Liu Xiu continued: "A decree was sent to Liu Long, asking him to take Deputy Chen to Zhending and summon Liu Yang to the capital."
Whether it was Peng Chong or Liu Yang, Liu Xiu still had feelings for him. By calling them both to the capital, Liu Xiu was not only reminding them, but also giving them a chance not to commit rebellion.
Since Liu Yang was the king and Guo Shengtong's uncle, Liu Xiu naturally paid more attention to Liu Yang and sent guerrilla general Liu Long and Cavalry Captain Chen Fu to Zhending to 'invite' Liu Yang to the capital.
As for Peng Chong, Liu Xiu sent a chamberlain to Yuyang with the imperial edict.
Let's talk about Liu Long and Deputy Chen, who immediately set off for Zhending after receiving Liu Xiu's order.
However, they did not see Liu Yang at all. I don't know if it was because of a guilty conscience. After Liu Yang heard the news of the arrival of Liu Long and Deputy Chen, he immediately ordered the gates of Zhending City to be closed and the two of them were kept out of the city.
Liu Long and Deputy Chen did not even see Zhending King Liu Yang. They did not even enter Zhending City. At this time, Liu Yang's rebellious intentions were almost completely exposed. Liu Long and Deputy Chen could not enter the city and could not see him.
Liu Yang and Liu Yang returned without success, but they couldn't return to Luoyang to return their orders to Liu Xiu. They had to leave Zhending and go to Yuanshi, the county seat of Changshan County, to stay temporarily and send a message to Liu Xiu to tell them.
Report to Liu Xiu exactly what happened here in Zhending.
On the other side, Liu Xiu's chamberlain sent to Yuyang managed to meet Peng Chong and conveyed Liu Xiu's wishes to Peng Chong.
Peng Chong accepted the order, but did not act according to it.
He asked his chamberlain to return to Luoyang and reply to His Majesty that Zhu Fu, the shepherd of Youzhou, had been framed by him many times. He was an insidious villain. How could such a person be qualified to be the shepherd of a state?
Your Majesty wants to summon him to the capital. He can go, but there is one thing. Your Majesty must first remove Zhu Fu from his position as pastor of Youzhou and severely punish Zhu Fu, a villain.
After hearing what Peng Chong said, the chamberlain was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat and stammered: "Prefect Peng, this...isn't this inappropriate?!"
Peng Chong's face darkened and he scolded: "I asked you to say this, just say it to me! Your Majesty is a wise king, and he will naturally know right from wrong, loyalty from evil!"
The servant had no choice but to leave Peng Chong and return to Luoyang to return his orders to Liu Xiu.
In fact, Youzhou Mu Zhufu did say bad things about Peng Chong to Liu Xiu. It was true that Peng Chong enriched his own pockets, but he said that Peng Chong was disloyal to Liu Xiu and was secretly plotting rebellion.
This is really a trap.
When he reported these things about Peng Chong to Liu Xiu, Peng Chong was still very loyal to Liu Xiu.
Zhu Fu is a very talented and capable person. He is really a good hand in governing the local area. He handles the government affairs of a state in an orderly manner, and is very generous to his subordinate officials, which is very popular.
In this regard, Zhu Fu is very similar to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu granted a lot of titles to the heroes under his command, and basically all of them were Qianhuhou. Liu Xiu was never soft on rewarding ministers. This aspect of him was
Zhu Fu learned everything.
In addition, the famous saying that has been passed down through the ages, like "the relatives are in pain, the enemies are happy", was written by this Zhuzhou Mu.
When Liu Xiu was selecting talents, he originally planned to only select them in Luoyang. It was Zhu Fu who advised Liu Xiu not to limit his selection to Luoyang, but to expand the selection to the whole country, so that all knowledgeable people in the country could be selected.
Opportunities for the imperial court to reuse him.
After reading Zhu Fu's memorial, Liu Xiushen agreed and immediately adopted Zhu Fu's suggestion.
Zhu Fu was such a talented person, but his moral character was really not very good. At least when it came to Peng Chong, Zhu Fu could not be called a gentleman, but a complete villain.
Because Peng Chong had said disrespectful words to him before, after that, he was worried about Peng Chong. He kept trying to put on Peng Chong's shoes behind his back. He often went to Liu Xiu to frame Peng Chong.
of various crimes.
