I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 496 I have a bad drinking habit. I tend to hurt people with sharp weapons when I am drunk.
Before Liu Ju officially announced his intention to return to Chang'an to report, he had already adopted the tactic of "releasing military power with a cup of wine" to resolve the threat posed to the royal family by the five Xihou tribes in Dayuezhi.

At this time, the contradiction between the Dayuezhi royal family and the five Xihou had not yet fully emerged.

Moreover, the power of the five Xihou tribes, especially the Kushan tribe, was not dominant, and they did not have the ability to annex the other four tribes and the Great Yuezhi royal family and establish the Kushan Empire.

After all, the five Xihou tribes could only become truly powerful and completely break away from the control of the Dayuezhi royal family after the Dayuezhi destroyed the Great Xia Kingdom and divided its territory among them.

But now, the Great Xia Kingdom has not been destroyed by the Dayuezhi.

Instead, after being tormented by the Huns, it broke off its alliance with the Parthian Empire, accepted military aid from the Han Dynasty and NATO, and became a member of NATO that only accepted the supervision of the Han Dynasty and NATO.

That was why Dilibai invited the five marquises to hold a state banquet as the queen of Dayuezhi. They had to give them this bit of face, not to mention that there was a Han prince standing behind Dilibai.

But as soon as the five marquises entered the palace, the palace gate was closed.

Liu Ju then appeared with a luminous cup filled with wine, looking ready to drink and chat with them.

The five marquises did not understand why, but they became worried.

But now they were trapped in a jar, with no one to turn to, so they could only pretend to be in harmony with Liu Ju.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Ju's true colors were revealed.

"I heard from the Queen that although the princes are not of the same clan as her, they are all her uncles and elders. They have made great contributions to the Great Yue Clan in the past few years. As the son-in-law of the Great Yue Clan, I would like to toast to all the uncles again."

Liu Ju raised the luminous cup as before, took a sip of the red wine in the cup, and said respectfully to the Five Departments Xihou,

"I'm not a good drinker. If I drink too much, I'll hurt people with a sharp weapon. So I'm free to do whatever you want. Go ahead."

"Don't dare to take it, don't dare to take it..."

The five marquises stood up and saluted in return, then looked at each other and raised their glasses helplessly to drink them all.

It was the first time they had encountered someone toasting like this.

It is too insincere to always say "I don't care, you guys do what you want", let alone show any respect.

However, they dared not disbelieve the sentence "If you drink too much, you will easily hurt people with sharp weapons". Although this sentence may not be true, but Liu Ju kept them in the palace at this moment, if he really wanted to kill them, it was really a matter of an order, so they must be on guard.

They even felt that Liu Ju's words were a threat to them.

But they are not completely without support in their hearts.

The Five Tribes Xihou were actually the leaders of the five most powerful tribes under the Dayuezhi royal family.

Among the five tribes at present, if two of them unite and no longer obey the king's orders, the Great Yuezhi will fall into civil strife, and it will be unknown whether the royal family can still maintain its rule.

And if all five of them met with misfortune in the palace at the same time, their descendants and clansmen would certainly not let it go.

By then, their five tribes would raise the banner of rebellion at the same time. Even if Dilibai'er married the Han emperor and had the support of the Han and NATO, even if the rebellion could be successfully suppressed in the end, once the seeds of hatred were planted, the tribes and the royal family would inevitably become alienated, and Dilibai'er and the Dayuezhi royal family would not be able to maintain long-term stability.

So they believed that a smart person like Liu Ju would not do this, and Dilibaier would not dare to do this either...

But just when I was thinking this.

Then Liu Ju continued with a smile:

"The queen and I discussed it a few days ago, and we both agreed that the current fiefdoms and rewards are not enough to show the status and achievements of the uncles, so we decided to build five marquisate mansions outside the royal city like Tianhan did, for the uncles to live in comfortably."

"The size of the Marquis' Mansion is second only to the Royal Palace. This will demonstrate the status and achievements of the uncles, and will also allow the merchants and the Great Yuezhi people passing by to admire and respect them."

"What do you uncles think?"

"This……"

The five marquises looked at each other again, wondering in their hearts the purpose of Liu Ju and Dilibai'er's actions.

"..."

Dilibai'er also looked at Liu Ju with her beautiful blue eyes.

