"I haven't seen you for many years, but is the King of Chu still healthy?"

In the Xuanshu Palace, Liu Budo knelt on the side, looking at the stinky chess on the chessboard, Liu Hong fell again.

Opposite Liu Hong, an old man who was slightly younger than Liu Budo, and his demeanor revealed his nobility from time to time, with some doubts between his eyebrows and eyes, as if he was thinking about how to make Liu Hong lose better.

Tangled to the next obscure evil hand, the old man bowed his hand slightly: "Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, although my father is old, he can still be regarded as strong." ”

Hearing this, Liu Hong smiled lightly twice, and casually left a son: "In this case, I should be carefree." ”

As Liu Bang's youngest brother, Liu Jiao is now over the age of sixteen; If you follow the original historical trajectory, Liu Hong, the emperor's uncle and ancestor, the historical king of Chu Yuan, has only more than one year to live.

Even the second son of the king of Chu in front of Liu Hong is nearly half a hundred years old; In history, he only sat on the throne of the king of Chu for less than five years, and then died.

But for some reason, from Liu Yingke's complexion, Liu Hong did not see any signs similar to 'his life is imminent' - compared to the courtiers and nobles who are seventy or eighty years old in the DPRK and China, Liu Yingke, who has not even reached the age of fifty, is undoubtedly young and strong.

And the reason why Liu Hong paid attention to the second son of King Yuan, and how long the historical King of Chuyi could live, was out of consideration for Zongzheng's subordinates.

- Liu Budo has concurrently held the positions of Fengchang and Zongzheng, and it has been almost half a year!

Although the two Jiuqing subordinates belong to relatively idle departments, Liu Budo can handle it, but one person concurrently holds the position of two Jiuqing, and it is not good to say it after all - there is no one in the Han family, so he is the second Jiuqing with one person?

After a long time, there may not be 'Jiuqing' in public opinion in the future? Four-five! Vulgar jokes like that.

However, the functions and powers of Zongzheng and Fengchang are highly similar, basically, if they are ordered to belong to Zongzheng, Fengchang will also have parts that need to be involved; Now that the officials in the palace are not satisfied, the drafting of the edict is temporarily in charge of the Fengchang subordinate office.

To put it simply: Liu Hong doesn't want to face the embarrassing situation that happened some time ago!

- Where is Bongchang? Liu Budo is listed: Feng Changchen does not doubt that he hears the hadith; He ordered Zongzheng to do so-and-so thing? Liu Budo goodbye: Zong Zhengchen does not doubt the edict...

Liu Budo is a regular job? Temporarily serving as Zongzheng, it is also Liu Hong's special consideration for a special period; Now there's a new candidate? Naturally, he had to start planning for a new Zong Zhengqing.

The easiest thing to do? Naturally, it is Liu Yingke in front of him - in the original history, Liu Yingke was named the prince of Chu in the first year of Emperor Wen? and stayed in Chang'an to serve as Zongzheng.

After waiting for a year, the king of Chu? After Liu Yingke returned to China and succeeded to the throne? Emperor Wen also appointed Liu Yingke's younger brother: Honghou Liu Li was Zongzheng.

According to the original historical trajectory, the sons of King Chu Yuan will serve as Zongzheng, and there will be no problems.

If the Emperor Liu Taigong is regarded as the first generation of the old Liu family, Liu Bang and Kunzhong are counted as the second generation? So Liu Hong calculated? It should be regarded as the fourth generation of the old Liu family.

And now at this point in time when the second generation is withering, and the three generations of Liu Bang's lineage are only the acting king Liu Heng and the king of Huainan Liu Chang, Liu Yingke, who is also a son of the third generation, is also enough to serve as Zong Zhengqing in the clan.

Zongzheng, in the final analysis, is the theoretical parent of the old Liu family; What are the main requirements for the incumbent? is high enough to hold down the field.

What if a hairy boy from the old Liu family came to the door? Zong Zheng went out to greet him, calling him uncle? That Zongzheng will have no majesty.

