When Liu Rong heard his grandfather's words, he seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the Southern Army, so he asked, "Grandfather, why do you say that?"

Emperor Wen turned his head to look at Liu Rong: "Rong'er, you still don't understand, do you know why I ordered Zhang Wu not to transfer the army back to the camp for the time being?" ”。

Liu Rong thought for a while, and replied with some embarrassment: "My grandson is dull, and I don't know what my grandfather means."

"Some time ago, when the Huns retreated, they sent a small group of cavalry to Ganquan Palace, killed the defenders of Ganquan, and set fire to them, I received a report from the palace, the Hun cavalry was only more than 1,000 people, and Ganquanwei had 5,000 soldiers in his hands, and he was defeated, so I thought about inspecting the southern army to see how the military strength of our Han army ......... now. …”。

Then Liu Rong went to several military camps with Emperor Wen, which disappointed Emperor Wen.

The servant shot Wang Yan and reported, "Your Majesty, there is still a big camp that has not been went, whether to go."

Emperor Wen was naturally displeased, and did not want to go further, and said: "I am a little tired, so I will not go today."

Hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, Wang Yan wanted to order the former army to turn around and return to the Chang'an Palace.

Liu Rong asked: "Dare to ask Lord Wang, whose military camp is here."

Wang Yan replied: "Back to His Royal Highness, it should be the headquarters of Zhou Yafu, the Marquis of Hanoi, who is garrisoning Xiliu at this time."

Liu Rong was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: Xiliuying, Zhou Yafu?!

After the words fell, Wang Yan was about to go to the front army to give an order, and Liu Rong immediately said to Emperor Wen: "Grandfather, Zhou Yafu is the son of Zhou Bo, the Marquis of Jiang, Zhou Bo is my famous general of the Han Dynasty, and the tiger father must have no dogs, why don't you go to the Xiliu Camp to have a look?" Contingent windfalls are not yet known."

Seeing that Emperor Wen agreed, Liu Rong stepped down from the chariot and shouted: "The Son of Heaven has a life, and the whole army turns around to the Xiliu Camp!" ”。

Zhou Yafu is the second son of Zhou Bo, after Zhou Bo's death, the eldest son Zhou Shengzhi inherited the position of the marquis, and later once, Zhou Yafu set up a banquet in the house, invited Xu Cheng, Xu Cheng met him, and told Zhou Yafu that his life was very rich, and he could be a marquis after three years, and in another eight years, he would be the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and his status would be more noble. But in another nine years, he will die of starvation.

At this time, because of the murder of his brother Zhou Shengzhi, he was cut off the title, and Emperor Wen thought that Zhou Bo was a man of great merit, so he ordered Zhou Bo's second son Zhou Yafu to attack the knighthood. Now that the trajectory of history has changed because of Liu Rong, I wonder if Zhou Yafu will die of hunger strike..................

Liu Rong sighed every time he thought of Xu Cheng, is there really a god in this world?

This time it was still the case, when the Son of Heaven drove to the Xiliu Camp, there was a herald to the Xiliu Camp to give an order.

This time, however, it was very different.

The herald rode his horse and galloped over, and when he saw the soldiers guarding the camp, he said: "The Son of Heaven is rushing here, and he ordered me to give the order to Zhou Taishou here, and hope to let me pass."

I didn't want to, but the soldiers guarding the camp actually replied: "I'm sorry, the general has an order, the military discipline in the army is like a mountain, and the army only knows the general's order, but does not know the edict of the Son of Heaven."

As the guard of the Son of Heaven, he went to any place in the territory of the Han Dynasty to spread the call of the Son of Heaven, and he came and went freely, as if he had entered a no-man's land.

This man asked the guards of the camp several times, but to no avail, so he had to leave, and before leaving, he said: "You are so unreasonable, when Your Majesty arrives, you will be punished for your sins............."

The herald reported this to Wang Yan, who had never seen such a thing, so he immediately reported it to Emperor Wen, who was also very surprised when he heard this, and ordered the chariot to hurry to Xiliu.

When Wang Yan saw this, he thought that the Son of Heaven was angry, and said in his heart: It seems that this Zhou Yafu will be punished this time......

The Son of Heaven drove to the gate of the Xiliu camp, and Emperor Wen ordered Wang Yan to pass on his life again.

The guards still said that, and the army only knew the general's order, not the call of the Son of Heaven.

