Dahan first prince

Chapter 248 Dismiss Fan Kuai's post as Zuo Prime Minister!

"Yongcheng?"

Guanzhong, a hundred miles north of Chang'an, Ganquan Palace.

Hearing Xia Houying's report, the old emperor Liu Bang only raised his eyebrows, and the guards at the side hurried to the side of the hall, and together they picked up a huge Kanyu propped up by a wooden frame, and sent it to Liu Bang's imperial case.

"Well······"

"The Huai River is only a hundred miles north..."

Getting up and coming to Kanyu, he drew circles around the black dot marked 'Yongcheng' for a while, and Liu Bang kept asking, "What's the current movement of all the soldiers and horses?"

Hearing that Liu Bang asked about this matter again, Xia Houying didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest, and hurriedly bowed, and put before Liu Bang again the movement of soldiers and horses from all parties that had only been reported once in the morning.

"Your Majesty."

"When the war broke out, the Marquis of Pingyang led the Qi soldiers to station in Hongyi, and now they have arrived in Yongcheng;"

"The soldiers of Chu led by the Marquis of Jipu should also know the situation of Yongcheng, and they will come to help soon;"

"Xuan Ping Hou's troops in Guanzhong to aid the soldiers should also enter the Chu land within ten days, and then rush to the aid of Yongcheng."

"In addition, before the war, the family ordered Yingyinhou and Boyanghou: the [-] soldiers stationed in the Guanzhong in Huainan will all slowly go south, forcing them to approach the Huai River; but when Yingbu crosses the Huai River and enters Chu, he will divide his troops into five groups. Wan, led by the Marquis of Yingyin, crossed the Huai River in the south to cut off the enemy's rear."

Hearing Xia Houying's steady and powerful report, the old emperor did not idle his hands, but took one after another small red chess pieces with spikes from the hand of the forbidden servant beside him, and immediately stuck them on the chessboard on Kanyu. Corresponding position.

Drawing a virtual circle in the direction around Yongcheng, the old emperor's frown finally eased gradually.

"The prince's desire should be to use his body as a bait to lure the enemy deep, and then use reinforcements from all walks of life to counter the siege and trap the thief under Yongcheng..."

"Well, there should be another meaning of 'keep the thieves in Chu, so as not to spread the war too far'."

Saying something thoughtfully, Liu Bang's face, which was slightly gloomy a moment ago, suddenly became playful.

"If the queen knows about this..."

"hey-hey!"

"When the prince's class teacher returns to the court, the prince's east palace in Weiyang Palace may be closed for several months..."

Hearing the old emperor's teasing without concealing the intention of joking, the faces of the maids and servants standing in the hall and the guards of the Imperial Army all showed gentle smiles at the same time.

The crown prince used his body as bait, which sounds extremely dangerous at first glance.

But think about the 4 to 10,000 soldiers in the pass in the hands of the prince, the nearly [-] to [-] national soldiers of Qi and Chu counties, and the [-] pass soldiers stationed in Huaiyang, and the [-] soldiers that Guan Ying took to "break the enemy's back" The soldiers of Guanzhong, and even the [-]+ reinforcements brought by Xuanping Hou and Zhang Ao...

Lin Lin finally figured it out. At this moment, the Han army under Liu Ying's full command alone has reached nearly 35!
——You must know that even five years ago, in the battle of the Han-Hungarian Pingcheng that put Liu Bang in the siege of Bai Deng today, all the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty added up were only 32!

Almost all the soldiers and horses under Liu Ying's direct control at this moment can fight against the Xiongnu again, and there will be another Pingcheng Battle!

With such a huge military force in hand, the question is no longer 'Is Liu Ying in Yongcheng in danger?', but Yingbu outside Yongcheng, can he still survive for a few days.

In addition, the old emperor Liu Bang still teased the prince in a leisurely way, "he will be locked up by the queen when he comes back", and everyone's high-hanging hearts were quietly let go.

——In confinement, you have to come back to close it, right?
Since His Majesty is so sure that the crown prince will be imprisoned by the furious queen, from another point of view, it can also be understood that in the eyes of the emperor Liu Bang, there is almost no possibility that the crown prince Liu Ying will not come back.

For everyone in the hall at this moment, this is enough.

As long as there are no problems with the prince, even if the counter-rebellion fails, the Han Dynasty, which is rich in the world, will still have elite soldiers and strong generals who can take on this important task.

No matter how bad it is, the old emperor has recuperated for so many days, and his health has improved a lot. It is not a big problem to go to the Kanto to calm down a mere Huainan Wang Yingbu.

However, unlike the palace ladies, eunuchs, and the "Forbidden Military Soldiers" who have no political sense for the time being, Xia Houying, the court servant, saw something deeper...
"His Majesty."

