Chapter 57 Section 2 Career

At this time, the deployment of the Han army's troops was as follows: Liu Yan led the main attack on Wan, and the rest of the troops were divided into several groups to attack the city and expand the territory.The base camp of the Han army was temporarily set up in Fuyang for overall planning.While Liu Yan was fighting bloody battles on the front line of Wancheng, a major event was quietly brewing in the Han army base camp. At this time, the total strength of the Han army was more than 100,000, and there were too many soldiers without any unity. Objectively, it was necessary to support a supreme head of state as soon as possible.Within the Han army, although the forces of various factions are intricate, there is one thing that everyone recognizes, that is, the supreme head of state must come from the Liu family.It is the general trend for people to think about the Han Dynasty. Only by supporting the Liu family's children can we hold the banner of revitalizing the Han Dynasty, call on the world, and win the hearts of the people.

For all the heroes in Nanyang, the supreme head of state is obvious, except for Liu Yan, they don't think of being second person at all.However, the leaders of Xinshi Bing, Pinglin Bing, and Xiajiang Bing have different opinions. They hope that the Supreme Head of State is weak and easy to manipulate, and can be swayed by them.All the leaders had to do was to find such a candidate and let him replace Liu Yan. However, the time left for the leaders is running out, and Liu Yan's prestige is increasing day by day. Even the soldiers in Xinshi Bing, Pinglin Bing, and Xiajiang Bing are slowly leaning towards Liu Yan, and regard Liu Yan as a de facto leader.If Liu Yan had peacefully transformed all these soldiers under his command, it would be too late to resist.

As the founders of the Green Forest Army, Wang Kuang and Wang Feng have a stable position. It doesn't make much difference to them who is the emperor, so it is not urgent.Those who are really eager to jump out are the next-level Zhu Tuan and Zhang Ang. Their status is relatively insecure. Once Liu Yan becomes emperor, they are likely to be marginalized immediately and reduced to dispensable roles. On the second day after Liu Yan led his army to attack Wancheng, Zhu Tuan and Zhang Ang, who stayed at the base camp, couldn't wait to visit Chen Mu, the leader of the Pinglin Army.As soon as the three of them met, Zhu Yu cut straight to the point and said straight to the point: "All heroes in Nanyang want to make Liu Bo the emperor. I am here today to listen to General Chen's opinion."

Chen Mu did not express his opinion immediately, but asked instead: "What do the two generals mean?" Zhang Ang hurriedly replied: "Liu Bosheng cannot be established." Chen Mu smiled and said, "Why can't it be established?" Zhu Yu then said: "In Liu Bosheng's eyes, only the Liu clan and Nanyang heroes have always been in his eyes, and there is no such thing as me. Once Liu Bosheng proclaims himself emperor, he will definitely use cronyism and use Liu's clan and Nanyang heroes more. The cunning rabbits are exhausted, and the lackeys are cooking. The man raised his army, why did he come? The word is rich and honor. The current plan, instead of sitting and waiting for death, it is better to establish a new king."

Chen Mu shook his hands and sighed: "That's exactly what I mean. It's just that the Liu family must be established to be a king, and among the Liu family's children, who is worthy of our trust?" Zhu Tuo laughed and said, "There is one person under the general's tent." Chen Mu was shocked and asked who it was. Zhu Tuo said, "Liu Xuan and Liu Shenggong are right." Chen Mu knows everything, well, Liu Xuan is indeed a good candidate. Although this kid was born in the Liu family of Chongling, he has been in exile for more than ten years, and he has become estranged from the Liu family. Don't worry that he will fall to the Liu family. Besides, Liu Xuan's intelligence is mediocre, he has neither prestige nor strength, we made him emperor, he still has to be grateful, let me wait and see!

The three of them have decided to call Liu Xuan to see them.At this time, Liu Xuan has been promoted from Anji to General Gengshi, but he has no name as a general. He usually only manages logistics in the base camp, and has never led troops to fight. Hearing Chen Mu's call, he hurried over to enter the account Seeing that Chen Mu, Zhu Tuan, and Zhang Ang were all his immediate superiors, he couldn't help feeling very cautious.Chen Mu laughed loudly and kept saying to relax, so he held a banquet for him. After drinking for three rounds, Chen Mu said: "Sheng Gong is General Gengshi, can you still be proud?"

Liu Xuan respectfully replied: "Liu Xuan is incompetent, it all depends on the support of the generals." Zhu Tuan asked with a smile, "Don't you think the Holy Duke feels inferior?" Liu Xuan didn't know what Zhu Yu wanted to do, so he had to answer vaguely: "I have never had great ambitions, but I am willing to be a general of Gengshi." Zhu Tuan said seriously: "What Shenggong said is wrong. General Gengshi is not worthy. The position of Shenggong should be far beyond this." Liu Xuan pondered, listening to this meaning, could it be that he wants to promote himself?What official promotion?No matter, thank you first and then talk, so he bowed to the ground and said: "I hope the three generals will be promoted."

Chen Mu laughed loudly and said, "In the future, we will have to rely on Shenggong to promote more." Liu Xuanlian said he didn't dare, Chen Mu was his old superior, when it was his turn he would be promoted.Chen Mu persuaded him to drink again, and said to Liu Xuandao: "Nowadays there are many rumors that one person will be established as emperor in the Han army, do you know?" Liu Xuandao: "This is a matter for the leaders, not for me to ask." Zhu Yu and the others exchanged glances, it seems that Liu Xuan really knows current affairs and is easy to fool.Zhu Tuan cleared his throat, looked at Liu Xuan, and wrote lightly: "I'll wait for a plan and plan to make you emperor."

