Chapter 742: The Storm Rises Again
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Liu Xiu gave Guo Shengtong a phoenix crown, twelve Dongzhu to Yin Lihua, and a longevity lock to Xu Xiling, which was considered to have been taken into account by the three concubines in the harem.
That night, Liu Xiu held a banquet in the palace, not only to celebrate the triumphant return of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, but also to wash the dust for Gai Yan, Ma Wu, Wang Ba, Liu Long and other soldiers.
The scale of this banquet was very large, and in the court, the ministers who were more than 2,000 koku came to participate, and in addition, the ministers' wives and concubines were also invited to the palace.
It's just that the men's banquet is in the front palace, and the women's banquet is in the harem, and the men and women have different banquets, which is the rule of formal banquets.
During the banquet, Liu Xiu first commended the merits of Gai Yan, Ma Wu, Wang Ba, Liu Long and other soldiers of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, of course, he did not forget Deng Yu's Western Expeditionary Army and Wu Han's Southern Expeditionary Army, and also commended the two of them and the soldiers under his command.
Hearing Liu Xiu's praise, Deng Yu and Wu Han felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts, the Eastern Expeditionary Army was a succession of victories and returned triumphantly, but what about themselves? Compared with the Eastern Crusade Army, it's a lot worse!
Liu Xiu was in a very good mood and almost praised the soldiers in the army.
Fu Zhan, who had already been promoted to the position of Great Situ, frowned slightly, owed to Liu Xiu, and said: "Your Majesty, although the war of the Eastern Crusade is going well, the thief leader Liu Yong is still here, and Your Majesty can't help but guard against it!" ”
Da Sikong Song Hong arched his hand and said: "Da Situ is reasonable, as long as Liu Yong still exists, it will be difficult for the eastern counties to have a stable day. ”
The generals were very happy, but what these two said was like a basin of cold water poured on everyone's heads. Liu Xiu's eyes lowered, smiled indifferently, and said: "Today is a celebration banquet, but don't discuss government affairs, just talk about the wind and snow." ”
As he spoke, Liu Xiu looked at Zhang Kun on the side and said, "You can let the dancing girl enter the palace!" ”
Zhang Kun bowed in response, and was about to announce that Wu Ji entered the hall, Fu Zhan Zhengse said: "Wait! Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that when the iron is hot, eradicate Liu Yong as soon as possible, and never suffer in the future! ”
Song Hong answered: "Now that Liu Yong has fled to Yanzhou, if he gets Zhang Bu's strong support, Liu Yong may make a comeback in Yanzhou at any time." ”
Liu Xiu frowned secretly, he held a banquet in the palace today, not only to celebrate, but also to relax, but Fu Zhan and Song Hong vigorously introduced the topic to government affairs, which made Liu Xiu a little tired.
He said slowly: "This matter can be discussed until tomorrow morning." ”
Fu Zhan Zhengse said: "Your Majesty, now is a good opportunity to eradicate Liu Yong, Your Majesty must not miss this opportunity!" ”
Before Liu Xiu could speak, Pang Meng, one of the generals of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, spoke: "I don't know what the good opportunity Da Situ said, what kind of good opportunity it is? Pang Meng was originally Xie Gong's general, but when Xie Gong was killed, Pang Meng took refuge in Liu Xiu. Pang Meng is low-key and humble, and is quite appreciated by Liu Xiu, he originally held the position of a servant here in Liu Xiu, Gai Yan led the army to the east, and Liu Xiu also sent Pang Meng
in the past. After the end of the Eastern Crusade, Pang Meng was also named a general, and was given the title of Pingdi, that is, General Pingdi.
Although in terms of military rank, he is on par with generals such as Ma Wu, Wang Ba, and Liu Long, and they are all generals with titles, but in fact, his identity is still a little different.
