I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 118 Look!This is the old minister seeking the country!

After returning from the Guangming Palace with a full load, Tianzi Qi didn't have time to be happy for too long, so he waited for the three figures of Prime Minister Shen Tujia, Doctor Yushi Tao Qing, and Neishi Chao Cuo.

And after the three of them walked into the Xuanshi Hall, Tianzi Qi did not beat around the bush, and set the agenda for today with just one word.

"The Huns have been largely appeased;"

"All kinds of grain, rice, and cloth were moved by the Shaofu to the Huns."

"If this is not enough to stop the Huns from intervening in this rebellion, then I can only prepare to fight on both sides..."

In the calmness, mixed with a little humiliation and resentment, the three people in front of Tianzi Qi nodded their heads slowly;

Tianzi Qi took a deep breath, straightened his face, and then continued: "King Liang, you have already returned to the Kingdom of Liang."

"Next, I'm afraid I'll have to start thinking about where to cut down the feudal clan..."

As soon as these words came out, the three people sitting in front of Tianzi Qi couldn't help but Qiqi took a deep breath, and put a stern look on their relaxed faces.

——Finally, it still came.

Almost at the same time, secretly saying the same sentence in his heart, facing the three people sitting in front of Tianzi Qi, they couldn't help but have different expressions.

——When the emperor Qidao uttered the word "cutting the vassal", Prime Minister Shen Tujia's face immediately wore a dignified look;

Although he did not put on the posture of "I will sing the opposite when I hear the reduction of the feudal clan" as usual, he sat up straight with a dignified face, and with a posture of concentration, he focused all his attention on the reception. In the following meeting.

As for the censor Tao Qing beside Shentujia, after a brief absence, he quickly turned his eyes to Chao Cuo on the other side, quite a posture of "taking Chao Cuo's lead as the leader".

This is also unusual.

——From the day when "Strategy to Cut Fans" came out, Tao Qing, the official censor, has been Chao Cuo's most loyal henchman;
It's just that Tao Qing's dignified and dignified body was cultivated into a dog mouth by Chao Cuo, the head of the Nine Ministers. I don't know if Tao Qing is really happy, or if the emperor Qi is intimidating and luring...

If among the three people, who reacted the most, it would be the original author of "Cutting Down the Fan": Chao Cuo, the internal historian.

——Almost at the moment when Tianziqi said the word "cutting the feudal clan", Chao Cuo sat up straight suddenly, posing with a high-spirited posture, as if he wished he could speak up immediately and greet Tianziqi Down plan!
But after Tianzi Qi said the phrase 'from where to cut it', his eyes stayed on Shentujia who was closest to him for a long time.

After watching for a long time, he was sure that Shentujia didn't mean to speak, so Tianzi Qicai nodded to Shentujia with a light smile;

Then, Tianzi Qi's solemn gaze shifted to Chao Cuo who was on the side.

"Since the "Strategy to Cut Fans" was written by Nei Shi, let Nei Shi speak first."

Before Tianzi Qi finished speaking, he saw Chao Cuo almost jumped up from his seat, bowed his hands to Tianzi Qi who was at the head first, and did not forget to bow to Shentujia and Tao Qing who were beside him;
Before Shentujia and Tao Qing could return the gift, Chao Cuo suddenly stretched out his hand, took out a pile of silk cloth and bamboo slips with black characters written on it from his bosom, and piled them all in front of Tianzi Qi.

"His Majesty!"

"The crimes of the princes and kings from all walks of life have been settled by the ministers!"

"No matter which family His Majesty wants to attack, I can come up with convincing evidence!!!"

"—especially the King of Chu!"

"I can come up with nine evidences that are sufficient to execute the king of Chu, Liu Wu!"

"Nine kinds!!!"

While dancing and talking, Chao Cuo did not forget to raise his hands, making a 'nine' gesture, and looked excitedly at Tianzi Qi in front of him, and Prime Minister Shen Tujia beside him.

After Tianzi Qi roughly scanned the pile of 'crimes' in front of him, and then raised his head with a gloomy expression, Chao Cuo lost the joy on his face, and lowered his head in embarrassment.

Then Tianzi Qi stretched out his hand, grabbed one from the pile of 'crimes' in front of him, examined it carefully, and kept saying: "Tell me in detail;"

"Where to start cutting, where to end, and which ones will be involved in the process."

Hearing this, Chao Cuo couldn't help being overjoyed again, but this time he barely restrained his joy;
After thinking for a while in secret, he bowed his hand to the emperor decisively.

