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Chapter 249 Su Yao returns and thinks about the future, and the emperor of the Han family makes up his mind (5K chapters together)

After finishing the chores in Gaoyi City, Su Yao bid farewell to Zhang He and led his own soldiers to escort Wang Fen and Xu You on their way back home.

At the same time, Zhang He also sent a team to escort other rebel comrades captured in the governor's mansion, and they followed closely on foot.

As time moves towards the end of August, the autumn wind begins to bring a hint of coolness, blowing across the vast wilderness, rolling up golden waves of wheat.

Su Yao was riding a war horse, with the team escorting Wang Fen and Xu You behind him. The sound of horse hooves echoed in the open field, which seemed particularly clear.

Su Yao looked far into the distance, but couldn't help but start thinking about the next situation.

He knew that he was probably about to face an important turning point, a major event that might change the course of history.

That is the great event that Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebels will lead the army with Wuhuan chief Qiu Liju to defeat Gongsun Zan and wreak havoc in the four states of You, Ji, Qing and Xu.

This incident directly led to the imperial court later dispatching the elite of the Northern Army, led by Zhonglang General Meng Yi, to lead the Cavalry Commander Gongsun Zan to jointly attack the rebels before winter came.

However, Gongsun Zan won first and then lost. After driving the rebels out of the Central Plains, he pursued too deeply and was besieged by Naqiu Liju in Guanzicheng in western Liaoning for more than 200 days.

At that time, Gongsun Zan's army was trapped because they had run out of food and grass. First they killed horses to satisfy their hunger, and then they had to cook their crossbows and shields to satisfy their hunger.

But in the end, Gongsun Zan and others ran out of food and reinforcements and were defeated.

So Gongsun Zan had no choice but to say goodbye to his soldiers, and everyone dispersed and fled home. Because it was raining and snowing at that time, many people died of hunger and cold.

But the good thing is that Naqiu Liju's army also suffered from hunger and poverty, and finally left Liucheng.

It can be said that in the end it was a lose-lose fight.

However, Gongsun Zan still succeeded in expelling the rebels and drove the bandits out of the Qingxu land in the Central Plains.

Not only was he promoted to a feudal lord with this, the most important thing was that he also received the long history of the vassal country, and was able to enter the vassal country and have his own troops and territory.

Gongsun Zan used this battle to gain a foundation for himself before the chaos came.

After reading about this big event, Su Yao felt uneasy on the way back.

If you missed the Xiyuan Army incident, you cannot miss this event no matter what.

But Su Yao has also discovered that due to his increasing status and interference in these major historical figures and events, these registered major events are changing little by little.

For Su Yao, the current rebel incident that was scheduled to break out in late autumn and early winter and his ongoing incident of escorting the emperor to the north to worship his ancestors were too close in time.

How will the situation unfold next? Su Yao has no idea whether the ancestor worship incident will crowd out the rebel incident, or whether the two will overlap to some extent.

After the changes in the Xiyuan Army incident, Su Yao found that his control over historical events and the strategy process had begun to lose control.

In the future, he may have to face more unknown choices with unclear outcomes.
However, no matter what, Su Yao's most important issue now is to return as soon as possible to receive the reward and restart the northern tour.

And while Su Yao was looking forward to the future on the road, the emperor in Hanoi County was trapped at his feet and had to bear the pressure for several days.

The call to return to the capital not only did not stop after Su Yao left, but intensified, even the Queen Mother was alarmed.
A manor belonging to a wealthy family in Hanoi County.

In the autumn evening, the sky is dyed a light orange, and the setting sun sinks slowly like a warm bead.

In the garden of this manor that was designated as the emperor's residence, Emperor Liu Hong, wearing a brocade robe, stood quietly on the pavilion.

His eyes passed through the layers of autumn and fell on the two children playing on the lawn not far away.

Running at the front was the fourteen-year-old Princess Wannian. She was wearing a pink dress and her long hair was swaying, looking like a blooming flower in the sunset.

I saw her holding a colorful windmill in her hand, making a buzzing sound, and running while laughing.

Behind the princess is Liu Xie, who has just turned seven. He is wearing a bright yellow brocade suit and chasing the windmill in his sister's hands under the sunset. His face is full of smiles. He is no longer as calm as usual and looks particularly lively.

