The question Liu Lin asked was too general, and Liu Xiu was not easy to answer. He asked with a smile: "I hope you will give me some advice."
"Haha!" Liu Lin smiled and said loudly: "It is the Red Eyebrow Army located in Puyang, Hedong!"
Liu Xiu blinked and said, "I would like to hear the details."
Liu Lin said seriously: "The Red Eyebrow Army located in Hedong, flows into Hebei from time to time, and their number is large, known as millions. Currently, the biggest threat to us in Hebei is the Red Eyebrow Army in Puyang, Hedong!"
At this point, he raised the corners of his mouth and said disapprovingly: "As for the local bronze horses, green cubs, Youlai and the like in Hebei, they are nothing compared to the red eyebrows!"
Liu Xiu listened carefully and looked thoughtful. What Liu Lin said was actually not wrong.
The strength of the Red Eyebrow Army is strong, not only in Hedong, but also in Hebei. If the Red Eyebrow Army really transfers its main energy to Hebei, then Hebei will indeed be quite dangerous.
It's just that things have priorities. For the time being, as far as Hebei is concerned, the Red Eyebrow Army is concerned about the long-term, while the immediate concern is still the local insurrectionary armies such as Bronze Horse, Qingdu, and Tanxiang.
Seeing Liu Xiu's solemn expression in deep thought, Liu Lin said triumphantly: "Marquis Wu Xin, I have a way to defeat Red Eyebrow without spending a single soldier!"
Liu Xiu looked at Liu Lin in surprise. Liu Lin had a way to break his red eyebrows? This is a strange thing! Liu Xiu raised his hand and said, "I wonder what you have to say, young master?"
Liu Lin said with a smile: "Currently, the Red Eyebrow Army is mainly concentrated in the Puyang area in the east of the river. Wu Xinhou can cut down the water to irrigate it. The river will flow straight down. The rebel army in Puyang will be wiped out in an instant, and they will die without a burial."
land."
Hearing this, even a calm and composed person like Liu Xiu was shaken and his face changed.
Burst the water to irrigate it?! What is Liu Lin trying to do? He wants to burst the banks of the China River and flood Puyang! But if he really does this, not only Puyang will be flooded, but not only the Red Eyebrow Army will die, the entire
The area east of Hedong is all in ruins, and so are the millions of people in Hedong.
In the Han Dynasty, there was no such name as the Yellow River. At that time, the name of the Yellow River was China River.
Liu Xiu looked at Liu Lin intently, and her impression of him suddenly changed. Liu Lin was the most vicious in the world!
Liu Xuan was vicious and only killed Liu Yan and Liu Ji. In order to destroy the Red Eyebrow Army, Liu Lin even ignored the lives and deaths of millions of people in Hedong. It was simply inhumane.
Seeing that Liu Xiu had not spoken for a long time, Liu Lin said cheerfully: "As the saying goes, no one is poisonous and no husband! For the eternal cause and for the restoration of the Han Dynasty, the sacrifices of the people of Hedong can be regarded as a worthy death!"
Liu Xiu coughed twice, waved his hands and said: "Young master's plan must not be followed!"
The smile on Liu Lin's face froze. He looked directly at Liu Xiu and suddenly changed the subject and said, "I wonder if Marquis Wu Xin heard any rumors after he arrived in Hebei?"
Liu Xiu asked patiently: "What are these rumors?"
Liu Lin said: "Handan has the spirit of an emperor!"
"..." Liu Xiu was speechless. Handan has the spirit of an emperor, and Liu Lin meant that someone here in Handan must be the emperor!
Liu Xiu was silent for a moment, smiled helplessly, and asked: "Master, do you think the emperor's anger comes from Prince Zhao's palace?" The implication is that you, Liu Lin, want to be emperor?
Liu Lin waved his hand to Liu Xiu with a smile and said: "Lin is self-aware, and this emperor's aura is definitely not in Lin. Instead, Lin is determined to assist the destined emperor, create great achievements for the ages, and establish unparalleled achievements! Throughout the ages, everything can be accomplished.
Big businessmen don't stick to trivial details. How much sacrifice they can afford will be rewarded in return. What does Marquis Wu Xin think?"
