Chapter 6 Preparation (I)

The prince is terminally ill.

For the Han monarchs and ministers who had just been established less than a year ago, this news was a bolt from the blue. Especially those old people who had witnessed the rise and fall of the Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin and other dynasties were all hit hard, and they had no peace of mind in their past whether they spoke or did things.

It’s not that they have deep feelings for Prince Liu Chengxun. Nowadays, it is common for the king and his ministers to attack each other, and brothers turn against each other. A crown prince who is just 26 or 27 years old and has never been on the battlefield with everyone will not win the sincerity of a group of old world. However, if the crown prince of the Han Dynasty was replaced by the second prince Liu Chengxun, everyone would have to reconsider all their plans for the future and make arrangements. In a hurry, it would be a bit messy.

An excellent heir means whether the country's destiny can continue. All the old people in the world believe in this. However, in the past thirty years, the court in the Central Plains has been cursed, and no successor emperor can continue the wisdom and courage of the founding king. The court where he is located has quickly gone to destruction after a brief glory!

Thinking back to the beginning, Zhu Wen's Daliang Kingdom was destroyed by the Later Tang Dynasty because he had no suitable heirs. The fate of the Later Tang Dynasty experienced the "Yedu Change" and lasted only ten years. Because of the same problem, it was replaced by Shi Jingtang's Later Jin Dynasty. (Note 1)

Although Shi Chonggui, the second emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, was far more ambitious than the first emperor, Shi Jingtang, he did not have the ability to match his ambitions. Therefore, five years after he ascended the throne, he was plundered as a prisoner by the Khitans, and the land of the Central Plains suffered the lives of this. Now, the same curse fell on Liu Zhiyuan's Han Kingdom, and the prince Liu Chengxun, who had barely inherited most of his talents and had grown up, was seriously ill, while his second son Liu Chengyou was a playboy who was just a fake!

"The world is probably going to be in chaos again!" Not only are the knowledgeable old people, they are full of pessimism about the future. Some knowledgeable people among the people were also panicked after learning that the prince was critically ill.

It is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled person. In the nearly seventy years since Huang Chao entered Chang'an to the present, there has been a change of dynasty, not a bloody pestle? Although among privately compiled books and stories, most of the people who suffered the tragedy of family destruction in these seventy years were emperors and generals. However, in fact, the sufferings suffered by the people in the grass-roots in the grass-roots were ten times more miserable than the families of emperors and generals. However, the miserable situation of the grass-roots people has never attracted much attention, and they are not qualified to let literati and poets write for them!

"White bones are exposed in the wild, and no rooster crows thousands of miles away!" Emperor Wu of Wei's poem back then is the most sincere description of the troubled times. After the Three Kingdoms, the darkest Five Barbarians invaded China in history. The nations outside the Great Wall invaded one after another, and ordinary people were only regarded as "two-legged sheep" in the eyes of the invading Hu people. Now, the Khitans in the north are rising, and their cruel and barbaric aspects are no less than the Huns and Jie Hu... (Note 2)

In this era, from one vassal to ordinary people, they were not very loyal to the emperor who had been exchanged like a lantern. However, they hated those Khitan barbarians who had just been forced out of the Central Plains by Liu Zhiyuan. Therefore, the two evils were the least. Most normal people still hope that Liu Zhiyuan's Han Kingdom could last for a few more days, at least, let the land and people in the Central Plains recover their vitality and withstand the next round of southward advance of the Khitans!

Of course, not all Han people are looking forward to the long-term stability of the Central Plains. Some people who have "big ambitions" or "will not meet talents" want to return early in the turbulent years. Only in chaotic times can they quickly seize the first pot of gold in their lives by selling and betrayal. Only in chaotic times can they have the opportunity to step on the bones of their compatriots to seek personal achievements. As for how many innocent people will die in vain after the chaotic times, whether the Khitans will invade the south again, and whether the fellow villagers will be regarded as "two-legged sheep" by foreign races, it is not within their consideration!

Guo Yunming, the chief of the General's Office of the Left Guard and the confidant counselor of Prince Liu Chengyou, is undoubtedly such a "big ambition". Because he was not good at doing things last year and offended the Chang family of Taiyuan and the Yang family of Linzhou at the same time, his "teacher" Su Fengji did not dare to guarantee his future. So in a hurry, he simply made up his mind and surrendered directly to the second prince Liu Chengyou. He used the other party's wings to seek a temporary breath.

Unexpectedly, the "auspicious people" have their help. Guo Yunming thought that after following Liu Chengyou, the foolish second-generation ancestor, would have to waste his time to death in this life. However, he never expected that this bet would be a life of wise and bravery, and he was known as Xiao Mengchang's crown prince Liu Chengxun, who was sent to the gate of the Yama Palace by a small cold. No one was optimistic about it. At most, Liu Chengyou, the second prince of Taiping, would become the only heir to the throne of the Han Dynasty. (Note 3)

For a few days, no matter how sad the outside is, the second prince Liu Chengyou's Left Guard General's mansion was full of joy. Everyone knows that the emperor has endured his grief and summoned Guo Wei, Shi Hongzhao, Wang Zhang, Murong Yanchao and other important officials in front of the army to discuss the new crown prince. As the only choice, as long as Liu Chengyou doesn't take the initiative to cause trouble in the past few days, it is a foregone conclusion to be made the crown prince. As the saying goes, one person is the right way to be ascended to heaven. The Left Guard General became the crown prince. How could the chief secretary, clerk, guard, and tent in his mansion not rise with the water?

