Liu Wu, the king of Liang, has enjoyed all the glory and wealth since he was a child, and he especially likes the joy of the palace and the garden. After quelling the rebellion of the Seven Kings, he built a large number of buildings in the Liang Kingdom. He took Suiyang as the center, relying on the natural scenery, and built a large-scale, magnificent garden, called Dongyuan, also called Suyuan Garden.

Many pavilions and pavilions have been built in the garden, as well as landscapes such as Bailing Mountain, Luoping Rock, Qilongxiu, Yanchi, Hezhou, Zhuzhu, etc., and strange trees such as pines and cypresses, sycamores, and green bamboos have been planted. After the completion of the garden around more than 300 miles, the palace view is connected, strange fruits and trees, intermingled, rare birds and beasts, haunted therein, make this place become a paradise on earth with beautiful scenery.

The houses in the garden are carved with dragons and phoenixes, which are resplendent and splendid, almost comparable to the imperial palace. On both sides of Suishui, the bamboo forest stretches for more than ten miles, all kinds of flowers and trees are available, there are many kinds of birds and animals, King Liang often hunts here, feasts and drinks, and the guests and friends of the conference.

Liu Wu, the king of Liang, liked to recruit literati and strategists, and the world's literati and scholars such as Meixian, Zhuang Ji, Sima Xiangru, etc., gathered in the garden, and became the guests of King Xiao of Liang.

Different from the ethereal sound of the piano and the pain of drinking, in the pavilion at this time, Sima Xiangru was holding the newly written "Liang Wang Yuan Fu", and his face was a little dignified.

"The prince is endowed, the beginning of the garden is wide, the wealth of the forest, the birds and birds, followed by the pleasure of the scholars and women, and the end of the suburbs to pick mulberry women, a little silent and the king of Liang, the weather is sluggish, implying the meaning of irony and admonition." Sima Xiangru tasted it for a long time, slowly put down the bamboo slip in his hand, and sighed.

The head of the jaw said: "Now the palace room of the king of Liang has exceeded the system, and the police have entered and exited, and the guard of honor of the Son of Heaven has been held, so that the fruit is endowed with this, and it is only hoped that it will be policed." ”

Sima Xiangru's face was full of helplessness, he shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Since the Wen Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has been the country and the people. Today, His Majesty is working hard, living with the people's livelihood, and the warehouse is full, and the princes and nobles will inevitably advocate luxury, but the spirit is gradually declining and decadent. In contrast, although King Liang is also arrogant, he can still recruit talents and accept advice, but he does not live up to the reputation of King Xian. ”

Mei Cheng's face sank, and he said in a deep voice: "I am afraid that the reputation of this virtuous king will mistake the surname of King Liang!" The Han Dynasty has been established for decades, although the imperial power has been consolidated, but the princes and kings in various places are also getting full-fledged, plus the villains are teasing, even if they are as virtuous as King Liang, they have the ambition to seek the emperor's heir. In the long run, the body will be destroyed and the country will be destroyed. ”

Sima Xiangru was shocked when he heard this, hurriedly got up and looked around, and saw that there was indeed no one, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice: "Gong Zhang's words today have violated the taboo of King Liang, but fortunately he has not been listened to by others, so he must be cautious in the future." In the past, Mr. Zou Yang, the old gentleman, was slandered by Yang Sheng and Gongsun Wei because he advised King Liang to dismiss his private soldiers, and the old man was imprisoned. ”

"I still remember that at the beginning, Wu Wang Liu Bi also invited **, recruited wise men, and went to Zhishi with Mr. Zou and Zhuang Ji. Until King Wu intended to rebel and seek the throne, we had written to the King of Wu to admonish him, but Wu ** was self-serving, and he was obsessed with his wisdom, insisted on going his own way, rebelled, and finally ended up dead and ruined. We had to leave Wu to Liang and swim from King Liang. ”

