The Young Prince Chapter 31 The Princes of the People's Republic of China and the Lack of Strength
"The princes are built and their strength is less", Liu Rong's words reminded Emperor Wen of Jia Yi's advice a few years ago.
Now, most of the candidates have died of illness, and the balance between the candidates and the princes and kings has been broken, and the princes and kings have become a major hidden danger in the Han Empire.
Moreover, most of the feudal kingdoms of the princes and kings are in the south, and the imperial court has inadvertently become a barrier for the princes and kings. The kings sat firmly in the south, but the court had to use a large number of troops, money, and energy to guard against the Xiongnu......
Thinking of this time, Emperor Wen was also a little worried......
Liu Rong saw that Emperor Wen was silent, so he spoke first: "Grandfather, grandson has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not."
Emperor Wen came back to his senses, looked at Liu Rong in front of him and said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it."
"Grandfather, the Han Dynasty has 59 counties in the world, the kings' fiefs have occupied more than 30 counties, and today the son directly governs only more than 20 counties.
But now, although there are many kings who are close to the court, they can still obey the dispatch of the court, if a few generations later, what will happen? No one knows, it just so happened that at this time, the king of Chu came to the court to ask for the replacement of the prince of Chu, and his grandson thought that Mr. 'building princes and less strength' strategy could be used.
Gu Sun'er proposed to divide the Chu State into two at tonight's banquet. The grandson did it without permission, and he hoped that his grandfather would forgive him."
Emperor Wen did not answer when he heard what Liu Rong said, but ordered Liu Rong to leave.........
At this time, Liu Wu, the king of Chu, had a secret conversation with the domestic history of Chu in his palace in Chang'an.
Liu Wu, the king of Chu, walked back and forth in the room and said: "The widow originally wanted to ask the Son of Heaven to make the prince of Chu State in Chang'an, but he didn't want to, that Liu Rong actually said that His Majesty wanted His Majesty to divide my Chu State into two ......."
Neishi said: "King, now I have to see what the Son of Heaven wants, and there is no other way."
Liu Wu sighed: "Hey! That's it, that's it."
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In the early morning of the next day, Liu Wu also came to participate in the court meeting on the order of the Son of Heaven, and last night because of the matter of the prince of Chu, he almost did not sleep all night, and hurried to the palace early in the morning.
When Emperor Wen arrived in the Xuan room, the court discussion began.
Without waiting for the ministers to speak, Emperor Wen said first: "The king of Chu asked me to play the matter of changing the crown prince of Chu, and at the banquet in the palace last night, the prime minister was equal to show his will.
When Emperor Wen's words fell, all the ministers speculated one after another, which was exactly the same as last night, and no one agreed with the meaning of King Chu.
When the king of Chu saw this, he wanted to give up.
I didn't want to, Emperor Wen knelt down on the main hall, and said again: "Last night, Liu Rongjin said that the state of Chu can be divided into two, and now Liu Ang, the prince of Chu, is the king of Chu, and the second son Liu Mao can set up another king, what do you think?" ”。
As soon as the king of Chu heard the words of the Son of Heaven, he said in a bad heart, who in the world is willing to divide his feudal country into two, although the two of them are parents and sons, but if this continues, within a few generations, the feudal country will completely fall apart............
As soon as Emperor Wen said this, Chao Cuo understood the meaning of the Son of Heaven, and Chao Cuo got up and saluted in the hall, saying: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this strategy is feasible, according to the king of Chu, the prince of Chu is blunt, I am afraid that he will not be able to govern a big country, and he must change the second son as the prince, but the prince is not at fault, how can it be easily abolished."
Isn't it beautiful that His Majesty's policy just now happened to solve the root of this matter, and divided the three counties of Donghai County, Xue County, and Pengcheng County of Chu State into two countries, so that the two sons of the King of Chu were each in charge."
When the king of Chu Liu Wu was sad, Prime Minister Shen Tujia stepped forward to mend the knife again, and said: "Shengming is no more than the Son of Heaven, this strategy is in line with my Han ancestral system, and it can eliminate the worries of the king of Chu, it is really the best of both worlds."
Seeing this, the ministers even made suggestions one after another, and the Son of Heaven was sage.
Seeing this, Liu Wu seemed to have received 10,000 points of damage......
Emperor Wen saw that all the ministers said yes, and said to the king of Chu: "King Chu, I have taken great pains to come up with this best of both worlds, and in a few days, I will immediately issue an edict to inform the princes of all counties."
Liu Wu was immersed in grief at this time, as if he hadn't heard it, Chao Cuo immediately stepped forward and pulled Liu Wu's sleeve and said, "Your Royal Highness the King of Chu, the Son of Heaven cares about you so much, don't thank Your Majesty for your grace."
Liu Wu came back to his senses and stammered: "Minister... Minister Liu Wu thanks the Son of Heaven! ”
After the dispersal of the dynasty, Liu Wu, the king of Chu, walked out of the Xuan room in despair, not wanting to step on the air, if there was no attendant to help him, he would roll down the steps............
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In the palace, Liu Rong studied with Jia Yi, and when the prince Liu Qi turned around, the two of them were informed of the matter, Liu Rong almost couldn't hold back his laughter and laughed.
The king of Chu turned back to the state of Chu and saw the long-awaited Aiji Wang Ji in the palace of King Liang, and said: "The Son of Heaven is unwilling to abolish Liu Ang's throne, and issued an edict to divide the state of Chu into two, so that Liu Ang and Liu Mao can divide and rule one country and one country."
Wang Ji originally thought that Liu Wu, the king of Chu, would go to Chang'an to see the Son of Heaven and change his son, Liu Mao, to the crown prince of Liang, and when Liu Wu died, their mother and son could claim the throne and hegemony in Chu.
