Before, Liu Xiang only said "choose an elder from among the grandsons of Emperor Gao", and never mentioned choosing from Emperor Hui's other sons!

If it is really according to Liu Xiang's statement, as Liu Bang's eldest grandson, who else can there be besides him as the "elder"?

But the big guy has lived a full fifteen years under the authority of Empress Lu, and then chooses an emperor with strong soldiers and horses, how can he live a peaceful life?

Out of this consideration, Zhou Bocai in the previous court discussion, while using "the mother family of the King of Qi has no virtue" as an excuse to get stuck in the process, while contacting the benevolent and honest acting king to enter Chang'an.

But today, when the acting king arrived in Weiyang Palace, when he was about to kick the door, Liu Xiang actually broke the jar and fell, and played such a trick to hurt the enemy by a thousand and damage himself by eight hundred...

Liu Xiang's intention is also obvious: if you don't let Lao Tzu be the emperor, then let Emperor Hui's group of chief horn children sit on the dragon throne!

But the problem is that the abolition of the young emperor has already made Zhou Bo and Chen Ping tremble, for fear of being labeled as "killing the king"; If you choose a child to be the emperor again, won't you confirm the stigma of "usurping power and seizing the throne"?

Looking at Liu Xiang's smug expression, even if Zhou Bo was so angry in his heart, like a fish in his throat, he couldn't attack in this hall.

The reason is very simple: whether it is from the perspective of the ancestral system or the rituals, Liu Xiang's statement is tenable; And Zhou Bo and others supported Liu Heng, without the slightest legal basis to speak of.

- The emperor is dead, and there is no son who can inherit the throne, of course he should be chosen from among the emperor's brothers; What's the deal with choosing an emperor's uncle?

Just when Zhou Bo was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to respond, from the position of the clan member on the right, a tall and mighty figure strolled out, and as soon as Zhou Bo bowed his hand to the head of the head, he came to Liu Xiang's side with a light smile.

The moment the figure got up, the sorrow on Zhou Bo's face was swept away, and he looked at Liu Xiang again, with a trace of pity.

"Brother Wang, hasn't he forgotten that Emperor Daxing should 'commit suicide in shame'?"

Hearing this, Zhou Bo completely let go of the worries in his heart, and looked at Liu Xiang in the hall with interest, who had not yet reacted to what was happening.

The reason why Liu Hong "committed suicide in shame" was that none of the civil and military officials in the hall "didn't know", and none of them "didn't know" - the Marquis of Dongmu said to the first emperor and said: Your Excellency is not the son of Emperor Hui, so you should not be established!

The first emperor wept when he heard this, and said: Mu Monkey and crowned as a defiled sacred, a capital crime, a capital crime...

Then he drank and died, to thank the world.

And Liu Xingju, the Marquis of Dongmu who "persuaded with good words" to the puppet emperor Liu Hong, was in the palace at this time, and bluntly questioned his brother, Liu Xiang, the king of Qi.

As for the deep meaning in the language...

It can be seen from the slightly trembling shoulders of the hundred officials in the hall - not only Zhou Bo, but they also understand.

Listening to his younger brother's faint hints, Liu Xiang's eyes widened suddenly, and his index finger pointed to the top of the imperial steps: "Zhou Bo! How dare you!! ”

It's just that the fingers that can't stop trembling, I don't know if it's because of resentment or fear.

Before Liu Xiang's words fell, Zhou Bo moved his gaze to the ministers in the palace and interrupted: "Presumably, all the princes already know that Emperor Daxing is not the son of Emperor Xiaohui, but the rebel thief of the Lu family. ”

Saying that, Zhou Bo's face became serious, he paced down the imperial steps, and said word by word: "Check, Daxing Emperor Zhu Kunzhong, Liang King Liu Tai, Huaiyang King Liu Wu, and Hengshan King Liu Chao are not the sons of Emperor Xiaohui, and they are all born of the Lu family's traitors and prostitution!" ”

"Emperor Xiaohui is the heir of today, and the pseudo-emperor is in the Zen position; The ministers were entrusted by Emperor Taizu Gao, and they really didn't dare to sit idly by and watch the country have no owner; Therefore, Liu Heng, the son of Emperor Gaozu, was welcomed into Chang'an, in order to succeed the ancestral ancestral temple and settle the rivers and mountains of Liu Han! ”

After reading out the decision of the temple high-level in righteous words, Zhou Bo's face sank, looked around at the ministers in the hall, and said coldly: "If the princes have other high opinions, you can try to speak!" ”

Liu Xiang in the center of the hall was already paralyzed on the ground, and his face was still ruddy from anger, and his eyes were looking at the ground in a daze.

