The first emperor died more than ten years earlier than his previous life, and many things naturally changed beyond recognition.

The one who had the greatest impact on the Han family should naturally push the authority of the princes and kings.

In the previous life, within a few years after the Wu Chu Rebellion, Chang'an Tong Guò coerced and enticed, narrowly pacified the power of the Wu Chu Rebellion, and forcibly withdrew the authority of most of the princes and kings.

For example, the power of the princes and kings to appoint officials of more than 1,000 koku was withdrawn step by step.

This essentially eliminated the actual control and influence of the princes and kings over their fiefdoms.

Because the Han county order and the county lieutenant are basically Qianshi officials.

In fact, these county commanders and county lieutenants have the power to appoint officials at the township, pavilion, and li levels, and to elect the three elders.

When the princes and kings no longer have the power to appoint and dismiss the personnel of the county and county governments of their feudal states, naturally no officials will regard the princes and kings as masters, and some people with scheming and means will even take the throne by beating the princes and kings in the face.

For example, the lord's father Yan and Jiang Chong's generation, even relied on their hands to stain the blood of the princes and kings step by step.

And in this life, the first emperor went early, and all kinds of means were not used in time, and many things were not even arranged, and he died.

Liu Che ascended the throne with a weak crown, and the first thing to consider was to grasp military power and political power.

As for the princes and kings, they naturally have no time to take care of it.

That's what makes us in today's predicament.

In the final analysis, it was caused by Liu Che's haste to take the throne and the basic instability.

If you are like the first emperor, you have been in the position of the prince for more than 20 years, and your power is deeply rooted in the government and the opposition, and after you ascend the throne, you will immediately liquidate your past political enemies, and your reputation will be as prosperous as Zhang Shizhi. Rich as Deng Tong, with a deep foundation like Wei Juan. Who would dare to resist?

If you say it's depreciating, you can depreciate it, and if you say it's off, it's off

Later, the feudal domain was cut. It is also the power of one person to compete with the world, and there is really a feeling that one person is alone against the world.

But so what?

But Liu Che can't do that.

The only way to do this is to rally the voices of the majority, and to promote one's own policies through both public opinion and force.

"However, this situation will ......change after this year," Liu Che thought to himself.

Since his accession to the throne, he has shown grace at home and wars abroad. Initial prestige has been established.

It's just that this kind of prestige is just a clay statue, at most the outside is painted with a layer of gold paint, and once it encounters a storm, I am afraid that its original form will be exposed.

But as long as after this year, with the widespread popularity of waterwheels, all classes in Guanzhong will feel the benefits.

The military reclamation and resettlement policy, after its implementation, will also benefit countless civilians.

So that the basic disk is there.

Then pass the guò salt and iron official camp, and grasp the money bag.

Until next year. The Han government treasury was full, and the burden of the people was further reduced, the popularization of waterwheel fertilizer made a bumper harvest in Guanzhong, and the military reclamation immigrants migrated the landless peasants and peasants in the eastern part of the Kwantung to Korea, Liaodong and Liaoxi for reclamation. Internal contradictions have been greatly alleviated.

At that time, Liu Che wanted to do anything, and no one could stop him!

It's just that. Today, that is not the case.

Liu Wu on the side. At this moment, there are hundreds of thoughts in my heart, and I am a little hesitant.

Reason sues him. supported the request of the Son of Heaven, and took the lead in responding to the call and supporting the Yantie official camp, although Yu Liang Guo himself did not hinder it.

Nor is he a king who takes advantage of salt and iron.

It's just that......

In this way, the resentment of the princes and kings of the world is afraid to concentrate on himself.

Although the kings could not help him, it was certain that they would suppress and isolate the Liang State, even slander his personal reputation, and use various inferior means to spread rumors about him on various royal gatherings in the future.

It's just that, looking at Liu Che, Liu Wu couldn't say anything to refuse.

This son of heaven treated him well after all, not only met many of his personal requirements, but even sought a Korean feud for his second son.

If you refuse, I'm afraid that you will hate the Son of Heaven from now on!

With the old mother of the East Palace here, Liu Wu is not worried about what the Son of Heaven can do with him.

It's just that everyone has children.

Liu Wu had to think about one or two for his children and grandchildren.

Today, when the son is in the prime of life, even judging from the life span of the previous emperor, he can at least still reign on the throne of the Son of Heaven for twenty or thirty years.

The old mother of the East Palace can't live for twenty or thirty years, once the Empress Dowager of the East Palace goes, if the Son of Heaven settles accounts after the autumn and embarrasses him or his heirs, it will be too simple!

