Fanwai - Discussion about Liu Zhuang, Emperor of the Han State

This can also be regarded as a small outline of the first volume, but also to fill in some small holes in the text, sewing up some loopholes, after all, the writing is limited, many things can not be explained one by one in the text, so I have to sort it out here, I hope you understand.

First of all, I want to say that Liu Zhuang is not a good emperor, but he is very good at playing with power, to be precise, in his emperor career, his main work and interest energy is not to govern the country, but to gain power.

As we all know, the danger of the friends party for a country is very great, and the ministers have been forming a party for a long time, and the focus of their work will definitely shift from the fundamental task of governing the country to attacking others and murdering others, but Liu Zhuang's best or favorite thing to do is to divide the courtiers, acquiesce and even encourage them to stand in line with each other.

At the very beginning, when the third prince, the later British king Liu Xiu, did not rise, the leaders of the "two teams" of the Han State were the crown prince Liu Rui and the second prince Liu Zhao. Under this strange "dual-track" system, the Han State was also developing peacefully and steadily, at least without major changes.

In this case, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the emperor is also happy, he only needs to beat and deter when a certain side is about to rise to the momentum, and he can continue to maintain balance, and the power trick is quite powerful.

But this unhealthy "balance" model, for a country, is quite dangerous, for anyone, power is an extreme temptation of survival, especially for the crown prince, in the case of the country clear his position as the crown prince, his father still found him a second brother group with almost equal power with him, which made it difficult for him to accept, in order to consolidate his position and prepare for the future, he must resist to prove his existence, establish his status, and pave the way for his future accession to the throne.

At this time, Luo Huo, the imperial governor who was inclined to the second prince Liu Zhao, was ordered to lead a large army to attack the western neighbor - Shu.

The prince felt that this was an opportunity to deal with Liu Zhao, so he secretly colluded with Shu and joined forces to create a great defeat of Jingyun of the Han State.

However, the Battle of Jingyun also indirectly triggered the Yan army to attack the Han vassal - Weiguo, and as a result, the third-party force Liu Xiu (the protagonist of this article, who appeared a little late) became famous in the Battle of Weiguo Pingyan.

After that, the imperial power really changed, the prince's party was arrogant, Liu Zhao's party was suppressed, and he was no longer the prince's opponent at all, in this case, the emperor couldn't sit still.

His original intention was to check and balance the two parties, and one party would never be allowed to dominate, so in this case, Liu Xiu, who was in the limelight in the First Battle of Pingyan, entered his field of vision.

And Liu Xiu has long had the intention of power, he has been planning in Luojing for many years, planning several times behind his back, contacting the barbarians in the south who have been blocked by the mainland for hundreds of years - leaving the country, taking the elite shadow legion of the country under his command, recruiting a group of dead soldiers and capable people internally, establishing the Ying Pavilion, and raising an elite soldier who can compete with the Imperial Forest Army.

The emperor saw that Liu Xiu had the ability to compete with the crown prince, and in order to fight against Liu Rui, he made up his mind to support Liu Xiu, so he took Liu Zhao into custody, destroyed Liu Zhao's power, and took the opportunity of the Pingyan War to crown Liu Xiu as the king of England and take charge of the Shadow Legion.

Seeing this situation, the prince finally began to despair, he laid out for a long time, and even sacrificed the interests of the empire, after so many efforts, he finally eradicated the power of his younger brother Liu Zhao, but as a result, his father actually raised another opponent for himself, and this opponent was more difficult to deal with than before.

So he decided to take a risk, first the lantern will assassinate, but the result is not good, and then take the opportunity of chasing the assassin to take advantage of Liu Xiu's unstable foothold, wanting to pull out Liu Xiu's wings and deter the ministers, but the result is also a stupid move, only to bring himself a body of infamy.

The prince was unwilling, but there was nothing he could do, and at this time, the secret envoy dialect of Shu appeared, and he brought the order of Ouyang Yunzhong, the prime minister of Shu, to help the prince seize power, and the prince finally made up his mind to put aside his "think tank" and listen to the dialect's construction, do it alone, brutally, ruthlessly, and dryly.

This time, under the strategy of dialects, he wanted to blame the prime minister for the assassin case, and then involved Liu Xiu through the prime minister, which not only killed the prime minister, but Liu Xiu was safe and sound, and brought himself the minister's centrifugation, which was hated by the people.

The ministers were once again pushed to Liu Xiu's side by his own hands.

The crown prince finally felt hopeless, things were getting out of control little by little, and his father only looked at this qiē coldly in the deep palace, not encouraged, did not prevent, and did not interfere.

Finally, at the instigation of Fang Yan (or Ouyang Yunzhong), he decided to take a risk, and when the guards at the palace gate were all his own people, he sent assassins into the deep palace, killed his father, and seized the opportunity to seize power, ascend to the great treasure, and win the world!

As long as the imperial power is in hand, you will be in charge of the mouth!

This time, he finally "succeeded".

But this time he was completely pushed into the abyss.

The emperor did not die, it was the emperor's stand-in - Liu Zhuang's brother, Liu Yu, the king of Pingxi.

It can be seen from this that the emperor loves no one, he only loves himself, only power.

