I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 452
Gold Burr!
Gold Burr! !

Gold Burr! ! !
There are only three words, but it is like a bomb thrown into the river, completely smashing the Chang'an court that has been silent for a long time!
Even after the dinner that day, the kings present at the meeting kept silent about the content of the dinner, but under Liu Sheng's intentional or unintentional connivance, everything that happened in the Xuanshi Hall that night was still spread through various irregular channels. Arrived outside the palace.

In the streets and alleys, the public opinion still only stays at 'Your Majesty seems to be planning to collect business taxes? 'Degree;

But inside and outside the court, the topic of Jin Bulu had already been completely ignited by the rumors from the palace.

What does the word Jinbulu mean in the Han Dynasty today?
When the Emperor Chao took the initiative to mention these three words, what kind of concept was it probably?
To figure this out, we have to mention the meaning of the three words Jin Bulu and the political background when this law was written into the "Han Law".

Everyone knows: Unlike any feudal dynasty in history, Liu Han Sheji was not founded by Taizu Liu Bang alone, but by the cooperation of Liu and Lu. It is a rare, even unique, husband-and-wife shop in Chinese history.

After the overthrow of Tyrant Qin and the destruction of Xiang Yu, Liu Han Sheji, which was successfully established on the scorched earth of a century of war, naturally entered a new stage.

——From the stage of entrepreneurship in the anti-Qin period, the stage of commercial competition in the period of Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, to the stage of internal struggle after the establishment of the dynasty.

To put it simply and bluntly, it is the dispute between Liu and Lu.

Fight for what?
Naturally, it is the right to speak in the Liu Han Dynasty and the right to rule the dynasty.

As the shopkeeper of the husband-and-wife shop, Taizu Liu Bang naturally did not allow the Lu family to shake the Liu family's legal rule over Liu Han Sheji in any form, including using the second generation Liu Ying to get involved in the throne;
Therefore, Taizu Liu Bang rebelled against the Lu family for the first time, and launched his favorite candidate for the crown prince: Liu Ruyi, the third son of the emperor.

As you wish, as you wish, as I wish;

So who wants it?
Naturally, it was Taizu Liu Bang's wish.

Regarding the struggle for the heir apparent between Liu Ying, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and Liu Ruyi, King Zhao Yin, most of the later generations have the following theories.

——Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty Liu Ying was born as a direct descendant, and her mother, Empress Dowager Lu, was far more upright than Zhao Yin Wang Liu Ruyi;

——Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, was benevolent, and the founder of the country should be succeeded by the benevolent king, so as to ensure the continuous succession of Guozuo, instead of repeating the same mistakes of Ying Qin II and his death;
——Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, has power all over the court, backed by the Lu family, if he cannot win the throne, the court will undergo major changes...
Wait, wait, etc., the reason why Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty Liu Ying succeeded to the throne is more reasonable, the world can say countless reasons;

But for Liu Bang, Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, there was only one reason for Liu Ruyi to replace Liu Ying and become the second Han emperor after himself.

——Liu Ruyi, not from the Lu family.

Let Liu Ruyi inherit the throne, and the power of the Lu family will still be unable to touch the imperial power even a little bit.

How about vice versa?

On the contrary, everything that followed has proved Liu Bang's worries.

Xiaohui Liu Ying succeeded to the throne, and the power fell to the side, so that the Empress Dowager Lv came to the court as a woman for 15 years!

The first 22 years of the Liu Han Dynasty means that Liu Bang sat on the throne for the first seven years, and the Empress Dowager Lu took the last 15 years!

People in later generations have different opinions about the events of Empress Lu's dynasty, such as Zhulu's chaotic government, or Xiaohui's early death, former young master's tragic death, and even princes and ministers punishing Zhulu together.

But in fact, from the day when Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang gave up Liu Ruyi as his heir, and Xiaohui Liuying was still his heir, everything that followed was doomed.

——When Liu Bang died, the imperial power fell to the Lu family;
——Xiaohui Liu Ying, who could not issue an imperial edict or caress the jade seal for half a moment throughout her life;

——The former young Liu Gong died tragically in the palace because of his youthful madness.

Even when Empress Dowager Lu passed away, even if there were no princes and ministers to punish Zhu Lu, and Zhu Lu's relatives to seek to usurp the throne, the imperial power of the Han family would still not return to the hands of the young emperor Liu Hong.

why?
Because when she was about to die, Empress Dowager Lu handed over all the military power that could be mobilized by the Chang'an court to two nephews: Lu Chan and Lu Lu.

From this point of view, the speculation of some historians in later generations may not be completely unreasonable.

——The entrustment of the Empress Dowager Lu before her death actually hinted that the Lu family would "seek to usurp the throne after my death and replace Liu with Lu".

