Dahan first prince

Chapter 305 I'm so tired...
After driving the tomb of the old stubborn Niu King out of the palace, and ordered people to remove the furnishings in the palace, Liu Ying returned to the Xuanshi Palace full of emotions.

Almost at the moment Liu Ying stepped into the Xuanshi Hall and sat on the imperial couch, Chuntuo's figure came out from the side.

"His Majesty······"

"how?!"

"Have you ever found out who said the rumors about Chang'an today?"

Liu Ying couldn't wait to ask, no doubt she attached great importance to this matter, and Chuntuo didn't make any more detours.

"Your Majesty."

"A report from outside the palace, saying that the rumor that 'Your Majesty is in a hurry to regent' seems to have originated from Shang Guanli..."

Carefully saying a word, Chuntuo did not forget to raise his head, looked at the changes in Liu Ying's expression, and then continued: "And this matter was not done by three or two people."

"At the beginning, only five people, including Zhongshuihou, Chiquanhou, and Duyanhou, discussed privately in the mansion that 'Emperor Gao's edict, the queen mother may obey it'."

"In a few days later, this remark was heard by Taohou Xiang, Zhifang Houchi, etc., and then it was first spread among the nobles and relatives."

"Afterwards, it was Nai Houchan who heard about it at the feast and said angrily: This is a rumor!"

"Only half a day later, Marquis Ming closed his house and never saw any guests; Marquis Jiancheng said to others: when he will be crowned and when he will be regent, His Majesty should personally kill him, and no one should say anything about it except Your Majesty. thing······"

After saying that, Chuntuo quietly cupped his hands again, stepped back a little, and pretended to be a clay statue again.

And on the imperial couch, thinking about what Chuntuo had just reported, Liu Ying's face was only anxious, and it became gloomy in an instant.

Chuntuo didn't say what the truth was, or maybe he didn't find out, so he shouldn't be too sure.

However, from the identities of these parties and the development of the entire rumor, it is not difficult for Liu Ying to judge: who is behind this matter who is fueling the flames.

The very first "Marquis of Zhongshui, Marquis of Chiquan, and Marquis of Du Yan" refers to the Marquis of Zhongshui, Lu Matong, Marquis of Duyan, Wang Yi, Marquis of Nieyang, Lu Sheng, Marquis of Chiquan, Marquis Yang Xi, Marquis of Wufang, Marquis Yang Wu. Two brothers.

——That's right, it was the five people who divided up Xiang Yu's body by the Wujiang River seven years ago, and each scored as the Marquis of Che.

For these five people, even if they set aside the low qualification of "two thousand households per person" and the situation of "all unemployed", the fact that "four of them belonged to the former Zhou Lu Department" is enough to show that: at the very beginning However, these five people talked about the topic of "Liu Ying will be crowned pro-government as soon as possible", which is unlikely to be premeditated.

Therefore, the rumor that 'the young emperor is eager to regent' has been circulating in Chang'an City recently, and there is a high probability that these five brothers accidentally mentioned it when they were idle and had nothing to do.

But after these five people, the development of the situation showed some obvious traces of man-made manipulation.

——Indeed, Lu Matong, Lu Sheng and the other five are all Marquis Che;
But the most indispensable thing in Chang'an today is probably Chehou!
Standing on the wall of Weiyang Palace, every time you throw three bricks outside the palace, you will almost certainly hit a Chehou!
After all, apart from the nobles, ordinary people dare not approach the palace when they have nothing to do. Ordinary people who are busy with their lives are unlikely to have time to wander around or stay.

As for Lu Matong and other five people, each of them has only [-] or [-] households in the food town; the highest Yang Xi has only [-] households, and the lowest Yang Wu has only [-] households. !
Compared with ordinary people, or the local two thousand stones, the Marquis of Che is indeed a noble title full of gold;
But in Chang'an, where every inch of land is full of gold, meritorious officials are everywhere, and there are seven to eight thousand households, or even tens of thousands of households in Chang'an, Lu Matong and other five people are obviously not likely to be welcomed by the group of meritorious officials.

In particular, the titles of these five people were obtained by dividing up Xiang Yu's body, which made these five people at the bottom of the chain of contempt by the group of "princes of meritorious service".

Therefore, the conversations of these five people, especially the casual private conversations when they got together, shouldn't have been "heard by Taohouxiang, Zhifanghouchi, etc." so quickly.

This is the first doubt;
The second doubtful point is even more clear, making it clear to Liu Ying at a glance.

——The two parties involved, and the identities of Liu Xiang and Yong Chi!

Tao Hou Liu Xiang, whose real name is Xiang Xiang, was originally a member of the Overlord Xiang Yu clan.

