The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

After Liu Rong was abolished, he took over the original fief of his third brother and became the king of Linjiang.The capital where Linjiang is located is Jiangling, Hubei, which is the southernmost end of the Hanzhong Line Avenue, across Dongting Lake and Changsha Kingdom.

Compared with the vassal state of the younger brother in the south, Linjiang is undoubtedly superior to Changsha in terms of geographical environment, history and humanities, and it is also a hub of land and river transportation, because it produces good wood and environment. Shiyi has become a professional production place for crossbows in the Han Dynasty.

This place has been a gathering place of humanities and economy since ancient times. Generally speaking, if it is only used as a prince's fiefdom, the conditions of this place are already very good.But the problem of embarrassment is embarrassment in this place too good.

After Liu Rong became a feudal clan, he discovered a problem-there was no place to build a palace!

For the king of a country, the palace is an important existence next to the mausoleum. This is not only for the needs of quality of life, but also for the existence of authority. Moreover, the luxurious and majestic palace is a living business card of the local area.

When businessmen from other places see a big palace in this place, they will feel that the owner of this place must be extremely rich and powerful, and will be willing to trade with you and stay here permanently. The same is true for students, farmers, and craftsmen. .The reason is that a company with its own office building always looks more stylish than a company squeezed in a small broken building, at least it is the first impression.

But now the problem Liu Rong encounters is very embarrassing. Jiangling itself is the capital of Chu State. Chu State has built its capital here for more than hundreds of years. The farmland was all he had bought, and no homestead was left for him at all.

However, in Liu Rong's view, these old buildings are also historical sites. The young literary and artistic youths are really reluctant to demolish them. Of course, the cost of demolishing the houses is also a factor. Although he was a prince back then, he really didn't save much money. , Now the funds in hand are normal state closure funds.

His third brother also spent a lot of time surveying the place when he was the queen of the feudal clan. He passed away after repairing a small foundation for the palace or something.

After building and building, the problem came out-there was not enough space.I don't know if it was a problem with the master craftsman's measurement or the lack of control when cutting the raw materials. In the end, the palace was almost able to be incorporated, but if it is rebuilt, it will be the land outside the temple.

The difference between the Western Han Dynasty and other dynasties is that the emperor built temples in various places.This temple refers to the family temple for worship, and it is dedicated to the ancestor of the old Liu family, that is, the high emperor Liu Bang.

In the past, there was no such policy. On the one hand, because the princes and kings of the previous dynasties were all kings with different surnames, what is the matter if you set up your own family temple on the land of other kings with different surnames.On the other hand, there is no such rule. The family temple is the temple of the family. Generally speaking, it is the emperor's house. How can anyone install the family temple everywhere?

But it happened in the Western Han Dynasty.

This is also the way of the emperor in the Western Han Dynasty.

After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, rituals and music collapsed, along with the respect and admiration for the emperor, especially Liu Bang, who was born in an ordinary family. This commoner emperor inevitably lost the awe of the people while gaining the closeness and support of the people.This situation is extremely unfavorable to the rule and management of the feudal dynasty. First of all, if the people lose enough awe of the emperor, it means that the governance will inevitably be inadequate and it will be difficult to control the place.

In the early Han Dynasty, the rule of Huang Lao was implemented, with light punishment and less control.

Fear is a bit difficult, but respect is easier to do. The method that I came up with back then was to build family temples in the places of vassal kings in various places, and the vassal kings organize sacrifices every year during the New Year.This is a very good means of publicity, and the radiation surface is very large.

And every few years after the vassal kings enter Beijing, they will hold a large-scale ancestor worship activity in the capital. This event requires the vassal kings to pay tribute and sacrifices, usually gold. If the gold offered is not pure enough or the quantity is poor, The problem is very serious, ranging from cutting households to leaving the country.

Therefore, the location of the family temple is very sacred.Not only the family temple, but also the environment at the gate of the family temple has strict requirements, and even if there are some small animals that will cause damage, the relevant feudal princes will be required to deal with them immediately.However, there is indeed no clear regulation on the scope of the land at the entrance of the family temple, so Liu Rong used his little brain. He shrank the wall of the family temple a little, and then released some land to close the end of his palace.

