I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 104
"Dong Zhong? He still dares to rebel?"

After listening to Qu Mu's narration, Liu Bian felt a little surprised in his heart.

After all, in his opinion, Dong Zhong is a tough guy, who has no courage to rebel.

Historically, after Liu Bian ascended the throne, Empress He and Empress Dowager Dong had conflicts again due to mutual interference in politics. Afterwards, Empress He ordered He Jin to kill Dong Zhong. Then the question came, what was Dong Zhong doing at that time?Had he not been informed of the crisis?Did the Empress Dowager Dong tell Dong Zhong about her quarrel with her daughter-in-law?

All in all, Dong Chonggui was a hussar general, but he didn't do anything at that time. He watched He Jin lead troops to surround his mansion, and then he feared suicide.

Come on, you are a Hussar General, with the same rank as the Great General, and your status is still higher than that of a Chariot General. In theory, you can also dispatch domestic troops. Dong Zhong also has parts, and he also has hundreds of private troops, right?Why not dare to strike first?
Just like Gongsun Zan fought back against Liu Yu who led an army of 10,000+ with hundreds of remnants.

So in the final analysis, Dong Zhong is still cowardly. At first glance, he shows his teeth and claws, but in reality he is stern and soft. Without the deliberate protection of Emperor Ling, this kind of person is nothing. This is why Liu Bian didn't think Dong Zhong could pose any threat from the beginning.

Of course, for the sake of prudence, Liu Bian still ordered Qu Mu to continue to follow up on the plans of Dong Zhong and others, and try to find out Dong Zhong's internal responses in the palace, including but not limited to the city gate Sima and palace guards under Weiwei, As well as the Huben Army, the Habayashi Army, and the eunuchs in the province.

He Mu took the order and left.

The next day, Emperor Ling summoned Lu Zhi and Yang Xu, and entrusted Prince Liu Bian to the two most upright and upright ministers in the court.

This is also the first time that Lu Zhi and Yang Xu have seen Lingdi in recent months. Seeing Lingdi's haggard face, Lu Zhi and Yang Xu also felt sad and wept secretly.

During this period, Emperor Ling pointed out the threat of General He Jin to the two courtiers: "...the crown prince is young. After my death, I fear that the general will take the opportunity to control the government. The two lovers must be very careful, and they must not repeat the same situation as Liang Ji. , Dou Wu’s misfortune.”

Although Lu Zhi and Yang Xu thought that Emperor Ling had seen Dou Wucheng well, they didn't bother to explain it at this time. After all, Emperor Ling was on guard against He Jin, let alone Dou Wu?
Only she said yes again and again, endured her sorrow and made a vow beside Lingdi's bed that she would assist the young gentleman and never dare to have two hearts.

Emperor Ling nodded in relief.

In the next few days, Emperor Ling successively summoned General He Jin, Wei Wei Yang Biao, Tai Wei Cao Song, Situ Cui Lie, Sikong Yuan Kui, and He Miao who had returned to Luoyang to take up the post of Henan Yin again.

Regarding He Jin, Yang Biao, and Yuan Kai, Emperor Ling naturally didn't say much, but only asked them to help the prince well. Only when he summoned He Miao, Emperor Ling told him: "The prince is young, and he should be the prince after he succeeds. The general will assist and preside over the government, but there are many ambitious people around your brother, I am afraid that they will instigate the general to harm the prince, Qing is the closest to the prince, and I hope that you will help the prince."

At this time, He Miao was already in his prime, but probably because of his personality, he accidentally got close to his wife and had no children under his knees. In view of Liu Bian's intentional advances, he secretly regarded Liu Bian as his nephew. Come out, naturally will not refuse.

Of course, in addition to agreeing, he still has to explain a few words for his elder brother He Jin: "... I dare to pledge my life, and my brother will never dare to do anything that is not a minister. What your majesty said is lucky, that is, Wu Kuang's generation, I will definitely try to find a way in the future." Except."

Emperor Ling nodded slightly.

In fact, Emperor Ling didn't believe that He Jin, a butcher's son, would imitate Wang Mang, Liang Ji, and Dou Wu's behavior, but the matter was important, so he still had to guard against it.