His own sons, Liu Wu is quite clear.

It's just a mediocre person who doesn't become a talent at all, and simply eats and waits for death.

These various thoughts came and went, so that Liu Wu didn't know how to make a decision for a while.

At this time, Liu Wu couldn't help but miss Yang Sheng and Gongsun Yi, the two wise men.

It's a pity that last year, he thought these two guys were alarmist, and he said something that made him unhappy, so Liu Wu sent them back to Suiyang.

Liu Wu's inner struggle, Liu Che naturally saw it.

In fact, the more top-level nobles are, the less they usually know how to hide their feelings, and as for the attribute of foresight, the vast majority of nobles do not possess.

Therefore, there is such an allusion as 'meat eaters despise and can't plan far away'.

After all, you can't expect a nobleman who landed with a golden key in his mouth since he was a child, was born in a deep palace, grew up in the hands of a woman, and knew neither joy nor sorrow, knowing what 'moderation' and 'modesty' were.

Even in the new century after 2,000 years, a large group of rich second generations and official second generations have so many examples of cheating fathers in front of them, but they still pit their fathers one after another, and there is an endless stream, which almost makes people form the image of insufficient IQ balance in all their generations.

Relatively speaking, Liu Wu is still the best among the nobles and princes.

At the very least, he also knows how to be restrained and knows how to manage his own image.

But that's about it.

Liu Che had already seen these things thoroughly in his previous life.

is a little pig, in fact, it also belongs to the ranks of meat eaters, and is led by the nose like a monkey by a few alchemists.

So Liu Che was not in a hurry, and looked at Liu Wu quietly, waiting for his reply.

Because Liu Che knows very well that at this time. It's better not to speak.

As soon as he spoke, he may be caught by the other party, and he will wake up or the lion will open his mouth. Sky-high asking price.

Liu Wu thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

After all. If you stand up and support the Son of Heaven, then you may offend all the princes and kings in the world, and then those cowards will slander Chang'an in private at most, but the resentment and pressure will all fall on Liang Guo.

A good man is still difficult to defeat the four punches, and a strong man like the overlord of Western Chu who can pull out mountains and rivers is also inevitably killed by Wujiang.

Liu Wu didn't have the courage to bear the abuse of the Liu clan all over the world.

But if he doesn't agree, from now on, his status as an imperial uncle in the eyes of the Son of Heaven will probably drop countless times, and even attract resentment!

The woe to future generations is unknown!

When Liu Wu was struggling.

Suddenly. There was a rush of footsteps outside the palace.

Liu Wu glanced back and found that it was the Son of Heaven who was close to Wang Dao, with a man dressed in plain white filial piety clothes, and hurriedly approached.

"Your Majesty, Yan Wang Xue is gone!" As soon as the man came in, he immediately bowed to the ground, tears and snot flowed down together, and bowed his head and said, "This is the last testament of King Yan, and the minister is ordered by King Yan." The starry night is coming, and I would like to present your majesty xià in front of the emperor! ”

Liu Wu's muscles twitched slightly, Yan Wangjia, did he finally not hold on?

For this distant relative's thing. Liu Wu has always heard that this King Yan has been haunted by the sickbed since the year before last.

As a result, Yan fell into a fierce struggle for power.

Originally. Liu Wudu always thought that this distant cousin might not last long.

Can. Every time, Liu Wu only heard the news that Yan Wang was critically ill. But I didn't hear the news of his death.

Unexpectedly, this time, the news that Yan Wang was critically ill did not come, so he died quietly.

It really made Liu Wu a little embarrassed.

To be honest, Liu Wu still has a good impression of this cousin who has only met a few times.

Because, like Liu Wu, this Yan Wangjia is an elegant person, who is very happy to make friends with scholars in the world, and loves poetry and songs.

Liu Che was also slightly stunned, and then took the testament presented by the man.

After glancing at it, Liu Che was overjoyed: "This Yan King still has some knowledge!" ”

"Presumably, when Sui Yizong led the army to pass through Jicheng, he had an exchange with this imperial uncle, and the other party also listened to it......" Liu Che thought in his heart, but his face showed some sadness, and he said to the man: "The dry city of the Yan Kingdom, the uncle of my sect, suddenly left, it is really the sky lost my arms, and I am also very sad......"

Liu Wu hurriedly knelt down and bowed with the others: "Your Majesty mourns ......"

Regarding the death of Liu Jia, the king of Yan, Liu Che had actually expected it for a long time.

