I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 116
On the seventh day of the hanging ceremony, the coffin goes out for the funeral.

Under the auspices of the acting General He Miao, the first funeral ceremony was held in the palace, and the coffin walked around the halls of the two palaces, and finally returned to the Yutang Hall.

From the next day, the new emperor Liu Bian and his younger brother Liu Xie began to observe filial piety for Emperor Yu.

In theory, it is 27 months, but since Liu Bian is the new emperor, he only needs to observe the filial piety for Emperor Yu for 27 days, and Liu Xie will make up for the rest.

During this period, Empress Dowager Dong discussed with Liu Bian and asked Liu Bian to make Liu Xie king.

Liu Bian did not refuse either, but instead of making Liu Xie the King of Chenliu as in history, he was named the King of Hongnong. place.

It's not to guard against Empress Dowager Dong, Dong Zhong or Liu Xie himself.

In fact, in Liu Bian's opinion, Empress Dowager Dong is actually a pretty easy-going old lady, as long as she is given due respect and acquiesced to the old lady holding a sum of money to repair the garden and enjoy her old age, the old lady will not ignore it. The wish of the dead son is to support Liu Xie.

After all, unlike in history, this time Liu Bian was clearly approved by Emperor Yu, and Empress Dowager Dong also knew about it. In addition, the ministers of the DPRK and China said that at least [-]% to [-]% supported Liu Bian, so the old lady would not insist on going her own way.

Of course, the old lady wanted to take advantage of Liu Bian's young age to listen to the government behind the curtain, or to benefit his Dong clan. This was another matter, and Liu Bian had his own way to solve it.

Compared with Mrs. Dong, Dong Zhong obviously swelled up a bit after becoming a Wei Wei, and he had to point fingers when He Miao presided over the funeral, but the more smug this guy was, the less Liu Bian took him seriously.

Of course, the necessary beatings are still needed, but this will have to wait for Liu Bian to officially ascend the throne, and there is no such free time right now.

As for Liu Xie, Liu Bian didn't spend much time with this younger brother in the past because of the relationship with the Empress Dowager Dong. What hostility, so he decided to get closer to him in the future, using the Han Dynasty as an excuse to coax this younger brother to work for him.

After all, a nine-year-old child can still reshape the three views.

No, on the first day of filial piety, Liu Bian started his own plan, and said to Liu Xie with all his heart, "My brother, my father passed away unfortunately, and I feel a great responsibility for my brother. I'm afraid that I will fail my father's entrustment, I wonder if my brother can help me?"

After all, he didn't wait for Liu Xie, who was astonished, to open his mouth, and said guiltily: "There were some rumors in the palace before, and I learned that Wang Meiren's death might be related to my mother. Brother, it is not easy to say anything about the mother, I can only implore the emperor not to hate the queen, in the past my mother owed the beauty Wang, and if I owed the emperor, I am willing to make up for my brother."

Liu Xie was only nine years old, and although he was very intelligent, he had no plans to deal with the city government. When he saw his elder brother Liu Bian admitting his mistakes on behalf of his mother, he was very moved in spite of his fear and trepidation. For His Majesty's concern, as for the compensation His Majesty said, it is absolutely unnecessary. But...my brother, please, can I move my deceased mother into the imperial mausoleum? I dare not expect to be buried with my father, only as a companion."

Although this matter was a bit out of order, in Liu Bian's opinion, it was not a big problem, and he readily agreed: "Yes."

Seeing this, Liu Xie was overjoyed. After thanking him repeatedly, he became closer to Liu Bian. As long as it was a break, he would talk around Liu Bian, and Liu Bian was not tired of it, and taught him a lot of imperial power The concept pointed out that the imperial power should control the scholars, otherwise they would be emptied by the latter. Liu Xie was smart since he was a child, and under the guidance of his elder brother, he quickly understood the truth.

During the period when the two brothers were keeping their father's filial piety, Lu Zhi, Yang Xu, He Miao, and Dong Zhong were all responsible for handling major affairs in the court. Among them, Dong Zhong was forced into Shangshutai by the Empress Dowager Dong. dissatisfied.

In a quarrel, Empress Dowager Dong still uttered the words that brought disaster to her aunt and nephew in history, scolding Empress Dowager He for "relying on the power of her son and elder brother", and said that she would let her nephew Dong Zhong kill her. Empress Dowager He's two elder brothers.

Empress Dowager He was very angry and hurriedly sent someone to invite He Miao.

In history, He Jin was the one who was invited. After He Jin learned of this, he first led his army to surround Dong Zhong's mansion, forcing Dong Zhong to commit suicide, and then asked the Queen Mother Dong to move back to Hejian, and sent people to intercept and kill him on the way. After becoming Dong, he made up his mind.

Compared with He Jin, He Miao was more cautious in doing things. Even if his sister told her bitterly, he was not angry, but said: "This matter should be reported to Your Majesty first."

So he came to Yutang Hall and reported the matter to Liu Bian in private.

How could Liu Biangang and his younger brother Liu Xie get closer and watch his mother instigate He Miao to murder the Queen Mother Dong?
In his opinion, the murder of Empress Dowager Dong was simply unnecessary.

So after greeting Liu Xie, Liu Bian went to Changqiu Palace in person to persuade his mother, Empress Dowager He, and said: "Before the father passed away, he told me to treat the Empress Dowager Dong and the younger brother kindly. Now the emperor has not been buried yet, my child How can you break a promise?"

