Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 248 "Backer"

Liu Bang, who was sitting on the stage, looked a little strange. He coughed slightly and was about to say something when the person standing under the stage, the censor, suddenly took a step forward with a righteous speech.

There was a look of righteous and generous words on his face: "Your Majesty, I know that Le Zheng is a disciple of the Chen family, but can being a disciple of the Chen family be his excuse? If so, then what will happen in this world? Is it Liu’s or Chen’s?”

There was an angry look on Zangzheng's face, as if he was roaring angrily for the leader of the world.

The surrounding ministers looked at Chen Bi who was standing not far away, with a slightly worried look on their faces. Some of them were disciples of the Chen family, while others were just neutral people.

They know the character of the Chen family, and they also know that such scum and scum will appear at all times, and they have absolutely nothing to do with the Chen family.

After the Chen family members find out, they won't have any thoughts of covering up, and they will definitely deal with this person seriously.

It will not be dealt with lightly or severely.

He will only deal with it according to the law.

I won’t take it lightly just because I want to establish my authority, and I won’t take it lightly just because I am my disciple.

He just continued calmly: "I want to impeach Lian Ken, Cha Ying, Gong Xi, Fei Tingzhi, Feng Ran and others. Although they are local governors, they secretly colluded with the big clans, took human lives lightly, and caused the world's Guizhou leaders to complain endlessly."

Liu Bang waved his hand and asked Zang Zheng to retreat.

Not only everyone in the court, but also Liu Bang, who was sitting there calmly, was confused.

"ah?--"

Zang Zheng admitted his mistake without any hesitation, even though no one could say it was his fault.

Is the Chen family already so powerful?

"Two days ago, Jijiu had already written a memorial to me, impeaching Yue Zheng for his illegal behavior, and asked me to deal with him in accordance with the law."

"It's just that I haven't had time to say it yet."

With thousands of thoughts running through his mind, he knelt down directly on the ground: "Your Majesty, I didn't know this. This is my fault. Please forgive me!"

He couldn't even control himself and made an "ah" sound in front of the emperor. He was completely confused.

This is the state that people like.

Chen Bi has already written a letter to deal with Le Zheng's matter?
Zang Zheng instantly looked at Chen Bi. At this time, he didn't quite believe that Chen Bi would do such a heartless thing. He just thought that someone from the Chen family had secretly infiltrated among them!

Chen Bi said a series of names in his mouth. His voice was calm from beginning to end, but whatever he said or mentioned was like a landmine that exploded the entire court. Come.

"I want to impeach Wen Renben, Lin Sheng, Wu Shuchun, Ke Wen, You Jia and others for secretly colluding with the remnants of the old King of Chu, intending to rebel and rebel against the world."

Liu Bang said with a smile: "So don't worry."

As for the people at the back, none of them had a salary less than a thousand dan.

Zang Zheng, who was just rejoicing for his cleverness, instantly fell to the ground, and Liu Bang, who saw this scene, felt that he didn't even need to ask.

Chen Bi stood there without saying anything. From beginning to end, he didn't even say a word of defense, and easily defused the thunderous force from the "Attack Chen Alliance".

Take a look at who the above people are? What levels are they at?
Zangzheng, Lingying, Lianken, Chaying, Gongxi, Fei Tingzhi, Feng Ran and others are all high officials of the imperial court, with a salary of two thousand dan!
One of the two people in front is a censor, the other is an internal official, and the one behind is a serious county guard! That's a feudal official!

"After verification, I found that what was stated was true. I wanted to deal with it this morning, but who would have thought that it hadn't been dealt with yet, so you stood up and talked about it."

But this is also the cleverness of Zangzheng. No matter whether there is a mistake or not, just admit it first.

So Zangzheng's admission of mistake is really strange, because he made no mistakes at all.

Chen Bi's bombs haven't been thrown yet.

When he stood up, everyone's eyes were on him, including Zang Zheng, who had just impeached Yue Zheng, who in theory should have offended Chen Bi.

He said with emotion: "I even feel that even if one day my unscrupulous descendants do anything to favor the traitor and cover up the crime for the traitor, Mrs. Chen will not do such a thing."

