My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 20 Zhu Lu’s Story
Emperor Qi didn't know how he should explain to Shen Tujia that after he implemented the "Fans-Cutting Policy", only King Wu's family had to rebel, and other princes were unlikely to rebel;
Shen Tujia also didn't know what he had to do to make Emperor Qi understand: If it was really only Wu Wang Liu Bi's family who would rebel, he would not be so threatened by a formidable enemy.

The monarch and his minister just persisted and remained silent.

It wasn't until Liu Rong's figure appeared in the palace that the silence between the monarch and his ministers was broken.

But the one who broke the silence was not the 'uninvited' emperor's eldest son Liu Rong.

"Young Master Rong is here. Is my Xuanshi Palace really full of brilliance?"

Just after saluting, Liu Rong could hear his father's inexplicable resentment. Even though he was prepared, Liu Rong couldn't help but be slightly startled.

After looking at Emperor Qi's gloomy face, and then looking at the sadness on Shen Tujia's face, he had a rough guess.

Thinking secretly, he did not forget to look at the Emperor Qi who was on the imperial couch for instructions. After receiving the acquiescence, he knelt down at the banquet on the side of the hall.

After talking for a while, Fang said shamelessly: "I heard that from the day I was persuaded by my son, the Marquis of An has never stepped out of the Marquis Mansion."

"The door of the mansion just opened today, and I went straight into the palace again."

"I thought, after all, it was my son who 'caused' the matter, and I have to ask him to find a solution to the situation."

"Otherwise, the situation will really get to the point where the monarch and his ministers are separated, especially now that my father is about to cut down the vassal vassal, and the war in Guandong is about to be raging..."

Liu Rong stopped talking at the right time, leaving the second half of his sentence blank, and then bowed his hands to his superior's imperial couch.

Then he turned his attention to the middle of the hall, where the old figure was kneeling and cupping his hands.

"If my guess is correct, the main disagreement between Anhou and my father should be between the kings of the Qi and Huainan families."

"That being the case, I would like to ask Gu Anhou to discuss in detail: Which of the Qi and Huainan families will rebel, and how likely they are to rebel;"

"——Father, after all, the emperor was personally selected by Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and taught him step by step for more than 20 years;"

"As long as what Gu Anhou says is reasonable, my father will listen to it no matter what?"

As he said that, Liu Rong did not forget to look at the imperial couch, as if to confirm with the emperor: Right, father?
Having a vague sense of what Liu Rong wanted to do, Emperor Qi couldn't help but feel secretly annoyed;
But after thinking about it again and again, he finally suppressed the anger in his chest and said a dull 'hmm'.

Seeing Emperor Qi's reaction, Shen Tujia couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and even his already somewhat rickety back bent even more at this moment.

"The feud between the princes of the Qi and Huainan families and Emperor Taizong Xiaowen has been going on for a long time, and is well known to everyone in the world."

"——That year, the Empress Dowager Lu passed away, and all Lu's relatives conspired against each other;"

"In order to quell the rebellion of the Lus, the feudal lords of the Guandong clan and the great ministers of the DPRK cooperated internally and externally to kill the Lus, so that they could finally usher in the late emperor on their own behalf;"

"But in the process of 'jointly killing the Lu', the person who cooperated with the imperial ministers internally and externally was not the late emperor, nor the acting king at that time;"

"But the son of King Qi Ai Hui: King Qi Ai Liu Xiang..."

Following Shen Tujia's low voice, a blurry memory scroll eroded by time also unfolded in Liu Rong's mind.

In the twenty-seventh year of the Han Dynasty (180 BC), Empress Dowager Lu died in Changle Palace.

With the protection of the Empress Dowager Lu and the support of the Empress Dowager Lu, she violated the oath of Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang that "no one can be king except by the Liu family", so he was granted the title of king and marquis, and made countless enemies in the court and outside the country. After losing the Empress Dowager Lu, After being protected by a towering tree, I was completely panicked.

