The Prison of Peace

Just as the eldest brother Liu An likes the youngest son Liu Qian but does not love the eldest son Liu Buxian, Liu Ci also likes the youngest son Liu Xiao but not the eldest son Liu Shuang. The difference is www.biquge.info that Liu Shuang has been established as the crown prince by Liu Ci, and Liu Shuang is the queen of Hengshan by Shu. And the same is that the brothers all made a family change because of the abolition of the elder and the young, and the whole family was killed.

Queen Hengshan Chengshu gave birth to two sons and a daughter: Liu Shuang, Liu Xiao, and Liu Wucai. After Cheng Shu died of illness, the favored concubine Xu Lai succeeded him as queen. In addition to Xu Lai, Liu Ci also has a favorite concubine. Because he was unwilling to be taken away by Xu Lai, he slandered in front of the prince Liu Shuang day and night, saying that the prince's mother Cheng Shu was secretly poisoned to death by Xu Lai, which caused a conflict between Xu Lai and Liu Shuang.

And Liu Xiao, who lost his mother in childhood, has a deep mother-son relationship because he was raised by Xu Lai since he was a child. There is also Liu Wucai divorced due to emotional disagreement after marriage, and after returning to the palace, he committed adultery with his family, which was heard by Liu Shuang and reprimanded. Liu Wucai not only did not restrain himself, but became an enmity with his eldest brother. In this way, Xu Lai, Liu Xiao, and Liu Wucai colluded to slander the prince Liu Shuang in front of Liu Ci, and finally made Liu Ci move to abolish Shuang's filial piety.

Who knew that at this time, Xu Lai had a new idea: simply framed Liu Xiao together, so that his biological son Liu Guang could inherit the throne! It happened that Liu Ci had a beautiful concubine by his side, and Xu Lai ordered the concubine to take care of Liu Xiao's living by the queen's order.

Young boys and girls who go on a blind date day and night are like dry wood touching a fire, how can there be no accidents? This matter was heard by the crown prince Liu Shuang, and he also coveted it. Thinking that my younger brother can play with my father's concubine and my brother, can't I play with my father's wife? And if you can attract Xu Lai to have an affair with yourself, you can also make it hateful and love, right?

Liu Shuang entered the palace every day to ask Xu Lai for peace, and confessed his previous sins and vowed to repent. Xu Lai can't help but be vain. A few days later, Liu Shuang felt that the time was ripe, so he suddenly hugged Xu Lai during a greeting and begged for pleasure with a shy face. Xu Lai was shocked and hurriedly broke free...

After learning of this, Liu Ci was furious and ordered to be punished. Liu Shuang shouted while being tortured, "Liu Xiao committed adultery with the maid, Liu Wucai and the house slave, why didn't my father ask?" Alone to blame the ministers? The courtiers want to write to the Son of Heaven, and go to the king with his back" Liu Ci, who was faint in anger, hurriedly ordered Liu Shuang to be imprisoned, and the seal of the prince of Hengshan was given to Liu Xiao to wear. Let him solicit guests and plot great things. Jiangdu people Mei He, Chen Xi and others came to vote successively. For Liu Ci, Liu Xiao and his son, he privately made military chariots and bows and arrows, and privately engraved the jade seal of the Son of Heaven and the seal of the generals.

Liu Ci wrote to the imperial court and asked Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che to allow him to abolish the elder and establish the young. Liu Shuang also resorted to the method of losing both, and sent his henchman Bai Ying to secretly infiltrate Chang'an and report his father and younger brother's rebellion to the emperor.

Regarding how to deal with this pair of stupid rebellious brothers, all the ministers and royal princes gathered for a meeting. At the meeting, the most fierce response and the most resolute attitude were the princes of the Liu family. Liu Pengzu, the king of Zhao, and Liu Duan, the king of Jiaoxi, all expressed their attitudes one after another, "Brother Liu An is chaotic in the world, bewitching the people, betraying the temple, and going against the law."

The princes were unanimous and justified, and Liu Che had no choice but to agree. However, when Liu An and Liu Ci heard that their heads were not guaranteed, in November, they both committed suicide...

According to statistics, due to the rebellion of Liu An's brothers, tens of thousands of people were involved and thousands were killed. In this purge of rebels, Gongsun Hong and Zhang Tang were the most active and active. They didn't even let go of the two important people that Liu Che let go by default:

The first is to denounce Liu An for self-preservation. Liu Che thinks that Wu was forced, and he also made meritorious service with the crime, let him go. But Zhang Tang advocated beheading. The reason is: Wu Shu is the chief strategist in Liu An's group, if you don't kill him, you can't say it!

