In the palace, Liu Fei sat on the bed with the support of two close servants, looking weakly at the messenger standing in front of him.
There were thirteen young people standing around Liu Fei. The young people looked solemn and looked at the messenger angry. Several of them had their hands on the hilt of the sword. The atmosphere was already very good
No, a different silence.
The messenger just looked at the King of Qi in front of him seriously, without any fear in his eyes.
"Qi State is far from Chang'an, so the king can set off early."
Liu Fei's face was particularly haggard at this moment. He was not young. As the oldest among Liu Bang's children, he was not a few years older than the King of Chu in age. His body was obviously not as tough as the King of Chu. He looked like he was old and handsome.
He is a few years older than the King of Chu.
He was silent for a long time before saying, "You have also seen my situation... Please allow me to rest for a while before setting off."
The messenger smiled and said, "King, there is a famous doctor in Chang'an who can treat you. If you arrive in Chang'an early, the condition will naturally be cured."
Liu Xiang could no longer help but questioned angrily: "The King of Chu can send the crown prince to Chang'an. If you don't go to see me, why can't my father? I can follow you to Chang'an and pay homage to the emperor!!"
The envoy said in surprise: "The King of Chu is Your Majesty's Zhongfu, and the King of Qi is Your Majesty's brother. How can the elders be followed? Could it be that the King of Qi thinks he is the eldest, and the child regards His Majesty?"
"The temple wants to kill..."
"Xiang!!"
Liu Fei interrupted the eldest son and sighed, "Okay, I'm going to Chang'an... Let's start preparing now."
"Father!!"
Everyone shouted. The more than ten people here were Liu Fei's sons. Liu Fei had thirteen sons. As for how many grandchildren he had, he couldn't remember. Liu Fei's family was very early, and his youngest son Liu Xiongqudu
About the same age as Chang Liu, his sons were obviously very dissatisfied with the temple's order.
The messenger chuckled and said, "Then please prepare the king. We can go on the road together. Your Majesty miss you very much and can't wait to see you. Please rest assured. The imperial physician order from Chang'an is the most amazing. Wait.
The king went to Chang'an and he must have cured the disease. Maybe he could get up and drink alcohol even if he had medicine!"
The messenger deliberately emphasized the tone of the word "Wine". After saying that, he turned around and left.
Everyone just watched him leave angrily. After he left, Liu Xiang could no longer hold it back. He knelt in front of Liu Fei, with tears in his eyes, "Father! The temple is going to kill us! Father, you
How can I rush to the road with such a condition?!"
"I would rather die on the battlefield than let Ah Father..."
"Shut up!"
Liu Fei glared at him angrily and said seriously: "They are just waiting for you to say this... Do you still want to start a military army? How many people can you recruit in Qi today? You are not
Do you want to bring all your brothers to be buried with you?!"
Liu Xiang glared his eyes angrily and said nothing.
"I am old and my life is not long... If I go to Chang'an this time, if I can meet my brothers, I will have no regrets of death."
"Ah Father."
Liu Fei's second son Liu Zhang suddenly spoke. He looked much more calm than his brother, frowned, "What the temple wants to deal with is not you, but all the princes. Why don't my father contact the princes...even if others
If you don’t help, the King of Tang will definitely help you... Zhongfu loves you the most and is the most powerful among the princes. If he speaks, he will be able to avoid this disaster."
"Long..."
Liu Fei raised his head, not knowing what he remembered, and a smile appeared on his face.
"If he learned... he would definitely help."
"It's just... his strength is too strong, and it's all because of the Queen Mother's favor, so that nothing can happen... If it's because of me, the Han and Tang dynasties are accused of... it's not worth it."
Liu Fei looked at the sons in front of him and said weakly: "There are a few things I want to tell you, you must remember them in your heart."
"If I am gone, you must live in harmony and support each other, and not be tragic... Xiang, you must treat your younger brothers as your children, be patient with their behavior, and never oppress them...
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"You must obey the emperor's decree and never have any other ideas. Your Majesty is kind and do not do things that are unfavorable to Your Majesty. I am not a legitimate child, and because of my father's favor, I have obtained the powerful Qi Kingdom as a territory. This is already very good.