"I think that the four great powers of Yan, Zhao, Wu, and Chu can use the name of 'punishment' to cut down the land;"

"Especially Chu and Zhao."

"If necessary, even Liang Guo, Your Majesty, can pretend to cut down a county..."

"—Impossible!"

Before Chao Cuo could finish his sentence, he saw Shentu Jia who was at the side suddenly let out a sigh, and his calm face was instantly filled with anger!
After glaring at Chao Cuo viciously, he forced himself to suppress the urge to smash a deliberate punch on Chao Cuo's face, and Shentu Jia got up angrily, and bowed deeply to Emperor Qi.

"His Majesty!"

"—Guo Liang, absolutely cannot cut the soil!"

"Don't say it's not necessary, even if it is necessary, absolutely not!!!"

After saying that, Shentu Jia suddenly turned around and looked beside him furiously, Chao Cuo still had joy on his face.

"Are you trying to be a traitor who ruined the Han Dynasty and ruined the country!!!"

"Don't you know the importance of Liang Guo to the court!!!"

The two roars that did not suppress his anger finally made Chao Cuo's face less happy, but he didn't dare to answer Shen Tujia directly, and only cast his eyes for help to the emperor Qi in front of him.

But Tianzi Qi looked at the letter of indictment written with the word "Zhao Wang" in his hand without squinting. After reading it for a long time, he frowned and raised his head.

He first looked at Chao Cuo, and gave him a gloomy look;
Then, Emperor Qicai painted a faint smile and nodded slowly towards Shentujia.

"The pillar of the prime minister's country, with the prime minister around, I don't worry about cutting down the feudal clan, which will cause irreversible consequences."

"It is indeed as the prime minister said: Liang Guo cannot be destroyed no matter what;"

"—At least until the rebellion is over and the Kanto region is completely pacified, you must not tamper with any grass or tree in Liang Guo."

Hearing these words, she calmed Shentu Jia's excitement, turned her head to the side, and gave Chao Cuo another look;
When Chao Cuo lowered his head before he could speak, Liu Qicai looked away, picked up another letter of incrimination written with the word 'Yan Wang', and raised his hand slightly towards Chao Cuo.

"Guo Liang, don't mention the internal history anymore."

"——In the entire process of promoting the "Strategy to Reduce Fans", Liang Guo is a crucial link."

"Even if the knife of the "Family Cutting Policy" falls on my head, even if it cuts half of my pass, it will definitely not cut Liang Guo, even an inch of land."

"Internal history, let's talk about other countries."

Hearing the emperor's words, Chao Cuo had no choice but to give up resentfully, and muttered as if unwilling to give up: "Your Majesty, please forgive me;"

"If the "Policy to Cut Fans" only cuts other vassal states, it is likely to make them share the same hatred."

"But if Liang Guo is also cut down, the court and His Majesty will be able to occupy the righteousness of 'equal treatment'..."

"—Ahh!"

Before Chao Cuo could finish his sentence, Tianzi Qi let out a very deliberate dry cough, raised his head again, and looked at Chao Cuo in front of him with gloomy eyes.

When Chao Cuo finally lowered his head again with a lonely expression of "Okay, I won't talk about Liang Guo anymore", the emperor Qicai leisurely withdrew his gaze, and knocked his finger on the imperial case in front of him.

It wasn't until this moment that Chao Cuo hurriedly regained his composure, and subconsciously glanced at Shen Tujia, who was aside, before continuing to talk about his plan.

"I believe that since the Liang Kingdom will not be destroyed, none of the other vassal states will be left behind!"

"Yan, Dai, and Zhao in the north, and Wu and Chu in the south, all have to cut off at least one county's land before..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Chao Cuo's words came out of his mouth, Tianzi Qi's face showed some impatience again;
Seemingly casually, or deliberately, he threw the bamboo slips in his hand back onto the imperial case, and seeing Emperor Qi looked at Chao Cuo in disappointment, he turned sideways and smiled slightly at Shen Tujia on the other side.

"Let's ask the prime minister to talk about it."

"Nei Shi, I'm afraid I drank too much wine yesterday, and I haven't sobered up yet..."

Hearing Tianzi Qi's slanderous words, and even handing over the right to speak to Shen Tujia, Chao Cuo could only lower his head resentfully even if he didn't want to, not daring to look at Tianzi Qi in front of him again.

