Returning from Guangming Palace, Tianzi Qi didn't have time to rejoice for too long, so he waited for Prime Minister Shen Tujia, Yushi Dafu Tao Qing, and Neishi Chaocuo.

And after the three of them walked into the Xuanshu Palace, Tianzi Qi did not beat around the bush, and with just one word, he set today's topic.

"The Huns have probably been pacified;"

"All kinds of grain, rice, cloth, and Shaofu have not been moved to the Huns."

"If this is the case, it can't stop the Huns from intervening in this rebellion, then I can only prepare to fight on both sides······"

In the calmness, mixed with some humiliation and resentful words, it also provoked the three people in front of the Son of Heaven to nod their heads slowly;

Seeing that Tianzi Qi took a deep breath, tidied up his face a little, and continued: "King Liang, he has also returned to Liang Kingdom. ”

"Next, I'm afraid I have to start calculating, where to start cutting this domain······

As soon as these words came out, the three people sitting in front of Tianzi Qi couldn't help but take a deep breath in unison, and their faces were still quite relaxed, and they all had a grim look.

- Finally, it's still here.

Almost at the same time, he secretly said the same sentence in his heart, and the three people sitting in front of the Son of Heaven couldn't help but have different expressions.

——When the Son of Heaven said the word 'cutting the domain', Prime Minister Shen Tujia's face immediately hung a dignified color;

Although he didn't put on a posture of 'I'm going to rebel when I hear about the cutting of the domain' as usual, he also sat up straight with a solemn face and focused all his attention on the next meeting with a preoccupied attitude.

As for Tao Qing, the imperial historian on Shen Tujia's side, after a short period of distraction, he quickly surrendered his gaze to Chao Cuo on the other side, quite a posture of 'looking at Chao Wrong with the wrong horse'.

It's also commonplace.

——From the day "Cutting the Domain" came out, Tao Qing, the imperial historian, has been the most loyal dog leg of Chao Cuo;

It's just that Tao Qing is a dignified third prince, but he was mistakenly cultivated into a dog's mouth by the internal history of the head of Jiuqing, and I don't know if Tao Qing is really willing, or if Tianzi Qi is coerced and tempted in it······

If among the three people, who reacted the most, it was the original author of "Cutting the Domain": Nei Shi Chao was undoubtedly wrong.

——Almost at the moment when Tianzi Qi said the word 'cutting the domain', Chao Cuo sat up straight suddenly, putting on a high-spirited posture, as if he couldn't speak immediately and make the next plan for Tianzi Qi!

But after Tianzi Qi said the sentence 'where to start', his eyes stayed on Shen Tujia, who was closest to him, for a long time.

After looking at it for a while, and making sure that Shen Tujia didn't mean to speak, Tianzi Qicai chuckled and nodded to Shen Tujia;

Then, Tianzi Qi's solemn gaze moved to Chao Cuo on the side.

"Since "Cutting the Domain" is from the hand of internal history, let's talk about it first."

Before the Son of Heaven Qi's voice fell, he saw that Chao Cuo almost bounced up from his seat, first bowed his hand to the first Son of Heaven Qiyi, and did not forget to bow to Shen Tujia and Tao Qing beside him;

Without waiting for Shen Tujia and Tao Qing to return the salute, he suddenly stretched out his hand and took out a bunch of silk cloth and bamboo slips with black characters written on them from his arms, and piled them up in front of Tianzi Qi.

"Your Majesty!"

"The guilt of all the princes and kings, the ministers have already been put in order!"

"No matter which family Your Majesty wants to start from, the minister can come up with conclusive evidence!!

"—Especially the King of Chu!"

"It is enough to execute the evidence of the crime of Liu Wu, the king of Chu, and the minister can come up with nine kinds!"

"Nine !!"

Dancing and talking, Chao Cuo did not forget to raise his hands, made a 'nine' gesture, and looked at Tianzi Qi in front of him with excitement, and the Prime Minister Shen Tujia on the side.

After Tianzi Qi roughly swept the pile of 'crimes' in front of him, and raised his head with a gloomy face, Chao Cuo slightly lost the joy on his face, and lowered his head a little embarrassed.

I saw Tianzi Qi stretch out his hand, grab one from the pile of 'crimes' in front of him, and while examining it carefully, he didn't forget to say: "Tell me in detail; ”

"Which one to start cutting, which one to end, in the process, which ones to bring together."

