In the autumn and July of the sixth year of Yuande, it has been Hai (the sixth day of the first month). Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Jianglu rode in a carriage and once again overlooked the gurgling Wei River below the magnificent Wei Bridge.

He had very mixed emotions in his heart.

"King, in half an hour, you can arrive at Weiyang Palace......" Liu Jianglu's personal eunuch whispered to him about this fact.

This made him both nervous and full of anticipation.

"Ah Fu, you go down to rest first...... Liu Jianglu waved his hand and said: "Along the way, you have worked hard......"

"Don't dare to ......," the eunuch kowtowed, "This is what a slave should do......"

Liu Jianglu shook his head and said, "The widow thought that in this life, he had already seen what kind of wind and waves...... But...... Today, only the few know what it means to be hot and cold in the world, and warm and cold in human feelings! ”

In the words, there are indescribable sighs and sighs.

In his heart, Liu Jianglu even has to doubt the world.

Now, he has rebelled and divorced, and his wife has been separated.

When he was in his glory, he had a group of wives and concubines and more than a dozen heirs.

The vaults of the royal palace were full of gold and copper coins, and the inner vaults were full of grain.

When it comes to wealth, no one in the whole world is richer than him.

When the emperor of Chang'an was reluctant to repair even an attic, and the palace gate of Weiyang Palace was not repaired for ten consecutive years, he was building a lot of construction in Linzi, spending money like earth.

The ivory and pearl of Nanyue, the tiger bear skin of Andong Yanxiang, the slave of Southwest Yi, the blonde and blue-eyed singer of a distant foreign country, all the rare things and treasures that can be found are all in his palace.

His princes traveled, and even once there were people who traveled, so extravagant that they paved their roads with silk, and the bowls they ate with were gold, the chopsticks were ivory, and the knives and forks were made of silver.

As for the items used by himself and his favorite concubines, they were even more extravagant to the point of being indescribable.

A beautiful silk coat that is as light as a thin wing and does not feel the weight at all costs millions of dollars a piece!

But just because his favorite concubines and beauties liked him, he bought more than a dozen pieces from Shaofu in one go.

With gold threads as silk, gilt throughout, even the handrails are decorated with gold, and a gold chariot that costs 2,000 gold, he bought three, one for his own use, one for his wife and concubine, and one for spare.

At that time, he was full of ambition and soaring, thinking that his position was as stable as Mount Tai.

The prosperity of industry and commerce and the development of maritime trade have also made the treasury of Qi seem to have reached a point where it can never be spent.

But......

Everything flourishes and declines.

Yin and yang reincarnation, the way of heaven has never been unhappy.

I thought that there was nothing wrong, but it was just a normal book, and he and his kingdom fell into the eighteenth layer of hell.

Only ten days after the book was written, the messenger from Chang'an read out the edict of the Son of Heaven.

He, the king of Qi, was deposed.

Everything in the kingdom has nothing to do with him from now on.

What's more......

His ministers and guests, those heroes and celebrities who used to surround him, all of a sudden, jumped back.

These people who used to eat him, drink him, and play with him gave him the most fatal blow.

Even, he has a wife, concubine and son who stand up to report him and expose him.

So much so that when he left Linzi, only three or five loyal servants and retainers followed.

This really made Liu Jianglu sigh and feel emotional.

Now, looking back, he actually deserved it.

He's been so proud of the past few years.

Especially after the incident of the Four Kings of Qilu, he boasted that he was today's favorite minister, and he became more and more unscrupulous.

There is no good face for the people below.

At that time, he thought that as long as the grace of the Son of Heaven was still there, his position would be as stable as Mount Tai.

But he never thought about what would happen one day, if he didn't trust or was suspicious.

Fortunately, Liu Jianglu knew that he still had one last chance.

"Over the years, the widow has given tens of millions of ......dollars to the Confucian faction every year," Liu Jianglu thought in his heart: "Now that the widow is in trouble, how dare they not save it?" ”

Well, if they dare not save themselves, do not speak for themselves.

So, who will dare to fund them with real money in the future?

Without money, Confucianism is a duck without hair, destined to jump for a short time!

In addition to Confucianism, Liu Jianglu also funded the 'educational undertakings' of Qi Huang Lao and Qi Fa's family.

Although the amount of funding is far less than that of Confucianism, it also has millions of dollars a year.

If you take the money, of course you have to help him!

Thinking of this, Liu Jianglu's heart settled down a bit.

"Has the envoy sent by the widow to contact the famous Taixue has returned?" Liu Jiang Lu lifted the curtain of his car and asked the officials who were escorting him or watching him.

Along the way, Liu Jianglu also figured out the attitude of the person in Weiyang Palace - he does not seem to prohibit his freedom, just as he said in the edict - although 'abolish the king', but 'the emperor's uncle and elder', so 'there is no obstruction and contempt' still has to 'treat each other with the royal courtesy of the clan' as in the past.

If this is the case, he still has the right to move freely, write letters, and even contact others.

"Your Majesty, you're back......," the official replied with a laugh.

