Straight man of steel

Chapter 426 Nodes
The news that Zhuo Wangsun accepted Zhang Yuan's solicitation was first known by Zhang Yuan, and it took a few days for Liu Che to receive the news.

Zong Xing's team worked hard and arrived in Linqiong within nine days, and then five days more than the deadline given by the government.

Knowing that he had no choice, Zhuo Wangsun decisively chose to leave Linqiong's family business behind.

While letting Zong Xing and others stay in Linqiong to rest first, they also sent a team of people to deliver news to Zhang Yuan.

It's time difference.

Who knows if Liu Che will react too much after hearing the news.

After Zhang Yuan received the news, he immediately stopped all expansion operations.

The circle is firmly enclosed within the circle of Chang'an City and the eight satellite cities.

Business is also going on as usual, but there is no unscrupulous promotion like in the past.

The dividends sent to the inner treasury and the Pingyang Houfu also sent some of the best copper coins as much as possible.

"Bang!"

After Liu Che received the news, he was really furious.

The bronze ware in the palace is just for him to vent, anyway, no matter how you smash it, it won't cause too much loss.

Compared with the later emperors who smashed porcelain and tore calligraphy and paintings by hand, the emperors of the Han Dynasty can be called frugal.

"Call me Sang Hongyang!"

Naturally, Liu Che would not shift the responsibility to himself. Sang Hongyang came up with the idea, and Zhang Yuan found out the loophole so quickly. The blame must be on the person who came up with the idea, not the one who made the decision.

"Here."

The eunuch, who was silent like a cicada, quickly retreated.

The furious Liu Che and some other maidservants and Xiao Huangmen were in the Nuoda palace.

Except for the distinction between men and women when having sex, the emperor never thought of such things as pity and pity when he was furious.

The little ones who remained in the temple were doomed to the ravages of the storm.

Except for Queen Lu, among the rulers of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Che was the one who killed the most people.

If it is because of Liu Che, no matter whether it is indirect or direct, Liu Che is also one of the few emperors in history who became the emperor and laid down millions of corpses in a rage.

I'm afraid Liu Che is the only emperor who committed so many murders in the middle of the unified dynasty.

When Sang Hongyang walked into the palace, he had already felt Liu Che's anger from the blood on the ground.

He has been with Liu Che for more than ten years and knows Liu Che's temperament.

In history, the only emperor who has never hidden his true nature and can achieve this for thousands of years is Qin Huang Han Wu.

What they want is the fear that the courtiers have for themselves from the soul.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Minister Sang has arrived, has arrived."

The eunuch's trembling whole body was a little unclear.

But Liu Che didn't get angry because of this.

"His Majesty."

Sang Hongyang tried his best to stabilize his emotions and bowed to Liu Che.

"The Zhuo Wangsun of Shu County has already joined Zhang Yuan's family!
Now all their mines, iron smelting workshops, and wealth belong to Zhang Yuan! "

Liu Che said these two sentences almost through gritted teeth.

Sang Hongyang's brain was running fast, and he immediately found the reason for Liu Che's anger.

The rules of the big Han made many princes continue to grow bigger, and the emperor was helpless until their faults were found.

That is, when Liu Che was at his strongest, that is, in 110 BC, he deprived [-] rank marquises of their titles at one time because of the gold.

Although the big man is strong now, it is far from the time when Liu Che's reputation is the strongest.

There is also Liu An, the king of Huainan who has always wanted to rebel, and he is alive and well.

Either Liu Che would not do it, or if he did, he would never be able to do other cover-up behaviors.

In the long-dead Qing Dynasty, there was an Emperor Qianlong who spent countless financial resources and manpower to build the Old Summer Palace. After the construction, he may feel that the money was too much and the national strength was also wasted. No more royal gardens will be built.

As a result, after a few years, I said what a ghost, I said that for my filial piety, I built the Qingyi Garden, which was later the Summer Palace, for my filial piety, and I don’t know how to recruit it through Liu Che’s digging of the Kunming Pool to train the navy. How many civilians dug out Kunming Lake.

It is not a violation of ambition to say that it is his filial piety and the construction of water conservancy projects with the cheek.

In order to maintain their reputation, emperors throughout the ages are really few in number who can do what Qianlong looks like.

The ability to reverse black and white can be regarded as a unique skill, but it is not just for self-enjoyment.

Liu Che played Shanglinyuan for a hunting trip, and he didn't hide it at all.

Lao Tzu is the Son of Heaven, so what if the Son of Heaven hunts all over the place.

Moreover, part of the reason for the construction of Shanglin Garden is actually Queen Mother Dou. Liu Che has rarely gone hunting since the death of Queen Mother Dou.

