Since the beginning of winter, Wang Mang has been staying in Huaiyang, responsible for the division of areas of Liang and Chen.

"The well field and abolition of slavery are good strategies. We cannot only let Runan and Nanyang people enjoy the paradise and the country, but we must also promote it in the control of Red Eyebrows."

Wang Mang believed that the root cause of the chaos since the Han Dynasty was the land and people on the land. As long as the conflict between people and land was resolved, all problems could be solved. After repeated repetition, he could help Chimei consolidate the foundation, make them transform from bandits into real kingly troops, and eventually sweep the world, completely overthrow the imperial system left by the tyrannical Qin, and get the world back on track.

However, in the Liang and Chen lands that were quite hostile to the Red Eyebrow, Wang Mang did not even have any helpers who were brought to power by Zheng Xing, Liu Gong, Liu Penzi, etc., and all the scholars went to Wei to enlist. It was harder to implement the abolition of slaves in Jingtian than in Nanyang. Two months passed, but they were still in a mess.

While he was in a state of great anxiety, Wang Mang was also concerned about the battle situation on the front line. It was funny to say that he had hoped that Lian Dan and Wang Bao would defeat Chimei and save Guandong, but now he hoped that Chimei would defeat the Wei army and enter Luoyang westward.

The only difference is that Wang Mang could no longer send orders to the generals as before, teaching them how to fight. In the Red Eyebrow Army, Wang Mang also heard a lot of comments on the Chengchang War. The three vulgar elders of the Red Eyebrow Army, who were cursing "General Gengshi" and were also strange that the new army was so anxious to advance eastward and sent their heads with exhausted soldiers.

But Wang Mang knew the reason.

He once issued an urgent edict to Lian Dan, scolding him: "How can the general repay you with the important task of entrusting the state if he does not sacrifice his life for the country in the wilderness?"

It was originally intended to encourage Lian Dan to be braver and end the war sooner, but he did not want to make a come true.

Now that Wang Mang is focused on reform and can no longer interfere in the military, will the situation be better?

However, what came was the bad news that the Red Eyebrow Army was severely injured by Ma Yuan and lost tens of thousands of troops. The fifth Duke Yang Yin only saved himself, and it would be good if the remaining troops could collect 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. This big defeat forced Fan Chong to lift Chen Liu's siege and retreat to Dingtao in the east.

"It's really not that easy." Wang Mang, who lost to anyone who voted, sighed secretly, and also believed that the traitor of the fifth reunion was the biggest obstacle on the road to peace!

"Fifth Bo Yu, do you want to trip over me twice?"

Just when Wang Mang was depressed, two more news came: the three Dukes, An An, went to the south to fight and led his troops to Si Shang again. Since last year, Liu Xiu's strategy was very strange. He was not active in Xuzhou's enterprising progress. He only occupied the important place Pengcheng, and allowed the others to compete for Liang, Qi and Chimei. Because the main force of the "Wu Han" army was currently in Jingzhou, led by Feng Yi and Deng Yu, he wanted to go to Jingnan to "rescue the Jia". Because the Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan, who had been on the line for a long time, had just settled in the south when he was attacked by the Chu Li regime and trapped in Changsha.

Without encountering any obstacles, Gong An then swept across Huaibei with a battalion of 10,000 people, trapped Liu Xiu's general Wang Chang and thousands of people in Pengcheng.

The fourth duke Xie Lu only brought 50,000 troops north to Yanzhou, and received cooperation from Chengtouzilu in Dongping County, defeating the coalition forces of King Zhang Bu of Qi and Emperor Liu Yong of Han. Zhang Bu withdrew his troops back to Qingzhou, and Liu Yong retreated to Qufu in a hurry. In just half a year, the emperor changed from "one of the four parts of the world" to only one county left, and he may not recover from this.

Against these brilliant victories, Dong Xian, who ran to Onozawa to fight guerrillas under the orders of Ma Yuan, was not worth mentioning. Even if this traitor gathered more than 10,000 subordinates, he could only scratch the huge Red Eyebrow Army.

