Three Kingdoms

As soon as Liu Xie finished his question, there was a sudden silence inside and outside the hall.

Liu Xie didn't know why he suddenly asked such words. His heart was actually beating suddenly. He looked at Fei Qian. He understood what such a question meant. He was also afraid that if Fei Qian suddenly asked If he falls out and gets angry, what will he do?

Do you want to admit your mistake?

Do you want to retract your preamble?

Do you want to be as obedient and smiling as you were in Luoyang and Chang'an?

In the past, whether it was Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun or Liu Xie, they would not dare to ask this question, or there would be no good results if they asked, but now they asked the question inexplicably...

In fact, most of the time, children's intuition is very keen, especially for people like Liu Xie who have lived under heavy pressure. Naturally, they have no teacher in the aspect of observing words and colors. Children who are good at observing words and emotions may sometimes find that they act coquettishly, act shamelessly in front of some people, or even get angry at every turn, but this does not mean that they will show their emotions in front of anyone without restraint.

Just like Liu Xie's current behavior, from another perspective, this is because Liu Xie regarded Fei Qian as a relatively close person, so he relaxed himself and expressed his inner thoughts.

In the past two days, many officials, eunuchs and guards from the imperial court came to Pingyang on horseback from Guanzhong. The number of people around Liu Xie gradually increased. Some even heard about the order to seek talents and came from all over the country. There are also some people who come to see Liu Xie. Among these people, it is inevitable that they will impose some other ways of thinking on Liu Xie.

Defense is impossible. Cao Cao's careful defense was not just a wave of moths?

But now it seems that Liu Xie is growing so fast...

Fei Qian was silent for a while and said: "Your Majesty... On the way to Pingyang, I made some arrogant remarks. I wonder if your Majesty will remember..."

Liu Xie thought about it for a moment and asked with some hesitation: "Ai Qing said... that night..."

Fei Qian nodded and said: "Some people may think that the Han Dynasty has a vast territory and fertile land for thousands of miles... But I believe that the world is so big and all things are abundant, and the Han Dynasty is just a corner between heaven and earth..."

Liu Xie was confused and had no idea what Fei Qian was talking about. In his opinion, the biggest one was the palace city of Luoyang. Later, he went to Chang'an, which was far enough. Now he came to Bingbei, where he saw many things that he had never seen before, and met the farmers in person. , saw the crops and seedlings, Liu Xie was overwhelmed by all this, no matter how big or far away it was...

Liu Xie really couldn't imagine this.

"...all the mountains in the Western Scriptures, all seventy-seven mountains, 17,517 miles..." Fei Qian said slowly, "I wonder if your majesty has read this book?"

Liu Xie said hesitantly: "Isn't this book mostly filled with witchcraft and nonsense, which is weird and absurd? It's just the nonsense of alchemists, and it shouldn't be believed?"

Fei Qian smiled and said: "Thousands of years ago, among the ancestors of China, some people stood in the north of the river and lamented that the natural chasm was uncrossable. Some people crouched in the shadow of Huashan Mountain, horrified by the towering inaccessibility. Some people stopped in front of the desert and lamented. The flying sand cannot be crossed... But if there were no pioneers, what would happen now? The Chinese ancestors were so wise and courageous, how can we stand still?"

"So what Aiqing means..." Liu Xie seemed to understand a little bit of what Fei Qian said, so he said, "...want to be like Ban Dingyuan, expand the Western Region, open up a way, and make contributions to the world?"

"Your Majesty is a saint," Fei Qian cupped his hands and said loudly, "The ancients were saints, and today's people can also be saints! If today's people cannot transcend the past, they will get worse with each generation and eventually turn into dust and become insignificant! If today's Only when one can defeat the ancients can one progress from generation to generation, and finally achieve eternal hegemony, and the world and the earth will live together! Your Majesty, although I am not talented, I still want to learn far and expand the territory for the country!"

Liu Xie looked at Fei Qian and said with some excitement: "I am very excited after hearing Aiqing's ambition! If Aiqing really has this wish, I will definitely not hesitate to reward you, make you a marquis and become prime minister, and make Aiqing famous all over the world!"

Fei Qian is naturally very grateful for completing such a play that is suitable for both monarch and minister.

After leaving Liu Xie's temporary palace, Fei Qian's expression did not show any sign of happiness between a monarch and his ministers, but was somewhat gloomy.

Today's watch may be a little impatient.

In fact, even if Fei Qian responded inappropriately today, talked nonsense, or even walked away in anger, Liu Xie could not do anything to Fei Qian.

The etiquette between the emperor and his ministers in the Han Dynasty, thanks to the old man Liu Bang, there were not many hard and fast rules since the founding of the country. As a result, the so-called charges of misconduct before the emperor have always been serious or trivial.

