Chapter 315
When the Eastern Wu, including Sun Quan, was really relieved when he learned that Liu Yu had finally continued to return to the north.
However, it was later learned that Liu Yu had left Guan Yu and 100,000 Qin troops in Jiangling before. If nearly 60,000 Qin troops were added to the nearly 60,000 elite Qin navies in Chibi and the four counties in the south of Huaihe River, there would be more than 200,000 Qin troops surrounding Dongwu, which clearly stated that although Qin King Liu Yu would not launch a battle to destroy Wu immediately, he did not give up destroying Wu. At most, he would rest for one or two years, and the Qin army would definitely attack Dongwu. Sun Quan and other Eastern Wu were in a tight mood again.
At the same time, undercurrents were surging in the Eastern Wu territory. Some people planned to resist Qin, and even those who planned to surrender to Qin. There were also endless debates above the Eastern Wu Zhengtang.
Wu Guotai found Sun Quan, and did not talk about whether to be a war or surrender. He only talked about his daughter Sun Shangxiang and said, "If you surrender directly to the King of Qin, would your sister Shangxiang be harmed by it? You should make an idea."
What could Sun Quan have to make a decision? He had to appease the Grand Prince of Wu. Sun Shangxiang was the wife and concubine of King Qin Liu Yu, and gave birth to a son and a daughter for King Qin. The King of Qin would not hurt Sun Shangxiang in any case.
After appeased Wu Guotai away, Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, and then a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind. Suddenly, he thought of a plan that would allow Eastern Wu to last for a period of time.
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Speaking of Emperor Liu Xie.
On that day, news that Lu Bu had successively killed Zhang Fei and his son and attacked Xiangyang City came. Liu Yu made a quick decision and decided to take advantage of the situation to destroy Chu. He only ordered Zhang Xiu and the three thousand soldiers to protect the emperor Liu Xie and Cao Jie to go to Chang'an first, while he himself led the 300,000 troops that had already been in the suburbs of Luoyang to move on the southern expedition.
Emperor Liu Xie and Cao Jie came to Chang'an City alone under Zhang Xiu's escort.
Liu Yu had ruled Chang'an City for twenty years, and Guanzhong had also been stable for twenty years.
When Liu Yu first occupied Guanzhong, the population of Guanzhong was less than 2 million. After 20 years of stable development, the population naturally grew and the population that was constantly attracted by the core of the rule. At this time, the population of Guanzhong had exceeded 5 million, of which the population in Chang'an City exceeded 600,000, which almost caught up with Luoyang City before the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Compared with Li, when Liu Xiedong fled back to Luoyang in the Guo Rebellion, Chang'an was more stable and prosperous many times.
Liu Xie was born in the Yellow Turban Rebellion and was only eight or nine years old when he was supported by Dong Zhuo. Once he left the palace, he moved westward under Dong Zhuo's coercion. At that time, Luoyang City was already in chaos and there was no prosperous scene. The most prosperous city that Liu Xie had seen in half his life was Xudu in Cao Cao's period, and Xudu was far inferior to Chang'an City today. In other words, the most prosperous city that Liu Xie saw in his life was Chang'an City today.
The current prosperity of Chang'an City has brought great shock to Liu Xie.
Even Cao Jie was extremely shocked, and her eyes showed a complex expression. Now she was not surprised at all. Why did Cao Wei fail? King Liu Yu of Qin was indeed a hero who could fight martial arts and manage literature, and was better than her father Cao Cao.
Cao Jie was lost. She didn't know what would happen if she waited for her after entering this city. However, she was just a little confused and not afraid. For her, death was no longer terrible, and at most it was just a death. She would live whatever she should live, and she would live it calmly every day.
As Liu Yu expected, Liu Xie took Cao Jie to Chang'an, and Liu Xie was forced to abdicate the throne to Cao Pi, which greatly disappointed those who were loyal to the orthodox Han Dynasty.
Some of them have given up Liu Xie in pain and no longer regard Liu Xie as the orthodox emperor and are loyal to him.
There are also some, perhaps stubborn, or perhaps they have other ideas in their hearts, and they still loyally respect Liu Xie to express their loyalty to the orthodox emperor. Of course, there are very few people in this group, less than ten, and they have almost no real power in their official positions, and their own talents are limited.
However, because Liu Yu Nanzheng was away, there was no clear instructions from Liu Yu, and those who were truly powerful in the top leaders such as Liu Ye, Tian Feng, and Lu Qian were not too tough to treat Liu Xie.
In short, respect for etiquette and as long as the emperor Liu Xie did not make excessive demands, Liu Ye, Tian Feng, Lu Qian and others all agreed not to object.
Outer Court.
With such an attitude from Tian Feng, Liu Ye, Lu Qian and others, a few of them were determined to support him, which really allowed Liu Xie to gain far more majesty and power than under Cao Cao's control.
And in the inner court.
Most of the eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace were left over from Dong Zhuo and Li Jue, and Guo Si's period. Because they lived in the palace all year round, they had no vision and lacked information sources. They were not young and had limited wisdom, but they wanted to specialize in and win the trust and status of the king with a charming attitude.
Therefore, about a dozen eunuchs in the palace slowly gathered beside Liu Xie.
With more than a dozen eunuchs, plus the name of the emperor, Liu Xie gained more power from the emperor in the palace than in the foreign court, and was more like an emperor.
Of course, Liu Xie has never experienced the real power of the emperor. Liu Yu was outside, without Liu Yu's suppression, and a little bit of power of the emperor made Liu Xie a little confused and unaware of himself, and he was a little arrogant. At least in the palace, Liu Xie really regarded himself as an emperor.
At the same time, the conflict between Liu Xie and Empress Fu is becoming increasingly fierce.
Speaking of Liu Xie's first time seeing Empress Fu after entering Chang'an City, she was wearing a gorgeous phoenix robe, which was extremely elegant and luxurious. She has been using the power of the emperor for several years and developed a temperament similar to the empress. When the two stood together, Empress Fu was even more like the emperor than Liu Xie, which almost instantly aroused Liu Xie's deep inner inferiority.
The excitement when he first met Queen Fu, he had not breathed a lot, and it turned into a humiliation hidden deep in his heart, so that he didn't know what attitude he should use to face Queen Fu.
Queen Fu was also very complicated inside. When she saw Liu Xie, she couldn't help but think that when the incident happened, Liu Xie refused to ask for love for her. She had been dependent on each other for more than ten years and had a hard time together, but that was the result.
What made Queen Fu even more angry was that Liu Xie actually brought Cao Jie to Chang'an with him. From the news she received, Cao Jie should have been killed with Cao's family, but Liu Xie pleaded for Cao Jie, so he was able to protect Cao Jie's life.
I didn't plead for her back then, but Cao Wei was destroyed but I pleaded for Cao Jie. In this way, how could Queen Fu feel comfortable? What's more, Cao Jie is Cao Cao's daughter, and the Fu family was killed by Cao Cao and the daughter of the enemy who destroyed the family.
The first conflict between Empress Fu and Liu Xie arose because of Cao Jie.
One day, the two quarreled loudly in the palace, and finally Queen Fu left in anger.
There was also Liu Xie named Emperor, but Empress Fu performed the power of Emperor for several years. Without Liu Yu's clear instructions, Liu Ye, Tian Feng, Lu Qian and others still only reported political affairs to Empress Fu, not Liu Xie.
This aroused the humiliation in Liu Xie's heart, making the conflict between Liu Xie and Queen Fu even more intense and uncontrollable.
Chapter completed!