Liu Hong's eyes followed the two of them, and he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. These two children were his most precious treasures and his hope for the future.

Liu Hong, who lost his father when he was young, enjoyed the time in front of him. However, he also knew that as an emperor, he could not give them the meticulous warmth like an ordinary father.

Even for the sake of the Han family, he had to make some difficult decisions.
Even if this decision will bring danger to their future, this is the fate of being in the royal family.

At this moment, Empress Dowager Dong stood beside Liu Hong unknowingly.

Seeing that her son's eyes were focused and he was completely unaware of her, the Queen Mother was silent for a long time and finally spoke:
"Emperor, I heard that both the government and the public are discussing that you have recently favored a young boy and put the safety of the world at risk. Is this true?"

Liu Hong's eyes froze, he withdrew his gaze and turned to face the Queen Mother.

Looking at the worried mother, Liu Hong bowed respectfully and waved to the palace maids and eunuchs:

"You guys go down, I'll have a little talk with the Queen Mother."

In the small pavilion where the crowd dispersed and only the mother and son were left, Liu Hong lowered his head, made a gesture to sit down, and said slowly:

"Did the Queen Mother hear what Zhang Rang and others said about this matter?"

Empress Dowager Dong hummed, shook her head again, and sat down next to the emperor:
"Zhang Rang and others have been very kind to our family, but the emperor has forgotten?"

"of course I remember"

Liu Hong turned away his eyes, stared at the long pool of water, and said:
"If it weren't for them, why would Xie'er lose her mother at a young age, and why would I still be unable to avenge Beauty Wang?"

"Emperor, you..."

Empress Dowager Dong was startled and quickly looked around. She felt relieved when she saw that no one was paying attention.

The Queen Mother knew that her son had a grudge, but she didn't expect that he still hasn't let it go.

Of course Liu Hong couldn’t let it go!

For ordinary men, it is a great shame and humiliation for their women to be killed and not be able to take revenge.

He, Liu Honggui, was the Ninth Five Supreme Being. His prince had just been born, and those eunuchs dared to help Queen He poison and kill his beloved woman. How could he not hate such a wanton act?

What made him even more angry was that when Liu Hong wanted revenge, which was only to abolish the queen's post, the eunuchs all united and opposed him unanimously.

Hateful, really hateful!

Within the North Palace, the power of the eunuchs is everywhere. They always claim to be the ones who supported her. If they dare to kill Beauty Wang today, who knows if they will attack him tomorrow?

Liu Hong, who figured it out, was forced to swallow the bitter fruit. He numbed himself by getting drunk in the Western Garden. He ignored the government affairs for a while and let them torment him.

Empress Dowager Dong, as Liu Hong's biological mother, knew these things very well.

In order to fear that Liu Xie would be killed by the eunuchs and queens again, this son personally sent the young son to his own palace to raise him.

At the same time, in order to eliminate the threat to the emperor from Zhang Rang and other ten permanent officials, Jian Shuo of the Xiaohuangmen was transferred from the Queen Mother's Palace. In recent years, Jian Shuo's power has been continuously increased.

Finally, now, after Jian Shuo completely took over the military power, Liu Hong felt that he could finally breathe two breaths of fresh air.

"Does the queen know why my son insists on going his own way and insisting on visiting the north to worship his ancestors?" Liu Hong sighed.

"Isn't it that the emperor misses his father and wants to express his happiness to him?"

"If that's the case, why did I bring the queen mother and Xie'er with me, and let the queen and Bian'er stay in the capital?"

Yes, on this northern tour, the emperor brought the Queen Mother, Liu Xie and Princess Wannian with him.

Liu Bian and Queen He were left in Beijing to supervise the country.

However, Empress Dowager Dong was not a woman from a noble family, and she had no understanding of political sensitivity.

This time I heard the emperor's words in a fog, still not clear.

The emperor sighed softly, took his mother's hand, and said:
"My son has the intention of forming an alliance, and this time I want to send a signal to the world."

"What?!" Empress Dowager Dong was shocked.

Autumn breeze blows.

In the small pavilion bathed in the sunset, Empress Dowager Dong looked at the emperor in shock, and was speechless for a moment.

She never thought that her son, who had always kept himself to himself in the West Garden, would now tell him clearly about the events behind his death. She was both sad and happy at the same time.

