The great man will live forever

Chapter 253 Watch out for the cheap queen
"Gongsun, we haven't seen each other for three years and have never wanted to see you again. But it's because you were slandered by traitors and you have to travel a long way back to Luoyang. This glass of wine should be regarded as my apology to you."

That night, Liu Xiu specially entertained Feng Yi and his wife Ding. Next to Liu Xiu was Yin Lihua.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. There is no need to blame yourself. I asked Your Majesty to bear too much for me. I will apologize to Your Majesty with this glass of wine."

Yin Lihua smiled, "You two, please don't apologize to each other. This will put Sister Ding and I in a bad relationship. Gongsun, your trip cannot be in vain. You are His Majesty's military advisor. If you don't give him a good plan, Thinking about how to pacify Longyou and Bashu, Your Majesty will not be able to sleep tonight."

"The noble man is joking. Gongsun doesn't have any good ideas, but he thinks your majesty can suspend the army and repair it."

Liu Xiu was stunned, "A truce?"

"After years of war, the Han army officers and soldiers are exhausted, and the people have also suffered from the war. I feel that it is time to recuperate and reserve strength, and it will not be too late to carry out the great cause of unification."

"After years of fighting, I am indeed tired. I will seriously consider it again. I trust your suggestion. I feel relieved to have you guarding Guanzhong. In a few days, you will return to Chang'an, and your wife, concubines, and family will not need to stay in the capital. , take them all together."

This showed Liu Xiu's absolute trust in him. Generally, generals would keep their families in the capital when they are away. They say they are protecting them, but in fact they are just being hostages for fear of rebellion. Otherwise, who can safely hand over tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops? you?

"How does this make it happen? Your Majesty, please resign from the post of General of the Western Expedition and replace it with someone else."

"Gongsun, you govern Guanzhong very well, but others are not suitable."

Feng Yi knelt down and said, "Your Majesty does not know. In recent years, my physical condition has become worse than before. Thanks to Your Majesty's wrong love, I would like to ask Your Majesty to find someone else."

Looking at Feng Yi who was kneeling on the ground, Liu Xiu quickly stood up and helped him up, "Get up, Gongsun, when Xinyang broke out of the siege, you asked me, do you believe you? My answer today is the same as before.

Above the court, what I said to everyone is absolutely true, and the same is true below the court. Gongsun, no matter when and where you are, you are my best friend and brother, without any worries. "

"It's for those who know their best." The two held each other's hands.

"When a soldier of the country meets me, a soldier of the country repays me."

After thinking about it for a few days, Liu Xiu said to the court, "I am indeed a little tired of the wars every year. I am thinking that it is better to put Gongsun Shu and Wei Xiao aside for now, and the generals who have returned will stay here." Luoyang, the army has withdrawn to Hanoi and temporarily suspended its troops as a token of appreciation. Anyone who has made meritorious service to our court will be rewarded by all ministers."

Everyone looked at each other and said helplessly: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After going down to court, in the Guo family's mansion, Guo Kuang was a little unhappy, "In recent years, our Guo family and Hebei soldiers have been out on expeditions, no matter how big or small, everyone has made meritorious deeds. I remember my mother's teachings and be cautious." , humble to his subordinates, but compared with the Yin family, in your majesty’s psychological position, no matter what the Yin family does, they will always be rewarded.”

At this time, Lord Guo sighed, "The Yin family has also received a reward. If Yinshi accepts your Majesty's reward, that would be fine."

"His Majesty has begun to alienate our Guo family intentionally or unintentionally over the years. Yin Shi's actions will undoubtedly make His Majesty feel more at ease with the Yin family."

"Kang'er, can you hear about Yin Guiren's affairs in the palace?"

"I have never heard why. I just heard that when Your Majesty was still in Chang'an, there seemed to be a classmate of the Imperial Academy named Yan Ziling. He had a close relationship with him. It seems that Yin Gui and him also knew each other."

"This Yin nobleman cannot be seen on the surface, but he interacts with quite a lot of people. He used to be Feng Yi and Deng Yu, and now he is His Majesty's classmate. He has many tricks and tricks. How can your sister be her opponent?

So I warn your sister that we may not be able to reveal anything in front of the Emperor. We must be more careful and do not need to tell her some things because she must be dignified and decent in front of His Majesty. "

"What do you think about this, mother?"

"Keep an eye on Mr. Yin!"