Seeing this, Wang Yan felt helpless, so he had to run to the chariot of the Son of Heaven and explain the matter.

Emperor Wen took out the tiger talisman on his waist and handed it to Wang Yan, ordering him to go to the palace before.

Wang Yan walked to the front of the camp with the tiger talisman in both hands, raised the tiger talisman and said: "This is the tiger talisman of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and he ordered Zhou Yafu to go out to welcome the Son of Heaven!" ”。

Seeing this, this person replied and entered the camp to report to the general.

Zhou Yafu heard that the soldiers were coming, and the Son of Heaven came, so he went out of the camp to greet him, and when he saw Emperor Wen, he did not salute, but hugged his fists and saluted: "The minister is deep in the army, and the armor is on his body, so it is inconvenient to salute, so he can only pay a military salute and pay respects, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive your sins."

Seeing this, Wang Yan was angry, originally the guards of the camp had made this trusted servant of the Son of Heaven very angry, before the Son of Heaven spoke, Wang Yan first said: "Zhou Yafu, the Son of Heaven is here, it takes three and five orders to make you come out, and now I see the Son of Heaven, I don't even pay a big salute to worship, it's really hateful!" ”。

When Emperor Wen saw Wang Yan like this, he reprimanded Wang Yan and said: "I am here, when there is a place for you to speak, come to someone, and the court staff will be twenty."

Wang Yan was dumbfounded, even if he was pulled down by the guards of the Son of Heaven......

Immediately, Zhou Yafu welcomed the Son of Heaven into the camp, and a lieutenant informed the emperor that the general in the camp had an order not to drive at a fast pace, and the emperor had to obey, so Emperor Wen's car slowly marched to the camp.

Seeing that the soldiers in the camp were unsheathed and their bows were wound, they were all in a state of preparation for war, and their hearts were greatly satisfied.

In Zhou Yafu's big tent, Liu Rong, who was standing next to Emperor Wen, asked, "Zhou Taishou, I saw the battalion sergeants assembled, the sword was unsheathed, what do you want to do?"

Zhou Yafu didn't know who Liu Rong was, so he asked, "Your Majesty, what is this ......."

"This is Liu Rong, the eldest son of the prince, and I will be driven by him on this trip."

"It turned out to be His Royal Highness Liu Rong, and the army was assembled to practice the military formation."

Liu Rong still has a good impression of Zhou Yafu, first of all, this person is upright and talented, in history, Emperor Jing wanted to abolish the crown prince Liu Rong, as the prime minister, Zhou Yafu bluntly opposed, although he was unsuccessful, but he also did his best to help Liu Rong......

Xie Zhou Taishou replied. , Liu Rongdao.

When Emperor Wen heard this, he said: "How about I want to watch Yafu's military training?" ”。

The military array, since the Shang and Zhou Dynasty changes have been produced, and then continued to develop, the Warring States period "Sun Bin Art of War" set the ancestors of the masterpiece, the Spring and Autumn period before the ancient formation summarized into ten formations. These "ten arrays" are the square array, the circle array, the sparse array, the several arrays, the cone array, the goose-shaped array, the hook array, the Xuanxiang array, the water array, the fire array, etc.

Zhou Yafu immediately saluted and said: "The Son of Heaven has called his life, how dare he not obey."

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On the school field, Emperor Wen and Liu Rong watched from one side, while Zhou Yafu stood on the general platform and said to the corporal: "Your Majesty is here today, parade on the school ground, and don't shame the Han army!" ”。

The soldiers at the next station shouted in unison: "Ten thousand years of the Great Han!" Ten thousand years of the Son of Heaven! Ten thousand years of the Han Dynasty! Ten thousand years of the Son of Heaven! ”。

Zhou Yafu pulled out the long sword at his waist and shouted, "Formation!" ”。

Seeing a group of soldiers, they immediately dispersed and formed a small phalanx, thus forming a huge phalanx.

The characteristics of the phalanx lie in the inner void and the outer reality, and Han Xin used 30,000 soldiers to set up this formation in the battle of Jingcheng that year, defeating 200,000 Zhao troops.

Just when Emperor Wen led Liu Rong to watch Zhou Yafu drill the military formation, a guard came to report, "Your Majesty, news has come from Chang'an, Liu Wu, the king of Chu, has arrived in Chang'an, and the prince has ordered people to come here to report to Your Majesty."

