Looking at this scene, the people were stunned and couldn't believe what they saw.

Liu Chang said seriously: "I wrongly blamed Ji Sheren, please forgive me."

Ji Bu returned the greeting with a smile and said, "I am a minister of the king. Although I have been ordered by the Queen Mother to look after the king, the king is my master."

Liu Chang raised his head, grabbed Ji Bu's hand, and said, "Okay! With Ji Sheren's words, what do I have to fear?!"

Liu Chang hurriedly turned around and sat on the upper seat, and several other people sat in front of him.

"Gentlemen, the Queen Mother wants to implement new policies in the various princes' countries. Many princes and kings are unwilling. The Queen Mother mentioned the righteousness of killing relatives before, but she actually doesn't want me to protect these people... It seems that there is also a plan to use the army of the Tang Dynasty to kill the other kings.

Thoughts, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty! If the Queen Mother wants to kill various princes and kings, there is no need to use the army of the Tang State. The other princes are not as strong as the Tang State. Except for the most powerful Qi State and Chu State, the others such as Zhao, Yan, Han, Liang, and Wu

Wait, even if we join forces together, they are no match for the Northern Army. They have no strength to resist at all."

"The State of Qi is not as good as before, and the Queen Mother is even preparing to use the emperor's younger brother Jian as King of Jiaodong to further disintegrate the State of Qi."

"As for the Chu State, the King of Chu is the virtuous head of the clan, has a reputation as a virtuous man, and is close to the late emperor and the queen mother...the queen mother may not necessarily take action against him."

The first one to speak was Zhao Ping. He said loudly: "The Queen Mother's current behavior is more like intimidating the princes and kings to accept the decree... If I am not mistaken, the Queen Mother's next step will be to summon people from all over the country.

The princes and kings, let them come to see you."

"The Queen Mother is in power, and the ministers dare not object, but these princes and kings may not have other ideas in their minds. The Queen Mother just wants them to obey completely."

As soon as Zhaoping finished speaking, Luan Bu continued: "In the past, the Queen Mother indulged the princes and kings because she wanted to use the princes and kings to assist the emperor and intimidate the ministers. But now that the Queen Mother is in power, she does not have to do that... Your Majesty

This is the Queen Mother’s support.”

Zhang Bujie said excitedly: "This is also an opportunity for the king. Why don't we follow the Queen Mother's order, send troops to conquer, and annex the land of Zhao Yan! Kill the chicken to scare the monkeys! Let the princes and kings obey the Queen Mother! The Queen Mother will not object, and both the King and the Queen Mother will gain

profit!"

"No!!"

Jia Yi stood up and said seriously: "There are Xiongnu in the north and Zhao Tuo in the south. The strength of the Tang State alone is not enough to stabilize the world. To conquer the Xiongnu, we need Zhao, Yan, Han, Liang, Qi and other countries to transport grain and grass and assist the Tang Dynasty.

, and facing Zhao Tuo, Chu, Wu, Qi and other countries need to unite and coordinate the temples to resist!"

"Your Majesty should protect these princes and kings. I know that Your Majesty is a man of affection. He will never fight against each other or brothers."

"The king can pretend that he knows nothing and use the strength of the Tang State to intimidate the kings and ask them to come to see them. When they arrive, the king will follow them and ask them to agree to implement the Queen Mother's policy and take the lead himself.

Your Majesty is the first among the princes to make certain concessions to the temple. If your Majesty does this, they will not dare not follow you!"

"Yes! The main trouble is the old ministers, such as Zhou Chang, the prime minister of Zhao, Fu Kuan, the prime minister of Korea, Zhou Gu, the prime minister of Liang, Zhang Wu, the prime minister of Qi, Song Chang, the prime minister of Yan, etc. They are all heroes who fought with Emperor Gao. They have titles and think highly of themselves.

Gao, when faced with the Queen Mother's governance, I may not be convinced... Therefore, we still have to deal with these old ministers!"

Ji Bu reminded: "You can't kill. They have made a lot of achievements in local affairs and are very talented people. Your Majesty should try your best to protect them..."

Everyone came up with suggestions one after another. With just a word from you and a word from me, many countermeasures came up in a short time.

Liu Chang looked at them excitedly and listened to their statements.

"Okay! Let's do it like this! He who can bring peace to the world is not alone!"

"We swear to serve to the death!!!"

The people stood up and worshiped again.

It was rare that Zhang Buyi no longer quarreled with Zhao Ping. No one said that Ji Bu was the Queen Mother's descendant. Even Jia Yi was not ostracized. Everyone was enthusiastic and discussed how to protect these people while making the Queen Mother's decrees true.

