Chapter 453: Nine Dragons Seize the Throne
The Son of Heaven drove the expedition in person, shocked the government and the opposition, the Han up and down knew that the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, and the unification of the world had entered the countdown, what impact would this have on the Han Dynasty, it was definitely the benevolence of the benevolent and the wise of the wise, for the merchants, it was definitely a symbol of the rolling of wealth, which was equivalent to the fact that when the Son of Heaven had not yet set off, the businessmen had already begun to set off, of course, these were small businessmen.
Those imperial merchants did not move, they want to act together with the emperor of the Son of Heaven, these people have a very high status in the Han Dynasty, after all, in the Han Dynasty, the amount of taxes is used to determine the throne of the merchants, there are countless imperial merchants themselves still have titles, the top businessmen of the Han Dynasty should be born in the Chai family, the Liu family, it can be said that these two families occupy one-fifth of the Han business, and the volume has far exceeded any family in the world.
The Chai family, the Liu family itself is a relative of the emperor, Chai Jinjiao of the Chai family, and Liu Ruyan of the Liu family are all noble concubines, and Chai Jin and Liu Mingjun have been in charge of the Han finance for many years. It is equivalent to saying that the business empire created by the emperor of the Han Dynasty was divided into two and divided between the two families.
If the world's businessmen want to succeed, they undoubtedly have to choose sides, either attached to the Chai family or defected to the Liu family, which made the two families further control the economic lifeline of the Han Dynasty.
Money will lose people's eyes, wealth will make people's desires infinitely inflated, the most typical of which is Chai Jin's son Chai Zhirong, Liu Mingjun's son Liu Zhao, these two wise people, who grew up with a golden key, have inflated their ambitions, their needs for the Han have far exceeded their parents' demands, and they want to dye the throne.
It was a terrible thing to get on the throne, and it was a felony to exterminate the Nine Clans in all dynasties, but these two young men still embarked on this path. Of course, whether it is Chai Zhirong or Liu Mingjun, the two of them do not, and it is impossible to think of becoming the emperor and seeking to usurp the throne, the two of them coincidentally chose to support the new prince and participate in the battle for succession.
Whether it is Chai Zhirong's cousin or Liu Zhao's cousin, they have completely lost the throne, and the national Olympic land showed his intention to seize the heir, and was warned by the Son of Heaven. However, for the sake of the family's business status and their own ambitions, these two people finally chose to cultivate new forces and participate in the succession.
Almost everyone in the entire Han Dynasty knows that the crown prince is in charge of the country, which shows that the Son of Heaven will not easily change the heir, but this still can't stop the princes from fighting the fire for the throne.
The situation of Kowloon seizing the heir was formed in the Han Dynasty, but these battles were all carried out in secret, and they were not too out of line. But the biggest chance of winning here is the queen's youngest son, the fifteenth son of the emperor, Liu Rong, this young man who looks inconspicuous, is actually extremely powerful, and he is deeply favored by the queen, which can be said to be a collection of thousands of favors.
Although the prince's maternal family is the Cao family, the mother concubine is the imperial concubine Pan Jin, and the queen Pan Yun are cousins, but the prince and Liu Rong are incompatible. Liu Rong, who is strong and resolute in his bones, quietly won most of the Cao family's resources, which has something to do with the excessive doting of the old lady Pan Xu. Of course, Liu Rong's ability is the strongest among many princes, which is also an indisputable fact.
Second only to Liu Rong is the seventh son of the emperor Liu Ming, the strength of the prince with the Gao family as his mother behind him is still not to be underestimated, especially his uncle Gao Zhong is the first fierce general of the Han Dynasty, and he is the generalissimo who is on the battlefield and commands the three armies, which is destined to Liu Ming's life to be different from ordinary people, and it is also destined that he is not willing to be mediocre with the strongest strength among this prince.
In terms of force, Liu Ming and Liu Rong became the kings among the princes, and Liu Ming was the most like the Son of Heaven, and he was the most favored by civil and military officials.
Liu Rong and Liu Ming actually looked down on the prince in their bones, and they didn't have the heart to win the heir, but there were too many civil and military officials attached below, and they almost had no choice, and finally embarked on the road of no return.
The four major families have fled overseas, but their influence in the early dynasty has never been eliminated. In order to create a new situation for the Han Dynasty and change the shortcomings of the Han army's military establishment, since he became the prince of the country, he began to clean up the influence of the four major families. This is invisibly, standing on the opposite side of the four major families, which is something that the Son of Heaven and the prince did not expect.