In the second year of the Han Dynasty, Xiang Xiang led the Chu army to Dingtao, where he was defeated by the Han general Guan Ying. Xiang Xiang was captured, but surrendered to Liu Han;
In the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, the overlord Xiang Yu Wujiang slayed himself, and the world was united. Han Wang Liu Bang was the emperor, and immediately pardoned all members of the Xiang clan, and gave Xiang Xiang the surname Liu, with the name of "continuation of life and death", following the fire of Xiang's clan;
In the spring of this year, when the first emperor Liu Bang was dying, he made great contributions in the process of suppressing the Yingbo rebellion. Most of the meritorious generals who should have been rewarded were left aside.

As for the rewards for the rest of the meritorious officers and men, they were deliberately suppressed by Liu Bang at that time, leaving it to Liu Ying to reward them personally.

Therefore, Tao Hou Liu Xiang's identity and political label can almost be said to be clearly written on his face.

——After the death of Overlord Xiang Yu, the old Liu family set up a special archway of chastity in order to flaunt their "never hold grudges" in the eyes of the world!

In most feudal eras of later generations, there was also a similar chastity archway named: Yansheng Gong.

Then what is the composition of Liu Xiang's chastity archway "for overlords"?
——Surrender!
——The surrendered general who personally led the troops to meet the Han army and was captured alive! ! !

——A member of the Xiang clan!
——A member of the Xiang clan who is related to the overlord Xiang Yu by blood, but was given the surname of Liu Han! ! ! ! ! !
How can such a person not know what to say and what not to say, what to do and what not to do?

joke!

If Liu Ying dares to agree, Liu Xiang will definitely be able to seamlessly connect to the position of Yong Chi within three seconds, and do better than Yong Chi!

Such a person, if he doesn't have [-]% confidence that he won't get burned, will he easily involve the extremely dangerous topic of "the young emperor is eager to regent"?

Totally impossible!
Liu Xiang is like this, and Jufanghou Yongchi, let alone - since the Han Dynasty, Yongchi has done the job of 'pretending to make the emperor angry, and then being punished by the emperor, so as to warn the rest of the meritorious officials'!

So on the surface, Liu Xiang and Yong Chi, a "remnant of Xiang Chu" and a "traitor of the current dynasty", seem to have the courage and motivation to intervene in this matter, but in fact, these two people, Almost the entire Han court is the person who knows best what is meant by 'weighing the pros and cons'.

But even so, the names of Liu Xiang and Yong Chi were sent to Liu Ying together with the message of "the emperor is eager to take power".

This shows that something must have happened during the "starting stage" of this rumor from the five people of Lu Matong to the "fermentation stage" after Liu Xiang and Yong Chi heard about it. , will never provoke anyone who shouldn't be provoked.

After confirming that there was no danger, the two cleverly spread the rumor to the ears of most of the heroes.

Then, there is the third point.

——When this rumor was widely known among the courtiers and princes, no one stood up and reminded "be careful that disaster comes from your mouth"!
Prime Minister Xiao He is very old, and he was ill for three days and recuperated on the couch at both ends.

However, Cao Can, the imperial historian, Wang Ling of the internal historian, and even Yangchengyan, the Shaofu who had always been "intimate" with Liu Ying, not even one person stood up and doubted the authenticity of this rumor!
So what is it that makes this huge court believe in this rumor without any mistakes, and the outstanding people in the court are not aware of this rumor, which is very likely to cause a violent turmoil in the court?

The answer to the question lies in the last doubt.

——First of all, under the circumstances that the officials of the Manchu dynasty were either wary or dared not speak out, and could only let the rumors ferment, as the helm of the contemporary Lu family and the uncle of today's mother-in-law, Lu Shizhi, the Hou Jiancheng, did not stand up!
Not only did he not stand out, he even entered the palace, asked Liu Ying on the sidelines, or reminded him that 'Your Majesty will do this, the Queen Mother will be unhappy'. Lu Shizhi did not do such a simple thing!
On the contrary, it was Lu Lu, the son of Zhou Lvhou Lu Ze, who stood up rather abruptly, and said that the rumor was 'absolutely false'; and then, inexplicably, he put himself in confinement?

Finally, at the end, Lu Shizhi's figure came "belatedly", and said in an ambiguous sentence: Crowning and regent are all matters that His Majesty has the final say on. Those of us who are courtiers, let's not talk about it. ······

"shit!!!"

Thinking of this, Liu Ying's complexion suddenly twisted, and she slapped the imperial case in front of her!
——No one in today's world knows that in today's Han Dynasty, the queen dowager Lu Zhi, who lives in Changle Palace, has the final say on everything, big or small, in the Han Dynasty?