He enjoys being in control of power, doing everything by himself, making up his own mind no matter how big or small it is.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was completely empty at this time.

Pingji Hou Xue Ze was able to be the prime minister for seven years in a period when Liu Che and the big man were both on the rise, and he was given a nine-character evaluation in history.

Do nothing, and do nothing evil, fortunately.

Anyway, I don't care about bad things and good things and don't do good things, and I'm so lucky to be able to save my life in the prime minister's mansion with peace of mind.

In fact, this is also Xue Ze's great wisdom. A large group of people are involved behind Xue Ze, not only his people from Pingjihou's mansion, but also the line of Guangpinghou.

When Xue Ze resigned as Prime Minister, Liu Che also insulted him by saying that the old guy is useless.

For the past few decades of Liu Che's administration, if we want to divide each stage, we can start with each prime minister.

Twelve prime ministers are twelve stages.

The year Dou Ying became prime minister was the time when the young Liu Che was about to start a big career.

The four years when Xu Chang was prime minister was the four years when Liu Che was beaten into the abyss by Queen Dowager Dou.

During Tian Fu's four years as prime minister, it was when Queen Dowager Dou finally died, and Liu Che needed the support of Queen Mother Dou to stabilize his strength.

During Xue Ze's seven years as prime minister, Liu Che had consolidated his strength. He happened to be young and strong, and he was the most energetic seven years. At this time, anyone standing in front of him would be in the way. Zedu chose the old man who would not stand in his way.

The three years when Gongsun Hong was prime minister was the time when Liu Che needed Confucianism to determine his ruling ideas. He wanted to give hope to the new Confucian students all over the world, and the new Confucian students could also worship the prime minister.

Li Cai's three years as prime minister was an accident, because Gongsun Hong died in office, just when the big man was attacking the Xiongnu and was in the midst of repeated battles, the voice of Li Cai's army not only comforted the Li family in Longxi, but also gave The sergeant of the Han Dynasty was greatly encouraged. Li Cai is Li Guang's cousin and a member of the Li family in Longxi, which can be regarded as Liu Che's confession to the Li family in Longxi.

During Zhuang Qingzhai's three years as prime minister, in fact, besides Wei Qing, Zhang Tang was the most powerful official among the Han officials at this time, and no one in the world was afraid of Zhang Tang.

The two framed each other to death, creating a special case of killing with death.

When a person takes his own life to frame another person, this power is even greater than the persuasive force of the law.

These three years were the three years when big men and cruel officials were rampant. In fact, it was not just these three years. From youth to middle age, until Liu Che entered old age, the big man was actually shrouded in haze.

It's just that Zhang Tang has earned an eternal reputation.

Zhao Zhou's three years as prime minister were three years of resistance. During these three years, Liu Che wantonly deprived the titles of Liehou. Zhao Zhou naturally committed suicide and then left office.

The fact that so many prime ministers committed suicide was because there were too many people standing behind them. The suicide was considered to have extinguished the anger in Liu Che's heart, so that he would not be convicted of various crimes when he was alive and eventually implicate the people in his family.

Then Shi Qing became emperor for nine years, and he did nothing in his position. It seemed that Liu Che liked this kind of prime minister.

It was also when Shi Qing was prime minister that Liu Che began to grow old.

The prime minister Shi Qing doesn't deal with things, and the prime minister at this time is really loyal and cautious.

Then the big man always ushered in a person who could be called a prime minister with enough qualifications, merit and prestige in life.

Gongsun He.

Gongsun He spent much longer in officialdom than his predecessors.This time was when Liu Che was most suspicious. Gongsun He's 12 years as prime minister can be said to have suppressed the chaos that gradually began to rise in the big man.

But this is suppressing, not clearing up the chaos, and there is an essential difference between the two.

The volcano will erupt after all. The most famous voodoo disaster in history, the injury of Prince Li Liu Shi finally erupted.

Gongsun He is naturally finished, but fortunately Wei Qing is already dead, otherwise he will be humiliated in his later years, this can be regarded as God's little pity for Wei Qing.

Looking further up, Shi Qing, Zhao Zhou, and Zhuang Qingzhai were all teachers of Prince Li.

And Gongsun He and Liu Ju have an iron-like relationship, their uncle.

The four consecutive prime ministers were all from Liu Ju's lineage, and Liu Che supported Gongyang Chunqiu, and Liu Ju supported Guliang Chunqiu.

In addition, besides Liu Che's love for Liu Shi when he got his first son, most of the time this father did not show his love for this son.

