Liu Biao grabbed the edge of the bed and struggled to hold himself up.////..
"But dear brother, what are you doing now? If you disturb the foundation of the family, you are disturbing the foundation of the great man, and you are breaking the backbone of the great man? Do you really think that those people who are street vendors are worried about two meals and forget their righteousness at the sight of profit?
If they are ungrateful and short-sighted, will they care about the big man?
The wise brother is afraid that the family's power is too great and can be targeted to weaken it, so why should he leverage the entire family? Cao Cao held the emperor hostage to control the princes, why did he not dare to depose the emperor? If Zhang Jiao had held the emperor hostage, what would he have done? The family and the people
, Isn’t it clear who I, the great man, can rely on? Have you ever thought about this, dear brother? I, Liu Biao..."
Liu Biao was so excited that he suddenly leaned in and couldn't help coughing. Liu Zhang looked at Liu Biao quietly and could see that the dying Liu Biao was telling the truth and what he had always believed to be correct. In fact, from the perspective of this era,
That said, it is indeed correct.
The founding of the Han Dynasty was based on the family, allowing the family to control power, land, assets and talents, and then letting these families with deep-rooted loyalty and loyalty to form the entire Han Dynasty. The national destiny of the Han Dynasty was in the interests of the family. This was indeed beneficial to the Han Dynasty.
ruling.
But Liu Biao was from the perspective of the royal family. As long as he could preserve the Han Dynasty and allow the Liu family to stabilize the world, that was all his belief. However, after hundreds of years of development, the power of the current family has become too powerful. It is so powerful that it controls the country and almost the Han Dynasty.
Everything in the empire is inseparable from the support of the family.
And the family is a natural egoist.
Any national policy of the Han Dynasty must be based on the benefit of the family.
As a result, the aristocratic family became the biggest obstacle to the revival of the Han Dynasty.
The family can delay the decline of the Han Empire, but it is absolutely impossible to restore political harmony and rule the world. The family is like moths crawling on a corpse. With them, no wild beast dares to eat this corpse, but this
The corpse will eventually turn into ashes.
As a member of the royal family, if you oppose the family, it is likely that the family will take the lead in rebellion. This is definitely not comparable to the red eyebrows, green forests and yellow scarves. It is very likely that the dynasty will change. Therefore, if you want to save the Han Dynasty and the Liu family, it is best to follow the family's rule.
mean.
But Liu Zhang no longer treated himself as a royal family.
I came to the Han Dynasty not to preserve the foundation of the Han Dynasty. The so-called Kuangfu Han Dynasty refers to the Qing Dynasty.
I told Liu Biao these things, but he didn't understand or understand them, and it was useless to tell them to a dying patient.
Liu Biao looked at Liu Zhang's expression and knew that Liu Zhang had not listened to his words. He sighed deeply, lay down heavily, and waved his hands feebly, his dim eyes even more confused.
"Forget it, forget it, Liu Biao is incompetent and will meet his fate today. Among the princes, the only one who belongs to the Han royal family is the virtuous brother. I hope the virtuous brother will not make the same mistake again."
Liu Biao said not to make the same mistake again, but the expression on his face clearly said that Liu Zhang would definitely follow in his footsteps.
"Yesterday I went to the backyard to look at the cherry tree I planted that year. It used to bloom every year, but it hasn't bloomed this year. Summer is here, and I'm afraid I won't be able to see it bloom again in my lifetime." Liu Biao said slowly.
In this era, cherry trees were not commonly planted, they were rare species, and cherries were also offered as tribute. Liu Biao also planted one, but now that he thought about it, Liu Biao realized that his lofty ideals came from that cherry tree.
started.
"Why can't you see it? If it blooms next year, wouldn't you be able to see it?" Liu Zhang said casually.
Liu Biao looked at Liu Zhang with his cloudy eyes for a long time, then suddenly smiled: "If I can see it, I'm afraid my dear brother won't be able to see it."
Liu Zhang frowned. Liu Biao was testing how he would deal with him, and his meaning was very clear. If he was left to look after the cherry trees, and he acted in such a perverse manner, he would probably have less time to look at the cherry trees than he did.
Liu Zhang stood up and said, "We'll see." He turned around and walked out of the room, and Liu Biao sighed deeply from behind.
In the hall outside the house, Ms. Cai sat quietly on her knees, feeling half numb and half sad, hardly happy.
It's really the look of a woman whose family has been ruined and her husband has died.
Liu Zhang touched a soft brocade bag in his arms, which Xu Shu asked Li Yan to send. He suddenly remembered the Cai family in history. He lifted up his robe, sat on the steps of the lobby, about one step away from Cai family, and said to Cai family.
: "Madam, why did Brother Jingsheng get sick?"
"There is a hidden disease. I heard about the fire in Xiangyang in ancient times and became seriously ill." Cai answered softly.
"She really looks like one." Liu Zhang laughed suddenly, stared at Cai, and said sternly: "What a poisonous woman, she actually poisoned her husband. What Aguda said just now has already hinted to me, Brother Jing Sheng
It's because he was poisoned. I asked Brother Jing Sheng again, do you think you can hide it from anyone else when it comes to your condition?"
Cai's expression moved for a moment, but she quickly regained her composure. She bowed to Liu Zhang and said, "Uncle, there's no need to accuse me. Your uncle wants to frame me, a woman who is a woman, so there's no need to slander me in this way, right?"
