Obviously, Uncle Tian understood what Liu Hong meant.

As early as the first day of coming to Chang'an, Uncle Tian went straight into the palace and couldn't see him, but after waiting for his friend Wormda's 'friendly visit' in the evening, Uncle Tian roughly understood what Liu Hongdi meant.

- Qing is the old Marquis of Xuanping Wuhou (Zhang Ao), which is my humerus; In today's dynasty, Yu I am quite unfavorable, and I hope that Qing will take this as the first priority to help me clarify the rule of officials...

This is the original words that Worm Da conveyed to Uncle Tian.

Uncle Tian also knew Liu Hong's worries in his heart - just in Liu Hongtuo's words, he deliberately made Zhang Ao 'Xuanping Wuhou' instead of King Zhao, it is not difficult to see Liu Hongdi's intentions: The Han family only has the surname of Xuanpinghou, and there has never been a Zhang surname Zhaowang!

Liu Hong's reaction, although it is unreasonable, is also expected by Uncle Tian - for the question of the princes and kings with different surnames, in fact, Taizu Liu Bang has already given a conclusion: If it is not the Liu family, it will not be the king!

Although Liu Bang had just shouted this declaration when he swore an oath on the White Horse, he had just shouted the promise of 'making the Yellow River like a belt, Mount Tai if strong, the country would live forever, and the Miao descendants would be conquered', but for rulers, especially 'qualified' rulers like Liu Bang, this kind of self-slapping in the face did not have such a big impact.

- Originally, I planned to make the heroes kings, so that they could enjoy glory and wealth for generations, but who made them rebel?

If this is the case, it is no wonder; For the livelihood of the world, I broke my promise once: If it is not the Liu family, it will not be the king!

This kind of thing, in fact, is the same as the network of later generations: not to mention that a certain plot is unreasonable, just the protagonist crossing into a certain Xianxia space is very unreasonable in itself!

But as long as the author can justify himself and give a reluctantly plausible reason, the reader will also accept the setting in the book and read on with peace of mind.

The same reason: Did Liu Bang break his promise?

Actually, yes.

A change of order?

It seems to be barely counted.

But if you really want to say how much impact this move has on the situation and how much disaster it has buried for future generations, it is alarmist - as a party concerned, Liu Bang relied on his face thicker than the length of the Great Wall to round this matter in the past: three different laws, five generations of different rites!

As Liu Bang's descendant bloodline, the future Liu Emperor, although the thickness of the skin is not as long as the length of the Great Wall, but the thickness of the Great Wall can still be reached - the mountains and rivers are eternal, and the country is resting, that is the Hou State!

Anyway, Liu Bang has returned to heaven, and for Liu Bang's rules, Emperor Liu of the Western Han Dynasty said: Emperor Taizu Gao's decree, the final interpretation right belongs to me.

Even at this time, Liu Bang was running day and night, and it had only been more than 20 years since the era of suppressing the rebellion of the princes and kings, and the issue of princes and kings with different surnames still belonged to the category of 'sensitive political issues'.

Uncle Tian also has a clear understanding of this - if it weren't for this, Uncle Tian would not have lived to this age in this feudal officialdom where the weak eat the strong and people eat people.

In fact, Uncle Tian also has a very clear understanding of the matter of Enzhu Ao - when Zhang Ao was dragged into the Guan Gao plot case and detained in Chang'an, Uncle Tian shaved his hair with Zhang Ao's other classes, locked his neck with an iron ring, and pretended to be Zhang Ao's domestic slave and entered Chang'an together.

It must be mentioned that the folk customs at this time had a requirement for domestic slaves to 'follow their masters and die together'!

Uncle Tian and the others pretended to be Zhang Ao to join and entered Chang'an with him, the only purpose was to follow Zhang Ao to death once Zhang Ao was convicted of the crime!

Although in the end, Emperor Gao Liu Bang let Zhang Ao go because of Guan Gao's statement, Uncle Tian had a clear understanding of the whole incident.