And if Liu Yingke, one of the three generations of disciples, is allowed to serve as the Zongzheng, this kind of problem will not occur - the Liu clan relatives who are still alive today? There is only Liu Heng, the acting king? Liu Chang, King of Huainan? Liu Bi, the king of Wu, Liu Guang, the dehou, and Liu Xin, who was about to be named the king of Yan, were barely on the same level as Liu Yingke.

Appointing Liu Yingke as Zongzheng, Liu Hong had only one doubt: Liu Jiao died a year later, and Liu Yingke would go back to inherit the throne.

In the end, according to the historical trajectory, Liu Yingke was appointed as Zongzheng, and Liu Li was summoned to Chang'an after a year, or Liu Li was directly put in Zongzheng's position...

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Hong still decided to use Liu Yingke first - Emperor Wen in history, who is undoubtedly a person with very high political wisdom.

The appointment of the son of the king of Chu as Zongzheng may have happened together with 'sealing Liu Yingke as the crown prince of Chu' in history.

If Liu Hong made Liu Yingke become Zongzheng on the one hand, and appointed Liu Jiao's other son as Zongzheng on the other hand, the mountain is far away from the emperor, it will inevitably make Liu Jiao misunderstand Liu Hongdi's intentions, such as 'favoring Liu Li more than recognizing Liu Yingke' and the like.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong had already made up his mind; Taking out two chess pieces from the chessbox and gently placing them on the edge of the chessboard, Liu Hong smiled and arched his hand: "I am defeated." ”

Seeing Liu Hong admitting defeat so happily, Liu Yingke was suddenly a little surprised; When he saw the light smile and calmness on Liu Hong's face, he finally settled down: "The minister is lucky." ”

Looking at Liu Yingke, who revealed Zhou Li's aura in his demeanor, Liu Hong nodded secretly: Liu Jiao doesn't say anything else, in the matter of educating his son, he can be regarded as a leader in the old Liu family.

"I have heard for a long time that the family style of the King of Chu is rigorous, and when I see it today, I deeply respect it."

first put a layer of gold on Liu Jiao's face, and when Liu Ying was polite, Liu Hong said coldly: "The matter of the princes of Yan and Zhao, I originally wanted to do it with the will of the king of Chu; However, the king of Chu could not bear the hard work of the boats and cars, so he sent Qing to replace him. ”

As he spoke, Liu Hong indifferently picked up the tea bowl on the side of the chessboard and took a sip: "I don't know if the King of Chu has anything to say, and he will pass it on to me?" ”

In the final analysis, Liu Yingke's main task this time is to come forward on behalf of his father Liu Jiao, and use the super high rank of the second generation of the Liu family to end the selection of the princes of Yan and Zhao, as well as the division of the sons of King Hui.

The former is good to say that King Yan has a ninety percent chance of falling on the head of Liu Xin, the son of Liu Bang's eldest brother; Liu Hong is only concerned about whether he can use Liu Jiao's mouth to temporarily vacate the position of King Zhao.

Because of the strategic location of Zhao State, it is really a bit delicate.

In fact, Zhao did not directly border the Han-Hungarian border - Zhao and the Han-Hungarian border were only seen, and there were also two kingdoms of Dai and Yan; To the east is the state of Qi.

To the south of Zhao is the Liang State that guards the last gateway to Guanzhong; To the west, there are counties such as Shangdang and Hanoi.

As long as you have the slightest understanding of strategy, it is not difficult to see what kind of strategic position Zhao came from: to the north as the second generation of defense line after Dai and Yan, and to the east to guard against Qi; To the south, you can reach the Liang State, and even attack Shangdang and Hanoi to the west, and go from the east of the river to the Hangu Pass!

That is to say, King Zhao can choose to defend the border wall in the north and choke the Qi country in the east, or attack the Liang country in the south, or take the east of the river in the west...

One thought of heaven, one thought of hell; Nothing more.

