I live forever in history

Chapter 55 It's so hard to be an undercover agent, I almost became an emperor
"Your Majesty, I don't know if it's true or not when I heard that General Liu Xiu's elder brother holds an important position in the rebel army."

On the eve of Liu Xiu leading the army to suppress the rebellion, Liu Xiu was suddenly impeached.

"Is this really the case?" Wang Mang couldn't hear his anger on the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing."

Liu Xiu came out and said.

"However, I have not been in touch with my brother for a long time. I only recently heard that my brother joined the rebel army. I am guilty!"

Liu Xiu knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, Liu Xiu's elder brother holds a high position in the rebel army, and the ministers are worried that Liu Xiuping's rebellion will cause mistakes."

"I believe that Uncle Wen is a loyal person, and he will not disregard the overall situation." Wang Mang said calmly, without any dissatisfaction with Liu Xiu.

"Your Majesty, I also believe that General Liu is a loyal person. After all, General Liu loved "24 Loyal Ministers" so much." Su Yan stood up and said something to Liu Xiu.

"I believe in Uncle Wen, the person who led the troops to suppress the rebellion this time will not change."

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"Brother, you are back."

The main force of Emperor Gengshi was in Kunyang, and Liu Xiu's army was stationed outside Kunyang City.

In the middle of the night, Liu Xiu welcomed a special guest.

"Finally, I'm back. I've been lying to those bandits and idiots all day long. It's really disgusting." Liu Yan said softly.

"This is not a place to talk, go to my tent." Liu Xiu took Liu Yan's arm and walked into the tent.

Liu Xiu and Liu Yan sat at the lower left, and Xiu'er personally poured a cup of tea for his elder brother.

"Elder brother came back from 'Emperor Gengshi', did they notice it?" Xiu'er asked.

"Now the rebel army has become a mess, and I have deliberately reduced my presence recently, so they won't be able to find out that I have left." Liu Yan drank a cup of tea.

"Brother has worked hard these years, and when I return to Chang'an, His Majesty will definitely reward you heavily." Liu Xiu said.

Five years ago, Liu Xiu gained Wang Mang's attention by showing his prominence in Chang'an officialdom.

Wang Mang cited him as his confidant, just when Wang Mang wanted to solve some unrest factors in the new dynasty.

He doesn't want to discriminate and deal with those forces bit by bit, he wants to suppress those reactionaries directly by force.

So Xiu'er, who had become Wang Mang's confidant, recommended his elder brother, and Wang Mang handed over this arduous task to Liu Yan.

That was the first shot fired against the new dynasty.

So Liu Yan revolted in Nanyang, playing the banner of anti-Xinfu Han.

After Liu Yan's uprising, many uprising forces soon emerged in the new dynasty, and finally they gathered into a group and respected Liu Xuan as Emperor Gengshi.

"It's hard to be an undercover agent. Your brother and I almost became the emperor of the rebel army!" Liu Yan said proudly.

I can almost pass the addiction of being an emperor.

"Brother is quite capable." Liu Xiu couldn't help laughing.

His Majesty's goal at the beginning was to let his elder brother draw out those reactionary forces, but he almost became their boss.

"Isn't it better for my brother to become the emperor? When our army comes to you and surrender directly, won't we save a lot of trouble?" Liu Xiu said with a smile.

"I thought so too at the beginning, but I was afraid that after I became emperor, His Majesty would have some opinions on me, so I gave this opportunity to others." Liu Yan said happily.

"Your Majesty is broad-minded, and he will certainly not care."

"Okay, okay, let's stop talking about this, let's talk about something serious!" Liu Yan couldn't help but waved his hand to interrupt Xiu'er.

It's not over yet. It's not like he didn't fight for it at the beginning. Didn't he never fight for it?
"What kind of person does that elder brother think Emperor Gengshi is?" Liu Xiu asked.

"Liu Xuan? His palace and fangs are hidden under his idiot appearance. When he grows wings, he will be able to eat people." Liu Yan said.

At the beginning, I didn't care too much about Liu Xuan, but I didn't expect that it was he who snatched the supreme leader from him in the end.

At that time, what I knew about him was still a fool who didn't deserve to be taken seriously.

"However, even if it is Liu Xuan, he is not an opponent of the imperial army, because there is a lot of chaos in Kunyang now." Liu Yan said amusedly.

At the beginning, I thought about stirring up trouble among the rebels to reduce their power, but I didn't expect that even if I didn't do anything, they would engage in internal friction.

After Liu Xuan ascended the throne, he first attacked himself.

He, Liu Yan, was also tolerant. The rebels who followed him were killed several times and he didn't take any resistance, which surprised Liu Xuan.

Then Liu Yan went directly to Liu Xuan and said that everyone was a relative of the Han family, and he was willing to fully assist Liu Xuan in fighting the new and restoring the Han.

Liu Xuan was so touched, it happened that he also wanted to deal with those who supported him in the past, so Liu Yan became Liu Xuan's younger brother.

Then Liu Yan was a pawn in Liu Xuan's place, constantly fighting against Chen Mu and others.

After the number of Liu Yan's rebels was low, Liu Xuan continued to use his own power to fight against Chen Mu and others.

Although the internal friction among the rebels was serious, it was still not to the point of breaking the bones. It still took a lot of energy for the imperial army to come to conquer.

When he learned of the departure of the imperial army, Liu Yan thought that it was time for him to shine again.

But a plague made the entire rebel army miserable. Hundreds of soldiers fell ill or died every day. Liu Xuan and others didn't even have the thought of fighting internally.

Liu Yan, who was already a marginal figure, disappeared for a while and could not attract their attention at all.

"I didn't expect my brother's experience to be so bizarre, and these rebels are so unfortunate." Liu Xiu said with emotion.

The rebels themselves were too busy to take care of themselves, and it seemed that it was a bit easy for them to obtain the military exploits this time.

Now that the rebel army has less than [-] troops left, I want to use the "crowd tactics" that General Li Guang is famous for to directly deal them a fatal blow.

"But some people from aristocratic families are supporting the rebels. These are what His Majesty values ​​most." Liu Xiu asked.

When Liu Xiu left Beijing, Wang Mang told Xiu'er to find some evidence of the family's treason, and if he didn't have any, he would create some himself.

"I didn't get funding from those families when I started my army, but the Green Forest Army, Ping Forest Army, and Xiajiang Army all colluded with some families, and I also collected some evidence."

He was not supported by the family, but he was supported by the emperor.

Liu Yan opened his package and took out some correspondence inside.

"That's right, those aristocratic families won't be able to escape this time." Liu Xiu's face showed joy, but then she frowned a little.

"It's still a little less, and it's not as good as His Majesty expected."

"My relationship with Chen Mu and the others is very bad, and it is a bit troublesome to get evidence of their collusion with those aristocratic families." Liu Yan said.

"Brother has already done a good job. The rest of the evidence will naturally be obtained after we wipe out the rebels. Even if they have already destroyed the evidence, we can 'create' the evidence."

(End of this chapter)