Dahan first prince

Chapter 250 It's a pity, Fan Kuai can't die alone...

Regarding what happened to Fan Kui today, Liu Ying's position is actually very complicated.

In principle, Fan Kuai's current political status has long been changed from "Fengpei Yuan Cong Gonghou" at the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty to "Lv's tribe old" because of his wife Lu Wei.

To put it simply: Today's Fan Kuai is not so much a man of the old emperor Liu Bang, but a man of Queen Lu Zhi.

In this way, as the heart of Empress Lu Zhi, Liu Ying should have spread her wings to protect and take care of the "matriarchal power" like Fan Kuai.

But now, the emperor Liu Bang's fate is not long, and Liu Ying is likely to succeed the Han emperor in more than half a year. On the premise that Lu's relatives, or "mother clan power", for Liu Ying, it has long been It is not a help that has all benefits but no harm.

——Before this spring, why did the emperor Liu Bang insist on deposing Yi Li and make the younger and weaker Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi the crown prince?
Compared with Liu Ruyi, who is younger and has no foundation in the court, Liu Ying, who has the relatives of the Lu family of the mother family as the backing, and who is jointly promoted by hundreds of officials and meritorious officials in the court, can guarantee a smooth handover of power ?

Is it really just because Liu Ying is "unworthy of his father" and "unlike him", Liu Bang, as the founder of the country, wants to make international jokes on matters related to the country and the inheritance of the ancestral temple like the prince and prince?

The truth of the matter is obviously not as simple as it seems on the surface.

From a positive point of view, the existence of Lu's relatives can indeed enable Liu Ying to hold huge political power to ensure that one day in the future, when the emperor Liu Bang's palace chariot is driving, Liu Ying can smoothly take over the power of the Liu Han Dynasty.

Coupled with the righteous title of "the eldest son", and the support of Yuanxun, a hundred officials and ministers, such as Xiao He, Zhang Liang, etc., even if Liu Ying ascended the throne at a young age, she can try her best to make the "lord Shaoguo suspicious" The situation has been reduced to a relatively acceptable level.

But from a negative point of view, it is the Lu family who succeeds, and the Lu family who loses...
The reason is simple: power is like money on loan.

When borrowing money from abroad, it is natural to talk and discuss, and it may even be exchanged for three kowtows and nine kowtows, crying tears of thanks.

But when it comes time to take it back, it is far from as simple as when it was borrowed.

Take a very simple example.

——According to the progress of history, the life of the emperor Liu Bang will come to an end in Chang'an Changle Palace in the summer and April of the 12th year of the Han Dynasty next year.

At that time, Liu Ying, surrounded by courtiers and officials, would go to the Taimiao in Chang'an City to worship the ancestors, so that she could justifiably sit on the throne of the emperor.

In this process, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, Liu Ying naturally sent relatives from her mother's family, such as uncle Lu Shizhi, cousins ​​Lu Lu, Lu Chan, and Lu Tai, to martial law in Chang'an.

When the transfer of power is completed, the emperor Liu Bang will be buried in peace, followed by the new emperor, who will naturally seal the Qiandi Yuancong.

So, for Liu Ying today, who is worthy of the title of "Qiandi Yuancong"?

In other words, in the process of Liu Ying's transfer of power, who, or which party can provide Liu Ying with the greatest help, and does not need Liu Ying to have the slightest worry?

The answer is obviously the "Zhu Lu" camp composed of Lu's nephew and the late Zhou Lvling Wuhou Lu Zezhibujiu and others.

In the past, when Liu Ying's position was in doubt, it was the relatives of the mother's family who helped Liu Ying stabilize the position of prince;
When the regime is handed over, Liu Ying also needs Zhulu to ensure her own safety and the smooth progress of the imperial power handover;

When she sits on the supreme position, Liu Ying still needs her mother's relatives to step into the court and become the wings of her own control of the regime;
Regardless of the exchange of interests that have benefited Liu Ying, or are about to benefit Liu Ying, Liu Ying must rely on the existence of Queen Lu Zhi and the universal value of "one person can attain the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven" in this era. After ascending the throne, he reused his mother's relatives and the old forces.

