Chapter 170 A vassal state was built on the back of the bones
Everyone in Tingwei's prison can no longer be as calm as before.
Whether it's Cao Shen or Zhou Bo.
At this moment they all started to panic.
They are not afraid of Liu Ying because they know what Liu Ying is like. They are afraid of Liu Chang because they know what Liu Chang is like.
Cao Shen said to the ministers: "In the Tang Dynasty, Peng Yue's old tribe, Han Xin's old tribe, and Yingbu's old tribe commanded the army. These people had followed their masters in rebellion, so they hated the temple. Zhang Cang is unruly and lawless.
He has no loyalty to the emperor. Since he went to the Tang Dynasty, he has set up his own laws to tyrannize the Qin Dynasty, despised the government orders, and followed the example of his two senior brothers to govern the Tang Dynasty without being like their teachers!"
"Thirty percent of the people of the Tang Kingdom were bandits who were unwilling to surrender to the Han Dynasty and therefore hid in the mountains; another thirty percent were criminals who followed Chen Xi to rebel and fled to the Tang Kingdom for fear of being punished; and the third tenth were criminals who escaped from the Huns outside the Great Wall.
The 90% of the Hu people who came to join the Tang Dynasty do not know the king's laws. They only know that there is a Tang Dynasty but not the Han Dynasty!!"
"My husband, the king of the Tang Kingdom, was cruel and rude. He followed Han Xin to practice the art of war. Han Xin's rebellious spirit never died!"
Hearing Cao Shen's words, Zhou Bo felt horrified. This was a country built on rebellion. From their king to the prime minister, to the generals, and to more than 90% of the people, everyone was a traitor to his mother! It can be said that
, everyone in the Tang Dynasty rebelled against thieves, even if they imitated Bai Qi and deceived him with 400,000 people, it is estimated that not one of them would be unjustly accused!
Zhou Bo took a deep breath and said: "The Tang Dynasty went against the laws of the Han Dynasty, implemented military skills, and was warlike. Its people also fought outside the Great Wall for a long time, or occupied the mountains and became bandits. They also rebelled and fought against the Northern Army.
, so he is cruel by nature and cannot be matched by the people of the Central Plains."
"And those generals are by no means good people, especially the generals under Yingbu. They often say to the left and right: The king of Tang is very like Bu."
"They are all generals who have fought against Xiang Yu. It is not easy to defeat them."
"What's more, the Tang State occupies the power of mountains and rivers, overlooking Chang'an, and the Tang State's army can break through Hedong and reach Chang'an City in three days."
Hearing what the two said, other ministers were immediately frightened and asked hurriedly: "Is the King of Tang really planning to rebel?!?"
In fact, the King of Tang has gradually become the biggest hidden danger in the minds of the ministers over the years. There is no way, the King of Tang is really not a good person, and his country is full of rebels. I am afraid that one day his brain will get hot and he will think about it.
The emperor's addiction brought people to Chang'an.
But Cao Shen was not afraid. He reassured the officials that although the King of Tang was stubborn, he was very close to His Majesty and the Queen Mother, so he would not rebel.
But now, His Majesty personally ordered the Tang army to enter Chang'an.
Cao Shen said with a dark face, "We must not let the Tang army enter the city..."
Zhou Bo pondered for a moment and then added: "I have received many memorials to impeach Tang soldiers over the years."
"The Tang soldiers were very arrogant. They once robbed three war horses from the Zhao garrison. Six Tang soldiers severely wounded a Zhao general. The Tang general led his men and rushed all the way to the Zhao school. They openly
When they entered the Zhao Kingdom, there was no grass in the place they passed. Finally, they demolished the armor, weapons, and even the school grounds of the Zhao soldiers and moved them back to the Tang Kingdom..."
"Therefore, I ordered Zhang Cang to punish this matter severely... However, Zhang Cang said that the soldiers of Zhao State had rushed to the horse first and refused to comply. The King of Tang even sent people to threaten him, saying that he would attack Handan with a large army. King Zhao finally wrote a letter to
King Tang, this matter has just ended."
"If such an army enters Chang'an..." Zhou Bo knocked on the fence in front of him and said, "They will probably tear down this fence and take it back to the Tang Dynasty..."
"Is this a Tang army or a bandit?!"
One of the ministers shouted in astonishment.
Cao Shen couldn't bear it anymore and said: "No, no, we have to see Your Majesty. This is a matter within the temple. We did something wrong. Your Majesty can punish us in any way, even if it means killing me.
We must not allow the Tang king to cause chaos in the capital! If a foreign king enters the city, it will be a huge blow to the prestige of the temple. From then on, the foreign king will follow the example of the Tang king and no longer respect the temple. Once there is a change, we will be embarrassed to face it again.
The late emperor!"
He yelled at the jailer again.
