Chapter 21: Whose Hand Is the Deer Dead?

In February 330 AD, Shi Hu broke the former Zhao Yu, occupied Qinzhou, and killed Liu Cang, Liu Yin and others The news spread to Xiangguo, and the whole country rejoiced.

In September, the Liaodong Kingdom and the Liaoxi Kingdom built by the Murong Department of the Xianbei Duan Department in the northeast of Later Zhao, the Daiguo State established by the Tuoba Department of the Xianbei Nationality in the north, and the Goguryeo Kingdom built by the Korean people sent envoys to Xiangguo (now Xingtai, Hebei) to persuade them together.

On the banquet, the atmosphere was warm, staggered, Shi Le fought all his life, and finally achieved positive results, drinking until he was half drunk and half awake, recalling the Jin Ge Iron Horse back then, swallowing thousands of miles, not only was his heart surging, but it happened that the minister Xu Guang toasted him, Shi Le Gaosheng asked: "Which king has I been compared to the past and present?"

Xu Guang thought for a moment, knowing that the emperor's question could neither praise it too vainly nor praise it too highly, and then said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty's wisdom is extraordinary, far surpassing Han Gaozu, and his talent is outstanding, far superior to Emperor Wei Wu, since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, no emperor can compare to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is probably only slightly inferior to the ancient Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan!"

When Shile heard this, he laughed and said, "How can a man not know himself? Your rhetoric is too flattering. If I meet Han Gaozu, I will definitely be his subordinate and fight for him in all directions, just to compete with Han Xin and Peng Yue. What I can do, if I meet Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, I will compete with him in the Central Plains, but I don't know who the deer will die?"

All the ministers praised the emperor Shi Le's modesty and holy name with the hand of the deer who died, and then shouted long live, Shi Le looked up to the sky and laughed, but he was very happy and sad, Shi Le suddenly remembered his own adviser Zhang Bin, and then cried: "I am the only one who has succeeded today, I don't see Mr. Zhang, I started the army back then, every time I wanted to be in danger, Mr. Strategized, calculated no last resort, so that I turned the crisis into safety." Now that my husband has passed away, only the entrustment of building the capital Yecheng remains, and I have not yet completed it. ”

Immediately issued an edict, ordering the minister to raise money, food and materials, prepare for the construction of a new palace, and have made plans to move the capital. Some ministers vigorously opposed it on the grounds of labor and loss of money, but Shi Le resolutely refused to accept it, and went to Yecheng several times to inspect the project.

At this time, Shile, although the deer died in his hands, was already in the twilight of the martyr, and the struggle for the throne between his sons and nephews had intensified.

When Shi Le was proclaimed emperor, he knew that his son Shi Hong was elegant and studious, and he was a virtuous corporal, and he was the king of the country, so he made him the crown prince. However, Shi Hongwen is weak and does not have Shi Le's strong and capable. At that time, Shi Le's nephew Shi Hu was already salivating over the throne because of his outstanding military achievements, heavy troops and real power, and guarding the capital Yecheng, which was being built.

At this time, the ministers Xu Guang and Cheng Yao thought that once Shi Le died, the crown prince Shi Hong would not be able to control Shi Hu at all, and Shi Hu was brutal, and the country would inevitably be in chaos, so they advised Shi Le many times, hoping to strengthen the power of the prince, let him come to the court in person, and weaken Shi Hu's military power. Shi Le also knew that Shi Hu had led troops for many years, and he was very popular with the army, and he was afraid that after a hundred years, Sima Yi would usurp Cao Wei, and finally gave the prince Shi Hong the right to approve the minister's letter, and ordered the minister Yan Zhen to assist in the administration.

So the crown prince Shi Hong and the minister Yan Zhen rose in power, while Shi Hu lost power, was dissatisfied, and resented Xu Guang and Cheng Yao. Xu Guang and Cheng Yao knew that Shi Hu must have eyes and ears in the court, and they were afraid that he would retaliate in the future, so they went to Shile several times and suggested that Shi Hu be killed, but Shi Lenian and Shi Hu often accompanied him in the army, worked hard and made great achievements, and regarded them as their own, so they never agreed to the suggestions of the two.

In 332 A.D., Shi Le knew that his time was short, and he was afraid that Shi Hu would make trouble for the prince, so he worked hard to come to Yecheng and visit the palace of Shihu Wang, telling him the story of the Duke of Zhou Fu becoming the king, hinting that he would do his best to assist the prince, and promised that after the palace was completed, he would build a new palace for him, and crown his son Shi Sui as the king, and give him money and silk to appease.

In 333 A.D., a generation of heroes, Emperor Shi Le of Later Zhao could not afford to be ill, in order to relieve the worries in his heart, he ordered Shi Hu to return to Xiangguo and serve in the palace, but Shi Hu took the opportunity to overhaul the edict, strictly forbidding the ministers of the clan to visit Shi Le, so that the princes and ministers did not know Shi Le's illness. Shi Hu saw that Shi Le's condition was getting worse, and he ordered Shi Hong and Shi Kan to leave the station and return to Xiangguo on the grounds of visiting the emperor's condition, and the two rushed to Xiangguo with the edict non-stop, and met Shi Le, Shi Le saw this, and immediately ordered the two to return to the station, but Shi Hu privately placed the two under house arrest and deceived Shi Le, saying that the two were on their way home.

In August of the same year, Shi Le died of illness, and at this time Shi Hu was still in the court, and the crown prince Shi Hong had many supporters.