I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 303 The turbulent five years of the Han Dynasty
When the 19th year of the Han Dynasty came to an end, everyone in the government and the public was extremely peaceful.

There is no war at the border, and the country has a good harvest.

Everyone confidently feels that this year has been the best year in the past 20 years, and that this year will probably be the worst year in the next 20 years.

But if the world is compared to the sea, then under the long-calm water surface, there is hidden the power of tidal pull, and the coming successive storms.

Comparing the world to the sun, after such a long period of stability, solar wind and solar flares appear one after another, ushering in the peak period of activity.

In the early 20th year of the Han Dynasty, King Wu Ruixi of Changsha reported his death to Chang'an and gave him the posthumous title of Wen.

Wu Rui was given the posthumous title of "Wen". Although the explanation is not the top "Jingtianweidiyuewen", it can be regarded as a pretty good evaluation.

His achievements in this life were not dazzling among the officials in the early Han Dynasty, but people have to praise his good luck. Every time his life and death were at stake, he made the right choice.

When the world was about to be in chaos, Wu Rui relied on his reputation to rebel against Qin and had an army of his own.

When the princes attacked Qin, he chose to defect to the Chu army and had some dealings with Xiang Liang, which was regarded as a good relationship.

When Xiang Yu came out of seclusion, he saw the terror of the opponent. Wu Rui decisively surrendered the city instead of holding on to resist. This allowed his cronies to suffer no losses and kept their dignity.

When the Han Dynasty was established, because of his reputation in the Xiangchu area, and his achievements in raising troops to rebel against Qin and voluntarily surrendering, he was granted the title of king.

When South Vietnam went north, Wu Rui did not hide it because he was afraid of affecting his political performance. He took the initiative to report it, which did not lead to serious consequences. It can be said that the loss and impact were minimized.

King Wen of Changsha is worthy of his name.

The month after Wu Ruixi died, his eldest son Wu Chen succeeded to the throne.

Before the third month, Wu Chen passed away and reported to Chang'an. His posthumous title was Mourning, which means "Mourning when he died early in his middle age".

Therefore, Wu Chen, who only sat on the throne for three months, had his own posthumous title and became the mourning king of Changsha.

His eldest son Wu Hui succeeded to the throne.

And his health is not very good. Many people think that within two or three years, the Changsha Palace will have a new owner.

Frequent changes in monarchs will inevitably bring turmoil to the country.

In less than a year, two consecutive monarchs in Changsha passed away. Funerals and enthronement ceremonies were held in succession, and royal tombs needed to be built. This was a waste of time and money, causing considerable shock to the local area.

Moreover, in this era, the art of witchcraft and Gu was prevalent in the borders of Xiangchu.

There is a theory circulating in the market that the Wu family was cursed by a witch, which led to the loss of moral character, so two generations of family heads died one after another.

When such rumors became popular and the officials tried their best to suppress them, Wu returned to his hometown in the late 20th year of Han Dynasty.

Even when this news was sent to Chang'an, everyone in the court began to wonder if there was something wrong with the feng shui of Wu Rui's mausoleum, which caused the next two heirs to go to stay with him within a year.

Even because the posthumous title of "Mourning" had already been given to his father, Wu Hui could only be given the worse "Mourning" as a posthumous title, which means "I was orphaned early and short-lived, and I am mourning".

In a short period of time, the Kingdom of Changsha became a powder keg where conspiracy theorists, rebel forces, and ancient witch believers gathered.

By the time Wu Hui's eldest son Wu You succeeded to the throne, the situation in the country was already getting worse. The court was divided into several factions, including the old ministers of King Wen, the old ministers of King Ai, the cronies of King Ai, and the confidants of the new king. It could be said that it was a mess.

Although they did not criticize each other openly, they would secretly compete with each other. After all, "one emperor and one minister" were more than just words.

When the Changsha Kingdom went through the first round of power change, only a small number of veterans from Wu Rui's period could continue to maintain their original positions. As for other important or unimportant positions, they would be replaced by Wu Chen's own old officials.

After all, he has been the crown prince of Changsha for more than 20 years, and he still has a relatively complete team.

But the problem is that Wu Chen only allowed half of his old friends to serve in the court, and he died first.

When his eldest son Wu Hui succeeded to the throne, he also had his own cronies, so naturally he would not use his father's team.

As a result, various official positions in the Changsha Imperial Court were frequently transferred.

The same thing happened again.

Even if Wu You is talented, one head is bigger than the other two when faced with the "political legacy" left by his grandfather, eldest father, and uncle.

