Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 173 A vassal state was built on the back of the bones

Everyone in Tingwei's prison could no longer be as calm as before.

Whether it is Cao Can or Zhou Bo.

At this moment they all started to panic.

They are not afraid of Liu Ying because they know what Liu Ying is like, and they are afraid of Liu Chang because they know what Liu Chang is like.

Cao Can said to the ministers: "Fu Tang, the former army of Peng Yue, the former army of Han Xin, and the former army of Ying Bu are used to command the army. These people have followed their masters in rebellion, so they hate temples. Zhang Cang is an unruly and lawless person. He has no loyalty to the monarch, ever since he went to Tang State, he set up his own laws of tyrannizing Qin, flouted government orders, and followed the example of his two senior brothers to govern Tang State, not like his teacher!"

"For the people of Tang, [-]% were bandit people who were unwilling to surrender to the Han, so they hid in the mountains, and [-]% were the criminals who followed Chen Xi and rebelled and fled to Tang because they were afraid of being punished. Hu Min, who has come to belong to the Tang Dynasty, these ninety adults do not know the law of the king, they only know the Tang Dynasty but not the great Han!!"

"The king of the Tang Kingdom, cruel and rude, he followed Han Xin to practice the art of war, and Han Xin's rebellion will not die!"

Hearing Cao Shen's words, Zhou Bo felt creepy. This is simply a country built on rebellion. From their king to prime minister, to generals, and more than 40% of the people, everyone is his mother's rebel!It can be said that all members of the Tang Dynasty rebelled against thieves, even if they imitated Bai Qi and cheated him with [-] people, it is estimated that none of them were wronged!

Zhou Bo took a deep breath and said, "Fu Tang, acted against the laws of the Han Dynasty, applied military merits, and was belligerent from top to bottom, and because of the people's long-term wars outside the Great Wall, or occupying the deep mountains as thieves, he also rebelled and fought with the Northern Army. Therefore, it is cruel by nature, and it is by no means comparable to the people of the Central Plains."

"And those generals are by no means good people, especially the generals under Ying Bu's command, who often say to the left and right: Tang Wang Lebu is too good."

"They are all generals who have fought against Xiang Yu. It is not easy to defeat them."

"What's more, Tang country occupies the mountains and rivers, looking down at Chang'an, Tang's army can break through Hedong in three days and reach the city of Chang'an."

Hearing the words of the two, the other ministers were also startled and hurriedly asked, "Is King Tang really going to rebel?!?"

In fact, over the years, King Tang has gradually become the biggest hidden danger in the hearts of ministers. There is no way. King Tang is really not a good person, and his country is full of rebels. I am afraid that one day his brain will become hot and he will think about it. The emperor's addiction brought people to Chang'an.

But Cao Can was not afraid. He appeased the ministers. Although King Tang was stubborn, he was very close to His Majesty and the Queen Mother, and he would not rebel.

But now, His Majesty personally ordered that Tang's army enter Chang'an.

Cao Can's face was black, "We must never let Tang's army enter the city"

Zhou Bo pondered for a moment, and then added: "I have received many impeachments against Tang soldiers over the years."

"The soldiers of Tang State are very arrogant. They once snatched three war horses with the guards of Zhao State. Six soldiers of Tang State severely injured one of Zhao State's generals. When they entered Zhao State, there was no grass in the places they passed. In the end, they demolished the armor and weapons of Zhao State’s soldiers, and even the school grounds, and moved them back to Tang State.”

"I therefore ordered Zhang Cang to severely punish this matter. Zhang Cang said that the soldiers of the State of Zhao were the first to rush the horse and refused to agree. The King of Tang even sent people to threaten Handan with a large army. Finally, King Zhao wrote a letter to King Tang, It's just over."

"If such an army enters Chang'an," Zhou Bo knocked on the fence in front of him and said, "They will probably remove the fence and bring it back to Tang."

"Is this Tang Jun or a bandit?!"

A minister shouted in astonishment.

Cao Can couldn't bear it any longer, he said: "No, no, we have to see Your Majesty, this is something in the temple, we did something wrong, His Majesty can punish us any way, even if it kills me, Don't let the king of Tang mess up the capital! If the king of the outside world enters the city, it will be a huge blow to the prestige of the temple. After that, the king of the outside will follow the example of the king of Tang and no longer respect the temple. Once there is a change, we will be shameless to face The first emperor!"

He yelled at the jailer again.

However, the jailer still ignored him, only a few hours later, they came to pick up Xuanyi.

Xuanyi is not a school of any kind, but his style is very similar to Legalists.

He ruled the law strictly, only obeyed the emperor, Liu Ying gave an order, he dared to investigate anything, if Liu Ying was more daring, he would dare to arrest anyone.

