Han Shizu

Chapter 2051 The Last Journey (End)
Whether it was the issue of enfeoffment of Nanyang itself or the serious expression of the old emperor, Liu Chun took it seriously. After thinking about it for a while, he slowly said: "I want to conquer the world in Zhou Dynasty. There are all barbarians everywhere, and there are many people who are not willing to submit. It was controlled by the princes and merged into China after 800 years. The vast land surrounding the Han Dynasty today is no different from that of the barbarians in the Zhou Dynasty."

As soon as Liu Chun's eloquent Fan Er got up, he was interrupted by the old emperor: "I didn't ask about Emperor Zhou's enfeoffment, so you don't have to beat me around the bush, just say it bluntly!"

"Yes!" Noticing the dissatisfied look in the old emperor's eyes, Liu Chun's heart tightened, he made a slight adjustment, bowed his hands and bowed: "Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, the country has been feudal since ancient times, with the intention of developing and defending it.

If we all wait for the imperial court to conquer the country, manage it well, and then enfeoff it, we will lose the meaning of enfeoffing the country and go against the original intention of your majesty to enfeoff Nanyang!

If enfeoffment is a matter of choosing a suitable opportunity, then I believe that the time is right when all the barbarian countries are destroyed and the economy is not yet established.After all, the imperial court cannot completely handle the management of Nanyang. Enfeoffing the country to govern it would be a way to reduce the burden on the imperial court and conduct in-depth management of Nanyang! "

After saying this, Liu Chun lowered his head and tied his hands, as if he had finished speaking.And the old emperor obviously listened to his words. After thinking for a short time, he suddenly raised his head and asked: "Do you have the latest map of Nanyang with you?"

"Yes!" Liu Chun responded and immediately arranged for someone to take the map.

Weiji, a sheepskin map that looked a little old but had richer and clearer content, was slowly opened in front of the old emperor.The old emperor stood up, stood in front of the picture frame, subconsciously stroking his white beard, and stared closely at the North and South Jinzhou and the three Java islands with Liangping Island as the center.

Compared with the maps of Nanyang that the old emperor had seen in the past, this new map obviously refreshed his impression. The biggest difference is that the markings of Han people and Han armies are more dense and wider.

Although most of the three islands are still in a chaotic and blurry state in terms of geographical presentation, it can still be felt from the map that after two years of war, the Han soldiers and people's understanding of these three islands is deepening, as if they are limiting people's vision. The fog seems to be gradually fading and dissipating.
"Perhaps as you said, it's time!" After a long time, the old emperor sighed with emotion, his eyelids drooped, his eyes looked a little sharp, and he whispered softly: "If we don't implement it, time will not be enough! After my death, someone will jump opposite'."

The old emperor's voice was so low that Liu Chun and the others could not hear it clearly, but the few sporadic words he spat out were enough to shock the three royal members present. Wen Huan and Wen Ji, the two grandsons of the emperor, I couldn't get a word in at first, so now my head was lowered.

Liu Chun also felt awe-inspiring, and a flash of thought flashed across his face, but before he could think more, he heard the old emperor say again: "Thank you for your hard work, go back to Luoyang to pay homage to your father!"

"Yes!" Liu Chun responded instinctively.

"In addition, you will inherit the title of King Yong, and the edict will be issued later!" The old emperor sighed softly, and said in an admonishing tone: "The lineage of King Yong should be guarded and guarded, and we will not fall from the lintel! Take care of yourself!"

"Yes!" Liu Chun bowed again, his tone even choked with sobs.

Liu Chun withdrew with some doubts and inherited the title of his late father. This was expected, and the old emperor did not discount it at all.What Liu Chun was worried about was what he would do if he inherited the title of King Yong.

The territory of Nanyang, at least the main towns on Java Island, was conquered by his soldiers. Not to mention the old emperor's attitude, at least for Liu Chun, the Nanyang feudal kingdom should have their lineage.

Under the current system of the Han Dynasty, owning a fiefdom overseas has only advantages and no disadvantages.Of course, the premise is to ensure the status and treatment in the country.

But it happened that he had heard the story of Liu Wenyuan's granting of Andong Kingdom in Nanyang. If that were the case, it would not be so beautiful.

