"Boom!"

The purple and blue thunder pierced the cloudy sky, becoming the only bright color between heaven and earth, and the deafening sound of thunder could come.

"Click."

The wind swept up the thick branches of the trees, and the majestic rain poured down, and the water volume of the rivers in Jiujiang Guozhong soared instantly, and the dirt roads in the country were full of mud that was difficult to walk.

Jiujiang Palace.

Liu Qi looked at the rumbling rain outside the window, feeling a little unwell and depressed, even though he had been here for a short time, he still couldn't accept it.

Today's Jiujiang State is not a land of outstanding people in later generations, but a land full of miasma, although it was included in the sphere of influence of Zhuxia as early as the time of Chu State, and the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty have established ruling institutions here, but to tell the truth, if it is simply calculated by population, this is not a solid and inseparable territory of Zhuxia.

There are many mountainous areas in Jiujiang country, and a large number of indigenous people live in the mountains.

Hundreds of years ago, the state of Chu and the state of Wu fought here, frantically grabbing people from those slightly flat areas as cannon fodder, causing the barbarians to flee to the mountains, and even now they don't know that the outside is already the world of the Han Dynasty.

Although the Han Dynasty set up counties here, it mainly built some large cities in the plains, and the land opened up was around the cities, and there were not even straight roads between the large and small towns, and there were countless natives living between the cities, which was quite similar to the era of the city-states hundreds of years ago, and the situation in the Central Plains that went deep into the villages.

This is why Luo's has been tirelessly moving people to the south, in fact, gradually filling the areas with empty populations, as he did in the Central Plains in the past.

"Tuk-tuk."

In the pouring rain, there was a knock on the door, and then I saw a maid dressed quite coolly walked into the dormitory, and said, "The king, the master asks to see you." ”

Liu Qiyan sighed in his heart when he heard this, such a heavy rain, what is Taifu doing here?

"Hurry up and ask Taifu to come in."

The prince of Jiujiang walked into the hall, took off the rain robe, the rain on the robe flowed down to the ground, and instantly became wet, he walked into the inner hall, and said directly after bowing slightly: "The king, Your Majesty is in Changle Palace Bintian, the crown prince is the emperor under the witness of the ministers, and the emperor's seal tells the world, and in front of the tomb of King Su, he is called the son of the summer, and the seal of the country is told to the world." ”

"Boom!"

Another thunderous sound that shook the sky.

"Boom!"

The beautiful jade in Liu Qi's hand fell to the ground in an instant, and the light of lightning reflected on his face, making his pupils more and more blue and dark.

He closed his eyes slightly, a little unwilling to believe this cruel fact, his younger brother still ascended the throne after all.

He's a complete loser.

"Taifu, you braved such a big storm to come, not only to tell the widow the news, but also to tell the news, will it be worse than this news?"

Listening to Liu Qi's somewhat hoarse voice, Wang Taifu was also a little sad, but still said: "Chang'an has a will, and now the angel is outside, specially arranging for you to enter Beijing, saying that the Queen Mother misses you very much."

He also said that His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and after thinking about it, only you are the closest person to him, so I very much hope that you can go to Chang'an City and share your joy with you. ”

"Too much deception!"

The expression on Liu Qi's face was a little unbearable, he never imagined that Liu Che would humiliate himself like this and let him go to Chang'an to congratulate him on his ascension to the throne?

It's better to kill him directly!

I really don't blame Liu Qi for not being able to hold back, what is the difference between this and Huang Mao showing off your wife's true run in front of the bitter master?

Wang Taifu was also angry, but there was no way, the emperor even took out the queen mother, if he didn't go, he would have to bear the reputation of unfilial piety, so he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

Liu Qi asked, "When does the will say to leave?" The widow must prepare a great gift for His Majesty. ”

Listening to Liu Qi's gritted teeth, Wang Taifu said in a low voice: "Set off immediately." ”

？

Liu Qi thought he had heard it wrong, and set off immediately in this weather?

Wang Taifu said in a low voice: "What the will says is that no matter what, set off immediately, the Queen Mother and Your Majesty miss the king, and they are not willing to wait for a moment." ”

Suddenly there was a commotion outside the hall, and those noisy voices could be faintly heard saying, "Isn't the King of Jiujiang ready?" Don't let the Queen Mother and Her Majesty wait, let's leave quickly, isn't this a great joy? ”

The voice is not loud or small, just enough for Liu Qi to hear, these people are all guilty and very bold, so they dare to make such a loud noise in the Jiujiang Palace.

……

"Report!"

"Report!"

The piercing voice pierced the calm of Chang'an City, and then came all the way to the imperial city, and the messenger went all the way to Changle Palace.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Shou, the Marquis of Quyang, and the Marquis of Gu'an jointly signed a letter, the King of Jiujiang raised the army of the kingdom and turned his back on the imperial court, and the three marquis have each led the private army of the Hou State to recruit the people of the Hou State to block the march route of the King of Jiujiang."

