Chapter 272

After Liu Fa said, "The country is small and the land is narrow, there is no room for maneuvering", Liu Sheng lost the interest in talking about serious business.

——It’s not that Liu Sheng forgot his business;
Instead, he looked at the hall, each of them was full of thoughts and sorrows, but all of them had deliberate smiles, as if he was afraid of offending his brothers, Liu Sheng, really couldn't bear it...

Without mentioning the business, this banquet of the crown prince's uterus has naturally become a purely fun.

The brothers who hadn't seen each other for a long time, under the meticulous care of Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu, exchanged cups with each other and talked happily.

Except for Liu Sheng who had other things on his mind, everyone else had a good time drinking and chatting.

In the end, it was Liu Pengzu who was born in place of Liu Shengzhan, and put an end to the banquet in due course on the grounds that he would go hunting tomorrow.

And on the next day, the nine brothers also followed the agreement, each took Wang Huan, and followed Liu Sheng's prince's chariot, and headed towards Shanglin Garden.

It's just that the destination that the brothers finally arrived at took the brothers quite a bit by surprise.

——Sixian Garden;
Emperor Taizong Xiaowen ordered the construction of the Sixian Garden for the former prince Qi to make friends with heroes from all over the world and accommodate guests...

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"Father is really responsive to Ah Sheng's request?"

"Even Sixian Garden, Father allowed Ah Sheng to come and go freely, and even hunt here?"

The brothers and the others put on their hunting gear, and scattered around the entrance of the hunting ground. Liu Sheng drove the horses slowly and leisurely, wandering aimlessly in the hunting ground;
Not long after, the slightly teasing voice of his elder brother Liu Pengzu was heard, and Liu Sheng just nodded with a smile, and then shook his head inexplicably.

"For me, the crown prince, the prince is indeed generous."

"But if you really want to talk about frugality (lìn) and frugality (sè), compared with the former Emperor Taizong, the father will not give in too much?"

The joking words only caused Liu Pengzu to laugh for a while, but he saw Liu Sheng raised his head with a grin, and swept a little around his side.

"This Sixian Garden, the emperor allows me to freely come and go, and it is not without price."

"If you don't want to use this to achieve your own goals, father, you will never be so generous..."

Hearing this, Liu Pengzu's smile faded slightly, and he just nodded thoughtfully.

After looking around for a while, no one came and let out a sigh.

This Sixian Garden was designated by the late emperor after the first emperor appointed the crown prince, and specially ordered the Shaofu to set aside a site in Shanglin Garden for the then Crown Prince Qi.

In terms of size, Sixian Garden is definitely not big;

At least compared to Shanglin, the royal forest garden that covers hundreds of miles, Prince Qi's Sixian Garden only occupies a very small part of Shanglin Garden.

The entire Sixian Garden is only composed of a few simple buildings.

There is a palace for the prince to rest;
The banquet hall for the prince to entertain and meet guests, and several open-air banquet halls specially vacated for banquets.

What's more, there is a group of courtyards that can accommodate about a hundred people, which can be used by the prince to accommodate guests temporarily or for a long time.

In addition, those rented fields, the tenant farmers who were classified as within the scope of Sixian Garden, also belonged to the extremely precious "assets" of the former Prince Qi and the current Emperor Qi.

——In some extreme cases, these peasants whose household registration plates read "Tenants of Sixian Court" will become the last strength that Tian Ziqi can rely on.

As for now, after Liu Sheng has been canonized as the crown prince, why didn't the emperor Qi Qi also set aside such a territory in Shanglin Garden for his crown prince like the first emperor back then? The reason is a little complicated.

First of all, it is natural that the Han family's rules on 'how to train a prince' are still not perfect.

After all, since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the true prince and crown prince of the Han family, except for the prince Qi of the first emperor, was also the prince of Taizu Liu Bang and later Emperor Xiaohui: Liu Ying.

And Liu Ying, as the founding king's prince and founding queen: Gao Hou Lu's pheasant alone, the treatment and education he received during the prince's period are obviously extremely special and extremely irreproducible.

——Emperor Xiaohui Liu Ying, born in the year when the First Emperor Yingzheng died (210 BC);

When Taizu Liu Bang raised troops in Peixian County and responded to the anti-Qin under the call of Emperor Yi, King Huai of Chu, Xiaohui Liu Ying was still in his infancy.

By the time Ziying of the third generation was killed and abandoned in the city (206 BC), Yingqin Sheji collapsed, and Xiaohui Liuying was only four years old.

In the same year, Liu Ji, the Duke of Pei, was crowned King of Han by Overlord Xiang Yu, and Liu Ying, who was only four years old, also became the Prince of Han;
Four years later (202 BC), the overlord Wujiang committed suicide, and Liu Bang became emperor in Luoyang. Liu Ying, who was promoted from the crown prince of the Han Dynasty to the crown prince of the Han Dynasty, was only eight years old.

After that, Liu Ying, the founding prince, also failed to receive stable elite education and royal education.

——From the time when he was the emperor until his death seven years later, Liu Bang, the emperor Gao, the great ancestor, has been busy everywhere to put down the chaos of the princes with different surnames.

