My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 22 The First Persuasion Failed

Well known.

Emperor Wu spent his entire life either fighting the Huns or on the way to fight the Huns. It can be said that he kept fighting as long as he was alive.

Such a martial emperor does not necessarily require his successor to be as martial as himself, but he definitely does not like a cowardly and fearful crown prince!
If we look at it from a utilitarian perspective, Liu Ju's answer actually has some clues.

But he didn't want to be a prince who only knew how to please the emperor. He had his own ideas about fighting against the Huns.

If you don’t vomit, you won’t be happy!

In front of the imperial desk, Liu Ju stretched out his hands, leaned forward and bowed.

"Replying to Your Majesty, I think we must fight the Xiongnu, and we must fight hard and severely until they are destroyed or unable to recover!"

"But how to fight must be cautious!"

The words have not yet fallen.

Liu Che, who was sitting at the top, looked at him intently, staring into the prince's eyes for a long time before nodding and saying, "Continue."

"Forgive me for speaking frankly."

Liu Ju looked at him and said calmly, "Revenge for our ancestors is not the most urgent reason to attack the Xiongnu. I think that eliminating foreign threats is the first priority of our Han Dynasty!"

Hear the words.

The emperor raised his lips, then forced them down, raised his hand and nodded at Liu Ju, "Don't say such treasonous words in the future."

"Yes, then shall I tell you now?"

"continue!"

Liu Ju continued, "The Xiongnu are a nomadic tribe, completely different from the farming people of our Han Empire. Even if we don't fight them, they will go south to plunder."

"Since we are destined to be enemies, we must fight!"

"But war is no joke. It consumes countless manpower and material resources. We can fight the Xiongnu, but we cannot drag the country into a protracted war."

"I think that we should use elite soldiers and strong generals to attack the Xiongnu!"

"If we don't move, then don't move. If we do, we must strive for a great victory! With our absolute elite, we must quickly and accurately inflict heavy damage on the Xiongnu!"

Say it.

There was silence in Chengming Hall for a long time.

Only Liu Ju's voice was echoing.

The palace maids and eunuchs all lowered their heads and covered their faces, secretly horrified: "This is another His Majesty! ? "

It's no wonder they lost their composure like this. Since the founding of the country, the current emperor has been the one who always talks about "fighting, fighting, fighting".

then.

There seems to be one more today?
No one knew the palace people's little thoughts, and the emperor didn't care. He only cared about the prince's thoughts.

"The first half..."

Liu Che said in a deep voice, "Whether it was taught by Master Shaofu or you thought of it yourself, I can see that it is what you really want to say."

"This is good!"

The emperor shook his sleeves and said with disdain: "One of the Han people and the Xiongnu people is destined to fall!"

"But the second half..."

He changed the subject and glanced at Liu Ju in front of him, his eyes becoming playful, "Don't I know that war requires the blood and sweat of the people? Don't I know that I need to use elite soldiers and strong generals?"

"Do you still want to say that elite soldiers and generals are champion marquises and great generals?"

"Humph!"

Liu Che sat up and laughed angrily, "Do you need to say good things to them? I value them more than you do!"

"Okay, go ahead."

After hearing what he wanted to hear, the emperor treated everything that happened afterwards as a joke.

He thought that the prince was talking about elite soldiers and generals to encourage his cousin and uncle.

Actually... not entirely.

Nowadays, when talking about fierce generals and elite troops, we cannot avoid these two people, as well as the famous cavalry under Huo Qubing.

however.

Liu Ju's remarks on elite troops and powerful generals.

One part of it was to suggest that the emperor should use Wei Qing and Huo Qubing more often, and the other part of it was to advise him not to promote generals blindly!

What is there to say?

Not all generals are called the Twin Pillars of the Empire!
Why did the Han Dynasty fall into the quagmire of war in the later period of Emperor Wu? In addition to the emperor's own stubbornness, it was because of the incompetence of one general that exhausted the entire army!

