Just after discussing the matter of cutting the feudal domain with Chao Cuo, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, paced alone in the palace for a while.

After pondering for a while, the Son of Heaven ordered Wang Yan to go to prepare the hub, and then went to the sleeping palace of the Empress Dowager Dou of Changle Palace.

Because of the death of the Empress Dowager Bo Ji, Changle Palace became the place of the Empress Dowager Dou at this time, and the Empress Dowager Dou moved into the Changxin Palace to live. At this time, Dou Yifang was about to eat in the palace, and listened to the attendant's report, and the Son of Heaven arrived, so he put down the chopsticks in his hand.

said: "How can Your Majesty come to the mourning palace at this time."

"Mother, my son is naturally here to greet his mother", Liu Qi, the son of heaven, said in a dark robe.

Empress Dowager Dou smiled and said, "Your Majesty, have you had dinner?" ”

The Son of Heaven said: "My son has not eaten yet."

Only then did the Empress Dowager Dou say to the palace maid on the side: "Don't hurry up and prepare a meal for Your Majesty."

When the meal was served, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, did not say a word, and after the dinner was finished, the palace maid removed the food utensils on the bookcase, and the Empress Dowager Dou said: "Your Majesty is here today, there must be something to mourn the family."

When Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, heard this, he said: "The mother clearly sees that the son does have something important to report to his mother."

After finishing speaking, he personally got up and helped the Empress Dowager Dou, who was kneeling in front of the desk, and helped her to the bed.

"Although Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, he is also my Son, so let me say anything."

Hearing this, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, immediately ordered all the attendants and maids in the palace to leave, and the hall suddenly seemed extremely empty, leaving only the mother and son.

As soon as Liu Qi, the son of heaven, was dressed up, he knelt in front of the Empress Dowager Dou with a big salute, and said with a straight face: "Mother, this matter is related to the national fortune of my Han family, and this son has come to report to his mother."

As soon as these words came out, Empress Dowager Dou was naturally taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What did Your Majesty say?" ”。

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, saluted and said sadly: "Recently, I received a report that some princes and kings wanted to rebel, so I have come to report to my mother."

"What? The princes and kings want to rebel? The words of Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, how could the Empress Dowager Dou be shocked. When Emperor Xiaowen was there, Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, rebelled. Later, Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei, took advantage of the Xiongnu to go south and Emperor Xiaowen personally went to the north to rebel in Jibei.

Although these two rebellions were destroyed by Emperor Wen with a thunderous force, they also had some bad effects, especially the matter of Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, which made Emperor Xiaowen leave a reputation as a widow who could not tolerate his own brothers.

Empress Dowager Dou held a cane in her hand and asked; "But then the Imperial Doctor made a mistake and made a mistake to His Majesty to cut the domain?" Since Yuan Ang last said to the Empress Dowager Dou, Wu King Liu Bi said that there were ministers in the court to provoke the relationship between the princes and the court, and he was even more tired of it, if it was not for the fact that he was the teacher of the Son of Heaven, he would be punished.

Now I heard that Liu Qiyan said that there were princes and kings who rebelled, so I thought it was the reason for Chao Wrong and instigated the Son of Heaven to carry out the strategy of cutting down the domain.

Liu Qi, the son of heaven, also didn't know how the Empress Dowager Dou would mention Chao Wrong, but said: "Mother has nothing to do with Chao Qing, and the matter of the trial of rebellion some time ago has a lot to do with this", looking at the change in Dou Yifang's expression, Liu Qi said again: "That Xianping actually communicated with Liu Bi privately and bluntly conspired against him, so his son said that this matter is related to the national fortune of my Han Dynasty."

On crutches, Empress Dowager Dou paced in the hall and said sharply: "It's just a little Wu King Liu Bi who wants to rebel!" My son is ordered by heaven, the son of heaven of the dignified Han family, if he dares to rebel, he will send heavenly soldiers to ask for it! ”。

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, immediately saluted and said: "Thank you, Mother, my son is here to see his mother today for this matter, and I am determined to take the policy of cutting the feudal domain to settle the world of my Han family."

"Where is it easy to cut the domain, your father Emperor Xiaowen also had the intention of cutting the domain, and finally had to give up after weighing it, does Your Majesty have a feasible strategy?" , but the Empress Dowager Bo suddenly changed her words.

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, said: "Mother Rongyu, father said to his son before he died: The biggest worry of the son of heaven in my Han family today is inside, not outside.

For example, there are twenty-nine counties in the land occupied by the princes today, and only twenty counties under the command of the imperial court, and now some princes and kings are increasingly expanding in strength and are dissatisfied with the imperial court. For example, Liu Bi, the king of Wu, has nearly 200,000 soldiers in his hands, and if he does not cut his country at this time, it will be a disaster for my Han in the future. It was only then that the son decided to take advantage of this opportunity to cut the domain."

After being silent for a while, Empress Dowager Dou asked, "What about the Liang Kingdom?" ”。

As Liu Qizhi expected, as soon as his mother heard about cutting the domain, she thought of her youngest son, Liu Wu, the king of Liang.

"Who is King Liang? My siblings are even more loyal to me, and this reduction of the feudal domain will not only not weaken the Liang State, but should strengthen the Liang State."

As soon as Liu Qi, the son of heaven, said this, the Empress Dowager Dou was overjoyed, and even said: "Your Majesty's words are very kind, and the mourning family also feels that some princes and kings have ill intentions.

Liu Qi, the son of heaven, used this sentence to coax his mother Dou Yifang. Since then, the Dou family's power in the court has been pulled to his side by Liu Qi, the son of heaven................

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Just when Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, planned properly and was about to promulgate a plan to cut the feudal domain above the court, there were a series of visions in the Han realm.