Lucky for you, you can’t regard yourself as a Changsun. You must be cautious in doing things, be low-key and humble..."
"After I die, you can treat your elders as your father...I will entrust you to him..."
When Liu Fei explained the funeral in this way, his sons burst into tears and gathered around Liu Fei, unwilling to leave.
When Liu Xiang walked out of the palace, Liu Zhang hurriedly followed him.
"Brother...we have to think of a solution."
"How, what are you going to do?!"
"The envoy came to Qi State and urged Ah Father to rush on his way. He was here to kill Ah Father. Whose order is this? You and I know in our hearts, what is my father's crime? Is it because he is the eldest son?!"
Liu Xiang's eyes were filled with anger, "I will never spare them. One day, I will make these people pay the price!!!"
As the eldest son, Liu Xiang is not like a father. He is irritable and angry by nature, but he lacks some ability and cannot hide things. Liu Zhang shook his head and said, "Brother, no matter how much you say this, you won't be able to do anything.
Help... Now the only one who can save A's father is the only one Zhongfu from Tang State..."
"But King Tang was raised by the Queen Mother! How could he turn against the temple because of his father?"
"Brother, I'm going to go to Jibei County now, contact Zhongfu, and tell him what's going on here."
Liu Zhang said, but Liu Xiang still hesitated, "Will this cause big trouble?"
"Brother, how can a real man hesitate when doing things?!"
"Then... OK, you go."
Compared with Liu Xiang's hesitation, Liu Zhang had to be much more decisive. He set out immediately and headed to Jibei County of the Tang State. Since the temple began to find ways to suppress the local vassal states, the more Liu Zhang felt that Ah Father's long-term vision was, at that time.
The decision to allocate Jibei County to the Tang State was really correct.
Over the years, Qi State has been enjoying the achievements brought by the Tang State. Whether it is the crops and fruits that have never been seen, livestock and farm tools, or those novel inventions, it has benefited Qi State very much.
The most important thing is that Jibei County strengthened the ties between the Tang and Qi.
In this era, rushing to travel is a deadly thing, especially for the elderly and weak. When Liu Bang wanted to send Liu Chang to the country, Liu Ying almost caused a life because of the danger of traveling to travel, especially in this season.
Now late autumn is over and the cold winter is coming. In this season, an old man is suffering from illness from Qi to Chang'an... This is completely killing people.
The killing was justified and even without blood. This was thanks to the wise minister named Zhao Yao.
If you resist, you will even have the name of sending troops. Moreover, after the previous major blood change, today's ministers respect the temple rather than the King of Qi.
Liu Zhang did not go to Jibei with great fanfare. When he came to the county magistrate's mansion, Dong Chi learned about his identity.
Liu Zhang did not have the idea of hiding his identity for this county magistrate. Tang State is different from Qi State, and Zhong's father was not that old father.
Liu Zhang knelt directly in front of the county magistrate, and he said sadly: "I have a letter, and I must hand it over to Zhongfu as soon as possible!"
"The content is very important and cannot be known to outsiders. Please send it to my father as soon as possible. If it is too late, something big will happen!"
Seeing Liu Zhang's words so anxious, Dong Chi did not dare to hesitate. He immediately called the scout and asked him to pass the letter to the king as soon as possible.
Liu Zhang said again: "This matter is related to the kings, please don't tell it to the outside world."
Dong Chi is a strong general. He was praised by Emperor Gao for his bravery in combat. However, this person is also a good at handling government affairs. He seems reckless, but he is actually a clever person. He said seriously: "Someone asked me to send a letter.
, I don't know who this person is."
Liu Zhang was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed again, then hurriedly left Jibei County.
Dong Chi frowned. If he could, he really didn't want to involve the affairs of the princes, but when this letter came to him, he would not hesitate. He just hoped that this matter would not involve too much and would not cause trouble.
Let's get on top.
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Zhang Cang walked quickly to the palace with his hands behind his back.
At this age, he does not need help or crutches at all. He walks with great brilliance and is faster than many young people.
When the soldiers saw him, they saluted and did not dare to stop him.
When Zhang Cang walked into the hall, he saw Chang Liu sitting in the upper position.
