Chapter 254: The Struggle for the Imperial Throne

Liu Ruyi has been smart and studious since childhood, and under the careful teaching of Xiwu, he has established his own special experimental workshop, and has made many inventions and creations in his free time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

For example, the "windward bird", after the metal bird's feet are fixed, the bird's body can turn with the wind, and it can indicate the wind direction when placed on the roof or car;

"Mattress incense burner", in the hollow metal ball, hoisting a hemispherical incense burner, the outside is a universal bracket that can rotate in any direction, the hemispherical incense burner uses gravity to sag, placed in the bedding, no matter how rolled, the incense burner will not overturn;

"Remembering the road car", using the wheel to rotate, drive the gear, can automatically measure the mileage of the vehicle, and can be displayed by the rotating symbol;

Liu Ruyi first dedicated these novelties to Liu Bang, and occasionally made a batch on a whim and presented them to the ministers and kings as gifts. Since then, the prince Liu Ruyi's fame has become more and more famous, and everyone in the government and the opposition knows about it.

Many buildings in Chang'an City were newly built, and Liu Bang moved the capital in a hurry after the founding of the People's Republic of China, adopting the principle of building while using, and there was no decent overall city wall on the periphery.

In the eleventh year of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ruyi proposed to Liu Bang to build the city wall of Chang'an City according to Su Yuan's prompt, and was willing to personally take charge of this huge project. Liu Bang readily agreed, and Liu Ruyi was only twelve years old this year.

Su Yuan asked Xiwu to assist Liu Ruyi in the construction of the city wall, but he had to keep a low profile as much as possible and not be too public.

Xiwu was divided into several batches and transported hundreds of engineering robots from Pangea Continent. Starting with the site selection, surveying, drawing, etc., the work began as quickly as possible. With the assistance of these robots, less than 10,000 laborers were mobilized to successfully complete this arduous task in less than a year.

Although there were heavenly masters and immortal masters to help, the prince's ability was fully utilized in this complex construction process, and everyone saw that the prince's prestige was rising day by day, and he was deeply supported by the ministers.

Yangfu Daoist has not appeared, Liu Ruyi's status as the prince is getting stronger and stronger, Su Yuan has nothing to do, and returns to Miaoyintian.

Living in Chang'an for more than three years is only a short time for the Heavenly Realm.

Su Yuan visited Jade Lotus, Triss and others, and drank a few glasses of wine with Yalob before returning to Chang'an City.

He has been delayed for several months. There was also an earth-shattering event - the death of Emperor Liu Bang! Among the six major statecraft that Liu Ruyi presented to Liu Bang, there was a proposal to prevent Wang Yingbu of Jiujiang from rebelling, and Liu Bang also took strong measures.

By weakening the military power of Yingbu, recovering part of the fiefdom, stationing a large number of elite troops in the state of Chu near Jiujiang, and so on.

However, Yingbu finally contacted many remnants of Xiang Yu, and under the banner of avenging Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, bypassed the army of Liu Jiao of Chu State, attacked all the way to Wuguan through Nanyang, and approached Chang'an.

The crown prince Liu Ruyi led the army to meet the enemy, and Xiwu temporarily formed an artillery corps disguised by robots, and it took only two days to quell the chaos. The treacherous Yingbu sent a group of dead soldiers in advance to ambush Liu Bang on the way back from inspecting Zhao State, and shot Liu Bang with a hidden arrow. Liu Bang was incurable, and he finally died at the hands of Yingbu. A generation of reckless hero Liu Bang returned to the west, at the age of 62, buried in the Changling Tomb near the capital Chang'an, the temple number is "Taizu", and the nickname is "Emperor Gao".

After Liu Bang's death, the crown prince should have ascended the throne. Although there are many people in the court who support the crown prince Liu Ruyi, the strength of the Lu Hou faction has the upper hand, and many people are secretly plotting to take advantage of Su Tianshi's absence to overthrow the prince and support Liu Ying's accession to the throne.

