Hangu Pass successively discovered Yun Mengze's assassins who tried to sneak into the pass, killed more than ten people on the spot, captured three alive, and sent them all to the capital. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition, the world is peaceful, whether the year is good or bad, everyone is preparing for the new year.

Han Ruzi did not change the name of the year, or the word "success", next year is more special, the first month will be held once every ten years of the Taimiao Festival, from Taizu down, the tablets of the emperors of the past dynasties can get the highest standard of sacrifice, the corresponding queen mother, queen, and important princes, princesses, etc., are also eligible to accompany the sacrifice.

The children of the clans from all over the country came to Beijing one after another a few years ago, as many as more than 500 people, representing more than 100,000 descendants of the Han family in the world, and for many people, this is the first time they have really seen the current emperor.

When Han Ruzi ascended the throne, some princes had come to Beijing to see him, but it was a formal occasion, the emperor was high, everyone bowed down, and no one could see who clearly.

For three days in a row, the emperor feasted on the same clan in the palace, the first day invited the princes and clan elders, the second day was mainly the liehous, and the third day was the young people of the clan, or civil or martial, there was always a prominent point, and the Zongzheng Mansion drew up a list one month in advance to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Han Ruzi found that there were really a lot of officials in his family, at least more than thirty percent of the county guards and about twenty percent of the county orders were held by the descendants of the Han family, and there were more military generals, but most of them were idle, and every time they selected generals, they were rarely included in the recommended list by the Ministry of War.

Before the banquet on the first day began, Han Ruzi took the list and said to the king of the East China Sea who had arrived early: "I have always felt that there are too many hereditary officials in various places, but now I understand that the most hereditary people come from the royal family. ”

The King of the East China Sea smiled: "Isn't this why Taizu worked hard to fight the world at the beginning? ”

Han Ruzi glanced at the East China Sea King a few times.

The king of the East China Sea was inexplicable, looked down at himself, the official uniform was spotless, there was no problem, he suddenly understood, smiled and said nothing.

"Say whatever comes to mind." Han Ruzi ordered.

"Your Majesty, do you think it's good that the princes are like me, stay in the capital honestly, and be able to go out with Your Majesty, and stay in the rear, but never cause trouble."

Han Ruzi laughed, the "honesty" of the King of the East China Sea was only a recent thing, but he did say what the emperor was thinking.

"The previous emperors divided the princes and appointed the children of the clan in order to stabilize the Great Chu country, but now it seems that it is of little use."

"Can I tell the truth?" The East Sea King asked with a smile.

"Say."

"Hehe, the so-called stability of the country is just a superficial statement, the real reason is that everyone is related, and the emperor is no exception. Your Majesty will soon have a prince, and there will be more in the future, Your Majesty does not want his children and grandchildren to suffer, of course, he wants to divide the feuds, and he does not want them to be abolished for no reason in the future, so he can only protect these current princes and let the future emperors follow suit. ”

Han Ruzi was silent, and the King of the East China Sea smiled: "Your Majesty, don't think too much, I'm not interceding for myself or others, I'm just telling the truth." ”

Han Ruzi nodded and said, "You are very right. Suddenly turning his mind, "Intercede?" You're referring to the king's business, aren't you? ”

A few days ago, the ten princes and kings jointly interceded on behalf of the king, Han Ruzi consulted Zhao Ruosu, knowing that this was the temptation of the princes, and he had not given a reply, but when he heard the word "intercession" today, he immediately remembered.

The East Sea King smiled and nodded.

"Why didn't you participate when the Ten Kings interceded?"

"They did come to me, and I said, 'Your Majesty has his own measure, we don't need to worry about it, the acting king is just a child, His Majesty will not meet him in general', but they didn't listen, they had to make this show, it's really ridiculous." The king of the East China Sea took himself out and casually said a good word for the acting king.

Han Ruzi understood as soon as he heard it, "You are now interceding for the acting king." ”

King Zhengse of the East China Sea said: "I don't call this 'pleading', but 'telling the truth', I am always by His Majesty's side, understand His Majesty, and know that His Majesty is strict on the outside and lenient on the inside." Han Chou colluded with the assassins, His Majesty refused to even involve his family and ordinary people, how could he think of taking revenge on a child who was not able to make his own decisions? ”

"You're right." Han Ruzi smiled.

The king of the East China Sea laughed, vaguely feeling that the emperor seemed to have "other intentions", and he couldn't guess for a while.

The banquet of the kings is set up in a large hall behind the Tongxuan Palace, with nearly 100 guests, including 21 princes and kings, 10 clan elders, and the others are the sons and grandsons of the princes and kings.

When the emperor arrived, everyone was already seated, divided into four rows, two rows on the left and right, sorted by status and generation, and the peers were distinguished according to their distance from the current emperor.

At first, the atmosphere was more restrained, but fortunately, the ceremonial officials of Zongzheng Mansion presided over everything, and the princes and kings stepped forward one by one to meet and toast the emperor, saying clichés such as longevity and boundlessness.

Han Ruzi maintained the majesty of the Son of Heaven, nodded his head, and picked up the wine glass, no need to really drink, in fact, what was placed in front of him was an empty cup, and there was not a drop of wine in it, so as not to prevent the emperor from holding the cup unsteadily for a while, or choking on drinking.

Looking around, Han Ruzi sighed secretly, the twenty-one princes, either too old or too young, are in the prime of life, only a few people such as the king of the East China Sea.

