Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Five Entering Beijing to Stab Mang
Li Yi's sudden arrival surprised Liu Yan and Liu Xiu.
After sitting down, Liu Yan asked: "Ji Wen, why did you come to Xinye?"
Li Yi patted the clothes on his body, which were all covered with dust. He swallowed and said, "General, Jiyuan asked me to come here. I have something very important to ask for, General's help!" At this point, he paused. I looked around.
Liu Yan said seriously: "There are no outsiders here. If you have anything to do, just say it!"
Li Yi said: "Ci Yuan and I returned to Wancheng and told my uncle the truth about what happened in Yizhou. My uncle immediately expressed that he would fully support the general's uprising."
Liu Yan and Liu Xiu looked at each other. Li Shou supported his side's uprising. This is a good thing!
Li Yi took the teacup handed over by Deng Chen, drank the tea in one gulp, and continued: "But my uncle doesn't want to cause trouble in Wancheng, but in the capital!"
Everyone present wondered if their ears had heard wrongly, that there was going to be an uprising in the capital? Is Li Shou crazy?! Liu Yan frowned and asked uncertainly: "Tell me again, where is Li Gong going to uprising?" ?”
"Capital!"
"If you start an uprising in the capital, isn't that just throwing yourself into a trap?" Liu Yan said in surprise.
"Ci Yuan and I told my uncle the same thing, but my uncle couldn't listen at all. My uncle said that he had many old friends in the capital, and most of them were officials in the court. There were many opportunities to assassinate Wang Mang. As long as Wang Mang died, Now, the restoration of the Han Dynasty will be just around the corner!" Li Yi looked at Liu Yan, lowered his head and said, "Uncle has gone to the capital now!"
Liu Xiu couldn't help but hold his forehead. The capital was Wang Mang's base. When he started an uprising in the capital, he would use eggs to hit rocks.
Furthermore, is Wang Mang so easy to assassinate? There are many people in the world who want to kill Wang Mang, but who has succeeded? Li Shou's plan is too wishful thinking.
He said: "It is impossible to succeed in an uprising in the capital. On the contrary, it will harm others and yourself. Ji Wen, you should stop Mr. Li's actions in the capital immediately. Otherwise, your life may be in danger!"
Li Yi shook his head and said: "These words, Ji Yuan and I have told my uncle countless times, but it's useless. Now my uncle has determined that the Han Dynasty will definitely be restored, and the person who will assist the Han Dynasty will definitely be the Li family. !”
The Liu family was revived, and the Li family was assisted.
Li Shou was a master of prophecy. He had no doubts about this prophecy. Now that the Liu family had two brothers, Liu Yan and Liu Xiu, Li Shou became even more obsessed with this prophecy.
He believed that the prophecy had made it very clear. The one who could assist Liu Yan and Liu Xiu was his Li family, that is, Li Shou. With the protection of the prophecy, why should he worry about failing to achieve his great cause?
Due to this mentality, Li Shoucai confidently went to the capital to win over old friends, intending to assassinate Wang Mang, assist the two brothers Liu Yan and Liu Xiu, and restore the Han Dynasty.
Liu Yan frowned and asked: "Ji Wen, Mr. Li really has many old friends who were officials in the capital in the capital?"
Li Yi agreed with this point. He nodded and said, "My uncle once served as an official in the court and did get to know many high-ranking officials in the court!"
Liu Yan couldn't help but ask: "So how confident is Mr. Li about the assassination of Wang Mang?"
Li Yi shook his head and said he didn't know.
Liu Yan turned to look at Liu Xiu and asked, "Axiu, what do you think?"
Liu Xiu smiled bitterly and said: "Assassinating Wang Mang is not easy. Especially if you want to assassinate Wang Mang in the capital, it is really difficult to succeed!"
Assassinating Wang Mang in the capital is tantamount to launching a palace coup. It involves too many aspects and too many people. As long as one link or one person goes wrong, all previous efforts will be wasted.
Throughout the ages, very few people have been able to successfully launch a palace coup. Even if there is a successful precedent, the person in charge is powerful and holds the military power of the world, and Li Shou does not have such strong power and strength at all.
In Liu Xiu's view, what Li Shou did was too idealistic at best, and whimsical at worst.
After hearing Liu Xiu's words, Liu Yan frowned even more. He really hoped that Li Shou could succeed. If Wang Mang was really assassinated and died, it would not be chaos in the world, but chaos in the imperial court, which would be very beneficial to his own uprising. .
Liu Yan pondered for a while and then asked Liu Xiudao: "Axiu, in your opinion, what should we do?"
Liu Xiu said seriously: "We must recall Mr. Li immediately, otherwise, I am afraid that Mr. Li's life will be in danger in the capital!"
Liu Yan thought about it carefully, nodded, and said: "What A Xiu said makes sense! It is not advisable to act too hastily on rebellion. Ji Wen, you and Ji Yuan should find a way to bring Mr. Li back to Wancheng!"
Li Yi smiled bitterly and said: "General, of course Jiyuan and I also want my uncle to return to Wancheng. We have thought of all ways, but..." After saying this, he shook his head helplessly.
If Li Shou could listen to him and Li Tong, he wouldn't be in the capital now, and he wouldn't have come all the way to Xinye to ask Liu Yan for help.
Liu Yan asked: "Ji Wen, what is your purpose of coming to Wancheng this time?"