One by one, important ministers of the court came to Changle Palace, and most people didn't care too much about the rebellion of King Jiujiang.

The parallel of counties and states practiced by the Han court is slightly different from that in history, which is the parallel way of counties and states in which land is actually granted and princes are ruled by princes.

The princes of those princes had a lot of power, and they were almost equivalent to the lords of the Bangzhou period.

But there is a price to take these fiefdoms, that is, to defend the land for the emperor, for example, the rebellion of the King of Jiujiang, for example, the rebellion of the Southwest Yi before, must be defended.

If you hold on, even if you die heroically, the court will reward your heirs for inheritance, and even directly change you to a richer and higher-class county, but if you surrender or flee directly, it will be in addition to the country and seize the title, be demoted to a concubine, or even exile to Lingnan to re-open up.

The rebellion in the southwest was so big before, but the princes in the southwest resisted desperately, and even two princes died directly in the battle, because of the existence of this policy.

Although Liu Qi is the king of Jiujiang, on the surface, the entire Jiujiang County is within his rule, but in fact it is not the case, there are many princes in his kingdom, and these princes are blocked in the throat of the kingdom, like a sharp sword, making the princes and kings breathless.

Of course, the strength of the princes and kings is still above the liehous, after all, it is not only necessary to prevent the princes and kings from rebelling, but also to prevent the rebellion of the princes and county guards with foreign surnames, which is both directions.

Hearing the news of the rebellion of the King of Jiujiang, Liu Che did not get angry, but asked with a puzzled face: "Ladies and gentlemen, why did the King of Jiujiang rebel?" I don't understand. ”

The ministers look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to say, it doesn't seem strange that the king of Jiujiang rebels or not.

But at this time, there seemed to be something wrong, someone quietly glanced at the emperor above, and then did not speak, the emperor did not do anything excessive.

Seeing this, Liu Che said: "I see that there is a problem with the land of Jiujiang, in the past when Emperor Gao, the king of Jiujiang rebelled, and then the king of Huainan Xiang died, and the court pushed the grace and divided the Huainan country into four, the king of Huainan founded a country in Jiujiang County, but the result was a conspiracy to rebel, so the country was removed, and the first emperor sealed the imperial brother to the Jiujiang country, but I didn't expect the king of Jiujiang to rebel in the same way."

Is this an accident?

I don't think so, when the rebellion of the king of Jiujiang is pacified, Jiujiang will be divided into counties, and the king will no longer set up a kingdom in the future. ”

The ministers have no opinion on Liu Che's words, the county and the country are parallel, the county can change the country, and the country can become the county, it all depends on the meaning of the court.

"Send troops to the country of Jiujiang and bring the king of Jiujiang back, and I want to ask him why he rebelled."

Liu Che said lightly, the ministers looked at this rather young emperor and had a little understanding of his temperament, this is a monarch who is different from Emperor Wen.

……

Jiujiang country.

"King, the vanguard army has been defeated again, and the cities occupied since the army have basically been lost, and we may be about to fail."

Liu Qi looked at the gradually eroding situation, and there was no despair, he had not even been able to fight Jiujiang National High School since he started his army.

Because it was not only the princes of Jiujiang County who were hostile to him, after receiving the order to quell the rebellion, the princes and princes of the neighboring countries also began to target him.

For the princes and kings, you can show loyalty to the court, after all, the princes and kings will continue to be replaced, and the new emperor will have a prince in the future, and he feels that they have no merit, what if they are replaced?

For the princes, the new emperor succeeds to the throne, and he must behave well, maybe he will be promoted by the emperor, from the local town guard to Chang'an, and serve as the general of the forbidden army, and the power will be strong for a while.

When he first arrived, his foundation was already unstable, and it was normal to have the current situation, "Failure is normal, as long as the court does not make mistakes, and the emperor does not make mistakes, how can the princes and kings be the opponents of the court?"

The reason for the widow to raise an army is to tell the people of the world that even though the court has a million troops, and the widow only has this Jiujiang and one county, he is still arrogant, and the king cannot be humiliated! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a crossbow arrow coming straight towards the door in front of him, Liu Qi could only stop talking and hurriedly said, "General save me!" ”

"Boom!"

The crossbow bolts were heavily nailed to the big shield, and the shield hit by the huge strength trembled, and Liu Qi slowly let out two breaths.

Suddenly, there was a strange tranquility on the noisy battlefield.

"The imperial court has a decree to capture the king of Jiujiang alive, ordinary sergeants are examined as Lang, and those who have knighthoods and official positions will be promoted to three levels in a row!"

Liu Qiqing heard this sentence clearly, and a sneer flashed on his face.

If you are defeated and you are just dead, how can you be captured alive?

———

The people have songs, and the king of Jiujiang Li said: "A foot of cloth can still be sewn; A bucket of millet is still acceptable. The two brothers are incompatible. ”

Honestly. - "Historical Records: The Biography of King Li of Jiujiang"

I don't know if Huo Qu's illness is still 。。。。。。

(End of chapter)