Liu Rong, who was deep in the palace, naturally knew about it, and said secretly: "Could it be that my father is going to prepare to cut the domain?" ”。

Liu Rongke knew very well that in history, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, made a mistake in cutting down the feudal domain, and first tested the princes and kings of the world by cutting off the six counties of Liu Wei, the king of Jiaoxi. In the following years, he began to cut down the counties in the hands of the kings, which eventually led to the kings and the king of Wu, Liu Bi, raising troops to rebel......

But that should have been done by Emperor Jing three years ago, but at this time, it was actually put on the agenda, could it be the butterfly effect?

In Liu Rong's view, there was no fault in the strategy of cutting the feudal domain, and the kings did have the heart of disobedience, especially Liu Bi, the king of Wu, who carefully planned for more than 30 years in order to rebel.

However, at this time, the implementation of Jia Yi's strategy of 'building many princes and less their strength' was no longer possible, and Jia Yi's advice was different from this time, when the strength of the vassal states was not enough to compete with the imperial court.

But more than ten years have passed, the strength of the kings is no longer the same, and the kings are not fools, and they don't know what the court means, and they will never be willing to divide the land into feudal feuds, and rebellion is their inevitable choice.

In other words, if the imperial court did not have the absolute military power above the princes and kings at this time, even if Jia Yi's policy was followed, it would be a matter of time before the kings rebelled.

This is also why Tui En Ce was proposed again at the time of Liu Yu, because at that time, the national strength of the vassal states had dropped greatly after the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, and they were no longer able to dare to resist the imperial court............

Thinking of this, Liu Rong unexpectedly found that this matter seemed to be as Chao Cuo said-cutting the domain, and there was no other solution.

At this time, it is also a suitable opportunity to cut the domain, at this time the Xiongnu suffered heavy losses, there is no time to invade the south, and the princes and kings have become a trend at this time, if it drags on further, it will inevitably pose a greater threat to the imperial court.

Originally, Liu Rong wanted to persuade his father, but when he thought of this, he also gave up.

Liu Rong sighed and said, "It's a pity that the mistake will be ............."

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At noon on this day, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, went to Changle Palace to meet his mother, Empress Dowager Dou.

The Son of Heaven of the Han family ruled the world with filial piety, and since Emperor Xiaowen, there was a charter, and the Son of Heaven set an example for the subjects of the world. Every three days, I have to go to the queen mother's palace to see my mother, in order to fulfill my filial piety, and also to report to the queen mother about the recent major events in the court.

The queen mothers of the Han Dynasty were favored one by one, and they were powerful, and they wanted to interfere in politics at every turn, which is why Liu Yu Jianyuan's new policy failed because his grandmother, the empress dowager Dou Yifang, did not like Confucianism............

As soon as Liu Qi, the son of heaven, entered the palace, the Empress Dowager Dou got up with the support of the palace maid and said, "I heard that Your Majesty cut off the six counties of Jiaoxi Wang."

"Yes, Jiaoxi's recent actions are too indulgent, if the king of Jiaoxi is not punished, how will my heavenly family face the people of the world."

The Empress Dowager Dou, who was kneeling on the couch, replied: "Your Majesty's move is indeed not exaggerated, King Jiaoxi is indeed too disagreeable, so that the world can be subjugated."

But seeing the Empress Dowager Dou, she sighed again: "Your Majesty, it's only a few days before the New Year's Day, and the old body wants Your Majesty to summon Liu Wu into the palace for the holiday, is Your Majesty willing?" ”。

Hearing this, the Son of Heaven was of course a little unhappy in his heart, but he couldn't show it in the face of his mother, and replied: "It's not an exaggeration for my mother to miss King Liang. And I haven't seen King Liang for several months, so tomorrow I will issue an edict to summon King Liang to the palace for the festival."

In the early morning of the next day, the envoy holding the scepter of the Son of Heaven left Chang'an and headed east to the Liang Kingdom.

After hearing the news, Chao Cuo entered the Weiyang Palace again and spoke to Liu Qi, the son of heaven.

"What's the matter with Chao Qing here?".

Chao made a bow and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty ordered someone to go to the Liang Kingdom to summon King Liang into the palace for the festival, is there such a thing?" ”。

"It is true."

"Your Majesty, I think Your Majesty can take this opportunity to win over King Liang.

The land of the Liang State, located in Guanzhong, is a very important place, and if Shandong wants to enter the Guanzhong, it has to pass through the Liang State.

Now that His Majesty has made up his mind to cut the domain, he must pull King Liang to His Majesty's carriage, and the recent arrival of King Liang in the dynasty is a great opportunity for His Majesty to win over."

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he didn't say much, and after Chao Cuo left, he just sat alone in the palace for a long time.

Of course, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, knew the importance of the Liang State, which was located before the Hangu Pass, and the Liang State was bounded by Mount Tai in the north and Gaoyang in the west, with a total of more than 40 cities, most of which were large counties. Now that I heard the wrong words, I started to think............

Liang was only a day away from Chang'an, and Liu Wu, the king of Liang, received a call from the Son of Heaven, so he rode into Beijing with the envoy.

But he didn't want to just go to Hangu Pass, and another day of envoy arrived, Liu Wu was also puzzled, how could another envoy come.

I had to dismount to receive the edict, only to see the messenger say: "Liu Wu, the king of Liang, received the summons, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty ordered the king of Liang to take the Son of Heaven to drive into Beijing in Hangu Pass."

Hearing this, King Liang was shocked, since the last time Empress Dowager Dou's birthday, Liu Wu was afraid that his brother would one day punish him. No, now not only do you have to order yourself to enter Beijing, but also ask him to drive in the car of the Son of Heaven, how can you not be surprised.

