Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 249 Shi Zi'an?Prince An?
Qi country.

In the palace, with the support of the two attendants, Liu Fei sat on the bed and looked weakly at the messenger standing in front of him.

Around Liu Fei, there were a total of thirteen young people standing. These young people looked solemn and looked at the messenger angrily. Some of them even put their hands on the hilt of the sword. No, a different kind of silence.

The messenger just looked at King Qi in front of him seriously, without the slightest fear in his eyes.

"The state of Qi is far from Chang'an, so the king can go on the road sooner."

At this moment, Liu Fei looked particularly haggard. He was not young. As the oldest of Liu Bang's children, he was about the same age as the King of Chu, and his body was obviously not as tough as the King of Chu. It seems that he is a few years older than the King of Chu.

He was silent for a long time before he said: "The situation of the widow, you also saw that please allow the widow to rest for a while before setting off."

The messenger smiled and said, "Your Majesty, there is a famous doctor in Chang'an who can treat you. If you arrive in Chang'an earlier, your condition will be cured naturally."

Liu Xiang couldn't bear it any longer, and asked angrily: "The King of Chu can send his son to Chang'an, but he doesn't go to the court himself, why can't my grandfather? I can follow you to Chang'an to meet the emperor!!"

The messenger said in surprise: "The King of Chu is His Majesty's father, and the King of Qi is His Majesty's brother. Brothers of the same generation, how can we continue to use the ceremony of the elders? Is it possible that the King of Qi thinks himself as an elder, and does the child regard His Majesty?"

"Temple to Kill"

"Xiang!!"

Liu Fei interrupted the eldest son, and he sighed, "Okay, the preparations for the widow to go to Chang'an will begin."

"Father!!"

Everyone shouted. The more than ten people here are all sons of Liu Fei. Liu Fei has thirteen sons. As for how many grandchildren he has, he can't remember. About the age of Liu Chang, his sons were obviously very dissatisfied with this order from the temple.

The messenger chuckled and said: "Then please prepare your majesty, we can go on the road together, Your Majesty misses you very much, and can't wait to see you, please rest assured, Chang'an's Imperial Physician Order is the best, wait. When the king goes to Chang'an, the medicine will heal, and maybe he can get up and drink!"

The messenger deliberately accentuated the word on wine, and after speaking, he turned and left.

Everyone just watched him leave angrily. After he left, Liu Xiang couldn't bear it any longer. He knelt in front of Liu Fei with tears in his eyes, "Father! The temple is going to kill us! Father, you With such a disease, how can we hurry?!”

"My son would rather die on the battlefield than let my father down."

"To shut up!"

Liu Fei glared at him angrily, and said seriously: "People are waiting for you to say this, do you still think of troops? What do you rely on to raise troops? How many people can be recruited in the current state of Qi? Are all your brothers buried with you?!"

Liu Xiang widened his eyes angrily and said nothing.

"The widow is already old, and his life is not long. If you go to Chang'an this time, if you can meet the younger brothers, you will have no regrets."

"Father."

Liu Fei's second son Liu Zhang suddenly spoke up, he looked much calmer than his elder brother, and frowned, "It's not you, but all the princes that the temple has to deal with, why don't Father contact the princes? Even if others don't help , Tang Wang will definitely help Zhongfu, who loves you the most, and is the most powerful among the princes, if he speaks, he can avoid this disaster."

"Long."

Liu Fei raised his head, not knowing what to think, a smile appeared on his face.

"If he finds out, he will definitely help."

"It's just that his strength is too strong. It's all because of the empress dowager's favor, so he can be fine. If it's because of me, it makes Han and Tang eccentric. It's not worth it."

Liu Fei looked at the sons in front of him and said weakly, "I want to tell you a few things, and you should keep them in your heart."

"If I'm gone, you must live in harmony, support each other, and not kill each other. Xiang, you must treat your brothers as your own children, be patient with their behavior, and never oppress them."

"You must obey the edict of the Son of Heaven, and absolutely don't have any other ideas. Your Majesty is benevolent, and don't do things that are unfavorable to your Majesty. I am not a direct descendant. Because of my father's favor, I have obtained the powerful state of Qi as a territory. This is already very important. Fortunately, you can't pretend to be your eldest grandson, you must be cautious and humble in your actions."