Mei Cheng nodded, his face was full of gloom, looking at the blue sky and reminiscing about the past, and after a long time, Fu sighed again: "This is Liang Wang Xianming, and he is the same mother and brother today, and he will never commit a rebellious act." Unexpectedly, at the instigation of Yang Sheng and Gongsun Yi and other villains, King Liang also began to spread private soldiers and forge weapons in order to seek the emperor's heir. Seeing that King Liang was about to follow in the footsteps of Queen Wu again, although he was not as good as Mr. Zou who dared to give up his life and give direct advice, he also needed to knock on the side, which could be regarded as a slight report on King Liang's kindness. ”

Although Mei Cheng, Zou Yang and Sima Xiangru all opposed the rebellion of King Liang, their motives were still very different.

Zou Yang not only had the motive to maintain the status of the princes and kings, but also realized the irreversibility of centralized power and had the idea of safeguarding the unity of the country.

On the other hand, the idea of a pure scribe and scholar only wants to live a stable life and carry out his creations well, and does not want to get too involved in politics. After the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was pacified, he became famous for advising King Wu to strike his troops. Emperor Jing once worshipped him as the captain of Hongnong, but he was not to his liking, so he went to the official with illness and went to Liang to travel. The whole poem is full of joy.

Unlike the two, Sima Xiangru had great political ambitions, and his original name was Sima Changqing, but he changed his name to Sima Xiangru because he admired the name of the Warring States Period. He liked to read and practice swords since he was a child, and when he was in his twenties, he took 訾 (money) as a lang and became a regular attendant of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, but these are not his favorites, so he has a sigh of not meeting a bosom friend.

Emperor Jing was not good at resignation, and when Liu Wu, the king of Liang Xiao, came to the court, Sima Xiangru was able to make friends with Zou Yang, Mei Cheng, Zhuang Ji and other resignation families. Later, he retired due to illness and went to Liangdi to work with these like-minded scribes.

In addition to reciting poems, Sima Xiangru also often participated in political affairs and gave advice to King Liang, so he had a better understanding of the current situation. The reason why he opposed King Liang's rebellion was that he felt that the timing was wrong, and the chance of success was too small, and it had nothing to do with loyalty to the monarch and patriotism.

Sima Xiang now said that he invited Mei to get together, originally because he wanted him to go to persuade Zou Yang in prison, write to King Liang, admit his mistake, and avoid prison. Who knows, but I saw the "Liang Wang Yuan Fu" that he wanted to submit to King Liang for tasting, which had a hidden meaning of advice, and there were many resentments in his words. Sima Xiangru beat the drum in his heart, so he didn't say what he meant, but responded to a few words and hastily ended the gathering.

The next day, Sima Xiangru was summoned by King Liang and went to the palace of King Liang to discuss matters. On top of the splendid main hall, the officials and strategists of the Liang State all had gloomy faces and did not say a word.

"Too much deception!" Liu Wu, the king of Liang, crumpled the silk silk in his hand and threw it to the ground.

Han Anguo, who had been promoted to the minister of Liang State, saw this, his face was shocked, he hurriedly got up and left the table, picked up the silk silk and smoothed it, and comforted: "The king is angry, this is the edict of the Son of Heaven, even if you are indignant, you must not take it lightly." ”

"You put the widow to rest? How can the widow be angry? Your Majesty is really calculating, a full 250,000 people, this is going to destroy the foundation of the Liang Kingdom! King Liang got up angrily and roared loudly.

No one in the palace squeaked, and the anger of the king of Liang was indeed understandable, even if the Liang country was rich and had a large population, if Shengsheng was recruited 250,000 people to go to the border county to garrison the border tuntian, he would definitely be greatly injured, and he would no longer be in the grand situation of today.

"My lord, although the edict of the Son of Heaven cannot be violated, it can also be secretly hindered. Besides, the people of my Liang country have enough food and clothing, how can I be willing to go to the bitter cold land of the county over there? Yang Sheng calmed down King Liang's emotions a little, and said comfortingly.