Such an important strategic place, the slightest misselection of its candidates may bring endless disasters to the Han family!

What makes Liu Hong even more solemn is that: according to the convention handed down by Emperor Gao Liu Bang - King Zhao, by default, has the strategic command of the princes and kings near the border wall; There is a change in the side wall, and King Zhao theoretically has the right to react first, and then report to Chang'an.

This alone, I don't know how many articles can be done in it - what collusion with the Xiongnu pretended to make an attack posture, and then King Zhao used 'stress' as a reason to transfer troops far-fetched, ostensibly guarding against foreign enemies, but in fact, the troops came to Suiyang City, knocking on Hangu...

This may be the reason why King Zhao generally did not die well in the history of the Western Han Dynasty: such a delicate geographical location is really easy for people to have some fantasies that are not right.

For the Zhao State, Liu Hong's current arrangement is to move the acting king Liu Heng to the Liang State, and then the current King of Liang, his younger brother Liu Tai, will be transferred to the King of Zhao, and then send a few old ministers to assist.

Even before his younger brother Mrs. Liu grew up, Liu Hong could also leave Mrs. Liu in Chang'an to 'take care' on the grounds of 'too young', and directly hand over the state of Zhao to the appointed Zhao Wangxiang, Neishi, and lieutenant to govern.

This matter is not very difficult to operate, as long as Liu Jiao does not raise obvious objections, Liu Hong can handle it.

What really gave Liu Hong a headache was the matter of mourning the sons of King Hui...

Before Liu Yingke, the music from Qi had already been sent to Weiyang Palace one step ahead: Qi Wangxue.

Regarding Liu Xiang's death, Liu Hong can be said to have expected it for a long time, and there was a trace of surprise.

——Liu Hong originally thought that Liu Xiang died in the first year of Emperor Wen in history because of some political factors that cannot be known to outsiders!

And in this life, Liu Hong is very sure that he has never given the order to 'kill Liu Xiang'!

But Liu Xiang still died only two months after returning to China, and suddenly died at the age of 29...

According to the report, Liu Xiang died of 'excessive indulgence and excessive wine', according to the words of later generations, in fact, it was an immediate wind.

As for the real cause of Liu Xiang's death, Liu Hong didn't care to investigate it deeply - Liu Xiang's sudden death put a very difficult question in front of Liu Hong: Do you want to mourn the sons of King Hui all over the world?

This problem naturally appeared a long time ago, but at that time, Liu Xiang, who was also the son of Liu Fei, the king of mourning, was still there, and the handling of this matter was not too complicated.

But now, Liu Xiang is dead, and this matter has suddenly changed.

Liu Hong has been in accordance with the usual practice, ordered Fengchang and Zongzheng (in fact, Liu Budo) to send people to Linzi to hang the noise, give Liu Xiang the yellow intestine inscription, the golden jade clothes, and have the court to discuss the name, by the crown prince of Qi Liu Ze is the throne of the king of Qi.

At such a time, if Liu Hong split the land of Qi to mourn the sons of King Hui, then public opinion would inevitably think that Liu Hong bullied the young King of Qi Liu Ze and invaded the land of Qi.

But if it is not sealed, there will be a material theory of 'mourning for the king's hard work and high achievements, punishing Lu on behalf of the heavens, but not being rewarded by the Son of Heaven, in order to give the land of soup bathing'.

In other places except the Qi State, Liu Fei made Liu Fei's sons kings, and Liu Hong was not very happy - a good fief was either a strategic place, or already had a lord; A bad fiefdom, it's better not to give it than to give it!

This incident has forced Liu Hong to the point of prolonging the time of 'thinking' and continuing to lock himself up in the high temple!

After Liu Hong revealed the message of 'Shan Yu is dying, I know it', the originally high-spirited and invincible Hun mission suddenly settled down a lot.

