The crown prince Liu Che has been in the central government office for more than half a year, and in the face of the current good situation of peace in the four seas, Liu Che can finally start the economic layout on a national scale.

There are five major cities in the Western Han Dynasty, and the degree of prosperity is not inferior to that of Chang'an City in Beijing, namely Handan in the north city, Linzi in the east city, Chengdu in the west city, Luoyang (Luoyang) in the middle city, and Wanxian in the south city (later known as Nanyang).

Handan is the capital of Zhao State, and now Liu Pengzu, the king of Zhao, has handed over Zhao State to the imperial court, and Handan is a government decree unimpeded. Chengdu is the county of Shu County, Luoyang is the county of Henan County, and Wan County is the county of Nanyang County, and they can all be waved by Liu Che. It's just that this Linzi is the capital of the Qi State, and Liu Che feels that it is necessary to take it back from the King of Qi, and it is really not his style to marry others.

Emperor Jing was very interested in Liu Che's proposal, he had coveted the incomparably rich Linzi for a long time, but no matter how he cut the domain, he could not cut off the capital of the vassal states.

If Liu Che can nationalize Linzi without a trace, it is really what Emperor Jing is most willing to see.

Linzi east Linzi water, has a long history, once as the head of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, one of the seven heroes of the Warring States period of the capital of Qi for more than 800 years, until the Jingdi Dynasty, is still "the noisy carriages and horses, huge in Chang'an". However, Liu Shou, the king of Qiyi, felt that he was an innocent and pitiful person, and every time he lived tremblingly, he did not have the pleasure of princes and kings at all.

During the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, Liu Shou's father, Liu Xiaowang, King Qi Xiao, watched suspiciously. When the rebels of the three kingdoms of Jinan, Jiaoxi, and Suchuan were surrounded by the rebels, he sent people to ask the court for help on the one hand, and secretly contacted the rebels to plot a rebellion. After Luan Bu defeated the rebels, he understood his situation and moved his troops to attack Qi. Liu Jianglu was frightened and committed suicide by drinking medicine.

The emperor issued an edict "thinking that Qi Shou is good, and it is not his crime to persecute and rob, and it is not his crime" to establish Liu Shou as the king of Qi Yi. On the surface, the emperor is magnanimous, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor is extremely angry with the king of Qi.

King Qi Yi, not King Qi, the extra word "Yi" is a nickname!

The nickname is for the ancient monarchs, princes, ministers, concubines and other people with a certain status after the death, according to their life deeds and moral cultivation, to evaluate the praise and disapproval, and give a title with a judgment surname.

Giving a nickname to the living, doesn't this mean that you want to force your life to death?!

In short, since he was named King Qi Yi, Liu Shou can be said to be walking on thin ice all the time. Especially in the autumn and winter of last year, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, also secretly sent an envoy to contact him, hoping to send troops to fight against the imperial court together.

Until the winter, news came from Chang'an City, King Liang had entered the court to apologize, and King Huainan and King Hengshan were sentenced to be imprisoned in Zongzheng Mansion for life, and Liu Shou could be said to regret it too late. Now that a few months have passed, and it is about to start summer, the court has not even shown the slightest sign of questioning him, but it has made him more and more panicked, and he will wake up from a nightmare almost every night.

"The king, Qianxian, Pingyuan, Taishan and Gaomi all sent letters, saying that the four counties should repair the straight road, so that the people of Qi can take a detour." Qi Guoshi Tian ignored his manners, trotted all the way into King Qi Yi's study, panting and reporting.

Liu Shou was about to count him down a few words, but then his face changed, and he asked in a panicked voice: "What did you say?" Let's be clear! ”

Tian Duan smiled bitterly and presented the stack of silk silk in his hand, calmed his breath, and said again: "The minister has ordered someone to investigate, and now all the roads leading to the surrounding four counties in my Qi country are heavily guarded, and no one or horse is allowed to pass without the talismans of each county." ”

Liu Shou couldn't help but be shocked, and cold sweat broke out on his back. Although the Qi State is rich and can be self-sufficient even if it does not rely on external supplies, if it is really firmly blocked by the surrounding four counties, the people and even the officials of the county under the rule of Qi will be panicked and rumors. Within half a month, the country of Qi will definitely be in chaos.