Hearing this, Chao Cuo couldn't help but be happy again, but this time he barely held back his joy;

After thinking about it secretly, he was full of resoluteness and surrendered to the Son of Heaven.

"The minister thinks that the four great powers of Yan, Zhao, Wu, and Chu can cut the soil in the name of 'punishing crimes';"

"Especially Chu and Zhao."

"If necessary, even if it is the Liang State, Your Majesty, you can pretend to cut one of its counties······"

"-No!"

Without waiting for Chao Cuo's words to fall, he saw Shen Tujia on the side suddenly let out a hey, and his originally calm face was already instantly filled with anger!

Glared at Chao Cuo viciously, and then forced himself to press it on Chao Cuo's face, and smashed the urge to deliberately punch him, Shen Tu Jia got up angrily and bowed to the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty!"

"- Liang Guo, you must not cut the soil!"

"Don't say it's unnecessary, even if it's necessary, you must not !!"

After speaking, I saw Shen Tujia suddenly turn around and look at his side angrily, with joy still on his face.

"Do you want to be a traitor who buries the Han family and destroys the society!!

"Don't you know the importance of the Liang Kingdom to the court!!

The two roars that did not suppress his anger finally made Chao Cuo's face fade a little more, but he didn't dare to answer Shen Tujia head-on, and only cast his eyes for help to Tianzi Qi in front of him.

But seeing that the Son of Heaven looked at the letter with the word 'King Zhao' written on it in his hand without squinting, he looked at it for a long time before he frowned and raised his head.

looked at Chao Cuo first, and glared with a gloomy look;

Then, the Son of Heaven Qicai painted a faint smile and nodded slowly towards Shen Tujia.

"The pillar of the prime minister's country, with the prime minister here, I don't worry about cutting the domain, which will cause irreparable consequences."

"It is indeed as the prime minister said: Liang Guo, no matter what, cannot be cut;"

"At least until the rebellion is over and the Kwantung region is completely pacified, not a single grass or tree in the Liang State can be tampered with."

Hearing this, Shen Tujia's excited emotions were calmed down, and he turned his head sideways and glared at Chao Cuo again;

After Chao Cuo lowered his head and stopped talking, Liu Qicai withdrew his gaze, picked up a letter with the word 'Yan Wang' written on it, and raised his hand slightly towards Chao Cuo.

"Liang Guo, don't mention the internal history again."

"——In the whole process of promoting "Cutting the Domain", Liang Guo is a vital link."

"The knife of "Cutting the Domain", even if it falls on my head, even if it cuts half of my Guanzhong, it will definitely not cut Liang Country, even an inch of land."

"Neishi, let's talk about a few other countries."

Hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, Chao Cuo had no choice but to give up, and muttered as if he was not giving up: "Your Majesty is gracious; ”

"If it is the "Cutting Domain" and only cutting the other vassal states, it is likely to make them hate the same enemy."

"But if the Liang State is also cut together, it will be able to let the court and His Majesty occupy a righteous ······ that 'treats everyone equally'"

"-Ahh

Without waiting for Chao Cuo's words to fall, he heard Tianzi Qi suddenly let out an extremely deliberate dry cough, and raised his head again, looking at Chao Cuo in front of him gloomily.

When Chao Cuo finally had a lonely expression of 'Okay, the minister won't talk about Liang Guo', and lowered his head again, Tianzi Qicai withdrew his gaze leisurely and knocked his finger on the imperial case in front of him.

It was only at this time that Chao Cuo hurriedly relieved himself again, and subconsciously glanced at Shen Tujia on the side, before continuing to talk about his plan.

"The minister thinks that since the Liang State is not cut, then none of the other vassal states can be left behind!"

"Yan, Dai, and Zhao in the north, and Wu and Chu in the south, all have to cut off at least one county's land before they can ······."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Chao said the wrong words, some impatient expressions surged up again on the face of the Son of Heaven;

It seemed to be casual, and it seemed to be deliberately throwing the bamboo slip in his hand back on the imperial case, and he saw Tianzi Qi look at Chao Wrong in disappointment, so he turned sideways and smiled at Shen Tujia on the other side.

"Let's talk to the prime minister."

"Neishi, I'm afraid I ate too much wine yesterday, and I haven't ······ awake yet."

Hearing Tianzi Qi's heart-wrenching words, and even handed over the right to speak to Shen Tujia, even if Chao Cuo was unwilling, he could only bow his head stupidly, and he didn't dare to look at Tianzi Qi in front of him again.

