Chapter 450 Heaven has no two suns, no country has two masters (3)
Liu Yu's military coup was successful, but he was not happy at all, because with his position in the army, the coup was enough to succeed dozens of times, and he would never have to wait until today. After expelling Su Yan from the throne, a new question arose. For Liu Yu, this choice was the most helpless.
Coupled with Cao Yi's problem, Liu Yu was worried for a while. When he returned to the Imperial Guard Office, Su Yan was still kneeling on the ground and sobbing. Liu Yu was soft-hearted and still had the idea of establishing Su Yan again, but this idea was rejected by him in just a moment.
"Your Yimei is colluding with King Su Zhe of Chu. She has now fled from the palace and her whereabouts are unknown." Liu Yu said bluntly.
Su Yan raised his head in surprise when he heard the scene, looked at Liu Yu with disbelief and said, "She...why should she do this?"
"Forcing you and my master to a dead end, her goal will be achieved. I pity you still think she is a treasure, but in fact she is the jackal that your seventh brother is placed beside you." Liu Yu sighed and said, a little weak, "Live a good life when you go to the vassal state, don't lose all your property, and be a beggar on the street."
Su Yan immediately kowtowed a few more times and said, "Master Thank you, I will be a good person..."
After saying that, Su Yan reluctantly got up from the ground, but was startled by Qi Fang's sound of opening the door. After seeing clearly that the person coming was not going to kill him, Su Yan calmed down. Liu Yu and Qi Fang had already left the door, and the door was closed again. Su Yan had to continue to stay in the Imperial Army Office and was detained. Before he received the order from Liu Yu to release the situation, he still wanted to be a prisoner.
Qi Fang hurried in to report to Liu Yu that he had just received the news outside the palace: "There are a large number of rioters in the city who are causing trouble, and they are burning, killing and looting while the war is in chaos. Most of the idle people in society are basically arrested now. Do you need to kill and war to war?"
When Liu Yu began to hear this news, he instinctively thought whether the group of Protestants, led by the victims in the city, were causing trouble. However, after asking whether it was not, his concerns were not that great. Now Liu Yu is more prepared for Protestants than the gangster forces who are taking advantage of the troubled waters in Chang'an City. In such a critical period where the stable transition is the main focus, Liu Yu does not want to cause trouble.
"The person who caused trouble will be detained temporarily and then deal with it after trial. The person who kills will pay his life. Others can be jailed or sent to the public..."
Liu Yu finished exposing the matter and summoned some of his military generals to convene the first meeting after the successful coup. The meeting was located in the former Imperial Palace, the Chongdiyaqian Hall. All the people attending the meeting were generals under Liu Yu, without civil officials.
At the beginning of the meeting, Hua Ji'an was the first proposal made to let Liu Yu ascend the throne to the emperor by "following the heavens and responding to his will."
In front of Liu Yu, there were basically generals who fought with him in the south and north. He had experienced countless battles of all sizes and sizes. He was originally an emperor. At least he had a very high status in the new army's Peace South Army, but there were border generals headed by He Mao. After hearing Hua Ji'an's proposal, many border generals had strange expressions on their silent faces, which made Liu Yu cautious.
If Liu Yu wanted to proclaim himself emperor, it would inevitably lead to a small-scale coup again, which was the result he did not want to see.
A smooth transition is what Liu Yu wants now. In fact, the best way was to continue to support Su Yan as the emperor according to the established slogan "clear the king" and continue to support Su Yan as the emperor, while Liu Yu took the power to monopolize the regent and became a powerful minister in all respects. But now he is on a path of opposition with Su Yan. Liu Yu has lost confidence in Su Yan, and the result of supporting Su Yan again is likely to happen again in a few years. After Su Yan's fullness, it is hard to say who will die.
Liu Yu looked at Hua Ji'an again. Although Hua Ji'an was planning for him, Liu Yu did not dare to be completely relieved of Hua Ji'an. The result of Liu Yu repeatedly suppressing Hua Ji'an's position in the army was that there was a rift between him and Hua Ji'an. Liu Yu was also afraid that a second power general would appear under his command and cause his own rebellion.
Originally, this was the first and only thing to be agreed upon, but Liu Yu was silent at this time. Most of the coups in history were revenge to unify the country and a great strategy to govern the world, but Liu Yu seemed to be unable to help himself. Even after the coups were successful, he did not seem to emphasize it very much, because Liu Yu did not even want to be the emperor of the dynasty at all.
Becoming the emperor, he was exhausted to death.
Just when Liu Yu wanted to speak out his plan, the guard at the door came to report that it was the "national master" asking for a meeting. Liu Yuxin said that Wu You really knew how to pick the time. Some chaos occurred in the palace before. Wu You did not escape from the palace, which also made Liu Yu feel that Wu You was very ignorant. In fact, Liu Yu had thought that Wu You had colluded with Liu Liniang's master, and Liu Liniang's master colluded with King Su Zhe of Chu. Liu Yuxin said that he had guessed wrongly?
