At the same time as sending Lu Chan and Lu Lu to meet the king of Hades, people saw a familiar scene, behind the prison carts of Lü Chan, Lü Lu and other evildoers, there was a series of old people, women, and even children in prison uniforms. Everyone was wearing a cloak, the old man was indifferent, the women hid their faces and sobbed, and the children were crying.

This kind of scene can't help but remind people of Han Xin and Peng Yue's family going to the guillotine. Since Empress Lu ordered the abolition of the law of one person committing a crime and connecting the three clans, people have not seen such a miserable scene on the execution ground for many years, so while throwing some radishes and vegetables, they are also apprehensive and secretly worried. As the saying goes, once a son of heaven and a courtier, there has been such a big change in the court, who knows if the decree will be changed. Wouldn't that be a big bad thing for the small people?

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiao He made nine chapters of the law, all of which were deleted and simplified, and later Zhang Cang made additions, compared with the Qin Dynasty, it has been greatly reduced, and then Gao Hou abolished the evil words, clan punishment and other crimes, and the common people's atmosphere is very open. Although the crime of tribal punishment was abolished, it will always be valid for those who have committed the felony of treason.

Zhou Bo became the proposer and implementer of the Lu clan's punishment, and he believed that only in this way could he ensure the continuation of the society and long-term peace and stability. Everyone understands that under the policy of beating and pulling the Liu family for decades after Gao, the Liu and Lu families are already staggered, you have me, I have you, how easy is it to clean up? However, Zhou Bo thinks that it can, and it must be, there will be innocent people among them, but in Zhou Bo's eyes, the state must not care about personal feelings. If your wife is gone, you can ask for it again, and if your husband dies, you can remarry, and if you have the surname Lu, you can't keep any of them. In this way, the once prominent family was ruthlessly cleaned out under the direction of Zhou Bo, and Zhou Bo also won the reputation of Zhou Bo and Liu, and also laid the lead for his later tragic experience.

The Lu family was slaughtered, the front hall of Weiyang Palace stopped the court for several days, Chang'an City did not lift the curfew because of the neck of Lu San, in order to prevent the Lu family from counterattacking, Zhou Bo made the decision to continue the curfew, pedestrians entering and leaving Chang'an must first strictly check their identity, in the past three horns before closing the city gate, but now it is just after the horn, the suspension bridge in front of the moat was hoisted early.

Suddenly, for a few days, Chang'an gradually stabilized. Chen Ping and Zhou Bo felt that it was imminent to hold a court meeting, regardless of the officials, the people could not help but be afraid and suspicious after this chaos, if they were not appeased at the right time, it would inevitably increase the suspicion of the people, and if this continued, it would be difficult to guarantee that there would be no other chaos? However, it is not possible to hold a court meeting too quickly, because the people's hearts are unpredictable under the chaos, and the decision should be made quickly rather than slowly, so it is easy to confuse the public when holding a court meeting, but it will not help.

Young Emperor Liu Hong was very happy when he learned that the prime minister was going to be convened. Since he was promoted to the throne by the queen of the throne, the distrust and disrespect for him permeated the government and the opposition, Liu Hong once thought about fighting and working hard, but every now and then, the fate of the former young emperor Liu Gong gave him a chill down his spine. Although he is younger, he still knows how to stay in the green mountains and is not afraid of no firewood. Whether it's a puppet or an ornament, if you want to do something, you have to keep a life.

Liu Hong was careful in everything and paid attention everywhere, so that Empress Gao could put his mind at ease with him.

However, today, Liu Hong felt unprecedentedly happy, he felt like a dignified monarch, a majestic and sacred son of heaven. The front hall of Weiyang Palace is built on the Longshou Mountain, according to the trend of the dragon's head, you can see the panorama of Chang'an up close. Liu Hong walked on the pedestal of the front hall and felt the momentum and majesty of the Son of Heaven for the first time. For today's court meeting, Liu Hong even personally prepared a declaration of the court meeting that shook the past and even went down in history.

He watched with great interest as the courtiers came to the front hall of Weiyang Palace one after another, watching them exchange ears in twos and threes, full of surprise and uncertainty, but not without joy.

