Dahan first prince

Chapter 273 The Best Candidate for the King of Huainan: Liu Ruyi

Regarding Liu Ying's implicit suggestion that "it might be better to let the fifth Liu Hui be the king of Liang", Liu Bang nodded in his heart.

Liu Bang's previous thoughts were basically the same as Liu Ying's.

——The four kingdoms of Yan, Liang, Jing, and Huainan have no masters. At first glance, it seems that there are more than a dozen nephews and relatives to choose from, but in fact, there are only a few candidates for Liu Bang to choose from.

Let’s talk about Liu Bang’s generation, the old Liu family includes Liu Bang himself, and there are four brothers;

Uncle Liu, the elder brother, passed away long before Liu Bangde was established as King of Han, even before the death of the first emperor, leaving only his wife who scraped the pot for Liu Bang, Fan Kuai, Zhou Bo, Xia Houying and other "idlers and lazy people". And Liu Xin, the son named "Gengjiehou" by Liu Bang;

If there is no accident, at least until the grass on Liu Bang's grave grows as high as his waist, it is impossible for this family to receive any imperial titles except for the insulting Marquis of "Gengjiehou".

In this way, there is not a single candidate for Brother Liu Bang.

As for the second brother Liu Xi, let alone.

——Liu Bang's dislike for the elder brother's family is at least because the elder sister-in-law scrapped the bottom of the pot in front of her "guest" and made herself lose face; Liu Bang has no opinion at all about the eldest brother Liu Bo.

Soon after the Battle of Gaixia, Liu Bang, who was able to succeed the emperor, was also the first to posthumously confer the title of "Wu Aihou" on his deceased brother.

But compared to the eldest family who was 'involved by the mistress', the second child Liu Xi directly caused Liu Bang to yell at him, and even said to others in private several times: I have no face to say that this is my brother...

Needless to say, six years ago, when Han Wangxin turned against the Xiongnu, which triggered the Han-Hung Pingcheng War, Liu Xi, as the acting king, "abandoned the country and escaped", which was already a candidate for the canonization of the Han princes. permanent blacklist.

——As a clan vassal stationed on the frontier, without seeing the enemy, he left the whole country and ran alone. Liu Xi was able to keep his head, and he had to be lucky that his surname was Liu!

On the contrary, Liu Xi's two sons are somewhat 'unlike father';
Whether it is the eldest son Liu Bi or the second son Liu Guang, both of them can be regarded as promising. Although there is no praise in the public opinion, they can still be regarded as their duty.

Even if they couldn't count on their father, the two brothers relied on themselves and accumulated a lot of meritorious service in the process of pacifying the Huainan Wang Yingbu Rebellion that just ended.

In this way, the second child, Liu Xi, is of the same line, so there are two candidates, Liu Bi and Liu Guang;
If the concern of "it is inconvenient to have two princes in the same line" is added, only one of these two people can be selected by Liu Bang as the new master of a certain princely state in the Kanto region.

As for the third child, it is naturally Liu Bang himself;

The fourth eldest, Liu Jiao, has also been conferred the title of King of Chu, sitting on the second largest vassal state in the world after Qi.

In this way, even though Liu Jiao had seven sons, there was no reason to give Liu Jiao's sons kings when Liu Jiao had already been granted the title.

Still the same sentence: There can only be one king in a lineage, unless the father is called Liu Bang.

Calculated in this way, the entire Liu Han clan can be chosen by Liu Bang, that is, one of the two sons of the second brother Liu Xi, and Liu Ze, a distant relative of the collateral line, plus Liu Bang's eight sons, except the prince Liu Ying, and The four youngest sons besides the elder Liu Fei, the third Liu Ruyi, and the fourth Liu Heng who have already been named kings.

——With all the vacancies in the four vassal states, there are only these six people who can be selected by Liu Bang!

Dividing six people into four princely states seems not difficult, but in fact, there are many key factors that need to be paid attention to.

First of all, Liu Jia, the former king of Jing, died in battle with the rebellious Yingbo as a side branch clan;
Therefore, regardless of whether it was due to family harmony or the unity between the Liu clan's kin and concubine, Liu Bang could not grant the Jing Kingdom that Liu Jia left behind to his son.

Otherwise, if rumors and gossips came out in Gada, saying that Liu Jia's death in battle was a game set up by Liu Bang to regain Jing, the credibility that the Han Dynasty had accumulated with great difficulty would be wiped out in an instant.

——The emperor's old man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who can do anything to relatives, how can he treat us people well?
In order to prevent such thoughts from appearing in the minds of any Han people, Liu Bang must first exclude his sons as the candidate for King Jing.

In this way, the affiliation of the Kingdom of Jing will be between 'one of Liu Xi's two sons' and 'Liu Bang's distant cousin Liu Ze'.

