Chapter 215 Death of Liu Ju

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 215 Death of Liu Ju

Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, Shaofu Shide quickly suggested to Liu Ju that he should send an imperial edict to escort Ren An, the envoy of the Northern Army, to fight.

Liu Ju hesitated at this time.

"It may be difficult for the Northern Army to mobilize..."

Shi De said, "Just deceive Ren An out of the military camp... By then it will be too late even if Ren An wants to regret it..."

Zheng Hui also echoed at this time, "What the young master said is true..."

Liu Ju then corrected the imperial edict again and sent people to the Northern Army camp with a sense of justice.

However, they failed this time, and the people who upheld the moral integrity were expelled before they even entered the military camp.

Liu Ju had no choice but to go to the Northern Army camp in person.

Hearing that His Royal Highness the Prince had arrived outside the military camp in person, Ren An had no choice but to leave the camp to pay his respects.

"I hope you will send troops quickly..."

After Liu Ju saw Ren An, he immediately issued a talisman and ordered Ren An to send troops.

Ren An heard the words and bowed, "Your Highness, please wait a moment, I will immediately gather the troops and horses..."

Liu Ju happily waited for Ren An to send troops outside the military camp. Unexpectedly, Ren An stayed behind closed doors after returning to the camp.

"What can you do, Your Highness?"

After waiting for more than half an hour, there was still no movement from the Northern Army. Everyone around Liu Ju was panicking.

"Go back to the palace!"

Liu Zheng had no choice but to return to Bowang Garden.

At this time someone suggested

"Your Highness, the people of Chang'an have also learned battle formations...why not become soldiers..."

"Good! Great good"

When Zheng Hui, Shi De and others heard this, their eyes lit up.

Liu Ju immediately ordered tens of thousands of citizens from the four cities of Chang'an to be forcibly armed to form a new army.

Liu Ju then appointed Shi De and others to command the new army that had been forcibly recruited to reinforce Changle Palace.

When Shi De and others led the troops to the west gate of Changle Palace, they encountered the army led by Prime Minister Liu Qumo.

"Second and third sons, destroy the rebels and seal your wife's shadow. This is the time to kill..."

The two armies shouted the same slogans and charged together.

In the blink of an eye, the originally gorgeous and prosperous city of Chang'an was covered in blood and flames of war.

The two sides fought for five days, tens of thousands of people died, and their blood was left like water in the ditches on the streets.

After several days of fighting, the truth gradually became clear. The soldiers on the prince's side felt that they had been deceived and fled day by day, while the troops on the prime minister's side continued to strengthen.

On Gengyin (17th day), Liu Ju was defeated and fled south to Fu'anmen in Chang'an City.

Si Zhitianren was leading his troops to guard the city gate at this time. He felt that Liu Ju and the emperor had a father-son relationship and did not want to press too hard, so he allowed Liu Ju to escape from the city.

Liu Quya wanted to kill Tian Ren, but was stopped by the imperial censor Da Shengzhi.

After a sudden victory, he said to Liu Quya: "Sizhi is a high-ranking member of the imperial court, so he should report to you first. How can we kill him without permission?"

Liu Qumo felt that the sudden victory was reasonable, so he released Tian Ren.

At this time, the emperor was in a rage. After hearing about this, he became furious and had Baosheng arrested and punished.

He also sent Xiaohuangmen to ask: "Sizhi let the rebels go, and the prime minister killed him. This was to implement Han law. How could you stop him?"

Bao Shengzhi was so frightened in prison that he committed suicide in order not to harm his family.

After the death of Baosheng, the emperor issued an edict to Zongzheng Liu Chang and Zhijinwu Liu Gan to carry the edict to take back the queen's seal and ribbon, but did not abolish Wei Zifu's position as queen.

Wei Zifu silently handed over the seal and ribbon and asked, "How is my son?"

He replied, "The prince has left Chang'an..."

Wei Zifu nodded and said nothing.

Liu Chang and Liu Gan bowed to Wei Zifu and left with their troops.

