Chapter five hundred and first bird in the early stage
Long Yuan continued: "In addition, Han Xin, the governor of Hanoi, was unwilling to surrender. He repeatedly refused General Cen's advice and wanted to fight to the death with the king in Huaicheng."
Liu Xiu wiped his cheek with his sleeve to calm down his emotions. Then, he smiled lightly and asked slowly: "Why is he willing to surrender now?"
Long Yuan said sternly: "It was because Han Xin saw that our army had many generals, a strong military appearance, and a rainbow-like momentum that he knew he was unable to resist, so he had to surrender."
Liu Xiu sneered and said, "In this case, Han Xin must not be allowed to stay."
Before Long Yuan could answer, Cen Peng hurried forward and kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty! I am willing to submit to your Majesty, and I hope your Majesty will take you in!"
Liu Xiu smiled, stretched out his hand to pull Cen Peng up, and said: "General Cen's surrender to me should not be considered a surrender, but a return."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Long Yuan and said: "Long Yuan, behead Han Xin as a warning to others..."
Before he finished speaking, Cen Peng knelt down and kowtowed again: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask of you. Han Xin has been kind enough to take me in. Han Xin himself is also a famous scholar in Nanyang. I hope your Majesty can spare Han Xin."
,I will be grateful forever!”
Liu Xiu looked at Cen Peng, who was kneeling and kowtowing, and frowned slightly. He was a little unhappy about Cen Peng's plea for Han Xin.
Seeing that Liu Xiu was silent, Cen Peng continued to kneel and kowtow, and continued: "Your Majesty, Han Xin's reputation and ability are all outstanding. During his tenure as the governor of Hanoi, although thieves were everywhere in the territory and it was difficult, but
Han Xin can still restore farming in Hanoi, which is a great contribution to the people of Hanoi. If the king insists on killing Han Xin, I am afraid it will cause resentment among the people of Hanoi and damage the prestige of the king. I hope the king will show mercy!"
Liu Xiu did not frown slightly this time, but turned into a frown. He looked displeased and asked: "General Cen is threatening me?"
Cen Peng said hurriedly: "I don't dare to do this, so I ask your Majesty to give me a clear warning!"
Liu Xiu stared at Cen Peng. After a while, he helped Cen Peng up again and said to Long Yuan: "Bring Han Xin here."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Long Yuan responded, with worry in his eyes as he took a deep look at Cen Peng.
Although what Cen Peng said just now was polite, it did contain a threat.
One is to threaten his surrender, and the other is to threaten the people of Hanoi. There are not many people who dare to threaten the king like this now, and it can be seen that the friendship between Cen Peng and Han Xin is indeed deep.
Not long after, Long Yuan brought Han Xin over, and at the same time, he also had someone carry a box over.
Liu Xiu and Han Xin knew each other, but they didn't have much interaction with each other, so there was no friendship between them.
After seeing Liu Xiu, Han Xin knelt down, kowtowed forward, and said, "Han Xin pays homage to King Xiao."
Liu Xiu's attitude towards Han Xin was much colder than towards Cen Peng. He looked at Han Xin with an indifferent expression and asked word for word: "Han Xin, I heard that you originally advocated fighting to the death with our army?
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When Han Xin heard this, he was startled and subconsciously looked at Cen Peng who was standing aside. Liu Xiu sneered and said, "You don't need to look at General Cen. General Cen doesn't need to tell me these things. I will naturally find out everything."
.If General Cen hadn’t been here to plead hard for you, do you think you would still have a chance to see me?”
After listening to Liu Xiu's words, Han Xin realized that he had misunderstood Cen Peng, and his old face suddenly turned red. He lowered his head and said, "Xin is deeply grateful to the emperor for knowing him, and he is loyal to your majesty, as he should be."
Liu Xiu laughed out loud, spread out his hands, and asked with a smile: "Han Xin, you are dedicating your Huaicheng now. Is this also called loyalty to Liu Xuan?"
Han Xin said sternly: "King Xiao's army is coming with a fierce force. It has many soldiers and generals. It cannot be defeated by Huaicheng alone! Since there is no way to resist, why bother to increase casualties and let the people in the city suffer. Therefore, Xin raised the city
Surrender to King Xiao. Xin is not afraid of death. He only asks King Xiao not to hurt the people of Huaicheng."
Liu Xiu walked up to Han Xin, his eyes were lowered, and he looked down at him coldly. After a while, he turned his eyes and looked at the box that Long Yuan had brought, and asked: "Han Xin, what's in the box?"
What are you pretending to be?”
Han Xin said seriously: "This is a gift from Xin to Prince Xiao."
"Oh?" Liu Xiu raised the corner of his mouth. Han Xin spoke nicely and showed concern for the people, but what he did was very mean. He wanted a lot of money to buy his own life.
He also wanted to see how much gold, silver and jewels Han Xin would use to repay his own life.
He raised his head to Long Yuan and said, "Open the box."
Long Yuan responded, walked to the box, and opened the lid.
Everyone present thought that the box contained gold and silver jewelry, including Liu Xiu. However, when people looked inside the box, they found that there was not a single gold or silver, not even a copper coin, but only rolls.
of bamboo slips.
Liu Xiu walked to the box and was startled when he saw the bamboo slips in the box. He turned to look at Han Xin, then bent down, picked up one of the bamboo slips, read the title of the book, and put it on the
Then he picked up a bamboo slip, read the title of the book, and put it aside.
After looking at it, Liu Xiu knelt down and looked at the bamboo slips in the box one by one.
These books are all famous works, including "Zuo Shi", "Guoyu", "Shiben", "Warring States Policy", "Chu Han Chun Qiu", "Tai Shi Gong Shu" and so on.
After reading it, Liu Xiu blinked and suddenly laughed.