Seeing that his face had changed greatly, Tian Duan hurriedly stepped forward and suggested: "It's better for the king to immediately reply to the four county guards, and have a little more benefits, even if you want to repair the straight road, first set aside a few small roads for the people under the rule of Qi to pass." ”

Liu Shou frowned, staring at Tian Duan, as if he wanted to strangle him alive.

Seeing the anger in Liu Shou's eyes, Tian Duan chuckled in his heart, and couldn't help shrinking his neck, his face full of flattery and flattering smirks.

After a long time, Liu Shoufang sighed and sat on the mat weakly. Since the Wu Chu Rebellion, the emperor has purged all the officials in the Qi State and the staff in the palace of the Qi king, and the talented officials were either slaughtered or sent to the capital for questioning. Now, except for Zhu Xu, the minister of Qi, who is a capable official sent by the imperial court to supervise government affairs, the rest of the officials are novices who are promoted on the spot.

Nai Shi Tian Duanben is the eldest son of the local Tian family, and he is also the eldest brother of Princess Liu Shou, that is, Liu Shou's brother-in-law. Tian Duan was born in a wealthy family, played the lackeys of the little flying eagle, and did not do his job. Liu Shou was canonized as the queen of Qi Yi, but he couldn't withstand the princess's pillow wind, and out of consideration for winning over the Tian family, he let Tian Duan, who had no talent, be a high position in internal history. Now it seems that it is indeed mud that can't support the wall, except for flattery, he really can't do anything.

After pondering for a while, Liu Shou waved his hand and ordered: "This matter is not as simple as you think, you go and invite the minister of state, think he knows how to deal with it." ”

Tian Duanru was amnesty, hurriedly retreated, found Minister Zhu Xu, and asked him to go to Liu Shou's study as soon as possible. Tian Duan himself is far behind, although he is incompetent, but he is not stupid, he knows that his brother-in-law Liu Shou is in a bad mood at the moment, but he doesn't want to touch his head again.

That night, Liu Shou sat alone on the main hall of the palace, reading the handwriting on a silk silk with a solemn face in the dim light.

This silk is a letter from King Liang presented by Zhu Xu, the minister of the kingdom, which talks about the beautiful scenery and luxury objects of the royal manor in Chang'an City, as well as the huge income of the Raushzi Royal Industrial Group. Nearly 10,000 words are sprinkled with water, and the whole article is expressing a meaning, that is, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, feels joy and satisfaction to be able to live in Chang'an City for a long time, only at the end of the letter, without a trace, invites Liu Shou to live next to Chang'an City, so that he can play with each other in the future, and chant poems against each other, and he is very happy.

Liu Shou is not stupid, and naturally understands the original intention of Liu Wu, the king of Liang, or the original intention of His Majesty the Emperor. When it comes to money, the country of Qi can be described as a rich country, and the taxes paid in Zicheng alone are no worse than those of Chang'an, the capital teacher. Compared with Suiyang, the capital of the Liang State, it is several times more prosperous. It can be said that the state of Qi is the richest among the princes of the Han Dynasty, but it has always been suppressed by the imperial court, and has not established a strong military corresponding to the economy, and now it can only be slaughtered by others.

Liu Shou knew in his heart that the imperial court could overthrow the Qi country with a wave of his hand. The reason why he has not moved for a long time and has spent so much energy to set up a position is nothing more than to let him recognize the situation and deal with it himself, so as not to settle down and make the rest of the vassal states dissatisfied.

According to the current situation, it is obvious that the emperor has made a ruthless decision, even if he is willing to risk the world, he will take the Qi State. If he is no longer interested, I am afraid that the surrounding four counties will be overwhelmed by a large army.

