Chapter 554: The Han Dynasty Collapses, and the Heroes Dance (3)
Liu Xie is actually quite sensitive, although he is a high-ranking emperor in the eyes of unknown people, and he is the son of heaven granted by the monarchy.
In fact, it is easy to understand that since he was eight or nine years old, he was photographed by the ministers because of the death of Emperor Ling; Although he picked up an emperor for nothing, the price was for several years, and he was under the high pressure of the tyrant Dong Zhuo. and with the help of Wang Yun, he killed the national thief, but although the Manchu Dynasty Minister respected him as a son of heaven on the surface, even a fool could see that he was just a son sitting in a special position.
At that time, Dong Zhuo was executed, and people celebrated Wang Yunzhi's unparalleled serial plan, cheered for Lu Bu's prodigal son's counterattack, and sighed that the dangerous man was finally saved by a group of iron-blooded loyal ministers! So the meritorious reward and the meritorious knight, everyone has a share in the credit, but there is nothing to do with him.
The ass decides the head. Although Liu Xie is young, he is also the royal blood that can make Dong Zhuo call him the king. After sitting on the throne of the Son of Heaven, the angle of looking at the problem is by no means comparable to others. Seeing that Dong Zhuo, the son of a good family who was originally entrusted by Emperor Ling, was bewitched by power and turned against the sky, and then was killed, those "loyal ministers" of the Han Dynasty, including the emperor Wang Yun, who tried his best to shout that the loyal monarch is the first line of the gentleman, still didn't seem to take his young son of heaven too seriously. Regardless of whether inside or outside, all military and political affairs were decided by Wang Situ, which is the best portrayal of that time. In Chang'an City, only Wang Situ is known but not the Son of Heaven, which is not just a lie.
Liu Xie, who was called the Son of Heaven for a few years, was actually a prisoner, and he had already learned to be patient and to observe words and feelings. I learned to use the remaining childish color on my face as a cover to protect myself. Watching Wang Yun from the sidelines, purging the different parties, and anyone who does not agree with his views. are all among the killings, even the world-famous Confucian Cai Yong is just a literati temper and worships Dong Zhuo's corpse, and even the people who hate Dong Zhuo for lighting the old Dong Tianlan have expressed their understanding, and they are still admiring Cai Zhonglang's gentlemanly behavior, it is his son of heaven, and he just laughed after hearing it. That period of time shrouded by Dong Zhuozhiwei, to be honest, no matter how bizarre things happened, it would not be too strange, and the past would be over. But Wang Yun didn't follow. I don't know for what purpose, I just got on the bar with Cai Yong, that's all, although Cai Yong is famous all over the world. But after all, he is a literati. Among the swordsmen, he can't even protect himself, and his temper is strange, if he can really use such a person to appease Wang Yun, who is in power, Liu Xie is too lazy to care. But Wang Yun still didn't feel like it was enjoyable, and he still wanted to provoke Lu Bu, who had just made a great contribution to the country! But he was just named Wen Hou by Liu Xie, and General Fenwu was in charge of the defense of Chang'an City, and he was almost Lu Bu, who entrusted his life with full authority! The result? Lu Bu abandoned Chang'an, in front of Li Dao and Guo Yan. Wang Yun died.
If that's all it takes, I don't know when. The rumor that "the Son of Heaven binds the king Situ in front of the thief" has gradually spread among the ministers who have obviously experienced all this, and these people seem to have completely forgotten the panic when Li Guo's two thieves came to the city, and the ministers within the palace city female wall were tied up and could only sit and wait for death, and they actually pushed all the responsibility on themselves. It can be said that since then, Liu Xie has actually clearly understood what it means to be a monarch.