After all, Liu Lin was still encouraging Liu Xiu to flood the river east of the river.
If Liu Xiu is willing to do this, it means that he is a ruthless master who can achieve great things, and Liu Lin will do his best to assist him in the future.
On the contrary, it is a woman's kindness that cannot achieve great things, and he, Liu Lin, will not conspire with such a person.
Liu Xiu is a very smart person, so how can he not understand the meaning behind Liu Lin's words?
But asking him to break the banks of the China River, regardless of the lives and deaths of millions of people east of the river, Liu Xiu couldn't do it anyway. He would rather not have Liu Lin's support than do such a vicious act that is worse than a beast.
What is at stake in this matter is not millions of ants, but millions of human lives!
In fact, Liu Xiu did not draw his sword against Liu Lin at this time, and had already exhausted his utmost restraint.
He stood up and said, "Master, I'm tired of showing off. I'm going to take a nap. I can't help but take my leave." After saying that, he turned around and walked into the back room.
Seeing this, Liu Lin was furious. Looking at the closed sliding door of the back room, he shook his sleeves fiercely, snorted loudly, turned around and walked out.
It is obvious that the powerful Red Eyebrow Army can be easily eliminated without spending a single soldier, but Liu Xiu has a woman's heart and has no courage to achieve great things. How can such a person achieve great things? Zhuzi is not a good plan.
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This time Liu Lin came to visit Liu Xiu with high hopes.
Liu Lin particularly believed in the prophecies of metaphysics. To be precise, people at that time were obsessed with metaphysics and prophecies. Liu Lin himself believed in the rumor that "Handan has the spirit of the emperor".
But as he said, he is self-aware and knows that he is half-assed and that the aura of the Emperor of Handan cannot be in him.
Just when he was looking for his true emperor with the spirit of an emperor, Liu Xiu followed Liu Xuan's order to recruit Hebei.
After Liu Lin heard the news, his head was filled with excitement, and he immediately realized that the person with the emperor's temperament was probably Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu led the Han army and won the great victory in Kunyang, and became famous all over the world.
As soon as there were rumors about the emperor's ambitions in Handan, Liu Xiu came to appease Hebei. Isn't this talking about Liu Xiu?
But when Liu Lin saw Liu Xiu and expressed his idea, Liu Xiu rejected him on the spot. This made Liu Lin disappointed and at the same time filled with resentment in his heart. He was sure that Liu Xiu could not be a person with the spirit of an emperor.
Just when Liu Lin was sitting at home sulking, a man came to visit him.
This man's name was Wang Lang, and he was a quack sorcerer. Liu Lin didn't take Wang Lang seriously at all, but Liu Lin liked to make friends by nature, so since people came to visit, he had no reason to stay behind closed doors.
After Liu Lin met Wang Lang, Liu Lin couldn't sit still as soon as the two talked. Wang Lang told Liu Lin about his life experience in detail, saying that Wang Lang was just his pseudonym, and his real name was Liu Ziyu, who was the emperor.
after.
After hearing what Wang Lang said, Liu Lin was shocked. You must know that at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the three Han emperors Emperor Cheng, Emperor Ai of Han, and Emperor Ping of Han had no heirs, and the country was completely unified. This gave Wang Mang the opportunity to usurp the throne.
Now suddenly someone came forward and said that his name was Liu Ziyu and he was the son of Emperor Cheng. How could this not be shocking?
Of course, such a big matter cannot be settled by Wang Lang's approval. Afterwards, Wang Lang told Liu Lin in detail about his life experience.
According to Wang Lang's story, his mother-in-law was a maid in the palace.
One day, when Emperor Cheng was reading in his study, his mother-in-law was waiting outside. Suddenly Emperor Cheng glanced outside and happened to see this little palace maid.
Then a golden light fell from the sky and fell on the little palace maid. After that, the little palace maid became pregnant.
At that time, Zhao Feiyan was the favorite concubine in the palace. The little palace maid who was made pregnant by Jin Guang was afraid of being persecuted by Zhao Feiyan, so she secretly ran out of the palace, so Liu Ziyu, also known as Wang Lang, was born.
