The successive measures of the imperial court really caught these princes and kings off guard.

In the midst of inaudible invective, as if this was the picture it should have been, how could the court completely let go of their princes and kings?

"What do you think of these?" Liu Che put a stack of letters from the princes and kings in his hand in front of Liu Ponu.

Things went well, first by decentralizing power to fool the princes and kings, and then by using them to introduce a new monetary system.

followed by another big killer move, which directly gave the princes and kings who didn't do good things on weekdays a blow to the bottom of the kettle.

Who in the world doesn't want to have a land where they can really be their own masters and talk the talk?

But obviously, for some princes and kings, they are used to being powerful and blessed on weekdays, and by the way, their foundation is also gone.

"What else can you see? Promise them, of course! Liu Ponu smiled and said without surprise.

It seems that today's situation has long been expected by him, a hundred people will have a hundred different decisions, even if they are roughly the same, the specific ideas will not be exactly the same.

Some princes and kings are really just wearing the hat of a prince and king on their heads now.

You said that those vassal kings whose fiefs are only half a county, or even a few townships, can he be regarded as a real vassal king?

Don't think that having a prince on your head is really awesome, what is really awesome is the real power of the prince and king like Liu Ju, who controls an entire county.

And apart from Liu Ju, there is no second prince and king in the Han Dynasty who has this kind of real power.

Of course, Liu Ju was able to have real power, mainly because Liu Ponu's plan to cut the feudal domain proposed early on was approved by Liu Ju's nod, and Liu Che made a decision with guilt to depose his crown prince on the premise that Liu Ju was not seriously wrong.

In addition, the relationship is far and near, Liu Ju is Liu Che's eldest son after all, so what's the matter with some preferential treatment?

Among the hundreds of princes and kings of the Han Dynasty, more than seventy percent of the people have fiefs that are less than half a county, and the remaining two and a half are more than half a county, but not yet a county.

There are only a few people who really own a few fiefdoms above the county level.

"I just took this opportunity to take their fiefdoms, bring them all to Chang'an, and take the opportunity to sell our high-end residential projects to them, otherwise these people have so much money in their hands and the court will have to worry about their safety." Liu Ponu said with a blank face.

"You kid ......" Liu Che was speechless for a moment, both angry and wanted to laugh, pointing at Liu Ponu and scolding with a smile: "I let you come up with any bad ideas, but every time I always let me carry this black cauldron!" ”

"What black pot is not black pot, isn't it what you want to do the most? Besides, if you, the emperor, don't come forward to cut them, how can I, a prince, cut them? This identity doesn't correspond either! Liu Ponu spread his hands and said with a helpless expression.

Cut the domain, cut the domain, if the emperor doesn't come forward, who can cut this domain?

Therefore, no matter how bad Liu Ponu is, Liu Che will not be able to run away from this pot, unless he gives up the throne to himself now, but is that possible?

It's not realistic at all, is it?

"And after that? What about those brothers of yours? What should the princes and kings do in the future? Liu Che looked at Liu Ponu with a solemn face.

"It's okay to inherit according to the normal inheritance model, each level of the imperial court gives them a different amount of money every year as basic expenses, for those who are not willing to go out and fight, this money is enough for them to live this life, as for those who are willing to go out and fight......" Speaking of this, Liu Ponu also made some difficulties.

This step of cutting the feudal domain also means that no one or no one is qualified to fight outside.

Only the generation of the emperor's son will have this qualification, and if it is stricter, it will even be lost in the next generation.

At that time, they can only wait for the inheritance of a generation of titles to be lowered by one level, and the amount of money they get is reduced by one level, until the status of nobility is completely gone, and they can no longer get the money to become commoners.

But judging from so many titles, it will take at least twenty generations to become an ordinary civilian without a title, even if each one only lives for ten years after inheritance, it will be two hundred years later.

It's not difficult on this side, but it's difficult on the other side, trapping them in Chang'an, this decision has pros and cons, if the prince or the emperor is a little weaker, I'm afraid it will cause unexpected consequences.

It was not for nothing that the emperor did not let other princes stay in Chang'an before, but he didn't expect them to rebel several times.

"Give him a batch of death row prisoners, and then send the army to help him gain a foothold in one place!" Liu Ponu thought about it, and it seemed that he could only use this method.

"If I want to say, it's better to leave them in Chang'an directly!" Liu Che smiled slightly, once again reflecting his cold-blooded ruthlessness.