Liu Chun is a smart man, even a shrewd man. Of course, he cannot ignore the geographical difference between Anton and Nanyang, as well as the obscure fundamental conflicts between the emperor's heirs. However, if the same result happens to him, it will hurt him. The boss is not happy with the interests of their father and son.

The old emperor didn't expect that his nephew would have so many distracting thoughts in a short period of time. After continuing to study the new map of Nanyang for a while, he finally couldn't stand still. He pointed at the map and asked the two men who were waiting at the side with a low eyebrow. Emperor Sun: "What do you think of Nanyang?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Wenhuan glanced at Liu Wenji subconsciously. After the conflict in Jiangling, the brothers had begun to compete with each other. However, perhaps because of his personality, Liu Wenhuan often seemed aggressive.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Wenhuan said: "I just heard what the emperor said, and I was fascinated by it. He traveled across the ocean, led an army to defeat the country, opened up the territory, and expanded the territory. What a heroic act!"

Liu Wenji still looked unhurried. He did not look at his brother, but glanced at the old emperor. Then he tried to figure out the old emperor's attitude and said softly: "When my grandson is in the capital, he will use it from time to time and see what he has come from." Folks all talk about the local products of Nanyang. Nanyang is a vast territory and rich in products. It seems that a large number of people have indeed benefited from it. However, it is still unclear as to how it is.

If you have the opportunity, you should be like the emperor's uncle, ancestors, and Nanyang soldiers and civilians, and be immersed in the scene and see it on the spot.Only in this way can we truly appreciate my grandfather’s good intentions and lofty goals in exploring Southeast Asia.”

What a clever mouth!After Liu Wenji finished speaking, Liu Wenhuan felt slightly unhappy and looked at him with a bit of contempt. When he noticed the old emperor's smiling expression, his eyes became even more wrong.

For Liu Wenhuan, Liu Wenji's tepid and sweet-tempered behavior was what made him most uncomfortable.The uncomfortable part is that he can't do it, he can't pretend to be against his will. From childhood to adulthood, Liu Wenhuan has been a proud man of heaven, with his own pride and reserve.

However, when he watched Liu Wenji win the favor of his father and grandfather in this way, Liu Wenhuan felt particularly unhappy.

The two emotions were repeatedly tugging in Liu Wenhuan's mind. The old emperor smiled at Liu Wenji's answer. He slowly returned to the warm seat with his hand on the bamboo. When he sat down, he looked at the two heroic grandsons and said with some regret:
"Only by seeing it with your own eyes can you see how big this world is! I have no chance, but you are still young. If you have a chance in the future, go and take a look for me. It will also be considered as fulfilling a long-cherished wish for me. .

I have been singing about the expansion of Nanyang for decades, but I have never been able to witness it with my own eyes even in my old age."

Seeing that the old emperor fell into his own feelings again, the two brothers had nothing else to do except agree with the old man.

"Hood!"

"Young man is here! Please give me your orders!" As soon as the old emperor called someone, Hu De immediately jumped out and bowed to obey his orders.

"How long will it take for the camp team to arrive?" the old emperor asked.

"Back to the official's house, according to the report before the trip, depending on the distance, we will reach the port in about three days!"

After hearing the answer, the old emperor thought for a moment and then ordered: "Send the order, and in five days the Luan Jia will set off for an eastward patrol!"

After hearing this order, Hu De couldn't help but ask for instructions: "Guan family, the new year is about to begin, and the New Year's Eve festival is not far away. I wonder where the government plans to celebrate the festival. Do you want the local government to prepare in advance?"

"It doesn't matter where you go! As for celebrating the festival, it doesn't matter where you celebrate it!" The old emperor waved his hands with an indifferent attitude.

Hu De nodded, and then asked: "Will the official continue to take the boat to Dongxing?" "I've had enough of the boat!" the old emperor said calmly.

"Yes!" Hu De responded immediately, without asking any more questions, turned around and went to pass on the edict and arrangements.

In this way, at the old emperor's insistence, the camp set off five days later and followed the old emperor on his eastward tour. Even in the coldest month of winter, there was no stopping for a moment.

When the 30th anniversary of Kaibao arrived, he had just entered Huizhou. When the Lantern Festival came, he still had not left the east road of Guangnan.Probably feeling the unhappiness among the people in the camp, the old emperor finally became more understanding and ordered that the New Year be celebrated in Haiyang, the capital of Chaozhou, for three days to relieve his grievances.

