Liu Xuan learned that Shen Tujian, Liao Zhan, Zhang, Hu Yin, and Wei Xiao had conspired to kidnap him, so he decided to strike first and get rid of these five people by surprise.
As a result, when his edict was sent out, four people came, but only Wei Xiao did not come.
While Liu Xuan was waiting for Kui Xiao, Liao Zhan, Zhang and Hu Yin realized that something was wrong and hurriedly escaped from the palace. In the end, only Shen Tujian was left waiting in the side hall.
When Liu Xuan arrived at the side hall, he looked up and found that Liao Zhan, Zhang and Hu Yin had disappeared.
After asking, I found out that the three of them had already run out of the palace. Even if there was only one person left, Shen Tujian, it would be better than nothing.
Liu Xuan immediately ordered that Shentu Jian be taken down and executed on the spot. The palace guards did not give Shentu Jian a chance to speak. They swarmed up and captured Shentu Jian on the spot, pulled him outside the main hall, and chopped off Shentu Jian's head with a knife.
Shen Tujian, one of the veterans and leaders of the Green Forest Army, conspired with Wang Kuang, Wang Feng, Chen Mu, Liao Zhan and others to promote Liu Xuan as emperor. In the end, Shen Tu Jian himself died.
In the hands of Liu Xuan.
Liu Xuan killed Shen Tujian, which shocked the government and the public, and also greatly touched the bottom line of the Green Forest Department.
Liao Zhan, Zhang and Hu Yin, who had fled earlier, immediately led their troops and launched an attack on the palace. Liu Xuan had already made corresponding preparations and asked the palace guards to close the palace gate and strictly guard the palace.
Liao Zhan, Zhang, and Hu Yin led their troops to attack. Since the palace was well-defended, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and difficult to conquer in a short period of time, the three of them ordered their men to burn the palace gates in anger.
As the palace gate was burned down, a large group of people led by Liao Zhan and others rushed into the palace and started a fierce battle with Liu Xuan's guards inside the palace.
Again, the reason why the Green Forest faction was so unscrupulous was because they had military power. The two sides fought fiercely for a day, and in the end the palace guards were outnumbered and defeated by the Green Forest faction's army.
Liu Xuan knew that a disaster was imminent, so he still dared to stay in the palace. He took his group of wives and concubines, as well as the gold and silver jewelry in the palace, took more than a hundred carriages, escaped from the east gate of Chang'an, and went straight to Xinfeng
And go.
Xinfeng has Zhao Meng leading troops to garrison. Now Liu Xuan can no longer rely on anyone else, so he can only go to Zhao Meng.
Liu Xuan ran away, and Liao Zhan, Zhang, and Hu Yin commanded their troops and looted the people of Chang'an. These soldiers were more bandits than bandits. They robbed anything they saw. As long as the people resisted even a little bit, they would draw their swords.
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In addition, Liao Zhan, Zhang, Hu Yin and others also ordered their officers and soldiers to post notices all over Chang'an, claiming that Liu Xuan was not worthy of being the emperor of the Han Dynasty. They were complying with God's will, deposing the emperor and establishing a new emperor.
This news reached the ears of Liu Xiu from Hebei Province, and Liu Xiu was overjoyed. Liu Xiu had long been sure that Liu Xuan and the Green Forest Department would not last long, and that there would be chaos between the two. However, he did not expect that this chaos would come so quickly.
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Since Liao Zhan and others rebelled and deposed the emperor, the Gengshi court now has no emperor. This is a God-given opportunity for Liu Xiu.
If he proclaims himself emperor in Hebei at this time, it will not be considered a rebellion, but he will succeed Liu Xuan and continue the Han Dynasty.
At this time, the Han army led by Liu Xiu happened to reach the city of Changshan County. Liu Xiu's army had just arrived in the city and was camping outside the city to rest when a classmate of Liu Xiu asked to see him.
The person who asked to see Liu Xiu was a classmate of Liu Xiu's when he was in Imperial College, named Qiang Hua.
Qiang Hua and Liu Xiu had a very good relationship. When they went to Taixue University, they were not only classmates, but also lived in the same room, so they were both classmates and roommates.
Liu Xiu was very happy to learn that his old classmate had come to visit him, and paid the bill in person to welcome Qiang Hua. Qiang Hua was about the same age as Liu Xiu, and was not good-looking, but his family was in good condition and he came from a wealthy family.