Everyone around them also saw the title of the book clearly and looked at each other in confusion. They did not expect that Han Xin's so-called gift was such a box of ordinary books, and they did not expect that the lord would laugh after reading it.
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Of course Liu Xiu had to laugh.
These books are all about history, describing ancient sages.wavv
Han Xin did not carry gold, silver and jewelry out of the city, but took such a box of books out of the city as a gift to himself. This was to remind himself that he should learn from history and follow the example of the ancient sages, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and practice virtue.
politics.
What a brilliant move! While Liu Xiu was laughing, he had to admire Han Xin's intelligence. He put the books out of the box back one by one, then closed the lid of the box and said to Long Yuan
Said: "Put it away."
Then, Liu Xiu nodded to Han Xin, and his attitude suddenly made a 180-degree turn. He walked up to Han Xin and said, "Xiu heard what Mr. Xiu wanted to say to Xiu. Xiu was rude just now."
I hope Sir will not blame you."
As he spoke, he untied Han Xin and reached out to help him up from the ground.
Han Xin's move was indeed very beautiful. Of course, it was also thanks to the fact that the person he surrendered to was Liu Xiu and not anyone else.
If it were other people who saw Han Xin sending him such a box of books, he would probably think that Han Xin was deliberately teasing him, and his nose would be so angry that he would have to kill him on the spot.
But Liu Xiu was different. He immediately saw the deeper meaning of Han Xin's gift of these books and deeply believed in it.
Since he led his army into Hanoi, he has won consecutive battles whether against the rebels or the local government. He led the army to advance to Huai City, the county town of Hanoi, and forced Huai City to surrender without a fight.
In addition, Wu Han successfully recaptured Chen Kang in Yecheng and killed Xie Gong, removing his biggest thorn in the side of Hebei. At this time, Liu Xiu was indeed a little drifting, even a little forgetful.
At this time, the books Han Xin gave him were like a basin of cold water poured on Liu Xiu's head, making the forgetfulness that had just arisen in his heart disappear in an instant.
Compared with the ancient sages, his achievements today are still far behind!
Seeing that Liu Xiu's attitude towards him changed significantly after seeing the gifts he sent, Han Xin secretly sighed. Liu Xiu had a good reputation and was deeply loved by the people. It was not without reason. Liu Xiu was indeed better than Liu Xiu.
There are too many Xuan Xian Ming, and there is a world of difference between the two.
Han Xin had mixed feelings in his heart. He stood with his head bowed. After a moment, he suddenly knelt down again, kowtowed forward and said, "Xin is willing to assist King Xiao. I also ask King Xiao to take Xin in regardless of the past grievances!"
Liu Xiu's eyes lit up, and while helping Han Xin up, he said with joy, "It's Xiu's good fortune that Mr. Xiu is willing to work together with Xiu to achieve great things!"
Liu Xiu, who originally wanted to kill Han Xin, changed his mind and took Han Xin under his command after Cen Peng's dissuasion and Han Xin's own ingenious gift.
As Liu Xiu severely damaged the Qingdu Army and captured Huaicheng, Hanoi County basically fell under Liu Xiu's control.
At this point, the areas controlled by Liu Xiu have become Youzhou, Jizhou and Sili's Hanoi. Both strength and prestige have been greatly improved in Hebei.
Liu Xiu first killed Miao Zeng, Wei Shun, and Cai Chong, then Xie Gong and Liu Qing, and then forcibly occupied Hanoi. These things, one after another, should have aroused Liu Xuan's anger and prompted Liu Xuan to send troops.
attacking.
However, Liu Xiu's luck was so good. Perhaps he was so good at seizing opportunities. At this time, the Chang'an court had no time to care about him.
Because someone has proclaimed himself emperor again.
Nowadays, when proclaiming emperor, we really need to use the word "you". Because there are so many people proclaiming emperor, an emperor will appear here today, and another emperor will appear there tomorrow.
The person who proclaimed himself emperor this time was none other than Ru Ziying.
Ruziying is Liu Ying, the Ruziying who was kept in captivity by Wang Mang and was specially raised to be a fool by Wang Mang.
Under Wang Mang's control, Ru Ziying, as the crown prince, abdicated his position as crown prince to Wang Mang. Wang Mang also obtained the title of crown prince first, then ascended the throne and changed dynasties.
After Wang Mang proclaimed himself emperor, he kept Ru Ziying under house arrest in Chang'an.
The Han army conquered Chang'an, killed Wang Mang, and naturally rescued Ru Ziying. Liu Xuan's attitude towards Ru Ziying was better than Wang Mang's, at least he didn't have anyone strictly guard him.
After Liu Xuan took control of Chang'an, he ignored the government affairs, and the powerful ministers were in power, leading to chaos. At this time, the magician Fang watched the sky at night and believed that the reform of the imperial court could not last long, so he suggested that Ru Ziying should proclaim himself emperor and replace him.
Ru Ziying accepted Fang Wang's advice, followed Fang Wang and others to Linjing, where he proclaimed himself emperor, making Fang Wang prime minister and Gong Lin the chief minister.
When Liu Xuan learned about this, he was furious. After he took control of Chang'an, he did not kill Ru Ziying, and he was so kind to him. But was this how Ru Ziying repaid him?
Although what Liu Xiu did in Hebei was abominable and extremely hateful, at least Liu Xiu did not proclaim himself emperor. It was better for Ru Ziying to go to Linjing and proclaim himself emperor directly.
For an emperor, there is nothing more serious than someone claiming to be emperor, because this has directly threatened the emperor's throne.
Although Liu Xiu was lawless in Hebei and even controlled most of Hebei, Liu Xuan tolerated it and did not send troops to Hebei. It was only because Ru Ziying stepped forward in time and acted as a shield for Liu Xiu.
