A son who doesn't resemble his father? Love you, old man, see you at Xuanwu Gate!

Chapter 178 Fighting the Dragon
A solution to the problem.

It was always before the eyes of the Han emperor.

And what about His Majesty?

He has always been unwilling to admit or act on it, only thinking about seizing power in a brutal way to prove that his wisdom and strategy are superior to everyone else's.

Disregarding the bond between father and son, and failing to consider the wishes of the crown prince, he relentlessly pursued war, displaying arrogance and willfulness.

In fact, Your Majesty only needs to read and cultivate your character to patiently wait for the flowers to bloom.

Despite the Emperor's fury, Prince Wuqiu Shou ignored Dong Zhongshu's head-shaking and insisted, "Your Majesty!"

Liu Che's imperial might faltered for a moment.

"Your Majesty, I presume to ask why the Supreme Ruler agreed to Your Majesty's southern tour?" Prince Wuqiu Shou met the Emperor's gaze without flinching.

If the Emperor does not agree to Your Majesty's southern tour when you leave the palace at Ganquan, neither the ministers, generals, marquises, nor members of the imperial family will agree to it either.

Even if the ruler were willing, he could emulate the stories of "Duke Huan of Qi" and "King Wuling of Zhao" and use troops to besiege the Ganquan Palace, potentially starving His Majesty to death in the palace.

In this way, the emperor can easily obtain the throne without any instability, and will not be constantly "disrupted" by His Majesty as he is now.

Unfortunately, the Emperor granted Your Majesty permission to travel south, allowing Your Majesty to express remorse to the people and potentially turn the tide of battle.

Your Majesty considers yourself the most intelligent being in the world, so why did Your Majesty "let the tiger into the mountain"?
In an instant, Liu Che's dragon rage reached its peak. That rebellious son was meant to show him how he had ruined the Han Dynasty after the prosperous reigns of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing!

No one in the world could understand his feelings when he first entered Nanyang and immediately became one with the bandits. The Crown Prince was simply trying to humiliate him!

As an emperor and a father, being humiliated to this extent by his crown prince son was no exaggeration to say that it was Liu Che's Achilles' heel. When it was mentioned at this time, the emperor's anger was beyond mortal.

His scarlet eyes were fixed on Wuqiu Shouwang, ready to kill him at any moment with the Emperor's sword he gripped tightly.

Dong Zhongshu looked at his students with a complex expression.

"After the night in Chang'an, the Emperor did not take advantage of the situation to send troops to besiege the Ganquan Palace. Does Your Majesty really think that the Emperor was bound by etiquette, or that the Marquis of Champion could not break through the palace guarded by two thousand palace guards?"

Wuqiu Shouwang, however, was no longer afraid and had abandoned the concept of life and death. At this moment, he seemed to feel the presence of righteous energy.

Liu Che did not respond, and Wuqiu Shouwang did not take it to heart, continuing, "With the Northern and Southern armies in hand, His Majesty in the Ganquan Palace, and all the loyal ministers in the court, are like fish on the chopping block of the Emperor. If His Majesty wishes, the witchcraft case in Chang'an after entering Weiyang Palace can also be a case of regicide. His Majesty can purge all officials in the court except for the Crown Prince's ministers, or use the excuse of searching for assassins to block the Ganquan Palace, and after regicide, fabricate the story of a knight-errant killing the emperor, and thoroughly purge the people who are disloyal to His Majesty."

Does Your Majesty truly believe that there is anyone in this world who can withstand the might of the Supreme Ruler, the Grand General, and the Marquis of Champion? And who is capable of serving the King?
Founding heroes and marquises? Members of the Han imperial family and princes?

When the existence of these two parties was mentioned, King Wuqiu Shou smiled, but it was not a contemptuous smile, but a smile full of helplessness.

The walls built by Emperor Gaozu, in just eighty years, became nothing more than withered bones in a tomb.

As for maternal relatives.

Unfortunately, the most powerful maternal relatives in the Han Dynasty were the Wei clan; the Tian and Dou clans before them had long since declined.