The reason is that the power behind Liu Ju is too great, and Liu Ju himself is not the type that Liu Che likes to be the favorite of heaven, who shines everywhere he goes.

Liu Zheng's fate is actually not difficult to guess, but his death has become a node of the great man and a node of history.

The reason why Liu Quyu became prime minister for a year was because Liu Che didn't know who among the ministers was on Liu Ju's side, so he could only find a trusted person among the clan to replace him.

The reason why he has only been in office for this year is naturally because he made a mistake that many people named Liu like to make. If the prince dies, can he create a new prince, or does he have the chance to become emperor.

The last prime minister was Tian Qianqiu. At this time, Liu Che was really old. A lion had reached his old age. Looking at the treasury without a penny, the people without food, and the rapidly declining population, this emperor finally convinced him. As he got old, he began to look back at his own life and worked hard to stabilize this crumbling empire for his successor.

Tian Qianqiu's title of lieutenant can also represent Liu Che's wish to be a rich man.

Fortunately, Zhang Yuan hadn't reached Liu Che's middle age yet, at this time Liu Che could still retain a trace of reason and wisdom.

After Sang Hongyang figured out the key point, he immediately said to Liu Che with a smile.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to get angry about this, you already knew the loopholes in it, otherwise you would not support Da Xing Zhu Fu Yan's remarks and want to thank the world.

It seems to Yichen that Xin'anhou's move may be just a last resort. Anyway, the relationship between Xin'anhou and the eldest daughter of the Zhuo family must be blocked by him. Besides, Zhuo Wangsun wants to help Xin'anhou , if you are Your Majesty, you will not allow your supporters to be harmed.

But Marquis Xin'an's move is against His Majesty, it is impossible for him not to guess that this is Your Majesty's intention, you can wait for a while, if Marquis Xin'an does nothing, or if there is no other movement from Shu County, then Your Majesty, you should really consider the relationship between the monarch and his ministers with Marquis Xin'an. "

It's true that people are more angry than people. Sang Hongyang's words successfully calmed Liu Che, and he began to think about the key.

"You mean to tell me to wait?"

"Yes, Your Majesty should ignore the Marquis of Xin'an at this time, and issue the Tweet Order before the August Festival, otherwise it will be too late."

Sang Hongyang didn’t just let Zhang Yuan go just like that, but he knew that Zhang Yuan was not easy to provoke after such a trip. Before he found out Zhang Yuan’s real purpose, he decided to find out Zhang Yuan’s thoughts first, and then proceed with other actions. Actions.

"Okay, I see.

Let you watch Zhang Yuan's side first, if he has other changes, tell me immediately. "

"I understand."

Seven days after Liu Che got angry.

The prefect of Shu County handed over the document, saying that the Linqiong Zhuo family intends to transfer all the mines in Shu County to the government for disposal by the government.

After hearing the news, Liu Che was a little relieved. In his opinion, Zhang Yuan was bowing his head and bowing his head.

After allocating all Zhuo's mines to another iron smelter, Kong Zhi, Zhuo Wangsun finally sold out almost all of his properties in Shu County.

Of course, the house was not sold, all those iron smelting workshops were sold, and the mine was taken over by the government. It is relatively easy to sell these land and real estate.

It took more than a month to dispose of these properties. After all these things were dealt with, the mighty convoy set off from Linqiong.

There are hundreds of vehicles and thousands of people accompanying them, and this is only the capital of the Zhuo family in Shu County. If you add up all the people working for the Zhuo family in the entire Dahan, there must be tens of thousands.

This is the root of Liu Che's worry.

A certain wild boar king dared to rebel if he gathered more than 100 people, let alone these merchants with tens of thousands of people.

If you want to talk about trust with Liu Che, he will talk about reality with you.

You talk to him about the future, and he talks to you about the present.

You talk to him about the reality, and he draws a big pie for you.

Anyway, he is the emperor, let him say everything, and he can only endure the discomfort.

With a team of thousands of people along the way, and with the fact that Jinyin cleared the way and carried the name of Marquis Xin'an on his back, the team did not encounter any obstacles at all.

The government still supports the move of rich people to the Inner History area, and Liu Che will not attack Zhuo Wangsun out of anger. To put it bluntly, neither Zhuo Wangsun nor Zhang Yuan is qualified.

The only person in Liu Che's life who was qualified to wrestle with him was the Queen Mother Dou, but at that time Liu Che chose to hang on.

Then it was really lonely not finding an opponent, so he just imagined his son as an enemy.

In this way, Zhuo Wangsun's large army finally arrived in Lantian County after a month of departure.

(End of this chapter)