When Liu Bang grabbed Han Xin, no one dared to be rude to Han Xin. Liu Bang directly ordered Xuan Yi, and Xuan Yi directly treated Han Xin as a rebel, not afraid of getting into any trouble.

At this moment, Xuan Yi knelt down in front of Liu Ying, his face was as calm as usual, he was not as far as Cao Can and the others thought, the only thing he cared about was the order of the emperor.

Liu Ying pondered and asked, "Xuanyi, do you know the crime?"

Xuan Yi said seriously: "Your Majesty, the minister is in the court, and someone told the minister that King Tang wanted to kill the Marquis of Biyang because of his biological mother."

"I hurriedly brought people there, for fear that King Tang would do something wrong."

"After I went there, I found that King Tang was not like this. It's just that King Tang has always had evil deeds. Besides, King Tang and the Marquis of Piyang have a grudge, so the minister ordered to take King Tang out and send him back to the palace."

"I originally wanted to review this matter after sending King Tang away to see who was lying, but His Majesty suspected it, so he arrested me."

Liu Ying got up angrily and said, "On weekdays, it's because of you that I blame my eldest brother many times!"

Xuan Yi continued: "Other ministers don't know, but the fault of the minister's impeachment against King Tang was never wrong."

Liu Ying was at a loss for words, and then said angrily: "As a court officer, the minister of the country has deceived me several times, but you didn't tell me, isn't this a crime?!"

Xuanyi also said: "The minister has made a petition. Just before, the minister made a petition to impeach Cao Can for beating an angel, which should be punished. His Majesty did not reply. Before this, the minister had impeached Zhou Bo for privately storing armor, and impeached the imperial servant Cheng for seizing the people's daughter. , to impeach the internal history of deceiving the superior, and I have repeatedly asked Your Majesty to order me to arrest him, but His Majesty always does not allow me to arrest people."

"His Majesty also said that I framed my colleagues, which made me reflect."

"Forehead"

For a moment, Liu Ying was at a loss for words. Xuanyi did say these things, but when Liu Ying called those people to discuss, the ministers stated their grievances and showed evidence that they did not Having done these things, there are still people who impeach Xuan Yi for his constant slandering of colleagues for credit.
Liu Ying suddenly felt a little ashamed, he hurriedly got up and helped Xuan Yi up.

"Engong Xuan, I was wrong before, I didn't listen to your advice, I actually believed those traitors!"

Xuan Yi said seriously: "It is the minister who failed to convince His Majesty. This is the minister's fault, not His Majesty's. It's just that the minister is not good at eloquence and does not know how to persuade him."

"Oh, it's no wonder that you are always targeted by the ministers. I only understand now."

"Gong Xuan! I order you to investigate this matter thoroughly, and you cannot let a guilty person go!"

"Your Majesty wants the minister to strictly investigate this matter?"

Xuanyi asked again.

Liu Ying nodded and waved her hand, "Strict investigation!"

"only!!"

Xuan Yi turned around and left, and Liu Ying was suddenly relieved. It turned out that among the ministers, there were still trusted ministers.

After a long time, Liu Chang walked into Xuan Shi Hall. He was about to speak, looked around, and asked, "Huh? Where is Xuan Yi? Wasn't he released?"

Liu Ying smiled and said, "I have ordered him to investigate this matter thoroughly."

Liu Chang suddenly jumped up, "My mother!! Brother?! You don't need to declare justice on weekdays, so why use him at this time?! Don't you know what kind of person he is?!"

Liu Ying asked in confusion: "He is an upright person, why can't he be used?"

Liu Chang slapped his forehead abruptly, "It's over! It's over! How many ministers can survive in Xuanyi's hands? Brother, are you planning to re-establish Hundred Officials?! Second brother, quickly issue an edict, Let Xuanyi stop, we are forcing Cao Can and the others to come and apologize to you, not to kill them all!!!"

After speaking, Liu Chang rushed out abruptly, Liu Ying's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly called his valet.

"Luan Bu! Luan Bu! Drive! Go! Tingwei's prison!!"

Seeing the king's appearance, Luan Bu also knew that the matter was urgent, Ji Bu did not speak, and everyone hurriedly rushed towards the Tingwei prison.

When Liu Chang jumped out of the carriage and rushed into Tingwei, Cao Can was explaining his last words.

Well, that's right, it's just explaining last words.

He was tied up with five flowers and pressed to the ground. The Tingwei soldiers were wiping their knives. This was about to be beheaded!

Xuan Yi frowned and stood aside, reading out Cao Can's charges. There was only one charge for Cao Can, and that was to beat the angel and despise the emperor.According to Xiao He's Han law, this is a serious crime to be beheaded.

