Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 20 Human Tragedy
The King of Chu and King Jing had indeed returned.

But the problem is, only King Chu and King Jing came back.

The king of Chu was named Liu Jiao, and Liu Jiao was Liu Bang's youngest brother, also the uncle of Liu Chang and the others.But this uncle is really amazing, he is nothing like Liu Bang.

Liu Chang and the others like this gentle uncle very much. Liu Jiao is elegant in appearance, elegant in personality, handsome in appearance, and armed with a long sword. The first impression to people is that of an unparalleled Confucian general.Liu Bang's sons seem to like the uncle more than their father.

Liu Jiao liked Confucian scholars, or in other words, he respected learned people very much. He raised a large group of disciples. At that time, many people with ulterior motives compared him with Wei Wuji, the son of the pre-Qin period, and thought that he was Wei Wuji of the Han Dynasty.

Well, Liu Jiao may really be Wei Wuji, but Liu Bang is not King Wei.In the face of this young brother who is both civil and military, respected and loved by others, and has raised a bunch of disciples, Liu Bang has no fear at all.

Liu Jiao reported that Chu had a bumper harvest this year, and Liu Bang wrote back and told him: I know, I ate too much last night and my stomach hurts a little.

Liu Jiao made a remark and asked His Majesty to pay attention to his body and eat less.Liu Bang wrote back again: The royal chef's cooking is so delicious, I will give you a taste next time you come.

The relationship between the two brothers is really good. Liu Bang seems to be ruthless, but he is very emotional. He is a very complicated and tangled person.He could ask the enemy to give him a bowl of his father's meat with a smile, and he could treat his father's concubine as his biological mother, and even get a grand emperor and empress dowager to dote on his half-brother so much.

The day after Liu handed over to worship, he was surrounded by the sons.

These guys are quite fond of this kind of uncle who is full of charm in his gestures. Liu Ying likes to talk about his knowledge with him, Liu Ruyi likes to talk about the world situation with him, and Liu Heng will also ask him about the strategy of governing the country. Chang likes his uncle to tell him stories.

When Liu Chang was young, Liu Jiao always liked to tell him stories. He would compile some interesting stories in history into stories suitable for children, and then tell them to Liu Chang. A lot of Ming Jun, Liu Chang learned from his uncle.

As for King Jing, his name is Liu Jia, he is Liu Bang's distant cousin, and he can be regarded as Liu Chang's uncle, but Liu Jia is not so close to them. After all, he is different from Liu Jiao, and it is impossible to see Liu Bang's family at any time. .And this man has a bad temper and doesn't like children very much.

He got the king by virtue of his military exploits and his surname Liu. He was always straight-faced on weekdays, flammable and explosive.

There are indeed a lot of Liu clansmen who came to worship, and this can be considered a big gathering of the Liu clan. In addition to these two kings, there is also the original generation king Liu Xi, who is now the Marquis of Heyang and was in the seventh year of Emperor Han. , that is, three years ago, the Xiongnu attacked the kingdom of Dai, and Liu Xi, the king of Dai, ran away.

Liu Bang was furious and demoted him to the rank of Hou.

Besides him, there is Zhang Ao, the former king of Zhao, who is now the Marquis of Xuanping.

He is also a clan, mainly because he married Princess Lu Yuan. Princess Lu Yuan is Liu Chang's eldest sister, second only to Liu Fei. ", he inherited the title of King Zhao from his father Zhang Er and became the prince of the Han Dynasty.

But soon, "Reverse, reverse, the Liu family's son-in-law has reversed!"

This is the case. Liu Bang once went to the north to inspect, and when Zhang Ao saw his father-in-law coming, he must take off his coat and serve food and drink in person from morning to night, with a humble attitude.However, Liu Bang, we all know what kind of virtue this guy is. He sat on the ground like a dustpan and scolded Zhang Ao with his two feet outstretched.

Actually, Liu Bang didn't look down on Zhang Ao, it was his usual practice towards those close to him, not to mention that Zhang Ao was his son-in-law.However, Zhang Ao's subordinate Guo Xiangguangao, Zhao Wu and others did not think so. They were very angry, thinking that Liu Bang did not respect Zhang Ao, and decided to get rid of Liu Bang and elect Zhang Ao as emperor.

So, a year later, when Liu Bang came back from Dongyuan and passed by Zhao State, Zhang Ao hurriedly presented a beauty to his father-in-law.Because this beauty was already pregnant, Zhang Ao didn't dare to put her in the palace, so he built a palace outside and let this beauty live there.

However, Zhang Ao's guests decided to intercept Liu Bang on the way. However, Liu Bang was very careful and did not stay anywhere, but soon, someone told Liu Bang about it.Liu Bang was furious and directly arrested Zhang Ao and all his ministers in jail.

