Winter is gradually coming to an end, and time has reached the spring and February of the fourth year of Yuande without realizing it.●⌒,
"Another Uncle Wang died..." Liu Che picked up a memorial and sighed with emotion.
Liu Xuan, the king of Jiaoxi, died.
He committed suicide by swallowing gold in the Gaomi Palace of Jiaoxi.
Liu Xuan died in the midst of betrayal and separation from his relatives.
Since Jinan King Liu Piguang committed suicide by taking poison, he, the Jiaoxi King, has become the focus and target.
More attractive than fireflies at night!
Who told him that he was too high-profile in the past?
Before the Wu-Chu Rebellion, he was a recognized tyrant among the kings.
Even King Liu Biguang of Jinan had a better reputation than him.
Liu Biguang was just trying to exploit the weaklings, and he still gave face to the landlords and powerful people.
Under its governance, the strange phenomenon of Jinan having only 300 landowners occurred!
But Liu Xun offended the powerful landlords together.
He openly bought and sold officials and titles in the Jiaoxi Kingdom.
The price was clearly marked for less than one thousand dan, and titles of nobility below Zuo Shu Zhang were distributed everywhere.
Therefore, he deeply offended the vested interest groups of Jiaoxi Kingdom.
These people took the lawsuit all the way to Chang'an, which finally led to the late emperor taking action to cut off six counties.
Therefore, Liu Xuan hated Chang'an deeply.
During the rebellion between Wu and Chu, he jumped up and down, sending people to contact other princes and kings to plot a rebellion.
He also said, "The king of Chengyang Jing has a right to attack Zhu Lu, so don't fight with him. The matter will be decided."
They even came up with a plan to carve up the world's territory after it was completed...
However, Dou Ying then took control of Xingyang and pulled away all the soldiers from Qilu County. This made Liu Xun's conspiracy plan aborted.
After the Wu-Chu rebellion was settled, Liu Xuan behaved for about half a year.
After the death of the late emperor, the old ways immediately emerged and became worse.
Because he was cut off from six counties, his income plummeted.
Therefore, in order to make money, he increased his exploitation of the people and landlords.
However, as soon as Liu Biguang died, he immediately became a target.
With Liu Piguang as his example, it was really difficult for Liu Xuan to stay alive.
He can survive to this day thanks to the Battle of Mayi, which attracted the attention of the world and the attention of both the government and the public.
However, with the end of the Mayi War.
Liu Xun's good days are coming to an end.
On the 16th day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Yuande, Zhijin Wuzhi, who had mastered most of the evidence against Liu Xun, personally drove to Gaomi City and told Liu Xun that the king had his own plans!
In the political arena of the Han Dynasty, this basically meant telling a certain minister or prince to commit suicide quickly to avoid going to the guillotine.
But Liu Xun's desire for survival far surpassed that of his brothers and father-in-law.
No matter how much Zhi used coercion and inducement, and even the ministers tried to persuade him, he just refused to die.
It’s really sad that many people’s hair has turned gray.
Especially his sons' hair.
Therefore, the princes of the Jiaoxi king, who were afraid of being implicated and executed, came forward one after another and complained to Zhidu about Liu Xun's crimes.
Even if they know that there is a clause in the Han Code that "when a son sues his parents, he should not listen and those who abandon the complaint will be punished."
Are you kidding? If dad doesn't die, they will all be finished!
Rather than being implicated by my father and having the whole family punished, it is better to take a risk.
Their adventure was successful.
Liu Xun could no longer bear the pressure and committed suicide by swallowing gold.
As soon as Liu Xuan died, all his sins would be wiped out.
His descendants were liberated.
Although it is impossible to live a luxurious life like the past, and even be called a loner and sit on one side.
However, the life of a rich man can still be guaranteed.
After Liu Xun's death, his disciples immediately swept away most of the easily portable property in the Gaomi palace and fled in confusion.
