The great man will live forever

Chapter 275 Everyone in the world rebels

Qingzhou, the capital of Beihai Kingdom.

A man ran to Dong Xuan's mansion in a panic. He was now the Prime Minister of Beihai Kingdom. He was reprimanded because of the affairs of the Gongsun family, but his position as Prime Minister was not revoked.

"Prime Minister, the Gongsun family has rebelled. They have captured Pingshou, Liuquan, Yixian, and Shouguang. They are currently leading troops towards Yingling, the capital of Beihai. It is said that hundreds of thousands of troops have gathered."

"Why are you panicking? Where did the 100,000 troops come from? It's just an exaggeration. Why did you only get the news now that the four counties of Pingshou, Liuquan, Yixian, and Shouguang were breached?"

"Ms. sir, they cut off the inns, so the news couldn't get through, and it only took four days for the four counties to fall."

"Four days, that's fast enough." Dong Xuan frowned. He had thought that the Gongsun family would rebel, but he never expected to come back so soon.

"So Xiangguo, what should we do now?"

"Call Mr. Liu Dehou and go to see the king together."

Liu Dehou is the lieutenant commander of Beihai Kingdom and is responsible for commanding the kingdom's troops.

Of course, a few years later, in order to strengthen centralization of power, Liu Xiuhui dismissed the captains of prefectures and states, and later issued an edict to dismiss local soldiers. From then on, when there was a war, soldiers from the capital were often sent out to fight, or they were temporarily recruited or recruited from prefectures and counties as needed.

But now, the world has only been unified for a short time, and he has not been dismissed yet.

Not long after, Dong Xuan came to the palace. The palace was not big, with a length of 361 meters from north to south and a width of 253 meters from east to west. It was only but not bad.

The king of Beihai is currently Liu Xing. Liu Xing was originally the second son of Qi Wu King Liu Yan, the eldest brother of Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu. In the second year of Jianwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 26), Liu Xing was named King of Lu by Emperor Guangwu because of his father's influence. He was the heir of Emperor Guangwu's second brother Liu Zhong, and was later changed to King of Beihai.

Now he is in his 20s. When he saw Dong Xuan arriving, he quickly grabbed him and said, "Xiangguo, what should we do now? Now the Gongsun family is coming fiercely. They have descended from four counties and are heading towards our camp. There are only two soldiers and horses in the city." Two thousand, what should I do?”

Liu Dehou said worriedly, "Yes, and most of these soldiers and horses have not undergone much training. I'm afraid they might not be able to disperse in a hurry once they fight."

Dong Xuan said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty's imperial decree has already predicted it. Now, on the one hand, we are sending people to Pingyuan County, Donglai County, Jinan County, Le'an County, and Qi State for help.

On the other hand, people were sent to the counties of Pingwang, Raoguo, Duchang, Mixiang, Pingcheng, Zhexian, Chunyu, and Jiaoyang, and asked them to hold on and wait for the imperial army.

Also, I have sent someone to inform Your Majesty that I believe the imperial army will arrive soon.

Finally, collect supplies from all over the city, strengthen security, train sergeants, and at the same time strengthen supervision of the powerful Zhao family and Li family to prevent them from collaborating with the Gongsun family..."

I have to say that Dong Xuan's ability is pretty good.

"No!" Liu Dehou accepted the order.

"Now that the Prime Minister has a plan, I can rest assured." After hearing Dong Xuan's arrangement, Liu Xing relaxed slightly.

"Then, Your Majesty, don't worry too much. I'm still busy, so I'll leave first."

"Thank you, Prime Minister."

At night, under the oil lamp, Dong Xuan frowned, looked at the map in front of him, and then leaned over to write a memorial.

"Master, it's already midnight and you should rest. Besides, haven't the messages to the imperial court for help been sent out?"

Dong Xuan's wife came in with tea.

Dong Xuan took his wife's hand and sighed: "Madam, you don't understand. If it's just the Gongsun family, I won't worry. They will be dead in less than half a month, but they are just pawns.

Your Majesty's order to save the land would offend all the powerful people in the world. How could they tolerate it? If the situation is not handled well, it will collapse in an instant. "

Dong Xuan's wife was shocked, "No way, they are so bold. If they rebel, they will be beheaded?"

"Humph, is there anything they dare not do? That's all, I just hope the situation will not collapse to this extent." Dong Xuan looked out the window, the night was leisurely, but as dark as ink.

……

Things have indeed gone to the worst place, no matter what you are afraid of.