Liu Shou looked sad and sat all night. Until the sky was twilight, he slowly got up, moved his slightly numb muscles and bones, and led his attendants to the ancestral temple next to the palace.

Kneeling alone in the ancestral temple, Liu Shou first kowtowed to Gaozu and Emperor Wen, and then came to the tablet of his father's "Liu Jianglu, the filial piety king of Han Qi", knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times, and said with tears in his eyes: "The child is not filial, and he can't keep the inheritance left by his father!" In order to protect the descendants of the seedlings, the child is going to enter the court to ask for sin, and he thinks that he will not be able to come to worship his father in the future. I had to invite my father to the throne, enter the court with the child, place it in the hall, and worship at night, hoping that the father would forgive the child for the sins of unfilial piety. ”

After saying that, Liu Shoufu knocked three more times, and when he straightened up, a blood mark slowly slipped from his bruised forehead, intertwined with the tears in the corners of his eyes, looking extremely miserable.

When Liu Shou held the spiritual seat of his father wrapped in silk in his arms, he slowly walked out of the ancestral temple, and the concubines and princes who rushed to hear the news were already kneeling on the ground.

Liu Shou waved his hand and ordered in an unquestionable tone: "The children of the clan will immediately enter the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors, and the concubines will go back to the palace to pack their bags, and they will enter the court with the widow at noon to ask for sin!" ”

When everyone outside the ancestral temple heard this, their faces were shocked. Many people just wanted to ask out loud, but when they saw Liu Shou, who was green and green, he didn't stop at all, and walked towards the palace, leaving everyone with only a lonely and depressed back.

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In the third year of Emperor Jing's reign, Liu Shou, the king of Qiyi, together with hundreds of princes and concubines, arrived in Chang'an, Beijing. In addition to the above plea, Liu Shou asked to "dedicate the country to the court", that is, not to have the slightest benefit, and to return Qi Guoshengsheng to the imperial court.

As soon as the news came out, the government and the opposition were shocked.

Even Jing ** didn't expect Liu Shou to be so single, but he was a little hesitant while excited. Liu Shou is not a big mistake, if he takes the liberty of getting rid of the country, it is really difficult to block the mouth of Youyou. Maybe Emperor Jing will be accused of being unkind and unjust by the people of the world, and he will exterminate the same clan and clan.

In the early Han Dynasty, which was extremely famous, this kind of behavior was extremely despised. Even the vassal states that rebelled at the beginning did not remove the country, and even let the descendants of the rebel king continue to serve as princes, at most reducing the number of counties under the jurisdiction of the feudal state.

Faced with this hot potato, Emperor Jing could only hurriedly summon Prime Minister Yuan Ang and Prince Liu Che to discuss. The final result was that Emperor Jing issued an order to forgive Liu Shou, and although he severely reprimanded, he did not remove the country. Instead, following the precedent of King Liang, the state of Qi was handed over to the imperial court for management, and various properties were mortgaged to the royal industrial group in exchange for a large number of shares.

In order to convince the public, the Royal Industrial Group did not even dare to underestimate the industry of Qi like Liang Guo. In order to ensure that the shares of King Qi did not exceed Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, but to make up the difference, Shengsheng transported hundreds of millions of gold worth of gold to Liu Shou's new palace in the royal manor.

There are more than 100 horse-drawn carriages, swaggering through the market. Liu Fei deliberately ordered people not to pack boxes, nor to cover them with felt cloth, and the blocks of gold were stacked into a hill, which instantly blinded the eyes of the powerful people of the Northern Que. also made the originally resentful princes of various places shut up, and it was obviously impossible to spread rumors and encourage the people at this time.

The emperor's benevolent name has long been spread throughout the Han Dynasty, and for the clan brothers who intend to rebel, not only did not remove the country, but rewarded Jin Shan, who is naturally a good brother, which is the simple values of the Han people. (To be continued.) )