However, the jailers still ignored him, and after a few hours, they came to pick up Xuanyi.
........
Xuanyi does not belong to any school of thought, but his style is very similar to Legalism.
He governed the law strictly and only obeyed the emperor. He would dare to investigate anything under Liu Ying's orders. If Liu Ying had been more courageous, he would have dared to arrest anyone.
When Liu Bang captured Han Xin, no one dared to be rude to Han Xin. Liu Bang directly gave orders to Xuanyi, and Xuanyi directly treated Han Xin as a rebel without fear of getting into any trouble.
At this moment, Xuanyi knelt down in front of Liu Ying, his face as calm as ever. He was not as far ahead as Cao Shen and the others thought. The only thing he cared about was the emperor's order.
Liu Ying pondered and asked: "Xuanyi, do you know your guilt?"
Xuanyi said seriously: "Your Majesty, I am in the court, and someone has reported to me that the King of Tang wants to kill the Marquis of Piyang because of his biological mother."
"I hurriedly led people there, for fear that King Tang would do something wrong."
"After I went there, I found that the King of Tang was not like this. However, the King of Tang had a history of bad deeds, and there was a grudge between the King of Tang and Marquis Piyang. So I ordered the King of Tang to be taken out and sent back to the palace."
"I originally wanted to examine this matter after sending off the Prince of Tang to see who made the false report, but His Majesty was suspicious and arrested me."
Liu Ying stood up angrily and said: "On weekdays, it is because of you that I wrongly blame my eldest brother many times!"
Xuanyi continued: "Others and ministers don't know it, but none of the faults that I impeached the king of Tang were wrong."
Liu Ying was speechless for a moment, and then said angrily: "As a court official, domestic ministers have deceived me several times, but you didn't tell me. Isn't this a crime?!"
Xuanyi added: "I have made a memorial. Just before, I impeached Cao Shen for beating an angel, and he should be punished. Your Majesty did not reply. Before that, I impeached Zhou Bo for hiding armor, and impeached the imperial servant Cheng for seizing a daughter of the people.
, I deceived the superiors and subordinates to impeach the internal affairs minister, and repeatedly requested your majesty to order me to arrest him, but your majesty always refused and did not let me arrest the person."
"His Majesty once said that I framed my colleagues, which made me reflect."
"Forehead..."
For a moment, Liu Ying was speechless. Xuanyi did indeed say these things, but when Liu Ying called those people to discuss, the ministers stated their grievances and presented evidence to say that they had not
After doing these things, some people impeached Xuanyi for constantly slandering his colleagues for merit...
Liu Ying suddenly felt a little ashamed. He quickly stood up and helped Xuanyi up.
"Mr. Xuan... I was wrong before. I didn't listen to your advice. I actually believed those traitors!"
Xuanyi said seriously: "It's my fault that I failed to convince your Majesty. It's my fault, not your Majesty's. It's just that I'm not good at eloquence and don't know how to persuade."
"Sigh... No wonder you are always targeted by the ministers... I only understand now."
"Xuan Gong! I order you to investigate this matter thoroughly and not let a guilty person go!"
"Your Majesty wants me to investigate this matter strictly?"
Xuanyi asked again.
Liu Ying nodded and waved her hand, "Strict investigation!"
"only!!"
Xuanyi turned around and left. Liu Ying suddenly felt a little relieved. It turned out that among the ministers, there was still a trustworthy minister.
After a long time, Liu Chang walked into the Xuanshi Hall. Just as he was about to speak, he looked around and asked, "Huh? Where is Xuanyi? Wasn't he released?"
Liu Ying smiled and said: "I have asked him to investigate this matter thoroughly."
Liu Chang jumped up immediately, "My mother!! Brother?! You don't usually use Xuanyi, why do you use him at this time?! Don't you know what kind of person he is?!"
Liu Ying asked with some confusion: "He is an upright man, why can't we use him?"
Liu Chang slapped his forehead suddenly, "It's over! It's over! How many of these ministers can survive if they fall into Xuanyi's hands? Are you planning to re-establish a hundred officials?! Second brother, issue an edict quickly.
Ask Xuanyi to stop, we are forcing Cao Shen and others to come to plead guilty to you, we are not trying to kill them all!!!"
After saying that, Liu Chang rushed out suddenly. Liu Ying's face changed drastically and she hurriedly called the attendant.
When Luan Bu saw the king like this, he also knew that the matter was urgent. Ji Bu didn't say anything, and everyone hurriedly rushed towards Tingwei's prison.
When Liu Chang jumped off the carriage and rushed into Tingwei, Cao Shen was delivering his last words.
Well, that's right, he was giving his last words.
He was tied up with five flowers and pressed to the ground. The soldiers of Tingwei on the side were wiping their knives. They were preparing to behead him!