"Go back and tell Your Majesty, don't let King Tang."

As Cao Can was talking, when he saw King Tang rushing in, his expression was even more sad and angry, and he shouted: "Your Majesty!! Don't let outside kings enter the capital!! Otherwise, it will ruin the great Han country! You have to think of Your Majesty! Think of the Empress Dowager! You have to be worthy of the emperor's trust!!!"

Liu Chang was taken aback, what is this all about?

He looked at Xuan Yi and said, "Your Majesty's order! Don't deal with them yet, Your Majesty wants to see them again!"

Xuan Yi sternly said, "I follow the edict of the Son of Heaven to kill traitors, but I won't follow the edict of the Son of Heaven."

"cut!"

"Stop! Luan Bu, save him!!"

"Jibu, you too!"

The two men hurried up, Luan Bu directly avoided the soldiers in front of him, Ji Bu was protecting Cao Can, Xuan Yi frowned, and said to the left and right: "Send someone to inform the emperor, Tang The king shelters sinners, what should he be guilty of."

"You donkey Tingwei! What do you want to do?!"

Liu Chang looked at the strong crossbow that Tingwei's soldiers took out. He was really afraid of this declaration, and he was just intimidating, this fellow really wanted to beheaded.Can Cao Can's head be chopped off?After all, he didn't rebel. Han Xin and the others didn't have their heads beheaded. This is His Majesty's father-in-law, the second hero of the founding of the Han Dynasty. He has made great achievements in these years. !
Just as the two sides faced off, the emperor's messenger finally came and brought the emperor's edict.

Liu Chang breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Cao Can beside him angrily, he shouted, "I tell you, don't think this is over, the reason why I protect you is because my second brother wants to see you and wait for him. After seeing you and saying goodbye to you, Xuan Yi still has to cut you off!"

"My soldiers from the Tang Kingdom are about to arrive, Zhou Bo, how dare you?!"

Liu Chang looked at the Taiwei, Zhou Bo gritted his teeth, and said, "Outer kings are not allowed to enter the capital!"

"In this Chang'an, is it the Son of Heaven who has the final say, or is it your Grand Lieutenant?!"

Zhou Bo gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Even if Your Majesty wants to behead me, I will never let the outer king enter the city!"

"Hahaha, then you have to hurry up, the widow's 20 army will enter the city tomorrow, and when it enters the city, heh, the widow can do whatever he wants, who dares to stop?!"

Liu Chang showed a big villain smile and left here with a wild laugh.

When Liu Chang walked out of Tingwei and was on his way to the Tang Palace, a knight suddenly came, jumped off his horse, and rushed in front of him with a smile. It was Zhang Budo.

"Your Majesty, Lieutenant Li has already arrived with the army. It's within Hedong, and the governor of Hedong is very scared. It's better to kill the governor first, pretending to be a defeated soldier in Hedong, and deceive the gate to open the city."

"There is no doubt that we are the governor of the capital who came to the capital by the emperor's edict, and to gain the gate of the city. That is a treason."

Zhang Budo suddenly realized, "Yes, we can enter the city in an open and honest way! Your Majesty, when will we enter? I have already thought about it, first control the northern army, then capture Chen Ping. Hold him hostage to control the southern army."

"Zhang Budo! What do you want to do?!"

Ji Bu was shocked and shouted angrily.

"Well, I don't mean anything else, I'm just afraid that His Majesty will punish the ministers, and some people will rebel."

"I think it's you who want to rebel!"

"Jibu! You spit out blood!"

"All right!"

Liu Chang dissuaded the two from fighting, "We have done what we should do, and the next step is for His Majesty to deal with the ministers. You go back and tell Taiwei Li, don't march any more and prepare to go back, I see the ministers, yes There was no idea of ​​rebellion, they were all scared."

"Wait for the emperor's order, and then return to Tang."

"only!"

Liu Chang walked towards the Tang Palace, but Ji Bu said, "Your Majesty, this person Zhang Budo must be punished properly."

"If he rebels, the widow will naturally be punished, why should you worry about it?"

"But he has a bad heart."

"Heh, in the Tang country, there are many people who have evil intentions, so what, if there are still few people, who dares to rebel?!"

"I'm not afraid of their rebellion. I'm worried."

Liu Chang suddenly stopped and glared at Ji Bu, "Do you think the widow is going to rebel?!"

"The king will definitely not, but what if they persecute the king?"

"Hehe, the person who can persecute the widow has not yet been born! The widow is not an incompetent monarch like King Zhao!"

Ji Bu let out a long sigh, "I know that the king is for His Majesty, but I'm afraid that from now on, the ministers will regard Tang as a great enemy, and the king will become a thorn in their eyes."

