Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 306 The Seven Kingdoms Rebellion
"What do you mean the current emperor is Liu Qi?"

"What do you mean the Han Dynasty is now in the midst of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion?"

In the palace of Hades,

He Bo was covering his head with an expression of disbelief.

The dead Liu Ying and Liu Xin were summoned by the ghosts and gods. They nodded in response to their questions:
"Ah, yes, yes!"

"Is such that!"

"Can't my son be called Qi?"

Liu Ying was very confused and looked at his elder brother.

启，
It's a name with a good meaning.

The first person to use this name was Dayu's son, and he was also the monarch who truly founded the hereditary empire.

When Liu Ying's queen gave birth to his eldest son, he held the child in his arms, his heart filled with joy and anticipation.

then,

He named the prince after this sage.

"And I had my first child when I was 23. Is there anything wrong with naming him like this?"

Liu Ying became emperor at a young age and had no children in the first few years.

Because the Taihang disciple who took care of his body said:
"Your Majesty has a weak body and suffered hardships and shocks when he was young, so it is not appropriate to perform the ceremony of adulthood too early."

"If you want to live a long life, you need to take good care of yourself and reduce the loss of your vital energy."

Liu Ying did not comment on this.

Because he is not greedy for women.

The "abstinence from lust" that made Emperor Gao extremely miserable was just a trivial matter to Liu Ying.

But Empress Lü was somewhat dissatisfied.

She believed that the younger the emperor was, the quicker he needed to give birth to an heir in order to stabilize the government and prevent the princes from harboring dissenting ideas.

Fortunately, Liu Xin mediated and Empress Lu finally endured it.

After Liu Qi was born, Liu Ying's harem was named after the word "Qi", and many little princes appeared one after another.

This made Liu Ying feel that he was very good at naming, and he even felt proud of it.

"..."

He Bo was silent for a while, then asked him, "When your son was young and hot-tempered, did he ever kill someone with a chessboard?"

Liu Ying frowned and said immediately, "There is no such thing!"

"Although Qi'er is not good at chess, he is not the kind of person who would get angry and use this method to win outside the chessboard!"

Hearing him say this,
Many of the ghost officials nearby could not help but nod and agree:
"Yes!"

"What kind of petty person would hit someone with a chessboard?"

He Boyu called out their names one by one and told them that he had taken note of the matter.

Be careful of the reckoning in the future!

The ghost officials immediately lowered their heads and dared not say a word.

then,

He Bo also fell into deep thought.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally could only sigh, "This is the unstoppable trend of history!"

No matter whether the emperor has changed or not,

But as long as the system is not improved, the problems that should be exposed will still appear sooner or later.

When Liu Bang divided the Liu family's princes into different states, Emperor Taizu of Han should have been prepared for the princes to rebel against the court!

After all, before this, the Zhou emperor
I have helped future generations to step into many pits——

The Western Zhou Dynasty divided the royal family into fiefs.

There are countries such as Zheng and Jin.

However, when the Spring and Autumn Period collapsed, Zheng shot the emperor in the shoulder, and Jin used the emperor as a signboard for hegemony...

These examples,

Even if Liu Bang didn't like reading, someone would tell him.

Liu Laosan's attitude towards this is also very clear:
"Why bother with him so much!"

"First stabilize the country and society, and for future problems, we can rely on the wisdom of future generations!"

"Anyway, as long as my Liu family's throne can surpass the Qin Dynasty, which perished in the second generation, that would be great!"

He is very free and easy.

After hearing these words, the First Emperor couldn't help but clench his fists and tremble with anger.

But He Bo didn't understand this.

He simply asked Ximen Bao to come forward and narrate for him the specific process of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, wanting to see whether the inertia of history was really strong enough to completely replicate the classics.

After he finished listening quietly, he propped up his chin and muttered vaguely:
"Wu Chu is still the main force this time!"

“But the difference is quite big!”

……

There is no more off-board victory by the chess master.

The prince of Wu, Liu Xian, was not dead.
But this did not prevent the King of Wu from finding an excuse to rebel.

After all, the three kingdoms of Wu, Chu and Qi have always been prosperous and far away from the central government, so they have the capital to disobey orders.

After the death of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, it was this region that first raised the banner of anti-Qin.

But the King of Wu and his companions forgot,
The court they were fighting against was not the newly unified Qin Dynasty, which was exhausted by wars and corvee labor.

Instead, it is a Han dynasty that has recuperated for decades and has accumulated enough national strength!

When King Liu Bi of Wu led his army to attack the Liang State founded by Liu Xin, he was very proud. He pointed to the capital of Liang State, Suiyang, and said, "Liu Xin is such a hateful and pitiful person."

"If he hadn't been so fussy about the family affairs, why would he have let me attack Suiyang?"

Liang Wang Liu Xin,

He was deeply trusted and relied upon by the previous emperor Liu Ying, and therefore possessed a prosperous and vast fiefdom, and was promoted from marquis to king.

