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

Liu Che originally had a three-day holiday, but he returned to the palace on the second day.

The frustrated Liu Xiaozhu had just returned to his palace and before he could lick his wounds, he heard that his father was there.Liu Che didn't think much about taking a step back to meet his father first. He didn't want to see his father playing shooting with a crossbow, and two servants were shaking the wrench next to the gift that brother gave him.

Liu Che: ...

Liu Qilue, who was caught by his son and played with his toys secretly, was a little embarrassed and surprised. He coughed dryly, "Che'er, why are you back?"

Liu Qishun glanced at the wooden box with his son's accusing eyes, and he touched his nose, "Father hasn't seen you for a few days, so I missed you so I came to see you. I happened to see them packing this thing. You try it."

...Forget it!

Liu Che pouted, he didn't worry about it any more, he walked to Liu Qi's side in frustration, and leaned on his father.Liu Qi was taken aback by the bump, he raised his hand and handed the crossbow to the side, Chuntuo, who was shaking the handle for fun, immediately ran over to take it with small steps, and carefully loosened the upper string before handing it to the attendant hands.

Liu Qikong stretched out both hands, patted his son on the back, and led the others into the room, "What's wrong? Didn't you go to play with your brother Sheng? Did you lose your temper?"

Liu Che remained silent, but his expression was blank after sitting down.This reaction made Liu Qi frown slightly, he ordered everyone around him to get down, and asked slowly, "What happened."

The little prince took a deep breath, and told his father little by little what his elder brother said to him and how he wanted to write a memorandum despite his dissuasion.In the end, Liu Che shook his lips and looked at Liu Qi with tears in his eyes: "Father, Brother...Does Brother not believe in Che'er?"

Liu Qi sat quietly opposite him, his dark eyes drooped slightly when he heard half of it, and now he heard his son's questioning in a crying tone, his eyelids lifted a little, and he glanced at his son who had obviously been greatly wronged , snorted softly and said, "It's not that he doesn't believe in you, it's that he doesn't believe in being a father."

Liu Che was taken aback for a moment, and a teardrop fell from his eyelids in the blink of an eyelid.Liu Qi was sitting motionless in the main seat at this moment, as if he had become a sculpture, and time had stood still at this moment, only a wisp of green smoke curling up from the Bowang Mountain Stove connected the heaven and the earth together.

Liu Che was shocked by his father's appearance. He opened and closed his lips for a moment and didn't know what to say. He always felt that his father was very sad... How could brother not believe his father?Elder brother obviously always told Che'er that Father Huang is a good father, but at this moment Liu Che couldn't say a word, and all the words were choked in his throat.

After an unknown amount of time, Liu Qi said calmly, "Since he wants to write, let him write."

"Father!"

"It's up to him whether to do it or not."

Liu Che was taken aback when he heard the words, and his eyes immediately lit up. By the way, even if brother handed it in, it doesn't matter as long as father doesn't execute it!No one else will know.

Before the little prince could finish his joy, he heard his father calling, "Liu Che."

Liu Qi has never called his son by name and surname like this. He quietly looked at the young son with a look of astonishment and confusion, his eyes were obscure, and he slightly pulled the corners of his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes , "You are luckier than Royal Father."

Liu Che said "Ah?", full of doubts, and saw Liu Qi standing up and pressing his son's little head, then walked down the stairs, turned his back to the youngest son and said: "Your brother said, even if he doesn't say it Father will do it too."

The little prince stood up suddenly, and heard Liu Qi's voice word by word, "Your elder brother wants to be a lonely king and a pure minister. He wants to help you, so he must send all the princes After offending everyone, only the king who is alone will not cause people to fear."

"Che'er knows." Liu Che replied, "But Che'er doesn't need it! My brother is fine as he is now, and I believe that my brother will not do bad things."

"If Brother Huang wants to put himself at the top of all criticisms before I'm willing to believe him, then having me as a younger brother is the saddest thing for Brother Huang!"

"...Oh?" Liu Qi turned sideways slowly, the emperor's eyes were hidden behind the crown, with a bit of meaning, "Even if you know that I once favored your imperial brother as the crown prince, do you still think so?"

After saying the words, Liu Qi was also taken aback for a moment, seeing his son's froze expression, he actually felt a trace of regret in his heart.

