Chapter five hundred and eighty fifth try to figure out the holy will
Song Hong was so smart. Hearing Liu Xiu's "implicit" words and contacting Liu Xiu earlier to ask him what his impression of Liu Huang was, Song Hong immediately understood Liu Xiu's intention.
He smiled slightly and said: "What I have heard is completely opposite to what Your Majesty has heard. I have heard that old friends who were humble when we were humble should never be forgotten, and our wives who have shared hardships together must never be abandoned."
When Liu Xiu heard this, his face turned red and he sighed secretly. It seemed that he couldn't handle the eldest sister's matter! Liu Xiu was also a very sensible person. Since she had clearly rejected him, he would not continue to pester her, let alone
He would use his power as emperor to force Song Hong to accept Liu Huang.
He stopped talking about this matter, changed the subject, and chatted with Song Hong about other things.
Song Hong did not covet glory and wealth, and flatly rejected Liu Xiu's marriage proposal. This incident has also been passed down as a legend. This is where the saying "a wife of chaff will not go to court" comes from.
After another conversation with Liu Xiu, Song Hong stood up to say goodbye, and Huan Tan followed suit and left. The two left the palace one after another, and before getting on the carriage, Song Hong suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Huan Tan:
"Huan Yilang."
Huan Tan hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Is there something wrong, Doctor Song?"
Song Hong asked: "Does Mr. Huan Yi have time to come to my house to talk?"
Huan Tan was flattered, nodded repeatedly, and responded: "Of course! Of course! I have time."
Song Hong nodded, said nothing more, and got into the carriage.
After the two of them returned to the Song Mansion, Song Hong sat down politely, but he did not invite Huan Tan to sit down. The host did not give up his seat, and Huan Tan, as a guest, was too embarrassed to sit down. He stood in the lobby,
He was at a loss and looked embarrassed.
Song Hong asked his servant to make a pot of tea. He took the teacup and drank the tea slowly.
It wasn't until he finished his cup of tea that he seemed to remember that there was Huan Yilang standing in front of him. He put down the teacup in his hand and asked directly: "Huan Yilang, do you know why I don't let you sit down?"
At this time, beads of sweat appeared on Huan Tan's forehead. He bent over and stammered: "I don't know... I don't know..."
"When I recommended you as Yilang, I hoped that you could assist His Majesty with all your heart, but how did you do it? You played in front of the emperor many times and disrupted government affairs. Don't forget, you are Yilang, not a musician!
You are opportunistic to please the Holy Face. I thought you were a loyal and upright person, but it seems that I was wrong at first."
Song Hong's words no longer made Huan Tan sweat on his forehead, but made him sweat like rain. Huan Tan's knees softened, he knelt down with a thud, and said urgently: "I know I'm wrong! I know I'm wrong."
wrong!"
"You know your mistake? If you really know your mistake, I will never see what happened today again. If you let me see it again, I will punish you severely according to the laws of the Han Dynasty! Now, you can go back!"
After Song Hong finished speaking, he stood up, waved his sleeves, and turned to leave.
After Song Hong left, Huan Tan didn't even have the strength to kneel on the ground, and his whole body was almost paralyzed on the ground.
Even though Song Hong was a civil servant, he had an upright and staunch temperament. One was one and the other was two. He was outspoken and would speak out directly if he had anything in his heart.
Not to mention that he didn't give Huan Tan face, even if Liu Xiu did something wrong, he would point it out to his face.
In the past, when Liu Xiu hung pictures of beauties in the Qingliang Hall, he was reprimanded by Dr. Song. Liu Xiu was so embarrassed that he never hung them again.
Liu Xiu was not very interested in music at first. After Song Hong recommended Huan Tan, Liu Xiu gradually became obsessed with music and would listen to Huan Tan play a piece of music from time to time.
In Song Hong's opinion, His Majesty was completely led astray by Huan Tan. As the emperor, how could he be obsessed with these things that have nothing to do with state affairs?
Song Hong was an upright person and an incorruptible official. He was strict with himself and was equally strict with the emperor he assisted.