Therefore, from the time when the Empress Dowager Lu was in power until the death of the Empress Dowager Lu, all the princes and ministers punished Lu, welcomed the acting king Liu Heng, and then Liu Heng pulled the imperial power back into the bowl of the old Liu's family—this lasted for more than 20 years During the time, in essence, only one thing happened in the Han family.

Liu Lu fights.

Taizu was in court, and the Lu family was dormant;
Taizu passed away, and the Lu family gradually bared their fangs;

After Xiaohui passed away, Mother Lu no longer had any scruples, and began to confer all over Lu Lu without any scruples, and even made such an intriguing end-of-life entrustment when she was dying.

In the end, beyond everyone's expectations, the "vassals and ministers should cooperate with each other to punish all Lu, and the acting king Liu Heng pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger to rule the world", which finally brought an end to this period of more than 20 years of internal struggle: Liu's sacrifice to Taizu The princes (six of the eight), the filial sons (all of them), and the price of making King Qi's lineage sprout ambitions, won miserably.

As for the Lu family, with one careless move, everything was lost. From soul to body, everything was wiped out after the failure of the political struggle.

After understanding these past events and the hidden struggles behind these past events, we will look back: what does Jin Bulu mean?
——As a commercial and tax law promoted by Empress Dowager Lv and promulgated throughout the world, the three words Jin Bulu belong to the "Empress Dowager Lv's political heritage" in an absolute sense.

It is precisely because of this that after the princes and ministers punished all Lu and welcomed the acting king Liu Heng to succeed Datong, they did not hesitate to abolish many laws including Jinbu Law and Jinguan Law at once.

Don't the princes and ministers at that time know the necessity of collecting commercial taxes?
Don't those who have gone through hardships, are used to seeing big scenes, and climbed up from the mountain of corpses and blood at the founding of the country, don't know the necessity of such a law?
It is the same as the battle between Xiaohui Liuying and Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao Yin: the necessity of the existence of Jin Bulu can be proved by many reasons;

But to abolish the law requires only one unquestionable reason.

This law was promulgated by the Empress Dowager Lu.

Empress Dowager Lu was wrong!

After the Rebellion of Zhu Lu broke out and was successfully put down, and all relatives of Zhu Lu were eradicated, the Empress Dowager Lu could only be wrong, and must be wrong!

Political struggles have always been winner-take-all, and losers lose everything;
Since the Empress Dowager Lu was 'wrong', all the decisions and laws promulgated by the Empress Dowager Lu must also be 'wrong'.

Abolish the former young emperor?
Regicide!

The young emperor after supporting the establishment?
usurped!

Even the many bloodlines of Emperor Xiaohui were classified as "from the promiscuous harem of Zhu Lu" because of the "mistake" of Empress Dowager Lu. A piece of gold cloth law.

Then, a magical scene appeared.

——The Empress Dowager Lu is 'wrong', treacherous, dark and evil;
Therefore, Jin Bulu is 'wrong', it is a disaster for the country and the people, and poisons the world;

And Jin Bulu is wrong, which naturally means that a law that collects commercial taxes from merchants should never exist.

Therefore, any emperor who tries to pass legislation to collect commercial taxes from merchant groups will also be 'wrong'...
Outrageous?
outrageous.

Exaggeration?
It's not an exaggeration.

This is the political struggle in the feudal period.

If you win, even if you are just a crippled eunuch, you can still have power over the world and turn a deer into a horse;

If you lose, even if you are the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, you still cannot escape the soul questioning of your subjects: Why did Your Majesty rebel?
"Why does Your Majesty mention Jin Bulu again?"

"Even if you don't mention these three words, you can collect business taxes in other ways..."

"—Why do you have to use the word 'Jin Bulu'?"

"Even if you change your name?"

Inside and outside the court, I don't know how many people frowned, and even beat their chests and stamped their feet in hatred.

yes;

Even if you want to collect commercial tax, you don't have to mention the word Jin Bulu at all...

Even if some regulations are added to the "Tax Law" as a legal support for collecting commercial taxes?

Why can't Your Majesty even understand this simple truth, and insist on using insignificant commercial taxes to touch many sensitive words such as "Queen Lu" and "Lu Shi"?
People who don't know Liu Sheng just think that Liu Sheng got Alzheimer's at a young age, purely just confused.

But those who knew Liu Sheng were meditating behind closed doors in their mansions.

——Liu Sheng today is the most outstanding prince among the princes of the late emperor!
From the time when he was still the son of Sheng, he has received the respectful teachings of the former Anzhen Wuhou Shen Tujia, and Xian Xiaojing Emperor Liu Qi, and he has been taught by his ears!

