Chapter 367 Crown Prince Che
Liang Palace.
A man with a very heroic appearance was pacing in the hall with an excited look on his face. This man was naturally King Liang, Liu Che.
Although the imperial messenger had not yet arrived, the news had already spread to the Liang State. The Liang King's tutor hurried in from outside and said with a happy look on his face: "Your Majesty, the imperial angel has arrived."
Liu Che forced himself to suppress his ecstatic expression and went to meet the court envoy. When the court envoy saw Liu Che coming out, he bowed and saluted, giving Liu Che enough face, and then announced the decree to Liu Che. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that after this change of crown prince, the court would not change it again as long as the crown prince did not commit suicide.
"Your Majesty, His Majesty and the Queen miss you very much. Please leave for Chang'an as soon as possible."
"Thank you for your help, my lord. I miss my father and mother, so I will leave for Chang'an now."
The carriage that had been prepared long ago drove out, and according to the imperial edict, Liu Che led a large number of troops to Chang'an.
On the carriage.
Liu Che could no longer contain his excitement. He lifted the curtains and looked at the scenery on both sides. He said excitedly, "This time, the world is vast, just like a dragon entering the sea, just like a roc soaring into the sky. There is nothing that can restrain me anymore."
The Prince of Liang's tutor was equally excited. He had never expected that, without realizing it, he would be promoted from the tutor of a vassal king to the tutor of the crown prince. It was truly a leap to heaven.
The encounters in life are so wonderful that no one can know what the future will be like until you reach that point.
However, he had been a fool for many years, and seeing Liu Che's happy expression, he advised: "Your Majesty, although we all know why His Majesty ordered you to come to the capital, after all, there is no clear order. If you delay the important matter because of some carelessness now, wouldn't it be a waste of the gift of God?
Crown Prince Qi suffered such a disaster because of his arrogance. I hope you can learn from this and be more restrained in Chang'an City, even if you were impatient in the kingdom in the past."
Liu Qi had a rather violent temper, while Liu Che's personality was similar to Liu Qi's, but also different.
Liu Che also had a hot temper and liked to make decisions arbitrarily. He was a rather dictatorial monarch, but in some ways he was very tolerant and would never do something like smashing a chessboard against someone in front of him to death.
Upon hearing this, Liu Che nodded, indicating that he understood.
When the Liang State's convoy entered Chang'an City, everyone, from the nobles and officials to the common people, were paying attention to Liu Che, the future crown prince of the Han Dynasty, who took over from his brother.
At this point, it is almost a foregone conclusion that Prince Liang will take over the position of Crown Prince.
Unless Duke Zhao, who had been sitting in Zhaocheng, suddenly stated that King Su supported Crown Prince Qi.
But people in the world would rather believe that Luo would become king than believe that Duke Zhao would support Crown Prince Qi.
This kind of thing that goes without suspense does not arouse people's interest at all. What everyone is paying attention to now is Liu Qi's ending.
Could the first deposed crown prince of the Han Dynasty survive?
The turmoil among the people could not affect the deep palace. Liu Che entered the palace and first went to see Queen Mother Zhang Yan according to the imperial decree.
Liu Che's deepest impression of his grandmother was that she was quiet and hardly spoke, and just followed the rules as a queen mother. However, this incident made him realize the power of this old woman, a power that could even shake the emperor.
Zhang Yan looked at Liu Che who was bowing his head in front of her and smiled softly, "I know you are better than your brother. When you become the crown prince, don't follow your brother's example and don't disappoint so many people's expectations of you."
Even if Liu Heng did not issue an order, Zhang Yan still treated Liu Che as the crown prince. Upon hearing this, Liu Che quickly said, "I have remembered what your grandmother said. I will not disappoint you and the people of the world."
Zhang Yan continued, "You will be meeting your mother soon. Your mother is the queen chosen by King Luo Wen himself for the emperor. She is a woman with vision and virtue.
The only shortcoming is that you are too confused about offspring, just like an ordinary peasant woman, and you are a little confused. After you arrive at Changle Palace, no matter what your mother says, you just need to say that I will make the decision."
Liu Che's heart sank, and he probably knew what the Queen Mother was worried about. He bowed again and said, "Grandmother, if I know about this, I will definitely put the country first."
Zhang Yan nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "Go ahead."
Liu Che turned and left. Zhang Yan looked at him with a deep look in her eyes and whispered softly, "Let the river be like a belt, and Mount Tai be like a fierce beast. Let the country be forever peaceful, and let the Miao people be loved. No matter how good the promise is, it still depends on the emperor's intention. Grandfather, your granddaughter has done her best for the family."
Of course, Liu Che didn't know about these things. He did feel grateful to his grandmother, whom he rarely saw, but this good mood was ruined by his mother.
Liu Che and the queen had a very good relationship. After all, Liu Che had been the more favored one since childhood. However, it was impossible for him to give up the throne, and it was impossible for Liu Che to do anything unfilial. He could only listen to the queen. Fortunately, the queen still remembered the words of the queen mother and did not say anything that asked Liu Che to refuse the position of crown prince. Otherwise, there would have been a rift between the mother and son because of this matter.
