That night, Liu Rong lay on the bed alone, thought for a long time, and only thought of one sentence, he was strong, he was strong, and the breeze blew on the hills. He is horizontal, and the bright moon shines on the river. At this point, Liu Rong fell asleep deeply.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Rong got up under Wang Sheng's service, and Wang Sheng said while holding his clothes: "Your Highness, breakfast has been passed to the palace, and Your Highness is invited to eat."

Liu Rong returned to the palace, naturally also recalled Wang Sheng, and ordered Wang Sheng to be his personal attendant, Wang Sheng was of course overjoyed, Liu Rong, as the emperor's eldest son, may be on the throne in the future, and his royal status will naturally rise......

After breakfast, Liu Rong wanted to find a teacher, but he thought that now his identity is different, and he is already a prince.

And the teacher was also promoted to Lang Zhongling, ranking Jiuqing, although the two are teachers and students, but the prince and the ministers on the spot intersect, it will definitely leave a tongue.

He didn't look for it, so he ordered Wang Dao to take his own sigil to Tianlu Pavilion and get some books of the Huang Lao School.

You must know that at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gao Liu Bang established the Huang Lao's learning as a guide, resting with the people, recuperating, and his grandmother and many ministers in the court were supporters of the Huang Lao's doctrine.

The representative of the Huang Lao school revered the ideas of the Yellow Emperor and Lao Tzu, and the Huang Lao school took Taoist thought as the core and adopted the views of the Yin and Yang, Confucianism, Law, and Mo schools, and the Huang Lao school inherited and developed Lao Tzu's ideas on "Tao".

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At this time, in the Weiyang Palace on the other side of the palace, a court discussion was underway. Prime Minister Tao Qing said: "Your Majesty, it has recently been reported that Wei Shang, the Taishou of Yunzhong, has died of illness, and I also ask Your Majesty to appoint Xianliang to Yunzhong to take over."

Liu Qiduan, the son of heaven, sat in the hall and said: "Yunzhong is in the border of my Han Dynasty, Wei Shang has been in Yunzhong for nearly ten years, and he has worked hard to defend against the Xiongnu.

All the ministers saluted: "Your Majesty Shengming".

"The most important thing now is who is the new Taishou in the clouds, and the secretaries think who can be appointed."

Hearing this, all the ministers did not answer, although Yunzhong Taishou was also a high-ranking official of two thousand stones, but Yunzhong was close to the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu invaded several times from the clouds into the Han realm. In other words, the Taishou in the clouds is a high-risk profession, and he will face the invasion of the Xiongnu at any time, and he may be killed in battle, so no one wants to recommend it.

Nei Shi Chao stood up and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, there is a candidate for the minister, that is, Li Guang, the captain of the Southern Military Academy, he is familiar with the affairs of Yunzhong, and he is strict in governing the army, so he is the best candidate to serve as the Taishou of Yunzhong."

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, thought for a while and said: "This person is the person promoted by Emperor Xiaowen to Yunzhong back then, and he is indeed talented in governing the army, and he is familiar with things in the clouds.

In a few days, I will issue an edict and order the day to be too guarded in the clouds."

When the ministers saw that this hot potato was finally picked up, they all said: "Your Majesty Shengming."

When the court discussion is over, Chao Cuo will enter the palace again, please see the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven was reviewing the recital, and Wang Yan leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Nei Shichao asks to see you."

Holding the brush in his hand, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, glanced up at Wang Yan and asked, "What can he say?" ”。

"Back to Your Majesty, Lord Chao did not say anything, but only said that the matter was very important and that he wanted to meet His Majesty."

Putting down the brush in his hand, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, said: "Pass."

When Wang Yan went to pass on the mistake, he pointed to the person on the side and ordered him to put away all the chapters on the bookcase.

Chao Cuo entered the hall, stood in front of the Son of Heaven, and saluted: "Your Majesty, is the minister's recital approved at this time?"

"I haven't seen it yet, Wang Yan, take the recital of Lord Chao."

