Chapter 53 1. The Story of Liu Heng Entering the City

Many times, the rules of social games always teach us that opportunities belong to those who are brave and creative.However, at this time, when the political leaders of the Han Dynasty set the tone for Liu Heng to be the new emperor of the Han Dynasty, we have to say that opportunities belong to those who wait inexplicably. This world, somewhere, is always full of many inexplicable ironies.Don't you see, Liu Xiang deceived Liu Ze and seized the military power; Liu Ze deceived Liu Xiang and made him lose the throne.The two fought back and forth, but the biggest pie in the world fell to Liu Heng.

Perhaps, before Chen Ping wanted to summon Liu Heng, Liu Heng was still holding "Lao Tzu" at the bottom of the house, while the cold autumn wind was blowing past his window.Then, through the window, he suddenly saw a row of herringbone-shaped long geese migrating south.At this time, his heart is as calm as water, just like this blue sky, clear and infinite. Or maybe, he will walk out of the house and stroll in the courtyard.The autumn wind is blowing slowly, which is very pleasant.It's a good season for reading.Liu Hengzheng turned to the eighth chapter of "Laozi", and saw him shaking his head and reciting against the wind:

The last sentence profoundly revealed the secret hidden in Liu Heng's heart.The translation is that only if you don't fight, you will have no fault.In an impermanent world, there is nothing wrong with buying yourself a double insurance.That's why Laozi said again: Husbands are the only ones who don't fight, so nothing in the world can compete with him. For Liu Heng, when he heard that the envoy from Chang'an had summoned him to Beijing, the question he wanted to test was: Is it true that pies will fall from the sky? Doubt is inevitable.Once, he was used to the loneliness, loneliness, cold and irregular wind and sand in the north.In this lonely world, he always thought that it was impossible to get out of the generation land in his whole life.Daidi is like an enclosure. He, his mother, and the group of close officials who are happy with the situation are all sheep in the enclosure.The task of sheep in life is to eat grass at sunrise and rest at sunset.Then in the silent night, counting the time, counting the warmth of spring and the melting of snow, and the coming and falling of flowers in autumn.In the end, waiting for a certain day after many years, this flesh and blood body also turned into a pile of tall soil, nourishing the weeds thousands of miles away, no one will remember it, and even fewer people will pay tribute to it.

Yes, this is what he thought was his destiny.But now, the upcoming fate completely disrupted his thinking and all life plans and actions. Entering the city to become the emperor?How could this be true.I think this is a question that Liu Heng has asked thousands of times in his heart.Because, the good news that Chen Ping sent him made him like a person who is used to walking in the dark, and he couldn't believe that there was light ahead. However, no matter how suspicious and uneasy you Liu Heng are, the envoy is standing in front of you, it cannot be faked.So, do you believe in your inner feelings, or believe in this big living person in front of you?

Liu Heng hesitated. Therefore, Liu Heng summoned all his close officials to study and discuss the news sent by the envoy.Like Liu Heng, more people are skeptical.Not only do they not believe that there will be pies in the sky, they even suspect that this is a big trap designed by Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and others.The representative of the skeptical faction is Lang Zhongling Zhang Wu.He said to Liu Heng: "Chen Ping and his gang are masters of conspiracy. They just washed the Lu family with blood, and they used the name of welcoming the king. It is unbelievable. I hope the king will not go there!"

That's right, even if it's a pie falling from the sky, you have to smell it, right? This trick is called braking with static and watching the changes.And history also proves that every profession will develop a unique professional feeling and sense of smell. Zhang Wu, as a Lang Zhongling who has been in charge of the safety of the palace for a long time, can't believe what he said. However, there are also many non-skeptics, and he is Lieutenant Song Chang.The reasons for Song Chang’s affirmation are: Don't think that Zhou Bo's intrusion into the Northern Army at Jijie and hundreds of soldiers responded, and you think he is great.In fact, this is the mighty virtue accumulated by Gao Zu, not his personal credit.The whole world is the people of the Liu family. If the people don't listen to them, will Zhou Bo dare to touch you?Besides, if Zhou Bo and Chen Ping conspire to play you, but Liu Zhang and Liu Xingju in the Liu family will respond, Wu Chuqi and other places outside the court are all our people, if you really want to do it, you are afraid of his fart.

