Chapter 5: The Unfinished Ending
The people are the easiest group of people to be satisfied, as long as there is a mouthful of food to eat, they will not rebel, after Liu Hong's years of operation, the entire Han Dynasty has taken off, and at this time the rebellion is simply looking for death.
Therefore, when Liu Hong arrived, the anti-thief leaders were all tied up in front of Liu Hong's chariot, Liu Hong walked out of the car, and said with a light smile, "Cut!" ”
In a word, there is not the slightest intention to ask, this is the feudal era, this is the majesty of the emperor.
However, at this moment, an arrow cluster hit Liu Hong's chest, and the entire forbidden army was in chaos, and when the assassin was captured, the imperial doctor had already knelt in front of the emperor and waited for death.
Liu Hong didn't have a trace of fear, and asked with difficulty, "How many days do I have to live?" ”
"Your Majesty, ten days at most." The Imperial Doctor replied in fear.
Liu Hong said lightly, "Drive back to the palace, and order the metropolitan governor Huang Zhong to be stationed outside the state and wait for the holy decree." ”
"No!!"
When Liu Hong returned to Luoyang, his life was already in danger, Liu Hong called a group of ministers to the sickbed, and said with difficulty, "I wanted to patrol the south of the Yangtze River, and then waved my army westward to fight for life and death with that Great Qin, but God did not bless me." But outside of Pei County, he was plotted by the puppet, which is not people's fault. Don't dig deeper. ”
"No!" The ministers bowed one after another.
Liu Hong continued, "Yi'er is young, I hope you will do your best to help. I don't want to do the thing of punishing first and then rewarding, you are all pillars of the Han Dynasty and national soldiers. If this is the case, I am afraid that the young emperor will ascend the throne, and there will be no one in the court.
In addition, after Yi'er ascended the throne, Jia Xu, Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, Xun You, and Yang Biao formed auxiliary ministers. Dai Yi'er is in charge of the government, if anyone rebels, he must not be merciful and exterminate the nine clans.
Dong Zhuo was the governor of the Western Regions, and he commanded an army of 100,000 through the Western Regions. Yuan Shao is a staff officer of the army, the Western Regions are uneven, I am not as good as the mausoleum, this is the emperor. It cannot be violated. ”
"No!"
"Huang Zhong is a loyal and patriotic general, and he is the marquis of the town. The unified army was stationed outside the state through the grassland, holding the festival, and crusading against the unsubordinate on behalf of the Son of Heaven. ”
As soon as they heard this, the ministers panicked, this is the momentum of the king! wanted to say something, but opened his mouth, but he didn't say it, how did he know that if he said it at this time, Liu Hong would not delay any longer. There is today, and there is no tomorrow Liu Hong, how can he leave his son with an unstable country!
After talking to the ministers again, he ordered the ministers to retreat, leaving only the five auxiliary ministers and Liu Yi, a few years old.
Liu Hong looked at Liu Yi's crying appearance. smiled and said, "Yi'er, it doesn't have to be like this. As a father, I am going to find your mother. If he hadn't become an emperor, his father would have preferred to become a rich man.
Although it is said that I am a tyrant and insist on going my own way, it is not the material to be an emperor at all, but what is an emperor? Even if the emperor's words are wrong. The people below will also get it right. Yi'er, remember, the destruction of the country is not the destruction of foreign races, it will always be the death of oneself.
If the officials are corrupt, the government will not be able to recover, and if the government will not be able to do so. If the world is unsafe, the people will not like it, and if the people do not like it, the country will perish.
Yi'er is still young now. Don't understand any of this. But be sure to remember, got it? ”
Liu Yi's little face cried like a tearful person, and he choked up and said, "The child remembers." ”
Liu Hong nodded, turned to look at the five rich ministers in front of him, and said with a difficult smile, "The five Aiqing are more or less connected with the family, but this is not a problem, because you are all loyal and patriotic."
