Chapter 187: Pull the prince into the water
The Qin Dynasty did not have a queen, and although Empress Lu, the empress of Gaozu, helped the Han to a certain extent, she also brought greater trouble to the Han.
Emperor Hui's empress Zhang Yan was deposed when she purged Empress Lu's forces and was wiped out.
Even if she is not abolished, it will be difficult for Zhang Yan, who has been suppressed by Empress Lu for so many years, to have her own actions.
Needless to say, Empress Dowager Dou, the empress dowager of Emperor Wen, is very familiar with Empress Dowager Dou Liu Che.
Although Empress Dowager Dou has been very restrained to a certain extent, it is only compared to Empress Lu.
In fact, how much power does Empress Dowager Dou have?
She dared to force Emperor Jing to set up King Liang as the emperor's younger brother, forcing Emperor Jing to just want to go around his mother every day, even after Emperor Jing set up Liu Che as the crown prince, Empress Dowager Dou was still dissatisfied, and for a long time Emperor Jing was not pleasing to the eye, if it wasn't for King Liang to die first, when Liu Che ascended the throne, it is really uncertain whether Empress Dowager Dou would cooperate with King Liang to launch a coup d'état.
And the queen of Emperor Jing, Queen Bo has not been very favored because of the Empress Dowager Bo, so after the death of the Empress Dowager Bo, the queenless Empress Bo was deposed.
Although Liu Che didn't dare to say it, he knew very well in his heart that even his mother was not a fuel-efficient lamp.
If it weren't for the suppression of Empress Dowager Dou, Wang Wan would probably not be much weaker than Empress Lu when she became crazy.
Liu Che doesn't have so many precedents to refer to, but the only precedents all tell him a fact, the Queen Mother is important to the country, but it also depends on where the Queen Mother wants to exert her strength.
There is no doubt that Wei Zifu's performance has not made Liu Che find any fault so far, let alone the shadow of the queen mother in the past.
And the emperor is not the queen mother's own son, but the queen mother's own son is a prince outside, although this kind of thing will feel a little unreasonable when you say it, but Liu Che really did it.
Abolishing Liu Ju's position as the crown prince and Wei Zifu's position as the queen can certainly help Liu Ponu completely clear the obstacles in Chang'an City, but so what?
Although the imperial court has strict monitoring and control over the princes and kings outside, there are so many princes and kings in the world, there are always places that the imperial court cannot take into account.
When he ordered the killing of those craftsmen that day, although it was to teach Liu Ponu a lesson, it was not a temptation?
Although Liu Ponu did not insist on his opinion, he still spoke, and let Liu Che see his soft-heartedness, plus the compensation for the families of those craftsmen afterwards, Liu Che saw it in his eyes.
Did Liu Che really kill for the sake of killing?
No, he saw the future from that incident, and he saw that Liu Ponu would not kill Liu Ju, and would not even take the initiative to send troops to him.
The harmony between children and grandchildren should have been something that Liu Che was happy about, but Liu Che couldn't be happy.
If everyone is a prince and a king, then of course it is best to be in harmony, but between the princes and the emperor, harmony should be there, but when it is time to do it, it must not be soft.
Liu Che's arrangement is actually to add a hole card to Liu Ponu.
Liu Ju didn't have the courage to move troops, but those around him who were forced to be anxious were not necessarily.
What about leaving Wei Zifu in Chang'an and giving her the identity of a queen or even a queen mother?
In fact, she is just a hostage in the hands of Liu Ponu, when it comes to the matter, the crime of rebellion can no longer suppress people, but with Wei Zifu as a hostage in hand, it is different, whoever dares to instigate Liu Ju to rebel, who is to make Liu Ju unfilial, and when the time comes, there is no need for Liu Ponu to do it, and the princes and kings around Liu Ju will rise up and attack him.
Those people are not as tender as Liu Ponu, for their own interests, they will do anything, let alone such a great merit for suppressing and rebelling against the princes and kings?
Of course, if everything is well, there is no problem.
Liu Ju can be his own prince and king in peace, and Wei Zifu will also be comfortable as his queen mother.
However, although Liu Che's plan was very detailed and in place, and even calculated some things that might happen in the future, he still ignored one of the most important factors!
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In Chang'an City, the city gate is closed, and you can't enter or leave.
Throughout the night, the streets were filled with soldiers rushing back and forth, and dozens of high-ranking families were sealed and detained overnight.
No one dared to come out to see this excitement at night, but after dawn, the people in Chang'an City found out that there was such a big commotion last night.
For a moment, people panicked, and they didn't know what was going on.
In my impression, the last time there was such a big commotion, it seemed to be when the first emperor died?
Could it be that the emperor died???
