In this way, Liu Wu stayed in Chang'an City all day long, often in and out of the palace hall, and Liu Qi, the son of heaven, did not say anything to order King Liang to return to his country.

But when I thought of the beginning of the words, King Liang drove the car of the Son of Heaven, and was reprimanded by the Son of Heaven Liu Qi, but this time he had a long memory and did not speak again.

On this day, as soon as the dynasty was dispersed, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, had just gone to the Qilin Hall and lay down on the bed to rest, and the servant of the confessor hurriedly ran into the palace and said! "Your Majesty! There is news from Changle Palace, the Queen Mother! Grand empress dowager! It's up!! ”。

Hearing this, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, got up and ran out of the hall, and Wang Yan followed behind him and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Shoes! ”。

Liu Qi, the son of heaven, found that he ran outside the hall without shoes, and Wang Yan hurriedly stepped forward to put on his shoes, and then went to Changle Palace in a panic.

When Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, entered the Changle Palace, he saw the Empress Dowager Bo Ji 'lying' on the bed, and many people in the hall were kneeling and crying, and the Empress Dowager Dou, who was closest to here, was naturally among them, and the Empress Dowager Bo on one side was already crying and was about to faint.

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, naturally immediately went to the front, took off his hat and threw it aside, knelt and kowtowed, and said with great sadness: "I don't want my grandmother to leave me today, when Emperor Xiaowen was dying, he asked me to take care of my grandmother, and I didn't want to die just two years yesterday.

At this time, the concubines of the Son of Heaven who heard the news, such as Li Ji, Cheng Ji, Wang Huan, etc., and their heirs all came.

Liu Rong was naturally among them, and after Wang Yan communicated with Liu Qi, the son of heaven, he ordered a messenger to inform Liu Rong quickly.

In this way, Liu Rong was the first to arrive here among the princes.

As soon as he entered the hall and saw his father kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly, Liu Rong naturally immediately touched the ground with his forehead and knelt on one side......

Seeing the arrival of the Son of Heaven so sad, everyone stepped forward to dissuade them, and the Empress Dowager Dou, with the support of the palace maids, walked to Liu Qijin's preface and said: "Your Majesty, this is not a time of grief, and now the most important thing is to handle the funeral for the Empress Dowager."

Hearing this, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, said: "Wang Yan immediately went to spread the edict to the world, and immediately ordered the princes of all counties and countries to enter Beijing to mourn."

Tomorrow, all the officials who are more than 500 stone in Chang'an will enter the palace to mourn for the Empress Dowager."

After speaking, he said: "Another edict will be issued to the world, and the whole country will mourn when the Empress Dowager dies, and I will decide to stop the court for half a moon to show my condolences." And during the period of national mourning, no one is allowed to drink alcohol, eat meat, or marry. If anyone dares to disobey, he will be cut in half! ”。

When Emperor Xiaowen passed away, there was an edict to keep everything simple, how dare Liu Qi not obey it. But the Empress Dowager Bo has never said anything about this, so Liu Qi, the son of heaven, naturally wants to make the funeral of the Empress Dowager Bo Ji known to the whole country..................

Hearing this, of course, Wang Yan hurriedly walked out of the hall and wrote an edict to the Son of Heaven in one place. After using the seal, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, approved the messenger to gallop in order to quickly pass the edict, so many confessors immediately issued an edict from Chang'an, and the queen mother passed away........................

This 100,000 urgent matter was sent out by the Son of Heaven and transmitted to the vassal states through the post station.

The post system has been in place since the Shang and Zhou periods, and its main role is to provide a place for people who transmit official documents and military information, or for officials to and from the country to and from the place where they can eat and lodge, and change horses. In a sense, the post station is responsible for all kinds of political, economic, cultural, military and other aspects of information transmission tasks, and the call of the Son of Heaven is issued from this. To a certain extent, it is also a part of logistics information, and it is also a specific network transmission and network transportation. This is the earliest express delivery business, but it can only be used by the imperial court............

The fall of the Ming Dynasty also seems to have something to do with the post station......

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen adopted the strategy of "streamlining the post station and eliminating the post guard" in order to save financial resources. By holy decree, there were more than 4,000 post stations in the whole country of the Ming Dynasty, and nearly 10,000 post soldiers were reduced, and the treasury alone could save nearly one million taels of silver every year.

However, the imperial court only laid off personnel but did not settle them, especially in the northwest for many years, when the people were struggling to make a living, hundreds of "laid-off" post guards from Gansu and Shaanxi gathered to petition and surrounded the governor's yamen. The governor was anxious to play the court, and Chongzhen, who was disturbed by internal and external troubles, was very annoyed when he saw the twists and turns, and said: "It's also a trivial matter, and the royal pen waved and criticized: "Drive it to the heavy responsibility."

A young post man was driven back to his hometown in Mizhi, Shaanxi, because he couldn't afford to repay the loan shark, he was accused to the county office, and the county ordered Yan Zibin to "swim in the city and put him in prison to die", and was later rescued by relatives and friends. In a fit of rage, the young man who had been cut off from his life united with the "laid-off" post guards to rise up and embark on the road of protest against the imperial court. Sixteen years later, this young man led an army into Beijing, forced Emperor Chongzhen to hang himself on the coal mountain, and then seized the throne.