-- Guan Gao's crime was that he was accused by the enemy of 'trying to assassinate Liu Bang many years ago', and Zhang Ao's crime was 'secretly accumulating talents and wanting to assassinate Liu Bang'.

Whether Guan Gao ever tried to assassinate Liu Bang has long been decided—Guan Gao himself admits that he did.

But whether this matter has anything to do with Zhang Ao is very intriguing.

- The background of this incident was shortly after Zhang Ao married Liu Bang's daughter of Empress Lu, the eldest princess of Lu Yuan!

And at this time, King Zhang Er of Zhao had just died, and it had only been a few months since the crown prince Zhang Ao's ass was moved to the throne!

If this is not enough to explain the problem, then another incident is enough to uncover the real shady curtain of this matter: the seven princes and kings at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, in addition to the line of the king of Changsha and the king of Yan Zang Di, who died in the fifth year of Gaozu (202 BC), the king of Chu, Han Xin, the king of Liang, Peng Yue, the king of Huainan, Yingbu (黥布), Han Wangxin and other four princes and kings with different surnames, were all killed in just one year from the eleventh year of Gaozu (196 BC) to the twelfth year!

And the Zhao lineage, from the death of Zhang Er, to Zhang Ao's marriage to the eldest princess of Lu Yuan, and then to the long series of events of Zhang Ao being demoted from King Zhao to Marquis of Xuanping, are all subtly squeezed after the 'rebellion' of King Zang Di of Yan, the ninth year of Gaozu (198 years ago) before the 'rebellion' of Han Xin, King of Chu, Peng Yue, King of Liang, Yingbu of Huainan, and Han Wangxin!

Such a simple truth, not to mention Uncle Tian, who has experienced it personally, but anyone who knows a little about the old Liu family, especially Liu Bang, is not difficult to find out the truth: the Guan Gao rebellion incident is just a show.

In other words, it is a large-scale reality show written, directed and acted by Emperor Liu Bang, Zhang Ao does not know how to cooperate with the performance, and the world is jaw-dropping!

And the only purpose of this reality show is to let Zhang Ao get down from the position of King Zhao reasonably and legally, be his idle marquis with peace of mind, and not let Liu Bang bear the stigma of 'treating meritorious heroes' and 'seizing the land of princes' (1).

Although Uncle Tian couldn't see it clearly at the time, two years after this incident, when the princes and kings with different surnames in various places successively 'rebelled' and were punished, Uncle Tian also probably had an understanding of this matter: the king with a different surname is Zhang Ao's biggest fault!

Therefore, Uncle Tian did not have the idea of returning the Xuanping Hou family to the fire pit of 'King Zhao' at all—or after receiving Liu Hong's almost explicit 'reminder', Uncle Tian had already let go of this unrealistic idea.

What Uncle Tian really wants to do is to let the Xuanping Marquis family return to the embrace of the Han Chehou class!

Zhang Ao, Marquis of Xuanping, gave birth to two sons-in-law and two concubines (2); Zhang Xin, the eldest son of Zhang Xin, inherited the Marquis of Xuanping after Zhang Ao's death, and died in the eighth year of Xiaohui, without an heir, and the country was removed.

Zhang Yan, the second son of Yan, was named King of Lu by Empress Lu because of his biological mother, Princess Lu Yuan; The concubine Zhang Shou is the Marquis of Lechang, and Zhang Hao is the Marquis of Xindu.

It stands to reason that Zhang Ao's heirs have one king and two marquis, which can be said to be the one with the highest status among the princes.

However, after Empress Lü died and Zhulu was slaughtered, Zhang Yan, the king of Lu, Zhang Shou, the Marquis of Lechang, and Zhang Hao, the Marquis of Xindu, were all classified as 'the king of Lü's troubled life' by Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and other ministers of Zhulu, and were deposed.

