Qianqian, the fastest update of the latest chapter of Han Tianzi!

Liu Xuan's side, the two most favored women, one is Mrs. Han and the other is Mrs. Zhao. Zhao Meng, as Mrs. Zhao's father, naturally won Liu Xuan's trust and reuse.

As for Cao Jing, he is the prime minister of Zuo, and his son Cao Xu is a scholar, and the father and son are both officials in the court, and they both hold important positions, and their weight in the court is not light.

The most critical point is that neither of them is from the Green Forest Department, and Liu Xuan is not too wary of his father and son, so Cao Jing and Cao Xu are both people who can speak in front of Liu Xuan.

On a deeper level, Liu Xuan has always been unwilling to be controlled by the Green Forest Department and be a puppet in the hands of the Green Forest Department, he is eager to support his own power in the court, and Zhao Meng and Cao Jing are his main supporters.

Liu Xiu deliberately befriended and curried favor with Zhao Meng and Cao Jing, which was conducive to him stabilizing Liu Xuan and keeping Liu Xuan from killing him, and in addition, whether he could successfully get out of Liu Xuan's control in the future, these two people could also play a vital role.

As far as the two of them are concerned, Liu Xiu doesn't like Zhao Meng and Cao Jing. The former is completely a villain, with a small belly, insatiable, narrow-minded, jealous and jealous, relying on his daughter to win Liu Xuan's favor and be a blessing.

Cao is a little better than Zhao Meng, although he is also greedy for money, but he is not as unscrupulous and insatiable as Zhao Meng.

Relatively speaking, Liu Xiu prefers Cao Jing's son Cao Xu.

Cao Xu's talent is not under Cao Jing, but also has the temperament of a scholar, a corporal of etiquette, magnanimity, high morality, and a sense of righteousness. When drinking tea and drinking with Liu Xiu and chatting, he also expressed his dissatisfaction with the current chaos in the court from time to time, thinking that at present, the green forest system is strong and dominates the government, and the Liu family is in decline

Harm, if this goes on like this for a long time, the court of the Han Dynasty will have to repeat the mistakes of the past if it is not done well, and there may be a second Wang Mang in the court. Although he did not name names, Liu Xiu could hear that the person he said was Wang Kuang.

Regarding this point, Liu Xiu felt that Cao Xu was worried. Wang Kuang and Wang Mang are not the same kind of people at all, and there is no comparison.

Wang Mang was born in a powerful family, and he was in contact with power when he was a child, and he knew the power of power too well, so when he grew up, he squeezed into the center of power with all his thoughts until he sat on the supreme throne.

And Wang Kuang was born in a reckless manner, without too big and lofty ambitions, and has a temperament of being rich and safe from his bones.

As long as Wang Kuang can sit firmly in his position as the prince and does not feel the threat from other aspects, he will always sit in his position as the prince, and he will sit happily, without any ambition and ambition to covet the throne.

Liu Xiu sees Wang Kuang and Wang Feng very thoroughly, but he will not tell Cao Xu about his views, so that Liu Xuan's family and the green forest family will fight infighting, which is also what Liu Xiu is most willing to see. On this day, Cao Xu came to visit Liu Xiu again, and the two drank tea in the garden. I don't know if Cao Xu was angry with the green forest system again in the early dynasty today, and after two cups of tea, he began to complain that the green forest family was too deceitful, and there was no heaven and no choice

God, recklessly.

He said indignantly: "Now that Wang Kuang is not in Wancheng, if he really lets him take Luoyang and return triumphantly, he thinks that Wang Kuang will definitely become the second Wang Mang!" ”

Liu Xiu put down the teacup in his hand, looked around, and said, "Ziqi (Cao Xu's character Ziqi) is cautious!" ”

Cao Xu subconsciously looked around, there was not even a single subordinate around, he put his mind at ease, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Here in Uncle Wen, you have to prevent the wall from having ears when you say a few words, and being listened to by outsiders, alas! ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh and sighed: "As long as the green forest system is still in one day, it will be difficult for the Han family to have a day of revival!" ”

Liu Xiu changed his words and said, "Ziqi now, the most worrying thing should not be the Green Forest family. ”

Cao Xu looked at Liu Xiu in confusion and asked, "Could it be that Uncle Wen thinks that there are people who are more of a threat than the Green Forest family?" ”

In his opinion, Wang Mang is no longer good, and it is only a matter of time before he is removed from the throne.

What's more, recently, Shen Tujian and Li Song have been overwhelmed, and they have successfully captured Wuguan, and the spearhead is directed at Chang'an, and it is estimated that it will not be long before their own army can enter Chang'an City.

The first series of green forests are all making meritorious contributions, firmly holding the military power in their hands, and the biggest threat to the Han court is not the first line of green forests, who else can there be?

Liu Xiu smiled slightly and said: "Whether the Green Forest family has any objections, that is all in the future, at least it is not an imminent problem, and the most direct threat to the imperial court at the moment is in Runan." ”

"Runan?" Cao Xu looked at Liu Xiu in surprise and said, "Isn't there Liu Sheng in Runan?" "It is precisely because of Liu Sheng that Runan will become a threat to the imperial court." Liu Xiu said: "Liu Sheng recruited Yan You and Chen Mao, who went to defect, these two people are the sworn enemies of the Han family, and Liu Sheng has included the two of them under his command, and it is clear that he is not subservient

If revealed, in the past, I led my troops to suppress Liu Sheng in Runan, but now I am gone, and the army under my command has also withdrawn to Yingchuan, Runan has become Liu Sheng's world, if this person continues to grow in Runan, he will rebel against the court in the future! Hearing this, Cao Xu's face changed greatly. He has been in contact with Liu Xiu for a while, and he has some understanding of Liu Xiu's temperament, Liu Xiu is by no means a targeted, suspicious, and nonsense-filled person, since he can say Liu conclusively

If the saint has a rebellion, then there must be his judgment.