In front of Tianzi Qi, seeing that Tianzi Qi was not bewitched by Chao Mistake, Shen Tujia's face couldn't help but show a look of relief.

Seeing Shen Tujia smile and shake his head, he bowed to the Son of Heaven again;

When he sat back in his seat, Shen Tujia said that although he was reporting to Tianzi Qi, his eyes full of warning glanced at Chao Cuo on Liu Qi's side from time to time.

"Your Majesty;"

"Yan and Dai, like Liang, must not cut soil."

"——Because as early as the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, the edict of Yan and Dai was for the purpose of resisting the Huns in the north and garrisoning the border wall."

"And now, Your Majesty is about to implement the "Cutting Domain" policy, and the war of the princes' rebellion is about to break out in Kanto;"

"This makes the three kingdoms of Liang, Dai, and Yan extremely important."

"Why?"

As he spoke, Shen Tujia did not forget to glance at Chao Wrong again;

It seemed to be preachy, and he said as if he was disdainful: "Because of the Liang State, for Your Majesty and for the court, you can block the rebels outside Hangu Pass and east of Suiyang." ”

"And the two kingdoms of Yan and Dai can be for Your Majesty and the court, blocking the Huns from the border wall and north ······of the Great Wall."

"In order to ensure that the war will not affect Guanzhong, Liang must always stand on the side of the court;"

"The same reason: in order to ensure that the Huns will not become the second enemy that the court needs to deal with in this war, the two kingdoms of Yan and Dai must also unswervingly stand on the side of the court, for my Han family, and defend the northern border wall."

"—Only in this way can Your Majesty control the scope of this rebellion in the Kanto region;"

"And control the enemies that the court needs to deal with to the extent of 'only clan princes, and no foreign northern barbarians'······"

Hearing this, Tianzi Qicai finally nodded with approval, looked at Shen Tujia with a chuckle, and expressed his respect without hesitation;

After a while, when Tianzi Qi's gaze moved from Shen Tujia to Chao Cuo, the deep gaze became a little complicated.

Although Tianzi Qi did not say a word from beginning to end, it was the gaze that looked at the two of them separately that explained everything.

- Wrong!

- Look at Shen Tujia!

Feeling this intention of Tianziqi, Chao Cuo lowered his head as if he was mourning, and bowed his hand indifferently to Tianziqi, and sat back in his seat in despair.

And Shen Tujia finally withdrew his hostile gaze from Chao Cuo.

After thinking about it secretly, he bowed to the Son of Heaven again.

"Except for the Liang State that guards the gate of Guanzhong, and the two kingdoms of Yan and Dai who garrison the northern border wall, among the remaining clan vassal states, in fact, there are few that urgently need to be cut."

"——Zhao State, although it does not directly border the grassland, but it is also a solid backing for the two kingdoms of Yan and Dai;"

"If there is something wrong with the side wall, Yan and Dai are too busy to take care of themselves, and Zhao can send reinforcements to strengthen the defense line of the north wall."

"When Emperor Taizu Gao, the reason why he gave King Zhao the power to 'command Yan and replace the soldiers when necessary' is precisely for this reason."

"But correspondingly: because of such a huge power, Your Majesty also needs to be more vigilant against the Zhao State, and must not let the King of Zhao participate in this rebellion."

"Because once Zhao participates in the rebellion, it means that there is likely to be a problem with the border wall, and even if the Huns don't plan to come, they are likely to be invited into the border pass by King Zhao;"

"And at that time, with King Zhao personally 'leading the way', no matter how the two kingdoms of Yan and Dai are, they will definitely not be able to resist the Huns going south and participating in this rebellion······"

Hearing Shen Tujia's words, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but let out a long sigh leisurely, and nodded with praise on his face.

For today's Han family, the princes of the clan are indeed a major hidden danger that makes the court like a fish in the throat.

However, the problem of the division of clan relatives and princes is not 'long-standing'.

- If it weren't for this, it would be impossible for Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang to use these Liu clan relatives to be the princes and kings of the Kwantung countries.

In fact, at the very beginning, whether Taizu Liu Bang divided the princes with different surnames, or later suppressed the Kanto region with the princes of the clan, there was only one purpose: to share the pressure of governing the place for the central court and guarding the border passes.

As for the clan princes, they are not losing their tails and supporting their own troops, and it is precisely because of their responsibilities such as 'governing the place' and 'guarding the border passes' that these princes and kings can justifiably hoard soldiers and horses and unscrupulously strengthen themselves.