Originally, for the sake of the future of the Pan family, the old man Pan Xu chose to support the prince and chose to go overseas. However, as the prince attacked the strength of the Pan family again and again, and after the old man died of illness, the Pan family's support for the prince became less and less, and finally put all the resources on Liu Rong.
The Cao family, the Shi family, and the Gao family stood on Liu Ming's side, in fact, it was said that the four major families supported Liu Rong, and Liu Rong seized the heir, which was dissatisfied with the crown prince, but rather dissatisfied with the Son of Heaven, and dissatisfied with the Han Dynasty's efforts to make the military group and revise the national politics of the military and military country.
In Dahan, the influence of the military clique far exceeded the influence of the civilian clique on the Great Song Dynasty. After all, the Han Dynasty established the country with military force, and countless generals followed the birth and death of the Son of Heaven, fought in the south and the north, and they made great achievements, of course, they had to seek their own status and power, and over time a huge military group was formed.
The Han Dynasty did not allow the division of feudal towns and towns, and did not allow generals to lead troops for a long time, so they gave military generals a high status and allowed them to change to civilian officials and take charge of the localities.
In the local state capitals of the current Han Dynasty, more than half of the officials are military generals who have come down from the battlefield and made great achievements, which can be said to be the biggest hidden danger of the Han Army's military establishment.
The military generals control the locality, and the civil officials are in charge of the imperial court to become the biggest feature of the Han Dynasty, and the hidden dangers in this are too great, and the Son of Heaven knows, but he is powerless to change, so he prematurely announced that the prince will supervise the country and hand over this thousand catties of burden to the prince.
The reason why the emperor of the Han Dynasty was unwilling to change the military and establish the country was that he couldn't bear to attack those good brothers who followed the son to fight in the south and the north. Like Bao Xu, Yan Shun, Yan Qing, Li Jun, Ruan Sanxiong, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Lin Chong, Lu Junyi, etc., they have made great achievements for the establishment of the Han Dynasty. The Son of Heaven couldn't bear to make his good brother feel cold, and he also promised that the four major families would never play any wine to release the military power, in this case, the Son of Heaven had an ostrich mentality and chose to flee.
In the end, for the sake of the Han Dynasty and the disadvantages of the military establishment of the country, the prince had no choice but to take action against the military group, which invisibly offended the largest power group in the Han Dynasty.
In the court, local officials have a lot of opinions about the prince, otherwise there would not be a scene of Kowloon seizing the heir under the condition that the prince is in charge of the country.
Chai Zhirong and Liu Rong are classmates and friends, they are companions, the relationship between the two hates iron, and when they finally embarked on the road to winning the heir, the Chai family became Liu Rong's staunchest supporters, in order to help Liu Rong cultivate power, the Chai family almost opened the gold bank, and paved the way for Liu Rong with gold, which can be said to be like flowing water.
Chai Jinjiao in the palace also acquiesced, and with the benefit of the queen, he chose to support Liu Rong, and Mr. Han became Liu Rong's think tank.
The reason why the Chai family is fully devoted, of course, is also the ulterior mission of the Chai family, which Liu Rong will not know. The Chai family has always been fighting to restore the infinite glory of their ancestors, and it has never changed.
Every prince will have a son of an important minister and a powerful person to become a companion, which is nothing new in all dynasties, and it is even more obvious in the Han Dynasty. Due to the continuous flooding of the harem, the Son of Heaven is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and he is in the prime of life, so that the age difference between the princes is very small, and the maximum number of princes is thirteen princes and nine princesses in one year. In this case, the prince's reading has become the most beautiful scenery of the Han Dynasty.
What Chai Jin did with his son was to turn a blind eye, as if he hadn't discovered anything and didn't know anything. Just blindly, unreservedly supported.
Liu Zhao is a concubine, and his wife Princess Zhaoyang and the prince Liu Ming are brothers and sisters of the same father and mother, which makes Liu Zhao and Liu Ming gradually come together. The Liu family went all out to support Liu Ming, but this matter was hidden from Liu Mingjun, because he had to deal with overseas trade, Liu Mingjun did not return to the imperial capital for almost many years, and he neglected to discipline his son, and he didn't know about the collusion between Liu Zhao and Liu Ming.
