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Chapter 391

Han Zhenyang was reminded by Han Jingming, and he also noticed that this case was a bit strange. The strange thing was the attitude of Emperor Hanling towards Chen Min Wang Liu Chong. Liu Chong, who had committed a serious crime of usurpation, was not punished. It's a very rare thing.

In a feudal society, not to mention the great crime of arrogance, such as illegally worshiping the heavens, even if the house you live in is a little out of standard, you will be punished. kind.

The question is, what does this have to do with Liu Chong's tomb that Han Jingming mentioned?
When Han Jingming saw this, he hated iron and steel and said: "My brother, why don't you understand it? You found a doubtful point, why didn't you look for the reason behind the doubtful point? For example: Why was Liu Chong not punished?"

When Han Zhenyang heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he said flatly, "Don't be tricky, just give the answer directly." His tone was already a little unhappy, and he was warning Han Jingming not to play tricks or try to delay time.

Han Jingming patted his forehead, "Okay, then I'll tell you the answer directly," and then added: "Of course, this answer was analyzed by Xiao Changtian himself. I don't know how much it differs from the truth of the matter. I know." Seeing Han Zhenyang nodding, he continued.

"According to Xiao Changtian's analysis, Liu Chong was bound to die. This can be seen from the murder of his partner, former Prime Minister Wei Yin, but he was safe in the end. What is the reason? Of course, The most superficial reason is as recorded in the history books, saying that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty could not bear to kill the same clan because he had just killed Liu Kui, the filial king of Bohai. There are countless relatives, and the Han Lingdi himself is not a long-term person, and it is impossible to let a prince who committed a serious crime of usurpation just because of such a meager blood relationship."

"Since it's not because of blood relationship, then Liu Chong must have used something to impress Emperor Hanling, so that he was saved from death."

"What could that be? Emperor Hanling is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he has been in power for such a long time, and the society has not been in chaos in the second year of Xiping, and his body is still relatively healthy. Liu Chong has something, Han Ling There was no shortage of emperors, and there were no special products in Chen Guo at that time. It was difficult for Liu Chong to come up with treasures that could impress Emperor Han Ling. The political struggle ability is not weak, it can even be said to be quite scheming, and it is very difficult to deal with."

"However, gift givers understand one thing, that is, 'follow what they like'. Han Lingdi had many hobbies, love money, love beautiful women, and love longevity, so Liu Chong probably started from these three aspects , Judging one by one, in terms of money, Han Lingdi should not be short of money. Although he had already started to sell officials wantonly at that time, he still had money in the treasury, at least richer than a powerless prince. A little money obviously can't impress Han Lingdi."

"Emperor Han Ling is not short of money, so is he short of beauties? Obviously he is not short of beauties. He is an emperor, and he has never seen any beauties. Even if he finds ten or eight beauties, it will not be able to offset Liu Chong's crime of usurpation. , so there is only one possibility, and that is immortality.”

"During the late Han Dynasty, Taoism began to prosper, and Buddhism also began to spread to the Central Plains. At that time, the theory of ghosts and gods flourished. During the Wei and Jin dynasties, and even during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, taking lead pills became a fashion, of course, in the late Han period, this trend was not particularly serious, but people's pursuit of longevity was still very urgent."

"Based on the confession of Liu Chong's partner Wei Yin, the thing Liu Chong used to save his life is probably the method of immortality."

Hearing this, Han Zhenyang's heart moved because he thought of Lei Huo. He heard from Helena that Lei Huo's ultimate goal seemed to be immortality. Although it was absurd, lunatics were unreasonable. Desperate to get it done.

Since some people still believe in the so-called immortality in this era, it is not so difficult to understand that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty 2000 years ago, a prince who committed the crime of usurpation was spared for this purpose.

Moreover, according to historical records, Wei Min's confession was indeed related to immortality, saying that Liu Chong had no other purpose in worshiping the gods, but to seek immortality, and then Emperor Hanling killed Wei Min, but let Liu Chong go .

Judging from people's normal thinking, Emperor Han Ling probably asked Liu Chong for the so-called "immortality", but at that time the government had already shown signs of instability, and it was impossible for Emperor Han Ling to pursue longevity in an open and honest manner. Therefore, the sum may have been obtained secretly through Wei Yin.

After obtaining the so-called "Longevity Law", killing Wei Min also had two purposes, one is to silence and preserve his own image, and the other is to give Liu Chong a warning not to go too far.

Thinking about it this way, everything makes sense.

However, this has nothing to do with Liu Chong's ancient tomb. The second year of Xiping was 173, and Liu Chong died in 197. There was an interval of 24 years, and he experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Dong Zhuo Rebellion, The princes fought against Dong, the princes fought and other wars, and the Han Lingdi himself died of illness early, which proved that the so-called "immortality" is a complete lie.

Han Jingming saw that Han Zhenyang still didn't understand, so he quickly explained, "Brother, think about it, who is Liu Chong? Is it possible to gather more than 40 people without money? Even Yuan Shu borrowed food from him, what does it mean, it means that he is rich, very rich."

"And in the Han Dynasty, apart from the worthless five baht coins, the only common currency was gold, and gold was an absolute hard currency. It can be said that there is everything with gold, and gold is the representative of strength. The princes and kings developed their own strength, and specially promulgated a decree, that is, the princes and kings must pay a certain amount of gold every year, which is also one of the means to prevent the princes and kings."

"But Liu Chong is not a soft persimmon that can be kneaded by others. It can be seen from his actions. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he calmly protected himself. Looking at it, it can be seen that he is not only ambitious, but also capable and courageous, and even Yuan Shu can only send people to assassinate him, and he dare not send troops to invade Chen Guo openly."

"And to do all of this, you must have strong economic strength as a guarantee. Therefore, Liu Chong is rich, very rich. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is as rich as an enemy."

(End of this chapter)