Chapter 62: The Secret War Between Mother and Son

Liu Ying completely abolished herself.

He had a lot of opinions about the behavior of the Queen Mother, but he did not dare to speak. Mother and son filial piety, everyone is harmonious is the ideal state of life in Liu Ying's heart, openly break with his mother, no matter what, he does not have the courage. The Empress Dowager's dictatorship made Liu Ying very painful for a while, and in desperation, Liu Ying chose to sink day by day, and he could only express his silent protest by indulging in wine. When Empress Lu saw Liu Ying like this, although she felt uncomfortable, she didn't try to comfort her son. Empress Lu knows very well that her son Liu Ying is soft-hearted and not a good material to be an emperor, so instead of reluctantly making it difficult, it is better to let him go and let him live freely.

Empress Lu once had high hopes for Liu Yingben, but when she became addicted to power, she could no longer let go. Now she is standing at the top of power, she has the feeling of seeing all the mountains and small mountains, she has tasted the joy of power, and she can almost dominate everyone's life and death.

Although Liu Ying was very filial, his mother's immoral behavior still made him unbearable, so Liu Ying found a handle to judge his food and put him on death row.

When he entered the edict, he was not panicked at all, but it was like arriving at a resort, how he was talking before, how arrogant he was before, how arrogant he was before, and those jailers naturally didn't dare to offend the celebrities in front of Lu Hou. Therefore, during the period when he was in prison, his treatment was not reduced. In the eyes of the judge, Liu Ying is just a hairy boy, and he is still very tender, as long as the Queen Mother speaks, he has to let himself go.

However, the truth is not that simple.

Liu Ying has no real evidence, he categorically does not dare to put the trial in prison, if the Queen Mother comes out to intercede, it will be better, Liu Ying has a rhetoric, but can take the opportunity to criticize the Queen Mother for ignoring the royal face, if the Queen Mother can be reflected, it would be better.

Can Empress Lu come forward to solve it in person, once she comes forward in person, won't it confirm the rumors outside? Although Empress Lu said that she favored and judged her, in addition to being her lover, she was also the queen mother of the country, and if people knew about these things, the royal people's face would be lost.

Empress Lu was afraid that shaking out this matter would damage his prestige, if his prestige was damaged, would he still be able to firmly grasp the power in his hands?

No matter how good it is, can it be better than the power in your hands? Losing power, there will be nothing.

After weighing it, Empress Lu decided not to take the initiative to come forward, she pinned her hopes on the ministers of the court, if someone could intercede on behalf of the minister, she could use the minister's reasons to question Liu Ying and force him to change his mind. However, the result of waiting was disappointing, and the court governor's office regarded the trial of his case as a first-class and important case, but no one in the court dared to mention this matter.

A group of ministers are like mirrors in their hearts, behind the imprisonment of the judge, involving the emperor and the queen mother, if you intercede with the judge, you will offend the emperor, and if you agree with the emperor, you will offend the queen mother. Although the mother and son are now on opposite sides, after all, they are mother and son, mother and son are heart-to-heart, and no one who offends will have good fruit to eat. Everyone understands that this is muddy water, and it can't be dripped up! Furthermore, judging that it can be crowned a marquis depends on Empress Lu, and which of the old and important ministers standing on top of this court did not rely on their own talents to climb up step by step? Therefore, in the eyes of many ministers, judging him is a minister. For this kind of courtiers who have nothing to do with the court situation, one more is better than one less.

The interrogation of the trial was soon coming to an end, and according to insiders, the trial was about to be overmand, and Empress Lu was so anxious that he couldn't think of a good way for a while.

Day by day, much to the surprise of the judge, not only did he not get out of prison, but he was also beaten to death.

Why is there no movement outside, women are really unreliable! No, it's better to rely on yourself than to sit back and die. Judge his mind.

He thought about it, and Zhu Jian, the civil and military king of the Manchu Dynasty, had received his favor, and this person was clever and decisive, and maybe there was a glimmer of life.

Zhu Jian, originally the minister of Huainan, when Yingbu rebelled, he dissuaded Yingbu not to rebel, so he was praised by Liu Bang and was given the title of Pingyuan Jun, Zhu Jian can not only grasp current affairs, but also is very commendable as an official, he is an honest official, witty and eloquent, and has many fans in Chang'an City, therefore, the dignitaries and nobles in the capital want to make friends with him.