The Red Eyebrow Army seemed to be a touchstone. The quality of the forces in the world was whether it was real gold or bad iron. It was obvious at a glance. They had some difficulties in fighting the Wei army. They had not seen the real chapter with Liu Xiu yet, but they were easy to beat Liu Yong and Zhang Bu.

It was also a blessing for the two of them to win. Although Chimei failed to enter Luo, she got a batch of food from the east and south, and relied on transfer to eat, barely saving the lives of most people.

Chen County was almost out of the way and finally got a supplement, and Wang Mang also got a batch of Yanzhou rice. What surprised him was that it was actually delivered by the second Duke Xu Xuan himself!

Since the guess came into his mind, Xu Xuan had deeper doubts about this "Wen Tian" and stepped up his search for ministers in the new dynasty. Unfortunately, he found it a little late. After killing the Green Forest, he killed the Red Eyebrows again. Most of the living fled west to Wei, which was difficult to find.

While looking for witnesses, Xu Xuan also seized the temptation of Wang Mang's master and servant. However, Ju Wuba seemed kind, but in fact he was also wary of being wary. He was very nervous and the people sent to kidnap him went and never returned, and his head was twisted off.

Xu Xuan was almost out of patience, so he took the initiative to wish Wang Mang a New Year.

Ju Wuba, who opened the door, looked at him coldly. Wang Mang was kind and thoughtful. After asking Xu Xuan to enter, Xu Xuan looked around and saw that the residence was a villa of the former Huaiyang family. However, after Wang Mang lived in for two months, he went all out and took a truck to travel. All the slaves were liberated, leaving only an old man who was grateful to him to take care of his food.

As soon as Xu Xuan came, he told Wang Mang about a big event.

"When the Grand Duke saw that Chen Liu was difficult to fight, he entered Dingtao and marched into Dongjun again. Now the outer capital of Puyang has been broken. The Grand Duke meets Chengtouzilu there. Chengtouzilu is willing to abandon Liu Ziyu's banner and join Red Eyebrow again. From then on, he will be the sixth Duke of Red Eyebrow!"

"Six is ​​better than five." Wang Mang used to use five as a lucky number in the new dynasty, but now he hates this number very much.

Xu Xuan kept talking: "There is no desire to be the emperor and king of the city head. Liu Ziyu and Liu Yong have all appointed him as King of Jibei. He just ignored him and only wanted to avenge his former lord Chi Zhaoping... Does Tian Weng know about Chi Zhaoping?"

Of course, Wang Mang nodded and said, "The strange woman is as famous as Mr. Fan and Dong Xian, and fought the Chengchang War together."

"Yes!" Xu Xuan saw that Wang Mang mentioned the disastrous defeat of the new army, without any fluctuations, so he continued: "Chi Zhaoping deeply hated Wang Mang. Because the river broke in the founding period, Wang Mang was not allowed to block it in order to protect his ancestral tomb, causing the river to flood and diverted the route, destroying the plain county, and causing Chi Zhaoping and countless people to become hungry people."

"So Chi Zhaoping, Chengtouzilu, and the red eyebrows on both sides of the river all have a long-cherished wish, that is, to capture Yuancheng of Weijun, dig the ancestral tomb of the Wang family in Shalu, throw away the bones of Wang Mang's ancestors, and burn the temple to pay tribute. They believe that this will allow the river to return to the old road..."

Xu Xuan kept tempting and observing Wang Mang's expression, the white-haired old man still had a calm face and listened quietly, as if he had nothing to do with him.

So Xu Xuan threw out his killer move: "After meeting with the Grand Duke in Chengtouzilu, he suggested that since the Wei army defended Luoyang, Henan, and the Red Eyebrows were fighting to the death in Chenggao and Ao Cang, it would be better to take advantage of the big river to freeze and head north to attack Wei County and Hanoi!"

Hebei has not yet recovered from the chaos, and some of the remnants of the copper horses in various places still resisted stubbornly, and the rebellion of Zhang Feng of Zhuo County was repressed, which restrained the Youji soldiers... But these strategic conveniences are actually secondary, and they can't compare to one reason: the Wei army, Hanoi is a pure land in the chaos, and there is food there!

Xu Xuanyan asked Wang Mang: "Wen Tian thought, what about this plan?"

