In the Weiyang Palace, Liu Hong rarely waited for the imperial historian Zhang Cang's solitary audience.

In the past few days, Liu Hongdi's life has not been too easy; In other words, Liu Hongdi's brain is not very good.

——This year is really a year that makes the Fengchang Yamen busy!

Rao is Liu Hong has a full understanding of history and has long expected everything that will happen this year, but he still can't help but feel sad for this year.

——Regardless of the members of the Xulu Group who may 'die violently', there are more than a dozen famous figures in the upper echelons of the Han family, who are about to usher in the end of their lives this year.

Liu Xiang, the king of Qi, will die within the year; Therefore, the emperor Taifu Wangling is also sick and bedridden, and his days are short; At the beginning, Jiuqing: Weiwei Worm Da also has at most one year of life.

There are also some people who have come to the end of their lives under Liu Hong's witness.

About ten days ago, news came out from the Quzhou Marquis Mansion: Li Shang is critically ill!

This kind of rumor can appear dozens of times a year in Chang'an: Marquis is old, and he may be about to follow Emperor Gao~

It can basically be said that as long as a certain prominent magnate has a minor illness and lies down for a few more hours, there will inevitably be news about the imminent death of the marquis in the streets and alleys.

Therefore, at the beginning, public opinion did not take the rumors of Li Shang's death too seriously - even the Prime Minister's Mansion, which was responsible for the courtiers' daily leave, did not think to go over to personally verify whether Li Shang was in trouble.

But Liu Hong took the whole incident from the perspective of a bystander and a prophet - on the night of the news, the Marquis of Quzhou sent people into the palace and asked Liu Hong to send the imperial doctor in the palace to revisit Li Shang.

It must be mentioned that as a vassal class who fought the world with Emperor Gao Liu Bang and 'shared the world' in a sense, the Marquis of the Western Han Dynasty was fully qualified to make a request to 'implore His Majesty to send a physician to check the pulse'.

And the Han family's preferential treatment of the lords class is far more than this - now the aristocratic gathering area outside the east of Chang'an: Shangguanli, at the beginning, was not a residential area for the lords; At that time, the vast majority of Chehou chose a feng shui treasure outside Chang'an City, or bought a piece of land at the foot of Ganquan Mountain and built their own mansions.

In that era when materials were scarce and Emperor Gao's imperial chariot could not make up six horses of the same color, the meaning of Shang Guanli's existence was limited to the role of 'providing a temporary rest for the nobles during the rest of the court meeting', similar to the 'VIP lounge' at the airport in later generations.

Shangguanli really became a residential area after Liu Bang's death, and Empress Lu came to the court as a woman to comprehensively 'rescue' the financial affairs of the Han family, and only after the central government had a certain financial capacity was given to the nobles by Empress Lu for the purpose of buying and co-opting.

And the tradition of 'lords sharing the imperial doctor' is from the beginning of the founding of the country, the blurred line between the palace doctor and the courtiers - in that era when Xiao He, Cao Shen and other giants were born in Huang Laoxue and held power, no one dared to say that their medical skills were above these few bigwigs who had studied Huang Lao's learning for decades and reached the pinnacle!

Huang Laoxue, its central idea is based on the doctrine of the Yellow Emperor and Lao Tzu, and the harmony of yin and yang as the theoretical basis to explore the mystery of the world.

As for whether Huang Laoxue has explored the mysteries of the world, no one knows; But at the very least, their exploration of the human body is quite profound.

In ancient times, there was a very common adjective used for medicine: the art of disambiguation.

The 'Huang' here actually refers to the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing".

As a school centered on the thoughts of the Yellow Emperor and Lao Tzu, the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing" is naturally within the scope of Huang Laoxue's research.

Therefore, in the early Han Dynasty, the people with the most outstanding medical skills in the world were actually the Huang Laoxue giants who lived in the temple and held the power of the world - Xiao He, Cao Shen and others.

With such a gorgeous jewel in front, the rest of the imperial doctors in the palace really have no business on weekdays, let alone proud capital; Therefore, for the needs of the noble class, the imperial doctors are always very active, and they are unwilling to let go of this rare opportunity to 'visit the doctor'.