Stay in Chang'an, don't give him rights, let him mingle with those gentlemen all day long, and after a long time, people will naturally be abolished.

As for whether these people will make any trouble when they get together, Liu Che thinks that there is no need to worry too much, just insert eyeliner into them, if one doesn't work, two will be two, if two can't work, four, arrange a few more people, and you can always find any movement in time.

Although this is a little cruel, from another point of view, it is inevitably not to protect them, at least it is also to save these people from the outside to mix up the courage to start provoking the court.

"But has my father thought about it, in case, I said in case, what if there is a situation like Emperor Hui in the future?" Liu Ponu directly picked up Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty Liu Ying to make an analogy.

This metaphor may be a bit inappropriate, but it's not a free renunciation.

"The princes and kings are famous outside, although it may endanger the imperial court, but from another point of view, can they also become the best candidates for the next prince? At least they have proven themselves to be capable of managing a place from the outside, and if things really come to that point, choosing one person from among them is always more likely than choosing a virtuous monarch among these gentlemen in Chang'an, right? ”

The affairs of the royal family have always been the most difficult to deal with, being too smart is a problem, and being too stupid is not a problem at all.

The struggle for imperial power has always been bloody and cruel, and for thousands of years, although all dynasties and generations have tried their best to solve this problem, they have never been able to completely solve this problem.

It's just that this kind of competition has been transferred from the open to the dark, such as the secret reserve system of the Qing Dynasty, and no one knew who the crown prince was before the emperor's death.

The original intention of this system was to avoid conflicts between princes, but in reality the competition became more intense.

Those who feel hopeful will form crazy gangs, and those who feel hopeless will quickly find a good backer to follow and shout for the boss, and if you succeed, you will be able to eat, drink and enjoy in the future, and if you fail, you will wait to be liquidated.

Liu Ponu could start with himself and establish a Zen concession system to ensure the stable continuation of imperial power, but he could not control people's lifespan.

No one is sure when a person will die, if he is unlucky, he has not hung up the new prince, everything has to start all over again, no matter how bad his luck is, he has just hung up not long before the new monarch hangs, and it is too late to cultivate the new prince.

"Let's talk about this in the future......" Liu Che also sighed helplessly, this kind of thing is not something he can decide.

The new monetary system reform gave the imperial court a large amount of money available, and a large number of goods supported the new monetary system, coupled with tough administrative orders, after cleaning up a group of businessmen who wanted to fight against the imperial court, the world instantly became honest.

The large amount of money issued to encourage the birth plan made the purchasing power of the entire Han Dynasty rise by several levels in an instant.

Although the money was sent out by the court itself after all, it was only a temporary highlight on the surface, but at least this is a good phenomenon, and it has also directly driven the people's desire to have children.

According to reports from various localities, the number of pregnancies in the first trimester has more than doubled compared to last year.

And this is only the data for the first three months, and if you put it into the whole year, even if you remove all kinds of unexpected factors, the total number of new people this year will be more than three times that of last year.

And in the future, as the population base continues to increase, the number of new people will become more and more terrifying.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Ponu and Liu Che sang a double yellow on stage.

Liu Che ordered a ruthless appeal to those princes and kings who were unwilling to go to the new fiefdom, and even told them forcefully that anyone who did not go would be punished with resistance.

The princes and kings were so frightened that they almost peed their pants, and the men, women, and children around them added up to no more than a thousand, what did you let them take to the new fiefdom?

It was also the first time that the gang felt that their imaginary power didn't seem like a good thing.

And Liu Ponu secretly let people let out the news, anyway, he clearly told them that the sales of the high-end residential project built by Liu Ponu in Chang'an were not going well, and they were a little unhappy recently.

Secretly, he told them that they could curry favor with Liu Ponu through this channel, after all, the emperor still trusts Liu Ponu very much, as long as Liu Ponu is willing to help, then the probability of them staying is still very high.

In the end, under this double yellow, Liu Ponu successfully sold more than 80 luxury residences at a high price, and at the same time moved all the more than 80 princes and kings to Chang'an.

Send money?

Inexistent!

At least it doesn't exist now, Liu Che is still angry, it's enough to not clean them up, how can it be possible to send them money again?

The only thing Liu Che and Liu Ponu can do now is to keep squeezing the last potential of these people and squeezing out all the oil and water on their bodies.

Liu Che thought very simply, if the extra money on them was pressed out, they would not have any messy ideas.

Liu Ponu thought a little deeper, using the consumption of more than 80 princes and kings to drive some industries around Chang'an.