First of all, at the end of April, the comet appeared in the northeast, and as soon as the matter subsided slightly, it was a fire from the sky that burned down the main hall and city tower of Luoyang East Palace.

In this way, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, had to go to the high temple to worship the heavens, earth, ghosts and gods.

But I didn't want to, but in January, there was an eclipse on the sky, which made Liu Qi a little stunned, and said in his heart: "Is it because I want to do the policy of cutting the domain, and God is warning you like this?" ”。

Solar eclipses are just ordinary astronomical phenomena in modern times, but how could people have understood them more than 2,000 years ago......

In ancient times, dynasties all had a saying of sun worship, believing that the sun symbolized the Son of Heaven.

"Left Turn" contains: The term "bad governance" is also. If the country has no government and does not need to be good, it will take its own revenge on the disaster of the sun and the moon. Why? It is the rulers who do not govern well, so there is a solar eclipse to warn the monarch.

This eclipse is considered to be a warning from Heaven to the Son of Heaven that he is dissatisfied with what the Son of Heaven has done.

When the sons of heaven saw this, they only got the temple to pay homage to the gods of heaven and earth, and to introspect themselves, so as to appease the hearts of the subjects of the world.

When the court discussed again, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, had no choice but to say: "Recently, I was born with a vision, which must be a warning from heaven to me, and I am determined to pray quietly in the temple of Emperor Gao tomorrow, and recently eat vegetarian food in the palace to pray for God's understanding."

Liu Rong naturally knew that a solar eclipse was just an ordinary astronomical phenomenon, but if he jumped out at this time and said, this was not a warning from the heavens, but an ordinary thing

。 Maybe before he finished speaking, he was about to be dragged out by the guards in the Xuan Room Palace, and whether he could see the sun the next day was one thing............

Liu Rong's grandfather, Emperor Xiaowen, and his father have been the Son of Heaven for more than 30 years, but for some reason, there have been frequent solar eclipses.

In the first few years before Emperor Wen ascended the throne and became emperor, there were three solar eclipses in a row, which scared Emperor Wen half to death, thinking that God was really dissatisfied with being the Son of Heaven. A generation of sages, and still have such a weak heart, other emperors can imagine......

Of course, there are also people who skillfully use the solar eclipse, during the Han and Emperor periods, the foreign relative Dou Xian controlled the government, just in time for the solar eclipse, the minister took the opportunity to clamorate that it was the courtiers who pressed the lord, and the heavens sent disasters, and the traitorous party must be eradicated, as a result, the Han and Emperor Liu Zhao used the order of the Son of Heaven to do the things of heaven, and got rid of the Dou family by thunderous means, and was able to regain power.

At this time, Dong Zhongshu, who was studying in Qidi, didn't know if he had seen this solar eclipse, and he didn't know if he had written his so-called theory of heaven and man induction.

Just when the courtiers were talking about the sage of the Son of Heaven, Dazai Yuan Ang jumped out and said, "Your Majesty's move is inappropriate."

Yuan An's words surprised the courtiers, and before others could say more, the political enemy Yu Shi Dafu Chao jumped out and said, "What does Yuan Dazai mean? Your Majesty prays to the heavens so devoutly, isn't Yuan Dazai still dissatisfied, the old man, as the imperial historian, has the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials, and you despise the Son of Heaven so much, you should be judged as a great crime of disrespect."

Liu Rong looked at a radiant look of chao and said in his heart: I really don't miss the opportunity to attack political enemies for a moment, before Yuan Ang finished speaking, the hat of disrespecting the Son of Heaven was buttoned up, and disrespect was a great crime to be exterminated. This group of ancient people really can't afford to offend, and they want to put people to death at every turn.............

Hearing this, Yuan Ang smiled and said: "Doctor Yushi, listen to the minister's words and then talk about the crime."

I saw Yuan Ang say again: "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, he has rewarded the people of the world for being promoted to the first rank, and has postponed the age of men's conscription for three years. Such a monarch who cares about the people asks how the heavens can condemn him.

Gu this minister thinks that this is not the fault of His Majesty, but the fault of the Prime Minister!

As the head of a hundred officials, the prime minister leads a hundred officials, assists the Son of Heaven in governing national affairs, and unifies everything, but the Son of Heaven must be the prime minister if he is not guilty! ”。

As soon as Yuan Ang's words came out, Prime Minister Kaifeng Hou Taoqing suddenly looked innocent, and just wanted to say Who did I recruit and provoke whom? But Yuan Ang didn't dare to speak out against this, and then put the responsibility on the Son of Heaven? I'm afraid I'm going to be branded as a counter-revolutionary......

Tao Qing had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Since the minister was promoted to the post of prime minister, he has done nothing, and it must be that God sees that the minister is not virtuous, so this is the warning of this celestial phenomenon."

Minister Tao Qing begged His Majesty to remove the minister from the post of prime minister, and to uphold the will of heaven and reassure the hearts of the people."

After speaking, he took off the crown he wore and knelt down to plead guilty.

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, never thought that there would be such a way, so any visions from then on would be the responsibility of the prime minister, and it had nothing to do with me! Liu Qixin said.

Liu Rong also saw the skill of Yuan An, the old fox, at this time, and put the responsibility of the Son of Heaven in the prime minister's body in a few words.

When all the ministers saw this, they all said: "Please Your Majesty dismiss the prime minister, inherit his providence, and reassure the people."

Liu Qi, the son of heaven, sighed with some 'unwillingness': "Hey! The hundred officials said so, and I had no choice but to dismiss Tao Qing from the post of prime minister."

And Chao Cuo's already angry practice is about to turn green, and Dou Ying on the side is naturally very happy when he sees such a situation.

The heart said: "Chao mistake, you also have today."