Chapter 197: The End of Liu An
As early as after receiving the recital of Liu An, the king of Huainan, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, was extremely angry, especially when Liu Rong said that he had dedicated a book to the queen mother, which made Liu Qi even more angry.
In his heart, he has already betrayed Liu An, and he has the intention to eradicate this ill-intentioned person.
But no matter what he says, Liu An and him are also cousins, and the reputation of his father Emperor Wen was almost planted on the death of Liu An's father, Liu Chang, the king of Huainan.
If you act rashly and kill Liu An, I am afraid that it will be difficult to stop the mouth of the world.
It is time to reproduce the rumor that has been spread everywhere, "a foot of cloth can still be sewn, a bucket of corn can still be shoeed, and the two brothers are incompatible".
Because the Han family rules the world with filial piety, because of such a social environment, especially between the clans surnamed Liu, except for those who crossed the line and crossed the red line and rebelled, few princes and kings were killed.
Even the princes and kings who rebelled did not die directly in the hands of the Son of Heaven, Liu Chang starved to death by himself, and Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei, was captured after raising troops, and he also committed suicide.
Even the kings of the five kingdoms of Wu, Chu, and Jiaoxi, who rebelled only a year ago, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, hated to crush his bones and scatter ashes, and Ling Chi was executed, but in the end he did not do so.
Liu Wei, the king of Wu, and Liu Wu, the king of Chu, committed suicide, and the three kings of Jiaoxi, Zichuan, and Jinan surrendered with the guilt of Jing, all of whom were unwilling to die because of this, but the final outcome was the unclear "suicide" in Zhou Yafu's army.
However, Liu Rong still doesn't know who is so worried about the king, so he did it.
However, this also fully shows that the blood of the same clan surnamed Liu must not be glued to the hands of the emperor of the Han family, and it is even more infeasible to stick to the blood of the princes and kings surnamed Liu.
Originally, in anger, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, was ready to send Tingwei Zhidu to Huainan to "pass the edict" to Liu An, the king of Huainan.
The princes and kings of the Han family were few killed, but many were forced to die.
Later, after calming down, he dispelled the idea of sending Zhidu away.
The fierce name of Zhidu "Goshawk", no one in the world knows it, and he sent it away, even if it makes people think that this is not to kill the king of Huainan, but this is also very inappropriate. When did the Son of Heaven send an edict to the princes and kings, they all sent a messenger to go, when did even the court captain, who was one of the Nine Qings, have to pass the edict on behalf of the Son of Heaven............
Later, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, put his idea on the rest of the people, and finally chose Zhao Yu, who was recommended by Zhou Yafu and had just become the chief minister of the Prime Minister's Office.
The Son of Heaven of the Han family for several generations is often used by cool officials, and it is indeed very easy to use cool officials, no matter when, they will always stand on the same side as the Son of Heaven, regardless of whether the things proposed by the Son of Heaven are reasonable or not, they will spare no effort to implement them.
However, the cool officials are also extremely sad, and few of them can die well, especially the cool officials of Liu Yuchao, Ning Cheng, Zhou Yangyou, and even Zhang Tang, none of them have a good end.
The cool officials can be said to be the product of the absolute monarchy, but also its victim, the emperor reused the cool officials, in order to maintain the prestige of the autocracy; However, the killing of cool officials is also to maintain autocratic politics. The benefits of cool officials: First of all, the cool officials are specifically against Haoqiang, and in today's words, they are keen on "fighting black", but the black they fight, in a strict sense, does not completely refer to the underworld forces, but the underworld forces in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, as long as the Son of Heaven labels them as such, these cool officials will beat them according to the underworld forces.
In addition, most of the political achievements of cool officials are quite outstanding, especially good at strengthening law and order.
Cool officials are not only "capable", but most of them are quite incorruptible. Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang are all such people.
Because of his dedication to his master, the official fortune of cool officials is generally quite good, and he is often promoted beyond the ranks, which is deeply loved by the emperor. To put it bluntly, it is just a kind of political speculation. However, the cool officials speculated, and this road was not so easy to follow, although they often succeeded in officialdom, but the final outcome was often tragic. From time to time, the Son of Heaven wants to abandon them mercilessly to pretend to be good people.
I don't know if this is Zhao Yu's luck or his misfortune, in history, it was originally to be reused in Liu Yu's dynasty, but I don't want to, but now it is to be "reused" for Liu Qixian, the son of heaven.
Thinking of this, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, personally issued an edict and summoned this Zhao Yu into the palace.
However, when the person who sent the edict arrived in the Prime Minister's Office, the people in the Office were already surprised.
When this confessor opened his mouth to ask where Changshi Zhao Yu was, the people present were a little strange.
Hearing this, Zhao Yudang, who was originally sitting on the sidelines, even got up and said, "The ministers are here."
In this way, this confessor should even say in public: "Your Majesty orders you to enter the palace as soon as possible."
Immediately, Zhao Yu was stunned on the spot, and secretly said in his heart: "What? Your Majesty summons you? ”。
However, he immediately followed the confessor into the palace.
When he arrived outside the Qilin Palace, Wang Yan smiled and said, "Please also invite Zhao Changshi to enter the palace, Your Majesty is in the palace."