An entire army of 70,000 or 80,000 was wiped out.

No matter how big a country is, it can't withstand such consumption! As for who Liu Ju wanted to imply and how he wanted to persuade, there is no need to mention it now, after all, he has been driven out...

The first time he tried to persuade someone, he died halfway because he was "small and had no human rights".

After the prince left.

Inside the Chengming Hall.

The emperor bowed his head at his desk, holding a scroll of bamboo slips in his hand. He read it for a long time and said suddenly, "Send some silk to the prince's tutor and junior tutor, and also say that you are teaching well!"

The eunuch beside him moved his eyes and bowed:
"Yes, Your Majesty."

Then, the hall fell into silence again...

……

Let’s talk.

As mentioned earlier, the eunuchs in the palace were good at treating people differently based on their appearance, and this eunuch leader was the best among them.

Although the emperor gave the reward to the two princes' teachers, the root of the problem still lies with the prince!

See Weizhi book.

Therefore, some things that were inconvenient to do before, the eunuch leader feels that he can do them now.

The next day at noon.

Liu Ju finished his morning classes and bid farewell to his tutor Shi Qing.

He originally planned to go to the northwest corner of the Weiyang Palace, where the Shaofu was located. The chief official of the Shaofu was one of the Nine Ministers, in charge of the royal finances, food, clothing, housing, transportation, and construction.

Unexpectedly, before he set off, he ran into Eunuch Ling outside Shiqu Pavilion.

And then…

"Hey!"

"Your Highness, if you want to make some equipment, just tell us. How can we ask you to go to that dirty place?" The eunuch said in a hoarse voice.

Talking.

He took the thin wooden board from Liu Ju's hand. On it was a horseshoe-shaped object with some tiny handwriting next to it.

The eunuch took a look at it, but didn't take it seriously. He handed it to a eunuch behind him and said, "Go, tell the Shaofu."

"Yes!"

Looking at the young eunuch's hurried back, Liu Ju just smiled. It was fine to have someone running errands for him.

However, no one comes to see the temple for no reason. He glanced at the old eunuch beside him and asked tentatively, "Eunuch, would you like to walk with me?"

"Okay!"

The eunuch was just waiting for these words, and immediately stepped back half a step and bowed slightly so that the prince would not look up too much.

"Your Highness is still gentle and refined, unlike that... Oh, look at my mouth, why mention him!"

The corridors of the palace.

Liu Ju walked towards the harem while smiling and said, "Eunuch, there is no need to be so reserved. Why are you hiding things from me?"

"It's true!"

The old eunuch said politely, and then got to the point, "Well, it's not that I'm stingy, it's just that the Imperial Censor is really annoying. It's ok for him to be rude to me, but he even dared to be rude to the Crown Prince. Really!"

Liu Ju glanced at him with a smile, "What does the eunuch order mean?"

"We don't have any intentions here. We just can't bear to see Your Highness being wronged. If you can't stand that in the future, just let me know..."

talking.

The eunuch lowered his voice and smiled, "Let's talk and let him hang outside the palace gate for an hour to vent His Highness's anger!"

Point to end.

The old eunuch didn't say much. After getting Liu Ju's response of "Oh, I understand, I understand", he left with satisfaction.

Wait until he leaves.

Su Wu, who had been following him, stepped forward and whispered, "Your Highness, the reputation of the eunuch order has always been bad, be careful of fraud!"

The old eunuch is famous in the palace for his stinginess.

Su Wu had heard of it a long time ago.

The implication was to remind Liu Ju to be careful of the other party who might use the title of crown prince to trip up the imperial censor!
"It doesn't matter."

Liu Ju waved his hand and sneered.

He ate too much, which was why he got involved with the emperor's personal eunuch. He was just being perfunctory before. No matter whether the eunuch was trying to show goodwill or to set a trap, Liu Ju was not prepared to pay attention.

"Don't worry about him. Go to the Shaofu and keep an eye on him these few days. I need those horse harnesses urgently..."

(End of this chapter)