After Chen Wan returned to the Yan Kingdom, the imperial court's edicts of condolence to the feudal states were delivered. Chen Wan had already made a detailed report on what happened in Chang'an City to Liu Dan, the king of Yan, and when Liu Dan got this edict of mourning, he felt very uncomfortable, with a look of disdain, and said contemptuously: "Such a small letter, how can it be like an edict, is what happened in Chang'an City true?" ”

It seemed that Liu Dan was very unhappy, and his henchman Wang Ru on the side hurriedly reminded: "King Yan, since it is an edict of mourning, you have to pretend to cry a few times, it is best to set up a mourning hall and accept the minister's worship." ”

As soon as Liu Dan heard about the establishment of a mourning hall, he had an idea, and hurriedly said: "What kind of mourning hall to set up, if you want to build a temple." ”

"Lijong Temple?" Wang Ru immediately persuaded: "Since ancient times, the heirs of the Zongmiao Society are qualified to stand, and King Yan is nothing more than touching the tiger's buttocks, you have to think twice." ”

Chen Wan immediately said: "Lizong Temple can test the meaning of the imperial court, originally according to the order of the throne, King Yan should be enthroned, but now I don't even know if the first emperor has a last word left, and the eldest princess can't see it, there is no news, you say it's not strange." ”

So Liu Dan decided to send a doctor to Chang'an to write a letter to the former emperor Wu Emperor Zongmiao in various counties.

Since ancient times, the Jongmyo shrine has been the fundamental symbol of political power and the key proof of the inheritance of imperial power. Liu Dan is too bold, if his father dared to read like this when he was alive, he would have asked you to serve your ancestors a long time ago. In the face of such an over-the-top temptation, the great Sima general Huo Guang was still very sober, of course he did not agree to the request, but he did not take drastic actions, but gave Liu Dan a big step: give 30 million in money and increase the number of fiefdoms by 13,000 households.

Huo Guang's meaning is obvious, Liu Dan, you just stay in the feudal country and enjoy the happiness, don't toss.

After Liu Dan received the reward, not only did he not restrain himself, but he became even more arrogant, and said loudly: "Originally, I am the emperor, why should they pretend to be rewarded, this proves that they are timid." ”

At this time, Wang Gong Lang Zhongcheng heard Liu Dan, the king of Yan, complaining, and guessed what he meant, so he secretly stepped forward and said to him: "King Yan, the throne was originally yours, we all know this, you are sitting and waiting to be killed now, it is better to do it first and take the initiative." ”

Liu Dan looked at Cheng Zhen and asked, "How to take the initiative?" ”

"A few days ago, Liu Ze, the grandson of King Qi Xiao, and Liu Chang, the son of King Wai of Zhongshan, didn't they come to Yan Kingdom to visit you, I am responsible for receiving them, and I also know that he is very dissatisfied with the current new emperor's accession to the throne, and King Yan can talk to him in detail."

Liu Dan thought for a moment, and then ordered Cheng Zhen to invite Liu Ze and Liu Chang over. Liu Ze and Liu Changnai are down-and-out royal families, and Liu Dan is good friends, I thought that if Liu Dan can ascend the throne, they will also have a bright future, who knows that the new emperor will ascend the throne but it is not the turn of King Yan, they are also very depressed, thinking that it will be difficult to have a future in the future, and now King Yan said that he wanted to talk to them in detail, so he immediately rushed over.

When Liu Ze saw Liu Dan, he was upset for him: "Originally, the throne belonged to King Yan, how could it be snatched away for no reason, King Yan, you have to find a way to get it back, I will support you." ”

Liu Dan heard that Liu Ze was showing his loyalty, and hurriedly said: "Let me tell you a secret, in the early years, my father had a secret edict to me, allowing me to personally manage political affairs and repair weapons to prevent accidents; Now the new emperor is not clear, and he refuses to tell even the last words of the former emperor, we are far away from Chang'an, and we don't know what happened. ”

Liu Chang next to him also said: "King Yan, if you raise the flag, you will be able to respond to every call, and I will listen to your orders." ”

Liu Dan saw that the hearts of the two of them were towards him, so he said: "There is another secret, you don't know, the new emperor said that he was born in 14 months of pregnancy, think about it, how can anyone be born in 14 months of pregnancy, in fact, the new emperor was not born to the first emperor, but Zhao Jieyu and Jiang Chong were born of fornication." "Lewen

As soon as they heard the news, they were even more excited, and Liu Ze said happily: "It's great that there are such things, I will compile these into documents and let people spread them to various counties and countries to shake people's hearts." ”

"This is very good, Liu Chang, you will draw up an edict for me to the ministers, and say that the emperor has a secret edict for me, allowing me to personally manage political affairs at a critical moment, and repair my armament to prevent accidents; Liu Ze, you just spread the things I said. ”

Liu Chang nodded and said, "King Yan, you need to recruit more soldiers and horses, forge weapons, and make it easier to start trouble." ”

Liu Ze also said: "King Yan, I will go back to Linzi first, recruit party henchmen, prepare soldiers, horses and weapons, and we will agree on a time to start together." ”

Liu Dan thought for a while, nodded and said: "It's okay, we have at least half a year to prepare, then we will agree to start together on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I am in Yan Kingdom, you are in Qi Kingdom, first attack Linzi, and then we will join together in Beijing." ”

So everyone agreed, and Liu Ze returned to Linzi first.