When everything was over, Chen Bi stood up slowly.

This is also the reason why the Chen family has so many disciples, because they all know that such a Chen family will not throw themselves out to take the blame.

"Ahem, Cang Qing."

Chen Bi came out with a calm tone in his voice, but what he said shocked everyone present.

Can you still think that the emperor was wrong?

This matter really ends here.

After hearing what Liu Bang said, Zang Zheng's face instantly turned pale, with a look of confusion on his face.

This is simply alarmist!

"Your Majesty, I want to join the imperial censor Zangzheng, form cliques for personal gain, and ignore the law. I want to join the officials in the prime minister's house who have left their posts without permission and secretly colluded with the feudal princes with the intention of catastrophizing the Han Dynasty."

It can be said that if all these people are dealt with, or even a little digging into the details, and a few people are implicated, even half of the officials of the big man can be cleared.

When they looked at Chen Bi worriedly, Liu Bang on the stage finally couldn't hold back and spoke.

Moreover, Chen Bi did not tell this matter in court, but only wrote a letter to Liu Bang alone. Therefore, unless Zang Zheng is powerful enough to spy on Liu Bang's every move, it is absolutely impossible for Zang Zheng to see or know about this matter. That one.

Should the emperor tell you first?
As expected, even an emperor like Gao Zu was a little happy to be treated by Zang Zheng. He smiled faintly and said, "Okay, what does this have to do with you?"

After all, he was the censor, and he just did the impeachment of Le Zheng in accordance with his job responsibilities.

"I want to impeach Jiang Lin, Xie Yunqiu, Gongxi Xisheng and others for colluding with the above-mentioned people to disobey His Majesty's policies. When Your Majesty is allowing the people to recuperate, they increase the dispatch of corvee and military service, increase additional excessive taxes, and will oppose them. The people were sold into slavery without authorization.”

"Why do you doubt Chen's character?"

These should all be true.

And the people Chen Bi mentioned may all be colluding with each other.

There was a mocking arc in the corner of his mouth. This group of people kept saying that "Chen's gang members are all over the world". It turns out that they themselves are also many gang members colluding together.

The Chen family's gang members are in the open, where Liu Bang can see them, and where they are under the sun.

And what about these people?

The henchmen of these people are in secret, in places where Liu Bang has not discovered them.

What is the most intolerable thing for an emperor?
The most intolerable thing for an emperor is not a lawless and powerful minister, nor is it a wealthy family with followers all over the world and disciples and former officials all over the world.

What he cannot tolerate the most is a "powerful minister and aristocratic family" who hides quietly without being discovered or controlled by himself.

Liu Bang stood up, looked at Chen Bi, and asked softly: "Sir, besides the above-mentioned people, is there anyone else?"

"You should say it all at once." Chen Bi lowered his head and smiled, took out the memorial that he had already prepared from his sleeve, and then said: "Your Majesty, this is the memorial."

"After I heard such shocking things, I had to write it overnight."

"Your Majesty, please read it."

Liu Bang glanced at the chamberlain beside him, and then the chamberlain beside him stepped forward and brought up the memorial.

After Liu Bang got the memorial, he just glanced at it, and his expression instantly became gloomy. As he looked at it for longer and longer, Liu Bang's expression became more and more gloomy.

Say it again.

What is the most intolerable thing for an emperor to do with his own son?
An emperor cannot tolerate his son worrying about his position before he is dead!
Especially the founding emperor like Liu Bang!
Especially the founding emperor Liu Bang, who was already in poor health!
He started to fear death! I also began to fear the loss of power in my hands!
No one except the emperor can experience this feeling. They hold supreme power, but cannot control their own lives. They can only watch their power and life pass away like running water.

So, what exactly does Chen Bi’s memorial say?
Very simple.

The sons who were placed in the fiefdom of Liu Bang began to collude with the prime minister, and accumulated strength, without telling Liu Bang, hoping to take over Liu Bang's position after Liu Bang's death.

Even when Liu Bang was still healthy, he had already connected with court officials.

Among Liu Bang's many sons, only the "acting king" who remains in Chang'an City is clean. The other children, even Liu Chang and Liu Ruyi, are not clean.

As for Liu Ying?