Ten years after the founding of the country, the Jiaoxi Kingdom fell.
"Add the three counties east of Jiaoxi and Linhai to the Jiaodong Kingdom..." After Liu Che learned the news of Liu Xuan's suicide, he did not have any fluctuations in his heart and just gave the king's instructions quietly.
The Jiaoxi Kingdom also has land near the sea and even has a very good natural deep-water port, which is an excellent fleet base.
At the same time, the shipbuilding industry in Jiaoxi has been developed since ancient times, and famous shipbuilding craftsmen have emerged in endlessly in the past dynasties.
Now, almost 20% of the shipbuilders in Shaofu are from Jiaoxi and Jiaodong.
Let the Jiaodong Kingdom annex the coastal territory of Jiaoxi, so that the Han Dynasty can develop a ship production base in Qi that is no less than Jiangdu.
At the same time, because Liu Xiongqu, the king of Jiaodong, was the youngest among the sons of King Hui of Qi.
Therefore, if the Jiaodong Kingdom annexes this part of the territory, it will not be afraid of the people in the world talking about it.
In this way, the Jiaoxi Kingdom changed from one county to half a county.
"It's just the right place to accommodate Liu Zhi..." Liu Che thought in his mind.
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Liu Xuan's death immediately triggered a domino effect.
In just three days, Liu Che's desk was filled with memorials to impeach the kings of Qi and Lu.
Although the firepower was focused on the remaining two brothers, King Liu Xian of Zichuan and King Liu Zhi of Jibei.
But AOE also affected Qi King Liu Jianglu and Jiaodong King Liu Xiongqu.
Moreover, there was a vague intention to drag Qi Wang Liu Jianglu and Jiaodong Wang Liu Xiongqu into trouble together.
Of course Liu Che knew and understood who was doing the hard work.
Nothing more than his dear brothers and their mother clan.
Liu Che heard that Guantao was really having pain in his hands recently when collecting money.
"Even Sister Wang Zhi is determined to get involved in the throne of King Qi?" Liu Che shrugged his shoulders and then made a decision.
It’s time for the chaos in Qi to end.
If this continues, the people will suffer.
Moreover, all the fish that changed the hook also bit the hook.
Those who shouldn't bite the hook probably won't bite the hook.
"Send the order to King Wu and start closing the Internet cafes!" Liu Che issued a ruthless order.
"No!" Wang Dao bowed, accepted the order and left.
"Landlord Qilu, from today onwards, from ten to twenty-three..." Liu Che looked at Wang Dao's back and sighed with emotion.
He could already see countless heads falling to the ground.
The reason why Brother Liu Xuan's life was spared and not taken until now is because he was waiting for today.
Not long ago, the so-called "Feng Chan" clamored by Qilushi officials and nobles completely angered and exhausted his last trace of kindness.
For a king, the most intolerable thing is undoubtedly someone trying to make decisions for him!!???
I'm not dead yet!
By chance, Xiuyiwei had already prepared the list for him.
Of course, the crime cannot be for instigating and making noise about Feng Chan.
But a variety of other crimes.
Anyway, if the Chinese rulers want to kill people, are they afraid that they will not be charged?
Apart from other things, among the landowners and scholar-bureaucrats in Qilu, who doesn’t have a few lives?
As long as we investigate, we can always find out what they have done and then bring them to justice.
Liu Che now doesn't care at all about the plight of Qilu's landowners and scholar-bureaucrats.
His thoughts have all turned to the four kingdoms of Jiaoxi, Zichuan and Jibei, which will soon be vacant, plus the former Jinan.
Although Liu Che of the Jiaoxi Kingdom decided to lose it to Liu She.
But this does not prevent him from using this as bait to catch other brothers.
In addition, the land of Lu has not had a king for a hundred years.
Liu Che felt that it was time to send a dear brother to educate Lu Ru.
Is there any more suitable candidate than Liu Duan?
there is none left!
