On the day when the Hun mission officially entered Chang'an, Li Ji finally agreed to do the needle under the persuasion of his family, forcibly woke up Li Shang, and saw his father for the last time at the cost of overdrawing his vitality.

Under the painful gaze of Li Ji, the imperial physician sent by the palace took out a few silver needles from the wooden box and pointed them on several acupuncture points on Li Shang's head.

"Uh..."

After a frailly weak murmur, Li Shang struggled to open his heavy eyelids, and then rested for a moment before tilting his head to the side of the couch.

"I'm back..."

Listening to his father's whispering, Li Ji was not happy at all, still with that sobbing appearance, kneeling in front of the couch and sobbing sadly.

"Child, child is not filial..."

The wandering eyes caught a glimpse of the eldest son's breathless wail, Li Shang exhaled weakly, and his lips trembled and said, "Ah Fu..."

When the voice fell, an old man came out of the room among the slaves who were secretly sobbing, wiped his tears a little, and knelt down beside Li Shang: "The prince has something to say to explain to the young monarch?" ”

It was the loyal slave who went to the clouds with the Fengchang envoy and summoned Li to send home.

I saw that Li Shang turned his head to the inside with great difficulty: "Put the silk book under the pillow and hand it over to Ji'er..."

The old butler, whose face had already been soaked with tears, hurriedly got up from the ground when he heard this, took out a one-foot-square piece of white silk from under the pillow on the inside of the couch, and presented it to Li Ji with both hands.

Li Shang just turned his head back slightly, lay on his back on the couch, looked at the beams carved by Chen Mu, and said hoarsely: "The things that the old man explained, and the things that Ji'er was puzzled about, are all written on this silk..."

Hearing this, Mr. Li Ji was unwilling, and under the persuasion of the housekeeper, he spread out the silk cloth and read his father's final explanation silently with tears.

- My son should know that the momentum of the court is still holding on to the fire in the granary, and if you are not careful, the jade will be burned; My Han family, when the turmoil continues, the catastrophe will never return...

If there are such changes in the future, you should remember: His Majesty is the king of the world!

In the past, the father had his own heartfelt suffering, and since now, there is also a charter; My son only needs to know: where Yi'an Hou plays, my son will second, and I can protect the peace of my family!

Now the father will return to heaven, and the old and young in the family will be taken care of by the children in the future; Wu'er must strictly rectify the family style, establish the foundation of the Wuqu Zhou Marquis, worship the martial arts and the army, and think that it is the arm of the heavenly family!

If something happens, I must remember not to be greedy for military power, if there is a slight disadvantage, quickly resign and be idle, and do not make the heavenly family suspicious.

Wuqu Zhouhou is a lineage, starting from the army and appearing in the army; The foundation of my family is also only in the army!

and the Han family, especially martial arts; Therefore, leave this training to show the trip of future generations: practice martial arts in the army, keep the book with martial arts, be loyal to the Son of Heaven, and serve the family and country!

The first trouble of my Han family is that the jackals covet beyond the north wall; If my son is alive, I am fortunate to see the king in the north and Mu Nan, the ancestral hall and family sacrifice, don't forget the Nai Weng...

"Rijigoer..."

"Wu'er..."

Li Ji wept bitterly and buried his face in the silk cloth, kowtowed and cried endlessly, and the Li Shang on the couch murmured softly, then spit out the last breath in his heart and slowly closed his eyes.

After a while, the Marquis of Quzhou's mansion let out a cry all day long, and told the Marquis of Shangguan in a plain and straightforward manner: Quzhou Marquis Lishang, the deceased...

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The news of Li Shang's death did not take long to reach the palace, and Liu Hong, who was gathering courtiers and hundreds of officials, was waiting for the Xiongnu delegation to meet him.

For Li Shang, Liu Hong's senses are not too good, but they are not bad - according to historical evaluation, Li Shang is more like the kind of person who fights diligently and does his duty among the meritorious deeds of the founding of the Han Dynasty.

Although what Liu Hong felt was slightly different from what was recorded in history, it was not too bad; Liu Hong can also understand the fact that Li Shang sided with Chen Ping at the beginning - in fact, Liu Bang's eighteen founding marquis faced the same situation as Li Shang in the matter of Xulu.

Like the Marquis of Wuyang, the first generation has died, and the second generation of Lu Hou will naturally not be able to escape being swept away; Xiahou Ying, the 'Liu Clan's hardcore', did not hesitate to kill the original owner with his own hands to prove his recognition of Xulu's matter.

And Li Shang, Worm Da and even Chen Bi and others are facing a very difficult choice: to be the minister of the Liu family, or to be the hero of Xulu?

