Zhang Ao's abolition of the throne is not unjust, and it is also a good thing that he can be freed from the hot throne. Among the princes with different surnames, with his talents, it was a matter of time before he was deposed. Now that it has been abolished, you can still get a Hou Ye to do it, and if it is a little later, I am afraid that it will be difficult to keep a whole corpse.

can only say that Liu Bang's bad intentions have done good things, if he thinks that he is preparing for Zhang Ao's rainy day, it will be too much to promote Liu Bang's character.

Everything he did can be understood as paternal love!

Among Liu Bang's eight sons, the prince Liu Ying is the second, born to Lv Hou, although Liu Ying has resolute and courageous parents, perhaps because he was kicked out of the sequelae by Liu Bang when he was a child, Liu Ying does not have a resolute and courageous gene, in Liu Bang's impression, his son is very benevolent and weak, not like himself at all, and besides, Liu Ying's biological mother Lv Hou fell out of favor because of old age. Therefore, Liu Bang does not like the prince.

The emperor does not like the crown prince, and this will cause a very serious problem!

In ordinary people's families, it is not uncommon for a father to dislike a certain son, so there is no big problem, it is nothing more than that when the family property is divided, it is just a little less and a little more. But if it is in the royal family, this is a big problem, the prince as the heir of the country, the followers are naturally in groups, if the emperor does not like the prince, then it is possible to change the establishment, and the establishment is easy to say, but if you really want to move, it is not easy. It is not uncommon for large-scale bloody clashes to erupt in violent movements.

This matter, the emperor did it, and it was not easy for him. To put it bluntly, in fact, behind the abolition of the crown prince, there is still a struggle for power.

The idea of changing the crown prince has not been in Liu Bang's mind for a day or two, of course, the formation of this idea has something to do with a woman's efforts.

A woman who is extremely beautiful and sings.

She is the most favored woman in Liu Bang's life - Mrs. Qi.

In addition to being able to please Liu Bang, Mrs. Qi is also very competitive, and she gave birth to Liu Bang's third son, the current Zhao King Liu Ruyi. As Liu Ruyi grows up day by day, Liu Bang finds that there are many shadows of himself in this son, such as being smart and naughty and not following the rules, isn't this Liu Bang when he was a teenager?

Fathers like to be like their sons.

Whether it is relatives or friends, the law of gathering people by similar objects can be applied. Although Liu Ruyi was named the king of Zhao, Liu Bang still kept him by his side, cultivated him wholeheartedly, and cultivated hard.

In his heart, this son is the future prince.

Liu Bang's favoritism fueled Mrs. Qi's arrogance and deepened Empress Lu's fear.

The contest between Mrs. Qi and Empress Lu has become white-hot in the harem.

If the court is a man's battlefield, then the harem is a woman's battlefield.

And the battlefield of women, the same bloody and cruel.

The first half of Empress Lu's life was not happy.

A young lady from a privileged family is married to an idle man. Not a few years, Liu Bang fell into the grass again, she lived in fear all day long, finally, Liu Bang became a prince, but she became a captive, living a day without a day, and after reuniting with her husband, she suddenly found that her husband no longer belonged to her alone, there were countless beauties around him, and there were groups of beauties, and what made her saddest was that her husband was infatuated with other women, and she was suffering from neglect day and night, she was helpless, she was very lonely, she was even desperate, fortunately, She also has a pair of lovely and filial children, she pins all her hopes on them, and she gives them all her love. However, even so, there are still people who want to rob her, snatch her last everything, and rob her tomorrow!

She lives in great pain and fear every day, and if she could turn back time, she would rather choose the love of husband and wife, the quiet life of male ploughing and female weaving.

Unfortunately, there is never a way to go back in time.

Her heart finally became extremely cruel and twisted in the midst of great torment.

She vows that if one day, she is still alive, she will definitely make the woman who snatched her husband worse than dead.

No one is born cruel, and cruelty is often the beginning of tragedy.