There must be something wrong with this move, but after all, he is from the Liu family, and to put it bluntly, he is a great-grandson taking advantage of his great-grandfather.Moreover, there is no explicit stipulation that this place should be that big, but it was only made so big before, so it really wouldn't be too serious to say how serious it is.

The premise is that the person who did this was not the former prince.

If you want to say that this is the most obtrusive status in the world for the emperor, the remnants of the previous dynasty deserved to be the first, followed by the abolition of the prince and the emperor.

People with such identities are thorns in the emperor's eyes no matter how honest they are. Even if they don't cause trouble themselves, they can't resist someone using their names to add trouble to the emperor.

For example, Emperor Kangxi, who is known as the first emperor through the ages, also staged a play of inconsistency in the matter of the third prince Zhu.

None of Tang Zong and Song Zu could escape from this point.

Of course Liu Rong is not stupid, he is very aware of his embarrassing status.

But on the one hand, he believed in the friendship between himself and his younger brother Liu Che since childhood, and on the other hand, he also had a naive attitude towards imperial power strife.

He is very clear that his accident has nothing to do with his younger brother, and he also feels that Liu Che is young, even if one day he sees him as an eyesore, it will be a few years later, and the relationship between the Liu brothers and his son is so good that he does not know it There will be some undue expectations.He felt that his father and younger brother would not treat him like this, so he couldn't help but make a move. Whether it was a temptation or a moment of confusion, Liu Rong himself didn't know.

After receiving the order from Chang'an, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

Of course he didn't know it was an accident, he thought it was his father who raised his hand and let him go.Liu Rong has always been a good baby, and the occasional rebellion was rewarded with his father's regress and forgiveness. This move by accident calmed down the unwilling fire that had been burning in Liu Rong's heart since he was deposed.

The reason why Liu Qi was dissatisfied with this kid was that this kid was too honest and obedient. At best, he was obedient, but at worst, he was not assertive.

When the emperor has no opinion and can't make up his mind, who will make up his mind?His mother?Or a courtier?

But the shortcomings of being an emperor are also advantages of being a vassal king.

So, when Liu Qi received the report from the Lieutenant's Mansion about King Linjiang's private occupation of the land of the sacrificial temple to build a palace, and was furious and wanted to send someone to investigate, he received his son's sincere confession document.

The memorandum arrived very timely. Liu Qi must have been at a loss when he arrived a little earlier, but it was not easy to put out when some fires were already burning when he was late.It's just right now.

Liu Rong has been the prince for several years, and his writing skills are so good that he writes sincerely and pitifully, and he also brought over the redemption money.Liu Qi was angry and hated, but after doing the calculations for a long time, he found that the money for atonement was almost his son's old background, and he felt a little distressed.

After tossing and tangling for a while, the old father finally sighed and waved his hand to indicate that the matter is over.

Among the reasons why Liu Rong's move was forgiven so quickly by Liu Qi, he played a representative role.The melon-eating crowd nearby saw that even the former prince obediently admitted his mistake and demolished the illegal building, so naturally not many dared to be stubborn.

Chang'an City soon ushered in the official inspection amidst the ping-pong-pong.

Of course, there are many "nail households" who refuse to change.These people relied on their families or ancestors, and were soon invited to drink tea and chat. After they were released, they were all disheartened, and they no longer dared to yell that my father is so-and-so.

After rectifying in this way for about two months, Chang'an City was considered clean.In stark contrast to this is the wood and bricks piled up in the shape of hills outside the city. These are not wasted in vain. After processing the wood, it is made into a house number, and if there are any leftovers, these woods are used to burn them into charcoal fire. , People in Zhongshan country use them to hire a group of people to repair the low-lying places in the city.The almost no-cost trade for labor was applauded by the people, and the series of operations of Zhongshan State made Chang'an bureaucrats dumbfounded.