Even Liu Hong instructed the Dian Keqing to deliberately put in a few 'Han Diao people', which turned the mission upside down, assassinated three people, injured more than a dozen people, and Su Bu Bald did not send anyone into the palace to ask for an explanation.

And those 'Diao people' are now stationed in Nanying, under the leadership of Wei Wei Cheng Qin Mu, carrying out the reconstruction work of the Southern Army.

Liu Hong understood that the reason why the Xiongnu mission was so low-key was that it was waiting for news from outside the Great Wall; The news that 'the Han Emperor knew that Shan Yu was seriously ill and would pass away' should have now arrived at the Xiongnu Shan Yu Court.

This also allowed Liu Hong to breathe a sigh of relief and concentrate on dealing with the trivial matters of the mourning of King Hui.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong couldn't help but want to complain: Liu Fei is too capable of giving birth...

As the eldest son of Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bangshu, Liu Feisheng, the king of Qi Mourning, has three sons in law and ten sons...

The eldest son, Liu Xiang, has died on the throne of the King of Qi, and the second son, Liu Zhang, the Marquis of Zhu Xu, is now under martial law in Linzi, escorting the smooth continuation of the heirs of the Qi State; The youngest son, Liu Xingju, died gloriously under the dynamic light wave emitted by Liu Bang.

The remaining ten concubines are all alive now!

And in the public opinion, these ten people have a share in the 'annihilation of Zhulu' who sang praises to King Hui's lineage!

In history, a total of six of these ten people have been princes and kings, and Liu Xiang, Liu Zhang, and Liu Xingju, who are also princes, have formed the legendary story of "mourning the nine kings of the king's vein".

But for Liu Hong, this is not something worth talking about...

Not to mention the Nine Kings, just how to deal with Liu Zhang, the Marquis of Zhu Xu, has already made Liu Hong very worried.

Among Liu Fei's sons-in-law, Liu Xiang and Liu Xingju are deceased; At this time, under the default rule of 'concubines are not counted', Liu Fei theoretically only had one son left by Liu Zhang.

Public opinion will not care that Liu Zhang almost died in a rebellion, nor will they care what Liu Zhang will do in the future, they only care about mourning the last son of King Hui's 'only', how Liu Hong treats.

That is to say, Liu Hong can't send Liu Zhang away from a small country with more than a dozen cities in a county!

As for how this matter should be handled, Liu Hong really needs Liu Jiao's guidance to deal with the 'historical legacy problem' of Liu Fei's line as perfectly as possible.

If you want to take it, you must give it first.

In order to get Liu Jiao's help, Liu Hong needs to first satisfy Liu Jiao's thirst.

got up with a light smile, strolled outside the hall gate with his hands in his hands, and after assuming a 'distant look' posture, Liu Hong said to Liu Yingke, who followed behind him: "The prince of Chu died early, and I am very compassionate; I don't know what the heir of the Chu State is, what is the plan of the emperor's uncle? ”

The undisguised closeness in Liu Hong's tone made Liu Yingke suddenly happy, and hurriedly bowed deeply: "Father Wang Yan: Your Majesty is the only one who is powerful, and the ministers are the only one..."

Uncle Huang!

This sentence alone is enough to show that His Majesty attaches great importance to the King of Chu!

Because of the Han family, he mourned King Hui

Not to mention the Nine Kings, just how to deal with Liu Zhang, the Marquis of Zhu Xu, has already made Liu Hong very worried.

Among Liu Fei's sons-in-law, Liu Xiang and Liu Xingju are deceased; At this time, under the default rule of 'concubines are not counted', Liu Fei theoretically only had one son left by Liu Zhang.

Public opinion will not care that Liu Zhang almost died in a rebellion, nor will they care what Liu Zhang will do in the future, they only care about mourning the last son of King Hui's 'only', how Liu Hong treats.

That is to say, Liu Hong can't take a county or a dozen cities to send Liu Zhang away!

As for how this matter should be handled, Liu Hong really needs Liu Jiao's guidance to deal with it as perfectly as possible