After being executed, everyone in the palace of the Tang Dynasty was happy and united.

Liu Chang did not tell Qun Xian about this matter.

Instead, one of the wise men told him a piece of news that surprised him extremely.

"What?? You're getting married??"

Liu Chang looked at Zhou Shengzhi in front of him and his eyes widened. Although several of his brothers were already married, except for Ruyi, they all had sons, but Zhou Shengzhi had been his companion since childhood. His playmate suddenly said that he wanted to get married, and Liu Chang

Changdu has an unreal feeling, but not long ago, they were stealing chickens together, now they are going to be lovers??

There was no trace of joy on Zhou Shengzhi's face.

He drooped his head, unwilling to write these words on his face, and said bitterly: "My father wants me to marry the daughter of one of his subordinates. He is very close to that person, and they are life and death friends... In the past, it was

The neighbor... moved away five or six years ago."

"Wouldn't that be nice?"

"What a good thing... That girl played with me when she was a child. She was fat and ugly at that time... I really don't want to marry her... Sigh... I refused several times, and my father

But ignored..."

Seeing Zhou Shengzhi like this, everyone came forward to comfort him, "It's okay, it's okay, you can still have concubines in the future! Marry a wife with a virtuous wife!"

But Zhou Shengzhi gritted his teeth and said, "I won't allow it anyway. I will go to their house tomorrow. I will angrily rebuke him in person, break the engagement, and never marry that ugly girl!"

Liu Chang said with emotion: "Shengzhi is about to start a family...time flies so fast."

"Actually...I'm almost done too."

Lu Lu said with a smile.

Liu Chang shook his head, "We are about to start a family. It seems that we have indeed grown up."

Immediately, the wise men put this matter behind them and said nothing. Eat the sheep! Eat the sheep!

Lu Lu said: "Your Majesty, my father told me that if we want to eat, just tell him directly and get as much as we want... There is no need... go get it yourself."

Liu Chang was furious and cursed: "Uncle, what do you mean by this? I, Liu Chang, will starve to death without eating the food that comes to me!"

“If you don’t rely on your own hard work to obtain food, what’s the point?”

"I can make enough food and clothing by myself. If my uncle does this, won't he make me a useless person?!"

"We have to rely on our own efforts to fill our bellies! We must never accept gifts from others!"

Zhou Shengzhi praised: "Your Majesty is a true gentleman!"

Zhou Yafu asked in a low voice: "Then don't take the chicken. My butt still hurts."

Liu Chang frowned and asked, "What are you saying? Do you have to give up when you encounter difficulties? How can such a person become a gentleman?"

"Besides, your father usually raises chickens. He must be so tired after raising so many chickens. The same is true for my uncle. As juniors, how can we bear to see them suffer? We are helping them. We

Instead of eating it all yourself, don’t you also have to help the people around you? Do you know how long it has been since these people have eaten meat?”

Listening to Liu Dayi's awe-inspiring cover-up of his crimes, Zhou Yafu lowered his head in shame. It seemed that in the field of shamelessness, he was still very inexperienced and had a lot to learn.

Liu Chang followed the advice of his fellow servants and pretended that he knew nothing and continued to do whatever he usually did.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother was not in a hurry to mobilize troops. She ordered all the princes and kings to come to Beijing to meet with them, saying that there were important matters to discuss with them. At the same time, she asked Zhou Bo to lead the Northern Army and began to stretch his muscles and make decisions at the slightest disagreement.

Of course, Li Zuoche of the Tang State was not wise enough to send the Northern Army. The Tang State's army would wander around the borders of Zhao State, Yan State, Qi State, etc. from time to time.

Historically, in the face of these princes and kings, Empress Lu adopted only one method: kill.

But that was after Liu Ying's death. Now that Liu Ying is still there, Empress Lu is in charge of the power. She will definitely not kill indiscriminately, but she must make them obey her.

However, Empress Lu was not inconsiderate of the princes. She specifically ordered that Chu State could send its crown prince here. This was because King Chu was the oldest, weak in health, and had a long way to go, but other princes wanted to come.

Came here.

To be honest, Liu Chang was still very happy. He hadn't seen his brothers for a long time.

However, he was a little worried in his heart, fearing that like what happened to his elder brother, they would be given wine one by one by their mother.

The sages were sitting next to Liu Chang. They didn't know these things, but they were still having fun. Liu Chang found that he was a little envious of them.

Zhou Shengzhi held his head high and sat in the front with a smile, the happiness almost written on his face.

"Why is Shengzhi so happy? Did he cancel his engagement with that ugly girl?"
Chapter completed!