"Your Majesty, the Sun family of the Beihai Kingdom in Qingzhou has rebelled, captured Pingshou, Liuquan, Yixian, Shouguang, and besieged the Yingling Tomb of the Beihai Kingdom."

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the country was divided into thirteen states. The states were the names of supervisory districts in the Han Dynasty, also known as departments, in the order of Liu Xiu's founding.

The thirteen states are: Youzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Yanzhou, Sizhou (Sili Xiaoweibu), Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Jingzhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou, Liangzhou (first established Yongzhou, later changed to Liangzhou), Yizhou State, pay state.

Not long after the news from Beihai Kingdom came, Liu Xiuzheng was preparing to send troops to quell the rebellion. The troops were prepared in advance and could leave at any time.

However, not for long.

"Your Majesty, the Nalan family in Guangling County, Xuzhou has also rebelled and captured Gaoyou, Pingan, and Dongyang counties."

"Your Majesty, there are thieves in Chenliu County, Yanzhou, who are causing trouble. They have successively attacked Cheng'an, Ningling, Yongqiu, Suanzao, Donghun, and Xiangyi. They have gathered tens of thousands of people and are running around."

"Your Majesty, in Yuyang County, Youzhou, Peng Chong's former subordinate Sun Gao raised an army. He said that he wanted to avenge Peng Chong. He had killed the governor Tian Sa and conquered Yuyang, Hunu, Lu, Yongnu, Quanzhou, Pinggu, and Anle. county."

……

Following the reports one by one, it became clear that in the thirteen states in the world, except for a few states, there were basically rebels, and they were very powerful.

Liu Xiu's face turned pale and her body trembled for a while. When she stood up, her eyes were dizzy. Liu Han, with quick eyes and quick hands, quickly stepped forward to help him up.

"Father, take care of your health and leave it to your son. The country of Han Dynasty will still be there. Even if the world is in chaos, the big deal is just to start over and clean up the old country."

Liu Xiu came back to her senses and looked at Liu Han with burning eyes, "Yes, it's just a matter of starting over."

Does Liu Xiu lack the courage to start over again?

The answer is only four words and is never lacking.

Others said Liu Xiu was a son of a plane and how lucky he was, but they never imagined the difficulties and pain he faced.

Indeed, Liu Xiu's luck was very good among the emperors of the past dynasties, but who was the emperor who was able to found the country and was not very lucky?

Let’s just say that Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, went out to eat and drink, and even made a wife when he came back. That person was Lu Pheasant.

It is said that one time the county magistrate held a banquet to entertain his friends. Liu Bang originally only wanted to go to the magistrate's house to eat and drink, but he was attracted by Lu Gong, who liked to read people's faces, and wanted to marry his daughter to him.

At that time, Liu Bang was already in his early 35s, a full 15 years older than Lu Pheasant. He was a proper old cow eating young grass, and he was still forced into it.

After Mr. Lu returned home, he told his wife about this. His wife scolded Mr. Lu, "I think you are out of your mind. At first, you always wanted your daughter to get ahead and betroth her to a noble man."

The county magistrate is so good to you, but you are not willing to marry your daughter to him. Why did you casually promise her to Liu Bang today? "

Lu Gong said, "This is not something you women can understand."

No matter how reluctant Lu Gong's wife was, Lu Gong was still the head of the family and soon married his daughter to Liu Bang.

Historical records also describe this passage:

Shan's father, Lu Gong, was good at ordering things. He avoided enmity and followed the guests, because his family was rich. When the powerful Jie officials in Peizhong heard that there was an important visitor, they all went to congratulate him. Xiao He, the chief official, led the advance and ordered the officials to say: "If the entry is not enough for a thousand coins, sit down in the hall."

Emperor Gaozu was the head of the pavilion, and he was always responsible for all the officials. Naifing paid a visit and said, "Congratulations on thousands of dollars," but he actually didn't hold a penny. When he came in, Lu Gong was shocked and stood up to greet him. Mr. Lu was a good matchmaker. When he saw Gaozu's appearance, he respected him and introduced him to sit down. Xiao He said: "Liu Jigu talks a lot but accomplishes little."

Because Gaozu was insulting all the guests, he sat on the throne without any excuses. In the wine stall, Lu Gong stayed with Gaozu because of his eyesight. Emperor Gaozu drank wine, and later. Lu Gong said: "I am a young man who likes to look at people. There are many people who look after me. It is not as good as Ji Xiang, who originally loved himself. I have a daughter who was originally Ji Ji's concubine."

After drinking, Lu's wife was angry and said to Lu Gong: "The Duke often wants to befriend this girl and noble people. I have ordered you to be a good man, but I don't want her, so why should I arrogantly agree to Liu Ji?"