Everyone in Zhongshan Kingdom was very humble about this, and said one after another: Our place is poor, Your Highness said that all resources must be used to the end.

These people immediately received strange eyes from their colleagues—here it is again!The people of Zhongshan came to cry for being poor again. I don’t know what’s wrong with them.

If they know their slander, everyone in Zhongshan Kingdom will definitely go back with contempt——Our Highness said that we must show our difficult, inconvenient, bitterest, and worst in front of the leaders, so that the superiors will be embarrassed. their expenses!

Cough, after all, there is a stingy Da Si Nong in Zhongshan country. This situation is different from other places, so I won't mention it.

The main problems this time were rich and noble families, and there were a lot of bricks. The whole bricks were used for secondary use, and the broken ones were smashed and re-fired. These bricks were all used as padding. , to rebuild the drainage channels.

When it rains and floods these places, Liu Qi has long wanted to rectify them, but he didn't have that much money before, and he also felt that disturbing the people was not good, but now that he has the raw materials and manpower, disturbing the people... has already disturbed enough too much.

Liu Qi waved his hand in a very bachelor way to approve the municipal project renovation, and took this opportunity to conduct a census of Chang'an City again, and at the same time corresponded the house number with the registered population.

The first census of Chang’an City was carried out vigorously in this way. The petty officials went to every household to register at night before the curfew to ensure that no one would be missed. Many people who violated the rules and laws were investigated and dealt with. These people were thrown to repair Chang'an City in the slightest, and were thrown in to repair the Yangling Mausoleum in serious cases.

At the end of spring.The envoys sent by the Huns arrived in Yunzhong and said that they had completed the investigation and came to give an explanation to the King of Han.The people on the other side of the cloud asked the Hun envoy to wait for a while, and then wrote to Chang'an.

Wei Shang, the prefect of Yunzhong County, waited for more than half a month before he got a reply from Chang'an, and sent these Huns who had been impatient and forced to send them to the Han court.

This year's Chang'an City is completely different from last year. It has not been moved in general, but if you look closely, both the street facilities and the patrolling rules have been greatly improved. There are no dead ends.

Once the responsibility is clarified, and the superiors went to the scene to watch one by one, and added stars to some particularly complicated areas, and those assigned to these places can get extra rewards, how much the enthusiasm of the soldiers has been improved.

On this point, Liu Qi recognized the operation mode of Zhongshan Kingdom. It is very reasonable to distribute more work and more pay according to work.Declining crime rates and increasingly full cells these days are proof.Master Jiang Zuo has already indicated that the labor force of the Imperial Mausoleum is already abundant, and Liu Qi is thinking about which project to develop next so that these wealthy people can be stuffed into it.

While taking a bath, Liu Qi said to his youngest son: "Your elder brother is right about this point, honor and money must be given to the next one... Look at the ones who work hard..."

Liu Che hummed and rubbed his father's back. Hearing this, he was very proud, "Brother is always right!"

Liu Qi gave him a weird look, "You like your brother so much? Then do you like your other brothers?"

Liu Che said solemnly: "Other brothers also like it, but I like Brother Sheng the most."

"Yo, you seemed to say that you liked Rong'er..."

"Brother Rong also likes it, but I like Brother Sheng the most." The young boy repeated again, his eyes wide open and his mouth pursed, with a serious expression on his face.

"Then your other brothers won't be unhappy?"

"Brother said," Liu Che became proud again upon hearing this question, "He said that he likes Che'er the most among all the brothers, so Che'er likes him the most among all the brothers, which is very correct."

Liu Qi was speechless. He silently picked up the handkerchief and rubbed his face, wiped away the tingling emotions in his heart and eyes, and continued: "Then how do you know that your brother Sheng will always like you the most? Just get in touch with your brother Sheng." For over a year..."

Liu Che looked at his old father vigilantly. He suddenly thought of something and exclaimed, "Father, are you going to make your younger brother a feudal vassal?"

