Chapter 060 Why did the prince rebel?
"I know that Zhao and Dai have experienced wars and cannot survive without the presence of princes. Therefore, I am reluctant to send my young son, Liu Ruyi, the Prince of Zhao, to his fiefdom to pacify Zhao and restore people's livelihood. I will also send my young son, Liu Chang, as the Prince of Dai to his fiefdom to pacify Dai."
"What?!"
“No!!”
The ministers were confused. They had been following Liu Bang all these days, constantly asking him to send his fiefdom. There were two reasons for this. The first reason was, of course, that someone wanted to teach a noblewoman with a son a lesson. The other reason was because of Liu Ying.
Liu Ying's reputation in the court was very high, and all the ministers were very satisfied with him. No one wanted to replace the crown prince and let Liu Ruyi be the crown prince.
However, last time, Liu Bang almost deposed the crown prince under pressure from Empress Lü and his ministers. Perhaps Liu Bang had no intention of changing the crown prince, but just used this as a strategy, but even so, these ministers could not stand it. If the emperor did this from time to time, who could stand it?
Therefore, all the officials urged Liu Bang to let Liu Ruyi go to the state, in order to completely consolidate Liu Ying's position as the crown prince and prevent anyone from threatening him. Among the princes, no one could shake Liu Ying's position except Liu Ruyi.
Liu Heng's biological mother was not favored and favored Empress Lü. Liu Hui and Liu You had no mother's support at all. Liu Jian's biological mother was of low status and he was a baby. As for Liu Chang... he was raised by Empress Lü and was born to be on the same side as Empress Lü and Liu Ying. Besides, one rogue emperor was enough, and there must not be another one...
Now, Liu Bang also expressed his agreement to let Liu Ruyi go to Zhao, but he also had to add Liu Chang and let Liu Chang go to Dai.
The ministers were immediately furious.
Although Liu Ruyi is young, he is still half an adult, but Liu Chang is just a child, and a naughty child at that. Do you really have no shame at all? You want to send this little kid to Daidi to be the king? ?
Everyone also understood that this was just Liu Bang's strategy. He wanted to use Liu Chang to tie Liu Ruyi down. You want my young children to go to the fiefdom? Okay, not only will I agree to it, I will also give you a buy one get one free deal, and Liu Chang is the one that is given away.
The Prince's supporters, led by Xiao He, were a little hesitant at this moment. They were considering whether to agree to the emperor's request.
If sacrificing a prince can stabilize the position of the crown prince, is it worth it?
However, Lu Hou's party, led by Zhao Yao, hurriedly rejected this proposal. They did not dare to agree. At least, they could not agree before Lu Hou expressed her position.
"Father!!!"
The first person to jump out was Crown Prince Liu Ying.
At this moment, his eyes were red and he was shaking with anger.
"Father, what do you mean? You want to send him to the remote Daidi when he is less than six years old. Do you want to kill him? I, your son, will never agree to this!"
This was the first time that Liu Ying showed his anger in front of everyone. Liu Bang was stunned. He did not expect that his son, who had been submissive to everyone, would have such courage!
However, Liu Bang did not take this son seriously at all.
He just looked at the ministers calmly and asked, "What do you think?"
Imperial Censor Zhao Yao stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think your idea is very good, but Prince Ruyi is smart and can govern the country at a young age, while Prince Chang is too young and I am afraid he cannot bear such a heavy responsibility..."
"No problem. Didn't you say it a few days ago? Ruyi is young, so Zhou Chang is helping him... Since he is young, you can go to Daidi in person to help him."
"minister……"
Zhao Yao was shocked and stammered, unable to speak.
During this period, Xiao He remained silent. He lowered his head and pondered for a long time before he said, "It's OK if it's as you wish, but it won't last long."
"They are all young princes, why does the Prime Minister favor one over the other?"
…
At this moment, inside the Tianlu Pavilion, Liu Chang couldn't stop smiling.
"Hahaha, I want to be king!"
"Finally I don't have to be beaten anymore. I can do whatever I want. No one can control me anymore!"