What is the Son of Heaven going to do with King Qi?

Now no one knows.

And the example of King Li of Huainan is placed there, which makes people dare not despise half a point - in case, if King Qi is wronged and can't think about it, then his whole family will probably die unjustly.

"The tired nobleman called him to the widow's car......" Looking at the attitude of this official, Liu Jianglu took a reassuring pill, and now, these officials are still respectful, which shows that the Son of Heaven does not have the idea of killing himself.

As long as you live, there is hope!

Even if the Son of Heaven doesn't care, there are still the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.

Liu Jianglu didn't believe it, and he didn't have the day to return to the king.

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"The king, the slave maid went to contact the elders of Confucianism and the old ...... of Legalism and Huang Lao."

"But, except for Hu Zi and Dong Zi who met with the slave maid, everyone else shirked and refused to meet......

"Even Hu Zi and Dong Zi, after hearing the slave's request, also shook their heads again and again, saying, 'This is something we can't do......"

The envoy knelt in front of Liu Jianglu and reported what he had seen.

When Liu Jianglu heard this, it was like a basin of cold water poured from head to toe.

There was even more anger burning in his chest.

"I took the widow's money, and I refused to help the widow!" Liu Jianglu gritted his teeth and scolded: "It's shameless! The widow wants to impeach them against the heavenly bullets! ”

In Liu Jianglu's eyes, the money exchange between him and these schools is actually a business.

He took money to 'fund education', while various schools of thought opened up on the Internet to cover up and whitewash him.

In Liu Jianglu's eyes, these schools are probably like the rangers in Linzi City.

He is a big businessman in Linzi City, and various schools are the rangers of Linzi.

He uses money to support these people, which is to make them shut up and do things.

But now, these guys are actually shirking?

There is simply no faith!

In the people, if a ranger takes the merchant's money, he can't help the merchant settle things when he encounters them.

Then this ranger will commit suicide and apologize!

If the Ranger is unwilling to die, the other Ranger will help him 'make up his mind'.

Because that's the rules of the game.

Take people's money and eliminate disasters for others.

If you take the money, you can't do it, and you still refuse to die, then you are ruining everyone's jobs.

Therefore, in the Linzi market, the rangers will swear to defend their territory to the death, and when they encounter other rangers or foreign dragons crossing the river, even if they can't beat them, they will fight to the death.

However, now, the hundreds of schools of thought have told Liu Jianglu with practical actions - they are not as good as rangers.

The ranger also talks about faithfulness, but these people use faithfulness as a piece of paper to wipe their butts.

And he had no choice but to watch.

The envoy bowed ...... the king's anger, and said, "Although the Confucian sects are treacherous, the slaves and maids seem to have ...... last resort."

"What's the last resort?" Liu Jianglu was going to be angry.

He financed these schools with more than 20 million five baht a year, but at the end of the day, these guys told him - I'm sorry!

Even if you have a dog, I'm afraid it's better than these guys!

"The slave and maid listened to the thief Du Wei Daogong...... The relatives of the princes of Chang'an were very angry, thinking that the king intended to cut off their path to promotion...... "The envoy replied tremblingly: "There are even princes who say: If anyone dares to speak for the king, then blame him for not being polite......"

"Well......" Liu Jianglu suddenly wondered: "When did the widow offend the relatives of the princes of Chang'an?" ”

"The king......" the envoy bowed: "The one you asked for peace with the Huns...... In the eyes of the nobles of Chang'an, this is ......"

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An hour later, Liu Jianglu finally knew how bad his reputation had become in Chang'an.

After entering the core of Chang'an City from Baqiao, countless rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves flew onto his carriage.

Even with the best efforts of the magistrate and the army protecting him, they could not stop the enthusiasm of the people.

"National thief!"

"Silverfish!"

"The King of Faints!"

Outside the carriage, the scolding of thousands of people became a song.

"It's just a recital...... Liu Jianglu was puzzled: "Why did the widow have such a bad reputation?" ”

"O king......" The envoy of Liu Jianglu sighed and said, "The slave and maid didn't know it before, but in the past few days in Chang'an, the slave and maid have found out...... In this pass, and even in the entire north, the county scholars, nobles, and common people are like seedlings in a long drought, looking forward to Wang Shi expelling the Xiongnu, expanding the land to the north, and everyone sealing the country and building a society...... And the king asked for peace at that time...... If you take corn from the fire......"

"Why hasn't anyone told the widow before?" Liu Jianglu was dumbfounded when he heard this, he was in the world of flowers in Qi Kingdom, how could he have thought about the thoughts of the aristocratic landlords and doctors in the north?

"Most of the king's former guests and ministers were Confucian ministers...... "how can they tell the king these things?" said the messenger. ”

"Rotten! Rotten! Liu Jianglu sighed and shook his head: "I regret that I shouldn't have listened to the words of the first king......"

At the beginning, when his elder brother Liu Zhang, the king of Qi Ai, was alive, he had taught him that Confucianism could not be trusted.