Later, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Lu Bu took advantage of the opportunity of Ma Teng, Han Sui and Li Guo's two thieves to "unevenly divide the spoils" to raise troops again and break through Chang'an to meet Xuchang. Why Ma Teng and Han Sui attacked Chang'an, Liu Xie knew very well, although he pretended not to know the original purpose of the two, and after he got rid of his life, he also greatly rewarded these two people, but in fact, these two people have been marked with a big cross in Liu Xie's eyes. At that time, Liu Xie's choice was actually Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao was born in the Yuan family, which was favored by the country and had the reputation of the fourth and third princes, and was capable and famous, and the most important thing is that Yuan Shao was once the leader of the alliance of the princes of the Eighteenth Road to crusade against Dong Zhuo. It's a pity that before Liu Xie put this idea into practice, Yuan Shao's successive performances, as well as the rumors that Yuan Shao wanted to set up another branch of the Liu clan as the emperor before, made Liu Xie, who was already unright, worried about the country, and the matter was stopped.
Then there is the Lu Bujun represented by Qin Xu. For Qin Xu, who is "similar" to his own age, but he is already a miracle and has fallen out of the trick to save the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials in danger, Liu Xie actually has a good impression, and it is no wonder that after the fact, he rumored that Tao Qian died as the pastor of Xuzhou, but in fact, it was just the official position of Qin Xu Qingzhou Shaofu sealed by Lu Bu, and he was directly accomplished overnight, and he was crowned marquis, knighted, and actually sealed Xuzhou, even Lu Bu, who had never come in person, was also stained. These signs actually reveal Liu Xie's scheming, that is, he wants to slowly try to return to the old capital under the protection of Lu Bu as he did in Chang'an. But all of this was mixed up because of Cao Cao.
For Cao Cao, Liu Xie actually knew it from the beginning. After the eunuch, he was a hero, and the "lubricating oil" when the princes of the Eighteenth Road crusaded against Dong Zhuo, although he had a bad background and heard the wind and comments, he was a real loyal minister. In addition, Liu Xie also heard about the poverty of Qingzhou where Lu Bu was based at that time, and saw that Cao Cao was very sincere, and Qin Xu was beating the side drum on the side, implying that Lu Bu was willing to be a partial division for the Son of Heaven, and seeing that the land of Xuchang was only 600 miles away from the old capital Luoyang, and the garrison of Qingzhou and Jinan under Lu Bu, the courtiers were also hungry and thirsty because of the long journey, so they also agreed to push the boat down the river.
At the beginning, when he was appointed to accompany the capital Xuchang, whether it was the ministers who came here all the way through the same weal and woe, and Cao Cao, who was very respectful and "in awe" of the imperial power, Liu Xie was still very satisfied. In return for the favor, Liu Xie also felt good about himself and made arrangements that he thought were quite generous to Dong Cheng and Cao Cao, the representatives of the courtiers and the local side. That is, the internal affairs are all taken over by the courtiers, and the "imperial army" is all commanded by Cao Cao, and the civil and military complement each other, so it may not have the reputation of being peaceful.
Liu Xie's abacus is very loud. Although there is no abacus in this year! But although he has experienced many hardships, he is Liu Xie who has been in the deep palace for many years. But I really don't know much about the thoughts of Dong Cheng, who is the uncle of the country and the general of the chariot cavalry, and Cao Cao, who was already the lord of the three states before ushering in the Son of Heaven. Such a child's play-like division is obviously unflattering on both sides. also secretly killed the bloody dispute between the courtiers and Cao Cao's side in the future. The foreshadowing was laid.
Dong Cheng was quite satisfied with the arrangement of his nephew and son-in-law. Since Dong Zhuo came to power, Dong Cheng, as Dong Zhuo's family, could still manage some things at that time, but Dong Zhuo was a strong character, and at that time, the world was disgusted with Dong Zhuo's tyranny, Dong Cheng naturally would not, let alone dare to have too much power, and cause trouble. Not to mention when Li Guo and the two thieves were in power. These two people are simply two reckless men, and the territory that can command and move is actually only the land of Yongliang. With just one acre and three points of land, there is no practical benefit in fighting for it.
