Chapter 372: Great Changes in the Capital

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Soon after the end of the Battle of Kunyang, an earth-shattering event occurred in Chang'an, and the national teacher Liu Xiu (Liu Xin) rebelled.

Liu Xin rebelled, and in terms of performance, he coveted the throne and believed in the proverbs in "Red Fu", but in fact, there were many other reasons.

There were many heroes who assisted Wang Mang to ascend the throne, among which Zhen Feng was one of them.

Zhen Feng and Liu Xin have a deep personal relationship, and the relationship between the two is very good, but Zhen Feng is very strong, and in terms of political opinions, he is unwilling to compromise with Wang Mang easily, which attracts Wang Mang's murderous intentions.

Later, in this political struggle between the monarch and the minister, Zhen Feng was defeated and forced to commit suicide. Zhen Feng's death hit Liu Xin very hard, not only losing a close friend, but also making him feel that he was like a tiger, and he felt that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold.

In addition, Liu Xin has two sons who died in political struggles, and they are directly related to Wang Mang, and he also has a very favorite daughter Liu Su.

Liu Su has been smart and clever since he was a child, and he has won Liu Xin's favor and true biography, whether it is prophecy or astrology, Liu Su's attainments are very profound, and he can be called a female talent.

Later, Wang Mang got married and married Liu Xin's daughter Liu Suxu to the crown prince Wang Lin. It seems that this is also a good thing, to be able to become the crown princess, I don't know how many people are red!

But it didn't take long for Wang Lin to be given poisoned wine by Wang Mang for the crime of rebellion, and Liu Su, as the crown princess, was naturally implicated and committed suicide.

Two sons, plus one of the most favored daughters, both died because of Wang Mang, Liu Xin's rebellion is actually not ridiculous, and it is not difficult to understand.

Also conspiring with Liu Xin to rebel were the Wei general Wang She, and the great Sima Dong Zhong.

Wang Shi and Dong Zhong were both extremely powerful ministers, the former was Wang Mang's cousin, and the latter was the Great Sima and was in charge of military power. Speaking of which, among the three of them, Liu Xin, the national teacher who is the mastermind, is the one with the lowest status.

In fact, Liu Xin's choice of time to rebel is also quite good. In the battle of Kunyang, Wang Yi and Wang Xun were defeated, and the army of more than 400,000 was beaten to a fine end, and there were few available soldiers left in Wang Mang's hands, and it was the time of internal emptiness.

At this time, the rebellion can be described as taking advantage of the void, which is just right.

And those who conspired with Liu Xin, one was General Wei and the other was Da Sima, the forbidden army of the palace was in the hands of Wang She, and the Jingshi army in Chang'an was in the hands of Dong Zhong.

It can be said that the entire army in the capital is under the control of their small rebellious collective, and the rebellion should be a sure thing.

But the bad thing is that Liu Xin doesn't want to be ten out of ten, but wants to be ten out of ten.

At that time, there was also a big grandson in charge of the army in the capital.

Da Zong is an official position set up by Wang Mang, which is equivalent to Shangqing, and he is also a high-powered minister. Liu Xin and Sun Ling have a very good relationship, on weekdays, the two have close contacts, and Sun Ling has always looked forward to Liu Xin.

Before the rebellion, Liu Xin, in order to be more sure, told Sun Ling about the rebellion and asked him to help him.

At that time, Sun Ling was full of promises, but after that, the more Sun Ling thought about it, the more scared she became. This is a rebellion, it's good if it succeeds, but what if it fails, once it fails, you won't be able to protect your head, and you have to cause the whole family to suffer.

Just when Sun Ling was undecided, not knowing whether to stand on Liu Xin's side and rebel with him, a person took the initiative to find him, Xi Cheying.

Xi Cheying is a distinguished guest of the National Teacher's Mansion, and she is deeply favored by Liu Xin, Sun Ling has also seen Xi Cheying several times in the National Teacher's Mansion, so she is naturally no stranger to her.

Sun Ling was very surprised that Xi Cheying took the initiative to come to him.

This time, Xi Cheying came to him for only one purpose, to persuade him not to do foolish things, not only could he not rebel with Liu Xin, but he should also report Liu Xin, otherwise, the entire Sun family would be affected by him and would never recover.

Xi Cheying's metaphysical attainments, even Liu Xin was full of praise, she could say such things, it must not be without purpose.

Sun Ling, who was already a little indecisive, was scared out of white sweat after listening to Xi Cheying's words, and then broke off the idea of rebelling with Liu Xin.

Liu Xin wants to rebel, and Xi Cheying certainly doesn't want him to succeed. Once Liu Xin's rebellion succeeds and he really becomes the Son of Heaven, he will definitely regard Liu Xiu as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh.

Besides, if Liu Xin realizes the proverb in "Red Fu Fu", what should his lord Liu Xiu do?

Sun Ling listened to Xi Cheying's advice, and then asked his wife and brother Chen Han to discuss, Chen Han's opinion was the same as Xi Cheying's, and he also thought that Sun Ling should not rebel, the risk was too great, and the consequences were too serious. It is the right thing to do to report it to His Majesty.

After listening to the persuasion of his wife and brother, Sun Ling made up his mind completely, and quietly entered the palace that night to meet Wang Mang.

After Wang Mang heard this, his surprise was far greater than his anger, you must know that the three people reported by Sun Ling had an extraordinary relationship with him. Liu Xin and Dong Zhong are both his confidants, and Wang Shi is his cousin, can the three of them rebel?