Xuanyi frowned and stood aside, reading out Cao Shen's charges. Cao Shen had only one crime, which was beating an angel and defying the emperor. According to Xiao He's Han law, this was a serious crime that required beheading.
"Go back and tell His Majesty that you must not let Prince Tang..."
Cao Shen was talking, and when he saw the King of Tang rushing in, his expression became even more sad and angry, and he shouted: "Your Majesty!! Don't let foreign kings enter the capital!! Otherwise, the country of Han Dynasty will be destroyed! You have to think about His Majesty! Think about the Queen Mother!
You must live up to the late emperor’s trust!!!”
Liu Chang was stunned, what are these?
He looked at Xuanyi and said: "Your Majesty has spoken! Don't deal with them yet. Your Majesty wants to see them again!"
Xuanyi said solemnly with a straight face: "I obey the emperor's order to kill traitors. I have to obey the emperor's order."
"cut!"
"Stop! Luan Bu, chop...save him!!"
"Ji Bu, you come too!"
The two masters rushed forward in a hurry. Luan Bu directly blocked the few soldiers in front of him, while Ji Bu protected Cao Shen. Xuanyi frowned and said to the people around him: "Send someone to inform the emperor that Tang
The king protects sinners, what crime should he deserve?"
"You donkey Tingwei! What do you want to do?!"
Liu Chang looked at the crossbow that Tingwei's soldiers took out. He was really afraid of this Xuanyi. He was just threatening him. This guy really wanted to behead him. Can Cao Shen's head be beheaded? No matter what, he
There was no rebellion. Han Xin and the others did not behead him for their rebellion. This is His Majesty’s father-in-law, the second most important figure in the founding of the Han Dynasty. He has made outstanding achievements in recent years. You can just behead him if you want?!
Just as the two sides were confronting each other, the emperor's envoy finally arrived and brought the emperor's edict.
Liu Chang took a breath and looked at Cao Shen angrily. He shouted: "I'm telling you, don't think this is over. The reason why I protect you is because my second brother wants to see you. Wait for him."
After seeing you and saying goodbye to you, Xuanyi still has to kill you!"
"My soldiers from the Tang Dynasty are about to arrive, Zhou Bo, what do you dare to do?!"
Liu Chang looked at the Taiwei, and Zhou Bo gritted his teeth and said: "Outside kings are not allowed to enter the capital!"
"In Chang'an, does the emperor have the final say, or does your lieutenant have the final say?!"
Zhou Bo gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Even if Your Majesty wants to kill me, I will never let the foreign king enter the city!"
"Hahaha, then you have to hurry up. My 200,000-strong army will enter the city tomorrow. When they enter the city, hey, I can do whatever I want. Who dares to stop me?!"
Liu Chang showed a smile like a villain, laughed wildly and left here.
When Liu Chang walked out of the court and was rushing to the Tang Palace, a knight suddenly came. He jumped off his horse and rushed in front of him with a smile. It was Zhang Buyi.
"Your Majesty, Lieutenant Li has arrived with his army. They are within Hedong. The governor of Hedong is very scared... Why not kill the governor first, pretend that the troops in Hedong are defeated, and trick him into opening the city gate..."
"No doubt about it... We came to the capital under the emperor's order... To kill the county guard and gain the city gates is treason."
Zhang Buyi suddenly realized, "Yes, we can enter the city openly! Your Majesty, when will we march? I have already thought about it. I will control the Northern Army first, and then capture Chen Ping... and hold him hostage to control the Southern Army...
"
"Zhang Buyi! What do you want to do?!"
Ji Bu was shocked and shouted angrily.
"Well... I don't have any other intention. I'm just afraid that His Majesty will punish the ministers and someone will rebel..."
"I think you want to rebel!"
"Ji Bu! You are so slanderous!"
"alright!"
Liu Chang discouraged the fight between the two, "We have done what we should do, and the next step is for your Majesty to deal with the ministers... No doubt, you go back and tell Lieutenant Li not to march anymore... Prepare to go back,
I don’t think the ministers have any thoughts of rebellion, they are all very afraid.”
"Wait for the Emperor's order before returning to the Tang Kingdom."
"only!"
Liu Chang walked towards the Tang Palace, but Ji Bu said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Buyi must be punished."
"If he plots rebellion, I will naturally punish him. Why should you worry?"
"But he...has evil intentions."
"Oh, there are many people in the Tang Dynasty who have evil intentions, so what? I'm still here, who dares to rebel?!"
"I am not afraid that they will rebel... I am worried..."
Liu Chang suddenly stopped and glared at Ji Bu, "Do you think we are going to rebel?!"
"The king definitely won't, but what if they force the king?"
"Haha, someone who can force me has not yet been born! I am not an incompetent king like King Zhao!"