Mrs. Qi has always been just a simple woman, she is a happy woman, she has collected thousands of favors in her life, enjoyed all the glory and wealth, and God has treated her well, and also gave her hope for the future. If she were the only woman in the harem, she, Liu Bang and their son would be the happiest family of three in the world.

Watching her son grow up little by little, Mrs. Qi's heart was full of happiness, like all mothers, she began to look forward to her son's future, and she began to plan her son's future.

She hopes that her son is not just a king, she hopes that he can become the future son of heaven and bring her unsurpassed glory.

She kept blowing the wind in her ears to Liu Bang.

Even the most determined man can't withstand the repeated appeals of the beloved woman. He began to think about a way to change the crown prince.

Liu Bang knew that the change of the crown prince was a great matter, and if it was not handled carefully, it would inevitably cause a big shock in the court, and this was the last thing Liu Bang wanted to see.

He began to show his favor for Liu Ruyi unreservedly in front of many ministers, and his dissatisfaction with Liu Ying asked the ministers who supported the prince to figure it out for themselves, reversed their attitude towards the prince, and turned to King Zhao.

But he underestimated the ministers, and there were not many people who bought his account!

He decided to find a suitable opportunity to throw it out during the court meeting and make some temptations.

Liu Bang's decision to discuss the abolition of the crown prince reached the ears of Empress Lu.

Empress Lu fell into extreme panic. She has fallen out of favor with Liu Bang, and if she doesn't even have the status of the crown prince, then she will have nothing at all.

No, no! Fight back! Empress Lu calmed down in fright.

She began to act in secret, mobilizing all forces to protect the prince, and she went around to win over ministers and make wings for the prince.

To her relief, the important ministers of the court all fell to the side of the prince.

In the tenth year of Gaozu (198 BC), Liu Bang officially threw out a proposal to change the crown prince in the court.

After a short silence among the ministers, it was like a frying pan in the court.

The attitude of the important ministers was very clear, they believed that the crown prince was the foundation of the country and could not be replaced. Of course, although the courtiers who support the abolition of the crown prince are not important ministers, they are not a few.

Seeing that most of the elders of the important ministers were opposed, Liu Bang's face turned pale, and it was not easy to attack for a while.

The ministers held their own opinions, and suddenly began to argue like fire and water, the huge court was full of people, and the people with rough personalities actually began to push again, seeing this situation, Liu Bang seemed to have returned to the years when the etiquette was not in order.

At this time, Imperial Doctor Zhou Chang jumped out and shouted, and suddenly quieted down. The ministers stared at Zhou Chang, waiting for him to speak. Everyone knows that Zhou Chang is a person who usually doesn't speak much, but he is a courtier who dares to argue with the emperor. What he wants to identify, even if the knife is on his neck, he will fight to the end, without giving in, often fighting for a red face, a thick neck, and a knot in his tongue, and he will not change his position.

Moreover, he is in charge of supervision, and the officials are all respectful and afraid of him, and Xiao He and Chen Ping also want to give him a little thin face.

Liu Bang is both jealous and respectful of him.

But Zhou Chang has a problem, this problem doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, but the ghost makes the gods play a role, his problem is that he talks too quickly, and he stutters.

The second eldest of the hundred officials came out to speak, and everyone naturally had to listen to his high opinions, so the originally noisy court was suddenly silent.

Zhou Chang saw that the hundred officials were arguing, and he was already anxious, and he stuttered in a hurry, and he said: The minister... Mouth... I can't say it, but the minister's period... Time limit... Know it! His Majesty wants to abolish the crown prince, and the minister's period... Time limit... No edicts!

He stammered, said two sentences with great difficulty, and his face was red, which immediately amused everyone, and suddenly, there was a burst of laughter in the hall.

In such a pleasure, the unhappiness caused by the dispute immediately disappeared. Liu Bang saw that so many people were opposed, and I am afraid that he would not be able to make a resolution for a while, so it is better to think about it in the long run.

The matter is put aside for the time being.

