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劉玄劉盆子列傳

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36 劉玄劉盆... :
赤眉忽遇大軍,驚震不知所為,乃遣劉恭乞降,曰:「盆子將百萬眾降,陛下何以待之?」帝曰:「待汝以不死耳。」樊崇乃將盆子及丞相徐宣以下三十餘人肉袒降。上所得傳國璽綬,更始七尺寶劍及玉璧各一。積兵甲宜陽城西,與熊耳山齊。帝令縣廚賜食,眾積困餧,十餘萬人皆得飽飫。明旦,大陳兵馬臨洛水,令盆子君臣列而觀之。謂盆子曰:「自知當死不?」對曰:「罪當應死,猶幸上憐赦之耳。」帝笑曰:「兒大黠,宗室無蚩者。」又謂崇等曰:「得無悔降乎?朕今遣卿歸營勒兵,鳴鼓相攻,決其勝負,不欲強相服也。」徐宣等叩頭曰:「臣等出長安東都門,君臣計議,歸命聖德。百姓可與樂成,難與圖始,故不告眾耳。今日得降,猶去虎口歸慈母,誠歡誠喜,無所恨也。」帝曰:「卿所謂鐵中錚錚,傭中佼佼者也。」又曰:「諸卿大為無道,所過皆夷滅老弱,溺社稷,汙井灶。然猶有三善:攻破城邑,周遍天下,本故妻婦無所改易,是一善也;立君能用宗室,是二善也;餘賊立君,迫急皆持其首降,自以為功,諸卿獨完全以付朕,是三善也。」乃令各與妻子居洛陽,賜宅人一區,田二頃。

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