It is impossible for such an excellent, outstanding, mature and stable emperor who is seriously inconsistent with his age to make such a low-level mistake.

Since it cannot be Liu Sheng's low-level mistake, there is only one possibility left.

——Liu Sheng did it on purpose.

Liu Sheng still did this on the premise that he knew the possible consequences of what he did, and even knew that this move would lead public opinion to the Empress Dowager Lu and the Lu family.

As the saying goes: For a general who is always victorious, before he counts his victory, he counts his defeat first.

Undoubtedly, Liu Sheng—to be precise, every qualified emperor of Liu Han has such a vision.

In other words, Liu Sheng is ready to touch a series of sensitive topics such as the Empress Dowager Lu, and is ready for the worst results.

In this way, the key to the problem is only a fog.

What exactly does Liu Sheng want?
Paying such a huge price, taking such a huge risk, and determined to touch these sensitive topics, what is Liu Sheng's plan...
"Emperor's mind, Your Majesty learns it really fast..."

"It's only young and crowned, and it already has a taste of 'unfathomable sacred heart'..."

Thinking in this way, a group of ministers and ministers who claimed to be Liu Sheng's confidantes embarked on a long journey to Shanglinyuan.

——Liu Sheng has been in Shanglinyuan for several days, and he has never returned to Chang'an.

In some people's eyes, this is already telling the problem......
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"Don't rush to see them, let's show them first."

Shanglin Garden, outside Shaofu Workshop.

Liu Sheng, who received the news that a group of courtiers and ministers were visiting, did not have the slightest mood swing because his intentions were understood.

——There is neither the anger after the mystery is destroyed, nor the joy of "someone finally understands me".

Just throwing down a word like that, Liu Sheng calmly took two steps to the side, looking at the horizon, wondering what he was thinking.

Behind Liu Sheng, a group of Shaofu officials who had received the news a few days ago that they were accompanying His Majesty to inspect Shanglin Shaofu's workshop saw that Liu Sheng was looking at the sky in a bored manner, and cast their eyes for help. The eunuch Ling Xiaque was standing obliquely behind Liu Sheng.

what's the situation?
Does Your Majesty want to continue the inspection, or do you want me to step back?

However, Xia Que also lowered her head with a wry smile, with a posture of "I don't know what's going on, don't ask me", and continued to play her own clay statue...

For the psychological activities of the people behind him, Liu Sheng didn't notice the slightest thing, and he didn't care the slightest bit.

At this moment, Liu Sheng is full of thoughts: What is the current situation in Chang'an City.

How did the forces of all parties react to Liu Sheng's initiative to touch the restricted area of ​​public opinion of the 'Queen Lu', and what positions did they hold?
The most important thing is: what level of dissatisfaction do the two empress dowagers of the Eastern Palace have with Liu Sheng's actions?

——It is impossible to be without dissatisfaction, and it is impossible for a lifetime~
As the saying goes: if a thing hurts its kind, the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad;
No matter how vicious and vicious the Empress Dowager Lu was, the word Lu was always followed by the Empress Dowager.

Even if Empress Dowager Lu's 'mistake' is universally recognized, even Empress Dowager Dou's deceased husband: an important source of the legitimacy of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen Emperor Liu Heng's throne, it still cannot change the reality: for the upcoming attack on Empress Dowager Lu, even if it is Empress Dowager Dou, who is a political opponent, will definitely have the idea of ​​"Today is Empress Dowager Lu, will it be Empress Dou tomorrow, and will it be Empress Dowager Jia the day after tomorrow?"

On the side of his mother, Queen Mother Jia, Liu Sheng is confident that he can handle it.

After all, from the beginning, Empress Dowager Jia never thought that one day she would live in Changle Palace and become the queen mother of the Han family.

Even today, the behavior of this Empress Dowager Jia still reveals something of "I am really a queen mother?"I really never thought about being a queen mother...''s silly and cute feeling.

So Liu Sheng is very sure: as long as Liu Sheng tells his mother with reason and evidence that "the empress dowager Lu is a negative teaching material, and mother and empress dowager Lu can't be wrong if they do it the other way around", her mother will definitely listen to it.

After all, for the Empress Dowager Jia, even if she is the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty, the only one she can rely on is her 'only son' Liu Sheng.

Zhao Wang Liu Pengzu?
Regrettably: this is an era that pays attention to the sense of belonging and nominal ownership, even more than blood relationship;

From the day when he was adopted under the name of Queen Mother Zhao Bo, there were only some inexplicable emotional fetters left between the Queen Mother Jia and the blood relatives: King Zhao Liu Pengzu.

(End of this chapter)