Chapter 49 48. History is no joke
"History is not child's play! How can it be changed randomly?" Yao Weng blew his beard and stared, "The chaos of the Seven Kingdoms created a group of meritorious princes and upstarts. During the reign of Emperor Jing, they called the wind and called the rain, which in turn affected the political environment and governance strategies during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han! "

"Of course history is no child's play!" Wang Zhi was angry. "Could it be that in order to prove the success of the upstarts in the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, the common people are required to donate blood and sons, and fight on the battlefield?! Mothers lost children, wives had no husbands, families were destroyed, and families were displaced. The land is desolate, the national power is at war, and how many civilians lost their lives in a war! How many families have disappeared since then!"

"Heaven and earth are not benevolent, treat everything as a dog!" Yao Weng waved his hand, "One will succeed and all will die! History is written by celebrities!"

"Are you looking at God's perspective? Standing at a high place in history, pointing out the country. You only see one general succeeding! Ten thousand bones withered, that is also blood, flesh, and life!" Wang Zhi said with tears welling up, "Life is equal, no one is born noble! No one is born to be trampled upon!"

"Success is judged by success or failure, and heroes are judged by success or failure! Your view of history and values ​​are divorced from the truth of history! How can you use the paper of history to replace the life and death of people and the change of time?" Wang Zhi approached Yao Weng with a voice. Choked up, "Just like you forced me into the palace to give birth to Liu Qi! How many times have I been on the verge of life and death for the historical mission of raising an emperor through the ages? How many times have I endured humiliation?"

"I won't let you arrange me anymore!" Wang Yan said with a serious face, "Since Yao Weng asked me to enter the palace as the prince concubine, to give birth to an emperor through the ages, and said that this is my historical mission. Then, I want to think for my people. , for the great Han Jiangshan, for my son! This is my real mission!"

Yao Weng was speechless, his eyebrows were wrinkled, his face was gloomy.

"Wang Zhi, do you think you can change the direction of history by yourself?" He spoke sarcastically, staring at Wang Zhi.

"I'm not changing history, nor have I ever thought about changing history." Wang Zhi looked at Yao Weng sincerely, "Follow the sky and respond to people, and choose the best choice under the circumstances within our power. The king is kind, the world is safe, and the people are satisfied. Wouldn't this make Wenjing Zhizhi a glorious annals of history? Without the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms, wouldn't Emperor Wu of Han be able to make great achievements?"

"The Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, the Han regime resolved the rebellion in less than three months. The seven kings headed by beheading the public, punishing the family and expelling the country, struck while the iron was hot, and brought along the other princes and kings who did not listen to the call. Cleaned up. The problem of princes and kings that has plagued the empire for decades was resolved in less than 3 months, and the empire has avoided splitting and has been firmly united ever since."

"This is the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and it plays an important role!" Yao Weng sneered, "The feudal lords can't get rid of it, how do you solve it? A war, enfeoffing the feudal lords, and taking most of them back to the Han regime is the way for Emperor Wu of the Han to display his grand strategy. Base!"

"Tweeting order!" Wang Zhi paused every word, "All build up the princes but not enough power. In the end, after King Jing of Zhongshan, he will be reduced to selling straw sandals!"

Yao Weng was so amused by Wang Zhi's words that he couldn't laugh or cry.

"After Liu Bang conquered the world, he learned the lessons of the demise of the Qin Empire. In order to reward the meritorious officials, he once restored the enfeoffment system abolished by the Qin Empire, and enfeoffed the land east of Hangu Pass to the heroes and their children. The area that the empire really effectively controlled It is Guanzhong and Shu."

"Later Liu Bang destroyed the princes and kings with different surnames, and replaced them with his own brothers and nephews. Of course, no one dared to think about it when Liu Bang was there. But as time went on, the family relationship would naturally become alienated, and everyone's surname was Liu. Just sit at your house?"