This is the gratitude to Zhu Lu's relatives and elders for helping Liu Ying in the past, and the advance reward for helping Liu Ying when necessary in the future, and it is also to enable Liu Ying to control the court faster.

In other words, the first thing Liu Ying will do after her father's death is settled and her position is on the Ninth Five-Year Plan, is to force all her relatives into court.

Lu's sons and nephews, such as Lu Shizhi, Lu Tai, Lu Lu, Lu Chan, etc., must have at least one courtier with more than two thousand stones, and the rest must be arranged at the gates of Changle and Weiyang Palaces at least to serve as bishops. The palace gate captain of two thousand stones;

Not to mention Zhou Lu's old department.

Fu Kuan, Marquis of Yangling, is already a surefire successor;

Jin She, Marquis of Xinwu, is now the General of Chariots and Cavalry, the number three figure in the Han Dynasty's military!
Waiting for the reward after the war, and when Liu Ying ascended the throne, when he was entrusted with grace, if he didn't take out the position of a general, it would be impossible for Liu Ying to control Jin She!
As for Li Shang, Marquis of Qu Zhou, it was better. Now he is the right minister of the country, and his age is such that he doesn't have a few years to live;
After this battle, even if Liu Ying doesn't intervene, the old emperor will definitely find a reason to let Li Shang go home to live up to his old age.

But Li Shang was easy to solve, but Li Shang's son, Li Ji, was another big problem.

——Different from the ordinary second generation of Gonghou, or even more than [-]% of the second generation in the entire Chinese history, Li Ji, the son of Qu Zhouhou, has the elements of a 'founding father'!
If it weren't for the fact that his father's name was Li Shang, the current Li Ji would probably not be the son of Qu Zhouhou, but directly become Qu Zhouhou and Benhou!
Li Ji himself was the founding father of the country, and his martial arts skills were not much worse than his father's. The standard of Enfeng Li Ji couldn't be too pretentious.

In addition, the father is Li Shang, or an old man who was coaxed down from the position of the right minister, no matter how you say it, you have to give Li Ji a little compensation.

In this way, Li Ji had booked another Jiuqing, at least a quasi-Jiuqing position, such as lieutenant, general Zhonglang and so on.

In addition, Chen Bi, Marquis of Boyang, and Guanying, Marquis of Yingyin, who participated in this counter-insurgency, also had the dual identities of the former Zhou Lubu and the founding father.

For these two people, Liu Ying also had to carefully consider the specifications of Enfeng, but the bottom line at the very least was to start with two thousand stones in the middle and a general in the outside.

The relatives of the mother's family want to be entrusted with grace, and the Zhou and Lu tribes always want to be promoted, and the rest of the courtiers and meritorious officials cannot be left behind.

In this way, all together, after Liu Ying takes the throne, there will be at least five Jiuqings in the court, and about ten quasi-Jiuqings, and personnel transfers will need to occur.

At the end, when you look back and look at the originally obscure Zhulu camp, it is not difficult to find that in the blink of an eye, the relatives of the Lu family who were suppressed by the old emperor Liu Bang have occupied more than half of the key positions in the court in the blink of an eye!

This is not counting the positions of Chang Le, Wei Yang's two palace gate guards, Lang Zhongling, Wei Wei and other positions that Queen Lu Zhi will definitely not let outsiders intervene!

How terrifying is such a force?
——It's so scary that even the current Liu Bang is trying his best to suppress it, and he doesn't hesitate to push the entire camp of Lu's relatives out of the court, and even plans to drag his old buddy Fan Kuai on the road before his death!

If such a camp, such a political force that Liu Bang, as the founding king, is extremely afraid of, needs to be enthroned at a young age, how about Liu Ying, who has not yet been crowned as a pro-government?