Oh yo, this little brain moves very fast.Liu Qituo looked at his son's face and his expressions changed in turn.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Liu Che was depressed.Father's attitude is a tacit consent, and now the emperor came to ask him these questions must be because he wants to seal a certain younger brother to his elder brother.

Thinking of having multiple younger brothers by his elder brother's side, Liu Che felt sore.

But Che'er is not afraid.After thinking about it, the little boy stood up again, "Even if there is a new younger brother who is taken by brother, brother must like Che'er the most!"

...Where does this kid get his confidence?

Liu Che raised his head and said proudly: "Brother said that Cheer is the smartest kid he has ever seen, and the younger brothers are not so smart... Ouch!"

Liu Qi slapped his son on the head, what did he say, how could he be a good brother if a few children heard about it.

Also, he had to write a letter to scold that brat in Zhongshan, why did he talk to his younger brother? Liu Che praised his younger brother like that at that time. He didn't know that children can't praise him, but would he be proud if he praised him?

Liu Che muttered again: "Father, listen to me. My brother said that besides being the smartest child, Che'er is also the hardest worker."

"So those who work harder than me must not be as smart as me, and those who are smarter than me are not as hard as I am. As long as Cheer continues like this, no one will be able to win me."

Ouch!This little fat man is still in good spirits.

Liu Qi patted Liu Xiaozhuzhududu's buttocks, "You have been praised so much by your brother that you can't find it. If you like your brother so much, why don't you let him stay in Chang'an to accompany you for a while?"

"Is it okay?" Liu Che was immediately excited, but after a while he looked at Liu Qi suspiciously, feeling that his father had malicious intentions, and...

"Brother is a feudal lord, if he stays in Chang'an, what will Zhongshan do?"

"It's not that Zhongshan Kingdom can't function without him." Liu Qi said indifferently, "After the court meeting in autumn this year, I will let your elder brother stay in Chang'an City for two months, and go back in winter and spring."

"...Eh?" Liu Che was naturally happy to see brother again, but his father's behavior made him really uneasy, "Is brother alone?"

"Ah."

Liu Che frowned. He felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong for a while, but he just said awkwardly: "Father, the tree is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it."

"Huh!!?" ​​Liu Qi's lazily closed eyes suddenly widened, "Where did you get this trick again? Your brother said that?"

Liu Che nodded, "Brother also said that if one's behavior is higher than others, everyone will be wronged. So if you leave my brother in the capital, Father, he will definitely be scolded."

Liu Qi didn't answer him right away, he closed his eyes slightly, and smiled after a while: "So you think father shouldn't let your brother stay here?"

Liu Che was taken aback, his expression immediately wrinkled, and he nodded very seriously after a long time. He sighed like a little adult, "Yes."

Liu Qi laughed loudly when he heard the words, and he patted his son's head affectionately, "Father was a little hesitant before, but now he thinks it's okay."

"Father?"

"Father will only tell you about this matter." Liu Qi carefully leaned next to his son, and said quietly, "Father plans to go to Oasis Palace to recuperate for February after October this year, and then this big man will be handed over to you Jian Guo. You are too young, so I asked your brother to help you."

Liu Che was stunned.

He, he is only a ten-year-old child, how can he supervise the country?Even if there is a brother to help, this is too exaggerated!Will ministers agree?But in a flash, he immediately showed a worried expression, "Father, what's wrong with your body?"

"It's okay, it's okay!" Liu Qi waved his hands and picked up the young boy who rushed over and put him on the shore, "Father just wants to take a rest, can Che'er help Father with this?"

"Che'er is willing." Liu Che nodded his head, but... "Father, brother will still be scolded like this?"

Liu Qi: Why is it that this kid is getting harder and harder to cheat now.

Liu Qi coughed lightly, patted his son on the shoulder and said, "When the time comes, my father will use other excuses to keep him and won't let him be scolded."

"Oh..." Liu Che slammed his mouth, he watched Liu Qi get up slowly to dry off, then put on his robe and was about to serve soup, suddenly his whole body became alert, "Father, what reason do you want to use?" Keep brother? You don’t mean to propose marriage to brother! Father! Don’t go so fast! Aww!”

