Chapter Twenty-Nine: Lu Jia's Entry into South Vietnam (1)
As early as Luoyang, Liu Bang heard that Zhao Tuo led his troops to invade Minyue and Changsha and took away a lot of property, which was really a disaster in the south. After Liu Bang and the ministers solemnly discussed, they all believed that it was necessary to make the south stable, so that Zhao Tuo had to be a vassal to the Han Dynasty, and read that Zhao Tuo had been unfamiliar with the Central Plains for a long time, and gradually integrated into the southern barbarian customs and it was difficult to convince him, and the courtiers agreed that Lu Jia was very eloquent and would be able to persuade Zhao Tuo to return to Han. Liu Bang knew that although Zhao Tuo had established himself as the king, if Lu Jia could persuade him to belong to the Han Dynasty and accept Liu Bang's own title of king of Nanyue, the title of king of Nanyue would be justified in Liu Bang's view, and he would recognize this king of Nanyue. One day in the past May, Liu Bang issued an edict that "the customs of the Cantonese people are easy to attack, and the people of the three southern counties of Qin Xizhong County have mixed with the hundred Cantonese people." Will the world punish Qin, Nanhai Wei it lives in the south of the long-term rule, very literary, the people of Zhongxian do not deplete it, and the Cantonese people attack each other's customs, all rely on their strength. Now it is the king of Nanyue. "Liu Bang sent Lu Jia as an envoy to South Vietnam, and gave Zhao Tuo a ribbon, making him a Han minister and making his country a vassal state of the Han Dynasty.
Lu Jia and the others had just left for two days, but Kuaiche was tied up in Weiyang Palace. It turned out that Lu Hou said that Han Xin had said before his death, 'I don't listen to Kuaiche's plan, but I was deceived by my sons and daughters', that Kuaiche when Chu and Han were fighting, he suggested that Han Xin and Liu Xiang divide the world, and warned Han Xin in every possible way that the king of Han could not be trusted, but Han Xin read the favor of the king of Han to him to undress and push food, and to worship the king, and always refused to betray Liu Bang. Unexpectedly, a few years later, Liu Bang still knew, and sent people to Qidi to find out Kui Che's whereabouts in detail. When looking for Kui Che, Kui Che looked at the people sent by the emperor as if he was expecting, and he was no longer crazy and stupid, so he changed into clean clothes and followed the emperor's people to Chang'an.
When Kuaiche walked to Weiyang Palace, he saw a big ding, and there was a raging fire under the ding, Kuaiche seemed to know what it meant, shook his head and smiled lightly and went in. Kui Che gave Liu Bang a bow without bowing his head, "Ministers Kui Che see Your Majesty." Liu Bang sat on the couch, looked up and down in detail, and said with a gloomy face, "Kuai Gong, don't come to harm." There was a lot of resentment in his words.
Kui Che gave Liu Bang a hand with a calm and unhurried face, "Your Majesty is graceful." ”
"Guilty?"
"Guilty."
'Bang-' suddenly thundered, Liu Bang got up, strode to the side of the stage and looked at Kui Che angrily, and reprimanded loudly, "You taught the Marquis of Huaiyin to rebel? "Yes," Kui Che was still not afraid, and instead of hurrying, he generously told Liu Bang about the matter, "The ministers are solid and teachable, but they don't need to be ministers, after all, the birds are all hidden, and they end up with the result of literature." Speaking of this, Kuaiche smiled bitterly, "He is not as good as the literary species, the literary species has no name for rebellion, the literary species has no clan punishment, and the literary species has not died miserably without him." Yes, the Marquis of Huaiyin is unparalleled, and the ministers persuaded him to divide the world in every way, but he always remembered the emperor's undressing and pushing food to worship the king's grace, and finally helped His Majesty destroy the Xiang Ji, and was the first hero of the Han family. He is the god of war, but he doesn't understand politics, death is close to him, but he doesn't know it, and the ministers persuade him to have no choice but to pretend to be crazy to protect himself. If he could listen to me, would Your Majesty still be able to raze him to the three tribes today? ”
"Sophistry! Nonsense! Liu Bang was furious and shouted outside the hall, "Someone is coming-" Four soldiers immediately came in outside the hall. Liu Bang pointed to Kuaiche and instructed the soldiers, "Cook the wok." The four soldiers drove Quercher and walked out. Kuo Che exclaimed, "Cook me? Wronged. Liu Bang immediately waved his hand to stop it and scolded loudly, "You instigated Han Xin to turn against me, what is the injustice?" Kui Che said, "Qin Zhigang is absolutely relaxed, Shandong is disturbed, different surnames are rising, and heroes are gathered." Qin lost his deer, and the world chased him, so those who were wise and sensitive could get it first. The dog barks Yao, Yao is not unkind, and the dog is not its master because of barking. When it was, the minister only knew Han Xin, not His Majesty. Besides, there are many people who want to make contributions to His Majesty with swords and halberds, but they are just unable to do so, how can you kill them all? Kui Che sighed, and his words stimulated Liu Bang, "The minister already knew that His Majesty was not Yao Shun, how could he tolerate someone who had not made contributions to you, or even been hostile to you?" My life is over. Let's cook! As soon as the words fell, Kuaicher closed his eyes and waited for the four soldiers to drive him to the big ding outside the hall to cook.