"After I die, you can treat him as your own grandfather. I will entrust you to him."

When Liu Fei explained the funeral in this way, the sons burst into tears and gathered around Liu Fei, unwilling to leave.

When Liu Xiang walked out of the palace, Liu Zhang hurriedly followed him.

"Brother. We have to find a way."

"How, what can you do?!"

"That envoy came to Qi and urged my father to go on his way. He was here to kill my father. Whose order is this? You and I both know in my heart, what is my father's fault? Is it because he is the eldest son?!"

Liu Xiang's eyes burned with anger, "I will never spare them, one day, I will make these people pay the price!!!"

As the eldest son, Liu Xiang is not like a father. He is irritable and angry by nature, but his ability is lacking. He can't hide things. Liu Zhang shook his head and said, "Brother, no amount of words like this will do anything. Help. The only one who can save my father now is that Zhongfu from Tang."

"But King Tang was raised by the queen mother! How could he turn against the temple because of his father?"

"Brother, I'm going to go to Jibei County now, contact Father Zhong, and tell him what happened here."

Liu Zhang said, but Liu Xiang was still hesitant, "Will this cause big trouble?"

"Brother, how can you hesitate when doing things?!"

"Alright then, you go."

Compared with Liu Xiang's hesitation, Liu Zhang was much more decisive. He immediately set off for Jibei County in Tang State.Since the temple began to think of ways to suppress the local vassal states, Liu Zhang felt more and more that his father's long-term vision, the decision to assign Jibei County to Tang state was too correct.

Over the years, Qi State has been enjoying the fruits brought by Tang State, whether it is those crops and fruits that have never been seen before, or livestock farming tools, and those novel inventions, which have benefited Qi State endlessly. Most importantly, Jibei County strengthened the connection between Tang and Qi.

In this day and age, rushing on the road is a terrible thing, especially for the old and the weak.When Liu Bang wanted to send Liu Chang to seal the country, Liu Ying almost lost his life, because of the danger of rushing, especially in this season, now that the late autumn has passed, and it is about to usher in the cold winter, in this season, let an old man bring To travel from Qi to Chang'an with the disease is completely killing people.

This killing is justifiable, not even bloody, all thanks to that worthy minister named Zhao Yao.

And if you resist, you will even have the name of sending troops, not to mention, after the previous big change of blood, the ministers today are all respecting the temple rather than the King of Qi.

Liu Zhang did not go to Jibei with great fanfare. When he came to the county governor's house, Dong Chi knew his identity.

Regarding this county governor, Liu Zhang did not want to hide his identity. Tang Guo was different from Qi Guo, and Zhong Fu was not the old father.

Liu Zhang knelt down directly in front of the county governor, and said sadly, "I have a letter, and I must give it to Father Zhong as soon as possible!"

"The content is very important, and I can't let outsiders know about it. Please send it to my Father Zhong as soon as possible. If it's too late, something big will happen!"

Seeing Liu Zhang's words so urgent, Dong Chi didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately called a scout, asking him to quickly hand over the letter to the king.

Liu Zhang added: "This matter concerns the kings, please don't tell the public."

Dong Chi is a sturdy and fierce general, who has been praised by Emperor Gao for his bravery in battle, but he is also a good hand in handling government affairs. He seems reckless, but he is ingenious. I don't know who this person is."

Liu Zhang was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed again, and then left Jibei County in a hurry.

Dong Chi frowned, if he could, he really didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the princes, but when this letter came to him, there was no reason for him to hesitate. Get up.

Zhang Cang put his hands behind his back and walked quickly to the front of the palace.

At this age, he doesn't need support or crutches at all, and he walks with gusto and wind, faster than many young people.

When the soldiers saw him, they all saluted and did not dare to stop him.

When Zhang Cang walked into the hall, he saw Chang Liu sitting in the upper position.

Liu Chang had a stern face and looked extremely angry, and Gong Gong was also here, sitting on the left side with his eyes closed. Even if Zhang Cang walked in, he didn't even look at him. He went up to meet Liu Chang and sat on the other side.

