In June, Shen Tujia, the last prime minister of the Liu Bang era, was angry to death. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAfter Liu Qi ascended the throne, Chao Cao relied on his former status as the prince's think tank, and his worth rose rapidly. Chao Cuo talked to the emperor about official affairs, and most of them were done alone. Any suggestion made by Chao can be adopted and implemented; And Prime Minister Shen Tujia's performance was all thrown into the garbage heap by the emperor as waste paper. Historical records record that "the imperial court decrees have been changed by many places"

It seems that if he doesn't get rid of this mistake for a day, Shen Tujia will have a restless night's sleep. Finally caught by him! At that time, Chao Cuo wanted to go to work in the Department of Internal History, and there were two roads: one from the east gate and the other from the south gate. Go to the east gate and go to the south gate. But the problem is that the south gate is where the short wall of the Taishang Emperor's sacrificial temple is located. According to the imperial court system, the walls of the temple cannot be approached at will, let alone directly crossed, otherwise it will be disrespectful! But Chao was afraid of trouble, so he took a shortcut and went to work at the south gate. As soon as Shen Tujia heard about this, he immediately arranged for people to prepare for impeachment and kill Chao Cuo!

But when Shen Tujia was about to do it, he suddenly discovered: The murder thing is yellow again. The reason is: the news has leaked, and Chao Cuo has taken the initiative to find Liu Qi to turn himself in.

The next morning, Shen Tujia still acted according to the original plan, and after a lot of impeachment words, Shen Tujia asked the emperor to kill Chao Cuo, but he didn't expect Emperor Han Jing to say lightly, "The old prime minister has worked hard." The new gate of Chao Cuo only passes through the outer wall of the Taishang Emperor Temple, and it is not damaged by the Jongmyo Temple. In addition, in fact, I agreed to this matter in advance. Please don't be too careful."

Shen Tujia was immediately stupid! Frustrated, he returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. At the beginning, because he didn't make a timely move on Deng Tong, he was rescued by Liu Heng by sending an envoy; This time, he was a beat slower again. If I knew this was the case, I should have cut it first and then played it! The more Shen Tujia thought about it, the more he couldn't think about it, and said to his long history, "I regret not cutting the mistake first and then asking for a decree, but now I am sold by mistake" Shen Tujia who returned home was lying in bed and vomiting blood, and died of exhaustion!

In August, Tao Qing, the imperial historian, was promoted to prime minister. On the 2nd, Nei Shi Chao mistakenly appointed the imperial historian.

Knowing that Shen Tujia was angry to death, Deng Tong, the favorite minister of Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty, had the idea of making a comeback to seek an official. He thought that the old prime minister would remove him from office, but he didn't expect that he had already offended the new emperor! So this one jumped out to ask for an official, and gave away one of his lives in vain!

Deng Tong offended Liu Qi, not because he had millions of huge wealth and was envied by the emperor, but because his death was precisely his best job: patting. Walking a lot at night, there will always be a day when you encounter ghosts; There are too many sycophants, and there is always a time to shoot the horse's feet. Deng Tong photographed Liu Qi's horse's feet, and the process is about as follows:

Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty once had a carbuncle, and this disease was pus and blood. At that time, in order to show the great power of love, Deng Tong personally sucked pus and blood for Liu Heng. Liu Heng felt something, so he asked Deng Tong very strangely, "You say: Who will be the person who loves me the most in the world" Deng Tong replied calmly, "I think: it should be the prince" Liu Heng smiled when he heard it.

Then, Liu Heng immediately summoned the prince to the hospital bed and asked him to suck pus and blood for himself. Liu Heng's great initiative really made Liu Qi embarrassed. Of course, Liu Qi can also choose to refuse; But the problem is that Liu Qi must be mentally prepared enough: that is, the upcoming throne is likely to be lost!

The fact is: in the face of the throne and pus and blood, Liu Qi chose the former. Take a deep breath, close your throat deeply, close your eyes tightly, he really sucked!

Not long after sucking pus and blood, Liu Qi learned that the reason why he suffered this disgusting act was completely caused by Deng Tong. So Liu Qi also had a disgusting pustule in his heart - disgusting Deng Tong! Once this pustule is not cut, Liu Qi will be unhappy for a day. Finally, he waited for this day!

The process of Liu Qi's operation on Deng Tong's pustule is roughly as follows: First, he was dismissed. Second, let people collect incriminating evidence. Again, the evidence was established, the arrest was sent to prison, and all property was confiscated. What made Deng Tong even more desperate was that the millions of huge riches he had accumulated over the years fell into the hands of Liu Qi, not to mention, but owed millions of money to the government!

