The news that Liu Yan was going to start an uprising in Chongling had indeed spread a lot. Although it was not known to everyone on the street, rumors were still flying all over the sky.
Regarding the rebellion, the Liu clan's internal opinions were not unified. Some supported and some opposed. Among them, the most resolute opponent was Liu Yan, Liu Xiu's uncle, Liu Liang.
Chongling is a gathering place for Liu's clan members. When Liu Yan walks around, he often encounters relatives from the same clan.
Recently, whenever people see Liu Yan, they will gather around him and ask questions.
On this day, Liu Yan and Liu Xiu came back from Caiyang. When they passed by the open space at the entrance of the village, a group of Liu clan members were sitting together to enjoy the shade and chat.
When they saw the two brothers Liu Yan and Liu Xiu, people immediately stopped talking, stood up one after another, walked forward, and asked: "Bo Sheng, Uncle Wen, have you just come back?"
Liu Yan smiled and said, "A Xiu and I just went to the city to visit some friends!"
Everyone looked at each other, and one of them cleared his throat and said: "Bosheng, there are rumors outside that you are going to gather people to rebel. Is this... true or false?"
Liu Yan smiled leisurely and said bluntly: "Of course it's true!"
Hearing Liu Yan's personal admission, everyone was shocked and said anxiously: "Bo Sheng, rebellion is a serious crime that involves beheading and destroying the entire family, implicating all nine clans!"
"There are so many people in the world who are rebellious, so how can I be the one missing?" After saying this, Liu Yan laughed loudly, bowed his hands to everyone, and walked away.
Everyone looked at Liu Yan and Liu Xiu's back. Everyone was crying and lamenting: "Bo Sheng kill me! Bo Sheng kill me!"
Liu Xiu looked back at everyone, frowning. Liu Yan glanced at him and said disapprovingly: "Don't look at how timid they are now. After the uprising, they will naturally become bolder after killing a few dog officials."
"Maybe!" Liu Xiu responded casually.
Their uprising is inseparable from the support of their clansmen, but now the clansmen's opinions are not unified. Some people are opposed, some are afraid, some are panicked, and some are just sitting on the sidelines. Such a fragmentation makes it impossible to unify their thoughts. , which is very detrimental to our own uprising.
Liu Yan had never thought about these things that Liu Xiu was considering. From this, it can be seen that Liu Xiu is extremely talented in politics, while Liu Yan has no idea what politics is.
The Liu family clan members couldn't persuade Liu Yan, so they approached Liu Liang one after another, hoping that Liu Liang could come forward to stop Liu Yan's rebellion and avoid causing great disaster to the Liu family in Nanyang.
That evening, Liu Liang found Liu Xiu and asked with a gloomy face: "Axiu, is your eldest brother really going to rebel?"
Liu Xiu understood his uncle's temper. He was cautious and stubborn at the same time. He smiled apologetically and said: "Uncle, Wang Mang is unethical. People and gods are angry. Now all the knowledgeable people in the world are determined to fight against recklessness."
Liu Liang didn't want to hear this nonsense, so the old man waved his hand impatiently and asked: "Let me ask you, is your eldest brother determined to rebel?"
Liu Xiu lowered his head and remained silent. Seeing this, Liu Liang understood. He turned around and walked out without asking any more questions. Liu Xiu hurriedly caught up and asked, "Where are you going, uncle?"
"Go find your reckless elder brother! If he wants to die, let him die on his own. Don't drag you, don't drag the whole Liu family to die with him!" The old man was so angry that his face was livid, and he strode out quickly.
Liu Xiu grinned secretly, and said as he followed his uncle: "The current imperial court is rotten to the core. The people in the world are all rebellious and obsessed with evil. If the eldest brother wants to promote the great ancestor's career, what's wrong with him?"
Liu Liang suddenly stopped, looked at Liu Xiu angrily, and asked, "Axiu, do you want to follow your elder brother in mischief?"
"Uncle, this is not nonsense, it is in accordance with the way of heaven!"
"Humph!" Liu Liang glared at him fiercely and walked out of the door.
Liu Xiu quickly caught up with Liu Liang and continued to persuade, but the old man didn't listen to him at all. Deng Yu, Yan Guang and others also wanted to follow him out, and Liu Xiu waved to them, indicating that they all should go back.
Despite his age, Liu Liang had good legs and feet and walked quickly. It didn't take long for him to arrive at the door of Liu Yan's house.
Liu Yan's house now is different from before. There are guards standing at the door, and there are many sentries and patrols around the house.
Liu Liang didn't come to Liu Yan's house often, and the guard at the door didn't recognize him. He didn't say hello when he saw him, and just rushed in. The guards stretched out their arms to stop him, asking: "Who are you? What do you do? Do you know?" What kind of place is this? Just go inside?!"
"Go away!" Liu Liang shouted dissatisfied.
"Hey! He has quite a temper!" The guard was about to get angry when Liu Xiu ran up to him and said, "This is my uncle..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Liang had already burst into the courtyard. As he entered, he pulled his neck and shouted: "Liu Boxheng! Liu Boxheng! Come out!"
Liu Yan, who was sitting in the hall discussing matters with his men, heard the shouting and frowned secretly, muttering to himself: Why did his uncle suddenly come to his house? He waved his hands to everyone present, indicating that the matter would be discussed later.
He stood up, walked out of the hall quickly, and went to the courtyard outside. When he saw an angry Liu Liang and a helpless Liu Xiu standing behind Liu Liang, Liu Yan already understood the general situation.
He laughed, stepped forward, saluted Liu Liang, and said, "What kind of wind brought uncle here today? Come on, come on in, please!"
