Da Qin: Self-destruction and time travel, I will extend my life for Qin for a thousand years

Chapter 151 The collapse of Liu Bang, the bloody road to the elimination of vassalage in the early Han Dynasty!

"Actually, it's not that there is no way. It just depends on how determined you are, Your Majesty."

"Do you want to make peace with me, or let's just settle it!"

Although the vassal king is too strong and the central government is weak, the problem seems to be very difficult. If it is not handled well, it is very easy for a national civil war to break out.

However, over the past 2000 years in China, many capable people have emerged in large numbers and have come up with many ways to solve the problem.

The only question is, how determined Liu Heng, Emperor Wen, is willing to be!
"How ruthless am I determined?"

This question stopped Liu Heng.

Liu Bang is still here, how do you want him to answer this question?

If the answer can be the cruelest, then Liu Bang will definitely be angry and accuse him of ignoring family ties.

But if he answered Huairou, he would not be willing to do so.

"Fourth, you can just say what you think directly." Liu Bang reminded with a straight face.

"You should treat your father as dead. This era is your era!"

He could see Liu Heng's hesitation, so he gave his son confidence.

Now you are the emperor, you have the final say!

Liu Heng's face condensed upon hearing this, and after a moment of silence, he nodded slowly.

"it is good!"

"Cui Shenxian, please tell me the most ruthless and direct solution. If I don't do it, I will do it. Once I do, I will completely eliminate this scourge for Qi'er!"

As he spoke, the murderous intent in Liu Heng's eyes was clearly revealed, and the majesty of Emperor Wen surged out!

Perhaps Empress Lu has changed a lot in this time and space, making the Han Dynasty's succession to the throne much smoother and less bloody.

But Liu Heng's character has never changed - he has been dormant for three years and has become a blockbuster!
We can't let Qier's hands be stained with blood, let him be the villain!

'As expected of Emperor Wen, he is indeed a man of great talent! '

'Everyone in future generations will underestimate you. '

Seeing Liu Heng like this, Cui Yuan admired in his heart.

So he didn't hide it and fulfilled Liu Heng's wish: "This is the cruelest method, but it is also the most fair and just method. It is called the order of grace."

"Actually, this is the method implemented by your grandson, Liu Qi's son Liu Che."

"The core of it is to let the princes split the earth and make them princes!"

The most hateful and most aboveboard method.

Let the princes create feudal lords and split the earth?

Liu Heng, who was listening carefully, was stunned.

When he heard that this most cruel method was carried out by his grandson, he was still a little proud.

Although Liu Qi's methods were somewhat shady, he also received the indecent title of "Han Qi Sage" in later generations.

Ke Qier’s son seems to be doing very well!

But after hearing the simple description, Liu Heng was stunned.

Isn't it only the emperor's right to split the earth and create a lordship?
When will the princes be able to split the earth and become princes?Isn’t this decentralization of power and making the imperial power more dispersed?
"Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Let me first talk about the background of the implementation of this grace order. In fact, you were the first to create the prototype of this policy."

Under Liu Heng's astonished eyes, Cui Yuan said slowly: "The first thing is during your current reign, Your Majesty."

"In the original history, because of Empress Lu's arbitrary power, an unprecedented rebellion broke out in the Han Dynasty. King Qi and other Liu family princes and a group of heroes attacked the Lu family together."

"After the rebellion ended, all the Lu clan members were eradicated, which was known as the Zhu Lu Rebellion in history."

"And His Majesty has always been wise to protect himself, so this throne has nothing to do with His Majesty."

"But because many of the heroes in the early Han Dynasty thought that the three brothers of King Qi who took the lead in resisting the Lu family were not good people and were difficult to control."

"Your Majesty, you have no power and power, but you can just become the puppet of the hero group, so your Majesty will ascend the throne and become the third emperor of the Han Dynasty."

Liu Heng gritted his teeth, showing his extreme inner peace!

It turns out that in the original history, he was pushed to the throne because he posed no threat!
Those heroes will be too lawless in the future!

"Because you are the vassal king, and your biological mother is not a noble concubine, your majesty is very afraid of those powerful vassal kings as soon as you ascend the throne, such as King Qi and King Huainan!"

"So the first choice for cutting down the feudal clan is them!"

"Liu Fei's Qi State?"

Liu Bang on the side exclaimed and was surprised when he heard this.

Unexpectedly, the first prince Liu Heng weakened in history was the Qi State of his eldest son Liu Fei!

Liu Fei is Liu Bang's first son, and Liu Bang has always loved this son very much.