With such an immediate boss who kept causing trouble for him behind the scenes, even if Peng Chong didn't want to rebel, he would still be forced to do so. It can be said that Peng Chong had second thoughts about Liu Xiusheng, and Zhu Fu had an unshirkable responsibility.
Peng Chong naturally cruelly poisoned Zhu Fu, so when Liu Xiu announced his entry into the capital, the condition he set was that Liu Xiu must punish Zhu Fu.
The chamberlain took the news back to Luoyang and told it to Liu Xiu. After hearing this, Liu Xiu became furious. Any emperor would be angry at such a thing.
Liu Xiu was the emperor and Peng Chong was his minister. When the emperor called his ministers to the capital, the ministers had to negotiate terms with the emperor and interfere with the emperor's employment. Which emperor in the world could tolerate such ministers?
He summoned Liu Yang to the capital, but the envoy didn't even enter Zhending City. He summoned Peng Chong to the capital, but Peng Chong listed a lot of conditions for him to enter the capital. The Clay Bodhisattva still has a certain amount of anger, let alone being honored as the emperor.
Liu Xiu?!
When Liu Xiu was sulking, Zhang Kun walked in and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Mr. Guo wants to see you."
Hearing this, Liu Xiu frowned and said, "Please come in, Mr. Guo."
Not long after, Guo Shengtong came in from outside with Liu Qiang in his arms.
Seeing her child, the displeasure on Liu Xiu's face disappeared instantly. She walked forward, gently scratched the baby's pink face with her fingers, played with him, and asked at the same time: "Why is Shengtong here?"
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Guo Shengtong looked at Liu Xiu and whispered: "I heard that Your Majesty summoned my uncle to come to Beijing, but my uncle did not come?"
"Yes!" Liu Xiu responded lightly without saying anything else. Guo Shengtong felt uncertain and asked with concern: "Is uncle feeling ill?"
Liu Xiu smiled at her and comforted her: "Don't worry about Shengtong. King Zhending is in his prime and his health will be fine."
After hearing this, Guo Shengtong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. King Zhending was her biggest supporter. If there was any trouble over Zhending, Guo Shengtong would pay special attention to it.
Liu Xiu's dissatisfaction with Liu Yang would not be vented on his wife. Guo Shengtong was Liu Yang's niece, but she was his wife. Liu Yang's actions had nothing to do with Guo Shengtong.
He took Liu Qiang from Guo Shengtong's arms, lowered his head to take a closer look, and said with a smile: "Qiang is much more pleasing to the eye now than when he was born."
When he was just born, Liu Qiang's little face was all zouba, like a little old man. Now the skin and flesh have been stretched out, and the little baby is chubby and very cute. The more Liu Xiu looks at it, the more he feels that this baby looks good and looks a lot like himself...
Guo Shengtong was amused by his words. Looking at Liu Xiu who was holding the child with a doting look on his face, Guo Shengtong felt warm in his heart. He was both relieved and happy.
She whispered: "Axiu, many people in the harem are talking about it now."
While Liu Xiu was entertaining Liu Qiang, he asked casually: "What are you talking about?"
"Even if the post is always vacant, the palace people will inevitably make irresponsible remarks." When Guo Shengtong spoke, he glanced at Liu Xiu secretly.
"Oh, so that's what happened." Until now, Liu Xiu still hasn't decided on the candidate for the queen. He said lightly: "This matter is not urgent, we will talk about it later."
While talking, he supported Liu Qiang with both hands and lifted the little baby up high, while Liu Qiang kept giggling.
That night, Liu Xiu went to Yin Lihua's West Palace and once again proposed to Yin Lihua that she should be queen.
However, Yin Lihua still did not agree this time. In the past, when Guo Shengtong had no children, the ministers generally supported Guo Shengtong as the queen. Now that Guo Shengtong has given birth to the emperor's eldest son, his voice among the ministers is even higher.
If she agrees to be the queen, it will only cause huge trouble to Liu Xiu. Yin Lihua does not want to make it so difficult for her husband. Liu Xiu can understand her thoughts to some extent. Because of this, Yin Lihua makes Liu Xiu even more worried.