"Princes and kings recruit troops and horses in their own fiefs and refuse to listen to imperial edicts. The imperial edicts cannot reach the whole country. If things go on like this, the Han Empire will inevitably follow in the footsteps of the Zhou Dynasty and fall into a situation of division. This is something the Han regime cannot bear. Instead of Waiting for the princes and kings to grow bigger, it is better to act first to solve these time bombs."

"A generation of kings has the mission of a generation of kings. Liu Bang established the Han regime and stabilized his rule. It was a good strategy under the background of the time for the princes to seal the country."

"The people in Huaiyin laughed at Han Xin, and the officials of the Han Dynasty hated Jia Sheng. Jia Yi wrote a letter to worry about the Han family, and Changsha was relegated to the past and present..." Wang Zhi sighed, "I want to study Jia Caizi's "On the Passing of Qin" carefully, and find a way for the next step to reduce the feudal clan. inspiration."

"Do you think that Liu Qiqi's chessboard beat Prince Wu Liu Xian to death? It was really a murder of passion? It was a game played by Emperor Wen and his son. Yao Weng," Wang Zhi pleaded, "the harem is weak and needs to move forward. You have to help me Who is the biggest hero in the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion? Who were awarded for their meritorious service?"

"Chao Cuo, the teacher of Emperor Jing, was beheaded in Dongshi. The Seven Kingdoms rebelled in the name of "Zhu Chao Cuo and the side of the Qing Dynasty". Chao Cuo made three mistakes: first, admonishing the emperor to conquer himself, second, discussing the death of Yuan Ang, and third, Turn against the ministers."

"Chao Cuo suggested that Liu Qi should go on a personal conquest with the imperial conquest. The reason why he sits in the imperial capital is probably because the personal conquest by the imperial conquest can improve the morale of the soldiers and help defeat the rebels."

"And he himself sits in the rear to learn from his predecessor Xiao He. When Xiao He and Liu Bang conquered the world, Xiang Yu challenged Liu Bang, and it was Xiao He who sat in the rear, strategizing and providing rear support."

"But Chao Cuo didn't think it through clearly. Liu Bi was "killing Chao Cuo, the Qing emperor's side", not "killing Liu Qi". Although Liu Bi's real idea was to kill Liu Qi, his slogan was just to kill Chao Cuo."

"Chao Cuo suggested that Emperor Jing drive himself to march and stay behind. In fact, he himself is completely ignorant of the world. It is you Chao Cuo who are going to kill you. You let Liu Qi go to the front and you stay behind? What does Emperor Jing think, what do the ministers think?"

"Chao Cuo himself is just a political commentator, not a politician. Politicians must have a plan to implement the new deal. Chao Cuo suggested that Emperor Jing cut down the vassals. If Wu and other seven countries accept the reduction of vassals, what should we do next? How to arrange the vassals who obey orders Wang, how do you change the local vassal system of central counties and counties that has been in place for many years into a centralized county system?"

"Chao Cuo didn't think about it at all. Well, as Chao Cuo said, Wu Guo will definitely rebel, so what preparations have you made for Wu Guo's rebellion? What good arrangements have you made? None."

"The reason why Chao Cuo was forced to die in the end and died in Dongshi was mainly due to his poor planning, too much selfishness, coupled with the suspicion of Emperor Han Jing, and the backlash of the group of heroes. result."

"Because the "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion" didn't happen, Chao Cuo didn't die." Wang Zhi nodded, "Yes. What else?"

"The main force of the rebellion, the Wu-Chu Allied Forces, marched eastward and marched to Liang Guo (Shangqiu, Henan Province), where they were stubbornly resisted by Liang Wang Liu Wu. Liang Guo is a big country with more than forty cities. Geographically, it occupies a key position to contain the eastern countries and shield the imperial court. .”

