Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 288 Liu Ying
"…You reported to the emperor, what do you want to do by taking the prince out?"

In the Liyang Palace,

Liu Bang summoned his nephew Liu Xin and asked him what he meant by doing this.

Liu Xin said calmly, "I want to take the prince out to see the world."

"After your majesty proclaimed himself emperor in Dingtao, you chose to build a new capital in Chang'an because Xianyang was burned down by Xiang Yu. Before the city was completed, you lived in the neighboring Liyang."

"Now, there are a lot of affairs in Chang'an, and many people are conscripted to serve. This is very helpful for broadening your horizons and understanding the people's sentiments."

After hearing this, Liu Bang slammed the table and said, "I didn't ask you to teach the prince, how can you do it on your own?"

Liu Xin stiffened his neck and said, "The prince is the heir to the throne of the country!"

"As a minister, you must be loyal to your majesty, but you must also consider serving the successor and make him a wise and benevolent successor!"

"Ren De again!"

Liu Bang turned away angrily and said, "It is good that the prince is kind, but what else can he do besides kindness?"

He is an old sly man in the underworld, so he naturally knows how to praise people.

When you really don't know what to praise someone for,
Just say he is "filial".
Just say he is "good"!
These are just polite words!

Although Liu Bang had only raised his offspring for a few days, he could still predict what his future would be like based on the child's current personality.

He could see at a glance,
Liu Ying was a gentle person by nature. He usually liked to work and read quietly, and his health was not very good.

Liu Ruyi is the opposite:
The child became more lively and cheerful, stronger in body, and had a personality very similar to his own.

therefore,

As a father's preference,
As a monarch's concern,
This made Liu Bang feel a little hesitant and he wanted to replace the crown prince.

after all,

The benevolent Fusu lost the world.
It’s only been a few years!

His tomb is still standing in Yongcheng, and the grass on the grave is three meters high!
In the midst of war,

Liu Bang himself retreated first and left Guanzhong.

The Ying Qin clan in Yongcheng,

Either he was killed by Xiang Yu, or he ran away and no one knows where he went.
The sacrifices to the First Emperor and Fusu,

Is there any continuation in this world?
Anyway, Liu Bang was not in the mood to think about it anymore.

He retook Guanzhong and, out of friendship between the Liu and Hei families, he looked for the descendants of the Hei family, but gave up after searching for a long time without success.

at the moment,

All he had to worry about was the hard-earned Han Empire and the ancestral temple sacrifices of Liu Han.

For this,

Liu Xin just kowtowed and said, "Is it his fault that Fusu lost the world?"

Liu Bang said gloomily, "No, it's because of the tyranny of the First Emperor. He just had bad luck."

Although the Qin Dynasty was overthrown,
But for Fusu, the last emperor of Qin,

Many rebel leaders still agreed.

Many problems had already been planted during the time of Emperor Qin Shihuang, but they only exploded after Fusu came to power.

So Liu Xin asked, "Then how do you think you compare to the First Emperor?"

"Of course I am better than him!"

Liu Bang spoke without hesitation.

nowadays,
The Qin Dynasty had just collapsed.

Criticism of the First Emperor is still the mainstream.

Moreover, Liu Bang did believe that if the Qin Dynasty had not undertaken so many major projects, it would not have perished so quickly.

Since he ascended the throne,

He ordered the people of the country to rest and recuperate.

The construction of Chang'an City was simply because it was needed as a capital.

Even if there is hardship,

How can it compare to the hard work of all the people in the world working together?
"Then, Your Majesty, what do you think we should pay attention to in governing the country in the future?"

"We should reduce taxes and levies, and give the people a rest."

Liu Xin therefore kowtowed again and said, "Then the prince is kind and benevolent, what's the problem?"

Liu Bang was speechless.

But he still looked unconvinced and was very unhappy that his nephew Liu Xin accused him.

At last,
He stood up angrily, walked to Liu Xin, and put his hand towards his neck as if to behead him.

Bang bang twice.

"You bastard nephew, you actually have such wisdom!"

"You can bring him if you want. If the prince still doesn't change, I will have a serious argument with you!"

then,

Liu Xin happily withdrew and went to meet Liu Ying.

The latter was very close to his elder brother, and when he saw Liu Xin, he asked, "Brother, what do you want to see me for?"

Liu Xin told him, "I will take you out of the palace to play later. Now go find your grandfather and tell him the news so that he won't worry."

"it is good!"

then,

The adult and the child took a carriage and went to the palace where the retired Emperor Liu Yan lived.

