Chapter 2590: Liu Bian died, Liu Yu succeeded to the throne
Chapter 2590: Liu Bian dies and Liu Yu succeeds to the throne
After the first Hanzhong War between Qin and Shu, under Su Qin's persuasion, Liu Yu had decided to depose Liu Bian, proclaim himself emperor, and carry the banner of the Han Dynasty.
The reason why Liu Yu did not proclaim himself emperor before was that he was afraid that he would be retaliated against by the Qin Dynasty if he proclaimed himself emperor, and he did not have the confidence to proclaim himself emperor yet.
After Liu Yuyin died and Liu Ji died, he relied on political struggle to seize power, and his fundamentals were far less solid than Ying Hao's.
Although Liu Yu is now in sole control of the military and political power of the Shu Kingdom, and the officials all appear loyal to him, the actual situation is only known to him. Many people are just forced by authority, and they obey him on the surface but are not convinced on the inside.
If Liu Yu only acted as his regent, these people would naturally not dare to openly oppose him, but if they kicked Liu Bian away and proclaimed himself emperor, they would definitely encounter great resistance.
It is precisely because of this that Liu Yu has never been in a hurry to proclaim himself emperor. After all, although he is a king, he is no different from an emperor, and Liu Bian is just a puppet that he supports.
But now, as the Qin Dynasty becomes stronger and stronger, the trend of unification becomes more and more clear under the popular will of the people. If the Shu Kingdom cannot break out in silence, it can only perish in silence.
In fact, for Liu Yu at this time, even proclaiming himself emperor could not change anything.
It can neither increase the national power of Shu nor weaken the power of Qin.
The only thing that can be done may be to inspire people, give hope to those who are still loyal to the Han Dynasty, and strengthen their determination to continue to fight against the Qin Dynasty.
But this is enough.
The flag of the Han Dynasty is about to fall and needs a strong man to carry it.
Liu Bian was too weak and couldn't bear it at all.
Liu Xiu could handle it, but the location of Chu's Fourth War was too awkward. If he proclaimed himself emperor, even Liu Yu would not admit it, let alone other surrounding countries.
At present, only Liu Yu can carry the banner of the Han Dynasty.
Although Liu Yu was determined to proclaim himself emperor, he also knew that if he proclaimed himself emperor, it would inevitably cause some turmoil, so he had to make sufficient preparations before proclaiming himself emperor.
The first is to win over Xing Tian and other generals from the original Liu Ji line.
Because Liu Ji died of serious injuries, Chen Ping was defeated in the political struggle. In order to prevent the Shu Han from internal strife again, the former civil and military ministers of Liu Ji's line could only be forced to serve Liu Yu, but it did not mean that they would support him.
Liu Yu proclaimed himself emperor, especially Xing Tian.
As the most powerful general of the Shu Han Dynasty, Xing Tian had a very high prestige in the army. He was loyal to the Han Dynasty, but he was loyal to the bloodline of Liu Hong, not to the Han clan clan members such as Liu Yu.
If Liu Yu cannot get Xing Tian's approval and forcibly proclaims himself emperor, it will be great fun if Xing Tian rebels after becoming emperor. Even if the rebellion can be suppressed in the end, the Shu Kingdom will be in ruins, let alone with the
Da Qin is fighting for the throne.
Therefore, Liu Yu must be cautious about proclaiming himself emperor.
In order to understand Xing Tian's thoughts, Liu Yu specially sent Peng Yue to test his attitude.
Peng Yue and Xing Tian had a very good personal relationship and talked about everything in private. After the two drank, Peng Yue used his drunkenness to ask Xing Tian how Xing Tian would react if Liu Yu wanted to abolish the emperor and establish himself. As a result, Xing Tian exploded on the spot.
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Through this trial, Liu Yu understood that Xing Tian could not be persuaded by reasoning. This kind of foolish and loyal person was like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard, and it was impossible to make him switch sides with just a few words.
Liu Yu ran into trouble with Xing Tian, but it was very smooth to win over other Liu Ji's old men. After all, the big men had already reached this point, and there were not many people as stupid and loyal as Xing Tian.
The support from others made Liu Yu feel relieved, but in addition to Xing Tian, there were also objections from Shen Shiqi, Zhou Bo and others.
It would be fine if it was just Xing Tian, but if so many military generals objected, even Liu Yu would not dare to forcefully proclaim himself emperor, because that would be courting death.
Forcibly proclaiming himself emperor was a dead end, so Liu Yu had no choice but to save the country through a curveball.