"National Master, which national master?" Huo Bing shouted at the guards.
Liu Yu stopped Huo Bing and continued to speak, and ordered the guards: "Let the national savvy wait outside, I will go out and meet him."
When the guards left, Liu Yu said to the generals: "Since you have to obey the will of heaven, it will be inappropriate if you do not listen to the opinions of the national tutor. What we are discussing today ends here. You will temporarily return to the army and wait for the dispatch."
Liu Yu said this, which means he did not want to explain the issue of the successor, which means that Liu Yu had a complete plan and could not be changed. Liu Yu was preparing to cook the raw rice at one time and insisted on his own. No matter whether Liu Yu wanted to be the emperor or who would support him as the emperor, he would no longer ask about the opinions of the people below.
The generals were a little confused and said they were returning to the army, but now the actual control of the army is in the hands of the new army generals of the Qi side. Although these generals are high-ranking, they are now deprived of military power. The return to the army means finding a place to wait for news. In order to prevent collusion between these generals, Liu Yu also divided them into different military sites and divided the power of the royalists.
These generals would rebel in the end. One was to follow Liu Yu's orders, but more because of Su Bi's killing edict. These generals were also to protect themselves. Now that the emperor was dragged down and the city of Chang'an was not peaceful, they would be ready to feel excited, because no matter who was in power at this time, they were qualified to agree on the question of succession, and they could ascend the throne themselves. But compared with Liu Yu's reputation, they were not enough to be a country.
In the face of power, there is no question of political belief and political principles, it depends on who has a strong fist and who dares to deserve the infamy of the world. In history, those in power above ten thousand people may do nothing or go further, it depends entirely on whether they have the ambition to be a hero.
At this time, Liu Yu met with Wu You in the Yaqian Hall.
Wu You twisted his face and saw Liu Yu glance at Liu Yu with a very bad look. He walked in without hesitation, sat on the kang that originally belonged to the emperor, and sneered: "You little kid, don't you be the emperor?"
Liu Yu was very dissatisfied with Wu You's attitude and said he was here to see him, which seemed to be Liu Yu's request for him. Wu You's expression was clearly telling him: It's your loss if you don't listen to him.
"If you have something to say, you know when it is now. I don't have time to listen to your longing." Liu Yu said impatiently.
Wu You took off his shoes, sat cross-legged on the kang, showing a very enjoyable expression on his face, and said, "It's good to be an emperor. With such a warm kang, there's no fire that happened today. Don't worry first, it's useless to glar like this... The little old man only asked you, do you want to be an emperor, right?"
Liu Yu asked without commenting and said, "What do you think?"
"Hey, you guy, you have to throw such a difficult problem to the old man. Then ask you another way, how are you going to solve this mess?"
Liu Yu said in a bad tone: "I invite you in today. It depends on your past friendship. I want to hear your opinions. Mr. Wu, if you have nothing to say, please leave."
Wu You sighed and muttered to himself for a long time until Liu Yu was a little upset. Wu You raised his head and said, "It's okay to say it clearly, but it's just to leak the secrets of heaven to damage your life. You, the emperor, should not be regarded as."
“Why?”
"Due to the number of days, my old man can see that your life is all under the word "Li". If you become an emperor, you will definitely be a violent monarch who will harm the people of the world, and you will not have a good end. Or only by withdrawing from the throne can you be safe for a lifetime, above ten thousand people, and for this lifetime."
Liu Yu didn't believe Wu You's evaluation of him, but he had to be more serious. In fact, what Wu You said made sense.
Liu Yu's nature lies in being suspicious. He will doubt everyone around him and suspect that they will harm him because he is an outsider. He looks at everything in this world with an outsider mentality. It is precisely because of this that his political sensitivity is very high, so he will be invincible. If he is really the emperor and cooperate with his suspicious personality, he will inevitably kill ministers and rebellion in the future, which will make him unable to remain stable in his life.
Another reason why Liu Yu attached importance to Wu You's words was that Wu You's words came true two years ago: he lived under one person and was unwilling to be inferior to others. Under the circumstances at that time, Wu You was able to understand all this, which was really a magical skill that made Liu Yu admire the prophecy of this old charlatan.
"Then what do you think I should do?"
"Then let's support someone. You see, there are many princes and grandchildren in the court and the country. Even if they are abolished and established again, it's okay. Anyway, the power is in the hands of anyone. But it's hard for you to think about living a peaceful life."
Liu Yu cursed: "Bah, no one can stop me from wanting to have a stable life. If you don't believe me, let's go and see."
Wu You showed a knowing look on his face. With his intelligence, it is not difficult to guess what Liu Yu was thinking. In fact, many things are natural.
"That little old man wishes you a happy life, and see you outside the palace..."
Chapter completed!