Fuji [Four Beauties]

Hearing this question, Liu Xie was stunned for a long time.The expression on his face was very complicated, as if he was a little stunned, a little angry, a little surprised, a little scared, and mixed with a lot of bitterness.

It is extremely embarrassing for such a complicated expression to appear on the face of a child who is only ten years old.Looking at his expression, Song Ci knew that he must have thought about this question.I'm afraid the answer in his heart is something that many people are unwilling to admit, or even dare to think about.

After a long time, Liu Xie opened his mouth: "Since I arrived in Chang'an, I have always been thinking about what kind of mood Ziying was in when he surrendered. After thinking about it, I can't think of an answer. What kind of mood did he feel when he went underground? , to see my father, brother and ancestor? If my brother is alive now, how could I have fallen into such a situation?"

Song Ci is silent.

Liu Xie continued: "Sister, you don't know, but I actually ran away. At that time, I thought, this ridiculous emperor, whoever wants to be it. I will almost run to Luoyang, if at that time I can run away, maybe I can go to the south with the fleeing people. I heard that Jingzhou is very peaceful now, I would rather go there and be an anonymous civilian. But, after I ran away, I don’t know how many people They were looking for me. They searched during the day and at night, day after day, and refused to give up. Later, when the rebel army came, they refused to escape, and they were still looking for me. When they found me, there were already ten dead. Eight or nine. I thought they would complain about me, but when they saw me, they fell down in front of me and cried bitterly. I was just a puppet Dong Zhuo helped up, even so, they refused to give up on me. From that day on, even if I don't want to be the emperor, I can't just run away."

Hearing Liu Xie's words, Song Ci felt pity in his heart.

It is definitely not Liu Xie's problem that the Han Dynasty has reached this point.When the burden suddenly fell on his shoulders, the situation was beyond bad.The Yellow Turban Uprising opened the prelude to the collapse of the 400-year-long Han Dynasty.Natural disasters, plagues, rebellions, and famines occurred every year.The aristocratic family merged a large number of lands, taxation increased infinitely, and inflation rose sharply.There are refugees everywhere who have lost their land, are homeless, and cannot survive.Of the thirteen prefectures in the world, there is no one that is not under the control of warlords who support their own troops.

In the court, the sons of emperors took turns to ascend the throne, and the imperial power fell to one side.Foreign relatives, eunuchs and ministers fought to the death and life in the court, causing both sides to suffer, and loyalty and goodness to be lost.This allowed Dong Zhuo and his like to take advantage of the situation.

Dong Zhuo came to the stage, pinched the emperor in his hands and rubbed it at will, causing wars and chaos, and the people were in dire straits.In the name of crusade against Dong Zhuo, the princes wantonly expanded their own strength and separated one side.The central court is in name only, and exists in name only.

When Wang Yun killed Dong Zhuo, if he had a clearer mind, a longer-term vision, and a stronger sense of urgency.Stabilize the Gyeonggi area, pardon Dong Zhuo's remaining troops, take these Xiliang troops into their own hands, and control this part of the army.At the same time, the feudal princes of the Kwantung Alliance against Dong were greatly rewarded, and the leading few were recruited to the capital to be rewarded with high officials and rich salary.

Taking advantage of the fact that several powerful states in the region are still in the hands of Liu's clan and have not been taken away by other princes, try to win them over.Then send Huangfusong, Zhu Jun and other veterans with illustrious military exploits and profound qualifications, and loyal veterans to put down the rebellion.Maybe there is still a chance to separate one side and linger on.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Wang Yun is dead, and several veterans who put down the rebellion have also passed away one after another.The Xiliang army also killed each other, and the Chang'an area was devastated by them.The most powerful states in the north were also divided up by the princes.Even the imperial guards guarding Gyeonggi have long since fallen apart.

Now, in Liu Xie's hands, there is nothing but the title of emperor in name only.Even if he wants to reward someone now, he can't even get the materials for making the seal ribbon.Don't talk about this, the officials who are still in Chang'an don't even have food to eat.What can he do now that he has reached this point?

Song Ci knew this deeply, and just because he knew it, he felt extremely sad.

Liu Xie is not an incompetent emperor, he is much better than his father to the people.Song Ci remembered that he once wrote in his Jiji that there was a catastrophe in Chang'an, and people cannibalized people.Liu Xie sent eunuchs to cook porridge with food for disaster relief, but the situation still did not improve.Liu Xie suspected that these people were filling their pockets, so he sat there himself and cooked porridge with rice as an experiment to see how much porridge a liter of rice could cook.As a result, he boiled a large pot, and only then did he realize that he had been deceived.

This incident was included in his book, but it was covered in one sentence, but it left a deep impression on Song Ci.In this era when warlords generally did not regard ordinary people as human beings and often massacred cities.At a young age, he took the lives of the people as his life.Even though it was very difficult at that time, people were still sent to take out the rice in the treasury to save the people.Not only that, but he also knows how to use practice to test the authenticity, which is really rare.

If he lived in the age of peace, even though he was not an eternal emperor, he would definitely become a good emperor.It's a pity that he was born at an untimely time, living in the chaotic world where the building is about to sleep, his experience is sympathetic.

Song Ci has also done in-depth research on whether there is a way to turn the tide in such an era of strife and strife.