"Yes!"

In the evening, Yinshi also entered the palace and found Yin Lihua, "I declined your majesty's reward on the pretext of poor health."

Yin Lihua felt a little guilty and said quickly: "Brother, because I have wronged you."

Yin Shi sighed and said: "If you are strong, the Yin family will be weak. If the family of relatives wants to protect themselves, they cannot pursue so many interests. I know that you have never regretted it for him and this country. "

"Brother, thank you!"

"It is inconvenient for the Yin family to interfere in so many affairs of the government. You must be careful and careful when acting alone in the palace. Besides, you have a son and a daughter now, and you are pregnant again. It is not so easy to be a bastard. Think about it, besides your own Mother, who else can protect them better?"

Yin Lihua sighed, "Concubine, eldest brother is right. I am his mother and a noble lady of Emperor Jianwu. I have too many unavoidable responsibilities on my shoulders."

"I'm going back to Xinye in the next few days, but I heard that Yan Ziling was visiting friends in Luoyang Taixue recently. He also came to Xinye to see us. You should be familiar with him. He is a smart man. I estimate that you it works."

"He's here. It's empty. I'll go find him."

Deng Yu studied with them at that time. At this time, he first found Yan Ziling and said, "You are full of knowledge, and His Majesty is thirsty for talents. Why don't you refuse to become an official?"

Yan Ziling said with a smile: "Zhonghua, please stop trying to persuade me. How can I dare to enter an official career when you look like this?"

"What am I like now?"

"If you want to be in the court smoothly, how can you become so reserved and silent? Don't think that I don't know the affairs of the court because I am not in the court. It was not all because of the unfavorable situation in the Western Expedition. If you hadn't spent all your money, With Mei’s troops, Feng Yi would not be able to conquer Guanzhong so quickly..."

"It's also because I'm not good at leading the troops myself and am eager for success. Since you know so much, it would be a waste of your talents if you don't come to the court to share your Majesty's worries."

"Even when you enter the court, you will be suppressed by the Hebei generals and the Guo family gang. With my temper, it's okay to enter the court. I don't want to be a slave to others. I am a fish and meat. I lie on the Guo family's chopping board every day. …”

At this moment, Yin Lihua walked in, "After all, are you afraid that you won't be able to bear it anymore?"

Yan Ziling looked at Deng Yu in surprise, "Zhonghua, what did you tell her?"

Deng Yu quickly shook his head, "I don't have one!"

"Your Excellency, please excuse me beforehand." Yan Ziling said, and was about to slip away, but was stopped by the maid Pearl on the side, and the two of them stared at each other.

Yin Lihua and Deng Yu sat down face to face and turned to look at Yan Ziling. She smiled and said, "I have been looking for you for a long time. I finally caught you today."

"What are you arresting? You said that I am just like a gangster, or even worse than a gangster. Everyone has his own ambitions. Lord Yin, can you let me live?"

"Every time I come to you, I always give in. How come you are addicted to being a hermit? Do you have to be like the turtle of Lao Zhuang?"

"Until you die, I would rather be enshrined in a temple than stalk in the mud while you are still alive."

"When you are born, where should you crawl and not climb? Besides, this is an either/or thing, and this theory only applies to turtles with small heads. I am a thousand-mile horse."

Yan Ziling sighed, "After all these years, you are still so eloquent."

Yin Lihua said: "Everything I said is true. You see, everyone in our court is not living well. The world belongs to all people and everyone, and you have to do your part."

"You're telling the truth. Anyway, I don't want to be an official. If you have the ability, you can leave the palace every day! The legs are on me."

"I'm still afraid that you won't succeed. You stick to the ways of Lao and Zhuang. As a hermit, it doesn't matter if you don't want to join the court. Just don't leave here. If you want to be a hermit in the world, don't leave Luoyang Imperial College."

Yan Ziling was stunned, "You actually treat me like this. It's really hard for a woman and a villain to take care of you."

Yin Lihua smiled proudly, "I am a woman, so I should help my husband wholeheartedly. Your Majesty works hard for state affairs every day, and Zhonghua is also trembling. Only Yan Ziling, you are free and easy, I won't drag you into the water. Going into the water?"

……

Here, after learning about Yin Lihua's departure from the palace, Guo Kuang immediately sent someone to follow her. When he learned that she had met Yan Ziling, he immediately took his mother to the palace to report to Guo Shengtong.

