Liu Xie and his entourage got off Hongnong Pass and went straight to Chang'an.

Along the way, the closer they got to Chang'an, the more deserters they found, all of whom escaped from Chang'an, and the direction they fled was undoubtedly Hongnongguan.

Liu Bei is really a good hand at waving the flag and shouting, just when Chang'an was just in chaos, he summoned people to publicize in Chang'an, and the slogan was: "Chang'an chaos, the saint is now, the world is prosperous, and Hongnongguan is good!" "These days, after shouting, the people of Chang'an have already known Hongnongguan, thinking that the king of Hongnong has reappeared. And those Central Plains soldiers who had nowhere to vent and had been oppressed by the Xiliang soldiers for a long time were eager to return to the time when they were the original emperor, so they fled one after another and went to Hongnongguan.

When passing through Tongguan, Liu Xie suddenly found that Tongguan had basically become empty, the original tall and strict Tongguan, now there is not even a soldier guarding the door, the tall gate has long been damaged, into pieces of broken wooden planks, scattered on the ground. Trampled under the feet of people who come and go.

Liu Xie stopped and looked up at Tongguan, couldn't help sighing, and muttered: "It seems that the Chang'an Rebellion must be ended as soon as possible, the soldiers are so panicked, it can be seen that the suffering of the people!" ”

Xu Shu said: "The decline of the Han family is said to be related to the world, but it is related to the princes of the world. ”

Liu Xiedao: "What Mr. said, how can you see it? ”

Xu Shu said sadly: "When the Han dynasty declined, it originated from natural disasters, every time there is a natural disaster, from the three emperors and five emperors to the present, the most test of all dynasties is the imperial court, so the saint of each dynasty, as long as it is the only constant in the face of natural disasters, mobilize the power of the world to tide over the difficulties!" Let the people feel at ease and stable for this! ”

Liu Xie nodded, took a long breath, and said, "Yes!" Isn't that the case? ”

Xu Shu continued: "But I have never stopped the Meilin locust plague and famine for three consecutive years, and the emperor is not like this, in order to sympathize with the people, mobilize resources from all sides of the world. It's a pity, he is a Son of Heaven, but he doesn't have the rights of the Son of Heaven! ”

Liu Xiedao: "Why? ”

Xu Shu looked sad and said: "I have too many generals, heroes and even heirs, so that the world has become their own territory, these people in their own land, only consider their own interests, consider that he himself is the heaven of this land, so the world is so big, but suddenly countless sons of heaven appeared." They don't take the real Son of Heaven in their eyes, they even think that the people are the people of the Son of Heaven, and it is the Son of Heaven who contributes after difficulties, but they are unwilling to contribute! ”

Liu Xie said: "How much power can the Son of Heaven have alone!" Aren't they putting the cart before the horse? ”

Xu Shu said: "Yes! They all look out for their own interests, and none of them are willing to respond or contribute! But the first emperor lived a life of coarse tea and light food, and in order to support the disaster area, the general's salary and the food of the harem were all transported out......"

Liu Xie said: "Isn't this still okay? ”

Xu Shu said: "Alas, those people have been dazzled by themselves, not only do they not help, but the material of the Son of Heaven to save food and clothing, after arriving in the local and disaster areas, they are also detained, or even not sent to the hands of the disaster victims at all, and become their own property!" "Love me eBook

Liu Xie said angrily: "How can this be true, their behavior is not to ignore the life and death of the people, but also to put the court and where?" ”

Xu Shu said: "Yes, where is the imperial court in their eyes?" Where is the Son of Heaven? But the emperor didn't know, there were more and more requests for disaster relief in various places, and in the end he was almost out of food, and the ministers were also living a hard life together, and in the end, he had to reduce military spending, reduce troops, and give the savings to the disaster area. ”

Liu Xie was surprised: "In this case, it will move the foundation of the country!" ”

Xu Shu nodded sadly and said, "Yes!" If the emperor had thought of this, there would not be such a problem as it is now. ”

Liu Xiedao: "The imperial power is maintained by the system, the premise is the army, when the army is gone, there will be no imperial power, and even if there is, it is just a virtual existence!" ”

Xu Shu had a deep understanding of Liu Xie's words, he was already a little impressed by this young man, and wondered in his heart if he was in the palace at the beginning, would the situation be much better, and it wouldn't be like this?

Xu Shu continued: "Yes! As soon as the army was reduced, those princes and generals immediately flocked to it and began to gnaw at the body of this court, but they forgot that it was only because of the Han family that they existed. It was also because of the imperial power that they had their sub-feudals, but at that time, they had no regard for any ethics and morality, and in their eyes, there were only two words to eat people! They directly buried their own Han family. ”

Xu Shu said this, he was already in tears, for him fifteen years ago, the picture of the former emperor being forced to die was still clearly engraved in his mind, and he could not forget it at any time. And for Liu Xie, what appeared in front of him was that the princes in the world who knew each other, all of them were so expressionless, staring directly at themselves and at the vague person sitting on the throne.

Just when they were immersed in sadness and sorrow, suddenly a deafening sound of horses' hooves sounded from a distance, they followed the sound, but saw the distant avenue raised dust, a team of horses like a god descending to earth, directly rushed towards Tongguan.

When Liu Xie saw the comer, he immediately asked Xu Shu, "Mr. Xu, whose team is this?" How did it suddenly appear here? ”

Xu Shu said: "This army is from the direction of Wancheng, if my guess is right, it should be Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses, they came to garrison Tongguan." In this way, it will be difficult for Chang'an to go to the Central Plains. ”

Hearing him say this, Liu Xie was also surprised, because Zhang Ji now occupies Wancheng, and he has already blocked a road to Xuzhou, and at this time, if he wants to occupy Tongguan again, then Chang'an will be completely isolated. At the same time, the pacification of Chang'an will also have many problems out of thin air, because Zhang Ji, who occupies Tongguan, can harass Chang'an at any time, and even choose the opportunity to take Chang'an.

Liu Xie looked at the dust and smoke in the distance, and said to Xu Shu: "Sir, this Tongguan can't be given to Zhang Ji." ”

Xu Shu said: "It is Li Dao and Hua Xiong in Chang'an City who are chaotic enough, if Zhang Ji is allowed to mix in again, it will be out of control, and the most important thing now is to keep Tongguan, so that others can not penetrate Chang'an at all, and isolate this place from the outside, so that you can let go of your hand to deal with Li Dao's rebellion." ”

Liu Xie nodded, looked around, those deserters who were originally running out, at this time when they saw the army in the distance, they suddenly had no direction, and they were stupidly stunned for a while, not knowing what to do?

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