The wet, bare-bottomed child caught up with the old father with his whirlwind legs and a big handkerchief, and the mysterious smile on Liu Qi's face ended at the moment when he was hugged by the wet little boy on his lap.

... Whose baby is this, it's better to give back his ninth son.

The envoys of the Huns were getting bored to death. Since they entered Chang'an City, they had been closely guarded. Most of the time they could only live in the building. Occasionally, they had to be followed when they wanted to walk around the streets, which was very uncomfortable.

Every time he went to the street, he could see the faces of these Han soldiers getting more and more gloomy, but the problem was that the emperor of the big Han didn't summon them, and he was helpless.

It was already summer when he arrived in Chang'an.The envoy of the Huns wore fur under the scorching sun and felt that he was about to melt in it!This place is too hot!It is dry and hot, and the hottest time on the Northland grassland is completely incomparable with here.

I heard that this time is not the hottest, and when it is hot, a chicken can be cooked on the ground, which is too scary!Because he was not used to such a climate and being emptied made him extremely irritable.

For the Huns envoy, this kind of experience is unique. As a member of a powerful tribe that runs across the prairie, the powerful Huns tribe is his confidence. He has never encountered a single bit of contempt from outside tribes.

He never expected that this time he would feel such a subtle change in attitude from the big man who was respectful to them in the past. This made the messenger very unhappy, but he had no choice but to say nothing at this time.

Thinking of the purpose of coming this time, the Hun envoy felt a burst of anger in his heart.

After gulping down a cup of big man's tea, he felt a little calmer, and continued to sit and wait.

Fortunately, on the third day, the emperor of Dahan finally expressed his willingness to receive him.

The Xiongnu envoy followed several servants through the long palace gate and imperial road of the Han Dynasty, and finally saw the emperor of the Han Dynasty.The emperor of the Han Dynasty was very thin, and his gaze was not gentle at all, and his attitude was very tough.

The not-so-good-tempered Huns envoy gritted his teeth secretly.

But at this moment was not the time for him to lose his temper, he respectfully handed over the letter of credence to the emperor of the Han Dynasty who was like a bamboo pole, and said in a soft voice: "Dear His Majesty the King of the Han Dynasty, regarding my previous visit to the left of the Xiongnu We have already found out that someone launched an attack on the big man without authorization, and this was done by the Zahu himself, not at our instigation."

"But we still apologize to the big man for their stupid behavior, please accept our apology - during the Han-Hungary trade, we are willing to pay an extra [-]% of the price to buy your salt."

The Hun envoy didn't notice that when he said this, the silent courtiers in the court all cast strange glances at him.

In the second year of Emperor Jing's Zhongyuan period, the Xiongnu sent envoys to Han to apologize for their previous invasion of Han. Han Emperor Liu Qi accepted the apology from the Xiongnu royal court, and the two sides signed a peace agreement. However, the Han Emperor said nothing about the future marriage.

In the autumn of that year, the price of salt sold by Han remained the same, but the quantity was halved.

Although the Xiongnu Grasslands were prepared, they were still in a hurry.Zuobu did not buy too much salt last year, and because of the invasion of Han from Zuobu, he is now caught in a passive situation where he is not human inside and out.

For this reason, the Xiongnu Shanyu criticized Zuo Xianwang and Zuoguli King.Although King Zuoxian and King Zuoguli both stated that they did not send troops to attack Yuyang, the Xiongnu Shanyu still stated that the supply of the Huns royal court could not be cut off, and the left side could only hand in all the purchased materials.

Not only that, but they also had to appease the neighboring tribes.

After all the calculations, the left side has suffered a lot this time, and it is almost back to the situation before the opening of the trade port.

The left part of the Xiongnu was naturally unwilling to suffer this dark loss for nothing. Not long after the two kings Zuoxian and King Zuoguli had peaceful talks and revealed their truth to each other, the two sides set their sights on the right part of the Xiongnu.