Song Ci not only studied historical materials by himself, but also consulted many people.These people are all specialized in the study of the history of Qin and Han Dynasties, and a few are fanatics of the Three Kingdoms.The result is no, it is too difficult.Not to mention trying to turn the tide, even as an ordinary person, if you want to survive to a natural death in this troubled world, the difficulty is hell level.

Song Ci's teacher once told Song Ci.Not to mention Liu Xie, an emperor whose aptitude is not particularly outstanding, even if Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang and others exchanged their souls with Liu Xie, they might not be able to clean up the mess.This is based on the fact that these people are already familiar with history, proficient in military affairs, capable of conquering and fighting, and are brave.How can ordinary people have such qualities?

He also compared several emperors such as Liu Xie, Tang Zhaozong, Chongzhen, Guangxu, etc., and Liu Xie was also among the best in terms of the difficulty of making a comeback.

In the end, Song Ci came to a conclusion that the difficulty of recovering the great Han is basically equivalent to recreating a regime and unifying the world.

The current situation is worse than in history.

Due to Song Ci's intervention, Dong Zhuo died too early and too easily.Wang Yun's victory came too easily, and his pride and arrogance became even worse.This led to a series of butterfly effects later, resulting in a worse result than the original situation, which is to affect the whole body.

Song Ci made a good start for Wang Yun, but he didn't expect Wang Yun to make things worse.The current situation is very different from the records in the history books.Song Ci didn't know what would happen in the future.

With the situation like this, Song Ci was helpless.Song Ci also thought about what to do in the future, but it seemed that there was no better choice than to take a step forward.

Dade Immortal of Hanzhong brought her disciples to kill Chang'an City.The people in Chang'an were like a pool of stagnant water, without any reaction.Anyway, they are all dead. Instead of starving to death while fleeing, it is better to stay here.Even if he was killed by the rebels, it was better than starving to death in the wild.

This is what the people think, and so is Liu Xie.He has had enough of living as an exiled emperor like a bereaved dog.If it is unfortunate that he was killed by the rebel army, those local clan relatives of the Han family would probably support him as the emperor again, and send troops wantonly under the banner of avenging him and restoring the Han family.At least in this way, it is better than enduring the title of a king of subjugation.

Liu Xie was so passive that he stayed among the ministers in Chang'an, but some people were unwilling to do so.

No matter how poor the emperor is, he is still the emperor. Since ancient times, there has been no reason why the emperor was killed and the courtiers were still alive.The news that the rebels are coming is getting more and more urgent.Some ministers gathered together, knelt down in front of Liu Xie, and asked him to move to Luoyang.

Of course Liu Xie disagreed, and the ministers forced him to die.Kowtowing in front of him, he kowtowed until his head was bleeding, bleeding profusely.

Liu Xie felt great pain in his heart, but he was helpless.Under the begging of all the ministers, he had no choice but to say: "You are doing this to make me a king of subjugation."

Therefore, Liu Xie finally agreed to go east to Hangu Pass and return the frame to Luoyang.When Liu Xie left Chang'an, the rebels were already close at hand.If it is one step later, I am afraid that he will really become the first emperor to die at the hands of peasants who rebelled.

The emperor moved to the east, and all the officials followed him, and the people who stayed in Chang'an City also followed him to the east.For a while, Chang'an City was like a ghost land, with no one left.Song Ci also walked eastward.When he reached the area of ​​Hongnong, Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, sent troops to pick him up.

Only then did the Chang'an monarchs and ministers, who were panicked like bereaved dogs, get temporary protection.After that, soldiers and horses from all walks of life seemed to spring up like mushrooms after a rain, and there were endless troops coming from all directions to protect King Qin.The massive rebels were quickly dispersed by these troops.

Overnight, the little emperor Liu Xie, whom no one cares about before, seems to have become a sweet pastry that everyone scrambles for.Warlords from all walks of life made offerings to him one after another, asking him to move his territory.

Things have come to this point, all the officials and officials feel that all hardships will be rewarded, and the chaos will be over.He began to pick and choose the warlords who came to escort him.Suddenly I feel that this arrangement is not enough, suddenly I feel that the intention is bad, and suddenly I feel that so and so has Dong Zhuo style.In short, there was a lot of noise and entanglement for many days, and it was still unresolved.

Regarding this, Liu Xie was also in doubt.There is Dong Zhuo's lessons learned from the past. He was bitten by a snake once, but he was afraid of well ropes for ten years.Even though the warlords who appeared in front of him now looked respectful on the surface and feared that they would not take good care of them, he was full of doubts in his heart and dared not believe them casually.

The ministers had their own opinions and opinions, which made him undecided.

After thinking hard to no avail, Liu Xie thought of Song Ci again.So he found Song Ci again and asked her where to go.Song Ci was a little surprised to hear that Liu Xie asked her such an important question.Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is nothing unexpected. There are not many people around Liu Xie who can be trusted.Probably because of the elder sister he mentioned, Liu Xie trusted Song Ci very much.Song Ci also sympathized with him.

Now that Liu Xie has asked herself, of course she will tell the truth.

"Since you will come to ask me, they must be noisy. I'll just say it straight, you answer my question first. If these princes just want to take you over and use it as a big banner. On the surface I respect you, but I only fight for territory for myself. One day the world will be settled, and he will not return the power to you, but wants to replace you. What will happen to you?"