At this time, Liu Che would naturally not be so upset that he would have to worry about whether the age of thirteen is legal or not.
He was weighing the pros and cons at this time.
As a prince, Liu Che naturally knew that everything could be traded.
Including feelings, love and so on.
If necessary, Liu Che could even marry a Sister Feng and take her home as a tribute.
However, Chao Cuo's request made Liu Che hesitate.
In the Western Han Dynasty, the political power of relatives was very powerful.
Chao Cuo could see that he wanted to let the Chao family develop in the same way as his relatives in the possible future.
However, Liu Che knew that if no accident occurred, Chao Cuo's dream was destined to be shattered.
If nothing else, Chao Cuo's head would fall to the ground if the Wu-Chu Rebellion happened.
If Chao Cuo dies, the whole family will be implicated.
However, according to the rules of the game, all women related to him will be forced to hand it over.
Don't talk about a woman who is a prince.
Even if the emperor's favorite concubine is involved in such a turmoil, she will step down. The best result may even be a glass of poisoned wine.
Otherwise, those who stepped on Chao Cuo's body ten thousand times would be frightened awake in their dreams in the middle of the night!
At that time, will Liu Che hand it over or not?
If it were a normal situation, it would be okay for Liu Che to hand it over decisively.
Just a woman!
But the key is...
After the death of Chao Cuo in the previous life, especially after the Wu-Chu Rebellion was suppressed, a large number of Zhuge Liang and the party to reverse the verdict emerged.
Although it turns out that these people are just insignificant remnants.
But during a certain period of time, the fighting power of these remnants was still very good. They basically helped Chao Cuo clear his grievances and even made the emperor shed a few crocodile tears.
And during that period, this group of people would undoubtedly pay attention to Chao Cuo's granddaughter handed over by Liu Che, the prince.
Then……
The dignified prince of the Han family, known as the heir designated by Emperor Taizong Xiaowen for a generation, will be exposed to the public as a paper tiger... And for Liu Che, this can be said to be a stain that is difficult to explain clearly. For thousands of years,
It will be clearly recorded in later history books, which will give people the idea that the prince is nothing more than this.
If you don't hand it over, the large wave of people in the anti-Chao Cuo alliance, including Yuan Ang, will feel very unsafe when they sleep at night.
If these people try their best, let alone Liu Che, the prince, even his father, the emperor, may not be able to withstand it.
You have to know that those who pulled Chao Cuo down in his previous life and then stepped on his back ten thousand times were almost all big bosses at the level of Sangong and Jiuqing!
But if you think about it the other way around, if Liu Che insists on not making friends, he is very likely to obtain Chao Cuo's political legacy in the future.
Liu Che really couldn't decide the pros and cons of this for a while.
Chao Cuo didn't know what Liu Che was thinking.
He thought the prince was worried about the emperor's opinion.
After all, according to the unspoken rules of the Han Dynasty, relatives of ministers with more than 2,000 shi will never be included in the imperial concubine system.
So he said: "My dear, I have already told your Majesty about this matter..."
The implication is very clear. The emperor has already nodded on this matter.
When Liu Che heard this, his heart moved.
He remembered a story he heard in his previous life.
In the previous life, Chao Cuo presided over the reduction of vassalage. It was probably around this time. Chao Cuo's father came all the way from Yingchuan to Chang'an to persuade Chao Cuo not to stubbornly cut down the vassalage. In the end, neither father nor son could convince the other.
Chao Cuo's father committed suicide by drinking poisoned wine in despair. Before he died, he said to Chao Cuo: "The Liu family is in peace, but the Chao family is in danger. I will leave and return home!"
Counting the time, it’s probably in the near future, right?
Liu Che is not sure when this story will take place.
But what is certain is that Chao Cuo’s father must have come to Chang’an now!
In other words, it is more likely that Chao Cuo sacrificed his cousin's granddaughter to give reassurance to his father who came from Yingchuan?
So, Liu Che smiled and asked tentatively: "Mr. Chao, I heard that my father-in-law came to Beijing from Yingchuan. Can you recommend me to him?"
When Chao Cuo heard this, he was slightly startled.
Except for telling the emperor and his teacher Zhang Hui and his senior brother Liu Li about the news of his father's coming to Chang'an, he basically told no other person.
Where did the prince know?
"My father is currently accompanying His Majesty in Shanglin Garden. I'm afraid it will be difficult for my family to meet..." Chao Cuo bowed his head and bowed.
His father had quite a relationship with today's emperor.
This is the friendship established when the emperor stayed in his residence.
Therefore, after entering Beijing, he was directly summoned by the emperor to entertain him at Shanglin Garden.
After listening to this, Liu Che felt more and more that there was a lot of mystery surrounding Chao's father's suicide in his previous life.
First of all, the Han Dynasty respected filial piety, and no politician, no matter how stupid he was, could not bear the burden of being accused of unfilial piety.
However, Chao Cuo actually resisted the pressure from his father, and even after his father committed suicide in front of him, he still insisted on going his own way and vigorously pushed forward the reduction of the feudal clan until his death.
Behind this, if there wasn't a pair of invisible hands instigating and instigating, no one would believe that Chao Cuo's father, an old rich man from the countryside and a landlord who has lived in Yingchuan for most of his life, would have a clear understanding of the situation in the world.
Fire, even so strong that he even tried to persuade him to die.
What's even more strange is that after the death of Chao Cuo's father, Chao Cuo almost lost his mind. What happened next was completely different from the political methods Chao Cuo was accustomed to before.