Seeing that all the ministers in the palace bowed their heads and were silent, Zhou Bo nodded to Prime Minister Chen Ping, who was kneeling beside the imperial steps, and returned to the imperial steps.

"Since all the princes think it is good, then the matter is settled."

"Now that the king is waiting in Shaofu, the princes will go with one and pay homage to the new king."

Coax!

As soon as the words came out, the ministers in the hall all raised their heads and looked at Zhou Bo above in disbelief.

The Shaofu Yamen is within the palace wall of Weiyang Palace, and it can be reached from the front hall about 500 steps.

actually took the acting king into the Weiyang Palace, and only then came to "discuss" who would inherit the throne...

This is a discussion, it is clearly a notice!

But Rao was resentful in his heart, and among the hundreds of civil and military courtiers in the palace, none of them dared to stand up and spit out even a single word "no".

The situation couldn't be clearer - Zhou Bo is determined to set up the king as the emperor.

At this time, Prime Minister Chen Ping, who should stand up to stop all this, was at the forefront of the court, studying the sludge between his fingernails...

If it weren't for the fact that the prime minister was also afraid of Zhou Bo's power, then there was only one possibility left - to welcome the king, and the prime minister also had a share!

The attitude of the Marquis of Dongmu shows the attitude of the clan to a certain extent: support.

In the Han Dynasty, if something was supported by both the Taiwei and the Prime Minister, it would almost inevitably be implemented - the Taiwei was in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and the Prime Minister was in charge of the country's finances; The gun and the money bag joined forces, and in feudal society almost anything.

Coupled with the clan, at least the support of the powerful Liu royal family, the final variable is lost...

The die is cast.

The new monarch can only be the acting king, and he must also be the acting king!

"The general trend is like this, it cannot be reversed..."

The courtiers sighed secretly in their hearts, followed Zhou Bo's footsteps to the palace gate, put on cloth shoes in order, walked out of the palace gate, and walked towards the Shaofu Yamen.

Behind everyone, watching the courtiers leave with their hands around their stomachs, Liu Xingju shook his head with a smile and came to Liu Xiang, who was sitting on the ground.

"Brother Wang should know today, what is the situation of my brother when my father died?"

Looking at the eldest brother Liu Xiang who was like ashes on the ground, Liu Xingju suddenly felt a burst of happiness in his chest.

As the third son of Liu Fei, the king of Qi Mourning, Liu Xingju could only watch his father die of depression when he was a teenager; watched his eldest brother, who had been stubborn since he was a child, walk onto his father's throne, and waited coldly for him to bow down to Nacheng.

Even this marquis was given to himself by Empress Lu in order to crown Zhu Lu as king, but she was afraid of the opposition of the Liu clan.

Liu Xingju originally thought that after venting the resentment in his heart, the suffocation in his chest would be reduced a little; But looking at Liu Xiang's current appearance, he suddenly felt bored.

"The dog who lost his home, it is boring to bully~"

With an exaggerated sigh, Liu Xingju put his hands behind his back, stepped on the cloth shoes at the door of the palace at will, and walked leisurely in the direction of Shaofu.

At the foot of the long steps outside the palace, the ministers all stood on tiptoe with puzzled expressions and looked at the reason why the team stopped moving forward.

At the front of the line, Zhou Bo also looked at the sergeant in front of him, who was kneeling on one knee and panting.

"What's so flustered?"

"Hey, Captain!"

The sergeant took a deep breath, adjusted his breathing, and said with an awkward face: "Big... Emperor Daxing and the soldiers of the Northern Army are clamoring outside the palace! ”