In all parts of the country, powerful kings and Hou are all playing their own small calculations, countering the undercurrent, and the situation is very grim.

The crown prince Liu Ruyi and Mrs. Qi were in danger many times, but fortunately, Xiwu was able to protect them effectively, and they were able to save the day every time. Xiwu is ignorant of political strategy, and it can be said that he will not know anything but kill. Fortunately, Liu Ruyi had some henchmen and officials who occupied Weiyang Palace, and Lu and others forcibly broke in many times, but they were unsuccessful. Su Yuan appeared in time, and Liu Ruyi and Mrs. Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Yuan is also very difficult, and the current situation in the whole country is complicated, and it cannot be solved by force alone. He immediately invited Xiao He and Zhang Liang to discuss countermeasures.

In the bright hall of Weiyang Palace, a big feast was set up. Su Yuan and Liu Ruyi came out respectfully with a few confidant officials to greet Xiao He and Zhang Liang. The pomp and circumstance are bigger, which can be regarded as giving enough face, Xiao and Zhang are flattered, Su Tianshi is so respectful, it seems that he will be entrusted with important tasks by the new emperor, and both of them are very happy in their hearts.

Everyone humbled each other for a while before taking their seats. After three rounds of drinking, Su Yuan bowed his hand and said: "The two prime ministers are highly respected, the prince is young, and I hope to support you a lot, come, I will give you a glass of glass!" ”

"Don't dare to be ashamed, thank you!" The two of them accompanied Su Tianshi to make a big glass together.

Su Yuan continued: "If there is chaos today, and the DPRK and China are restless, according to the two prime ministers, how should they deal with it? ”

Zhang Liang arched his hand and said: "The ministers think that the top priority is to calm the hearts of the people, and the old ministers of the first dynasty cannot be ignored, and in addition, the kings of the Liu family should be rewarded to stabilize their hearts, and the Lu family cannot be ignored." ”

Xiao He also agreed: "It is reasonable, if the forces of the Lu Hou faction can be stabilized, the overall situation of the country will naturally be stable!" ”

"What should be done about the crown prince's accession to the throne?" Su Yuan asked again.

"The country cannot be without a king for a day, sooner rather than later!" Zhang Liang said.

"Please ask the prince to tell the world, express the ambition of peace and stability, show the grand plan of the great cause, appease the people, and stabilize the country!" Xiao He said.

Liu Ruyi stood up and saluted: "I am young and incompetent, how can I take on this great responsibility!" I have been practicing Taoist classics for several years, and I have learned that pure heart and few desires, self-cultivation and self-cultivation are the top priority in life, and since then I have been indifferent to fame and fortune, and I have devoted myself to cultivating the Tao, just seeking to become enlightened and ascend to immortality as soon as possible! ”

Xiao He asked: "Why did the prince say this, wouldn't the abolished prince Yingruo ascend the throne live up to the hard work of the previous emperor?" ”

Liu Ruyi said: "The emperor is useless to me, but it is dispensable!" He will follow the Heavenly Master in the future, why bother arguing with his brother today, hurting the feelings of brothers and sisters, and causing the people of Li to be in fire and water? ”

Xiao He and Zhang Liang were deeply surprised and were speechless for a while.

Su Yuan thought about it, it would be good if Liu Ruyi could devote himself to cultivating the Tao, so as not to cause turmoil in the world and unrest the people in order to fight for the throne. So he said: "This is very good, please ask the two prime ministers to tell the truth to Lu Hou, so as to avoid many disputes!" ”

Zhang Liang said: "The prince is benevolent and righteous, and he is respectable!" I hope Empress Lu can understand the prince's hard work! ”

At this moment, a subordinate came in a hurry to report that Empress Lu took a large number of people and horses to forcibly break into Weiyang Palace, and the Immortal Master of Weiguo led people to stop it, which has caused a large number of casualties! (To be continued.) )