After Liu Ze left, Liu Dan began to recruit soldiers and horses, recruit outlaws from all over the country, act as soldiers, and collect folk copper and iron to make weapons. He also often went out to inspect the troops in person, and used the honor guard of the Son of Heaven every time he entered and exited, which was majestic, and the left and right ministers of his entourage were called servants, as if he regarded himself as the emperor.

Seeing Liu Dan's posture like this, Lang Zhonghan Yi knew that he was going to rebel, so he urged him to think twice, but he angered Liu Dan and was killed by him. After that, people persuaded him one after another, and he was also killed, it seems that Liu Dan is determined to rebel. In fact, rebellion requires extremely careful accumulation and deployment, Liu Dan has nothing in his hands, and each of these people he is looking for is a villain who has lost his power, so he wants to rebel, and he knows it all over the street, which is really a joke.

No, the trouble is coming.

After Liu Ze returned to Linzi, he was also very nervous, and made a lot of moves, recruiting troops everywhere, recruiting dead soldiers, and casting weapons, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that he was going to cause trouble.

At that time, the state of Qi had been removed and changed to Qi County, and the seat of the county government was in Linzi, and Qi County was subordinate to Qingzhou, and the Thorn History Department of Qingzhou was also located in Linzi, which was also the hometown of Gongsun Yu.

At that time, Liu Ze's plan was to attack the Thorn History Department first and kill Qingzhou Thorn Shi Jun Budo after the incident. However, due to the untruthfulness, the news was leaked, and Liu Cheng, the son of Liu Jian, the king of Zichuan, who was also a royal family, knew about it. Liu Chengsu was friendly with Jun Budo, so he reported Liu Ze's rebellion and plot to murder him. Jun Budo decided to strike first, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, to capture Liu Ze and his henchmen, and to inform the imperial court. The imperial court immediately sent people to investigate, and as a result, the conspirators were found, and Liu Dan, the king of Yan, was naturally included, so the envoy asked the imperial court to arrest Liu Dan and punish him.

And Liu Dan was still in the dark, ready to ascend the throne as emperor, and was elated all day long. Liu Ze had already confessed that he was the mastermind, and he didn't know it yet, so he gathered a large team of soldiers and horses as usual, took the officials, and went to Wen'an County to hunt. The purpose of this is to train the soldiers, and the second is to wait until the scheduled date to come, so that they can do things.

When the envoy sent Liu Ze's confession to the imperial court, Huo Guang thought to himself that Liu Dan, the king of Yan, was also the son of the former emperor, probably because he should succeed to the throne logically according to the throne, but now he is not allowed to inherit the throne, so he can't help but have resentment, and according to common sense, he should be punished. However, the new emperor had just ascended the throne, and we had not been waiting for the auxiliary government for a long time, so we set up a big prison and killed our relatives, fearing that the princes and the clan would be uneasy, and suspected that we had different aspirations. So he decided to send an envoy to Yan to announce that he had been entrusted with the edict to relieve Liu Dan's suspicions, and to blame him for the crime of raising troops for no reason, hoping that he would repent and reform himself, and not to plot to usurp again in the future.

Huo Guang did not kill Liu Dan, and the reason given was that he was the son of the former emperor and wanted to save face. Huo Guang did this to highlight his political legitimacy, we were entrusted by the first emperor, and I felt the favor of the first emperor, and to consolidate power was not to blindly kill and cut the grass and eradicate the roots, of course, he also thought that Liu Dan did not talk about threats at all.

When the envoy brought the edict to Yan to read it, Liu Dan was speechless and could only kowtow and apologize. In the future, will Liu Dan obediently stay in Yan Kingdom and not come out to make trouble? Power is very tempting, will Liu Dan do this, wait and see.

And Liu Ze didn't have such good luck, he was only a member of the royal family, and he didn't have to look at anyone's face to kill him, so Liu Ze was corrected on the spot. And the Qingzhou assassin Shi Jun, who arrested Liu Ze, was also lucky, because Jing Zhaoyin's position had been vacant, Huo Guang saw that he had a meritorious role in hunting and killing Liu Ze, and promoted him to Jing Zhaoyin.