In fact, in Liu Qi's view, Deng Tong was not wronged at all. The millions that were confiscated were even the cost of sucking pus and blood for his father. Originally, this work was originally done by you Deng Tong, why do you call me the prince to do it? If you want the prince to come in person, then you have to give up the money!

Besides, why did Liu Heng insist on making Deng Tong rich overnight? It's not because he wants to smash the fortune teller's theory of poverty and death to Deng Tong. This is called people are not as good as heaven, Deng Tong, who has gone bankrupt, do you want to die of poverty? Only the master of Liu Heng, who begs you underground, go!

Liu Qi sent special officials to monitor Deng Tong day and night, and as long as someone gave him money or property, all of them would be confiscated and confiscated to pay off debts. Even Liu Qi's own sister, Princess Liu Yan, the chief of the pavilion, remembered her father's instructions before her death, and gave Deng Tong a sum of money, which was confiscated by Liu Qi! At this time, money was simply outside the world for Deng Tong. Soon Deng Tong died. In the end, I found out: he didn't have a penny on him!

Sure enough, he died of poverty! This is providence!

In the autumn, the Han and the Xiongnu reached peace again.

The politics of foreign relatives is like a curse, which has been shrouded in the sky of the nearly 400-year history of the Han Dynasty. After the Lu family and the Bo family, it is the Dou family that appeared! Of course, I'm not talking about the two brothers Dou Changjun and Dou Shaojun, who have been successfully educated by Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, and Chen Ping to become humble gentlemen. On behalf of the power of Dou's relatives, it is this person who appears: Dou Ying!

Dou Ying, the nephew of the Empress Dowager Dou. Characteristics: good guests, wealth, chivalry, good Confucianism. During the time of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, he served as the state minister of Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and was later dismissed from office due to illness; After Liu Qi came to power, he was appointed to Zhan.

To sum up Dou Ying's life, it can be summed up in one sentence: this is a person who dances with shackles.

Although they are from the same Dou family, in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Dou, this Dou Ying is simply an outlier of the Dou family. The reason is very simple: Empress Dowager Dou likes to listen to good words, but Dou Ying prefers to say it hard; Empress Dowager Dou is good at Huang Lao's technique, but Dou Ying prefers what Confucian and Mencian Confucianism... This is called a sweet and spicy one. The two are stirred together, and something will happen sooner or later!

It happened because of one person: Empress Dowager Dou's favorite youngest son, Liu Wu, King of Liang Xiao. According to historical records, Empress Dowager Dou favored Liu Wu to an irreparable extent. Liu Wu's Liang State had more than 40 cities, and they were all the most fertile land in the world; The pocket money that Empress Dowager Dou usually rewards is innumerable; And Liu Wu's own palace treasury has hundreds of thousands of dollars, and there are even more jewels and jade treasures than the palace. As for the palace, it is also unrestrained, and you can build as big as you want.

In addition, this King Xiao of Liang is also a vassal and elegant person. There are many doormen under the door, not to mention, but also build a bamboo forest, often chat and chant poetry with literary friends, so comfortable. Mei Cheng, Zhuang Ji, Yang Sheng, Gongsun Yi, Zou Yang, these famous literati in Han history, and even Sima Xiangru, the first master of writing Fu in the two Han Dynasty, are all frequent guests on his seat.

And every time Liu Wu entered the court, Liu Qi always sent an envoy to hold the festival and take the emperor's mount to Hangu Pass to greet him. After Liu Wu arrived in Chang'an, he played and hunted in the same car with Liu Qi, so he was uncomfortable. If you don't have enough fun, you can continue to stay, and it's okay to stay for a year and a half. In addition, even the attendants, Lang officials, confessors and others who accompanied Liu Wu can enter and leave the gate of Chang'an Palace without a visa. They are no different from the equivalent officials who serve Liu Qi.

As a result, some people wondered: Is this capital Liu Qi's Chang'an City, or Liu Wu's Chang'an City? In the eyes of Empress Dowager Dou, Chang'an City is both Liu Qi's and should be Liu Wu's. There is only one reason: Liu Qi's queen at that time Bo has no children, so there is no prince to stand up. Of course, Empress Dowager Dou is eager that one day in the future, Liu Wu can also sit on the throne.

Is that really the case? Is Liu Qi okay? Liu Qi's answer was: Listen to my mother!

In October of the 3rd year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty (BC155), Liu Wu entered Chang'an again for the Hajj. As in the past, Liu Qi invited Liu Wu, Empress Dowager Dou and a group of royal relatives to accompany him. At the banquet, when everyone was drinking happily, Liu Qi suddenly patted Liu Wu on the shoulder and said in a grand manner, "Brother, after I am a hundred years old, the position of this emperor will be yours."