When the envoy saw that King Liang did not move, he said: "King Liang, Your Majesty has ordered that King Liang must drive into Chang'an in the car of the Son of Heaven, and hope that King Liang will ascend to Chang'an as soon as possible."

In this way, Liu Wu had to change to the car and enter the palace with anxiety.

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, knows a reason, and if you want to take it, you must give it first. That's why there was this out, and he sent a messenger to carry the festival with the Son of Heaven............

After entering Chang'an, it was late at night, and Liu Wu, the king of Liang, rested in his mansion in Chang'an City.

But lying on the bed, he still had doubts, so he summoned Han Anguo, the history of Liang Guo, into the room, and King Liang was dressed in clothes and sat opposite Han Anguo.

"The internal history thinks, why is Your Majesty like this?".

Han Anguo said: "King, do you know who is wrong? ”。

"This king naturally knows that when His Majesty was still the crown prince, Emperor Xiaowen ordered Chao to be the prince's teacher, and this king is also familiar with him, so what does this matter have to do with him."

Han Anguo pretended to be mysterious and said: "Don't you know that the king has a strategy for this person, which is called to cut the domain." When Emperor Xiaowen was the emperor, he asked for this matter, but the first emperor did not approve it.

Now that His Majesty has succeeded to the throne, I think he is making another statement to His Majesty to cut the domain, and some time ago, His Majesty will cut the fiefdom of the western fiefdom, which must be related to it.

And the king, as His Majesty's flesh and blood brother, and deep in the strategic place of Liang State, must be the object of His Majesty's wooing, and because of this, His Majesty will let the King come in the car of the Son of Heaven, which is the time to show the world His Majesty's favor to the king.

In this way, the king need not worry about this trip, for it will be beneficial to the king."

Liu Wu is a typical literary youth, when he was in the Liang Kingdom, he danced and wrote all day long, attracting many diners to fight against him and talk about the wind and moon. Not to mention that there are really some talented people who have been recruited by it, and this internal history Han Anguo is one of them.

Hearing this, Liu Wu's frowning brows immediately relaxed.

said: "If it is as Han Neishi said, when this king returns to the Liang Kingdom, there will be a heavy reward."

It was also the right time for Liu Wu, the king of Liang, to come, and the next day was the time when the annual court meeting was held, and the Son of Heaven ordered someone to send an edict to King Liang to participate.

On this day, the Son of Heaven will wear a crown and a crown on his head, and accept the congratulations of the courtiers and officials.

and to hold a major sacrificial ceremony - the opera will use 120 young men in soap clothes, holding large mos; There are masks and bearskins, dancing with the twelve beasts, etc., and finally the cavalry drives the statue representing the epidemic and throws it into Luoshui and burns it......

That night, the Son of Heaven Liu Qi was going to hold a family banquet in the Changle Palace, the Empress Dowager Dou was naturally very happy after knowing that Liu Wu, the king of Liang, was coming, and ordered the palace maids to be in addition to the infant prince, the rest of the princes and the wives and concubines of the Son of Heaven Liu Qi, and several people from the Dou clan were all summoned to the Changle Palace.

Liu Rong went to Changle Palace with his mother and two brothers. At this time, in the Changle Palace, I don't know whether it was because of the festival, or because the Queen Mother of Liang was happy, and the lights were everywhere to change the usual atmosphere.

Liu Rong and the rest of his younger brothers, such as Liu Yu and Liu Fa, are rarely seen on weekdays, but now that they meet, they also greet each other and say a few words without saying more.

When Wang Wan arrived, Liu Rong specially observed, and saw that as soon as this person entered the palace, he immediately saluted the queen Bo, and talked with him for a long time, and saw that the rest of the beauties were also extremely respectful, and the elder sister shouted shortly.

Because the Bo family is not favored by the Son of Heaven and has no children, many concubines only salute slightly when they see Queen Bo, so they don't say much.

Liu Rong looked at Wang Wan on the side, and said in his heart: He is really low-brow and obedient, if he doesn't know his true face, he is really easy to be deceived by her, this person's scheming and forbearance is really terrifying............

In history, since he was recaptured by his mother Zang'er from the Jin Wangsun family and married into the palace, to the death of Liu Qi, the son of heaven, and Liu Yu succeeded to the throne, Wang Wan has endured for nearly 30 years.

It wasn't until the death of the Empress Dowager Dou that Wang Wan really broke out, exposed her true nature, and frantically intervened in the government and placed her family as officials in the court. even dared to put the daughter of her ex-husband who was in exile into the palace and was named a princess, although she was finally counterattacked by Liu Yu, but her intentions were really jaw-dropping.

Fortunately, she has a fatal problem, because Liu Rong knows it well, otherwise it will be difficult to win the game with this kind of person.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Dou came here from the palace with the support of Princess Liu Xuan, and after hearing that everyone was coming, she smiled and said: "Recently, it is the New Year's Day, and the old body also wants to make this Changle Palace lively, so I will summon you here one by one to celebrate the festival together."

The crowd immediately saluted and said, "Empress Dowager Xie."

As soon as everyone sat down, the protagonist of tonight appeared, and Liu Qi, the son of heaven, actually took the hand of Liu Wu, the king of Liang, and the two big men held hands and entered the hall.

Everyone saluted, Liu Rong looked at his father so emotionally, it seems that I still have to learn more from my father to learn acting............

I also thought that after Li Shimin mutinied and killed Jiancheng and Yuanji in Xuanwumen, he entered the palace to ask his father Li Yuan for his guilt. According to historical records, the people of the world knelt and sucked their breasts, crying for a long time. The meaning is to kneel on the ground, lean forward with his father's xx, and cry............

Thinking of this, Liu Rong suddenly felt a little sick to his stomach.