Chapter 355
Back to the end of the twelfth lunar month last year, in the Wei County mansion, Geng Chunzheng was playing with an invitation with a very entangled expression.
Geng Chun's current identity is very special. He was not only the "left prime minister" of Wei State, but also the title of the Marquis of Liaocheng, with a town of 4,000 households; at the same time, he also accepted the seal of the Prime Minister of the Emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, "Liu Ziyu", and was named "Mr. Song Zihou" and with a town of 10,000 households.
Because the three Liu Baba from Hebei sent a seal to the fifth reunion, but the others didn't accept it. As the news of Liu Bosheng entering the pass and killing him in battle, the three Liu also understood that the fifth reunion had become stronger and had no interest in restoring the Han Dynasty, so he changed his strategy.
Whether it was King Zhao Liu Lin, or Geng Chun's uncle, Liu Yang, King Zhending, all began to send people to lobby Geng Chun, hoping that he could abandon Wei and return to Han.
Geng Chun was quite uneasy. Some time ago, Ma Yuan rushed to Puyang to resist the green forest. Geng Chun specially ran to the Yellow River to see him and smiled bitterly at Ma Yuan: "In front of the King of Wei, there should be a lot of slanderous books to report me?"
Ma Yuan disagreed: "The King of Wei removed your post and summoned you back to the court?"
"This is not." Geng Chun wrote several letters to ask for transfer from Wei, but the fifth reunion has always refused. If he is missing this place, others can't defend it at all.
Ma Yuan asked again: "How about reply after the seal you attached to the letter was sent to Weibei?"
"Send it back intact." Geng Chun is now sealed with Pei Han and Wei.
"Isn't that enough?" Ma Yuan laughed and said, "The king founded the country in Guanzhong, but established the country's name as Wei. Does this Wei refer to the east and west Wei of Hebei? Otherwise, it refers to the Wei County of Hebei. This is the place where he started his family and established a base. He is using this country name to tell you, the fifth uncle, has not forgotten his roots!"
Having said that, as time went by, Geng Chun even had difficulty with King Zhao. Liu Lin asked several times to send troops to take over Wei territory, and became more and more impatient. Geng Chun could only find various excuses to make excuses. Thanks to the three Liu Xinqi in Hebei and the threats of the bronze horses and other bandits, Liu Lin did not go south to attack Wei.
Time is endless, Geng Chun must make a choice!
"What's the matter with my brother calling me?"
His younger brother Geng Zhi came to pay a visit, and Geng Chun handed him the invitation in his hand.
"Our mother and sister are going to get married."
"Is it a Shengtong?" Geng Zhi felt a little surprised. After reading the invitation and Liu Yang's letter, it was indeed the case.
Geng Chun's mother's surname is Liu, and she is the sister of Liu Yang. Liu Yang's other sister married the Guo clan of Changshan County. She has a daughter named Guo Shengtong, and now she has reached the throne.
Liu, Guo, and Geng are married to Hebei's powerful circles. Geng Chun's brothers often visit the Guo family in Gaocheng when they were young and have a good relationship with their cousin.
But now, Liu Yang wants to marry Shengtong to Emperor Sixing Liu Ziyu, which is another political marriage.
Geng Zhi felt that this was pushing his cousin into the fire pit: "But there are rumors that Liu Ziyu is not the son of Emperor Xiaocheng at all, but is pretending..."
This rumor was spread by Geng Chun, but Liu Ziyu was also strange. Any old Han bureaucrats who met him, including Bao Yong, believed him because of his royal etiquette.
Geng Chun shook his head: "I believe my uncle must have believed it and made a decision, so he cannot change it."
He smiled and said, "Since Shengtong is getting married, how can we, as relatives, not help? But now Ma Wenyuan is fighting fiercely in the river, and I can't live without Wei. Please come for me..."
He took out a letter he had written after repeated thinking, handed it to Geng Zhi, and whispered to his younger brother: "You must hand it over to your uncle in person!"
"No, the villain understands!"
Wang Lang bent down, and after Liu Lin left, he stood up and sat back on the couch.