In order to avoid disputes, for the peace of the world and the prosperity of the Han Kingdom, King Pingxi decided to voluntarily cede power and let Liu Zhuang become the emperor, but after Liu Zhuang got the throne, he did not have any gratitude, he was worried about the instability of the throne, and he was worried about the loss of power.

And the biggest threat to him is none other than the Quartet forces:

First, the king of Pingxi took back power;

second, the heirs of King Pingxi inherited the throne;

third, the seizure of power by ministers;

Fourthly, and most likely, his own son, unable to resist the temptation, laid down on him.

In order to solve this series of troubles, he thought of two solutions:

The first is the art of checks and balances, which is useful for controlling the ministers, with the two factions fighting each other, the ministers have no intention and no one can compete for the throne, and this also gives him a lot of time and energy to take preventive measures to protect his throne and ensure his power.

The second is to attack his brother, Liu Zhuang is worried that one day his children will attack him, and this is not without precedent in the history of the Han Kingdom, so he thought of a way, that is, let Liu Yu be his stand-in, in order to let Liu Yu die for himself "Serve", he left Liu Yu a bloodline, and then let Liu Yu completely lose the ability to have children.

And the bloodline left for Liu Yu must not be a man, a baby, it must be a woman, a baby, this woman, the baby is the later princess Liu Ying, with Liu Ying's deposit, it can be regarded as leaving a little thought for Liu Yu, and at the same time, Liu Ying is also a hostage, so that Liu Yu does not dare to have different intentions, and is willing to be Liu Zhuang's stand-in.

In order to make Liu Yu "qualified", the emperor said that he was ill in the past two years, and occasionally the early dynasty was in a hurry, and announced that Liu Xiu, who was still in a cowardly period at that time, and did nothing to wait in the palace.

Liu Yu's stand-in is very perfect, during this time, neither the minister nor Liu Xiu saw anything unusual, and in the two years here, Liu Yu and Liu Zhuang appeared alternately, and it was not known.

It wasn't until the day when the crown prince made a move and King Pingxi died in the imperial palace for the emperor that Liu Xiu knew about Liu Yu's cunning.

The emperor's scheming is too deep, and he is indifferent and has no family affection at all.

This also shows that Liu Zhuang is not only not a good emperor, but also not a good person.

Imperial power is a very wonderful existence, so wonderful that it is impossible to make the world jump for the sake of a so-called righteous girl, let alone like "Ji Xiaolan", hooking up with his subordinates every day, and patrolling in micro-clothes, imperial power is a kind of majesty, a sacredness, and a kind of indifference to the point that there is no family affection.

Liu Zhuang interpreted this very well, he knew that Liu Xiu and Ziyu were in love, but in order to stabilize the heart of Liu Hongwen, the king of Wei, and stabilize the situation of defending the country, he still married Ziyu to Liu Hongwen, and this also caused Liu Xiu's personality to change greatly and began to fight for power.

Many people say that this is a good thing for Liu Xiu, give up women, have the country, what woman can't find after the country? However, is Liu Xiu really willing? Taking the best love for the country, such a thing, the onlooker has its own reason, but for the parties involved, it is difficult to express.

Liu Zhuang was calculating all the time, calculating his people, calculating his subordinates, calculating his sons, calculating his imperial brother, and he enjoyed such a life.

When someone threatens him, he suppresses or even gets rid of him.

Liu Xiu was very naïve at the beginning, thinking that Pingyan could threaten the emperor by his outstanding achievements in the first battle and his meritorious rescue in the assassination of the Lantern Festival.

When he met the emperor late at night, he wanted Liu Zhuang to pave a way for him, so that he could go to defend the country with peace of mind, and when he could even go to the Yan Kingdom to defend the country, the emperor ostensibly agreed, and he protected his elite in the Lantern Festival assassination that night, and all of them were placed in the palace guards and the imperial forest army, so that Liu Xiu was completely at ease.

But on the night when the crown prince launched an assassin to assassinate him, the emperor took the opportunity to wipe out all the elites of Yingge, leaving no one behind, and even Wen Ya, who had been by Liu Xiu's side for many years, was almost killed.

Although he blamed the crown prince, Liu Xiu naturally didn't believe it in his heart, and the rift between the father and son had reached an irreparable point after this incident.

After that, the power of the crown prince Liu Rui and the second prince Liu Zhao all collapsed, Liu Xiu was the dominant family in this family, there was no one to check and balance, the emperor was unwilling, and because Liu Xiu's ability was too prominent, he finally thought of a way, that is, Liu Xiu was transferred to Weiguo, sorted out the military affairs of the Shadow Legion, and at the same time looked for an opportunity to crusade against Yan and avenge with one arrow.

At the same time, in order to prevent Liu Xiu from being alone and difficult to control, the emperor did not give Liu Zhao to death for a long time, and the crown prince Liu Rui did not know his trace after the "East Palace Incident", and the emperor did not really pursue him.

This is where the second volume of the story begins.

In addition, although there is a Han Kingdom in this article, and the protagonist of the death is named Liu Xiu, this is an alternate novel, a world constructed by himself, and has nothing to do with the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After the end of the first volume, I will reopen an article and tell the story back. Jing and Wisp clear the relationship between the characters.

Happy holidays to all of you.