After the two left, Wei Zifu felt so hopeless that he couldn't help singing his childhood songs and drove all the palace people out.

When everyone realized that something was wrong, Wei Zifu had already committed suicide.

After the emperor returned to Beijing, he was still furious. He believed that Ren An, seeing the war, wanted to sit back and watch the success or failure, and had second thoughts about the court, so he had Ren An and Tian Ren cut in half.

Then, in order to appease everyone's hearts, an edict was immediately issued to reward those who had made meritorious services in this incident.

Among them, Lang Guan Ma Tong captured Ruhou and named him Chonghehou;

Jing Jian, the son of a good family in Chang'an, followed Ma Tong, captured Shi De, and made him a Marquis of De;

Shang Qiucheng fought hard, captured Zhang Guang, and made him a marquis.

Liu Zheng's retainers who did not participate in the rebellion were all executed;

Anyone who follows Liu Ju to launch an army to rebel will be punished with genocide for the crime of treason; officials and soldiers at all levels who are coerced by Liu Ju out of their true intentions will be exiled to the Western Regions.

In the end, the number of people exiled in the Western Regions reached 50,000.

Because Liu Zheng was on the run, he began to set up garrison troops at various city gates in Chang'an.

Although Prince Liu Zheng had fled, the furious emperor still continued to purge the entire Chang'an. In just a few people, nearly ten thousand people were killed.

The ministers felt anxious and frightened, and did not know what to do. At this time, the three elders of Huguan ordered Gu Mao to write to the emperor.

"The father is like the sky, the mother is like the earth, and the son is like all things in the heaven and earth. Therefore, only when the heaven is calm and the earth is safe, can all things flourish; only when the father is kind and the mother loves, can the son be filial.

Now the crown prince is the legal heir, will inherit the great cause of eternity, carry out the great trust of his ancestors, and is the eldest son of the emperor in terms of relationship.

Jiang Chong was originally a commoner, but His Majesty showed great respect to him and asked him to take the orders of the Supreme Being to persecute the Crown Prince. He gathered a group of evil villains to deceive and frame the Crown Prince, forcing him to become close relatives of the Crown Prince's father and son.

The relationship is blocked.

When the prince entered, he could not meet the emperor. When he retreated, he was troubled by the frame-ups of the rebellious officials. He was wronged alone and had nowhere to appeal. He couldn't help but feel resentful and killed Jiang Chong. However, he was afraid that the emperor would convict him and was forced to flee.

As your Majesty's son, the prince embezzled his father's army just to save himself from being framed by others. I don't think he has any sinister intentions.

"The Book of Songs" says: 'Green flies come and go and fall on the fence, but a humble gentleman does not believe slander. Otherwise, the slanderous talk will continue, and the world will inevitably be in chaos.'

Now, without any investigation, Your Majesty blames the Crown Prince unduly, gets angry, mobilizes a large army to hunt down the Crown Prince, and orders the Prime Minister to personally command him. As a result, wise people dare not speak, and eloquent people find it difficult to speak. I really feel sorry for him in my heart.

I hope that your Majesty will relax your mind and be calm, not to be harsh on your relatives, not to be brooding over the prince's mistakes, to end the conquest of the prince immediately, and not to let the prince flee for a long time!

I am loyal to His Majesty... I will punish him outside Jianzhang Palace."

The memorial was handed over. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was moved and awakened after seeing it, but he did not publicly issue a pardon.

After Liu Zheng escaped from Chang'an, he fled eastward to Hu County and hid in an ordinary family in Quanjiuli.

The owner was from a poor family and could only weave and sell straw sandals to support Liu Zhi.

There was an acquaintance of Liu Zhi who lived in Hu County. He was said to be very wealthy. Liu Zhi sent someone to contact him, but unexpectedly his whereabouts were revealed.

On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, local officials rounded up Liu Ju.

Liu Juyi estimated that it would be difficult to escape, so he returned to the house, closed the door tightly, and hanged himself to death...
Chapter completed!