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Chapter 1 The first descent into the Han Dynasty

Liu Yang's whole body was in unbearable pain and could not move. He slowly opened his eyes and saw a hazy area around him. It gradually became clear that he realized that he was lying on the soft bed covered by Luo Juan's light gauze, with a man and a woman sitting next to him. The man was over thirty years old, with a slightly dark face, a light long hair, a head covered with emperor's robe, and a black silk robe embroidered picture of a golden dragon swimming. The woman was forty years old, wearing a phoenix hairpin, with a white and clean skin, and a plump figure. She was wearing a green embroidered phoenix silk skirt, which was very rich.

Behind the two were a group of women wearing straight skirts and tight clothes in the Han Dynasty and several white-faced men who were molested. The men were sinister and strange, and they were as masculine as eunuchs.

Liu Yang was shocked. He didn't know why he got to this place. He was about to ask the people around him what was going on, but they cheered.

The man sitting aside hurriedly hugged Liu Yang in his arms and said, "Xie'er, I'm scaring me!"

The woman also stretched out her arms and hugged Liu Yang from the man's hand, put him on her chest and cried and said with a smile: "The Ai family is also scared to death by Xie'er, you, and you must not be so naughty in the future."

PS: Regarding the use of Ai family here, I personally think it is OK, because this woman is Empress Dowager Dong, and the Empress Dowager uses Ai family as the default. If it is the queen, it will not be possible. Generally, the queen will still say that she is me, I, facing the emperor, you can also say that she is a low concubine...

(In addition, there are many places where the prince and prince are. Most of this issue is a typo. It should be that the prince's place is a prince. There are several places, but it has not been revised because the specific location cannot be found. Everyone is willing to remind me where it is. I'm sorry...)

He fainted. What was going on? Liu Yang wanted to speak loudly but couldn't even make a sound. He looked at his body even more panicked. How could he become a young child? It's only two or three years old.

Oh my God, what dream did you have today!

Since it's a dream, then continue to sleep.

Unfortunately, none of this was a dream. After sleeping for several days, Liu Yang was still here as long as he opened his eyes. Finally, he could not help but admit that he had been transferred from the original Renai Hospital to the mad asylum.

Liu Yang couldn't help but sigh: Attendant doctor, you are cruel enough. If you can't cure it, I don't have to send it to the asylum.

After more than half a month, Liu Yang finally understood his situation. Although he didn't know what the reason was, he had already noticed some things from the conversations between the people around him. Now he lived in the Dongyu Palace of Empress Dowager Dong at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he was Liu Xie, the son of Emperor Ling of Han, the future Emperor Xian of Han.

The first person who was guarding his bed was Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, and the noble lady in her forties was Emperor Ling of Han, the biological mother of Emperor Ling of Han.

Liu Yang was about to burst into tears, and he cried in his heart: God! Jade Emperor! Allah! I love you so much, and I actually asked me to come to the emperor once.

Wait, Emperor Xian of Han! This is the worst emperor in the Han Dynasty!

PS: Emperor Xian of Han, whose name was Liu Xie, and whose courtesy name was Bohe (it was Dong Zhuoqi. Since the protagonist became Liu Xie, he naturally re-engaged his name). He was born in the fourth year of Guanghe (181 AD), and died in the second year of Qinglong (234 AD).

In the sixth year of Zhongping (189 AD), Emperor Ling of Han died, and Liu Xie was the King of Chenliu. Dong Zhuo later made Liu Xie the Emperor Xian of Han. When Dong Zhuo and others held Emperor Xian of Han hostage and caused rebellion, he adopted the method of expelling wolves with tigers and using Cao Cao to protect him, but was controlled by Cao Cao. Emperor Xian of Han was unwilling to be controlled by Cao Cao. In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 AD), he issued a robbery to secretly order his old ministers to remove Cao Cao, but the matter was exposed, causing many people to die. In the 19th year of Jian'an (214 AD), he wanted to join Liu Bei (214 AD), and Sun Quan killed Cao Cao, but the incident was exposed, causing more than 200 clans to die. In the 20th year of Jian'an (215 AD), Cao Cao threatened Emperor Xian of Han to make his daughter the queen. In the first year of Yankang (220 AD), Emperor Xian of Han abdicated to Cao Pi and was named Shanyang Gong himself.