Needless to say, just a young emperor Liu Ying's "obedience" buff to the Queen Mother Lu Zhi is enough to make Liu Ying never have a bright future!

This is the inevitable ending that Liu Ying has proved in her entire previous life...
In this way, it is not surprising that Liu Ying was not moved by Fan Kui's situation, and even faintly wanted to "help her father get rid of Fan Kui".

——In the past, the biggest source of Liu Bangyi's storage was the future revealed by Lu's relatives, which made the old man feel uneasy!
For Liu Ying, in the past, her mother's relatives were a huge help to keep her reserve position and wait until the day her father passed away;

But in the future, when Liu Ying replaces the current Liu Bang and becomes the leader of the Han Dynasty, this assistance will change suddenly and become a huge obstacle for the young emperor to rule the world.

This is also the reason why Liu Ying was hostile to her mother, Lu Shi, just after her rebirth in this life.

And even now, Liu Ying already has a "mother and child love" with Lu Zhi, but this does not affect Liu Ying's [-] vigilance towards Lu's relatives who still maintain the role of "Prince Humerus". .

To put it simply, it is actually one sentence.

——As a mother, Lu Zhi would never harm Liu Ying;
But as uncles, cousins, and relatives of the Lu family, there is a "high probability" that they will not harm Liu Ying on the premise that their own interests are not damaged.

When it comes to those who are not relatives or old friends of Zhou and Lu, such as Guan Ying, then it is hard to say anything...
"Fan Kuai..."

"Um······"

"According to the trajectory of the previous life, it should be Zhou Bo and Chen Ping that my father sent to capture Fan Kui."

"If these two people are the real ones, then Fan Kui should still be unable to die..."

Thinking indifferently, the ironic memory of the previous life also appeared in Liu Ying's mind.

——Same as this life, Fan Kui in the previous life was also sentenced to death by the emperor Liu Bang for the two crimes of "not doing enough to get the thief" and "forcing to rebel against the King of Yan".

But when Chen Ping and Zhou Bo set off from Chang'an for Handan with the emperor Liu Bang's order to "kill without mercy", they were both a little apprehensive.

——This Fan Kuai is the queen's brother-in-law!

——If you really kill her, when the girl cries when she turns around, the queen won't take it out on us?

——Besides, His Majesty is about to go into the earth, and when the new king succeeds, the Lord Shaoguo doubts, this Han court, but the Queen Mother has the final say...

After such a simple exchange, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo quickly reached an agreement: go to Handan, catch Fan Kuai, but not kill him!

Logically speaking, if it was put at another time, the two of them resisted the order with such convincing evidence, it must be that nine heads would not be enough to chop off.

However, Liu Bang, the old emperor, was so angry by the news that "Lu Wan, the king of Yan, betrayed the Han and surrendered to the Hu", died immediately before he was relieved!

As soon as the old emperor passed away, the situation suddenly became turbulent. The new king succeeded him and ruled the country, followed closely by the queen mother who was involved in politics.

At this time, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo tied Fan Kuai, ran back to Chang'an, and said to Lu Zhi without changing his face: "As subjects, we should not violate the emperor's edict, but we dare not kill him." Empress Dowager's brother-in-law;

Now, Fan Kuai has been brought by us, how to deal with it is up to the Queen Mother to decide.

In this way, Marquis Fankui of Wuyang, who was destined to die, survived by Chen Ping and Zhou Bo's "trick".

Chen Ping and Zhou Bo also took this opportunity to catch up with the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi and started their 15-year "undercover" career.

As far as Liu Ying is concerned now, the benefits that Fan Kui can bring from being killed are far greater than Fan Kui's "lucky survival" again.