It's just that I didn't expect that the other party would give himself such a generous gift when he was dying!

Liu Wu raised his eyes and looked at Liu Wu, feeling that compared to his distant cousin, this imperial uncle was simply a heaven and an underground.

However, then again, the line of Liu Jia, the king of Yan, is indeed the lucky star of Liu Che's royal family.

At the beginning, the princes and ministers destroyed Zhu Lu together, and the greatest merit and the most troops were the first to recommend Liu Xiang, the king of Qi Mourning.

This eldest grandson of Liu Bang and the eldest son of Liu Fei was the most suitable and most likely person to ascend the throne of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an at that time.

He had the right to be a soldier, and he was the first to advocate the destruction of Zhulu, and the first to rebel and occupy the name of righteousness! And the barrel of the gun is also tough!

Not to mention Liu Che's grandfather, Liu Heng, the king of the army, that is, the army in the hands of the princes and lords of Chang'an at that time was not as good as him!

However, at this time, when someone was discussing who to choose as the Son of Heaven in the imperial court, he stood up and said a sentence: The Queen Mother of Qi's family is Junsi, and the wicked are also established, and I am afraid that they will be reverted to the Lu family.

This sentence immediately caused a hundredfold damage to the critical hit, and directly extinguished Liu Xiang's imperial dream.

Even Liu Xiang's younger brother Liu Zhang lobbied in every possible way, but he couldn't change the minds of the princes.

After all, everyone tied their heads to the waistband of their trousers and gambled their lives, not to kill one Lu family and support another Lu family!

Moreover, the victorious princes and elders of Chang'an at that time also felt that instead of setting up a strong and strong emperor, it was better to choose a puppet who was not so conspicuous and had a good temperament.

Choosing and choosing, everyone chose the acting king who has always been unknown and indisputable in the clan.

After that, everyone knew what was going on, and then, the old Liu family's famous name of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger completely became famous all over the world.

And the 'someone' who inflicted a hundredfold critical damage on Liu Xiang at the court meeting at that time was none other than Liu Ze, the king of Langya at that time, who was the biological father of Liu Jia, the current king of Yan.

Twenty or thirty years ago. Liu Jia's father, Liu Ze, made great contributions to Liu Che's lineage, twenty or thirty years later. Liu Jia gave Liu Che another weighty gift.

The now deceased King Yan is on the testament he presented to Liu Che. Throw away those words that embellish words and words such as humility and surrender, and it can be summed up in one sentence: Only His Majesty can be powerful and blessed!

And how can only the Son of Heaven be able to be a blessing?

Liu Jia also gave the answer: The sons of the ministers are dull, the ministers are dull, they don't know about personnel, they don't know people, they have no insight into people, but their majesty is natural and insightful. The ministers invited His Majesty, and the sons of the ministers were only virtuous, and the sages were selected to inherit the temple......

In other words, Liu Jia gave Liu Che the choice of the next generation of princes and kings of Yan Kingdom!

This may be a commonplace thing for later dynasties, but now, it is the power that Liu Che dreams of!

Today's Han family is based on the primogeniture inheritance system, in a word. That is, the heirs of the vassal states are not determined by the canonization of the emperor but by the order of birth and the status of the mother.

If there is a son-in-law, the son-in-law is the crown prince, and if there is no son-in-law. That is, the eldest son is the crown prince.

For the Han regime, this meant that the emperor's power was above the heirs of the princes and kings, and he actually had little say.

The old king dies and the new king ascends the throne. Chang'an has only two options: admit it or not.

In general, anyway. Chang'an is a choice that can only be acknowledged by pinching his nose.

Just like the death of King Chuyi back then, everyone knows. Liu Wu, who ascended the throne, is a notoriously bastard and brutal, but what about Chang'an?

Even Liu Wu's son, Liu Ying, was helpless, and he wanted to abolish Liu Wu several times, but he gave up halfway.

And now, Liu Jia did not follow the convention and choose his sister-in-law, the crown prince Liu Dingguo's heir, but used his status as a prince and king to hand over the decision to Liu Che in the form of a dying testament.

It's a huge game-changer!

It can even affect the entire Han regime!

Everything is difficult at the beginning, with Liu Jia to start this, in the future, the kings will die, and the right to choose their heirs will be the son of Chang'an!

In the future, if anyone does not leave the dying testament and let the Son of Heaven choose their heir, it will be trampling on tradition!

And this power, in history, the little pig worked hard, and finally relied on Zhao King Liu Pengzu to achieve it.