But Xuchang is different. When Cao Cao sent troops to Chang'an, he had already occupied one part of Yan, Yu, and Sili, and half of the territory of the entire Central Plains. All under Cao Cao's control. And these three states are all large states in the Central Plains, even after experiencing yellow turbans, wars, and natural disasters, they are countless times better than the barren land where Han and Qiang live together in the west. Just leave the land of right and wrong, you can take over such power, Dong Cheng is not surprised if he wakes up with a smile. As for whether Cao Cao would be happy, whether Dong Cheng or Liu Xie did not think much about it at that time. Although the etiquette is now broken, people's hearts are not ancient. But the "rules" of the monarch as a minister are still there, and in addition, doesn't it also compensate Cao Cao for the power to control the "national" forces, in the eyes of the courtiers, including Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty, in fact, Cao Cao is already very favorable.
Cao Cao has actually been a little chilled since then! The key to serving the Son of Heaven is how to "serve". Okay, the Son of Heaven is in his hands, and the banner of righteousness has not yet been held firmly, and the territory in his hands is about to be taken away? If Liu Xie is a promising king, and those courtiers are also hard-working, Cao Cao still regards himself as a Hanchen after all, maybe he agreed to this "good intention" of self-destruction as soon as his mind was hot. However, whether it is Liu Xie or the courtiers, they are far from reaching that "level". But Cao Cao still has some expectations for the entire Han Dynasty, and it is precisely because of this kind of thinking that he has been able to persist for nearly two years now.
There is a limit to human patience. This is true for anyone, not to mention that their personalities are actually similar, and they are both Liu and Cao Cao, who are not very broad-minded? The difference in identity, the difference in status, the difference in values, one is still naïve to think that the Son of Heaven is the co-master of the world, but it is a temporary disaster, the world, of course, including Cao Cao, the land of the five states, are all owned by Liu Xie, one is a firm believer in strength, looking forward to achieving immortal achievements for the Han Dynasty in this troubled world, but it is also because of the Lord for a long time, although the heart of the loyal monarch is still the same, but is no longer willing to condescend to the people Cao Cao, just because this time Cao Cao in order to "avoid" Xuchang This is a nest of right and wrong, In taking the opportunity of attacking Hebei to do something to show his strength, and also take the opportunity to let those people who were spoiled by their humility cool down their hot brains, see the situation in Xuchang clearly, and it is best to maintain the status quo that everyone should be at least at home for now.
However, Cao Cao obviously overestimated Liu Xiehe's optimistic attitude of the courtiers headed by Dong Cheng, and when he saw that there was an opportunity, he naively thought that he would really do the senseless stupid thing of "the king let the minister die, and the minister will be disloyal if he does not die". So Cao Cao decided to "kindly" warn some people who are still calculating in their hearts without touching the "bottom limit" of both sides. It is only now that in the Han Palace City, there is this absurd "cleaning" at the third watch in the middle of the night.
Liu Xie understood what Cao Cao meant, and in the face of the influx of many soldiers into the palace, it was false to say that he was not afraid, and he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied and complained in his heart about Dong Cheng, who was on the same front as himself who directly "caused" all this. Therefore, when he was trying to lure Cao Xiu and Cao Chun, the two Cao family friends, to Cheng'en Hall to violate the ban, to "silently reprimand" Cao Cao's intentions, he also brought the Fanghuayuan where Dong Lin lived a little. Because Liu Xie knew that the more he said that these two places could not be visited, the more it would attract the two of them to check, maybe the Cheng'en Hall could still be prevaricated by sweeping the matter, then if the concubine's residence in Fanghuayuan was broken into by a sergeant in the middle of the night, it would definitely be a capital crime. Whether it is him, the son of heaven, or the hundred officials led by Dong Cheng, they all have enough lip service to make trouble in front of Cao Cao. In this way, the two people hidden in the palace will be safe...... (To be continued......)