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

Chapter 289 The most important thing
Liu Qi looked at the jade seal in front of him and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He really didn't expect that before his father died, he would be able to sit in this position and look at the jade seal. Command the world.

Of course, Liu Qi also knew that he was just a "puppet". His father was not seriously ill, but he was just using this so-called "serious illness" to force Wu King Liu Bi from the beginning.

After all, the emperor was blamed by Emperor Gao and became seriously ill. What else do you, a little King of Wu, want?
Not handing over the right to mint coins?

Then go die!
In other words, rather than saying that Liu Heng wanted to use this "serious illness" to target Wu King Liu Bi and force him to hand over the coinage rights, it is better to say that Liu Heng was looking forward to another thing, that is, Wu King Liu Bi had been In the end, he was determined and unwilling to hand over the coinage rights.

In this case, the imperial court would have the right to directly sweep across Wu State, and it could also use this opportunity to reduce Wu State's fiefdom by half.

Pity.

Liu Qi sighed slightly, and then said: "It's just a pity that King Wu even saw the deeper meaning of this. Not only did he hand over the right to mint coins, but he also gave up some of Wu's rights and rights. Benefit."

There is a pile of memorials on his desk, among which is the memorial of Wu King Liu Bi!
All the "copper mines" in the territory were handed over, some of which were not even registered.

You must know that it is very difficult to find unregistered copper mines. Even if Liu Bi does not hand over this thing, there will be no problem. The emperor and the court may not be able to find it!

But Liu Bi was so generous that he directly handed over all the copper mines.

Liu Qi sneered, Liu Bi was able to hand over the copper mine so readily, naturally because the copper mine had no effect on the King of Wu at this time.

What is the most important role of copper coins in this era?
Isn't it just minting coins?

When the right to mint coins was taken away, did King Wu still dare to mint copper coins in private?

Of course I don't dare.

So do copper coins still have any effect on him? there is none left.

Therefore, Liu Bi handed over all the copper mines very simply and neatly, in order to make the emperor have a "favorable impression" of him and the people of the world to have a "favorable impression" of him.

He shook his head, put away all the important memorials on the table, then stood up and walked towards the apse.

Although Liu Qi did work in Changle Palace recently, he still lived in the East Palace. He was going to the back hall of Changle Palace now, naturally to hand over this "memorial" to his father for review.

Rather than censoring it, it was more like leaving it to his father.

Changle Palace apse

Liu Heng sat there with a look of peace and joy on his face. He held the chess piece in his hand with a look of some thought on his face.

"Teacher, teacher, your move is indeed exquisite. I couldn't think of how to break the situation for a moment."

Chen Bi just squinted his eyes and smiled lightly, and said softly: "Is there really no way for your Majesty to break through this mess? I'm afraid you don't want to."

Liu Heng raised his eyebrows, put the chess pieces somewhere, and laughed: "Hahahahahahahaha, the teacher is right, it is not necessary at this time."

He chuckled softly: "Isn't this a good thing?"

Liu Heng changed the subject and said, "Teacher, if the prince takes power for the first time, will he be immersed in government affairs?"

Chen Bi knew the "real question" Liu Heng asked, and immediately said with a smile: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Liu Heng tapped the chessboard with his chess pieces, and an unknown smile broke out on his face: "Teacher, how about we make a bet?"

Chen Bi looked at Liu Heng and asked, "What bet does your Majesty want to make with me?"

Liu Heng looked at Chen Bi, with a little solemnity and determination in his voice: "Let's bet on whether the prince will sink into government affairs or come to me with government affairs. Even if I don't see him, he will leave the government affairs behind." , Even if I don’t see him for three days, he will break open the door of this hall with a sword and come to see my safety. "

He looked at Chen Bi first and said, "I bet on the latter."

"What about the teacher?"

Chen Bi looked at Liu Heng helplessly, held his forehead and sighed: "Your Majesty has already bet on the latter, can I also bet on the latter?"

"I'll bet on the former."

"It's just that there must be some stakes in a bet. What stakes does Your Majesty want?"

Liu Heng looked at Chen Bi and said: "I once heard about something. The ancestors of the Chen family once made an agreement with the royal family of the Qin State. This agreement was made before the Qin State unified the world. But Until the fall of Qin, the Chen family still kept this promise."

He smiled slightly: "Although I am not as good as the ancestor of Qin, I also want to make such an oath with the Chen family."