"I don't understand military affairs." Wang Mang, who was over 70 years old, still grew up and admitted this, saying that he listened to Duke Fan in military affairs.

"It's strange." Xu Xuan stood up and tightened his bear fur: "Since the founding of the new room, winter is getting colder every year, and the river is getting stronger every year!"

Unlike Chi Zhao, the river can only walk on ice in scattered places, which restricts the locations for troops to be sent. In the twelfth month of this year, the Yellow River was frozen thousands of miles away. There are at least hundreds of places for crossing the river in the lower reaches of the Red Eyebrow Army.

"The Grand Duke and Chengtouzi Road will easily enter Wei County."

"There is no danger to guard Yuancheng, and there will be no Wei soldiers guarding the ancestral tomb of the Shalu Wang family located outside the county town!"

Xu Xuan turned around and looked at Wang Mang with a smile: "In my opinion, the fire that Chi Zhaoping had not lit is finally about to burn."

"Wang Mang's ancestors will be burned into ashes. Compared with the beheading of himself and being kicked by Ju at the foot of the Red Eyebrow Warrior, I wonder which one is worse?"

"Wen Tian, ​​how do you think this fire is burning?"

Ju Wuba couldn't help but hugged Xu Xuan and strangled him to death, but Wang Mang stood up with a stick tremblingly, his eyes stopped his movements, and two words blurted out.

“Good burn!”

I thought it was him who followed the words and was slandering, but I never thought that Wang Mang would scold "Wang Mang" in person.

"I heard that the river broke in Guantao and Dongjun Jindi, flooded Yan and Yu, and entered the plains, Qiancheng, Jinan, and 32 counties, flooded four counties and thirty-two counties, flooded hundreds of thousands of hectares of land and houses, and was three feet deep, destroying the Guanting and the 40,000 houses. Dongjun, the plains and Bohai residents were displaced by one million."

"But because the river depends on the east, if it is blocked rashly, it may turn north. Wang Mang's ancestral tomb is in the north!"

Wang Mang was filled with righteous indignation: "Wang Mang firmly believed in the words of the alchemist, thinking that Shalu was a sign of virtue of the earth. Once it was submerged, the new room would also decline. Therefore, for the sake of the small family, he ignored millions of people and the great benefits of the world, and watched the river flood for ten years. This is the great sin of Wang Jujun!"

Of course, in addition to this reason, the reason why he did that confused thing was that since the Han Wu, the Yellow River has been repeatedly punished and treated repeatedly, but it has been unable to eradicate the major problems. This year, he will be in peace and continue to cause disasters next year. Not only Wang Mang, but also the civil and military officials of the court are struggling with whether to spend huge manpower and material resources to treat it.

A popular set of rhetoric at that time: The river is the sutra of China, and the sage kings will release books when they rise, and the king's way will be destroyed. The reason why it is now overflowing and floating in Lingfu is because there is a problem with the Han politics. If Wang Mang wants to govern the river, he doesn't have to get involved with floods. He just needs to repair politics to respond to it, and the disaster will be eliminated...

As a result, the Yellow River twisted on the Great Plain for more than ten years without the care of the imperial court. Why did Yanzhou Qingzhou, Jizhou and Youzhou become the source of the Red Eyebrow and Tongma? Dongjun alone, Pingyuan County had a population of 2.32 million at the end of the Han Dynasty. How many are left now?

Millions of refugees are not forced by floods.

During this period, Wang Mang occasionally heard about the Huangfan area and secretly blamed himself, thinking that he should inherit Yu's career and eliminate harm to the people. So he sent someone to seek the opinions of capable people in the world, but the ministers argued endlessly, and the proposals proposed were not very reliable, and they ended up in the end.

Old Wang Mang did not give up and planned to "pacify the Red Eyebrow and control the river", but the Xin Dynasty was destroyed first, and this matter became a major crime for him.

Wang Mang happily ended this crime. Although there were various reasons, he did have the idea of ​​"preserving Shalu auspiciousness and ancestral tomb" in his heart at that time. Wang Mang blamed himself for this and reflected on the fact that the dynasty he established was probably at that time, the foundation was flooded by huge waves and was also destined to collapse.