Liu Xie has no strength and can only rely on Fei Qian for now, so even if Fei Qian behaves rudely, Liu Xie will hold his nose and endure it, but it does not mean that Liu Xie can endure it forever.

Just like the question Liu Xie suddenly asked today.

The emperor is actually lonely.

Perhaps all those who stand at the top are lonely.

Otherwise, the saying in later generations that there are always unscrupulous people trying to harm me would not be so popular.

When you have nothing, you don’t need to lock the door, but when you have a fortune, you can’t wait to add a security door, dig a cellar, and build a safe...

The same is true for Liu Xie.

Although these so-called generals, the names of generals of this and that, are completely empty names for Liu Xie's current situation and the current court of the Han Dynasty, but for Liu Xie, they can only be controlled by Liu Xie. The thing in his hand, even if it can't be seen or touched, is still nominally belonging to Liu Xie.

Whoever's cheese is touched will naturally feel sad.

Therefore, Liu Xie's sudden question may be Liu Xie's subconscious move to protect himself, a counterattack against harming his interests. It's just that Fei Qian understands this mode of thinking, but Liu Xie may not be able to understand it. But this also illustrates a problem from another aspect. Liu Xie is not a piece of wood, a clay sculpture, or a puppet that can be manipulated however he wants.

The question now is, how strong is Liu Xie’s desire for control?

This thing is indeed not reflected in many words in history.

In history, Liu Xie was manipulated almost from the moment he was born, from being named king to ascending the throne, from Luoyang Imperial City to Chang'an Imperial Palace, and then followed Cao Cao to Xuchang, and finally was driven to Shanyang...

Although Liu Xie did not leave many heroic deeds in his life, many of them were related to his conspiracy to overthrow Cao Cao. Perhaps the memory of Dong Zhuo being executed by Wang Yun when he was young was too profound. Liu Xie's several conspiracies were as simple as child's play, and they were noticed by Cao Cao with almost no effort, and were suppressed.

Therefore, it is somewhat unrealistic for Fei Qian to speculate on Liu Xie's current thoughts based on those simple words in history, or to draw a character template for Liu Xie.

After all, people change.

But there are two things that are certain about Liu Xie. One is that he is afraid of death, and the other is that he is smart. In other words, most people who are afraid of death are still smart, because most of the reckless guys have died on the road to charge...

Lets see.

Fei Qian turned his head and looked back, and then whispered to Huang Xu beside him: "Go back and compile a list of people who have visited His Majesty in the past few days and give it to me... Don't alarm others..."

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Fu De is Fu Shou's brother, which is equivalent to Liu Xie's brother-in-law. Therefore, Liu Xie feels relatively close to Fu De, and has a little bit of a family feeling, so when Fu De comes to say hello At that time, Liu Xie might be a little excited, or he might need to find someone to share with, so he briefly talked to Fu De about his and Fei Qian's discussions about canonizing Shandong nobles.

Regarding the strategy of canonizing two Yuans, Fu De thought about it quietly and found that there was nothing wrong with it. From the current perspective, it was indeed a good strategy that did not cost much and could achieve good results. Therefore, although for General Zhengxi I was a bit dissatisfied with being arbitrary, but I didn’t do anything to oppose it for the sake of opposition...

However, when Liu Xie said that Fei Qian's ambition was to learn from Ban Ban Ding Yuan, Fu De frowned, then pondered for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty... I have something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not... "

Liu Xie was obviously in a good mood and said with a smile: "My dear, why do you need to be polite, but there is no harm in talking..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Fu De bowed, then straightened up and said slowly, "...General Zhengxi is dedicated to serving the country, and his sentiments are naturally commendable, but what Your Majesty just said...General Zhengxi wants to serve the class. Dingyuan...this...there may be some other meaning in it..."

Liu Xie said with some confusion: "Why do you say this?"

To be honest, when Fei Qian said that he wanted to learn from Ban Gu, Liu Xie was somewhat excited. After all, wouldn't it mean that he was a talented and strategic ancestor of the Han family?

Opening up territory and expanding the territory, allowing the ancestors' family business to be carried forward in their own hands, is probably the dream in every emperor's heart when he first takes the throne. However, in the subsequent time, it may be wiped out, or it may be drifted by the tide. Maybe it depends on keeping a low profile and so on.

Liu Xie is now like a bird that has just escaped from the cage. Naturally, he has such a dream in his heart, thinking that one day he can rule the world and become an eternal emperor.

Fu De bowed again and then said: "General Zhengxi talked about Ban Dingyuan... Although Ban Dingyuan has merit, he is also guilty... His majesty is a wise man, so he naturally knows..."

"Dingyuan is both guilty and meritorious?" Liu Xie said with a frown.

