The night was dark, and there was not a trace of moonlight on the earth. A gust of autumn wind blew by, rolling up a few fallen leaves and falling on the slightly dilapidated eaves. A lamp was lit in the room, the shadow of the lamp was swaying, and several figures were gathered around it. Sneaking around the table.
"The emperor killed Tian Lin for no reason. He must have become suspicious."
"I have said before that Liu Bing is already a very smart emperor, and there is also a terrible woman like the Queen Mother. It is too difficult to seduce him."
"Huh, no emperor is not suspicious. The smarter the emperor, the more suspicious he is. Liu Bing is no exception, otherwise he would not have alienated the Jingnan princes."
"It's better to wait first. Tian Lin has just died. Now is the time when the emperor is most vigilant. Any disturbance will make him vigilant. Don't anger him again, otherwise he may accidentally hurt us."
"I agree. We should not meet each other for a period of time. Let's wait and see what happens and wait for the opportunity. I don't believe that the emperor and the Luo family can really be close, not even between father and son, not to mention the conflict of interests between the monarch and the powerful family. relation."
Voices sounded one after another, and a group of men in black robes dispersed from the room. Only the slight crackling of the lights was left, burning for a while, and then extinguished, completely plunged into darkness.
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To simplify the taboo among the people, Liu Bing changed his name to Liu Xun.
He has matured a bit more, and has completely shed the youthfulness he had when he first became emperor. He is now full of nobility and majesty.
After seeing each other for three days, treat each other with admiration.
Three years is enough time for a person to completely change. For Liu Xun, his throne has been completely stable. As long as he does not offend his relatives, relatives, civil and military ministers at the same time, and cause the whole world to rebel like Liu Dan, there will be no personal conflicts. The group could shake his rule.
In Changle Palace, Liu Xun held a memorial in his hand.
"Your majesty, Fu Wei, has great sage and wisdom, so you will be in good health.
For three years, nothing happened in the Central Plains, except for the five deployments of troops in the Western Regions, which cost a lot of money and food. There are still many things that need to be spent in the vast Central Plains. It is difficult to make ends meet by supplying the Western Regions. Moreover, the wild lands of the Western Regions cannot compare with the richness of the Central Plains. "
He frowned slightly, thinking that it was another memorial asking the court to reduce expenditures in the Western Regions, but this was impossible. He could not have caused such a large area of land loss during his tenure as emperor, and the taxes collected through the Western Regions trade routes were It was very important to the imperial court, and it was also the key to containing the Qiang people in the northern grasslands and the west.
Liu Xun did not forget that the Xiongnu appeared again a few years ago. War in other directions can be temporarily put aside, but the war against the Xiongnu must not stop!
"The Protector of the Western Regions is unparalleled. He has courage that no man can match. He is an unparalleled general who is both civil and military. He has been guarding the Western Regions for many years but has not been able to stabilize them. I am very puzzled by this."
Luo Shi rarely appeared in the Central Plains, but as the Great Protector of the Western Regions, he led an army of 100,000 from the Western Regions and Hexi back to the east during the Jingnan period, which greatly shocked the world. He even brought the King of East Dayuan and the Queen Mother with him. .
After the Jingnan was over, he returned to the Western Regions. No one could forget the Hexi Western Region cavalry that filled the mountains and plains. No one could forget that the cavalry and lances were like forests and fire, and they were invincible.
As both Jingnan princes, Liu Xun was wary and admirable towards the Jingnan princes in Guandong, but he was simply wary of Luo Shi.
He didn't trust Luo Shi, and he didn't intend to be kind to Luo Shi, but he trusted Luo Shi of Zhaocheng and believed that Duke Zhao would not sit back and watch Luo Shi disgraced the family tradition and do something disloyal, so Luo Shi was still in charge of the Western Regions these years.
Unexpectedly, someone would question Luo Shi now. Liu Xun paused, and his first reaction was to frame him, and then quickly opened the entire memorial, "I thought hard about it, the Han Dynasty has a mansion, a prince and two kings in the Western Regions, and one mansion and one prince are composed of Wushuang Hou Shi. There must be no problem with being in charge, but the problem is with the second king.
King Wusun is your uncle, and he has always been respectful to the court, so there must be no problem.
This is not the case for the King of Dayuan East. He is guilty of sins and should never see the light of day. He has made no achievements since he became the prince of the princes. Dayuan rebelled several times and had to use troops from the Protectorate. How could a person like him be ranked among the Liu family? What about the king's line?
I ask your Majesty to move it and establish a new king to guard Dawan. "
Liu Xun never expected that so many words in the front were actually for the few words in the back.
Beat around the bush and see the picture!
It turned out that he was trying to dethrone the King of Dayuandong, eliminate the Kingdom of Dayandong, and establish a new king.
It is not uncommon to eliminate the country, but it is too rare for the first generation of princes and kings to eliminate the country. Since the feudal period, even rebellion will not eliminate the country, but the country will be divided and inherited by the heirs.
Dayuandong Kingdom is a kingdom that was divided from the original Dayuan Kingdom. It has about one-fifth of the land of the original Dayuan Kingdom and has a population of 100,000. This is the limit of the power of the Western Regions Protectorate in Dayuan Kingdom. It is the kingdom of Dayuan. At the limit of his endurance, Luo Shi fought three small battles for this fifth of the land.
No one would have thought about such a key position, but the problem is that the monarch of Dayuandong Kingdom is the son of the violent emperor Liu Dan!
Extremely politically incorrect.
