Chapter 33 Section 2 The new emperor has been established

Let's talk about the Red Eyebrow Army stationed in Huayin.The birthplace of the Red Eyebrow Army is Ju County, Langye County, Xuzhou, which was the fiefdom of Liu Zhang, King of Chengyang Jing. bless.Since Chimei arrived in Huayin, the reason why she has not gathered together and has been unable to attack Chang'an is because the witch who presided over the sacrifice suddenly went mad. After the witch went mad, she repeatedly uttered wild words, saying that Liu Zhang, the king of Chengyang Jing, gave her a dream. In the dream, Liu Zhang was furious, and blamed the red-browed army for being loyal to the Han Dynasty. Why are they thieves?

Some of the red-browed army were bold and unbelieving, so they ridiculed the witch as an old maid, and must have thought something wrong with men.However, within a day or two after the ridiculers ridiculed, they suddenly became seriously ill and even died suddenly, causing the whole army to panic and panic. Fang Yang, Fang Wang's younger brother who fled into the Red Eyebrow Army, resented Liu Xuan for sending troops to kill Fang Wang, eager to take revenge, and took advantage of the situation to say to Fan Chong, "The reform was in chaos, and the government orders were not good enough, so the general is here. Millions of people, heading west to the imperial city, without a title, called a group of thieves, can't last long. It's better to set up another clan and punish them with righteousness. With this order, who would dare to disobey it?"

Fang Yang persuaded Fan Chong to establish a new emperor, and it was obvious from his intentions.There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country. Once the new emperor is released, the old emperor Liu Xuan will be of no use to the Red Eyebrow Army. His fate is bound to be like expired food, which must be discarded and destroyed. There were witches' wild words before, and Fang Yang's suggestions later. Fan Chong and others also began to feel that they really should establish their own emperor, so they searched for the descendants of Chengyang King Liu Zhang in the army, and found more than 70 people in total. According to the lineage, Liu Mao, Liu Penzi brothers and the former Xi'an Marquis Liu Xiao are the closest bloodlines. Therefore, the new emperor will be born among these three people.

Who will be the emperor among the three?It didn't matter to Fan Chong and others, whoever became the emperor would be the emperor, anyway, it was just a decoration, so they decided by drawing lots and handed over everything to the heavens to show fairness.So I got a scorpion, put three wooden slips in it, two were blank, and one was written with the word "General" (the ancient emperor's soldiers, called the general), whoever draws the wooden slip with the word will be emperor. So a mandala was set up in the outskirts, and the red-browed leaders gathered together to pay homage to Liu Zhang, the King of Yangjing, and then three candidates, Liu Mao, Liu Penzi, and Liu Xiao, came to the stage and touched each other in order of age.Liu Penzi was the youngest, and was the last to touch, but he touched the "General".

Seeing this, the big and small leaders of the Red Eyebrow Army cheered and knelt down and professed their ministers.The new emperor Liu Penzi was born. Liu Penzi has three brothers, the eldest brother Liu Gong and the second brother Liu Mao.Liu Penzi's father is Shihou Liu Meng.When the Red Eyebrow Army passed through Shixian County, they captured the three Liu Penzi brothers, and they followed the army ever since.The eldest brother, Liu Gong, surrendered to Liu Xuan along with Fan Chong and others. Liu Xuan reappointed Liu Gong as Shihou and stayed in Chang'an as a servant.Liu Penzi and his second elder brother Liu Mao remained in the Red Eyebrow Army, and belonged to Liu Xiaqing, a soldier of the right school, and were responsible for herding cattle.

Liu Penzi was only fifteen years old. Standing on the high platform, he was dressed like a cowherd boy, with disheveled hair, bare feet, and shabby clothes. Suddenly, he saw the big and small leaders kneel down to him, and almost cried on the spot. After Liu Penzi became the emperor, he didn't go to work, and of course he didn't have a shift to let him go. He still greeted the old officer Liu Xiaqing sooner or later, and then went to play with his friends who herded cattle. After Fan Chong and others established Liu Penzi, they felt that they had fulfilled their wish to Liu Zhang, King of Chengyang Jing, so they felt at ease. As for what Liu Penzi did, they didn't bother to care at all.Among the leaders of the Red Eyebrow Army, Xu Xuan is the only cultural person. He once served as a county prison official and was able to communicate, so he was publicly elected as the prime minister. The great Sima on the right, and the rest of the leaders are Lieqing.The year name was changed to the first year of Jianshi.

Liu Xuan and his subordinates had internal strife, and Chimei made Liu Penzi emperor, all in June of this year.