In order to play the role of the emperor of Liu, Wang Lang was easy to learn. Now he not only learned etiquette to perfection, but also understood the complex relationship between the branches of the Liu family, but even looked at miscellaneous books like Laozi.
Planning this wedding trip, Wang Lang said in his heart:
"If you want to weaken it, you must strengthen it; if you want to abolish it, you must strengthen it!"
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Geng Zhi and his party did not go to Handan, but took a long way from Shangdang. However, because they set out earlier, they were still Wang Lang's massive wedding team and arrived at Gaogǎo City first.
It was the first month of the second year of Sixing, when the ice and snow melted, and everything began to spring. During the Warring States Period, Gaocheng was originally a place in Zhongshan Kingdom, but later joined Zhao. The largest family in the local area was the Guo family.
King Zhending Liu Yang also learned that their emperor was going to come to welcome him in a jealous manner. This was unexpected and he could not be too busy.
Liu Yang had also suspected the true identity of "Liu Ziyu", but as time went by, he personally saw Liu Ziyu and found that this person really understood court etiquette, had elegant words and good manners.
He also sent envoys to test from many sources, and everyone who came back praised him and said that when talking to the Emperor, Wang Lang was a man of a divine background after all, and his career was lying to deceive people and he was quite keen on people's hearts. The envoy wanted to mess with his words, but he didn't know that he was trapped in.
Liu Yang gradually believed it a little. This marriage was still necessary. The three Lius in Hebei need a common leader, otherwise they will fall apart immediately!
"But our Emperor has always been controlled by King Zhao, and it is still inappropriate to issue orders to us in his name."
Now that he heard that Liu Ziyu came to his territory, Liu Yang was very happy and ran here in person. He was practicing beating and planning to go on battle himself when sending his niece to marry to express his joy.
As for where the emperor got married after he was welcomed, whether the capital of the "Northern Han" will still be in Xiangcheng in the future, isn't he the final say?
At this moment, someone reported that Geng Zhi had arrived.
Liu Yang's face suddenly turned dark: "Does Geng Chun still refuse to come? Who is more intimate with the fifth reunion?"
Not only did he force Liu Lin not to attack south, he also won the position of Prime Minister and Marquis of Wanhu for Geng Chun, and advised him to serve in the Northern Han Dynasty and break with the fifth relationship, but Geng Chun was still at the same time and refused to reply.
This time, Geng Chun was invited to prepare for the wedding, which was also Liu Yang's ultimatum, but Geng Chun disappointed him again.
After this anger, the big tumor on Liu Yang's neck became even red and purple. After Geng Zhi came in to pay a visit, he did not dare to look at his uncle's goiter. He only expressed his intention to come and believed Geng Chun.
"I want to see, what excuses did he make?"
But when Liu Yang saw the silk book, his face looked quite surprised.
"The nephew destroyed the tomb and temple of Wang Mang's family in Wei. The soldiers were sleeping at Shalu at night. Suddenly, a woman sang "Mang Wuxing Wei, all of which should be destroyed. The Han family is endless. After the Chi Jiu, the main gait Yang is the one!, and went to investigate, but there was no one!"
"According to this prophecy, Wang Mang and his fifth relationship all rose from Wei, but they could not win the world."
"Chin is the destiny."
"My uncle is the ninth generation grandson of Emperor Gaozu."
"Ying Yang..." Liu Yang couldn't help but touch his own goiter. He always felt that his tumor was extraordinary and secretly found Changshan's face. The man said that he had a face that was in the world. Liu Yang had just been cut off by Wang Mang at that time, so he didn't take it seriously, but now as his strength jumped to the No. 1 in Hebei, he would also secretly think about it.
And no one knows uncle, no one is better than nephew!
Geng Zhi recounted Geng Chun's thoughts: "Brother said that as a foreigner named Liu, we were accused of Hand Deze, and we dare not forget it. However, Liu Ziyu's identity became a mystery. There are rumors that he was an impostor. The puppet supported by Liu Lin was only afraid that the country would be usurped by foreign surnames. The brother was willing to serve the Han Dynasty and presented it to Wei, Hanoi and Dongjun, but the premise was..."
Chapter completed!