However, Zhu Jian was not close to people, and among the courtiers, he only had dealings with Lu Jia, and they were inseparable from each other. Judging by his admiration for Zhu Jian, he once wanted to befriend Zhu Jian, he found Lu Jia, gave Lu Jia a lot of benefits, and hoped that Lu Jia would match. Lu Jia took a look at it, but it didn't work out, because Zhu Jian really didn't look down on his character.

Later, Zhu Jian's mother died of illness, but Zhu Jian couldn't come up with the money to organize the funeral for his mother, and Zhu Jian was a dutiful son.

Zhu Jian's predicament made Lu Jia see it, and he thought of a plan that could kill two birds with one stone that could not only help Zhu Jian, but also judge his favors. He ran to the judge and said: Don't you want to befriend Zhu Jian? Now is your chance!

The judge was puzzled and said, "Why?"

Ping Yuanjun's mother died of illness, if you can send a generous gift, Pingyuanjun will definitely be very kind, so that he does not owe you a personal favor, and if there is anything that needs him in the future, he is naturally duty-bound.

It was very reasonable to think about it, so he prepared a generous gift and sent it over. At this time, Zhu Jianzheng was worried about his mother's funeral expenses, and it happened that the 100-gold gift for his meal had arrived, which relieved his urgent need.

The filial Zhu Jian didn't care about the name of honesty for the sake of his mother's future, so he accepted it shamefully, and said that he would repay his great kindness and virtue in the future.

After the ministers who originally wanted to make friends learned the news, they became excited, and they prepared gifts to send to Zhu Jian's family.

Zhu Jian seemed to have figured it out overnight, he didn't refuse to come, accepted all the orders, and buried his old mother in a grand manner.

Zhu Jian's evening festival is not guaranteed, and he is forced to be helpless.

There is an old saying that money is not everything, but without money it is absolutely impossible.

After Zhu Jiancao finished his mother's funeral, he came to the house to thank him.

The two have had a relationship since then, and Zhu Jian owes him a favor, and his heart has always been like a pimple, lingering.

The trial of the food in prison entrusted a person, found Zhu Jian in a hurry, and brought the meaning of the trial to him.

However, Zhu Jian refused.

Of course, he refused to save the trial and eat it, just to cover up people's eyes and ears, if it was spread, it would not only not save the trial and eat it, but also cause a fire to burn.

When he heard the messenger's reply, he finally panicked.

He was scolded in prison.

However, a few days later, an edict came down announcing that he could be released from prison.

When he received the notice of his release from prison, he was stunned for a while, which was like a dream, and he escaped death.

Except for the Queen Mother, who has this affection, but this girl didn't get me out for a long time, and I don't know what to expect! He still had a fire in his heart.

After he went out, he learned the truth that he was able to pick up a life, relying on Zhu Jian, and Empress Lu never said a word for him from beginning to end.

The reason why Zhu Jian is admired by everyone is not because he is arrogant and honest, if he has this, I am afraid that others will envy him a few times at most, and he will be scolded by fools and fools secretly. He also has a lot of skills, such as being wise, such as being able to speak well.

Although the trial was sentenced to death, after Zhu Jian's analysis, he thought that the trial was still saved, of course, the queen mother could not come forward, and she would have been fine if she wanted to speak. This matter can only find a breakthrough from Liu Ying, Liu Ying's benevolence and weakness are well known to the world, and the benevolent and weak emperors are often not firm enough, so as long as you can find a way to change Liu Ying's mind, it will be done.

However, to reverse the emperor's mind is not an easy task.

Zhu Jian thought of a person, this person's name is Hong Ru, handsome and handsome, he is Liu Ying's favorite, Hong Ru and Liu Ying are often inseparable.

Although Hong Ru is handsome and chic, he also suffers the loss of being uneducated and is easy to be fooled.

Zhu Jian found Hong Ru and said: There are rumors outside that you slandered His Majesty and locked up the Marquis of Biyang, is there such a thing?

It's all nonsense, it's not enough to believe it, I have no grievances with the Marquis of Biyang, why should I harm him?

There are different opinions, who knows whether it is true or not, if this matter reaches the ears of the Queen Mother, I am afraid that it will be dangerous at the end!

So what should I do? Hong Ru was at a loss for what to do.

Zhu Jian whispered to him, you just need to do this, do this, and you're done.