"Sister, guess who I saw. I saw Yin Guiren leaving the palace." "What's so strange about this? Just leave the palace when you leave the palace. She leaves the palace when she wants to. Your Majesty is doting on her. I can't wait for her to leave the palace." Gong, I don’t have to look at her face.”

"The problem is that she secretly left the palace and had a private meeting with a man from Taixue."

Lord Guo on the side also stood up, "Is this really true? Mr. Yin is usually quite cautious. It doesn't look like..."

"It's not important whether you look like it or not. What's important is what other people see, right? She asked for this. My brother will take people with me to investigate. I want to catch the traitor and see how she can quibble this time."

Guo Kuang on the side smiled, "Sister is right, as long as you catch them, two of them together, in full view of everyone, your Majesty will naturally abandon her and return to you."

Lord Guo said hesitantly: "But if this is not the case, what should I do if Your Majesty blames me? Kuang'er, do you have any brothers in the Imperial College now?"

"My brother Cong, Guo Jing, has been visiting friends in Taixue."

"You two pretended to be looking for your brother Cong Guo Jing. Meeting Yin Guiren was purely by chance. If not, you might as well have an excuse."

Guo Shengtong on the side sighed with emotion, "Why do I feel that I am a timid queen? She should be a mother to the world, but to catch a concubine, she still has to look forward and backward, and rack her brains to find a way out..."

Now, they were excited and ready to catch the traitor. Liu Han on the side was helpless. You didn't understand the situation and went to catch the traitor. What kind of traitor were you trying to catch?If it weren't for Liu Xiu, would she, Yin Lihua, leave the palace?

"Mother, I will go too." He is now over 6 years old, almost 7 years old, showing some intelligence appropriately, and his cute and fair little face is rosy.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to visit Taixue. I've never been there before." Liu Han pulled her sleeves and started acting coquettishly. Good guy, if he doesn't go, his cheap mother and uncle will have to cause trouble again, and Liu Xiu might be killed. Cursed to death.

After Liu Han's strong request, Guo Shengtong had no choice but to hug him and go out together.

Sure enough, when Guo Kuang opened the door and led the army, Yin Lihua, Yan Ziling, and another person were sitting together, talking and laughing, and the person's back was turned to them.

At this time, Yin Lihua hurriedly came over and saluted: "Greetings to the Queen."

Guo Shengtong said angrily: "Who do I think I am? It turns out to be Sister Yin. She came to the Imperial Academy dressed like this. What will happen if His Majesty finds out?"

At this time, the person opposite Yan Ziling turned around and said, "So what if I know?"

Good guy, that's Liu Xiu.

At this time, everyone on the side was frightened and quickly knelt down. Even Guo Shengtong knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I, this concubine, pay homage to your Majesty."

Liu Han slowly walked down from her arms, "Aweng is here too, please give me a hug."

To be honest, he has met Liu Xiu quite a lot. Although this father is a bit biased, he is not biased too much.

At least he treated him as his biological son. After all, he was the prince. Even if he later deposed Guo Shengtong, he did not explicitly express his intention to depose the prince.

Two or three years later, Liu Qiang felt something was wrong, so he took the initiative to resign. After a few times, Liu Xiu had no choice but to let him retire from the crown prince smoothly. He is also the only deposed crown prince who died a good death.

Although Liu Xiu understood his son's intention, he still did not want to owe him, so he allocated an extra piece of land for him. Therefore, Liu Jiang's fief area was the largest among the princes, second only to the prince.

At least this is what the records say. Liu Xiu died, and then his younger brother Liu Zhuang succeeded to the throne. He also died not long after, and it was said that he died of illness. However, this history often conceals a lot, and it is possible that he also died of illness.

After all, Liu Jiang passed away due to illness, and the news came back to the palace. Liu Zhuang burst into tears. He buried his brother with the highest standards, and he was already the emperor. There was no need to eradicate the roots and ruin his reputation. It was just that he was ill. The timing is so clever.

Liu Xiu was a little angry, "Why did you bring the prince out?"

"Don't be angry, I'm just a child who wants to come and have a look. Mother said she would like to come to Taixue today."

Liu Han said and went to scratch Liu Xiu's beard. Liu Xiu smiled and hugged him.

To Liu Qiang, he was a loving father, but to Guo Shengtong, he was a little cold-faced, "What's the important thing for the queen and the minister to come to Taixue together?"

