Chapter 295: The Hunter and the Prey (I)
The vassal kings and vassal lords who were originally going to fight to the death with the new emperor were disrupted because of Liu Yu's appearance.
Liu Yu poked at the door, closed the door, like a trick "close the door and let the dog", at noon, the deacon's eunuch also had to light the palace lamp to illuminate the Fengcui Palace, and the original noisy Fengcui Palace was quiet at this time. Because these vassal kings and vassal lords also know that they can entangle with the emperor no matter how they want, they are a family, breaking bones and connecting tendons.
But in front of this powerful minister Liu Wenyan, it is useless to say anything, and the people in charge of the army have always been arrogant and domineering and do not listen to consultation.
In this regard, King Jing felt the deepest, since Liu Yu entered this door, he did not dare to raise his head again. Until now, the land of King Jing is still occupied by Liu Yu's army, and Liu Yu said a word, his position as the vassal king will not be guaranteed, and he will be exterminated on the charge of rebellion.
"Everyone, please continue, the subordinates are here and wait, it's okay."
Liu Yu leaned against the door, with a posture of wanting to be entangled to the end, and he didn't leave.
The king of Shu glanced at Liu Yu, worried in his heart, he knew what these vassal kings and vassal lords were afraid of, although the cutting of the feudal domain was the new emperor and the power of the imperial court, but it was also promoted on the basis of the strong military strength of the Dashun Dynasty, and this Liu Yue held the military power, and no one was afraid that he would retaliate afterwards, so they did not dare to speak out and be the first bird.
If it continues to be so silent, it must be what the emperor says, either hand over the domain, or meet each other in arms, and there is no possibility of recovery.
"Your Majesty." The king of Shu stepped forward and said, "The old minister also knows that the imperial court is now at war with the Turks, so he united several princes and gathered a batch of military rations and salaries, which will be transported to Chang'an City in the near future. I hope that the emperor will be sympathetic to our loyalty to the country. Take this amount of money and food. ”
Su Yan said with a difficult face: "I want it." Not those. ”
The king of Shu continued: "The old minister heard that there are some treacherous villains in the court, and they have a bad intention to divide the relationship between our royal family and compare us with the rebellious king. What the old minister wants to say is that the rebel king rebelled against the whole world, and the people of the Dashun Dynasty rose up to attack him, and my royal family was even more duty-bound......"
It was as if he were a loyal servant. Liu Yu interrupted him and said in a tone that was neither yin nor yang: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu, what you said doesn't seem to be quite right. The rebel king rebelled, and you didn't seem to have attacked it en masse, and it seemed that you had issued a proclamation and rebelled against it...... Please forgive the ministers for not having a good brain, and some things are not very clear. Nonsense, forgive me! ”
If someone else said these things here, they would definitely be scolded by the vassal king, and maybe they would ask the emperor to pull them out and behead them. But Liu Yu said this. Others only have dry stares.
Everyone knows that Liu Yu is the former emperor's minister. The military power is in hand, Chang'an City said yes, he said that he would wave his troops to destroy the vassal king, and the new emperor could only put forward his opinion at most, "It's better not to do this", and some feudal lords even suspected that the imperial court did not send Liu Yu to lead the troops to the expedition this time, just to prepare for this time to talk about the matter of cutting the domain, and to let Liu Yu lead the troops south.
The king of Shu was inconvenient at this time, so he had to hold back his anger and explain: "We just want to paralyze the rebel king and make him expose his arrogant claws, otherwise, how could the Marquis of Wuyi easily cut off the wings and claws of the rebel king?" ”
Liu Yu smiled: "So, sweeping away the rebel king, your king of Shu has also contributed a lot?" The subordinates are really ignorant, and they have always thought that the king of Shu and the rebellious king are in the same group. Forgive me, forgive me! ”
The more politely Liu spoke, the more he hid the sword in his smile, and the more the other vassal kings and vassal lords did not dare to speak. At this time, two of the four major vassal kings were dead, and one was beaten, and even the border was occupied by the imperial army.
The king of Shu ignored Liu Yu's cold words and said to Su Yan: "Your Majesty, the vassal king guards the land, which is the rule set by the ancestors of my Dashun Dynasty. Originally, the old minister was also old, and no one was afraid of the toothless tiger, if the emperor was ready to take back the old minister's domain, you just had to say it, and the minister would absolutely obey. Please make it clear to the emperor! ”
As soon as the king of Shu finished speaking, the other vassal kings also knelt on the ground and said the same thing in their mouths: "The ministers will absolutely obey, please make it clear to the emperor." ”
The vassal kings are single-minded, this is putting pressure on the emperor, if Su Yan really proposes to "cut the feudal domain" now, it will mean that these feudal kings and feudal lords will be on the opposite side of him. Even if these people are placed under house arrest in Chang'an City, there will still be civil strife in their fiefdoms. The current focus of the imperial court was to wipe out the Turks, and they also expected that the imperial court would not dare to fight on both sides.
Su Yan thought that these vassal kings had compromised and were about to settle the matter of cutting the domain, but Yuan Bolang glanced at Su Yan, and handed over a note at the same time, Liu Yu guessed without looking at it from a distance that the content written on this note should be "think about the long term" or something. In this regard, Yuan Bolang is more cautious than him, which does not mean that Liu Yu's aggressiveness is wrong.