Empress Lu, who was extremely nervous in the East Chamber, finally breathed a sigh of relief. After the court meeting, Empress Lu intercepted Zhou Chang, and he didn't care about the identity of the queen, so he knelt down to thank Zhou Chang.

Empress Lu's kneeling is sincere, her situation is so bad! Zhou Changneng desperately admonished in court with "not obeying the edict" to resolve this crisis, and it is not too much to kneel once! If it weren't for him, the prince would have been replaced, and once the prince was replaced, it would be difficult to protect the next position.

Empress Lu is a woman who can bend and stretch.

Zhou Chang is not a princeling, the reason why he tried to protect the prince is from the conscience of a minister, in his eyes, the replacement of the prince will undoubtedly shake the foundation of the country, and the prince is not at fault.

In the harem, the competition between Empress Lu and Mrs. Qi is already well known.

Although Liu Bang stood on Mrs. Qi's side, he knew very well in his heart that Empress Lu's scheming was far from being comparable to Mrs. Qi, once he took power a hundred years later, Empress Lu took power, and the fate of Mrs. Qi and Liu Ruyi would be difficult to say!

However, in addition to making Liu Ruyi the crown prince, he really couldn't think of any good way to protect their mother and son, and it was inconvenient to tell the important ministers who supported the prince, so he couldn't help but sigh and worry.

Liu Bang's thoughts were seen by the young Fuxi Yushi Zhao Yao, who pondered it carefully and thought of a plan that could not only cater to his wishes, but also kill two birds with one stone and make a fortune.

He asked Liu Bangdao: Your Majesty, what you are worried about, the minister understands, as long as you arrange for King Zhao to be a minister of state who is feared by Empress Lu, the prince and the ministers, King Zhao will be safe and sound!

Reasonable! Does Aiqing have a recommended candidate? Liu Bang's eyes lit up.

Master Zhou Chang, the Imperial Doctor!

Liu Bang slapped his thigh after hearing this, and praised Zhao Yao.

Soon, Liu Bang didn't care whether he was happy or not, and issued an edict to entitle Zhou Chang as the prime minister of Zhao Guo, assisting King Zhao, and Zhao Yao was promoted to the post of imperial historian.

In this way, Zhou Chang is equivalent to saying that he was demoted to an official for no reason, but Liu Bang can't take care of it much for the sake of his son, who called you a courtier? If you are paid, you will have to work hard!

In order to better understand Zhao Yao's promotion, let's first understand the bureaucratic system of the Imperial History Mansion.

The Imperial History Department is in charge of supervision, and they are vertical units, that is, the branches of the whole country are not managed by the local government, but are directly managed by the Imperial History Observatory, and their main functions are equivalent to the current people's procuratorate. But at that time, they had more authority than the procuratorate.

The leader in charge of the Imperial History Mansion is the Imperial Historian, and the Prime Minister and the Taiwei are called the Three Princes. In addition to being in charge of supervision, the imperial historian also participates in the government affairs, the so-called "discussion of major policies, must be the prime minister's imperial history". The function of the Imperial Historian is the Deputy Prime Minister, and it can also be understood in this way, the Imperial Historian is equivalent to the first vice premier who is now also the Supreme People's Inspector General, and the Imperial Historian is the second-in-command of the imperial court, and there is also an advantage, many prime ministers are first to be the Imperial Historian, and then promoted to the Prime Minister.

The second echelon of the imperial history system is the imperial history of Cheng and the imperial history of the middle of the city, so it is commonly known as the "second doctor" and "sub-chief", because the imperial history doctor has to assist the prime minister in handling government affairs, so the implementation of supervision is actually completed by the "two doctors".

There are generally several kinds of imperial histories in the third echelon: the imperial history of servants, the imperial history of Fu Xi, the imperial history of embroidered clothes, and the history of the ministry thorn.