Even in the original history, for a long time after the founding of the Han Dynasty, the emperor, the empress dowager and even the empress actually disdained to let the imperial doctor treat his pulse - the prime minister was familiar with the Yellow Emperor's internal scriptures, and the imperial historian would diagnose the pulse with a hanging thread, and there was no need to find those 'mediocre and ordinary' imperial doctors.

When the emperor, the queen mother and even the queen have physical problems, the imperial doctor in the palace can only diagnose and treat the low-level concubines in the palace, and even the maids and chamberlains in the palace, except for respectfully helping the prime minister/imperial historian/a high-ranking official, and taking the prescription prescribed by the big man to take the medicine and boil the medicine.

After a long time, the imperial physicians will naturally be excited about going out of the palace to treat the powerful ministers and nobles - even if they don't consider that this is a rare opportunity to hug their thighs, it is much better to treat the noble Chehou than to treat the palace maids and concubines or even the maids and eunuchs in the palace.

In this regard, Emperor Liu also acquiesced and even supported the attitude - the imperial physician went out of the palace to treat the nobles, which effectively deepened the gratitude of the nobles to the emperor, and also showed the emperor's 'care' for the ministers.

The most important thing is that by sending the imperial physician to heal the nobles, the emperor can get first-hand information about the health of the nobles while giving grace!

This was very important for the feudal emperor, who had a desire to control everything at his limit, and who wanted to keep an eye on everything in the world at all times!

As a rookie emperor, Liu Hongzi is also happy to maintain such a good tradition that can effectively shorten the distance between monarchs and ministers and strengthen the emotional bond between the emperor and the aristocratic class; He sent a few old doctors to the Quzhou Marquis Mansion to diagnose the pulse of Li Shang.

At that time, Liu Hong already had a rough prediction in his heart: judging from the time of Li Shang's death in history, this time, Li Shang may really be difficult to survive.

Sure enough, after a few hours, the imperial physician group sent out came back - the imperial physician of Changle Palace, who had had a serious unpleasant relationship with Liu Hong, not only brought back the news that 'Qu Zhouhou's life is indeed exhausted, and his death should be within these few days', but also brought back a note from Li Shang.

- The limit of ministers is approaching, but I don't know who among the heirs can attack the lord of the ministers; I beseech Your Majesty!

Liu Hongluo was a little surprised by Li Shang's move, but after thinking about it, he also felt that it was reasonable.

Li Shang's note actually has no meaning - even putting aside the fact that Li Shang only has one son-in-law, that is, this one person is qualified to inherit the title of Marquis of Quzhou; Even if Li Shang has one hundred and eighty sons, it is not up to Liu Hongneng to decide who will inherit the title!

Not only did Liu Hong not decide, but even Li Shang himself had no choice.

——Han Cheng Qin system, the succession of the title of the Han family, whether it is the highest level of the Marquis of Che or the lowest level of the prince, is strictly in accordance with the requirements of the "Han Law and Jue Law", and it must and can only be inherited by the eldest son!

If the eldest son dies early, the second son will replace it; When the second son died, he was replaced by the third son.

Even if Liu Hong is the emperor, he can't influence the successor of even the lowest level of 'gongshi'.

That is to say: whether it is the unspeakably noble Marquis of Che, or the first-class title that is only slightly better than that of a slave: the duke, the title can only be passed on to the son of the wife after death, and is the greatest.

If the eldest son dies, then I have to report to the government in advance: the eldest son who was supposed to inherit my title is dead; In this way, the government will change the person's first heir to the title to the second son born to the person's wife in the local household register.

If this person has no children with his wife, then no matter how many sons this person has born to with the concubine in the side room, the government will record a sentence in the official document after the death of this person: no heir!

This is also one of the reasons why the feudal era, especially the Han family, attached great importance to women's fertility and disliked childless women very much - as a wife, but unable to give birth to a son, the title will be withdrawn!

Not only that, but the family inheritance will also be directly severed - even if the issue of title inheritance is not considered, the folk definition of 'no queen' and 'broken incense' is also based on 'whether there is a son-in-law'.

If you don't have a son-in-law, it's equivalent to being a last-off!

Therefore, in order to prevent the title from being withdrawn by the government because of the 'absolute queen', the ancestors cut off the incense because of the 'absolute queen', and the people can only divorce the wife of the woman who cannot give birth to children, marry another room, and strive to give birth to a 'son-in-law' who has the qualification to inherit the title and the continuation of the family ancestral hall.

