Chapter 471: The Road to Hegemony
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Wang Lang and his favorite concubine rode in a carriage, and under the protection of many guards, they fled from the palace in a hurry and went straight to the south of the city. Now Liu Xiujun and Xie Gongjun have not yet attacked the Nancheng side, and the road is unimpeded.
Soon, the carriage came to the south gate. The soldiers defending the city had already panicked and fled in all directions, and there was no one to open the city gate for Wang Lang at this time. In the end, it was the guards who ran up the walls, lowered the drawbridge, and opened the gates.
The carriage left the southern gate and fled all the way south.
Let's talk about the city. The goal of Xie Gong's army was very clear, that is, the palace, but on the road from the west gate to the palace, there were defenders everywhere, some defenders fled in all directions, and some defenders still insisted on fighting.
Xie Gongjun pushed forward while fighting, and his speed naturally could not be compared with Liu Xiujun.
Liu Xiu led his soldiers, and after entering the city, they encountered almost no resistance. Wu Han, Jia Fu, Ma Wu and others, who took the lead, even killed directly in front of the palace gate.
The Handan Imperial Palace was built on the basis of the Zhao Palace, which is said to be the imperial palace, but in fact it is like a small city, and the space inside is huge.
If Wang Lang did not run, but defended the palace, it would not be easy for the soldiers and horses outside to attack and enter.
But now, Wang Lang has fled, the palace guards are running and scattering, and there is no soldier stationed in the huge palace. Wu Han and the others had just arrived at the main gate of the palace, when the palace gate opened, and Liu Jian walked out briskly from inside.
He turned around and ordered the entourage behind him not to follow him, he walked alone to the Han soldiers outside, and said loudly: "This king is Liu Jie, the king of Guangyang!" ”
Wu Han, Jia Fu, Ma Wu and others had never seen Liu Jie, and when they heard that he was the king of Guangyang, they looked him up and down, and then, everyone dismounted, stepped forward, and said, "We meet the king of Guangyang!" ”
Seeing that the generals of the Han army were very polite to him, Liu Jiemen's heart suddenly fell, and at the same time, he breathed a long sigh of relief. He waved his hand and said, "Generals, excuse me!" ”
After a pause, he said with a straight face: "Wang Lang has now escaped from Handan, but most of Wang Lang's wives and concubines, children and children are still in the palace, and this king has now sent people to control them all!" ”
Hearing that Wang Lang had fled, Wu Han and the others were all frowning. Wang Lang is a scourge, let him escape, he will definitely become a hidden danger to his own side in the future.
Liu took a look at everyone, smiled slightly, and said: "This king has already been chased by people, I believe that they will be able to come back with Wang Lang's head!" ”
Wu Han and the others all bowed to Liu Jie. Liu Jian waved his hand with a smile and said, "Generals, please inside!" ”
The Handan Palace is not only magnificent, but also very well built.
Entering the gate, you will see a wide and long corridor, through which you will see the inner palace wall in front of you. Entering through the gate of the inner palace wall, this is the real entrance to the palace.
A huge square, spacious and empty, if you line up here, it is more than enough to stand thousands of soldiers.
Walking through this large square, in front of it is the main hall of the imperial palace, which is the place where the Son of Heaven and the ministers are located. People walked up the stairs slowly, looking down as they went.
The steps are made of ivory white boulders, which is nothing, the key is that the steps are also carved with a variety of lines, and the lines of each step are different, there are auspicious clouds, the sun, moon and stars, there are landscapes, there are beasts and so on.
Seeing that everyone was amazed, Liu Jiehan explained with a smile: "This was the palace of Zhao State before, and later the Qin State annexed Zhao State, and the Zhao Palace was also damaged a lot by the Qin army. ”
Everyone nodded their heads in response. Walk to the top of the stairs and look further on, and you will see the main hall. The floor of this hall is all black and shiny marble, and walking on it is like walking on a mirror.
