Chapter 50: The Storm Calms

From the moment Liu Xiu walked out of Ouyang He's camp, the political turmoil that occurred in the Han Empire was declared over.

This incident that made all the countries of the entire Holy Continent unable to see through, the reason was strange, the process was strange, and the final result was confusing, and finally ended completely.

Outside Luojing City, a great bloody battle was finally eliminated in the encirclement of the army loyal to the emperor, and with the efforts of the third prince of the empire, the British king Liu Xiu.

Although the turmoil occurred in the imperial capital, directly involving the top echelons of the empire, it all happened in Luojing City, and the rest of the empire was not affected, even the border change was also carried out normally, and everything was concentrated in the spring and summer season, and the time was short, even if other countries had the intention to take advantage of the chaos to attack the Han State, there was not enough time to gather troops and horses and prepare grain and grass.

And the emperor's illness, at this time, was almost recovered.

As a result, the Han Empire was able to escape the catastrophe and catch its breath.

After changing the general army, Zhang Duo unexpectedly did not lose his life after meeting the emperor, but was only demoted by three levels of official rank, and changed to the punishment of being idle without power, and before that, he was just a cloth cloth, but he was actually demoted and promoted.

And the crown prince Liu Rui disappeared after the incident in front of the palace, and even if the emperor ordered a strict search in various parts of Luojing, he did not get any trace of the prince.

However, the Imperial Forest Army system began an unprecedented purge, especially the complete abolition of the "Prince Army" directly under the crown prince and no longer retaining the structure.

In this major reform of the Imperial Forest Army system, the princelings were exposed one after another, all of them were dismissed, and even some middle and high-ranking generals who were pro-Liu Xiu were "accidentally" implicated, dismissed from their posts, and replaced with new candidates.

In just a few days, the Imperial Imperial Guards experienced a storm that had not been seen in decades, and the new Imperial Guards system had been completely rebuilt under the Emperor's will, under his personal command, with Wang Xiangzuo as the command.

Even Liu Xiu has no acquaintances in this new Royal Forest Army system.

After that, it was a reward for meritorious deeds, and those who had meritorious deeds had their own rewards, but unexpectedly, the prince and his party were not punished in any way, only a few people who persecuted Prime Minister Yaheng were put on death row, and their families were assigned to the frontier, and Li Weicai, the superintendent of the imperial history, and Sun Kang, the doctor of Guanglu Temple, who were the core figures of the prince's think tank, were even praised by the emperor and accepted the reward.

And the British king Liu Xiu, who played a key role in all the turmoil in Luojing, did not receive any substantive praise except for the emperor's verbal appreciation, and even the courtiers who were pro-Liu Xiu only received financial and verbal rewards, and there was no actual reward.

Only Liu Xiu's dark army, which was brave in front of the palace gate and could be called a force to turn the tide, was not dispersed by the emperor and retained, which was also a comfort to Liu Xiu, but the emperor had a strict order to prohibit these thousands of men and horses from stationing in Luojing, so all the horses and horses under the leadership of Liu Xiu silently retreated to forty miles outside the city and set up camp.

Almost in just one day, the political forces in Luojing City have undergone earth-shaking changes, and the courtiers who were originally party members due to the struggle for power among the three princes of the empire also began to collectively gather their hearts and move closer to the emperor.

The emperor proved with a cruel and direct iron fist and a thunderous force that he had an unshakable ability to rule the empire, and it was not difficult for him to form a so-called vertical and horizontal party and divide it.

A few days later, the emperor issued a decree proclaiming to the world:

"Because the prince raised the dead, disregarded the holy order, despised the court, bewitched the courtiers, violated the palace gate, deceived the emperor and the ancestors, and bewitched the people, he was not allowed to be in the world, and he was not allowed to be in the community.

As soon as the holy decree came out, the officials were discolored, and everyone was shocked.

The hundred officials lost color because the emperor was only abolished, and everyone thought that after the incident, Liu Xiu would inherit the crown prince, but the emperor did not say a word.

And the consternation of the public is because the incident happened suddenly, the change in the capital has not yet spread throughout the territory, and the edict of the abolished prince arrived first, so the people thought that something big had happened in the empire, and they were panicked, and even those who had good things took the opportunity to spread rumors, saying that the Han country was in trouble and the world would be in chaos, but fortunately, the county Cheng found out in time and arrested those who spread rumors in time, so as not to cause chaos.

Slowly, the Great Han Dynasty stabilized, and the emperor finally remembered the great contribution made by his third son Liu Xiu in the incident, and summoned him to the palace, but after Liu Xiu entered the palace, the emperor did not receive him, but placed Liu Xiu in a courtyard in the middle of the palace, guarded by heavy soldiers, and could not go out of the door.

The will is unpredictable, but that's it.

A few days later, the emperor issued another decree:

"Recently, the king of the clan, Liu Hongwen, asked for a decree, said a peaceful battle, although the prestige of the empire was invigorated, but failed to take advantage of the victory to smash Yandu, to give it a chance to breathe, now the Yan country has signs of offense, looking directly at me as nothing, the big man, how can I suffer this great humiliation, the empire rivers and mountains, how can thieves and bandits covet, look forward to the left and right, see that the British king Liu Xiu is decisive, loyal to the monarch and loves the people, is actually a good general of the Han Dynasty, a courtier example, worthy of the great task of fixing the border, Tejia is the general of the Erpin Town Army, still LinkedIn the title of King of the United Kingdom, and specially ordered to control all the troops up and down the defense of the domain. Hold, Liu Xiu, set off for Wei in five days, don't be delayed, thank you! ”

As soon as the decree came out, the whole empire was in an uproar again, and the envoys of various countries stationed in Luojing City began to busily deliver the news again.

