The death of Liu Xuan
Soon after Li Yi followed Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu's brothers, his heart began to be uneasy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAfter Liu Xuan ascended the throne as emperor, Li Yi finally couldn't resist the temptation and abandoned Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu's brothers and switched to Liu Xuan's account. History has fully proved that those who pick up outsiders must be those who eat inside. Because you can eat the inside before you can pick up the outside. Obviously, Li Yi is this kind of goods that eat inside and out!
But it's a pity that Liu Xiu's warning didn't even listen to half of it.
Liu Xiu didn't listen to Liu Xiu's persuasion, as a matter of course. You must know that from childhood to adulthood, Liu Xiu has always been Liu Xiu. In Liu Xiu's eyes, Liu Xiu was conservative and afraid of things, and he was ridiculed by him all the way. But Liu Jiu didn't know: people also develop and change. Pride will make him bleed all over it!
Li Yi believes that Liu Xuan and Liu Xuan are currently in a stalemate, waiting for their opponents to make the first move. But to wait for the other party to show flaws first and take the opportunity to make a move, this is too passive and passive. You should take the initiative to find the flaws of your opponent and go straight to the point! So Li Yi thought of a trick and immediately went to see Liu Xuan.
Soon, Liu Xuan took action. He first issued an edict to crown Liu Ji, who was the commander of the three armies, as the general of the resistance to Wei. But soon, Liu Ji came back with a message and refused to be sealed... Good! That's what you want! Li Yi's move is to use Liu Ji to force Liu Ji to make a move. As long as Liu Xuan's trick comes out, he will definitely die!
Then, Liu Xuan convened an armed rally of thousands of Chen soldiers. At the meeting, Liu Ji was suddenly arrested and said that he would be beheaded! The reason is very simple: the leader gives you face, and you even toast and don't eat and drink!
Sure enough, as soon as Liu Ji saw that he was going to kill Liu Ji, he immediately jumped up to stop him... Liu Xuan has been tricked! But at this time, Liu Xuan hesitated again. At this time, it was a dangerous moment for you to live and die, and Li Yi and Zhu Kun forced Liu Xuan to express his position. Finally, Liu Xuan waved his hand, hugged a group of people, and also tied up Liu Xuan, and was beheaded on the spot with Liu Ji!
It's like a big show, with so many gongs and drums, so much foreshadowing, and so long prologue, as if the climax has not yet arrived, and it ends abruptly. Liu Xuan's position as the eldest situ, Liu Xuan gave it to his younger brother Liu Cilai.
Beheading must be eradicated, and no one should be missing. Settle Liu Xiu, and the next one is Liu Xiu. When Liu Xuan killed Liu Xuan, Liu Xiu was squatting in Fucheng County, Yingchuan County, to defend the city. When the bad news came, Liu Xiuru had a nightmare, and she was stupid for a while! Of course, Liu Xiu knew that there would definitely be a day when he would turn his face, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly. What now?
Run, run as fast as possible... This is the most instinctive reaction of all people with normal thinking. But Liu Xiu made an unusual move - to return to Wanxian County immediately!
What are you doing back to Wan County? Sent to death? Of course not! Liu Xiu thinks: The wisest thing to do at the moment is to go back to Wan County and ask Liu Xuan for guilt!
When Liu Xiu hurried back to Wanxian County, he saw a group of people standing outside Wanxian County to welcome him... Take a closer look, this is not a commissioner sent by Liu Xuan, they are all Liu Xuan's old subordinates. They all had grief on their faces. Welcoming Liu Xiu, a big living person, into the city with a sad face like a dead man, this is really a strange welcome ceremony. Liu Xiu couldn't help but complain in her heart. In his opinion, Liu Xuan's old subordinates are here to make a difference for him on the surface, but they are actually here to add chaos!
Liu Xiu didn't say anything, just thanked you quietly, and then went straight to Liu Xuan. Liu Xiu has already thought about it: when he sees Liu Xuan, he must do three no's, and only concentrate on asking for guilt. The so-called three no's, that is, not to talk about personal affairs, not to be filial piety for Liu Xuan, and not to invite Kunyang.
