nashuaworldcup Chapter 201 The entire Lü clan, regardless of age or gender, was to be killed!
Chapter 201 The entire Lü clan, regardless of age or gender, was to be killed!
After Liu Bang's death, Empress Lü Zhi seized control of the entire court with ruthless methods.
For a time, under her tyrannical suppression, no one dared to resist.
Before Emperor Hui, Liu Ying, died, she took the son of Liu Ying and a palace maid, falsely claimed that he was born to Empress Zhang Yan, and poisoned his birth mother, then made him the crown prince.
This is Liu Gong, the former young emperor.
After Liu Ying's death, Liu Gong ascended the throne under the manipulation of Empress Lü.
If this were all, it wouldn't be considered outrageous; what she did was merely that of a powerful empress dowager.
However, four years after Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Gong learned that he was not the son of Zhang Yan, and that his birth mother had long been killed by Empress Lü.
He immediately declared that he would take revenge once he came to power.
However, no sooner had he uttered such harsh words than Empress Lü imprisoned him and soon after poisoned him in the palace.
Upon seeing this, Liu Bang's face turned completely green.
These are all the things that happened!
If we could say that her previous acts of torturing and killing Lady Qi, including the murder of Zhao Ruyi, were acts of venting her anger, then...
Right now, this is a true case of regicide!
If someone dares to kill the young Emperor Liu Gong, it means they also dare to kill Liu Bang!
As emperors, there was no difference in their status.
It was thought that the fate of Consort Qi and others was the limit of what Empress Lü had ever done.
Unexpectedly, she even dared to kill the emperor!
"A ruthless woman!"
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Regardless of the dynasty, people would give the same evaluation of Empress Lü.
Exceptionally capable, but ruthless!
When it comes to what she did after Liu Bang's death, it can only be described in four words.
Too many to write!
"You even dared to kill the emperor, Empress Lü. Your audacity is far greater than I expected."
Liu Bang sneered.
He had forgotten what shock was.
At that moment, he had a bad feeling.
The shock that Lü Zhi was about to bring him was probably not limited to this!
As the words on the sky were updated, Liu Bang felt his heart was being put to a great test.
After the death of the former young emperor Liu Gong, Empress Lü Zhi then selected the second young emperor Liu Hong to ascend the throne.
After that, Lü Zhi became even more unscrupulous.
Several members of the Lü clan were granted the title of king, and many members of the Liu clan, including the later Emperor Shao Liu Hong, also married daughters of the Lü clan.
At this moment, Empress Lü's power truly reached its peak.
She ruled as regent, governing as empress dowager and acting as an emperor.
The two young emperors before and after the Han Dynasty were nominally emperors of the Han Dynasty, but during their reigns, the true emperor of the Han Dynasty was Empress Lü Zhi!
Fortunately, while Empress Lü was extremely cruel to Liu Bang's concubines and children, she was relatively lenient towards the common people.
The people focused on farming, and she rarely used punishments.
This laid a solid foundation for the later reigns of Emperors Wen and Jing.
Upon seeing this, Liu Bang's expression improved slightly.
Although it was still a capital offense, it at least showed that Empress Lü was not entirely without merit.
Aside from his ruthless methods, he was quite good at governing the country.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn to look at Lü Zhi.
"You told me back then that if you were a man, you would certainly be no worse than me. So this is what you were waiting for me to do!?"
"You're so eager to prove yourself?"
Seeing this, Lü Zhi no longer harbored any unwarranted hopes.
She looked up at Liu Bang, her eyes filled with resentment.
"So what?"
"You were wanted by the tyrannical Qin, but I followed you to the mountains to become an outlaw without any regrets. You conquered the world, and I took care of the rear for you."
Even when you were being hunted down by Xiang Ji and abandoned me and Ying'er, I still had no complaints.
"But what about you? You've secured your throne, and now you're showering your favors on them while ignoring me completely. You even want to depose Ying'er from her position as crown prince!"
"I just had a grudge against myself, I just wanted to kill those bastards, what did I do wrong?"
Seeing Lü Zhi's almost insane state, no one dared to speak.
First, they were afraid of being implicated.
The second one is also somewhat pitiful, Lü Zhi.
No matter how many horrific things she does in the future, at least for now, what she says is true.
She accompanied Liu Bang through the most difficult days.
In her eyes, Liu Bang's later concubines were simply reaping the benefits.
They not only stole Liu Bang's favor, but they even tried to take Liu Ying's position as crown prince.
Who could accept this?
Let alone someone as extreme as Empress Lü, even a normal person would find it difficult to accept such an outcome.
Liu Bang: “…”
He wanted to say, "But I haven't changed my position yet!"
But saying that now seems somewhat inadequate.
Empress Lü Zhi was indeed extreme in her actions and ruthless.
Everyone in the world could blame her, but Liu Bang could no longer utter those curses he had once spoken.
It seems that Empress Lü was forced into that situation by him.
"Your Majesty, why don't you continue watching?"
Zhang Liang saw the complex emotions in Liu Bang's heart and knew that he probably couldn't make up his mind to execute Lü Zhi, so he simply spoke up.
Let's keep watching and see if Empress Lü will do anything else outrageous.
This also allowed Liu Bang to calm down a bit.
In this assessment by the immortals, Lü Zhi's crimes were indeed heinous and unforgivable, deserving of death.
However, Liu Bang also shared some responsibility for the root cause of all this.
We need to let Lü Zhi calm down before deciding how to deal with him.
"Then let's continue watching."
Zhang Liang changed the subject, and Liu Bang took the opportunity to back down.
However, when he looked at the sky again, in addition to pure anger, he felt a lot of inexplicable emotions.
[In the eighth year after the reign of Emperor Shao, Empress Lü fell seriously ill.]
That same year marked the end of her legendary life.
Before her death, she had already foreseen the situation that would follow, and handed over all military power of the Northern and Southern armies to the Lü clan.
And on her deathbed, she gave instructions to her people.
She broke the White Horse Alliance, and after her death, the ministers in the court will surely retaliate.
They must make sure they control the army, otherwise, if she dies, the entire Lü clan will be buried with her.
Unfortunately, after producing an empress dowager like herself, the Lü family seemed to have exhausted its remaining wisdom.
After Empress Lü's death, the Lü clan even attempted to rebel and declare themselves kings.
But their plot was discovered by others long beforehand.
Before the Lü clan could take action, King Liu Xiang of Qi launched the first attack.
With Chen Ping and Zhou Bo working together from within and without, even though the Lü clan tried their best to control military power, they were still no match for them.
Ultimately, they were killed by a coalition of Liu's princes, and the entire Lü clan, regardless of age or gender, was slaughtered.
The killing of people regardless of age or gender is, for most people, just a line in a history book.
But right now, this scene is truly unfolding before everyone's eyes.
Shaking an egg until the yolk breaks is no joke here.
After the massacre, the former glory of the Lü family was reduced to death and bloodstains.