Liu Bang knew that his virtue had been raised by Kuaicher, and Kuaicher raised him to the height of a gentleman and a master, so that Liu Bang could not distinguish between right and wrong like a faint monarch. Although what Kui Che said seems to be reasonable, as a strategist, he can be so loyal to his master, he is also a person that Liu Bang admires, as the master of a country, Liu Bang needs such a person who is loyal to him and loyal to his country, the world has just been decided, Liu Bang does not know how many people are loyal to him, but whenever he meets a loyal person, even if this person is loyal to only his own master, Liu Bang is also more appreciative. Watching the successive rebellions of Zang Di, Han Wangxin, Liji, Chen Feng and others, Liu Bang admired the loyal ministers even more in addition to being sad, but in addition to Ji Xin, Liu Bang did not meet a few people who were really loyal to him, and even sometimes, Liu Bang repeatedly asked himself why Ji Bu was loyal to Xiang Ji, five hundred strong men were loyal to Tian Heng, and Guan Gao was loyal to Zhang Ao, but he himself felt that no one was loyal to him, and always felt that so many people wanted him to die, and he finally understood that being alone was like this. Although the Kui Che in front of him is articulate and quick-witted, he is also a loyal person. Liu Bang raised his head and sighed, "There are no sages, no loyal ministers." ”
Kuaicher closed his eyes and waited for a long time, but he didn't see the soldiers come to tie him up, but when he saw the emperor looking sad, Kuaiche didn't know why, and stood in place stunned.
"It's no longer a warring state, it's no longer a warrior, and the country has no fixed ministers. Anyway, if you are loyal to Han Xin, you can be regarded as a loyal minister. Liu Bang said to Kui Che, "Go back." After saying that, he saw that Liu Bang had already entered the inner hall. Kuaiche woke up like a dream, and the emperor's grace plummeted, which made him hurriedly make a big salute, "Your Majesty will be happy for thousands of years." Although the Emperor had entered, he was pleased, believing that the Emperor could hear him. Kui Che got up, made another respectful gesture to the emperor's inner hall, and went out easily.
It is said that Lu Jia and his entourage of twenty people took a month and a half to finally arrive at Panyu, the capital of South Vietnam, for more than a month, they have suffered on the road, but they also enjoyed the scenery along the road, but they did not know that the outside world is also so magnificent, but when they entered Yue from Hunan to climb the Tianling, Lu Jia and others suffered a lot, the peak of the Qitianling is steep, the canyon is deep, and it is summer, there are many beasts and poisonous insects in the mountains, the most uncomfortable is the miasma, many people who accompanied Lu Jia have fallen ill, Lu Jia is also unwell, When they entered Panyu City, Lu Jia and his party were all sick and couldn't walk, and they gradually improved after resting in the local post house for five days. Although Zhao Tuo already knew that the Han envoys had entered Panyu and all of them were sick, he ignored them, and he didn't even send a minister to meet them, let alone find a doctor to treat them. Zhao Tuo didn't care about the purpose of Liu Bang sending Lu Jia here, he only thought that the south of Nanling and the Central Plains had not been in contact for many years, and Liu Bang falsely sealed the three counties of Lingnan to Wu Rui, the king of Changsha, which made Zhao Tuo resentful of Liu Bang, so that when Lu Jia arrived in Panyu, Zhao Tuo neither sent condolences nor said to summon them. In this way, for more than ten days, Lu Jia and them were anxious, and Lu Jia simply came to visit, and presented the emperor's edict and seal ribbon to Lang Zhongling, who guarded the palace in South Vietnam, and handed it over to Zhao Tuo's special confessor, who forwarded it to Zhao Tuo. After waiting outside the palace gate for an hour and not seeing the reply of the informant, Lu Jia knew that the emperor provoked it, and the emperor falsely sealed the three counties of Lingnan to the king of Changsha, just to restrain Zhao Tuo's power. Lu Jia knew that he wouldn't be able to see Zhao Tuo today, so he shook his head helplessly and turned back.
"Minister Lu, the king is invited." Suddenly, the voice of the confessor came from behind Lu Jia, Lu Jia immediately turned around to look at the confessor, and the confessor nodded at him to show the truth, Lu Jia happily gave the confessor a look, and followed the confessor into the hall.
Lu Jia followed the confessor all the way, and saw the typical and unique style of the southern palace, with a sense of fierceness and unrestrainedness in the Central Plains, everyone in exotic costumes, speaking with a southern accent, and wild beasts in the garden, the sun seemed to be more intense than that of the Central Plains, but the people were not as heavy as the people of the Central Plains and the etiquette of heavy guests, but a little arrogant and vulgar.