Liu Xuan held a banquet. At the banquet, Liu Xiu only drank wine, laughed and talked freely, and did not say a word of private speech. What a terrible person this is! In order to survive, Liu Xiu chose to disguise herself and be extremely forbearing. Forbearance is not cowardice, but survival. Only by surviving and preserving your strength can you one day recover the defeat!
Liu Xiusan's lack of policy made Liu Xuan extremely guilty and uneasy. They are all brothers of the same great-grandfather, why are they in a hurry? So, Liu Xuan, who was moved by compassion, named Liu Xiu as the general of the captives and the Marquis of Wuxin.
Kunyang is a great victory, and I will seal you as a general, which should be well deserved. If you seal Wu Xinhou again, it will be enough to pay for hard work. I killed your eldest brother, but I treat you so well, and we should be even... Perhaps, this is Liu Xuan's inner thoughts.
But I think: the above ideas are not in line with the real Liu Xuan! What is the real Liu Xuan? He has not forgotten how he ascended to the throne. If there is no Xinshi and Pinglin soldiers, there will be no throne for him. But as soon as Liu Xuan died, the balance had been broken. Liu Xuan knew that after Liu Xuan's death, it was not him, the emperor who sat on the table, who maximized his interests, but Xinshi and Pinglin soldiers who were eyeing him behind his back. If people can help you get on stage, they can naturally kick you all over the ground to find your teeth. Therefore, in order to be able to mix on the stage for a long time, there must be a force left to balance the Xinshi and Pinglin soldiers. Otherwise, once they are strong, the consequences will be unimaginable!
Therefore, Liu Xuan did not kill Liu Xiu, but made Liu Xiu a marquis and a general, in fact, he left a way back for himself. He is not worried that Liu Xiu will seek revenge, because he knows: Liu Xiu is a smart and understanding person, and he knows who is the real murderer who caused Liu Xiu to die...
Liu Xuan felt that he was sandwiched between Liu Xiu and Xinshi and Pinglin Bing, and he was very safe. No matter how the two sides fight, it will not hit him. If one day the two sides lose out, of course, he will benefit the most... Because of this, Liu Xiucai was retained as a living chess piece on Liu Xuan's chessboard.
In this way, Liu Xuan's death was turned into a small matter by Liu Xiu and Liu Xuan, and a small matter was turned into nothing. In the end, both sides even tacitly agreed that they would not mention the matter again. Because now, the two sides still have common interests. There is a huge temptation that awaits them ahead! The name of that temptation is Chang'an. As long as you take Chang'an and cut off the head of Wang Mang, the thief of the country, the world can be decided!
At this time, there was an ominous conspiracy and murderous aura in Chang'an City! Ximen Junhui, a Taoist priest who is good at astronomical diagrams, found Wang She, one of the four generals, the Wei general, "The diagram has been predicted: Liu's revival." And the name of the new emperor is Liu Xiu! Isn't that our national teacher?"
Wang She, the son of Wang Gen and Wang Mang's cousin. If there is no problem, as soon as Wang Shi hears this, he should immediately push this Ximen Junhui out and behead him! But the opposite is true. After hearing this, Wang Shi immediately went to find the national teacher Liu Xin (at this time, he had already changed his name to Liu Xiu in response to the proverb) After Liu Xin heard this, he went to find two more people: Dong Zhong, one of the three princes, and Sun Ling, the great boss of Sizhong... Soon, the four of them formed an anti-Wang Mang alliance.
Wang Shi even said: "I know that the Marquis of Xindu (Wang Mang's father) was sick when he was young, and Gongxian Jun (Wang Mang's mother) was usually addicted to alcohol, who knows if this Wang Mang is the seed of my Wang family?" Now that the Chinese army is in the hands of Dong Zhong, I am in charge of the palace guards, and your eldest son Liu Di is in charge of the palace, why not conspire to kill Wang Mang" But at this time, Liu Xin had no intention of becoming the emperor on his own, he said, "I look up at astronomy, look down on personnel, I am afraid that the true son of heaven is in the east." We can only take advantage of the appearance of Taibai Xing to kidnap Wang Mang and surrender to protect our family."