Liu Chang had a stern face and looked particularly angry. Mr. Gai was also here, sitting on the left, closing his eyes. Even if Zhang Cang walked in, he didn't look at him. Zhang Cang immediately knew that he
He stepped forward to pay homage to Chang Liu and sat on the other side.
"King, I am about to pay my respects to you... The doctor sent to Qi State has already set out, and I have also heard about Qi State."
Liu Chang suddenly laughed.
"I just received the letter, do you want to report to me about Qi?"
"If I can't receive this letter, wouldn't Zhang Xiang never remember what happened to Qi State!!"
Liu Chang looked at Zhang Cang angrily, "Why do you hide such a big thing from me? I trust you and let you be responsible for the big things in China. Do you treat me like this?"
Hearing Liu Chang's questioning, Zhang Cang was not afraid, his face remained calm, "How should I tell the king? Do the empress dowager want to kill the king of Qi?"
Liu Chang was stunned, then furious and kicked the vowel in front of him away.
"Why is this the case?!"
"Why do you need this?!"
"The world is rare and the big brother's previous mistakes have been made up for a long time. Why do you have to kill them all? In this season, you have to force your elder brother to rush on the road. Why don't you just tie the prison car and escort them all the way to Chang'an?!"
Liu Chang was very irritated and could not understand his mother's thoughts at all.
He knew that my mother always regarded her brothers as her enemies. Except for her second brother and herself, everything else was an enemy. Even if it was the fourth brother, don't look at her mother's friendly appearance to her fourth brother, in fact, my mother
I have been trying to differentiate them and provoke disputes between the Fourth Brother and the other princes by treating them differently.
Liu Changshang can tolerate these things. My mother has her own ideas, but what happened now makes Liu Chang unable to understand. The brothers are extremely respectful to the second brother and have no evil thoughts at all. Why do they force them to do so?
What about this level?
Looking at Liu Chang who was angrily wandering back in front of him, Gai said openly: "The Empress Dowager now has more than appointed Lu as a marquis, and has punished many nobles for many crimes... This is not a good sign,
Previously, the Empress Dowager wanted to posthumously sign his brother as king. Most of the opponents in the temple were dismissed and returned home..."
"This reminds me of an allusion, but I dare not say it clearly."
Liu Chang took a deep breath and sat back in his seat.
"This must be the guy Zhao Yao appointed to please his mother. I will never let this person go. I will set off now!!"
Zhang Cang suddenly spoke, "King... If you do this, in the eyes of the people of the world, you will take the lead in opposing the temple's policies... The vassal states will follow."
"Haha, in the eyes of all the people in the world, I have long been rebelling against the king... Still care about this?!"
"If the Empress Dowager makes a decision on this matter, I am afraid that the king will not be able to stop it."
"Can you stop it? Let me wait until I do it!"
"Luanbu!!!"
Liu Chang screamed, and soon, Luan Bu rushed to the palace with his people. Liu Chang looked at him seriously and said, "You can send someone to Qi State now and tie the King of Qi to Jibei County.
Go! Just say that King Qi doesn’t respect me, and privately say that I am a priest!”
"Let him stay in Jibei County and reflect on his words and deeds!"
"You can only leave after you apologize to me!"
Zhang Cang's eyes twitched. His own king still had the means, but his opponent was too strong and he was afraid he would be disappointed.
Luan Bu was stunned at this moment, "King?? Do you want me to attack Qi State?"
"Yes! Let me break through their capital and tie the King of Qi to Jibei County!"
"Master!!"
Luan Bu shouted in fear: "If you do this, it will definitely cause chaos! Never do it!"
"I have my own arrangements, just do it. I will explain it to you later!"
Liu Chang said so, and Luan Bu couldn't say anything else, so he gritted his teeth and left.
After Liu Chang sent Luan Bu away, he looked at his two teachers. He said seriously: "Mr. Gai once taught me, Mr. Zhang once taught me etiquette... Today, my brother is in trouble, I want to save him,
This is an act that conforms to the Tao and is also a behavior that conforms to etiquette. I hope you don’t dissuade me.”
Mr. Gai shook his head and said nothing.
"The king...you still have to think carefully about this matter...you can't act rashly."
Zhang Cang was silent for a long time before saying, "If the king insists on intervening... when he arrives in Chang'an, please ask Xiao Xiang's plan first. When the empress dowager informs him, it can be implemented in the Tang Dynasty first."
