vrcanaries Chapter 189 Liu Lin: Dig open the Yellow River and drown them!
Chapter 189 Liu Lin: Dig open the Yellow River and drown them!
"Liu Xiu strongly agreed with Deng Yu's analysis. At the same time, Liu Xiu and his entourage first arrived in Handan, Hebei."
"Shortly after he arrived in Handan, Geng Chun, a member of a powerful family in Hebei, came to meet the renowned Liu Xiu. Geng Chun was also from a powerful family and had studied in Chang'an in the past, making him a second-generation official."
"Li Yi was assigned to oversee the placement of officials in various prefectures and counties earlier, so many people came to flatter him. Geng Chun also came to see him because of this job, but Li Yi didn't take him seriously."
"But Geng Chun, you can tell what kind of person he is just by his name. He bluntly said: 'Your Majesty rose to power in a month, but the people don't know you and you haven't done anything for them. You suddenly became arrogant. I'm afraid this will not end well!'"
"Li Yi is a master of opportunism. Especially after he learned that this young man was from a powerful family in Julu, he didn't make things difficult for him and sent him back to his hometown to become an official!"
"However, Li Yi's opportunistic behavior of betraying his former employer will ultimately ruin him, because he doesn't realize that the person he betrayed might still have a chance to make a comeback!"
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: A fence-sitter!
A lazy official in the Ming Dynasty: He should have expected that one day he would betray Liu Yan... but he never expected that Liu Xiu would accomplish such great things!
A fishmonger from the Han Dynasty: Nobody likes a betrayer!
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Eastern Han Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Guangwu
By this time, Liu Xiu had been on the throne for several years, and hearing these past events now, he couldn't help but sigh.
Back then, he never imagined he would become emperor; it was as if he was being pushed along by someone.
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Lin Ke continued, "Geng Chun's meeting with Liu Xiu went very smoothly. In particular, after Geng Chun stepped down, he saw that Liu Xiu's system and laws for commanding officers and soldiers were different from the usual ones. From this detail, we can tell that there was a reason why this man was able to break through Kunyang."
"At that time, the world was in chaos. The Gengshi regime, the Red Eyebrows Army, and dozens of other uprising forces were entrenched in various places. The powerful families in Hebei were secretly observing and following whichever one could last the longest."
"So when Geng Chun saw Liu Xiu's extraordinary talent and was willing to befriend him, he presented him with horses and hundreds of bolts of silk, indicating that his Geng family was willing to recognize Liu Xiu as their elder brother!"
Geng Chun: We'll follow you!
A top scholar in the Song Dynasty: Character is revealed in the details!
A romantic and talented scholar from the Tang Dynasty: Excellent people often see other excellent people!
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"However, at this time, Liu Lin, the son of King Zhao Mu of the Western Han Dynasty, supported a man named Wang Lang to become emperor in Handan, and at the same time, Liu Jie, the son of King Guangyang, also raised an army to support him."
"Liu Lin also has extremely unstable factors. Unlike Liu Yan and his family, he is a prince. After the overthrow of Wang Mang, this group of people were the happiest."
"But in chaotic times, many people don't know their own worth and want to be heroes. Liu Lin had a great dream: he wanted to make a name for himself through this."
"So he went to Liu Xiu, hoping to get rid of the Red Eyebrow Army through him. His [great wisdom] idea was to dig up the Yellow River and drown the Red Eyebrow Army on the other side!"
Liu Xun, the Great Han: Is he sick?! The Yellow River has only just calmed down! ? ?
"Liu Lin wanted to use the power of the Yellow River to drown the 300,000-strong army on the other side, but he didn't consider how to clean up the mess afterward, or what about the innocent civilians!"
"So Liu Xiu sternly rejected this guy's suggestion. Besides the fact that it would affect innocent bystanders, Liu Xiu also believed that the Red Eyebrow Army had no intention of crossing the Yellow River at all. Moreover, getting rid of them now would not be conducive to his covert development. So digging up the Yellow River would be a losing proposition both publicly and privately."
A scion of a prominent family in the Song Dynasty: He only cared about making a name for himself and disregarded the common people! His eventual fate was not without reason!
A farming expert from the Ming Dynasty: If ordinary people were to encounter this person, they would be truly unlucky!
A Tang Dynasty official: Insane! Utterly absurd!
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The people of the Han Dynasty were speechless. What had they done to deserve this?! Just to get rid of the Red Eyebrow Army, they wanted to breach the Yellow River?!
Is this something a human being would do?! Needless to say, the damage caused will undoubtedly fall on ordinary people like them!
That damn kid, I really want to beat him up!!!
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"Liu Lin's behavior, driven by selfish desires, harmed the entire world, which greatly upset Liu Xiu. As a result, he did not take him seriously, after all, this man's mind was too wicked!"
"Liu Lin himself also thought that Liu Xiu was not a good guy. This plan was so good, why should he disagree!? So he studied another plan, which is what we mentioned earlier, he also set up a Han dynasty regime."
"At this time, he happened to meet a fortune teller named Wang Lang or Wang Chang, who said that he was Liu Ziyu, the son of Emperor Cheng of Han, the emperor who died in the bed of a concubine in the harem."
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: Tui, what bad luck!
All Han Dynasty emperors (except Emperor Cheng of Han): ...
"Wang Lang's story is quite elaborate. It's said that his mother was a singer in Emperor Cheng's court, and that she was once enveloped in a yellow aura, which caused her to become pregnant and give birth to him."
"Listen to this! This is such an outrageous fabrication! I've only ever heard of stories involving dragons or footprints, but this is the first time I've ever heard of anything like this, just pure harmony!"
"Later, to avoid persecution by Zhao Feiyan, he fled to Shu. Hearing that Hebei had the aura of an emperor, he eventually came to Hebei."
"However, during Wang Mang's reign, someone also came forward claiming to be Liu Ziyu, the son of Emperor Cheng of Han, but he was quickly beheaded by Wang Mang."
"But whether what Wang Lang said is true or false, for Liu Lin, the timing of his appearance was very clever. He didn't want to be an emperor; he wanted to be the one in charge behind the scenes, which is why he supported Wang Lang as emperor."
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu (speechless): ...
A farming expert from the Ming Dynasty: He wasn't wrong, Hebei really does have the aura of an emperor, hahaha!
A scion of a prominent family in the Tang Dynasty: This is such an absurd story! But with one in Hebei and another in Chang'an, it's quite a spectacle!
A lazy official in the Song Dynasty: Let's use each other! Whether it's real or not doesn't matter, but for Liu Lin it can be!
A member of the Han Dynasty imperial family: This move is unbelievable! It feels so stupid! And Liu Lin is really trying to cause trouble!?
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