Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 351
Liu Bang has already returned to Xianyang, and the 20 Han troops gathered in Nanyang also returned home. Although Liu Bang was unwilling to give up Liangdi and Jingxiang, Han Xin's army had already entered Dingtao City. Seizing Liang's land in one's hands is like taking food from a tiger's mouth. As for Jingxiang, the rainy season has not passed yet, and it is not time to use troops now.

Lu Wan, governor of Jiuyuan County, and Li Shang, governor of Beidi County also returned to Xianyang, scolding Xiang Zhuang half to death in their hearts. The two of them really want to be kings, but the question is, do they have the capital to be kings?With no soldiers or generals in hand, if you become king today, Liu Bang can let the two of them die without a place to bury them tomorrow. Isn't this intentionally harmful?
At this moment, Lu Wan and Li Shang were kneeling in front of Liu Bang tremblingly, not even daring to take a breath.

Although Lu Wan is Liu Bang's confidant and confidant, but the situation has changed in recent years. Liu Bang is getting old and suspicious. He is especially sensitive to the matter of enfeoffment. Many ministers proposed to divide the feudal titles, but Liu Bang killed them all without exception.

Lu Wan and Li Shang were very worried that they would follow in the footsteps of these people. Although Xiang Zhuang issued the king's decree, and the name was not correct, who knew what the King of Han would think?Coupled with the rumors in the market, if the King of Han really misunderstood that they had the ambition to become king, then they would surely die.

"Get up, don't kneel." After a long while, Liu Bang snorted through his nostrils.

"Thank you, my king." Lu Wan and Li Shang kowtowed and thanked each other with their buttocks pouted, but they did not dare to stand up.

Since the completion of the Weiyang Palace, Xiao He has introduced a whole set of Confucian etiquette, one of which is the ceremony of kneeling and worshiping. When the ministers have an audience with the monarch, they need to kneel down three times and knock down nine times. I remember Liu Bang accepted the first time when the ministers bowed down. At that time, my vanity was greatly satisfied, and I sighed in my heart, this motherfucker looks like a king.

Lu Wan and Li Shang didn't dare to get up, but they kept looking at Zhang Liang and Chen Ping who were sitting next to them, hoping that they could intercede for them in front of Liu Bang.

Liu Bang was a little annoyed when he saw it, and waved his hands: "Okay, you all go down."

Only then did Lu Wan and Li Shang become convinced that the matter was over, and they left in peace.

Watching Lu Wan and Li Shang go away, Liu Bang couldn't help sighing. The matter of Lu Wan and Li Shang is easy to solve, and Zhou Bo is not a problem, but Lu and his son are a huge trouble, especially Lu Ze, not only has made outstanding achievements, but also has all the old stories in the army. If he wants to become king, Liu Bang can't stop him at all.

Chen Ping suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I have three strategies to solve the current predicament."

Liu Bang suddenly turned his head and said anxiously: "Chen Ping, tell me quickly, what are the three strategies?"

Chen Ping stretched out his right index finger, and said: "Confer Lu Ze as Taiwei, and take charge of the soldiers and horses of the whole country. When he comes to Xianyang to take up his post, we will wipe out all the forces of Lu's family, so as to avoid future troubles forever. This is the worst policy."

Zhang Liang and Bai Mo sitting on the other side looked at each other in blank dismay, isn't this too cruel?In any case, Lu Ze is the king's wife and brother, and since the king started his army, Lu Ze has made great contributions. In the past, the king defeated Pengcheng. If Lu Ze hadn't rushed to help at the critical moment, the king would have died in the Among the chaos.

Moreover, this move will definitely hurt the vitality of the Han country. Among other things, there is no one in the army who can replace the hussar general Lu Tai. If the Lu family group is wiped out, the future troubles will be eliminated, but the Han army will never think about it again. It's time to compete in the Central Plains, and from now on, Liu Bang will be trapped in Guanzhong and become the king of Guanzhong.

Liu Bang was also a little frightened, and immediately said: "What about the middle policy?"

Chen Ping stretched out the middle finger of his right hand again, and continued: "Conferring Lu Ze as Taiwei, in charge of the whole country's soldiers and horses, is the best policy for peace of mind." The conflict between the Liu family and the Lu family will not disappear because of this, and it will eventually explode in the future.

Liu Bang shook his head, and said full of hope, "What's the best policy?"

Finally, Chen Ping stretched out his right thumb and said, "The best policy is to abdicate, and give up the throne to Lu Ze!"

"What, abdication?" Liu Bang was stunned when he heard the words, and gave up the throne to Lu Ze? !This bad idea is also called the best policy?

Zhang Liang and Bai Mo's eyes lit up when they heard the words, this is to retreat as an advance, the so-called abdication is of course fake, the real intention is to let Liu Bang express his change of heart to Lu Ze through this move: Your contribution to Lu Ze is great, But I, Liu Bang, have already become unsealed. If you want, then take the widow's throne.

Liu Bang turned his head to look at Zhang Liang, and asked, "Zifang, is this strategy feasible?"

"It's feasible." Zhang Liang said without hesitation, "It's just that the king needs to take a trip to Luoyang."

"Forget it." Liu Bang finally made up his mind, and said in a deep voice, "I will leave for Luoyang tomorrow."

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In Ziling, in the study room of the King of Chu, Xiang Zhuang was looking through the information provided by Wumuya.