Lu Shizhi's dignified uncle, the uncle of the emperor Liu Ying, and the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi, actually jumped out and said, "Your Majesty has the final say"?
Even Liu Ying couldn't help but want to say something low-level about this obvious fire-fighting technique!
Fortunately, Liu Ying is also convinced: Lu Shizhi has such a simple mind, she can see it, and my old lady Lu Zhi has no reason why she can't see it.

But even so, Liu Ying's heavy mood showed no sign of slowing down.

——Feelings, who can't stand the test the most...

As for Lu Shizhi's "secretly pregnant ghost", Lu Zhi will naturally know it at a glance;
But who can be sure that in Lu Zhi's mind, the guess that "my son might think the same way" won't come into being?

If so, what should Liu Ying do?
Sitting idly by is undoubtedly the default;

But if it is self-defense, it is clear that there is no silver 300 taels here!
Furthermore, the sensitivity of this topic is really too special.

——Anyone can bring up and talk about this topic, except Liu Ying, who is the person involved!

According to the etiquette system for thousands of years, the crowning of a man at the age of 20 has always been a universal value that has not changed since ancient times.

However, when the first emperor Liu Bang was dying, he confessed that "the prince will succeed to the throne and be crowned at the [-]th year"!
As for the basis, it is also perfunctory: according to the law of the Han Dynasty, the men of the people began to be trained at seventeen;

In order to increase the persuasiveness of this explanation, Liu Bang even explained to Shusun Tong that he wrote a sentence in the "Han Li": a male seventeen begins to be a fu, and he becomes an adult with a crown!
In this way, "How old should Liu Ying be for the coronation ceremony" has become a very embarrassing topic.

"Rituals" says: When the emperor is weak and succeeds to the throne, he will first be crowned and become an adult, and then he will marry and be in charge!
Therefore, when the crown ceremony will be held means when Liu Ying will stand up and officially take over the government.

Liu Ying's original plan was to pretend that this matter did not exist at all, and wait until next year, and then find a cannon fodder to mention this matter privately to her mother, to test her attitude.

If the old lady has no objection, then Liu Ying is happy to take power as soon as possible; if the old lady is not happy, Liu Ying doesn't mind letting the old lady fight for a few more years.

In any case, Liu Ying is still Lu Zhi's good baby, and if the matter is not brought to the fore, it will naturally not cause turmoil.

But with Lu Shizhi's disturbance, this matter became extremely complicated.

The rumor that 'the Son of Heaven is eager to regent' is almost spread throughout Chang'an, what can Liu Ying do?
——Either stand up and take the risk of 'there is no silver 300 taels here', showing that I have never thought of it this way!

Or, just stand on the sidelines, acquiescing that what he said was indeed what he said.

No matter what you do, there will inevitably be a small crack in the mother-child friendship between Lu Zhi and Liu Ying.

With a crack, it will be completely broken, and it will only be a matter of time...
"Ah~"

"Why exactly?"

"Uncle, why are you doing this?"

Leisurely let out a long sigh, and Liu Ying's youthful face was filled with exhaustion.

According to the principle of "the lesser of two evils", Liu Ying has a high probability of choosing the former, that is, "refuting rumors".

But in this way, it is still unavoidable that there will be suspicions in the old lady's heart, and at the same time, Liu Ying will completely lose the possibility of "being crowned as a pro-government at the age of 17".

——Since she wants to refute the rumors, Liu Ying obviously can't just say "I'm not in a hurry to take power", but has to add another sentence cryptically: Crowning at the age of 20 is the eternal etiquette; If you seize power in your hands, will you destroy thousands of years of etiquette?
Because only in this way can the influence of this rumor be minimized, and the unhappiness in Lu Zhi's heart be minimized.

"call······"

Full of sorrow, Liu Ying exhaled a dirty breath, while shaking her head, Liu Ying did not forget to laugh at herself.

"Never mind, whatever..."

"Uncle's move should be to make me in a dilemma, and in the end he had no choice but to 'refute the rumor'..."

"Only in this way can I completely stop my idea of ​​'being crowned as a pro-government at the age of 17'."

"only······"

"Is this uncle's own intention?"

"Or, the queen mother also took the opportunity to test her mind, so she let her uncle go and watched with cold eyes..."

While thinking secretly, the bitterness on Liu Ying's face only gradually became substantive.

From Liu Ying's point of view, all the efforts she has made in this life have not been able to avoid the current situation of "mother and child trust each other".

But what Liu Ying never expected was that an unprecedented staff punishment was going on in Changle Palace at this moment!
And the victim was the uncle who made Liu Ying feel extremely depressed, the imperial court doctor, the empress dowager Lu Zhi's mother and brother: Jiancheng Hou, Lu Shizhi...

(End of this chapter)