Ministers, please answer this question for me, right?

The usual 'question' made the hundreds of people in the hall quietly bow their heads, look at each other left and right, and exchange glances with their colleagues beside them.

In the middle of the Chaoban West Seat, Liu Sheng, who was sitting next to his brother Liu Pengzu, looked around the hall with curiosity and observed everything that was happening in the hall.

- If it were in the past, Liu Sheng would definitely scoff at this kind of hypocritical occasion where he wanted to cover up and didn't talk about something.

But now, he is also going to be the prince, and Liu Sheng is more and more interested in these seemingly hypocritical and contrived things.

Because Liu Sheng knows that at this moment, what is happening in front of his eyes is the political process and normalcy that belong to this era and the central government.

"So, whatever the emperor wants to say, he can't say it himself?"

"But in this way, by asking questions, do you want the courtiers to say what they want to say for themselves······

With such doubts, Liu Sheng couldn't help but straighten his already straight body, stretched his neck, and looked at the empty center of the hall.

Soon, one after another, he walked out of the court class and bowed to the Son of Heaven, which can be said to have opened Liu Sheng's eyes.

"Your Majesty."

"Liu Bi, Liu Wu and other thieves rose up to make trouble, and the war stretched for most of the Kanto;"

"—Indeed, as His Majesty said, it is inevitable that the local people will be poisoned by the flames of war."

"Just as Your Majesty said: For the people affected by the war, all local counties and countries should be properly resettled."

But after the rebellion ended, the land of Wu was given to the current king of Jiangdu; The other sons were also named the King of Linjiang, the King of Hejian, the King of Changshan, the King of Lu, the King of Changsha, the King of Jiaodong, and the King of Jiaoxi. ”

"All the princes were crowned kings in the autumn, except for the three kings of Linjiang, Hejian, and Changshan, the other four have only set off from Chang'an."

"——All the kings have only been crowned kings and vassals, and it is understandable that all the countries have not yet straightened out their domestic affairs, and they have not been able to settle the people under their rule in time and have been affected by the war."

"But if it is those vassal kings who have been crowned kings for many years, but still have not properly settled the people under their rule, especially the displaced people affected by the war, I am afraid that Your Majesty will need to send an envoy to reprimand······

After the question of the Son of Heaven, the first to stand up was Tao Qing, the imperial historian.

Combined with Tao Qing's identity as 'Chao Wrong Horse Boy' and Chao Cuo's label of 'Son of Heaven's Teacher', after Tao Qing's words came out, Tianzi Qi nodded slowly, and everyone in the hall easily understood the meaning of Tianzi Qi.

- Attention!

- I'm going to take the clan princes under the knife!

- But pay attention to the scope, don't get involved with the sons I just sealed!

Knowing this, everyone in the hall lowered their heads again and began to think about whether they should be born or not, and what they should say about their origins.

Taking advantage of everyone's thoughts and words, Tianzi Qi did not forget to speak in person, vaguely emphasizing his intentions.

"What Dr. Yu Shi said makes a lot of sense."

"——Linjiang, Hejian, Changshan, Lu, Jiangdu, Changsha, Jiaodong, Jiaoxi Eight Kings, all of which were edicted by the Queen Mother in the autumn."

"The three kings of Linjiang, Hejian, and Changshan, who set off earlier, have just arrived in the feudal country for more than a month, and even the palace has not yet been built;"

"The kings of Lu, Jiangdu, and Jiaoxi, who set off later, only arrived in Fengguo in early September;"

"The king of Changsha, because of the long distance, is still on the road; King Jiaodong, because he was too young, was left in Chang'an by me······"

With a face as usual, he emphasized, 'Don't get involved with my sons', and then saw Tianzi Qi exhale a little, and his face was also correct.

"What about the other kings?"

"King Yan, King Dai, King Qi, King Chu, King Liang, and the kings of Qi and Huainan, how did they do it?"

"Have they properly settled the people under their rule, those affected by the war, and have not lived up to the entrustment of Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Taizong Xiaowen???

The question of pretending to be puzzled finally made everyone in the hall raise their heads in unison, and their eyes were invariably scattered to Chaoban Xixi, who was making a mistake in the internal history of 'bowing their heads and contemplating'.

Today's great ceremony, the Son of Heaven is going to take the princes of the clan at the beginning, and everyone in the palace is clear.

- This is the follow-up to "Cutting the Domain"!

It is a supplementary clause that will inevitably follow the repression by force.