The emperor was squatting in the open space in front of the palace planting vegetables. When he saw his two grandsons coming,

Liu Yan waved happily, "Come on, come on, I just picked some new leaves today, they are so crisp!"

Liu Xin first took Liu Ying to pay his respects before walking over.

The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren squatted in the vegetable garden together, concentrating on catching the insects hiding in it.

"Children's eyes are still bright!"

"You caught more bugs in one go than I do in a whole day!"

After the end,

The three of them displayed their respective achievements.
Liu Ying's food was the most abundant, and Taigong immediately hugged Liu Ying in his arms and praised his agility.

Liu Ying smiled when he was praised, his eyes curved, and he looked happier and more confident than usual.

Subsequently,

Liu Yan kept them, had a meal with him, and told his grandson:
"When you have time, come and spend more time with me!"

"Everything in this palace is good, except that there are too few people. It's not lively at all!"

The palace has strict rules.
Where can it compare to Fengyi where the houses are adjacent to each other and the population is frequently coming and going?

Even if someone comes,

When he saw the emperor, he kowtowed repeatedly and didn't even dare to look up.

Therefore, after Liu Taigong came to Liyang, he was always depressed and felt that it was not as interesting as watching dogs fighting in front of his hometown.

Liu Xin and Liu Ying naturally agreed.

Taigong was even happier.

He said, "Ying'er is much better than the other sons of the Third Brother!"

Liu Bang's other sons,
Born after he became rich and successful,

Therefore, they learn various etiquette from birth and enjoy superhuman wealth.

among them,

Lady Qi's son Liu Ruyi was the most favored and received the highest treatment.

But the number of times he visited his grandfather Liu Yan was the least.

Because Concubine Qi relied on her son's favor and seized every opportunity to let her son perform in front of Liu Bang and please the emperor, and she did not care about the emperor who was said to be "crazy" and occasionally liked to talk to himself.

Liu Ruyi was very young and preferred to eat and drink rather than follow his grandfather to patiently water, weed and catch insects in the vegetable garden.

Liu Ying could hear the disappointment in his grandfather's words and quickly touched his arm to comfort him, "I will definitely come more often in the future!"

"Mother promised me today that she would reduce my schoolwork so that I can have more time to study with my elder brother!"

Liu Ying was ten years old and a little thin.

The books he reads daily,

If it was a bamboo stick, it would crush him to death.
Even paper would make him breathless.

But if he relaxed a little, his mother, Empress Lü, would sharply rebuke him:
"How can you sleep at your age?"

"Get up and continue studying!"

"If you don't grow in wisdom and learn more skills, do you still want to be the crown prince?"

Liu Ying felt very aggrieved about this and was often scolded by his mother and dared not raise his head.

He missed his old mother a little.

When I was in my hometown of Fengyi,
He was still young, not yet the crown prince of the Han Dynasty, and could not wear beautiful and comfortable clothes or live in a tall house.

His mother also had to work every day, cooking and washing clothes for the whole family.

But Liu Ying inexplicably felt that both mother and son were very happy at that time.

Although Lu Zhi sometimes complained about the difficulties of life, her attitude was not sharp or harsh.

She didn't like Liu Fei, but she still made clothes and shoes for him.

When relaxing on a summer night,
His mother would hold him and his sister in her arms and tell them stories about their father, saying that their father was a great hero of the time and that one day he would come to pick them up in a tall carriage pulled by several horses, accompanied by many people, to enjoy wealth and glory.

daytime,

Liu Ying and his sister followed their elder brother Liu Xin to study.

But at the end of the day, I don't just sit at home like a hen sitting on eggs, trying to hatch knowledge from a pile of books.

Liu Xin would take them to the river to demonstrate his unparalleled fishing skills and his fishing luck that made countless anglers cry.

Children cannot swim in the water.
But Liu Ying and his sister could squat in the shallow and flat water and reach out to touch a few snails to play with.

If you are lucky,
They can also catch crabs and small fish.

Laughing like this,

One day passed.

But after seeing her father and the many women and new children around him, the mother changed.

She began to make strict demands on the people around her, as if the slightest flaw or mistake would put everyone in an irretrievable situation.

Liu Ying couldn't understand.

He didn't have time to understand.

Because of his heavy schoolwork and the expectations placed on him by his mother, he was so busy that he couldn't stop and couldn't catch his breath.

God knows,
How happy Liu Ying was when his mother suddenly announced that she would relieve his pressure and allow him to go out and play with Liu Xin.

He thought:
The mother finally agreed to move the stone off him a little.

(End of this chapter)