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

Chapter 323 The hero is late
Who can stop the extremely angry Chen Wushi?
The answer is no one.

The Miao boy who was sitting far away with his head down, beating the drum obediently, was instantly frightened. He looked at Chen Wushi who was rushing towards him with a sword in his hand, and subconsciously wanted to run, but he couldn't even stand up!

He looked horrified.

"Help! Help!"

At this time, the guards outside the hall also heard the noise inside the hall and rushed in. They were dumbfounded at the scene in front of them.

What's happening here?
After the drum sound disappeared, Huo Qubing, Chen Qulu and Wei Qing woke up from their coma one after another and became very clear-headed. Huo Qubing's voice was equally sharp, like a sword drawn from its sheath.

"You are so bold! You actually tried to deceive us with this technique!"

Wei Qing looked in Liu Che's direction with more concern than him, and ran to Liu Che very quickly, with anxiety and worry on his face: "Quickly call the imperial physician! Call the imperial physician!"

Chen Wu Shi, sword in hand and foot fast, had already rushed to the front of the Miao boy. With a flash of cold light from the sword, a huge head fell to the ground!
The head rolled to the ground, leaving a long trail of blood.

Liu Che sat there, dazed, as if he had finally woken up from a trance.

He slowly opened his eyes, looked at the mess around him in confusion, and said in a deep voice: "What's going on? What happened?"

When the guards waiting on the side saw that the emperor finally spoke, they immediately stepped forward and told the emperor everything they had just seen. Then they asked the emperor with a respectful look on their faces what he wanted to do.

Liu Che narrowed his eyes, sorted out all the memories in his mind, and asked calmly: "Where is the prince?"

"With such a big incident, why don't you see the prince?"

The guard said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you have been in seclusion for the past six months, and all affairs have been handled by the Crown Prince. At this time, the Crown Prince should be handling state affairs in the East Palace."

Half a year?

A sharp look flashed across Liu Che's eyes, and he whispered, "Let him come over."

The guard replied in a low voice: "Yes."

After the guards left, Liu Che waved his hand and said, "Alright, all of you go down. I, Prime Minister Chen and the others will stay here."

Everyone looked at each other and quickly responded, "Yes."

Only after everyone left did Liu Che suddenly breathe a sigh of relief. He looked at Chen Wu Shi, who was holding a sword with blood still dripping from the sword. Not only did he not scold Chen Wu Shi, but his face was filled with relief for surviving the disaster.

"I never thought that I would fall for such a trick. I am really making fun of you."

He sat there somewhat tiredly. If there were other people present instead of these four people, Liu Che would never show his tiredness. But in front of Huo Qubing and the other three, he had nothing to hide.

After killing the man, Chen Wushi threw the sword to the ground, walked to the incense burner, and took a sniff: "Your Majesty, the incense in this incense burner is also problematic, but since this item was purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it means that there may be someone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who cooperates with this villain."

He narrowed his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, please order a thorough investigation."

Liu Che said naturally: "This must be thoroughly investigated. I am also very curious about who would take action at this time."

He smiled, as if it wasn't him who had been hypnotized before.

"What kind of magic does this villain use to control me?"

"How did Prime Minister Chen know this?"

Chen Wu Shi sat down directly in front of Liu Che. He knew that this kind of thing had to be made clear. The emperor, unless he was crazy, would be suspicious, and the more wise and powerful the emperor was, the more suspicious he would be.

Among the famous people in history, Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Mingzu, which one of them was not a patient with advanced paranoia?
Among them, Emperor Wu of Han was the most outstanding.

"Your Majesty, I have read about this hypnotic technique in the notes of my ancestors. According to my ancestors, if this hypnotic technique is used to the extreme, it can make him obey the caster's every word and action and will not disobey."

He frowned and said, "My ancestors said that this technique directly affects the brain. After thinking about it, I figured it out. It should have affected the soul, so it can have a slight control."

When Liu Che heard this, he felt a little heavy-hearted.

If what happened today had not been recorded in the notes of Chen’s ancestors, I’m afraid we would have been doomed.