"Although there is no clear evidence that this is done by the right side, it is those people who benefited from the whole incident." Yi Zhixie squeezed the big sheep bone stick creakingly, and he sat on the left. Wang Yudan lowered his head, looking like an enraged lion, "The right side has long coveted that we have a long trade relationship with the big man, this is probably a small move they made to destroy our relationship with the big man. "

"A group of groundhogs in the burrow can only do tricks in secret!" Yu Dan trusted his little uncle's judgment very much. He looked up at his little uncle, "Do we have evidence? We can tell Da Shanyu."

"Da Shanyu probably knows it in his heart." Yi Zhi squinted his eyes darkly, he knew his brother better than Yu Shan, "Even if we talked to Da Shanyu, Da Shanyu would say, "Even if you didn't send troops, there were people Under the guise of your name, let people pass by from your own territory without noticing, are you stupid rabbits who can only dig holes in the grassland?" and so on. "

"Then..." Yu Dan was at a loss for a moment.He is the eldest son of the military minister Shan Yu, and also the Zuoxian King of the Huns, the future heir to the throne. Now the military minister Shan Yu is in good health, and he seems to like the youngest son born to him by Princess Nangong very much. Even if Yu Shan knows his father It is unlikely that the throne will be passed on to a child of other bloodlines, but there will inevitably be uneasiness.

In the final analysis, the Hungarian side still comes first in terms of strength. If his father definitely wants to support his younger brother to be in power...then he can only...

"The most urgent thing is to teach the right side some lessons first." Yu Dan said, "We must let them know that we are not easy to mess with!"

The author has something to say:

Because the article is too long to take the chapter name, the author let out a distressed goose cry.I have to worry about naming here for a long time every day.

Liu Rong was convicted of encroaching on the land outside the temple, but he didn't know why he did it. Then when the author checked the capital of Linjiang Kingdom, he found... oh, this place... From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, there are The history of the capital city of more than 500 years...especially the capital of Chu State here for a long time, it has been 400 years, a capital city of 400 years...It is also the capital of a superpower...It is estimated that it is full.

Hmm, so I'm guessing that's why Liu Rong invaded the temple grounds ==

(Anyway, he couldn't find me if he was wrong!)

In ancient times, it was very difficult for you to demolish a building, especially a stone building like a palace, which cost a lot. If you don’t care about the follow-up, you can set it on fire, but this is a relatively Chu land, so demolishing or rebuilding is nothing more than setting fire to it. If you don't pay attention to the locals too much, you will be covered with sacks.

Remember the gold we talked about earlier?In the article, because the sacrifice needs to ask the princes and kings to collect gold, it is a means, and it is all a thousand pure gold == (pushing glasses) The gold that is handed out may not be a thousand pure gold, isn’t it particularly cunning?

The portion is not enough to eat and hang down. The gold lying on Momo is of this nature, and because it is used as an excuse for sacrifice, the gold is not used by the higher authorities or it is not used this time. It cannot be used for other purposes. Anyway, in the end, the princes Wang is also very hard.

Something about Emperor Kangxi and the third prince Zhu... Tsk tsk tsk, it definitely subverts the three views.

Calculating carefully, in fact, Tang Zong, Song Zu, Qin Huang, and Han Wu had this mountain on their heads except that Han Wu didn't have this trouble, but the social environment that Qin Huang, Tang Zong, and Song Zu faced at that time was still It is relatively "simple", at least it is not the state of Confucianism governing the country, so it is understandable to put some things in that era, let's say about Kangxi... When I saw it at the time, it was indeed a bit... well, I feel sorry for this The perception changed all of a sudden.

After all, Kangxi was portrayed as an emperor through the ages, and the existence of eternal glory used to have a high status in my heart. The contrast was too strong and caused discomfort.Of course, this is just a personal issue and cannot be raised to the overall evaluation, but I don't like him very much anyway.

If you are interested, you can search for the keyword "Third Prince Zhu".

To be honest, I can understand him killing people, but I just can't stand how hypocritical this person is.