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

Chapter 293: The revenge of the tenth life can be avenged.
When Liu Wu received the letter from his brother, he had a blank look on his face.

opportunity?

What time?
Have you never heard of anything happening these days?
But no matter what, when he saw this letter, Liu Wu was in an extremely "excited" state, with a sharp light in his eyes and murmuring praises in his mouth.

There was a hint of guilt in his words.

"In the past, I still doubted whether my brother was really willing to hand over the throne to me, but I didn't expect that it would be me who judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

Liu Wu lamented, feeling even more guilty towards his brother.

"If my brother doesn't let me down, I will certainly not let him down!"

This was the oath he made quietly and secretly, determined to "make up for his mistakes."

He sat in front of the desk, writing a letter in a hurry, preparing to send it to Chang'an City. Even though he didn't know what time his brother was talking about at this time, he had already made a promise-that is, no matter what, he would do his best. To go.

Chen Mansion
Chen Qiu responded back and forth to many ministers who came to visit him, including not only disciples and former officials of the Chen family, but also some dignitaries in Chang'an City.

Although most of the rights of the Chen family now fall into the hands of Chen Tuo, Chen Qiu, the real head of the Chen family, is still very respectable.

When he returned to the study, someone was already sitting in the distance waiting for him.

Chen Qiu looked at Chen Tuo who was sitting opposite and sighed softly: "Uncle Tuo, why do you have to do this?"

Chen Tuo sat there with tired eyes and an aura of decadence all over his body. He picked up the tea on the table next to him and sighed with helpless compassion.

"Why so?"

He smiled bitterly: "This is what I want to ask our good majesty."

Chen Tuo's eyes were distant, as if he no longer cared about worldly affairs: "I have known since the emperor ascended the throne that the emperor is still different from the previous emperor. Emperor Wen did not let the Chen family down, and even pointed out the path for the Chen family. But today’s emperor is different.”

The corners of his mouth twitched into a mocking arc.

"There is nothing more surprising than this."

"The Emperor is cold-blooded by nature. Not to mention you and me, a descendant of the Chen family, even if he is his biological mother, I am afraid he does not have much friendship in his heart."

Chen Tuo sighed again and said: "In the past, I thought I had planned the plan until now to make him worship me as his teacher. Now I just know that it was not me who planned against the emperor, but the emperor who planned against me."

He closed his eyes, and a look of sadness appeared on his face again.

"Son of Heaven——"

Chen Tuo shook his head slightly and said nothing: "That's why I have to do this, and Chen also has to do this."

"A complete Chen family will be remembered by the emperor forever, even if Chen family has never had a disobedient heart. This is the emperor."

He sneered: "The foundation of the Chen family is still in Guandu. No matter whether the emperor wants to touch the Chen family or not, no matter how many disciples and former officials of the Chen family there are in the court in the future, as long as Guandu is still in the hands of the Chen family, the Chen family will always be the one." The Chen family that dominates the world."

Chen Tuo's eyes were somewhat solemn: "So, nephew Qiu, today is the last time you and I will meet in private."

He stood up, held Chen Qiu's hands and said, "Nephew Qiu, please remember to be careful on your journey in the future. I will leave the Chen family with the emperor's group of people who infiltrated into the Chen family, and remove the abscesses on Chen's body." ”

"Mrs. Chen is still the clean Mrs. Chen."

Chen Qiu stood there, speechless for a moment.

After Chen Tuo left completely, he sighed helplessly.

"Why so?"

"Why so!"

Chen Pi'an walked out of the shadows, with a slight indifference in his expression. He just said: "Uncle Tuo's words are 70% true and 30% false."

He yawned: "From what you and I know, it is true that the emperor has doubts about Uncle Tuo and the Chen family, but most of them are because Uncle Tuo wants to be independent."

Chen Qiu turned back to look at Chen Pi and said, "Uncle Tuo has such thoughts, which really makes the family speechless. But when has the family ever restricted people who want to be independent? Why should uncle Tuo do this!"

Chen Pi sneered: "Probably because I was still young at the time and my father left early."

"On that day, my father left the court in order to pursue his studies. Uncle Tuo worked hard to support the Chen family by himself. He may have felt that this was his own ability, or he may have felt that after leaving the Chen family, he could still Have a good time."