Liu Yang sighed silently: God, even if you don’t want me to be Emperor Wu of Han, at least let me be Emperor Ling of Han. Although the reputation is coming from behind, we have enjoyed it. This bird, Emperor Xian of Han is really not a human being.

Half a month ago, Liu Xie fell from a tower more than ten feet high. Several imperial doctors in the palace found that he had severe chest and lung damage and could not survive for three days. Who knew that after Liu Yang's soul moved to his body, the serious injuries in his body slowly healed, and it lasted for half a month. Unfortunately, although Liu Xie was not dead, he was unable to move. He only relied on soup and breast milk every day to continue his life, and became thinner.

Emperor Ling was quite furious and killed several imperial physicians immediately. Zhang Rang, the palace attendant, learned medical skills for several years and was very familiar with the masters who are proficient in Qihuang. He told Emperor Ling: "The injuries suffered by Your Highness are mostly internal injuries. The master who treats internal injuries in the universe is Zhang Ji and Zhang Chongjing, who is now in the capital. Your Majesty can ask him to enter the palace to treat His Highness."

Emperor Ling was overjoyed and said, "What you said is the most pleasing to me, and it can always relieve my sorrows. You can quickly tell Zhang Chongjing to enter the palace."

After Zhang Ji entered the uterus, he carefully checked Liu Xie's body and found no internal injuries. He was afraid that he would tell the truth and instead asked Emperor Ling to get angry, he carefully used some decoctions to regulate his pulse and regulate his qi.

After more than three months of recuperation, Liu Xie was finally able to get out of bed. Emperor Ling and Empress Dowager Dong thought that Zhang Chongjing's medicine was effective, but only Liu Xie knew in his heart that those ghost medicines were of no use, but that he gradually adapted to the child's body.

PS: Liu Yang has disappeared long ago, and Liu Xie has actually disappeared. It is just that Liu Yang's soul and Liu Xie's body form a new Liu Xie, so he will be called Liu Xie directly from now on.

In the fourth year of Zhongping, Huangfu Song and Zhu Yi combined more than 40,000 generals to fight against the Yellow Turbans, Song and Rong in Yingchuan. Rong fought against the bandits Bo Cai and defeated them. Song entered the protection of Changshe. Bo Cai surrounded Huangfu Song in Changshe. Song had few soldiers, and all the troops were afraid. The bandits formed camps according to the grass, and met with strong wind. Song asked the soldiers to tie up the soldiers and rode out of the city, and set fire and shouted. The city raised the Liao to respond. Song came out of the city and rushed out of the city, and rushed to attack the bandits Chen. The bandits were frightened and ran around. Cao Cao, the commander of the Huiqi State, arrived at the right time. In May, Song and Cao Cao joined the army with Zhu Yi, and fought with the bandits, defeated them and beheaded tens of thousands of them.

At this time, Liu Xie was already six years old, and his appearance was becoming more and more like Emperor Ling. After falling off the stairs at the age of two, he was lucky enough to save his life. He was smarter than before he was sick. He could recite a hundred poems silently at the age of three, and recite poems by five. Now he has begun to read the Four Books and Five Classics. Although there was no preface to the Five Classics at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xie was a talented person in the 21st century and knew the importance of the Four Books and Five Classics. In order to truly understand this era, he would recite them silently.

Although Emperor Ling was lucky enough to become the emperor after the down-and-out royal family, he also liked poetry, writing and scriptures, and loved Liu Xie even more. He wanted to make him the crown prince, but unfortunately, he was controlled by the queen and could not do what he wanted.

