Hanhou

According to the culprit's confession, the matter involved Liu Ling, the princess of Huainan.The captain of Siying couldn't be arbitrary, so he quickly sorted out the confession, confirmed that there were no omissions, and Han Yan took it into the palace and presented it to the emperor face to face.

Not long after Han Yan entered the palace, some eunuchs rushed to Linyuan and passed on the emperor's oral order to take the thief into the city and hand it over to Lieutenant Ning Cheng for interrogation.

The next day, Han Yan returned to the camp, not feeling relaxed, but with a serious expression on her face, as if troubled by something.

"A Yan, what's the matter?" Cao Shi had the best relationship with Han Yan, and seeing his behavior like this, he was the first to ask.

"When I left the palace, the princess of Huainan had an audience, so she should have known about it." Han Yan returned to the barracks, took off her saber, poured out a cup of warm water, and gulped down her stomach, her solemn expression never disappeared.

"Why so fast?" Cao Shi asked in surprise.

Han Yan didn't answer, just shook his head.

Zhao Jia, Wei Yue and Li Danghu walked into the room and sat down respectively before Han Yan continued: "I look at the Huainan princess with no worries on her face, she seems to have a plan in mind. This matter may not be easy."

"How sure are Wang and Sun?" Zhao Jia asked.

"At least [-]%." Han Yan sighed, put down the lacquer cup, and squeezed the space between her eyebrows.He has been in and out of the Han Palace since he was a child, and he seems to be domineering, but in fact he has a delicate mind.If not, we wouldn't be able to get to where we are today.

When I saw Liu Ling today, I felt something was wrong.But what was wrong, I couldn't think of it for a while.He had no choice but to return to camp quickly and discuss with Cao Shi, Zhao Jia, etc., in case something came to an end and he was not prepared at all.

"The timing is wrong." Wei Yue said suddenly.

Today's practice is over, several people took off their armor, they are all dark clothes and leather belts.

Compared with the generals galloping on the battlefield, Wei Yue at this moment has no evil spirit in his whole body, and his temperament is gentle and elegant, which is a serious interpretation of what it means to be a nobleman and a son of a family.

"Timing?" Zhao Jia sat on the right side of Wei Yue, with one hand on his lap, tapping his fingers unconsciously.

"Yes." Wei Yue nodded, seeing that Han Yan was the only one who realized something among the four of them, she immediately explained, "Since the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, Chao Cuo's policy was discussed in the court, and most of them called it wrong. To suppress the kings."

"Over the past few years, there have been many tyrannical and greedy kings. Those who have solid evidence in their hands, there are also many ghosts, bribes, and flogging of the country's ministers to violate the evidence of their kings."

"Here, the kings have long complained."

Speaking of this, Wei Yue took several brief pages and placed them separately, representing Chang'an and the princes and kings.

"Last year, when the Emperor performed martial arts, the Son of Heaven displayed his military power to frighten the kings by sending iron officials and salt officials to the kingdom. The kings were afraid and did not dare to forcefully refuse. This year, the Son of Heaven wants to change the currency system, and the kings are also involved."

"The benefits here are huge, and there are past events, resentment and resentment abound, and people's hearts are shaken."

"The princess of Huainan is cunning, she took advantage of this opportunity and secretly provoked her."

After Wei Yue finished speaking, the room suddenly fell into silence.

Looking at the leaflet opened, Zhao Jia's brows were deeply furrowed.

"Princess Huainan did it on purpose?"

"Either on purpose, or on purpose."

Liu Ling probably didn't expect that the new camp was so well guarded.

The spies were not strangers, they had been in and out of Linyuan several times before, but they were not found.This time he was negligent and was caught by the officials.

To be honest, if it weren't for the experience of hunting Huns spies, the civil servants might not be so vigilant, and immediately concluded that this person was acting suspiciously.It can only be said that a mountain is higher than a mountain. If you are unlucky, drinking cold water will clog your teeth.

Civil officials have dealt with the Huns all year round, and they are cautious in their bones.Falling into his hands, the spies were not wronged.

However, just as Wei Yue analyzed before, although the spies were killed, they would not pose too much threat to Liu Ling, and would even be used as a tool for her to provoke princes and kings.

"A month ago, the emperor issued a decree to reprimand King Jiaoxi." Han Yan said suddenly.

Hearing Liu Duan mentioned, Zhao Jia's expression changed slightly, and his eyes turned to Wei Yue.The latter blinked slightly, but said nothing.

"Severely punishing the Huainan princess and bringing out the Huainan king at this time, even if the evidence is convincing, it may also lead to a backlash."