Liu Liang raised his finger and pointed at Liu Yan. Without saying a word, he took off his shoes, bent down to pick them up, and whipped them towards Liu Yan.
Liu Yan hurriedly raised his hand to block, and bang, Liu Liang's shoe sole hit Liu Yan's arm.
Everyone who followed out from the hall stopped doing anything when they saw that their lord had suffered a loss. They all held swords in their hands and wanted to show off. Liu Yan looked back and shouted sternly: "Everyone go back!"
People shrank in fear and returned to the hall to sit down again. As soon as Liu Yan was distracted, Liu Liang's shoe sole was already slapped on his head. Liu Yan covered his forehead with his hands and backed away and said: "Uncle, you What is this for?"
"Aren't you going to rebel? If you have the ability, kill this old man first!" Liu Liang took his shoes and chased Liu Yan like crazy.
Liu Yan dodged and said: "Uncle, I am rebelling against Wang Mang, not you!"
"Don't tell me whether you have these things or not. If you want to die, just die yourself!"
Liu Yan did not dare to fight with his uncle, but he could hide. While avoiding Liu Liang's shoe soles, he said sternly: "Wang Mang is tyrannical and the people are falling apart. Now there has been drought for many years. The people are in dire straits. There are wars and revolutions. The survival of the world depends on it." On the one line, our generation should resume the work of our ancestors and determine the future of all generations!"
"I'll let you talk nonsense! I'll let you talk nonsense again!" Liu Liang became angrier as he listened, and he chased Liu Yan with all his strength.
In any case, Liu Yan is now also the leader of the Zhutiandu tribe. He calls himself General Zhutian and has more than 2,000 people under his command. Being beaten like this by his uncle is both unpleasant to say and bad to say. Liu Yan turned around and shouted: "Axiu, come here. Help!"
Liu Xiu came to his senses, hurried forward, and Liu Yan grabbed Liu Liang's arms. He said: "Uncle, calm down. What eldest brother is doing now is to restore the Han Dynasty and revive Liu Liang." Shi!"
"The Han Dynasty wants you to recover? The Liu family wants you to revive?"
Liu Yan winked at his younger brother and signaled him to stop talking. Don't you understand your uncle's temper? You have found a path that will lead you to the dark side. Even if you hit the south wall, you will not look back!
He said: "Uncle, I have prepared wine and food in the other courtyard. You go over to eat and drink!"
Liu Liang's arms were held by his brothers and he couldn't move. He said angrily: "I'm so angry with you two, how can I still eat?"
Liu Yan bared his teeth and smiled at Liu Liang, and said: "Uncle has no appetite now. Maybe he will have an appetite after seeing the food and wine. Come on, come on, uncle, let's go this way!"
Seeing his eldest brother laughing so shamelessly, and his uncle blowing his beard and staring in anger, Liu Xiu couldn't laugh or cry. He and Liu Yan almost forced Liu Liang to go to a separate courtyard and entered the main room. It was empty inside. There was nothing there. What food and drinks?
Liu Yan pulled Liu Xiu without leaving any trace, and the latter understood and quickly exited the room. Liu Yan followed closely and jumped out. When Liu Liang felt something was wrong and realized what was going on, he wanted to leave the room again. That's too late.
There was a bang on the door, and Liu Yan locked it tightly. Then there was another click, and Liu Yan locked the door. Liu Liang walked to the door, slapped and kicked the door panel, and shouted: " Liu Boxheng, you bastard, open the door!"
Liu Yan bowed to Liu Liangshen through the door, and said with an apologetic smile: "Uncle, you calm down here, I will have someone prepare wine and food for you, and they will be delivered later!"
"Don't go, open the door for me! Open the door!"
How could Liu Yan delay here? He grabbed Liu Xiu, turned around and ran away. Hearing the sound of the door being kicked behind him, Liu Xiu asked worriedly: "Brother, uncle won't hurt you." Bar?"
"Don't worry! Uncle, he's fine, he won't hurt himself!" Liu Yan took Liu Xiu and ran out of the other courtyard. He let out a long sigh and looked down at his clothes. There were several marks of shoe soles stuck to them. .
While patting the dust on his body, he said angrily: "Uncle must have been bewitched by others, so he suddenly came to me!"
Liu Xiu said sternly: "Brother, there are many people in the clan who dare not and are afraid of uprising. This is not okay. The clan is the group of people we trust the most, and they are also the most likely to give our full support without reservation. Our group of people, their support or not, is very important to us."
Wang Mang has only usurped the throne for more than ten years. Even though he brutally suppressed the Liu clan during this period, the strength of the Liu clan still exists. Many clan members want money and people, and they have the support of all clan members. , will make their uprising more effective. On the contrary, if even the Liu clan does not support their uprising, their foundation will be too weak and unstable.
After listening to Liu Xiu's analysis, Liu Yan also realized that the matter was more serious than he thought. He asked solemnly: "Axiu, then...how can we get the clan members to support us? Support the Zhutiandu Department. ?”
Liu Xiu rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought. After a long time, he said quietly: "Brother, I have to think about it carefully." In fact, he already had an idea in his mind, but he didn't know how effective it would be when implemented.
He changed the subject and asked: "Brother, are you handy? I plan to go shopping in the city tomorrow!"
Liu Yan was stunned for a moment, then patted Liu Xiu on the shoulder and motioned for him to follow him. Liu Yan took Liu Xiu to the backyard and came to a yard where many debris were piled. Liu Yan stopped and rushed Liu Xiu grinned, took out a shovel from the corner, walked to the bottom of a big tree, and started digging vigorously.