The emperor smiled wryly in his heart, the evil thought was only for a moment, and just now he felt jealous.He didn't expect that he would actually say these words.

He is also a brother, but his brother is completely different from his son's brother. Obviously he should be pleased with his own education results, and he should also be happy for his son, but just now he was dazzled by all kinds of complicated emotions. What shouldn't be said is said.

Liu Qi took a deep breath, and quickly turned all kinds of thoughts in his mind to restore the current situation, then he heard his son say something in a low voice, "No wonder, I said why the emperor's vision is so bad, if you choose me, don't choose Brother."

Liu Qi stared.

Liu Che said bluntly: "Brother is smarter and gentler than me. He knows what I know, and I don't know what he knows. If he becomes the emperor, he will definitely be better than Che'er."

After all, he puffed up his chest, "So why didn't you choose brother to be the crown prince, father? If brother is the crown prince, Che'er will definitely assist him well."

With such an attitude, he successfully laughed at Liu Qi, and he hummed twice, "Why can't your brother be the crown prince, don't you know?"

Liu Che was taken aback, and exclaimed, "Father, do you know about Brother Ah and Ah Wan?"

Liu Qi: "...I wasn't sure before, but now I know."

Liu Che immediately covered his butt reflexively.

Xia Anran didn't know that his silly younger brother was successfully clichéd. He looked at the memorial book that was thrown aside by his younger brother to prevent him from writing it halfway, and sighed as he snatched Duoduoge who came in after the walk.

My younger brother is good at everything, but he tends to think too much.

In fact, Xia Anran had discussed with Han Yingzhi before writing this memorial, and they wrote it with a certain degree of certainty.Although he didn't remember the exact time when Emperor Jing cut power, he could feel that Liu Qi had this intention.

This year, the Great Han conferred the titles of two princes as vassal kings, and Liu Qi also made the sons of four courtiers who were killed during the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion when they persuaded the vassal kings not to rebel as marquises. The test and the corresponding changes in the officialdom of the vassal state.

Liu Qi's meaning was very clear.

Talent selection is like a Pandora's box. After opening, joy and happiness appear, but also disasters lurk.

Originally, the domestic bureaucrats of the vassals in various places belonged to their local families, and the vassal kings clashed with the vassal queens, and they were fighting each other. Naturally, the central government did not worry about them forming a force.

But now because of talent selection, the vassal king naturally found this a good way to fill talents.Although the nobles will also counterattack and fight, in a short period of time, the feudal lords can use the "power" of the central government's selection of talents to suppress the local nobles.

And once the vassal kings grow stronger and cultivate forces that are only loyal to them, then the central government must be the one who will be in trouble in the end.This trouble was caused by Xia Anran, and it could be regarded as the butterfly effect created by him.

If it is a Zhongshan country, selecting talents is naturally a great good, but if it is a Han country, it is a great evil.

In the long run, its harm will be no less than that of the guest system during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.Precisely because he is not only the king of Zhongshan, but also a future man who is proud of being a strong man more than two thousand years later, he does not want to see all this worsen, nor does he want to see the only "imperial examination" that can The path for the common people to reach the top of society was blocked by idiots who choked, so he could only patch the box layer by layer.

He is responsible for his actions, but in Liu Che's view... It seems that he has completely misunderstood.

Xia Anran showed a wry smile.

In fact, as far as the vassal king is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether he is in power or not. In fact, the operation of the vassal state itself is carried out by the local Sangong, and the king’s interference is only a small part. Xia Anran is really a minority in many aspects.The main reason is that the prime minister of Zhongshan Kingdom is willing to try and is more cooperative.

Moreover, vassal kings are different from princes, and they still have a lot of room to operate from a political perspective.

The political system of the Western Han Dynasty was different from that of later generations. The family and the country had a certain degree of independence, and the power was not in the royal family but in the government, and the prime minister represented the government.

Of course, this also led to many changes caused by the emperor wanting to take back the ruling power from the prime minister. I will not mention it in the future. Only now, the prime minister is the leader of the government, and it is the same in the vassal state.

It's just that Wang with the same surname is an advanced version of Wang with a different surname in the early Western Han Dynasty, and the meaning of this is somewhat unclear.