The minister thinks that the son of Emperor Gao is the only one who acts as the head of the king, and is known to the world for his sages, benevolence and filial piety, so the minister took this great opportunity to help you become the emperor.If your Majesty misses this opportunity, you will regret it in the future. Please don't worry too much and go to accept orders! From this point of view, what Song Chang said made a lot of sense.He is also a soldier and has a good professional sense. It cannot be said that what he said is wrong.But if what both sides say is reasonable, Liu Heng can only believe half of it, which means that the ministers are talking in vain.

Liu Heng is not Liu Ze, he immediately congests blood when his brain gets hot.Be careful sailing for thousands of years, whether to go or stay, Liu Heng still can't make up his mind.Therefore, the cautious Liu Heng had no choice but to ask his old mother Bo for help and ask him how he guessed about this matter. However, Liu Heng immediately realized that his question was useless.Bo has lived in peace and contentment for so many years, and she has no experience or lessons to tell her whether it is a pie or a bomb that fell to their Daiwang family. It seems that the only question that humans can't answer is to ask the sky.Liu Heng had no choice but to call a wizard for divination.It is very interesting that Liu Heng happened to find a good hexagram, and the name of this hexagram is "Daheng".

What is Daheng?In ancient times, the carapace of the tortoise was roasted with fire, and the lines displayed were observed to identify the future.If the carapace is full of horizontal cracks, it is a large horizontal crack.Since there are hexagrams, there are hexagram words.The original words of the hexagrams are written like this: Daheng Genggeng, Yu is the king of heaven, Xia Qi Yiguang! The translation of this hexagram is: Daheng heralds a change, and I will be the king of heaven, just like Xia Qi inherited Dayu, so that my father's career will flourish. Needless to say, this is an excellent good hexagram.An unprecedented pleasure flowed out from the bottom of Liu Heng's heart like a hot spring.However, Liu Heng couldn't show his anger and anger. He calmly asked the wizard: I have already become king, so why should I be king?

Of course Liu Heng is not a fool. Since he was born in an ancient superstitious country, he has done some research on such things as hexagrams.I believe that he has every reason to answer this hexagram.The reason why he questioned the wizard was because he deeply understood an attitude in life: the same answer, spit out from other people's mouth, is always more exciting than telling it yourself! The sorcerer had no choice but to cooperate and said: The king of heaven in this hexagram is not an ordinary prince.In the Zhou Dynasty, the Heavenly King was the Son of Heaven; in our Han Dynasty, the Heavenly King refers to the Emperor.