Lu Gong said: "This is not what I know." He died with Liu Ji. Gongnu Lu is also Empress Lu, who gave birth to Emperor Xiaohui and Princess Lu Yuan.

At that time, Lu Pheasant was perfectly white and rich, while Liu Bang was more like a rogue. Singles in later generations would be envious of him.

Do you think this is over?

In the first year of Qin II, Liu Bang was tasked with escorting prisoners to Lishan Mountain to build mausoleums. Many people ran away before they were even halfway through the journey. Seeing that the only chance of death was to complete the task, he simply gave up his official position and became a bandit.

After Chen Sheng revolted, the county magistrate of Pei County also planned to follow suit. Xiao He and Cao Shen thought of their friend Liu Bang and persuaded the county magistrate to recruit Liu Bang.

Unexpectedly, the county magistrate repented halfway, but it was too late. Liu Bang wrote a letter, tied it to an arrow, and shot it to the county. His touching words, and Liu Bang's good popularity, the people killed the county magistrate and welcomed Liu Bang as Pei Gong. At this point, Liu Bang started to have a family. his path to rebellion.

Not long after Liu Bang started his uprising, good luck came again. He met Zhang Liang, who used to belong to a family of prime ministers in South Korea. From then on, he made up for Liu Bang's shortcomings in knowledge and laid a talent foundation for him to be able to strategize and win decisively thousands of miles away in the future.

The most powerful thing is that he can run. In the Battle of Pengcheng, Liu Bang's army had 56 troops, while Xiang Yu's army only had tens of thousands of troops.

It seems that the gap is huge, but Xiang Yu is indeed a very powerful military strategist. He relied on these tens of thousands of elite soldiers to defeat the coalition of princes, and then Liu Bang fled in a hurry.

Later, he was still surrounded by Xiang Yu's army, and the siege was very tight. Liu Bang was probably very desperate at that time, thinking that he was going to die here.

But something strange happened at this time. A sudden strong wind blew up, causing Xiang Yu's army to be in chaos. Liu Bang seized this opportunity to escape and ran away with his men. Although he was in a very embarrassed state, he did not die after all.

Later there is the famous scene where he kicks the child out of the carriage.

Not to mention Liu Bang, Liu Bei also had quite good luck. Although he experienced countless hardships and obstacles, he was always able to escape danger every time he was in danger. It seemed that there was help from gods and men.

First of all, they met Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and then they became sworn friends. Zhang Fei also spent all his wealth to recruit soldiers for him to help him wipe out the Yellow Turban Army's family.

The good luck that followed was the support of the Mi family in Xuzhou. The Mi family was one of the richest people in the world at that time, and their real wealth could rival the country.

Although the wealthy businessmen at that time had a saying of "Mi from the south and Zhen from the north", in fact the Mi family was richer than the Zhen family, with as many as 10,000 soldiers.

Moreover, the Mi family also has a political foundation. Mi Zhu is Xuzhou's second best person, and he needs money, soldiers, food, and connections.

The Zhen family is just a wealthy merchant family, but because it is close to the Hu tribe, they do a lot of business selling horses and salt mines.

But in the final analysis, he is still just a pure businessman, a scholar, farmer, and merchant. The power of the Zhen family is far inferior to that of the Mi family.

But such a wealthy family completely surrendered to Liu Bei, and tied the Mi family and Liu Bei tightly together by marrying their sister.

The Mi family devoted all their money to Liu Bei and provided Liu Bei with countless soldiers, horses, money and food. This was the foundation for Liu Bei's ability to rise despite repeated defeats. This luck was truly incredible.

Otherwise, why would the Mi family put the fate of the entire family on him if he was a defeated general like Liu Bei and had few soldiers?

You know, with the energy of the Mi family at that time, no matter which powerful prince he joined, he would definitely be a guest. However, he chose to join Liu Bei, who didn't even have any territory at the time, giving Liu Bei the material to conquer the world. Basically, this is the greatest luck.

Of course, Liu Bei's personal charm cannot be ignored.

Also, Liu Bei had no choice but to follow Cao Cao and was almost killed, but another thunderbolt saved him.

In 196 AD, Liu Bei was attacked by Lu Bu and Yuan Shu. When he had no place to stay and had no other options, he chose to seek refuge with Cao Cao. He kept a low profile and waited for the opportunity. He also warned Zhang Fei and Guan Yu that they were in adversity and should surrender and wait. Timing cannot be fought against fate.

