Liu Xuan, the king of Guilin, unexpectedly became the new emperor, and a group of courtiers followed a few internal eunuchs to the heavenly prison to pick up Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan saw that there were many people coming, thinking that he was saying goodbye to himself before his execution, so he gave gifts one by one, and everyone knelt down. Liu Xuan also knelt down: "I, Liu Xuan, how can I be, let all the pillars of the court kneel down and worship me, please get up quickly, people are inherently dead", before the words were finished, several internal supervisors pulled Liu Xuan up from the ground: "Congratulations to the emperor, the emperor will follow me to bathe and change clothes, burn incense and pray, and in two days it will be the emperor's enthronement ceremony", the ministers shouted long live, Liu Xuan fainted for a while, and the inner supervisors hurriedly helped him up and pinched people.

After Liu Xuan woke up, he found that the ministers were still kneeling on the ground, so he said in the arms of the inner eunuch: "All the important ministers of the court are exempt from courtesy, let me bathe and change my clothes, burn incense and pray before I meet you." The ministers retired one by one, and Chen Hongyi led his troops to stay in the palace.

Two days later, Liu Xuan convened a court meeting, dressed in a black robe and wrapped in a white scarf, Wang Xian was a little displeased when he saw it: "The new dynasty has a new atmosphere, the emperor should wear a robe and wear a crown", Liu Xuan did not wait for Wang Xian to finish speaking and bowed to the ministers: "The first emperor and the young emperor were unfortunately killed by traitors, I am only a little virtuous, and I am entrusted by the world to inherit the unification.

Long live down the mountain, Yuan Kang said loudly: "Your Majesty is benevolent and filial piety, the upper should be the mandate of heaven, and the lower embraces the hearts of the people, today I am dressed in plain clothes for the first emperor and the young emperor to mourn, let me and other old ministers be grateful, and the ministers swear to follow Your Majesty", and the rest of the people also followed to show their loyalty.

Wang Xian glanced at Xiao Ding, and Xiao Ding came out and asked: "With Your Majesty's wisdom, it is not a problem to avenge the two emperors." Now there is Hou Tianzhou attacking Xiangyang outside, there are Su thieves occupying Danyang Qiantang inside, Jinling City is dilapidated, all kinds of righteous troops are not controlled, and there are millions of displaced people in Huainan Jiangdong, which is the most important thing in our dynasty at present, what does Your Majesty think? ”

All the ministers looked at Liu Xuan at this time, and Liu Jian, the king of Qinghe, also secretly thought to himself, these things are not easy to solve, it seems that Xiao Ding intends to embarrass Liu Xuan.

Yuan Kang got up and was about to answer, Liu Xuan stretched out his hand and motioned for Yuan Kang to retreat. Liu Xuan looked at the courtiers under the steps, stepped down from the throne, and stretched out his hand to the throne: "It is indeed too easy for me to do this throne, it is inevitable that some people in the court will not accept it, even I will not accept it, my emperor has no soldiers, a penny or a penny, how can I rule the world?" Liu Xuan stopped to look at everyone, Wang Xian, Xiao Ding, Wang Guan and others shook their heads and sighed, Xie Rui learned from Chen Hongyi and watched quietly.

Liu Xuan returned to the throne again: "Since I sit on this throne, I will answer a few questions shot by Xiao Servant one by one, and all the princes and ministers will see if it is feasible", Liu Xuan suddenly claimed that he was me, and the subordinates were all taken aback, and they all cheered up to see how the new emperor would solve these problems.

Liu Jian first asked Chen Hongyi and Liu Jian to listen to the order: "Worship Chen Hongyi as the hussar general, knight Anding County Marquis, add Liu Jian, the king of Qinghe, as the prince, and call the king of Han the country so Han, with jurisdiction over 200,000 households, and the two of them joined forces to help Xiangyang", Chen Hongyi and Liu Jian looked at each other and knelt down to thank each other.

Wang Guan shouted loudly: "Jingzhou Taishou Wang Xianke restored Jinling, expelled the Su thief, and made the first great achievement, why is there no reward?"

Yuan Kang shouted angrily: "Wang Guan must not make a mistake, the king is rude, and he should be dismissed and dismissed"

Liu Xuan signaled that the two should not quarrel: "Lord Wang and Lord Yuan are both loyal to the country. For the first meritorious hero like Wang Xian, how can I not be rewarded. Worship Wang Xian as the general, the great Sima Du supervised the military of Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou, and was knighted as the Duke of Danyang County, and there were 5,000 households in the city. Yizhou guarded the Wang Guan, worshiped the general of Zhengdong, sealed the marquis of Qiantang County, and ate 2,000 households. Ordered Wang Xian and Wang Guan to pursue and suppress the Su thieves and recover Jiangdong"

Wang Xian and Wang Guan were stunned for a moment, then knelt down to thank him, looking at Yuan Kang, Xie Qian and the others snickering.

