Bohai State, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Southern Pi Thorn History, east of the Bohai Sea, south of Qingzhou, north of Youzhou, all of Nanpi.

It has jurisdiction over eight cities, with 132,389 households and a population of 1,106,500, which can be described as a very rich place.

But Liu Kui is not satisfied with this, and often makes trouble. When Emperor Huan was protected by Liu Zhi, the son of heaven, no one dared to do anything to him.

But now that he is jealous of Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and has been falsely accused of plotting to usurp the throne, Liu Kui's situation can be imagined.

Liu Yan, the assassin of Jizhou, received the edict of the imperial court, and began to send troops to block the mansion of Liu Kui, the king of Bohai, and no one was allowed to enter and leave at will.

Liu Yan, a native of Jiangxia County, was the ancestor of Liu Yu, the son of Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty. Although Liu Yan and Liu Kui are both clan identities, there is still a big difference in the status of the two.

Therefore, Liu Yan did not dare to dispose of Liu Kui at will, but imprisoned him and waited for the imperial court to send someone to interrogate.

As mentioned earlier, after Wang Mang of the Western Han Dynasty usurped the throne, the title privileges of the Liu clan were abolished, which caused dissatisfaction among the Western Han royal family.

They revolted against Wang Mang's rule, and Liu Xiu became one of them, and was eventually able to reshape the Han Dynasty.

Liu Xiu was attached to the first emperor Liu Xuan at first, and later the first emperor killed Liu Xiu's brother, and Liu Xiu took the opportunity to go out to Hebei, of course, this was the official beginning of Liu Xiu's rise.

Liu Xiu, who first arrived in Hebei, had weak power, so he reached a marriage alliance with the powerful figure of the Western Han Dynasty here, King Zhending, and King Zhending's niece Guo naturally became Liu Xiu's first queen.

In addition, Liu Xiu also saw the strength of the distant branches of other clans, and in the second year of his reign, he issued an edict: "But the princes of the clan were abolished by Wang Mang, and the ancestors had no place to return, and I was very ashamed." and reverted to their homeland. If the Hou has died, his descendants will be ordered to worship him. "Liu Xiu's move is to win over powerful clans in order to increase his strength.

Later, as the world tended to be peaceful, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu issued an edict in the thirteenth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty: "Changsha Wang Xing, Zhending Wang De, Hejian Wang Shao, Zhongshan Wang Mao, all attack the lord as the king, should not be righteous." It is the Marquis of Linxiang, the Marquis of Zhending, the Marquis of Le Cheng, and the Marquis of Mao as the Marquis of a single father. "If you inquire about these four clan princes, you will find that they have a common ancestor, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty of the Western Han Dynasty.

The basis for Liu Xiu's reduction of the feudal domain was that the blood relationship between the vassal kings and Liu Xiu exceeded five generations, and they were demoted.

However, this downgrade still allowed one hundred and thirty-seven distant branch clans to obtain marquis. At the same time, Liu Xiu's close clan relatives also began to be made marquis, and gradually promoted to king.

In this way, the clan has been far and near. Since there is a distinction between far and near, the political treatment of these clans is naturally different.

In the twenty-fourth year of the establishment of the armed forces, Liu Xiuzeng issued an edict to the relevant units to reiterate

"The Law of the Old System of Attaching Vassals". The law of the vassal king was a law established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to restrict the vassal king in view of the rebellion of Liu An and Liu Ci.

Four years later, Liu Xiu's son, Liu Fu, the king of Pei, was caught in a lawsuit in which thousands of his guests were killed.

Prior to this event, the history books had depicted the daily activities of the kings of the Konji clan at that time.

"When the ban on the Internet is still sparse, all the kings are in Beijing, competing for reputation, and competing for guests from all over the world." Roughly speaking, it means that the kings of the near branches of the feudal clan wantonly recruited guests to enrich their wings.

The emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty will naturally not forget the not-too-distant ones

The "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" hurt, not to mention Liu Xiu, the founder of the country, and it was under this circumstance that the law of Afu was promulgated.

Since then, there have been many incidents of striking the kings. In addition to cracking down on the kings of the nearby branches, they still took good care of them economically, dividing the food and the kings and brothers to seal the marquis.

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With the policy of "radish and stick", the kings of the Eastern Han Dynasty basically became the masters of eating, drinking and having fun. As for the distant branch clans of the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty government mainly focused on rewards, but the protection of their titles was naturally much weaker than that of the close branch clans, and it was normal to be deprived of the marquis.

So some people have to ask, why are blood relations estranged, and the Eastern Han Dynasty still protects their status?

That's because although the Western Han Dynasty repeatedly attacked the kings, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty

The "Tui En Order" greatly reduced the power of the kings, but they lived in the same place for several generations, and they had formed a clan gathering mode, which had a great impact on the local area, as evidenced by the establishment process of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Therefore, the court of the Eastern Han Dynasty could not let these distant clans go unchecked. However, in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, this group of people could only serve as local officials, and Liu Bei and other ancestors were examples.

But after Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, there was a change, and the Yuanzhi clan could serve as the central minister, and Liu Yan and others were such examples.

As we all know, the Eastern Han Dynasty still followed the probationary system established by the Western Han Dynasty, which made some families gradually monopolize the selection of officials in the imperial court.

Liu Yan and others used this mechanism to participate in the management of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so as to divide one side when the troubled times came.

To sum up, the Eastern Han Dynasty government was strict with the close branch clans, but the management of the far branch clans was lax.

This is the many Liu separatist forces in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, except for Liu Yu, almost all of them are descendants of the Western Han royal family.

