The next day, Prime Minister Zhou Yafu and his nine ministers jointly submitted the report: I am Prime Minister Yafu, I am Taichang Pengzu, and I am Ting Wei Yu... I would like to discuss with the princes, princes, relatives, elders, etc. of the clan, and they all think:
Wang Rong was disobedient and unfilial. He abolished the laws of the late emperor, used witchcraft, and acted rebelliously. He carved seals privately and made dragon robes. He was so heartbroken! All the ministers discussed it and acted accordingly!
This is of course no surprise.
More than 20 years ago, King Li of Huainan also enjoyed the same treatment, and all ministers unanimously demanded his execution.
What's more, what Liu Rong is doing now is much worse than King Li of Huainan.
Not only was he unfilial, he also committed witchcraft and curses.
This is a sin that cannot be forgiven and condoned in the Zhuxia ethnic society.
After Liu Che read the memorial, he immediately replied: I cannot bear to punish the king, so I will pardon Wang Rong's death penalty.
If that's the case, then this is another story about King Li of Huainan.
However, Liu Che had already made arrangements for Liu Rong's fate a long time ago.
He picked up the pen and continued to write: I heard that in the past, Tang released Jie in Nanchao and was praised all over the world. He released Wang Rong to the north of the Japanese Nu Islands and will never be able to return to China again!
After the edict was issued, the government and the public immediately became quiet.
The princes and kings were even more frightened and did not even dare to speak.
Really, this punishment is too terrible!
Where are the Wonu Islands?
A place inhabited by savages, the people on the island even remain in the matriarchal society of the primitive era.
In today's world perception of the Han Dynasty, the Wonu Islands are barbaric islands that are even more barbaric than the barbarians.
Liu Rong was exiled, and his fate might be even worse than that of King Li of Huainan!
But then, additional orders told people that Liu Rong's fate was far worse than they imagined.
Liu Che ordered the Lou Chuan Yamen to send Liu Rong to an uninhabited desert island in the north of the Japanese Nu Islands, facing the sea.
Except for sending him a batch of daily necessities regularly every quarter, no one is allowed to approach or get close to him.
Liu Rong was only allowed to carry two eunuchs and ten stones of supplies.
In other words, he will spend the rest of his life on a desert island without any human habitation except for two eunuchs who monitor him.
From now on, he will lose all the status and privileges he had in the past.
And for the princes and kings who were born with golden keys, this was simply a punishment a thousand times worse than death.
The world finally understood Liu Che's ruthlessness.
But unfortunately, no one can find fault.
Even Liu Rong could only say long live the three times and shed tears of gratitude.
He didn't even dare to commit suicide, so he could only choose to bite the bullet and go to that desert island to spend the rest of his life.
Because, if he commits suicide, his son may be implicated and implicated by him.
"Your Majesty... you are indeed the successor designated by Taizong..." Hengshan King Liu Ci thought with lingering fear after hearing about this.
He was really scared!
He was afraid that if he offended the emperor in the future, the emperor would throw him on a desert island to fend for himself.
Such a thing is already terrifying just thinking about it!
How can the princes and kings, who have grown up with fine clothes and fine food, stretched out their hands with clothes and opened their mouths with food, withstand such a future? How can they adapt to such a life?
The other princes and kings were also frightened and frightened.
Especially King Liu Yu of Huaiyang was so frightened that he could not sleep for several days.
Of course, some people are sad and some are happy.
King Lu Liu Duan was extremely happy now, even holding a baby happily.
This is a boy, Liu Rong’s youngest son who was just born less than half a year old.
And now, he has become his own heir.
Liu Duan found his future and happiness overnight.
He has an heir, and his tragedy is over.
He no longer has to worry that after he dies, he will have to cover his face with his hair and not be able to see his ancestors. He also doesn’t have to worry about the fact that a hundred years from now, there will be no incense, blood, food, or sacrifices, and he will have to lie alone and lonely in the cold.
graves until the end of time.
"Your Majesty, my brother..." Holding the baby, Liu Duan could no longer express his deep gratitude in words. He could only bow with gratitude: "From now on, my brother is your majesty.
As for the running dogs and hawks under the sect, Your Majesty will point east, but my younger brother will never go west, and he will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
"The king and I are brothers..." Liu Che said with a smile: "There is no need to say these polite words. In my opinion, King Lu should think about it carefully and give the prince a name..."
"Please give me your name, Your Majesty!" Liu Duan bowed without thinking.
"Let me come up with a name..." Liu Che thought about it again and again, and then said: "Let's call him Liu Guo..."
"As the saying goes, there is no greater good than knowing a mistake and being able to correct it. I hope that the prince can be a person who has made contributions to the country and the country in the future..."
Well, it would be best to be like Yang Guo...
Liu Duan didn't know Yang Guo's plot, but he still said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name!"
Then, he picked up the little child, and his face almost burst into laughter.
He knew that from today on, his life was complete.
Liu Che looked at Liu Duan's appearance and was very pleased.
Among so many brothers, this is the one Liu Che sympathizes with the most.
Now, Liu Che is very happy to see him regain a new life.
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When Liu Rong was escorted, got into a carriage, and was escorted by the army to Qilu.
The seventh year of Yuande is over.
Now, it is winter and tenth month of the eighth year of Yuande.
Throughout Chang'an City, every household is busy nailing peach charms.
No one noticed at all that the contemporary Jie, Zhou and Liu Rong they talked about had quietly gone away.
However, in the political arena, especially in academia, the aftermath and ripples of this incident continue to reverberate.
The fact that Liu Rong was exiled to a desert island in the Japanese Nu Islands deeply affected and shocked countless people.
The first to bear the brunt was Legalism.
Han Feizi's famous words once again echoed in the ears of the people: Shun forced Yao, Yu forced Shun, Tang defeated Jie, and King Wu defeated Zhou. These four kings were the ones whose kings were killed by their ministers, and the world praised them.
Shang Jun's encouragement is even more frequent: the so-called "one punishment" means there is no hierarchy in punishment.
There is no more evidence to support Shang Jun Han Fei's remarks than the living example of Liu Rong.
Huainan King Liu Rong, the eldest son of the late emperor and the eldest brother of the emperor, was still treated as a crime and exiled to the Japanese Nu Islands.
Even people of Liu Rong's status are not exempt from the law. How can the princes, generals and ministers dare to say that they are above the law?
The morale of the Legalists was greatly boosted, while the Confucians were desperate to run for their lives.
Forced by helplessness, but also out of practical needs.
Confucian giants such as Dong Zhongshu and Hu Wusheng had no choice but to start taking their disciples with them, plunge into the pile of old papers, and begin to review and study the Han Code.
This is where the Confucian legal school began to sprout.
