Xuande

Chapter 754

Since you want to fool, then fool it thoroughly, and use it thoroughly.

It would be a bit of a waste if Liu Yu, an elder of the Han Dynasty with such a reputation and status, didn't use it, if he didn't squeeze out his use value.

Therefore, Liu Bei decided to ask Liu Yu to preside over the Zen ceremony for him, and let Liu Yu become the witness and representative of the Han family clan. With Liu Yu as the fulcrum, he raised the entire Han clan clan group and let him endorse himself.

Of course, Liu Yu must be somewhat reluctant in his heart.

Therefore, Liu Bei wants to move out the name of Mrs. Dong and add a size.

Then Liu Yu was very depressed.

"I?"

Liu Yu was taken aback, and said in shock: "The Empress Dowager asked me to preside over the abdication ceremony?"

"Yes, you are highly respected and have served as Zongzheng. You are a well-known elder in the clan. There is no one in the Han clan who doesn't know you. It will be more helpful for me if you participate in this matter."

Liu Bei said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager said that she is not named Liu after all, and that she does not have enough authority. It is not good for her to participate too deeply in the internal affairs of the Liu family. It is most suitable for an old man with extensive prestige in the Liu family to preside over it." .”

"This...the empress dowager really said that?"

Liu Yu looked shocked: "This...isn't this putting me on the fire? I...Although I have served as Zongzheng, but this matter...I'd better...don't do it? Xuande, why are you How about not looking for your teacher, or Zheng Jijiu?"

Liu Yu wants to bring disaster to the east?
This will not work.

The two of them are my beloved teachers and guides.

No more money.

I still expect them to do something for me in the future. If I want them to do this, I will break the unbreakable golden body, and then I will not be able to handle things smoothly in the future.

But you, Liu Yu, are different. You are a royalist, conservative, and have no enterprising spirit. Isn't it just for the one-time use right at this moment?
Do you still want to run?

Can you run away?
"Mr. Situ, do you want to disobey the empress dowager's intention?"

Liu Bei said seriously: "This is a matter related to the continuation of the Han Dynasty. As the elder of the clan, you have a high status and everyone respects you. You cannot avoid it no matter what.

In the final analysis, this is an internal matter of the Han Dynasty. The empress dowager's surname is Dong, so it is still inconvenient to participate. The empress dowager's will will come down soon. When the time comes, you can't refuse. "

Do you really want to make an order?
Seeing what Liu Bei said about having a nose and eyes, Liu Yu's head became even more confused, and for a while, he didn't know what to do, and he didn't know how much this matter would affect him.

But what he knew was that if Liu Bei really became the emperor, and he was unwilling to help him with this favor, then his Situ would be at the end of his life, and he could prepare to retire and return home.

For this, I have to worry about whether Liu Bei will wear small shoes for himself after he becomes the emperor, and whether his old age will not be peaceful enough.

He doesn't have much relationship with Liu Bei, and he doesn't have a deep relationship. Unlike Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi, they are both people who have great kindness to Liu Bei. Liu Bei doesn't want them to get ahead in this matter, and he obviously knows about it. It's not very nice, and it's easy to provoke criticism.

That's why Liu Yu had to go up.

Offending the emperor is the most stupid thing in the world, and offending an emperor with real power or even an authoritative emperor is even more stupid.

Liu Yu is not a stupid person, he is just a bit of a literati, but he is not stupid, so in the end, Liu Yu didn't dare to refuse, so he could only stammer and acquiesce in this matter, saying that he still obeyed the orders of the Empress Dowager.

If the Empress Dowager really made the decree, he will never shrug it off and never refuse.

This is his last insistence.

Liu Bei immediately rushed to Shangshutai and asked Zhang Rang to write the pen himself. In the tone of Empress Dowager Dong, he secretly drafted the edict of Emperor Liu Xie's Zen position, and then put the edict into his arms under Zhang Rang's shocked gaze.

Zhang Rang once imagined many possibilities for Liu Bei's future. Of course he also imagined the possibility of becoming an emperor, but he didn't think too much about it, but this kind of possibility that he didn't think about too much has now come true.

He felt a little unreal.

So he looked at Liu Bei and asked a question.

"Xuande, are you...really going to be the emperor?"

Liu Bei looked up at him.

"It wasn't my intention, but the matter has come to an end, and it's the same if I didn't choose you, Lao Zhang. After I ascend the throne, I will also need eunuchs to serve me. At that time, you will be the only leader of the eunuchs."

Liu Bei patted Zhang Rang on the shoulder: "It's not hard for you to serve me, right?"

Zhang Rang looked at Liu Bei's hand, then at Liu Bei's face, swallowed, and without hesitating for a long time, he gave his own conclusion.

"It is an honor for this old slave to serve you."

He bowed his head towards Liu Bei, showing respect to Liu Bei with the attitude of a slave to his master.