After Luo Shi conquered Dawan City for the first time, he learned from Luo Wuji that he had presented Princess Loulan to Liu Che, so he dedicated Princess Dawan to Liu Dan as his concubine. After giving birth to the prince, he took her back to the Western Regions and named her a princess. King Wandong and Princess Dayuan are the Queen Mother.
After all, who could have expected at that time that Liu Dan would be overthrown later.
Originally, Liu Dan's sons like the King of Dayuandong would be eliminated after the end of the Jing Rebellion. They would be exiled far away like other sons and would not be killed. However, in this era, they would have died young and died young. Just a lot, if you get sick and can't bear it, it's not good to tell your fortune.
There are two reasons why King Dayuan Dong can still retain the throne. First, he is the son of Liu Dan and Princess Dayuan. In the current Han Dynasty, there is no right to inherit the Han emperor at all, even if Liu Xun's close relatives die. Even if he were to find someone from a remote sect to inherit the throne, it would not be him. This is the same as not considering King Wusun when considering the throne.
This was of course a disadvantage when Liu Dan was emperor, but when Liu Dan was overthrown, this was the only way out for King Dayuan Dong to survive.
The second reason is Luo Shi. Although Luo Shi is one of the leaders of Jingnan, he is also responsible for providing political asylum to Liu Dan's wife and daughter. King Dayuandong is a fuzzy area, but the princes of Jingnan did not say anything, so It was ignored and became an established fact.
Now that there are no relevant stakeholders in the court, this issue has been raised.
Liu Xun pondered for a while, of course he wanted to remove the throne of King Dayuan East, but the stability of the Western Region was more important.
The key is to test the attitude of Wushuang Hou Luoshi and see if his attitude towards King Dayuan Dong has changed after all these years.
People will change, and the Luo family is no exception. Luo Shi supported Liu Dan at first, but later opposed Liu Dan. When King Dawandong was young, Luoshi was willing to provide political asylum. Perhaps now that King Dawandong has grown up, This made Luo Shi disgusted.
Thinking of Luo Shi's annual written report and the standard tribute items, Liu Xun said in a deep voice: "Zimeng, write a letter to Marquis Wushuang. Don't mention the memorial, and ask him what he thinks of the situation in Dawan."
Huo Guang's body was shaken, and he bowed his head and left. Looking at Huo Guang's back, Liu Xun always felt that he had overlooked something, but he had no clue at all. He suddenly shivered, as if he felt a pair of dark eyes staring at him. Own.
Huo Guang walked out of the palace step by step. Even though there was no one in the palace, he still maintained a respectful attitude, but there was an infinite storm rolling in his heart.
"No, I must remind my cousin that His Majesty wants to take action against King Dawandong. Alas, my cousin's character will definitely oppose it. I don't know what Your Majesty will do."
Huo Guang thought to himself, "Does the person who submitted the memorial have a grudge against King Dayuan Dong?
Impossible, King Dawandong is a transparent person, no one cares about him, so what is the purpose of this memorial? "
Huo Guang believed that it was impossible for someone to go to the transparent person like Dayuan Dong King for no reason. There must be something going on here. The only thing King Dayuan Dong was involved in was the interests of the Western Regions trade routes.
"The Western Region Trade Route? Are you going to your cousin?"
Huo Guang was a little in disbelief, then shook his head, denying himself: "It's too obvious, it shouldn't be, whoever takes advantage of the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard and plots against the emperor and Luo at the same time is really crazy.
No matter, let’s check it out. "
Huo Guang stopped thinking about it and was about to leave. Suddenly, a slightly rich voice sounded behind Huo Guang, "Huo Shizhong, where are you going? Your Majesty has summoned me to the palace. Is it possible to meet you now?"
Huo Guang was a cautious person, and he knew the names and voices of all the officials in the imperial court. He knew who they were without looking back.
The right prisoner of the imperial court of the Han Dynasty, the leader of the criminal law family, a world-famous scholar, a clan member of the Han Dynasty, a celebrity in front of the emperor, Liu Xiang and Liu Zizheng.
In just three years, he went from being a scholar for nothing to riding on the emperor's power to promote his family members. He used his profound knowledge of criminal law to solve major cases and detect lawlessness. He was promoted one after another and became the right eunuch of Qian Shi. He was a veritable official of the imperial court. According to the political habits of the Han Dynasty, which emphasized internal affairs and neglected external affairs, and emphasized the central government and neglected prefectures and counties, officials who were sent to the outside world could even be able to make two thousand shi.
However, based on the emperor's trust in Liu Zizheng, as well as his ability and status as a member of the Han Dynasty, his pursuit was to be a Tingwei among the Nine Ministers, and the prefects, governors, and ministers were all inferior.
"Master Zizheng is polite. Your Majesty is processing the memorial. You can ask your attendant to inform you."
Liu Xiang thanked Liu Xiang and the two bowed and separated. After taking two steps, Huo Guang suddenly turned around and looked at Liu Xiang who was walking towards the palace. He murmured: "Ting Wei, if Ting Wei comes to investigate this matter, no matter what the result is, it will be the same." A kind of shock.
Liu Zizheng, what does he like? "
Huo Guang always acted steadily and never made mistakes. An official letter was sent to the Western Regions, and a personal letter was sent to the Western Regions from the Champion House.
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He conquered the Western Regions for a long time, used his swords and soldiers to be benevolent and righteous, attacked Wusun, killed his king and left his wife and daughter, attacked Dawan, carried out the king's head and offered it to the family, and married him, so that he was blessed, and promoted all the countries, and they all praised him. Of. ——"Book of Han·Wushuang Hou Family"
Another long month is over
(End of chapter)