Regarding what happened to Liu Hong in the past period, Uncle Tian probably knew in his heart: he escaped by luck under Chen Ping and Zhou Bo, and was able to get to this point, just from the perspective of an emperor, from the perspective of political skills and political wisdom, Liu Hong has at least reached the qualified line.

But Uncle Tian couldn't understand that Liu Hong was obviously short of manpower, and even to the point that Liu Budo was allowed to hold the position of two Jiuqing alone, and he regarded the three maternal uncles as nothing?

Maybe these three people don't necessarily have outstanding abilities, but what Liu Hong lacks most now is not a credible and reliable person like his uncle?

Whether it was out of gratitude to the old Ao or for his loyalty to Liu Hong, Uncle Tian felt that he should remind Liu Hong: There are three useful uncles who have been ignored by His Majesty...

Not to mention that these three people were promoted, or were cited by Liu Hong as the humerus, at the very least, Zhang Ao's surviving son-in-law Zhang Yan should become a marquis, inherit the ancestral hall of the Xuanping Marquis, and provide blood and incense to the ancestors, right?

After thinking about it in his heart, Uncle Tian felt that Liu Hong should gladly accept the three maternal relatives who could be almost completely trusted and whose abilities might not be bad - even if he didn't consider realistic factors, Liu Hong would most likely reinstate his maternal grandfather's heir, that is, the Xuanping Hou family, in order to flaunt his 'filial piety'.

What's more, 'that' thing...

It is also necessary to use 'Enfeng Xuanping Wuhou heir' to test Liu Hongdi's attitude!

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PS: 1. Regarding the incident of Zhang Ao, the king of Zhao, being demoted to the Marquis of Xuanping, the historical research community generally recognizes that the truth is that 'the husband is not guilty, and he is guilty', as for the reason, it is because the record of the incident in the "Historical Records" is so vivid that people can't believe it.

According to the records of "Historical Records", Guan Gao's confession said: The reason why he wanted to assassinate Liu Bang was because when Liu Bang passed through Zhao State, Zhang Ao was extremely respectful to Liu Bang, but Liu Bang was harsh on Zhang Ao, so he almost pointed his nose and scolded!

Then, as Zhang Aomen's guest, Guan Gao and others couldn't help it, so they were ready to assassinate Liu Bang...

What's even more strange is that the assassination of Liu Bang by these people has not been carried out in the end?

Not only did it not be implemented, but it also fell into the hands of Guangao's 'enemy' and sued Liu Bang?

Good guy, the officials don't dare to write like that...

The timing of this incident is also very suspicious: in 202 BC, the king of Yan, Zang Tu, rebelled and was deprived of the throne of the princes.

The record of this matter in the "Historical Records" is probably extracted as follows: In 198 BC, Zhang Erxu, the king of Zhao, and Zhang Ao, the crown prince, attacked the prince, and then married Princess Lu Yuan; As soon as Princess Lu Yuan got married, Liu Bang immediately went to Zhao State, and it was on the way that the Guan Gao assassination incident occurred; Then Liu Bang returned to Chang'an, just a few days after arriving in Chang'an, Guan Gao's 'rebellion' was kicked out, Liu Bang summoned Zhang Ao into Chang'an, and then Guan Gao argued with reason, insisting that this matter had nothing to do with Zhang Ao, and then Liu Bang was moved by Guan Gao's loyalty, pardoned Guan Gao's capital crime, and 'lightly' disposed of Zhang Ao - abolished the king as a marquis; Guan Gao learned that Zhang Ao's life was worry-free, so he committed suicide calmly...

From Zhang Er's death, to Zhang Ao's wife, taking his wife back to Zhao, Liu Bang going to Zhao, returning to Chang'an, Zhang Ao being reported, being convicted and entering Beijing, Guan Gao being interrogated, being pardoned, and Zhang Ao being demoted to Hou, this series of events were all completed within one year in 198 BC!