God really wants me to be the emperor?Liu Heng was really confused. Since God supports it, Liu Heng decides to set off.Before setting off, send Bo Zhao to Chang'an to find out the truth.Bo Zhao, Bo's younger brother, Liu Heng called him uncle.Of course, this is a safe and reliable figure. The person Bo Zhao was going to meet was of course Zhou Bo. Zhou Bo told Bo Zhao: Tell Dai Wang to go to the city with peace of mind, we have already arranged everything for him. Bo Zhao asked Zhou Bo: Why should we trust you? Zhou Bo laughed: Just because I am the dignified Zhou Taiwei of the Han Dynasty! That's right, Zhou Bo was holding the military power of the Han Dynasty.Military power is the sharp weapon of the country; with a weapon in hand, the world is in hand, why can't Liu Heng trust him?Of course, to convince Bo Zhao that this was a good-hearted invitation, Zhou Bo had to give Bo Zhao a brief report on the process of the meeting of the ministers of the Han Dynasty! Bo Zhao finally believed it. Bo Zhao immediately reported back to Liu Heng, saying that things were exactly as Song Chang expected, and they were exactly as Zhou Bo said.When Liu Heng heard this, he relaxed a little, and ordered Zhang Wu to teach Chang'an for the front troops, and Song Chang to accompany the soldiers. In Chinese history, most princes and kings have a common dream in their hearts, that is to rule the capital.How many years has this dream been burning in Liu Bang's heart!No matter how difficult and dangerous he is, he still does not give up the mission of doing justice for the heavens. For Liu Heng, in order to be a good public servant in the world, he can burn himself, but he must not destroy himself.Burning is not equal to destruction, these are two concepts with different meanings.So, when he came to Gaoling (Gaoling County, Shaanxi Province), he sent Song Chang, who accompanied the car, to lead people to explore the road. This is called, keep your feet on the ground, step by step.It's not easy. At this time, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and others were already waiting in line at Weiqiao.The majestic momentum, the solemn expression, and the neat team all don't seem to be deceitful. Song Chang returned to his horse to report to Liu Heng. There were no landmines ahead, and all the officials were waiting in line. Please rest assured to move forward. When Liu Heng heard Song Chang's report, he dropped another stone.He continued to move forward and came to Weiqiao, and saw the expressions of happiness and excitement on the faces of this group of strangers.They are like a group of wives and concubines, waiting for a master who has traveled far and never returned.We waited until the flowers all withered, it's time for you to come back, Heavenly King. The group of veteran officials of the Han Dynasty saw Liu Heng's carriage from a distance, and immediately bowed down to pay homage with courtiers.Liu Heng was really flattered by this bow, and he quickly got out of the car to return the bow to everyone. At this time, one of the ministers walked out, and he walked up to Liu Heng and said, "Can we talk in private?" The person who spoke was Zhou Bo, the Taiwei of the dynasty.Zhou Bo's words made Liu Heng's flesh skip a beat.If there is something that cannot be stated publicly, why do we have to meet alone?I ran thousands of kilometers, did I hear your terrible words? At this time, Song Chang was standing beside Liu Heng.As soon as Zhou Bo finished speaking, he said to Zhou Bo: Why do you want to talk in private?If you are talking about business affairs, Taiwei, please explain publicly; if you are talking about private affairs, sorry, this is not a good time to talk about private affairs! It's all said and done, so let's make it public.Seeing Zhou Bo long kneeling on the ground, he immediately presented the jade seal to Liu Heng.It turned out that Zhou Bo's private talk was to present this treasure of the whole country! I think, facing the emperor's jade seal in Zhou Bo's hands, Liu Heng must be fighting in his heart at this moment.The devil said to him, please take it!The angel will also say to him, no, please take it easy! I always thought that Liu Heng has been tirelessly learning Huang Lao's art from his mother, which is nothing more than learning the art of freely controlling the devil.At this time, he once again successfully restrained the ghost that was about to come out of the cage. Liu Heng said modestly to Zhou Bo: This jade seal does not belong to me, so I cannot accept it.Let's go to town for a meeting and make a decision, shall we? This is of course a set of polite words for a show.However, to those old ministers, they were greatly relieved.It was right to choose him as the acting king.Know how to give in, but also modest, free to advance and retreat.When he becomes the emperor, we should be more relieved. Yes, impatient is destined to be unable to eat hot tofu.What's more, what's coming today is to eat the world, which can't be described by a small piece of hot tofu. On the evening of September 29, Liu Heng entered the city smoothly. Of course, after he entered the city, he didn't go straight to Weiyang Palace.At that