Let modern people listen to Wang Lang's argument. It is full of loopholes and nonsense. Emperor Cheng can tell the palace maid that she is pregnant with just one look. Isn't this nonsense?
But at that time, people believed in this statement.
Golden light fell from the sky. Then the little palace maid at that time was pregnant with the real dragon emperor, wasn't it?
In addition, Wang Lang was not completely lying. His description of Emperor Cheng's appearance and habits was very thoughtful. The pregnant maid was afraid of being persecuted by Zhao Feiyan and secretly escaped from the palace. This is completely consistent with historical facts.
Why did Emperor Cheng die? This is directly related to Zhao Feiyan.
This Zhao Feiyan is the Zhao Feiyan who has been passed down through the ages and can dance on the palms of hands. The "Yan Shou" in the idiom "Huan Fei Yan Shou" also refers to her.
It is said that Zhao Feiyan's Miji Ji Pills, inserted into the belly button, can make the skin as white as snow and keep youth forever, but it also prevents pregnancy.
Zhao Feiyan could not get pregnant, and she would not let other concubines get pregnant. At that time, any concubine in the palace who got pregnant could not escape Zhao Feiyan's murderous hand.
As the saying goes, there is nothing more poisonous than a woman's heart! Zhao Feiyan was stunned that he did not leave a son for Emperor Cheng.
Therefore, Wang Lang said that after his mother-in-law became pregnant in the palace, she did not dare to give birth to the child but ran away secretly, which is completely consistent with the situation at that time.
After listening to Wang Lang's story, Liu Lin was surprised and happy. He was still looking for someone with the spirit of the emperor. Isn't this person with the spirit of the emperor standing in front of him now?
Liu Lin then told his plan of flooding the east of the river and annihilating the Red Eyebrow Army. Wang Lang made a statement on the spot. As long as he could become the emperor, he would definitely adopt Liu Lin's idea, flood the river and annihilate the east of the river.
The Red Eyebrow Army.
After hearing Wang Lang's statement, Liu Lin was even more overjoyed and became more certain in his heart that this man whose pseudonym was Wang Lang and whose real name was Liu Ziyu was the true emperor he was looking for! He was the Han emperor who would ascend the throne in Handan in the future!
Liu Lin hit a wall with Liu Xiu, but found hope with Wang Lang. It was also from this time that Liu Lin began to secretly plot to push Wang Lang to become emperor in Handan.
Liu Xiu stayed in Handan for a long time, only about half a month, and his subordinates had grown from more than a hundred to hundreds. Then Liu Xiu led his troops to leave Handan and continue to go north to the real place.
Ding wanted to recruit Liu Yang, the real king of Ding.
On the third day after Liu Xiu left Handan, Wang Lang proclaimed himself emperor in the palace of Prince Zhao with Liu Lin's strong support.
From this, it is not difficult to see how powerful and terrifying Liu Lin's power was in Handan. He wanted to elect someone to be the emperor, but in just a few days, he actually pushed this person to the throne.
After Wang Lang proclaimed himself emperor in Handan, he immediately sent an edict to the counties in Hebei to appease them. Wang Lang's proclaiming himself emperor was so sudden that even the counties in Hebei were unable to react.
Over in Nanyang, Emperor Liu Xuan has just emerged, and now here in Handan, Emperor Liu Ziyu has emerged. The prefects of each county are somewhat undecided as to whether they should move towards Liu Xuan or Liu Ziyu, not knowing what to do.
Take sides.
At this time, Liu Lin showed his powerful energy again and sent a letter to Liu Yang, the king of Zhending, and Liu Jie, the son of King Guangyang, asking them to respond to the new king.
The three kings of Hebei have always had a good relationship in private. After receiving Liu Lin's letter, Liu Yang and Liu Jie both responded and publicly supported Liu Ziyu, the Emperor of Handan.
The attitude of the three kings of Hebei was unanimous and they all supported Liu Ziyu as the emperor. The governors of the counties in Hebei no longer had to worry about how to stand in line. Especially the counties in Jizhou, which almost unanimously supported Liu Zi.