Seeing that his son didn't help him, and that Empress He, who was nearly [-] years old, acted arrogantly, Liu Bian couldn't laugh or cry, so he could only comfort him with good words, and then promised: "Empress Dowager Dong's support is nothing more than Dong Zhong, Dong Cheng, and the child. With the help of the two of them, when the child is over the period of filial piety, he will beat the two of them, and the child can guarantee that from now on, the two of them will not dare to get carried away, and Empress Dowager Dong will definitely restrain herself a lot."

Hearing this, Empress Dowager He reluctantly agreed.

Afterwards, Liu Bian felt uneasy, so he asked Zhao Chun to tell Cai Yan, telling her to come to Changqiu Palace to accompany Empress Dowager He. Cai Yan is the empress, and Empress Dowager He is supposed to give up the Changqiu Palace to her daughter-in-law and move to live in the palace garden of the North Palace.

For example, Yongle Palace and Yongle Palace are located on the west and east sides of Beigong respectively.

When receiving Liu Bian's message, Cai Yan was also taken aback. She never thought that the conflict between Empress Dowager Dong and Empress He would almost bleed, so she rushed to Changqiu Palace to accompany Empress Dowager He.

Accompanied by this well-educated, intelligent and well-behaved daughter-in-law, Empress Dowager He finally restrained her dissatisfaction with Empress Dowager Dong.

In the blink of an eye, Liu Bian's short period of 27 days of filial piety has passed, and the remaining 26 months will be left to Liu Xie to observe filial piety alone.

Liu Xie didn't feel bitter about this, he just didn't want to let go of his elder brother, after all, this elder brother who hadn't gotten along with him very much in the past treated him very well after getting along with him, which can be called a heart-to-heart.

So Liu Bian smiled and made a promise, such as visiting Liu Xie every few days, which made Liu Xie happy.

After returning to the East Palace, taking a shower and changing clothes, Liu Bian immediately went to Chongde Hall.

At this time, there were only Lu Zhi, Cao Song, and Cui Lie in the Chongde Hall, and He Miao, Yang Xu, and Dong Zhong were not there. It's arrogance, relying on Empress Dowager Dong to enter Shangshutai, come if you like, leave if you don't, ignore etiquette and rules, if things go on like this, you may cause trouble."

"Isn't it?"

Liu Bian didn't get angry when he heard this, instead he sat down on the seat once belonged to his father Emperor Yu with a smile, and asked Lu Zhi with a smile, "Master, is that really the case?"

"Well."

Lu Zhi nodded slightly.

Regardless of the fact that He Miao, Yang Xu, and Dong Zhong were not there, He Miao had made it clear before that he was only acting as a name for his brother He Jin at Shangshutai. Not interfering with Shangshutai's handling of government affairs, Lu Zhi and others knew that he was withdrawn, but they didn't feel disgusted. Instead, they secretly praised He Miao as a person who was not greedy for power; and Yang Xu would only be late or leave early when performing his duties as a Jinwu; Only Dong Zhong, ever since he became a Weiwei and entered the Shangshutai, has been so complacent, he has come and left whenever he wants, what's more, he even ordered the Shangshu to serve Qu Mu as his eyeliner, and to monitor Lu Zhi on his behalf. people.

When Liu Bian heard Lu Zhi's accusation against Qu Mu, the smile on his face became even wider, and he asked Qu Mu who was standing beside him, "Is this really the case?"

Qu Mu respectfully said: "Returning to Your Majesty, it is indeed as the Grand Master said."

"..."

Lu Zhi, Cao Song, and Cui Lie looked at each other in astonishment, and their hearts suddenly became clear: Qu Mu has long been Xinjun's man, so it's useless to worry about it.

When the three of them were stunned, Liu Bian rubbed his chin in thought, and asked several people in the hall: "Do you think it is necessary to beat Dong Zhong?"

Do you have to ask?

Lu Zhi, Cao Song, and Cui Lie were stunned for a moment, and then after taking a look at Qu Mu, they suddenly understood in their hearts: beat Dong Zhong, but they want to keep Dong Zhong; if they don't beat Dong Zhong, let Dong Zhong become more and more proud , which on the contrary shows that the new king intends to get rid of Dong Zhong.

This new monarch has a heavy heart and a deep city...

The three secretly sighed.

Feeling emotional, Lu Zhi took the lead and said: "I think it's better to beat it....During your Majesty's filial piety, Empress Dong and Empress He listened to the government behind a curtain, and there were many quarrels. If Dong Zhong is allowed to continue, the trouble may eventually become unmanageable." , which is bad for His Majesty's reputation."

He said it very cryptically, but Liu Bian could understand the meaning: Lu Zhi was nothing more than worried that Empress Dowager Dong would rely on her nephew Dong Zhong's authority to become more willful and angered Empress Dowager, and end up in a miserable end.

The new king had just ascended the throne, but the mother of the previous king was forced to death by the new king's biological mother. How could it be a good reputation?

Especially the scholars that Liu Bian will suppress in the future, he may not know how to criticize this matter in the future.

Thinking of this, Liu Bian also nodded slightly: "It seems that we should beat it."

Since you want to beat Dong Zhong, you have to choose a suitable opportunity, and this opportunity is exactly what Liu Bian will do next...

Restructuring of the Forbidden Army!

That's right, he was going to take advantage of the last incident in the palace to launch an attack on the court, and take the opportunity to take all the defenders in the two palaces and even the entire Luoyang under the imperial power, and no longer under the control of the generals and Weiwei.

(End of this chapter)