Chapter 15: Emperor Ping dies of illness

With Cheng Yong's sentence that the water was too deep, Liu Xiu jumped out of the state of compassion, now he is just a dick, how can he have time to care about the war between big people.

Eat what you should eat, drink what you should drink, Liu Xiu worked hard with meat every day in Xihai County for half a month, and gained several pounds.

"What else can you do besides eating and sleeping?"

"I don't know anything, I'm just a kid growing up." Liu Xiu's words may have a critical attribute, and the angry Liu Chong picked up the stick and wanted to reward him with a fat beating.

During this period of time, Liu Xiu has long been accustomed to this kind of scene, there is a cut in a corner of the tent, and he wears it out in an instant, during which he is still thinking: "There is no stick in his tent at all, where did the weapon in the hand of uncle Liu Chong come from?" ”

Liu Chong, Liu Chong, this guy is too violent, the stick in his hand was torn off the tent, and the poor tent collapsed in front of Liu Xiu's eyes.

"Evil obstacles, I must let you know what it means to respect the teacher today?"

Two figures, one big and one small, were running on the grassland, and Liu Xiu was still talking back while running: "I can't beat you, but you also run over me." If you want to beat me, it's harder than climbing to the sky. ”

In the blink of an eye, another two months passed, and during this time, Liu Chong and Liu Xiu's two uncles and nephews were going to fight every other day, and over time, it became a common gossip after dinner in Xihai County.

Just when everyone thought that everything was going smoothly, the bad news came, Taifu Kongguang died of illness, and Emperor Han Ping was also too sick to participate in the court politics, and everything would be regent by the Queen Mother, assisted by Wang Mang, Duke of Anguo.

No one in the court thought deeply about the reason inside, but they all sacrificed to the heavens and prayed to God, wishing Emperor Hanping a speedy recovery, but Liu Chong, Liu Xiu, Cheng Yong, and Zhai Yi had a chill on their backs, could it be that Wang Mang had discovered that they were building an army in secret.

Liu Chong and Liu Xiu rushed to the Imperial City of Chang'an non-stop, wanting to know what was going on, they disguised themselves and infiltrated the Imperial City Market, leaving marks at the designated place, waiting for their own people to pick them up.

A day later, an envoy appeared, and he used the token of Emperor Ping of Han to secretly bring Liu Chong and Liu Xiu into the Weiyang Palace.

In Weiyang Palace, Emperor Han Ping was lying on the bed with a pale face, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

"Your Majesty, I'm back!" Liu Chong knelt on the ground, although Liu Xiu was very repulsed by kneeling, but in this scene in front of him, he still chose to kneel.

"Uncle, Gu and Taifu were found to have a problem with Wang Mang in mobilizing money and food, he led people to kidnap Taifu's family and forced him to commit suicide, and Gu was poisoned by him and died not long after."

"This thief actually dares to harm His Majesty, and the minister will kill him now."

"Uncle, don't go to death. It's only strange that Gu is too young, and he doesn't know that Wang Mang and the Queen Mother have a relationship. This pair of dog men and women are now planning to set up a new monarch, you must not send them to death, because the Liu family's country can only rely on you. ”

"Your Majesty, even you can't fight Wang Mang, what else do you think we can do?" In the scene of the gentlemen and ministers, such a sentence suddenly collapsed, Liu Chong was instantly violently driven away by Liu Xiu, he shot very fast, Liu Xiu just wanted to dodge and was pressed to the ground and beaten fatly.

"Evil obstacles, hurry up and admit your mistake to Your Majesty, otherwise I will kill you today." Looking at Liu Chong's blood-red eyes, Liu Xiu knew that he had said the wrong thing, if he didn't admit his mistake, he would really die in Weiyang Palace today.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for the sake of Tong Yan Wuji's face." The apology is not counted, Liu Xiu even made a five-body posture to the ground, which caused Emperor Han Ping to laugh.

The laughter was accompanied by the sound of coughing, and Emperor Han Ping waited for his breath to be smooth before he continued: "Liu Xiu, Uncle Liu Wen." During this time, Lone has been paying attention to you, although your behavior is a little strange, but the name of the son of the unicorn is also worthy of the name, but unfortunately Lone can't recover the Han Dynasty with you, I hope you can help the future king protect this great river and mountain in the future. ”

After saying this, Liu Xiu also put away the distractions in his heart, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will definitely protect the Han family." ”

"I believe in you." Emperor Ping of Han was worried that Wang Mang's spies would find out if he continued to talk, so he took out a blood letter from his arms, which wrote Wang Mang's guilt and stamped the jade seal, and asked Liu Chong and Liu Xiu to leave early.

Liu Chong held the blood book in both hands and cautiously walked out of the Chang'an Imperial City, but he was stopped by someone when he was about to leave. Liu Chong dared to stop, pulled Liu Xiu, stepped on the war horse in front of him, and rushed forward frantically.

"Don't let them run, chase after them."

The horses ran non-stop, ran for a day and a night, and the horses all ran to death, and Liu Chong, Liu Xiu's uncle and nephew barely avoided the pursuit of the royal guards.

"Uncle, what should we do next?"

"Go back to Nanyang first, just don't know anything?"

At the beginning of 6 A.D., Emperor Ping of Han died of illness at the age of 14, nicknamed Emperor Xiaoping, and was buried in Kangling. In order to prevent the new emperor from ascending the throne and prevent Wang Mang from arbitrarily manipulating the political situation, he appointed Liu Ying, who was only two years old, as the crown prince.

Hearing the news, Liu Chongqi looked up to the sky and scolded, but all this can only be used to vent the anger in his heart.

Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty died, and the Han Ruzi was just a puppet, Wang Mang's power was in full swing, in order to show his own noble feelings for the world, he played the game of coin reform.

The imperial court issued a total of three kinds of coins, namely: the large coin is worth 50, the deed knife is worth 500, and the wrong knife is worth 5,000.

The three coins and the five baht coins circulated at the same time, but because it was the first time to reform the coin, Wang Mang ignored the proportion of raw materials, two and a half five baht coins can be melted after the casting of a face value of 50 times the wrong knife, plus the anti-counterfeiting technology on the coin is not good, all over the country, the top scholars have poured in, secretly crazy casting, for a time the Han River and mountains are shaking.

The Liu family has been working hard in Nanyang County for a hundred years, and it can be regarded as a rich party no matter how you say it, but now it has returned directly to the pre-liberation period because of Wang Mang's words.

Those who can mint money are all top scholars, and even if the Liu clan knows the business opportunities here, they don't have skilled craftsmen to turn the tide.

Seeing that their wealth had shrunk dozens of times, the Liu clan was all anxious, and they appealed to each other and made an appointment to visit Zongzheng Liu Chong together.

"Master Zongzheng, if it goes on like this, this day really can't be lived, you should think of a way."

Most of the people of the Liu clan in Nanyang County are usually accustomed to a luxurious life, but now their wealth has shrunk dozens of times in an instant, and the life of the family has suddenly become difficult and embarrassing, which makes it difficult for them to accept, and they have come to Liu Chong, the Marquis of Anzhong, to discuss the method.

Liu Chong's own family was robbed, how could there be any good way, but in the face of the inquiries of the clansmen, Liu Chong also had a bold idea in his heart, that is, he didn't know that when he said this idea, there were still a few people at the scene who dared to stay.