With a bang, Liu Xuan's wine glass fell to the ground.Liu Xuan had murdered and stolen goods back then, so he was not weak in courage, but suddenly he was to be made emperor, this is really a twenty-four history, where do we start?How easy is it to be an emperor?Everyone in the world knew that the position of emperor was already in Liu Yan's pocket. How could Liu Yan be willing to give up when he suddenly stepped in and snatched food from the tiger's mouth?He grew up with Liu Yan in Chongling since he was a child, and he knew each other well. Among young people like them, who would dare to say a word to Liu Yan?

Thinking of going against Liu Yan, Liu Xuan shuddered, and said in a trembling voice: "The position of emperor must belong to Liu Yan, how dare you expect it." Zhu Tuan sneered and said, "If you want to be emperor, Liu's speech doesn't count. I have to wait for my consent." Liu Xuan timidly asked: "Once the throne falls, how can Liu Yan sit back and watch?" Zhu Tuan said: "You don't have to worry about this, we have our own countermeasures. I just ask you, are you willing to make you emperor?" Liu Xuan still didn't dare to agree, and declined, "I have no virtue and no ability. Although I am loved by the three generals, how can I convince everyone?"

As everyone knows, what Zhu Yu and others are trying to do is that Liu Xuan is immoral, incompetent, and easy to control, so that Liu Xuan can be a puppet emperor in the front, while they hold power and make decisions behind the scenes.Zhu Yu squinted his eyes and pondered, thinking about how to dispel Liu Xuan's worries.Zhang Ang, on the other hand, is manic by nature, and is used to ending a discussion with a single sentence. Seeing that Liu Xuan was still hesitating, he jumped up and shouted at Liu Xuan: "Where are so many nonsense coming from? If you say you can do it, you can do it." , it’s okay if you don’t.” Forced by Zhang Ang's momentum, Liu Xuan was stunned for a while, but after a long time, his courage recovered, and he asked worriedly: "There are more than a thousand disciples of the Liu family, why did you choose me?" Zhang Ang was about to speak, but Zhu Tuo stretched out his hand to stop it.Zhu Yu had no choice but to stop Zhang Ang. According to Zhang Ang's temperament, he had to tell the truth about the reason. You Liu Xuan asked why he chose you. Well, let's think that you are incompetent and that you are easy to bully.However, how can this be said clearly?What's more, Liu Xuan's question was a proper question. Even if Liu Xuan didn't ask today, someone else would definitely ask for Liu Xuan in the future.After all, among the many Liu's children, in terms of talent and fame, although no one can compare to Liu Yan, there are still many people who are above Liu Xuan. Zhu Yu was prepared for Liu Xuan's question, so he smiled at Liu Xuan: "This question is very good, and it should be answered by an expert." After speaking, he rushed out of the door and shouted: "Mr. Lu is welcome." Liu Xuan stretched his neck and looked. What does a so-called expert look like?When the door curtain was lifted, Liu Xuan took a closer look, hey, isn't this Lu Zhi?How can this old man be considered an expert, at best he can only be regarded as an acquaintance. Lu Zhi joined the Green Forest Army very early. He was about sixty years old. He was tall, with a pale complexion, an unkempt gray beard, and his clothes were always dirty and torn. It seemed that he hadn't mended or washed them for more than ten years.According to Lu Zhi's own claim, he also entered the imperial school in his early years, and later became a Taoist priest. He had a good time, but eventually declined.In the Green Forest Army, Lu Zhi could not go out to fight because of his old age. He stayed in the mountains with women and children all day long. How many wives does Yu have? How big is Daji's waist?" After asking, he started to talk endlessly, but women and children often didn't like to listen, spit on him, and then walked away.And he joined the army alone, with no one to rely on, and he was often teased and bullied, and sometimes he even beat him up directly. Liu Xuan also beat him up.Fortunately, the old man's body is still strong, usually after being beaten, he can still get up the next day, and he looks for people to ask some new nonsense questions: "Concubine Yu used to sleep on the left side or the right side of the overlord? How often do you take a bath?" When Liu Xuan saw Lu Zhi, the corner of his mouth twitched. Just such a poor old scholar, could it be that he is the expert in Zhu Tuan's mouth?Compared with Liu Xuan's disdain, Zhu Tuan's attitude towards Lu Zhi was extremely respectful, he greeted him with courtesy, and poured wine himself.Lu Zhi accepted it calmly, drank a glass of wine, looked at Liu Xuan with a smile, and said, "You beat me before, and you used a stick." Liu Xuan smiled awkwardly, and said: "Boy, Meng Lang used to be rude to the old man. I hope you will forgive me." Lu Zhi said: "You beat me that day, do you know why I didn't hide?" Liu Xuan really remembered what Lu Zhi said, when he beat Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi really didn't hide, let him beat him comfortably, as for Why Lu Zhi didn't hide, that's beyond his ability to know.Seeing Liu Xuan's bewildered face, Lu Zhi smiled and said, "I dare not accept the stick given by the king. You are destined to be the emperor in the future." Liu Xuan became more and more bewildered, and unconsciously asked: "Why am I destined to be the Son of Heaven?" Lu Zhi didn't answer immediately, he tasted the wine slowly until the glass was empty, then he raised his voice and said, "Talk about the past..." Lu Zhi's words made Liu Xuan's eyes shine, and he felt restless.Zhu Yu smiled triumphantly, knowing that Liu Xuan had been completely convinced, he turned his gaze to Lu Zhi again, whoever said that he was a scholar who was useless, did not know that sometimes, knowledge is power. Now that Liu Xuan agreed, Zhu Tuan and Zhang Ang made joint plans everywhere, no problem.