I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 454 Who agrees and who opposes?
After knowing the past between Yuan An and Zhou Bo, Yuan An's true background may be ready to be revealed.

——At least when the Empress Dowager Lu was lying on the couch seriously ill, and Chang'an began to report that "a big disturbance is about to happen, and one may be selected from among the kings to be emperor afterwards", Yuan An had already started a cold fire and stood on the sidelines. On behalf of Wang Liu Heng's side.

It is obvious: Yuan Ang has a vicious vision, and puts pressure on the person who is most worthy of investment.

And Yuan Ang's later "achievements" made this son of a powerful man who was forced to move into Guanzhong because of "two thousand stones in local counties and counties can't be ruled" gradually become the "best rookie" in the imperial court after Jia Yi's death. Chao Cuo is on an equal footing.

For example, in the third year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, entered the pilgrimage to see him;

At that time, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen initially took control of the power of the court, and he had already experienced the life trough of "planning for many years to fight the Huns, but was stabbed in the back by Liu Xingju, King of Jibei".

As for Emperor Taizong's brothers, among the eight sons of Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang, the only surviving ones are Emperor Taizong Xiaowen Liu Heng, and Huainan King Liu Chang.

——Taizu's eldest son, Qi Mourning Hui Wang Liu Fei, died of natural causes on the throne of Qi Wang;

——Emperor Xiaohui, the second son of Taizu, Liu Ying, was so frightened out of his mind by the human pig made by his mother, Empress Dowager Lu, and then he was drunk all day, dreaming and dying, and successfully killed himself at the age of 22;
——Liu Ruyi, the third son of Taizu Zhao Yin Wang, went to the pilgrimage to meet his elder brother Liu Ying in a certain year, and because he overslept when he made an appointment to go hunting on a certain day, he was not brought by his elder brother Liu Ying. Empress Dowager Lu sent someone to poison her to death with poisoned wine.

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Liu Heng, the fourth son of Taizu, was granted the title of acting king. Because his mother, Bo Liangren, had always been respectful and had served Queen Mother Lu respectfully, he was able to survive until the day when Queen Mother Lu died;
Liu Hui, the fifth son of Taizu, was first established as King Liang in the 11th year of Emperor Gao of Taizu (196 BC), and after the death of King Zhao Liu Youyou, he was renamed King Zhao by Queen Mother Lu.

In the end, because the favorite concubine was forced to death by Lu's back, Liu Hui was disheartened and felt that life was hopeless, so he committed suicide;

Liu You, the sixth son of Taizu, was also granted the title of King Huaiyang one year before the death of Emperor Gao of Taizu (11th year of Emperor Gao of Taizu), and moved to King Zhao after Liu Ruyi was killed by Empress Dowager Lu.

It's just that Liu You's fate is not far from that of his elder brother Liu Hui: because he couldn't get along with Queen Lu, who married her, Queen Lu kept saying bad things about Liu You in Queen Mother Lu's ear, which eventually led to Liu You being imprisoned and die;

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Liu Chang, the seventh son of Taizu, was named the King of Huainan in the 11th year of Emperor Gao of Taizu, and because his mother was forced to death by Empress Dowager Lu as early as after giving birth to him, Empress Dowager Lu felt guilty about him and raised him since childhood. Because of being by my side, I was able to survive until the death of the Empress Dowager Lu;
Liu Jian, the eighth son of Taizu, was conferred the title of King Yan in the 12th year of Emperor Gao of Taizu, and died 15 years later, when the Empress Dowager Lu died.

If he can last another three to five years, Liu Jian may become Emperor Taizong Liu Heng's second brother who said "when I became emperor, you were fortunately not killed by Queen Lu".

Maybe it was because he was too young, or maybe Yan Di was not very attractive - when he was alive, Liu Jian was not overly targeted by the Empress Dowager Lu;
But after Liu Jian's death, the Empress Dowager Lu, who was dying, still secretly murdered all Liu Jian's heirs, and declared to the outside world: King Yan has no sons, and the country will be extinct...
That is to say, when the Empress Dowager Lu passed away and the acting king Liu Heng entered the Datong, the eight sons of the Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang had only the Emperor Taizong Xiaowen himself who had just joined the Datong, and the Huainan Li Wang Liu Bang. long.

Of the remaining six people, two died directly at the hands of the Empress Dowager Lu (the third son, King Yin of Zhao, Liu Ruyi, and the sixth son, King You of Zhao, Liu You), and two of them died indirectly at the hands of the Empress Dowager Lu (the second son, Emperor Xiaohui Liu Ying). , Lao Wu Zhao Gongwang Liu Hui);

Only the boss: Qi Mourning King Liu Fei barely had a 'good death'. Although the eighth brother Liu Jian died of natural causes (doubtful), he was also cruelly cut off by the Empress Dowager Lu.