Liu Yu originally didn't want to get rid of Liu Bian. After all, if there were any mistakes left, it would not only attract public attention and damage his reputation, but also completely plan for trouble within the Shu Kingdom. But now he had to deal with Liu Bian.
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Liu Bian had no children, so as long as he 'died' of illness normally, Liu Yu could legitimately succeed to the throne, and even Xing Tian and others would not be able to find any reason to object.
But Liu Bian was still so young, and although his health was not very good, he did not look like he would die prematurely, so he could only use chronic poison.
But Liu Bian was guarded by Wang Yue, so it was not easy to get past Wang Yue and poison Liu Bian.
In order to transfer Wang Yue away from Liu Bian, Liu Yu did not hesitate to re-enable Wang Yue and gave him some authority.
After Wang Yue was transferred from Chengdu, the guard force behind Liu Bian became much weaker. However, just when Liu Yu was about to take action, he was persuaded by Su Qin.
Su Qin's reason is also very simple. Even chronic poisoning is a bad idea, and it is easy to think of Liu Yu.
Liu Yu understood what Su Qin meant, after all, the hint was obvious enough.
Since poisoning is easy for people to suspect, he used an accidental method so that people would not associate him with him as much as possible.
Not long ago, someone in Chengdu was suddenly infected with the plague.
After Liu Yu learned about it, he immediately ordered the entire city to be sealed off and an isolation area was set up to prevent the epidemic. Although the risk of infection was reduced to a minimum, the eunuchs who went out to purchase brought the plague into the palace and infected most of the people in the palace.
Disease, including Emperor Liu Bian.
Although the imperial doctor diagnosed and treated him as soon as possible, Liu Bian's health was already in poor condition, and his condition deteriorated sharply after the infection, and he eventually died in the palace.
Poor Liu Bian, he has been a puppet for Dong Zhuo, Liu Ji, and Liu Yu all his life, and in the end he did not escape the fate of being plotted to death.
As soon as the news of Liu Bian's death came out, the whole country of Shu was shocked, but it was not because of Liu Bian's death, but because they were worried that the plague would spread from Chengdu.
Thanks to Liu Yu's vigorous fight against the epidemic, the damage of this plague was also minimized.
Because so many people died from the plague, including more than two thousand eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace and tens of thousands of people outside the palace, not many people associated Liu Bian's death with Liu Yu.
After all, Liu Yu was a Buddhist who believed in Buddhism, and his behavior in the past had always been very upright. No one thought that he would be so crazy that he would only kill one Liu Bian but let tens of thousands of people be buried with him.
In addition, after controlling the plague, Liu Yu's performance was equally remarkable. He did not rush to pave the way for his rise to power, but instead tried his best to trace the origin of this sudden plague.
In the end, under the investigation of Da Shehe, it was found that he was one of Lu Yue's apprentices. He practiced Kung Fu secretly in Chengdu, but suffered backlash from the Kung Fu and died. After his death, the plague was produced on the corpse and passed to the people.
There is this problem.
Most people in Shu can accept this explanation. After all, in addition to being a disciple of the Shangqing Sect of Taoism, Lu Yue is also the former leader of the Five Poison Sect.
The reputation of the Nanzhong Five Poison Cult has long been a stinker on the streets of Yizhou. They have used living people to make poison and poisoned entire villages or even entire towns. So it is not surprising to see what kind of things they do.
Most people in Shu, including those who opposed Liu Yu's proclaimed emperor, accepted that Liu Bian's death was an accident, but there was a small group of people who couldn't accept it, such as Xing Tian.
Regarding Liu Bian's death, Xing Tian found it difficult to accept it. He always felt that it was not that simple, but there was no evidence, and Liu Bian was already dead. So what if he didn't accept it?
One morning at court, Zhang Song took the initiative to propose that the country should not be left without an owner for a day, and proposed that Liu Yu should inherit the throne.
As soon as this proposal came out, 70% of the officials in the DPRK expressed support. Although the remaining 30% did not express support, they did not oppose it, including Xing Tian.
Seeing that Xing Tian had no objection, Liu Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then righteously rejected the ministers' request to proclaim himself emperor, and stated that the late emperor's body was still cold. Although the culprit was dead, the cancerous Five Poison Sect was still there, and the plague was still there.
It has not been completely resolved, so I will not consider proclaiming myself emperor for the time being.
Although Liu Yu's statement still failed to impress Xing Tian, it also changed his image in Xing Tian's mind a lot.