time, each vassal state had an office in Chang'an and its own hotel.The so-called hotel, the old saying is the official residence.Liu Heng stayed in the hotel opened by Dai Guo's permanent office in Chang'an City. That night, Chen Ping led a group of ministers to follow Liu Heng into the hotel to discuss matters.At the meeting, Chen Ping once again stated the reasons why the ministers elected Liu Heng as the emperor, and at the same time conveyed to him a common wish on behalf of the ministers, that is, no matter how difficult it is for the acting king, don't refuse the drudgery of being the emperor. Liu Heng immediately said to Chen Ping and other officials: It's not that I don't want to suffer for everyone.The problem is, my abilities are limited and my seniority is low, so it is not my turn to be emperor.You should ask the king of Chu to find another suitable person, anyway, I dare not take this big job. Liu Heng's move seems to be resignation, but it is actually a test.King of Chu, that is, Mr. Liu Jiao, Liu Bang's half brother.If he wanted to be emperor, he needed not only the support of a few ministers, but also the consent of the elders of the Liu clan and the princes.Of course, Langye King Liu Ze agreed, and Liu Zhang and Liu Xingju were also present at this time, and they jointly supported Liu Heng along the way.What also worried him was the attitudes of Chu King Liu Jiao and Wu King Liu Bi. Chen Ping immediately dispelled Liu Heng's doubts, and gave another reason.The meaning is roughly that he has already dealt with all the princes and gods, so please rest assured to receive the talisman festival and jade seal! Liu Heng finally removed the last stone in his heart.He sighed and said with a wry smile: Since the clan, generals, and princes all think that I am suitable to be the emperor, then I have no choice but to obey. Wrong me alone, happy thousands of families.This scene seems to have returned to the scene where Liu Bang was appointed by the emperor.At this time, Chen Ping also unloaded a pile of stone barriers in his heart. He immediately presented the talisman and jade seal, and led all the officials to perform the ceremony of emperor and minister to Liu Heng.So far, the throne of the emperor has finally been settled. The next step is to enter the Weiyang Palace. But the problem came again. At this time, the nominal little emperor Liu Hong was still living in the palace.Since the officials of the Han Dynasty recognized the new emperor, they must drive the little emperor out.This glorious task was immediately taken up by someone, and he was Liu Xingju. Liu Xingju said to Chen Ping and others: I have not accumulated any credit for killing the Lu family, so let me handle the matter of the Qing Palace. Chen Ping immediately agreed to let Liu Xingju clean the Weiyang Palace, and the eunuch Xia Houying accompanied him.In the case of the Qing Palace, if there are cleaners, there must be garbage collectors, and Xia Houying belongs to the latter.The next day, Liu Xingju and Xia Houying went straight to the palace and asked Liu Hong to move his butt. For a child, this is a great misfortune.However, in Chinese history, there are too many things that unfortunately landed in the emperor's house.In front of Liu Xingju, little boy Liu Hong was like a chicken falling into the mouth of a wolf.However, he still didn't know why brother Liu Xingju asked him to move. Regarding this question, Liu Xingju answered very simply: You are not Liu Ying's biological son, and you are not worthy of staying in the palace! After Liu Xingju finished speaking, Xia Houying cooperatively picked up Liu Hong and put him in the car.At this time, Liu Hong raised his head in fear and asked the good man Xia Houying: Uncle, where are you sending me? Xia Houying sighed and coaxed, "Go out and live, the place won't be far away." Xia Houying didn't lie to Liu Hong, he got the little friend Liu Hong to Shaofu.On the same day, the Han Dynasty held a grand ceremony to welcome Liu Heng into the palace.The emperor is easy to change, but the driver remains the same; the person driving Liu Heng is still the good old Xia Houying. That night, Liu Heng immediately worshiped Song Chang as the general of the guard to appease the northern and southern armies; he took Zhang Wu as the doctor's order to take charge of the internal affairs of the palace.At the same time, the relevant officials killed Liu Hong and several other children separately, and Liu Ying's seed was declared extinct.It was on this night that Liu Heng also officially sat on the top of the treasure hall and issued an edict to amnesty the world! Amnesty to the world is the first good thing all emperors must do after ascending the throne! I believe that this night is destined to be a sleepless night for Liu Heng.Above the palace, the wax light flickers, and the hall is full of wealth; outside the gate of the palace, the night is covered with blood, and Liu Hong turns into a ghost.Reflecting inside and outside, it turns out that the political heaven and hell are just separated by a door! The night is deep, and the birds are resting.It's a cool autumn, what a dreamy night that connects the past and the future!