It is not credible to say that Yan Guo is committing a border, and letting Liu Xiu go to Wei is more to control the military of the country and change the country from a vassal to the Han realm.

But Beiyan has always been eyeing Pingyan, Liu Xiu's Shadow Army is guarding Pingyan, and Liu Hongwen is unable to subdue the Shadow Army, so it is a matter of course for Liu Xiu to go to defend the country.

And let Liu Xiujie defend the military of the country, and further establish the status of Liu Xiu and even the Han Dynasty in the defense of the country, and the king of Wei must be depressed, unwilling to be merged, so Liu Xiu is really dangerous, but he has gained a lot, and this is more reminiscent of the emperor not killing the crown prince and not beheading the second prince Liu Zhao, does it have another deep meaning, is it specifically to fight against this increasingly difficult to control His Royal Highness?

And just before the decree was issued, the emperor imprisoned Liu Xiu in the name of entering the palace as a reward, also in order to cut off the connection between Liu Xiu and the minister.

During this time, Liu Xiu's personal soldiers stationed outside the city were also installed by the emperor in various names.

All of a sudden, with the various actions of the Han Emperor Liu Zhuang, all the forces on the Sacred Continent looked sideways, speculating what actions this great country would take in the future, and what was the emperor who was in the deep palace and had concentrated power alone for the first time, what was he thinking?

Palace.

The emperor, who has been strategizing, finally breathed a sigh of relief after issuing the second holy decree, and the power was brought back in his hands, the prince was powerless, the world was in his heart, and he was still the lord of the world, but he used a little means to submit to the governance of the world, and everyone dared not disobey, he lay down on the chair, it was time to rest, the emperor thought so in his heart.

But the emperor thought about it for a long time, and he didn't have any good ideas, going out to Beijing for a tour, time-consuming and troublesome, and now it was eventful, and he didn't dare to go out, but Luojing didn't have any good places to go, he looked out the window, the moon was full of moonlight outside, and there were countless stars.

Seeing the stars arching over the moon, the emperor's mood suddenly brightened, but just when he withdrew his gaze, he suddenly found that next to the bright moon, there was a faint but huge moon-like star, and quietly accepted the stars to bow down.

The emperor's state of mind deteriorated in an instant.

At this moment, in the pavilion, the parrot that the emperor usually used to amuse suddenly shouted.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty likes parrots, and the world knows it, but recently there have been many things and annoyance, and the emperor forgot about the parrot, and suddenly listened to its sound, and was curious, so he wanted to hear what it shouted.

Although this parrot can also say a few words, but the emperor's favorite words it can't listen to, and it needs to be readjusted, but tonight this parrot shouted and listened to the sound, but it had some appetite for the emperor.

He waited for a while, and couldn't help but teach a few times, and the little parrot opened his mouth to learn a few words, although the voice was strange and inaccurate, but it already had a little taste, especially the sentence:

"In the emperor's world, no one can move, long live the emperor, long live." said it particularly accurately, and the emperor couldn't help but be overjoyed, and laughed:

"Haha, good guy, I have the final say in this world, everything in the world belongs to me, I will make you the king of parrots, and let you also taste what it is like to be a prince."

Speaking of the word prince, the emperor's face suddenly became gloomy again, and he turned around and shouted "Xiao Shunzi".

Father-in-law Shun answered and walked in quickly.

The emperor turned around and teased the parrot again, and heard it shout a few words, "The emperor's world, no one can move, long live the emperor, long live." After that, he glanced at Father-in-law Shun and asked:

"What has the King been doing these days?"

Shun Gong Gong reported:

"The King of England has only been studying in the side hall recently, and he has nothing else to say except to summon the palace maids and eunuchs to serve tea and dinner. However, His Majesty arranged for Liu Nao, the eunuch who waited for the King of England, thinking that the King of England had lost power, and was a little disrespectful to the King of England. Now that the person has been arrested, the old slave wants to ask the emperor, how to deal with it? ”

The emperor snorted coldly and said:

"The king of England has lost power, hey, I imprisoned the king of England in order to collect his heart, he is the future prince of the empire, how can you allow a little eunuch to be bullied, you will arrange it later, and execute him today."

The expression on the emperor's face flickered in the candlelight, and it looked even more gloomy, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly caught a glimpse of the "moon deceptive star" outside the sky, and his brows were furrowed.

Xiao Shunzi hung his head and said:

"Yes!"

The emperor was silent for a moment, and then said quietly:

"Xiao Shunzi, you said, I am powerful on one side, and my son on the other, just like my right and left hands, I am constantly giving up, and now my son wants to seize my power, what do you say I should do? Can I cut off one hand for the sake of the other? ”

When Xiao Shunzi heard this, she was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, shouting long live, not daring to answer.

The emperor didn't mean to ask him to answer, so he looked at the stars outside the sky, and the two of them were silent for a long time before the emperor let out a long sigh:

"Hey!"

The emperor's sigh seemed to echo in the palace for a long time, Xiao Shunzi raised his head slightly, looked at the emperor's old face, looked at his rickety body, and his eyes were moist.

He kowtowed and shouted in a sharp voice:

"Your Majesty's left and right hands, you can clench them into a fist and serve your Majesty!"