But under the gaze of hundreds of eyes in the hall, Chao Cuo, but he did not get up resolutely as usual.

got up and replied 'The one inspired by the Son of Heaven is still the Imperial Doctor: Kaifeng Hou Taoqing······

"Chao Wrong ······"

"—Are you smart?"

"I know that I can't do anything, I should charge forward in person, but I should let Ma Zai come forward, and I will be in the background and control the overall situation?"

"Tao Qing's dog's leash should also be back in Chao Cuo's hands, right?"

Liu Sheng said jokingly, which caused Liu Pengzu on the side to chuckle and shake his head.

And in the center of the hall, Tao Qing, the imperial historian who got up again, only bowed to the Son of Heaven again.

"Your Majesty."

"Last year's rebellion, although it was widespread, did not spread to the entire Kanto region."

"——The Yan Kingdom and the Dai Kingdom in the north were not affected by the war at all;"

"As for the Zhao State, although it experienced a short period of turmoil because of the wolf ambitions of Liu Sui, the king of Zhao, it quickly settled down under the suppression of Qu Zhouhou."

"Therefore, in the three kingdoms of Yan, Dai, and Zhao in the north, there was no situation where the people were displaced and the county was improperly resettled······"

The sonorous and powerful words can be regarded as narrowing the scope of the hundred officials again: the three kingdoms of Yan, Dai, and Zhao are not within the scope of this attack!

In this way, the only ones left are the Qi line headed by Liu Jianglu, the king of Qi, the Huainan line headed by Liu An, the king of Huainan, and Liu Li, the king of Chu, who has just been crowned;

and······

"Changle Palace Guard Zhang Yu, Your Majesty!"

After a short silence, a high-pitched prayer sounded, transmitting the 'voice' of the Empress Dowager of the East Palace to this great ceremony.

"Last year's rebellion, King Liang, has been defending against the rebels in Suiyang!"

"At that time, Chen was a lieutenant of Liang Guo;"

"After the Marquis of Gong Gao attacked Huaisikou and the rebels immediately dispersed, the minister spent a lot of time to clear the rout in the territory of Liang."

"It wasn't until the autumn that the rebels of the Liang State were routed and finally cleaned up."

As early as the end of the rebellion, the king of Liang heard that the people in the country were starved and unclothed because of the war, so he had already ordered: open the treasury of the Liang country, provide relief and resettle the victims."

"Half a month ago, King Liang received news again in Chang'an, learning that the victims of Liang had not been properly resettled, and he had hurriedly bid farewell to the Queen Mother and His Majesty."

"In order to personally return to Liang State, to question those officials who are ineffective, and to personally preside over the resettlement of disaster victims and displaced people."

The firm words provoked everyone in the hall to look sideways, and each of them scattered their admiring eyes to Zhang Yu's burly and tall back.

- Even if he has entered the court as an official, Zhang Yu's loyalty to Liu Wu, the king of Liang, still does not seem to have weakened in the slightest;

And after Zhang Yu, another figure of 'rising from the ground' made everyone in the hall fall into a short period of confusion.

"The crown prince and the prince Wei Qi's marquis Dou Ying, start your majesty."

"Last year's rebellion was led by Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and Liu Wu, the king of Chu, and the thieves and followers."

"After the rebellion was quelled, Liu Bi's state of Wu was given to the current king of Jiangdu;"

"Jiaodong, Jiaoxi and other countries that are all thieves are also free sons Liu Duan and sons Liu Yu are kings."

"—And the state of Chu of Liu Wu, the king of Chu, was divided into two parts, Lu Di, and was given to the son Liu Yu, called King Lu; The land of Chu was given to Liu Li, the son of King Yuan of Chu, and was still called King of Chu. ”

"Today's Liu Li, the king of Chu, although he is not the heir of His Majesty, but like all his sons, he has just been crowned."

"For the disaster victims and displaced people in the Chu State, the king of Chu has not been able to properly resettle, I am afraid, it is also because of the fact that he was sealed for a short time······"

Following Zhang Yu as Liu Wu, the king of Liang, Dou Ying stood up again and excluded Liu Li, the king of Chu who had just been crowned, from the list of strikes this time.

And there is no doubt that Zhang Yu and Dou Ying exonerated Liu Wu, the king of Liang, and Liu Li, the king of Chu, both of which were instructed by the Empress Dowager Dou.

This made everyone in the hall feel a little puzzled······

"Remove the newly crowned prince, the Yan Dynasty Zhao in the north, and the Liang Chu ······ in the south"

"The rest of ······"

"——Father, is this going to focus on the Qi and Huainan families?"