Considering the close and distant relatives, compared to himself and Liu Ze, they are distant relatives who are far away from each other. Liu Bangzong has a lot of complaints about his second brother Liu Xi, and obviously he would be more willing to give the opportunity of being king to his second brother Liu happy son.

——As the elder brother of the emperor, Liu Xi hangs around in the name of the Marquis of Che. If it spreads, Liu Bang will lose face, and it will also affect the image of the Han family's royal family to some extent.

But Liu Xi's previous "performance" really made Liu Bang feel uneasy.

But if it was Feng Liuxi's son, the matter would be perfectly resolved.

Liu Xi was his elder brother, so Liu Bang had no choice but to seal him, but he didn't dare to seal Liu Xi himself, so he simply granted Jing Guo to Liu Xi's son.

In this way, in the case of 'one of Liu Xi's two sons' prescribing the throne of King Jing, the situation changed from 'six candidates competing for four vassal states' to 'five people competing for three vassal states' '.

But if this is the case, Liu Bang will have a big head again.

——As the son of heaven, especially the founding emperor, Liu Bang even sealed Liu Xi's useless brother, so why not seal his own son?

Even if it is only out of the consideration of "making all the sons kings, so that they can help the prince's elder brother govern the world in the future, and serve as brothers and wings of the emperor", Liu Bang must ensure that on the day he closes his eyes, his eight sons must have landing!
Therefore, after the arrangement in Jingdi, the real situation is not that 'five people fight for three vassal states', but that in addition to the three vassal states of Liang, Yan, and Huainan, Liu Bang has to find another place to join forces. Enough for four vassal states, seal out the remaining four youngest sons!
Since there are three remaining vassal states, even Liu Bang is not enough to enshrine his own son, so the distant cousin Liu Ze can only move back a little bit.

Liu Bang hadn't had time to think about "where to find another place to be a vassal state" and sending that son to be the king of this "new vassal state".

But it is obvious: Among the three countries of Liang, Yan, and Huainan, the importance of the first two makes Liu Bang have to choose the most suitable candidate!
Especially the Liang State, which is located at the gateway of Guanzhong, is the most important thing for the Han Dynasty, which is about to undergo a handover of power in the future visible to the naked eye.

But while the candidates of Yan and Liang need to be cautious, the "quality" of the candidates that Liu Bang can choose is really unspeakable.

——For example, among the remaining four sons who have not yet been crowned king, Liu Hui, the oldest fifth son, is only five years old this year...

no way.

Who told Liu Bang not to care about his stature, not to marry a wife and have a baby early, and to pass on the blood?

At this time, he found that he was in his sixties, but his son who could be counted on was only in his early five years old. In Liu Bang's heart, he couldn't help but sighed a little, "When the son is used up, he will hate less".

Therefore, it is reasonable to use Liu Hui, the fifth son, as the king of Liang, and guard the gate of Guanzhong for the elder brother of the prince to ensure the inevitable regime change in the next few years.

Pull out the general from the dwarf!

No matter how young Liu Hui is, he is better than those younger brothers who have not even had time to wean...
If it doesn't work, I can only follow Liu Ying's method just now, and send a reliable king minister to the five-year-old Liang Wang Liu Hui, who will also be a prince by the way. He will help Liu Hui manage the country and educate Liu Hui at the same time.

"Um······"

Nodding slowly while pondering, Liu Bang accepted Liu Ying's recommendation for King Liang.

As for Yan Guo, although Liu Ying was extremely cautious and did not directly recommend candidates, she basically said everything that needed to be said.

——My brothers are too young~
——Rather than thinking about who is more suitable to be King Yan at the age of two or three, he should think about it carefully, find a more reliable king for the younger brothers, and practice for a few years first... ···

Thinking of this, Liu Bang was always extremely depressed, and finally could only nod slowly with a gloomy expression.

Still the same sentence: Old Emperor Liu Bang, it was too late to marry, too late to have children, and the princes are too young...
The boss, Liu Fei, can be regarded as the only prince who has been crowned as an adult, but he has long been conferred to Qi by Liu Bang;
The second child, Liu Ying, even though she is the crown prince, at the age of fourteen or five, Liu Ying once made Liu Bang feel uneasy, and even gave birth to a heart of easy storage!

If it weren't for the fact that the youngest Liu Ruyi was too young, Liu Bang wouldn't have given up his plan of 'Easy Storage and Establishment' so easily...
The third child, Liu Ruyi, and the fourth child, Liu Heng, one is just ten years old and the other is about to be eight years old, but they have already been sent by Liu Bang to be the kings of Dai and Zhao. The important task of guarding the side wall.

The elder brothers are only ten or eight years old, let alone the younger Liu Hui, the sixth, Liu You, the seventh, and Liu Chang, the eighth.