Seeing that Liu Bang's face was full of banter, without any sign of worry, Xia Houying only called out in a low voice, then stepped forward a little, and leaned into Liu Bang's ear.

"The empress already knows about this..."

"Ok?"

A whisper in an extremely low volume caused the old man to raise his head immediately, and looked at Xia Houying's solemn face with a little surprise.

When he came back to his senses, the old emperor finally turned his face away from the joke, and raised his hand lightly, and everyone in the hall retreated in single file.

When there was no third figure in the hall except himself and Xia Houying, Liu Bangcai finally frowned again, staring at Xia Houying's slightly bitter gaze without looking sideways.

"But what's wrong with Chang'an?"

Seeing that the old man had returned to the same majesty from the old man in the village in a short while, Xia Houying only took a deep breath, and immediately cupped his hands slightly.

"Xiao Xiangguo sent someone to report yesterday: The queen knew that the prince was trapped in Yongcheng, so she lost her temper in Weiyang and vented her anger wantonly."

"According to Xiao Xiangyan, even the maids by the queen's side, and even the relatives and nephews of the Lu family, seem to be affected by the queen's anger. At least they will eat and hang up, and at worst..."

Stopping the conversation at the right time, Xia Houying did not forget to look at Liu Bang pointedly, and finally lowered his head.

And from Xia Houying's almost explicit words, it is not difficult for Liu Bang to guess: What is the situation of Weiyang Palace at this time.

——What about "Lu's nephew eats and hangs down" and "the palace is affected by the queen's slave" are all false!
What really made Xia Houying's face so serious that she didn't even dare to say it outright was probably the empress Lu Zhi, who was so angry that she even began to vent her anger with human life...
"Oh······"

"It's like this..."

With a complex expression, Liu Bang let out a soft murmur, and Liu Bang also slowly sat back on the imperial couch, lay down on his side, put the pulp of his index finger under his lips, and kept stroking his beard.

For so many years, the husband and wife have become the most noble man and woman in the world step by step from being poor at the beginning. If you want to say how much love Liu Bang still has for Lu Zhi, it is indeed a bit suspected of deceiving a three-year-old child.

But as an old couple who have experienced the stages of being in love with each other, respecting each other as guests, loving and killing each other for so many years, if they talk about their understanding of Lu Zhi and say that Liu Bang is the second, I am afraid that no one would dare to admit that they are the first!

As the person in the world who knows Lu's pheasant, the empress of the dynasty, and his wife best, Liu Bang knows very well: Lu's pheasant's anger has never been vented in such a meaningless way!

——When the first emperor was still alive, Liu Bang, who was only the head of the Sishui Pavilion, once annoyed his wife Lu Zhi for the first time because of his illegitimate son Liu Fei.

At that time, Lu Zhi hardly had any unanimous venting, but directly hit Liu Bang's vital point: the sons born in the outer room, the sons born by slaves, should not be included in the genealogy!
Relying on the privilege of having a wife as the main wife, a simple sentence completely cut off Liu Bang's idea of ​​accepting the Cao family as a concubine, recognizing Liu Fei as a concubine, and entering the genealogy!
If this incident is not enough to explain Lu Zhi's strange calmness in the state of 'rage', then another incident is much closer to now.

——Last autumn, when the Supreme Emperor passed away, Liu Bang took advantage of the opportunity to express his intention of easy storage, which once again provoked Lu Zhi to be furious!
But even if Liu Ying's reserve position is in danger, and her position as queen is also at stake, Lu Zhi is still not attracted by any meaningless things.

Sending people to Shangshan to invite Shangshan Sihao, personally inviting Liuhou Zhang Liang, etc., were almost the most critical and meaningful actions at that time!

Not to mention that at that time, a letter from Lu Zhi made the Qi State, which Liu Bang thought was "stable as Mount Tai", ready to move, and made Kanto a situation of "turning back to the Warring States Period in minutes".

Liu Bang's understanding of Lu's pheasant's temperament can be summed up in one sentence.

——After being annoyed by someone, all Lu Zhi's attention will be on the things that can best attack the other party, retaliate against the other party, stop losses for himself, and even directly reverse the decline and turn defeat into victory.

For example, when Liu Bang wanted to take a concubine and take his illegitimate son Liu Fei home, Lu Zhi did not waste his time on smashing the tableware and complaining about himself, but took direct actions and put on an attitude to solve the problem from the root Lost.

Another example was last year, when Liu Bang wanted to change the storage, Lu Zhi also started to react immediately. It was almost as long as Liu Bang took a nap, forcing Liu Bang to give up the idea of ​​easy storage.

And now, Queen Lu Zhi, who has always been known for her 'inhuman calmness', actually started killing people in Chang'an to vent her anger?
Such a change may not be a big deal to those who don't know the truth.

But for Liu Bang, Lu Zhi's move implied too much information that Liu Bang had to pay attention to.