"Your Majesty, this minister is about to visit you. The doctor sent to Qi has already left, and I have heard something about Qi."

Liu Chang suddenly laughed.

"The widow has just received the letter, so you want to report to the widow about the state of Qi?"

"If the widow does not receive this letter, Zhang Xiang will never be able to remember the affairs of Qi country!!"

Liu Chang looked at Zhang Cang angrily, "Why do you hide such a big thing from the widow? The widow trusts you and makes you responsible for major domestic affairs. Do you treat the widow like this?!"

Hearing Liu Chang's questioning, Zhang Cang was not afraid, his face was still calm, "Then how should I tell the king? Does the queen mother want to kill King Qi?"

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, then became furious, and kicked the document in front of him with one kick.

"Why in the end?!"

"Why do this?!"

"It's rare to find peace in the world. Big brother has made up for some of his previous mistakes. Why do you want to kill them all? In this season, you have to force your brother to go on the road, why not just tie a prison cart and escort him all the way to Chang'an?!"

Liu Chang was very irritable, and couldn't understand his mother's thoughts at all.

He knew that his mother had always regarded her brothers as his enemies. Except for the second brother and himself, everyone else was an enemy, even if it was the fourth brother. Don't look at the way that mother was very friendly to the fourth brother. In fact, mother He has been trying to differentiate them and provoke disputes between the fourth brother and the rest of the princes by treating them differently.

Regarding these, Chang Liu can still endure, and my mother has her own ideas, but what happened now makes Chang Liu unable to understand. The brothers have incomparable respect and love for the second brother, and there is no wrong idea at all. To this extent?

Looking at Liu Chang who was lingering angrily in front of him, Gai said openly: "The Queen Mother has now made Lu more marquis, and has punished a lot of honors and honors for many crimes. This is not a good sign. Those who want to make his brother king, most of the opponents in the temple are dismissed and returned to their hometowns."

"This reminds me of an allusion, but I dare not say it explicitly."

Liu Chang took a deep breath and took his seat again.

"This must have been appointed by Zhao Yao's servant in order to please my mother. I will never let this person go, and I will set off now!!"

Zhang Cang suddenly said, "Your Majesty. If you do this, in the eyes of the world, it means that all the vassal states will follow the example of taking the lead in opposing the temple's policy."

"Haha, in the eyes of the world, the widow has long been the anti-king, still care about this?!"

"If the queen mother makes a decision on this matter, I'm afraid the king will not be able to stop it."

"Can you stop it, let's wait until I do it!"

"Luanbu!!!"

Liu Changda shouted, and soon, Luan Bu rushed into the palace with someone, Liu Chang looked at him seriously, and said, "Send someone to Qi State now, and tie King Qi to the widow in Jibei County. Go! Just say that King Qi doesn't respect me, and he says I'm Shuzi in private!"

"Let him stay in Jibei County and reflect on his words and deeds!"

"You can only leave after you apologize to the widow!"

The corner of Zhang Cang's eyes twitched, his king still has the means, but the opponent is too strong, I'm afraid he will be disappointed.

Luan Bu was stunned at the moment, "Your Majesty?? You want me to attack Qi??"

"Yes! Let the widows break their capital and tie King Qi to Jibei County!"

"Your Majesty!!"

Luan Bu shouted in horror: "If you do this, you will definitely cause chaos! Absolutely!"

"The widow has its own arrangements, you just do it, and the widow will explain it to you later!"

Liu Chang said so, and Luan Bu couldn't say anything else, so he gritted his teeth and left.

After Liu Chang sent Luan Bu away, he looked at his two teachers again, and he said seriously: "Gai Gong once taught me Tao, and Zhang Gong once taught me to respect my brother in trouble today, I want to save him, this is in line with Dao is also a behavior in line with etiquette, I hope you will not discourage it."

Gai Gong shook his head and said nothing.

"Your Majesty, you still have to think carefully about this matter and don't act rashly."

Zhang Cang was silent for a long time before he said: "If the king insists on intervening until Chang'an, please ask Xiao Xiang's policy first, and wait for the queen mother to inform him of his policy, which can be implemented in Tang Dynasty first."

