Chapter 82 is like the sea

Xu Jing frowned, raised his hands and pressed down, and said, "Everyone be quiet, everyone be quiet." The ministers saw that it was the former boss who was about to speak, and gradually quieted down. After all, this used to be the head of the hundred officials, although he is now down, but Yu Wei is still there, if he wants to speak, everyone still has to give some face.

Seeing that the scene was quiet, Xu Jing turned to the Empress Dowager Wu and the two princes and said, "Empress Dowager, please make a decision, the new emperor has already arrived at Wuyi Gate, I am afraid that I will start attacking the gate in a moment or three, and it will be too late by then." ”

Empress Dowager Wu said angrily: "You and the others should bear the worries of the king, but they surrendered to the rebellious one by one. What faces do you have to see the mourning family, what faces do you have to see the emperor, and what faces do you have to see the first emperor after death. ”

Xu Jing said with a depressed face: "Queen Mother, you should know that the first emperor originally wanted to pass on this throne to whom......"

"Shut up! Who persuaded the mourning family to ascend the throne as the emperor, who came up with the idea to keep it secret, and who drafted the edict of the first emperor. Empress Dowager Wu interrupted Xu Jing's words and didn't let him continue, but she didn't expect that what she said herself had already revealed a lot of information.

Hearing these conversations, the people in the audience who knew were fine, and many people who didn't know set off an uproar in their hearts. They were deceived by Xu Jing and Wu Yi, and at first they thought that Liu Bei was really passing on the throne to Liu Li, and that the crown prince Liu Chan was a rebel and a careerist who wanted to usurp the throne by force.

With this kind of thought, they did not have much sincerity in surrendering Liu Hou, and most of them were forced to act out of desperation. Now they know that things are not as simple as they imagined, it is very likely that these people in front of them are the people who are plotting to usurp the throne, and the crown prince who attacked Chengdu by force to seize the throne is the real son.

"Queen Mother, what's the use of saying this now, no matter who was right and who was wrong in the past, now that the army is pressing, what needs to be considered is how to survive, and everything else doesn't matter." Xu Jing said with a bitter face.

"Hahaha, you rebels and thieves, you will take care of your own lives, of course you can save your life if you surrender, and you can even continue to be officials, but have you ever thought about our mother and son? What about the three of us? Will we still be able to live? Can that Liu Chan spare us? As she spoke, Empress Dowager Wu burst into tears.

However, she only cried for a while, and then continued: "The plan to make Li'er the emperor was proposed by you, and the benefits are also shared by you, and now that the matter has failed, you are still alive and kicking, but the bitter fruit has to be borne by our mother and son, is this fair?" Is it fair? In the end, Empress Dowager Wu almost roared out in a frenzy.

"The Queen Mother, Your Majesty is kind-hearted, and he will definitely not harm his brother." The more Xu Jing spoke, the quieter his voice became, and even he felt that he was very unconfident in saying this.

"Won't you harm your brother? Hehe, are there still fewer fratricidal things in the world? Especially the imperial family, what is a brother? Even if the father and son are not the same as the guard and calculate, hehe, brother, what is a brother? "After all, Empress Dowager Wu is from everyone's beautiful background, and she didn't even swear at such a time, maybe she wouldn't swear at all.

Xu Jing was also speechless, this kind of family matter involving the royal family, he really didn't want to make a promise for the emperor, who knows what the emperor wanted. Since ancient times, everything related to the throne has been a taboo, and whoever gets involved will die.

Seeing that Xu Jing's persuasion was ineffective, the ministers stepped forward and surrounded the mother and son and started talking. Xu Jing sighed, reluctantly got out of the crowd, and walked out of the palace lonely, he wanted to rush to see the new emperor, he couldn't persuade here, he had to stabilize it first, otherwise he couldn't wait to order a strong attack, and it would be over.

He is not afraid that the palace will be destroyed by war, and the palace is not his home, if it is destroyed, it will be destroyed, he will not be heartbroken at all, he is afraid that he and his ministers will lose this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and everyone will be worried.

Xu Jing met Liu Hou very smoothly, and Liu Hou was also anxious to understand the situation in the palace, so as soon as he heard Xu Jing's request to see him, he asked people to bring him in.

Xu Jing reported the situation in the palace and asked Liu Hou to suspend the attack and let the ministers make a final effort. Liu Hou pondered for a while and said, "It's not a problem to postpone the attack, the problem is that I can't wait forever. Time is life, time is precious, and I don't want to waste everyone's time, because that would be murdering everyone's lives.

There is always a time limit to wait, and I will wait until the unitary time, and if the mother and son still refuse to surrender by the time of the unitary, I will launch a strong attack. If you don't want to die, leave the palace before the unitary time, I said that I would spare you from dying, and I will definitely not break my word. ”

"The old man is the grace of not killing the hundred officials." Xu Jing got Liu Hou's promise not to kill them, so excited that he knelt down and kowtowed three times.

Liu Hou was very unaccustomed to someone kowtowing to him, especially such a white-bearded old man, he said: "Get up, you go back and persuade the mother and son well, and I tell you that the military camp has been blown up by me, and Wu Yu and the two thousand soldiers are all shattered."

It's not that I can't do it, I give you a chance, I give you enough time to choose, and if you are still stubborn, I am not a soft man. What should be done or will be done, do you understand? ”

The old man understands that the old man must convey the meaning of His Majesty to the ...... Tell Mrs. Wu. Liu Hou's words were obviously threatening, Xu Jing was so frightened that he was dripping with cold sweat, he didn't dare to call Wu Yuan the queen mother in front of Liu Hou, and he was so anxious that he even said a nondescript title.

