Chapter 359 is appointed as the prince

However, when Xiahou Ying opened the brocade box on the right, Liu Bang found that the head inside was not Peng Yue's at all, but Liu Jia, the clan brother he sent to seal Gao Chu!

"Liu Jia?" Liu Bang couldn't believe his eyes, "Gao Chu actually killed Liu Jia?!" ”

Zhang Liang next to him sighed softly, although the two countries did not kill the envoys, but the king of Han sent an envoy to the king of Chu to entitle the general under the command of the king of Chu, which was indeed a bit excessive, and he couldn't complain that people would kill the envoys.

Chen Ping was ashamed, and he didn't know whether he should make amends to Liu Bang.

After a long time, Liu Bangcai gritted his teeth and said: "Gao Jun'er dared to kill the widow brother, and the widow swore to kill him!" ”

At this moment, Liu Bang is really angry and very sad, Liu Bang has countless military generals, and there are not a few who have been following him since the beginning of Pei * County, such as Xiao He, such as Xiahou Ying, but Liu Bang trusts only two people, one is Lu Juan, who was born on the same day, the same month, and the same year as him, and the other is his cousin Liu Jia.

Now, Liu Jia asked Gao Chu to kill him, can Liu Bang not be angry, can he not be sad?

Taking a deep breath, Liu Bang said again: "This revenge will not be avenged, swear not to be a man, when the rainy season passes, take Liang Land, the widow should be a relative to conquer Jingxiang, kill Gao Chu to avenge Liu Jia!" ”

Liu Bang didn't know that it was not so easy to seize Liang Land.

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Zhao Yan and Shen Tujia took 5,000 elite soldiers day and night, and finally rushed back to Dingtao ten days later.

The first thing Zhao Yan did after returning to Dingtao was to ask Shen Tujia to blockade the camp in the north of the city and firmly control the 50,000 guards who stayed in Dingtao, the second thing was to block the palace and imprison the Liang Guoguo Xiangxia said, and the third thing was to send the flying horse to Linzi and ask the King of Qi to lead a large army to Dingtao and receive the Liang land.

Zhao Yan knew very well that there was not much time left for him.

Liu Bang lobbied Peng Yue to attack Jingxiang, which was originally a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, if the Liang army won a complete victory, it would be enough, at that time, not only the Liang State could be preserved, but even had a real chance to get a piece of the pie from Jingxiang, but now, the Liang army was completely annihilated, in this case, the Han army would definitely turn the spearhead against the Liang State.

Therefore, it is necessary to lead the Qi army into Liang before the arrival of the Han army!

Looking at today, in addition to Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu, Han Xin, the king of Qi, can compete with Liu Bang, the king of Han, Zhao Yan also considered dedicating Liang to the king of Chu or the king of Han, but in the end, he still decided to defect to the king of Qi.

On the contrary, it is under the account of the King of Qi, and it seems that the talent Liao Liao can invest in the account of the King of Qi or can also establish a meritorious career.

But no one wants to add the icing on the cake to others, and it is reasonable for Zhao Yan to have this choice.

Moreover, since the defeat of Huainan, the king of Qi seems to have had an epiphany, and even issued an order to seek talents, and is recruiting talents in Qi, and now it is the right time to vote for the king of Qi.

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Ziling, the palace of the king of Chu.

In the melodious sound of the bell, groups of Chinese military officials came straight to the main hall.

Today is not the first day of the new year, nor is it the fifteenth, but the king suddenly convened the ministers of the dynasty, obviously there is something important, the ministers and generals are all talking about it, however, most of the ministers think that it is related to the matter of Gao Chu's title of King Jing in the past two days.

At three o'clock, the ministers arrived, the civil officials took Xiang He as the head and sat on the right side, and the military generals were headed by Xiang Tuo and sat on the left side, however, today's dynasty, more than 100 civil and military generals participated in the court meeting, and there were only more than ten Liao Liao people who had seats, and more civil and military generals could only be divided into two shifts on the left and right, standing at the court meeting. A moment later, Xiang Zhuang, dressed in the king's costume, entered the main hall through the side door and took a seat at the chief.

During the Chu and Han dynasties, Confucianism, which became absolutely orthodox in later generations, had not yet become the mainstream, so Confucian etiquette was not introduced into the court, the seat of the monarch was not high, and the ministers also had a seat in front of the king.

When the ministers saw the salute, just when the ministers thought that Xiang Zhuang would take the initiative to mention the matter of Gao Chu being crowned king, General Wei Bishu suddenly knelt down from behind the general Xiang Tuo, and said loudly: "My king, there is a way that the prince is the prince of the country, and the prince is the foundation of the country. ”

The corners of Xiang Zhuang's mouth couldn't help but bloom with a smile, the matter of establishing the prince, of course, could not be raised by him, as a monarch, he must maintain a transcendent status at all times, only when the two factions of opinion are unable to hold each other, the monarch can express his own opinions, and make a final decision, otherwise, everything will have to be the monarch shirtless and argue with the courtiers, then where is the prestige?

This emperor's mental technique, the old man Wei was earnestly taught, and Xiang Zhuang also understood it.

The two groups of ministers were sympathetic, originally thinking that the theme of today's dynasty was the matter of the king at the beginning of the high school, but they never thought that as soon as Bi Shu came up, he proposed the establishment of a prince that had nothing to do with it? In fact, the battle for the storage position has indeed become the focus of the major factions in the political arena of Chu State, and each faction has its own candidates.

The clan faction in the old Chu lineage, that is, Xiang He and Xiang Tuo, supported Xiang Jian, the eighth son of Cao Jigang.

