Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

When the convoy arrived in Luoyang, what they saw was still a withered scene.

It is the late winter season in December, the world is bleak, the grass and trees on both sides of the road are withered and yellow, and the cold north wind blows like frost and snow, and the world is full of depression.

But between the withered yellow and the brown, there are a few touches of green tenaciously drilled out of the soil, even if the cold wind blows, they are still tenacious.

Now that the Han Dynasty has just been leveled, it is in a state of ruin, and the population of Luoyang has already been moved away by Cao Wei, and now Liu Chan has just come here, and he hasn't even moved the capital, so the city is naturally empty.

There are soldiers standing guard outside the city, guarding the gates of the city, and the convoy advances along the official road. On the left and right sides are the rural villages of Luoyang, which have long been empty and dilapidated.

When I went to the Luoyang East Market outside the east gate, I saw that the bustling and bustling market was in a mess. The houses collapsed, the garbage was everywhere, and the cobwebs covered the entire street. The people in the entire market seemed to disappear out of thin air. , leaving only the ruins on the ground.

"Luoyang has been repaired."

Liu Xie opened the side curtain of the carriage and looked at the city wall of Luoyang standing not far away, quite surprised.

Although it was bleak outside the city, and there was not even a single pedestrian on the street, the last time he saw Luoyang was in the early years of Jian'an, that is, in 196 AD.

At that time, Luoyang was burned by Dong Zhuo and turned into ruins.Hongduguan, Lantai, Piyong, Dongguan, Shishi, Xuanming, Taixue and other places with millions of volumes of books were burned.The area around Luoyang is full of dead graves, like a ghost land, with no living breath at all.

After that, Liu Xie moved the capital to Xuchang under Cao Cao's suggestion, and then moved to Chenliu, Chaoge, Shanyang and other places. Since he was imprisoned, he could not leave the fief even if he was later made the Duke of Shanyang County. Haven't been here in years.

Compared with the city of Luoyang that was almost razed to the ground at the beginning, Luoyang today has recovered a little bit of the size of Luoyang city in the time of Emperor Ling, which also made Liu Xie feel a little bit emotional, thinking of the past when he was a child.

At that time, Luoyang was in the midst of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the victims of disasters gathered all over the world. In a short period of time, the population of Luoyang exceeded 200 million. The city was repaired. It is a pity that Cao Rui moved his capital to Yecheng to avoid my sharp edge, and took all the people of the city away."

Shen Chen said while riding a horse beside the carriage.

Liu Xie sighed: "It's already very good. Although there are no people, at least the city has been built. When I returned to Luoyang, it was almost a flat land. Only the ruins of the palace wall remained. For dozens of miles, there were only bones. , beasts, weeds, and lonely graves.”

"Yes, as long as the city is erected and the capital of the great man is there, people's hearts will slowly gather back."

Shen Chen reined in the horse and responded.

The motorcade slowly arrived outside the upper east gate. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor mainly lived in the Nangong Palace. Therefore, during the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, the Nangong Palace suffered the most damage and was burned to nothing. On the contrary, there are still some halls standing in the North Palace.

Therefore, Liu Biao later sent people to repair the Luoyang Imperial Palace. Cao Cao, Cao Pi and his son repaired it several times, all of which were concentrated in the North Palace. On the basis of the North Palace, the city of Luoyang was re-established.

The upper east gate is the closest city gate to the North Palace. Entering Dongming Street, the south is Buguangli, and the northwest is Yong'an Palace. Follow the street all the way to the outside of Dongming Gate. People have already seen some people at the palace gate from a distance. Stand outside and wait.

As the convoy approached, Shen Chen saw that the leader was Zhongshucheng Jiang Wan.

When Liu Bei founded the country, he adopted Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen's suggestions and divided the government affairs into three parts, setting up three institutions, Shangshutai, Zhongshusheng, and Menxia Temple, to take charge of state affairs.

Among them, Shangshu Ling is Pang Tong, Zhongshucheng is Fazheng, and Menxiaqing is Xu Shu. But Fazheng was already terminally ill last year, and he resigned to recuperate at home in the middle of this year, so the current Zhongshucheng is the original Zhongshu You Servant. Shoot Jiang Wan.

Seeing Shen Chen and the others approaching, Jiang Wan stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "General Hussars."

"Ah."

Shen Chen got off his horse and said, "You are polite, where is Your Majesty?"

"Waiting in the palace."

Jiang Wan responded, and seeing Liu Xie get off the carriage, he clasped his hands and hesitated for a moment, and said, "I have seen King Chen Liu."

In fact, the Xinhan court was also embarrassed by Liu Xie.

Liu Xie was the last emperor of the former Han Dynasty, and the official name for him should be Emperor Xiaomin.

But he is not dead yet, it is not good to call him a posthumous title in front of others.

But it's not right to call him His Majesty.

Shen Chen called it so because of the etiquette of Hanchen, and because of his status, Liu Chan would probably not say anything because he is generous.

But Jiang Wan and the others called it differently. Although Liu Chan probably wouldn't say anything, it's better to be cautious after all.