"Actually, you don't have to wait for her to make up your mind, can't you make the people in the palace move? The three of them, mother and son, are all women and children, and they have no power to catch chickens, what can they do? Isn't it all up to the palace people and the guards to carry out everything? ”

Hearing Liu Hou's hintive words, Xu Jing broke out in a cold sweat, what did the emperor mean by this? Could it be that you want to use yourself strongly?

"This ...... This, Your Majesty...... 陛xià. Xu Jing was so nervous that he stammered a little, although the emperor's words were right, but if he did this, the emperor would benefit, and the notoriety of history would be borne by himself.

Although it is said that the food of the king bears the worries of the king, although it is said that as a good courtier, he should have the courage to carry the black pot for the emperor, but Xu Jing is not a good courtier with such a high consciousness. What's more, he has always regarded himself as a celebrity, and he really doesn't want to carry this kind of historical black cauldron.

"Huh?" Liu Hou showed a majestic expression and forced his eyes to look at Xu Jing. Xu Jing gritted his teeth,

"Your Majesty, the palace guards have always been personally controlled by Wu Yi, they are only loyal to the Wu brothers and sisters, and outsiders really have no way to interfere. In fact, things are not without room for change, according to the old man, the reason why Mrs. Wu refused to surrender was because she was worried about the safety of herself and the two princes, if, if ......"

Speaking of the back, Xu Jing couldn't go on, in his opinion, the possibility of the young emperor sparing the mother and son was very small, and it was very likely that he would anger Long Yan if he said this.

"Huh? What if, what if? Do you want to say that if I forgive them their capital sins? Liu Hou said angrily. In fact, it had been so long since the incident happened, and he had long since stopped being angry.

When he first heard that Liu Li had ascended the throne as emperor in Chengdu, he was indeed very angry. But after such a long time, his feelings have long been adjusted, especially with the victory of the war, he took back his throne and the country little by little, and the resentment in his heart has long been drifted away with the wind.

"This, this, Your Majesty, this is not a solution." Xu Jing said stiffly, he kept looking at Liu Hou's expression, and at this time, seeing Liu Hou's face gloomy a little more, he immediately added: "This can be a temporary practice, Your Majesty might as well agree to let them go first, and when the matter is over, Your Majesty will not do what you want to do." ”

When Liu Hou heard this, he was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this Xu Jing to have such a ghost idea. He even asked himself to pretend to agree to the request of the mother and son first, and after the matter calmed down, he would cross the river and tear down the bridge, go back on his word, talk doesn't count, or settle accounts with the mother and son.

Is this the wisdom of the reader? Could this be the moral cultivation that a Confucian disciple who has read the books of the sages should have? No wonder some people say that most of the people cultivated by Confucianism are hypocrites. Liu Hou deeply despised Xu Jing in his heart.

After despising it, Liu Hou also had to admit that this was also a good way, if it was for other people, Liu Hou might have agreed to use this strategy, but Liu Li and Liu Yong are his half-brothers, and Empress Dowager Wu is his little mother, and his seniority is there, and he really can't do anything ruthless.

Besides, if you do this, you will inevitably scold the world and leave an indelible stain on history. After all, now that he is the emperor, he can no longer act so casually, and there are many things to be afraid of, in popular terms: you need to pay attention to the impact when doing things.

"Hmph, do you think I'm the kind of sinister villain who doesn't keep his word? As a scholar, you have such a bad idea, do you want to fall into injustice? Liu Hou said angrily.

"The villain doesn't dare, the villain deserves death." Xu Jing was frightened by Liu Houyi, and knelt down and kowtowed again.

"Hmph, get up, my heart is as broad as the sea. I act above board, and I don't care to do two-faced things. Liu Hou waved his sleeves and asked Xu Jing to get up and speak.

"Thank you." Xu Jing thanked him and then stood up.

Liu Hou continued: "You go back and tell the mother and son that although they are unkind, I will not be unjust. This time, I will spare their lives, and if I dare to have other thoughts in the future, when the time comes, the new and old accounts will be counted together, and I will never spare them again. I will now make Liu Li the candidate of Xijuan County, and Liu Yong the candidate of Lurong County.

Let the two brothers live with the Empress Dowager Wu in Rinan County, and save them from separating their mother and son. Xu Jing, would you like to go to Rinan County to be a county guard? ”

Xijuan County and Lurong County are both counties under the jurisdiction of Ninan County. On the other hand, Ninan-gun is a county under Jiaozhou, and its area is in the central region of present-day Vietnam# South, and its seat of governance is in Xijuan County (present-day Donghe City, South Quang Chi Province, Vietnam#).

In the sixth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (111 B.C.), the county was established, and the area under its jurisdiction included the area south of Heng Son in Vietnam to the north of Binh Dinh Province, and the present-day Hue and Da Nang were all within the scope of Ni Nan County. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the Linyi Kingdom (Champa State) arose in the southern part of Rinan County, which constantly encroached on the county border.

In other words, Liu Hou sent the mother and son to the southernmost part of the territory of the Han Dynasty, which was further south than Lingnan, the traditional distribution place. Moreover, there is a barbarian state called Lin Yi Kingdom in this place.

Let Xu Jing go to Rinan to be a taishou, firstly, to exile him and punish him (of course, he has already been counted as a light sentence for meritorious service), and secondly, to let him take care of the mother and son nearby. The deeper meaning is that having such an acquaintance there as a county guard can also reassure their hearts.