Seeing that Gong Sui had been sighing all the time, and also mentioned Emperor Xiaowen, Liu Ai had already asked: "Uncle Gong, what kind of example does Emperor Xiaowen have, can you tell me about it?" ”

Gong Sui looked at Liu Ai and said with a slight smile: "Emperor Xiaowen is your grandfather's great-grandfather, and there should be five generations in your generation." ”

Gong Sui counted as he spoke, and Gongsun Yu next to him said with a smile: "Yes, it's just five generations." ”

Liu Yi looked at Gongsun Yu and said, "Uncle, I haven't heard you tell the story of Emperor Xiaowen before. ”

Gongsun Yu smiled: "Yes, I don't talk much, I guess you forgot." ”

Gong Sui saw that Liu Ying was already very interested in Emperor Xiaowen's affairs, so he said: "Since you are interested in Emperor Xiaowen's affairs, then I will talk about it; In the eighth year of Gaohou, after the death of Empress Dowager Lü, the then prime minister Chen Ping and Taiwei Zhou Bo, as well as the brothers Liu Zhang, Marquis of Zhuxu, joined hands to destroy the Lu family's forces, and discussed who would inherit the throne; Considering that Liu Hong, the little emperor of Empress Dowager Lu at that time, was not a descendant of Emperor Hui, of course, it did not conform to the legal system of succession to the throne, so the ministers assessed the power of the kings and relatives, and fell in love with the acting king who was generous and benevolent and had a good reputation, so they sent an envoy to take the acting king to Chang'an to inherit the throne. ”

At this time, Gongsun Yu also interjected: "This acting king is the acting king, the fourth son of Gaozu and the grandfather of Emperor Xiaowu." ”

Looking at Liu Ai, who seemed to understand whether he understood or not, Gong Sui continued: "When the acting king saw the envoy, he was not very happy at first, but aroused suspicion, and the subordinates also had different opinions, some thought that there was fraud, and proposed to excuse themselves because they were sick and could not go, so as to observe the changes in the situation, and some thought that the current Han country was stable and there was no need to worry; So the acting king decided to use divination to determine good luck and evil; As a result, a large horizontal divination result was obtained, and this result showed that the cracked lines of the big horizontal were very legitimate, and the diviner immediately became the king of heaven, and carried forward the great cause of the family, just like Xia Qi continued Xia Yu; At that time, the hexagram master explained to him that the king of heaven is the son of heaven, which is one level higher than ordinary kings. ”

Liu Yi had heard this and said with a smile: "There is such a magical thing." ”

Gong Sui smiled: "Actually, Emperor Xiaowen is really legendary, and of course his luck is also very good; In a series of stormy political battles that year, because he lived in the Daidi and was the most inconspicuous prince, he became the acting king for 16 years; Unlike King Yan, although he also lives in the land of Yan, he always jumps up and down, for fear that no one will know that he wants to fight for the Son of Heaven, and the result is that his head is broken and bleeding; The king of Changyi is okay, he can think that he is not strong enough to fight, I told him at that time, King Changyi, you can only wait now, maybe you can wait, but the result is to wait, but compared with the king at that time, he is really far behind. ”

Liu Yi was already busy asking: "Why is it so far away?" "Worry-free love book network

Gong Sui continued: "At that time, the acting king initially decided to enter Beijing and ascend the throne, but in order to prevent accidents, the acting king marched to Chang'an, step by step, and was deeply afraid of the plan and died in Huangquan; He made Zhou Xiang's arrangements, first sent his uncle Bo Zhao to Chang'an in advance to listen to Xu; And when he came to fifty miles away from Chang'an City, he sent his subordinate Song Chang to explore the road in the city, which was really cautious, unlike the king of Changyi, as soon as he heard the edict, he immediately entered Beijing, and walked more than 100 miles in one day, and brought so many people to come together, I persuaded him at that time to inquire about the facts first, hey, he just didn't listen; At that time, when Song Chang arrived at Weiqiao, he saw that the officials below the prime minister came to greet him, so Song Chang returned to Gaoling to report to the acting king, and the people were in the camp step by step; The contemporary king marched to Weiqiao, saw the ministers to salute him, and the king humbly bowed back; And the king of Changyi, as soon as he arrived at Baqiao, he took the car of the Son of Heaven and asked me to accompany him, I was frightened at that time, and persuaded him not to be so public, hey, he just didn't listen. ”