Wang Yan immediately hurried forward to find the chapter, and after receiving the bamboo slips handed over by Wang Yan, after Liu Qiguan, the son of heaven, ordered Wang Yan and all the servants and palace maids to retreat outside the palace.

The Son of Heaven said: "How could Chao Qing offer me this strategy at this time? ”。

Chao Cuo smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this is the best time to cut the domain, at the beginning of Your Majesty's succession, the situation was unstable, and the Xiongnu were ready to move in the north, the minister had already written this policy, but did not offer it to His Majesty.

Now it is different, in this year, Your Majesty has now taken the court into your own hands by thunderous means, all the counties of the Han Dynasty are happy to submit to Your Majesty, and the Xiongnu have now lost a lot of vitality, this is the time to offer to Your Majesty."

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, did not speak when he heard this, but picked up the fold in his hand again and looked at it carefully.

said: "What Chao Qing said in his book: It is the opposite of cutting it now, and it is the opposite if it is not cut." Cutting it, its counter-urgency, small disaster; If you don't cut it, it will be too late, and the disaster will be great. What does it mean? ”。

"Your Majesty, this is the virtue obtained from Jia Yizhi's "Chen Zheng Shi Shu", and now the kings have a heart of disobedience to the court, but it is not the opposite, because the court is now stable, and it is difficult to win the army.

If the imperial court is weak, it will be the opposite, and it is better to take this opportunity to eliminate this hidden danger in one fell swoop."

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, got up, pulled out the matching sword on one side of Lan Qi, looked at the cold light above the blade, and said, "How easy is this?" There are so many princes and kings in the world, and what should be done with them."

As the Son of Heaven, Liu Qi of course also wanted to cut the domain, weaken the power of the princes and kings, and improve his own rights.

And tens of thousands of princes already have the heart of disobedience at this time, but they have not yet torn their faces with the court. But the relationship between the kings of the world is complicated, such as the kings of Qidi, all of them are from Liu Fei's line, if one of them is moved, the rest will react, so how can it be easy to cut the feudal policy. That's why I asked.

"Your Majesty still remembers that the minister once said that he ordered his confidants to go to the vassal states to inquire about the news, and at this time, an important news happened to pass through the ears of the minister."

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, held his sword, turned his head, and asked, "What's the news?" ”。

Chao Cuo was once the teacher of Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, and naturally knew the temperament of Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, and there was no feasible plan, and the Son of Heaven would definitely not do the policy of cutting the domain.

Chao Cuo replied: "Recently, the minister got the news that the king of Jiaoxi recently sold officials in his palace."

Jiaoxi King Liu Wei is the son of Liu Bang's eldest son Liu Fei, Liu Fei died at the hands of Empress Lu, to Emperor Wen ascended the throne to split the Qi State, divided to Liu Fei several sons, including this Jiaoxi King Liu Wei.

"It's a normal thing, is there a strange thing?".

In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the imperial court allowed the princes and kings to accept their official positions, and it was also possible to buy and sell officials.

"Your Majesty, this is not surprising, but the king of Jiaoxi is greedy, and several people buy official positions with 100 gold, and the king of Jiaoxi is full of promises. But after he took the gold, he didn't mention the matter anymore, and now those people came from Jiaoxi to Chang'an, saying that they wanted to sue the king of Jiaoxi."

Hearing this, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, naturally knew that this was a good reason, and he could punish the King of Jiaoxi with this matter, so as to test the reaction of the kings of the world.

After Chao left wrongly, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, ordered Wang Yan to go to the Imperial Governor's Office to pass the edict, and ordered Zhi to pay attention to whether there were any people who came from Jiaoxi to complain recently.

At this time, because of the last case of Shen Tu's illness, Zhi was not afraid of the powerful to find out the facts, which made the Son of Heaven greatly appreciated, and soon ordered him to take over as the court lieutenant and take charge of the world's prisons.