Liu Bei looked at him, sighed insignificantly, with a calm expression, and patted his shoulder again.

"Get rid of everything that should be removed. Don't miss the old love. Sometimes when you miss the old love, people use you as a bargaining chip and bargain with others. This kind of thing is the most hurtful. And I can accept it if you are the emperor and the courtier. , just you."

Zhang Rang's heart trembled, wondering if Liu Bei already knew something, so he sighed secretly.

But he did not hesitate.

"Your request is my goal. I will absolutely not let anyone with evil intentions stay in the palace. The ones who stay in the end must be those who are absolutely loyal and clean to you."

Liu Bei believed that Zhang Rang was a smart man, and as long as he ignored his nostalgia, it would not be difficult for him to survive.

Therefore, he confidently handed over this task to Zhang Rang.

Time was running out, and Liu Bei, who brought the imperial edict, returned to the old lady's bedroom again, walked away from the left and right, and showed the old lady the imperial edict.

"This is the imperial edict drafted by Situ Gong and his ministers. Do you think there is anything else that needs to be added?"

The old lady read the imperial edict several times, but only sighed.

"You have prepared so well, even Liu Yu has helped you so much, what else can the old woman say? Just do as you say, do what you want, do what you want, the old woman is powerless to take care of it."

The old lady shook her head, and after a while, she took out a seal from the bed and handed it to Liu Bei.

"You can seal it yourself. There is nothing more to say. You will be the emperor. This is something that the emperor has passed down from generation to generation. This imperial seal will be yours from now on."

Liu Bei nodded, took Chuan Guoxi and looked at it.

This Chuan Guoxie is four inches in diameter, with five dragons intersected on the top button, and eight flower and bird seal characters of "Ordered by Heaven, Longevity and Prosperity" are engraved on the front, one corner of which is filled with gold. bad.

Wang Mang's rise to the throne was purely based on his fame and all kinds of mysterious tricks. His political foundation is not shallow, but he lacks actual military achievements and the actual prestige of coercing the world.

From Liu Bei's point of view, Wang Mang is a typical internal superior. His foundation is not solid. It depends entirely on his reputation and everyone's fantasy.

So Wang Mang is very concerned about this thing. This thing can provide blessings to his name and allow everyone to have an extra fantasy filter for him.

Mrs. Dong also seemed to be very concerned about this object, and smiled when she saw Liu Bei sizing up the Chuanguo Yuxi.

"This Chuan Guoxi is really an interesting object. Even what happened is exactly the same. Back then, Wang Mang took this thing away from Wang Zhengjun. Wang Zhengjun was furious and smashed this thing on the ground, breaking it. corner of this thing.

Wang Mang felt distressed, so he quickly picked it up, and asked the best craftsman to repair it with pure gold, which made it look like this. After 200 years, this thing was handed over to you from the old woman. The old woman is also a lonely old woman, and Xie is also a A poor child without father and mother, and you..."

The old lady looked at Liu Bei helplessly and mockingly: "Xuande, do you think it would be better for the old woman to break a corner of this thing and give it to you? Is this more appropriate?"

Of course Liu Bei could hear the emotion in the old lady's words that he couldn't hide and didn't intend to hide.

But he didn't care.

The old lady was dying, even if he pointed at his nose and scolded, he would not do anything to the old lady, he would just smile.

He looked at the smiling old lady leaning on the bed, then looked at the small imperial seal, then smiled lightly, shook his hand, and threw the thing out of his hand, letting it fall to the ground .

It's like throwing away a wine glass or a bowl without entanglement.

Fortunately, it didn't break.

Then the old lady's complexion changed.

"You are..."

"The emperor's status and power never come from this thing, nor does orthodoxy, these things come from the army, from merit, from people's hearts, from everything I have done and experienced, precisely because With these things, I was able to get to where I am today.

Otherwise, even if I have this thing, will people in the world recognize my position as Son of Heaven?Will you affix a seal on this edict because I have taken this object from you?No, everyone is not that simple, this thing is the spoils of the winner, not the reason for the winner. "

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Empress Dowager, people who pursue this kind of thing just want to add a little comfort to their guilt-filled hearts. They know how dirty and sinful their superiors are, and they know the methods they use. Very despicable.

In normal times, they all know that everything they do should be hacked to death, so that when they dream at midnight, they will be awakened by their nightmares. They know that they are sinners, and they know how big they have committed. sin.

Therefore, they are afraid that their position will be taken away by others. In order to satisfy their selfish desires and gain a sufficient sense of security, they need all kinds of mysterious and mysterious things to show their uniqueness. People in the world believe that he deserves to be like this. "

The old lady was dumbfounded.

"This……"

"But I don't need to."

Liu Bei pointed to himself: "I haven't committed any unforgivable crimes. What I have done is never just myself. I want to make this country better, and I want people on this land to suffer less. Sin, eat a few more full meals.