"Hmm??Xiao Xiang's plan? What strategy?"
Zhang Cang no longer conceals it at this moment. He said seriously: "When I was the prime minister of Tang, Xiao Xiang sent me a letter to ask about my local situation. After learning about the situation of the princes, he concluded that he would not leave.
In the thirty years, the princes should change.”
"At that time, he would discuss with me a solution."
"The many strategies formulated by the Queen Mother now are actually formulated by Xiao Xiang at the beginning."
"At that time, I complained to Xiao Xiang: If Emperor Gao had fewer sons, then there would be no need to be so worried..."
"Xiao Xiang suddenly replied, saying: You should have more life."
"Maybe I don't know, I have always been very opposed to the enfeoffment of princes. I think that the emperor should decide local affairs as Qin State, without regard to princes, but Xiao Xiang felt that the princes were the feathers of the world.
, there should be, but there should not be opportunities to be stronger than the temple."
"At that time, Xiao Xiang formulated a policy to divide the princes into more ways and use the land of the princes to enfeoff the princes... Therefore, Prince Jian enfeoffed Jiaodong of Qi and became the king of Jiaodong... and turned the large vassal state into smaller ones.
, so that the vassal states no longer have several counties, but one county, several counties..."
"Can those who occupy a county still be called king?!"
Liu Chang was furious.
Zhang Cang said calmly: "At that time, Xiao Xiang formulated such a strategy, mainly to guard against the king."
"Defend me?"
"The king is brave and has several counties, and is close to Chang'an..."
Liu Chang originally wanted to scold Xiao Xiang, but after thinking seriously, weakening the local princes and strengthening the temple. This cannot be said to be wrong. After all, the princes in the world are not all as obedient as they are, and he is frustrated.
, shouted: "What does this have to do with the King of Qi?"
Zhang Cang opened his mouth but said nothing.
"I haven't thought of it yet..."
"Haha, when you think about it, I have already sent a funeral to my elder brother. No matter what, I will set off now!"
When Gai Gong and Zhang Cang walked out of the palace, Zhang Cang just looked at the northwest and sighed.
"Why didn't Mr. Zhang tell the truth?"
"I don't know how to tell."
"The Empress Dowager is so anxious... It seems that the Empress Dowager's condition has also worsened."
Zhang Cang shook his head, "The Empress Dowager wants to make Prince An of Tang as the crown prince, but her intentions have not even been concealed. She has continuously strengthened the power of the Lu family, but in fact she wants them to continue to protect Prince An.
...She was anxious to attack King Qi... In fact, King Qi was not lucky, and he happened to encounter such a thing at this time."
"The Empress Dowager can't trust His Majesty at all... I don't like Empress Cao... I'm afraid there are still many people who are the Empress Dowager who want to eradicate them."
"The king has no intention of the throne...ah."
Zhang Cang shook his head. The current situation is really a headache.
In fact, Zhang Cang concealed Liu Chang's affairs not only as King Qi was seriously ill, but also, Empress Lu's health became worse and worse. Cao Shu didn't come back after going to Chang'an because she wanted to take care of her.
The Empress Dowager, but the Empress Dowager did not allow everyone to tell the King of Tang about this, so Zhang Cang naturally dared not say it.
In the current situation, simply put, the Empress Dowager is afraid that she will be gone. Now the emperor will destroy all the good situation. She wants the King of Tang to be the emperor, but the King of Tang is unwilling. She wants to come through Liu An.
After completing this, Liu An had no foundation in Chang'an, and she was worried that Liu An would suffer from murder in the future, so she had to know more competitors and potential enemies.
The King of Qi was unlucky and happened to meet him, and he was not an important enemy that the Queen Mother wanted to get rid of.
Even if you protect the King of Qi, it is hard to say what will happen next... If the king of his own is really forced to sit in that position, what will the world become?
Even Zhang Cang could not see what would happen next when he encountered such a chaotic and complicated situation.
While Zhang Cang lowered his head to ponder, Mr. Gai looked much more relaxed.
"You... can do big things because you are too steady and look forward to the front and back."
"The king can always do many unexpected things... don't think so much... Be prepared for the spring seeds in Shuofang County next year."
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