As the chief secretary under Liu Chengyou and the "poverty and humble friendship" of the second prince, Guo Yunming's future will definitely be more than one minister or a governor of a state. Tong Pingzhang's subordinate affairs and the official hat of the Privy Councilor began to shine on his head.

With a guaranteed way out, people will naturally be full of energy when doing things. In recent days, Guo Yunming has been in the General's Mansion constantly dispatching troops to disperse the hidden dangers that may affect Liu Chengyou's crown prince. He sent people to send out all the gold, silver and soft materials that have become cars. Liu Chengyou used to work hard to collect from all over the country, and he gave them all to civil and military officials and generals who stayed in Bianliang. Including the Imperial Medical Center and the Imperial Heavenly Prison, which were rarely treated with courtesy, was not left behind. Several of the well-known doctors were all in their arms. Many star-gazing envoys were also satisfied and constantly excavated from the sky that the great Han Dynasty was prosperous and prosperous.

Liu Chengyou, who has always been greedy for money and lust, rarely falls in love with Guo Yunming. He adopts all the strategies offered by the latter happily. He supports everything that the latter thinks needs to be done. Even when the two of them get along privately, he strokes Guo Yunming's soft and smooth back and promises with gaze, "You can do whatever you want, and I will take care of it if something happens. Anyway, my grandfather has only two sons, and my sister-in-law has all the girls, so I don't believe that besides me, he can also pass the throne to the third person!"

"I am trying to break my bones to pieces, and I want your highness to get what I want!" Guo Yunming's eyes turned red with emotion, turned his head, took a few steps back, and bowed to the ground.

"No, no, no, why are you doing so seriously? Hurry up, spit on the ground, so as not to have good or bad spirits!" Liu Chengyou's hand fell empty, and he was not angry, and he ordered with a smile on his face. "It's actually just that for me. Look at my grandfather, I'm busy all day long. I've been the emperor for so long, and I don't even have time to see what Bianliang City is like! So many beauties in the harem are all guarding the empty room every day.

My brother even more, he is in charge of here and there every day, but before he can ascend the throne, he vomits blood. So you can go and arrange it, and I won’t blame you. If God really let me be the crown prince and a second-rank title, you will definitely be indispensable. If I really become the emperor one day, Privy Councilor or Pingzhang will be the political affairs of the government. You can choose the two positions. If you can find your parents and family members, whether you chase the title or the actual title, I will never treat them unfairly!"

"I, my highness, I will never forget the kindness of your highness for treating each other." Guo Yunming felt warm in his heart when he heard this, and he bowed to thank him with red eyes again.

He only remembered his nickname Dou Shi, but his original surname was, but he couldn't remember it at all. Therefore, the matter of Guangzong and Hui brothers was destined to be a good dream. However, Liu Chengyou's promises made him feel an unprecedented attention, making him willing to give everything to his own in order to repay the other party.

"Look, I told you all, don't be so serious! In life, you must be open-minded. Sitting on a thousand miles of mountains and rivers may not be as good as staying in a small place to dream!" Liu Chengyou smiled and walked forward a few steps, supported Guo Yunmingying's soft and transparent fingers with both hands, and slowly pulled upwards.

"Lord!" Guo Yunming shivered gently, his spine tightened instantly, and his body was as tense as a horn bow that had just been pulled. However, this time, he did not retreat immediately. Instead, he quickly changed a few breaths and slowly relaxed all his muscles and nerves.

If you want to eat cakes, you have to pay!

When he was very young, the old beggar master taught him this principle.

Later he found an opportunity to kill the old beggar, but he never forgot about this truth!

Note 1: The thirteen years of the Later Tang Dynasty, from the establishment of Li Cunxu to the loss of Li Congke. However, the founding emperor Li Cunxu was usurped by the Ming Dynasty Li Siyuan and died, so strictly speaking, it can only be considered to have been passed down for two generations. The three years of Li Cunxu's rule must be separately calculated.

Note 2: Jiehu, the most brutal nation when the Five Barbarians invaded China, liked to pickle human meat as military rations. It carried out large-scale barbaric massacres against the Han people, the Huns and the Xianbei people in the north at that time. Later, it was replaced by the Xianbei, and some soldiers were exiled to Jiangnan. The Liang Dynasty in Jiangnan treated him as a guest of honor, but this Jiehu quickly rebelled under the leadership of its leader Hou Jing and publicly declared: "If the city is destroyed, kill it will be pure, and the world will know my reputation!" Possessed dozens of cities in Jiangnan. Later, because of excessive evil, they were collectively rejected by the gentry and people in Jiangnan, and were defeated and died.
Chapter completed!