None of the princes and kings were willing to speak, and they all hesitated, and they all seemed to be a little reluctant.

But none of them dared to explicitly refuse, after all, Liu Jian was a person who was a fake thrift, and he was fully qualified to attribute the soldiers and horses of all the princes and kings to the pastoral department.

But those who are qualified and qualified, and those who are unwilling are still unwilling in his heart.

The attitude of the five princes and kings was naturally expected by Liu Jian.

But Liu Jian was not in a hurry, he just ordered his steward to fetch a pot of Zhongshan Qing Brew.

Subsequently, I saw Liu Jian personally divide this pot of Zhongshan Qing Brew into six jue.

and his own stewards, who brought to their tables for each prince and king.

Liu Jian took the lead in raising the wine jue and said, "Drink." ”

The princes and kings didn't find out what Liu Jian wanted to play, but it was not good not to drink with him.

So, the five kings raised the wine lord and drank it with Liu Jian.

After putting down the wine jue, he saw Liu Jian sighing: "You really don't hide it, I had a dream yesterday, and I saw the first emperor in a dream." ”

When all the princes and kings heard this, they all knew that the main topic was coming, and they immediately mustered up their spirits and sat upright.

"I don't know what the first emperor said to dream of Yu Envoy?" Anping Wang Liu Xu asked.

"The first emperor asked me, since his death, how has the Han Dynasty changed?"

"I said, now, Yuan Kui is ranked as a Taifu, has recorded Shang Shushi, Yuan Ji is Situ, among the Yuan family, three people have been sent to the state pastor, the rest of the places are too guarded, and there are countless people who have been delegated by the ministers of the court."

Princes and kings, look at me, I look at you, I don't know how to answer.

Liu Jian said to himself: "After I said this, Your Majesty asked me, before he died, he had appointed his relative He Jin as a general, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were both marquis, Jian Shuo was the captain of Xiyuan, and he was crowned with three shepherds, why did he still make the national fortune of the Han family come here?" So that the first emperor's life's efforts were ruined? In this country, is the surname still Liu? ”

This remark cannot be said to be untrue, which made all the princes and kings surnamed Liu present feel ashamed.

But seeing Liu Jian slowly supporting his body with his hands, he said: "I replied to Your Majesty that He Jin in the court was not on good terms with the eunuchs, but united with the Yuan family and changed hands to suppress the imperial power of today's son." ”

"Your Majesty asked me again, He Jin is a relative who is not surnamed Liu, why can't those of us surnamed Liu find a way to unite and maintain the stability of the dynasty?"

"I was so panicked that I couldn't answer, Your Majesty said to me, Liu Deran, you are really useless, I gave you an axe, I let you kill, do you want to look good there?"

When he said this, Liu Jian suddenly stopped talking.

He closed his eyes, held the wine in his hand, and gently slammed the table in front of him.

"Dah."

"Dah."

"Dah."

There was no other sound in the room, only the sound of the wine lord slamming on the shore of the table.

Several princes and kings were frightened by this small voice, and they broke out in a cold sweat.

The threat in these words was naturally something they could hear.

There is a big difference between these princes and kings and the local ministers and taishou.

That is, they have been suppressed for many years, and they are the ones who are often threatened with real power.

People who have been suppressed all year round naturally have a common characteristic.

That is weakness and a weak sense of resistance.

It's not that they're all inherently weak. Rather, it is because these generations have been suppressed that weakness has become a habit.

With this habit engraved in the bones, as long as you scare them with a little side knock, you may get a very different effect.

In the end, Liu Xu, the timid king of Anping, and Liu Zhong, the king of Ganling, couldn't resist the pressure at first.

Both of them have been in power for decades, and they have been suppressed for the longest time, and they are also the most cowardly.

When the Yellow Turbans were together, they directly abandoned the country, and their courage can be imagined.

At that moment, I saw these two stand up directly from their positions and wept bitterly.

"Emperor Xian, I'm sorry to wait for the first! The spirit of the first emperor in heaven cannot rest, it is my fault. ”

The spirits of the other three princes and kings were also very nervous, but now that King Anping and King Ganling were deflated first, it was naturally impossible to continue to hold on.

I saw that King Changshan, King Zhao, and King Hejian also stood up one after another, knelt on the ground, and cried bitterly.

"The first emperor, it's the incompetence of the ministers, and I can't live up to the first emperor's entrustment."

"The subordinates are incompetent!"

"The ministers are willing to go with the first emperor!"

Liu Jian didn't say anything, just quietly watched the five of them perform there.

Liu Jian stood up, came to the front of the princes and kings, and lifted them up from the ground one by one.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't be like this, although we have been, but the first emperor is in the spirit of the sky, and he doesn't want to see us like this, or that sentence, our Liu clan needs to be united, only if we unite as one, can we support this world that belongs to our Liu family, and not be usurped by others."

Hearing this, all the princes and kings nodded their heads and said continuously: "Yes, yes." ”

Liu Jian took some patient persuasion to persuade everyone to return to their positions.

After comforting everyone for a while, Fang listened to Liu Jian slowly said again: "The worries of the kings, Liu Jian knows very well in his heart, the kings are the relatives of the Han family, but for several generations, they are all unwilling, and now they suddenly have the right to build troops, which can be said to be extremely cherished, and they dare not move lightly when they are idle, which I understand very well, put myself in my shoes, and I must have something to think about,"

"However, please think about it, these soldiers and horses are currently supported by your kings by their own goods, and the county and state offices cannot help you raise soldiers, because this will violate the national policy, and there is no such article in the decree of the Han Dynasty."

"However, how long can the kings rely on their own private property and money to support their soldiers?"

"Five years, ten years, twenty years?"

In the end, Liu Jian's gaze began to be a little stern, and he looked at the five princes and kings present.

"As the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, you have empty soldiers in your hands, but there is no food and grass, I think it won't take three years, and you will not be able to continue to raise soldiers,"

"And the elite you have worked so hard to cultivate in the past three years will be accepted into their hands without resistance by the local county and state guards who have been suppressing you."

"I really made a big wedding dress for others."

When all the princes and kings heard Liu Jian say this, they couldn't help but feel inexplicable in their hearts.

Liu Yi, the king of Hejian, said: "The king's words are reasonable, but the current situation is not something that our princes and kings can change. ”

"When the first emperor was alive, he did not grant us the right to open a government and participate in politics, let alone give us money and food to raise soldiers."

"I don't want to pay for it myself, it's hard for me to wait."

Liu Jian nodded and said: "Therefore, if there is no war in the soldiers and horses under your command, sooner or later they will be swallowed up by the ministers of various countries, and now Liu has the right to fake the festival in his hands, and he can mobilize the soldiers and horses at will to quell the rebellion, and the rebellion of the ghost, at this time, if the soldiers and horses in your hands can merge with the state and participate in the war, so that the grain and grass of the counties and countries will naturally have a quota to supply to the kings,"

"As long as the king's generals can participate in the war, and establish meritorious deeds, and have meritorious service as a guarantee, I will submit to Your Majesty again, asking Your Majesty to give the kings a quota of food and salary, and gradually open up the right to govern, wouldn't it be happy?"

"What do you think?"

(End of chapter)