The second person who was ready to be let go by Liu Che was Mr. Zhuang Zhu, the backbone of the Inner Dynasty. Zhuang Zhu and Liu An have a very close personal relationship, and whenever Liu An comes to Chang'an, he always has to bribe Zhuang Zhu. So over the years, Zhuang Zhu has also received a lot of gifts from Liu An. In Zhang Tang's view, Liu An did not give gifts for nothing, and Zhuang Zhu did not receive gifts for nothing. They must have made a secret deal, that is, Zhuang Zhu used the opportunity to work by the emperor's side to provide information to Liu An. The confidant of the Son of Heaven has a personal relationship with the rebellious king, and if he is not punished and leaves an example, it will be difficult to do so in the future. So Zhang Tang thinks: Anyone can live, but Zhuang Zhu must die!

In the end, Liu Che had no choice but to agree to kill the above two. The knife rises and falls, and the dust settles. A thunderous and rainy, boring and boring rebellion drama has finally come to an end.

On April 21, the first year of Yuanjia (BC122), Liu Che established his 7-year-old eldest son, Liu Ju, who was born to Empress Wei Zifu, as the crown prince. At the same time, amnesty to the world. The title of the official who gave the 2,000 stones was the right chief, and according to the rules, he was given the title of the latter of his father's first rank (this shows that although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the martial arts knighthood, he did not abolish the military merits of Shang Ying. The two sets of knighthoods are parallel, which is very confusing)

May 30, solar eclipse. More than 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry broke into Shanggu County and killed hundreds of people. Liu Che kept this account in his heart.

Although he has been fighting against the Huns for many years in the past few years, Zhang Qian has never given up his dream. This dream is: to get rid of the Western Regions!

Back then, Zhang Qian returned from the Western Regions and theoretically briefly described a feasible road: open up the Shu Road, take a shortcut, and enter the Western Regions. However, the vast mountains and the deep Shu Road, which one is the only way to the west? To know how far imagination is from reality, the only way is to act! So this year, Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, decided to restart the plan to develop Southwest Yi!

With the support of the emperor, Zhang Qian went to Shu with the festival, and after Qianwei County, he asked Wang Ran, Yu Bai, Shichang, and LĂź Yue to form four expeditions, which were divided into four routes: one out of the horse, one out of the horse, one out of the river, and one out of the Qiongyu, and the destination was the country of poison (now India). However, after the four teams marched for one or two thousand miles, the north road was obstructed by the Dian and the Wattle; The south road was blocked by the mountains and Kunming, and it was impossible to move forward, so they could only retreat.

However, although Zhang Qian did not find a way to the Western Regions, he brought back an unexpected surprise to Liu Che: they actually found a forgotten Yunnan Kingdom (now Yunnan Province) in the Central Plains.

Yoro is arrogant and doesn't seem to be a scoop. The Han envoy couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to be patient and explain to the other party. In the end, the king of Dianyue knew that there was really a miracle in this world that there were mountains outside the mountains and heavens outside the sky.

The Han Dynasty's development of Southwest Yi began in Tang and Meng, but it was Zhang Qian who made a perfect summary for Liu Che. But that's not enough! Zhang Qian still has a great dream burning in his heart. And to achieve it, Zhang Qian still needs to wait...

On March 8, the 2nd year of Gengashi (BC121), the 80-year-old Prime Minister Sun Hong passed away. On the 22nd, Li Cai, the imperial historian, was promoted to prime minister, and Zhang Tang, the court lieutenant, was promoted to the imperial historian.

Officialdom is like a theater, I never see the newcomer laughing, but I don't see the old crying. Li and Zhang rose to high positions, and they laughed. But at least two people at the same time were extremely depressed: one was Li Guang and the other was Ji Di.

Ji is depressed, that's nothing to say. Ji Di felt like a slapstick and Zhang Tang like a fly. The slapstick chased the fly, but he didn't expect the fly to run higher and higher, and it actually ran to the top of his head to. This was something he never expected.

Li Guang and Li Cai are cousins and have no political feuds. Li Cai was promoted, and Li Guang was in a gloomy mood, not for anything else, but for jealousy. I want the brothers to debut at the same time, to be Lang together, and to serve Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty. Later, Li Guang climbed one step ahead and climbed to a high position of 2,000 stones. However, Li Guang's ideal is not that little salary, his ultimate goal is to make meritorious contributions and make a marquis with merit. But after fighting for so many years, there are more losses and fewer wins, and the vacancy is still far away.

On the other hand, Li Cai has been running behind Li Guang's ass. But here's the strange thing: he ran steadily. Although Li Cai did not receive the same high salary as Li Guang until the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. But Li Guang lacks two things in Li Cai: calm quality and good luck. Later, Liu Che named Li Cai as the general of the light car, and accompanied the general Wei Qing to fight against the Xiongnu Youxian King. In that battle, Li Cai made meritorious contributions and finally won the throne.