Ma Wu, Wang Ba, and Liu Long all have the title of marquis, Ma Wu is the Marquis of Yang Xu, Wang Ba is the Marquis of Huailing, and Liu Long is the Marquis of Jingling. Fu Zhan glanced at Pang Meng, ignored it, and said to Liu Xiu: "Your Majesty, Liu Yong has Yuzhou as the foundation, and Zhang Bu will take his head as a leader, and now that Liu Yong has lost the foundation of Yuzhou, Zhang Bu will have two hearts for Liu Yong." Weichen thought, Your Majesty
You can send a capable minister to Yanzhou to appease Zhang Bu, as long as Zhang Bu is willing to surrender to my Han, Liu Yong is bound to become a fish and meat. ”
After hearing his words, Gai Yan, Ma Wu, Wang Ba, Liu Long, Pang Meng and the others will look at each other, and they all frown.
At present, Liu Yong has lost his foundation in Yuzhou, but there are still people who are loyal to Liu Yong, and they are now gathering in Yanzhou.
In addition, Zhang Bu, who occupies Yanzhou, is willing to accept his own surrender? How much promise must you make to him before he will surrender?
The questions they thought of, Liu Xiu also thought of. The latter pondered for a moment and asked, "Da Situ thinks that it is safest to send someone to appease Zhang Bu?" ”
Fu Zhan was about to speak, when Guanglu Doctor Fu Long bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to go to Yanzhou and recruit Zhang Bu!" ”
Fu Long is one of Fu Zhan's sons, and is currently the Guanglu doctor, subordinate to Guangluxun. Dr. Guanglu is not a petty official, he is more than 2,000 stones, and he is a middle- and high-ranking minister.
Seeing that Fu Long took the initiative to ask for help, Liu Xiu couldn't help but be stunned, recruiting Zhang Bu was not an easy errand, and this trip was also very dangerous, if he couldn't talk about it, he would worry about his life at any time.
Liu Xiu admires Fu Long very much, he is upright and upright, and he is upright, which can be said to be deeply influenced by his father Fu Zhan.
Liu Xiu was unwilling to send Fu Long to take this risk, he waved his hand and said, "This matter will be discussed tomorrow morning." ”
Fu Long is completely a younger version of Fu Zhan, and his temper is very stubborn. Liu Xiu did not immediately agree, but said that the matter would be discussed tomorrow, which was tantamount to indirectly rejecting Fu Long's invitation.
However, I don't know if Fu Long pretended not to understand, or if he really didn't understand, he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is completely sure that he can appease Zhang Bu!" ”
Liu Xiu lowered his eyes and didn't speak, Pang Meng asked, "What kind of conditions does Doctor Fu plan to offer to Zhang Bu?" ”
Fu Long smiled slightly and said, "As long as Your Majesty is willing to allow Zhang Bu to be the Taishou of Donglai!" ”
Hearing this, Pang Meng almost laughed. Zhang Bu's current sphere of influence includes Taishan County, Donglai County, Chengyang County, Jiaodong County, Beihai County, Jinan County and Qi County.
It can be said that most of Yanzhou is within the control of Zhang Bu, and now you only seal him a Donglai Taishou, and he is willing to surrender? Isn't this a fool's dream?
Pang Meng shook his head again and again, and said, "Doctor Fu, how can it be child's play to recruit Zhang Bu?" "Zhang Bu's more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, with their forces all over Yanzhou and the surrounding areas of Yanzhou, are rampant in Shandong, and they are not good people.
Fu Long ignored Pang Meng, he kowtowed to Liu Xiu, and said loudly: "Please allow Your Majesty!" ”
Looking at Fu Long, who insisted on going to Yanzhou to recruit Zhang Bu, Liu Xiu looked helpless, and turned his eyes to Fu Zhan, hoping that he could stand up and stop his own son.
How do you know that Fu Zhan also kowtowed to Liu Xiu and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Dr. Fu can do it." ”
Liu Xiu looked at Fu Long, and then at Fu Zhan, and didn't know what to say for a while.
In fact, the war of the Eastern Expedition was not over, after all, Liu Yong was still alive, why did Liu Xiu issue an order to let the Eastern Expeditionary Army return to the court?
The first is that the Eastern Expeditionary Army is tired of fighting and really needs to return to Beijing to recuperate, and the second is also because Zhang Bu's power in Shandong is deep-rooted and not easy to fight. If you can rely on your three-inch tongue to successfully surrender Zhang Bu, it will naturally be great, but the problem is that it will never be as easy as Fu Long said, just give someone a Taishou to surrender, and they will surrender obediently, his
This kind of thinking is very dangerous in itself.