Cao Xu was silent for a moment, and said urgently: "Such a big matter, Uncle Wen should make it clear to His Majesty!" ”

You must know that Wancheng does not have many troops at present, and the main army, part of which is in the hands of Wang Kuang, was led by him to fight Luoyang, and the other part was in the hands of Shen Tujian and Li Song, and was led by him to fight Wuguan.

At present, Wancheng is empty, once Liu Shengzhen rebels in Runan and takes advantage of the void to enter, won't the imperial court be in danger?

Liu Xiu smiled bitterly and said, "Because of my brother's matter, it is really inconvenient for me to participate in court politics now. ”

Cao Xu shook his head again and again, his face was full of disapproval, and just as he was about to speak, Liu Xiu continued: "In case I am caught by the people of the Green Forest family, I am afraid that even Your Majesty will not be able to save me." ”

Hearing this, Cao Xu fell silent and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth. Yes, now His Majesty is just a puppet in the hands of the Green Forest Department, if the Green Forest Department is really determined to kill Liu Xiu, His Majesty is indeed powerless.

Liu Xiu Zhengse said: "This matter still needs Ziqi to go and explain it to His Majesty, and also, Ziqi should not mention me in front of His Majesty." ”

"This ......" Liu Sheng has a heart of disobedience, the news was provided by Liu Xiu, how can he not mention Liu Xiu and monopolize this credit?

Cao Xu frowned, and said, "Uncle Wen is inevitably too cautious, even if this matter is known by the people of the Green Forest Department, what can it do?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled bitterly, sighed softly, and said: "It's an eventful time right now, and for me, more things are better than less!" If Ziqi doesn't want me, then don't mention it to Your Majesty! ”

Cao Xu looked at Liu Xiu, smiled bitterly and shook his head, he felt aggrieved for Liu Xiu.

The eldest brother was killed by the people of the Green Forest Department, and not only could he not take revenge, but he was still living so cautiously, for fear that a disturbance would affect him.

He nodded helplessly and said, "Uncle Wen, don't worry, I know." ”

Seeing that he answered himself, a smile appeared on Liu Xiu's face.

That night, Liu Xuan summoned Cao Jing and Cao Xu's father and son to discuss the matter, mainly for Wang Kuang's collection of money and grain. At present, Wang Kuang has an army of 100,000 under his command, but he asks the imperial court for 200,000 stone of grain and 8 million yuan.

If you want so much money and food, how can you use it with only 100,000 soldiers? The rest of the money and food, even a fool can guess, must have fallen into the pockets of the Green Forest family.

At this time, Liu Xuan's face was very ugly, and he said angrily and angrily: "200,000 stone grain, 8 million yuan, they are going to empty my treasury!" ”

Cao Jing and Cao Xu glanced at each other, lowered their heads, and no one dared to answer.

This morning, they discussed this matter, and felt that the amount of money and grain that Wang Kuang asked for was too huge. But the people of the Green Forest Department had an arrogant attitude in the imperial court, and they listed all kinds of unreasonable reasons and excuses, as if the imperial court did not follow Wang Kuang's request and did not send 200,000 stone of grain and 8 million money, the soldiers would not be able to fight on the front line

The battle is like a big defeat.

For this matter, Liu Xuan had been holding back his anger for a day, and in the evening, he couldn't help it anymore, so he recruited Cao Jing and Cao Xu into the palace to discuss the matter. He looked at Cao Jing, then at Cao Xu, and asked, "Does Erqing have a good plan?" Cao Xu still bowed his head and was silent, Cao actually whispered: "The battle of Luoyang is very important, our army can only win, and must not be defeated

, and your majesty can't help but give these money and food! ”

If Wang Kuang's requirements are not met, causing Wang Kuang to play tricks and not fight Luoyang, the impact on the court will be too great. At present, there are only two arms left in the Xinmang Imperial Court, one arm in Chang'an and one arm in Luoyang.

It can be said that whether the Han army can take Luoyang or not is directly related to the life and death of the Xinmang court.

"So," Liu Xuan said with a gloomy face, "I can't do anything, I can only accept the unreasonable request of the Duke of Dingguo, and send him 200,000 stone of military rations and 8 million military salaries." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Syllable! Liu Xuan slapped the table case fiercely, gritted his teeth and said: "The deception is too much!" He Wang Kuang deceived me too much! ”

Liu Xuan has been an emperor for a long time, and he has gradually developed the dignity of an emperor, and now he is being coerced like this, how can he feel good in his heart?

But for Wang Kuang, he dared to lose his temper behind people's backs, and when he really saw Wang Kuang himself, he was no different from a mouse who saw a cat.

Listening to Liu Xuan's indignant complaints, Cao Jing and Cao Xu were silent again, and there was nothing to say, no matter how much they talked now, they couldn't solve any practical problems.

When Liu Xuan's complaint came to an end, and the anger calmed down a little, Cao Xu's words changed sharply, and he said: "Weichen thinks that His Majesty's top priority is not Dingguo Gong, but Liu Sheng of Runan!" ”

Liu Xuan was stunned by Cao Xu, how to deal with Liu Sheng? What does Liu Sheng have to deal with? Some time ago, he gave Liu Sheng an order to send troops north to attack Liu Xiubu, and he also wrote back to agree to this matter! Seeing Liu Xuan's disapproving expression, Cao Xu frowned and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Sheng took in Yan You and Chen Mao, you must know that Yan and Chen are both mortal enemies of our Han army. In addition, Liu Sheng has occupied more than ten counties in Runan, and even the county town of Runan is now in the hands of Liu Sheng, and his power is so strong that His Majesty can't help but guard against it! ”