And in front of Tianzi Qi, seeing that Tianzi Qi was not bewitched by Chao Cuo, Shen Tujia's face could not help showing a look of relief.

Seeing that Shentu Jia smiled and shook his head with lingering fear, then bowed to the emperor Qi;
After sitting back in his seat, Shentu Jia said that although he was reporting to Tianzi Qi, his warning eyes glanced at Chao Cuo who was beside Liu Qi from time to time.

"His Majesty;"

"The two countries of Yan and Dai, like Liang, absolutely cannot cut down the soil."

"—Because as early as the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, the royal titles of Yan and Dai were for the purpose of resisting the Huns in the north and defending the border wall."

"And now, His Majesty is about to implement the "Strategy to Reduce Fans", and the war of rebellion among the princes in Kanto is about to break out;"

"This makes the Three Kingdoms of Liang, Dai, and Yan extremely important."

"Why do you say that?"

Saying so, Shen Tujia did not forget to cast another glance at Chao Cuo;
It seemed to be preaching, but it also seemed to be contemptuous: "Because Liang Guo can, for His Majesty and the court, keep the rebels out of Hangu Pass and east of Suiyang."

"As for Yan and Dai, they can serve as His Majesty and court, keeping the Huns out of the side wall and north of the Great Wall..."

"In order to ensure that the war will not spread to Guanzhong, Liang Guo must always stand on the side of the court;"

"The same principle: In order to ensure that the Huns will not become the second enemy that the court needs to deal with in this war, Yan and Dai must also stand firmly on the side of the court. For my Han family, defend the northern wall."

"—Only in this way, can His Majesty control the scope of this rebellion within Kanto;"

"And control the enemies that the court needs to deal with to the level of 'only clan princes, but no foreign northern barbarians'..."

Hearing this, Tianzi Qicai finally nodded with approval on his face, looked at Shentujia with a light smile, and expressed his respect without hesitation;
After a while, when Tian Ziqi's gaze shifted from Shentu Jia to Chao Cuo, the deep gaze became a little more complicated.

Although from the beginning to the end, Tianzi Qi didn't say a single word, but the eyes that looked at the two of them respectively explained everything.

—— Chao Cuo!
——Look at Shen Tujia!
Sensing Tian Ziqi's intentions, Chao Cuo lowered his head in a mournful concubine, bowed his hands indifferently to Tian Ziqi, and sat back in his seat in despair.

And Shen Tujia finally withdrew his hostile gaze from Chao Cuo.

After thinking for a while in secret, he bowed to the emperor again.

"Except for Liang Guo, who guards the gate of Guanzhong, and Yan and Dai, who guard the northern wall, among the remaining clan vassal states, in fact, there are not many that urgently need to be cut."

"—— Zhao Guo, although it does not directly border the grassland, it is also a solid backing for Yan and Dai;"

"If something happens to the side wall, Yan and Dai can't take care of themselves, and Zhao can send reinforcements to strengthen the defense line of the north wall."

"It is precisely for this reason that Emperor Taizu gave King Zhao the power to 'command Yan and Dai's soldiers when necessary'."

"But correspondingly: due to such a huge power, His Majesty also needs to be more vigilant towards Zhao Guo, and must not let Zhao Wang participate in this rebellion."

"Because once Zhao Guo participates in the rebellion, it means that there may be problems with the border wall. Even if the Huns did not plan to come, they are likely to be invited into the border by King Zhao;"

"And at that time, with Zhao Wang personally 'leading the way', no matter what Yan and Dai are, they will definitely not be able to resist the Huns going south and participating in this rebellion..."

Hearing Shentu Jia's words, Tianzi Qi couldn't help letting out a long sigh, and nodded approvingly.

For today's Han Dynasty, the clan princes are indeed a major hidden danger that makes the court feel like a thorn in the throat.

However, the problem of clan vassal separatism is not a 'long-standing issue'.

——If this were not the case, it would be impossible for Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Great Ancestor, to use these Liu clan relatives to be the princes and kings of the Kanto countries.

In fact, at the very beginning, Taizu Liu Bang had only one purpose, whether he entrusted princes with different surnames or later suppressed Guandong with clan princes: to share the pressure of governing the place and guarding the border for the central government of the court.

As for the clan princes who can't lose their tails and support their own self-respect, it is precisely because of their responsibilities such as "governing the place" and "guarding the border" that these princes and kings can justifiably hoard troops and horses, and strengthen themselves unscrupulously.

But for this, Chang'an Chaotang has no objection at all.

