Of course, rashly writing a letter to discuss state affairs is risky for all princes.
Especially now that the crown prince has not yet been established, it is easy to be dragged into wearing the hat of coveting the crown prince.
Therefore, Liu Decai wanted to get Liu Yan to jointly submit a letter to minimize the accusations from this aspect.
However, there is no need to tell Liu Yan too carefully about these things.
Liu De turned his head and looked outside, and continued: "Brother, the princes and I will all be able to ennoble the country and establish a state to serve as the wings of my great Han Dynasty in the future. If we are afraid of offending the courtiers and are timid, how can we be called lonely in the future?"
This statement is half true and half false.
Having served as a vassal king for more than ten years in his previous life, Liu De was very aware of the weight of the vassal king in the Han Dynasty.
Even after the Wu-Chu Rebellion, the authority of the vassal king was greatly reduced. The ordinary vassal king still had his own army and could appoint some thousand-stone officials.
At this time, the power of the princes and kings was even greater. They not only had the army, but also had huge financial and administrative power. Countries such as Wu and Chu were actually a semi-independent separatist regime.
Therefore, Liu De's words were recognized by Liu Yan.
In the previous life, the quality and literacy of the princes of Liu De's generation were good.
For example, Liu Fei was talented in military affairs, Liu Duan was top-notch in his tactics and scheming; Liu Pengzu was not far behind, even Liu Sheng, who drank, ate meat and played with women all day long, had a very high level of ambition.
Literary attainments, and has written some beautiful poems.
The two brothers chatted for a while and talked about the past.
At this time, a eunuch came in and reported: "This servant is paying homage to your two highnesses. The emperor has an order to invite your two highnesses to have a meal in the Xuanshi Hall..."
Liu De nodded and said: "I know..."
Then he turned to Liu Yan and said: "Let's go, don't keep the father, the emperor and the queen waiting for too long!"
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When brothers Liu De and Liu Yan came to Xuanshi Hall together, the hall was already full of hundreds of people.
Liu De took a casual look and found that most of them were members of the clan or relatives, so he knew that this was probably a family dinner.
"I remember when I was under house arrest in my previous life, I heard that something big happened at a family dinner..." Liu De thought in his mind and recalled: "It must not have been this time!"
The so-called major events in the Tian family are naturally related to the crown prince.
Liu De remembered that there were rumors in the palace at that time that Empress Dowager Dou wanted her youngest son Liu Wu, King of Liang, to succeed the emperor a hundred years later, and then return it to the emperor's son after Liu Wu's death.
Mixed up by babies.
Otherwise, forget about Liu De, Liu Rong, and Liu Che can take a break. The throne will definitely not be their brothers' turn.
This is because the Liang Kingdom of Liang King Liu Wu is too important to the current situation.
And once Liu Wu became the so-called emperor's younger brother, with Empress Dowager Dou's back on his back, it was basically impossible to pull him down.
only……
Thinking about the various versions he had heard in his previous life and the personality of his cheap dad, Liu De chuckled: "That's probably a trick of my cheap dad..."
If it is true as he thinks, then the cheap dad is really insidious.
A drunken gaffe caused Liang Wang Liu Wu to bleed and sweat for his plan to reduce the feudal vassal.
Thinking further, in the previous life, the seven kingdoms of Wu and Chu rebelled and besieged the Liang Kingdom. When the battle was dark and blood flowed, the armies of Zhou Yafu and Dou Ying stood still. It was not until the two sides reached a stalemate that they sent troops to end the Wu-Chu rebellion.
The army's return route and food route.
There are strategic considerations in this, and it may not be a strategy of the cheap daddy to use the rebels to weaken Liu Wu.
After all, Liang Guo is too powerful!
If it's really what he thinks, then the cheap daddy is really putting on a good show...
but……
It seems that since Emperor Liu Bang, the Liu De family has been famous for producing movie stars.
For example, the late Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Liu Heng, even in later generations of heaven, the so-called "looking up at the stars" is weak compared to it.
"If I want to be emperor, I still need to learn more..." Liu De sighed in his heart: "Observe more and observe the words and deeds of cheap daddy..."
More than ten years of experience in his previous life and twenty-seven years in the Chinese Dynasty have made Liu De deeply understand how important being an actor is for politicians, especially those in power.
Like the so-called tyrant Yang Guang in history.
In fact, both talent and talent are first-rate.
But just because of his low attainments in becoming a movie star, he ended up perishing, his country was destroyed, and he was scolded in the history books for a thousand years.
There were also those barbarians from Meng Yuan who had nothing in mind other than fighting and killing. As a result, they were driven back to the desert within a hundred years.
The Manchu and Qing Dynasties were more intelligent than the Meng Yuan. At least in terms of public opinion control and self-promotion, they fully absorbed the experiences and lessons of previous generations. Even Kang Mazi could be praised as an eternal sage, and Qianlong became a perfect old man.
With this thought, Liu De followed Liu Yan and sat in front of the seats prepared for them in the palace.
"Mother Concubine! Imperial Brother!" There, Liu De saw Su Ji, whose face was still not very good-looking, and Liu Rong, who lowered his head and turned a deaf ear to everything.
When Liu Rong saw Brother Liu De, he reluctantly raised his head and responded.
However, Su Ji had a straight face and whispered: "Liu De, do you still have a mother-in-law in your eyes?"
The corner of Liu De's mouth twitched... He was used to seeing this cheap mother in his previous life. Although he felt a little unhappy, he still looked after his face and lowered his head and said: "My son is unfilial and makes my mother and concubine angry. Please ask my concubine."
Forgive me..."
In fact, Liu De also knew that his words were all in vain.
The cheap mother always only has eyes for her eldest son Liu Rong, and as for Liu De and Liu Yan, they have always been dispensable.
Liu De could understand what Su Ji did. It was just that Liu Rong, as the eldest son of the emperor, naturally had the skills to become a prince. In the final analysis, Su Ji was just a noble lady with some power.
There are many such women in the great dynasties of later generations.
It's just that as a biological mother, Su Ji's behavior made Liu De very chilled, and she was even more heartbroken in her previous life.
If Su Ji behaves a little better and is less partial, Liu De will not consider adopting Empress Bo.
Liu De could see it, but Liu Yan couldn't stand it any longer. He looked at Su Ji with a livid face and said, "Mother and concubine, the emperor didn't do anything wrong either, so why do you do this?"
Su Ji's face became slightly better and she said, "Sit down!"
The brothers then knelt down and sat behind Su Ji.
After sitting down, Liu Yan said to Liu De softly: "Brother, don't take it too seriously. My mother and concubine have always been like this, and it's not that I don't know..."
Liu De nodded, but he couldn't help but sneered.
It has always been like this, indeed it has always been like this!
At this moment, he was finally convinced that adopting Queen Bo's name was his best choice.