Chen Qiu said nothing more, just nodded calmly: "Let's not talk about this anymore, are you ready?"

"His Majesty is going to summon you to the palace."

A look of helplessness flashed across Chen Pi's face: "I have already made it so obvious. I don't understand why Your Majesty is still like this."

Chen Qiu patted Chen Pi on the shoulder and laughed loudly: "Hahahahaha, maybe it's because no matter how hard you hide your talents, you can't bury them completely. They are as dazzling as a pearl in the gravel."

But Chen Pi's eyes were filled with disgust.

Wu Guo
King Wu had already received the letter from Chang'an City, and naturally understood that the emperor wanted to continue to "delay" until the court's strength was restored again.

Now in the court hall, General Chen De and General Han Xin died of illness a few years ago, leaving only Dou Ying, who is also old, and Zhou Yafu, who is still young, and the Huns' envoys are already in Chang'an City. Watching with eager eyes.

If you miss this opportunity, there really is no better opportunity than this one!
King Wu in the study had a gloomy look in his eyes. He was thinking about how to "raise an army" without using it as an excuse for "rebellion". He tore through almost all the "books of sages" in the study, and finally turned to a page of the book. It can be evidence of his "revenge".

Autumn, the eighth year of Emperor Jing's reign.

The state of Wu raised its troops.

King Wu was coerced by Princess Wu and launched a mutiny in the middle of the night.

Princess Wu announced her plan to attack the emperor with the slogan "The revenge of ten generations can be avenged." She said that her son was killed. Although King Wu could endure it, she was only a woman, so she could not. Bear.

However, for the sake of peace in the world, she finally swallowed her hatred secretly. It has been almost twenty years now!

During the past twenty years, she missed her children all the time, but the emperor today did not feel any guilt about what happened back then. Therefore, she could not bear it, so she stood up, held the King of Wu hostage and ordered the Wu army.

To avenge his children. The revenge of ten lifetimes can especially be avenged! How about the revenge of killing a son?
This hatred is irreconcilable!

Princess Wu's message spread throughout the country, in order to prove to the world that she was not "rebellion", but "revenge".

She said that she originally wanted to swallow her hatred and forget it completely, but the emperor was cold-blooded and did not allow anyone to sacrifice her child. She was unwilling to investigate whether the right and wrong of that year was true or false.

Today I just want to avenge my child.

The emperor's unkindness must be because he has sycophants by his side.

She wants to be with you!
Of course, this sentence in the statement is somewhat questionable. It is precisely because of this that no one in the world has responded to Princess Wu's revenge plan.

After the second message appeared, the other kings in the world began to respond one after another.

The second letter is also very simple, indicating who the fawning minister beside the emperor is - she is the daughter of Empress Dowager Dou, the eldest princess of the current dynasty and the princess of Guantao, Liu Bi!
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The petition said that it was precisely because his son had an old grudge with Liu Bi that Liu Bi killed their child. As for why the emperor took the blame today? That's because the late emperor loved Empress Dowager Dou, and Empress Dowager Dou was unwilling to let her daughter bear human life.

Moreover, Empress Dowager Dou supported her youngest son Liu Wu at that time.

Therefore, throwing this crime on today's emperor has two purposes. The first is that he can clear his daughter's charges, and the second is that he can pin the charges on the emperor, who was still the prince at the time, so that the emperor loses the basis for fighting for the throne.

The King of Wu saw the problem at a glance at that time, so before the death of the Crown Prince Wu, he went to the palace to talk to the late Emperor about this matter, expressing that for the sake of the foundation of the Han Dynasty, the King of Wu was willing to serve as the crown prince during the court meeting. argue.

All of this was the King of Wu's passionate dedication to the country, while the Crown Prince of Wu sacrificed his life for the country. Although they were sad, they had nothing to say.

But in order to cover up the truth of all this, the emperor and the sycophant wanted to cut down the vassal and then kill King Wu, so Princess Wu couldn't bear it anymore.

As for why it is Princess Wu and not King Wu?
The tied up King Wu said that he was a great favorite and did not want to be an enemy of the emperor, so his princess tied him up without his knowledge.

The message spread throughout the world.