The trend of the times, the vast majority of people have chosen to go with the flow - now the servant Chen Bi, who has faintly joined the imperial party's line, is a member of the 'Former Lu Gongchen Group' that Chen Ping helped to the position of Jiuqing;

However, Li Shang cannot be counted as a member of the 'Zhuhong Group' - even in the matter of Xulu, Li Shang did not actually participate in it.

From the death of Empress Lu to Liu Hong's return to the throne, the only time Li Shang appeared in the entire Zhu Lu incident was to be captured by Zhou Bo, and threatened Li Ji to deceive Lu Lu into transferring troops.

Therefore, in essence, Li Shang is an absolute minority of people in the court who 'did not participate in the destruction of Zhulu at all'.

Such a person should have been the easiest for Liu Hong to win - those who oppose Zhu Lu may not be loyal ministers, but those who are not against Zhu Lu must be loyal ministers!

- Because if you don't oppose Zhulu, you don't oppose Luhou!

As far as Liu Hong's current position is concerned, those who do not oppose Empress Lu must be loyal ministers!

It's a pity that for some reason, Li Shang chose to stand on Chen Ping's side at the beginning, and after the Gaomiao incident, he faintly returned to neutrality, and then faded out of the government and the opposition...

From this incident, Liu Hong faintly smelled a familiar smell, and thus came to a possibility that made him think about it carefully!

——If the historical Li Shang also made the camp of standing in line with Chen Zhou and opposing Emperor Wen, then Li Ji missed the prime minister's position twice, and even sent out a message of 'betraying friends for glory', could it be that Emperor Wen Liu Heng settled accounts after the autumn and deliberately did it...

After thinking about it carefully, Liu Hong felt that this possibility was very high!

Emperor Wen Liu Heng, although in the eyes of the people is a saint in the world, lenient and benevolent, but as a feudal king, especially an excellent feudal emperor, Liu Heng's mind is broad, and it will not be big.

Thinking like this, Liu Hong brought a sentimental tone: "Qu Zhouhou, the elder of the country, I respect him." ”

"His order is often given, and the Song Zhou Hou is given five lamps and one sword, thinking that he will accompany the funeral; Qing Cao discussed the life of Qu Zhou Hou, discussed his merits and demerits, and praised him. ”

As he spoke, Liu Hong took out the volume that had been presented by Li Shang and had been approved, handed it over to Liu Budo's hand, and said to everyone in the hall: "In the past, Qu Zhou Hou was sparse, and he wanted to choose the virtuous and virtuous among his sons. ”

"I discuss with the princes of the court, the Marquis of Quzhou, benevolent and virtuous, Yunwen Yunwu, can attack the Marquis of Quzhou."

Speaking of this, Liu Hong could pause, glance around meaningfully, and then said, "What do you think?" ”

Logically speaking, the death of the Marquis of Che and his son to the throne are not at all a major matter discussed by the court; What's more, the Marquis of Quzhou has only one son (the concubine is not counted), and the person who attacked the lord has already been decided.

Such a problem of taking off his pants and farting was thrown into the hands of the courtiers, and everyone should have bowed their heads and recognized Li Ji as the Marquis of Quzhou.

But Liu Hong's words fell for a long time, and the hall was still silent, and everyone didn't even care about looking left and right, only bowing their heads, and they didn't hear Liu Hong's words.

——On the surface, Liu Hong asked 'what do you think about the inheritance of the Marquis of Quzhou', but in fact, the matter is far from that simple!

Li Shang only had one son-in-law, and had already established Hou Shizi more than ten years ago, and the Han family still had a special "Jue Law" on the succession of the title, etc., and still played, so that Liu Hong decided which son would inherit the title?

The internal reason for this matter is clear to the people in the palace: Li Shang bowed his head to the little emperor.

Originally, this was only the meaning of this matter; But Liu Hong said the matter openly in front of the courtiers, and asked the people, 'How?' Then the meaning changed.

Regardless of anything else, just because Liu Hong announced this matter to the public, the information of 'Qu Zhou Hou = the emperor's henchman' was undisguised in front of the courtiers, which is equivalent to the second Qu Zhou Marquis Li's forehead, which has been welded with the political label of 'imperial party' - the kind that cannot be torn off!

And Liu Hong asked everyone's opinions, naturally not to listen to everyone's personal opinions on Li Ji, but...

Just by looking at who the people in the palace have the deepest heads, it is not difficult to guess the results - among the courtiers in the palace, the little shrimps with titles lower than those of the Marquis of Guannei are just pretending to be wooden people with the attitude of 'not wading into troubled waters', and the higher the food is the Marquis of Che, the deeper the head will be!

Especially those who only have titles and no official positions, just to support the scene in front of the Hun mission and find a sense of existence, they are even more eager to hide behind others at this time!