"Your Majesty, he could have!"

King Wuqiu Shou sighed.

It was as if a bucket of extremely cold water had been poured over Liu Che's head, instantly dispelling the dragon's wrath.

"In His Majesty's heart, there may be the idea of ​​letting His Majesty see the truth of the world, but in my opinion, His Majesty agreed to His Majesty's southern tour because he wanted His Majesty to leave the pass. When His Majesty arrives in the east, half of the empire will have a 'backbone'." Wuqiu Shouwang told the truth.

Your Majesty has ruled for twenty years, indulging in military expansion and extravagance. Coupled with frequent natural disasters and man-made calamities, the country is in chaos. In the Guandong region, bandits are rampant and the people are filled with resentment.

If we continue to suppress them, the Han Dynasty will one day perish.

With the Emperor in charge of the central court, stabilizing the Guanzhong Plain, and His Majesty making a southern tour, crossing the Guanzhong Plain and entering the Guandong Plain, one in the west and one in the east, the disintegration of the Han Dynasty was halted.

Of course, the methods are different.

In the Guanzhong Plain, where the situation was slightly better, the emperor used reforms and new policies to calm the people's discontent, much like pouring cool water into boiling water.

In the devastating situation in the Kanto region, the public sentiment was like boiling oil; pouring cold water directly into it would only cause everyone to be hurt. The only solution was to add "hot water."

However, the Han Dynasty could not implement two systems, as this would lead to division. So the only solution was to cool down the boiling oil and heat up the "cold water".

And the method of heating it is Your Majesty.

Once His Majesty arrived in Guandong, he mingled with the bandits, making it impossible for the cold water of the imperial decrees not to be heated up.

The people who hated His Majesty, upon learning of His Majesty's plight and seeing that His Majesty could not even enter the city and could only cautiously and tremblingly camp outside the city day and night, felt their anger and resentment subside.

With one increase and one decrease, the imperial decrees in Guandong were successfully implemented, and the situation in Guandong was appropriately stabilized. For the sake of the Han dynasty, this can be said to be the best solution.

However, the Emperor's method of "not being able to part with his father, the Emperor, and not being able to appease the people of Guandong" was truly too filial.

Liu Che released the Emperor's Sword, clearly disapproving of and unhappy with Wuqiu Shouwang's statement, but unable to refute it.

Dong Zhongshu closed his eyes; this student could no longer be fully trusted.

"To set an example of a wise and virtuous ruler for future emperors is the mark of a benevolent and compassionate monarch, Your Majesty..."

King Wuqiu Shou looked into the dragon's eyes and said earnestly, "Your Majesty acts with integrity. I believe that even if Heaven only allows Your Majesty to be emperor for a month or even just one day, Your Majesty will let the world know that the person sitting in that position values ​​the world and all living beings more than anything else!"

Liu Che was getting restless again.

Wuqiu Shouwang was a trusted minister of the central court for more than ten years, yet now he was praising his "political enemy" so much. How could he accept this?

Furthermore, what is the meaning behind these words?
Who does things dishonestly?

Which emperor, for a month or even a day, did not value the world and its people more than himself?

Wuqiu Shouwang bowed deeply to the ground, saying, "Your Majesty, even if we win in the future, we must repeatedly plead and make concessions until the very end, when we absolutely must take control of the government before returning to the capital."

"The night wind is chilly, and I am feeling dizzy and weak. Please leave!"

Wuqiu Shouwang turned around and slowly walked out of the tent. His Majesty could have pierced his chest with a sword at any time, but as he walked out of the tent and the curtain fell, he was not dead.

Looking up at the starry sky, King Wuqiu Shou felt that the stars were chaotic and flickering. His Majesty had spent his whole life scheming against others, but little did he know that he was the one being schemed against.

From the King of Jiaodong to the Crown Prince under Emperor Xiaojing, and then to the Emperor of the Great Han Dynasty and the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager ruling as regents... Your Majesty, it is all the result of scheming.

Ugh.

(End of this chapter)