Hong Ru ran to Emperor Hui overnight and said it according to Zhu Jian's words.

We don't know exactly what he said, but we can see the result, and as a result, he was acquitted, and I have the momentum of Hu Hansan's return.

When Empress Lu learned that he had been released from prison, he was a little dizzy, and summoned him several times to accompany him into the palace, but he had just come out of it and did not dare to commit a crime against the wind. Judging his heart, he thought that in prison, this girl didn't care about him, and if he wanted to be arrested again, it would be a big trouble.

The trial could only be postponed, but Empress Lu still sent people to urge him again and again.

A woman is thirty like a wolf, and forty is like a tiger. That's true.

Although he was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to anger the Queen Mother, so he could only reluctantly quietly enter the palace.

When Empress Lu saw the trial of him, she proposed a way to fall in love for a long time, and she wanted to get Liu Ying out of Changle Palace.

Judging the food at the time, he shouted a clever plan.

It is not a simple matter to get the emperor out of Changle Palace. Changle Palace is a place to deal with government affairs, you can't say to him: son, my mother wants to fornicate, in order not to affect your work, you can move to another place to work!

Although most of Liu Ying's work was snatched away by her mother, she still couldn't blatantly drive him away, after all, the emperor's face still had to be maintained.

But Empress Lu has a way, and the matter of eating her imprisonment made Empress Lu understand a little, her kind and stupid son is very disgusted with her approach, she is just such a son, and if the relationship between mother and son deteriorates, she will be sad as a mother.

Empress Lu planned to give Liu Ying a big wedding, and the wedding ceremony was chosen in Weiyang Palace, and Weiyang Palace was used as the newlyweds' cave room.

In order to give you an intuitive impression, let's first introduce the palace of the Han Dynasty.

The layout of Chang'an City in the Western Han Dynasty can be summarized as five palaces, twelve city gates, eight streets and nine mo, nine cities in the east and west, and one hundred and sixty miles. The palace is the first to recommend Changle and Weiyang two palaces.

Changle Palace was built at the time of the struggle between Chu and Han. Weiyang Palace was built in the seventh year of Gaozu (200 BC). From a bird's eye view, the palace resembles two funnels.

Changle Palace was originally the place where Liu Bang dealt with government affairs, since Emperor Hui, changed to deal with government affairs in Weiyang Palace, there are about 10,000 meters around Changle Palace, it is also dedicated to the Queen Mother's residence, it is located in the northeast corner of Chang'an City, and the north is connected with Mingguang Palace. There are about 10,000 meters around Miyagi, and there are four groups of palaces in Changxin, Changqiu, Yongning, and Yongshou.

Weiyang Palace is about half a kilometer west of Changle Palace, and there are also east and west compartments for handling government affairs in the palace. In the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (103 B.C.), he built the Zhang Palace in the southwest of Chang'an, which belonged to the palace of the nature of the garden.

The palaces can not be directly communicated, there are more or less alleys in the middle, if Emperor Hui wants to go to Changle Palace, he will inevitably open the road to gongs and drums, and implement traffic control, so it is impossible to frequently greet the queen mother.

Empress Lu not only set the location of Liu Ying's wedding, but also set the object of his wedding.

In order to let her children kiss each other, Empress Lu gave Liu Yingqin a marriage partner that made everyone stunned, she was Princess Lu Yuan's ten-year-old daughter Zhang.

Isn't this incest?

There is no way, feudal society doesn't care about this.

In fact, Empress Lu knew in her heart that Liu Ying had a lot of dissatisfaction with this marriage, and she knew that she frowned all day when she saw her son visit the church. But Empress Lu thinks that Liu Ying has so many concubines, one more or less, in fact, it doesn't matter. Behind this absurd marriage, there is still a question of power, no matter which dynasty takes the dynasty, in the balance of power, the queen is often a very important weight, and the reason why Empress Lu can have today is also from the queen. Therefore, she can't control her son, whether her grandson is willing or not, for the power in her hands. She also didn't care if doing so would ruin the happiness of the two of them.

It should be said that Empress Lu is very responsible for Liu Ying's early death. And Zhang's tragic ending is also the masterpiece of Empress Lu.

Liu Ying is not only restrained in her career, but also has no happiness in her marriage. The benevolent and weak Liu Ying still silently accepted all this, he was like a walking corpse and drunk and dreamed of death every day.

In the depths of Liu Ying's heart, he really wants to be a wise man.

