Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 265 He can, why can’t I?
Deren five years.

This was supposed to be a normal year.

Many "unexpected" things happened this year.

First, the emperor ordered the king to enter Chang'an City, and then the emperor, the Chen family, and even the Lu family and other real big shots in the court all made their own little moves.

Most people cannot detect these small actions, but in the eyes of those who have been observing the situation carefully, they are obvious "waves".

As a result, countless people are speculating.

Guess what Chen, the Emperor, and Empress Lu want to do.

In the midst of everyone's speculation.
An edict came out of the blue without any preparation.

"The emperor issued an edict: Make the king the emperor's younger brother!"

As soon as this edict came out, the world was shocked!

Countless Confucian scholars and talents, or some hermits who were active during the reign of the First Emperor, all appeared. They gathered in Chang'an City, and the most famous among them was undoubtedly the former "Shangshan Four Hao".

Chen's power is too great!

Deren's fifth year, late winter.

There was once a saying circulating in the world.

Of course, among these people, there were not only those who sincerely wanted to safeguard the imperial power and the Emperor Liu, but there were also some people with "ulterior motives" mixed in.

How old is my wife today? She even got married less than two years ago! In this case, it is normal even if there are no heirs! What's more, although the emperor has no legitimate son, a certain concubine in the harem is pregnant?
How could it be possible to establish the emperor's younger brother?

It has already reached that point. If the emperor does not establish the emperor's brother, he will die. How can he still control so much?
The most important thing is to save the lives of your children and grandchildren first.

Emperor Gao’s last edict!
Emperor Gao's posthumous edict was not one, but two.

The Chen family's descendants are located in every corner of the world. Some of them serve as officials in marginal or poor counties and counties, bringing benefit to one area. There are also some descendants who hold important official positions in the court, or serve as state pastors on the ground, or even work for the state. The "prime minister" of some feudal countries.

Even if Chen was responsible for what happened this time, they would still fight forward.

The huge and fertile land not only nourished the Liu family, but also nourished the Chen family. This was what Emperor Gao said at that time, "Chen and Liu, the world shares." Unless Emperor Gao was reincarnated, there would be almost no emperor of the Liu family. Revoke this promise.

The emperor's brother?
How can this be?

Today's Chen family can be said to be a real behemoth.

If the Chen family falls, or does not need to "fall", as long as he can lose some "territory", it will be enough to feed part of the family.

If your life is gone, what else do you need to do?
He, Liu Bang, was just a small pavilion chief in Peixian County. He was not even a Chinese. He could only be regarded as a local ruffian. He later relied on Xianyang Academy to gradually turn around.

Secondly, the emperor's condition has deteriorated to a certain extent, and he is no longer able to protect himself. The forces supporting the emperor in the court are no longer able to control the situation, and the emperor is even on the verge of death.

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Even though this edict came from the hand of the emperor, even Empress Lu and many ministers in the court had no objection. Some stubborn old guys also believed that this must be forced by the Chen family.

Even if the big man falls, they will not be too early.

If you ask Liu Bang, Liu Bang will probably laugh.

So powerful that everyone in the world is afraid.

Perhaps the "Chen family" that has developed to this time can be considered to have reached the level of a "noble family".

If it's the second case, it's even simpler.

As the founder of the country, he stipulated that unless something happened, he could never establish an emperor's younger brother, and could only follow the direction of the eldest son's inheritance system.

If it is one of the situations, that is, Liu Ying's situation, then Liu Bang feels that he has nothing to say. After all, you yourself are willing. How can he, a dead person, continue to get involved?

Liu Bang's life was extremely turbulent. He always felt that his "life" was the most important, so he wanted to save the lives of future generations of the Liu family.

In addition to being able to dominate the world in terms of power, an extremely powerful family must also have devoured a lot of "interests", even if the Chen family would not deliberately occupy them.

These four people are considered the leaders of Confucianism today and are quite famous in the court.

"There are hundreds of officials in the world, 20% of Shangshan is full of people."

First, the emperor voluntarily gave up his status as emperor to his younger brother, not his own son.

Isn't this much better than his initial situation?
Liu Bang felt that Emperor Qin Wulie could do such magnanimous things. Although he was not so selfless, he could still learn from it, right?