What's more subtle is that just one year after Zhang Ao was deprived of the throne of King Zhao, among the five remaining princes with different surnames in the Han family, except for the king of Changsha, the remaining four rebelled one after another, and were suppressed by Liu Bang and deprived of the feudal state...

Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, in Zuo Yi's personal opinion, the truth of this matter should be like this: In order to confront Xiang Yu, Liu Bang painted a big cake to seal the princes and kings with different surnames - for example: I named you the king of Chu, but the state of Chu is now in the hands of Xiang Yu, you go and fight, and it will be yours to fight down.

After Xiang Yu Wujiang killed himself and the Han family was established, Liu Bang put the elimination of princes with different surnames on the agenda, and the first one was to take Zang Di, the king of Yan who was on the northern border.

The Yan State was recovered, and it was naturally followed by the Zhao State - the northern border of the Han Dynasty, and the two largest vassal states were Yan Zhao.

Liu Bang decided to slow down this matter a little, after all, it was not good to kill the two border princes and kings in a short period of time, so he waited until Zhang Er died; The new king Zhang Ao probably also understood what Liu Bang meant, so he expressed his goodwill by marrying Princess Lu Yuan, and then the two acted in such a political show, Zhang Ao saved his life and won a consolation prize: Che Hou; Liu Bang naturally took back the Zhao State.

Yan Zhao retracted, and there was only one South Korea left on the northern border wall, and Liu Bang delayed it for another two years, so he let the wind out, saying that Han Wangxin intended to rebel and wanted to repeat the old tricks; As a result, Han Wangxin did not know each other, and decisively fell to the Huns, which led to the famous battle - Liu Bang's personal expedition, the Huns came out to make decisions for Han Wangxin, and Liu Bang took advantage of the situation to start the first Han-Hun war and fell into the siege of Baideng.

By the time Han Wangxin was defeated and killed, Liu Bang had already taken back the Yan, Zhao, and Han capitals on the northern border wall into the hands of the central government, and obtained the promise of Maodun to "take the Great Wall as the boundary and not interfere with each other", and the frontier was initially stable; Liu Bang turned his head and began to cut off the Liang State at his doorstep, as well as the Huainan, Chu and other vassal states with different surnames in the Kwantung region, and completed them all within 196 BC.

Judging from Liu Bang's death in 195 BC, it is not ruled out that Liu Bang knew that his time was running out when he conquered Han Wangxin, so he wanted to finish his work in one battle and leave a relatively stable strategic pattern for the crown prince Liu Ying, so he 'went up' to hunt down Han Wangxin and thus fell into the possibility of the siege of Baideng.

2. After the death of Zhang Ao, the Marquis of Xuanping, his son Zhang Xin attacked the lord and died in 188 BC, without an heir, and the country was removed.

The inheritance of the Marquis of the Western Han Dynasty was strictly in accordance with the primogeniture inheritance system, so the possibility that Zhang Xin was the eldest son of Zhang Aochang was as high as nine out of nine.

The remaining possibility of zero percent was also denied by the identity of Zhang Yan, the king of Lu: Zhang Yan was named the king of Lu because Lu Hounian and his son were the sons of Princess Lu Yuan; And Princess Lu Yuan, as Zhang Ao's wife, must be a son-in-law.

Under the circumstance that Zhang Yan is the son-in-law, it is impossible for Zhang Xin to inherit the Marquis of Xuanping as the 'eldest son', and the title of the Han family is not allowed to be inherited by the concubine, so Zhang Xin is 100% the eldest son of Zhang Ao, and Zhang Yan is the second son.

As for the remaining two Zhang Shou and Zhang Hao, they were recorded by the history books together with Zhang Yan: Lu Hounian was the son of the eldest daughter Princess Lu Yuan in Zhang Yan, so he was named King of Lu; and named the remaining two concubines of Xuanping Hou as Che Hou...

From the above information, it can be concluded that Zhang Ao has two sons, two concubines, and a total of four sons, which can stand up to scrutiny.

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