Liu Chang didn't care, and said as he walked, "That's what I do. If they don't hate me, it will be a bad thing."

"When Grandpa was still around, the widow just played every day and didn't need to think about anything."

"But now my father is gone. The ministers have also changed. They feel that they have fought with my father, so they don't care about my brother, and they are not afraid of my brother at all. When my father died, they told me to protect my brother. He also said that he wanted to give me a pair of armor, which is the kind of armor that is particularly majestic. You know, Cao Xiang has a set."

"If my father is still alive, I can continue to play. No one dares to do that."

"When Grandpa was still around, they were so good."

"If Grandpa is still here, he'll really fight snowball fights with me, but he's always cheating and doesn't allow me to hit him."

"He also built a snowman for me. We hung a sign on the snowman, wrote the second brother's name, and hit him with snowballs."

"When it snowed heavily, he asked me to ride on his neck to shield him from the snow, and I threatened him, saying that in the future, when he was old, I would also carry him to shield him from the snow."

Luan Bu and Ji Bu followed behind Liu Chang, watching Liu Chang ramble about Liu Bang, Liu Chang was very happy, but he could see tears in the corners of his eyes, wiping them from time to time, which was distressing.

Back at the Tang Palace, Luan Bu and Ji Bu stood at the gate of the Tang Palace, silent for a long time.

"After getting along for a long time, I have forgotten that the king is just a child."

Luan Bu said in a low voice.

Ji Bu suddenly looked at Luan Bu and said, "I have something to do, you should watch the king here."

"Oh, are you going to go to the Queen Mother to report again?"

"You go, I will send the Queen Mother to give up her people!"

Luan Bu leaned towards Ji Bu and saluted.

Ji Bu completely ignored Luan Bu's sarcasm, turned around and left here.

In the Xuan chamber hall, Cao participated in Zhou Bo and knelt down in front of Liu Ying with a sad expression.

"Your Majesty! This minister is convicted! This minister should not be rude to His Majesty! Please punish His Majesty severely!"

Cao Can finally opened his mouth and begged for mercy, but he was not afraid that Liu Ying would execute him, he was afraid that the Tang king would come to chaos, and Zhou Bo followed closely and said: "Your Majesty, please cure our sins, and we must not let the outer king enter the city, and the army of the north and the south must not be allowed to enter the city. All of them are His Majesty's army, and the ministers are loyal and never intend to rebel."

"Really?"

"Deception, isn't it a rebellion?"

"Isn't beating my messenger treason?!"

"Have you ever had this Son of Heaven in your eyes?!"

Liu Ying asked angrily.

"The minister is guilty!!!"

The Prime Minister of the Great Han and the Grand Captain of the Great Han finally bowed their heads to the new emperor and let the emperor deal with them.

Liu Ying said their sins over the years, and the more she said, the more excited she became, "I know that you are all important ministers of the late emperor, so I refused to press each other, and I persuaded many times, but no one listened! I even needed to use the foreign king's Only the army can hold you down! In this Chang'an, what is I?!"

"My lord is guilty!!"

The two bowed again, Liu Ying let out a breath of anger, and felt a lot more comfortable.

"I want to cut down on your food towns. You should also give up the positions of the prime minister and the captain, and reflect on them at home."

"only!"

The two never mentioned the matter of the foreign king again, and they were respectful.

When Liu Ying returned to Ganquan Palace, Empress Cao was taking care of the little guy. When Liu Ying saw Empress Cao, she was a little embarrassed. She didn't know what to say. Empress Cao smiled softly and handed the child to Liu Ying. Playing with the little thing, Liu Ying asked helplessly, "I ordered the Prime Minister to be arrested, will the Queen not blame it?"

"I have already said that I am His Majesty's wife. No matter what His Majesty wants to do, I will stand by His Majesty's side."

"Did I go too far?"

"No. I know my father's temper. He is upright, but proud. He respects the late emperor very much, but not the emperor. Self-righteous, Your Majesty is saving him. If he continues like this, sooner or later, he will be attracted Come to kill yourself."

Liu Ying did not speak.

"Ji Gong!!"

Shang Fangling leaned towards Ji Bu and bowed, not daring to be rude at all. After all, everyone with discernment knew that Ji Bu was standing behind not King Tang, but the more terrifying Queen Mother.

Shang Fangling said with a smile, "Why did Duke Ji suddenly come here? But what are your orders?"

Ji Bu pondered for a moment and asked, "Can you make a suit of armor? It's the style of Cao Can, the red one, and it's made according to the physique of my great king."

"It's better to be a little bigger. My king is still growing."

"of course can!"

"You take the money first and do it well, then send it directly to the king of my family. Don't say that I have been here. Just say that it was ordered by the emperor."

"Ewei."

(End of this chapter)