Chapter 39 4. Court tug of war

Rabbits will bite when they are in a hurry.This is a very ancient truth, but many people do not understand the preciousness of this truth.However, Liu Xin understands this truth, he understands it generally, not very well. In his opinion, the queen mother may have regarded Liu Xin as a dog, thinking that throwing some bones continuously could coax him.If you think so, the Queen Mother is wrong. Liu Xin decided to return some of the bones thrown by the Queen Mother.Therefore, after Wang Mang's resignation report was handed over to him, he refused to approve it.At the same time, they sent someone to call Wang Mang back to work.

Then, he quickly ordered Prime Minister Kong Guang, Da Sima He Wu, General Zuo Shi Dan, and Weiwei Fu Xi, a relative of the Fu family who had just taken office, to go to Changxin Palace to plead guilty to the Queen Mother. Liu Xin asked Kong Guang and his party to send a message to the Queen Mother on his behalf, saying: "The Queen Mother ordered the chief Sima Wang Mang to resign. He was very heartbroken when he heard that. Please ask the Queen Mother to let the chief Sima come back to work. If the chief Sima does not come back, he will also If you want to go home on strike, you won’t be the emperor anymore.”

Oh, I finally know that some bones cannot be chewed randomly!I finally know that I am letting you eat and walk around! The Queen Mother is a very good person. After understanding what Liu Xin meant, she sent someone to call Wang Mang back to his post.Wang Mang was also very good, and returned to work as if nothing had happened. So far, the two factions seem to be very calm, but in fact they are very commotion.In less than a month, Wang Mang was kicked out again. However, the person who drove him away this time was not the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother Fu. The thing is like this: One day, Liu Xin arranged a banquet in Weiyang Palace, and when the palace internal affairs officer was arranging seats, he arranged Empress Dowager Fu next to Empress Dowager Wang.However, when Wang Mang finally came to inspect the venue, he summoned the internal affairs officer and scolded him.

Wang Mang said: "Who is Empress Dowager Fu? She is just the Empress Dowager of Fengguo, how can she sit on an equal footing with Queen Mother Wang?" Soon, someone brought Wang Mang's words to Empress Dowager Fu.When the old woman heard this, she was very angry.When the Queen Mother named Fu the Empress Dowager Gong, she said that she would enjoy the same treatment as the Queen Mother.Since the treatment is the same, why can't they sit on an equal footing? Oh, that's it.Those members of the Wang family seemed to be very polite when they spoke, but in their hearts, Empress Dowager Fu and Empress Dowager Wang were not on the same level.In this case, it is easy to handle.Give you face, you are shameless, then I have no choice but to turn my face.

Therefore, Empress Dowager Fu refused to attend the banquet.At the same time, she also asked people to spread the word that Wang Mang did not give Empress Dowager Fu face, she was already grinding her teeth with hatred, and suggested that Wang Mang walk carefully at night. When Wang Mang heard this, he smiled sinisterly.Very good, Empress Dowager Fu has fallen for it. Who is Wang Mang?The best showman in the world.What is the show for?Of course, it is to gain political capital.In the history of the Han Dynasty, there were no more than two kinds of shows: the first was to pretend, and the second was to sell straight.

What is selling straight?It's about speaking the truth and daring to confront evil forces.At the beginning, when Wang Zhang played to impeach Wang Feng, he had already thought about it, even if he couldn't be brought down, he would still be famous forever.So when his wife told him not to be impulsive, he said: "This is a big event, beyond the understanding of women." Liu Xin and Empress Dowager Fu want to play with Wang Mang, and he will accompany him at any time.If it is said that Empress Dowager Fu is the hungry cat and Wang Mang is the mouse that can be chased, then she is wrong.Wang Mang was not born to be chased, he was born to hunt lions and tigers.