Under such a background, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen naturally attached great importance to Huainan King Liu Chang, the only surviving younger brother after he became emperor.

——Emperor Taizong must do this.

Even if he wanted to flaunt himself as "brother, friend and brother respectful" and set up an archway for himself as a "fraternal brother", Emperor Taizong had to serve Liu Changhao.

But as the saying goes: only a gentleman and a villain are difficult to raise. If they are far away, they will complain, and if they are close, they will not be inferior.

For the emperor Liu Heng's initiative to get close, Huainan King Liu Chang did not show the slightest quality that a "good brother" should possess, but went further and further on the road to death.

In the early years, Liu Chang's mother was involved in Zhao Wang Zhang Ao's "Assassination of the Holy Driver" case, and was implicated and imprisoned.

Before she was imprisoned, Liu Chang's mother had just been honored by Zhao Wang Zhang Ao with the Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang, and got a precious chance to be blessed.

It was at this moment that a critical blow occurred, and she became pregnant with Liu Chang.

Pregnant in Liujia, but imprisoned, Liu Chang's mother had no choice but to send a letter to the Empress Dowager Lu, praying for the help of the empress dowager.

The logic is also very simple: I am pregnant with the blood of the Liu family, and I ask the queen to forgive my mother and child for the sake of Liu's son in my womb.

Obviously, Empress Dowager Lu didn't want to save another Hu Meizi who was pregnant with Liu Bang's blood, so she ignored the letter of help sent by Liu Chang's mother.

In the end, Liu Chang's mother gave birth to Liu Chang in prison and resolutely committed suicide afterwards.

At this time, Empress Dowager Lu began to feel guilty towards Liu Changsheng, so she raised Liu Changsheng under her knees;
It is precisely because of this that Liu Chang was able to live through the entire period of Empress Dowager Lu in power, until the death of Empress Dowager Lu, and Emperor Taizong Xiaowen entered Chang'an to inherit the rule.

Liu Chang's life was saved by his mother with her own life.

So, in the third year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, when Emperor Taizong called Liu Chang to Chang'an for an audience, a very magical thing happened.

——Shortly after arriving in Chang'an, Liu Chang said, "You were also with the Empress Dowager Lu at that time, and you were highly valued by the Empress Dowager. Why didn't you intercede for my mother?" In the name of ', the Marquis of Piyang will be beaten to death with a hammer!

For Liu Chang's move, everyone inside and outside the court clapped their hands and applauded, and even praised Liu Chang as "a man with courage and courage", but no one noticed that Shen Shiqi at that time had already lost all his teeth and half his neck A dying old man buried in the soil...
It was also this incident that became a major turning point in Liu Chang's entire life.

Clan princes, especially the only surviving brothers and sisters of today, hammered and killed the founding father on the streets of Chang'an in front of the public!
Even if this move won the high approval of public opinion, it still cannot change the degree of explosion of this matter. Even if it is placed in the explosion world, it is quite explosive.

Liu Heng was very angry;
Annoyed that my younger brother dared to hammer and kill a Gonghou who lived thousands of stones so recklessly under his nose.

——If you dare to kill the meritorious prince today, don’t you dare to kill the prince tomorrow?

——To kill the princes tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, I'm afraid you may not dare...

Just as Emperor Taizong was thinking about how to handle the matter in a low-key manner, Yuan Ang appeared.

Yuan An told Emperor Taizong in front of the officials of the Manchu Dynasty: If the princes and kings are too arrogant, they will definitely cause disasters in the future;

Now, King Huainan has a tendency to be arrogant and domineering. His Majesty can appropriately reduce King Huainan's fiefdom as a warning.

Emperor Taizong did not adopt Yuan An's suggestion.

To be precise, Emperor Taizong did not adopt Yuan An's suggestion of "big punishment and small punishment" as Yuan An expected.

Because what Emperor Taizong wanted was not to deprive Liu Chang of the counties;
Emperor Taizong knew very well: If you want to destroy it, you must first make it crazy...

Seeing that the emperor's brother had no intention of punishing him at all, Liu Chang let himself go completely.

——I killed someone!

——The one who killed was the founding father, Chehou of thousands of households!

——As a result, the emperor's brother didn't even say a bad word!
——Aren't I going to make a fuss now?

Therefore, Liu Chang became more and more troublesome, and the trouble became bigger and bigger, until in the end, because he conspired with the son of Jipu Hou to rebel, he went to his doomed demise.

As the first offender, Jipuhou's son sat dead;

The accomplice Liu Chang was exiled to Bashu because of Emperor Taizong's "kindness", and was taken to Hanzhong by a prison car from Chang'an.