The early kings with different surnames were rewards given by the ancestors to the brothers who fought together. Hous are different from kings. Hous have a salary and many households, but kings have their own territory, their own army and subjects. To put it bluntly It is Liu Bang who shares power.

Since it is sharing, naturally everything is what the brothers say.Naturally, various positions in the vassals were also filled by the brothers' cronies, as a kind of reward for "brothers" to reward "brothers' brothers".

In fact, since Liu Bang began to rectify kings with different surnames, this system began to change little by little.When it was in the hands of Emperor Jing, because the dishonest ones were cleaned up, and the rest were honest and easy to bully, so the system was clearly stipulated by Emperor Jing later.

And before he wrote this memorial, the central government had actually mentioned it many times, but everyone was just pretending to be stupid.Just like the modern garbage sorting, the propaganda is only one day away from being implemented in the past ten years.And as long as it is not finally implemented, everyone will pretend to be ignorant of each other.

And Xia Anran was just a pusher for this implementation.

It’s just that when Liu Che stayed with him in Zhongshan Kingdom, he felt that being a vassal king was extremely willful. He never noticed that he would discuss with the prime minister every time there was a major movement in Zhongshan Kingdom, and the subsequent operators were Zhidu instead of himself, so There was a little misunderstanding.

In fact, he followed the trend... By the way, he was a good boy, but he seemed to have been greatly wronged when he came to Liu Che's side.

"Of course it's because the crown prince loves His Highness." Zhidu quietly entered the room. He fetched Xia Anran's no longer neat memorandum, read the words on it one by one, and then pursed his lips and smiled, "His Royal Highness is pure and innocent." With a heart of quality, I think His Highness need not worry."

"I'm not worried, it's just that... I've somewhat let down my sincerity." Xia Anran pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed because he always felt calculating.

Zhi Du also stroked his beard and smiled, "Your Highness will treat the prince well in the future. The prince is smart and will understand."

This was the only way to go. Taking advantage of Liu Che's absence, Xia Anran unfolded the bamboo scroll again.

The use of paper has been basically spread out, but for the sake of archiving, official documents still use bamboo rolls as the carrier, which is not easy to write, especially the written documents that have to be written in one stroke are not easy to modify.

While the fragrance of ink was lingering, Xia Anran was writing a quick book, but he was interrupted again before he finished writing. This time, the one who interrupted him was the unexpected person—Chuntuo, the Zhongchang attendant next to Emperor Jing.Chun Tuo personally came to invite him into the palace.

Xia Anran froze in place, her first reaction was—has Liu Che returned to the palace to complain?

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, you are actually a Douding who will sue your father!

After getting out of the mansion, the little king got into the carriage and found that the driver was actually Chuntuo. He couldn't help leaning forward and said in surprise, "Zhongchang Attendant? What's wrong with you..."

"Your Highness, don't worry about it." Chuntuo turned back with a smile and said, "I haven't done this for a long time, I'm just recalling the past today."

After that, he raised his hand and raised his whip.

Emperor Han Jing's bierqianshi drove for him, and still used an excuse to recall the past?This excuse is too poor.

This situation is really unusual, but Xia Anran has already got into the carriage at this time.The carriage sent by Liu Qi is a double-wheeled carriage with four drivers. This kind of carriage is fully open for short-distance travel, which is somewhat similar to the rickshaw of later generations.

This kind of carriage has no privacy at all, and his every move, every word and deed while sitting in the carriage can be heard by others.Xia Anran covered her face in her heart, only felt that after today, his name would spread throughout Chang'an, but according to the rules of royal etiquette, he couldn't ask too many questions, so he could only sit upright with Che Shi, his face solemn and solemn, showing his feet. The majesty of the prince.

Along the way, the little king could feel that his body was going to be pierced by several death rays written with temptations written on it. He really couldn't figure out why his father would send him this kind of carriage, and let Chuntuo drive it?It always feels like a conspiracy.

The answer was quickly revealed.

Chuntuo drove the car smoothly and steadily, and the four BMWs had obviously been trained to walk in unison.Along the way, Chun Tuo Xu saw that he was really nervous, so he introduced the changes in Chang'an City to him, among which he praised the house number system and several officials recommended by Zhongshan Kingdom, with a very kind attitude.