However, it has to be said that Empress Dowager Dong had such expectations when the emperor's grandson was sent.

Even, she has expressed this intention to the prince from time to time in the past two years.

Liu Xie should be the crown prince!

But the emperor never agreed.

Now she suddenly heard the emperor say it so clearly, which really surprised her.

Immediately afterwards, she heard Liu Hong continue to say:
"In these years, Erchen has been secretly observing Xie'er.

The queen mother raised him well. Xie'er is smart, witty and decisive, and will definitely become a wise king in the future.

Although Bian'er is older, he is weak, frivolous and easily influenced by others. He also has a mother who is like a snake and a scorpion. The son is worried that he will not be able to shoulder this important responsibility in the future. "

Queen Mother Dong nodded.

As a woman, he knew very well that Queen He was by no means a woman who could take care of the world. If Queen He is given great power in the future, the world will be in chaos!

However, he established Xie'er as the crown prince.
In the past two years, because the prince has always disagreed, she was actually observing the situation.

Even though she was not very sensitive to politics, she gradually understood and understood the emperor's previous hesitation, which was simply difficult:
"Xie'er is young. He is not his legitimate son, and he is the leader of those in the inner and outer courts."

The emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at the Queen Mother.

There was hesitant worry on the Queen Mother's face.

This left Liu Hong speechless. It was his mother who had been urging him to establish Liu Xie. But he had really made up his mind, so why did his mother want to back down?

So Liu Hong shook his head, holding his mother's hand with both hands, his eyes firm:
"Mother, my sons and ministers do not want to establish a prince right away.

Although Xie'er is young, she will grow up. We still have time.

This time, I want to give the world a clear signal first, letting the world see the importance and expectations I place on him.

At the same time, leaving Bian'er and the Queen in the capital was also to let them understand that the throne would not naturally belong to them.

Our Xie'er can also compete for this position of great treasure! "

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Dong felt complicated and difficult to describe. She is both happy for her grandson's future and worried about the internal strife within the royal family.

Liu Xie was brought up by her. She was very supportive of the emperor's decision, both in terms of interests and the relationship between mother and son and grandparents.

But when she heard the emperor speaking to her so solemnly about the matter, the Queen Mother's heart still couldn't help but drift back to twenty years ago.

At that time, his young son had just succeeded to the throne, and she followed him into the palace. After the change of leadership, a massacre broke out in the two palaces.

The eunuchs supported themselves at that time, and fierce conflicts broke out with Empress Dowager Dou and the then general Dou Wu and Taifu Chen Fan.

In the end, Dou Wu, Chen Fan and others who had the most power in the world were brutally exterminated. Empress Dowager Dou also moved to Nangong Yuntai and died of depression soon after.

The tragic scene of the river of blood still makes Empress Dowager Dong shudder when she thinks about it now.
Now the emperor's words brought her back to that scene. Empress Dowager Dong took a deep breath:

"Since the emperor has this intention, as a mother, I will naturally support you.

The prince's affairs are the foundation of the country, and a slight carelessness will cause violent turmoil in the government and the public.

Xie'er lost his mother when he was young, and he didn't even have a helper from his parents' family. We only relied on the two of us, so how could we fight with those people in the inner and outer courtyards? "

"What the Queen Mother said is absolutely true"

Liu Hong nodded and said firmly:

"That's why I need to pave the way for him as soon as possible."

"It is imperative to worship ancestors this time!"

Liu Hong looked at the golden sunset in the distance and said slowly:
"This time I ordered Jian Shuo to take charge of the military power in Xiyuan and appointed Dong Chong as General of Hussars. My intention is to let them divide the power of Zhang Rang and other eunuchs internally, and control the power of He Jin and other external ministers externally, so as to ensure the peace of the world."

"However, they are commendable for their loyalty, but after all they are not skilled in military affairs. It would be extremely difficult to influence foreign soldiers. If there is chaos outside the capital, we still have to rely on the generals and those aristocratic families."

"But, what a coincidence."

Liu Hong chuckled:
"The Marquis of Guannei, Su Yao, came out of nowhere, won battles, and is not a disciple of the general. Isn't he a god-given general?"

"My son then thought that he could use this son to defend himself against foreign enemies, and perhaps gain the power of a great general!"