Liu Xie knew that Emperor Ling was foolish and lewd, and the eunuchs in the court were in power, and the grandsons including Liu Yan and Dong Zhuo were encircled to make their own land. Although they had not been called kings, they were all old warlords and landlords. Once he was made the crown prince, he might be killed by Empress He, Zhang Rang and others. Even if he could barely become emperor, he would know the future of his life.

He thought secretly, wanting to find a way out for himself. Since he knew that staying in the capital would only become a puppet and be held hostage, it would be better to leave early. It would be good to be a state governor and a local warlord like Liu Yan and others.

Unfortunately, Liu Xie (Liu Yang) was a graduate student in the History Department of Nanjing University in the 21st century. Although this liberal arts graduate student is as valuable as a migrant worker, he can find a few of them with one step on the ground, but he still knows some basic historical knowledge.

Due to the rebellion of the Seven Kings of the Western Han Dynasty, if the direct descendants of the Han royal family could not be the emperor, they could only be the vassal kings in one county. Compared with the vassal kings in the Western Han Dynasty and the current provincial governors, they were simply mosquitoes and flies, which were pitifully smaller.

Liu Xie opened the map of the Han Dynasty and looked at all the maps of the Thirteen Prefectures. His heart felt so sad that such a great river and country would be polite by a group of grandsons in the future.

He secretly thought that if he wanted to be a vassal king outside, he would not have acted like Dong Zhuo to abolish the young emperor. Even if he did not abolish the emperor, his virtues that were inferior to pigs and dogs would naturally be beaten up. Only by choosing one of Bingzhou, Sizhou, Yongzhou, Yizhou, Yuzhou, and Jingzhou, he could enter Luoyang at any time. Maybe he could kill Dong Zhuo and become a royal with some real power.

After careful calculation, I can only be the king of a county and I have to be under the supervision of the central government. Then I must find an old minister loyal to the Han Dynasty to serve as the governor of that state, otherwise no one will protect me.

In this way, only Jingzhou and Bingzhou are the most likely. Sizhou, Yongzhou, Yizhou and Yuzhou are all places of war in the north. Even if the warlords give themselves face and don’t come to attack themselves, those tyrants, Yellow Turban Rebels will not make them feel better.

Bingzhou is bitter and cold. Although there are military and horses and generals who are good at fighting, unfortunately, they are poor in money and food. They can’t live a good life well, so why can’t they do military and political affairs? In the end, they can only put all their hopes in Jingzhou.

Wait, since God threw himself from the twenty-one world into this world, why should he escape?

Liu Xie looked out the window and looked at the view outside the hall, sighing in his heart. It was a wonderful country. It was only because of the separatist wars and the typhoid epidemic in the late Han Dynasty that the population of the Han Dynasty dropped to one-tenth of today, and the Five Barbarians Rebellion later.

Since then, even though the prosperous Tang Dynasty ruled, the Central Plains still could not be destroyed in one fell swoop. They were invaded by foreign races for many years. Since the Five Barbarians Rebellion, the Liao and Jin Dynasties went south, the Mongolians were conquered and massacred, and in the late Ming Dynasty, the Manchus entered the pass, which led to the Chinese culture staying in a model stage of decline, causing Chinese civilization to lose the opportunity for transformation again and again, and thus the subsequent century of humiliation and the Japanese war of aggression in China. When I thought of visiting the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, I was filled with anger.

Everything that the man suffered may have its roots. Liu Xie sat on the bed with his knees in his arms, silently recalling his campus life.

He loved history and philosophy since childhood, but did not choose the path of science and engineering arranged by his parents. Instead, he was admitted to the History Department. After his junior year, he gradually entered the Student Union Historical Research Association. His outspoken side of his personality began to gradually emerge. At that time, it was the time when many scholars in China talked about restoring Chinese studies. Every day, articles that covered the discussion on history and the essence of Chinese studies appeared. As a student born in the 1980s, he naturally did not agree with this view and joined the tide of criticizing this theory of Chinese studies without any worries. He also wrote a lot of articles in the student union journals of Nanjing University to refute it. It was these articles that attracted the attention of Gao Ning, an old professor of the Department of Philosophy at Nanjing University, and recommended him to Mr. Wang Shuan, a master of sociology at that time.