"Oh, princes, county princes, county kings, what are you doing here?" Liu Yu stepped forward and kept saying, "The emperor just wants to be more stable within the borders of the Dashun Dynasty, Your Majesty, is that the case?" ”
Su Yan didn't know what to do, nodded and said, "That's what Marquis Wu Yi said. ”
"Since the purpose of the emperor and all of you is for the future of the Great Shun Dynasty, and today is a good day for the vassal kings to meet the new emperor, it is better not to say something unpleasant, this ...... The minister's stomach is also hungry, can the emperor have a banquet and take care of the meal? ”
Su Yan thought that Liu Yu would say something constructive, but it turned out that he was yelling that he was hungry. I touched my stomach, and I was indeed a little hungry, after all, it was morning as soon as the morning meeting began, and it was already past noon.
"That'...... Then give a feast first! Uncles, uncles, and princes and ministers, dine with me. Su Yan said.
Liu Yu waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is not possible!" ”
The others didn't speak, and the king of Hejian jumped up and accused: "You foreign minister, we royal people want to eat together, do you dare to raise doubts?" ”
"Lord Jun, the minister's words haven't been finished yet, why are you in such a hurry?" Liu Yu said with a childish smile on his face, "What the minister means is that it is rare for all the princes from all over the world to gather in Chang'an City today, so it is better to have a unique picnic and eat barbecue." Do it yourself, there is plenty of food and clothing, and now there are too many animals in the hunting grounds, and if you don't slaughter a little, you may not be able to clean it up in the future. So, okay? ”
The vassal kings and the vassal lords glanced at each other, and they all didn't understand Liu Yu's intentions, could it be that he wanted to play a conspiracy in the hunting ground and assassinate them all?
Now it's already past the meal, and I still have to go to the hunting grounds, and I have to hunt and barbecue by myself, so I have to eat this meal, and it's not dark yet? Liu Yu shouted that he was hungry just now, and he must have another plan.
The king of Shu asked Su Yan and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is old and frail, and he is not suitable for hunting. ”
Liu Yu said with a smile: "In this way, His Royal Highness the King of Lao Shu will do it himself, and the subordinates will help you hunt the prey, barbecue it, and send it to your mouth, is this good?" ”
King Yi Rin, eating the food cooked by this smiling minister, even if it was not poisoned, he had no appetite to eat it.
"This king has thanked the Marquis of Wuyi for his kindness, but ...... Even if this king can't hunt, there are 100,000 soldiers of the Shu army, they will bring prey and give it to this king to taste, and you don't need to work hard Marquis Wuyi! ”
The king of Shu made a loud voice, as if he wanted to tell Liu Yu and the emperor that he still had 100,000 troops, and even if he couldn't capture Chang'an City, he would fight to the death.
Liu Yue smiled indifferently, he was not afraid of the threat of the King of Shu at all, King Jing claimed to have an army of 200,000, but he was wiped out by his 3,000 new army, and he had no temper at all. If you want to talk about the strength of the armies of the vassal kings, only the army of King Huai is well-trained, and the others are all general local regimental training nature, which is not of great use.
"Since the King of Shu has 100,000 sons to hunt for you, it is better to ...... Let's walk? ”
Su Yan didn't care what Liu Yu's purpose was at this time, and nodded: "I have long wanted to go to the hunting ground to hunt these days, and today it is rare to gather with all my relatives, so I agreed to the invitation of Marquis Wuyi to hunt in the hunting ground!" ”
The emperor wants to go out of the palace to hunt, what a big deal, it will be when the vassal king enters the palace.
Both the vassal kings and the feudal lords were aware of the odds, but because of the emperor's resolute attitude and the uncertainty of the matter, it was difficult for them to raise objections. Some wanted to go back to rest because they were sick, but they were also rejected by Su Yan. Luan drove to travel, the Royal Forest Army opened the road to escort and other things, Qu Zhu did it very properly, the vassal king and the vassal lord went out of the palace gate, and the horses were already prepared, as if they had been prepared in advance.
"Princes, please get on your horse!"
Liu Yu waved his hand and dragged out dozens of good horses, all of which were well-trained war horses. The vassal king and the vassal lord reluctantly jumped on their horses, and followed Luan to the hunting grounds in the north of the city, and along the way, Liu Yu kept feeling the beautiful scenery around him.
"This kid is a scoundrel, what is your purpose?" The king of Qingshui took advantage of his free time to ride his horse to the side of the king of Shu and asked.
The King of Shu frowned and said: "You think that this Liu Wenyan is an easy master to deal with, then you are wrong, look at King Jing's current attitude, you can know how clever his methods are." Today, no matter what his purpose is, he can't lose our prestige, as long as he is suppressed, there will be nothing the little emperor can do! ”
The group finally arrived at the hunting ground, as soon as they entered, Liu Yu seemed to be looking for prey everywhere, but unfortunately this place was not as full of birds and beasts as he said, because it was spring, and there was very little activity of the prey, and Luan Jia and his party were too public, and the prey was far away, and even a bird could not be seen.
"Marquis Wuyi, this is what you call a hunting ground with a lot of animals? How can there be one? The King of Hejian stepped forward and reprimanded.
Liu Yu smiled and said: "Originally, there were not many beasts here, but as soon as you came, the king of Hejian County, there were more animals." ”
The king of Hejian County didn't expect Liu Yu to be a scoundrel than him, this is a blatant scolding him for being a "beast", the old face was red and was about to refute, but he was pulled by the strategists behind him, and the king of Hejian County pointed at Liu Yu and said: "You wait, this king wants you to look good!" (To be continued......)