"The new house did not perish in the fifth relationship, and all the Han dynasties."

Wang Mang learned from his mistakes: "It really died in the river!"

This is not a natural disaster, but a sudden reflection that made Xu Xuan stunned. This is not like something that "Wang Mang" could say.

Xu Xuan really didn't understand Wang Mang. In the heart of this "saint of the world", he always felt that the reason why his first reform failed was not only because of "mistakes from all the ministers", but because of his selfish intentions, he changed his original intention.

Wang Mang thought to himself: "The journey of the great way is to be the king of the world. This is why I chose the title of "gong" for the leader of the Red Eyebrow!"

After getting the opportunity to do it again, Wang Mang decided to forget his country and forget his family while his public life.

Xu Xuan is still a bad person. At this moment, Wang Jujun is not selfish and is already a noble person, a pure person, a person who is wholeheartedly thinking about the world...

At least he felt that the plot of saviors that he claimed to be a saint in five hundred years made Wang Mang easily intoxicated himself.

So how could Xu Xuan want to make him angry with the ancestral tomb of Yuancheng?

Wang Mang didn't care about his descendants, and he killed four or five times. After a thorough understanding, he actually didn't care so much about his ancestors. The Shalu ancestral tomb in Yuancheng was a symbol of his own selfishness and a concrete image, and a black history of the past.

Destroy, hurry up!

This conversation made Xu Xuan messy. After leaving Wang Mang's residence, he scratched his head in confusion: "Wen Tian denounced Wang Mang and hated the ancestral tomb of the Wang family in Yuancheng. He wanted to crush his bones and ashes. It was not like a fake. Could it be that I was wrong?"

But since Xu Xuan became suspicious, he did not only make a slight test. He returned to the residence of the Huaiyang Prince, and was waiting for the hall with snow on his body.

"What's going on?"

The nose was red from the cold, and it was obvious that he had rushed far away. Reported: "Xu Ergong ordered us to return to Nanyang, and once again asked Zheng Xing, and secondly, he secretly arrested another confidant in Weng Tian, ​​the so-called Wancheng Order (Cui Fa)."

"I have succeeded now. Wancheng Ling is hiding outside the city torture. I think he will be able to spit out everything about Weng Tian in a few days!"

"Great sanity." Xu Xuan was very satisfied: "Where is Zheng Xing, a disciple of Liu Xin?"

If Weng Tian is really Wang Mang, how could Zheng Xing not know him as a member of Liu Xin? Xu Xuan felt that he might have been deceived.

He quickly apologized: "We're going one step later."

"More than half a month ago, Zheng Xing took the excuse to go to various counties in the northern part of Nanyang to assist the three elders in preparing for the collection of grain, but he actually took the opportunity to escape!"

...

At the same time, Chang'an, which completed the "Taishang Taihuang" funeral, gradually returned to normal.

The deceased has passed away, and with death, a new life is born this month.

The second child of the fifth reunion and Queen Ma Chanchan, is also the third child of the fifth reunion. He was born at the end of the twelfth lunar month. Because he was born half a month ago, the baby girl was a little weak and the palace kept busy with it.

Wu Lun had just lost his grandfather and cherished his relatives more. So he ran between the government affairs and the children who were delayed due to the mourning. However, he took a break from his busy schedule and summoned Wang Long, Fengchang, and asked him to prepare something.

"Wu Han has entered Lintao through wind and snow, which means that Wei has taken all of Longyou."

"Congratulations to your Majesty!"

Wu Lun smiled and said, "Don't worry, there is another happy event. Wu Han found one person in Lintao."

Unlike before, I always liked to ask my subordinates to guess for a while, the fifth replies only paused for a moment today and couldn't wait to announce the answer:

"Liu Xin did not escape to Shu with Wei Xiang in the south, but actually stayed."

Wang Long was a little surprised: "Can you be old and unable to travel?"

The fifth reunion said: "Wu Han's memorial was filled with Liu Xin's letter. He was old and the weather was cold, and his handwriting was a little trembling. He only said that the reason why he did not go south was that he wanted to visit me with his bones and ask for advice on the matter of 'pi'."
To be continued...