First of all, there is no doubt that: Although Lu Zhi at this time is very angry at Liu Ying's behavior of "self-impoverishing the city", the founding queen who was omnipotent in the past has no way to change the status quo.

According to Liu Bang's understanding, Lu Zhi's anger at this moment may not even stem from Liu Ying's dangerous situation, but more because of his inability to change the status quo, which gave rise to an unacceptable sense of powerlessness.

——If you want to say what is the easiest way to annoy Lu Zhi, it is undoubtedly to do something that makes Lu Zhi uncomfortable, and makes Lu Zhi unable to change it!

To put it more bluntly, it is more unacceptable for Lu Zhi to have things out of his control than loss of interests and hurt feelings.

No matter how exaggerated it is, as long as it is not out of Lu Zhi's control, it will definitely be easily pushed by Lu Zhi in a direction that is beneficial to him.

But if there is something that makes Lu Zhi obviously upset and completely out of Lu Zhi's control, then it is the time for the founding queen to really get "angry".

Obviously, Liu Ying's move of "self-deprivation in Yongcheng" this time is a matter of breaking away from Lu Zhi's control.

"Ugh······"

"After so many years, the queen's temper has still not improved at all..."

Full of sighs, he let out an exclamation, and there was a look of determination on Liu Bang's face.

Liu Bang knew very well what it was that really made Lu Zhi feel that things were out of his control in this incident of 'the prince was trapped in Yongcheng, and the queen was furious'.

--military power!
——In today's Han Dynasty, the only thing that is not directly controlled by Lu Zhi is military power!

And this is why Liu Bang is still extremely worried about the future of the Han Dynasty, the future of Jiangshan Sheji, and even Liu Ying's future.

Even in the past, this was basically the reason why Liu Bang thought about storing things easily.

As the founding queen and birth mother of the crown prince, Lu Zhi is really too strong...
If it's just to be strong in the court, to be tough on the courtiers and clan, that's all.

As long as he does not intervene in military power, Liu Bang is also happy that the young new emperor has a grinning Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace as his back, so that he can gain a firm foothold in the court and gradually control the government.

But the crux of the problem is: Liu Bang is absolutely certain that Lu Zhi will never allow anything to escape his control.

Among them is the military power that Liu Bang cannot accept...
"Is there any clue about Fan Kuai's matter?!"

The sudden question made Xia Houying's complexion suddenly tense, his eyes rolled around, and he quickly lowered his head.

"Report, Your Majesty."

"Xiao Xiangguo discussed with the court officials and ministers, intending to punish Marquis Wuyang in the name of 'seemingly plotting to commit crimes'..."

"In addition, Xiang Xiang privately asked the minister to pass it on to His Majesty: If you go to Fuwu Yanghou and return to Beijing, Jianghou and Qunihou may be the best choices..."

Nervously telling Liu Bang what Xiao He had said, Xia Houying lowered her head again, not daring to continue to look at Liu Bang's vicious eyes that seemed to be eating people.

Xia Houying, who was also a confidant of Liu Bang's hidden residence with a rich family background, knew very well in his heart: Fan Kuai's crime was not at all "as if he was plotting to commit crimes".

There are only three things that really brought Fan Kuai down to the point where he must die.

——The young crown prince, the soon-to-be emperor, and Shilu's wife...

"Ugh······"

"Marquis Wuyang is actually regarded as a thorn in the flesh by His Majesty..."

"It's really..."

After thinking about it for a long time, Xia Houying didn't dare to let the word "mean and widowed" appear in his mind even though he was speaking from his heart.

Instead, it is the ambiguous four characters of "everything is impermanent".

Liu Bang didn't seem to pay attention to Xia Houying's reaction, nor did he seem to turn a blind eye.

I just bowed my head and thought for a moment, and saw Liu Bang's complexion suddenly twisted, and he got up from the imperial couch with a flick of his sleeves.

"Pretend edict!"

"Fan Kuai, Marquis of Wuyang in Zuo Xiangguo, fought for a long time but was unable to defeat the leader of the bandit, Chen Xi, and even changed the country of Yan, forcing the King of Yan Lu Wan to condemn the Han to the Hu, which is an unforgivable crime!"

"Order: Dismiss Fan Kui's position as Zuo Xiangguo; write: Taiwei Jianghou Zhou Bo will replace Fan Kui's position, and speed up the affairs of the Dai and Zhao Zhan."

"In addition, Qu Shunhou Chen Ping will go with Zhou Bo on the false emperor's day, and thoroughly investigate Fan Kui's misconduct in the past half a year!"

"But there is evidence of Fan Kuai's infidelity..."

"Xu Chenping acted cheaply!!!"

With an angry expression, he threw down this sentence, which could be directly interpreted as the order of "execution on the spot", and Liu Bang turned around, walking towards the back of the palace.

(End of this chapter)