Both scholars appreciate him very much, guiding him to treat the essence and dross of Chinese studies with more objective dialectical ideas, and teach him a very important point of view that the highlights and black spots of any civilization will evolve with the development of society, and the advantages and disadvantages between them are constantly changing. The black spots of the past may be the advantages of today, and the advantages of the past may be the black spots of today.

Liu Xie recalled his past life, perhaps he was lucky. With the recommendation of two old professors, he was successfully admitted to the Graduate School of Nanjing University and began to study Chinese history and social structure with Mr. Wang Shuan. Under the guidance of Gao Ning, he also began to study philosophy in depth.

However, society is cruel. After gradually seeing the darkness of China's academic environment at that time, his interest in history and philosophy was severely discouraged. He changed to economics, hoping to find a good job after graduation, which made the two old men very sad.

Liu Xie knew very well that he had caused two old scholars with strong academic self-esteem to hurt their self-esteem, but it must also be admitted that the identity of scholars, especially those of inland scholars, was obviously not as popular as professional managers.

Although he did not finally insist on becoming a scholar of historical sociology, he still inherited many of Mr. Wang Shuan's views. In his judgment on whether Chinese civilization is an excellent civilization, Mr. Wang Shuan once proposed that there must be four basic standards for whether a civilization is really excellent, namely:

1. Can civilization achieve its own transformation after reaching its own exemplary height and after the exemplary height;

2. Can civilization achieve protection and safety in its own fields and coverage, and external troubles;

3. Will the highlights of civilization itself automatically degenerate into black spots in its own life;

4. Can civilization maintain its own characteristics after being impacted by other civilizations, not being stubborn or self-contained, and whether it can ensure that it does not completely deny itself or other civilizations?

Judging from these basic standards, the essence of Chinese civilization is excellent, but it encountered too many accidents and variables in its evolution, especially the deterioration of the nomadic civilization in the northern Mobei and the rigidity of Confucian culture in the later period.

In fact, Confucian culture not only ensures that Chinese civilization reaches its own exemplary height, but also enables civilization to resist the impact of other civilizations. However, from another perspective, Chinese civilization has not achieved its own transformation after reaching the exemplary height because of the existence of Confucian culture, nor has it prevented its own highlights from moving from the national halo to the national shadow.

Professor Gao Ning once told him that Confucian culture has left two cancers today. One is the reaction of the gentleman's theory, which has prevented Chinese civilization from establishing appropriate social morality, but has raised a lot of social morality that does not conform to the abide by Chinese citizens. It even makes today's society equate professional ethics with social morality, and is also a breeding ground for the moral propaganda of model workers and heroes. In fact, the essence of model workers is to have good professional ethics and skills, but it is not the same as having good social morality. However, when social morality standards are lacking, people are accustomed to elevating the social morality of these model workers, which further leads to citizens' lack of unified social morality, so that China can be called a strong country but has no capital to be a big country;

The second is to emphasize too much about family blood, but not family's concept of honor and disgrace. This is a breeding ground for large-scale corrupt officials in Chinese history. When you look at the life records of those corrupt officials, you will find that all corrupt officials are corruption for their families and lose their basic professional ethics for their children and parents.

In the dark, Liu Xie realized that his rebirth this time was not as simple as ending the troubled times. As when he decided to transfer to economics, Mr. Wang Shuan said to himself - what you want to do is what you should do.

He no longer panicked when he had measurements in his heart. There is no doubt that leaving the capital and going to be a king is the most suitable choice. Once his brother Liu Bian is hostage to Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, he will become a symbol of the Han Dynasty in other places. He will accommodate the refugees from the south with the wealth of Jingzhou, and then attract talented and famous generals from all over the world in the name of the Han Dynasty. He will definitely make a big contribution. In the future, he will be legitimate.