Since he served as the court lieutenant, several times suppressed the illegal heroes in Guanzhong, as well as the royal relatives and nobles, and now the courtiers see Zhidu, not to break the law but also frightened, this is called "goshawk" by the people.

Liu Rong learned about this since he returned to the court, of course, Liu Rong's mood is a little complicated, as a person of later generations, he naturally knows that 'Liu Rong' died at the hands of Zhidu, but the funny thing, in this life, Zhidu actually made a fortune because of him. Thinking of this, Liu Rong had to laugh.

When Zhidu received the edict of the Son of Heaven, sure enough, within a few days, someone from Jiaoxi went to Tingwei to complain.

With the emperor's edict, Zhi Du immediately ascended to the court, acted for the case, and after listening to several people explain the matter one by one, he sent people to Jiaoxi to visit the matter. A few days later, Zhidu submitted the case file and the confessions of these people to Liu Qi, the son of heaven.

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, looked at the recital presented by Zhi, and did not say much, but ordered Zhi to retreat.

In the morning of the next day, Liu Qibian, the son of heaven, said to the ministers above the court: "I recently received a report from the court commander that Liu Wei, the king of Jiaoxi, was actually doing mischief in the country of Jiaoxi."

When the words fell, he ordered Wang Yan on the side to tell the file submitted by Zhidu in court.

When the ministers heard this, they were all shocked, and said secretly: It seems that King Jiaoxi is being targeted by His Majesty.

Although Tao Qing is similar to the decoration as the prime minister, as the prime minister, he still has to be an example for the ministers.

said: "Your Majesty, the king of Jiaoxi dares to act so recklessly, and so far to the law of my Han Dynasty!" Chen Taoqing, the minister, please play Your Majesty and punish the crime of King Jiaoxi."

All the ministers echoed Prime Minister Tao Qing's intentions, of course Chao Cuo did not speak, and when he saw that the ministers were angry, he smiled heartily............

Hearing what the ministers said, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, started his 'performance' again, frowned, and said with great grief: "All the kings of the world and I are all the same clan, I just wanted to order someone to go and reprimand the king of Jiaoxi, but seeing that the ministers asked me to punish the king of Jiaoxi so much, I had to obey for the anger of the ministers.

I am determined to cut off the six counties of Jiaoxi State-owned Mausoleum, Pingshou, Shen, Chunyu, Duchang and Sangli, and slightly punish them."

You must know that Jiaoxi is not a big country, and Liu Qi, the son of heaven, went down with a knife and almost cut half of the land in Jiaoxi, which is still only a slight punishment......

Obviously, he wanted to punish King Jiaoxi, but he threw the pot on the courtiers with a word......

As soon as the court meeting ended, the envoys appointed by the Son of Heaven held the edict of the Son of Heaven, set off from Chang'an, and went straight to Jiaoxi.

When he arrived in Jiaoxi, he immediately read the edict of the Son of Heaven to the king of Jiaoxi, and the king of Jiaoxi almost fainted on the spot when he heard that he was going to cut off the six counties once.

It was the imperial doctor who came here and poured a bowl of decoction before he woke up.

As soon as the envoy turned to Chang'an to restore the decree, the Son of Heaven immediately issued an edict to spread the matter to the kings of the world.

But the kings did not react, which made the Son of Heaven very happy, and he was afraid that the cutting off of the fiefdom of one king would make the other kings restless, fearing that they would unite to rebel against the court.

Seeing that the kings were so numb, how could Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, be unhappy.

At that time, the king of Jiaoxi hated the court even more, and Liu Fei, the king of Qi, was already dissatisfied with the court. In that year, Liu Xiang made the greatest meritorious service, but he did not succeed to the throne.

Emperor Wen ascended the throne to reward Liu Xiang again, but he only returned the three counties of Qi that had been cut by Empress Lu to Liu Xiang, and in order to disgust Liu Xiang's brothers, he gave Liu Zhang a county of Qi and made him the king of Chengyang, which eventually led to Liu Xiang and Liu Zhangnian dying of grief when they were only thirty years old......