To focus on Jian Shuo and Dong Cheng internally and to use Su Yao externally was the policy that the emperor had set when Su Yao was on his way back to Beijing to present prisoners.

That's why he made an unusual promotion, directly interfering with the award standards of the Chancellor's Desk, and directly promoted Su Yao to two thousand stones, in order to directly use this person to take charge.

But this time, Liu Hong went against all odds and sent Su Yao under pressure, and at the same time crucified the emperor in Hanoi County.

"Is the emperor so sure that Su Yao can succeed?"

Empress Dowager Dong was slightly surprised:
"I heard from the eunuchs that there are tens of thousands of rebels. He was reckless this time. He will never come back."

Liu Hong smiled again, feeling extra confident:

"I don't know if that kid can make it, but it will definitely be fine for him to come back."

Looking at Empress Dowager Dong's confused eyes, Liu Hong smiled and said:
"My mother has never seen him before, this son is really a strange person.

In the past, in my West Garden, he climbed to the top of the tall tree that was more than ten feet high in two or three jumps.
With such techniques close to him, if he wanted to leave, few people would be able to stop him. "

"what?!"

Not only did Empress Dowager Dong not laugh, she was actually startled.

The mother immediately thought of what the eunuch said about the rude Marquis Guannei who collided with the Holy Chariot:

"With this skill, if he has any evil intentions and wants to be disrespectful to the emperor,"

Liu Hong waved his hand:

"If this person had this intention, Xiyuan Shi'er would have been dead and his head was in a different place."

"This" Queen Mother Dong's eyes widened.

The emperor narrowed his eyes.

When he was in Xiyuan that day, Liu Hong was as frightened as the Queen Mother today.

This person jumps away like flying, and his strength is amazing. If you keep him next to you, if he has a rebellion overnight, almost no one can control him, which is really dangerous.

Moreover, his impulsive personality is actually a major instability factor.

Don't stay around.

But these thoughts are fleeting:
"In these troubled times and at the time when we are employing people, how can we cut off our own arms?"

"Furthermore, after my son's investigation, I found that this son is not greedy for money or power, and he disdains the aristocratic family and even hates the Huangmen.

The only things he likes are fighting and women. "

"Fighting and women?" Empress Dowager Dong blinked, a little confused about this person.

Liu Hong smiled helplessly and shook his head.

It turned out that during Su Yao's first meeting with the Holy Spirit in Xiyuan, Liu Hong was frightened and then surprised.

Are these strange people related to those legendary fairy caves? Are there some magical elixirs?

"If you can offer it, I can grant you any title you want!"

Asking gods and immortals is sometimes even more confusing to the emperor.

"Then what did he say?" Queen Mother Dong asked anxiously.

The emperor has been getting weak recently, and as a mother, she is naturally more anxious than anyone else.

If there really is a magic medicine...

"Of course not"

Liu Hong smiled bitterly:
"He responded with a firm response."

"How could someone who is greedy for power and wealth behave like this?"

Liu Hong sees a few strange people recommended by the local government every year, but most of them are people who want to cheat and make money by pretending to be officials.

"He has real talent and knowledge, but he doesn't bother to take shortcuts to seek power."

"I asked him again what he wanted. Why do you think he came back?"

The emperor smiled again and shook his head:
"He actually asked me to give him a task to perform meritorious service. He wanted to use his meritorious deeds... to grant him ten thousand years."

"What?!" Empress Dowager Dong was shocked.

Princess Wannian was playing with her younger brother at the moment, unaware of everything that was going on. She was teasing Liu Xie with a windmill and happily chasing butterflies, sending bursts of laughter like silver bells.

Su Yao asked the emperor to marry Princess Wannian. This was not because he suddenly became interested after seeing the princess, but because he had planned it for a long time. Bah, it was something that had been on his mind for a long time.

Su Yao had this intention, more because he didn't want to have any regrets.

In past closed beta games, the young lady of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty appeared in a black frame.

It is clearly marked that he died when Dong Zhuo occupied the capital.

Come to think of it, this Wannian princess either died of unbearable humiliation, or she refused to obey and was killed.
Now that the timeline has been advanced, if there is a chance, Su Yao still wants to change this girl's fate.

In this case, if there is a chance, then just marry the princess home.

"Then the emperor has already agreed to this Guanneihou?" Empress Dowager Dong was anxious.

(End of this chapter)