But Sun Ling can report the three of them conclusively, and it is impossible for him to be untargeted, and he is not so bold.

That night, Wang Mang did not make any moves, and the next day, after the morning dynasty, Wang Mang sent people to recruit Liu Xin, Wang She, and Dong Zhong into the palace respectively, and asked them face to face whether they had any rebellion.

When Liu Xin, Wang She, and Dong Zhong met in the palace, they realized that the rebellion might have been exposed, and when Wang Mang asked, none of them quibbled, and bluntly admitted that they were indeed planning to rebel.

Dong Zhong is the Great Sima, and Wang She, as the General Wei, both have a large number of henchmen in their hands, even in the palace, the two of them are not too afraid of Wang Mang.

Now that they had torn their faces in front of them, there was nothing left to hide anymore, Dong Zhong and Wang Sheyu ordered their respective subordinates to kill Wang Mang on the spot.

However, what they never expected was that Wang Mang had already prepared and secretly ambushed heavy troops in the palace.

Dong Zhong and Wang Shesuo led the rebel army, but were surrounded by the heavy regiments arranged by Wang Mang, and finally Dong Zhong died in battle, and Liu Xin and Wang Shi were captured alive.

Wang Mang is not bad, thinking of the friendship for so many years, he left the whole corpse for the two of them, so that they could break off on their own. Liu Xin and Wang She, knowing that they had no way to live, both chose to commit suicide.

After the death of the three masterminds of the rebellion, Wang Mang ordered a thorough investigation of the case.

Liu Xin's case of rebellion was widely implicated, and a considerable number of them were middle and high-ranking generals in the army, and these generals who often had dealings with Liu Xin, Wang She, and Dong Zhong ended up with no one and were executed by Wang Mang one after another.

You must know that in the Xinmang court, there were not many talented generals, and a group of them died in the battle of Kunyang, and this time they were implicated in Liu Xin's rebellion, and another group died.

After these two incidents, there were basically no decent generals under Wang Mang's subordinates.

If the battle of Kunyang was to cut off one of Wang Mang's legs, then Liu Xin's rebellion was to cut off Wang Mang's other leg, and the combination of these two things can be regarded as completely cutting off Wang Mang's foundation.

Liu Xin's rebellion case, on the surface, does not seem to be complicated, this is an ordinary rebellion case, but because the people involved are all important ministers of the Xinmang court, the nature of the case has become very serious.

But no one noticed that behind this rebellion case, there was always an invisible promoter.

It was Xi Cheying who instigated Liu Xin to rebel in the National Teacher's Mansion, and it was Xi Cheying who later persuaded Sun Ling to go to the informant.

It can be said that from Liu Xin's decision to rebel, to the leakage of the matter, to being forced to commit suicide, this series of events was almost all facilitated by Xi Cheying.

She did not directly participate in Liu Xin's conspiracy, but she successfully pushed Liu Xin step by step into the abyss of no return.

For a long time, Liu Xin has secretly killed Liu Xiu repeatedly, but Liu Xiu has nothing to do with Liu Xin, but who would have thought that what Liu Xiu couldn't do was done by Xi Cheying.

She not only helped Liu Xiu successfully get rid of Liu Xin's henchman, but also greatly weakened the strength of the Xinmang Imperial Court and pushed the entire Xinmang Imperial Court to the brink of extinction.

Under the continuous blows, Wang Mang's nerves became more and more abnormal. Wang Mang's queen has been dead for a long time, and he has not set up a palace again, but at this time, he suddenly set up a queen Shi.

Empress Shi's name is Shi Luo, and she is the daughter of Shi Zhan, the Marquis of Peace. Shi Luo is only sixteen years old, and Wang Mang is already in his sixties, nearly seventy years old, speaking of which, with his advanced age, he can be Shi Luo's grandfather.

Wang Mang has always been a stingy person, but marrying Queen Shi this time is a painful loss, and the scale is unprecedented.

It is estimated that Wang Mang also wants to take this opportunity to show the strength of the country and show the world the strength of the imperial court.

Don't think that if the imperial court loses the battle in Kunyang, you think that the imperial court will fail, in fact, the imperial court has money in its hands, and it can continue to recruit troops and buy horses, and eliminate the thieves from all over the country one by one.

This unprecedented wedding not only failed to make Wang Mang win the trust and favor of the people of the world, but made the world even more disgusted with him.

Even those who are loyal to Wang Mang can't look at it, the national disaster is at the head, and they are so extravagant and wasteful, if you were willing to spend all this money in the army, why would there be a contradiction between the Beijing army and the local county army?

Hundreds of thousands of local county troops, why did they contribute to the Battle of Kunyang, and finally led to the defeat of the imperial army?

Wang Mang in this period, his thinking is no longer understandable to normal people.

After Liu Xin's death, the National Teacher's Mansion was seized, and Xi Cheying also disappeared, no one knew where she went, and no one even knew if she was still alive.

The actual situation is that Xi Cheying changed her face, changed her name and surname, went to Duling near Chang'an, and successfully entered the Shi Mansion and became a maid for Shi Luo, who was about to get married. Xi Cheying wants to infiltrate the palace through Shi Luo and lurk around Wang Mang, firstly, so that she can get more information, and secondly, if necessary, she can also make a move against Wang Mang at any time.