The reason why the Imperial Servant got this nickname is because the Imperial Servant always stands under the pillar of the palace during the court meeting. Don't look at the rank of 600 stones, but it is not easy to be this kind of official, to do the history of the service, one must be an expert in a certain field, such as in charge of the chapters, laws, documents, archives, palace forbidden books and local books, and even laws, like Zhang Cang, who is good at arithmetic, law, and calendar, has held this position. Second, it must be trusted by the emperor, and if the emperor does not trust, no matter how good his knowledge is, it will be in vain. Therefore, to a certain extent, the history of the Imperial Service is equivalent to an expert who enjoys special state allowances.

Fu Xi Yushi, that is, the position held by Zhao Yao, as the name suggests, is to help the emperor take charge of the jade seal and military talisman, and belongs to the emperor's close ministers. Although the official rank is small, because he often has to accompany the emperor to take the big seal and seal it, he has a great future.

The embroidered imperial history is not permanent, mainly used to spy on intelligence, suppress the uprising of the common people, equivalent to secret agents.

The history of the thorn is the supervisor sent by the central government to the locality, the autumn and winter to the county to inspect, at that time the people called the line, the history of the thorn through the line to understand the situation, at the end of the year to go to Beijing to do things, their responsibilities in addition to supervising the locality, special period can also lead the troops to fight, responsible for digging canals, recommend talents to the imperial court, although the official rank is not high, but in the local is majestic, oil and water is very sufficient. Local officials did not dare to provoke these uncles sent by the central government. During the reign of Emperor Wu, the history of the Ministry of Assassins was responsible to the emperor with six questions, and his power increased. Over time, the power of the ministry grew, and in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he eventually evolved into a local governor or warlord.

Of course, in the early Han Dynasty, there was not only the Imperial History Mansion, but also the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the local counties and states all had independent monitoring systems, but they did not fall under the jurisdiction of the Imperial History Mansion.

The young Zhao Yao became one of the three princes by virtue of his momentary intelligence.

There is a saying that being smart is being mistaken by being smart.

Liu Bang sighed dignifiedly, wouldn't those old ministers see the reason?

Zhao Yao, a young man, can see that these old foxes in officialdom naturally know that the reason why they ignore them is because they think more deeply, this seemingly simple question hides a great deal of power, if you stand in the wrong team, you won't be able to eat and walk around!

Liu Bang's original intention was to protect King Zhao, and it is not a bad thing to protect King Zhao, but on the issue, if you protect King Zhao and even speak for him, it is tantamount to offending Prince Lu Hou, who is the prince? The future king! Who is Empress Lu? The future Queen Mother! Don't look at the two of them looking like they are losing power now, when Liu Bang returns to heaven, if this mother and wife hold a grudge, then do they still have to mess up?

Therefore, the best way is to pretend not to see it, even if Liu Bang blames it at that time, there is an excuse, this is your Liu Bang's family matter, and you can't take care of it as a minister!

Young Zhao Yao repented and went in, he paid a good attention, he was indeed smart, but he was too tender.

Seeking wealth and danger is Zhao Yao's concept of being an official.

This seemingly huge reward actually pushed Zhao Yao to the fire kang. If officialdom is compared to a furnace, then the temperature will be higher the further you go to the center.

There is no level, even if you enter the central area, it is a matter of time before you are crushed.

Zhao Yao is obviously not at the level enough, and when the person watching the fire is replaced by Empress Lu, his good luck will come to an end.

Later facts proved that as soon as Liu Bang died, Empress Lu began to settle accounts after the autumn, she removed Zhao Yao's officials, seized his food, and let him roll up and get out.

Although Zhou Chang was not happy to go on a business trip, it was no accident that he was able to gain the respect of the court. His advice often disregards the face of others, but the good thing is that he is never right about things and not people. At the beginning, he clearly opposed the establishment of Liu Ruyi as the crown prince in the court discussion, which had already offended Liu Ruyi, so he should be afraid to avoid Liu Ruyi's affairs, but Liu Bang asked him to protect Liu Ruyi, but he finally accepted the task. Moreover, with his personality, he will definitely protect King Zhao wholeheartedly.