Later, Liu Yu ordered to recall Wang Yue, the commander of Da So He, and ordered him to lead hundreds of masters from Da So He to go south to Nanzhong to encircle and suppress the poisonous Five Poison Sect to avenge the late emperor.
Seeing this, Xing Tian took the initiative to ask for orders to go with him.
Liu Yuzheng was worried that he could not find a chance to win over Xing Tian, so it was naturally impossible to refuse Xing Tian's request, so he united with Xing Tian to go together.
The Five Poison Sect, also known as the Five Immortals Sect, was founded by the Five Poison Divine Lords. It has a history of nearly a hundred years, passed down by thirteen generations of sect leaders, and was carried forward by the previous leader Lu Yue.
The contemporary leader of the Five Poison Sect, He Tiexin, is also Lu Yue's disciple. Because his master Lu Yue was invited to serve as an official in the Song Dynasty, he took over the position of leader. However, he did not expect that his position was not secured before he was dismissed.
I heard the news that my master and his junior brothers died in the battle in Guanzhong.
The master died in the hands of the Qin Dynasty, so He Tiexin naturally did not dare to take revenge, and was worried about the Qin Dynasty's revenge, so he could only close the mountain to hide the sect and keep a low profile as much as possible.
But I didn't expect that while people were sitting at home, pots came from the sky.
The missing junior brother died suddenly in Chengdu, and the Five Poison Sect was inexplicably accused of regicide.
Who is the only intelligence organization in Black Ice Platform? How can the Five Poison Sect be able to compete with it?
What's more, among the people who came this time were the great master and the most powerful general of the Shu Han Dynasty.
In less than an hour, four to five hundred members of the Five Poison Sect, which had brought harm to Yizhou for a century, including the leader He Tiexin, were all killed in the encirclement and suppression by He He.
Nearly half of them were killed by Xing Tian and Wang Yue.
After the Five Poison Sect was wiped out, the epidemic in Chengdu was basically under control, and Liu Bian had been buried. So the officials of the Shu Han Dynasty once again proposed the matter of proclaiming themselves emperor, but Liu Yu still refused.
However, the officials of the Shu Han Dynasty were not disappointed. After all, when proclaiming an emperor, it is common practice to ask for three invitations and resign three times. Didn't Ying Hao do the same thing?
After Liu Yu refused for the second time, he took the initiative to approach Xing Tian, Zhou Bo and others, pretending to be eager for talents, and humbly asked their opinions, which was actually to win over them.
Liu Ji died, Chen Ping ran away, Liu Ying became Liu Yu's adopted son, and now even Liu Bian died. The people who were originally sent by Liu Ji had no other choice but to be loyal to Liu Yu.
Zhou Bo, Shen Shiqi and others directly expressed their support for Liu Yu.
Xing Tian did not express his position on the spot, obviously he still had grudges, but it was impossible for him to leave Shu. Liu Yu had plenty of time to let this powerful general return.
And when Xing Tian was completely captured, the Shu Kingdom would have three top generals: Xing Tian, Kong Peng, and Liu Er. Liu Yu would have more confidence to face the Qin Dynasty.
A few days later, in the morning court, Zhang Song brought up the old matter again, and Liu Yulai succeeded to the throne, and received unanimous support from the Shu Han people.
This time Liu did not refuse and agreed to succeed to the throne as the new emperor. He followed Ying Hao's approach when he became emperor and invited all countries, including Da Qin, to come and watch the ceremony. The date of his enthronement was just one month later.
After Liu Bian died of the plague and the news came out that Liu Yu would succeed to the throne, all countries were naturally shocked. Obviously, they did not expect that Liu Yu would be so tough and dare to proclaim himself emperor at such a sensitive time when Qin was expanding its army.
Many people admire Liu Yu's courage, but many people think Liu Yu's move is irrational.
If you, Liu Yu, want to proclaim yourself emperor, can't you do it secretly? Why do you need to make it known to everyone and openly invite other countries to watch the ceremony to deliberately provoke the majesty of the Qin Dynasty?
Now that Shu Han has taken action, it depends on the reaction of other countries and Great Qin.
Although neither King Liu Xiu of Chu nor King Yang Guang of Sui were willing to be overpowered by Liu Yu, they also knew that neither of them had the qualifications to become emperor. Liu Yu was indeed the only one who could carry the banner of the Han Dynasty, so they both made it clear that they would send The envoys came to watch the ceremony.