If you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates. There is always a surprise. This conspiracy bomb did not kill Wang Mang, but blew all three masterminds to pieces!
Wang Mang was lucky to be able to escape this catastrophe. Before starting, someone in the ****** group hesitated: Sun Ling! Maybe he suddenly remembered the Confucian ethics of loyalty and filial piety, and thought that Wang Mang was miserable enough, and it would be too unkind for everyone to fall into the well like this! Sun Ling's hesitation was discovered by his wife, and under the pressure of his wife, Sun Ling actually told the conspiracy and the plate.
The grandson's wife was shocked, so she asked her husband to surrender to Wang Mang. Sun Ling was still hesitating, and his brother-in-law Chen Han warned, "Brother-in-law, if you don't turn yourself in, I will denounce it." In desperation, Sun Ling had to run to Wang Mang with Chen Han to tell the truth.
Wang Mang immediately summoned Dong Zhong to inquire. Wang Xian suggested that Dong Zhong should rebel and avoid being a human system. But he was rejected by Dong Zhong and entered the palace with Liu Xin and Wang She. Wang Mang ordered the Yellow Gate official? Yun interrogated, Dong Zhong couldn't answer a word for a long time, so Wang Mang asked Wang Wang to pass on the decree "Da Sima Anti" Dong Zhong was killed on the spot. In this way, Wang Mang still did not understand his hatred, and ordered the tiger soldiers to divide Dong Zhong's chaotic sword into corpses, put them in bamboo utensils, mix them with alcohol, poison, white blades, and thorns, and dig and bury them. At the same time, Dong Zhong and his family were arrested.
But the strange thing is: Wang Mang did not order what to do with Wang Shi and Liu Xin? Both of them committed suicide. Wang Mang didn't investigate afterwards. Maybe Wang Mang thinks that Wang Shi is flesh and blood, and Liu Xin is an important minister, and if they are convicted and punished, it will be disgraceful to his face, so he hides the past like this. Liu Xin's son Liu Die, who was only dismissed from the official position of Zhonglang General and appointed as another doctor of Zhongsan.
Wang Mang was betrayed internally, and the army was overthrown, which can be described as a disillusionment. In July, he recalled the Great Sikong Wangyi and reappointed him as the Great Sima; Zhang Han was appointed as the Great Situ, Cui Fa as the Great Sikong, Miao as the National Teacher, and Wang Lin as the General Wei. After that, all the state affairs were handed over to 11 important ministers: Taishi Wang Kuang, Taifu Tang Zun, Guoshi Miao, National General Aizhang, Da Sima Wang Yi, Da Situ Zhang Han, Da Sikong Cui Fa, Shi Chen, General Wei, Wang Lin, General Zhao Hong, former General Wang Sheng... Wang Mang himself drank and ate fish all day long, sending him to be depressed. In my spare time, I read some military books, and when I was tired, I fell asleep and stopped sleeping. to spend the last two months of his life...
At this time, Wang Mang's new world was already falling apart: in the northwest direction, the brothers Kui Cui and Kui Yi raised troops together with Yang Guang and Zhou Zong, captured Tianshui County and Zhipingxiang County in one fell swoop, killing Li Yu, the big Yin of Tianshui County. After that, he elected his nephew Kui Huan as a general. Kui Huan's two uncles, Kui Cui, served as General Baihu and Kui Yi served as General Zuo. Kui Huan sent someone to hire Fang Wang from Pingling County to be his military advisor. Fang Wang suggested to Kui Huan: immediately build a temple for Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty. Worship Gaozu, Emperor Wen, Emperor Wu and other emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, and issue a letter to the county of the world as a Han minister, denouncing Wang Mang's crimes. Kui Huan accepted this suggestion, and the high temple in the east of the city was soon built, and Kui Huan led everyone to kill Ma Limeng.