Rather than saying that Chao Cuo was a lunatic at that time, it would be better to think of him as a bull that saw red cloth.
Before Chao's father died, Chao Cuo was still able to steadily advance the step of reducing the vassal status.
As soon as Chao's father died, Chao Cuo took the crazy action of first cutting off Donghai County of Chu State, and then cutting Yuzhang of Wu State. The two counties of Kuaiji clearly forced Wu Chu to rebel.
The state of Chu is not bad, and its Donghai County is relatively weak, but it is still famous for its teachers.
Who is that idiot, King Liu Wu of Chu? He actually drank and had fun with others during the funeral of the Empress Dowager, and even raped a noble lady privately.
Moreover, Donghai County is not important in Chu State's territory.
But the reduction of Yuzhang and Kuaiji by King Wu Liu Bi was equivalent to taking away his two most important counties, two-thirds of his land, and his largest financial resources in one fell swoop!
This is tantamount to holding a knife to force Liu Bi to rebel!
The main culprit that caused all this was Chao's father's suicide.
It is conceivable that if Chao's father had not died, Chao Cuo would have been patient and patient as always, and would have cut him off one by one.
But the death of Chao Cuo's father was like a strong stimulant, causing Chao Cuo to lose his most basic rationality and desperate to force him to rebel against Wu Chu.
Before and after the review, it is not difficult to find that the people who promoted it seemed to hope to encourage Chao's father to commit suicide and gain something for him.
Judging from the results, as the ultimate beneficiary of this matter, Liu Che's father seems to be very suspicious.
However, Liu Che knew that it was impossible for his father to do such a thing.
And his father is not a god. How do you know that if he forces Wu Chu, Qi and Zhao to defeat him, he will definitely win?
You have to know that the three counties of the Wu Kingdom and the three counties of the Chu Kingdom add up to nearly a hundred cities. If you include the Qi and Zhao kingdoms, the seven kingdoms basically occupy almost half of the world. The area controlled by the Han Dynasty has not even been rebelled.
The army has a large territory.
Therefore, Liu Che felt that this matter seemed to be the hand of King Wu Liu Bi.
In the previous life, after the Wu-Chu rebellion was settled, the ministers of Wu-Chu who were captured by the Han Dynasty had similar testimonies that the King of Wu was plotting rebellion.
It is also clearly recorded in the historical records written by Tai Shigong in later generations: The officials of the Han Dynasty proposed to cut down the feudal vassal, and King Wu was afraid of cutting off the territory without owning him... something like this.
If you say this, the main messenger behind it will be revealed.
"This is like a shit stirrer..." Liu Che shook his head. Liu Bi was indeed the biggest shit stirrer in the Han Dynasty.
Ever since his son was beaten to death by Liu Che's father with a chessboard, he has always opposed the central government in everything.
If you want to rebel, you can't do it for a day or two.
When Liu Che's imperial grandfather was here, he was gearing up and eager to try.
It was because Liu Che's imperial grandfather never gave him any excuses or pretexts. I'm afraid Liu Bi had already rebelled like Liu Xingju.
Now, various natural changes and disasters such as locusts and comets have undoubtedly strengthened Liu Bi's courage.
Let him finally make up his mind to take that step.
Naturally, Liu Bi is not stupid. Of course he knows that with only his three counties of Wu State, let alone fighting with Chang'an, I am afraid that as soon as the front foot raises the rebel flag, the back foot will be suppressed by Chu State, Changsha and Qi Zhao
.
Therefore, it is undoubtedly the best policy to bring together as many vassal states as possible to rebel.
If you want to do this, you have to make those princes and kings feel the pain.
Only when the princes and kings are really hurt will they rebel with him.
Otherwise, it would be inappropriate for a good local emperor to follow him, Liu Bi, in such an activity that kills the whole family. Those princes and kings are not fools!
So what could be done faster than irritating Chao Cuo and driving him crazy to cut down the feudal clan by any means necessary?
Thinking this, Liu Che sighed.
Judging from the results, Liu Bi was obviously seeking death.
But judging from the goal, this is Liu Bi's only choice.
Otherwise, if Chao Cuo really delayed for three to five years, taking care of the vassal states bit by bit, then he would have no hope at all.
What's even more terrifying is that Liu Bi is so old and has only a few years to live.
If he doesn't do this, I'm afraid time alone will kill him!
"Since I guessed that Liu Bi was causing trouble, should I tell him and destroy Liu Bi's plan?" Liu Che thought in his mind.
But soon, he shook his head.
Destroying Liu Bi's plan will do Liu Che no good!
On the contrary, there are disadvantages!
It is true that once the Wu-Chu Rebellion breaks out next year, the number of people who will die will not be one or two, nor ten or twenty thousand, but hundreds of thousands. Wherever the army passes, the production and life of the local people and even their personal safety will be affected.
Assure.
However, as a ruler, especially a royal family that has experienced failure in its previous life.
Liu Che is no longer the time-traveler who just traveled through his previous life and was full of thoughts about the future life.
For him, as long as he can successfully ascend to the throne and rule the world, any sacrifice will be worth it!
In history, every ruler came to power by stepping on numerous bones!
More importantly, Liu Che knew very well that even if he defeated Liu Bi's plot, he probably would not be able to stop Liu Bi's determination to rebel.
Instead, it continues to delay, allowing it to continue to accumulate strength and prepare the army. If it breaks out in the future, the harm and destruction caused may exceed the damage caused by the Wu-Chu Rebellion in the previous life. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster.