It is necessary to explain: in order to show that Liu Qi's words are not drunken jokes, whether it is "Historical Records", "Hanshu" or "Zizhi Tongjian", one key word is retained: calm. In today's words: When Liu Qi said this, his head was clear, and he was responsible!

Of course, Liu Wuneng mixed with a large group of literati to drink and chant poetry, which shows that he has a good brain. In his opinion, Liu Qi's words may not be taken seriously. But even so, a beautiful lie is always more intoxicating than a sweet wine. And it was precisely the Empress Dowager Dou who was the first to get drunk! didn't say it, what the Empress Dowager Dou wanted was Liu Qi's words "may not be taken seriously".

But just when the Empress Dowager Dou was intoxicated and Liu Wuru fell into a honey tank, Dou Ying suddenly came to a drunken downpour. I saw Dou Ying come forward with a glass of wine, "Your Majesty said the wrong thing, I want to punish you with a glass of wine" The audience was shocked! Dou Ying went on to say, "The world is the world of Emperor Gao, passed down from father to son, and the Han Dynasty is a law!" Your Majesty, how can you pass on the throne to the King of Liang", Liu Qi silently punished the wine, and Liu Wu glared angrily; And the most angry is undoubtedly the Empress Dowager Dou!

Dou Ying, you are troublesome! The throne is now sitting Liu Qi, and who he wants to pass it on has nothing to do with others. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Liu Qi said something to make the Empress Dowager Dou happy, it would be a word of fun. You, Dou Ying, as my nephew, say this disappointing drink, do you want to find death?

The banquet broke up unhappily. Dou Ying immediately received a notice: get out of the house immediately, and there is no need to go to work in the palace. At the same time, you will be disqualified from entering the palace and the court!

Finished! Poke the hornet's nest... With me one day, you Dou Ying wants to turn over the salted fish! I think: This should be the sentence that Empress Dowager Dou wants to tell Dou Ying the most.

But the truth is: Dou Ying jumped up immediately. The person who turned Dou Ying over was exactly wrong! If Dou Ying is dancing with shackles; Then Chao Mistake is simply playing with fire on the fire! Half a year ago, he was angry with the old prime minister Shen Tujia, and it was just a small test. The real fire of Chao Cuo is: Cutting the Domain!

Chao Cuo and the late genius Jia Yi have the same far-sighted vision in dealing with the princes and kings. They all realized that only by strengthening the central government and weakening the princes can the country have long-term peace and stability; Otherwise, once the princes become bigger and their waists stiffen, the devil will come out. At that time, if the world is not chaotic, it will hurt, and there will be all kinds of harm but no benefit!

Therefore, before Liu Heng's death, Jia Yi continued to read books, and Chao Cuo also continued to follow the trend. It's a pity that Liu Heng has limited energy, he doesn't have time to cause trouble, and he doesn't want to cause trouble. So, this minefield was left to Liu Qi!

But these minefields, from east to west and from south to north, have abounded in the territory of the Great Han Kingdom. If you don't have the courage to tie your life to your belt, you will never dare to step on it. But it must be pointed out that Jia Yi's method of cutting marquis is very different from Chao's mistake. The difference is that the former advocates a soft landing, while the latter advocates a hard landing.

Jia Yi is the method of cutting cakes. Let the princes be divided from generation to generation, and they will all be skinny, weak, and powerless to resist. If that's the case, the center will sit back and enjoy it. But Chao Cuo thinks that Jia Yi's starting point is good, and the problem is that the speed is too snail. If you want to do great things, you have to be fast! And the way to seek speed is to cut the princes hard, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one! Let's start with the hardest bone of King Wu Liu Bi!

If the princes insist on the central government giving a reason for cutting the feudal domain, I can also find their various crimes, big or small, as an excuse! But the true thoughts of Chao Cuo's heart are exposed in this recital: "Emperor Xi Gao initially decided the world, Kundi was few, the sons were weak, and Dafeng had the same surname, more than 70 cities in Qi, more than 40 cities in Chu, and more than 50 cities in Wu. Seal the three evils and divide the world into half. Today's cutting is also the opposite, and not cutting is also the opposite. Cutting it, its counter-urgency, small disaster; If you don't cut it, it's late, and it's a big disaster.

However, for such a major matter as cutting the feudal domain, Liu Qi did not dare to make his own decisions like Chao Cuo's other suggestions. Whether it works or not, we must have a meeting to discuss! The participants included ministers, princes, and clansmen.

Dou Ying, as a member of the foreign relative, also attended the meeting. Of all the parliamentarians, he was the only one who opposed Chao Cuo's cutting of the feudal domain, and he quarreled with Chao Cuo at the meeting. The result: quarrels are useless, opposition is ineffective! Everyone finally passed the wrong plan to cut the feudal domain!

Finished! Chao Cuo really wants to play big. Wrong! Wait and see!