Compared with a poor but simple-structured regime, taking over a country that appears to be flourishing but is actually turbulent is obviously more complicated to deal with.

What's more, Wu You's ability is ordinary, so asking him to deal with such a matter is really embarrassing for him.

In April of the 21st year of the Han Dynasty, the month after Wu You succeeded to the throne, Zhao Tuo called up [-] soldiers on the grounds that Changsha was embarrassing their caravan at the pass and stranded goods destined for South Vietnam. .

This put Changsha, which was already suffering from internal problems, into a precarious situation.

When this news reached Chang'an, many people were shocked and felt that the southern expedition of the Han Dynasty in the sixth year of the Han Dynasty might have to happen again.

After all, he seemed to be blaming the King of Changsha for his inaction, but the actual focus was not on Wu You's behavior, nor on those small caravans.

However, Zhao Tuo was still quite restrained in his behavior.

He was just on the border with Chen Bing, and there were no other signs of excess. In order to avoid a misfire, the South Vietnamese army was still thirty or fifty miles away from the land of Changsha.

After all, in the past ten years, relying on continuous trade with the Han Dynasty, the South Vietnam Kingdom has developed much faster than before, which can almost be said to be one step a year.

Most of the nobles and high-ranking officials in their country came from the Central Plains themselves, or were influenced by their parents. Their living habits were not obviously different from those of the Han Dynasty. Frequent trade exchanges also improved their quality of life.

Moreover, the spread of Chinese culture accelerated, affecting the barbarian natives and providing a lot of help in consolidating Zhao Tuo's rule.

No matter which way you look at it, South Vietnam's friendship with the Han is a boon and no harm.

Under such circumstances, even if Zhao Tuo insists on going his own way and chooses to antagonize the Han Dynasty, it will inevitably arouse opposition from many high-level officials in the country.

Therefore, Lu Pheasant and the important ministers in the court saw Zhao Tuo's fundamental intention.

He did not want to challenge the majesty of the Han Dynasty, but he also wanted to seek some benefits from the weakened Changsha Kingdom, so he did this.

If you want to understand what the other person wants, then it will not be difficult to deal with it.

So a silk letter was sent from Chang'an and arrived at the border of Changsha and South Vietnam.

First of all, the Han Dynasty recognized South Vietnam's demands and allowed Changsha to reduce tariffs on some of their goods in the past three years and add a new route for trade with South Vietnam.

Secondly, South Vietnam's reckless use of weapons was condemned. Even if it did not cause any serious consequences, doing so was tantamount to challenging the Han Dynasty.

The specific words and sentences written in the silk book are "The war between the princes of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is still before our eyes, and they are recruiting troops for no reason, hoping to recreate the old things."

This hat holds quite a bit.

However, the silk book very thoughtfully proposes a solution.

The 21st year of the Han Dynasty happened to be the time when the South Vietnamese State sent a mission to Chang'an to pay tribute, so Zhao Tuo needed to give a heavy gift to apologize to the emperor.As for the end of the silk book, he did not forget to state a fact to Zhao Tuo.

That is, the south of the Han Dynasty is not only the Changsha Kingdom, but also the Chu Land and the Jing Land, and Xiang Yu and Han Xin are currently in the Chu Land.

The hint is very obvious. It can basically be regarded as directly telling Zhao Tuo that you really want to take action, but you must consider the consequences.

On the third day after this silk letter was delivered to Zhao Tuo, the South Vietnamese troops deployed on the border began to evacuate in an orderly manner.

In this incident, South Vietnam reduced some tariffs and gained new trade routes. Win!

The Han Dynasty has maintained stability, and by the end of the year, it will definitely receive a large sum of tribute from South Vietnam, a win-win situation!
As for the Changsha Kingdom, due to external pressure, the internal struggle that was about to become clear was temporarily suspended, which became a good opportunity for Wu You to integrate the internal affairs, a win-win-win situation!

In short, the conflicts in the southern border were successfully resolved, did not escalate, and were controlled within normal limits.

What's more, the consequences of local conflicts are very limited. Whether it is the successive deaths of the kings of Changsha or the South Vietnamese army's troops on the border, they are just a small wave compared to the size of the Han Dynasty.

But no one thought that this little wave was just the prelude to the coming stormy waves.

In the autumn of the 21st year of Han Dynasty.

The first queen and queen mother in Chinese history passed away.

The shock this incident brought to the political situation of the Han Dynasty was greater than the previous series of incidents combined.