Liu Zhang smiled contemptuously and said: "Do you think you can hide it from anyone by putting a non-poisonous medicine bowl and jar in the room? Have you heard of the name of the miracle doctor Aguda? Do you think you can hide it from others with these tricks of yours?
Can you beat him?... Anyway, it seems that you won't shed tears until you see the coffin, so let the miracle doctor Aguda come and check it out. If it's not true, I'll let you go. If it's true, I want all your Cai family to support me Jingsheng
I will be buried with my brother."
Cai's fair face trembled slightly. Liu Zhang stood up and strode outside the house. Cai suddenly shouted: "Uncle, stay here."
Liu Zhang looked at the green garden outside the house, with a faint smile on his face. He was just testing Mr. Cai. Liu Biao said that he could go to the garden to see the cherry trees yesterday, but today he is seriously ill. This is strange, and in addition, in history
, Cai originally poisoned Liu Biao so that Liu Cong could succeed to the throne and surrender to Cao Cao.
This Cai's performance is really like it. The language and expressions are so profound that it is difficult for ordinary people to see it. But for Liu Zhang, a professional actor, Cai's sudden question just now when he was unprepared, no matter how calm it was.
It is impossible for people to completely conceal it.
Liu Zhang stared at Cai at close range, just to see the subtle changes in her face. The corners of Cai's eyes moved slightly, and Liu Zhang had already guessed that something was fishy.
As for Aguda, the name of the miracle doctor was trumpeted by the Sichuan Army. He was only good at surgery and was really inferior in internal medicine. Liu Zhang suspected that Aguda had not diagnosed Liu Biao's poisoning.
In the end, Cai still cared about her family and did not dare to gamble with Liu Zhang.
"Why do you do this?" Liu Zhang asked.
"If my husband is seriously ill, the emperor may have compassion and will not harm him."
Liu Zhang sneered in his heart. This Cai family is really good. He deceived himself once and was exposed. He dared to deceive him a second time. Moreover, this time the performance was much more calm and lifelike. With the sad and sad look of Jade Cheeks, there was no flaw left.
.
"You harmed my royal brother, so tell me, how should I punish you?"
Mrs. Cai flattened her palms on the ground and made a kowtow: "Ms. Cai is willing to cure the master's illness immediately, and donate half of Cai's real estate to support the emperor's land order. Cai himself will follow the emperor's disposal."
Liu Zhang smiled, and turned around to look at Ms. Cai, who had her head buried deeply. Her black hair was hanging on the white Hanfu. Some men were hanging on the bluestone floor. Men who knew how to cherish the fragrance and cherish the jade should tenderly grasp her light breasts at this time.
With his shoulders, he lifted her up lovingly.
Liu Zhang took out a brocade bag in his arms, took a look at it, and found that it was what Xu Shu had left. He rubbed it in the palm of his hand and said calmly to Cai: "No need, I don't want your land, and I won't punish you. You just
You need to do something for me."
"What's the matter? The emperor's uncle gave orders."
"Since Brother Jingsheng is so ill, let's just let him relieve his pain. Do you know what to do?"
Cai's heart skipped a beat, and she raised her head and looked at Liu Zhang, with a look of disbelief on her usually calm face. She touched her big nose fiercely, and started shouting back to Brother Jing Sheng.
"Why can't you see it? If it blooms next year, wouldn't you be able to see it?"
"You harmed my royal brother, so tell me, how should I punish you?"
"I want all of your Cai family to bury my brother Jingsheng with him."
The words were still ringing in his ears, as if he had deep feelings. Even the powerful man thought Liu Zhang would let Liu Biao go, but in the blink of an eye he was about to take someone's life. No wonder Cai was surprised.
Ms. Cai lowered her head and said nothing. After a long time, she scratched her hands on the ground and nodded lightly.
"Besides," Liu Zhang continued, "let's just say it was Liu Cong who poisoned me."
"What?" Ms. Cai couldn't calm down anymore. Every inch of her face was filled with disbelief and horror. She looked at Liu Zhang, whose expression was as usual, as if he was saying something simple.
From the time she married Liu Biao, Cai's mood swings in the ten years put together were not as severe as they are today.
"Why are you so surprised? Liu Cong is just your stepson, not your biological child." Liu Zhang said calmly. Before Cai passed away, both Liu Qi and Liu Cong were adults. Liu Cong also married Cai's niece. Because of this relationship, ten
The Cai family, who was childless, had no choice but to choose Liu Cong as his friend, whom he always regarded as his own.
"Liu Biao and his son or the Cai family, you can only choose one. It's up to you."
Liu Zhang said nothing and strode out. Cai suddenly collapsed to the ground.
So awesome. He followed Liu Zhang out of the gate and said as he walked: "My lord, you are so awesome. This bitch has a toothache on her face, and she looks like she has a bad face. I didn't expect that my lord could take care of her and keep her submissive."
"Speak in a civilized manner."
Liu Zhang scolded him hard, took a breath, took out the silk cloth from the brocade bag, and looked at what was written on it again. The second of Xu Shu's three suggestions was to get rid of Cai.
At first, Liu Zhang was puzzled as to why a woman from a womanly family was not dependent on a man, so what was the fuss about? But now that he got in touch with the Cai family, he finally understood Xu Shu’s intentions. (To be continued.