The battle for the prince's succession, the Son of Heaven knows this, the only thing he doesn't know is how deep the princes are trapped. In this case, Liu Ming and Liu Rong have no way out, both of them know that once they follow His Majesty to Huining Mansion, they will completely lose the opportunity to compete for the throne.
The last chance is to either soar into the sky or fall into the abyss, and where to go has become the biggest question in front of Liu Rong and Liu Ming. This kind of choice is too painful, continue, the future is dark, give up, so so so many years of hard work are not in vain?
Seize the heir, once you set foot on this road, you can't turn back, at least, Liu Rong and Liu Ming can't turn back, although the fight between the two is also very strong, but the common enemy of the two is the prince, if you can't move the prince, then everything is empty for the two.
The crown prince occupies the righteousness, and the prince is in charge of the country, and it is not easy to seize the inheritance of the throne from the prince, it is definitely a road of no return.
Liu Rong and Liu Ming's ambition to compete for the throne is not very big, after all, in terms of identity, there are several brothers who are more noble than themselves, and the father is so wise and martial, and he is undoubtedly self-defeating if he lowers his father's nose to win the heir. But as time went on, the prince did a lot of things, which made the two of them somewhat dissatisfied in their hearts, and this emotion gradually escalated under the fanning of the people below, and finally made the two embark on the road of no return.
Going to Huining Mansion, what it means, almost self-evident, this is very clear to everyone, and they all understand that once they go, they will completely lose the possibility of winning the heir, in this case, Liu Rong and Liu Ming, the two princes who are determined to win the heir, finally abandoned their prejudices and began to join forces, wanting to reverse the situation.
The wisdom and martial arts of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty made Liu Rong and Liu Ming dare not and could not make a fuss about the Son of Heaven, so the final eyes were on the prince.
Now if you want to reverse the situation, you must pull the prince off the horse, but the difficulty factor of this matter is too big, too big. On this issue, there is a great controversy between Liu Rong and Liu Ming, one advocates aggressiveness, and the other advocates stability.
Liu Rong's heart is even more ruthless, he advocates using thunderous means to solve the crown prince, as long as the prince is assassinated, then everything is over, as for the final inheritance of the throne, it is possible for himself and Liu Ming, it depends on the choice of the father.
Liu Ming is the prince who is most like the Son of Heaven, he has a sunny pride in his bones, he is unwilling to kill the prince, after all, he is his own brother, and he knows that with his father's former style, once the prince is assassinated, then he will eventually open a bloody suppression, successfully kill the prince, or fail, he will be suppressed by his father, and the entire mother family will be uprooted.
Maybe in other things, the Son of Heaven will forgive his prince, but once there is a matter of killing the prince, no matter what exquisite game is made, no matter whether the prince dies in an accident or not, no matter what the reason, the Son of Heaven will be a killer, you know, there is a shadow in the empire, there is the existence of Fengming, it can be said that monitoring the entire Han Empire, how can something like the assassination of the prince succeed, even if it succeeds, how can it be silent and not discovered?
Liu Ming finally persuaded Liu Rong, after all, that road is too difficult, and if it is not done, it will cause a shock to the government and the opposition, and I don't know how many wives will be separated and families will be ruined.
can't hunt the prince, so if you want to pull the prince off the horse, there is only one way left, and that is to splash dirty water, maybe only in dirty water can the Son of Heaven make up his mind to abolish the prince.
Splashing dirty water, in fact, is a way to kill three thousand enemies and damage eight hundred, obviously not very clever, no matter whether the prince can be pulled off the horse in the end, the initiator will cause the disgust of the Son of Heaven, and eventually lose the possibility of succession to the throne, and even the position of the prince cannot be kept, which is why Liu Rong is unwilling to do this.
In the situation of Kowloon seizing the throne, Liu Rong and Liu Ming were unwilling to charge into battle by themselves, so they pulled in the other princes who were dissatisfied with the prince, to put it bluntly, they wanted to find scapegoats.
The reason why the princes are dissatisfied with the crown prince is that in a sense, the military and military groups are dissatisfied with the Han Emperor's vain attempt to establish a military and military country, and the civilian group is dissatisfied with the military and military establishment.
Kowloon seized the heir, there were many people, so the question of whether to splash dirty water or kill came out again, this controversy, at this time, Liu Rong had the upper hand for a while.