I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 119 The Heinous Crime of the Anger of Man and God!
"Teacher, is that really what you told Father?"

It is day and night, Shangguanli, so Anhou Mansion.

Hearing Liu Sheng's question, Shen Tujia only nodded with a wry smile, but a bitterness immediately crept up between his brows.

"When I said that Liang Guo is related to the safety of Hangu Pass, so the King of Liang must be treated kindly and the land of Liang Guo must not be taken away, His Majesty deeply agreed;"

"When I mentioned that Yan and Dai were tasked with defending the border wall, and that Zhao had similar responsibilities, His Majesty still didn't show any signs of change."

"—Even at the end, when I told Your Majesty that if you want to cut down the feudal clan, it is better to isolate Wu State directly, and only cut down the land of Wu Wang Liu Bi, His Majesty's face is still full of approval."

"But I don't know why: His Majesty seems to have a lot of resentment toward Chu..."

Those who said so saw Shentu Jia lamenting and shaking his head again, and there was a real helplessness on his face.

"As soon as we mentioned Chu State, His Majesty directly ordered me and Tao Qing, the censor doctor, to retreat, leaving only Chao Cuo by my side."

"But judging from His Majesty's expression, leaving Chao Cuo alone, I'm afraid, is not for any good..."

Listening to Shentujia's words full of bitterness, helplessness, and clearly mixed with some doubts, the two brothers Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng who were sitting in front of Shentujia could not help but look at each other in confusion. ;

When the two brothers saw the same doubts as themselves in each other's eyes, it was Liu Pengzu who turned around first, and muttered to himself full of doubts.

"It stands to reason that the teacher's plan should be the safest way to reduce the feudal clan."

"——While forcing Liu Bi to rebel, he also treated other clan princes favorably. In this way, the clan princes will not be linked together. In the end, even Liu Bi, the king of Wu, may not be able to have Dare to rise up!"

"After all, no matter how rich Wu is, it is no more than one-tenth of Chang'an's court;"

"With Liu Bi's own strength alone, I'm afraid he won't even be able to get out of Wu Kingdom..."

As he spoke, Liu Pengzu's face became even more confused, and his eyes subconsciously turned to his younger brother Liu Sheng who was already in deep thought.

"What do you think of Asheng?"

Seeing Liu Sheng heard the words, he only recovered from his thoughts thoughtfully, pursed his lips slightly, and then shook his head with a stern expression.

"I'm thinking about Chu State, what happened on earth;"

"—To be precise, what did King Liu Wu of Chu do to make Emperor Father feel so resentful..."

Said a word full of worry, Liu Sheng couldn't help raising his head, and looked at the prime minister Shen Tujia in front of him.

"Teacher, do you remember what your father did before his face changed?"

"Or, is it because of some news that the emperor's attitude towards Chu has changed dramatically?"

As soon as this remark came out, Shen Tujia also slowed down after realizing it, and only hurriedly straightened his body.

"Have!"

"—When Tao Qing and Chao Cuo, the censors, and I arrived at the Proclamation Room and just sat down in front of His Majesty, Chao Cuo brought out the crimes of all the clan princes."

"According to Chao Cuo's words, no matter which clan and vassal's land His Majesty wants to seize, Chao Cuo can produce conclusive evidence of the crime."

"Chao Cuo also emphasized: Among these clan princes, especially the evidence of King Chu's crime is the most 'conclusive'..."

At the end of the story, Shen Tujia finally came to his senses, and like Liu Sheng, fell into a long period of thinking.

On the contrary, Liu Pengzu moved his eyes repeatedly on Shen Tujia and Liu Sheng for a long time, and then he came to the memory belatedly.

This thing is very strange.

very strange.

Because judging from the objective evaluation of the emperor Qi by the three teachers and students who are gathering in the old Marquis of An at this moment, the current emperor Liu Qi is definitely not a person who will be swayed by emotions.

Even if there are occasional "convicted records" of doing stupid things due to emotional fluctuations, but when it comes to major events, especially important matters related to the imperial court's strategy, Tianzi Qi will always remain calm like a stone statue.