"That's why the Huainan princess is safe?" Zhao Jia said in a deep voice.

When the rabbit dies, the fox is sad, and things hurt its kind.

This is clearly taking advantage of the dissatisfaction of the kings, intending to provoke alliances and bully the emperor's youth!

Isn't the Lord of the Mausoleum worried about being settled by Qiuhou?

After another thought, Zhao Jia shook his head lightly.

Historically, the King of Huainan conspired to rebel, and Liu Ling was involved in it.

This father and daughter are staring at the throne, what else are they afraid to do?

If you don't know the historical process, just based on the current situation, Liu Che has carried out drastic reforms just two years after he took the throne, first digging out the pockets of the kings, and then digging out the wealth of the princes' families.In the eyes of those with a heart, it is actually a handle that can be used.

Liu Ling dared to advance aggressively, probably because he wanted to take a gamble and take a risk to make further explorations.

When things are done, the "weakness" of the young emperor will be fully exposed.If it doesn't work, with the power of the kings, she will still have no worries about her life.

It's a pity that she didn't understand Emperor Wu after all.

Zhao Jia half-closed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled into a smile.

Historically, the Jianyuan New Deal was abolished by Queen Mother Dou, Zhao Wan, Wang Zang and others committed suicide, dismissed from office, Liu Che was severely hit, but did not fall into depression, but secretly accumulated strength until several years later Gan Gang made his own decision , hold the power alone.

Compared with Queen Mother Dou, what is Huainan Wang Daughter?

Even if he escaped by chance this time, Liu Che would remember that his end was already doomed.

"It's up to the emperor to decide. I'll just concentrate on training soldiers." Li Danghu said.

Cao Shi nodded in agreement, he really didn't want to get too deeply involved in matters related to the kings.Deliberately changing the subject, he turned his gaze to Zhao Jia, and said, "Aduo put down the house, when will he move in? I'm going to congratulate him."

"Half a month later." Zhao Jia said with a smile, "We will have a rest in the camp, and Jiahui will prepare delicious food and wine. Please come and gather at home."

"Very good!"

Hearing the word "good wine", Cao Shi and Li's wine worms were immediately seduced, and Han Yan was also looking forward to it.

It is no secret in Xinying that Zhao Jia has good wine in his hand.

The problem is that Colonel Zhao strictly guards against death. So far, except for the medical craftsman holding a wooden sign to call, no altar has flowed out.Everyone could only smell the aroma of the wine, but could not taste the wine at all. The more they couldn't drink it, the more they thought about it.

After finally hearing him let go, everyone was overjoyed.

Li Danghu took the bamboo slips, and together with Cao Shi, he looked up the date of rest and bathing, and circled them with a brush.Judging by the posture of the two of them, it is estimated that they will count the days on their fingers, just waiting to celebrate Zhao Jia's housewarming.

Seeing this, Zhao Jia couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.After laughing, thinking that Uncle Hu hadn't arrived in Beijing yet, and didn't have all the things he needed, he turned his head to look at Wei Yue, and whispered a few times.

"Please help the third son."

"Aduo's request is my duty." Wei Yue smiled gently, and when she put away the brief page, her fingertips seemed to brush the back of Zhao Jia's hand unintentionally, "These days, Chang'an is afraid that there will be winds, so Ado will try to stay in the camp as much as possible. , everything is up to me. The necessary equipment and manpower, I will finish it as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Third Young Master." Zhao Jia smiled, rolled his eyes, covered them with his sleeves, and swiped Wei Yue's palm.

"As expected, Ah Duo knows me." Wei Yue smiled deeper, and grabbed Zhao Jia's finger that hadn't moved away.

"nature."

Zhao Jia and Wei Yue secretly attacked "Ji Feng", but Li Danghu and Cao Shi didn't notice it at all.

Only Han Yan seemed to be aware of it, and glanced over, only to see Wei Yue standing up holding a brief page, Zhao Jia's expression was natural, and there was nothing unusual, so she couldn't help but doubt herself.

Did you see it wrong?

In the next few days, the fourth battalion resumed its daily work and rest, and stepped up training every day.

News from the city came in one after another. As Wei Yue deduced before, Liu Ling was called into the palace, and after crying in front of the emperor and the queen mother, the heads of the clan kings flew into Weiyang Palace.

Because of this incident, Liu Ling sent a letter to the King of Huainan openly and aboveboard. On the surface, it seemed to express grievances, but in fact it implied a secret report, mentioning various things in Chang'an, saying that it was a good opportunity from God.

