On this day, Liu Dezheng accompanied Liu Deng, the acting king, to visit the scenery near Wushan.

At this time, Wang Dao came over quietly and whispered in Liu De's ear for a while.

After hearing this, Liu De shook his head and sighed.

"Which one is this singing?" Liu De sighed in his heart, turned back to Liu Deng and said: "Brother Wang, my father and the emperor beckoned, please forgive me for missing me!" ”

After speaking, he boarded the carriage brought by Wang Dao and hurried towards the camp of the Son of Heaven on Wu Mountain.

When Liu De came to the tent of the Son of Heaven, the tent was already full of 2,000 stone ministers and accompanying generals above the rank of captain.

Seeing Liu De's arrival, the ministers of civil and military affairs stood up to greet him.

"Your Highness...... His Majesty summoned me and other ministers of civil and military affairs, but what happened? Dou Ying walked beside Liu De and asked softly.

"Liu An, the king of Huainan, was placed under house arrest by his prime minister......" Liu De let out a sigh of relief and said what he knew.

"Ah......" Dou Ying almost couldn't believe his ears: "How can this be?" ”

yes, how so?

Liu De looked up at the top of the tent.

can only say that Liu An and Zhang Shizhi are both dying!

From the standpoint of the ruler, analyze the situation at this time.

Liu An was arrested by his own prime minister, and he must have lost face, no matter what the final result was, he was disgraced and thrown to his grandmother's house.

And Zhang Shizhi ......

Without an order from the imperial court, he put his own monarch under house arrest without permission.

No matter how you look at it, it's not a wise choice.

Especially from the standpoint of the emperor, from the standpoint of the ruler. This kind of courtier, you can't do it!

It is difficult to understand the mindset of the rulers of this time with the thinking of later generations.

A simple example.

At the beginning, Ji Bu's uncle Ding Gong was a general under Xiang Yu. Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty was almost wiped out in the battle of Pengcheng, and the wolf bèi fled.

Ding Gong pursued Liu Bang on the orders of Xiang Yu.

The two were in close contact in the field west of Pengcheng, and Liu Bang was almost about to die at the hands of Ding Gong, at this time Liu Bang was anxious, so that people passed the book Ding Gong to intercede and said: How can the two sages be miserable? That is, you are a hero, and I am a hero. Why are the two of us killing each other? It's not good for you, why don't you let me go!

Therefore, whether Ding Gong is out of self-respect. It's still really brain-dead, and I really don't embarrass Liu Bang anymore.

Wait until Liu Bang defeats Xiang Yu and ascends the throne as emperor.

Ding Gong thought that he had merit, so he ran to ask for merit. As a result, he was slashed by Liu Bang......

The reason is: King Xiang is the one who loses the world. Ding Gongye. To 'invalidate the future generations who are ministers'

The opposite example is Luanbu.

At the beginning, Liu Bang cut off Peng Yue's head, headed Luoyang, and issued an edict: Those who dare to watch will be arrested.

Luan Bu rushed to Luoyang from Qi State, knelt under Peng Yue's head and cried and sacrificed, and then buried Peng Yue.

As a result, there was no, and he was promoted to a knighthood. Worship as the captain, so far respected by the emperor of the Han family. Regardless of Liu Bang, Empress Lu, or Emperor Hui. Taizong and Jinshang are regarded as loyal ministers and pillars of the country.

That's the gap!

From the emperor's point of view, as a courtier, you should be loyal to your lord.

Even if Liu An, the king of Huainan, wants to rebel, as a minister, he should not act before he rebels, but should advise hard, and then report to the Son of Heaven, who will decide.

This is the template of a loyal minister.

And Zhang Shizhi now, first, did not ask the Son of Heaven, and second, did not persuade hard, but used deceptive means to defraud the military power, and then put Liu An under house arrest.

At this time, it is unlikely that any person in a position of authority will appreciate such behavior.

On the contrary, I am afraid that I will be disgusted by such behavior.

If everyone follows Zhang Shizhi's behavior in the future, won't the order of the world be chaotic?

Do you want to be inferior and humble, and don't you want to talk about the ethics of people and ministers?

Thinking about it this way, Liu De also understood why Zhang Shi was not rewarded for meritorious deeds in his previous life, but was disgusted by Chang'an, Liu De remembered that at that time, after Zhang Shizhi was placed under house arrest by Liu An, his father did not immediately reward Zhang Shizhi at the first time, but immediately ordered Qucheng Hou Gujie to lead troops into Shouchun, and took over Zhang Shizhi's military power under the banner of rescue, which was equivalent to relieving Zhang Shizhi of his position.

As a result, Zhang Shizhi's condition quickly worsened and he died within a few months.

Thinking so, Liu De sighed: "I'm afraid that Liu An will also be raised high and gently put down in the end, but Zhang Shizhi will be punished!" ”

The reason is very simple, Liu An didn't actually raise troops to rebel, but just said something like that.

There is no actual treason charge.

Originally, in this case, ordinary princes and kings would definitely die, and even if they didn't die, they would be demoted to commoners.

However, Liu An is not an ordinary prince and king!

His father Liu Chang died so miserably, even for the sake of the face of the first emperor, he had to give preferential treatment, at least, he couldn't let the people of the world think that Liu was using the topic to attack, retaliate, and settle accounts after the autumn or something.

What's more, even if you don't think about these issues, you have to consider what Liu An's two younger brothers think.

Liu Bo, the king of Hengshan, and Liu Ci, the king of Lujiang, if these two princes felt that the imperial court wanted to attack them, they would immediately raise troops and contact Wu Chu, which was equivalent to making Wu Chu immediately follow the Jianghuai, attack Qi Zhao and Xingyang, and threaten Luoyang.

Once the situation develops to that point, now, the honest princes of Qi and Zhao will probably become restless.

It is the combination of these questions that is the reason why Liu An was not questioned or even punished in his previous life after the Wu Chu Rebellion was pacified.

"However, I have to find a way to save Zhang Shizhi, at least, I can't let him end up in his previous life!" Liu De pondered in his heart.

If you want to save Zhang Shizhi and make him innocent, you must prove that Liu An has indeed rebelled, not in words, but in practice, and it must be ironclad and convincing!

"Maybe Nekura is a breakthrough...... Liu De pondered.

Zhou Yang burned more than one million stone of grain stored in the root warehouse by a fire, and Liu De always felt that this might be related to Liu An.

Originally, Liu De planned to keep this matter to ferment slowly, and he didn't want to pierce this hornet's nest immediately.

But now, for the sake of Zhang Shizhi, there is no choice but to make changes!

Thinking so, Liu De walked to his seat and sat down.

Not long after, a eunuch walked in, came to Liu De's side, and whispered a few times in Liu De's ear, Liu De listened to it and kept nodding.

Then, Liu De stood up and bowed his hand to the ministers and generals: "Ministers, the younger son is presiding over this court meeting on the order of his father!" ”

As soon as Liu De's words came out, the civil and military officials immediately fell silent.

In the Han system, the court discussion was the strictest and most important deliberative plan.

It is generally used to try national politics, war and peace policies, and extremely important crimes.

Now is certainly not the time to consider changes in national policy, let alone to discuss wars and issues, and there is only one thing left: to consider whether someone is guilty or not.

And this person must be a prince, a king, or a relative.

It is not a crime of princes, kings or relatives, and there is no need for ministers to discuss it, and the court lieutenant is enough to punish the crime

"Your Highness, please!" Nei Shi Chao mistakenly bowed out and said: "What is the matter of the person who is discussing? (To be continued......)