In his previous life, Liu Duan ruined the entire Jiaoxi Kingdom.
His name even frightened the literati and nobles of Jiaoxi into changing their color upon hearing it.
But are you going to say he did anything bad?
Actually, it’s really hard to tell.
It's nothing more than having the good taste of Long Yang and the habit of cutting sleeves.
It’s nothing more than a love of wandering around.
He just likes to teach those guys who show off in front of him a lesson.
It was nothing more than killing a few unlucky lovers.
Of course, it is true that he is eccentric and withdrawn.
But you can't blame him.
In fact, Liu Duan firstly did not persecute the people, and secondly, he did not like to overhaul the palace.
And what he is best at is slapping someone in the face.
The faces of the kings and princes sent by the central government were repeatedly slapped by him, causing them to become swollen, and many of them were even 'killed' by him.
This so-called 'killing' was actually Liu Duan's pretense of 'Ah, from now on it will all depend on you. Please accept these gold and money as a small gift.'
I then filed a complaint and filed it in Chang'an.
If you don't take his gold, what can he do to you? (Although in fact, even if you don't take it, the result will be similar...)
In fact, Liu Che has always been quite good to this younger brother.
Liu Duan's performance was quite well-behaved.
Of course, this may also be due to youth.
After all, Liu Duan is only sixteen years old this year.
Some talents and skills have not yet been fully activated or awakened.
Except for the Kingdom of Lu and Jiaoxi.
Liu Che also had an idea for the remaining three kingdoms: Zichuan, Jibei, and Jinan.
Jinan will be kept first.
In addition to Liu She, Liu Che also had two underage brothers staying in Chang'an.
They are the brothers Liu Yue and Liu Ji who were born to the little princess.
Liu Yue is one year younger than Liu She and will probably be enfeoffed next year.
As for Liu Ji, it may take another two or three years.
As for Zichuan and Jibei, these two kingdoms.
"Liu Yu's stay in Linjiang was really hard on him!" Thinking of his younger brother whom he had not seen for a long time, Liu Che felt a little pity.
Among the brothers, in fact, the ones Liu Che felt most at ease with were brothers Liu Yu and Liu Duan.
Why?
A stutterer cannot threaten the throne.
The other is simply that he was born with a chronic disease, which is completely impossible to pose a threat.
In fact, up to now, to tell the truth, all brothers are no longer a threat.
However, within the royal family of the old Liu family, there has always been a tradition of causing trouble for the emperor's brother or the emperor.
There was King Li of Huainan in the front and King Jingsu of Zhao in the back.
"Liu Fei can use it..." Liu Che thought in his heart.
This fifth brother has really awakened to his path as a warrior recently!
Not long ago, he even lifted a large cauldron weighing 600 kilograms. Converted to the weight of later generations, this is almost 300 kilograms.
Although I may not be able to win the weightlifting championship in the Olympics.
But traveling across provinces and cities, I guess there won’t be any problem.
It is a pity that he is like King Li of Huainan. Although he has the courage of Xiang Yu, he does not have the perseverance and courage of Xiang Yu.
Not to mention Xiang Yu’s opportunities and luck.
Therefore, it can only be a chess piece.
"Make an imperial edict: Order the king of Changshan to enter the dynasty!" Liu Che ordered to his left and right: "Order the kings of Huainan, Zhongshan, Linjiang, Runan, Hejian and Changsha to all come to the dynasty!"
According to the Han system, the princes and princes must visit Chang'an once every three years.
This is the rule, unless the emperor issues a special edict to allow a highly respected clan elder to be exempted from the imperial court as a reward.
In addition, depending on the closeness and distance of the relationship, the princes and dynasties will be ordered to Changan every once in a while.
In the past, this was the emperor's policy to strengthen and unite the clans.
But now, it has become a clever trick for the emperor to take advantage of the princes and kings. (To be continued.)