"Like the King Fu of the Ming Dynasty, King Liang was favored by the emperor. He almost failed to become the emperor. Therefore, the treatment of being a king is also the highest. The territory is large and the army is strong. Rebellion is not good for King Liang. This is my brother. , Uncle Yuanfang and brothers are there, and he will not be the emperor either. The Wu-Chu coalition forces attacked the city together and captured the thorny wall in the south of Liang State, and the King of Liang appealed to the court."

"Zhou Yafu set out from Xingyang, and divided into three groups to deal with the three rebels. He faced the Wu-Chu coalition forces himself. Zhou Yafu believed that the Wu-Chu coalition forces were too powerful to win a decisive battle head-on. Time to cut off the opponent's supplies, and then wait for the opportunity to defeat the rebels. This has several advantages:

The rebels have been preparing for a long time, and their morale is high. Liang Wang's city is strong, which can consume the rebels' spirit;
If the rescue is done directly, King Liang can save the siege, but King Liang may just watch the battle and stop contributing;

Zhou Yafu's army is waiting for work, and when the rebels are exhausted, they can defeat them with a full blow. "

"The state of Liang was attacked by rebels in turn. The king of Liang asked Zhou Yafu for help. However, Zhou Yafu sent troops to the east and stationed troops in Changyi (in the southwest of Juye, Shandong Province) to the north of the state of Liang, and could not hold out."

"The king of Liang once again sent people to ask for help, but Zhou Yafu still did not send reinforcements. Finally, the king of Liang wrote to Emperor Han Jing, and Emperor Jing ordered Zhou Yafu to send troops for reinforcements. Zhou Yafu was still unmoved, so the king of Liang appointed Han Anguo and Zhang Yu as generals. , resist desperately, and stand in a stalemate with the Wu-Chu coalition forces."

"The city of Liang State was well-defended, and Wu soldiers could not advance westward, so they rushed to Zhou Yafu's army instead. Zhou Yafu stood firm on the barrier and refused to fight, but privately took the opportunity to go south with light soldiers and seized the mouth of Sishui into the Huaihe River (in today's Hongze, Jiangsu Province) ), cut off the rebel army’s food road.”

"The Wu army ran out of food and the soldiers were hungry. Several challenges failed, so they attacked Zhou Yafu's barracks at night, pretending to attack the southeast, and Zhou Yafu ordered to defend the northwest. As expected, Wu soldiers attacked from the northwest, but failed to break through. Wu soldiers were defeated. Most of the soldiers died of starvation or Surrendered and dispersed, Zhou Yafu led his troops in pursuit, defeated the Wu and Chu allied forces, and quelled the rebellion."

"Then Zhou Yafu also sent troops to suppress the Wu rebellion? General Luan Bu cooperated." Wang Zhi said, "These two heroes are stable."

"King Liang..." Brother Xiaowu's face appeared in Wang Zhi's eyes. He had been out of Beijing for more than two months, and his life was on the line every day, as if he had forgotten about King Liang.Thinking about it now, I can’t tell whether it’s warm or sour...

"King Liang, he made great contributions in the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, do you have any rewards?" Wang Zhi asked.

"The king of Liang made great contributions to suppressing the rebellion and was rewarded by Emperor Jing. At this time, Liu Wu's Liang State" is the most famous place in the world.Taishan in the north, Gaoyang in the west, more than forty cities, all of which are large counties", became the most powerful princes."

"The king of Liang was deeply favored by Emperor Jing. When he entered the court, Emperor Jing rode with him in the same car, and drove in and out with the emperor's ceremonies. However, the king of Liang worked so hard, and he had political intentions..."

"What political intention?" Wang Zhi asked.

"He wants to be Emperor Jing's successor—Emperor Taidi!"

Wang Zhi's eyes widened: Isn't that competing with her son for the throne? !
"Emperor Han Jing came to the throne, and after drinking, he said that he would pass the throne to his younger brother Liu Wu, and said happily: "After a hundred years, I will pass the throne to King Liang! "

"After the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty suddenly announced that Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor, was registered as the crown prince."