The Xun Qi faction in the old Chu lineage, that is, Huan Chu and Ji Bu, supported Xiang Zhi, the second son who succeeded Yu Ji.

The Lao Qin line was also divided into two, with one faction led by Baili supporting the fourth son of Baili Yishui, and the other faction led by Mengshi supporting the fifth son of Ying Zhen, Xiang Wang.

The candidate for the old Wei family is Xiang Zheng, the eldest son of Wei Yue.

In addition, most of the ministers without factions also supported the eldest son, Xiang Zheng, believing that Xiang Zheng was the natural candidate whether he followed the throne or established the chief.

Sure enough, Bi Shu's voice fell, and Huan Chu was the first to kneel down and stand up, and said proudly: "My king, the prince should be brave and brave, and the minister thinks that the prince is a prince who governs the dragon and the tiger, and he is quite heroic, and he should be the prince." ”

"The Marquis of Yixiang is a big mistake." Huan Chu's voice fell, and the alpaca standing behind Xiang Tuo said loudly, "Lichu should be the heir, who is the heir?" My king is the king of Chu, and he should take the heir born by the daughter of Chu as his heir, and the minister thinks that the son is not enough to be the prince. ”

This is enough to punish the heart, directly ignore Wei Yue, the queen, and do not recognize her name as Xiang Zhuang's wife, but this kind of statement is still very marketable among the ministers of Jiangdong, in fact, there has always been such a voice that Xiang Zhuang should abolish Wei Yue and replace Cao Ji as the queen.

Of course, there is also a saying that Xiang Zhuang should marry Yu Ji, and set up Yu Ji as the queen, and then set up Yu Ji as the heir born to Xiang Zhuang as the prince, but this statement was popular ten years ago, and now after ten years, as Yu Ji gets older, no one will mention it anymore.

The next moment, a young minister standing behind Bai Li Xian and Bai Li Mao retorted: "Gongzi Jian is still in infancy, and his character and talent are unknown, isn't it child's play to make him the prince?" The minister thought that the prince should be virtuous, and the son was quick and virtuous, and he could be the prince of the country. ”

Xiang Zhuang frowned a little, the situation seemed to be a little out of control? But fortunately, Xiang He, Xiang Tuo, Wu She, and Bai Lixian have not yet expressed their position, if they are all involved, then this battle for the throne will really become a chaotic war, and he, the monarch, can only go into battle shirtless. ..., when Xiang Zhuang coughed lightly, the ministers were silent.

Xiang Zhuang said to Bi Shu at this time: "General Wei, you first proposed the matter of establishing a prince, so in your opinion, which prince should be appointed as the prince?" ”

Xiang He, Xiang Tuo, Wu She, Bai Lixian and others pricked up their ears one after another.

Bi Shu arched his hand and said: "My king, the minister thinks that the prince is not brave, not virtuous, should be the eldest son, and the prince is the queen's descendant, and he is the eldest son, so he should be the prince." ”

Xiang Zhuang looked at Xiang He again and asked, "Ling Yin, what do you say?" ”

Xiang He sighed in his heart, of course, his most desirable candidate was Xiang Jian, who was just given birth to Cao Ji, but Xiang Jian is indeed too young, it is indeed unrealistic to forcibly push him to the position of prince, and the king arranged it like this, his intention is already obvious, that is, to establish Gongzi as the prince.

When the item came, he bowed his hand and said: "The minister completely agrees with General Wei's opinion, and he should establish Gongzi as the prince." ”

Xiang Zhuang's eyes swept over Xiang Tuo, Wu She, and Baili Xian's faces one by one, Xiang Tuo, Wu She, and Bai Li Xian could not know Xiang Zhuang's intentions? At the moment, they all expressed their support for the establishment of the project as the prince, and the leaders of several major factions expressed their positions, and the remaining small fish and shrimp still had any opinions, and they immediately died down.

The opinions of the ministers quickly converged, and the corners of Xiang Zhuang's mouth bloomed with a faint smile, that's right, you want to form a gang, and you have to dump each other, the widow has no opinion, but if you dare to challenge the widow's kingship, the widow will never tolerate it, this time is very good, the widow's will is your will!

In the end, Xiang Zhuang said lightly: "Since everyone supports Gongzizheng, then this matter is decided." ”

After saying this, Xiang Zhuang said to Wu She, who was sitting under Xiang He: "Doctor, you have to draft an edict and establish Gongzi as the prince according to the book of rites." ”

"Whoa!" Wu Shi hurriedly knelt down and stood up, and responded respectfully.

Xiang Zhuang looked around at the ministers again and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have something to do?" ”

The ministers were all silent, such a big matter as Lichu was enough for them to digest for a few days, where would they still be in the mood to do something?

Xiang Zhuang bowed his head lightly, and said, "Since this is the case, let's disperse." After saying this, Xiang Zhuang said again: "Ling Yin, General Shang, Shang Dafu, General Wei and the military division stay." ”

The ministers rushed to Xiang Zhuang in unison, and then dispersed, and after a while, there were only six people left in the hall: Xiang Zhuang, Xiang He, Xiang Tuo, Wu She, Bi Shu and Baili Xian.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the matter of Gao Chu being crowned king will be stopped, and no one will be allowed to mention it in the future!" In front of these ministers, Xiang Zhuang's words became much more explicit, and several ministers responded in unison.

Xiang Zhuang said again: "Liu Bang Lao'er sealed the king's decree on paper, making the widow passive, there is a way to come and not be rude, the widow can't just be beaten passively, shouldn't he also use some means for Liu Bang Lao'er?" ”

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PS: Tomorrow's update is to be postponed.

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