Speaking of Fu Zhan, he really didn't want to accept Liu Xiu's imperial edict, but he had to accept it after the imperial edict was issued. Fu Zhan followed Liu Xiu's edict and went to Wei County to question Wang Liang.
When Wang Liang was in the military camp and heard that Fu Zhan was coming, he immediately realized that something was wrong.
As a minister, Fu Zhan could not come to Wei County on his own. He could only come under orders. In the whole court, there was only one person who could command the minister, and that was the emperor.
Although the Shangshu was not a big official, he was extremely powerful. The existence of the Shangshu gradually replaced the Great Situ, and his role was equivalent to that of the Prime Minister. Regarding Fu Zhan's arrival, Wang Liang did not dare to neglect and went out to the camp to greet him personally.
After meeting, Wang Liang cupped his hands and said, "I didn't know that Master Fu was here, so I missed my welcome from afar. I apologize for my sins!"
Fu Zhan hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted, saying: "Da Sikong is too polite, I'm sorry to disgraced you!"
The two of them exchanged pleasantries, walked into the military camp, and entered the central military tent. Wang Liang asked Fu Zhan to take a seat. Fu Zhan did not sit down and said loudly: "Your Majesty's oral instructions are coming to Wei County this time."
After hearing this, everyone in the central army tent looked straight, and all the generals headed by Wang Liang knelt down.
Fu Zhan took a deep breath and said: "The great Sikong Wang Liang disobeyed the great Sima's order and divided his troops to fight. This is the first crime; Wang Liang mobilized the soldiers of Yewang County without authorization. This is the second crime; Wang Liang has no emperor and resists the decree.
Failure to comply is three crimes. If you commit any of these three serious crimes, you will be punished!" After a pause, Fu Zhan glanced at Wang Liang, who was kneeling on the ground with his head lowered, and shouted loudly: "Come here, punish the sinner.
Your Majesty Wang Liang takes it!"
Following Fu Zhan's order, two soldiers walked out of the Chinese army's tent and came to Wang Liang. They first took off his helmet, removed his armor and weapons, then pulled his shoulders and back, and pulled Wang Liang's back.
Tie them up tightly.
The soldiers who captured Wang Liang in public were not soldiers from Yewang County, but soldiers brought by Fu Zhan from Luoyang.
Seeing this, all the generals present were shocked. People kowtowed forward one after another and said in a hurry: "Fu Shangshu, spare your life, Fu Shangshu, please spare your life!"
Fu Zhan smiled bitterly, what's the point of begging him now? It was the emperor who wanted to execute Wang Liang, not him, the minister. He was just the one who came to convey the imperial decree and supervise the execution.
He ignored the other generals, looked at Wang Liang, and asked, "Does Da Sikong have anything else to say?"
Wang Liang let out a long sigh, shook his head, and said: "Liang is responsible for everything, no one else can blame him! This time, he bothered Shangshu Fu to make a special trip to Wei County because of Liang's affairs. Liang really feels guilty!"
Now that Wang Liang thinks about his actions, he feels a bit ridiculous. Why must he compete with Wu Han?
At that time, I seemed to be possessed by something crazy. I was totally careless and reckless about the consequences. I just wanted to outdo Wu Han.
Thinking of this, Wang Liang sighed again. He looked around at the generals who were kneeling together and said to Fu Zhan: "Everything is Liang's fault and has nothing to do with the brothers in Yewang County. After Liang Fu was executed, I hope Fu Shangshu will see him."
Your Majesty, please have a few kind words for these brothers of the wild kings."
"Da Sikong" saw that Wang Liang was about to be stabbed himself and was still thinking about them. Everyone present burst into tears.
Fu Zhan looked at Wang Liang helplessly, shook his head and said: "Da Sikong really overestimates the weight of the lower official. Your Majesty, the lower official is far inferior to Da Sikong! If you want to plead, you should wait until Da Sikong returns.
Go to Luoyang and tell His Majesty in person!"
As soon as he said these words, everyone present was shocked again, including Wang Liang, who looked at Fu Zhan in surprise. Didn't he come to supervise the beheading on His Majesty's order? Why did he say that he would lead the execution?
Where is Wang Liang returning to Luoyang?