After becoming a prince, Liu Xin did not go directly to his fiefdom, but obeyed the late emperor's request to stay in Chang'an and continue to assist him.

He presided over the compilation of the "Nong Dian" and the construction of new agricultural tools, and promoted them everywhere.

After several consecutive years of bumper harvests, the government’s warehouses were filled with grain.

This is a remarkable political achievement.

Facing the praise from the government and the public, Liu Xin just said modestly, "I am ashamed to say that I have only done a small amount of work."

"If I have any achievements, it is that I have collected many ancient books from the people and made them available to the world again!"

Then, without any regard for his power and status, he returned to his fiefdom and guarded the east for the emperor.

In later years,
Liu Xin took the initiative to write a letter to the emperor, requesting that his fiefdom be divided among his children.

He says:
"I only have one wife, but I have four children."

"I love all these children very much. I don't want only the eldest son to enjoy the kindness of his parents while the other three sons have to suffer poverty."

"Therefore, I hope that the court can extend favor to my descendants and allow me to divide Liang into four parts and grant them fiefs."

With this remark,
It shocked the world.

Many princes privately believed that Liu Xin was cooperating with the emperor and intended to reduce the power of the princes!

The equally old King of Qi even forced himself to muster up some energy and wrote a letter to Liu Xin, asking him what he meant.

Liu Xin was simply confused by this.

He also said to his wife, "What am I doing wrong?"

I love my children so I want everyone to live a good life. Is there a problem with that?
The wife also couldn't understand why their own family affairs made others so excited.

She could only tell her husband, "Who cares? Let's just do our own thing!"

then,

Liu Xin continued to write letters to express his request.
Liu Ying, who had been emperor for decades, knew that Liu Xin didn't have much on his mind.

But this did not prevent him from taking the opportunity to take action against some vassal states.

You are all princes,
The kindness that Emperor Taizu Gao had shown you still exists in this world and has not been completely consumed!
Why can't we follow the example of the wise King Liang and do something that will make everyone happy?

Facing the oppression of the imperial court,

The princes reluctantly followed Liu Xin's steps and returned some cities and lands to the imperial court.

When Liu Xin heard about this, he said to his children with great emotion, "Among the princes, there are many who understand the truth!"

Only King Wu Liu Bi knew how aggrieved he was at that time.

Therefore,
When the banner of "clearing the court" was raised, Liu Bi wanted to attack Liang State at the first opportunity and annex all the lands occupied by Liu Xin's four sons in order to dissipate the resentment that had accumulated in his heart for a long time.

Unfortunately, Liu Xin's descendants inherited his father's duties.

Their talents are not outstanding either, but they know what to do in a crisis -

then,

They distributed all the property in the palace to the soldiers defending the city, and shared meals with the people in the city in order to save food and extend the defense time.

With their persistence,
The four-part Liang State successfully waited for reinforcements from the imperial court.

Liu Bi had no choice but to leave Suiyang with his army with hatred.

When Zhou Yafu continued his pursuit and defeated the coalition forces of seven countries several times, Liu Bi was still very unconvinced.

He united his troops and wanted to start a decisive battle with the imperial court in Pengcheng.

To boost morale,

Liu Bi said to his generals:
"Pengcheng has been the site of dozens of wars over the centuries, and it's hard to say what's right and wrong!"

"I don't understand why some people are talking about Emperor Taizu Gao being defeated by Xiang Yu in Pengcheng, as if this place is dangerous for us!"

"In the eleventh year of the Han Dynasty, I followed Taizu to attack Ying Bu, and the feudal lords of different surnames were finally pacified!"

"Wherever I led my army to, the people welcomed me wholeheartedly. It was truly a perfect time. I can still see the vibrant and flourishing scene before my eyes. In just forty years, has this place turned into our burial place?"

"Whatever!"

"Pengcheng is the land of Wu and Chu. I am familiar with the topography and population here!"

"In the battle against Zhou Yafu's army, the advantage is definitely on my side!"

then,

His son Liu Xian, who was in charge of the State of Wu, also sent someone to inform Wu that the large ship built on the seashore was almost completed.

As long as these large ships are completed,
Shunke went north along the coast to assist the trapped Qi army.

As long as the Qi army escapes, they can go south to join the Wu-Chu coalition forces and strengthen their own strength.

If they rebel, Wu can have a way out and imitate Tian Jie of Qi and sail overseas with hundreds of people to seek refuge, thus retaining their wealth and status.

For this,

King Wu Liu Bi just nodded calmly and sent someone to reply to his son, "He can do these small things himself!"

"I want to focus on the military!"

It wasn't long before these bold words were put down.
Liu Bi suffered a great defeat and was forced to lead the remaining troops to the southeast, but he was captured halfway through his escape.

I think it won't be long before
Then you can die and meet your ancestors.

But He Bo didn't care about him.

The ghosts and gods who had been sleeping for a long time and just woke up today narrowed their eyes and noticed the famous left-behind children in this turmoil.

"...So Liu Xian is currently on the border of Wu State, planning to go to sea at any time?"

(End of this chapter)