The Wumuya branch hidden in Xianyang will send the spied news back to Ziling by flying pigeons every day, but to Xiang Zhuang's disappointment, in the past ten days, what he expected has not happened.

Lu Wan has already returned to Jiuyuan, and Li Shang has also returned to Beidi. Both of them are fine.

The crown prince Liu Ying is not dead for the time being, and the Lu Group shows no signs of rebellion.

The old man Liu Bang went to Luoyang, and he was easy to follow, but he didn't know what to do?If Zhou Guanfu and Liu Bi hadn't accompanied him as guards, Xiang Zhuang would have sent ebony soldiers to intercept and kill them halfway.

However, the Weiyang Palace poisoning case aroused Xiang Zhuang's great interest. Although Wu Muya did not provide many clues, Xiang Zhuang could still guess that it should be Lu Zhi who did it. Liu Bang has eight sons. But Lu Zhi only gave birth to Liu Ying, and now Liu Ying was about to die, Lu Zhi would definitely not be balanced.

You think, as a woman, her man is taken away by another woman, and now her son's throne is about to be taken away by her rival's son, do you think she can bear it?Under normal circumstances, this woman would definitely fight back desperately, and would definitely kill the rival's son by any means.

Lu's pheasant is a ruthless person, especially when there is no hope, it is easier to lose control. In history, Lu's pheasant killed Liu Bang's five sons. If she is allowed to live a few more years, maybe the later Han Emperor Wen Liu Heng and Liu Chang would not be able to survive. If this is the case, the history of China will really be rewritten.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Lu's pheasant to poison.

However, as soon as he thought of Lu Pheasant, the image of another woman immediately appeared in Xiang Zhuang's mind. Liu Bang's harem was not stable, and his Xiang Zhuang's harem seemed to be unsafe. Her intense dissatisfaction?It seems that it is necessary to strengthen the protection of the policy.

Then scroll down, but it is the information from Dingtao Wumuya Branch that the army of Qi State has completely controlled Dongjun, Dangjun, Chenjun and Yingchuan County, but half of Nanyang County that originally belonged to Liang State has not. Let the Han army take it, Liu Bang finally did not work in vain, and at least he also carve up a few poor counties from Liang Guo.

In addition, the Wumuya branch in Wancheng sent back information that Liang Wang Pengyue was indeed dead, but he was not drowned, but was killed by his general Liu Kou. The Ministry general Chu Chun was killed, and Chu Chun defected to the Han Dynasty, and was appointed by Liu Bang as the county captain of Nanyang County.

Liang Wang Peng Yue actually died like this.

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional, Peng Yue, one of the three famous generals in the early Han Dynasty in history, was so useless that he let his own general kill him.

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Luoyang, Sheriff's Mansion.

Liu Bang held up his glass of wine, and said to Lu Ze with emotion: "I think back then, if you hadn't led the troops to guard Xiayi and saved the widow at a critical moment, I'm afraid the widow would have died in the chaos."

"Why is the king talking about these old things?" Lu Ze also felt a little emotional. The Liu Bang in front of him reminded him of the time when he just started the army. At that time, Liu Bang was really close to his brothers, drinking wine and having meat together. They ate together, and shared any hardships, but later, the king and the old brothers gradually became estranged.

Liu Bang drank the cup of wine and said again: "In terms of merit, you are not inferior to Zhang Er, Zang Tu, and Wu Rui at all. They are all named kings. In fact, the widow should have made you king a long time ago, just because of you. It's the widow's brother-in-law, the widow is afraid that the soldiers will have thoughts in their hearts, that's why they haven't sealed you for a long time, you don't blame the widow in your heart, do you?"

"Why are you complaining?" Lu Ze shook his head and said, "How can I not know the king's difficulties?"

All these years, Lu Ze has never complained about Liu Bang. Until now, Lu Ze has never thought of complaining about Liu Bang. The only thing Lu Ze worries about now is Lu Pheasant. Ze was very worried that if Liu Ying had something bad or bad, Lu Zhi would probably mess around, and that would be a disaster for the entire Lu family.

Don't look at Lu's superficial appearance, but if you want to fight against Liu, the chances of winning are really slim.

Liu Bang sighed, and said dejectedly: "Oh, Aze, you are magnanimous, so you don't blame the widow, but because of Ying'er, Azhi has a deep resentment towards the widow. Not long ago, someone even poisoned the widow. The widow's Ruyi was almost poisoned to death, although there is no evidence for this matter, but you should know, Aze, that this is what Azhi did."

Lu Ze was speechless, he knew in his heart that Lu Zhi did this, but he absolutely couldn't admit it.

Liu Bang sighed again, and said again: "Ah Ze, I am old, and I don't have a few years to live. Right now, more than half of the army of the Han Kingdom is in the hands of your Lu family. The throne, I am afraid that in the end it will be difficult to escape from Azhi's murderous hands, so why not simply give the throne to you, Aze."

"Why did your majesty say that?" Lu Ze was terrified when he heard the words, and hurriedly got up and knelt down on the ground.

"Ah Ze, what I'm talking about is from the heart." Liu Bang suddenly shed a few tears, as if he was moved by his true feelings, "Someone once persuaded me to catch your Lu family in one go, but I can't let you go Ah, no matter how you say it, the widow and Azhi are both husband and wife, and Aze, you have made great contributions to the country of Han, how can the widow do such a beast?"

"Your Majesty." Lu Ze was terrified when he heard the words, but he couldn't say anything else.

(End of this chapter)