Of course, the current Liu Yan is not so ambitious, and he also adheres to a neutral attitude towards the conspiracy of the King of Bohai to usurp the throne.

Before the arrival of the imperial court envoys, Liu Yan did not treat Liu Kui and his family harshly. Even after Wu Yong arrived, he personally invited Liu Kui, the king of Bohai, to come over, and the three of them discussed countermeasures together.

After Wu Yong received the message from Yin Duan, he didn't stop feeling here. Although Nanpi, the seat of the Bohai Kingdom, was 1,600 miles away from Luoyang, and Huiji County was 2,200 miles away from Nanpi, Wu Yong still came to the Bohai Kingdom one step ahead of the imperial court envoys.

Since the Bohai Mansion in Nanpi was besieged by soldiers, Liu Kui has been in a state of news blockage.

At first, when he saw Wu Yong, after hearing that Wu Yong was the identity of the Son of Heaven's attendant, he kept sneering and sneering: "Hmph, isn't it too child's play for the imperial court to send such a yellow-mouthed boy to interrogate me, the King of Bohai!" Could it be that the princes of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't find a decent person? Liu Yan was worried that Liu Kui would anger Wu Yong, so he took the lead in speaking out and said, "Brother Wang, this Wu attendant is here to help you survive this catastrophe. ”

"Help me?" Liu Kui glanced at Wu Yong, and then sneered: "I am Emperor Huan's own brother, even when the son of the emperor comes, he has to call me an imperial uncle, who dares to come to my Bohai Kingdom to be presumptuous, he will definitely be called back." Wu Yong looked at Liu Kui as if he was mentally retarded.

I saw that he was dressed in a purple brocade suit, and his figure was a little fat, maybe he was used to brocade clothes and jade food, or maybe he had never experienced setbacks, and now he was in his thirties, and he was still so naïve, and he was completely brainless when he spoke.

Wu Yong shook his head, and didn't bother to talk nonsense with this person anymore, so he said to Liu Yan: "Liu Tingshi, let's go, this person is not saved." ”

"Stop!" Liu Kui shouted loudly and said angrily: "If you don't make your words clear today, don't think about walking out of this king's mansion." ”

"Haha," Wu Yong smiled, he felt that Liu Kui, the king of the Bohai Sea, was really a little ignorant and fearless. At the same time, he had some sympathy for him, it was because of his ignorant and arrogant character that hundreds of people in the family were killed and wiped out, and there were countless other people who were implicated.

According to later historical records, after Liu Kui committed suicide, he had 11 concubines, 70 children, and 24 maids, all of whom died in prison.

Fu and Xiang are below, in order to counsel the king to be disloyal, and he will be punished. With such a lord on the stall, Wu Yong felt that it was not worth it for them when he thought about it.

Wu Yong originally wanted to mention Liu Kui a few words, so that he could not commit suicide no matter what. But seeing his attitude, I was helpless.

is such a person who has been clothed and fed since he was a child, it is estimated that if he suffers a little, he will look for death and life.

Therefore, Wu Yong didn't want to have too much nonsense with him, and sneered: "I'm afraid you don't know yet, the Son of Heaven has already ordered to send Dahong Luqing Yuan Kui to hold the festival with Zong Zhengqing Liu Zu and Ting Weiqing Chen Qiu to Bohai, ready to hold you accountable as the King of Bohai." ”

"Come on, come on." Liu Kui said disdainfully: "This king doesn't scare them, can they still kill this king." Wu Yong was choked by his words, thinking about it, there was no conclusive evidence, even Liu Hong, the son of heaven, did not dare to risk the condemnation of the world and execute him.

But Wu Yong will not be confused by his words, others dare not kill you, but they can humiliate you and force you to commit suicide.

So he sneered and said: "You have lived in vain for so many years, don't you understand the truth that a soldier can be killed and not humiliated?" Then he threatened: "Do you know the methods of the court captain?" Cutting off your fingers and cutting off your feet is a piece of cake, have you ever heard of cramps and peeling, and when these tortures are met, can you, the king of Bohai, still be so confident? After hearing this, Liu Kui immediately said angrily: "What a bold man, on the territory of this king, no one dares to treat this king like this!" Even if he is a court lieutenant, he cannot abuse the lynching of this king. What's more, with Master Zongzheng present, he will definitely not let him come nonsense. ”

"Yo-he!" Wu Yong laughed: "That's right, it seems that you still have a bit of brains!" Don't be fooled and stupid. ”

"What?" Liu Kui was startled, and immediately reacted, this is Wu Yong's agitation method.

"Remember, you, the King of Bohai, have too many lives involved, don't beg for death at will! As soon as you die, your family will suffer, and those subordinates who have followed you for many years will also be implicated. After Wu Yong finished speaking, he turned around and left, and Liu Yan hurriedly followed, leaving Liu Kui standing in place, not knowing what he was thinking.

"This King of Bohai really doesn't know life and death, and he is very naïve! thought that if he stayed in his Bohai Kingdom, others would have nothing to do with him. Out of the mansion of the King of Bohai, Wu Yong complained to Liu Yan.

He was really so naïve by Liu Kui that he was so stupid that he didn't think about how to get through the difficulties, and he relied on his identity to show off his might.

Liu Yan also sighed at this time: "My brother Wang is also spoiled by his brother Emperor Huan, so he is so proud and arrogant, and there is no one in his eyes. Wu Yong shook his head and said, "Although the Son of Heaven does not dare to kill him this time, he will not be easily forgiven." In particular, he offended Wang Fu too harshly, and no one in the court dared to speak for him. Then Wu Yong said: "Liu Tingshi must send someone to watch him, I am worried that he will not be able to stand the stimulation and will choose to commit suicide." ”