So after much deliberation, he simply called King Chen Liu before Liu Xie ascended the throne the best.

Just like Guan Yu's Marquis of Han Shouting was granted by the old Han Dynasty, Liu Xie's King Chen Liu was also granted by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and he is an orthodox prince, so there will be no lack of etiquette.

Liu Xie returned a salute.

Then everyone entered the palace and went all the way to the Xuanming Hall in the North Palace.

The Xuanming Hall is a medium-sized hall, and the Orthodox Hall of the North Palace is the Deyang Hall behind it, but the Deyang Hall was destroyed by the war and is still in dilapidated condition.

Historically, it was not until AD 235 that Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui used 4 or [-] apprentices to build the Taiji Hall on the basis of the Deyang Hall in the North Palace. Since then, Cao Wei's palace has become magnificent.

Now Liu Chan has just arrived in Luoyang, and has not moved the capital, nor has the palace been repaired, so he can only use some palaces built by Cao Wei as office locations.

Soon a group of people arrived outside the hall, only to see that there were already people waiting outside the hall, and a fat man in his 20s walked over quickly.

"His Majesty!"

When Shen Chen and others saw him, they quickly saluted.

That fat man was Liu Chan.

Liu Chan first said to Shen Chen, "General Hussars, please forgive me." Then when he saw Liu Xie, he hurriedly stepped forward to support Liu Xie and said, "Is it the brother of the clan?"

"His Majesty."

When Liu Xie saw Liu Chan, he had mixed feelings for a moment, and tears fell down: "It's hard for Your Majesty to remember me."

Liu Chan said: "Brother, don't be sad, come inside quickly."

As he said, he took Liu Xie's hand and went in.

Then everyone entered the hall, Liu Chan took Liu Xie's hand all the way to the main seat on the steps, and said: "I wish to rule the world with my brothers."

Liu Xie was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground and cried: "I am a guilty person. At the beginning, Cao Pi forced me to give up the Dahan Chan to him, which lost the orthodoxy of the Dahan. Now Emperor Zhao Lie, the emperor, wiped out Cao Wei and rebuilt the Dahan. What can I do? If this is the case, please His Majesty take it back, otherwise I will crash to death in the hall."

"oops."

Liu Chan was startled when he saw Liu Xie's reaction so much, and hurriedly pulled him up and said, "I will take it back, Brother Clan, get up quickly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Liu Xie wiped away his tears, and sat down in the first position under Liu Chan's right hand after being appeased by everyone.

Shen Chen looked around, his status was second only to Liu Xie, so he sat in the first position on the left hand side, next to Xu Shu, and said in a low voice: "King Chen Liu is not that stupid, he knows what he should do. Whatever he does, he's actually pretty good."

Xu Shu said helplessly: "It wasn't me and Shi Yuan who did it, it was Xiao Zhi who did it. He said that he was going to die, and he could see the great Han before he died, so he wanted to help His Majesty stabilize the country before he died."

"Outrageous."

Shen Chen shook his head, Liu Xie was not stupid, he knew what he should do, now being teased by Fazheng like this made Liu Chan feel petty.

Soon Liu Chan sat on the table, looked around and said: "In the time of Emperor Huan and Lingdi, the Yellow Turban was in trouble, and Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao rebelled. At last, he has unified the world, and he has not failed his ancestors. Although Emperor Xiaomin lost the Han throne, it was not his own will, but was persecuted by the Cao bandits, so he cannot be blamed.

Liu Xie stood up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

This is the second time he has saluted as a courtier, and he has gotten used to it somewhat.

Liu Chan continued: "The King of Hejian is the emperor of the old Han Dynasty. He can be honored as the Son of Heaven in the feudal state. If there is any lawlessness in the county, the King of Hejian can directly report to Luoyang."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Liu Xie bowed his hands again.

Liu Chan asked Liu Xie to sit down, and then looked around at everyone and said: "The great man has just been unified, and a thousand things are waiting to be done, and we still need your support. The Taimiao worships the ancestors, prays to God, and prays to the ancestors and ancestors to bless the great man."

"only!"

Everyone should get down.

So Liu Chan said some other things, announced the disbandment of the court, and then invited Liu Xie to the palace for a chat.

After the court was over, Shen Chen was going to go home and have a look.

Although Liu Chan hadn't moved the capital yet, the San Gong Jiu Qing and ministers from all walks of life had already arrived in Luoyang, and Shen Chen's Hussar General's mansion naturally followed, and now his wife is here.

After coming out of the Dongming Gate, Shen Chen asked Jiang Wei where he planned to go. Jiang Wei had been promoted from a miscellaneous general to a general Pingxi because of his military exploits, and he already had his own mansion, so he also planned to return to the mansion, and then Send someone to bring all the family members over.

On the way back, Jiang Wei asked Shen Chen curiously, "Master."

"Well, what happened?"

"I'm a little curious and want to ask Master."

"what's up?"

"The king of Hejian ruined the foundation of the big man, why should he treat him so kindly?"

"Foolishness."

