invited Wang Ling to sit in front of the desk in the dormitory, and then carefully knelt opposite Wang Ling.

"I haven't seen each other for many years, can the old lady still be able to eat?"

Seeing that Liu Hong still had the heart to ridicule himself in such a difficult situation, Wang Ling smiled and stroked his beard with relief: "Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, the old minister can still eat half a bucket of rice in one meal..."

"That's good, that's good..."

Liu Hong smiled happily, and didn't take Wang Ling's boasting to heart at all.

Han one bucket is twelve catties, one catty is about 250 grams; Half a bucket of rice, a full 1.5 kilograms in the next generation!

If Wang Ling really eats a kilogram and a half of corn at this age, he will be a big stomach in the future generations!

Slightly straightened his complexion, Liu Hong asked expectantly: "The old lady has entered the court this time, but does it mean to be a master?" ”

Saying that, Liu Hongsheng was afraid that Wang Ling would deny it, so he hurriedly promised: "If this is the case, then the position of Prime Minister Zuo is not an old lady who is not competent!" ”

Before being secretly demoted to the emperor's concubine by Lu Hou Mingsheng, Wang Ling's position was Zuo Prime Minister.

In ancient times, the left was respected, and when an official position had both left and right coexists, the left was usually the main and the right was supplemented.

If Wang Ling is really willing to be reinstated, then Liu Hong will be a big help in the court - Wang Ling is the left prime minister, and Chen Ping naturally has to move his position and reluctantly become a right prime minister; If the left minister Wang Ling suppresses the right minister Chen Ping, Liu Hongdi will have a lot less pressure.

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PS: Bo Zhao, the maternal uncle of Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty, and the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Bo; After Emperor Wen ascended the throne, he was crowned Marquis and became a hussar general. In the end, he was forced to kill by Emperor Wen on the charge of pretentiousness. This book refers to Bo Zhao's history of 'exaggeration' and portrays him as a person who dares to 'take risks'.

As for the real cause of Bo Zhao's death, it is currently recognized that Emperor Wen unloaded the mill and killed the donkey - when Emperor Wen first arrived in Chang'an, in order to seize power, he set up his relative Bo Zhao to take charge of the army, trying to balance the courtiers with his relatives; After Chen Ping's death and Zhou Bo's deposition, Emperor Wen completely controlled the situation, and Bo Zhao, who had a heavy army, became a thorn in Emperor Wen's side. Coupled with Bo Zhao himself, maybe maybe he was really arrogant, and he was killed by Emperor Wen by grabbing his pigtails.

The attitudes of the courtiers towards Empress Lü after Liu Bang's death quoted in this chapter are all historical facts, quoted from the "Historical Records: Emperor Hui Benji" and "Empress Dowager Lü Benji", Wang Ling is indeed the only one in the early Han Dynasty who did not bird Empress Lü's founding feats.

This is also the reason why the author forcibly continued his life for Wang Ling: apart from him, there is no second kind person in the Han court...