In Haiyang, on the day of the Shangyuan Festival banquet, the old emperor issued the belated first edict of the New Year. The content had nothing to do with the festival, but instead formally enfeoffed the Nanyang region.

After the conversation with Liu Chun, the old emperor's strategy of enfeoffment had undergone some changes, and Liu Chun's concerns were resolved in this edict.

According to the current progress of the expeditionary force, the old emperor divided the three islands into four parts and formally established four feudal states. Beijinzhou (Malay Peninsula) was granted to Qi King Liu Yun; South Jinzhou (Sumatra) was granted to the late Liang Wang Liu Xiao One lineage; the island of Java was divided into two, West Java was given to the lineage of King Yong, and East Java was given to the twelfth prince Yue Guogong Liu Han (son of Concubine Guo Ning).

These were decisions made by the old emperor after careful consideration. In fact, they were influenced by his personal preferences.Of course, what is different from the previous ones is that these feudal states are all granted, which are additional rewards. The domestic titles and treatment of the recipients can be retained.

In other words, the old emperor gave up his previous idea of ​​driving all his sons out.On the contrary, the land is given to you, and you can run it however you want. As for how it will develop in the future, the old emperor really doesn't have the energy to think about it anymore.

No matter how bad things go, it is impossible to go back to before going south. So many Nanyang pioneers will not slack off, and the established chain of Nanyang trade interests will not be broken so easily.

What Liu Chun's words said the most to the old emperor was that he no longer planned to do everything. He had already made a good start and was just letting things develop.

The vast Nanyang area, of course, includes more than those three islands, but the rest, the old emperor intends to leave to future generations, whether it is a Nanyang feudal state or future emperors, they all need a certain amount of room.

Of course, if the south is sealed, the old emperor will not forget the west; if the younger one is sealed, he will not ignore his trustworthy eldest son.However, he had never thought about how to divide Anxi into feudal states and how to arrange the two sons Liu Xi and Liu Fang. He hesitated because he cared about it.

In the early summer of Kaibao's 30th year, Luan Jia had arrived in Hangzhou, and a full year had passed since his departure from Luoyang, the old emperor Nan Xing.This is not the farthest the old emperor has ever left Beijing, but it is undoubtedly the longest journey in his life and the most tiring one.

In the past spring, the old emperor basically stayed in the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, meandering all the way from Zhangquan and Fujian to Hangzhou.Probably feeling the local complaints, the old emperor was much more at ease in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and was not as overly troubled as he was in Lianghu and Guangdong.

This surprised the bureaucrats from both sides. After all, they had already been mentally prepared.However, everyone is not a masochist. When the old emperor passes by gently and lightly, they will greet him attentively and make him feel at home.

Of course, it is not the style of the old emperor to not kill a person, but for the two high-ranking officials, the heads of some corrupt officials and thieves who have made public anger can be given to the old emperor at the top, and to appease the public grievances at the bottom, why not do it .

As long as the old emperor doesn't overturn the table, engage in political affairs, and engage in mass killings, he will naturally be loyal to the emperor, patriotic, diligent in royal affairs, and present the most prosperous and beautiful side of the Kaibao event to the old emperor.

However, for the old emperor, although this journey became increasingly harmonious, his mood continued to slide into the abyss of depression, his energy was declining, and sometimes he didn't know where his soul had drifted.

During the year when the old emperor was on tour, one of the most prominent problems from the central government to the localities was the issue of multiple orders.During the old emperor's southern tour, there were various immediate orders and actions. It was obviously impossible to coordinate them with the central court in Luoyang. During the old emperor's absence, Luoyang seemed to have broken free of its shackles. Even before the emperor died, someone was already writing poems that implicitly praised the relaxed and harmonious atmosphere in the court during the old emperor's absence.
At the same time, the old emperor's local troubles were finally implemented and wiped out by the central government. Various actions in Huguang and Guangdong also caused widespread controversy in the court, and could even be said to be "criticism."