He did not sleep all night and thought about all the details carefully. Fortunately, in order to write the paper "On the Impact of the Three Kingdoms War on Later Generations and Chinese Civilization", he had carefully read the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" and "The Three Kingdoms", including many related papers by professors, and had a systematic understanding of the grasp and cognition of the entire Three Kingdoms.

He felt that if he wanted to go south to Jingzhou and become king, and then go north to inherit the great cause, he had to do a few things first.

1. The talents who followed you south to Jingzhou, what is the most important thing in the 21st century? Talents! This statement is also true for today.

First of all, consider the candidates for the governor of Jingzhou. Starting from the initial Liu Biao and others, he thought Lu Zhi was the most suitable. Lu Zhi was loyal to the Han Dynasty and was a great scholar in the universe. He had more than a thousand disciples, including Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan and other local warlords. They not only possessed the military and righteous way, but also had the ability to run a state.

In addition, the prefect and chief minister who manages his own vassal states should be the best choice for Luoyang ruling Zhouyi and Cai Yong. The county magistrate has never found a suitable candidate. He really wanted to tell his father that he would mobilize Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to come under Ding Yuan's tent, but unfortunately he would seem too revealing to do so.

Jingzhou has many talents, and most of them are loyal to the Han Dynasty. It is not difficult to find suitable talents to be officials in Jingzhou. What is difficult is that thousands of troops are easy to buy, but it is difficult to find a general.

2. I persuaded Empress Dowager Dong to help him go to Jingzhou to serve as the prince. Although Liu Xie knew in his heart that Emperor Ling and Empress Dowager Dong both intended to make him the crown prince. With his understanding of history, it was still too late to fight for it now. Unfortunately, man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations, and becoming an emperor now may not have a good end.

3. Before Emperor Ling died of illness, I still had two years to do it. It would be best if I could go to Jingzhou next year. I had to complete some preparations in the capital this year, such as recruiting some talents. Of course, I am not suitable for these things, and Empress Dowager Dong and Lu Zhi are undoubtedly the best candidates.

After dawn, Liu Xie immediately took the palace maid to the residence of Empress Dowager Dong to ask for advice. The most important thing was to obtain her support for these ideas.

Over the past few years, Liu Xie has been raised by Empress Dowager Dong himself, and the two have a deep relationship. Otherwise, Empress Dowager Dong would not have often persuaded Emperor Ling to make Liu Xie the crown prince.

After saluting and greetings to Empress Dowager Dong, Liu Xie sat down next to Empress Dowager Dong and chatted with her. After a few words, Liu Xie asked Empress Dowager Dong: "Empress Dowager, what do you think if your grandson wants to be a vassal king in another place?"

Empress Dowager Dong was shocked when she heard this. She wanted to make Liu Xie the crown prince, but now the relatives of the Queen have gained power. After repeated persuasion of Emperor Ling, she hurriedly gave up and asked Liu Xie in a low voice: "Did Zhang Rang and others ask you to ask me like this, or is there anyone hint you?"

Liu Xie said: "It is not my suggestion, but it is really what I want. Liu Bian is my brother. Since ancient times, the eldest son has been born. How can he ignore the ancestors' methods because his father and the queen mother love me?"

Empress Dowager Dong was surprised that Liu Xie was so smart when he was only six years old, and he was even more interested in making him the emperor in his heart, saying, "Xie'er, don't worry, everything is up to the Empress Dowager for you, and you will definitely be able to inherit your father's position."

Liu Xie hurriedly bowed and said, "Xi'er has other plans, and I hope the empress dowager will fulfill it."

Empress Dowager Dong asked in confusion, "What are your plans for you at a young age?"

Liu Xie said: "Although the Han royal family is majestic, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in various states have not been eliminated. The princes in various places have their own troops. Although it is difficult to endanger the royal family, the crisis will be repeated. Once the dispute over the throne fails, why should I not tolerate me? It is better to let me serve in a foreign vassal. If a thief invades the capital in the future, I can also lead troops to help. This is a way to protect the Han royal family's royal family in the crisis, so I would like to ask the Queen Mother to fulfill it."

