My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 49: Grandson, are you really wrong?

Being accused openly and covertly by his mother, Queen Mother Dou, of "not educating her son well", although the emperor Qi Qi still had a smile on his face, he also looked a little embarrassed.

The main purpose of Emperor Qi's coming today is also to report on his work - to talk to his mother, Queen Mother Dou, about the Xiongnu mission, and to mention the matter of summoning Liang Wang Liu Wu to the court again.

This may seem strange to many people.

As a prince, Liu Rong had to report to the Queen Mother and Grandma when he went out to do business, which was barely understandable;

Why is it that even the mighty Emperor of Han Dynasty needs to report to the Queen Mother?

In this Han family, is it the emperor who reigns over the world, or the empress dowager of the East Palace?
But in fact, this is the basis for the operation of the unique dualistic system of the Han Dynasty, in which the East and West palaces jointly govern the world.

——For the Queen Mother of the Han Dynasty, the emperor must explain everything and respond to every word.

To put it more bluntly, it is to ensure that the Queen Mother has the basic right to know and make suggestions on everything.

As for the Queen Mother, she theoretically has the power to veto all the emperor's policies and even actions, and she tries not to use this power and tries to discuss everything.

When Liu Rong went to the Young Mansion to do business, he had to come to the East Palace to report to the Empress Dowager Dou. This was also the reason: the emperor had to report to the Empress Dowager. What do you, a mere prince, want to do behind the Empress Dowager's back?
In your eyes, is there still a queen mother of the Han family? !
In the original historical timeline, Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, who had been the emperor since the emperor's reign, almost fell into this situation.

——The young emperor is full of energy and wants to implement the Jianyuan New Deal!

Empress Dowager Dou was sitting firmly in Changle of the East Palace, ready to clean up the emperor's grandson's mess at any time. She also held the idea of ​​"Let the emperor toss it, and if it hurts his nose, he will become sensible." She was happy to see the new policies of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. become.

But after Liu Che listened to the instigation of people around him and decided to "no longer ask the East Palace for everything" from now on, Empress Dowager Dou almost immediately dismissed the prime minister who presided over the new policy for the young emperor!
If not for Princess Liu Guantao and Empress Gillian, Liu Che, the Great Emperor of Han Dynasty, might not have become another Xiaohui Emperor, or even the third 'young emperor' of the Han family.

From this point, it is not difficult to see how important it is for the empress dowager of the Han family that the emperor "accounts for everything" to her.

And today, when Empress Dowager Dou took advantage of Liu Rong for not reporting on time, and later challenged Liu Rong for making extravagant things, the Emperor Qi didn't know how to deal with it for a moment...

"My grandson, you really want to do something extravagant."

"But my grandson makes extravagant things, not for his own enjoyment, but because he wants to use it to create a way for the young man's family to make money."

The long silence was finally broken by Liu Rong's calm voice, which was neither humble nor overbearing.

Emperor Qi frowned subconsciously, followed the sound, and saw Liu Rong grinning slightly, and then cupped his hands towards the imperial couch.

"My father is about to cut off the vassal state, and there will be great changes in Guandong;"

"My grandson has heard: When my husband is fighting, the troops and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first."

"In my grandson's view, war is not fought with elite soldiers and generals, but with a full treasury."

Saying this confidently, Liu Rong finally straightened up from the ground, not forgetting to rub his sore knees.

Then, he raised his head again and said with a smile: "During the years when Emperor Taizu Gao and Empress Dowager Lu were in power, who would have expected that King Wu Liu Bi would rebel?"

"Now, who would say: King Wu Liu Bi will not rebel?"

"——During the reigns of Emperor Taizu Gao and Empress Dowager Lu, and even in the early years of the late emperor, there was absolutely no possibility of Wu King Liu Bi rebelling!"

"Now, it can be said that everyone in the world knows that King Wu Liu Bi is rebellious and rebellious..."

Having said this, Liu Rong couldn't help but raise his eyes with some anxiety, and glanced at the emperor's father who was sitting on the imperial couch.

After his father closed his eyes and nodded invisibly, Liu Rong finally calmed down and continued: "It is rumored that King Wu Liu Bi rebelled because the crown prince died tragically in Chang'an that year, so he harbored hatred towards his father. .”

"But my grandson doesn't think so."

"——If you don't have enough power, even if the crown prince is skinned and boned in Chang'an, how dare Liu Bi?" "If the country is as rich and the people are strong as it is today, and there are many soldiers, even if Taizu Emperor Gao and Empress Dowager Lu come to visit Chao, Liu Bi, why should you be afraid?"

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"In the past, my father once taught his sons: As a king, you don't have to consider whether someone wants to rebel or dares to rebel. You only need to consider whether the person has the power to rebel."

"In my grandson's opinion, the reason why King Wu Liu Bi rebelled was not because the crown prince died in Chang'an, but because he had enough power to rebel and was unwilling to become a vassal king."

"With a sharp weapon in mind, a murderous intention arises - this is the truth."

After saying this, Liu Rong did not rush to continue. Instead, he stopped talking and gave the most noble mother and son in the world - mainly his grandmother, Queen Mother Dou - some time to digest what he said. talk.

After dozens of breaths, Liu Rongcai raised his hands slightly by his side with a self-deprecating smile when he saw that his grandmother's face was no longer full of contemplation.

"Grandson, sixteen years old."

"My father wants to cut down the vassal vassal, and Liu Bi wants to rebel. My grandson can neither advise or plan for his father, nor can he wear armor and lead an army to fight against thieves."

"Just thinking that Wu King Liu Bi's rebellious heart was caused by the Tongshan copper mine in Wu and the money made from smelting copper, my grandson took it for granted that if he could earn some military expenses for his father, then his father would It should be less of a headache to deal with King Wu’s traitors in the future..."

"At least you don't have to worry about insufficient military spending, resulting in insufficient food and pay, and even a lack of morale in the military?"

At the end of the sentence, Liu Rong always smiled miserably, shook his head and sighed before kneeling down again.

But she didn't raise her hands, but shrugged her head like a wronged woman.

"My grandson knows that the imperial grandmother doesn't like her grandson."

"Especially since my mother rejected Aunt Guantao's marriage proposal, it will be even harder for my grandson to please the imperial grandmother."

"But no matter what you say, your grandson is still the eldest son of the emperor and the heir of his father, right?"

"You want to set an example and set an example for your brothers?"

"My grandson, are you really wrong..."

With such a specious sentence, Liu Rong seemed to have suffered some life blow, and sat paralyzed on the ground;
It’s just that the tears fell from the eyes and fell straight down...

"okay!"

"After all, he is a husband, why would he throw such dirty talk in front of his elders?!"

"Get down!!!"

As if he was angry, or as if he was afraid that his mother's eyesight would be bad and could not see Liu Rong's tears, with such a slight scolding, Emperor Qi waved his hand and motioned to the palace attendants to take Liu Rong down.

And in the peripheral vision of the Emperor Qi: Queen Mother Dou, who was sitting on the royal couch, was also sitting there blankly at this moment, not knowing what she was thinking...

"Queen mother?"

Wen Wen's soft cry did not make Empress Dowager Dou come back to her senses from her stunned state.

After sitting there for a long time, he stood up with a dull expression and walked slowly towards the back hall.

"Emperor, go back too."

"The emperor will take care of the matter of marriage."

"The emperor should make up his own mind about summoning Awu to the court..."

(End of this chapter)