Lu Pheasant was indeed arbitrary and authoritative in the court. Even her son, who was the emperor, seemed like a puppet. She also raised most of the Lu clan to a level that did not belong to them and held power that did not match them.

But one thing that cannot be denied is that she allowed Dahan to continue to develop at a high speed.

From this perspective alone, Lu Pheasant's ruling career has made more merit than fault.

Even from this point of view, other defects can have reasonable explanations.

Autocracy?

I know that my actions are beneficial to the country, why can't I be more decisive?

Promote clan members?

If those from the Lu family are not promoted, then who will check and balance the veterans in the court?
Perhaps even Liu Bang could not have imagined that his wife would be able to manage the empire he left behind in order.

No matter who writes the history books, Lu Fei’s own evaluation will not be much inferior to that of Liu Bang.

Therefore, the impact of Lu Fei's death was no less than that of Liu Bang's death in the 15th year of the Han Dynasty.

With the death of Lu Pheasant, Liu Ying began to govern personally.

The situation in the court changed.

Compared with the previous events in Changsha and Nanyue, the changes in the Chang'an court were the most important things that could really affect the Han Dynasty.

However, Liu Ying was not frightened and became ill like in history, so she is still alive at this point in time.

The first chain reaction caused by this change was that the "Zhu Lu Rebellion" no longer existed.

After all, if Liu Ying were alive, she would give Lu Chan and Lu Lu 1 courage and they would not dare to act recklessly.

Lu Fei's death had a negative impact, but because Liu Ying was sitting on the throne, there was no serious turmoil like in history.

Therefore, there was only a slight turmoil in Chang'an City, and the original calm was quickly restored.

Moreover, those veterans felt deeply that they were much more relaxed under Liu Ying.

This kind of "relaxation" does not mean ease of work. After all, no matter whether it is Liu Bang, Lu Pheasant or Liu Ying who calls the shots in Changle Palace, the problems that the entire Han Dynasty needs to deal with every year are basically maintained within a certain range, and there will be no surges or plummets. .

The "relaxation" they feel is mental relaxation.

Liu Ying's attitude towards his courtiers was really good.

For example, if there is a dispute with a subordinate, different superiors handle it differently.

Liu Bang would glare at the other party angrily, and if the argument got louder, he would even yell. If such a thing happened at a banquet, he might throw a wine glass at the other party, or even make a move.

When faced with such situations, Lu Pheasant would often remain calm on the surface, while the person who had a conflict with her would be dismissed from office within half a year for various reasons.

After comparing with his father and mother, Liu Ying seemed extremely gentle.

When there were political differences, the minister jumped up excitedly and retorted. The first thing he said was to persuade the other party to calm down and discuss rationally.

You must know that most superior people have one characteristic, that is, they blindly believe that their ideas are correct.

After all, they stick to their word in daily life, and the arrogance built on this basis will gradually extend to other areas.

Whenever others raise questions, it will make them unhappy.

Even if they later realize that they were wrong, they will not choose to apologize, but will continue to be tough.

From this we can see how valuable a monarch like Liu Ying who can listen to advice is.

If Chen Luo is asked to evaluate Liu Ying at this time, he can find several references from history.

Liu Ying is a version of Tang Taizong with weakened personal abilities. He is far inferior in terms of military and personal charm, and his political ability is inferior by several points.

But he can be counted as a fully strengthened Liu Chan.

After all, Liu Chan did a pretty good job of listening to advice. Whatever his father-in-law said would be whatever he said. I would use the successors left by his father-in-law honestly. When all the people recommended by his father-in-law passed away, I would mess with them. .

Liu Ying has her own judgment and knows which ministers' suggestions can be fully trusted and which ministers' suggestions need to be adopted with discernment.

However, the current group of people in the Chang'an court are very capable, so Liu Ying actually doesn't need to use too much brain.

For the important ministers in the court, although Liu Ying was not as good as the late emperor and Lu Fei, they still assisted him loyally.

Even some low-status officials would write a letter and put forward some suggestions during the morning court.

After all, when "the leader is weak and the minister is strong", the possibility of becoming a famous official of a generation and leaving a more glorious mark in the history of youth is greatly increased.

Almost all courtiers felt that under Liu Ying's rule, the future of the Han Dynasty was extremely bright.

However, the development of the current situation was like a sudden summer storm, which exceeded everyone's expectations.

　I caught a cold and my nose kept running while I was typing, and I couldn’t stop it with paper. I became sweaty and dizzy after taking the medicine, so I haven’t finished typing the next section of this big chapter yet. I will type it again after I wake up.

　　
　
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