Even though Fu Zhan is an old scholar, he is not a nerd.
Your Majesty wants to kill Wang Liang. There are so many powerful princes to choose from in the Ming Dynasty, but Your Majesty doesn't look for any of them. He just chooses himself, a minister with a low official rank and a white body, to come here. Why?
It's very simple. His officials are too young and white, so it's not easy to kill Wang Liang. To put it more bluntly, Your Majesty doesn't want to kill Wang Liang at all. The reason why he issued the imperial edict to kill Wang Liang is to give it to the scholar-bureaucrats.
What I saw was just a show for the ministers in the DPRK.
Your Majesty did not want to kill Wang Liang, nor did he want to set a precedent of being able to resist and disobey the decree without incident, so he sent himself, the junior minister, here.
Many times, Fu Zhan admired Liu Xiu's mind very much. He was young, but he was flawless in doing things. If you want to figure out his thoughts, you first have to make several turns in your mind.
Wang Liang came back to his senses and asked in surprise: "Fu Shangshu won't kill me?"
Fu Zhan cleared his throat and said, "Da Sikong, I am only responsible for conveying the imperial edict."
Wang Liang said: "But His Majesty's decree is for Fu Shangshu to question me and kill me!"
Fu Zhan smiled calmly and said: "I think that the matter of beheading Da Sikong is too big for me to bear, so it is better to take Da Sikong back to Luoyang and leave it to His Majesty himself."
Hearing this, everyone present was overjoyed. Wang Liang's eyes turned red and a layer of mist formed in his eyes. Without saying a word, he knelt down and said, "Liang will always remember Fu Shangshu's life-saving grace!"
Who is Liu Xiu? As Wang Liang, who followed Liu Xiu to conquer the world, can he not know clearly?
His Majesty is very angry now, so he naturally wants to kill himself to vent his anger. When Fu Zhan escorts him back to Luoyang, his Majesty's anger will probably be almost gone. In addition, His Majesty always attaches great importance to feelings. How can he kill himself again after meeting?
Of course Fu Zhan could have acted according to the order and killed him on the spot, but Fu Zhan's failure to do so was equivalent to saving his life. How could Wang Liang not be grateful?
Seeing Wang Liang kneel down for him, Fu Zhan was frightened. He hurriedly pulled Wang Liang up from the ground, waved his hands repeatedly, and said with a bitter smile: "Da Sikong is so generous, I really can't bear it, I can't bear it."
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No one knows that Liu Xiu sent a minister to Wei County to ask Wang Liang if he really wanted to kill him or if he didn't want to kill him at all. In short, Fu Zhan did not kill Wang Liang, but took Wang Liang back to Luoyang.
, let Wang Liang go to Liu Xiu to plead guilty.
Just as Wang Liang expected, after the meeting between his monarch and his ministers, Liu Xiu severely reprimanded Wang Liang, blaming him for not being able to join forces with Wu Han to destroy the thieves, but instead creating divisions within his own army, regardless of severity. In addition,
, mobilizing local troops without authorization is a taboo against the imperial court, and disobeying the decree is a taboo against the emperor.
Wang Liang had a very good attitude in admitting his mistakes. Liu Xiu walked back and forth in front of him. Every time he scolded Wang Liang, he would kowtow forward. By the time Liu Xiu finished scolding him, Wang Liang had kowtowed more than ten times.
Next, Liu Xiu didn't mention anything about the execution of Wang Liang. However, Wang Liang could be exempted from death, but he could not be spared from living punishment. Liu Xiu directly dismissed Wang Liang from his official position and let Song Honglai take over the post of Chief Sikong.
It has to be said that Liu Xiu is really broad-minded. You must know that not long ago, Song Hong directly refused Liu Xiu's matchmaking for Liu Huang without giving any face, and Liu Xiu did not have the slightest concern for Song Hong.
He was dissatisfied and held a grudge, so he even named him Da Sikong.
Wang Liang aroused the wrath of the Holy Spirit and was dismissed from his official position. People thought that Wang Liang had completely lost power this time. However, only a month later, Liu Xiu appointed Wang Liang as Zhonglang General and also as King Wu.wavv