Now, Liu Jia took the initiative to offer this 'heavy gift', and Liu Che naturally wanted to repay the favor.

He pondered for a moment, and then issued an edict: "Edict: King Yan is on the throne, good governance, Ze army and people, I am very respectful, today, I am very sad, and his order is Si: give King Yan a yellow intestine inscription, a golden jade robe, ten swords, three hundred terracotta warriors and horses, Xu Siche to accompany the funeral, and let the minister discuss the politics of King Yan during his lifetime, and choose a good word to benefit him!" ”

The man immediately bowed his head and bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

The yellow intestine inscription and the golden jade clothes are all rewarded by the princes and kings who are close to the Son of Heaven.

As for the sword and terracotta warriors, they are gifts that only the Son of Heaven can give exceptionally.

Liu Che glanced at Liu Wu, and then said: "As for the matter of King Yan's deathbed watch, I have thought about it for a long time, and I am ready!" Then I will return to China, go and bring the sons of King Yan to Chang'an, and I will come in person to inspect the talents and virtues of the princes, and choose a sage to inherit the society of Yan Kingdom! ”

Liu Che paused, and then said: "The rest of the sons are all pushed as kings!" ”

"No!" The courtier was overjoyed and bowed: "The courtier respectfully obeys the edict!" ”

O Grace Order, the sons are kings!

In other words, everyone in the sons of King Yan can be called lonely, which is bad news for the Yan Kingdom, but it is good news for the sons of King Yan.

The game mode has changed from winner-takes-all to winner-takes-all, and the loser can also drink soup!

After he returns home this time, all the princes will definitely have a heavy reward!

Then he slowly stepped back.

Liu Wu's mouth was wide open, and he was almost speechless in surprise.

Liu Jia actually asked the Son of Heaven to choose his heir, instead of taking the eldest son as the heir according to the custom?

This fact shocked Liu Wu and was almost speechless!

Liu Wu immediately thought that among the vassals of the Han Dynasty now, there are two vassal kings who have always prided themselves on being loyal ministers.

Acting King Liu Deng and Hengshan King Liu Ci!

With Liu Jia's precedent, these two will inevitably follow suit.

And after one, two, and three, this will become a new practice or even a system!

The last trace of hesitation in Liu Wu's heart was finally cut off!

After Wang Dao led the man out of the palace, Liu Wu immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the salt and iron official camp, chasing the high emperor's strategy of 'strong and weak', and following the intention of the first emperor to cut the domain, its meaning is very great, and the minister is willing to be the precursor of His Majesty, the first in the world!" ”

With Liu Jia making such a fuss, the authority of the Son of Heaven does not need the policy of salt and iron official camps, and it will inevitably swell.

Coupled with the order of Tui'en, the princes and kings of the world no longer have the ability to compete with Chang'an.

Taking Liu Wu himself as an example, if he wants to wrestle with Chang'an, I'm afraid the first thing he has to deal with is not the pressure of Chang'an, but his sons and concubines!

Now that the Kwantung princes are no longer successful and can no longer fight against Chang'an, what is he afraid of?

Of course, hurry up and hug your thighs!

Liu Che nodded with great satisfaction, helped Liu Wu up, and said, "With the help of the imperial uncle, I will feel at ease!" ”

In his heart, Liu Che was even more happy.

The policy of the salt and iron official camp, with Liu Wu's support, is basically a smooth road.

Liu Wu and Liu Xuan, these two people who can influence the Empress Dowager Dou have already fallen to him, so who else can stop him?

Dou's?

Liu Che sneered twice in his heart.

If he was not the emperor before, the Dou family's relatives, Liu Che really couldn't afford to provoke him.

But now he is the Son of Heaven, ruling the world, and he has great power.

Dou wants to be naughty, and he can also spank himself!

What's more, the Dou family has always been a model relative of the Han family, and with Dou Guangguo in charge, they can distinguish the importance and will not mix up indiscriminately.

"It's just that the Empress Dowager Dou still has to persuade herself!" Liu Che thought in his heart.

But that's irrelevant.

In fact, as long as no one speaks ill and deliberately provokes, Liu Che is confident that he can convince the Empress Dowager Dou.

Because, this salt and iron official camp actually strengthens the power of the central Han family, and it is impossible for Empress Dowager Dou not to know!

Moreover, when the first emperor cut the feudal domain, the Kwantung princes did not add to the empress dowager Dou, and now, weakening the power of these princes, I am afraid she is also optimistic! (To be continued......)