I know that you will not disappoint my high hopes, but the family must not be eliminated. The imperial examination system seems to have broken the foundation of the family, but how many people who study are not from the family? Therefore, the family just changed the method of controlling the court, of course, there are some poor children among them. It's a pity that there are too few. ”
Speaking of this, Liu Hong sighed, and then continued, "I hope that you Aiqing can do your best to assist Yi'er, so that Yi'er will not be subject to the hands of the family in the future. I relied on the military strategy of the southern conquest and the northern war, which made the family jealous.
But now except for the Western Regions, there is no war, Yi'er does not have such a military strategy, he can't do this, I hope Aiqing will do her best! ”
"The ministers should do their best to assist the prince."
Liu Hong smiled and said with a vacant gaze, "That's good!" Step aside! ”
"No!"
After everyone left, Liu Hong sat up with difficulty, took a small box from the side and said with a smile, "Yi'er, this is the family foundation left for you by your father, and when you become an adult, open it again, remember that no one can show it!" ”
"The child remembers."
That night, there was a loud cry from Liu Hong's bedroom, and the ministers walked out of the mansion and headed towards the palace.
In a gloomy corner, a person said lightly, "The time has come, enter the palace and hold the young emperor hostage." ”
"No!"
When the hundred officials were just in the palace, there were shouts of killing from all over the palace gate, and all the civil and military officers were shocked and panicked, and some people secretly wondered who launched the rebellion, and if it succeeded, whether they could get benefits. And some of the children of the family were overjoyed, apparently they knew.
At this time, there was a burst of laughter at the door of the main hall in front of him: "Hahaha! I knew someone couldn't hold it back. ”
When the ministers heard the prestige, they saw that the person who spoke was Liu Hong.
Liu Hong smiled lightly: "Captain Wei, extinguish the traitor!" Dressed in brocade, the guards arrested those who were associated with the anti-thieves. ”
"No!"
When Yuan Shao, who was dressed in a black cloak, appeared in front of the ministers, some children of the family sat down on the ground one after another, and Liu Hong smiled and said, "Yuan Shao, I have long known that you have been secretly making trouble, but it's a pity!" Originally, I thought you just killed your biological father, so I asked you to serve as a staff officer of the Western Regions.
I didn't expect you to have such ambitions, you really deserve to die! ”
Yuan Shao said coldly, "It's useless to talk too much, just want to die quickly." ”
"Well, I'll fulfill you!" Liu Hong said sharply: "Execute this Liao Lingchi and exterminate the Yuan family." ”
Such a cruel criminal law frightened the ministers of a spirit, and just about to dissuade them, they listened to Liu Hongdao, "The rest of the people who are deceived will be fined 5,000." ”
As soon as they heard this, the ministers stopped moving, and it was very cost-effective to exchange one clan for the lives of the rest of the clansmen.
After dealing with these things, Liu Hong vomited blood and died.
The ministers were dealing with Liu Hong's funeral affairs while preparing for Liu Yi's rank.
Because Liu Hong ruthlessly destroyed the Yuan clan when he was dying, and also recalled Huang Zhong, who was loyal and unparalleled in force, outside the state, no one in the world dared to rebel, and Jiangnan sent Chen Kun, who was both civil and military.
Therefore, the Han Dynasty was unprecedentedly calm, although Dong Zhuo, the governor of the Western Regions, wanted to rebel, but under the supervision of Xu You, a staff officer of the army, he had no chance at all, so he had to honestly become a loyal minister.
Liu Hong's family background is very rich, when Liu Yi became an adult, he opened the wooden box given by Liu Hong, and promoted the famous generals and ministers inside one by one, and was known as Ming Jun. Then, in accordance with Liu Hong's last wishes, he canceled the plan to destroy the family with the Yellow Turban Rebellion, secretly beheaded Zhang Jiao, and returned the powerful people in the Yellow Turban to the imperial court.
Originally, Liu Hong more than doubled the territory of the Han Dynasty, and a martial word nickname was okay, but because of his ruthlessness before his death, he got the nickname of Emperor Lingwu of the Han Dynasty, and it was also the second nickname with such a great contrast in addition to King Zhao Lingwu.
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