Li Yi said seriously: "I hope the general can write a letter to my uncle and persuade him to return to Wancheng immediately! My uncle may not listen to what Ji Yuan and I say, but he will definitely listen to the general!"
Li Shou has already determined that the people the Li family wants to assist are the two brothers Liu Yan and Liu Xiu. In Li Shou's mind, Liu Yan and Liu Xiu are far more important than he and Li Tong.
Liu Yan pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay! I will write a letter to Mr. Li right now."
Although Liu Yan very much hoped that Li Shou's operation in the capital would be a great success, he also understood how severe the blow to his own side would be if the operation failed.
First of all, the Li family will definitely suffer, and secondly, his own side is also likely to be affected. In short, Li Shou's plan in the capital is too risky and the price of failure is too high, which he cannot afford.
Liu Yan quickly wrote a letter. Most of the content of the letter was Liu Yan thanking Li Shou for his support for his uprising, and also affirming Li Shou's loyalty to the Han Dynasty.
Only later in the writing did he say that Li Shou's plan was too risky and difficult to succeed, and hoped that he could return to Wancheng immediately.
After writing this letter, Liu Yan read it from beginning to end. He felt it was good and nodded with satisfaction.
After reading it, Liu Xiu frowned slightly and said, "Brother, this letter..."
Liu Yan turned to look at Liu Xiu and asked with a smile: "Axiu, do you think there is something wrong with the letter written by eldest brother?"
Before Liu Xiu could speak, Li Yi on the other side hurriedly expressed his opinion: "This letter from the general is very well written! It not only affirms the uncle, but also persuades the uncle to return to Wancheng. Ji Wen thinks that the general wrote it well!" "
Li Yi had already said this, and Liu Xiu couldn't say anything more. He smiled and said nothing more. Liu Yan handed the letter to Li Yi, who took it, carefully folded it, and put it in his arms. Then he bowed deeply to Liu Yan and said, "Thanks to the general for helping me this time, Ji Wen is very grateful!"
Liu Yan first waved his hand, then patted Li Yi on the shoulder with a smile and said: "We are all brothers, Ji Wen doesn't have to be so polite."
Liu Xiu had a very average impression of Li Yi, but Liu Yan thought Li Yi was a very good person and admired Li Yi very much.
Li Yi did not stay long in Xinye. He only had a quick lunch and then hurried back to Wancheng on horseback.
More than half a month later, Liu Yan's letter was successfully delivered to Li Shou.
Li Shou was very excited when he learned that it was a letter written by Liu Yan. When he opened the silk, his hands were shaking. He read the contents of the letter several times and could almost memorize it word for word from beginning to end.
In fact, most of the content of the letter written by Liu Yan was just a formality. His words of gratitude to Li Shou were just polite. What he really wanted to express was that he wanted Li Shou to immediately give up his original plan and leave. Beijing, return to Wancheng.
Li Shouze, on the other hand, completely misunderstood Liu Yan's intentions. He took Liu Yan's polite words as an affirmation of his actions, and took Liu Yan's request to return to Wancheng by himself as Liu Yan's confrontation with him. Polite.
There were some problems with Liu Yan's letter. It was neither primary nor secondary, and was more polite than substantive. Li Shou's understanding also had problems, and he completely misunderstood Liu Yan's meaning.
Therefore, although Li Shou received this letter from Liu Yan, instead of leaving the capital, he traveled around more frequently, visiting and wooing ministers who had friendship with him.
But just as Liu Xiu worried, to launch a palace coup, too many aspects need to be involved and too many people need to participate.
For Li Shou, wanting to be flawless in every aspect and wanting so many people to support him is an impossible task, not to mention involving so many people and not leaking out. A slightest hint of wind would be even more impossible.
Because of Li Yi's relationship, Liu Yan was delayed for another day in Xinye. The next day, he returned to Chung Ling with more than 200 guests.
Liu Yan didn't take Li Shou's matter too seriously. He thought that he had already written it very clearly in his letter. After Li Shou received his letter, he would naturally understand what he meant and return to Wancheng immediately.
But Liu Xiu was really worried. After thinking about it, he decided to ask Long Yuan to go to the capital in person to find Long Zhun and Long Bu who were also in the capital. He must send Li Shou back to Wancheng safely.
Time passed day by day, and Liu Xiu lived a very simple life in Xinye. He spent most of his time reading in his room every day.
Liu Xiu had read through all the books in Deng Chen's study.
That day, Liu Xiu was still reading in his room, when Deng Yu and Yan Guang knocked on the door from outside. Liu Xiu didn't even raise his head, his eyes still fell on the slip.
Deng Yu and Yan Guang looked at each other. The latter walked up to Liu Xiu, took the letter in his hand, lowered his head and looked at it, and said with a smile: "I am reading "捭阖CE" again. My lord has already read four of them. , five times, right?”
"捭 Hece", also known as "Guiguzi", is a Taoist book. Taoist thought runs through almost the entire text, but the content includes all things, such as power plots, strategies, art of war, debates, etc.
Liu Xiu shrugged, snatched back the slip that Yan Guang had taken away, and said, "Read the book a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent."
It is not possible to understand the book "捭阖CE" after reading it once or several times. At least with Liu Xiu's intelligence, after reading it four or five times, there are still many contents in the book that he cannot understand.
Deng Yu and Yan Guang looked at each other and smiled. The former said: "Okay, I think my lord will grow hair if he stays in the room any longer. Let's go out for a walk today!"
"Where to go?" Liu Xiu looked at the slip and asked absently.