In the second year of Emperor Hui, Prime Minister Xiao He was seriously ill, Liu Ying still put down his wine glass and went to visit Xiao He in person, in addition to visiting, Liu Ying also wanted to know if Xiao He had any candidates for the succession of Prime Minister, and Xiao He recommended Cao Shen for the sake of the country's plan, although he had many contradictions with Cao Shen.

When Cao Shen learned the news of Xiao He's death, he immediately ordered the Sheren to pack his bags, and the Sheren asked puzzledly: Why is this?

I'm going to Chang'an to be prime minister soon!

The Sheren will be suspicious, and when the edict of appointment arrives, the Sheren will throw himself to the five bodies that Cao Shen admires.

Cao Shen was originally a military general, but his ability to govern is also extraordinary, in order to be a good prime minister of Qi, he specially invited the well-known Huang Lao School scholar Gai Gong, as well as Kuaiche, to govern Qi in an orderly manner.

Knowing that Cao Shen was appointed prime minister, those who had a disagreement with Cao Shen were panicked, however, after Cao Shen took office, he only issued an announcement, and there was no movement other than that.

You may think that Cao Shen has just arrived and doesn't want to do it so quickly, so he can only wait until the prime minister's position is firmly seated, and then come to burn three fires.

Cao Shen is also very special in terms of staffing, others want to get some capable subordinates, and he, specifically looking for some honest and not very good talking people to be subordinates, those sharp teeth were kicked away by him.

Not only did Cao Shen do nothing in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but he also turned the Prime Minister's Mansion into a tavern.

Whenever pedestrians pass by the Prime Minister's Mansion, they will hear strange shouts, which make people always think that they are passing by a tavern, not the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Some people who went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to do things in a hurry, when they saw Cao Shen, before they could speak, they were dragged by Cao Shen's arm and said: Come on, come together, **** a few bowls!

The people who came could only put down their work and drink along.

Liu Ying couldn't help but laugh when she learned that Cao Shen only cared about drinking and didn't focus on work, thinking that Cao Shen was stimulated by the same kind of stimulation as herself and indulged in the wine pool.

In order to prevent the eyes and ears of the Empress Dowager, Liu Ying found Cao Shen's son Cao Gu and said to him: You go and ask your father why he drinks all day and doesn't work, but don't tell him that I asked, come back tomorrow!

Cao Gu received the emperor's order, and he himself couldn't understand his father's approach, so he found an opportunity to express the doubts in his heart. After Cao Gu asked, what he got was not his father's answer, but a sturdy whip.

Cao Shen said while smoking: Boy, what do you know?!

The next day, when Cao Gu limped back to Liu Ying, Liu Ying's fire was also big, and he immediately summoned Cao Shen and said: I asked you to ask Linglang to ask you yesterday, but you didn't ask him for the reason, why is this?

Cao Shen immediately knelt down and said: Your Majesty, who is more wise compared to Emperor Gao?

Emperor Gao, of course!

Then Your Majesty thinks that compared with Wen Zhonghou (Xiao He's name), whose talent is great?

The Qing family seems to be inferior to Xiao He!

That's right, Emperor Gao and Prime Minister Xiao Cheng have already formulated laws for the country before, and the ministers only need to obey their duties and obey the law, do they still want to win over the previous dynasty?

Liu Ying listened to Xiao He's words, thoughtfully, for a long time, before he said: Qing family, what you said is very true.

Facts have proved that Cao Shen's idea is right, at this time, the country is not rich, the people need further recuperation, the government is simple, but it has received miraculous results, so Cao Shen's leadership team has been highly praised by the people, what "Xiao Gui Cao Sui", "the government does not leave home, the world is dying", Cao Shen is also known as the early Han Dynasty with Xiao He.

Drinking every day, he can still have such great achievements, and Cao Shen's Cheng is too relaxed.

Cao Shen, the prime minister, only served for three years, and Emperor Yu Hui died of illness in five years.

Therefore, in the Hui Emperor Dynasty, you will see a very peculiar phenomenon, even if the emperor, the prime minister and a group of drunkards ignore political affairs all day long and drink as much as their lives, the country is thriving.

Of course, fundamentally speaking, this is the power of Huang Lao's thoughts.

However, from the perspective of human factors, it is closely related to Empress Lu's ability to govern.

Then we will appreciate the level of governance of Empress Lu.