Liu Heng looked at the table beside him. There were wine glasses on the table.

"If I win, the teacher will make an oath to me in the name of the Chen family. If the Han Dynasty is destroyed in the future, the Chen family will protect my Liu family's bloodline just like the Qin family won the surname."

He said softly: "If possible, please give Mrs. Chen a chance if you can."

"Is that okay?"

a chance?
Chen Bi fell into silence, and he said softly: "What opportunity?"

He raised his head and looked directly at his disciple and the emperor of the Han Dynasty for the first time. He asked softly: "I can agree to the first oath on behalf of Chen, but I want to know, What chance does Your Majesty want Chen to give Liu?"

Liu Heng put his hand aside, with hope in his eyes.

"I don't want the Chen family to pay such a high price to save Qin like they did at the end of Qin."

"I also know that the Chen family now is not the Chen family back then."

"I just hope that when the Han Dynasty really has no hope at all, and when the emperor of the Han Empire is already fatuous, Chen can take out my edict and go to the palace, using this edict to force the then emperor to agree to let Chen The name is "Prince Regent".

Liu Heng's voice was a little decisive.

Chen Bi raised his eyebrows and said, "What if the emperor at that time did not recognize your majesty's edict?"

This is indeed a problem.

But Liu Heng did not hesitate at all: "This is the opportunity I mentioned. If one of the emperors and princes at the time can recognize this edict, then Chen can directly rely on this edict to become the "regent" and save the time. The world.”

"But if none of the princes and emperors at that time recognized this edict, then Chen could do whatever he wanted."

"I will leave two edicts. One is the edict that just mentioned pardoning the current head of the Chen family and making him the regent. The other is the edict that orders the Chen family to act expediently."

Liu Heng said with a smile: "I think my ancestor is still qualified to write such an edict."

"After all, I am the son of Emperor Gao. If Emperor Gao reincarnates, he will definitely agree to keep such an edict."

"At that time, as long as the Chen family leaves a trace of my Liu family's blood, then even if they overthrow our Han Dynasty, it will be my will. If future emperors are dissatisfied with this, then they will have to come underground to find me and Emperor Gao. Bar."

At this point, Liu Heng's expression became very cold.

Chen Bi looked into Liu Heng's eyes, and finally sighed and said, "Since your Majesty has said this, how can I not agree?"

So the two high-fived each other.

The bet was made.

After hearing that Chen Bi had agreed to the alliance, Liu Heng's expression relaxed visibly. There was a little cold sweat on his back, but he did not lose his composure.

In fact, this covenant with the Chen family was not just something he wanted to "make", but a genuine "covenant between Emperor Gao" and the Chen family.

Before his death, Emperor Gao had a conversation with Liu Heng and wrote down the contents of the "covenant" and two edicts in his own hand. Therefore, as long as the emperor of the Han Dynasty is still in power, future generations will not be able to defy this edict no matter what. .

If even the edict of the founder of the country, Emperor Gao, was violated, then this dynasty would indeed be unnecessary for the Liu family.

It is better to sell Chen a favor, so that Chen can do his best to keep the Liu family lineage. As for Liu’s future development?
Could it be that the development of Shangdang Zhao Family and Longxi Qin Family is very poor now?
As long as the Chen family works hard and follows the "foundation" of the Liu family, the future Liu family will definitely continue to exist in the long history. Under such circumstances, it is impossible to say that the Liu family will still have blood to compete for "the world" in future generations.

This is the plan of Liu Heng and Liu Bang.

Chen Bi naturally knew Liu Heng's plan, and even understood that there was a back-up plan left by Liu Bang, but he didn't care much.

Even if the Liu family didn't take such measures, wouldn't the Chen family take action when the Liu family was really going to be destroyed and the bloodline was gone? Of course not, Chen will still take action to save some of Liu's bloodline.

He sighed softly and said, "Your Majesty, you are serious."

"Ugh"

The next words were not finished, but ended with a long sigh.

East Palace
Liu Qi's face looked extremely anxious as he walked back and forth.

A chamberlain walked in from outside the door, with a look of helplessness on his face: "Your Highness, Your Majesty still refuses to see you."

"Even King An."

Liu Qi turned his head fiercely, looked at the boy beside him and asked, "What about the teacher? Is the teacher willing to see me?"

The chamberlain shook his head slightly.

There was a look of struggle on Liu Qi's face. After a moment, he looked at the chamberlain fiercely and said, "I order the people in the palace not to move around at will, and then order the king's guards and guards to follow me!"