Although Liu Ju promised her to resolve the threat posed by the Five Empresses, he had not discussed the relevant details with her in detail. Therefore, she did not know about this matter, and was even less clear about what Liu Ju's purpose was.

However, they all knew that although Liu Ju's actions sounded good, they probably did not have good intentions.

After all, the five Xihou had already suspected that Liu Ju was going to attack them.

Dilibai'er was sure that Liu Ju was attacking them, but out of her trust and admiration for Liu Ju, she had long since become a little woman who followed her husband's lead and did not ask too many questions. Everything was left to Liu Ju's decision.

Finally, it was the Kushan tribe's Xihou Biluga who stood up, bowed and said to Liu Chuan:

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. Viruga is deeply grateful, but..."

"Just what?"

Liu Ju seemed to know what he was going to say next, but he still asked with a smile on his face.

"It's just that we, the Xihou, have the duty of guarding the border and protecting the royal family. I'm afraid we can't live in the royal city for long. The queen built a mansion for us, but we probably can't live there for more than a few days a year. It's really not worth the effort and waste of money."

Viruga's words were well-founded, and he immediately bowed to Liu Ju and Dilibai'er to advise them.

"Therefore, for the sake of the Great Yuezhi, I beg the Queen and the Crown Prince to revoke your orders!"

These words touched the hearts of the other four Xihou, who immediately followed Viruka in bowing and admonishing:
"For the sake of Dayuezhi, I beg the Queen and the Crown Prince to revoke your order and not waste people's money and resources!"

They had reason to suspect that these five mansions were five gorgeous prisons.

Once leaders like them are imprisoned, their connection with their tribes will be weakened, and their status and power will naturally plummet, eventually becoming mere mascots.

So although the royal city is good, it is not a place they are attached to and it is not in their interests.

Moreover, this is their common interest. Liu Ju and Dilibai'er hosted this state banquet obviously to weaken the five of them in one fell swoop. So no matter what grudges they had before, they can stick together without any discussion at this moment.

See this situation.

A hint of worry flashed across Dilibai's eyes, and she subconsciously looked at Liu Ju.

After all, she was brought up to be a queen, and she had a certain sensitivity to political matters.

Now that the five Xihou have united together, it is obvious that they do not intend to fulfill Liu Ju's wish. Things are becoming a little difficult to handle... Can Liu Ju really imprison or kill them?
This will definitely not convince the public, and by then it may not just be the clansmen of the Five Marquis.

Even the people of other tribes will become alienated from the Great Yuezhi royal family, and the problem will only get bigger...

"Speaking of which, are you so eager to return home that you are a little too hasty?"

"To resolve the threat posed by the five Xihou to the royal family, wouldn't it be smoother to defeat them one by one and divide and conquer them?"

"Now that the five marquises have united together, how will you, the gentleman, respond?"

Just like this time of worry.

"Haha." Liu Ju's expression remained normal. After laughing, he suddenly tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass. He even burped loudly, and then he said slowly,

"You uncles have worked hard for the Great Yue Clan all your lives. Now that you have reached your age, it is time for you to settle down and enjoy your old age. How can the Queen and I bear to continue to make you suffer?"

"Your Highness, I wonder what you mean by this?"

Viruka's face had turned gloomy and his voice was no longer so polite.

The other four Xihou also put down their weapons, stepped forward and stood beside Viruga, and spoke together:
"Your Highness, although we are old, our bodies are still strong. We can bend the bow and shoot arrows without any problem. It may be a little early for us to retire in retirement."

"Besides, even if we are willing to spend our remaining years in retirement, I'm afraid our clansmen will not agree."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince and the Queen, please think twice!"

Obviously, Liu Ju's threat of "hurting people with a sharp weapon after drinking" could not scare them at all, even if Liu Ju drank the wine in one gulp.

Seeing this, Dilibai became even more worried.

The situation has developed to this point, and there is only a thin layer of silk between them and breaking off relations.

And there is no turning back. The five Xihou obviously feel threatened. If they can go back alive this time, they will definitely start to take strict precautions. They will no longer be able to unite with the royal family and may even directly break away from Dayuezhi.

But she really couldn't think of any way Liu Ju could resolve the crisis...

However, Liu Ju remained calm and asked:
"How do you know, uncles, that your clansmen won't agree? What if they do agree?"

"?!"

The five Xihou couldn't help but show surprise and doubt on their faces. This question made them feel a little unconfident.

