Chapter 48: Usurpation

As mentioned last time, Liu Hou asked Guo Youzhi to show Zhuge Liang Qincha's confession. When Guo Youzhi heard this, he no longer made reservations, and took Qincha's confession for Zhuge Liang to see. After Zhuge Liang read it, he asked someone to bring Qin Cha and asked him a lot of questions in person.

This greedy Qincha who is not afraid of death has been satisfied since receiving the best jadeite, and he knows everything about the people who come to ask, and he does not dare to hide it after seeing Zhuge Liang, and he will tell what he has seen and heard in Chengdu.

It's a pity that he doesn't know too much about what happened in the palace, but from what he knows, Zhuge Liang has also analyzed a lot of things. After ordering someone to take Qin Cha away, Zhuge Liang also began to wipe his tears with his sleeve.

"In this way, it is very possible, it is very likely that His Majesty will ......" Zhuge Liang choked up, and Guan Gong on the side also cried out with a "woo". He didn't say it, but everyone understood what he meant.

Looking at a spokesperson for the wise man through the ages, an iron-blooded tough guy who was revered as a martial saint by later generations, crying in front of him, Liu Hou felt very strange.

What's even more strange is that he didn't feel like crying, it seems that the relationship with Liu Bei's father and son is really not very deep, but he may have expected the result and was mentally prepared.

"I hope that my father and emperor will be auspicious." Liu Hou said a word, and then waited quietly, and could only wait for the two hundred-year-old men to finish crying.

After a long time, the two stopped crying and continued to discuss important matters. "Second uncle, prime minister, with the current situation, I don't know what the two of you have planned?" Liu Hou asked.

Now that Liu Bei is estimated to have died, and his younger brother Liu Li has ascended the throne as emperor, the attitude of these two people is very important, Liu Hou must be clear, whether they will support Liu Li or what, so as to make the next arrangement, therefore, Liu Hou has this question.

"Alas, poor lord hero I, I didn't expect to end up like this. Regardless of whether His Majesty is still alive or not, this holy decree in the hands of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must be an edict. Liu Hou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Zhuge Liang say this.

Zhuge Liang's words revealed a lot of information, firstly, he still called Liu Hou His Royal Highness the Prince, indicating that he still recognized Liu Hou's orthodox status, and secondly, he said that the holy decree was an edict, so he didn't need to worry about this holy decree anymore.

I only heard Zhuge Liang continue: "The prince Li ascended the throne as the emperor, this matter is extremely suspicious, His Majesty has praised the prince's talent in front of the ministers many times, and he is glad that he has a successor. The minister never heard him talk about changing the candidate for the prince, on the contrary, he also planned several times to consolidate the position of the prince for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

It can be said that he is quite satisfied with you, the heir. Therefore, even if His Majesty really has something, he will definitely not pass the throne to the prince. Therefore, the possibility of the prince usurping the throne is extremely high.

Of course, the prince is still young, and most of these things are arranged by others for him, as for who it is, just look at who benefits the most from the new emperor's accession to the throne this time, and who supports the new emperor the most. ”

Zhuge Liang is worthy of being the spokesperson of the wise man through the ages, and his analysis is basically in line with reality. In fact, Liu Bei died more than three months ago, and the cause of death is still a mystery.

Wu Guifei, together with Wu Yi and Xu Jing, did not mourn, concealed the news of Liu Bei's death, and then issued a series of holy decrees, denouncing many officials who were loyal to Liu Bei, especially those who supported the crown prince Liu Chan, and promoted a group of officials from their own side to fill up key positions in various departments.

Through a series of personnel changes, they thought that they had completely mastered the government and government, so they launched a coup d'état in one fell swoop, pretending to entrust Liu Bei Chan to support Liu Li to ascend the throne as emperor.

At the same time, Xu Jing was named the Taishi, Liang Guogong, and he was a powerful Taishi. He took control of the actual government on the grounds that the emperor was young and needed the auxiliary ministers to govern the government. Wu Yi was named a general, the Duke of Weiguo, and in charge of the military power of the whole country. And Guan Gong's daughter Guan Yinhua is the queen, and the rest of the meritorious ones have their own rewards.

Everyone listened to Zhuge Liang's analysis, and they didn't say anything, because everyone was waiting for his next article, and the following is the key point he said, sure enough, the drama is here:

"Chenben cloth, ploughing in Nanyang, living in troubled times, not seeking to reach the princes. His Majesty is not despicable to the ministers, and he is humiliated by himself, and the ministers are in the grass house, and the ministers are grateful for the things of the world. Since the minister knows His Majesty's intentions, he should follow them. Xu Jing and Wu Yi's generations usurped the throne in a disorderly manner, and the ministers did not dare to agree.

The minister originally wanted to use the troops of Jingzhou to enter Shu to crusade against the rebellious ministers and thieves, and he was afraid that Wei and Wu would take advantage of the weakness to enter. In fact, God blessed the Han Dynasty, and the minister asked the prince to ascend the throne as the emperor first, and then crusade against the ministers in the name of righteousness. ”

Hearing Zhuge Liang say this, Liu Hou breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time was startled. He was relieved that he finally heard Zhuge Liang say words of support for him personally, and he was startled because he expected that Zhuge Liang might not agree with Liu Li in Chengdu as the emperor, and expected Zhuge Liang to support him, but he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to be so radical, and he directly wanted to enthrone himself as the emperor.

According to Liu Hou's plan, he wanted to send troops to kill the small court in Chengdu first, figure out Liu Bei's situation, and then justifiably ascend the throne as the emperor, and now he is in a hurry to ascend the throne in Jingzhou, will he be in a hurry?