This is Zhou Chang's character, as righteous and awe-inspiring as his brother Zhou Cao, and above board.

Although the attitude of the ministers and elders was beyond Liu Bang's expectations, Liu Bang still did not give up the idea of changing the prince, when Liu Bang once again said that he wanted to change the prince, Lu Hou was really anxious, in a hurry, she remembered Zhang Liang, the first strategist of the dynasty, and she hurriedly sent Lu Ze to ask Zhang Liang for advice.

Zhang Liang originally wanted to devote himself to cultivation, but he asked about the emperor's family affairs, but he couldn't bear Lu Ze's three knocks and five invitations, so he gave Lu Hou a plan, and it was this strategy that finally made Liu Bang give up the idea of changing the crown prince and stabilize the position of the prince.

Zhang Liang suggested that the prince invite 'Shangshan Sihao' to be a teacher.

The so-called Shangshan Sihao is four old men with white hair, named Tang Bing, Duke of Dongyuan, Mr. Lu Li, Zhou Shu, Qili Ji Wu Shi and Xia Huang Gong Cui Guang. These four old men are not ordinary, not only rich and rich, but also noble in character, at that time, they belonged to the master-level figures, very famous and respected.

Because of the world's fame, Liu Bang is particularly admired. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang tried his best to invite them to the court as officials, but the four politely refused.

However, what Liu Bang did not do, Liu Ying did. At Liu Ying's sincere invitation, Shangshan Sihao agreed to go out of the mountain and be the prince's guest.

Later, there were often four more old men with kind faces, bright faces, and white beards beside Liu Ying, and with these four people, the image of the prince became radiant in an instant. At a palace banquet, Liu Bang also felt the light of the prince, he saw the four old men sitting behind the prince, and asked in surprise: Who is this master?

The prince said calmly: Shangshan Sihao!

Liu Bang was even more surprised, and hurriedly saluted the old man with a wine glass: I invited you before, why can't I invite you? But let the prince do it?

Si Hao stepped forward to apologize and said: "We heard that the prince is a man with lofty ideals, and he has filial piety, and he is a corporal of courtesy, and it is difficult to resist his hospitality, so he became the prince's guest."

The words made Liu Bang feel a little ashamed.

He sighed softly and shook his head self-deprecatingly.

When Si Hao left, Liu Bang called Mrs. Qi, pointed to their backs and said helplessly: "Concubine Ai, you see, the prince's wings are already full, and I can't shake them."

Hearing Liu Bang's powerless lament, Mrs. Qi suddenly became sad, and her tears couldn't stop falling like beads of broken threads. Liu Bang saw that Concubine Ai was so sad, and his heart was not comfortable, he held Mrs. Qi's hand and said, "Concubine Ai, dance a Chu dance for me, I will give you and Chu Ge." Mrs. Qi only obeyed, this is the only way for them to vent the sadness in their hearts, from the past of the war, to the present of singing and dancing, singing and dancing have become an elixir for them to communicate with each other and comfort each other.

With a sense of sadness, Mrs. Qi danced her graceful figure, crying while dancing, as if she saw that the future of her and her beloved son was leaving her, far away...

Liu Bang looked at Mrs. Qi's dancing posture and felt that he seemed to return to the village where he met her, and she seemed to return to every day of love and affection with her.

The bird flies high, and it flies thousands of miles in one fell swoop. The wings are ready, and they are all over the world. Across the world, when there is nothing to do! Although there is a payment, Shang An will give it!

Liu Bang chanted repeatedly, and Mrs. Qi was even more sad and painful, and even sat on the ground.

Liu Bang was very sad in his heart, but now, he didn't know how to comfort his beloved woman. Only now did he understand that even if you were an emperor, there were things you couldn't do!

At this moment, in his heart, he can only silently swear that he will treat her well and love her in his lifetime, and in the future...

The old man, who was close to the sixtieth birthday, had a confused look in his eyes and muttered to himself.

Later... Sad? Happy?