Changle Palace, A Palace.

Liu Rong sat leisurely on the top seat.

The maid pinched his back and shoulders, and Wei Zifu stood on his side with a lacquer plate, and the slender jade hand pinched the preserved fruit and sent it into Liu Rong's mouth from time to time.

Pingyang Hou Cao Shou sat at the bottom, explaining the story in the court to Liu Rong.

"Doctor Yu Shi Chao is really a ruthless person, his father died on the first night, and the next day he went to the court like no one else, arguing with the ministers."

"Chao Cuo announced the crimes of the three kings in the court, and actually directly asked the king of Chu and the king of Zhao as capital crimes, although the king of Jiaoxi was exempted from dying together, he was also deposed as a concubine."

"Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, how have there ever been ministers who impeached princes and kings? The princes are on high thrones and powerful, if it were not for rebellion, which minister would dare to talk about their capital crimes? Chao Cuo can be said to be the initiator. ”

Hearing this, Liu Rong smiled slightly.

Cao Shou: This is a typical open-mouthedness.

The princes and kings of the opposite sex in the founding period had their own teams, and they were all very capable, independent of the Han Dynasty, and they were all wiped out.

The princes with the same surname, Queen Lu, killed a lot of themselves, and then the heroes didn't talk about it, not only killed the kings of the Lu family, but also killed the son of heaven surnamed Liu.

Form is stronger than man.

Now the crime of the three kings is confirmed, and they were arrested when the Jingshi was paying tribute, and there is no one around them.

Suddenly imprisoned, what do you want, it's not Emperor Han Jingchao's mistake to decide.

Seeing that Liu Rong smiled and was silent, Cao Shou touched his head and continued:

"As soon as Chao Cuo's remarks came out, the Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar, and the ministers led by Prime Minister Tao Qing expressed their opposition one after another, believing that the sentences of Zhidu and Chao Cuo were too heavy, and the two sides launched a rebuttal."

Although the case was presided over by Zhidu, he hid behind Chao Cuo and did not say a word. Chao mistakenly argued with the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, but he did not fall behind at all. ”

"In the end, His Majesty came out and made a final decision, believing that Chao Cuo and Zhi were impartially enforcing the law, and there was no problem with the results of the trial, and praised them all."

"However, Your Majesty read the family surnamed Liu, and greatly reduced the criminal law of the three kings, and only cut off their branches and counties to resist the crime, which can be described as benevolent."

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When Liu Rong heard this, he secretly said in his heart:

"The house is kind-hearted, and my father, my heart is black."

"He sang his own white face, let Chao Cuo and others sing red face, and the princes all took their revenge on Chao Cuo, but they were grateful to him."

This is a strategy that anyone with a little bit of brains can see.

Zhi saw it, so he shrank back when he was discussing, and let Chao Cuo attract firepower.

Chao Cuo was naturally the same as Spiegel in his heart, but he still resolutely chose to charge.

Liu Rong couldn't help but sigh, how could Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty be able to go to such an excellent courtier.

Despite the obstacles, the first phase of the feudal reduction work was successfully completed.

Although the throne of the three kings was retained, its strength was greatly weakened.

Both the kings of Zhao and Chu were cut off by the imperial court.

Most of the princes of the early Han Dynasty had a number of counties. The so-called branch counties refer to counties other than those where the royal capital is located.

In other words, no matter how many counties you originally ruled, now you can only keep one county where the royal capital is located, which is usually called the Inner History, and everything else has to be handed over to the state.

Because the king of Jiaoxi was one of the several vassal states divided from the old Qi state, there was only one county, so he cut the six richest counties instead.

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Liu Rong thought in his heart, according to the records in the history books, the next thing was that the countries would connect privately, and then the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion broke out.

I just don't know if anything will change.

Suddenly, something occurred to him, and he asked, "What is the situation of Chao Wrong now?" ”

Cao Shou replied:

"After the end of the court meeting that day, Chao Cuo played to His Majesty, saying that his father suddenly died of a serious illness, and asked His Majesty for permission to let him go home to deal with the funeral and keep filial piety for three years in accordance with the rules."

"His Majesty rewarded him with the burial utensils of the third duke for the burial of his father. However, on the grounds of the urgency of state affairs, he rejected his request to keep filial piety for three years, and replaced three years with three days in the way of grabbing affection, and after the funeral, he still returned to the court. ”

Then, he whispered: "I have heard that Chao Cuo's father did not die of illness, but was dissatisfied with Chao Cuo's behavior and hanged himself. ”

Liu Rong snorted and fell into deep thought at random.

Chao Cuo's death is a great tragedy in history.

Judging from the current form, he is really not sure whether he will be able to save his mistakes in the subsequent war.

Forget it, let's take it one step at a time.

He commanded:

"Today is the day of the funeral of my father, right? In my place, go and offer your condolences. ”

Originally, Liu Rong wanted to go in person and win over Chao Cuo, but now Chao Cuo's hatred value is really good.

If it doesn't work, the ministers and princes will resent Liu Rong because of this.

Pay for one's whistle.

After all, he still has to compete for the position of crown prince, and the prestige of the court is still very important.

Let Cao Shou go instead of himself.