Chapter 48 4. Follow the leader to get mixed up

Heroes all over the world challenged Dong, and they all had trouble with Dong Zhuo.But Gongsun Du in Liaodong and Liu Biao in Jingzhou refused to join the battle.On the contrary, they stood on the opposite side of the heroes of the world and took the initiative to express their allegiance to Dong Zhuo. As a result, one occupied Liaodong and the other occupied Jingzhou. The successful lives of Gongsun Du and Liu Biao tell us such a truth: follow the leader and make sure you get a lot of money.Those who are struggling with the leader will definitely have no good fruit for you. The person who summed up this successful life experience is called Liu Yan.

Liu Yan, his position in the Three Kingdoms era is very important, so important that it is impossible to talk about it. Since it is important, why can't we talk about it?This is because Liu Yan is the previous generation of Liu Bei, and his life struggle is just a miniature version of Liu Bei, a preview of Liu Bei and Xichuan.Once his story is told, people will find that Liu Bei actually took his script and performed on the historical stage.In this way, Liu Bei's glorious image will be dimmed, at least, the sharp drop in wisdom will weaken Liu Bei's heroic image. You have to talk about weakening, and it’s impossible not to talk about it.This Liu Yan, like Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, is also a clan of the Han Dynasty.His ancestor was King Lu Gong of Han, so when he saw people, Liu Yan would say: "Yan is the successor of King Lu Gong..." Liu Bei imitated his speech when he grew up: "A certain person is the successor of King Jing of Zhongshan... ...and so on."

Realizing that the world was going to be chaotic, Liu Yan thought about grabbing a piece of land and becoming emperor behind closed doors.But where?According to history books, Liu Yanxiang was interested in Jiaozhi, that is, Vietnam.But he didn't act in the end, maybe it was because of insufficient travel expenses?After all, the halfway is too far away. The life plan to dominate Vietnam came to an end without a problem. Liu Yan felt that he had failed. He couldn't help but sighed and said: "The world is so big, is there no place where I, Liu Yan, can be the king?" When he was depressed, Dong Fu, who was proficient in the theory of prophecy and taboo, came and told him secretly: "Old Liu, I watch the sky at night and see the direction of Yizhou. There is an appearance of the emperor's spirit. I suggest you rush there immediately, and I will go with you." Let's go, when you become the emperor, I'll also play tricks of the national teacher."

Liu Yan was overjoyed when he heard that, so he wrote a letter to Emperor Ling of Han at that time, requesting to govern Xichuan.Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty only recognized money but not people. He auctioned Xichuan's official position to the public. Liu Yan bought it with a placard, and then set off with his followers. After arriving in Xichuan, Liu Yan took action excitedly, mainly doing two things: The first one is to suppress the rebellion and restore order. The second is to instigate rebellion and create chaos. These two tasks may sound a bit contradictory, but they are actually the same thing, which is the behavioral logic that all politicians in the world must follow.

As a politician, what you fear most is calmness, and what you like most is chaos.Without chaos, it is difficult to show the value and role of politicians.But chaos also has to come up with a trick, not blind chaos, to mess up the enemy, and not to mess with oneself. Liu Yan first settled the armed forces that hindered him, and then instigated Zhang Lu, who was a five-dou rice road, to make trouble, and then had a showdown with the court.The way of the showdown is that Liu Yan ordered people to manufacture vehicles and equipment of the emperor's specifications, and he was ready to ascend the throne.

Just when Liu Yan was about to ascend the throne secretly, he was discovered by Liu Biao, who was governing Jingzhou.At that time, Liu Biao was so angry that he looked up to the sky and screamed, saying: "Is there any mistake? You Liu Yan is really shameless. He hasn't started here yet, so you are ready to ascend the throne. Do you want to bully people like this? " Angry Liu Biao reported Liu Yan to the court. At this time, Dong Zhuo and Han Xiandi were in charge of the state affairs of the Eastern Han Empire.So Dong Zhuo came to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and said, "Your Majesty, have you eaten yet? Let me tell you a small matter. The court just received a letter of report from Liu Biao of Jingzhou. He reported that Liu Yan of Yizhou wanted to rebel. Your Majesty, how should we deal with this matter?" ?”

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty asked: "That Liu Yan, why did he want to rebel?" Dong Zhuo said: "Your Majesty, you see that your question is not level. You should ask why Liu Yan didn't rebel, um, why not?" Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty: "Then what should we do about this matter?" Dong Zhuo said: "Your Majesty, I have already inquired. Liu Yan has four sons, the eldest Liu Dan, the second Liu Fan, the third Liu Mao, and the fourth Liu Zhang. The order may not be correct, but it is always four. Son is right." "The current situation is that Liu Yan's eldest son, Liu Dan, his second son, Liu Fan, and his fourth son, Liu Zhang, are all officials in the imperial court. Only the third son, Liu Mao, is by Liu Yan's side. Your Majesty, take a look, um, Shall we kill all these three unlucky children?"