Liu Wu, the king of Chu, is the son of Liu Jiao, the youngest brother of Emperor Liu Bang, and should be the cousin of Emperor Wen. However, this person is arrogant and lascivious, and has a tyrannical temperament.

When Emperor Wen heard this, he had to leave, and when he left, he issued an edict to reward Zhou Yafu with a thousand gold and a hundred horses.

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On the chariot, Emperor Wen asked Liu Rongdao, "Rong'er, what do you think of the army I am patrolling today?" ”。

"Back to my grandfather, my grandson thinks that only the army of fine willows is better, and Zhou Yafu is a real general."

Emperor Wen said with a smile: "What Rong'er said is extremely true, Yafu is the real general.

The rest of the armies are all child's play, if the Xiongnu sneak attack this place like a sneak attack on Ganquan, the rest of the generals can be captured in a battle."

When the Son of Heaven drove back to Weiyang Palace, it was already evening, Emperor Wen set up a banquet in the Jinhua Palace to entertain the King of Chu, and ordered the prince and the three princes and Jiuqing to accompany him, and also called Liu Rong, who drove back to the palace.

During the banquet, Emperor Wen raised his cup and asked, "The King of Chu is doing well recently."

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is very good, but I often miss Your Majesty in the Chu State."

"Oh? Some time ago, the king of Chu had something important to report to me, is it just for this matter that he came to Chang'an? ”。

When the king of Chu saw Emperor Wen speak, he immediately got up and walked to the palace, and saluted: "Your Majesty, minister... There is an important matter to report to Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty's permission.

The minister wanted to depose Liu Ang, the crown prince of Chu State, and set up his second son Liu Mao as the prince, so he went to Chang'an to ask to see His Majesty."

Of course, Emperor Wen didn't believe the nonsense of the King of Chu who missed the Son of Heaven, and only after hearing the words of the King of Chu did he understand why the King of Chu came.

Prime Minister Shen Tujia saw that Emperor Wen was silent, so he got up and said: "How can the King of Chu be like this, since the time of Emperor Gao, my Han Dynasty has followed the system of establishing a successor and establishing a long line, and the prince of Chu is the eldest son of the King of Chu, how can he be abolished because the King of Chu loves the younger son."

Zongzheng Liu Li also got up and said: "The minister also agrees with the prime minister's intentions, the prince of Chu has no fault, how can he say that he is abolished, so what is the ancestral system of my Han Dynasty?" ”。

When the king of Chu saw that the Son of Heaven had not yet spoken, the prime minister and Zong Zheng first suggested against it, and he was a little nervous in his heart, and immediately bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister did not want to abolish Liu Ang and set up Liu Mao because he favored the younger son, but... It's just that Liu Ang has a dull temperament, and the country of Chu is large, and the ministers are afraid that he will not be able to govern it well, so he has this performance."

And Liu Rong, who was silent on the side, actually got up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a strategy to solve the worries of the king of Chu."

Emperor Wen asked: "What is the policy?"

Liu Rong said: "Why don't you ask Your Majesty to be the King of Chu, and after a hundred years of King Chu, divide the Chu Kingdom into two, half of the eldest son Liu Ang and half of the youngest son Liu Mao, how about it?" ”。

When the crown prince Liu Qi heard what Liu Rong said, he immediately reprimanded Liu Rong: "Shut up, the vertical son is not enough to conspiracy, and the major affairs of the imperial court, how can you talk about it."

Seeing that the prince was like this, Emperor Wen said, "What does the prince think about this matter?" ”。

"Erchen thinks that the crown prince of Chu is the eldest son, and his position as prince cannot be abolished."

When the prince saw the request of the king of Chu, he asked his young son to inherit the throne, which made the prince think that Queen Dou was also like the king of Chu, and she only knew how to hand over the benefits to her young son all day long, how could she agree to the request of the king of Chu.

Emperor Wen said: "There will be no more discussion today, the king of Chu will live in Chang'an for the time being, and he will return to Chu when the matter has a result."

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That night, in the Xuanshu Hall of Weiyang Palace, Emperor Wen did not let Liu Rong go back to the palace with the prince, but summoned Liu Rong here.

Emperor Wen asked, "What does Rong'er mean by what the court said today?" ”。

"Back to my grandfather, this is not the meaning of my grandson, the teacher once suggested to my grandfather that whoever is the king of the world is powerful, who will be opposed, there is a way to solve it - all the princes and less of their strength!" , Liu Rong replied.