Shen Chen rolled his eyes at him: "The king of Hejian has been coerced by Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao since he was a child, and has no real power. He can't be blamed for ruining the great man's foundation."

What's more, if Liu Xie hadn't ruined the great man's foundation, then it wouldn't be Liu Bei's turn to become emperor.

This sentence did not come out.

Jiang Wei scratched his head and said, "He ruined our ancestors, why should we respect him? Could it be that respecting him ruined the great man's foundation? If I say so, His Majesty should kick him out of the family tree."

Shen Chen patted Jiang Wei's shoulder and said, "Bo Yue, you are from Xiliang, and you don't know how to be polite. Don't you know that you should respect the old emperor."

Jiang Wei insisted, "However, King Hejian has no integrity in the face of Cao Pi's persecution. If he is not punished, it will not be enough to warn future generations. If he is given the honor guard of the emperor, is it possible to treat him like an old emperor? "

"It's really stupid and ignorant."

Shen Chen frowned and said: "Ants are greedy for life, let alone human beings? It's normal to have fear in the face of death. When King Hejian faced the situation back then, you spoke lightly, but he was the one who died. You, stop saying such sarcastic remarks."

This is the truth.

Jiang Wei slandered, but he didn't dare to refute Shijun after all.

Seeing that he seemed a little unconvinced, Shen Chen knew that Jiang Wei grew up in the barbaric land of Xiliang since he was a child, and often mixed with the barbarians who turned into barbarians. The emperor's lack of awe is also understandable.

So I didn't blame him, but patiently explained the reasons why the court respected Liu Xie. Apart from Liu Chanzhai's benevolent heart and would not kill Liu Xie, the most important reasons were the other two.

One is the issue of legality. Liu Xie is the orthodox emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although he is the last emperor, he is also legally orthodox. Therefore, even if he loses the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to ensure the legitimacy of the new Han Dynasty, he must recognize the legitimacy of the Eastern Han Dynasty , Naturally, Liu Xie's orthodox status has to be recognized.

Didn't recognize Liu Xie's legitimacy while he was alive, and removed him from his genealogy?What kind of behavior is that, very stupid behavior!
Doing this is no different from the orthodoxy of the new Han expelling the Eastern and Western Han. Unless Liu Bei and Liu Chan intend to forget their ancestors and not recognize the ancestors of the Liu family, otherwise it is impossible to treat Liu Xie kindly.

The second is to win people's hearts.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, people all over the world felt sympathy towards Liu Xie, thinking that he was just a child who was controlled by powerful officials such as Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao in his childhood. He could not be free in life, and he could not be blamed for the world becoming like this.Therefore, regardless of the family and the people, they all have great sympathy for him.

In addition, at that time, most of the people's hearts were towards the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty had supported scholars for [-] years. Although a large number of nobles from aristocratic families took refuge in Cao Wei, there were also some scholars whose hearts were towards the Emperor Han.

Such as Liu Bei, Kong Rong, Yang Biao, Fu Wan, Dong Cheng, Wang Yi, etc. in the early days, even when Cao Pi later usurped the Han Dynasty, there were many people in the world who wore hemp and filial piety for the big man, including Cao Zhi. "Three Kingdoms" records: "At the beginning, when Lin Sui Hou Zhi heard that the Wei family was on behalf of the Han, they all mourned and mourned."

Even Cao Zhi dressed the big man in hemp and filial piety, which shows that the hearts of the Han Dynasty belonged.For this reason, Cao Pi didn't dare to do anything to Liu Xie at all, and even allowed Liu Xie to establish an orthodox temple of the Han Dynasty in Shanyang County, maintaining a certain degree of independence, just to appease the world.

If Liu Chan was harsh on Liu Xie and treated Liu Xie worse than Cao Pi, people in the world would say that Liu Chan was cruel and cruel, and he treated his fellow clan so viciously, and his attitude towards Liu Xie, a usurper, was worse than Cao Pi's attitude towards Liu Xie.

When the world maintains sympathy for Liu Xie, Liu Chan's reputation will probably be extremely stinky, and he will be cast aside by the world.

Therefore, regardless of legal or political considerations, Liu Chan must not criticize Liu Xie harshly, and even treat Liu Xie better than Cao Pi treats Liu Xie, otherwise it will be very unfavorable to him in public opinion.

To sum up, there are many conspiracy theories in later generations, thinking that if Liu Bei and Liu Chan and his sons can really take over the world, and it happens that Liu Xie is still alive, they must kill Liu Xie.

In fact, it is very normal for the country to change dynasties. Liu Xie would not be so stupid as to find Liu Bei and Liu Chan to replace them, but if he thinks that Liu Xie must die, then his mind is too dark.

At least the Han Dynasty paid attention to benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. Liu Xie was not the chief culprit for the demise of the Han Dynasty morally. He was just a puppet manipulated.

But if it was because of this instead of killing him, it would be a big mistake.

Therefore, the correct way to conform to the three views of morality in the Han Dynasty is to treat Liu Xie kindly. After the new Han Dynasty has been established, Liu Xie will be regarded as the relict emperor of the previous Han Dynasty. Just mourn for him.