But after all, he is not a direct descendant, so he cannot be qualified to inherit the throne.

So in order to compensate his son, Liu Bang named Liu Fei the King of Qi and placed all people in the world who spoke the Qi language under Liu Fei's jurisdiction.

"Yes, but the King of Qi at this time is no longer Liu Fei. Liu Fei died while Empress Lu was still alive. The person who succeeded the throne of King Qi was Liu Fei's son, Liu Xiang."

Cui Yuan nodded and continued: "Your Majesty first set his sights on the powerful Qi State, but after all, the King of Qi is his brother."

"You can't take action against Qi without making any mistakes. Moreover, as the king of Qi was the first to kill Zhu Lu, you killed the donkey as soon as you came to the throne. This will definitely affect your own image and make your position even more unfair. stable."

"So after much thought, Your Majesty, you adopted Huairou's method of dividing Qi."

"Let Liu Fei's other two sons Liu Zhang and Liu Xingju, who played a major role in quelling the Lu rebellion, be named the King of Chengyang and the King of Jibei!"

"And Chengyang Kingdom and Jibei Kingdom were carved out of the original Qi Kingdom!"

"In other words, you used King Qi's original territory to canonize King Qi's two brothers!"

"Since then, the powerful Qi State has been split into three countries, and its strength is not as good as before!"

"The same is true for the Huainan Kingdom. After the original King of Huainan, Liu Feichang, was arrested by His Majesty on the charge of disturbing the patriarchal clan, he felt that he had been wronged, so he went on a hunger strike and starved to death."

"After hearing the news, you immediately used various means to split the Huainan Kingdom into the Huainan Kingdom, the Hengshan Kingdom, and the Lujiang Kingdom!"

"Although it was unintentional, Your Majesty, you have single-handedly set a precedent for the princes and kings to split their soil and become princes!"

Many people in later generations simply believed that the Tweeting Order was thought up by Zhufu Yan and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, and placed all the credit on Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

But in fact, it was his grandfather Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of Han, who first implemented this policy!
In the final analysis, the extension of the favor order is nothing more than an innovation in Liu Heng's original policy.

Liu Bang's breathing suddenly became serious and his pupils dilated.

Especially after hearing that Liu Heng actually forced Liu Chang, his favorite meat-eater, to go on a hunger strike and die, he was so angry that he was shaking all over and could no longer care about the promise he just made!
"Fourth, I thought you would care about family ties, but I didn't expect you to be so cold-blooded!"

Liu Bang was very angry, took out his belt, and hit the trembling Liu Heng!It would be enough to split the Qi State. After all, Liu Fei's three sons were all safe, which meant that the fiefdom was a little smaller.

But Liu Chang, the son he felt most guilty for, ended up being forced to starve to death!

Liu Chang's birth was an accident. His mother was just a singer in Zhao State, the product of Liu Bang's drunken sexual intercourse.

When his mother was pregnant, she was even imprisoned for treason and was imprisoned in the sky prison.

Later, although the singer tried her best to contact Liu Bang and told her that she was pregnant with Liu Bang.

However, because Empress Lu did not believe that the singer was pregnant with the emperor's seed at the time, she kept blocking the news from reaching the Jiaofang Palace, leaving Liu Bang completely unaware of it.

It wasn't until Liu Chang was born and the singer died unjustly that Liu Bang finally realized the truth.

It can be said that among Liu Bang's many sons, he felt the deepest guilt for Liu Chang, which was comparable to Liu Ying who had been abandoned by him.

Before Liu Bang followed Cui Yuan to Da Qin, he had been trying his best to make up for Liu Chang.

Not only did he obey him, but the Huainan State, whose national power was second only to Qi State, was also given to Liu Chang.

Unexpectedly, this would turn out to be a source of disaster, causing Liu Heng to place the sickle that cut off feudal clans on Liu Chang's neck!
"I'll beat you to death, you treacherous son, I'll beat you to death, you treasonous son!"

Liu Bang's eyes were red, his arms were strong, and his belt hit Liu Heng's body.

Liu Heng burst into tears of pain, and his dragon robe was damaged, but he never cried out.

He did not refute, but suffered silently.

"Liu Bang, you should calm down."

"Although this result is not what you want to see, to be fair, you, the fourth child, did nothing wrong."

In the end, Ying Zheng had no choice but to take action and caught Liu Bang who was almost going crazy.

"If Liu Heng does not do this, then when his son Liu Qi succeeds to the throne, he will only become more passive when facing the prosperous Qi State and Huainan State."