Fu De glanced at Liu Xie, then lowered his eyes and said, "Exactly. In the fourth year of Yongyuan, General Dou conspired to rebel, and Marquis Dingyuan was among them..."

"This..." Liu Xie frowned and said, "...didn't he later condemn Jing with an imperial edict and offend the official?"

Fu De smiled and said slowly: "If Marquis Dingyuan is really wronged, can he be condemned and the jailer resist him?"

At that time, Ban Gu entered the Dou Xian shogunate after conquering the Xiongnu from the north of Dou Xian. The Ban and Dou families had a long-term friendship. After Ban Gu entered the shogunate, he took charge of writing matters and became closer to Dou Xian. He wrote "Ode to General Dou Xian's Northern Expedition" to praise Dou Xian's northern expedition to the Huns...

And because Dou Xian, who had made great achievements in pacifying the Huns, was so famous that he alone decided the advancement and retreat of court officials, which led to great dissatisfaction with the monarchy. Finally, in the fourth year of Yongyuan, it was revealed that Dou Xian wanted to He plotted a rebellion, was dismissed from his post, and was forced to hide and seek after returning to the fiefdom. He died...

Ban Gu had a close relationship with Dou Xian, so he was implicated and dismissed from his post. At that time, Zhongjing, the commander of Luoyang, had a long-standing grudge against Ban Gu, so he took the opportunity to accuse Ban Gu and finally killed Ban Gu in prison.

Afterwards, Emperor He of the Han Dynasty learned that Ban Gu was dead, and issued an edict to condemn Zhong Jing's bad practice of avenging his personal vengeance, and ordered the jailer who killed Ban Gu to be executed. In other words, it is to kill a marquis privately, and the official in charge has nothing to do except verbal criticism, and let a temporary worker come out to take the blame...

Liu Xie groaned.

Ban Gu may be guilty or not guilty, but this is not important. What is important is that the emperor at the time, Emperor Han He, believed that he was guilty. In other words, Emperor He of Han was tired of Dou Xian's domineering behavior and thought he posed a threat, so he wanted to get rid of him. Dou Xian and his gang members, so whether they are guilty or not, it actually doesn’t matter.

Of course, to kill such a person, the crime of treason is naturally the most appropriate.

But in fact, did Dou Xian need to rebel at that time?

In other words, if Dou Xian had rebelled, would he have gained more benefits than he did then?

At that time, Dou Xian used Geng Kui and Ren Shang as his minions, Deng Die and Guo Huang as his confidants, and Ban Gu and Fu Yi were both in the shogunate to control the government. Most of the governors and governors of counties in the world came from his sect.

Among the Dou family, Dou Dute was promoted to Weiwei, Dou Jing was appointed as Jinwu, and Dou Gui was appointed as Guanglu Qing. The two brothers were in the dynasty, and they were noble and prominent, moving the capital. Dou Xian's uncle Dou Ba was the captain of the city gate, Dou Bao was the general and master craftsman, Dou Jia was the second lieutenant, and there were more than ten people in the Dou family who held the positions of lieutenant, general, doctor, and lieutenant.

Then the then emperor Hanhe just happened to learn about the Dou family's conspiracy, which was supposed to be extremely secretive. Then when Dou Xian's squadron returned to the court, he asked Dahong to go to the suburbs to greet him and reward the soldiers according to their ranks. The lieutenant general, in order to calm his mind, waited for Dou Xian to enter the city, and ordered the city gate to be closed, arrested Dou Xian's confidants Deng Die, Deng Lei, Guo Ju, Guo Huang and others, directly put him in prison and executed him, and sent people to take back Dou Xian. The general Yin Shou was awarded the title of Champion Marquis, and he, Dou Du, Dou Jing, and Dou Gui all returned to their fiefdoms. Later, when Dou Xian, Dou Du, and Dou Jing arrived at the fiefdom, they were all forced to commit suicide.

A shocking rebellion conspiracy was dispatched by a few jailers without even using a single soldier...

It was in such an incident that Ban Gu was implicated and eventually died.

So according to Fu De, what Fei Qian wants to express actually includes two aspects. One is the aspect of Banding Yuan Gong, which is naturally to expand the territory and win glory for the country, and the other aspect is the so-called The meaning revealed in Ban Dingyuan's crime is tantamount to giving Liu Xie a hint...

Or is it a warning?

Liu Xie frowned, looked at Fu De and said, "According to your opinion... what General Zhengxi said is not the merit of Ding Yuan, but the sin of Ding Yuan?"

Fu De cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty is wise. However, this is just my private speculation. General Zhengxi may not have this intention..."

Liu Xie nodded and shook his head, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just raised his head, looked out of the hall, and sighed slowly and gently...