Under Liu Ponu's drastic reforms, the prototype of Chang'an City became bigger and bigger, and the original Chang'an City became the location of the imperial palace, and even the Jianzhang Palace was also encircled.

The original walls were repaired and rebuilt to become the new palace walls, and the interior was not heavily disturbed until the perimeter was built.

The city wall on the periphery of the new Chang'an City was not in a hurry to build, anyway, each fang was separated by a square wall, although it was not as tall as the city wall, but it could also act as a temporary protection.

According to Liu Ponu's plan, he planned to wait for all the shops in Chang'an City to be completed before building a new city wall.

Because as long as the city wall is not built, it means that Chang'an City can be expanded indefinitely.

With the construction of Chang'an, there has also been a huge development around Chang'an, of course, these are only temporary developments, with the gradual completion of the construction, these because of the influx of a large number of working people brought about by some commercial development will gradually recede.

In the first four years of Taichu, Liu Ju, who had just arrived in Wusun, was not in a hurry to explore the surrounding areas.

Although Wusun is a long way, there are still more than 10,000 people who are willing to follow Liu Ju to Wusun, and these are all willing to follow, and their loyalty is naturally self-evident.

But more than 10,000 people are still a little unsightly compared to the tribe of Dalu.

And after arriving in Wusun, Liu Ju finally completely understood what Liu Che and Liu Ponu had said to him, although it was already a little late.

After all, there is still a difference between people, and no matter when, you must always focus on yourself first.

This time Liu Ju made a very correct choice, he began to encourage the men who came to Wusun with him to find a local woman as a concubine, men, there is no one who will not be unimpressed in this kind of thing, as for the one in the family, Liu Ju also gave a certain guarantee.

Of course, the clever Dalu saw the purpose of Liu Ju's doing, but in the face of the 4,000 Han army, he realized that he seemed to have entered the trap set by the Han people, so he could only stare at it now.

He could prevent the women of his tribe from marrying into Liu Ju and taking concubines as Han Chinese, but he could not prevent women from other places from coming to take concubines.

And now the entire Western Regions is doing this kind of thing, and some people are willing to marry Han people to live a good life.

Under the support of Liu Ponu, Liu Ju began to suppress those Wusun natives, but did not suppress those indigenous families who married their daughters to Han Chinese, and those Han and Wu mixed-race children were also treated as Han Chinese, under this policy, the tribe of Dalu began to be gradually disintegrated in the next few years.

The Han people are not short of materials, Liu Ju is very generous to distribute all kinds of materials for them for free, plus the hard-working Han people came within two years, they started from scratch, and their lives are richer than the Wusun people, this kind of beautiful life is naturally envied by everyone.

In order to catch the Han train, many people even began to find relationships to shoehorn their daughters into Han concubines, and those who did not have daughters in the family would even find a way to buy a young woman from other places to marry the Han people.

……

Chang'an City, Jianzhang Palace.

The huge palace stands here, with mountains and forests all over the place, and birds singing and flowers.

A house in the distance is out of place here, where it used to be a scientific research center, and after the construction of Chang'an City was completed, Liu Ponu moved the scientific research center out.

Originally, he wanted to demolish this piece of house, but Liu Che refused.

Although this house is a little inconsistent here, it has witnessed the development of the Han Dynasty, and it is also a good enjoyment to stay and see it from time to time and reminisce.

Liu Che struggled to pull the bowstring, the arrow missed its aim at the prey in front of him, his arm was released, and the arrow ran towards the prey quickly.

However, because of the lack of strength, the curvature of the arrow fell too fast, and when it was still a dozen steps away from the prey, the arrow fell headlong to the ground.

Ten years have passed, and Dahan is developing at a speed that Liu Che never imagined, but he himself is getting older and older, and now he is so old that he can't even pull the bowstring.

"I'm really old...... white hair, white beard, and all kinds of wrinkles on his body are telling him that it's not okay for people to be disobedient!

"It's not because the prey is too far away!" Liu Ponu, who had grown a beard, quipped with a smile on his face.

"You stinky boy, just like me, you don't have a word of truth in your mouth!" Liu Che couldn't help but laugh and scolded.

Now Liu Che is sixty-seven years old, and Liu Ponu is also thirty-six years old, and this prince has been fifteen years old, so that Liu Che himself didn't expect it.

The year before last, the population of Dahan had tripled and exceeded 100 million.

