Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 396
As we all know, the Western Han Dynasty is the dynasty with the most traditions. Of course, later dynasties also have their own traditions. What emperors ascended the throne abnormally? any dynasty.

What kind of eldest son is not like the father, the three publics eliminate music, the princes and kings of orthopedics, the queen mother holds the power, the emperor can't sit still, the tyrants are resurrected like chives, and there are many traditions that go on horses and chop people when a pen is thrown, and among them there are many traditions. A tradition that seems incredible in other dynasties, the pretentious tradition.

The courtiers of the Great Han, to be precise, the courtiers of the Western Han Dynasty, like to play Jiao Zhao very much.

And the big man is also more tolerant of this matter. If it is harmless, he will usually be forgiven, regardless of his guilt.

However, this correction order is not something you can correct if you want. If you want to correct it, there is a premise that you at least "hold the emperor's festival", that is, you must have a token of the emperor.

When he was shot and pressed to the ground, the first thing Hou Feng thought of was Jiao Zhao.

He raised his head and looked at Liu Zhang angrily.

"You're dead! You dare to rebel?! The outer king rebels?! The queen mother will kill your clan!"

Liu Zhang looked at him with extremely cold eyes, with a hint of disdain.

"Are you going to kill my three clans?"

Only then did Hou Feng realize the slip of the tongue, and immediately said, "Don't believe Zhaoping! That servant of Zhaoping doesn't have the Son of Heaven Festival at all! Besides, he has a token of the Son of Heaven, and this edict was never prepared in Shiqu Pavilion. The Queen Mother will not forgive you if you listen to Jiao Zhao and come to murder the minister! The mistake you have committed now is not too big, if you accept it"

Unfortunately, before Hou Feng's words were finished, Zhang Budo was already riding on him, holding the token in his hand, and scolding him.

"Nei Gong insisted that you eat this token today!!!"

Seeing Zhang Budo who was persecuting the Chengmen Colonel, Liu Zhang shook his head helplessly.

But he did not persuade, the Queen Mother started killing this time, this Hou Feng jumped up and down in it, sowing dissension, his hands were covered with blood, so far, more than 4000 honorable people have died, and tens of thousands of people have been imprisoned , and among these people, how many of them really participated in the rebellion?
The students of Taixue were arrested and killed just because they wrote to the Queen Mother and hoped that Tingwei would investigate thoroughly. The angry Fu Qiubo brought many Confucian students to kill him at that time. Sentenced to beheaded.

Because of his opposition to his arrest of Qin Tong, the general Song Chang brought people to question him, but the people were not rescued, but instead put himself in.

At the same time, Liu Zhang was very dissatisfied with the eldest mother. He could understand the anger of the eldest mother. After all, when those people wanted to curse and kill his father, Liu Zhang was also very angry, and he didn't find out about it earlier. resulting in deep guilt.

However, when the eldest mother gets angry, she doesn't care about anything at all, she can only say that crazy women are the most terrifying.

Now, the three princes and nine emperors are all left in the Xuanshi Hall to discuss matters and are not allowed to go out. If the eldest mother is allowed to kill, when Father Zhong comes back, the ministers and honors in Chang'an will be reduced by half. As for the witch, he may never again. There is no such profession.

Liu Zhang and Zhang Wuxuan entered the Tingwei, but Liu Zhang did not relax completely.

"There is an edict from the emperor, Chai Wu, Zhi Du must be ordered, Wang Tianqi doesn't know. This guy has always been close to the queen mother, but he can't support him alone, and the palace has been controlled by Zhang Meng. The person who works for the queen mother They've all been caught."

The two were talking, but Tingwei was full of people. Because there were too many people arrested, Tingwei could no longer hold it. Therefore, Hou Feng deliberately requisitioned several places to detain these people.

As soon as he walked in here, Zhang Budo saw many acquaintances.

From Jiuqing to many Chehou royal relatives, anyone who has a little face in Chang'an can basically see it here. Zhang Budo even saw Lu Chan here. This is a bit outrageous. ? ?
Seeing so many big figures, the embroiderers couldn't help but chat in a low voice.

"Those are all Jiuqing, right?"

"Yeah. The four nine masters."

"This Hou Feng is too ferocious. That Jiuqing has been tortured by him. Look at how embarrassing he is still laughing."

"Oh no, he's normal, he's Duke Liu of Zhisu Nei Shi."

"Indiscriminately killing innocents, where are they innocent?"