After the two met, Liu Xiu laughed loudly and said, "Zirui, we haven't seen each other for many years..."
Liu Xiu hadn't even finished his opening remarks when Qiang Hua suddenly knelt down and kowtowed forward.
Liu Xiu was shocked when he saw this. Even though he was Prince Xiao now, given their relationship as classmates and good friends, there was no need to give such a big gift after they met!
Just as he was about to step forward to help him, Qianghua sang loudly: "Qianghua, a common man, pays homage to your majesty!"
As soon as these words came out, Liu Xiu was shocked, and the generals Wu Han, Geng, and Cen Peng who were present also looked surprised.
Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly stepped forward, pulled Qiang Hua up from the ground, and said seriously: "Zi Rui, be careful, I am only Prince Xiao now, not the Emperor!"
After Qianghua stood up, he took out a scroll of bamboo slips from his sleeve, raised it high and said, "Your Majesty, the common people have the rare book "Red Fu Fu" in their hands!"
"Chi Fu Fu" is very famous. Everyone knows that it is a prophecy book, but only a handful of people know the specific content in it.
Liu Xiu looked at him in surprise and didn't react for a while. Qianghua didn't care what Liu Xiu's reaction was, unfolded the bamboo slips, and sang loudly: "Liu Xiu sent troops to capture but failed, and all the barbarians gathered in Longdouye. On the occasion of April 7th
Fire is the main thing!”
Looking at the "Red Fu Fu" in Qiang Hua's hand and listening to Qiang Hua singing the prophecy in the "Red Fu Fu", everyone present, whether they were civil servants, military generals, or ordinary soldiers, were dumbfounded, and then they all
Kneeling down, they said in unison: "I and other (little people) pay homage to Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu looked around at the people who were kneeling at the scene, and for a moment he didn't know what to say. He took Qiang Hua's arm and said: "Zirui, why do you have to talk about this kind of thing outside? Let's talk in the tent!
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He forced Qiang Hua into the camp, but many soldiers could hear Qiang Hua's chant just now clearly, and the news quickly spread throughout the Han army camp as if it had wings.
The soldiers were talking privately about the prophecy about Liu Xiu in "Chi Fu Fu".
It is easy to understand the sentence "Liu Xiu sent out troops to capture the unruly people". Liu Xiu raised his troops to attack the unrighteous people. "Liu Xiu sent troops to capture the unruly people."
Dragons fight in the wilderness.
"On the occasion of April 7th, fire is the main thing", this sentence contains a lot of hidden content, and it also involves the theory of the Five Virtues.
Four Seven Twenty-eight. It is exactly two hundred and twenty-eight years since Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor and founded the Han Dynasty (202 BC). It is exactly two hundred and twenty-eight years from now (25 AD), which corresponds to the occasion of April Seven.
Chinese dynasties pay attention to the Five Virtues. The theory of the Five Virtues was proposed by Zou Yan, a master of Yin and Yang during the Warring States Period.
The Five Virtues always talk about the mutual restraint of the five elements, which correspond to earth, wood, metal, fire, and water.
The first dynasty in China was the Yu Dynasty, founded by the Yellow Emperor and corresponding to Tu De.
Wood overcomes earth, so the Xia Dynasty after the Yu Dynasty was Wood De. Metal defeated wood. The Shang Dynasty after the Xia Dynasty was Jin De. Fire defeated gold. The Zhou Dynasty after the Shang Dynasty was Fire De. Water defeated fire. After the Zhou Dynasty,
The Qin Dynasty was a water virtue.
During the Liu Bang period, the great scholar Zhang Cang proposed that the Qin Dynasty was too short and could not be regarded as a dynasty. In terms of dynasties, the Han Dynasty should have replaced the Zhou Dynasty. Without the Qin Dynasty, there would be nothing, so the Han Dynasty corresponded to the water virtues, not the Qin Dynasty.
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Liu Bang also adopted this view at the time.
However, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came, he believed that the Qin Dynasty should be regarded as the previous dynasty. The Han Dynasty replaced Qin, not Zhou. Qin was the virtue of water, and earth controlled water, so the Han should be the virtue of earth.
When Wang Mang's period came, Wang Mang asked Liu Xin, a master of metaphysics, whether the Han Dynasty had the virtue of water or the virtue of earth. Liu Xin's explanation was that Zhou was wood, Qin was gold, and Han was fire, so the Han Dynasty was fire.