After hearing Liu Xie's words, Empress Dowager Dong opened her mouth in shock, but couldn't even speak. She was the queen mother. After the change of the king, she knew in her heart the consequences of the failed throne. Although she was a female streamer, she could see clearly the danger of warlord separatism at the moment. It might really be useful to be able to keep the Ling Emperor's bloodline outside.

After pondering for a moment, she said to Liu Xie: "Your mother, Wang, is dead. The Ai family is restricted by Han laws and cannot go out to serve as a vassal for you. Do you want to know who can handle the matters in the vassal areas for you?"

Liu Xie said: "If I only have one county, I cannot intimidate the warlords to have a change of mind, nor can I send troops to the capital in times of crisis. However, the ancestors have laws and regulations, and they cannot pass through a county outside the vassal. Therefore, I wanted to ask the Empress Dowager to tell my father that he would be the governor of the Central Army, Lu Zhi as the governor of Jingzhou, and I was appointed King of Chu, and the governor of Xiangyang County; he appointed the ruling of Luoyang as the prefect of Xiangyang, and Cai Yong as the chief minister. They were all good ministers loyal to our Han Dynasty. Even if they went to Xiangyang to serve as a surrender, they would not refuse."

Empress Dowager Dong stood up, paced in the palace, pondered for a moment, and said, "Xie'er, you are so wise at the age of six. You can tell the overall situation clearly and you can understand people and use them well. You are actually the power of an emperor. You are much better than your father and better than Liu Bian. If you can't be an emperor, it is really a pity for my Han royal family. However, since you have no intention of staying in the capital, there is nothing wrong with this arrangement. Today I will propose this to your father on your behalf."

Liu Xie hurriedly said, "There is no need to be so hurry. Before asking my father to be granted a vassal, I still have some things to do, but I also need the Queen Mother to help these things."

Empress Dowager Dong has always cared about Liu Xie more than Emperor Ling, so she asked: "Since it is Xie'er's business, the Ai family will naturally make decisions for you in everything."

Liu Xie was extremely happy and said, "There are three things. One is to invite Lord Lu Zhi and Xun Yu, the Minister of the Secretariat, to serve as my teacher, teach me to read classics and study military skills. The other is to ask two rangers to serve as guards around me. I have already thought about these two, one is Tong Yuan, Jizhou, and the other is Wang Yue of Qingzhou. These two are very skilled in martial arts and can protect me from peace. The third is to transfer the children of Zhouyi and other aristocratic families to the palace to study with them."

Empress Dowager Dong frowned slightly and said, "Lu Zhi is quite famous. It is not an exaggeration to be your teacher. It is a kindness for Zhou Yi and others to study with the children of aristocratic families. Although Xun Yu, the Minister of the Secretariat, was a noble family member of Yingchuan, and he was of some fame, he was not qualified to be the young tutor who was to be the prince. Xie'er thoughts were a little inappropriate, so he could be a PhD in the Imperial Academy and teach the princes every day. This transfer was also in line with the ancestral system. As for Tong Yuan and Wang Yue, although I have heard of their reputation occasionally, I am a minority in the countryside. I guess it is very exaggerated. Since Xie'er likes it, he can also be transferred to them as the young tutor of the Yulin Army and teach the martial arts of the Yulin Army. If you are willing to see them, you can order them to come to see you and bring them to protect you when you go to Xiangyang."

Liu Xie smiled and said, "It's better for the empress dowager to make thoughtful arrangements. My grandson thanked the empress dowager."

Empress Dowager Dong smiled slightly and held Liu Xie in her arms. Thinking of her most beloved emperor's grandson who volunteered to serve as a vassal in the south, she felt both sour and reluctant to leave.

Since Empress Lü, the empress dowager of the Han Dynasty has greater power than that of the subsequent dynasties. Since Empress Dowager Dong’s imperial edict, no one dared not to obey.
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