"What are they talking about?" Liu Hong asked in his heart, "Isn't it possible to discuss and discuss the matter of my pro-government?" ”

Although Liu Hong was very excited, he was also really nervous. The ministers didn't seem to pay much attention to him, and their etiquette was the same as before, which made Liu Hong a little upset.

The court meeting could not begin yet, because there were two heavyweight elders who had not yet arrived. If Chen Ping and Zhou Bo did not come, this court meeting would not have been held, one was the prime minister, the other was the captain, and they were disposed of, one was illegal, and the other was unreasonable. State affairs and state affairs are nothing more than political affairs and military affairs, and the two top leaders have not come, and the court meeting cannot form a resolution, so the only way for the officials to do so is to wait.

Chen Ping and Zhou Bo were not intentionally late, they were in the official office, discussing a major matter that was about to be put into the court.

The official office area is not far from the front hall of Weiyang Palace, and it is less than a quarter of an hour to go back and forth. They knew very well that if the court meeting left the two of them, it would definitely not be able to open.

When dealing with Lu Chan, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo performed a wonderful show that would reconcile. When they got rid of Lu Chan, they keenly discovered that there was a problem that had to be dealt with.

This is also one of the reasons why they held court meetings.

When they finished their deliberations, they slowly walked towards the front hall of Weiyang Palace.

As soon as they stepped into the front hall of Weiyang Palace, the ministers bowed down and said, "Welcome Prime Minister, Tai Wei!" Seeing such a posture, Liu Hong's heart suddenly swelled up with a trace of uneasiness, and he had already vaguely smelled a trace of bad breath.

The front hall of Weiyang Palace is the hall where the court meeting is held, and it is extremely spacious and bright. Because it is built on the basis of Xingle Palace in the Qin Dynasty, so the whole body adopts black tones, a huge screen is placed behind a pedestal in the front, two gilded small seals "national politics" two words are inlaid in it, and the screen is embroidered with the magnificent painting of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, which can not help but make people feel heroic. In front of the screen, there are several long cases, the corners of several cases are upturned, the bamboo slips on the case are neatly aligned, the oil lamp is placed on one side, and there are two small incense burners under the cases, and the sandalwood is overflowing. The seats of the ministers are placed on the left and right sides of the main hall, and in the center is a huge copper tripod incense burner, which makes the whole hall linger in the smell of sandalwood.

Chen Ping sat down in the front hall and saluted the young emperor slightly, but the young emperor Liu Hong did not notice it, he was about to open his mouth to ask Chen Ping to be exempted. I didn't want to, but Chen Ping preemptively said: "Your Majesty, Zhu Lu has been removed, the dynasty has been revitalized, and the top priority is to send Liu Zhang, Marquis of Zhu Xu, to bring the edict of the Son of Heaven to order the King of Qi to stop the army as soon as possible." ”

As soon as Chen Ping's words fell, he heard the ministers echo for a while: "What the prime minister said is extremely true!" ”

Young Emperor Liu Hong was not very accustomed to this scene for a while, so he could only nod frequently, and the attendant also habitually said in a loud voice: "But!" Only then did Liu Hong's temporary embarrassment be solved.

Although Liu Hong had spoken many times for the day when he could speak at the court meeting, he was ready to prepare, and when this day really came, he was at a loss.

Chen Ping saw that the ministers had an unprecedentedly unanimous opinion on him, and he was naturally overjoyed.

Since Empress Lu reused the Lu family, he was the prime minister in name only, slowly moving away from the center of power, he was once depressed about this, if it wasn't for Lu Jia's reminder, he really didn't know how to spend the rest of his time, and now he has returned to the temple, and he is in a high position, taking over the supreme power of the empire.

Without Gaozu, without Empress Lu, without the gang of rebellious ministers of the Lu family, today's temple, the only person who is full of words is Chen Ping.

For an old courtier like Chen Ping, this is also a very novel feeling.

Chen Ping said to Liu Hongyu again: "Your Majesty's court discussion is mostly waiting, and the minister asks Your Majesty to go back to the palace to rest, wait for the minister to sort out his thoughts, and ask His Majesty to decide!" ”

The young emperor Liu Hong couldn't believe his ears, this time the court had to wait a little long, but without discussing anything, he returned to the dormitory, which seemed unheard of, and the ministers came down to 'invite' the Son of Heaven out of the front hall, which was even more incredible. In the era of Empress Lu, even if he was dozing off on the seat, Empress Lu never let himself go back to the palace before the court discussion was over.