In the words of later generations, it is: You don't need to trust Liu Qi, but you can always trust Tianzi Qi.

Because in Tianziqi's dictionary, there is never the word 'emotion';
All the actions of Tian Ziqi will always only serve the word 'benefit'.

unless······
"I think what King Chu committed may be very serious."

"——It's so serious that even people like the father, who can't express their emotions and anger, and who will never be influenced by emotions, will be seriously affected!"

"If this is not the case, it will be impossible to explain the teacher's plan to cut the vassal, and it will not be adopted by the father."

"Because of the easy-to-use methods, my father has always adopted them regardless of cost and cost;"

"It's not like today, just because I saw someone's criminal evidence, I was so angry that I interrupted the meeting directly, and even sent away the three masters like Teacher and Tao Qing, leaving only Chao Cuo... "

Hearing Liu Sheng's whisper, Shen Tujia thought for a while, and couldn't help but nodded slowly.

But following Shentujia's nod, the hearts of the teachers and students were all shrouded in a thick layer of haze...
Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, this matter is difficult to understand;
Isn't it very common for clan princes to make mistakes?

If even these local emperors didn't make mistakes, then who else in the world would have the guts to make mistakes?

But having said that, mistakes and mistakes are still different.

It's like folk, the iron law that has not changed for thousands of years: killing people to pay their lives, debts to pay back money, when it comes to the clan and royal family, it is not the same thing at all;
——The clan and the royal family killed someone, and if they could pay some money to their family, they would be given a thumbs up and praised: What a brave and virtuous king!

As for the money owed, let alone the principal and interest, let alone the principal and interest, and those who can not kill people can be regarded as good clansmen who are 'kind and upright'.

Even if the ancient iron law of "kill for life, pay for debts" is true, when it comes to other crimes, most of them are similar.

Ordinary people rebel, so they have to beheaded, right?
Clans are different;
Clan rebellion, as long as they don't die on the battlefield, they basically can't be killed after the rebellion is put down.

Breaking the sky, that is, under house arrest until death.

Ordinary people are disrespectful in front of the king, so they have to beheaded, right?

When it comes to the clan, it's still different.

Ordinary people don't need evidence at all for 'disrespect before the king' - the emperor said you were disrespectful, then you must have been disrespectful!
As for the clan princes' "disrespect in front of the emperor", even if there are personal and material evidence, there is a high probability that they will not be severely punished.

Because the people in the world don't care about this matter at all, whether there is any evidence;
They only care about: oh, a certain king picked his nose and was slaughtered by His Majesty...
Dear brother/uncle, just kill him so hard~
This majesty is also a ruthless person?

If you can do it to your relatives, how can it be good to ordinary people like us?

Therefore, the thick "Han Law" in the Han Dynasty today is not so much prepared for the people of the world, as it is prepared for people with the "non-Liu surname" in the world;

As for the Liu family members, just relying on the "Liu" surname is enough to ensure that there is no crime in the thick Han law that can put them to death.

In this way, some people may still feel strange;
——Wang Fa can't control these people, so who else in the world can control them?

The answer is: family law;

For today's Liu Han Sheji, that is, this "family world", Liu's clan members are theoretically part of the ruling class.

Therefore, as the rule makers, the Liu clan is not bound by the rules of this world.

What can really restrain them is Liu's internal 'family law'.

To be more specific, the head of the Liu family, represented by Tian Ziqi, is qualified to restrain and punish these "disdainful descendants" in the name of family law.

Since it is a family law, the people punished by that family law, and the crimes involved in these people, naturally cannot be the crimes of the world, those crimes of robbery, burning, killing and looting.

but...
"Liu Wu, King of Chu, didn't he dig the wall of the ancestor's temple?"

"——Fengpei Longxing's place is within the territory of Chu State!"

Liu Pengzu exclaimed in astonishment, causing Shen Tujia and Liu Sheng to come back to their senses;

Seeing that Shentu Jia didn't even think about it, he immediately shook his head.

"Chu Wang Liu Wu, I don't have the guts;"

"—even if there is, he can't do it."