Summoning these important ministers for several days really consumed Lingdi's energy, but at this time he still wanted to summon Empress He.

The next day after summoning He Miao, Emperor Ling summoned Empress He, moved him with emotion and reason, and hoped that Empress He would treat her mother-in-law, Empress Dowager Dong, kindly in the future.

Empress He was reluctant at first, after all, she and Empress Dowager Dong have been fighting for nearly ten years, how can such a heavy relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law be reconciled by reconciliation?

Fortunately, Liu Bian came with him this time, and he secretly said to Empress He: "Mother, the royal father canonized the child as the prince, which also means that you won the battle between you and the old lady, so why bother to ignore it?" Forgive me, let the father worry about affecting the body?"

"This……"

Under the persuasion of her son, Empress He finally agreed, but the premise is: "...as long as the Queen Mother does not interfere in the government in the future."

"Ai Ji don't worry."

Emperor Ling glanced at Liu Bian with a smile, and comforted Empress He.

The empress dowager—to be precise, the empress dowager intervening in the government is indeed a troublesome matter for the young monarch, but Lingdi believes that his son can handle it well.

After all, this son is smarter than him, and the situation in court is much better than when he entered the palace.

In the next few days, Emperor Ling's physical condition became worse and worse. Empress Dowager Dong, Empress He and Prince Liu Bian accompanied him at different times.

In view of the fact that Empress Dowager Dong was still trying to persuade Emperor Ling to make Dong Hou Liu Xie the crown prince, although Emperor Ling wanted his mother to accompany him for a while, he felt a little bored in his heart, so he called Liu Bian more in the last few days.

During those few days, Emperor Ling and Liu Bian chatted a lot, and even mentioned that Emperor Ling regretted that he was addicted to drinking and sex, and failed to fulfill his duties as a father. It's really not easy.

While chatting, Emperor Ling also talked about his temple name and posthumous title after his death.

The temple name is the title given by the monarch when he was enshrined in the temple after his death. There is no praise or derogation.

This was Lingdi's final knot.

In history, the posthumous title of Emperor Ling was "Ling", which means chaos without damage, alluding to the chaos in the court and frequent rebellions in the world during the reign of Emperor Ling, but he did not cause serious turmoil, so he was called Ling.

This posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous general He Jin and the scholars headed by the Yuan family. General He Jin didn't dare to act because of the existence of He Jin. Before he died, he also entrusted Jian Shuo of the little Huang family to kill He Jin and reform Liu Xie. He Jin would naturally take revenge.

And the court ministers couldn't refute this, after all, Emperor Ling had indeed done many absurd things.

But this time, Emperor Ling loved Liu Bian, so logically speaking, he shouldn't have the posthumous title of "Ling" anymore. What's more, Liu Bian also mourned that Emperor Ling's life was not long, and was inclined to give Emperor Ling a good posthumous title.

Seeing that Emperor Ling was embarrassed and embarrassed to give himself a beautiful posthumous title, Liu Bian then ordered Zhang Rang to send someone to summon the Taishi Ling Wang Li and several historians, and brought a book specially used to give the emperor a posthumous posthumous title. Posthumous titles, after excluding the posthumous titles used by the previous emperors of the Han Dynasty, I asked Emperor Ling: "How about the word 'big'?"

From the side, Tai Shi ordered Wang Li to take a deep breath.

What is big?Then Tian Fa Yao Yu said great!
As the name suggests, only monarchs who can be compared with Yao and Shun are eligible to use this posthumous title.

So he hastened to dissuade.

Liu Bian was not quicker than the rigor of these historians regardless of the occasion. The Ling Emperor is like this, so can't he say a few nice words to make him happy before he dies?

"Get out." He shouted coldly.

When Zhang Rang heard this, he hurriedly drove the group of historians out.

Emperor Ling didn't have time to stop him, so he could only tell Liu Bian afterwards: "My son must not offend the official historian."

It has to be said that apart from a few tyrants who don’t care about posthumous evaluations, the emperors of all dynasties are most afraid of offending the historians. After all, most of the historians are hereditary. It can be said that the world’s historians come from one family. .