——For example, Liu Jian, the eighth child in his infancy, hadn't learned to call "Daddy" when Liu Bang left Chang'an this time!
Therefore, even if he was unwilling to admit it in his heart, Liu Bang could only acquiesce in Liu Ying's suggestion, which was indeed the worst solution.

"Ugh······"

"Princes and princes..."

"It's still worthy of the important task of 'Wang Taifu'..."

Shaking his head tiredly and sighing bitterly, Liu Bang finally raised his hand and rubbed the corners of his eyes.

"How about Huainan?"

"Friend king? Long king? Or Jian..."

He asked this question in a distressed tone, and before he finished speaking, Liu Bang remembered his youngest son, Liu Jian, who was still struggling to breastfeed, and couldn't help but sighed again.

But in front of Liu Bang, Liu Ying's face changed suddenly when she heard that her father asked about the ownership of Huainan Kingdom.

After struggling for a long time full of doubts, Liu Ying finally lowered her head slowly and gave her father a little hug.

"In the two countries of Yan and Huainan, Yan is more important, while Huainan is slightly lighter."

"You, Chang, and Jian are all young, and my father and emperor have sharp eyesight, so I can choose Wang Yan as I like."

"Huainan again..."

As she said that, Liu Ying's words were abruptly stagnated again, and after listening for a while, she continued in a low tone: "The land of Huainan is very vast, and my father may..."

"Uh, Huainan may be divided into two, with Wang and Yu..."

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Liu Bang waved his hands a little annoyed.

"No need."

"Although the land in Huainan is not narrow, it is slightly barren; if it is further divided into the king and the second son, people in the world may think that: I am so stingy to indulge my parents and children, and I will not give up the land of the king."

"Um······"

"Huaiyang."

"Huaiyang is located in the south of Zhao, the east of Liang, the north of Huainan, and the west of Qi and Chu."

"Surrounded by the five kingdoms on all sides, even counties and counties are no different from the lands of princes."

After saying these words to himself, Liu Bang patted his thigh lightly with a gloomy expression.

"Ah."

"You were young, and believed to be withdrawn, and didn't like to talk to others, so I went to Wang Huaiyang to be surrounded by clan relatives and uncles, so that I could know a little about the relatives of the clan temple..."

After saying that, Liu Bang thought for a while, as if he didn't hear Liu Ying's previous words, he continued to ask: "How is Huainan?"

"Elder King? Jian Wang?"

Seeing her father's reaction like this, Liu Ying panicked and raised her head nervously.

——Isn’t it a good chat!
This is the same as Liu Ying's decision on entrustment plan...

But this time, Liu Bang didn't let Liu Ying think for too long, so he cast that sharp gaze on Liu Ying's face again.

However, Liu Bang was like this, and Liu Yingjue became more and more confused: Is dad trying to test himself, or does he really want to listen to opinions?

or...

"Speaking bluntly."

"That is to say, the responsibility of supervising the country, the first to be warned, is the nature of indecision and the benevolence of women!"

"Be quick and decisive in every situation, never lose your footing when encountering enemies, be lenient to the people, be strict with tyrannical powers, never yield an inch in the face of barbarians, think twice about the affairs of the state, govern the world with the way of hegemony and king, Fang He Mingjun , The Way of the Sage Lord!"

Seeing that her father told her the standard of "being a qualified emperor" unprecedentedly, Liu Ying subconsciously straightened her body.

After seeing the urging in her father's eyes, Liu Ying hesitated again.

Just when Liu Bang's gaze became colder and impatient, and even started to feel a little angry, Liu Ying finally slapped her hands in front of her like a warrior who was about to die!
"Return, report to Father..."

"I thought..."

"I thought! The princes who can king Huainan are the only ones like Ruyi!!!"

"My son! I implore my father to agree to move Zhao Wang Ruyi to Wang Huainan, to Anzong Temple and Sheji!!!!!!"

Exhausting all her strength and making up her mind to make up her mind, and uttering this 'suggestion' that is likely to lead to a bloody storm, Liu Ying lowered her head and slammed her forehead heavily between her hands supporting the ground .

What Liu Ying didn't know was: standing only half a step in front of her, looking at Liu Ying's bowed figure and Liu Bang's ever-changing face...

There was a flash of joy!
Although it was only for a moment, what Liu Ying and even Liu Bang himself didn't know was that this was the second time in Liu Bang's life that he showed such pure joy because of something about Liu Ying.

As for the first time, it was 14 years ago, in the 37th year of Qin Shihuang, when Zulong Yingzheng's imperial chariot approached the sand dunes, and when he was about to die, Liu Bang, who was still a bandit in Mangdang Mountain to avoid being arrested by the Qin court, got his family. incoming news.

--gave birth.

—is a son.

——According to what you meant before, call it Ying...

——Maintain surplus and maintain prosperity, maintain surplus and maintain success...

(End of this chapter)