"Thank you," Zhao Yu said.
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Slowly entering the Qilin Palace, Zhao Yu was still a little nervous in his heart, this was the first time he had met the Son of Heaven, how could he not be nervous.
As soon as he saw Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, he knelt on the ground and saluted: "Your Majesty, Zhao Yu greets Your Majesty."
I saw the Son of Heaven Liu Qifeng said: "Excuse me, give a seat."
"Your Majesty has been thanked", a salute, Zhao Yu got up, and after a while, he saw an attendant take a seat and put it in front of him, only to see Liu Qi, the son of heaven, said again: "Sit."
For the courtiers, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, has never been so polite, and in normal times, even if he is wrong, most of the time he still stands in the Qilin Hall and discusses with Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven.
Zhao Yu was a little restless, and said with some apprehension in his heart: "I don't know why His Majesty summoned his ministers?" ”。
However, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, smiled and said: "I summoned Qing to come, naturally there is something important."
However, during this day, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, and Zhao Yu talked for more than an hour before Zhao Yu left.
Out of the gate of the Qilin Palace, Zhao Yu was excited when he didn't come again, and instead of it, he could be said to have a solemn complexion, and his face was like dead ashes.
After that, he did not return to the prime minister's office, but returned to his home..............................
As soon as he arrived at home, he went to his own room, knelt in front of the desk, and remained silent for a long time.
However, after a long time, this Zhao Yu was trembling all over.
In the end, Zhao Yu slapped his palm on the bookcase, and said with a hideous face: "This is also my chance to succeed, if I do this, I will definitely be trusted by His Majesty."
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However, when Liu Rong was busy making paper in the suburbs of Chang'an all day, and Jia Yi and Chao Cuo were deploying the preliminary examination for the imperial examination, they went out of Chang'an with the scepter of the Son of Heaven.
In the past, when the Son of Heaven sent envoys to the vassal states, he would talk to the courtiers and ministers, but the matter of Zhao Yu as the envoy was not well known.
And before that, he could be the messenger of the Son of Heaven, which was a thing that could glorify the lintel, and as a messenger, he would be able to communicate with others.
However, this time, Zhao Yu didn't say anything, he left the palace with a scepter, and went out of Chang'an to the vassal states, but he was worried.
Out of the gate of Chang'an, but ten days, it was to the destination of this time - Huainan country.
When the messenger of the Son of Heaven came, before he arrived, he naturally wanted people to report to the princes and kings as soon as possible, so that they could prepare for it as soon as possible.
At this time, Liu An, the king of Huainan, did not mean that danger was coming, and when he heard that it was the messenger of the Son of Heaven coming, not only was he not worried, but he was extremely excited.
The prince of Huainan said: "Haha, Your Majesty must have arrived at my recital, sent a messenger to him, Zhang Shizhi, this time the widow will definitely want you to look good."
The crown prince also smiled and said: The son congratulates his father, in addition to this great disaster! ”。
At the time of the rebellion of the Five Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, Liu An's army had already been assembled, but it was played by Zhang Shizhi.
Although it can also be said to have saved Liu An's life, this is also a disgrace for Liu An.
At this time, his name was famous among the princely states of the world, and the king of Huainan was robbed of military power by his own prime minister, and he was placed under house arrest by his own prime minister.
Liu An cares so much about face, how can he not be resentful of Zhang Shizhi in his heart.
The messenger of the Son of Heaven came, Zhang Shizhi and his son Zhang Zhi also knew it, Liu An, the king of Huainan, wrote to participate in his own affairs, Zhang Shizhi naturally knew, but now Zhang Shizhi, who has to be white, did not make it clear to the Son of Heaven.
The person who offended Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, is still safe and sound, because since he arrived in Huainan Kingdom, his news has never appeared before Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, and no one has mentioned it
At this time, I saw Zhang Shizhi sigh and said: "Hey, I am already a dying person, even if I die at this time, I have no regrets, I am afraid that this time my son will also die with his father."
Hearing this, his son Zhang Zhidang knelt down and said: "How can my father say this, my father's original actions are helpless, otherwise, the king of Huainan will do the opposite, you and my father and son will die together, and the son can also serve by his father's side."
Hearing this, I saw Zhang Shizhi is old tears and said: "My son is filial, my son is filial."
In less than a day, Zhao Yu arrived at the capital of Huainan Kingdom, and Liu An, the king of Huainan, naturally wanted to go out of the city to meet him in person.
As soon as he saw Liu An, Zhao Yu was holding a scepter, and after dismounting, he arched his hand and said, "I've seen the king."
Liu Andang even smiled and said: "The angel has worked hard all the way, and the widow is already in the palace, preparing thin wine, hoping to drink it with the angel."
Zhao Yu was most disgusted with this set, so he frowned and said: "This is not necessary, I don't know where Zhang Shizhi is the prime minister of Huainan Kingdom?" ”。
Hearing this, Liu An was overjoyed in his heart at this time, and said secretly: It seems that Your Majesty still attaches great importance to the words of the widow, and sent a messenger, so eager to deal with Zhang Shizhi.