"And he didn't execute Liu Chang directly. According to Cui Yuan, Liu Chang himself was too strong."

"There's no point in hitting Liu Heng1!"

"Your Majesty Zulong, I...I..."

After Liu Bang heard this, he calmed down a little, put away his belt, and did not continue to beat Liu Heng.

But my heart still hurts and blood is dripping.

He knew that Ying Zheng was right, and the reason why Liu Chang was so strong was because he had always been accustomed to it.

But it's still hard to accept that the tragedy of brothers killing each other has recently happened to the Liu family!
'Tsk tsk tsk~'

'I really don't know what to say. '

Cui Yuan looked at all this happening, feeling sad in his heart.

In order to secure Liu Ying's throne, Liu Bang even killed his good brothers Fan Kuai and Lu Wan.

But waiting for his son, who was forced to take action against his brother due to the need to maintain imperial power, Liu Bang seemed so collapsed, shouting that Liu Heng was cold-blooded and ruthless.

It can only be said that double standards will always exist no matter what.

But it is understandable, after all, there are only a handful of people who can truly be selfless throughout history.

"Ahem~Cui Shenxian, please continue talking."

"Tell me what that push order is?"

Seeing his father calm down, Liu Heng did not continue to defend, but pretended that nothing had happened.

This also means that he does not think he has done anything wrong in his original future, and even plans to repeat this move.

Although Liu Heng wanted to take advantage of the situation and quickly gave up the throne, it did not mean that he would choose to remain deaf and mute and ignore the issue of the vassal king.

"After I set this precedent, what did Qi'er do, and what did my grandson Liu Che do?"

"it is good!"

Cui Yuan poured himself a glass of water, moistened his throat and continued: "After you set a precedent, although the power of the princes and kings has been greatly reduced, your Majesty, your life is somewhat short after all."

"I only lived to be 46 years old and could not further promote the reduction of vassalage."

"So when your son Liu Qi succeeded to the throne, it was also the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty."

"Faced with the increasingly arrogant princes and kings, Liu Qi could only directly transfer the power from the hands of the feudal kings and begin to actually reduce the feudal clan. For this reason, there was even a war between Liu Qi and the feudal kings, and It’s the “Rebellion of the Seven Kings” I just mentioned.”

"Although the war was quickly quelled by Liu Qi, the leader of the culprit, King Wu Liu Bi, was executed, which further weakened the power of the vassal kings."

"But some larger vassal states still have the right to own and use dozens of cities."

"These vassal states are still a big threat to the emperor and the central government. This situation continued until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, his grandson Liu Che, ascended the throne."

"In order to completely reverse this situation, Liu Che, based on Your Majesty's previous measures, worked with the Prime Minister at the time, Fu Yan, to formulate a grace order."

"To put it simply, this decree means that the areas under the jurisdiction of previous princes will only be inherited by their eldest son."

"The eldest son, second son, and third son were changed to inherit together. And according to the Han system, the princely states formed under the Tuien Order were subordinate to the county and had the same status as the county."

"With the advancement of this decree, the vassal states were divided into smaller and smaller states, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took the opportunity to weaken their power."

"The problem of feudal separatism since the early Han Dynasty has been completely resolved!"

Liu Heng listened carefully and closed his eyes to deduce the feasibility of this policy in his mind.

After half a blast, I found it to be perfect and almost invulnerable!

If we say that he and Qi'er's methods of reducing vassal status still included inducing the princes and kings to make mistakes and finding excuses to divide the princes' territories.

Then his grandson Liu Che's plan was a complete conspiracy, which directly eradicated the foundation of the princes and kings!

Those princes and kings did not even have the ability to resist, because once they resisted, they would not only face the pressure of the central government of the Han Dynasty, but also the pressure of their own brothers and sisters.

Originally, they had no chance of being allocated fiefdoms, but now that they have them all, who will follow you to rebel and destroy their own jobs?
It can be said that this policy pleases everyone except the princes and kings!

No wonder Cui Yuan said this is the most vicious and at the same time the most upright policy!
There is simply no more appropriate description than this!

"Father, I will implement this policy soon!"

"You have no objection?"

Liu Heng turned to look at Liu Bang, who was being held by Ying Zheng, and his tone was unquestionable.

When Liu Bang heard this, his face turned red instantly!
He stared at Liu Heng, and Liu Heng stared at him.

The father and son looked at each other for a long time, and finally Liu Bang lowered his head.

"That's all... that's all..."

(End of this chapter)