After that, Kui's army expanded rapidly, reaching 100,000 men. Yongzhou Mu Chen Qing and Anding County Da Yin Wang Xiang were killed one after another. The counties of Longxi, Wudu, Jincheng, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang surrendered one after another. The entire Liangzhou quickly fell into the hands of Kui Huan.
Southwest: Zong Cheng proclaimed himself General Huya and raised troops to attack Hanzhong County. Wang Cen proclaimed himself the general of Dinghan, raised troops in Luo County, Guanghan County, killed Song Zun, the Yongbu Mu, and echoed Zongcheng. The two of them were tens of thousands of people. At this time, Gongsun Shu, who served as the head of Shu County in Linqiong County, sent people to welcome the two to Shu County to govern Chengdu. Later, Zongcheng's troops plundered in the city of Chengdu, and Gongsun Shu made people falsely claim to be the messenger of Liu Xuan, the first emperor, and came to confer Gongsun Shu as the general of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty, the Taishou of Shu County, and the pastor of Yizhou. After that, Gongsun Shu led more than 1,000 elite soldiers to attack Zongcheng in the west. Because Zongcheng has lost the hearts of the people in Chengdu, some people continue to join Gongsun Shujun along the way, and thousands of people have reached Chengdu City. Zongcheng's deputy general, Yuan, killed Zongcheng and surrendered to Gongsun Shu.
In addition to Kui Huan and Gongsun Shu, Liu Wang, the former Marquis of Zhongwu, also raised troops in Runan County, Yuzhou. Yan You, the most capable general under Wang Mang, also abandoned Wang Mang at this time and went to surrender to Liu Wang with his lieutenant Chen Mao. In August, Liu Wang was proclaimed emperor, and Yan was especially the prime minister of Sima and Chen Mao.
In August, Liu Xuan sent two armies: one was led by Wang Kuang to attack Luoyang; The other route was led by Shen Tujian and Li Song, and went straight to the gateway to the southeast of Chang'an, the Wuguan of Hongnong County. Deng Ye and Yu Kuang also raised troops in Nanxiang, Xixian County, at the junction of Hongnong and Nanyang County, and after capturing the two counties of Hongnong County and Danshui, Deng and Yu began to attack Wuguan.
On the map of the Han Dynasty, Luoyang was as important as Chang'an. Although Wang Mang has lost most of his army under Kunyang City, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and he can still take out the army guarding Luoyang and Chang'an. Taishi Wang Kuang and the national general Aizhang were ordered to guard Luoyang. As for Chang'an City, as long as the Wuguan is guarded, Chang'an can rest easy.
But the question is: can the military pass be kept? The answer was soon revealed: Zhu Meng, the commander of Wuguan appointed by Wang Mang, opened the gate without shame and surrendered to Deng Ye and Yu Kuang's rebel army. Immediately afterwards, Song Gang, the doctor of Hongnong County, was killed, Huxian County fell, and the rebel army swept towards Wang Mang with the momentum of burning the plains!
Now, Wang Mang seems to have run out of options, so he can only wait for the fire to burn himself. However, Dasikong Cui Fa told Wang Mang: Things are not so bad. If you want to put out this fire, there are still ways...
Wang Mang suddenly asked excitedly, "What is the way" Cui Fa said: "Zhou Li" and "Spring and Autumn Zuo Biography" all say: When the country encounters a catastrophe, it can be resolved with crying. Why don't you cry and beg God today?" However, Wang Mang was like a drowning man in the ocean and caught a life-saving grass. Crying can dissolve disasters, Wang Mang Thaksin. The reason why I believe it is not only because of the superstition of Zhou Li, but also because I have tasted the sweetness before: I have never remembered that when Zhai Yi raised troops, Wang Mang led his ministers to worship in front of the Han Temple. As a result, after a few days of worship, good news came back, saying that Zhai Yi's rebel army had been exterminated... All right. It's all this time, it's not a sin for a man to cry and cry!