Guo Shengtong hurriedly explained, "It's nothing important. It's just that my brother has been in Taixue for many days, so I came to see him. By chance, I learned that my sister had left the palace. I never thought that she had a private meeting with a man from Taixue, so..."

"Zi Ling is my classmate and friend, and also Lihua's old friend. I specially arranged for noble Yin to come to persuade Zi Ling and assist me. Who is stirring up trouble in the Queen's ears and dares to slander my noble and good friend?"

"I heard this from my concubine. Please calm down, Your Majesty."

Guo Kuang on the side broke into a cold sweat and said quickly: "Your Majesty, it is the fault of the guilty minister. I heard that a few ignorant maids in the palace were stirring up trouble, which caused the misunderstanding."

Liu Han in Liu Xiu's arms was a little dumbfounded. This was probably suppression.

My uncle and cheap mother love to cause trouble, but they would never dare to do it in front of Liu Xiu. They are as good as cats, but I have to rely on them.

If the uncle fights for the family property for himself, he may inherit his throne, and maybe he will be kicked out as the emperor. This uncle can help him inherit the throne reasonably and legally, but he has no inheritance rights.

As the old saying goes, uncles in the sky and uncles in the earth can be buried casually when their father dies, while mothers wait until their uncle comes. Therefore, in ancient times, maternal relatives basically ran through the feudal dynasties, and they had to be reused in many cases.

They are real cows, the pillars of the empire, such as Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, and those who are not good are really bad, such as He Jin in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liu Han estimated that although his uncle was inferior, he was at least better than the butcher He Jin.

"As a queen, you are supposed to be a mother to the world. How could you listen to slander and be so suspicious? I have important matters to discuss with Ziling. You should retreat first."

Guo Shengtong wanted to leave immediately, thinking of Liu Han together, but Liu Han refused to leave, "I'll stay with Aweng and give him a hug, can't you?"

Then he looked at Liu Xiu innocently with drooping eyes. Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Okay, okay, you can go back first. The prince will bring you back to the palace later."

Yan Ziling on the side looked at Liu Han and said, "This is your prince who looks cute, cute and smart."

Liu Xiu teased him, "Indeed, if you were to be his teacher, he wouldn't have a teacher yet."

"Yes, yes, please let me go. There are already Zhonghua and Gongsun in the court to help you. Why can't you let me go? They are both talented people."

Liu Xiu sighed and said, "They can help me in marching and fighting, but I still ask Ziling to give me advice on how to govern the country."

"Okay, let me just talk about it casually. After the war, the country needs to develop. It needs to provide peace and recuperation to the people, and restore the economy. During the reign of Emperor Jing, the people were prosperous. They replaced the previous 30 taxes with 15 taxes. , light, merge the counties and counties, the people will be stable and the country will naturally be strong..."

Liu Han on the side was also listening attentively. He wanted to sleep halfway through listening. He thought you could say something eloquent, that's it?Who doesn't know how to rest with the people?

Of course, Liu Xiu agreed with his point of view. He couldn't help but agree. Who didn't want to fight anymore? He immediately issued an edict: large-scale abolition of officials and the army, merging counties and counties, 30 taxes per one, suspending troops to support the people...

Naturally, some people below are unwilling, such as the Hebei generals represented by Wu Han. They want to accumulate more military merits by fighting.

Wu Han immediately said, "Your Majesty has ordered us to improve our troops, reduce our administration, and disband the army. I believe that the Shu region in Longyou has not yet been restored to peace. If the army is disbanded, foreign enemies will surely be ready to attack. I sincerely request your Majesty to order me to lead my troops to the expedition!"

Liu Xiu had a headache and said with emotion, "Wu Han, I appreciate your loyalty most. Now it's like Longyou, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. After seven years of fighting, the country has finally been stabilized. I really can't bear to see all the soldiers again." Fatigue sacrificed.”

Wu Han immediately said: "A good man should die on the battlefield and return wrapped in horse leather."

"But all of you good men have died in battle. Who will march and fight for me in the future? Do you know? Every time I send out an army, my hair turns gray. I have often suffered from headaches in the past few years. Now I have postponed sending out troops. You can also take a good rest, and the soldiers should also take this opportunity to take a good rest..."

Although Wu Han was still unwilling to give in, Liu Xiudu said so and had no choice but to agree.

(End of this chapter)