The queen hoped that Liu Che would take good care of Liu Qi in the future, implying that she hoped Liu Che would spare Liu Qi's life. This made Liu Che very unhappy and said, "Mother, my brother and I are from the same mother. Do you think that I am a person who ignores brotherly feelings for power?"
The Queen was very happy to see Liu Che's promise. Liu Che then left the palace where the Queen lived. When he walked out of the hall, Liu Che's eyes were a little dazed. He had just deceived his mother.
How can the deposed prince live in this world?
That would be irresponsible to everyone, and would do more harm than good to the country and the people.
As long as the deposed prince's ministers do not have major problems, they can be forgiven, but as the core of everything, there is no way back once they embark on this path.
In the past, Xiang Yu made great contributions to the world, but when he was defeated, he could only send his descendants to Zhaocheng based on the friendship of the past, but he himself could not leave.
How could Liu Qi escape unscathed?
But Liu Che would not take action. He knew he didn't need to do so. He knew that his royal brother was very similar to him in some ways. Both of them were people with strong self-esteem.
How can such a person live in this world in such a humble and ridiculous way?
They would rather die heroically than live in disgrace; this is the pride of people like them.
With mixed feelings, Liu Che walked into Changle Palace. The first person he saw was his father, the emperor who was known as the Holy King of the time. From the shores of the East China Sea to the green mountains in the west, from the foot of the Great Wall in the far north to the vast Lingnan, the entire land of China praised his name. This scene was just like that of King Luo Wen in the past.
Perhaps only Su Wang, the supreme god who is praised every moment, can surpass him.
Sitting on his left and right were Luo Jing, Marquis of Dong'a, the head of the world's literary elite and also his father's most trusted minister. Liu Che knew very well that in his father's heart, Marquis of Dong'a's status far exceeded that of any other prince. If he wanted to consolidate his position in the future, it was essential to make friends with Marquis of Dong'a.
The other person was Prime Minister Jia Yi, a man of great talent known throughout the world. He had held power for more than a decade and had never made any mistakes. He was also the main force in deposing the crown prince this time and was the first among the ministers to make suggestions.
"I pay my respects to the Emperor, Father. May the Emperor be well and blessed!"
Liu Che put away his complicated thoughts and saluted respectfully to his father. Liu Heng looked at Liu Che below him with a complicated look. Is this the new crown prince?
Liu Heng didn't like Liu Qi very much and thought that his talent was far inferior to his own.
However, Liu Heng admitted that there was no problem for Liu Qi to become a qualified king who could maintain the status quo, which was very consistent with Liu Heng's idea of a future successor.
However, these plans completely collapsed with the fall of the chessboard. Even in a hurry, the crown prince had to be replaced. So how did Liu Che compare to Liu Qi?
Liu Heng didn't know.
He knew so little about his son.
But at this moment, it was like an arrow on a bowstring that had to be shot. Liu Heng asked loudly: "Prince Liang, I have a question for you. If you were the emperor, how would you govern?"
Liu Che was shocked when he heard this. He did not expect the emperor to ask him this directly. He immediately bowed and said, "Father, you are in your prime, why do you say that? Why do you say that?"
Liu Heng said again: "I ask you, you just need to answer, tell me what you think, I can tell whether what you say is true or false, don't speak nonsense."
Liu Che was thinking about whether to really speak out his thoughts. Luo Jing didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he reminded him directly: "Your Majesty, just do whatever you want. Your Majesty is wise and magnanimous, and can tolerate what the world cannot tolerate."
Upon hearing this, Liu Che finally mustered up the courage to speak out his ideas one by one. He was a truly talented emperor and had his own ideas about the world. Even though some of these ideas required the help of extremely talented people to succeed, and the conditions were rather harsh, this still lay within his ability and courage.
Some of these ideas were different from Liu Heng's policies. Liu Heng listened quietly. He didn't care about these policies. He wanted to find the core of Liu Che from these words.
"You can be my king!"
Liu Heng sighed.
Luo Jing and Jia Yi walked out of the palace gate, looked at each other, and suddenly started laughing.
"Isn't this the Son of Heaven who was blessed by the Su King to all the Xia people?"
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Emperor Xiaowu was the second son of Emperor Xiaowen and the younger brother of Crown Prince Qi. In the 27th year of Emperor Xiaowen's reign, the prince was made King of Liang.
In the 40th year of Emperor Xiaowen's reign, the crown prince Qi was executed, and the crown prince of Jiaodong and the son of Duke Qi were killed. All the ministers were outraged, and the whole country was shocked. The princes and ministers bowed their heads and said, "The Su Wang is above us, and I swear I will not stand under the blue sky with him."
Xiaowen said: "The crown prince is frivolous and violent, and is not fit to rule the country. He should be deposed. The prince of Liang is both civil and military, and has both virtue and power. He is truly the son of a powerful family. He should be the crown prince and inherit the imperial cause. This should be announced to the world and made known to the world."
Then he deposed the crown prince Qi as the King of Jiujiang and made the King of Liang the crown prince.
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