On both sides stood two long rows of thick black pillars, on which were embossed with dragons and other beasts. Looking inside, there is a half-meter-high platform at the end of the main hall, on which are placed tables and mats. No need to ask, it must be the seat of the Son of Heaven.
Ma Wu walked to the stage with a grin, sat down directly on the seat of the Son of Heaven, and laughed: "It turns out that the emperor is sitting here!" ”
Seeing this, Liu couldn't help but widen his eyes and subconsciously swallowed his saliva. That's the seat of the Son of Heaven, is it something that ordinary people can sit on, and whoever sits on it is tantamount to saying that he has a heart of disobedience.
However, Wu Han and the others did not think as much, and when they saw Ma Wu sitting on it, people burst into laughter.
Ma Wudong touched it, touched it in the west, and felt fresh, he patted the soft couch on the seat, and said: "No wonder everyone likes to sit on it, it's really comfortable to sit on!" ”
Wu Han took three steps into two steps, came to the stage, squeezed Ma Wu with his buttocks, and said, "Change, change, let me try it too!" ”
He squeezed Ma Wu aside, sat down by himself, felt it, laughed, and beckoned to Jia Fu and said, "Junran, come on, come on, you can also sit here and try!" ”
Jia Fule waved his hand, indicating that he was not interested.
When the generals were frolicking in the main hall, Liu Xiu also entered the palace. Seeing Liu Xiu coming, everyone hurriedly came down from the stage, bowed their hands in unison, and said in unison: "Lord!" ”
Liu Jie's face was straight, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Da Sima!" ”
In Liu Jie's view, the soldiers under his command rushed to sit on the throne of the Son of Heaven, Liu Xiu must be furious, and he will inevitably be furious, and it is even likely that everyone will lose their heads.
But in fact, it was not like that at all, Liu Xiu's face did not have the slightest anger, and he still looked happy.
He bowed back to Liu Jie, and said: "This time, thanks to the King of Guangyang and the King of Zhao in the city, our army was able to capture Handan without blood, here, I want to thank the King of Guangyang!" As he spoke, he bowed deeply. Liu Jian hurriedly bowed and saluted back, and said: "Da Sima is too serious, I and King Zhao, bewitched by Wang Lang, helped to abuse, and now we are in the city to do internal response, but also just to make up for the merits, Da Sima can not blame the two of me, I am already grateful."
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Liu Xiu waved his hand and said: "This time, the King of Guangyang and the King of Zhao have made immortal achievements, and the governance of Hebei in the future will also need a lot of help from the King of Guangyang and the King of Zhao!" ”
When he said this, he gave Liu Jian a reassurance, saying that he would not unload the mill and kill the donkey, and also put an end to the suspicion in his heart, so as not to have any other thoughts.
When Liu Jie heard this, he was really overjoyed, and said to Liu Xiu: "Don't worry, Da Sima will need to use my place in the future, even if you open your mouth, I Liu will be responsible!" ”
While they were talking, Liu Lin also walked in from outside.
Seeing Liu Xiu, Liu Lin had mixed feelings. When Liu Xiu came to Handan, he also specially visited Liu Xiu and proposed to Liu Xiu that the river should burst and flood the east of the river.
But because Liu Xiu did not agree to his suggestion, he instead supported Wang Lang, insisted on putting Wang Lang on the throne, and suggested that Wang Lang hunt down Liu Xiu.
Speaking of which, the things he did at the beginning were indeed inauthentic, and when he faced Liu Xiu again at this time, Liu Lin naturally felt guilty in his heart.
He hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on his knees, kowtowed forward, and said with a crying voice: "Sinner Liu Lin, meet Da Sima!" ”
Liu Xiu stretched out his hand and dragged his arm, helped Liu Lin up, and said, "King Zhao, what is this doing?" Hurry up, please! ”
Liu Lin's heart was sour, his eyes were red, tears fell, and he said: "Liu Lin has eyes without beads, he doesn't know people, he is ashamed of the soldiers and civilians of Handan, the people of Hebei, and even more ashamed of Da Sima!" ”
Liu Xiu patted Liu Lin's arm and said, "King Zhao is too serious, King Zhao was only bewitched by Wang Lang, where did these charges come from?" ”
In fact, in Liu Xiu's life, his enemies have helped him a lot and achieved his great cause in a sense.
Liu Xuan killed his eldest brother, which was indeed a heavy blow to Liu Xiu at the time.
But in the long run, Liu Xiu's murder didn't lift the mountain that had always been pressing on Liu Xiu, and let Liu Xiu really embark on the road of independent hegemony.
Liu Lin is the same. He supported Wang Lang to be the emperor in Hebei, and at that time, it really put Liu Xiu in a desperate situation, causing Liu Xiu the biggest crisis he had encountered in his life.
But in the same way, Wang Lang's title as emperor also gave Liu Xiu the opportunity to cultivate his own power openly, after all, he had a reason that no one could find fault with, to quell the rebellion!
Liu Xiu was born as an out-of-the-ordinary peasant, at the bottom of society, and he was 108,000 miles away from the emperor.
If his life goes on a normal trajectory, he will not be able to sit on the throne no matter what. It is precisely because of the appearance of various enemies that has greatly contributed to his Huangtu hegemony, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is his enemies who directly helped him step on this emperor who was originally full of thorns
way.
Liu Xiu's throne was largely pushed up by these enemies.
Listening to Liu Xiu's words, Liu Lin was moved and burst into tears. Liu Xiu not only didn't mean to blame Liu Lin, but also persuaded him with good words and comforted him very considerately.
The reason why Liu Xiu didn't kill Liu Lin and Liu Jie, in addition to the fact that he valued integrity, there was a more important point, Liu Lin and Liu Jie couldn't be killed.
Both of them have great influence in Hebei, and through the fact that they can raise an emperor in Hebei, it can also be seen how much energy they have in Hebei.
If the two of them help, they can help Liu Xiu control the Hebei region faster and more effectively.
Second, Liu Lin and Liu Jie are both relatives of the Liu family, and if Liu Xiu kills the two of them, it is tantamount to offending all the Liu clansmen in the world. You must know that Wang Mang's usurpation of the throne has only been more than ten years, and the Liu clan in the whole world is still a very complex and powerful system, and offending this system will not do Liu Xiu's hegemony any benefit, but will cause it
Great resistance.
In order to vent his hatred, he hastily killed Liu Lin and Liu Jie, but brought huge troubles and hidden dangers to his future, which in Liu Xiu's view, was very cost-effective and outweighed the losses.
But anyone who can achieve the hegemony of the emperor is a very pragmatic person, quick for a while, happy to enmity and revenge, live bloody, live freely, live happily, this is a chivalrous man, not a hegemon.
After Liu Xiu appeased Liu Lin and Liu Jie, they took Liu Xiu to check the treasury of the palace, entered the treasury of the palace, and lit the lampstand, which was full of white flowers.
I saw that in the storeroom, there were tall counters, and there were many small compartments on each counter, and almost every small compartment was stacked with silver nuggets.
Seeing so much silver, all the people who entered the treasury were astonished.
At that time, silver could not be spent directly as money, but silver was a precious metal, which could be exchanged for money, and could also be used to mint dragon coins, and a dragon coin could be used as 3,000 coins, which was very expensive.
Continuing to walk inside, there are gold nuggets stacked on the counter inside.
Pick up a piece casually, it's heavy, and it has to weigh a hundred taels to say the least. Looking at this treasury full of gold and silver, Liu Xiu couldn't help but sigh: "Wang Lang has only usurped the throne for three months!" Liu smiled and said to Liu Xiu: "Da Sima, this is not all of Wang Lang's money!" ”