During those seven years, Emperor Liu Bang was either fighting or on the way to fight chaos;
While in Chang'an, Empress Dowager Lu was busy consolidating Liu Ying's position as the crown prince, and dealing with threats from Mrs. Qi, Liu Ruyi's mother and son.

Her father doesn't love her, her mother doesn't love her, and even the position of the reserve is on the verge of collapse. Not to mention Liu Ying has received an education, she has never even possessed some things that a prince and prince should have, such as the prince's pro-military and vassals.

——Prince Liu Ying never even had her own uterus...
It was so stumbling and stumbling until the 12th year of the Han Dynasty (195 BC), when the great ancestor Liu Bang died, and the prince Liu Ying finally waited for the day when he would inherit the throne.

When inheriting the throne, Xiaohui Liu Ying had just turned fifteen.

After that, it will be the 15-year period of Empress Dowager Lu's reign.

In the past 15 years, although the throne of the Han family changed hands three times, there was still no real crown prince. For the later prince and prince of the Han family, the precedent of "what kind of education a prince should receive" was established. , or related rules and regulations.

——Xiaohui Liu Ying, who succeeded to the throne at the age of 15, died young at the age of 22 after only seven years in office (188 BC);

Although Liu Gong, who inherited the throne, succeeded as a prince, Liu Gong was only four years old when he succeeded to the throne.

For a prince who inherited the throne at the age of four, not to mention receiving elite education at the prince prince level, it is already a remarkable thing to be able to sit on the imperial couch honestly during the court proceedings.

And the four-year-old son emperor Liu Gong, who only reigned for four years, was brutally abolished and killed by the Empress Dowager Lu at the age of eight (184 BC) because of the sentence "I am not strong, but when I am strong, there will be changes";

After Liu Gong's death, Empress Dowager Lu chose Changshan King Liu Yi from Liu Gong's younger brother, Xiaohui Liu Ying's younger sons.

Before succeeding to the throne, Liu Yi had always been a clan vassal in Chang'an who 'reigned land' from afar;

And when he came to the throne, the young emperor who changed his name to Liu Hong was only six years old...
In another four years, Empress Dowager Lu died, Zhu Lu made troubles in Chang'an, and the fourth son of Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang, Daiwang Liu Heng, succeeded Datong, that is, the emperor (180 BC).

Before joining the Datong, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen had always been an honest and responsible king, and he didn't even have a sense of existence.

In other words: Although today's Ziqi is the sixth emperor of Liu Han Sheji, due to the above reasons, Tian Ziqi, the "sixth emperor of Han", is also the first true emperor of the Han family. Crown Prince Chujun.

——The first prince who has received a complete set of elite education, fully enjoyed the treatment of the crown prince, and experienced a complete crown prince career.

Therefore, no matter from a theoretical or practical point of view, all the systems of the Han family on the crown prince are actually based on the entire career of the crown prince that Ziqi has experienced today as a reference.

For example, the first emperor built Sixian Garden for the emperor, so every Han emperor in the later generations should also set aside a piece of land in Shanglin Garden for his prince, and name it: XX Garden;

For example, during the reign of the first emperor, the crown prince borrowed the crown prince Zhan Shichao Cuo to tactfully make his own voice and express his political stance in the court;

Therefore, if the later prince and prince wanted to say or do something in the court, he should use his own prince Zhan Shi (family orders) to euphemistically achieve his political goals.

Another example: as early as the first emperor, Prince Qi began to reuse his mother's family - Dou's relatives;
Therefore, from the moment he became a prince, the later crown prince could start cultivating his mother clan and place his mother clan's relatives in some insignificant positions in the court.

for no other reason;

There are examples to follow.

But the trouble is that even though Tianzi Qi has been the prince for more than 20 years, he may not have encountered all the situations that the prince may encounter.

Just like today, Liu Sheng was ordered by the emperor as the "nine sons of the emperor" to be the artificial eldest son, and he met and met the brothers who returned to Chang'an as the "eldest prince" and was the former prince Qicong An experience I have never had before...

Back to Sixian Court;
As the first "private territory" of Shanglin Garden that belongs exclusively to the crown prince, the significance of Sixian Garden is not uncommon.

When Liu Sheng didn't have his own 'xx Garden' for the time being, Tian Ziqi temporarily 'lend' Sixian Garden to Liu Sheng, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

But just as Liu Sheng just said: Tianzi Qi is a very 'thrifty' emperor, even more frugal than the previous emperor.

To put it more bluntly: Tian Ziqi's efforts are often in exchange for more valuable gains.

As far as Tian Ziqi is concerned, it is worth lending Liu Sheng all of his Sixian Court, so that Liu Sheng can 'entertain' his brothers' harvest, which is of high value...

"Ah~"

"This time I come to Chang'an, brothers, I'm afraid it will be difficult to show my face and return home..."

He bowed his head and pondered for a long time, but finally failed to guess what the emperor wanted to do. Liu Pengzu didn't try much, and just let out a sigh.