"Although Fengpei Longxing is located within the territory of the King of Chu, Feng and Pei counties have been enjoying themselves for nearly 50 years thanks to the privilege of being rich and wealthy of Emperor Taizu Gao!"

"In the past 50 years, no one or any force has ever successfully extended its tentacles into Fengfeng;"

"Even Chang'an Chaotang can't collect even a grain of rice's agricultural tax from Feng and Pei, or even a copper coin's oral tax."

"He Chu Wang Liu Wu, don't say he is making trouble in Fengpei Longxing place;"

"If you want to set foot in Fengpei, I'm afraid you will be beaten out by those 'Shandong elders'..."

Denying Liu Pengzu's conjecture with a sad face, Shen Tujia quietly turned his head;

Glancing at Liu Sheng, he said tentatively, "On the other hand, when he was leaving the palace, Tao Qing, the imperial historian, casually mentioned this matter;"

"It seems that Liu Wu, King of Chu, was drinking and having fun during the funeral of the Empress Dowager..."

"—probably not."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Shentujia's words came out, Liu Shengman shook his head firmly, and his complexion became darker immediately.

"At least that's not the only thing."

"—Drinking and having fun during the funeral of the Empress Dowager is indeed an unforgivable sin for the clan princes;"

"But it's just 'unforgivable,' not 'unforgivable.'"

"If it's just this crime, then according to Father's temperament, there is a high probability that he will use this crime to force Chu Wang Liu Wu to submit."

"For example, secretly reminded Liu Wu, and warned Liu Wu, 'As long as you don't follow Liu Bi to rebel, this matter can no longer be pursued, otherwise you will bear the consequences' and so on."

"But today, the emperor just saw Liu Wu's crimes, and in front of the three officials of Zhuguo, the teacher, the doctor, and the history, he showed an angry look."

"Such abnormality, I'm afraid it's not a crime of 'entertainment during mourning' at all, it can be explained..."

This time, it was Liu Sheng's turn to speak, denying the 'gossip' obtained by Shen Tujia;

After a while, Shentu Jia clearly saw: Liu Sheng's eyes clearly showed a little understanding, but then, the topic was changed by Liu Sheng.

"Let's not talk about what kind of heinous crime Liu Wu, king of Chu, committed."

"From the reaction of the father, the teacher can know: what the king of Chu did, made the father furious, and even had to temporarily put aside the matter of cutting the vassal, and freed up his hands to deal with the problem of the king of Chu."

"So next, I am afraid that the teacher will add a premise of 'Chu Wang Liu Wu was cut down for crimes' in the specific operation plan of the teacher for "The Policy of Cutting Fans", and then make adjustments."

Seeing that Liu Sheng did not continue to be entangled in the charges against Liu Wu, the king of Chu, Shen Tujia also vaguely realized something in his heart, so he no longer entangled in it;

Hearing Liu Sheng's words, Shen Tujia only thought for a moment, then nodded with a wry smile.

"Indeed it is."

"—When I came out of the palace, the news that His Majesty summoned the King of Chu to the capital was sent out of Weiyang Palace one step ahead of me;"

"Next, I'm afraid Liu Wu, King of Chu, will come to Chang'an to face His Majesty's accountability..."

"It's just that I'm a little worried. If the King of Chu refuses to come to Chang'an, he will jump over the wall in a hurry and reach an agreement with King Wu and Liu Bi early on to raise troops together..."

"Ah~"

"Tear your face in advance, I am afraid that the rebellion will break out in advance, and the time the court can use to prepare will be greatly shortened..."

Hearing Shen Tujia's bitter and slightly complaining voice, Liu Sheng even though his mind was mixed, he did not forget to force a smile.

"If the father and emperor were a little bit more aggressive and wouldn't be seduced by someone as ambitious and talented as Chao Cuo, the teacher wouldn't have to be so exhausted."

"But the emperor's character, we can't change at all;"

"We cannot change the fact that Chao Cuo is trusted by his father."

"So, instead of feeling sorry for this, teacher, it is better to directly make the following arrangements based on the premise of 'Wu and Chu will be opposed'."