I didn't become an emperor for the sake of being an emperor. Apart from my personal thoughts, I also felt somewhat involuntary in my being an emperor. I am not so happy to be an emperor now.

The main reason is that there are too many people outside who are frightened and need a sense of security, otherwise they will feel that their power and status cannot be maintained, and the safety of the family cannot be maintained, so they want me to be the emperor.

And the reason why I became the target of their support is because of my military exploits, because of my political achievements, because I turned the tide, pulled the big man back from the brink of collapse, and saved tens of millions of lives, because it is true. Visible achievements, not prophecies or auspiciousness. "

Saying so, Liu Bei stood up, bent down to pick up the Chuanguo Yuxi, took the old lady's hand, and put the Chuanguo Yuxi back into the old lady's hand.

"So they need me, they need me to protect them, so they are willing to exchange the emperor's status and power with me, let me be their protector, in essence, they need me more than I need them.

All this is just going through the motions according to the process, to make the process look better, and to make those people who are full of selfish desires feel better. This is what they need, not what I need, because I have never been a sinner. "

"I never think that what I did was a wrong thing. In this matter, I am by no means a pure perpetrator. For the big man, my merits are far greater than some of the mistakes I have made, but I did In the future, the emperor will make up for these mistakes."

"Empress Dowager, please put this thing away, treat it as a valuable object that can be collected, and take it out to play with when you are bored, to relieve boredom. It worked."

After speaking, Liu Bei took the imperial edict, bowed respectfully to the old lady, turned and left, without any memory of the Jade Seal of Chuan Guo.

It was not until long after Liu Bei left that the old lady regained her composure by rubbing her chest.

Then, he sighed deeply.

She turned her head and glanced at the Chuan Guoxie in her hand, then shook her head slowly.

For the first time, she felt that this thing was so eye-catching, so disgusting, so...dirty!

"The more you need something, the more you need it. This is true, but since ancient times, has there really been such a person with a clear conscience? Does Liu Xuande really have no selfishness at all?"

After being silent for a while, the old lady frowned in pain, and after a while, the pain in her chest subsided, before she called for someone to come in.

"Go and call Xie, I have something to tell him."

"only."

A young waiter exits.

After leaving the palace, Liu Bei came to Situ's Mansion again, and showed Liu Yu the Zen edict with the seal on it. Liu Yu accepted the edict in fear and read it several times.

When he saw the final seal, he knew that all this was irreversible.

Everything is true, Liu Bei will be the emperor.

The Chuan Guoxi has been stamped, all the legal procedures of this process have been completed, and the Empress Dowager Dong, who has the highest claim to the imperial power, has obeyed.

Therefore, he, the elder of the Han clan, has nothing to say.

So he closed his eyes, sighed slightly, and shook his head.

"Xuande, the position of emperor is not so easy to do. Compared with the general, the emperor is more honorable, but the burden on his body is also greater. I hope that after you become the emperor, don't forget everything now. Just let it go like a wave, in that case, everything you have worked so hard to build will soon collapse."

Opening his eyes, Liu Yu smiled at Liu Bei.

"Good days don't come easily. I haven't lived enough. Don't let me worry about it anymore, okay?"

"I promise you."

Liu Bei smiled and said: "You have done me a great favor so that you can retire with peace of mind and live a rich life, that is my promise to you."

"So, I'm relieved."

Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had made up his mind, he put down the edict in his hand, straightened his clothes, and bowed down to Liu Bei.

With the courtesy of a courtier.

"Sir Liu Yu, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Liu Yu was the second person to bow down to Liu Bei with the courtesy of a courtier, and also the first minister to recognize Liu Bei's status as the emperor.

Regarding this, Liu Bei didn't have any deep feelings in his heart.

He bent down and helped Liu Yu up.

"Mr. Situ, please."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Liu Yu has expressed his attitude, and all the prelude to this drama has come to an end, and the most important preparatory work has been completed.

Next, it's time for the main show.

By the way, there is also Zheng Tai, that bastard must not be let go.

The person sent to investigate the movements of the Zheng family sent accurate news to Liu Bei, saying that the Zheng family had planned to flee south with the family several months ago, and now it seems that they have already made arrangements for the route.

This is not something Liu Bei wants to see.

These bastards don't deserve any future at all, just take them all down, wait until the day of enthronement, and then kill them to make it known to the world, declaring that there is no more meddling relationship between himself and the ancient literature school.

Zheng Tai's whereabouts have been firmly watched, even if he grows wings, he will not be able to fly out of Luoyang City.

As for the Zheng family, Liu Bei ordered Cheng Pu to lead his troops to Kaifeng in the starry night to take down the Zheng family in one fell swoop.

Now that he has decided to tear his skin apart, there is nothing to say. It is time to let the insects of the ancient literature school know what a military strongman is.

Don't really think that I won't shoot you.

(End of this chapter)