When Gongsun Yu heard this, he also smiled and said: "At that time, Taiwei Zhou Bo wanted to talk to the acting king in private, and Song Chang immediately said that what the Taiwei presented was official business, so please play it in front of the ministers, if it was a private matter, the king was selfless, so Taiwei Zhou Bo knelt down to send the jade seal of the Son of Heaven, but the acting king still thanked him, saying that he would go to the Kyoto Pavilion to discuss again; In the end, the cautious acting king finally entered the pavilion to discuss with the support of Chen Ping's ministers; Then he didn't enter the Weiyang Palace immediately, but first lived in the court, and then ensured that he was safe in the Weiyang Palace, and it was best to choose an auspicious day to inherit the throne, just say Emperor Xiaowen. ”

Hearing this, Gong Sui sighed: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I can't persuade the king of Changyi like Song Chang, I'm responsible." ”

Xu Guanghan on the side hurriedly comforted: "Old Gong, you have done your duty, you have done what you should do, you are worthy of the king of Changyi, and you are also worthy of the king of Changyi." ”

Gongsun Yu also smiled and said: "I heard that you persuaded the king of Changyi all the way to be sad and cry, but he said that he had a sore throat and couldn't cry, is there such a thing?" ”

Gong Sui nodded and said: "Yes, I persuaded the king of Changyi to cry when I was in Baling, but the result was not to cry, and when I arrived at Xuanpingmen, I said that the king of Changyi, now that you have arrived in the national capital, you are going to preside over the funeral, you have to cry, but after crying twice, I couldn't cry, and said that my throat hurts, hey; When I arrived at the east gate of Weiyang Palace, I said that if you don't cry King Changyi, it is estimated that he will be sent back to Changyi without even taking the throne, so he had to cry. ”

Xu Guanghan asked at this time: "Old Gong, I heard that the king of Changyi brought many people into Beijing together, right?" ”

Gong Sui shook his head and said: "Yes, when he received the edict from the imperial court, the king of Changyi said to the people below that those who were willing to go into Beijing with him immediately went back to get things and entered Beijing with him, but more than 500 people came at once, I saw that this formation was definitely not good, so I persuaded him not to bring so many people, he said that these people have always followed him, a little reluctant to them, and later under the persuasion of me and Wang Ji, I still brought 300 people to set off together; After arriving in Dingtao, the envoy Shi Lecheng also had opinions, so I finally persuaded fifty people to retreat, and when these fifty people returned to Changyi Kingdom, they also scolded me. ”

Gongsun Yu smiled: "Actually, they should be grateful to you, you saved their lives." ”

Liu Ai was very happy that Emperor Xiaowen brought how many people into the palace at that time, so he asked: "How many people did Emperor Xiaowen bring into the palace back then?" ”

Gong Sui smiled: "Six people, only six people in total, how smart; As soon as the king of Changyi entered the palace, he replaced all the guards in the entire inner palace with his own people, and even the Changle guard was replaced by An Le, but Emperor Xiaowen only let his henchmen Song Chang and Zhang Wu and other six people serve as important positions in the guards to protect his safety, and the others have not changed; Then, for the heroes who supported him as the emperor, they were rewarded one by one, and the princes surnamed Liu, who were previously belittled by Empress Lu, also restored their titles and fiefs, and at the same time, they also rewarded and divided the heroes who founded the country with Gaozu, so as to consolidate their thrones. ”