Liu Xiu pondered for a long time and said, "This matter, let me think about it again!" ”
"Your Majesty......" Fu Long was unwilling to admonish, Liu Xiu waved his hand at him, interrupted his words, and said to Zhang Kun on the side: "Didn't I let Xuan Wuji enter the palace?" ”
Zhang Kun shrank his neck in fright, and hurriedly ordered the little eunuch on the side to go to Xuanwu Ji.
It didn't take long, and a group of twenty or thirty dancers walked into the main hall. As the musicians played the music, the dancers began to dance in the main hall.
During the Han Dynasty, whether it was the aristocracy or the people, there was a Shang dance atmosphere, and Liu Xiu's ancestor Liu Fa, the king of Changsha, won the favor of Emperor Jing by relying on a dance, and made his fief three more counties at once.
As the dancing girl danced, some of the tense atmosphere in the hall immediately dissipated, and Liu Xiu also had a smile on her face. He picked up the wine glass and changed the glass with the ministers on both sides from time to time.
When Liu Xiu was on the rise, a small eunuch walked to the door of the main hall and looked inside from time to time. Seeing this, Zhang Kun immediately walked over quickly.
He walked out of the main hall, pulled the little eunuch to the side for a distance, and then reprimanded in a low voice: "Probe your brain outside the main hall, you don't want your head?" You're not in the harem, what are you doing in the harem? ”
The little eunuch hurriedly bowed down and saluted, and said in a trembling voice, "Yes...... It's the queen who is unwell! ”
Zhang Kun was stunned, the queen was unwell? He asked urgently, "What's going on?" Where is the queen now? Did you ask for a royal doctor? ”
The little eunuch said: "The queen has returned to the Changqiu Palace, and there is a palace maid to ask for a royal doctor." ”
Zhang Kunhu said suspiciously: "The queen is fine during the day, why is she suddenly unwell now?" ”
The little eunuch glanced at Zhang Kun and whispered, "Yes...... It was angry with the palace maid around the Yin nobles. ”
"What?" The more Zhang Kun listened, the more confused he became, how could this matter involve the Yin nobles again? He took a deep breath and reprimanded in a deep voice: "You explained to me clearly, what the hell is going on!" ”
The banquet of the female dependents was also very lively, and the female relatives attending the meeting, in addition to Guo Shengtong, Yin Lihua, Xu Xiling, Liu Huang, Liu Boji, these royal relatives, and then there were the wives of the princes and ministers.
Originally, the atmosphere was harmonious, and I don't know who started it, but the palace maid next to Yin Lihua was born as a camp prostitute. Yin Lihua is still very protective of her own palace maids, first praised Li Xiu'e for being a camp prostitute, but she can guard herself like jade, and then showed that Li Xiu'e was born as an official eunuch, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is a veritable talented woman. listen
After Yin Lihua's introduction, Guo Shengtong casually proposed to let Li Xiu'e paint on the spot to see if she was really talented and a talented woman.
The queen spoke, and the daughters of the princes and ministers present were naturally highly sought after, and they asked Li Xiu'e to paint on the spot. Li Xiu'e is not stage frightened, she really made a painting on the spot, painting the dragon and phoenix Chengxiang.
Hearing this, Zhang Kun became more and more confused the more he listened, and interrupted: "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang? Isn't that great? How can you be angry with the queen? ”
The little eunuch grinned and said, "The problem is in this painting, she ...... The dragon and phoenix Chengxiang painted by Liu Xiu'e is a dragon, two phoenixes! ”
When Zhang Kun heard this, his mouth opened so wide unconsciously. One dragon, two phoenixes, what does that mean? Does it mean that the Yin nobles should also be the queen and be on an equal footing with the queen?
"This ...... This ...... She...... How could she be so bold? Does she have no heads? In Zhang Kun's opinion, this Li Xiu'e is simply crazy, she dares to make such a bold painting in front of the queen, princess and so many court wives, isn't she crazy?