The ten kings who jointly interceded were all relatively old, and the youngest was over fifty years old.

There is an example of Han Chou, and everyone's performance is all decent, and there is no out-of-the-ordinary behavior such as kneeling for a long time and crying loudly.

The banquet itself was very plain, and it was not even worth writing in the history books, except for one thing that was special and the historian would not record it, but everyone present at that time was deeply impressed in the future.

On the right-hand side, closest to the Emperor, there was an empty table, which was reserved for the King of England.

The king of England is the youngest son of Emperor Wu, who is exiled and has not been found so far, and there are still a few princes who can not come to the capital in person for various reasons, and only the king of England enjoys the treatment of a vacant seat.

This was specially arranged by Han Ruzi to show that he remembered the clan and would not retaliate against him because he had competed.

The young king also came, with a close relative of the clan as a bodyguard, who stammered when he met the emperor, but when he returned to his seat, he was not very honest, he took chopsticks to pull a few dishes, ate very little, and played very attentively alone, not knowing his own specialness.

Driven by several old kings, the atmosphere slowly became active, family gatherings, conversations are always inseparable from ancestors, Emperor Huan died young, and he is the father of the current emperor, it is not easy to grasp the proportions, so everyone talks about Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu reigned for more than 40 years, held many family banquets, when he was young, he was more anxious, once he drank too much, and he had to wrestle with a prince and king in the main hall, the historian would never record this paragraph, but the princes present at the time remembered it clearly, and now it is still talked about with relish.

"And then, did you wrestle?" Han Ruzi was also very interested.

King Yan, who mentioned this past, replied: "How dare the princes tease with the Son of Heaven? The prince pretended to be drunk, staggered after getting up, and fell down himself, Emperor Bowu smiled, and the matter passed. ”

The more Emperor Wu listened, the more envious Han Ruzi became, Emperor Wu didn't seem to have so many troubles from him, and he easily grasped power, and the rest of the question was just how to use it.

The time, place, and people are all concentrated in the Emperor Wu Dynasty, and Han Ruzi can't be compared.

After three rounds of drinking, Han Ruzi called the young princes and the grandsons of the old king one by one, asked a few words casually, encouraged them, and gave some small gifts.

This is an arranged procedure, and every step is smooth, but when it comes to the king, a little accident happens.

The acting king had already met the emperor, and this was the second time he came to the emperor, and when he returned his name and age, and was waiting to receive the gift, he suddenly said: "Your Majesty is so good, why do some people say that Your Majesty wants to kill me?" ”

The atmosphere in the hall immediately cooled down, and no amount of charcoal basins could be reversed, everyone was quiet in an instant, the princes bowed their heads and were silent, the ceremonial officials of the Zongzheng Mansion were shocked, but it was too late to remedy, and the Baofu who accompanied the king to the banquet was even more frightened, and his face changed suddenly, and he turned around and knelt down at the banquet, choking on a sip of wine, coughing and coughing.

Han Ruzi didn't expect a child to say such a thing, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and wanted to ask who said this, so he immediately changed his mind and said with a smile: "That's an adult teasing you, have you ever been naughty, or refuse to sleep at night?" ”

The Acting King nodded vigorously.

"So adults scare you with such words, so that you will be obedient."

"I see." The acting king smiled, "If there is any scare for me in the future, I will not be afraid." ”

"But you have to be obedient, and the adults are for your good." Han Ruzi was a little serious.

The acting king nodded even harder, "I am obedient, especially to His Majesty." ”

Such an ordinary flattery, but it worked wonders when it came out of the child's mouth, Han Ruzi laughed, and the other princes also laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly returned to normal, only the acting king looked puzzled, and did not understand what everyone was laughing at.

Han Ruzi beckoned, asked the acting king to come to his side, got up and took his hand, and said loudly: "The acting king's father and brother died early, and I pity him very much, so I want to find a caretaker for him among the princes, and protect the king with the king, and I can feel at ease." ”

Leaving a young prince in the care of another prince and king rarely happens, the emperor did not say it beforehand, everyone in the palace was taken aback, but no one objected, and several old princes even opened their mouths to praise, while carefully hinting that they were too old to bear the heavy responsibility of protecting the king.

Han Ruzi already had a candidate in his heart, his eyes swept over, fell on the king of the East China Sea, and said with a smile: "The king of the East China Sea is my own brother, he often follows him around, and he is the most intimate, so you will come to protect the king." ”

The king of the East China Sea had already guessed that the emperor had "ulterior motives", so he kept bowing his head and didn't dare to respond, but he was still named, and he couldn't object in front of everyone, so he had to get up and take the order, and finally said in a joking tone: "I don't have a son myself, let me take care of the king, but I'm afraid that I have more than enough heart and not enough strength." ”

"It's okay, the acting king doesn't need to live in your mansion, you just need to visit the acting king from time to time and fulfill your responsibilities as a father and brother."

The king of the East China Sea had no choice but to smile and step forward, take the acting king from the emperor's hand, lead him to his seat, and kneel side by side with him, in full view of everyone, he must behave amiably, so he reached out and touched the acting king's head lightly twice.

"Don't break my beads." The king tilted his head to dodge.

The King of the East Sea didn't like this kid at all.

The Ten Kings are testing the Emperor, and the Emperor is also testing the Ten Kings, and he has already given an answer to the plea, and the next step is to find out where their bottom line is according to the reactions of the kings. (To be continued.) )