As for the historians who compile histories, although most of them are objective and fair, they may not include private goods, even Ma Qian of the Taishi Company is no exception. He once called Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and other famous generals of the Han family who have made great achievements as "the ministers of luck".

Who made Tai Shigong come from a group of scholar-bureaucrats, while Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were both born from foreign relatives? The two parties are destined to be different.

Compared to Emperor Ling's worries, Liu Bian didn't care. After all, in his opinion, people only want to live with a clear conscience, so why should they care about posthumous fame?

He smiled disapprovingly, and said to Emperor Ling: "Father hasn't answered my minister yet, how about big characters?"

Emperor Ling was moved, but he didn't dare to use it. After all, he also had self-knowledge and knew that what he had done could not be called a wise emperor, so naturally he didn't dare to use the posthumous title of 'big' shamelessly.

"What about Chong, Dai, Dao, and Gong?" Liu Bian continued to ask.

Emperor Ling smiled wryly and shook his head, not because he was dissatisfied, but because he knew that he was not worthy, although he also knew that as long as he nodded, let alone Chong, Dai, Dao, Gong, the son in front of him would even dare to use the posthumous title of "big" Let him use it too, but if virtue is not worthy, it will only provoke the ridicule of the world, and at the same time, it will damage the reputation of the young gentleman.

After much deliberation, he came up with a posthumous title that even surprised Liu Bian: Ling.

Seeing the astonishment on Liu Bian's face, Emperor Ling said with emotion: "I have been reflecting on myself during this period of time. Since I succeeded to the throne of Emperor Huan, I have not benefited the country and society, but I have never dared to do great evil, and I can barely do it. Lord, use spiritual words to introspect yourself, and my son will also take it as a warning."

Liu Bian looked at Liu Bian in amazement, and was surprised that Emperor Yu Ling took the word "Ling" as his posthumous title. Could this be the end of history?

I don't believe it either!

Thinking of this, Liu Bian shook his head and said: "Father entered the palace at the age of 12. Although he has a title, he has no real power. How can outsiders know the hardships involved? How can I sit back and watch my father get a bad posthumous posthumous title because I think you are a son of man?"

After that, he glanced at the posthumous book, pointed to a word on it and said: "This word is good, let's take this word."

Emperor Ling followed his son's fingers and saw the word Yu.

Yu, of course, is also a beautiful posthumous posthumous title, which means strong learning and inquiring, building up traditions, benevolence wins all, benevolence wins people, and benevolence conquers the world. It can barely be related to Lingdi, but Lingdi still feels a little unworthy of virtue and shakes his head again and again .

However, at this time Liu Bian rarely showed the willfulness of a teenager: "That's the word, it's useless if the emperor doesn't agree."

Emperor Ling didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he could only acquiesce, and couldn't watch him glance at his Yu character from time to time, which showed that he was actually very satisfied.

It lasted like this until the beginning of May, when the Ling Emperor finally failed, and suddenly gasped for breath in the middle of the night, Zhang Rang was shocked, and hurriedly sent someone to invite Prince Liu Bian.

Liu Bian came in a hurry and finally caught up with Emperor Ling for the last time.

At that time, Lingdi, who was already struggling to breathe, grasped Liu Bian's hand with his last bit of strength, as if he was expecting something.

Liu Bian recalled Emperor Ling's previous entrustment, and hurriedly said in a low voice: "Father, don't worry, my son will definitely treat grandmother and younger brother well."

Hearing this, Emperor Ling lay back on the couch, looking up with both eyes, the hideousness caused by holding his breath before gradually returned to calm, and immediately lost his breath.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Seeing this, Zhang Rang and others crawled beside Lingdi's couch, weeping bitterly.

Not long after, Empress He and Empress Dowager Dong came one after another, ignoring the confrontation, and weeping endlessly.

Liu Bian gave up his position to his mother, and looked at the peacefully passed Lingdi from a little distance away, feeling inexplicably heartbroken.

But at this time, he couldn't care about his grief, because he knew that once Lingdi passed away, General He Jin was about to take action, and Dong Zhong, who also had the idea of ​​doing something but didn't dare to actually put it into action. .

If he wanted to secure the throne, he had to balance both He Jin and Dong Zhong.

(End of this chapter)