Regarding Empress Dowager Fu, Wang Mang certainly knew that the old woman was very vain, she loved face very much, and she couldn't tolerate sand in her eyes.That's why he hurt her on purpose.He made such a move, not in the name of selling straight pictures.In fact, in the name of selling straight, he explores the truth. He wanted to see how ruthless and powerful Empress Dowager Fu was.Now it seems that there is no need to worry about Empress Dowager Fu's aggressive character.People, like animals, are easy to deal with once they like to jump up and down.But you dance yours, I play mine.So Wang Mang wrote another letter of resignation and handed it in.

After going around in a circle, the letter of resignation returned to Liu Xin.Do you want to approve it?Liu Xin thought for a long time.After half a day, he slowly picked up the pen and seriously approved it. However, as soon as Liu Xin approved Wang Mang's resignation, he immediately regretted it. He found that after Wang Mang was dismissed, instead of declining, his popularity soared.Everyone inside and outside Chang'an admired Wang Mang's feat of fighting against Empress Dowager Fu, so Liu Xin immediately became alert. Wang Mang is not in the arena, but his legend is still spreading in the arena.Don't talk about Liu Xin, anyone with a little experience in the world can feel the coercion in it.In the Wang family group, everyone else is a child, only Wang Mang is the real big shot.He is like a cunning tiger pretending to be sick, seemingly lifeless, but actually staring at him with blood on his mouth.

This is a terrible face, but Liu Xin can't expose it.Assessing the current strength of Fu and Ding, the ability to fight tigers is still insufficient, so they cannot make a move.If there is a real fight, both sides will definitely suffer.Since you can't fight yet, let's coax!Continue to coax, coax it for a while. Liu Xin has no skills in fighting tigers, but he still has tricks to coax people.In order to appease Wang Mang, he rewarded five hundred catties of gold, four horses drove a carriage, and sent people to Wang Mang's mansion. Liu Xin seemed to tell Wang Mang not to blame him for approving the letter of resignation.In fact, he was also a victim, and it was Empress Dowager Fu who forced him to do so.

This trick is called hitting and pulling.Really worthy of being a talented performer. In order to prevent Wang Mang from attacking, Liu Xin specially arranged a court assistant for Wang Mang. Every ten days, the palace would prepare a banquet for him. Meet the emperor. "Tejin" means, as I mentioned earlier, it means the candidate for Da Sima.Only these are not enough.Then, Liu Xin listed all the key members of the Wang Mang Group.Then it was announced that all marquises who had a strong relationship with Wang Mang would increase their food counties. In this list, Liu Xin also included Kong Guang and He Wu.More favorable policies are yet to come. In order to show his respect for the power of the Wang family, Liu Xin also recalled one of Wang Mang's old seniors back to Chang'an.This person is Wang Li who was driven out of Chang'an by Liu Ao for reselling the country's land.