After all kinds of planning, Lu Chan and Lu Lu, who were entrusted by Empress Dowager Lu with military power and the country, decided to take advantage of the national mourning period to launch a coup to completely control the Han family's ancestral temple and the country. Realizing the situation of Zhu Lu's relatives and their next plans, the founding fathers headed by Chen Ping and Zhou Bo finally made up their minds to take advantage of the national mourning period and the chaotic situation both inside and outside the court to completely eradicate the big problem of Zhu Lu's relatives. cancer!
Therefore, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and other veteran ministers began to contact Guandong and told the Han family clan princes: The Lu family wants to seize the Han family's country. All the kings are Liu family clan members. Do they have to sit idly by?
At that time, among the eight sons of Emperor Taizu Gao, Liu Bang, the eldest, King Qi Daohui, Liu Fei, and the second, Emperor Xiaohui, Liu Ying, had both passed away;
Among the remaining six, the third, Prince Zhao Yin, Liu Ruyi, the fifth, Prince Zhao Gong, Liu Hui, the sixth, Prince Zhao You, Liu You, and the eighth, Prince Yanling, Liu Jian, had all been killed by Empress Lu;

Only the fourth child was left: the acting king Liu Heng, not to mention raising troops to respond, could not even take care of his wife, children and children. He farmed in the palace and let his concubines raise silkworms and weave cloth in the harem;

As for the seventh child: Huainan King Liu Chang, he had been raised by the Empress Dowager Lu since he was a child, and he was not trustworthy at all.

Taizu Liu Bang had eight sons, two died of natural causes, four were brutally murdered, and the remaining two were hopeless.

In desperation, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and other veterans could only place their hopes on Liu Xiang, the second king of Qi, the eldest grandson of Emperor Taizu Gao and the eldest son of Liu Fei, the king of Qi Hui.

Thanks to the blessing of his deceased father, Liu Fei, who was the eldest son of Emperor Taizu Gao, the Qi State that Liu Xiang inherited was extremely wealthy.

Even after the death of Emperor Taizu Gao, his father Liu Fei gave one-third of the Qi Kingdom to his sister, Princess Lu Yuan Liu Le, in order to please the Empress Dowager Lu, but the remaining two-thirds of the country would still be lost. Still, Liu Xiang became the strongest and richest clan prince in the entire Guandong at that time.

Wealth possesses a vast territory, enjoys the benefits of industry and commerce, makes money every day, and has strong soldiers and horses;
When he also learned that Chen Ping and Zhou Bo intended to overthrow Zhu Lu's relatives, Liu Xiang was naturally moved.

As the eldest son of Taizu, King Hui of Qi Liu Fei could not compete with his younger brother Liu Ying because he was born as a concubine. Liu Xiang had nothing to say.

But now, Emperor Xiaohui looks like he is going to die. How can he miss such a good opportunity?

As if they knew Liu Xiang's thoughts, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and other veterans also suggested: After Zhu Lu conferred the title of head, the young emperor would naturally not be able to stay;
At that time, who should be established but the great king (other than the great king, who else is qualified to sit on the throne)?

Therefore, King Liu Xiang of Qi, who thought that he could sit on the throne of the Han Dynasty after the success, almost risked all his wealth, and even his life, and sent 200,000 troops to Linzi, the capital of Qi, heading west towards Hangu Pass. Go ahead.

When they learned that the King of Qi had launched an army, Lu Chan and Lu Lu immediately responded: Guan Ying, Marquis of Yingyin, led nearly half of the southern army. They recruited young soldiers and horses along the way and headed outside the pass to stop Qi King Liu Xiang.

At this point, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and other veterans achieved their goals.

——There are only two forbidden armies in Chang'an: the Southern Army and the Northern Army. Half of the Southern Army went outside the pass;

The remaining Northern Army and the other half of the Southern Army are the final obstacles.

What happened next is known to all women and children: Zhou Bo used his personal prestige to instigate the entire Northern Army with the word "Liu's left-handedness";

In the face of the fully organized Northern Army, the Southern Army, which had only half its strength, could not defend the palace even if it fought to the last soldier or pawn.

The Northern Army defected, and the remaining strength of the Southern Army was wiped out in the "Palace Defense Battle." Zhu Lu's relatives could not escape the fate of their entire family being wiped out.

However, after the matter was completed, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and other veteran officials did not follow the agreement to welcome the hero of Lu's execution: King Liu Xiang of Qi, and instead took the "honest man" who seemed easy to control - the acting king Liu Heng to Chang'an.

As for Liu Xiang, after learning that his fourth uncle Liu Heng had ascended the throne, he returned to Linzi, the capital of Qi, in despair, and died in depression just one year later...

　A little embarrassing...

　　I had a low fever, and I wanted to sleep for a while in the afternoon before getting up to code, but I ended up sleeping until now...

　　This is the first update on the 5th, and there will be a second update on the 5th later.

　　The two updates on the 6th will be in the afternoon.

　　so awkward……

　　
　
(End of this chapter)