Chapter 82: The Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms (4)
Yuan Ang walked into Weiyang Palace, and when he saw Liu Qi, he knelt down and shouted, Long live, Liu Qi looked at Yuan Ang who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Don't be polite." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Thank you, Your Majesty. ”
"Yuan An, as the former prime minister of Wu State, you should know a lot about Wu State, do you know the behavior of Tian Lubo, the minister of Wu State, you have said several times that King Wu will not rebel, but now that King Wu is opposed, what do you think?"
Yuan Ang said confidently: "Your Majesty don't worry, the rebels don't have to worry, they will be destroyed soon." ”
"Hmph, King Wu relied on the copper mountain to mint money, boiled seawater to make salt, took in the heroes of the world, prepared for decades, and endured until the sideburns and beard were white before finally raising troops, if you are not completely sure, does King Wu dare to do this, what do you say is not to worry, it is too far-fetched, right?" Liu Qi objected suspiciously.
Yuan Ang paused and replied: "Wu Guo did use the copper mountain to mint money, seawater to boil salt, but His Majesty said that there is no hero, if there is a hero, he will counsel King Wu to be loyal to His Majesty, instead of instigating King Wu to rebel, I think that King Wu is taking in some lazy criminals, these people are the cancer of the society, I don't want to work hard, I am afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and now they are all gathered together, so they will do these rebellious deeds." ”
As soon as Chao Cuo heard Yuan Ang say that this passage attributed the reason for the rebellion of Wu to the instigation of scoundrels and arrogant people, and had nothing to do with his own strategy of cutting the domain, it seems that such words should not come out of Yuan An's mouth, whatever, these words seem to be beneficial to himself, and immediately chimed in: "Your Majesty, what Yuan Ang said still makes some sense, then Yuan Ang has come up with a good way to quell the rebellion." ”
Liu Qi thought for a while and said: "I don't care what he rebelled for, the fact is that they have rebelled, how should I quell this rebellion next." ”
Yuan Ang took a step closer to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, I have a good way to retreat from the enemy and quell the war, but I have to ask the emperor to retreat, and the minister only wants to tell His Majesty alone." ”
Liu Qi thought for a while and said, "You all retreat first." ”
Zhou Yafu, Dou Ying and other people on the left and right retreated one after another, Chao Cuo still sat next to him and did not leave, Yuan Ang continued: "My plan is only known to Your Majesty, and no one who is a minister can listen to it." ”
Liu Qi looked at Chao Cuo and said, "Teacher, you can go out too." ”
Chao Cuo glared at Yuan Ang fiercely, thinking that your kid has grown up today, but Liu Qi ordered himself to go out, there was no way, and he was very reluctant to leave the hall, Liu Qi asked: "Yuan An, can you talk about it now." ”
"The king of Chu and the king of Wu wrote a letter saying that Emperor Gao once gave the sons of the same sect the title of king and gave them land, and now this thief Chao Cuo is finding fault with the kings and cutting off their land, and they really have to send troops as a last resort, the purpose is just to kill Chao Cuo and return their land, I personally think that only by killing Chao Cuo first, and then sending an envoy to pardon the sins of the rebel countries and return the original fief to them, they will immediately stop the army. ”
At this time, Liu Qi remembered Chao's wrong idea to deal with the rebellion, and gave the land next to Xu and Xu, who were not captured by Wu in the south, to the rebels, and then let himself drive the expedition in person, and stay in Chang'an to guard, let me go on an adventure, he stayed in Chang'an to enjoy safety, and he thought of it, Yuan Ang said this today, it really makes sense, I feel that this is indeed a good idea, killing one person and blocking the world's strife, can avoid the war of labor and money, how many lives can be saved, why not, so he said softly:" If this is the case, I will not spare a person's life at the risk of the safety of the world. ”
Liu Qi thought for a while and then said: "Yuan Ang received the order, I ordered you to be a regular servant, you and Zongzheng Liu Tong sent an envoy to the front line of the Wu-Chu coalition army, agreed to punish Chao wrong, return the fiefdom cut, pardon their innocence, and ask them to immediately call off the army and return to China." ”
"No. Yuan Ang and everyone walked out of the hall proudly, and a stone in their hearts finally landed, leaving only a lonely figure staggering forward.
Ten days later, under the instruction of Liu Qi, Prime Minister Tao Qing, Ting Lieutenant Zhang Ou, and Lieutenant (the new military attache in charge of public security in the capital) Chen Jia jointly signed a letter of impeachment and said: "Wu Chu and other countries rebelled, and everyone in the world should take action to kill them, but the imperial historian Chao Cuo suggested, 'Leave the millions of soldiers of the Han Dynasty to the ministers to command, I really can't believe it, Your Majesty might as well lead the troops to recruit in person, and I will guard Chang'an, and the places that Wu State has not captured next to Xu and Yu counties can be given to Wu State.'" 'Chao Cuo did not praise His Majesty's boundless virtues, but did a job of dividing the relationship between His Majesty and the ministers, and wanted to give the Great Han City to the rebels, which was really a great rebellion, and after several of us discussed it together, we agreed that it should be decided that the thief should be sentenced to be cut in half and his three clans destroyed, and the ministers and others implored Your Majesty to approve it in accordance with the law. ”
Liu Qi got the fold, his heart was rolling, and he finally slapped the table and made up his mind, and put two words on the fold like going through the motions: "Quasi-play." ”
The master of the Legalists (those who study law are equivalent to law school graduates), the ruthless patriots, the mentors and friends of the emperor Liu Qi, and the loyal ministers were betrayed by their master Liu Qi.
Liu Qi was embarrassed to face his loyal teacher, and secretly asked the new lieutenant Chen Jia to handle the matter.