"My father told me that Daidi's affairs are beyond my control! My father has chosen the right person. If I go to Daidi, within a year, Daidi's wealth will surpass Qi! Within two years, Zhao will disappear!"
Liu Ruyi's face twitched.
Liu Hui looked at Liu Chang with some concern, and said, "Brother... this matter may not be..."
"Call me King!"
"Big... Hey, my eldest brother, you can't agree to Father's request for this matter. You are still too young. You don't know that Daidi is different from Chang'an. Just the journey alone, hey... there is no one who can take care of you there..."
Liu Hui was unable to speak clearly and was sweating profusely. He looked at Liu Heng who was calm beside him and said, "Fourth brother, you should speak first... I am the dumbest person."
Liu Heng raised his head and glanced at Liu Chang, "Congratulations, Your Majesty."
“Fourth brother you!!”
Liu Hui's eyes went dark. How come at such a critical moment, the usually calm Fourth Brother also started to act up? ?
Liu Chang was overjoyed and said, "Thank you very much! Thank you very much!"
"King Dai, from now on, we are neighboring countries. We should take care of each other! "
Liu Ruyi stood up and saluted Liu Chang in a formal manner.
Liu Chang also hurriedly stood up and returned the greeting, "King Zhao, there is no need to be so polite. I will definitely get along well with your country!"
Seeing them calling him "king" one by one with great enthusiasm, Liu Hui looked ashen, "It's over, it's over..."
When the two kings of Zhao and Dai were discussing the governance of the country and the attack on the Xiongnu, an ignorant eunuch interrupted their meeting. Liu Chang turned around angrily and said, "How dare you interrupt me when I am discussing state affairs?"
"My dear... Young Master... Her Majesty the Queen is looking for you..."
"Oh, I'll go right away."
…
The King of Dai sat obediently in front of the Queen, looking very high-spirited.
Empress Lu's complexion looked extremely bad, her face as cold as ice, and her aura of "keep away from strangers" was intimidating.
"Mother...Father wants me to be the King of Dai..."
Empress Lu narrowed her eyes and said nothing.
"Can you please talk to my father and let me be the King of Chu, and make me the Overlord of Chu..."
Empress Lü's face turned even worse... Liu Chang was stunned, and hurriedly whispered : "If that doesn't work, then Qin Shi Huang can also do it..."
"Should I just make you the King of Han?"
"Don't...don't be domineering."
Empress Lu clenched her hands gradually and then loosened them. She no longer paid any attention to the idiot in front of her. She just waited seriously, not knowing what she was waiting for.
Just when Liu Chang was bored and started playing double-handed fighting again, someone finally walked into the Pepper Room.
The person who came was Lu Shizhi, Liu Chang's uncle.
He hurried in and saw Liu Chang was still here, so he smiled and touched his head, stuffed a small snack into his hand, and said, "Go out and play. Don't go to see your father, go and play with those young masters!"
Liu Chang ate some snacks and left happily.
"Sister...how about that? Just agree to it...send this troublesome Ruyi away. He is not your biological child anyway..."
Lu Shizhi only said one sentence, and he felt a chilling murderous intent. He hurriedly said with a smile: "It was just a joke... Your Majesty is really too much. They are obviously his children, but he only thinks about Ruyi..."
"He is quite fair to the princes."
Empress Lü said coldly, but Lü Shizhi did not dare to respond. He was fair to the prince but unfair to the concubines...
"In that case... why not change the prince, such as Liu Heng? Or Liu Hui... it's better to let them go than to let the elder go."
"I had the same idea, but...what do you think about letting Heng and his mother go to Daidi together?"
"Ah? Why did he let his mother go with him?"
"Heng is young and needs someone to take care of him."
The two were talking when suddenly a servant rushed into the Pepper Room in panic and fell down. The servant didn't care. He raised his head and cried, "Your Highness the Queen! It's bad! The prince rushed into the Xuanshi Palace with a sword! We couldn't stop him!"
"What?!"
Empress Lü stood up suddenly and said, "Release him, quickly return to the outside of the palace and prepare the army... I will go to the Xuanshi Palace myself!"