I don't want to, I want to divide the Chu State into two, and he Liu Ang wants to monopolize one of them.
Hearing Liu Wu's words, Wang Ji knelt on the ground and was silent, just crying, Liu Wu saw that Ai Ji was like this, when he was in a hurry, he persuaded: "Don't be like this, the widow will play Your Majesty on the day of his arrival in Beijing, and before His Majesty has spoken, a group of courtiers immediately admonished him no, followed by that Liu Rong!" Advise Your Majesty to divide the state of Chu into two".
Speaking of Liu Rong, King Chu immediately became gritted his teeth......
In just a few days, the edict of the Son of Heaven spread throughout the country, and after a hundred years of the king of Chu, the state of Chu was attacked by Liu Ang, the crown prince of Chu, and the second son Liu Mao was the king of Pengyang......
As soon as the edict of the Son of Heaven came out, the world shook, there should have been no such thing before, and for a while, King Liang became the laughing stock of the princes and kings in the world, and the crown prince was not established, but the Chu State was tossed into two halves.
However, these princes and kings did not know, because of this matter, the concubines of the kings had an idea, why only the eldest son could inherit the throne, and the concubines could only have nothing............
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In the following period of time, Liu Rong had nothing else to do, studied literature with Jia Yi every day, practiced martial arts with Tang Wu, and lived a comfortable life.
One day, in the palace, Liu Rong was fighting with Tang Wu against the sword, only to see a woman fighting on one side, Liu Rong and the two of them focused on the sword, and did not pay attention, and when it was over, they saw a woman on the side and said: "Liu Ronghuang's nephew, it is really good swordsmanship."
Liu Rong looked at the woman in front of him dressed in flowers, and saluted: "It turned out to be the imperial aunt, and my nephew Liu Rong has seen the imperial aunt."
Liu Rong knows very well that Liu Concubine is a delicate egoist, and this person's scheming is rare in the world.
When Emperor Wen was alive, otherwise he would not have been when Emperor Wen was alive, he began to tie up his younger brother Liu Qi, the crown prince, and offered beauties to the palace every day. When the crown prince ascended the throne and established Liu Rong as the prince, he went to find Li Ji to marry, but if the marriage failed, he married Wang Huan, and tried his best to push Liu Yu up............
"Auntie, what's the matter here?"
"How can Rong'er talk like this, I and Rong'er are close relatives, can't I come to you if I have nothing to do?"
Of course, Liu Rong would not believe the words of this princess of Guantao, but he still had to reply: "Don't blame the imperial aunt, don't blame the imperial aunt, it's the nephew's fault."
"Haha, Rong'er doesn't have to be like this, I originally went to the palace to see my brother, but he was not there, and when I was about to leave, I saw you again, so I came to look for you, I don't know if Rong'er would like to visit Tangyi Houfu, how."
Liu Rong saw that Liu Concubine threw an olive branch to him, and naturally he was willing to go, no matter what, this person had a great influence on Queen Dou and his father and the crown prince.
Thinking of this, Liu Rong naturally agreed, and agreed with the eldest princess Liu Concubine to go to Tangyi Houfu tomorrow......
Liu Concubine invited Liu Rong to Tangyi Houfu, of course, she has her own plans, she naturally saw that Liu Rong is now more and more loved by the Son of Heaven, so she wants to use this to pull in the relationship with Liu Rong, if Liu Rong to his younger brother ascended the throne, become the prince, he has a good relationship with him in advance, naturally there is a hundred benefits and no harm, she knows a truth, the more you invest in advance, the greater the income.
If Liu Rong failed to be crowned the crown prince, there would be no harm in intersecting with him at this time, and on the way back to the house, Liu Rong had her own wishful thinking..................
The next day, Liu Rong had just dressed under the service of the attendants, and Princess Guantao had sent someone to the palace to pick up Liu Rong.
Liu Rong sat in front of the car and thought: My imperial aunt is really eager......
When he arrived at the Tangyi Waiting Mansion, Liu Rong had already greeted him at the door, Liu Rong stepped out of the carriage and saw Liu Yan, and immediately saluted: "The imperial aunt is an elder, and the nephew is a junior, how can you make the imperial aunt greet you at the door, and the imperial aunt forgives her sins."
On the other hand, Liu Concubine stepped forward and pulled Liu Rong up and said: "Rong'er doesn't have to be like this, my aunt just happened to be outside the door to see if the car was coming, Hugh wants to talk about such a trivial matter, quickly follow me into the house."
In this way, these two people, who each have "ghosts in their hearts", held hands and entered the Tangyi Waiting Mansion, I don't know how good the relationship between the two is, but these two have only met a few times before............
Entering the main hall, Liu Concubine summoned her three sons, the eldest son Chen Xu, the second son Chen Chan, and Chen Ajiao, who was only five or six years old, and introduced them to Liu Rong one by one.
Chen Xu and Liu Rong were very embarrassed to see each other, the last time the wine house happened, Liu Rong reported to his mother, so that he was punished, I don't want to, this time my mother actually invited Liu Rong to the house, so Chen Xu did not say much to Liu Rong.
Of course, Liu Xuan knew what Chen Xu meant, and said sharply: "Chen Xu, last time you wanted to forcibly occupy the wine house, Rong'er reported to your mother and made you punished, so you resented Rong'er because of this, you fool, if Rong'er didn't report to me, I don't know what trouble you are going to cause, last time you left because Rong'er had something else, this time you still don't thank your cousin."
Liu Xu's words made Chen Xu's legs weak, Chen Xu regarded himself as fearless, but when he faced his mother, Princess Guantao, he was terribly afraid.
I had to speak: "Thank you, cousin, for saving me and allowing me to restrain me from the precipice."