Not only Li Cai was made a marquis, but many of Li Guang's generals also jumped on the throne. He alone has been in the position of general for many years. For a military general who takes killing as his profession, he has not been awarded the title of Hou, and in a small way, it is a matter of face. Deeper, that's a shameful thing in life. As a result, the difficulty of sealing the throne has become an eternal pain in Li Guang's heart, and he can't erase this pain in his life, so his complaints will never end.

Someone summed up the reason why Li Guang was difficult to seal, because he had killed and surrendered. There is an ancient saying: Killing is ominous. However, it was a long time ago, and it should not be the whole reason why Li Guang was difficult to seal. So some people said that Li Guang was difficult to seal because he couldn't be a man, and he should not accept the general seal of Liu Wu, the king of Liang, when he pacified the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.

In my opinion, none of this is the essence of the problem. That's right, Li Guang made the mistake of being young. But over the years, the central government of the Han Dynasty has not treated him coldly, but has repeatedly used him. Therefore, it is difficult to say that Li Guang will not be a man and it is difficult to obtain the Hou Feng, this proposition is difficult to hold.

I think the problem lies in Li Guang's character. This character is too brave. Li Guang dared to fight, which is universally recognized. This was said many years ago, Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty also said it. But daring to fight does not necessarily mean being able to fight. Fenghou is the same as our title today. If you want to evaluate a professor today, you must have a high-grade paper or book, etc.

According to the Han Dynasty's feudal system, if you want to be a marquis, you must have military meritorious works. Li Guang has been fighting for so many years, is there any work he can get his hands on? Qu index comes, almost nothing. In today's words, if you don't have a work, you also want to evaluate the title? So for Li Guang, if you don't have military merits, you don't want to be a marquis...

There are many tigers in Beiping County, so Li Guang, who is guarding here, began to patrol to prevent the Huns on the one hand, and chase the tigers to calm the people. With the magic skill of piercing the poplar in a hundred steps, several big insects have been shot and killed one after another.

That night, Li Guang led his troops to patrol to the foot of the mountain, and saw that there seemed to be a tiger squatting in the middle of the grass, so he opened his bow and arrows and shot over. But I saw that Ming Ming shot the tiger's body, but the tiger was still squatting and not moving. The soldiers stepped forward to take a closer look, only to realize that where was the tiger, but it was a big rock! The most miraculous thing is that the arrow shot by Li Guang penetrated deep into the stone, about a few inches, and he pulled it out with his hand and did not move. Li Guang was also secretly surprised, and returned to the original place to shoot again, but he could no longer shoot into the big stone, and broke the arrow cluster.

After this arrow, the prestige of the flying general Li Guang became even greater. It is said that he can shoot arrows into stones, he is really powerful, who else dares to be a striker? So Li Guang took office in Youbeiping County for more than five years, and he was not surprised. Last year, Lang Zhongling Shi Jian died of illness, and Li Guangnai was ordered to enter Beijing and take over from Lang Zhongling.

Of course, as long as the war is not over, Li Guang's dream of being a marquis may be realized again. Sure enough, the opportunity came right away!

Last summer, the Xiongnu had slaughtered Shanggu County with 10,000 people, owing the Han Dynasty a blood debt. Now, it's time to collect your debts! So Liu Che decided to send someone to ask for debts, and repeatedly told the Huns: to calculate more interest on the Huns, so that they know that the taste of borrowing usury is not pleasant!

In March, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty counterattacked the second of the three major wars of the Xiongnu - the Battle of Hexi! The person who was sent out by Liu Che to collect debts was 20-year-old Huo Quai. In order to ensure that the usury could be recovered, Liu Che rationed Huo Qubing 10,000 cavalry. Facts have proved that if you want to collect debts and find Huo Quai, this is true. Huo Quai's expedition this time was like a Condor assaulting the Hun prairie.

Huo Quai's starting point was in Longxi County, but in just six days, he was able to fight more than 1,000 miles and go deep into Yanzhi Mountain. Why did Huo Quzhi run so far? His instincts told him: there is something good hidden behind the mountain!

Sure enough, Huo Qubing found the Huns hiding from debts. For them, this Huo Qubing is simply a disaster. I can't afford to provoke it, and I can't even hide it!

Huo Quzhi led the cavalry forward, like a pack of wolves rushing to see a flock of sheep, blood flowed all over the field, and the results were very rich: more than 8,900 Xiongnu were killed. Among them, there were two Hun kings, Zhelan and Luhou, and also captured the prince of the Hun evil king and his Xiangguo, Duwei Wenwu two sets of team members. What's even more awesome is that even the golden statue of the Hun Hugh Tu King used to sacrifice to the sky was snatched away by Huo Quai!

The good news spread to Chang'an City, Liu Che was quite satisfied with the debt collection action, and he rewarded Huo Qubing with 2,000 households.