Regarding Liu Sheng's doubts, Liu Pengzu obviously also thought so;

Even most of the people in the hall felt a little confused by Tianzi Qi's actions.

Today's Kanto, from north to south, Yan, Dai, Zhao, Qi, Chu, Liang six large countries;

In addition, Changshan, Hejian, and Linjiang of the Qi-Zhao generation, Jiaodong and Jiaoxi of Qidi, Jinan, Jibei, Chengyang, and Suchuan;

Huainan, Hengshan, and Lujiang in Huainan, Changsha in the south, and Jiangdu in Wudi······

Together, large and small, no more, no less, exactly twenty clan vassal states.

And today, the Son of Heaven almost 'expressly' the hundred officials, intending to take the princes of the clan, but as a result, he said, 'Don't touch my son', and eight of the twenty vassal states were excluded;

In the remaining twelve miles, Empress Dowager Dou spoke again: Liu Wu, the king of Liang, can't move, and Liu Li, the king of Chu, can't move;

The ministers also acquiesced: Yan and Dai in the north shoulder the responsibility of garrisoning the border wall, and they cannot move.

Then remove the vacant throne and leave it to Liu Pengzu, as well as the king of Suchuan and the king of Jinan, who committed suicide in shame because they participated in the rebellion······

The last six are the three kings of the Huainan system and the surviving three kings of the Qi line······

"Your Majesty, do you want to kill the Qi Department and the Huainan Department?"

"Probably not, right?"

"-King Qi, didn't you raise an army?"

"——The three kings of the Huainan system did not oppose, and Liu Bo, the king of Hengshan, came to Chang'an in person to prove his innocence?"

"This ······"

For a while, everyone in the hall looked at me, I looked at you, and on each other's faces, they all saw a trace of worry without exception.

The Qi and Huainan systems are indeed the main unstable factors of the Han family in the past few decades, except for Liu Bi, the king of Wu.

However, the reason why these two veins can become unstable factors can also be said to be the 'historical legacy problem' during the reign of the first emperor.

- The Qi lineage, at the beginning of the succession of the first emperor, was divided into seven based on the Qi state, and each was sealed and appeared with the descendants of Liu Fei, the king of Hui;

And the reason why the first emperor did this, in addition to dismembering the Qi State through Tui'en, also had the consideration of making up for the Qi mourning King Hui's lineage.

Because Liu Fei, the king of Qi Mourning, is the eldest son of Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang and the eldest brother of Emperor Xiaohui Liu Ying.

In addition, the first emperor came to Chang'an from Daiguo and succeeded to the throne smoothly, which also somewhat meant that he 'robbed Liu Xiang, the king of Qi'.

As for the Huainan system, although the situation is not more complicated than that of the Qi system, it is also because of a very sensitive matter.

- Liu Chang, King of Huainan, as the only surviving younger brother of the first emperor when he succeeded to the throne, was finally forced to death by the first emperor······

Therefore, after Liu Chang's death, the first emperor divided it into three based on Huainan Kingdom, and made Liu Chang's three sons kings.

In other words: the existence of the Qi system is because the first emperor 'robbed' the throne of the Qi line;

And the existence of the Huainan system is because the first emperor 'killed' Liu Chang, the king of Huainan.

From the perspective of normal people, the reason why these two veins have become the 'confidants' of the Han family is because the first emperor Liu Heng owes these two clansmen;

But on the other hand: it is precisely because of the debt to these two veins that the first emperor was unable to be ruthless against these two veins, which eventually led to these two veins becoming more and more arrogant, and in the end, became a big problem for the Han family.

And now, Tianzi Qi, who calmed down Wu Chu's might, seems to want to end this cycle.

The Son of Heaven seems to want to completely ban the Qi and Huainan systems to prevent future troubles.

Yes, in the hearts of the courtiers and officials, it was only a taste for a while······

"So, what do you mean by the princes that only the kings of the Qi and Huainan clans are obviously capable of properly relocating the disaster victims and displaced people, but they have not done so?"

"I, should I blame the six kings of the Qi and Huainan lines for this matter?"

In the silence, the deep voice of Tianzi Qi sounded, making everyone in the hall raise their heads with mixed tastes;

Looking at Tianzi Qi's gaze, he clearly wanted to say something, but because of various concerns, he didn't know how to speak.

Seeing everyone's concerns, Tianzi Qi frowned thoughtfully, and slowly got up from the imperial couch.