Liu Hong had never encountered such a situation, and it was the first time that he had been in court without Lu's eyes, so he couldn't adapt for a while, and he was embarrassed.

At this time, I only heard Zhou Bogong say: "The prime minister is concerned about His Majesty's health, and His Majesty should be a good man!" ”

Chen Ping's intentions are self-evident, he deliberately invited Liu Hong out of the political hall in the name of caring about Liu Hong, which would definitely be a big rebellion if it was placed at a normal time. The reason why he adopted a rebellious way is because of his good intentions, after all, the young emperor is young, he is not guilty of the country, and killing him will leave a bad name, it is better to warn him in a slightly threatening way Your good days have come to an end, if he can see the meaning, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to take the initiative to give up the throne of the Son of Heaven.

But Liu Hong didn't see the clues, he was still thinking about whether to adopt his words or politely refuse, adopting his words seemed to be inconsistent with the ancestral system, and euphemistically refusing had the right to resist. In desperation, he looked at the face of the waiter, and the waiter smelled a trace of unusual breath from Chen Ping's words that seemed to be worried about the king, judging from his many years of experience in the palace, this was by no means a good sign, he had long been eager to leave the place of right and wrong, so he gave the young emperor a look.

Liu Hong could only say: "What Aiqing said is very true! Then he got up and left the front hall.

Seeing the young emperor walking away, there were also people among the ministers who got up and wanted to leave, at this time, I only heard Chen Ping say in a loud voice: "Rank ministers, there is a major matter in this appearance, and I need to discuss it with you." ”

As soon as the ministers heard this, the first minister of the dynasty spoke, how dare they leave, and suddenly quieted down again.

Chen Ping said: "When today's son is not a filial piety son, but a son of the palace who was taken by the queen of the high school and pretended to be, so we are deeply favored by the Liu family, and when we are in the right position, An Liu!" ”

Chen Ping's words suddenly made everyone's eyes light up.

Everyone is thinking about the next situation in their hearts, to change the son of heaven, if they can nominate a person they support in the court, if they happen to be successful, then there will be support! That's a huge achievement.

But who to promote? And every man began to calculate this little account in his heart.

In fact, many of them know that it doesn't matter who they recommend, what matters is who the prime minister and the captain will promote. Judging from the signs of today's court meeting, the core of the court in the future will definitely be these two people.

The ministers exchanged their heads and talked about each other, and the smart ones kept silent, staring closely at Chen Ping and Zhou Bo's demeanor, and for a while, no one could come up with a candidate.

It must be explained that on the issue of establishing the Son of Heaven, if the ministers do not have too much selfishness, there are still some rules to follow in choosing who to be the emperor, which can be summed up in two ways: the elder does not establish the young, and the heir does not establish the concubine. It is precisely because of the law that Chen Ping and Zhou Bo can't mess around, besides, these two ministers are deeply favored by Liu Bang, even if they are selfish, they are still in the first class with the authority of the state weapon, so they have a clear bottom line before the court meeting, the Son of Heaven must be the descendants of Liu Bang who are clear and clear, and the unclear cannot be established, and the sage must be established, and at the same time refer to the ancient system of the primogeniture inheritance system to be considered.

Liu Bang's sons are currently left with two, acting king Liu Heng, Liu Chang, and Liu Heng. Liu Bang has many grandsons, Liu Xiang is the elder, and the sons of Emperor Xiaohui are not clear, so they are naturally excluded.

With such a shot, there are two candidates who meet the regulations, Liu Xiang and Liu Heng.

From the hard conditions such as bloodline and age, the two are equal.

Under the two conditions, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo could only be discussed by the ministers first.

Sure enough, someone raised Liu Xiang as if he was betting on it, and the argument undoubtedly focused on the identity of his eldest grandson, and since ancient times, it was the father who died and the son succeeded first, although Liu Xiang was not a filial piety, but it was also considered a filial piety for the next generation, which was more in line with the inheritance law of the father and the son.

If Liu Xiang was present, he would definitely be moved to call him Dad.

However, let's not forget that another crucial person was present, Liu Ze.