"Huh?? Xiao Xiang's plan? What plan?"

At this moment, Zhang Cang no longer concealed it. He said seriously: "When I was Prime Minister of Tang, Prime Minister Xiao once wrote to me to inquire about the situation in my place. After learning about the situation of the princes, he concluded that there would be no In 30 years, the princes will change."

"At that time, he discussed the solution with me."

"Many strategies formulated by the Queen Mother today were actually formulated by Prime Minister Xiao."

"At that time, I complained to Xiang Xiang: If Emperor Gao had fewer sons, he would not have to be so distressed."

"Xiao Xiang suddenly replied, saying: You should have more births."

"Your Majesty may not know, I have always been very opposed to the division of feudal feudal lords. I feel that, as in Qin, the emperor should decide local affairs entirely, without pretense of feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal rulers. , there should be, but there is no opportunity to be stronger than the temple."

"At that time, Prime Minister Xiao formulated a strategy to divide the feudal feudal lords more, and divide the feudal feudal feudal lords according to their land. Therefore, Gongzijian sealed Jiaodong in the state of Qi, and made the big feudal feudal kingdom smaller for the king of Jiaodong, so that the feudal feudal country would not be Let us count several counties, but one county and several counties.”

"Can someone who occupies a county still be called a king?!"

Liu Chang was furious.

Zhang Cang said calmly: "At that time, Xiang Xiang formulated such a strategy mainly to guard against the king."

"Prevent me??"

"The king is brave, and has several counties, and is close to Chang'an"

Liu Chang originally wanted to scold Xiao Xiang, but he seriously thought about weakening the local princes and strengthening the temple. , exclaimed, "What does this have to do with King Qi?"

Zhang Cang opened his mouth, but did not speak.

"I haven't figured it out yet"

"Oh, when you figure it out, I've already sent a funeral to my eldest brother, no matter what, the widow will set off!"

When Duke Gai and Zhang Cang walked out of the palace, Zhang Cang just looked at the northwest and let out a long sigh.

"Why doesn't Duke Zhang tell the truth?"

"I don't know how to say it."

"The queen mother is so anxious. It seems that the queen mother's condition has also gotten worse."

Zhang Cang shook his head, "The queen mother wants to make Tang Wang Shizi'an the crown prince, and her intentions have not even been concealed. She constantly strengthens the power of the Lu family, in fact, she wants them to continue to protect Shizi'an. Her eagerness to do something with King Qi is actually due to King Qi's bad luck, and it happened at such a time that such a thing happened."

"The Queen Mother can't believe that Her Majesty doesn't like Queen Cao. I'm afraid there are still many people who the Queen Mother wants to eradicate."

"Your Majesty has no intention of taking the throne. Sigh."

Zhang Cang shook his head, the current situation is really a headache.

In fact, what Zhang Cang concealed about Liu Chang was not only the fact that King Qi was seriously ill, but also that Empress Lv's health was getting worse. The empress dowager, but the empress dowager did not allow everyone to tell the king of this matter, and Zhang Cang naturally did not dare to say it.

The current situation, to put it simply, the queen mother is afraid that she is gone, and the current emperor will destroy all the good things. She wants to let Tang Wang be the emperor, but Tang Wang is not willing, she wants to pass Liu Anlai After completing this matter, Liu An has no foundation in Chang'an, and she is worried that Liu An will be poisoned in the future, so she has to know more competitors and potential enemies.

King Qi was unlucky and happened to meet, and he was not an important enemy that the Queen Mother wanted to get rid of.

Even if King Qi is saved, what will happen next? It's hard to say what will happen to the world if the king is really forced to sit in that position?
Even Zhang Cang, when faced with such a chaotic and complicated situation, could not see what would happen next.

While Zhang Cang bowed his head and pondered, Gai Gong looked much more relaxed.

"You are a person who can do great things, but you are too prudent, looking forward to the future."

"Your Majesty can always do a lot of unexpected things. Don't think too much about it. Prepare for next year's spring planting in Shuofang County."

ps: There is more to say in this chapter, I almost have no comments to copy!
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