The clan interceded for Liu Ling, not because the Huainan princess was so popular.

In fact, the king of Huainan let himself go, and the sky and the air are more unpopular than the king of Dai.The reason for joining the table is that the emperor was too hasty, and the court continued to raise questions, and he was almost critical of the princes and kings.Everyone has had grievances for a long time, and they just took the opportunity to express their dissatisfaction.

It used to be Liu Duan, the King of Jiaoxi, and now Liu Ling, the Queen of Huainan. Who will be next?

Faced with the clan's submission, Liu Che was furious.Before he issued the imperial edict, Empress Dowager Dou sent someone to invite him.

The emperor walked into the Changle Palace full of anger, and when he came out again, the anger was suppressed to the bottom of his heart, and all the emotions that were exposed were restrained.After returning to the proclamation room, he threw away the half-written decree, first passed it down to appease the clan, and then ordered people to go to the south of the city to give the Huainan princess fifty pieces of silk and one hundred gold.

Liu Ling was very grateful when he received the reward.After sending the people away, they went back to the room, looked at the silk and gold in front of them, laughed until the flowers trembled, and were extremely proud.

"Liu Che, Son of Heaven, that's all."

In the next few days, Liu Che successively issued decrees to appease the clan kings.Dou Ying continued to pull Chen Wu and the others, and wrestled with the princes on the list, vowing not to give up until the goal was achieved.

Inside and outside Chang'an, all the kings and officials couldn't understand the emperor.

Liu Che seemed to be resigned, but in fact, he never stopped doing one thing.When there was a memorial to impeach Wei Qihou, he suppressed it directly and ignored it.

Until some daring person impeached the captain of the Fourth Battalion under the instigation of Liu Ling, the emperor was furious in the hall, and called the guards in front of the hall on the charge of "slandering the important ministers", and dragged the head rafters down.

So far, the act of temptation has come to an end.

The forces hiding in the dark thought they had figured out the emperor's temper, and began to plan the next move.

Liu Che returned to the propaganda room, didn't care to read the memorial, and went to Changle Palace again.

It was expected that he would come, Empress Dowager Dou waved back the eunuchs and palace people, not even Chen Jiao stayed by her side, only the grandparents and grandson sat opposite each other, and said in a deep voice: "Don't act rashly, make a decision before you move. , the attack will be fatal. I can’t figure it out for a while, but think about why the Seven Kingdoms sent troops in the late emperor’s time.”

"promise!"

"Chao Cuo's strategy is not an exaggeration, but if you act too hastily, it will lead to the flames of war." Empress Dowager Dou sat upright and said solemnly, "At that time, there was a prince in the court, King Liang in the clan, and the rebel army was powerful. , and finally ashes and smoke. The Son of Heaven thinks carefully, what should be done if the kings are in chaos again. If you think about it, everything can be solved, and there is no need to go to Changle Palace again."

"Follow Mother's teaching." Liu Che said seriously.

"Remember, don't be in a hurry." Empress Dowager Dou continued, "You are still young, and there are many elders among the kings, so why worry? The Huns in the grassland are in great trouble, and they drive the Huns to the north, so that the Huns dare not go south to graze horses. It is the most important thing!"

"promise!"

"I'm old after all, and I don't know when I will see the first emperor. The emperor has had heirs long ago, so I don't regret it." Empress Dowager Dou changed the subject and said, "A few days ago your mother mentioned that you would release the old and weak palace people, and choose a son from a good family in Jingji to fill the eternal life. Lane, what does the Son of Heaven think?"

"Mother, I made a vow early on that I will love Sister Chongjiao."

"I know." Empress Dowager Dou said in a gentle tone, "Jiaojiao already knew about this matter, and there is no conflict between the two."

Liu Che was silent for a moment, then Fang said: "I only listen to the arrangement of the aunt."

After saying this, the matter of choice will be controlled by the Changle Palace, and the Queen Mother can only make some small moves, and the final decision must be in the hands of the Queen Mother Dou.

Politics means compromise.

Liu Che was young and energetic, and his strides were a bit big. The princes and kings were frightened by the force of the army, and their hearts were full of resentment. There was a tendency to unite and seek another way to counterattack.

Liu Che knew very well that the support of the Empress Dowager Gongdou in Changle was crucial to preserve the previous achievements.

What's more, Queen Dowager Dou's request was not too much, she didn't even ask Chen Jiao to give birth to an heir.Such a condition is far below the bottom line set by Liu Che, and he can back down in exchange for more support from Empress Dowager Dou.