He didn't do anything, but his mother did!
Liu Bang fell there with his heart in his hands, and the expression on his face became even more gloomy.

"Okay, okay, okay, okay."

He closed his eyes for a moment, then stood up: "Chen Qing, come with me."

"The rest of you, please leave the court."

Liu Bang didn't say anything but simply said "dismissal", but the courtiers in the court hall felt an atmosphere of "the calm before the storm".

What exactly did Chen Bi write in his memorial?
Why is Liu Bang so angry?
Some people guessed it, some people didn't.

The expressions of the four people standing at the front, Dai Wang, Liu Ruyi, Liu Chang, and Liu Ying, all changed. Liu Ruyi and the other three were worried about whether their party affiliation would be reported, while Dai Wang's worry was that Very strange.

He was worried that his good father would praise him again.

Because Liu Heng knew clearly in his heart that he and his mother really didn't do any "dirty things".

Liu Heng felt a little desperate.

When did it become a sin not to do these dirty things and just sit around and wait for release to the fiefdom?

He looked with some resentment at Chen Bi, who was walking towards the back hall of Changle Palace not far away, and muttered in his heart full of resentment: "Sir, sir, how come you always hurt me!"

At this time, Liu Heng didn’t know that this kind of thing would happen many more times in the coming years.
He didn't know that this was called "accidental injury".

All in all, at this moment, Liu Heng started to slowly walk towards the palace with "Flowing Arrows" on his back. He wanted to go back and discuss with his mother how to deal with the current situation.

How to prevent possible "appreciation" and the "care" that may follow.

Changle Palace apse

Liu Bang sat there with a very "chic" posture and a look of helplessness on his face: "Sir, sir, what's wrong with you?"

"Why did you throw out such a big thing right away?"

He complained and said: "You should at least give me a breath of air, right? I don't know anything, and I was even shocked."

Chen Bi remained calm. He picked up the teacup on the table in front of him and looked at Liu Bang: "Does your Majesty really not know?"

He shrugged his shoulders: "Nothing in my mansion is hidden from those embroidered messengers."

Chen Bi said deliberately: "Is it possible that those embroidered messengers dare to deceive Your Majesty?"

"You are really fooling the heavens!"

"Your Majesty, let's punish them severely."

"This is a grave sin!"

Looking at Chen Bi who just opened his mouth and pushed the pot he pushed back, Liu Bang rolled his eyes and his posture became more casual and unrestrained.

"I'm talking about Chen Qing, do you know that sometimes the smartest thing to do is pretend to be confused?"

He casually threw the memorial in his hand on the desk. He knew what was recorded in it when Chen Bi wrote it overnight.

He even said that he knew about it when Chen Bi asked people to search for these things.

The messenger of embroidered clothes and Chen Bi's people reported the incident one after another.

No one in the world can hide the truth from an emperor, especially if this emperor is the true founder of the country.

How can someone who can survive in troubled times be a stupid person?
Chen Bi straightened his expression and whispered: "How is Your Majesty going to deal with these people?"

"Should we continue to indulge, or..."

There was a wry smile on Liu Bang's lips: "How do you want me to deal with it? Among them is either my son or a high official in the court."

He pointed to a name in the memorial: "Even among the three princes, there are people who are mixed up with the prince."

"But I can't say anything."

"He is the prince, and he has such power. If you are willing, even you can stand on his side openly."

"He is the crown prince of the country, he can even be said to be half an emperor!"

Chen Bi sighed: "Your Majesty, you don't need to test me anymore. Chen really has no such intention."

The test he was referring to was that Liu Bang once again tested him in his words whether he would stand by "Queen Lu" and support Liu Ying as emperor.

In fact, look at it from Liu Bang's perspective.

The Chen family's choice of Liu Ying is the best choice, because Liu Ying is cowardly, Lu Pheasant is a member of the harem, and the Chen family is powerful. If she supports Liu Ying, the Chen family can even cover the sky with one hand, even if she wants to depose the emperor in the future. The power is a simple thing.

even
Changing dynasties is also a small matter.

From the perspective of careerists, nothing is "free" and innocent.

There must be a plan for everything you do.

(End of this chapter)