When the important ministers swarmed into Chang'an City, neither Chen Bi nor Chen Ju made any move, because they knew that the emperor, Empress Lu, and even the Chen family had a trump card in their hands.

As mentioned before, Chen's power is too powerful.

This is a good thing for the world.

All the waves in the world emerged, and countless people rushed to Chang'an City, and they all made decisions secretly.

If this situation really happens to a certain emperor in later generations, then there are only two possibilities.

If the Liu family loses its power in later generations, judging from the backup he left behind, the Liu family can also return to Guandu or Peixian County, occupy a piece of local land, and become a powerful family.

At the same time, Liu Bang also listed all the situations he could think of in this edict.

He was explaining why he wanted to establish the crown prince.

These two posthumous edicts were decided upon by Liu Bang after much thought. One was naturally an edict establishing Liu Heng as the emperor's younger brother, while the other was more of an "explanation" than a posthumous edict.

The situations listed by Liu Bang are very simple and clear, but they are all very difficult to achieve.

As for the country?

The meaning is very simple. If there are a thousand officials in the world, then 20% of them are disciples of Shangshan Sihao or Confucianism, and half of them are disciples of the Chen family.

Only the remaining three hundred people truly belong to "others."

The Chen family and Confucianism have interacted with each other for hundreds of years. Both the Confucianists and the Chen family like to open private schools to recruit disciples, so it is natural to cultivate so many disciples and former officials.

In the original historical trajectory, Huang Lao's school should have the upper hand at this time, but in today's world, Huang Lao only accounts for 20%, Legalists account for half, and the rest are Confucianism and Chen's disciple.

Of course, what Chen studied was very complex, mostly inclusive.

Posthouse
Shangshan Sihao is different from some other Confucian disciples with ulterior motives. These four people are truly talented and have the world in mind. Otherwise, they would not have come to Chang'an City at this time.

inside the house.

Cui Guang looked at Zhou Shu who was ready in front of him and his whole body was in a fighting posture and sighed: "This time we enter Chang'an City, I don't know if you and I can go back alive."

Zhou Shu didn't care: "In the past, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, you and I ignored the world for our own safety. This was already against the Tao in our hearts. Now that we are dying, in order to maintain the Tao and the world in our hearts, even if it is What if I can’t go back?”

Wu Shi, who was standing in front of the window, put his hands on his hands and laughed: "Brother Zhou Shu is right, you and I flinched last time, are we going to flinch again this time?" Tang Bing had different opinions on this matter. In fact He had trusted the Chen family from the beginning, because he had come into contact with the current head of the Chen family and the "Left Prime Minister Chen Bi", and he did not think that the Chen family was such a conspirator.

"We and the Chen family are not necessarily enemies, right?"

"I always feel like something is wrong about what happened this time."

"There seems to be King Chu's handiwork in it."

The handiwork of King Chu?
Wu Shi frowned slightly: "You mean, the King of Chu tampered with it? Aren't they afraid?"

Tang Bing looked solemn, with caution in his voice: "Even if we really confront the Chen family, there will be no loss for them. If you and I win, they can get rid of the king, and even It can also destabilize the emperor's throne and weaken the Chen family. "

“It’s a killing three birds with one stone.”

"And if we lose, and if we lose, we lose, who would know what they were doing?"

"Who has tangible evidence?"

"The Chen family no longer wants to be a powerful minister, so she will not kill the Liu family kings without evidence, otherwise the world's saliva will drown the Chen family, and the Chen family will be forced to become a powerful minister and bound to the Han Dynasty again. "

they?

Wu Shi instantly heard what Tang Bing meant: "What you mean is that there is more than just King Chu's handiwork in this."

Tang Bing nodded: "The emperor summoned the king and made it known as the crown prince's younger brother. He wanted the king to inherit the throne. However, if the king can also inherit the throne, why can't others?"

"Emperor Gao and the people of the world swore that Chen and Liu would be kings and that the world would fight against them together, but he did not say that Liu's collateral blood could not become the emperor."

Tang Bing sighed: "The King of Chu, the King of Huainan, the King of Langya, and even the King of Jing are probably all moved."

Zhou Shu had a look of resentment on his face: "Didn't they think of the fate of the previous kings?"

