Chapter 53 1. Invincible friends above the officialdom

Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty was undoubtedly an unlucky emperor. Ever since he saw Lu Zhi's "human pig" incident, he ignored the government affairs. He was in pain and fear. In the harem, he lived a life of sensuality, his health deteriorated day by day, and soon he could not hold on, and died in August 188 BC at the age of 23, which should be regarded as an untimely death. Emperor Hui is dead, who will inherit the throne?Empress Zhang was still young and did not give birth to a prince for Emperor Hui.Empress Dowager Lu Zhi thought of a plan and adopted a child from the babies born to the beauties in the harem, named him Liu Gong, and made him the crown prince.However, this harem beauty, that is, Liu Gong's biological mother, was assassinated by Lu Zhi.

After Liu Gong came to the throne, due to his young age, Lu Zhi presided over the government.From then on, Lu's pheasant came to the imperial court and became the ruler. When Emperor Hui passed away, at the funeral, Lu Zhi howled for a long time, but there was not a single tear in his eyes.No one else noticed this situation, but only one person saw it and remembered it in his heart. This person is Zhang Liang's son, serving Zhang Pijiang.This year, Zhang Pijiang was only fifteen years old, but he was extremely intelligent, much like his father Zhang Liang. At that time, Chen Ping, the Prime Minister of the Right, was standing next to Zhang Pijiang. He heard Zhang Pijiang ask: "Emperor Hui is the only son of the Empress Dowager. Now he has passed away. Although the Empress Dowager cried, there was no sadness in her crying. Why?"

Chen Ping was quite surprised when he heard this interrogative sentence, and quickly shook his head. Seeing that Chen Ping did not answer, Zhang Pijiang said to himself: "It seems that the Queen Mother is afraid that you veterans and important officials will cause trouble for her. I think that if the prime minister Bai Lutai, Lu Chan, and Lu Lu are generals, take over the embargo. The defense of the Northern and Southern Army of the Guards, and let all the members of the Lu family enter the palace to work, the Queen Mother will feel at ease, and you veterans and important officials will not be in danger or disaster."

After hearing this, Chen Ping secretly admired him, and said in his heart: This child is only fifteen! Turning his face away, Chen Ping followed Zhang Pijiang's strategy and went to discuss with Zuo Prime Minister Wang Ling.Although Wang Ling is the prime minister of the left, he doesn't have much opinion in his actions.Chen Ping said what to do, he will do. Sure enough, as Zhang Bijiang expected, after Chen Ping made arrangements according to what he said, Lu Zhi cried for his son in tears. At this moment, Lu Zhi might be really sad.Her husband died, her son died too, and as a woman, she would have a feeling of loneliness after all.However, not long after, her daughter, Princess Lu Yuan, who was only twenty-six years old, also died of illness.

The son went, and so did the daughter, which made Lv Zhi feel more lonely.This kind of loneliness is double. In the family, she lost her close relatives; in the court, she has been divided into two factions.One faction is their own party, which wants to seize power; the other faction wants to keep power. Right now, the political situation of the Han Dynasty is like a huge whirlpool. How many people will be swallowed in this whirlpool, and how many people will survive? Lu Zhi thought, he must attract more people who can be used by him.Such a person is the best of her family.But there must be a justifiable reason for enfeoffing the various Lu clans.

Just after the death of Princess Lu Yuan, her son Zhang Yan was named King of Lu.This incident inspired Lu Zhi, since Zhang Yan can be crowned king, why can't people from the Lu family not. Therefore, Lu Zhi first summoned several important officials to discuss the matter of being king. Wang Ling first raised an objection on the grounds that the first emperor Liu Bang had made an oath with all the ministers long ago, that no one is Liu but not king, and the whole world will fight against it. The meaning is very clear, if the Lu family is made king, the whole world will fight together.

This made Lu Zhi very angry, but she could only suppress her anger. After a while, Lu Zhi asked Chen Ping and Zhou Bo for their opinions. These two people are much smarter than Wang Ling. They said that it is not the Liu family but not the king. The oath of the world to fight against it is indeed made by the late emperor, because the world was put down by the late emperor.It's different now, the Queen Mother, you call the system, and it's reasonable for the Jin to confer Lu's children.As the saying goes, this moment and that moment also. Lu Zhi was of course very satisfied with this answer.But Wang Ling was very angry. After retiring from the court, he angrily reprimanded Chen Ping and Zhou Bo, accusing them of violating the original covenant in order to please Empress Lu.

Chen Ping and Zhou Bo were accused, they didn't speak, they just smiled wryly. In fact, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo had always had conflicts, and they were on guard against each other, but they showed an unprecedented tacit understanding on the issue of enfeoffing the princes. The reason is actually very simple. Although Zhou Bo is a minister with a straight heart, after years of tempering, his edges and corners have been smoothed. If he used to be a jagged and sharp strange rock, now he is almost a smooth pebble . He knew very well that Chen Ping had taken refuge in Empress Lu without hesitation.Of course, the word no turning back, from another perspective, is shameless.

But shameless is shameless, and those who know current affairs are heroes.Zhou Bo was very aware of the current situation - Lu Zhi had a scheming and powerful character like Chen Ping beside him, what could not be done?Proposing enfeoffment among the princes and asking for opinions on a small scale is nothing more than a gesture.Even if he objected, it was useless, and even if he, Wang Ling, and Chen Ping objected together, it would be futile.Therefore, he simply stood with Chen Ping and echoed Lu Zhi's proposal. Facts have proved that no matter in business or officialdom, there are no permanent enemies or friends, only permanent interests.