Especially the "Fan Ren Rebellion" in Guangzhou Prefecture and the "Edict of Shangyuan" after the New Year made it difficult for the Luoyang court to agree. The old emperor was too tossing, too insistent, and his methods were too rough.As for the princes in the imperial court, they really couldn't feel the respect the old emperor had for them. Of course, such complaints could only come to the fore when the old emperor was away from Beijing.

In this process, the role of Prince Liu Yang was immeasurable. Without him calmly and calmly coordinating the conflicts between the army and Luoyang on policies and decrees, and trying to maintain a stable situation, the old emperor would not have been able to patrol outside Luoyang for a long time. Or there may have been a huge quarrel for a long time, and in the end, the old emperor may flip the table again.
To put it bluntly, maintaining the current situation of the Han Dynasty is really a test for Prince Liu Yang.However, as time went by, it became more and more difficult. Under the old emperor's "power", everyone felt breathless. As the prince, Liu Yang felt this especially deeply, and he often fell into In the midst of ideological conflicts and entanglements.

It is somewhat unbelievable to say that in the eyes of many Han dignitaries, the most concentrated and fundamental contradiction in the upper class of the Han Empire lies precisely with the old emperor.

Although the old emperor led their subjects to build an unprecedented huge empire and created an unprecedented glorious era, after more than forty years, the subjects of the Han Empire really began to hate their emperor.

In fact, there is an absurd but extremely real consciousness that has quietly formed: if the old emperor does not die, the empire will not be safe.
In Hangzhou, the old emperor did two things. First, he observed the tide in Qiantang and gave instructions to strengthen the Qiantang embankment.

Second, visit the West Lake. Of course, in the eyes of the old emperor, although the scenery of the West Lake is beautiful, it is stingy compared to the famous mountains and rivers he has seen. When he got interested, he did something to disgrace the scenery and threw water into the West Lake. A dip in urine (this even later became an attraction in West Lake)
Before leaving Hangzhou, the old emperor received another funeral news and Zhao Pu was gone.Zhao Pu's death was foreshadowed. Since becoming prime minister for the second time, he spent almost all his efforts and energy on the restructuring of the imperial court. The challenges and pressures faced by this matter are difficult for those who are not in his position to understand. .

As early as last winter, Zhao Pu's health was already failing, but he just kept holding on and was constantly monitored and cared for by the imperial physician.

It stands to reason that surviving the cold is equivalent to overcoming a disaster. After spring comes and flowers bloom, things should gradually get better. However, Zhao Pu passed away suddenly in March when the grass was growing and the orioles were flying. The day before his death, he had a talk with his family. Someone is laughing.

Regarding the death of Zhao Pu, although the old emperor showed great restraint, the sadness that he had nowhere to express was always filled in his heart. The broken heart that had been tested by life and death was not completely numb after all.

Just like the feeling when Lin Renzhao died that day, the old emperor still saw his own shadow from Zhao Pu's death, and it became clearer.
For Zhao Pu, the old emperor also gave him the honor he deserved as the first minister of Kaibao and posthumously made him the Duke of Xunyang. Of course, the only one his family could pass on to him was the Marquis of Xunyang.

In May of the 30th year of Kaibao's founding, I wandered through the beautiful scenery of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and indulged in Wu Nong's soft words. I set out from Hangzhou and passed through Changrun, Husu Province. The old emperor had already arrived at Jinling, the capital of Jiangnan. This was the first time in decades that the old emperor was in person again. .

There is no sense that things are right and people are different. The old emperor is not very familiar with this ancient capital, and he has no delicate emotions. He just thinks of Li Yu who died on the southern tour. If he returns to Jinling 30 years later, his emotions will be in place. , a poem that will be passed down for thousands of years should be born.

Probably because he only stayed in Jinling for a short time and then returned to the capital in a hurry due to the death of Empress Dowager Li, this time the old emperor decided to stay in Jinling for a longer time.

However, many times, accidents always come first, and the news of a death disrupts the old emperor's plans again.

The problem is not how serious the death news itself is, but the old emperor's reaction after hearing the bad news, which is like the last straw that breaks the camel's back. Even though the old emperor is as strong as he is, he cannot resist it, which makes Jinling City become the old emperor's favorite. The last stop of the southern tour.

The funeral news is about Jin Wang Liu Xi, who died of illness in Chengdu on the fourth day of April in the 30th year of Kaibao.
(End of this chapter)