Xia Anran chatted with others, and gradually settled down in her heart while talking.Naturally, it is not easy for the servants to reveal the emperor's information, but out of the need for interpersonal communication, the servants will also reveal some key words to a certain extent, which can be regarded as selling personal favors.However, to achieve the position of Zhongchang servant, it is not easy to make the No. 1 servant next to the emperor sell favors. At this time, they do not lack gold and silver, but what they lack is the trust of the emperor, so the higher the level, the more energetic they are.

Because of Liu Qi's respect for Xia Anran and his understanding of the emperor, Chuntuo was sure that a little mention now would not make the emperor dissatisfied.He squinted his eyes and smiled, explaining the changes in Beijing to the little highness very kindly.

At this time, there was a car coming towards each other, the driver was an old man, Chun Tuo smiled and nodded to the other person, Xia Anran was also holding a handcart, and Shi bowed slightly, the other person nodded in return.The two cars got stuck together.

The big man pays attention to filial piety, and respects the elderly even more. Even the emperor must salute the elderly when he meets the elderly on the car. Driven by this kind of etiquette, the status of the elderly in the whole country is the highest.

In Dahan, after the age of 50, one after another, you can enjoy the benefits of giving clothes, cars, sticks, etc., and the central and local governments will distribute rice grains every month to reduce the burden on the family to support the elderly. If there is an elderly person, the corvee tax for one household can be exempted depending on the situation.

But even so, in today's era where the average life expectancy is more than 70 years old, those who can really live long enough to enjoy this benefit are only rare, that is, there are more in the circle of nobles in Chang'an City.In Zhongshan, there is only one [-]-year-old man who can receive the king's stick in the whole country.

If he hadn't had a good memory and still remembered what the Taifu said about saluting, he would have earned another impeachment.Therefore, living in Chang'an is also not good. There are many rules and eyes in the big place. If the little king thinks about it, he would rather go back to his own one-acre three-point land, at least he will be free.

The carriage went straight into Weiyang Palace, where Liu Qi was waiting for him in the announcement room.

Xia Anran didn't see his younger brother, and after paying his respects, he sat obediently, waiting for his old father to ask questions.The expression on Liu Qi's face couldn't tell what kind of mood he was in, but the aura around him was still calm, and Xia Anran breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Maybe, just as Chuntuo said, to praise him?

——After thinking like this for a moment, he heard a piece of news that shocked him.

"Stay, stay in Chang'an?" Xia Anran was a little taken aback, "Royal father, feudal lords are not allowed to stay in the capital forever..."

"No reason." Liu Qi snorted, he raised his hand and asked someone to deliver a few things.Xia Anran fixed his eyes and saw that it was a few weapons and armor made by the Zhongshan National Weaponry Workshop. He tilted his head and was a little puzzled, and saw a few plates with saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes.

At this time, if he couldn't figure it out, he would be stupid, "Father, are you going to mass-produce these?"

"It's time." Liu Qiying said, "These things are all donated by you when you come to Beijing this time. The matter is of great importance. You have to stay in the capital to supervise the production."

Where did I just offer it... Xia Anran was taken aback for a moment, then realized that it was an excuse, and saw Liu Qi said a little tiredly: "Father will go to training for two months, when the time comes, the crown prince will supervise the country, you should watch it."

"Father!" The young boy hurriedly took a step, "What's wrong with your body?"

"It's all right," Liu Qi waved his hand, "I just want to relax, don't be so startled, how can you be like your brother. Your brother is only as old as you are, so be more stable."

As long as it's okay, Xia Anran sat down again, pretending not to hear the old father's criticism, he frowned and thought about the affairs of Zhongshan Kingdom, it's okay to delay going back for two months.After the autumn harvest, there are not many affairs in winter, and there will be no talent selection next spring, except for one New Year's affairs... But that is also handed over to Han Ying. Worry.

In this way, there are also reasons for the various strange behaviors of his father before. Letting him make a name in Chang'an is probably to make people who are interested in him recognize him, to lay the foundation for him to help his brother in the future, and at the same time to establish a prestige to express the emperor's respect for this Does your son value it?

Seeing his younger son's relaxed expression, Liu Qi raised his eyelids and hummed twice, "What, are you okay?"