Unless Liu Hong initiates a court meeting, makes amendments or adjustments to the "Jue Law", and is approved by the third reading in the court meeting, otherwise, this method of title inheritance has undoubted sacredness.

In other words, no matter whether Li Shang is on this note or not, the successor of Qu Zhouhou can only be the eldest son of Li Shang, or the only son-in-law: Li Ji.

So why did Li Shang have to do it many times, and put on such a note that had no practical significance?

The answer is simple.

Although it is said that whether there is this recital or not, the next Marquis of Qu Zhou will inevitably be Liji, but with this recital, the source of Liji's title has undergone some subtle changes.

If Li Shang did not have this recital, then Li sent the Jue, which was in accordance with the "Han Law and Jue Law" set by Emperor Gao. legal succession to the title; And after this recital, Li Ji got the knighthood, and it became 'Li Shang wrote a request, Liu Hong agreed, and from Li Shang's 'sons', Li Ji chose to inherit the Marquis of Quzhou'.

Admittedly, this note doesn't change anything; If there is anything that has been changed, it is that Li Ji's legal inheritance has been endorsed by Liu Hongdi and has more solid legitimacy.

Liu Hong saw a deeper meaning from this recital: His Majesty Fu Wei is powerful and blessed!

Li Shang's note can be summed up in one sentence: even if the law stipulates that this matter is legal, but this matter, the minister still dares to do it only after obtaining His Majesty's permission!

This note is almost equivalent to Li Shang saying to Liu Hong without any subtlety: Your Majesty, accept the loyalty of the ministers!

It's just that Li Shang is not as obvious as he said, so there is no lower limit.

Therefore, the symbolic significance of this note is greater than the practical significance - Li Shang wants to use this move to implicitly show favor to Liu Hong!

Liu Hong was naturally full of joy for Li Shang, whose military prestige was second only to Zhou Bo and Guan Ying, and was no less than Chai Wu, to join his camp at this point in time.

- Li Ji, can be said to be the leader of the second generation of the founding marquis of the Han Dynasty.

Regardless of anything else, just in terms of military literacy and combat command ability, among the second generation of the founding heroes of the Han Dynasty, the only one who can be comparable to Li Ji should be Zhou Bo's concubine: Zhou Yafu, the captain of Emperor Jing.

And when Li Shang was seriously ill and dying, he left such a political legacy to Li Ji, which is undoubtedly a very simple signal: Qu Zhouhou is in the same vein, and only His Majesty will look forward to it in the future!

Although I don't understand why Li Shang, who has been wavering all the time and has never turned to himself when the situation is gradually clear, why he made such a decision when he was about to die, Liu Hong is still very satisfied with this result.

- Zhou Yafu, Liu Hong is most likely unblessed to see; If he loses Li Ji, one of the only few military talents in the Jingdi Dynasty, then Liu Hong's future life will be much more difficult.

Historically, Emperor Wen had veterans such as Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, and Chai Wu, and Ling Mian and others in the Mesozoic Era, and cronies such as Zhang Wu and Song Chang were available; Emperor Jing has Zhou Yafu as the handsome, Li Ji, Luan Bu, Han Rongdang, and Li Guang as the generals.

In this life, even if Wei Huo and the two proud sons of heaven can still shine on the grassland, Liu Hong also needs a transition of generals with enough numbers and strength to see.

Even if he cultivates generals who have been buried by history, Liu Hong also needs his own group of generals, and more than half of them can prove themselves in history to ensure the overall quality of the generals of the Han family.

The difference between Liu Hong and Emperor Wenjing is that veterans such as Zhou Bo and Guan Ying are not available, and among the founding feats, only Chai Wu has more than ten years of life, which can support Liu Hong for the defense of the northern border wall.

As for Zhou Yafu, in the case of Zhou Bo's incarnation as 'Zhuhong Guardian', there is almost no longer the possibility of becoming a general - the political trial is not passed!

As for Zhang Wu and Song Chang, they were Liu Heng's close confidants; Bo Cheqi is Liu Heng's maternal uncle, and there is almost no possibility of being pulled into the center by Liu Hong.

Han Rongdang, now it is estimated that he is still drinking blood in the Huns; Li Guang, I don't know where in the Northland to wander...