Liu Xuan looked at Xiao Ding: "It seems that everyone has no objection to the first two wills, and I have a third will, worship Xie Rui as Sikong and Jinling Taishou, responsible for the defense of the capital and the criminal name, money and food, worship Xiao Shan as the left prime minister, worship Xiao Ding as the right prime minister, worship Yuan Kang as Situ, and the other four people assist me in handling the political affairs of the world." Bai Xie Qian recruited envoys for Huainan to appease the displaced people. Except for the rebel leader Su Shouzhong Su Quanyi, the rest of the people do not punish the crime, and still abide by their own duties"

Everyone at the bottom of the stairs was impressed, and they couldn't imagine that a fallen prince who had been in the prison for thirteen years would have such a skill once he sat on the throne. They knelt down on the mountain and shouted: "The emperor is sage, long live, long live, long live."

Liu Xuan also signaled to the ministers to calm down, but Wang Xian spoke again: "The first emperor and the young emperor were in trouble, and the internal supervisors could not escape the blame. ”

As soon as these words came out, several inner prisoners in the main hall immediately collapsed to the ground and begged for mercy. Liu Xuan echoed Wang Xian: "What the Duke of Danyang County said is very true, I will hand over this important task to you, and I must not fake others." Qin An and Qin Shun, the two of you summoned all the internal supervisors to come to the Danyang County Duke to receive their deaths."

After that, dozens of internal prisoners poured in and knelt in front of Wang Xian and begged Wang Xian to stab them. Outside the main hall, there is still a constant rush in and the inner prison.

Wang Xian couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to beg Liu Xuan to take back his fate, Liu Xuan made a face: "Since it is the Duke of Danyang County who intercedes, you will thank the Duke of Danyang County for not killing him, and Qin Li and Qin Jiu will stay by the side of the Duke of Danyang County and wait every day to repay the favor."

The inner prisoners kowtowed like pounding garlic in front of Wang Xian, and Wang Xian was anxious: "I said it, I won't kill you, forget it", and the inner prisoners dispersed. Wang Xian secretly complained to himself, and he couldn't get rid of Liu Xuan, but instead recruited two people to monitor him.

At this time, everyone just waited for the court to disperse, so that they could return to their original places. Liu Xuan stepped down from the throne and took out a letter to show everyone.

Wang Xian was the first to take the concerto, looked at it a few times, and his expression was solemn. then handed it to Xiao Ding, and Xiao Ding was also like a mourner.

Liu Xuan turned around and returned to the throne, just waiting for the ministers to speak, and the ministers looked at each other and all bowed down.

Liu Xuan waited for a pillar of incense, and spoke first: "The time is poor, and the national disaster shows loyalty and goodness, this is the time when the national crisis is at hand, do you want to go back to the days when the red-clothed guards are searching for money in the country, and you want to force out a few Su thieves?" ”

The ministers in the palace heard the red-clothed internal guards, gritted their teeth, in the past few years, they were made difficult and blackmailed by the red-clothed internal guards in every way, and they were forced to loot the people's wealth and do many hurtful things.

Xie Qian was the first to kneel on the ground: "The minister is willing to donate 1 million guan, 100,000 horses of silk cloth, 500,000 horses of linen cloth to enrich the treasury", Chen Hongyi followed: "Lingnan Chen family, donate 800,000 guan, 100,000 silk, 100,000 silk cloth, 500,000 linen cloth, and 1,000 pearls", as soon as the Chen family of the Xie family expressed their attitude, other families expressed their willingness to donate money and materials to enrich the treasury. Xiao and Wang looked at each other in the back, and Xiao Qian, who was next to Liu Jian, couldn't help it: "I am willing to donate 5 million yuan on behalf of my father, 200,000 pieces of silk, 300,000 horses of silk, and 500,000 horses of linen", Wang Xian had to say loudly: "The minister Wang family is the same as the Xiao family, and he is unwilling to serve the imperial court."

Liu Xuan was satisfied: "This palace is full of loyal ministers, why worry that my Liang can't be prosperous, I can issue an order to abolish the red-clothed internal guards, and order the left and right prime ministers Sikong Situ to redefine the tax system, and pay taxes in various places, and they don't have to be transferred to Jinling in kind, which can be converted into money and paid." I also have an idea, the local tax can be transferred to the capital or the border gates, so that the people can be exempted from forced labor, and the trade in various places can flourish, what do you think?"

The stairs descended from the mountain and shouted: "Your Majesty is wise, and the genius of the sky is really the blessing of the subjects of Daliang."

Liu Jian knelt on the ground and had to admire the emperor who had been in the prison for thirteen years, if he was sitting on this throne, he really couldn't think of these methods.

Liu Xuan motioned for everyone to get up and then announced an order: "The new civilian and military generals can take up their posts today to handle government and military affairs", although Wang Xian was reluctant, he also had to accept the order, but Xie Qian, Xiao Ding, Xiao Qian, and Yuan Kang were proud. Although Wang Xian and Wang Guan are in charge of the military power in the world, no one in the Wang family is in the court, and they have to be controlled by the Xie family and the Xiao family, and Chen Hongyi and Liu Jian led the army to the northwest to aid Xiangyang, and actually divided half of the military power.