Such a large number of young children once made the imperial court feel that the population was developing a little too fast, felt some pressure, and saw that the deposits in the treasury were being depleted sharply, and also had the heart to stop the population incentive plan.

But for the sake of the original goal, the idea was eventually put on hold for the time being.

The population developed, and the tractor played a crucial role in it, replacing a lot of manpower and allowing the Han to cultivate more land, but now, the inflection point has appeared.

Because of the need for fallow, the population development of Dahan has entered a bottleneck period, and if the population continues to develop, there will be a shortage of food again.

Liu Ponu sent people out to find crops with higher yields early on, but he still hasn't found anything he likes.

And according to the agreement, Liu Che should have ceded the throne to Liu Ponu last year.

But both of them seemed to have forgotten this agreement, and neither of them took the initiative to discuss this topic.

"I'm really reluctant, but I've been telling you this sentence for seventeen years, and you have changed from a teenager to a middle-aged person now, I am already ashamed of you, and if I break my promise again this time, I will be even more guilty." Liu Che's eyes were hollow, and he looked at the fleeing prey with reluctance and said.

At this moment, he finally confided his heart to Liu Ponu, no one will not be in love with power, and no one can be an exception.

"Although my father didn't make concessions, isn't it me who is in charge of all the big and small things in the court now? In addition to the identity of a crown prince on my back, what is the difference between me and the emperor? Besides, I don't care about these false names! Liu Ponu said meaninglessly, in the past five or six years, Liu Che has gradually handed over the power to himself to deal with.

At first, I would intervene from time to time, but in the past two years, I basically didn't participate much, and every day I either walked around here or there, and when I was really bored, I would run to pull my imperial grandchildren to command two times to have a good time.

"I know you don't care, but I care, Liu Ren will be an adult soon, I have to set an example for my children and grandchildren, I don't want my grandson to point at me after a hundred years and say that my grandfather didn't keep his promise!"

……

In the fourth year of Zhenghe (89 years ago), Liu Che suddenly ordered that a ceremony would be held on the New Year's Day, and the throne would be officially ceded to Liu Ponu, although Liu Ponu repeatedly refused, but Liu Che still gave a strong order, and let people start to prepare, and at the same time recall all the princes and kings to participate in this grand event.

After the Chan Rang ceremony, Liu Ponu changed the name of the era to Taiping, and officially established his eldest son Liu Ren as the crown prince.

However, before that, Huo Guang, who had served as the first assistant to the cabinet for ten years, suddenly resigned due to illness, and outsiders were sighing, after all, Huo Guang had done quite well over the years, but people inside could only shake their heads and sigh.

It's hard to say where Huo Guang has succeeded in this life, but he must have been defeated by his daughter.

Liu Ponu is very jealous of the power of his relatives, and now Huo Guang's daughter has become the queen, so Huo Guang naturally has to resign and go home, of course, the talent court is also lacking, but Liu Ponu does not want to see the resurgence of his relatives.

The change of emperor did not have any impact on the Han Dynasty, because Liu Ponu had been in power for the past few years, and there had not been much change in policy or anything.

At the end of the first year of Taiping (87 years ago, the change of the yuan was changed after the end of this year, so it was announced in the book that it was Zhengdan, so there was one more Zhenghe five years than in history), and the seventy-year-old Emperor Liu Che finished his life in Jianzhang Palace.

Because of the appearance of Liu Ponu, Liu Che did not complain about the Han in the second half of his life, but the population exceeded 100 million, the economy has developed unprecedentedly, and the territory of the Han has more than doubled, and the military has become even stronger.

Although most of these things were done by Liu Ponu, the emperor was Liu Che after all, so the credit still had to be credited to Liu Che.

There must be a temple number, and there is no need to be too entangled, just line up to hang the temple number of Sejong.

And when formulating the name, it made the ministers difficult, the first half of the life, which was originally regarded as a highlight, is now not highlight, although the second half of the life is not as vigorous as the first half of the life, but it has also created a peaceful and prosperous world, before Liu Che, there has never been a monarch who can do such a perfect.

In the end, it was Liu Ponu who decided to set the name of Emperor Xiaowu, he didn't want to change too much, so he could only change the emperor to the emperor.

In the seventh year of Taiping, Liu Ponu began to gradually involve his crown prince Liu Ren in political affairs.

In the fifteenth year of Taiping, the fifty-two-year-old Liu Ponu gave up the throne to the thirty-one-year-old prince Liu Ren when he was only the emperor for fifteen years......

(End of book...... ）