It can be said that compared with the second emperor Wenjing in history, Liu Hong's choice has been narrowed by half; For the few left, Liu Hong tried not to give up if he could; If you can pull in, try not to sweep the attitude.

Because only in this way can Liu Hong have enough time to develop farming, clarify internal affairs, and then raise troops to the north to complete the mission of the times to chase the Xiongnu in the north!

As for summoning Zhang Cang, it was because of another thing: Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, unsurprisingly rejected Liu Hong's order to summon him to Chang'an.

Liu Hong had already expected the decision of this uncle; In other words, when he learned that Liu Jiaowan refused to enter Chang'an, Liu Hong breathed a sigh of relief.

——In the second year of this and next year, which Liu Hong called 'the concentrated death period of the founding bosses of the Han Dynasty', a large number of princes, ministers, and founding fathers of the Han family will die; And this historical King of Chu Yuan is among them.

If this uncle didn't realize the hint in the summoning edict, and really packed up and planned to enter Chang'an, then Liu Hong would have been flustered for a while - if this uncle and ancestor made a mistake on the road, then Liu Hong would jump into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it!

After all, in this era, both the roads and the means of transportation are still very primitive, and the journey is tiring, and the old Chu King is seventy or eighty years old, and he really can't say whether he can hold this slow long distance.

Fortunately, Liu Hong (Liu Budo) has a good literary literacy, and the old king of Chu is worthy of being a human spirit, and he can see through the edict at a glance.

The reason is also very sufficient-the old minister is over 80 years old, and he can't bear the pain of the boat and car, and I hope that His Majesty will remember the legacy of Emperor Gao and forgive the sins of the minister.

When he received the indictment, Liu Hong couldn't help but feel sincere admiration for Liu Jiao's linguistic wisdom; Immediately, the king of Chu and the high emperor are young, and the uncle of the emperor of me; King Xu Chu is not three years old and has a Chang'an! ’

Of course, Liu Hong's permission for Liu Jiao not to make the Hajj according to the law is two different concepts from Emperor Wen's permission for Liu Jiao not to go to Chang'an in history - anyway, Liu Jiao will not live to pay tribute to Chang'an next time.

Liu Jiao was also very knowledgeable, saying that although he could not go to Chang'an because of his old age, the etiquette of the monarch and ministers could not be subverted, so he sent a few sons-in-law to come to the pilgrimage instead of him.

Moreover, Liu Jiao's indictment is clearly written in black and white: In all matters of the clan, the second son Liu Yingke replaces Liu Jiao and 'assists' Liu Hong in dealing with them.

In addition to this honest confession, Liu Jiao also sent another secret recital: The minister has explained to Yingke, and all matters should be based on His Majesty's wishes!

Of course, Liu Jiao's unconditional support is not without conditions: Liu Bifei, the crown prince of Chu, died a few years ago, and Liu Jiao hopes that his second son Liu Yingke can become the new crown prince; This time, he was sent to enter the dynasty on his behalf, and it also meant that Liu Hong would 'investigate his temperament'.

The succession system of the princes and kings is different from the succession of titles - although nowadays, the succession of the princes and kings also defaults to the eldest son as the natural heir, but as long as the eldest son dies before the princes, the determination of the right of succession becomes very vague.

- Because in the "Han Law and Jue Law", the title succession system stipulated in the "Han Law and Jue Law" has no description of the inheritance rules for princes and kings at all!

Therefore, when the eldest son, that is, the crown prince, dies before himself, the prince will face a very embarrassing situation: which son-in-law will inherit the throne?

Normally, for this kind of case, the Han family's way of dealing with it is to summon all the sons of the princes and kings into Chang'an, and then choose the most virtuous and peaceful person among them as the king under the premise of 'choosing the oldest as much as possible'.

But this 'most virtuous and peaceful' judgment is completely up to the emperor - the princes and kings are family affairs, and foreign dynasties have no right to interfere.

In this way, whether to really choose an honest and steady person to inherit the throne, or choose a naughty and mischievous wisdom to die, and then depose the kingdom in the future, is in the emperor's thoughts.

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PS: Historically, Li Shang died in the first year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty (180 BC), and the specific date is impossible to verify (after all, Li Shang is not the emperor, and it is already very good to be recorded in which year he died) So this is not that the assistant official wrote Li Shang to death for the sake of the plot, but that Li Shang is indeed going to die of old age.

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