"Prime Minister, will you be in too much of a hurry when you ascend the throne at this time, why don't you wait for me to recover Yizhou first and wipe out all the thieves who are in chaos?" Liu Houdao.

"It's okay, it's urgent, the enthronement ceremony can be simple and won't be delayed for too long. The prince's army came from afar, and he also needed some time to rest. We can prepare for war while preparing for the enthronement, and we can make no mistake about the two things.

As long as you choose an auspicious day, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will ascend the altar to worship the sky, sit facing south, and the ministers will pay homage to the new monarch.

After His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascended the throne, he had the name of righteousness, he could command the soldiers and horses of the world, and he could also reassure the ministers and the people. ”

Liu Hou thought to himself, shouldn't he learn from Zhu Yuanzhang to accumulate grain and slowly become king? Why did you ascend the throne and become emperor so quickly?

However, how can he have Zhuge Liang's mature politician who thinks about the problem comprehensively. His current situation is completely different from the situation that Zhu Yuanzhang faced at that time, and the strategies he should adopt are naturally different.

Zhuge Liang urged Liu Hou to do his best to call the emperor has two intentions, one is the heart of Anchen. If Liu Li in Chengdu is called the emperor, then Liu Hou's subordinates will feel a little shorter.

They used to think of themselves as officials of the imperial court, but now they are suddenly on the opposite side of the imperial court, as if they have become anti-thieves. In this way, it is inevitable that they will have pimples in their hearts, and some people who are not firm enough will also have the feeling that they cannot see the way forward.

However, if Liu Hou is also called the emperor, then the situation is completely opposite, they have the merit of supporting the establishment, they are the ministers of the dragon, and they are the heroes of the founding of the country. They will feel that they are much higher in status and that they will hopefully achieve a higher status.

One is a hero and one is a thief, one is positive and one is negative, there is a world of difference between the two, don't underestimate this psychological difference, sometimes it will have a huge impact on a person's behavior, and even make them make completely different choices.

For example, Zhuge Liang, he is now equivalent to being abandoned by the new court. The former prime minister who was above 10,000 people under one person has now been deceived into Jingzhou, and he can't go back to Chengdu, let alone hold real power. Xu Jing wants to control the government and be the first person in the court, so he will never allow a prime minister to compete with him for power.

Zhuge Liang wants to be prime minister again, and the only way is to support Liu Hou as emperor and help him overthrow the regime in Chengdu. Liu Hou also thought of this, so he was sure that Zhuge Liang would definitely help himself instead of Liu Li.

And Zhuge Liang wants to be prime minister, in addition to helping Liu Hou, there is also a problem that Liu Hou must be the emperor and reorganize a new court, so that he can have the position of prime minister. If there is no imperial court, then he can only go back to the state when he fought the world with Liu Beiliu and become a military advisor.

The same goes for other subordinates, if Liu Hou is still just a warlord, then there won't be so many official titles to reward them. Only after Liu Hou becomes the emperor, he can have a lot of official titles and titles to be rewarded, so that you are good, I am good, and everyone is good.

Second, in the name of righteousness, if there is only Liu Li as the emperor of Shu, then Liu Li can issue a holy decree to order Liu Hou at every turn, and even directly order Liu Hou's courtiers and generals.

At this time, Liu Li represented the imperial court and occupied the name of righteousness, in this case, did Liu Hou's subordinates obey these holy decrees? If they obey the order, they will betray Liu Hou, and if they do not obey the order, they will become chaotic ministers and thieves.

Of course, what should Liu Hou's henchmen do or what they will do, they will definitely not take Liu Li's holy decree in their eyes, but there are still many courtiers in Shu and Liu Hou's relatives are not high, so it is difficult to say their attitude.

In the future, Liu Hou will send troops to recruit Liu Li, and if he occupies the name of righteousness, it will also be convenient for Liu Hou to call on some officials of Shu to do it anyway. After all, it is impossible for him to use troops to crusade against every place in the entire Shu Kingdom, in most places, most officials can make them submit to themselves and be loyal to themselves through methods such as calling and inspiring.

If you are an anti-thief, are others still willing to take refuge in you? Therefore, this righteous name is actually very important.

Guo Youzhi is not a stupid person, he immediately figured out these key points, and he also said to Liu Hou: "His Royal Highness the Prince, what the Prime Minister said is good, and You Zhi also respectfully asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ascend the throne as soon as possible and continue my Han Guozuo." ”

Liu Hou saw that Guo Youzhi also said the same, so he turned his head to Guan Gong and said, "Second uncle, what do you think?" ”

Guan Gong said with red eyes: "This matter has been discussed with the prime minister for many days, and I also think that it is appropriate for you to ascend the throne as much as possible." Hum! Xu Jing and Wu Yi are small, do you think no one will know about the usurpation?

The elder brother wrote to a certain family and the third brother many times to ask for a candidate for the prince, and the certain and the third brother agreed that the elder brother would inherit the throne after a hundred years. I have never heard my brother mention that Liu Li will succeed to the throne, Adou, you have not made any mistakes, on the contrary, you are very capable, how could my brother change his mind in a hurry.

Hum! Everyone in the world knows that if Liu Li takes the throne, it must be Xu Jing and Wu Yi's disciples who tamper with the holy order. Therefore, Adou, you don't have to worry, the second uncle will definitely support you unconditionally, even if they set up the silver bottle as the queen, they will not approve of this family business. Liu Li is a little kid, and he also wants to be worthy of a certain baby daughter, but there is no door. ”

Guan Gong's words were loud and sound, and he also expressed his support for Liu Hou's claim to be emperor. It wasn't until now that Liu Hou knew that Xu Jing had made Guan Gong's daughter Guan Yinhua the queen, and they had a good idea. thought that in this way, he could get Guan Gong's support.