The fire in "fire is the main thing" refers to the virtue of fire, and the virtue of fire refers to the Han Dynasty. The coherent understanding of the sentence "fire is the main thing" on the occasion of April 7th is that 228 years after Gaozu proclaimed himself emperor,
The Han Dynasty will once again be the orthodoxy of the world.
The first sentence of the prophecy is that Liu Xiu sent troops to arrest him but failed. Liu Xiu is a descendant of the Han Dynasty. The prophecy also says that the Han Dynasty is the orthodox one. Doesn't this mean that Liu Xiu should be the emperor?
Liu Xin also changed his name to Liu Xiu after reading this prophecy in "Chi Fu Fu". As a result, a counterfeit is a counterfeit after all, and he, Liu Xiu, is not the chosen one after all.
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In the camp, the generals were all excited this time. They were eager to let Liu Xiu become emperor, but Liu Xiu always shied away. Just at this time, Qiang Hua appeared. The most important thing is that Qiang Hua also brought
Here comes "Red Fu Fu".
Moreover, the prophecy in "Chi Fu Fu" clearly states that Liu Xiu should be the emperor today!
People knelt down in the camp, including Qiang Hua, and urged them to come in. Liu Xiu leaned on the table with his elbows and put his fist on his forehead. He remained silent for a long time.
When everyone saw this, they said anxiously: "Your Majesty, even Tianming Fu Rui has said this, you can no longer hesitate!"
Liu Xiu said quietly: "This is a very important matter. I have to consult Zhonghua and Gongsun for their opinions."
Everyone present was stomping their feet and beating their chests. Everyone was as anxious as ants on a hot pot, wishing they could just go in and help Liu Xiu become emperor.
In the end, everyone had no choice but to leave. After they all left, Qianghua turned around and looked outside, smiled slightly, held the "Red Fu Talisman" with both hands, handed it to Liu Xiu, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty,
The humble minister returns to Zhao intact!"
Liu Xiu looked up and smiled and asked, "Are you kidding me, Zi Rui?"
Qiang Hua waved his hands repeatedly and said seriously: "I don't dare! Your Majesty is the emperor, how can I dare to tease the emperor?!"
Liu Xiu raised his hand and nodded Qianghua.
On Liu Xuan's side, he had just been expelled from Chang'an by Liao Zhan and others. On Liu Xiu's side, his old classmate Qiang Hua, whom he had not seen for many years, suddenly appeared. By the way, he also brought Liu Xiu the book "Chi Fu" from the most famous book in the world.
Talisman", this is too coincidental.
Most of the coincidences in the world are not real coincidences, but man-made coincidences.
Liu Xiu wanted too much, not only wanted the real throne, but also wanted a good reputation for justice and benevolence, so he needed to seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Liu Xuan had already created an excellent opportunity for him. At the same time, he also needed to create an excellent opportunity for himself. The fusion of two excellent opportunities would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Now, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has been placed in front of him.
Liu Xiu sent a letter to Deng Yu, asking Deng Yu for his opinion on his proclaiming himself emperor. In fact, for such a big matter, he should call Deng Yu back for an interview.
But now Deng Yu is leading his army to fight in Hedong and is besieging Anyi. The war has reached an extremely critical moment and there is really no way to escape, so Liu Xiu can only write to Deng Yu.
Deng Yu's reply to Liu Xiu contained a lot of content, but in summary it means the same thing: the king should now proclaim himself emperor, and the general will fully support the king in proclaiming himself emperor.
While Liu Xiu was writing to Deng Yu, he also wrote to Feng Yi and summoned Feng Yi to the city. wavv
Feng Yi was shocked when he suddenly received a letter from Liu Xiu, asking him to rush to the city immediately.
At this time, he had just explained to the king about his correspondence with Li Yi, but now the king suddenly summoned him to the city. Was he trying to punish himself? To warn himself not to have correspondence with Li Yi?
Feng Yi was in a state of confusion and came to the city uneasily. When he arrived in the city, he found that the atmosphere here was very strange.
Both the city and the Han army camp outside the city were filled with joy. The officers and soldiers in the camp, and even the people inside and outside the city, all had smiles and shine on their faces.
There haven't been any big festivals recently. Feng Yi has no idea what people are happy about?!