"Don't play tricks like this! Liu Wu wants to cry but has no tears, but the ending can't be changed. He can only swallow his teeth. From then on, Liu Wu was half arrogant, half out of revenge. The emperor's guard of honor, the guards use the emperor's specifications, and wantonly build palaces and pavilions."

"Originally, Liu Wu's heart to be the heir to the throne was dead. Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty abolished the prince Liu Rong as the king of Linjiang, and Empress Dowager Dou took advantage of the situation to urge Emperor Jing to make Liu Wu his successor."

"The passing of the throne to Liu Wu was originally a gaffe after drinking. Emperor Jing regretted it the next day after he sobered up, and had no intention of fulfilling his promise."

"However, Empress Dowager Dou repeatedly mentioned this matter, which made it difficult for Emperor Jing to deal with it. Fortunately, the court minister Yuan An and other officials who knew about the matter tried their best to dissuade him. Emperor Jing then used this matter to make a big fuss, forcing Empress Dowager Dou not to Let's talk about passing the throne to Liu Wu."

"Yuan An told a little story, and the old lady Dou was completely out of battery. He said to Queen Mother Dou: In the Spring and Autumn Period, Song Xuangong passed the throne to his younger brother Song Mugong. It was passed down to the son of Duke Xuan of the Song Dynasty, but his own son quit. As a result, Duke Xuan and Duke Mu fought against each other for ten years, and the State of Song declined. Repeat in Dahan?"

"After Liu Wu completely missed the throne, he turned his anger on Yuan An and other ministers, and sent killers to sneak into the capital to assassinate."

"Assassination of the ministers of the current dynasty, this kind of thing is an earth-shattering case in any dynasty. Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty quickly followed the clues, tracked down the country of Liang, and asked Liu Wu to hand over the murderer."

"Looking at his younger brother, who was pleading guilty, Emperor Han Jing softened. With his mother around, he knew that he couldn't do anything to his younger brother. Besides, for Emperor Han Jing, what he needed was a low-browed and pleasing Liu Wu."

"With the tone of Emperor Han Jing, the officials handled the case just right. Liu Wu's retainers Gongsun Gui and Yang Sheng were the scapegoats. Liu Wu was washed clean."

"Although Liu Wu was not convicted in the end, his relationship with Emperor Jing began to grow apart..."

Wang Zhi felt mixed feelings when he heard this.Prince Liu Qi, Liang Wang Liu Wu, future son Liu Xiaozhu...

"Yao Weng, let me think about it..."

After sending away Yao Weng, who was full of worries, Wang Zhi sat in the study blankly, also depressed and lazy.

The Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms turned into a rebellion of the Wu Kingdom.The prince's family order, Chao Cuo, did not have the opportunity to go to Shu to remonstrate and cut down the vassal, and he also saved his life.Did it also make Liu Qi less notorious for being "mean and ungrateful, beheading his teacher in Dongshi"?

Liu Wu, the king of Liang, without the merits of supporting the rebels of Wu and Chu, might not be proud of the credit, nor would he have any unreasonable thoughts about the throne!Is there no motive to assassinate court ministers?Can be a stable prince?
Hearing that Liu Bi, the king of Wu, rebelled this time, after Yuan An persuaded Wang Zhi to leave quickly, he also took advantage of the opportunity to flee from Wu.What will happen to him later on?

The known ending has now become the unknown.Wang Zhi was worried. What role could she play in the direction of history?What will change?
"Sister!" Wang Hao entered the study, stood behind Wang Zhi, and helped his sister squeeze her shoulders.

"My sister is not at home. The prince's brother-in-law has visited Ping'er and Shuang'er twice. The prince is so handsome!" Wang Hao said, adoring with joy.

Wang Zhi glanced at her.

What does the little girl know?It's nothing more than the beginning of love, the ignorant yearning for power and glory.

(End of this chapter)

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