Putting his hands behind his back, he paced two steps to one side, and said to himself in embarrassment, "It won't be like this, right?" ”

"I remember last year's rebellion, although the King of Qi had promised Liu Wei earlier that he would raise troops together to fight the rebellion·····"

"—but in the end, isn't it still the opposite?"

"Liu An, the king of Huainan, although he originally wanted to start an army, but in the end, he was not stopped by Minister Zhang Shizhi?"

"There is also the King of Chengyang, even if he raised a soldier, he was just coerced by Wu thief Zhou Qiu;"

"Liu Zhi, the king of Jibei, like the king of Huainan, wanted to raise an army, but was stopped by his own Lang Zhongling······"

···

"Among the six kings, there are only four who have wanted to raise an army, or have tried to raise an army."

"——Among the remaining two, Liu Bo, the king of Hengshan, adhered to his heart and came to Chang'an in person to apologize to me."

"Now, these six kings turn a blind eye to the situation of the disaster victims and displaced people in the country, and it is indeed undeserved."

"But should I treat these six kings harshly because of this?"

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you really think that I should do this???

It seems to be heartbroken, but in fact, it is pressing step by step, and I can't wait to shout out directly, 'Hurry up and say yes!' The words only made hundreds of figures in the hall bow their heads in unison.

Especially when I recalled Fang Cai, Tianzi Qi's sentence 'The six kings of the Qi and Huainan systems had tried to make trouble only the four people', everyone's faces were even more blushing······

Don't talk about it, let's just talk about the Qi department, there were originally seven kings of Qi, Jinan Jibei, Jiaodong Jiaoxi, and Chengyang of Suchuan, but there were four people who directly participated in the rebellion, and now they are dead in the country!

The surviving kings of Qi, Jibei, and Chengyang, one regretted not raising troops in battle, and the other was placed under house arrest by his subordinates and failed to raise troops;

The only remaining lone seedling, Liu Xi, the king of Chengyang, originally did not plan to raise troops, but was defeated by the traitor Zhou Qiu and was helplessly coerced······

The Huainan system is better, one of the three kings is loyal, and the other is duty;

Liu An, the only king of Huainan who wanted to raise troops, was also coaxed and deceived by Minister Zhang Shizhi to surrender the military power.

But after Tianzi Qi's strange words, even if the hundred officials were awkward in their hearts, they could no longer say a word of intercession for the Huainan and Qi families······

- If today, the Son of Heaven Qizhen's head is slapped and all the Qi and Huainan systems are banned, then these two families can only be blamed, which is really outrageous.

ten kings, four raised an army, and four intended to raise an army;

Of the four who intended to raise troops, two were surrendered by their ministers······

"It's your own fault······"

"Alas······"

"It's just that the poor King Qi mourns King Hui and King Huainan Li, and he wants to cut off the incense from now on······"

Sighing like this, the courtiers and officials shook their heads and sighed, and secretly made up their minds.

- If the Son of Heaven Qizhen wants to be in the Qi system at the bottom of the canal and the Huainan system, the big guy will persuade him a little, and then go down the slope and get off the donkey······

These two families are superb, and it is really difficult to save the immortals······

While the ministers and officials made up their minds, Liu Sheng frowned, and his mind was running rapidly.

——Everything that happened today made Liu Sheng have an indescribably strange feeling!

- Liu Sheng, it seems that he vaguely touched something, but he couldn't catch it!

Liu Sheng is very sure that he is very close to the 'truth', very close to the true purpose of the Son of Heaven!

It's just ······

"Cutting the Domain, Pushing the Favor ······"

"Qi system, Huainan system ······"

"Princes rebelled, armed suppression ·····"

"Cutting the ······ of the Domain"

"Seize power ······"

"The ········· of settling accounts after the autumn"

There was a murmur that didn't match the preface and the afterword, which only caused Liu Pengzu to turn sideways in confusion;

After a while, Liu Sheng, who finally understood the key point, got up from his seat with a confident smile and under Liu Pengzu's dumbfounded gaze.

"Childe wins?"

Almost the moment he got up, Liu Sheng gathered hundreds of eyes in the hall on his body.

Everyone in the temple seemed unwilling to miss what was about to happen.

——Gongzi Sheng, the first 'voice' made above the court ceremony of the Xuanmuro Palace······

It was under the spotlight that Liu Sheng stepped forward confidently.

turned sideways, raised his head, and then bowed his hand to the Son of Heaven on the royal couch······

"Son's minister, play the father!"

The first update

(End of chapter)