——It is you who let us govern the place, and you are the one who makes us self-reliant if you don’t send officials;
——It is you who let us guard the frontier, not send troops, and let us recruit soldiers and form the army ourselves!
Co-authored good words, let you Chang'an Chaotang tell them all?
So in the final analysis, even now, the princes of the Kanto region have already become overwhelmed and have already shown signs of rebellion, but the security of the Kanto region and the border defense pressure in the border areas are still mostly borne by these princes and kings.

In particular, the three kingdoms of Yan, Dai, and Zhao in the north were almost the only defensive force that the Han Dynasty could launch at the beginning of the Han-Hungarian War.

Therefore, Rao Tian Ziqi also wanted to cut Yan and Zhao two countries at once, and he had to admit: Shen Tujia was right;

In order for the Chang'an court to concentrate on suppressing the rebellion after the rebellion broke out, instead of fighting the Huns on the side wall while suppressing the rebellion, the three kingdoms of Yan, Dai, and Zhao must be excluded from the scope of the "Strategy for Reducing Fans".

——At the very least, it has to be temporarily excluded.

Thinking of this, Tianzi Qi nodded again, looking at Shentujia with a little seriousness gradually.

"I understand what the prime minister means;"

"If possible, I will definitely try my best to avoid Zhao Guo from participating in this rebellion."

With a deep voice, Tianzi Qi lowered his head again and grabbed a roll of indictments beginning with the words "King of Chu Liu Wu".

On the lips, Tianzi Qi did not forget to ask: "Please tell me, the prime minister, how should the other clan princes be dealt with?"

Hearing this, Shen Tujia couldn't help but fell into a long period of thought, even though he knew everything about the situation in the Kanto countries.

Liang Guo, the last line of defense outside Hangu Pass, cannot move;
Yan, Dai, and Zhao are the backbone of resisting the invasion of the Huns, and they should try not to move if they can.

And the rest of the clan princes...
"His Majesty."

After thinking for a long time, Shen Tujia finally came to a conclusion, looking at Tianzi Qi with determination.

"I believe that if the purpose of the "Strategy to Reduce Fans" is to force the rebellion of a certain vassal state..."

"—The only thing that needs to be cut should be the Wu Kingdom!!!"

Without hesitation, Shen Tujia stood up slowly, ignoring the horrified gazes of Tao Qing and Chao Cuo, and walked step by step in front of Tianzi Qi.

"In the final analysis, there are no more than two kinds of results that "Strategy to Reduce Fans" wants to achieve."

"——Destroy the territory of the princes and kings, and check the reactions of the clan princes and kings."

"If the clan princes don't resist, then they can completely weaken the power of the princes and kings by cutting down the soil, so that they no longer have the ability to cause chaos;"

"If the clan vassals rise up to resist, they can completely eradicate the clan vassals by quelling the rebellion!"

Saying so, Shen Tujia didn't forget to turn his head, and gave Chao Cuo a non-cold look.

"I remember that the internal history said in the "Strategy for Cutting Fans": No matter whether the clans are cut or not, the clan princes will rebel;"

"But I believe that among the clan and princes of the Guandong clan today, the only one who 'will rebel no matter what' is Wu Wang Liu Bi."

"——Wu Wang Liu Bi is the only one who has the ability to gather the princes of the Guandong and join forces to launch a rebellion."

"As the saying goes: hit a snake, hit seven inches;"

"Catch the thief, the king first!"

"So, instead of forcing all the Kwantung princes to rebel with a piece of "Policy for Cutting Fans", Your Majesty might as well cut Liu Bi alone."

Saying this softly, Shentu Jia's stern face finally showed a tendency to relax a little.

"If even Liu Bi doesn't dare to resist, then in the future, when His Majesty cuts down other clan princes again, no one will dare to resist."

"If Liu Bi wants to resist, His Majesty will only cut off the land of Liu Bi alone;"

"—For other clan princes, not only does His Majesty not have to cut the soil, but he can even grant generous gifts."

"In this way, if Liu Bi is the only one who is deprived of the soil, it will be difficult for other clan princes to have the idea of ​​'the rabbit is dead and the fox is sad';"

"As for Liu Bi's proposal to rebel together, basically no one will pay attention."

"As long as you can't incite other clan princes, then Liu Bi will be alone and lonely."

"Only relying on the state of Wu, even if Liu Bi raised his troops to rebel, he would not be able to pose too much threat to the court..."

(End of this chapter)