Liu Xin coaxed Wang Mang so steadily, what on earth did he want to do? In fact, he spent so much effort just to do one thing - find someone who can replace Wang Mang and take over as Da Sima. Who is the popular candidate for Da Sima? The Central Committee of the Han Dynasty agreed that this position must be given to Fu Xi.Fu Xi, the cousin of Empress Dowager Fu.Both academically and morally, they have a good reputation.Among Fu and Ding's relatives, he is the most outstanding, so no matter from which point of view, it is unreasonable for Fu Xi not to be the great Sima. However, a person stood on a high place and shouted loudly: "Don't leave the position of Da Sima to Fu Xi." Who is against Fu Xi?It never occurred to Liu Xin that the person who objected to making Fu Xi the Grand Sima was the Empress Dowager Fu.She didn't even help her own family. Did Queen Mother Fu make a mistake? In fact, Empress Dowager Fu was not mistaken, the person who made the mistake was Fu Xi. Have you ever remembered that in the group of relatives of Empress Dowager Dou, there was a different kind of relative, that is Dou Ying.Dou Ying was promoted because of Queen Mother Dou, but she never took the initiative to do things for Queen Mother Dou.That's all, what is Queen Mother Dou going to do, Dou Ying is talking nonsense next to her, chattering, making Queen Mother Dou really want to knock Dou Ying unconscious with a palm. People like Dou Ying who eat their own food but speak for outsiders are really annoying.Many years later, in the group of foreign relatives, another person similar to Dou Ying appeared, and he was the aforementioned Fu Xi. Fu Xi made Empress Dowager Fu unhappy, but that was minor, there were a few things that almost made Empress Dowager Fu go crazy.The first thing is that Empress Dowager Fu managed to settle Liu Xin, and said that Fu and Ding's relatives were made marquises.However, when Liu Xin wanted to make Fu Xi the Marquis, Fu Xi hid himself.When people approached him, he said that he was not qualified enough to accept the title of Marquis; what's more, he was sick and his life was at stake, so he didn't have the heart to be a Marquis. Fu Xi refused to accept the title of Marquis.As a result, he became the only one among the Fu family's relatives who was not granted a marquis. This is just a small matter.After Fu and Ding's relatives were promoted together, Empress Dowager Fu believed that now is the best time to start a business, and she must cherish the opportunity to make a big effort to rapidly grow the Fu and Ding limited company.Her ultimate goal, of course, is to drive her opponent Wang's Foreign Relatives Co., Ltd. out of the Han Dynasty market, and finally completely monopolize the power resources of the Han Dynasty. However, when Empress Dowager Fu dispatched troops and generals to launch a campaign to seize power, Fu Xi jumped out to speak. All scholars like to talk about big principles.Fu Xi then told Queen Mother Dou that it is best to be a person with a sense of responsibility, because the old woman can't do anything but interfere in politics. It's just nonsense, and Queen Mother Fu is going crazy when she hears it.She finally figured out that Fu Xi was either conservative in his thinking, or he had bad intentions.However, whether Fu Xi is a conservative or speaks for outsiders, he is not reliable for Empress Dowager Fu's career. Since it is unreliable, replace it.Who will be the big Sima?To be honest, this question is really difficult for Empress Dowager Fu. In Empress Dowager Fu's view, the best candidate for the position of Da Sima is Fu, followed by Ding.But the problem is that if you want to be a great Sima, you can't just find a living person to fill it in. You must meet three basic conditions. First of all, you have to be knowledgeable, preferably an expert; secondly, you have to be famous, preferably a moral expert admired by the world.Again, you must have achievements.From the above three conditions, only Fu Xi is the most suitable one.As for the other relatives, they all became rich overnight. It would be a bit shameful for them to be the chief Sima following the bunch of chickens and dogs that Empress Dowager Fu ascended to heaven. Therefore, Empress Dowager Fu can only settle for the next best thing.So, she immediately thought of someone.This person is General Zuo Shidan. In the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, Empress Dowager Fu basically knew what school Shi Dan belonged to.Shi Dan, Wang Mang and Fu Xi share similar auras and have close contacts.However, she had no choice but to let Shi Dan be the great Sima. Wang Mang is too self-righteous, and Fu Xi is eating his own food, besides Shi Dan, who else can do it?Just because Shi Dan had been Liu Xin's teacher and sent him a great Sima, it would not be a bad thing. On July 4th, at the behest of Empress Dowager Fu, Liu Xin issued an edict to make General Zuo Shi Dan the Grand Sima. So, what about Fu Xi? For Empress Dowager Fu, this problem is easy to handle.Since he can't be held on the wall or put on gold, then throw him out.Therefore, Empress Dowager Fu instructed Liu Xin to issue an edict to dismiss Fu Xi from his position as the right general, and asked Liu Xin to tell Fu Xi, aren't you sick?Then go home and recuperate! Just like that, Fu Xi rolled his bags and left.So, behind Empress Dowager Fu in charge, Liu Xin ran to the front desk, and Shi Dan stood in the way. In Empress Dowager Fu's view, this layout seems to be the most ideal at present.According to this format, victory is not far ahead.Sweet dreams never seem to be as close as they are today.