The chamberlain had a look of panic on his face: "Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

Liu Qi did not continue to explain, but directly drew out the long sword from his waist, and then stepped towards the direction of Changle Palace in the distance!

"Today, I have to see my father no matter what!"

He has not seen his father for three days. The emperor of the Han Dynasty has not shown his face for three days. This is wrong!

Even if he has great power now, he will be the real emperor if there is no emperor!
This is not right!

The other ministers didn't know the emperor's true condition, but Liu Qi knew that the emperor was not seriously ill, but what on earth was the emperor doing today?
He must go to see his father!
Even if he doesn't doubt Chen's "loyalty", he also feels that Chen will definitely not do anything "disobedient".

He wants to see his father, no matter who stops him, it will be of no avail!

In front of Changle Palace
Liu Qi held the sword in his hand and led the people. His hands trembled slightly, and in front of the main hall in front of him, the guard had a solemn expression on his face: "Your Highness led the troops to surround Changle Palace. This is a serious crime of treason."

"Is His Highness planning to rebel?"

Liu Qi gritted his teeth: "I want to see my father! I will kill anyone who stops me!"

The guard confronted him, but Liu Qi did not step back at all. His expression was extremely solemn, with a terrifying and ferocious look on his face: "Get out of the way!"

He held a long sword: "Otherwise, I won't be so polite!"

After a long look at each other, the guard suddenly smiled and then stepped aside: "Your Highness, please, Your Majesty is already waiting for you."

Liu Qi was slightly startled. Are you waiting for him?

What do you mean?
But at this time, he couldn't care about it. He hurried forward and walked into Changle Palace, only to find that his father, whom he couldn't see, "King An" and "teacher" who couldn't be found, were all sitting there, quietly. waiting for him.

Liu Heng even touched his palms and laughed: "Hahahahahahaha, King An, it seems that I have won!"

Chen Bi was not angry, but said: "I am willing to admit defeat."

"I would like to congratulate His Majesty the Crown Prince for such a pure and filial son."

Liu Heng looked at Liu Qi who was still confused and waved: "Okay, don't cover up, come on."

In the eleventh year of the Later Yuan Dynasty.

The emperor recovered, but felt that his health was not as good as before, so he ordered the prince to continue to supervise the country, while he lived semi-secretly behind the scenes.

This is a new thing for the whole world. After all, few emperors will hand over their power to the prince and let the prince supervise the country when he is still healthy.

Emperor Wen took the most important first step. Perhaps there will be "precedents" to be found when emperors have such thoughts in the future.

Time passed by in a hurry. Under the governance of the prince and the emperor, the world became more stable and peaceful. People had almost forgotten the tragic war at the end of Qin Dynasty.

The trauma left by the war in people's hearts gradually disappeared.

Life still lives peacefully and peacefully.

Autumn, thirteenth year of the Later Yuan Dynasty.

General Han Xin was seriously ill and could not survive the chilling autumn day, so he passed away at the last moment of autumn. The last words left by this long-lived old man were: "I only wish that the great man will live forever -"

In the winter of the 13th year of AD, Lieutenant Chen De also became seriously ill, but he still persisted with encouragement.

In the fifteenth year of A.D., the prince had been in charge of the country for four full years.

After all, Taiwei Chen De could not bear the physical danger and left in the winter of this year.

In the sixteenth year of the Second Yuan Dynasty, in the fifth year of the prince's supervision of the country.

Chen Bi was seriously ill and returned to Guandu.

In the 17th year of AD, he was in the sixth year of the prince's supervision of the country.

Emperor Wen died.

This emperor who had influenced the Han Dynasty for many years finally passed away on a very ordinary winter day.

In the spring of the eighteenth year of the Later Yuan Dynasty, the prince ascended the throne and became the "Emperor Jing" in history.

The spring of the eighteenth year of the Later Yuan Dynasty.

Spring blossoms.

The top of Mount Tai.

Chen Fan looked at the clouds and mist in the distance with a slightly indifferent look on his face. His body could no longer hold on, but he exhausted his last strength and reached the top of Mount Tai.

"Actually, what is the most important thing in the world?"

"Is it a fight for fame and wealth?"

Chen Fan smiled lightly and closed his eyes.

"The most important thing in the world is to follow your own footsteps and then move forward freely."

"No matter what lies ahead."

That's the most important thing.

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