"The people who are really innocent are the people who are trapped at home. They can't farm and go out because of these villains, and they are hurting their livelihood. They are innocent. If you want to persuade, why don't you use them to persuade, maybe I will Softhearted."

Although Liu An is smart, facing the eldest mother, in terms of words, it is impossible to resist.

In history, Empress Lv has never been merciless in killing people, but he has never tossed the people. This is similar to Liu Chang. Liu Chang was able to beat the people, and he has never heard of him beating the people.

The massacre this time is also aimed at the powerful class and the witch doctor class.

Before the Warring States Period, the division of labor between witches and doctors was still very vague. The witches might also diagnose the pulse, and the doctors might perform a great dance when they couldn't be cured.

After a long period of development, in the early Han Dynasty, the difference between the two has gradually been opened, but the difference is not too big. It will not be until after the demise of the Han Dynasty that the two have officially drawn all the boundaries. You are you, I It's me, I can't be called in the mix anymore.

Empress Lu's targeting behavior has accelerated this progress. When many witches were dragged out of their homes by the armored soldiers, they all shouted: "I am also a healer! Not a witch! A doctor!"

Of course, the doctors also began to draw a clear distinction between themselves and the witches. They kept silent about some treasured treatment methods. The doctors were also helpless. Even the imperial physician Ling Xia Wuqi was arrested for hiding tortoise shells and sacrificial items at home. .

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, witches were rampant, and many nobles liked to keep these witches at home. Before doing things, divination, prediction, and sacrifice were regarded as the top priorities. The composition of the nobles in the Han Dynasty was complex, including Chu people, Shu people, and old Qin people. , Zhao people, everyone has it, and their sacrificial culture is different. However, after the Zhou Dynasty, many barbaric and cruel sacrificial methods have been abolished. People who do this kind of thing will be ridiculed. will reprimand him.

This culture of raising witches is said to have been passed down to the end of the Han Dynasty. At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was a general under the command of a Taishi who did not want to be named "My sword is not good for you". I heard that he liked to let the witches come to do everything he did. Doing the math for yourself, unlike the image of the disheveled savage in some film and television dramas, the main army of the Taishi is a serious family member, although he is not a good family member.

Speaking back to the Queen Mother, when she was dealing with these people, she didn't pay attention to the civilians at the bottom. Even when she killed the most villagers in Wu, she deliberately selected a part of the "elite" to cut, that is, they cut a little bit. There were too many, and Liu Jing, who was detained in Tingwei, patted his belly happily.

"Mother, don't worry about the others. You have to keep the people from Shangfang. These people have made great contributions, and their abilities cannot be found in the whole world. They can't die."

After Liu An found that he couldn't persuade his eldest mother, he decided to give up the others and fish out the people he was most familiar with.

"And Duke Fuqiu, this one can't kill him for being loyal to my father."

"There is also General Qin Tong. He is not in good health. He has made so many military exploits before."

The rest of the sons nodded in agreement.

After Liu An found out that he couldn't make sense, he immediately put on a look of grievance and began to act like a spoiled child.

Empress Lu was also fond of this grandson. Liu An looked at her eagerly and tried to be cute, but she began to hesitate.

"These people, just stay for the time being and let your grandfather deal with them."

"Thank you mama!!"

If I knew what else to say, I should have pretended to be cute and begged from the beginning.

When Liu An and the others walked out of Changle Palace, Liu Wei breathed a sigh of relief, "It scared me to death, it's terrible that the eldest mother is angry."

"Look at your body, how can you be so timid when you can swing a wooden case and smash people?"

"I'm just big, not bold"

"Then how did you get the courage to rebel?"

"I didn't rebel, I took my soldiers to pretend to be majestic.

Liu Qi shook his head, "Anyway, these people saved their lives for the time being, but, I see, the eldest mother doesn't seem to want to kill Chen Tao, Qin Tong and these people."

Liu An nodded and said with emotion, "Yes, no matter what you say, General Qin's family can be preserved, that's enough."

Hearing Liu An say this, Liu Qi immediately raised his head, looked at Liu An's handsome face, and suddenly felt a strong sense of unease, and hurriedly asked, "An, you won't treat General Qin's daughter too?"

Liu An had a look of disdain, "Fart, only those of you who have no future will like that kind of young woman. I'm talking about General Qin's sister. That eldest sister is really beautiful."

"Um???"