Liu Ze traveled thousands of miles to come to Chang'an at the risk of being killed by the Lu family, with only one purpose, to take revenge on Liu Xiang. In other words, the purpose of his trip to Chang'an was to smash Liu Xiang's signboard.

As the oldest member of the Liu royal family, his words are naturally very important. After listening to the high arguments of Liu Xiang, this treacherous and cunning old man couldn't wait to jump out and was the first to vote for Liu Xiang's veto, and at the same time, in order to avoid falling into the groundless accusations of personal grievances, he attached a very lethal reason.

Liu Ze said meaningfully: "The Lu family is in power outside the family, the court is full of miasma, and the uncle of the queen mother of Qi is tyrannical and rampant in the township, such as the king of Qi, is it to go to the Lu family, and come to the Lu family, isn't it enough for everyone to suffer from the Lu family all these years?" ”

As soon as he said this, everyone nodded, and the person who recommended it just now was also immediately red-faced.

With these words, Liu Xiang's political future can be declared completely over.

Chen Ping's many veterans swallowed their anger before, in order to punish their relatives. Even if Liu Xiang is mediocre, they can accept it, but if King Liqi will bring the same dictatorship of his relatives and kill them, he will not be happy.

If there is a regret medicine in the world, Liu Xiangzhun will drink it and a pot of regret medicine.

No one came forward to Liu Xiang anymore.

denied Liu Xiang, then the next candidate is Liu Heng.

When the courtiers carefully dissected Liu Heng, they found that Liu Heng was really a good material to be the Son of Heaven, he was filial, and his mother was kind. Why not?

Liu Heng's advantage is precisely the disadvantage he has been aggrieved for many years.

He is wise, he is generous, he is thrifty, and he is courteous.

However, the most important thing is that Liu Heng has a good mother, his mother has a very good family, and her people are very kind.

And Bo also has a very calm state of mind. She has not had any glorious days since she followed Liu Bang, she is still cautious, does not fight or grab, treats people kindly, and is low-key. Bo's experience even sympathized with the cruel Empress Lu, and finally let her live.

In the days of the dynasty, Empress Lu occasionally had a whim, from time to time to issue an edict, give some utensils to test their mother and son, they are still not pretentious, not delusional, not contradictory, after the death of Liu You, the king of Zhao, Empress Lu once wanted Liu Heng to be the king of Zhao, Liu Heng was very scared in his heart, and gave Empress Lu a sincere recital, so that Empress Lu read the truth, and finally completely gave up the idea of murdering the mother and son of the king.

Perhaps, this is fate.

Bo gave birth to Liu Heng and gave him life, and now it is because of her that Liu Heng is given a second life.

Bo's family, along the way, with hard work, raised Liu Heng in a sinister environment, she deserves to be called a great mother.

The great mother will teach the great son.

In addition to his mother's virtuous mother, Liu Heng is the eldest of Liu Bang's existing princes, although Liu Bang has been dead for many years, but the old ministers always have an unforgettable sense of Liu Bang, so the establishment of Liu Bang's son is also a thing they do for Liu Bang. They felt that only by doing so could they comfort Liu Bang's spirit in heaven.

After analyzing Liu Heng's qualifications, the ministers had already identified this future son of heaven.

As the so-called intentional planting of flowers and flowers does not succeed, there is no intention to plant willows and willows. When people comfort lovelorn youth, they often say: What should be yours is yours, you can't run, it's not yours, it's useless to break your head.

Liu Heng was selected so unexpectedly, the ministers need such a generous and benevolent emperor, and the Liu royal family also needs such a person to regain his strength.

Liu Heng was hit by a huge pie.

Of course, at this moment, the little thing in the imperial court, Liu Heng, who was far away in the country, could never have dreamed of.

He had already heard that the capital was turbulent, and Lu Chan wanted to make trouble, and he was getting more and more anxious these days. He pondered what he should do as the secret report said, as the Liu royal family? Raise troops? Or wait and see?

Liu Heng fell into anxiety, and from time to time sent people to the official road to see if there was a secret report from the capital.

On this day, he was reading Confucius's "Spring and Autumn" in the palace, only to see the chamberlain staggering in and saying, "Acting king, acting king... Here it comes... Here it comes! ”

Liu Heng hurriedly got up, and the book in his hand fell on several cases with a snap.

Hurriedly dressed up, and went straight out of the study with the waiter.