Xia Anran showed a well-behaved expression, and the old father snorted again, "You are fine in Zhongshan, but I have something to do here, why don't you tell me first... What's the matter between you and Mr. Dou family? "

"..."

"Don't look for it, your brother is not here, and he didn't tell me."

Liu Qi's posture was quite casual, as if he was talking about an extremely trivial matter.The cold sweat on Xia Anran's back gradually wet his underwear, he bit his lips, feeling a little bit sad and embarrassed in his heart.

It must be the wrong time for me to enter Beijing, and it must be because I didn't do a good fortune-telling before leaving, which led to the embarrassing situation of entering Beijing.

His cupboard door has been kicked three times in a row!

Seeing that the younger son's expression was wrong, Liu Qi looked at him, "Stop making excuses, just tell me what you plan to do."

Xia Anran gritted her teeth, "Father, the northeast of my son's grave wants to be given to Dou Wan.

"East of the royal tomb, the queen." Liu Qi said calmly after a long silence, "You want to marry Dou Wan as the queen?"

"Yes."

"Ridiculous!" Liu Qi jumped up against the case, walking around the hall with his eyes wide open, "You want to marry a man as your queen? Do you want him to be buried in the royal tomb? Are you spoiled too much?"

Xia Anran stood up slowly, walked to the hall and bowed down without saying a word.

Seeing him like this, Liu Qi was even angrier. He put his fingers together and pointed at his son, his fingertips turned slightly white due to the force of anger, "You are the king of Zhongshan, and if you give the heir to a man, you will eliminate the possibility of a son being born." Sex. If you have no heirs, you will have no heirs. Do you know what the end will be? If you have no heirs and the kingdom is removed, all your hard work now has been wasted, and there will be no one to sacrifice to you in the future..."

He narrowed his eyes while talking, and said in a deep voice, "Liu Sheng, what are you afraid of?"

Xia Anran understood that his father was thinking wrongly, he hesitated for a while and explained: "Father, it is not because of that that my son is with Dou Wan."

"Then tell me what it is for." At this moment, Liu Qi seemed like an angry lion that forcibly suppressed his temper, although he was not moving, he exuded a terrifying majesty.

Xia Anran didn't know how to explain the relationship between him and Dou Wan to his father for a while, and this time coming out of the closet was beyond his expectations, he didn't even get his mood right, and he was caught off guard and forced hard... …One sentence blurted out, "Because I am with him, I am full of expectations for the future."

Liu Qi was stunned, and saw that his youngest son's face was stained with a thin layer of blush. He seemed to feel shy after speaking, and coughed again, "I want to see the beautiful scenery from now on. After I have a good idea, I will I shared with him for a while, and felt that no matter what hardships or hardships I encountered, I could share them together, so I felt that I wanted to be with him."

Liu Qi couldn't understand this kind of thinking, "That's it? The relationship between master and minister is fine."

His son thought for a while, and said: "I imagined what he would look like when he was old, and then I thought he must be very good-looking at that time, so I think I must like him very, very much."

The room fell silent for a while, Liu Qiban lowered his head and frowned, he sat back again, slender and thin, knocking on the table with sickly pale fingertips, and said after a long time: "Then you Are you sure he thinks the same about you?"

"What does that matter?" The little prince smiled slightly, "I can't guarantee that I will like him for the rest of my life, but right now, I treat him well and he treats me well, isn't that enough?"

Liu Qi inhaled slowly, raised his hand and pressed the center of his eyebrows, but he still couldn't quite understand this statement.

Liu Qi can say that he has liked someone in his life, but he has never said that he can maintain the joy he is now after imagining that the other party has passed away. In his opinion, this is simply impossible.

Whether it is Gaozu, Emperor Hui or Xiandi, all have male favorites, but they are just playing new, that is, Deng Tong of Xiandi has been a little longer, but the main reason is that Deng Tong has a good fate, and at that time he also is young.

After much deliberation, he couldn't figure it out, "Why do you think you are... just playing around with this man, why get addicted to it."

Xia Anran resolutely thought about it, and blurted out a sentence, "Father, the love between me and Dou Wan ends with courtesy."

...The estrus ends with giving a melon skin!

No matter how good Emperor Jing is, he still wants to hit someone now.