HLnovel Chapter 199 Longyou Rich Family
Chapter 199 Longyou Rich Family
"After establishing his separatist power, Wei Xiao declared Tianshui's independence and asked Fang Wang to be his military advisor. Fang Wang did not refuse and immediately offered suggestions to Wei Xiao:"
"If you want to win the hearts of the people, you must assist the Han dynasty in its uprising. Now, Gengshi is in Nanyang and Wang Mang is in Chang'an. You should build a temple to Emperor Gaozu of Han and submit to him for worship..."
"This suggestion was approved by Wei Xiao, and soon after he built the Temple of Emperor Gaozu of Han and worshipped Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Wen of Han, and Emperor Wu of Han. Wei Xiao and others became his subjects."
"Those who swear an oath in the middle, if any harbor ill intentions, will be destroyed by the gods, the three emperors they worship will be brought to their deaths, and their clans will be massacred. This is all in accordance with ancient rites. There is also the practice of smearing sacrificial blood on one's mouth; if you don't, you are deceiving the gods!"
Emperor Jing of Han: Chessboard Warning!
A bystander in the Ming Dynasty: Why aren't these people including Emperor Jing of Han?!
A scion of a prominent family in the Song Dynasty: Perhaps it's because Emperor Jing didn't change his temple name!
Liu Qi, the chess player of the Han Dynasty: !?
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"However, on the other hand, there are quite a few people participating in the oath-taking ceremony. There are thirty-one generals from sixteen different clans. The fact that many powerful clans participated on Liu Xiu's side does not mean that there were few on Longyou. Perhaps it is precisely because so many powerful clans participated that it was not easy to reach an agreement, which is why they tricked such a leader into joining the alliance."
"From a geographical perspective, Longxi has limited arable land and is not a well-developed economic region, unlike Nanyang."
"This has resulted in the powerful clans of Longxi being no match for those of Nanyang. Not only are they smaller in scale, but they are also not on the same level in terms of culture and knowledge, which will lead to wrong decisions in certain situations."
"Subsequently, Kui Xiao issued a proclamation to the governors of various states, listing his crimes. He then led an army of 100,000, killed the governor of Yongzhou, and captured Yongzhou."
"When he captured Anding, he learned that the Han army in Chang'an had killed Wang Mang, and then dispatched generals to Longxi, Wudu, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang and other counties."
A Ming Dynasty soldier: That sounds pretty impressive!
A spoiled young master from the Song Dynasty: But there's a chosen one from another dimension over there, hahaha!
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: ...
When people in the court heard this, they couldn't help but think of Sima Yi's oath at the Luo River, which turned out to be another extreme of oath-taking.
Lin Ke continued, "In 24 AD, Liu Xuan summoned Wei Xiao, his brother, and his uncle. Fang Wang felt that Liu Xuan had no future and advised him not to go see Liu Xuan."
"Whenever such advice is offered, and the choice is very close to the correct answer, there will always be someone who chooses to stick to their own opinion. Therefore, the Wei family still chose to go to Chang'an to see Emperor Gengshi."
"When Wei Cui and Wei Yi arrived in Chang'an, they finally realized what kind of people Liu Xuan and his group really were, and exclaimed, 'Oh dear! We've teamed up with the wrong people!'"
"So these two decided to rebel and stop recognizing Liu Xuan as their leader. But! Unexpectedly, the very same people who had tricked Wei Xiao into becoming their leader were betrayed by Wei Xiao, who reported them to Emperor Gengshi!"
"Of course, the main reason is that these two don't take Wei Xiao seriously at all. He's just a puppet. They only notify me when they've made their plans. They made such a good promise at the beginning! And this is what happened..."
"So Kui Xiao only used Liu Xuan and others to gain actual control of their team. After all, if we're talking about benevolence and righteousness, they were the ones who betrayed the first group."
A scion of a prominent family in the Ming Dynasty: Only those who got the correct answer realized that Fang Wang was indeed quite capable!
A romantic and talented scholar of the Tang Dynasty: Those who refuse to listen to advice are mostly doomed!
An official from the Song Dynasty: Ah, experience is very important!
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"Soon after, in 25 AD, the Red Eyebrows army retaliated against Liu Xuan and his followers by attacking Chang'an. Liu Xiu then succeeded to the throne in Hebei. As mentioned earlier, the Green Forest army was no match for the Red Eyebrows this time."
"So they once considered taking Liu Xuan back to their hometown of Nanyang first. Kui Xiao was also involved in this plan, after all, they had sworn an oath to support the Han, not to rebel against it!"
"However, in the end, the matter was exposed, and Xuan Han fell into internal strife again. Seeing that Xuan Han was no longer of any use, Kui Xiao said goodbye and fled back to his hometown of Tianshui, where he called himself the Supreme General of Xizhou."
"But to his surprise, the five prefectures of Hexi, including Jiuquan, Dunhuang, and Zhangye, which had previously submitted to him, had a new leader."
"This person's view on Liu Xuan of Chang'an is very different from his own. Some people choose to enter the vortex, while others choose to stay away from it. The difference in their knowledge, experience, and other abilities leads to the different choices they make in the end."
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: That's why you have to keep broadening your horizons, because who knows when an opportunity will come!
A bystander in the Ming Dynasty commented: "Look, he hadn't been gone long before his base was raided!"
A spoiled young man from the Song Dynasty: How wonderful it was to listen to Fang Wang back then!
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"The person who made the opposite choice to Kui Xiao was named Dou Rong. He came from a powerful family in Pingling, Fufeng. His surname shows that his ancestors were indeed prominent and had some connection with the Han Dynasty."
"His seventh-generation ancestor was Dou Guangguo, the younger brother of Empress Dou, the wife of Emperor Wen. His family had been officials for generations. When Wang Mang was regent, Dou Rong had already become an official under him and participated in the suppression of Zhai Yi's movement, and was ennobled for his merits!"
"His sister even married Wang Yi, the Grand Minister of Works, as a concubine. On a side note, if Liu Xiu were to reward meritorious officials, Wang Yi would definitely have to be credited with a great deal of merit, hahaha!"
"But after witnessing Wang Yi's various sabotage tactics, Dou Rong no longer believed that he could board this ship. So he took some assets and went to seek refuge with Zhao Meng, Liu Xuan's father-in-law. Later, under the Gengshi regime, Dou Rong was recommended to become the governor of Julu in Hebei."
"But he also heard that the famous Liu Xiu from Kunyang had been humiliated in Hebei, and he felt that this place was not suitable for someone like him, so he requested that his superiors transfer him to Hexi."
A certain official in the Song Dynasty commented: "This person really has foresight; he already found a new owner before the building even collapsed!"
A bystander from the Ming Dynasty: Haha, even Xiu Ge would have to run away if he went there, that's hilarious!
A spoiled young master from the Tang Dynasty: You really have insight! Hahahaha, your perception is so sharp!
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"The reason he chose Hexi is because his family has connections there. For example, his great-grandfather was the governor of Zhangye, and his descendants held official positions in Hexi for generations, making it his family's stronghold."
Dou Rong once said to his brothers: "The current situation is still uncertain, but Hexi is prosperous, and Zhangye State has 10,000 elite cavalry. If anything serious happens, we can block the Yellow River crossing and protect ourselves."
"The brothers had no objections to these words, so once Dou Rong received his appointment letter to take up his post in Zhangye, the entire Dou family moved to Hexi."
"This shows Dou Rong's insight, which must have been cultivated by his family over generations. Sometimes this kind of insight can give them a way to make a living, especially in chaotic times when they can easily be killed if they are not careful!"