When Han Anguo heard this, a trace of innocence flashed on his face, and he was secretly dissatisfied with Yang Shengyang's suggestion, but he did not immediately refute it.

King Liang's face was a little pale, and he agreed with his jaw: "Yang Qing is reasonable, just delay the announcement of the edict for a while, and wait until the snow falls in winter, and the people are naturally reluctant to travel thousands of miles." ”

"The king forgives the sin, the minister yesterday said that he had ordered the officials of Hu Cao to post the edict all over the Liang country, and now the people already know about it." Han Anguo took a few steps forward and bowed down to plead guilty.

"You ......" King Liang trembled with anger, pulled out the three-foot Qingfeng on the sword stand, and scolded Han Anguo's throat: "Don't you really dare to kill you?!" ”

Han Anguo stood still, looked directly into King Liang's eyes, and said slowly: "The minister is for the people of the world, although he has no regrets in death!" ”

King Liang stared at him deadly, his teeth clenched, and several cold lights flashed in his eyes, but he never stabbed out his sword. After a long time, he withdrew his sword and shouted, "Someone! Take him down and put him in jail! ”

The guards in the hall stepped forward one after another, erected Han Anguo, and dragged him out of the main hall. Han Anguo didn't say a word, and let the guards do it, and he had the posture of being generous to death.

King Liang was extremely helpless in his heart, and in the face of this situation, he felt a great sense of frustration. After the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, Emperor Jing abolished the privilege of appointing officials on his own in the kingdom, reduced the subordinate officials of the kingdom, and the prime minister of the kingdom was renamed Xiang, and the prime minister also had the mission of supervising the king, stipulating that the princes and kings could not manage civil affairs, and could only collect the country's taxes according to the amount specified by the imperial court as a salary.

Originally, King Liang wanted to appoint Yang Sheng as the internal history, but was stopped by the Empress Dowager Dou and forcibly appointed Han Anguo. A few days ago, Emperor Jing once again issued an edict and promoted Han Anguo to the minister of Liang. Now that I think about it, Han Anguo is the henchman of the Queen Mother in Liang Kingdom, and King Liang, who is a filial son, naturally does not dare to kill Han Anguo seriously.

"It's come to this, what can I do?" Liang Wang Tie blushed, looked at the many officials with different faces in the hall, and asked in a deep voice.

Gongsun Wei slowly left the table, fell to his knees with a pop, and said intricately: "In the past, the imperial court has repeatedly tolerated all kinds of feudal cuts. How do you know that the Son of Heaven was deceived by the villain, and he wanted to destroy the foundation of my Liang country. Don't you know that the trapped beast is still fighting? Now that our Liang country has more than 100,000 people with armor, as long as they raise the banner of righteousness, the Qing monarch will be on the side, and the princes and kings from all over the country will respond. At that time, hundreds of thousands of troops will be gathered to enter the pass, and it is certain that His Majesty will wake up in time and stay away from the annihilation. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers in the palace were in an uproar. Although King Liang had already privately recruited private soldiers and made weapons, he had never publicized his plans for rebellion to the public. Now Gongsun Wei dares to say words that are heart-wrenching, and the implication is really worth playing.

Even King Liang himself trembled, frowned and said: "General Gongsun, don't say anything, when today's son is shengming, all the people will support him." The widow should assist him with all his heart, and will never do that rebellious act. ”

Gongsun Wei saw that King Liang did not reprimand, let alone punish, and was obviously a little moved. He was overjoyed in his heart, knowing that King Liang had a plan in his heart, but it was inconvenient to say it clearly, so he immediately said with interest: "It's the minister Meng Lang, and I hope the king will forgive his sins." ”

King Liang waved his hand, motioned for him to get up, and said slowly: "The widow is a little tired, everyone should step aside." ”

When everyone who had their hearts in mind heard this, they withdrew one after another.

King Liang retreated left and right, sat quietly on the chairman, looking at the empty hall, his face was constantly changing, sometimes hideous and sometimes sad, very entangled. (To be continued.) )