Feeling heartwarming.
The next day, Liu Xiu summoned Peng Lanqing and asked him to go to Yuyang and summon Peng Chong to Beijing.
Peng Lanqing's name is written as Zihou Lanqing in the history books. Many people think that his name is Zihou Lanqing. Peng Lanqing is Peng Chong's younger brother, that is, his cousin, so how could he have the surname Zi?
Or what about the queen?wavv
In fact, in ancient times, "Zihou Lanqing" was an honorific title, similar to "Gongzi". When translated, "Zihou Lanqing" can be understood as "Gongzi Lanqing".
Peng Lanqing was relatively loyal to Liu Xiu. Hearing that Peng Chong did not listen to the announcement in Yuyang and openly negotiated terms with the emperor, he was also very angry. He handed over to Liu Xiu and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely meet you when I go to Yuyang."
Take brother Cong to Luoyang and bear the thorns to plead guilty to His Majesty!"
Liu Xiu nodded with satisfaction and said: "Lan Qing, you must be more careful during this trip. If you notice something is wrong, you can return to Luoyang immediately."
Peng Lanqing smiled disapprovingly and said: "Your Majesty, I am not an unreasonable person when I obey my brother. I am fully confident about this trip. I can bring my brother back to Luoyang and make your Majesty happy!"
Liu Xiu was very satisfied with Peng Lanqing's reply, and greatly appreciated Peng Lanqing's loyalty. He also told him that he remembered Peng Chong's achievements. As long as Peng Chong did not have second thoughts, he would not pay attention to Peng Chong's previous disrespectful behavior.
He can take the punishment lightly or even let things go.
Peng Lanqing was overjoyed. After leaving the palace, he immediately returned to his mansion, packed up his gifts, and went to Yuyang. Peng Lanqing and Peng Chong were cousins. He thought that he would go to Yuyang to persuade Peng Chong to come to Luoyang and admit his mistake to the emperor.
, it was completely easy to be subdued, but he really overestimated his weight in Peng Chong's mind.
On the other hand, Liu Xiu sent former general Geng Chun to Jizhou and Youzhou to issue amnesty orders.
In the early days of Liu Xiu's ascension to the throne, an amnesty order was issued every spring. This was not because Liu Xiu sympathized with the prisoners in prison, but because of years of war destruction, banditry, robbery and killing, the population of Hebei had withered, and the number of people engaged in agriculture and labor had declined.
There was a serious shortage, and Liu Xiu could only supplement Hebei's labor force with an amnesty order.
But this time, Geng Chun went to issue an amnesty order just as a pretense. Liu Xiu gave him a secret edict: wait for the opportunity and capture Liu Yang if he can. If there is no chance of capturing him alive, he can also kill him.
Liu Xiu was very particular about employing people.
Geng Chun and Liu Yang were related. He was the nephew of Liu Yang's family, and his relationship with Liu Yang was somewhat similar to that of Guo Shengtong. Liu Xiu sent Geng Chun north to eliminate Liu Yang's wariness to the greatest extent.
Geng Chun followed Liu Xiu's orders and marched northward.
Holding a knot is equivalent to representing the emperor. Geng Chun first went to Wei County and issued an amnesty order, then continued north, passed through Zhao, and arrived at Changshan County. At Yuanshi, the county seat of Changshan County, he met Liu Long and Deputy Chen
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They did not stay long in Yuanshi, and then continued northward to enter Zhending.
During this period, Liu Yang had been hiding in Zhending City, claiming to be ill.
Liu Yang did not take any action, but Liu Yang's younger brother Liu Rang and his cousin Liu Xi were busy recruiting troops and horses, hoarding food and supplies, and making final preparations for Liu Yang's uprising.
After Geng Chun, Liu Long, and Vice Chen arrived at Zhending, they stayed at a post station on the outskirts of Zhending City. Then Geng Chun sent someone to the city and asked Liu Yang to come to the post station to talk.
When he learned that it was Geng Chun who had arrived outside Zhending City and invited him to meet and discuss in detail, Liu Yang really relaxed his vigilance.
He was about to leave the city to meet Geng Chun, but Liu Rang and Liu Xi both stopped him and expressed their disapproval.