Liu An looked at Liu Xiang again, "Brother, don't worry, you don't have no chance at all, this kind of marriage is still up to us elders to have the final say, when the time comes, I will have a few good words with my wife and brother for you. "

When Liu An just came to the door of Houde Hall, he met Zhang Budo who came here.

"How's it going?"

"Hou Feng has been subdued, Chai Wu and Wang Tianqi both expressed their obedience to the emperor's edict."

"Then did you let them go?"

"No."

"I dare not let it go."

Zhang Budo's attitude is very indifferent, but Liu An likes it more and more as he looks at it, how can he be so ignorant, how can he get so many capable ministers to serve him!

He couldn't help asking: "My grandfather usually beats or scolds you. His attitude is very bad. Why do you still treat him like this?"

Zhang Budo didn't answer Liu An, just casually cupped his hands, turned around and left.

Obviously, this matter will not end like this. Next, Zhaoping and the others have to consider how to bear the anger from the Queen Mother.

They are openly challenging the queen mother, and even hurt the queen mother's important ministers.

In a serious way, they called the army to control the inside and outside of Chang'an, which is already an act of treason.

When Zhang Budo found Zhaoping again, Zhaoping didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

"Hahaha, you old dog!"

"How cunning!"

Zhang Budo smiled and couldn't help but marvel, "How did you get the Emperor Taishang to issue an edict? He can have such courage? And Chao Cuo, you can actually direct him to do this?? I can't even do it. Come to these things! The emperor's day uses the emperor's, and the record-setting uses the inner court. You are the most cunning!"

Zhaoping looked calm.

"Have everything been done outside?"

"Yes, it's all done."

Zhao Ping smiled, and then said: "It's good to do it, this external matter can be left to you, remember, don't be careless, be cautious, in two days, you can probably let go of martial law and let the people People go out at will, and running a country is driving a fast train, but you can’t frighten the horses, if the people are frightened, it will have a very bad influence.”

"You don't need to say more about this, I know it very well, but tell me, how did you persuade Taishanghuang and Chao Cuo?"

"The Emperor Taishang is very fond of His Majesty. When he learned about the witchcraft, he took the long sword and said that he was going to slaughter Wu Zui Chao Cuo. He even dared to write a letter to the Queen Mother, requesting that all Wu Zui group be cooked and killed. How did you convince them?"

Zhaoping said calmly: "Although the Emperor Taishang loves His Majesty and fears the Empress Dowager, he is a kind person. I will persuade him and tell him that tens of thousands of people will die because of this, including many innocent people. There are temples and temples. The important minister, he decided to help me, but he did not forgive Wu Zui and other people."

"What about Chao Cuo?"

"I also persuaded him, well, you can ask about these things in the future. Although Liu Zhang has the courage, after all, he is a foreign king. It is not good to do more of these things. You should take responsibility for yourself, and you must not neglect!"

"You don't have to give me an order!!"

"If I were the prime minister of the country, nothing like this would happen!! People like Wu Zui would never live today!!"

Zhang Budo said indignantly, he has always been very dissatisfied with Zhao Ping's affairs, and Zhou Chang can forget it, but what kind of talent does this old man dare to put on his head?

Zhao Ping rarely refuted Zhang Budo, perhaps because Zhang Budo had just helped him.

"Undoubtedly, this is not what it used to be, you can't just govern the world with heavy codes. If you are the prime minister of the country, you can cruelly punish those who make mistakes, but don't involve innocent people, and use cruel criminal law to make the world feel afraid. , disposing of him alone will not be implicated to make the world feel benevolent and righteous. This is the correct way."

Zhang Budo just snorted coldly, this year really, anyone dares to come and teach me.

"However, what happened today is still thanks to you."

"I don't want to thank you. I did this for His Majesty, Chen Tao, Feng Jing and these little people. Although they have no talent, His Majesty still has a place for them. There will be no one available.”

"I know that you have always been the most loyal to His Majesty."

Zhang Budo was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he remembered, and muttered: "When I first came to Chang'an, everyone who saw me would respect me because I was Liuhou's son, even you, who saw me. When I was young, I also asked if I was my younger brother who served as a servant at a young age. Everyone in the world knows them, but they don’t know me.”

"Your Majesty asked me to sit beside him. When my father reprimanded me, he immediately turned his face and berated my father, and also mocked my father and my younger brother, saying that he was just a coward and could not do great things. He treats me not as the son of Liuhou, not as someone else's brother, but as his own lover. At that time, I knew that I had met a king who could let me die."