At this time, Yuan Ang, who had been promoted from 'Zhong Lang' to Zhong Lang General, appeared again.

Yuan Ang advised Emperor Taizong: His Majesty always indulged Huainan King in consideration of brotherhood in the past, and did not restrict Huainan King at all, which led to the disaster like today;

The preferential treatment given to King Huainan in the past, and now the sudden destruction and humiliation of King Huainan, according to the upright character of King Huainan, what should His Majesty do if something goes wrong on the way to Shu?

If all the people in the world say that His Majesty can't tolerate others, and even killed his only younger brother, what should His Majesty do?

This time, Emperor Taizong still did not listen to Yuan An's advice, insisted on going his own way, and still ordered soldiers to escort Liu Chang to Shu.

What's interesting is: on the prison car that escorted Liu Chang to Shu, there was a seal written by Emperor Taizong himself, which read, "The door of the car is opened, the first offender, the subordinates will die, and those who see and do not stop them will flow for three thousand miles." .

So, Liu Chang sat in this prison car all the way to the west until he reached Yongdi, but no one dared to open the door of the prison car to give Liu Chang a bite of food;
When he arrived in Yongdi, no matter how strong he was, Liu Chang could not withstand hunger and died.

After getting the news, Emperor Taizong was "very sad" and even angrily killed all the officials in every place that the prison car escorting Liu Chang passed!
As for the reason, it is also very interesting.

——I told you not to open the door, but you didn't?
——My younger brother has starved to death from you dog officials, what are you talking about with me? ? ?

It wasn't until when Yuan An stood up for the third time that he finally said what he really wanted to say.

Yuan Ang said: When your majesty was still acting king, the queen mother (Bo) was ill for three years. During these three years, your majesty tasted the decoction and never left the queen mother's side day and night;
Such filial behavior, even Zeng Shen felt embarrassed, but His Majesty did it without any omissions, which shows that His Majesty is much more filial than Zeng Shen.

After killing Zhulu, His Majesty set off from Dai again and walked into the unpredictable city of Chang'an. Even Meng Ben and Xia Yu's bravery and courage were not as good as His Majesty's Eleven.

The ministers asked His Majesty to ascend the throne, His Majesty declined five times, and the ancient great sage Xu You only declined once.

In these three things, His Majesty is far better than the ancient sages - filial piety, courage, and humility, this is a noble virtue that has never been seen in ancient times.

With such a virtue, why do you need to worry that a mere Huainan King Liu Chang will stain His Majesty?
Besides, His Majesty did not execute Huainan King, but let Huainan King go to Shu, in order to protect his younger brother who made a mistake, and wanted him to reform. It was the officials who died on the way that caused Huainan King to die. Your Majesty...

Therefore, Emperor Taizong lamented that "the world is impermanent", and at the same time released Yuan An's words intact, and sent them to the ears of most people in the world.

Afterwards, Yuan An's suggestion was finally adopted, and Liu Chang's three sons were all crowned kings, and all Huainan Kingdom was given to Liu Chang's sons.

From then on, Tuen Ce gradually came into the sight of all the court officials.

But today, the reason why Xia Que was worried that she would be torn apart by those big bosses who were not selected by herself and Ji An because of the matter of "selecting ten people to meet" was precisely because of a glorious deed of Yuan An.

Emperor Taizong once had a very favored eunuch named Zhao Tong.

Relying on Emperor Taizong's favor, Zhao would also slander Yuan Ang with bad words from time to time. Although it could not hurt Yuan Ang's root, it also made Yuan Ang worry about it.

Logically speaking, if this is Mao Dun between two courtiers, there is a high probability that it will develop into the kind of enmity between Yuan An and Chao Cuo that lasted for decades;
But because Zhao Tong had ten servants, this incident quickly came to an incomplete end in a very funny way.

One day, Emperor Taizong went out in a car, and Zhao Tong naturally accompanied him;
In the end, Yuan Ang knelt down in front of the carriage, and said in a burst of words: Your Majesty, as the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, should invite the imperial chariot to ride with him. They should all be world-renowned heroes and well-educated rulers of the country;

Today, although our Han family lacks heroes and rulers, His Majesty will not be reduced to the situation where he sits in the same car as what is left after a knife saw? ? ?

So, Emperor Wen laughed loudly, and immediately let Zhao Tong get out of the car, and never favored Zhao Tong again.

But for the palace people, falling out of favor after being favored naturally means that they will never recover...
It was also after this incident that Yuan An really became famous both inside and outside the court, earning a reputation of "even if you don't make friends with Yuan An, don't reject Yuan An's kindness".

Because this incident was told inside and outside the Changan court: If I want to kill you, it is just a matter of saying a few words in front of the emperor...

(End of this chapter)