So he chose to seek refuge with Cao Cao as a place of refuge. Cao Cao loved them very much and entrusted them with important responsibilities, making Liu Bei the shepherd of Yuzhou. However, after Liu Bei surrendered to Cao Cao, he behaved extremely low-key. He planted vegetables and irrigated the garden at home every day and did not dare to show off his talents.

However, the green plum blossoms were ripe at this time, and Boss Cao thought of the scene when he led his troops to war and looked at the plum blossoms to quench his thirst.

So Boss Cao sent Xu Chu and Zhang Liao to invite Liu Bei to cook wine with green plums. While drinking, Boss Cao repeatedly used the metaphor of dragon rising and dragon hiding.

He said: "The dragon hanging in the sky is really like a dragon rolling and floating, turning the river and the sea. The dragon can be big or small. It can rise or disappear. If it is big, it can stir up clouds and spit out mist. If it is small, it can hide and hide its form. If it rises, it can fly in the universe. Hidden, lurking within the waves, now that the spring is deep, the dragon is actually changing, just like a man who has achieved his will and traverses the four seas."

He came here to refer to those who dare not reveal their ambitions, and asked Liu Bei: "Who can be called a hero today?"

Liu Bei said: "Yuan Shu in Huainan is a hero because he has well prepared troops and food."

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Yuan Shu is a dead man in the grave. He will be captured sooner or later."

Liu Bei added: "Do you think Yuan Shao is a hero? The fourth generation and the three princes have a vast territory and can be called heroes."

Cao Cao continued to shake his head and said: "Yuan Shaose is timid and timid. He is always scheming. He is not a person who can achieve great things."

Liu Bei added: "Can the little overlord Sun Ce be called a hero?"

Cao Cao then shook his head and said: "Sun Ce borrowed the name of his father Sun Jian. Anyone who is brave but has no strategy is not a hero."

Then Liu Bei said a lot, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and Cao Cao said he was not a hero. Then I don’t know what Liu Bei said. Cao Cao thought to himself, I just want you to say that I am a hero. Is it so difficult? ?

Perhaps in order to cover up his boastfulness, Cao Cao later said, "The only heroes in the world are your envoys and Cao Er."

In addition to taking Liu Bei along by the way, he also tested Liu Bei's ambitions. If Liu Bei didn't perform well, the suspicious Cao Cao would probably take action.

"Clap!"

"Boom!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he was so frightened that he immediately dropped his chopsticks. He felt that Cao Cao saw his ambition. Fortunately, there was a bolt from the blue. Liu Bei said that he was frightened by the thunder, and he escaped from the disaster.

So the next day he found an excuse, saying that he was intercepting Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao's rendezvous for Cao Cao, but in fact he wanted to break away from Cao Cao's control, and borrowed 50,000 troops and horses from Cao Cao to escape...

There are also Li Yuan, Genghis Khan, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhu Yuanzhang, Nurhachi... none of them are bad luck. If they were bad, they would have been killed on the battlefield.

Luck is something mysterious and wonderful, but other than these, no one can deny that their abilities are extremely strong.

Liu Xiu's luck is indeed basically at the top among them.

But he still faced a lot of pain, such as the loss of his father in his early years. When Xiao Changan gathered for a fight, he could only watch his relatives die tragically, unable to save him even if he wanted to, and fled.

After finally fighting the battle of Kunyang, he was not happy for a long time. His eldest brother and his pillar of support were killed by Liu Xuan and the others. He could only hold his nose and give in, pretending to be well-behaved, and every move he made was counterproductive. Being monitored...

After some operations, they arrived in Hebei and had a good situation. But then Wang Lang came out again, under a false name, gathered a lot of people, and chased him, making him very embarrassed and almost died several times.

Finally, he has some family background, but the situation is very complicated. There are Liu Xuan, the reforming regime, Wang Lang, the red eyebrow army, Liang Wang Liu Yong, Qi warlord Zhang Bu, Yangzhou warlord Dong Xian, Southern warlord Qin Feng, Longxi warlord, Xishu Warlord Gongsun Shu.

In addition, there are a bunch of famous warlords, such as Yancen, Li Xian, Lu Fang, Bronze Horse, Qingdu, etc.

Even in a battle, Liu Xiu was almost killed by the Bronze Horse Army.

There are many rebellions faced, the famous ones include Peng Chong's rebellion, Nanyang Deng Feng's rebellion...

Looking back on the past, it is true that the majestic pass and the long road are as true as iron.

Liu Xiu, who regained her confidence, pulled Liu Han and slowly walked out of the hall. The sun shone on their faces, which was so warm.

(End of this chapter)