Tang Bing's voice became even more sarcastic: "Of course they saw it, but the worst they can do is to be imprisoned in Chang'an City and then hand over half of the feudal country, right?"

"Our emperor has really made a good start."

Zhou Shu was silent, and the other three of the Shangshan Four Hao were also silent. After an unknown period of time, Cui Guang spoke.

He is the oldest among the four people in Shangshan, and naturally the most calm one: "Needless to say, you will see the King of Zhen and Prime Minister Chen tomorrow, and you will know tomorrow."

Cui Guang spread his hands: "No matter how anxious you and I are today, we can't do anything without seeing the King himself, right?"

Night is falling.

Chu
Liu Jiao looked calm. In front of him sat his most proud child "Liu Li": "Li'er, what do you think of this move?"

A look of disapproval flashed across Liu Li's face: "Father, there is no need for us to get involved."

"Neither Chen nor Lu Pheasant will let us succeed."

"For the Chen family, they are happy to see Dai Wang become the emperor. After all, Dai Wang is a disciple of Chen Bi, the next generation of the Chen family. For Lu Pheasant, perhaps there is not that much resistance."

"Judging from the news coming from Chang'an, Lu Pheasant is very disappointed with today."

"What's more, no matter who becomes the emperor, Lu Pheasant will be the queen mother who always speaks the truth. As long as she doesn't do anything too extreme, she can't be disrespected even if she ascends the throne on behalf of the king."

"Even because of face, the opinions of the ministers, and Confucian etiquette, the king cannot even call Mrs. Bo Ji his mother."

"He has only one mother, and that is Emperor Gao's queen, the current Empress Dowager Lu."

Liu Li analyzed the situation very clearly. He looked at his father and wanted to persuade him to stop as soon as possible: "But it will be different when we ascend the throne. We will not be as close to the Chen family as the Dai Wang. For Lu Pheasant , we have nothing to do with her.”

"Whether it's my father or King Langya, they don't even care about their feelings after they ascend the throne."

"So it's impossible for Lu Pheasant to agree."

"Now the three forces above the imperial court, the Confucian people, the Chen family, the Lu Pheasants, and the clan members, the four forces will not agree to this matter. Han Xin and Chen De have returned, and they can start another annihilation at any time. War of Nations.”

He sighed deeply and became more and more worried as he spoke: "Father, we are still different from Liu Fei and the others."

"Liu Fei and the others were able to save their country and even their lives because they are the heirs of Emperor Gao!"

"Father, you are just Emperor Gao's brother!"

"This is completely different!"

Liu Jiao glanced at the worried Liu Li and chuckled: "Do you think I did this?"

Liu Li was stunned for a moment and asked quickly: "Isn't it?"

Liu Jiao's lips curved into a sarcastic arc: "At best, I only added fuel to the flames. There are other people who really took action."

He squinted his eyes and placed a chess piece on the chessboard.

"I'm just a pawn on this chessboard."

"but"

"Sometimes, a chess piece can kill the hand holding it, and then replace that person as the chess player, right?"

Liu Li was relieved and asked curiously: "Who is the father talking about?"

"Who actually has such power?"

Liu Jiao really shook his head at this time: "You can't say it, you can't say it."

Zhen Wang Mansion
Chen Ju dragged his sick body to meet Shangshan Sihao.

Yes, meet and greet,
As for Chen Ju, he was far away from his fiefdom and guarding Chang'an City. Except for two people in the entire Chang'an City, no one had a higher status than him.

One is the Son of Heaven; the other is the Queen Mother.

Even the status of the Queen Mother is not as high as his.

In other words, if Chen Ju is willing, even the emperor's status will be compared to him.

"Cough-cough-"

Chen Ju coughed lightly and covered the corner of his mouth with the handkerchief in his hand. A little blood seeped out: "The four of you came here this time for the emperor's edict?"

Wu Shi didn't expect Chen Ju to be so direct, but he also said directly: "That's true."

He raised his head and looked at Chen Ju: "Please ask the king of the town to clear up the doubts of the people!"

Wu Shi's eyes were fixed on Chen Bi: "Is the emperor's edict forced by Chen?"

(End of this chapter)