Chen Ping offers a plan

Liu Bang had returned to Xianyang, and the 200,000 Han troops gathered in Nanyang also returned to the field. Although Liu Bang was unwilling to give up Liang land and give up Jingxiang, Han Xin's army had already entered Dingtao City. If he wanted to seize Liang land from Han Xin, it was like robbing food from the tiger's mouth. As for Jingxiang, the rainy season had not yet passed, and it was not time to use troops now. The Holy Hall

The magistrate of Jiuyuan County, Lu Wan, and the magistrate of Beidi County, Li Shang, also returned to Xianyang, and cursed Xiangzhuang half-death in his heart. The two of them were willing to be king, but the question was, do they have the capital to be king? They had no soldiers and no generals. Today they were king, and tomorrow Liu Bang could let them die without a place to bury them. Isn’t this intention to harm others?

At this moment, Lu Wan and Li Shang were kneeling in front of Liu Bang in fear, not even daring to breathe.

Although Lu Wan was Liu Bang's confidant and a confidant, the situation had changed a little over the years. Liu Bang gradually grew old and his suspicion gradually became worse. Especially when it comes to the matter of ceasing the feudal. In recent years, many ministers have proposed to ceasing the feudal, but without exception, they were all killed by Liu Bang.

Lu Wan and Li Shang were very worried that they would follow the footsteps of these people. Although the order to be crowned by Xiang Zhuang and the reputation was not right or wrong, who knows what the King of Han would think? In addition to the rumors in the market, if the King of Han really misunderstood that they had the ambition to be the king, they would undoubtedly die.

"Get up, don't kneel." After a long time, Liu Bang groaned from his nostril.

"Thank you, my king." Lu Wan, Li Shang stuck out his butt and kowtowed to thank him, but he didn't dare to really stand up.

Since the completion of Weiyang Palace, Xiao He introduced a complete set of Confucian etiquette, one of which was the ritual of kneeling and worship. When ministers met the king, they needed to perform the ritual of kneeling and bowing three times and nine times. I remember that when Liu Bang first accepted the ritual of kneeling and worshiping the ministers, his vanity was greatly satisfied. He sighed in his heart, how could he look like a monarch?

Lu Wan and Li Shang didn't dare to get up, but kept glanced at Zhang Liang and Chen Ping who were sitting next to him, hoping that they could plead for them in front of Liu Bang.

Liu Bang felt a little upset when he saw this and waved his hand, "Okay, you all go down. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple."

Lu Wan and Li Shang were convinced that the matter was really over and then left with confidence.

Watching Lu Wan and Li Shang's figures go away, Liu Bang couldn't help but sigh. Lu Wan, Li Shang's affairs are easy to solve, and Zhou Bo is not a problem, but the father and son of the Lu family are a huge trouble, especially Lu Ze, who not only has outstanding achievements, but also has old friends in the army. If he wants to be king, Liu Bang can't stop him at all.

Chen Ping suddenly said, "King, I have three strategies to solve the current dilemma."

Liu Bang suddenly turned around and said anxiously: "Chen Ping, please tell me quickly, what three strategies?"

Chen Ping stretched out his index finger with his right hand and said, "I will give Lu Ze the title of Grand Marshal, and take charge of the whole country's troops. When he came to Xianyang to take office, he will capture all the Lu family's forces in one place and eliminate future troubles forever. This is the worst strategy."

Zhang Liang, who was sitting on the other side, Bai Mo looked at each other. Is this too cruel? No matter what, Lu Ze is the king's wife and brother, and since the king raised his army, Lu Ze has made great contributions. In the past, the king was defeated in Pengcheng. If Lu Ze had not raised his troops to help at the critical moment, he would have died in the chaos.

Moreover, this move will definitely hurt the Han Dynasty's vitality. Not to mention anything else, there will be no one in the army who can replace Lu Tai, the general of the cavalry, and will defeat all the Lu family group in one place. The future is apart, but the Han army will no longer be able to compete with the Central Plains. From now on, Liu Bang will be trapped in Guanzhong and become the king of Guanzhong.

Liu Bang was also a little scared and said, "Where is Zhongce?"

Chen Ping stretched out his middle finger with his right hand and continued, "I still have the title of Lu Ze as the Grand Marshal and take charge of the whole country's troops to calm his heart. This is the central strategy." This is delaying, so it can only be a temporary solution, because the conflict between Liu and Lu will not disappear because of this, and will eventually break out in the future.

Liu Bang shook his head and said with hope: "What is the best strategy?"

Chen Ping finally stretched out his thumb with his right hand and said, "The best strategy is to abdicate and give up the throne to Lv Ze!"

"What, abdicate?" Liu Bang was shocked when he heard this and gave the throne to Lu Ze. This bad idea is also called the best strategy?

Zhang Liang, Bai Mo's eyes lit up when he heard this. This is to retreat as an advance. Of course, the so-called abdication is false. The real intention is to let Liu Bang show his change to Lu Ze through this move: Your Lu Ze's contribution is great, but I, Liu Bang, have no title. If you want it, then take my throne. "《

Liu Bang turned his head and looked at Zhang Liang and asked, "Zifang, is this policy feasible?"

"It's feasible." Zhang Liang said without hesitation, "It's just that I need to work hard to go to Luoyang."

"Well." Liu Bang then made up his mind and said in a deep voice, "I will set off for Luoyang tomorrow."

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In Ziling, the study room of the Chu Palace, Xiang Zhuang was flipping through the information provided by Ebony Cliff.