"Hahaha~~~"

Zhaoping laughed, Zhang Budo glanced at him, turned and was about to leave.

"No doubt!"

Zhaoping stopped him.

Zhang Budo turned around and said, "What else is there?"

"No doubt, you and I have been arguing for more than ten years. You are a disgusting eagle dog, flattering, blind and reckless, never considering the consequences of doing things, vying for favor and jealousy, excluding new ministers, disrespecting old ministers, extremely stupid, really The first official of the big Han also!!!"

Zhang Buxuan was stunned. Just as he scolded and rolled up his sleeves to fight, Zhaoping said, "However, you are a worthy minister."

"I have to release the imperial physician Ling Xia Wuqi now. Let him show you!"

Zhang Budo turned around and left.

The smile on Zhaoping's face gradually disappeared.

He lowered his head, wiped his scabbard, patted his clothes, tidied up his crown, dipped his fingers with saliva, and wiped his beard lightly to make it as clean as possible. Turned around and left the Xuanshi Hall.

After walking out of the palace, Zhang Wuzhu suddenly felt that something was wrong, he frowned and pondered.

"What did you say?!!"

The anger in the Queen Mother's eyes almost burned through Wang Tianqi, who was sitting in front of him.

Wang Tianqi lowered his head, "There is an imperial edict, but the minister dare not refuse to obey, but the minister is too kind, and dare not not come to inform."

"Rebel! Rebellion!"

"You pass my edict!!"

"The queen mother, he probably won't be able to pass it on."

Someone interrupted Empress Lu who was in a rage. Empress Lu looked around and saw Zhaoping standing at the door.

Zhaoping bowed to the empress dowager seriously, and the enraged empress dowager calmed down at this moment, just squinting his eyes and looking at the prime minister in front of him.

"Are you trying to keep me here?"

"I dare not, I brought a few soldiers and ordered them to stand in front of the door, lock the door, and do not allow anyone to enter or leave."

"Hehehe"

Empress Lu laughed, and the smile was so terrifying that it made one shudder.

Zhao Ping said seriously; "I have come here to apologize to the Queen Mother."

"The minister bewitched the Emperor Taishang to issue an edict on the day of the Son of Heaven, injured Shangshu Ling Chao Cuo, tied him up, and asked the officials of the Shangshu to add a jade seal, and successively committed crimes such as bewitching the king, murdering ministers, and arrogance, etc., and issued an edict to Zhang Bu. Doubt, Liu Zhang, Zhou Chang, Chai Wu, Wang Tianqi and others, to let them withdraw their troops, this is a crime of trespassing crime."

"Then what should I do with you?"

"Being the Zhu clan."

Zhaoping was very calm, he pulled out his saber, but Wang Tianqi was shocked and immediately blocked in front of the Queen Mother, but was pushed away by the Queen Lu.

Zhao Ping said: "This minister was originally a sinner who followed the Qin state, and he had no ability. When Xiao Xiang recommended it, and His Majesty showed mercy, he let me be a sacrificial person. Later, he did not despise my despicableness and raised me to be the country's minister. I am always worried that I will not be able to repay His Majesty's kindness. Now, the minister is old and more useless, and I don't know how long I can serve His Majesty. But the people the Queen Mother wants to kill this time are different from the minister. "

"Chen Tao made many tools, which benefited the world. Xia Wuqi opened a medical clinic and saved countless people. Feng Jing was diligent and diligent. When the kings of the Western Regions met, he handled it properly and surprised the foreign kings. Qin Tong was good at training troops, and Song Chang was good at it. Defense, Fuqiu Bo Zhushu educates people, Zhang Shizhi enforces the law strictly."

"These people are very loyal to His Majesty and will never participate in the rebellion."

"Please don't worry that the queen mother has the idea of ​​murdering your majesty, you can wait for your majesty to come back and deal with them."

"As for the minister, a useless person who has committed many crimes, should have been dealt with by the court officer, but he was worried about His Majesty's mercy and refused to use punishment. The minister has set a precedent for all crimes. Today is only death. Please don't be angry with the queen mother."

Zhaoping lowered his head and looked at the sword in his hand.

chuckled lightly.

"At the beginning, Xiang Xiang was worried about His Majesty's actions that would disrupt the country, and specifically asked me to persuade him at all times. He once said that if there is a major chaos in the future, either it will be caused by His Majesty. If it is not His Majesty, it will be decided by His Majesty. Chaos, this life is enough."

He immediately picked up the long sword and aimed it at his neck without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)