Chen Jia came to Chao Cuo's house and coaxed: "Doctor Chao, the emperor has urgently summoned you, please hurry up and go with me." ”
Chao Cuo didn't know what the situation was at all, thinking that it was a series of problems such as the urgency of the war and the lack of food and grass, so he hurriedly put on his court uniform and got into Lieutenant Chen Jia's car. ”
"The emperor said that because of the war, there were some unaware people in Chang'an, and he asked Dr. Chao to go to the palace after dealing with it. Chen Jia lied and lied.
Chao Cuo thought about his identity and status, and it was reasonable to deal with some folk affairs, so he didn't think much about it, let the car gurgle forward, and when the car drove to the door of a vegetable farm in a slum, Chen Jia took out an edict and pronounced the verdict: "Chao is wrong and rebellious, and he should be cut in half." ”
Chao Cuo's soul flew out of the sky for a while, and the scene did not give him much time to think and be afraid, and the executioner, who had been prepared for a long time, dragged him to the execution site, and was pressed to the execution axe in his official uniform, and with a click, he was cut in two, and then the heads of Chao Cuo's family, young and old, were cut off.
In this way, Chao Cuo, who was loyal to the imperial court, educated the prince to control power, was born in Yingchuan (now Chao Xipu, south of Yuzhou, Henan) and collected the culmination of the Legalist family, and worked hard for the Han Dynasty surnamed Liu, died, and died unexplained, and was personally sent to the road to heaven by Liu Qi, a student who learned to control power, at the age of forty-seven. At the beginning of Chao Cuo's vigorous campaign to cut down the feudal domain, they saw how much this policy had endangered the interests of Wang Sun Quanchen, and they would not be reconciled, and they would never let go of their son, the initiator, so Chao's father ran to Chang'an alone and asked Chao Cuo:" Son, what are you playing, the new emperor has not been on the throne for a long time, the foundation is not stable, not only do you not take the responsibility of straightening out the imperial court's management of national affairs, but also propose to implement the policy of encroaching on the land of the vassal states, this is a matter of sowing discord between the Liu Emperor's relatives and flesh, if you don't stop, the princes of the world will definitely grit their teeth at you, there are too many enemies, why?"
Chao Cuo replied firmly: "I did a good job, if I don't do this, the emperor of the Han Dynasty will not be respected to the greatest extent, and the temple will not be stable." ”
Daddy Chao said sadly and desperately: "Okay, their Liu family is stable, our Chao family is completely finished, since you kid has a certain idea, what else do I have to say, I don't want to see you again in the future, I'd better go back to my hometown." So Daddy Chao couldn't bear to see the disaster coming to his door, so he committed suicide by drinking medicine, and Jiang was still old and spicy again.
Liu Qi handled the matter of Zhu Chao's mistake in Weiyang Palace very smoothly, and he couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised: "Now you have nothing to say about the rebels, the slogan you mentioned is Zhu Chao and Qing Jun's side, I have done it, just like Yuan Ang said, there is no reason not to withdraw from the army." So he happily sat in Weiyang Palace and waited for the good news from the envoy Yuan An.
It is said that Yuan Ang and Zongzheng Liu Tong, who were appointed as Fengchang, led some guards to the front line of Wu Chu's army, and Wu Chu's army was fighting against Liang at this time, and fought several big victories one after another, forcing the Liang army into Suiyang, the capital of Liang State, and Wu Chu's army was in high spirits; Liu Tong was Liu Miao's own nephew, so he was not worried that his uncle Liu Bi would be in danger to himself, and when he arrived at Wu Chu's camp, Liu Tong swaggered into the camp and shouted: "The holy decree has arrived, please accept the decree from Liu Bi, the king of Wu." ”
Liu Bi laughed and said: "Tong'er, uncle, I am already the Eastern Emperor, which other sect will I take? My good nephew came just in time, it is the time when my uncle is employed, you come to assist your uncle to kill Chang'an, and you will definitely get a high-ranking official." ”
Liu Tong said the meaning of the emperor Liu Qi sternly, Liu Bi ignored it, and when Liu Tong said that Yuan Ang also came, Liu Bi laughed and said: "You go and ask him to see him if he is willing to be my general, and if he is willing to come to see me again." ”
When Yuan Ang heard this, he still had a bottom line, and replied firmly: "Even if you die, you won't be the general of Wu Chujun." ”
Liu Biao sent a lieutenant with 500 soldiers to put Yuan Ang under house arrest in the army, Yuan Ang didn't have any idea for a while, and realized that his idea was wrong, and the mistake was very outrageous, but he thought that he had no worries about his life, so he fell asleep peacefully, and at this moment someone walked into the tent and whispered: "Fengchang, you wake up." ”
Yuan Ang woke up from his sleep and said, "Who is it?"
"Don't worry, I'm here to save you, just now I heard from the guards outside King Wu's tent that we are besieging Fengchang you, if you don't surrender, King Wu will kill you, so I came to the rescue. ”
"Old Shi, oh, that strong man who has lived in my mansion for a while, but who are you and why did you save me. ”
"I am the captain who led the besieging soldiers, the long history of the house when you were the prime minister of Wu, have you forgotten, you gave me the maid as a wife, and now I am the captain of King Wu, I can't forget your great kindness. ”
"Oh, it's you, five hundred people surround here, how can I escape. ”
"Don't worry, I've drunk the guards at the door, you can escape from the camp with confidence. ”
"Then you'll be beheaded all over the house. ”
"It doesn't matter, I've already made my family ready, after you leave, I will also escape from the Wu army camp with my family, time is not waiting, Feng Chang or run away quickly." ”
"Okay, thank you very much. So Yuan Ang rode the horse that the captain had prepared for him, and escaped from the camp of Wu Chu's army overnight, which was regarded as picking up a life.