Empress Lu hurriedly interceded, thinking that with Princess Lu Yuan present, Zhang Ao would not be able to rebel.

Liu Bang scolded her: "If Zhang Ao takes over the world, will he still consider your daughter!"

Liu Bang began to interrogate Zhang Ao's disciples, but no matter how tortured they were, those people gave up, saying that Zhang Ao didn't know about this matter, that the rebellion was all planned by them, and a dozen people were ready to commit suicide.In the end, even Liu Bang felt that these people were very loyal, and he pardoned Zhang Ao, and planned to pardon the leaders of the rebellion.

But after these people learned that Zhang Ao was released, they committed suicide in prison.

Liu Bang praised: It is really enviable to have such a guest.

Although Zhang Ao was released, the throne of Zhao could not be kept, and he was demoted to the Marquis of Xuanping.

Many people think that Liu Bang killed the hero, but Han Xin wanted to rebel, but he didn't kill him. Zhang Ao's followers rebelled, but he didn't kill him. Liu Xi left the country and ran away, but he didn't kill him. The only one who was killed was King Yan Zang Tu. , after all, this guy personally led troops to attack Liu Bang, and was killed after being defeated by Liu Bang.

There are also many people who say that Zang Tu rebelled because Liu Bang wanted to harm Xiang Yu's old clan, not to mention that they couldn't tell who Liu Bang had harmed, causing Zang Tu to be so frightened and even willing to rebel. The original enemy's subordinates can't say anything wrong. After all, the old subordinates of these enemies are kings, they are princes with soldiers, food, and people.

There is more to say.

Remember the beauty who Zhang Ao dedicated to Liu Bang and then became pregnant?This beauty is called Zhao Ji, and the name is very wrong. After she became pregnant, she gave birth to a son, and that son was named Liu Chang.

After Zhang Ao's rebellion was leaked, Zhao Ji was also held in prison.

Zhao Ji said to the jailer in captivity: I was favored by Your Majesty and was pregnant.

The jailer was taken aback and hurriedly reported the matter to his head, but Liu Bang was dealing with Zhang Ao's affairs at the moment, so he ignored it.Zhao Ji's younger brother, Zhao Jian, asked the Hou Shenshi of Piyang to tell Empress Lv about this, hoping that Empress Lv could save their mother and son's lives.

When Empress Lu heard this, she was very angry. You went to the outside to inspect, and you want to get me a little three and a little bastard? ?
As a result, Lu Houshen Shiqi scolded him and told him to stop worrying about such trivial matters.

Zhao Ji gave birth to Liu Chang in prison. Because of the resentment in her heart, she committed suicide after giving birth to the child.

When the prison guard brought the child to Liu Bang, Liu Bang regretted it and ordered Empress Lu to adopt him.

Logically speaking, Empress Lu should have hated this child, but after raising him for a long time, Empress Lu gradually forgot his background and regarded him as his own child.In history, Empress Lu wanted to poison Liu Fei, the outspoken Liu Ruyi, the generous Liu Hui, the silent and inconspicuous Liu You, and even the son of Liu Jian, who died early, was also killed. .

Liu Ying died of grief and anger because of her mother's series of actions. The only ones who didn't suffer any blow from Empress Lu were her favorite Liu Chang and Liu Heng, who she didn't hate.

However, after Liu Chang grew up in history, he was still lawless. He finally tried to rebel and was caught by Liu Heng. Liu Heng did not kill this stubborn younger brother and wanted to send him to Shu. Some ministers persuaded him, saying This younger brother is spoiled by you. What if you treat him like this now, what if he can't stand it?
Liu Heng confidently told the minister that it was okay, let him experience some setbacks, and let him come back to be a prince or something. His character cannot be changed.

As a result, the extremely stubborn Liu Chang was extremely resentful in the prison car. Because of his natural brute force, no one dared to approach his prison car. He shouted: "How can you bear such depression in this world?"

As a result, Liu Chang committed suicide on a hunger strike, and the guy who loved eating meat starved to death.

Hearing this, Liu Heng burst into tears and executed the officials who escorted his younger brother to death. He believed that these officials were irresponsible, so how could he just watch the prisoners starve to death? ?
Later he made three of his sons kings.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, it was a tragedy. The one who liked the younger brothers most watched them being poisoned by their mother, powerless, and died of depression and premature death.The one who watched his younger brothers grow up didn't last long because of the fear of being poisoned.The one with great ambition was forced to drink poisoned wine shortly after his father left.

The one who was kind and generous also had the same ending, and the one who saw the only one who cared about his brother being killed also died in pain.The most gluttonous one starved to death, and the youngest didn't have time to see these scenes.

In the end, there was only a lonely soul left, sitting alone in the Weiyang Palace. I don't know if he would occasionally think of the figures playing in the Tianlu Pavilion. If he did, would he? cry for them?

(End of this chapter)