Everyone can see the joke contained in this statement - the dignified King Wu is tied up by Princess Wu? Are all the troops under his command still obeying Princess Wu’s orders?
Are you kidding me?

This is simply a bit more ridiculous than when the emperor said that he would appoint the crown prince and actually pass the throne to Prince Liang.

At least everyone clearly knows that the emperor did not do this willingly, but was forced by the situation. But does your King Wu really treat people as fools?

In the autumn of the eighth year of Jingyuan, the rebellion caused by Princess Wu swept across the entire south in just a few months.

Several kings who were suppressed by Emperor Xiaoren also raised the banner of "revenge". Their slogan was to rehabilitate their "father". His father only wanted to kill the Lu family and did not do anything. He did everything wrong, but he was trapped in Chang'an City by the then Emperor Xiaoren, and even died in confinement in the end.

And a large part of his own feudal country was also cut off.

These people asked the court to give them fair "handling", to vindicate their father, and to return all the feudal states that had been removed in the past.

When the time entered the ninth year of Jingyuan, the rebellion of the kings was already vigorous. A total of nine princes and kings rebelled together, demanding that the emperor vindicate himself and execute the treacherous ministers around him - this time, they even brought the emperor with them. Doctor Shi "Chao Cuo".

For what reason?

A very far-fetched reason.

That is: Qiu Zi is a saint and a direct descendant of Chen Zi. How could he do those things?

Therefore, Qiu Zi must have been seduced by a traitor. Later, Qiu Zi resigned and returned to Guandu to devote himself to writing. It was because he felt that there were traitorous disciples around him, and he felt ashamed.

evidence?

When the Chen family was at its peak, Qiu Zi returned to Guandu with almost all of the Chen family's disciples and no longer paid attention to the government affairs of the court. Isn't this evidence?
Chao Cuo, after all, did not escape this storm.

In the ninth year of Jingyuan, it was autumn and winter.

The vigorous Nine Kings Rebellion gathered a large number of troops. They marched on the border and held an alliance meeting, at which they expressed the purpose of their trip.

"Qing Jun is on your side, attacking Chao Cuo"

Yes, this time they didn't even use the word "treacherous" and directly pointed the finger at Chao Cuo.

Their reasons are equally simple.

Qiu Zi is a sage in this world, and the Chen family is one of the best in the world, the pinnacle of the family. How could there be any mistakes in what such a sage said?

At that time, Qiu Zi did not ask for the abolition of the vassalage, but Chao Cuo used the name of Qiu Zi's student to keep asking for the abolition of the vassalage. This was disrespectful to Qiuzi and disrespectful to the Chen family. They raised troops to demand it because of the Chen family. Killing Chao Cuo and clearing the emperor's side!
After experiencing the previous brief chaos, the kings finally understood one thing.

They must have a reputation for "righteousness" when doing things. Only with such a reputation for righteousness can they stand firm. How can they prevent Chen from getting into trouble with them?

They came up with a "smart" solution.

Wouldn't it be better to use the name of the Chen family? Wouldn't it be better to do it under the guise of doing good for Chen?
Guandu, the residence of the Chen family

Chen Dong looked at the letter in his hand with great helplessness. This was a letter sent to him quietly by the kings. In fact, it was not meant for him, but wanted him to deliver it to Chen Qiu, the head of the Chen family in Chang'an City.

The meaning in the letter is also very simple.

I hope that the Chen family will not hinder their "Qingjun side". If the Chen family is willing to help them with their reputation for righteousness, then after the victory, no matter who among them becomes the "Emperor", they will make Chen the "King of Han".

The Han Dynasty plus various feudal states had a total of "sixty counties", and they were willing to give the Han king "thirty counties" of fiefdom.

If the Chen family is unwilling to help them, that's fine. As long as the Chen family ignores this matter, they are also willing to offer the land of "Twenty-Eight Counties" with both hands. With the big rivers as the boundaries, the two sides will rule by dividing the rivers and share the country. .

Chen Dong did not dare to deal with such an important matter, so he could only forward the letter.

In Chang'an City, An Wang's Mansion

Chen Qiu looked at the letter in his hand and sighed quietly: "The kings really spent a lot of money this time."

"You can even say things like dividing a river and conquering it!"

　Double opening of a new book, I will definitely not cut it this time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)