Ji Bu let out a long sigh, "I know that the king is doing this for your majesty, but I'm afraid that from now on, the ministers will regard the Tang State as a great enemy, and the king will become a thorn in their side..."
Liu Chang didn't care and said as he walked: "This is what I do. If they don't hate me, it will be a bad thing."
"When my father was still here, I just played every day...and didn't have to think about anything."
"But now that my father is gone...the ministers have also changed...They feel that they have fought with my father before, so they don't take my brother seriously and are not afraid of him at all...When my father passed away
, said he wanted me to protect my brother... He also said he would give me a pair of armor... that kind of armor that is particularly majestic... You know, Prime Minister Cao has one..."
"It would be great if my father was still here... I could continue to play... and no one would dare to do this..."
"They were very good when my father was still here..."
"If my father were still here, he would have a snowball fight with me... It's true, but he always cheats... and doesn't allow me to hit him..."
"He also built a snowman for me. We hung a sign on the snowman, wrote the second brother's name, and hit him with snowballs..."
"When it snowed heavily, he would let me ride on his neck to protect him from the snow... I threatened him, saying that when he gets old, I will carry him up to protect him from the snow..."
Luan Bu and Ji Bu followed Liu Chang and watched Liu Chang talking about Liu Bang. Liu Chang was very happy, but tears could be seen vaguely in the corners of his eyes, and he wiped his tears from time to time, which was heartbreaking.
Back at the Tang Palace, Luan Bu and Ji Bu stood at the door of the Tang Palace, silent for a long time.
"After we have been together for so long, I have forgotten that the king is just a child."
Luan Bu said in a low voice.
Ji Bu suddenly looked at Luan Bu and said, "I have something to do. You stay here and watch over the king."
"Oh, are you going to report to the Queen Mother again?"
"You go, I pay my respects to the Queen Mother and send her husband off!"
Luan Bu leaned towards Ji Bu and saluted.
Ji Bu completely ignored Luan Bu's sarcasm and turned around to leave.
In the Xuanshi Hall, Cao and Zhou Bo knelt down in front of Liu Ying, looking sad.
"Your Majesty! I am guilty! I should not be rude to Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please punish me severely!"
Cao Shen finally begged for mercy, but it was not because he was afraid that Liu Ying would execute him. He was afraid that the king of Tang would make trouble. Zhou Bo followed closely and said: "Your Majesty, please punish us. Don't let the foreign king enter the city. The Northern and Southern Army
We are all His Majesty's army. I am loyal and have no intention of rebellion..."
"Oh? Really?"
"To deceive the superiors and conceal the inferiors, isn't it considered treason?"
"Isn't beating my messenger considered treason?"
"Have you ever seen me as the emperor in your eyes?!"
Liu Ying asked angrily.
"I know the crime!!!"
The Han Prime Minister and the Han Taiwei finally bowed their heads to the new emperor and allowed the emperor to deal with them.
Liu Ying then told about their sins over the years, and the more she talked, the more excited she became, "I know that you are all important ministers of the late emperor, so I refused to force each other. I tried to persuade you many times, but no one listened! I even needed to use the power of the foreign king.
Only the army can suppress you! Who am I in Chang'an?!"
"I am guilty!!"
The two of them bowed to each other again, and Liu Ying let out a sigh of anger and felt much more comfortable.
"I am going to reduce your food supply. You should also give up the positions of the prime minister and the prince, and reflect on it at home."
"only!"
The two of them never mentioned the matter of the foreign king again, and were respectful.
When Liu Ying returned to Ganquan Palace, Queen Cao was taking care of the little one. When Liu Ying saw Queen Cao, she felt a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say. Queen Cao smiled softly and handed the child to Liu Ying, and they both
Playing with the little thing, Liu Ying asked helplessly: "I ordered the arrest of the prime minister, the queen won't blame him, right?"
"I have already said that I am His Majesty's wife. No matter what Your Majesty wants to do, I will stand by His Majesty's side."
"I...did I go a little too far?"
"No... I know my father's temper. He is upright, but also very arrogant. He respects the late emperor very much, but does not respect the emperor... He is self-righteous. Your Majesty is saving him. If he continues like this
, sooner or later it will lead to death."
Liu Ying said no more.
........
"Ji Gong!!"
Shang Fanling bowed to Ji Bu, not daring to be rude in the slightest. After all, anyone with a discerning eye knew that the person standing behind Ji Bu was not the King of Tang, but the even more terrifying Queen Mother.
Shang Fanling said with a smile: "Why did Ji Gong come suddenly? But what are your orders?"
Ji Bu pondered for a moment and asked: "Can you make a set of armor? It's the style of Cao Shen, red, and made according to the physique of my king..."
"It's best to be a little bigger...my king is still growing..."
"sure!"
"You take the money first...after you finish it, send it directly to my king. Don't tell me that I have been here...just say it was ordered by the late emperor."