- Liu Hong's question is actually to ask those Chehou Xungui: Qu Zhou Hou asked me to choose Hou Shizi, what do you think?

Translated into the vernacular, Liu Hong's sentence basically means: Qu Zhouhou has already demonstrated to everyone, when are you going to learn Qu Zhouhou?

If Liu Hong had raised this question on an ordinary day, the courtiers and officials would naturally not let go of this opportunity to 'persuade the Son of Heaven' and leave a name in history: Your Majesty, regarding the inheritance of the title, the ancestors have left the "Jue Law" as a reference standard, Your Majesty must not destroy the ancestral system...

But today, when Liu Hong first put forward the vivid example of Li Shang, and then took the opportunity to raise this question, the hundred officials were speechless - Qu Zhouhou knew that he was loyal to the monarch, why couldn't he do it?

This kind of thing, I am afraid that there will be comparisons; With the 'demonstration' made by Li Shang, if the rest of the Che Hou Xungui do not hurry up to follow suit, it is almost equivalent to confirming that he is 'not as loyal as Li Shang'!

The candidate for the inheritance of the title was originally determined to be inherited by the eldest son in accordance with the provisions of the "Jue Law"; Although the nobles occasionally dislike the eldest son, they can still reluctantly accept it, and endure the dislike of throwing resources to cultivate the eldest son, so that he will not be too hasty.

But if Liu Hong is promised that from now on, the heir to the title will be the Son of Heaven, then...

Although it can't be said that there will be any harm, the courtiers instinctively feel: Liu Hong is not holding back his fart!

After being silent for a long time, in the end, only Prime Minister Chen Ping came out of the class, and said with a little embarrassment: "Your Majesty, what the Marquis of Qu Zhou does can be said to be loyal, but it is contrary to the "Jue Law" set by Xiao Xiangguo; Even if His Majesty intends to make the eldest son of the Marquis of Zhou, it is not impossible..."

Hearing this, Liu Hong raised his eyebrows frivolously, and glanced around the hall with malicious eyes, Fang was a little disappointed: "In this case, there is the Marquis of Qu Zhou's Sending Lord..."

The meaning of Chen Ping's words is also very simple: Li Shang is already breaking the law!

Your Majesty's connivance with Li Shang breaking the law is already very excessive!

For the sake of the person chosen by His Majesty in the end, there is no consequence of violating the law, so this matter will stop here!

Speaking of which, it's still with the mud; From the deeply appregnating faces of the nobles in the palace, it is not difficult to judge that the vast majority of nobles chose to be ostriches and buried their heads in the sand.

However, Liu Hong was not too disappointed - the urine nature of these people, Liu Hong had already predicted it in his heart!

If the decision-making power of the marquis's successor is taken back in his hands, the biggest benefit that Liu Hong can get is actually to spur the noble class with this.

For example, at the beginning, a few straw bales were symbolically selected as the heirs of a certain marquis after his death, and then after a while, the marquis was deposed on the charge of these straw bales.

In this way, in order to avoid the future, Liu Hong also chose the most straw bag among his sons, so he could only cultivate every son who was qualified to inherit the title indiscriminately, so that when one of them became the heir in the future, he would not smash the family inheritance in his hands.

If such an atmosphere can be formed, the worst result will also greatly reduce the rate of corruption of the meritorious class of the Han family; If it is better, a group of elites who can be used may emerge among the sons of the nobles!

No matter what the result, it will be beneficial and harmless for the Han family!

However, this matter is only Liu Hongdi's hypothetical meaning, even if it can't be completed now, Liu Hong is not in a hurry - even if this thing is done, it will take more than ten years or even decades for the effect to appear.

Liu Hong's main purpose in proposing this matter today is actually to give the noble class a preventive shot and give them psychological preparation, and at the same time, let them shut up!

——Every time the Xiongnu came to envoy, it was a good opportunity for the Han courtiers to make a name for themselves!

As long as you can show your 'steel' and 'heroic' side in front of the Xiongnu envoys, you are likely to be famous all over the world and even go down in history!

This point is not difficult to see from the lineup of nobles who came to the greenhouse hall today and asked for Liu Hong to 'sweep the array' and meet the Hun mission together.

- Not to mention those transparent people who had no sense of existence in the past, hundreds of households in the city, even the tomb of the Marquis of Anguo failed to resist this temptation, and with the support of the two sons and nephews, they came to the greenhouse hall!

Looking at Wang Ling's deputy station, he couldn't stand steadily, but he was ready to scold at any time, and he couldn't tell that this was a dying person who had been lying on the bed for two months and could not afford to get sick at any time!

But today, Liu Hong can't sit back and watch such a thing happen.

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