"May I take a look at that note?"

Chen Wushi said without hesitation: "Of course, the letter is now in the Zhushen Building of the Chen family in Guandu. I will write a letter and ask someone in my hometown to send the book to the palace for your Majesty to see."

He paused for a moment and then said, "It's just that this letter was written by our ancestors and has been kept in my Zhushen Building. If Your Majesty is interested in it, you can have someone copy it. This is the original."

Liu Che waved his hand and said, "I'll take a look and have someone copy it and send it back to you."

He had just survived a great disaster, and now he was in the mood to joke with Chen Wushi: "I'm afraid the collection of books in your Chen family's Zhuoshen Building is more than the collection of books in my palace, right?"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

Chen Wushi said calmly: "This is just the accumulation over the years. How could the Chen family's accumulation be greater than that of the royal family?"

Liu Che shook his head, but did not deny Chen Wushi's answer. He just smiled and said, "Will there be any remnants of this magic? Will I encounter this situation again in the future?"

Chen Wu Shi shook his head.

"Your Majesty, since this magic has been discovered, there will naturally be no remnants."

Having said this, Liu Che felt much relieved.

There were hurried footsteps outside the hall, and Liu Ju finally arrived. There was a nervous look on his face, and he looked like a child who was worried about his father.

"Father - Father -"

Liu Ju walked into the hall and tripped because he was too anxious. "Father, I just heard about this. Are you okay?"

He looked viciously at the headless body and the good-looking head on the ground: "It's too easy for such a villain to be killed like this."

Liu Ju let out a breath, with a look of resentment on his face.

"He should be torn into pieces!"

Liu Che looked at Liu Ju's expression and saw the worry that could not be disguised in his eyes. Only then did he feel relieved again.

When he opened his eyes and saw Chen Wushi killing people, his first reaction was that Chen Wushi was plotting a rebellion and paving the way for the prince. His second reaction was whether the prince knew about this?
And after he sorted out his memories and thoughts, he was sure that Chen Wu Shi was not rebelling or plotting treason.

So did the prince know about this? If he knew about it, then was this planned by the prince in order to ascend the throne early?
The crown prince is still young, but Liu Che's body is aging. This is definitely not good news for the emperor, nor is it good news for Liu Ju.

But generally speaking, both of them were able to control their inner thoughts before this and not have too many thoughts on it.

At this time, Liu Che was holding Liu Ju's hand and saying something with a smile on his face, while Chen Wu Shi, Wei Qing and others were sitting there quietly listening to the emperor talking.

No one looked at the body lying on the ground.

After the crown prince, Chen Wushi, Wei Qing and the others had left, the emperor let out a long sigh and whispered, "Throw them into the mass grave to feed the dogs."

He closed his eyes: "Summon Jiang Chong."

In the eleventh year of Taichu, a major event occurred in the palace. Even though no one knew what exactly happened, everyone knew that something major must have happened.

This was the first time the emperor appeared after returning in the eleventh year of Taichu, but this time his appearance brought with it endless bloody murderous intent.

Under the instruction of the emperor, many court officials learned that the Miao people were trying to use witchcraft to control the emperor. This news ignited everyone's anger. Amid everyone's anger, the emperor issued an edict.

Attack the Miao area!
This was the first time that the imperial court had used force since Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and Chen Qulu defeated the Huns and drove them away completely.

The princes whose fiefdoms were near Miaojiang also wrote letters to express their willingness to follow the imperial army into the war. All necessary matters were gathered by their several fiefdoms, in order to show that they had nothing to do with the young man from Miaojiang who was trying to control the emperor.

The emperor obviously understood what these people were thinking, so he expressed his satisfaction with the gifts they presented to him and issued an edict to appease the kings.

In the twelfth year of Taichu, just half a year had passed. The army had just set out from here and arrived at Miaojiang, and in less than half a month they had taken over the entire place. After all, Marquis Guanjun took action personally, so who could stop them?

Not to mention this small Miao territory, even the Xiongnu were defeated by these three people, right?