It's still the same sentence: the new king ascends the throne, and he wants to bestow courtiers~
For Chen Bi, Guan Ying and others, Liu Ying had to "two thousand stones in the court, and a general outside the court", a second-generation meritorious marquis Li Ji, and Liu Ying had to prepare a position as a quasi-Jiuqing. What kind of reward should Fan Kuai, the leader of the Han Dynasty, the founding father of the Han Dynasty who is famous in history, get?
——Don't forget, Fan Kui two days ago was still Zuo Xiangguo!

If you seal it up, you will be the prime minister!

Let Fan Kui, a warrior, be Xiao He's successor?
Liu Ying claims that she is not a talented person in power, but no matter what, she is not so stupid.

Leaving aside the fact that Fan Kuai was prime minister, Cao Can, Wang Ling, and Zhang Cang would not agree, and Liu Ying alone would be the first to say no!

——Brothers will develop for another two years, but they will raise their troops to the north, step on the grasslands, and hold the king of the Huns to blame the Taimiao and Gaomiao!

Fan Kuai is not Fan Kui, I will let you die!
Furthermore, if Fan Kui did not die, it would inevitably bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to Liu Ying in the future.

This logic is also easy to understand: Liu Bang wanted Fan Kui to die, but Fan Kui didn't die, and Liu Bang died again; then the new emperor Liu Ying, should he kill Fan Kui?

Not to kill, is to violate the last emperor's will!
But if you want to kill, you will be back to the starting point of the problem.

Fan Kuai is the brother-in-law of the current empress and future empress dowager Lu Zhi, and the little uncle of Liu Ying...
From this point of view, Fan Kuai's best ending is to be taken away by the old emperor Liu Bang, so that he can have a companion on the road to Huangquan.

But what makes Liu Ying feel helpless is: whether Fan Kui will die or not is not at all up to her, or even the emperor Liu Bang's decision...
"Whoo~"

"fair enough."

"The old man was ordered to die. Chen Ping and Zhou Bo resisted the order and did not obey it. Even if Fan Kui survived by chance, he had to keep a low profile for a few years, so as not to be drowned by the spit of all the officials."

"My old lady's wrist is unlikely to force Fan Kuai into the court."

"In this way, wait a few more years..."

"Ah···········"

"Fan Kuai, how many 'years' are left..."

With a meaningful smile, Liu Ying fiddled with her fingers, and finally stopped at the 'six' gesture.

After driving Fan Kuai's matter out of her mind for a while, and exhaling with a little boredom, Liu Ying's attention finally returned to the rebels outside the city again.

At this moment, it is already midnight.

If there is no accident, the general offensive of the rebels is about to begin...
　It seems that some readers have asked about this before, so I will focus on it.

　　In the Han military system, the Taiwei is the most respected, ranked among the three princes, ranked ten thousand stones, golden seals and purple ribbons, all in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and are on the same level as the princes.

　　The second is the general, who is given the (soldier) talisman on the festival (Tianzi), with two thousand stones in it, gold seal and purple ribbon, and is in charge of a party's soldiers and horses according to the imperial edict;

　　The third said: Chariot general, gold seal and purple ribbon, two thousand stones in the center, not permanent, more chariots are used for countering rebellion, he is worshiped when a war arises, and he is dismissed after a war, compared with the three princes.

　　The fourth said: General, with silver seal and green ribbon, real two thousand stones, most of them are the commanders of conquests;

　　The fifth said: The front, rear, left, and right generals, with silver seals and green ribbons, and two thousand stones.

　　To put it simply, the Taiwei is the largest, the Great General is second, the Chariot General is third, the General is fourth, and the Generals are tied for fifth.

　　What needs to be mentioned is that in history, Emperor Wen newly appointed the post of "General Wei" because Emperor Wen did not want to conflict with Chen Ping and Zhou Bo because of the position of Wei Wei. Therefore, General Wei can be understood as a substitute for Wei Wei. .

　　Later, the post of General Wei was permanently established in the Han Dynasty. He was the same as Jiuqing, the same rank as the general, and tied for fourth place, under the Taiwei, the general, and the general.

　　
　
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