But in this regard, the Chang'an court has no opposition at all.

- It is you who let us govern the place, not to send officials, and it is you who let us be self-reliant;

- You are the one who let us guard the frontier, and you are the one who does not send an army, and it is you who let us recruit and form an army by ourselves!

Co-authored good words, all of them were told to you in Chang'an court?

So in the final analysis, even now, those Kwantung princes have become big and have long shown their opposites, but the security of the Kwantung region and the border defense pressure in the border areas are still borne by these princes and kings.

In particular, the three kingdoms of Yan, Dai, and Zhao in the north were almost the only resistance force that the Han family could launch in the early days of the Han-Hungarian War.

Therefore, Rao is Tianzi Qi also wanted to cut Yan and Zhao Erguo at one time, and he had to admit: Shen Tujia is right;

In order for the Chang'an court to concentrate on quelling the rebellion after the rebellion broke out, instead of fighting the Huns on the side wall while quelling the rebellion, the three kingdoms of Yan, Dai, and Zhao must be excluded from the scope of the "Cutting Domain".

- At the very least, it has to be temporarily excluded.

Thinking of this, Tianzi Qi nodded again, and his gaze at Shen Tujia gradually took on a little grimness.

"I understand what the prime minister means;"

"If I could, I would definitely try my best to avoid Zhao and participate in this rebellion."

After a deep voice, he saw Tianzi Qi lower his head again, and grabbed a volume of indictments that began with the words 'Liu Wu, King of Chu'.

On his lips, Tianzi Qi didn't forget to ask: "Please tell me about the prime minister, how should the other clan princes deal with it?" ”

Hearing this, Rao knew the situation of the Kanto countries well, and Shen Tujia couldn't help but fall into a long period of thought.

Liang Guo, the last line of defense outside Hangu Pass, cannot be moved;

Yan, Dai, and Zhao are the backbone of resisting the invasion of the Xiongnu, and they must try not to move if they can.

And the rest of the clan princes ······

"Your Majesty."

After thinking about it for a long time, Shen Tujia, who finally came to a conclusion, looked at Tianzi Qi's gaze, and he was full of determination.

"The minister thinks that if the purpose of the "Cutting Domain" is to force a vassal state to rebel······"

"-The only thing that needs to be cut should be Wu Guo!!"

Without hesitation, he said a word, and saw Shen Tujia slowly stand up, ignoring the shocked gazes of Tao Qing and Chao Cuo on the side, and walked in front of Tianzi Qi step by step.

"In the final analysis, there are no more than two kinds of results that "Cutting Domains" wants to achieve."

"—Cutting the territory of the princes and kings, and check the reaction of the princes and kings of the clan."

"If the princes of the clan do not resist, then the power of the princes and kings can be completely weakened by cutting the soil, so that they no longer have the ability to make trouble;"

"If the clan princes rise up to resist, they can completely eradicate the clan princes by quelling the rebellion!"

As the one who said this, Shen Tujia did not forget to turn his head and glanced at Chao Cuo coldly.

"The minister remembers that the internal history said in the "Cutting Domain": Whether or not the feudal domain is cut, the clan princes will rebel;"

"Danchen believes that among the current Kwantung clan princes, the only one who 'will oppose no matter what' is only Liu Bi, the king of Wu."

"——The only person who has the ability to gather the princes of Kwantung and launch a rebellion together is Liu Bi, the king of Wu."

"As the saying goes: hit the snake, hit the seven inches;"

"Capture the thief, capture the king first!"

"Therefore, instead of using a piece of paper to force all the princes in the east to rebel together, it is better for Your Majesty to cut Liu Bi alone."

Whispering, Shen Tujia's grim face was written, and he finally had a tendency to relax a little.

"If even Liu Bi doesn't dare to resist, then in the future, Your Majesty will cut down the other clan princes again, and no one will dare to resist."

"If Liu Bi has the heart to resist, His Majesty has only cut Liu Bi's land;"

"—For other clan princes, not only does Your Majesty not have to cut the soil, but even can promise generous gifts."

"In this way, only Liu Bi is cut down alone, and it is difficult for other clan princes to have the idea of 'rabbit death and fox sadness';"

"As for Liu Bi's proposal to rebel together, basically no one will pay attention to it."

"As long as you can't incite other clan princes, then Liu Bi will be alone and lonely."

"With only one Wu State, even if Liu Bi raises troops to rebel, he will not be able to pose too much threat to the court at all······"

(End of chapter)