The books and other items confiscated from here were also sent to the palace.

There is another interesting thing here. The emperor specially asked someone to copy it and sent it to the Prince An’s Palace, and wrote an edict. There was nothing else in the edict, just showing off.

What is "I know that my humble building has many books, but I have never heard of this book, so I specially give it to you."

When Chen Wu Shi received the imperial edict, he felt helpless and sighed in his heart, "Your Majesty is already such an old man, why does he still like to play such tricks?"
Isn’t it that there is no record of the “hypnosis” notes in the palace some time ago?

The end of the twelfth year of Taichu passed in such a ridiculous environment, and at the beginning of the new year, the emperor said that he was tired of using the reign title Taichu, so he wanted to change it.

Of course, on the surface it is said that twelve years old is a reincarnation, so he has to change the year name to preserve the Han Dynasty.

So when the new year came, the emperor announced the change of the era name to "Zhenghe", so the new year was called "the first year of Zhenghe".

In the first year of Zhenghe, Liu Che was almost fifty years old. His health gradually deteriorated with age. However, the Han Dynasty had recuperated for many years and could be said to be a prosperous country with a strong people.

In this case, it doesn't seem to be a big deal for the emperor to become a little "luxurious".

Therefore, the emperor issued an edict to build the "Ganquan Palace". The construction of this palace was not very slow, so a lot of civilian labor was conscripted.

However, this time, there were no consequences like those in history after large-scale conscription of civilians, because this time, the emperor, prime minister and other court officials discussed and announced an unprecedented measure.

Civil service is provided with food and money.

Of course, it is a very small number.

but--

The people are already content. You know, in the past, they had to do corvée labor, and they had to bring their own dry food!

Not to mention "food allowance", there is not even anything to eat!
Compared this way, what else is the problem?

Although the wages were very little, just barely a little, it was enough for the people, so the Ganquan Palace was almost completed by the end of the second year of Zhenghe.

So the emperor moved to Ganquan Palace.

There was only one Crown Prince left in Chang'an City. The court officials had some opinions about this, but Liu Che simply ignored them.

The emperor has been in power for so many years, and everyone understands his temper and character. If he could be persuaded so easily, he would not be the emperor.

As a result, government affairs were transferred between Chang'an City and Ganquan Palace outside the city.

In the third year of Zhenghe, Liu Che's health became worse, so he asked Chen Wushi and Wei Qing to stay with him and help him handle government affairs. He asked Chen Wushi's eldest son Chen Duobing to stay with the prince and help him. He asked Chen Qulu and Huo Qubing to stay in Chang'an City.

At this time, Liu Che became more and more fond of a minister named "Jiang Chong".

Although Jiang Chong came from a Confucian family, he was a very vicious person. He was a well-known "cruel official". The prince even had disputes with him many times, and he was like a mad dog, getting more and more aggressive.

But since there was no real power, Jiang Chong had no chance to speak ill of Liu Ju to Emperor Wu of Han.

But Jiang Chong had clashed with Liu Ju many times, so how could he be at peace? If he really waited until Liu Ju became emperor, then his doom would really come.

Jiang Chong is also a human being, and of course he wants to survive.

So he secretly took refuge with another prince who still remained in Chang'an City. He was the child of Lady Gou Ge, Liu Che's most favored wife, now that Wei Zifu was older and no longer young.

Now he is still young.

But in Jiang Chong's opinion, Liu Fuling's young age was the best thing about him.

When Liu Fuling ascends the throne, won't Lady Gou Ge and the young emperor be afraid of Chen's power? By then, they will certainly trust him more. He doesn't ask to replace Chen, but to seek a "straight to the top". Isn't this difficult?

The three years of Zhenghe passed slowly, but they would eventually pass.

In the blink of an eye, it will be four years since the conquest of peace.

Chang'an City, Eastern Palace

Liu Ju sighed and pressed his forehead. His hair was gradually turning white.

Liu Jin knelt in front of him, with worry in his eyes: "Father, why are you sighing?"

"But what problems have arisen in the government?"

(End of this chapter)