As for his elder brother's exclamation, Liu Sheng did not deliberately avoid it.

"As the saying goes: a man is not guilty, but a woman is guilty;"

"There are other things to say: With a sharp weapon in your chest, you will kill yourself..."

"Suppressing the Kanto region with clan princes has already been concluded as early as Emperor Taizu Gao's orderly extermination of princes with different surnames."

"——This is just a stopgap measure;"

"——This is the conclusion that Emperor Taizu Gao finally came to after reflecting on the lessons learned from Qin II's death."

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"The main reason for Qin II's death is that the old Qin people no longer follow the Ying Qin clan;"

"And the people in the middle of Qin are scattered because Qin Wangzheng abolished the enfeoffment in one fell swoop, and changed it to run counties."

"Therefore, Emperor Taizu Gao established Han Guozuo, first entrusted princes with different surnames to stabilize the internal affairs, and after he defeated Xiang Yu and unified the world, he began to cut off the princes with different surnames in order."

"Afterwards, although the clan princes were replaced, it was only a matter of time before the clan princes were banned."

"Although this time will be very long, the final result is certain."

Without any scruples about his elder brother Liu Pengzu, he will also be enfeoffed as clan princes in the future, and he calmly stated his own opinion, so Liu Sheng turned his head slightly;
Staring at the depths of Liu Pengzu's eyes without dodging, Liu Sheng didn't forget to continue talking.

"Princes with different surnames cannot be trusted because they are all outsiders with different surnames."

"And the disadvantages of clan princes are only one less than that of princes with different surnames, 'the foreign surname is not credible'."

"From the fact that Liu Bi, the king of Wu, was entrusted with the land of Wu for nothing, but he didn't want to serve his ancestors, but instead borrowed salt and money to support his troops, and finally rebelled, it is enough to see: the threat of the clan princes to our Han family , no less than princes with different surnames."

"Even from some perspectives, the threat of clan princes is even greater than that of princes with different surnames!"

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"After all, princes with different surnames plot against the ancestral temple and the state, there will always be people loyal to the Liu family in the world, and they are willing to stand up and stop them spontaneously."

"But the clan princes are also my Liu Han clan, and they are also descendants of the blood of Emperor Taizu Gao;"

"Clan relatives and feudal lords plot the country, and people in the world will find it difficult to tell who is right and who is wrong, who is right and who is wrong..."

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"—Like Liu Bi's sentence 'to punish Chao Cuo, the Qing emperor will side', forcing the father to almost kill Chao Cuo and abandon the market?"

"Yes."

"That's why at that time, my teacher and I were trying our best to oppose the emperor's killing of Chao Cuo."

"Because Chao Cuo can't be killed forever."

"If one Chao Cuo is killed, there will still be tens of thousands of Chao Cuo, planning for the father in Chang'an;"

"If Chao Cuo dies, countless Liu Bi will appear in the future, forcing the emperor to kill all Chao Cuo and his like."

"This precedent cannot be set..."

The calm voice also caused Liu Pengzu to smile wryly, and looked at Liu Sheng with a hint of self-mockery.

But I saw Liu Sheng raised his hand with a grin, and punched Liu Pengzu's shoulder with a smile;
Just talking, Liu Sheng still did not forget to remind Liu Pengzu: "In the future, when my elder brother becomes King Zhao, he will only suffer more suspicion than the eldest brother, second brother, fourth brother and fifth brother."

"—After all, compared with other clan princes, Zhao Wang of my Han family has one more power and responsibility of 'in charge of the defense of the northern wall, and the soldiers and horses of the three kingdoms of Zhao in the Yan Dynasty'."

"For the future, not to be suspected by the emperor;"

"It's also for the future, my brothers will not kill each other;"

"This time, brother, you must help me."

Seeing Liu Sheng being so straightforward, the awkwardness in Liu Pengzu's heart disappeared inexplicably;

After thinking about it for a while, he pretended to nod casually, turned his head and smiled slightly at Liu Sheng.

"Don't worry, Your Highness;"

"No matter what I do, I won't embarrass my siblings."

"—As for Zhao Guo's matter, what His Highness says is what it is."

"Even if His Highness wants to let the minister stay in Chang'an all the time, and lead King Zhao far away, the minister will definitely not complain..."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Shengdang shook his head and smiled, and then nodded to Liu Pengzu gently.

It was during this chatting and laughing, teasing and joking with each other, the two brothers had already formed a gentleman's covenant.

What will happen in the future, neither brother can say for sure;

But the two brothers both understand: If there is such a day, such an incident, that causes suspicion between the two brothers, then today's exchange will become the "last chance" for the two brothers to give each other at that time reason.

Liu Sheng, very much hope that in the future, there will be no such day.

But Liu Sheng is equally clear: no one can say for sure what will happen in the future...

"Brothers, you should have almost found your prey;"

"My two brothers, can't be too shameful?"

The joke only caused Liu Pengzu to nod his head with a smile;
A moment later, the two brothers shouted in unison, and then two dark-black colts rushed out and plunged into the woods...
(End of this chapter)

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