Liu Ju was supposed to wait until dawn to leave the city and return to Lantian County, but he was told that the gate of Chang'an had been blocked and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
"Assassins? How could it be an assassin? Liu Ju, who learned the news, instantly paced back and forth anxiously like an ant on a hot pot.
Originally, after learning the news, Liu believed that some people should have opened up the relationship with the army and planned to have a coup d'état.
Although he also wanted to stop it, he didn't know who did it, and the few people he thought were the most likely had been cleaned up by the emperor, and he had no chance to do anything at all.
And there was such a big commotion last night, and many people on his side were arrested, and it was only then that Liu Ji knew what was going on.
"Lake Tu! Stupidity! Liu Ju looked at Wei Kang in front of him with anger on his face.
"According to my brother, I'm really afraid, the emperor began to suppress when my father was still there, and now that my father is still cold, the emperor will abolish your crown prince, and I will ...... my father's old subordinates without restraint."
"Haven't you thought about the consequences of doing this? Are you afraid? Why weren't you afraid before you did this? Liu stomped his feet angrily, hating to give him three or two punches.
"Brother, I really didn't know they would make such a big noise......" Wei Kang trembled.
Last night's movement really scared him, he originally wanted to enter the palace to intercede with the queen, but he just heard that the prince was back, so he hurried over.
"Father is not suppressing uncle, but a kind of protection for uncle, you are your uncle's son, father is still a little old, as long as the Wei family does not make trouble, the father will not care about you, but you are good, you are the first to mess up, and take the initiative to plunge into this pool of troubled waters, didn't your mother stop you?" Liu Ju only felt weak, and when the wind and rain really came, he felt that he was so weak.
Prince, just for the position of a prince, do you really have to make such a big move?
"Mother, she didn't know about it, when they found me, they roughly talked to me, asked me if I did it, at that time I also had a hot head and agreed, but I didn't participate in the rest of the matter at all, according to brother, you must save me......" Wei Kang was really scared, maybe it was because he was unresponsive, maybe it was some other reason, anyway, now he finally realized that he was being used.
His father is gone, and as the eldest son, he of course inherited everything from his father.
Although his ability is insufficient, he can't show his father's majesty in the past, but it will also take time.
You said that if Wei Kang led his father's old generals to fight, then he would definitely not be able to do this kind of thing, and even those old generals might not be willing to listen to him, what would he do if he didn't understand anything?
But if it is said that Wei Kang nodded and agreed to one thing and put him high, those thoughtful people would definitely be very enthusiastic.
Why?
Isn't it to have a taller person on top of your head to fight this pot?
Once this kind of thing is discovered, it will be a death, but it is not necessary to pull the Wei family into the water, if you succeed, you will kick Wei Kang away, and if you fail, let Wei Kang resist the pot.
Wei Kang is not just Wei Qing's son, he is also the son of Princess Pingyang, and Liu Che's nephew.
Of course, the crazy people know that this may not save their lives, but they can pull more people into the water and influence the emperor's decision as much as possible.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that just when they started to do it, the emperor noticed this matter, and quickly arrested a large number of people at a lightning speed, not only making their follow-up plans unable to be completed, but also being forced into chaos because of their own insecurity.
"You're trying to assassinate your father? Or the King of Shu? Liu Ju was very sober-minded, and he could also see that Wei Kang was a puppet pushed out by those people, but he had nothing to do.
Now the most valuable targets for assassination are the emperor and Liu Ponu, killing the emperor means that no matter how optimistic the emperor is about Liu Ponu, the crown prince is still himself, so he can succeed to the throne logically.
Assassinating Liu Ponu, as long as he can succeed, even if Liu Che knows in the end, he will only clean up some people, but his position is still stable, because he has no candidate for the prince.
But in comparison, Liu felt that their target was likely to be the emperor, which was straightforward and had no sequelae.
"I don't know, they haven't told me this, I just know that everyone is very dissatisfied with the emperor wanting to abolish your crown prince, and they plan to do something to protest the emperor's behavior to express their dissatisfaction and persuade the emperor to retract this decision......" Wei Kang looked confused and didn't know, now he hasn't grown to the point of being bold, if he had known that these people were playing assassination, he wouldn't dare to participate in killing him.
Looking at Wei Kang's reaction, Liu Ji couldn't help but feel even more disappointed and helpless in his heart, it seems that Wei Kang really didn't know anything, but he was still being used.
Liu Ju can't look past the fact that strangers are framed, and he wants to redress people's grievances, not to mention Wei Kang, his cousin.
I have to admit that these people have a good grasp of Liu Ju's weaknesses and make clever use of Liu Ju's kindness.
As for the consequences, this is not in their consideration.
After all, once exposed, he is a person who is about to burp, how can he still have so much mind to care so much?
Although it is very immoral for Dora to go into the water alone, from the perspective of probability, it can increase her hope of survival to a certain extent.
"You come with me to see my father......