"—Right now, the teacher is still there, and Father Huang and Chao Cuo have already shown signs of 'poking a big basket';"

"If there is no teacher to control the place, just rely on Fu Huang and Chao Cuo, I am afraid that my Han family will have a big problem..."

Some half-sincere, half-flattering words also made Shentu Jia laugh shyly, and even wiped his mouth with his hands unnaturally.

When he raised his head and saw Liu Sheng's smiling face full of sincerity, Shen Tujia sighed with a smile and finally nodded helplessly.

"That's true."

"Wu Guo's rebellion was preordained long before the publication of the "Strategy to Cut Fans"."

"As for the state of Chu, even if there is no 'crime' of King Liu Wu of Chu, just from the geographical location alone, if King Wu Liu Bi raises troops, he will definitely bring Chu State with him."

"——The only difference is: whether King Chu Liu Wu took the initiative to join forces with King Wu Liu Bi, or was he passively coerced by King Wu Liu Bi."

"There is no difference between the two to Chang'an Chaotang..."

Speaking of business, Shen Tujia straightened his face again, and briefly talked about his plan.

To sum it up, it is actually one sentence: if you can reduce the number of rebellions against one family, try to make the clan and princes less against one family;
Try to control the rebellion to the level of "the rebellion between Wu and Chu", use the two big countries of Wu and Chu as an example to other small countries, and achieve all the original goals of the "Reduction of Fans" without bloodshed.

Regarding these specific plans, the two brothers Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng naturally did not dare to intervene;

It could only be that every time Shentu Jia said a word, the two brothers nodded adoringly to Shentu Jia.

After Shentu Jia narrated his new plan to the two brothers from beginning to end, even Shentu Jia himself obviously showed a lot of confidence;

He unceremoniously signaled to the two brothers to "do as they please", and buried their heads in front of the case alone, and began to write quickly, drafting a new plan.

Seeing this, the two brothers knew what was going on, said goodbye to Shen Tujia respectfully, and embarked on the road back to the palace.

However, the moment he walked out of Gu'anhou's mansion, Liu Pengzu couldn't hold back the doubts in his chest anymore, and asked Liu Sheng his own questions.

"Asheng, have you already guessed..."

Unexpectedly, just halfway through speaking, Liu Sheng's complexion sank!
Even Liu Pengzu, who grew up with Liu Sheng with that gloomy, sullen, and secretive face, couldn't help but shudder inwardly!
But I saw Liu Sheng glanced around with a gloomy expression, and then stared deeply into the depths of Liu Pengzu's gaze for three breaths;
After Liu Pengzu was stared at by this captivating gaze, he felt a little uncomfortable, and Liu Sheng's frosty voice finally came to Liu Pengzu's ears.

"There is only one heinous crime that clansmen and princes absolutely cannot commit!"

"As long as this crime is committed, there is absolutely no way out!"

"It's only this crime that will make the emperor furious, and even put aside the "Policy to Cut the Domain" for the time being, and concentrate on dealing with King Liu Wu of Chu!"

"However, our clans absolutely, absolutely cannot speak out about the sin that both humans and gods hate..."

Watching Liu Sheng utter these words with a serious face that is almost distorted, Liu Pengzu's expression of astonishment finally turned into a burst of unspeakable secrecy...
"Asheng means..."

"--Um!"

Before Liu Pengzu could say the embarrassing accusation, Liu Sheng spoke first again, stopping Liu Pengzu from continuing.

Then, Liu Sheng slowly retracted his gaze, lowered his head with a sullen expression;
While walking towards the front, he kept reminding: "Brother, I know about this today, but tomorrow, I must erase it from my mind!"

"Because of this crime, it subverts human relations, filial piety, and even makes me, the Liu family, suffer a shame that cannot be washed away for thousands of years!"

"—Chu King Liu Wu, he is doomed!"

"—The lineage of the king of Chu, the direct line must be extinct!"

"But until the day Liu Wu turned into a dry bone, the heinous crime he committed must absolutely never appear in anyone's mouth..."

(End of this chapter)