"I don't know if you have heard that my father once issued an open, fair, and just decree. Once this law was introduced, it was immediately warmly supported by the vast majority of the princes and kings of Tianhan, especially the princes and kings' many descendants."

"This open, fair, and just decree is called the Enfeoffment Order."

"Tweet the grace order?"

The five marquises still looked confused. Apparently, due to the distance in time and space, they did not know what the Enfeoffment Order was.

Liu Ju patiently explained to everyone:

"The so-called Encouragement Order, as the name suggests, is to extend the grace to each of your descendants."

"Take Kushan Hou as an example. As far as I know, Kushan Hou has married seventeen women and has given birth to twenty-four children."

"In the past, the title of Xihou of the Kushan Marquis, the territory and the clan members should all be inherited and governed by the eldest son alone."

"After the Enfeoffment Order was issued, the twenty-four sons of the Kushan Marquis will all have legitimate inheritance rights. Therefore, the Kushan Marquis's title, territory, and clansmen will be equally divided into twenty-four parts, benefiting each of the sons, rather than just the eldest son."

"Isn't there any law in the world that is more open, just, and fair than this one?"

"What do you think, uncles?"

Conspiracy!

This is another blatant conspiracy.

The reason why the Enfeoffment Order could be implemented in the Han Dynasty was that the power of the various vassal kings had been weakened and restricted to a certain extent during the "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion", and Emperor Liu Che had also initially completed the centralization of power.

Naturally, it is also inseparable from the support of a group of people... these people are naturally those illegitimate children who originally had no inheritance rights.

Different interests divided the princes, the crown princes and the many princes, and successfully transformed the contradiction between the court and the princes into a contradiction between the princes, the crown princes and the many princes.

Everyone understands the purpose of the Enfeoffment Order, and no one is willing to give up their own interests.

So the Enfeoffment Order became...

"Oh--"

Hearing these words, stars instantly appeared in Dilibai'er's blue eyes, and her legs unconsciously tightened a little.

You are worthy of being my gentleman!
You are worthy of being my emperor eunuch!

They were able to come up with such a brilliant method, no wonder Tianhan is so powerful!

She knew clearly that as long as the Enfeoffment Order was successfully implemented, the five Xihou tribes would be divided into dozens, no, hundreds of small tribes.

And after a few more generations, these small tribes will only become smaller, even so small that they can only be divided into family units.

In this way, there would be no need for war, and the threat posed by the Five Xihou to the Great Yuezhi royal family would naturally cease to exist...

As for how to implement it successfully.

Dilraba is not worried at all.

She admired Liu Ju, but she was not blind. Based on her understanding of Liu Ju, since he brought it up so bluntly, he must have made arrangements and there would not be any mistakes.

"Queen, I oppose the Enfeoffment Order!"

Viruga and the other four Xihou immediately understood Liu Ju's intentions. A chill rose in their hearts and they shouted excitedly,

"Queen, you will not forget, right? If our grandfather had not supported the royal family, the Great Yuezhi would have been destroyed by the Wusun on the way to the west. After arriving west of the Pamir Mountains, it was our five tribes who led our people to fight everywhere, allowing the Great Yuezhi to gain a firm foothold in this land!"

"How can the Queen treat us like this? Isn't she afraid of chilling the hearts of many tribes?!"

However, Liu Ju put his arm around Dilibaier's shoulders in front of them and took over the conversation:

"Excuse me for being blunt, but you were the ones who first chilled the Queen's heart. If she hadn't been forced into a desperate situation, why would she have married me as the Queen of a country?"

"Now you should thank her."

"It is precisely because of your previous contributions that you are still the Marquis of the Five Departments and can live out your years in a Marquisate outside the Royal City. If it were up to me, how dare you bully my woman..."

While speaking, Liu Ju took the wine glass from Dilibai'er's hand, tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp.

Then there was a slight "pop" sound.

The luminous cup in his hand had turned into powder, and the crystal clear powder scattered on the ground through his fingers.

"!!!"

Viruga and the other four generals were shocked. They had heard about Liu Ju's resourcefulness and strategic planning, but they never thought that Liu Ju was also a god of war with the strength to move mountains?
"You can't go back."

Liu Ju burped again, and his tipsy eyes swept over the five generals.

"If I were you, I would gladly accept the Enfeoffment and the Marquisate instead of letting me drink the third glass of wine."

(End of this chapter)