The Eumu Cliff Branch hidden in Xianyang will send the spying news back to Zhiling through Feige's letter every day. However, what disappoints Xiangzhuang is that what he has expected has not happened in the past ten days.

Lu Wan had already returned to Jiuyuan, Li Shang had also returned to the northern land, and neither of them was fine.

Crown Prince Liu Ying is not dead for the time being, and there is no sign of rebellion in the Lu family.

Old Liu Bang went to Luoyang, and he was a light car, but he didn't know what to do? If it weren't for Zhou Guanfu and Liu Bi's escort, Xiang Zhuang would have wanted to send an ebony dead soldier to intercept and kill him on the way.

However, the poisoning case of Weiyang Palace still aroused great interest from Xiang Zhuang. Although there were not many clues provided by Ebony Cliff, Xiang Zhuang could still guess that this should be done by Lu Zhi. Liu Bang had eight sons, but Lu Zhi only gave birth to Liu Ying. Now Liu Ying is about to die, and Lu Zhi will definitely not be able to balance.

You think that as a woman, her man was stolen by another woman, and now her son's throne is stolen by her rival's son. Do you think she can stand it? Under normal circumstances, this woman will definitely fight back regardless of everything and will definitely kill her rival's son by any means.

Lu Zhi is a cruel person, especially when she has no hope, she is more likely to lose control. In history, Lu Zhi killed Liu Bang's five sons. If she was asked to live a few more years, maybe later Emperor Wen of Han, Liu Heng and Liu Chang, could not survive. If this is the case, Chinese history would really be rewritten.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Lu Zhi to poison her.

However, when she thought of Lu Zhi, the image of another woman immediately emerged in Xiang Zhuang's mind. Liu Bang's harem was unstable, and Xiang Zhuang's harem seemed to be uneasy. Will it arouse her strong dissatisfaction after he just appointed Xiang Zheng as the crown prince? It seems that it is necessary to strengthen the protection of Xiang Zheng.

Then he turned down, but it was the information sent back by the Dingtao Wumu Cliff branch. The Qi army had completely controlled Dongjun, Dangjun, Chenjun and Yingchuanjun. However, half of the Nanyang County, which originally belonged to Liang, was seized by the Han army. Liu Bang finally did not work in vain, and at least divided several poor counties from Liang.

In addition, the Eumu Cliff branch of Wancheng sent back information that Liang Wang Peng Yue was indeed dead, but he was not drowned, but killed by his general Liu Kou. After Liu Kou fled back to Wancheng, he was killed by his general Chu Chun. Chu Chun defected to the Han Dynasty and was appointed by Liu Bang as the county magistrate of Nanyang County.

King Peng Yue of Liang actually died like this.

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but sigh that Peng Yue, one of the three famous generals in the early Han Dynasty in history, died so cowardly that his general was killed.

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Luoyang, the county magistrate's office.

Liu Bang held the wine cup and said to Lv Ze with emotion: "I remember that if you hadn't led your troops to defend Xiayi and saved me at a critical moment, I would have died in the chaos."

"Why are the king talking about these old things?" Lu Ze also sighed a little. Liu Bang in front of him reminded him of the situation when he first started his army. At that time, Liu Bang was really close to his brothers, drinking wine and eating meat together, and taking on any sufferings together. However, later, the king and the old brothers gradually became alienated.

Liu Bang drank the wine and said, "In terms of credit, you are not under Zhang Er, Zangtu, Wu Rui and others. They have all been named kings. In fact, I should have named you as kings for a long time. It's just that you are my wife and brother-in-law. I am worried that the soldiers will have ideas in my heart, so I haven't named you for a long time. Don't you blame me in my heart, right?"

"What are you complaining about?" Lv Ze shook his head and said, "How can I not know the difficulties of the king?"

Lu Ze has never blamed Liu Bang for so many years. Until now, Lu Ze has no idea of ​​resenting Liu Bang. The only thing Lu Ze is worried about now is Lu Zhi. Since Prince Liu Ying was seriously ill, Lu Zhi has begun to worry about gains and losses. Lu Ze is very worried that once Liu Ying has a good life, Lu Zhi may do whatever she wants, and that will be a disaster for the entire Lu family.

Although the Lu family is very charming on the surface, if you want to fight against Liu, you really have little chance of winning.

Liu Bang sighed and said sadly: "Oh, Aze, you are always elegant, so you don't blame me. However, because of Ying'er's affairs, Azhi has a deep resentment towards me. Not long ago, someone even poisoned me in the palace, and my Ruyi was almost poisoned to death. Although there is no evidence to investigate this matter, Aze, you should know that this is what Azhi did."

Lu Ze was speechless. He knew in his heart that this was done by Lu Zhi, but he could never admit it.

Liu Bang sighed again and said, "Aze, I am old and have not had a few years to live. At present, most of the army of the entire Han Dynasty is in the hands of your Lu family. Even if I force Ruyi'er to the throne, I am afraid that I will not escape Azhi's vicious hand in the end, so it is better to give the throne to Aze you."

"Why did the king say this?" Lv Ze was frightened when he heard this, and hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground.

"Aze, what I say is all about my heart." Liu Bang suddenly shed a few tears, as if he was really feeling. "Someone once advised me to let me beat you, Lu, but I can't do this. No matter what, I am both a couple with Azhi. Aze, you have made great contributions to the Han Dynasty. How can I do such a beastly act?"

"King." Lu Ze was tragic when he heard this, but he couldn't say anything else.
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