I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 95
The Huo Party exists, but it doesn't exist either.

It exists because there are indeed many officials in the court who were promoted by the general. They have participated in the political affairs of the court under the watchful eyes of Huo Guang for many years, and they will naturally support the decrees issued by the general.

Over time, an interest group with the general at its core was formed.

These officials were tied to the general.

If the general is honored, they will be honored; if the general is dead, they will die.

From this perspective, the Huo Guang Party definitely exists.

It does not exist because the general himself has never said anything about the Huo Guang party.

After all, the boundary between cronyism and meritocracy is blurred, and those officials promoted by the generals are still officials of the great Han in the final analysis.

No one can know the exact number of officials who "only end up with the general and are not loyal to the big man" until the moment of "making oil for the Liu family".

Maybe hundreds of them, maybe none.

Take the matter of Yingjia as an example, the general just let Le Cheng be careful that Liu De was a hindrance, preventing Yingchangyi Wang He from entering Chang'an.

But I never said something like "This matter is related to the life and death of our Huo party, so we must be cautious".

Therefore, when Le Cheng didn't get full evidence, everything was his guess, and he couldn't be sure whether Liu De stood up to prevent the escorting group from entering the city at this time, out of publicity or selfishness.

And when Bingji and Lihan, both of the "Huo Party", also suggested that they should postpone entering the city, Lecheng naturally became more hesitant.

From this point of view, Liu De's words seem to have some truth.

Le Cheng rode on the horse, looked at the dark wilderness ahead, and hesitated.

"Shi Gong, there is a general in Chang'an, and there will be no problem if it is a day later. On the contrary, this matter of welcoming the driver is related to the dignity and face of the clan and the court. There must be no mistakes."

Liu De saw through Le Cheng's hesitation, as if to persuade him, and as if to show that he was dedicated to the public, he directly pointed out what Le Cheng was worried about.

"Everyone, don't forget, it's not someone else that I'm waiting to meet, but Wang He of Changyi. I'm afraid you all have heard about his temperament."

Liu De's words woke everyone up. The king of Changyi was insane and had no symptoms, and he did a lot of ridiculous things.

I remember that four or five years ago, the king of Changyi went to Chang'an to offer gold, just because when the officials of the Changyi mansion greeted him at the city gate, the chariots and poles were a little worn out, and he was disheveled at the gate of the city where people were coming and going. Foot, swearing, beating officials.

He didn't give up until the Jinwu Guard was alarmed.

At that time, the King of Changyi was still a teenager, and he was so insane and reckless because of such a small matter.

Today's Changyi King is a few years older. Although he has stopped a lot in the past few years and has never been to Chang'an again, who knows if he will use this excuse to do something more radical because of his complacency? ?
If the king of Changyi really refused to accept the summons because of the unorganized car battle of the welcoming group, then things would get out of hand.

After thinking about it, Le Cheng finally compromised.

"It seems that you are more thoughtful than I am. Then tonight, the driving group will camp on the spot, and tomorrow morning, after tidying up the car battles, they will go to the city to pass the edict. In this way, there should be no mistakes."

"General Li, I have to trouble you to send a team of cavalry to Changyi City in the starry night, and send a message to Changyi Prime Minister Anle that the welcoming team will arrive tomorrow, so that he can make some preparations in advance."

"Wei!" Li Han took the order loudly.

When Liu De and Bingji heard that Le Cheng had changed their attitude, for some reason, they both seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Half a quarter of an hour later, a group of cavalrymen holding torches stood out from the ranks and galloped towards Changyi City.

……

Outside Fuyao Palace of Changyi Royal Palace, it was quiet and lonely.

Liu He was standing in the middle of the courtyard, looking up at the bright moon in the middle of the sky.

Since the "Book of Songs·Qi Feng·Rooster Crowing", the moon has represented longing in China.

About the moon, there have been countless famous sentences that have been praised by the world.

Among them, the most classic is none other than Dasu's phrase "I hope people will live a long time, and we will share the joys and joys of thousands of miles" after a thousand years.

You and I look at a bright moon together, naturally as if we are beside each other.

However, Liu He is a completely isolated person in this world, so the emotion of longing has become very weak.

Maybe after going to Chang'an, I might miss Changyi Kingdom.

Liu He just kept looking up at the moon. After the clock in the palace struck twice, Liu He realized that the midnight had passed again.

He couldn't help frowning a little, and a bad premonition formed in his mind.

In the past two and a half years, Liu He's work and rest have been very regular, and he always goes to bed before Haishi.

But in these two days, Liu He would not go to bed until after midnight.

It wasn't because he was too excited to fall asleep, but because, according to historical records, the imperial edict for himself should have been delivered around midnight, and Liu He didn't want to accept the edict in a dazed state.

So it's better to stay awake and wait.

Although there is no specific date to be sure, but based on the news that the welcoming group entered Changyi Kingdom three days ago, the edict should have been delivered tonight anyway.

Did something happen on the way?

Do you want to send Ruan Yang to Ximen tomorrow to have a look.

Thinking of this, Liu He gave a hache, then turned and walked towards the Fuyao Hall behind him.

When Liu He came to the gate of the palace, he suddenly heard a "click, click" sound from the roof of the palace above his head.

Immediately afterwards, large pieces of tiles fell from the eaves and shattered all over the floor.

Nasty mice!

Wait, if it's a mouse, how big does it have to be to make that much noise?
Before Liu He could figure this out, a dozen hemp ropes were thrown from the roof.

Before Liu He could react, a dozen masked men in black fell on the rope and landed in the yard.

In a few breaths, a cold light suddenly appeared.

It turned out to be an assassin! ?

"Han Shu" has never recorded this matter!
The assassins recognized Liu He standing at the gate of Fuyao Hall at a glance, and without the slightest hesitation, they rushed over with their swords in hand.

The pavilion guards under the corridor had never seen such a scene, and they were frightened and at a loss.

"There are assassins!" Liu He shouted, and wanted to retreat to Fuyao Hall.

But he made a mistake in his busy schedule, and he tripped over the threshold, and fell on his back.

Damn threshold!It's all over!

The assassin who charged the fastest was only two or three steps away from Liu He, and Liu He had even seen the killing intent in the opponent's eyes.

Liu He closed his eyes and bowed his neck to kill.

My life is over.

"Puff puff puff" came the sound of swords piercing into the body, but Liu He... didn't feel any pain at all.

He slowly opened his eyes, and a short figure appeared in front of him.

Across this figure, the assassin who rushed to the front had already fallen to the ground, with blood gushing out.

"Hehehe, Little Changyi King, no wonder you made such a big effort to ask someone to accompany you to Chang'an. It seems that you really provoked a lot of people."

It turned out to be Guo Kai who came, but he didn't expect this remnant of a knight-errant to hide in the palace all this time.

(End of this chapter)