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The next day, due to the death of the Empress Dowager and the resignation of the Son of Heaven, the princes and officials in Chang'an City were all dressed in filial piety robes, wearing filial piety cloth and walking into the palace to mourn for the Empress Dowager Bo Ji.

And the guards and maids in the palace are all dressed in the same way, making this originally vigorous and simple Han Palace even more thick and simple............

In the palace hall at this moment, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, the Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Bo knelt in front of the coffin, followed by Liu Wu, the king of Liang, and the rest of the wives and concubines and princes all knelt on the periphery.

And the courtiers, except for the high-ranking officials of the three princes and nine kings, could only kneel outside the main hall, and suddenly there was a cry inside and outside the main hall.

But in this sad cry, there are many hidden secret scheming........................

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, every time the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother passed away, it was a major reshuffle of the court, how could it not worry so many people present.

The saddest thing at this moment is, of course, the queen Bo, who was not loved by the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven would not be in her palace for a few days a year.

Now that the Empress Dowager Bo, who relies on political resources the most, has passed away again, and has no heirs, not only is the queen's position difficult to protect, but it is also necessary to say whether she can survive.

The second is the Bo clan, since the death of Bo Zhao, the Bo relatives have been weak, only a Hou Bo Rong slave is left to support hard, and now the Empress Dowager Bo is dead, so in a few years, this Bo relatives will inevitably disappear from the court........................

Some people are sad, and some people are happy, and at this time, although some of Dou's relatives showed extreme sadness on their faces, they were extremely excited in their hearts. Now that the Empress Dowager is gone, the Empress Dowager Dou naturally wants to go up, so how can he lose the benefits of his Bo family?

Liu Wu, the king of Liang, is naturally also happy! Now that the Empress Dowager has passed away, his wife will completely stand at the top of the pyramid. His wife is so fond of him, when the time comes, he will say good things in his mother's ear, so that his mother can exert his strength, and this imperial brother is not ready to be caught.

Liu Wu, who was originally kneeling on the ground with some fatigue, became excited when he thought of this. Now I am just suffering from some labor, and when the time comes, I will not be the imperial brother to be the wind and the rain, thinking of this, Liu Wu actually lowered his head and smiled............

And for the rest of the concubines of the Son of Heaven Liu Qi, this is an opportunity for a big man, especially those who have heirs.

In the past, there was the Queen Mother, of course they didn't dare to think about it, but now that people are going to tea and cool, the thoughts that have been suppressed in their hearts for many years have come out again.

I all thought about it, why can't I be the queen of this big man!!

It's just that the means used by these individuals to achieve their goals are a little different, so Wang Wan must still serve Liu Qi, the son of heaven, carefully with deference and tenderness.

Kurihime seems to have lost her inner ambition.

Liu Rong naturally has his own plans, and at this moment, Princess Liu Concubine of Guantao has already stepped on Liu Rong's boat with one of her own half-pushed feet, and Liu Rong will not let her get off the boat easily. Gu Hou has this great help in the harem, speaking for himself in front of the Empress Dowager Dou and her father.

And since the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the inheritance system of the Son of Heaven that has lasted for thousands of years has been established - the primogeniture inheritance system.

Since the Han Dynasty, since Emperor Gao Liu Bang also followed this system, set up his eldest son Liu Ying as the crown prince, although he thought about it, abolished Liu Ying, and set up his favorite Mrs. Qi's son Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao.

As soon as the words were spoken, the court began to bombard indiscriminately, and none of the founding candidates led by Xiao He and Zhang Liang agreed.

Empress Lu even ordered someone to "tie up" Zhang Liang, who was practicing qi at home, and asked him to come up with an idea. Zhang Liang asked Empress Lu to find the so-called Shangshan Sihao.

In the end, seeing that the general trend was like this, Liu Bang had to give up the idea of setting up another prince.

returned to the harem, played a song with Mrs. Qi, and said: "The bird flies high, and it is a thousand miles in one fell swoop." Yu Xi has been completed, across the four seas. Across the four seas, when the can be what! Although there is a confiscation, Shang An has given it. ”

Why? It is the crown prince Liu Ying's wings that are full at this time, and the general trend has been achieved, and it cannot be changed............

Liu Rongzhi's grandfather, Emperor Xiaowen Liu Heng, also set up his eldest son, the current son of heaven, Liu Qi, as the crown prince.

Now that Queen Bo has no children, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, passed on the throne of King Liang, one is to make the old lady happy, and the other is to win over King Liang.

When it comes to really choosing the prince, he will kick King Liang out of the game with one kick......

set up his own son, Liu Rong is the eldest son, and most of the other sons are young, no matter what, Liu Rong is the first choice.

What I have to do is to insist on "serving my dad wholeheartedly" no matter how the situation changes in the court.

Now that all the military and political power is in the hands of his father, he wants to abolish the crown prince, and no one can stop him.

And Liu Wu, the king of Liang, Liu Rong never took it to heart, he was just completely fascinated by the big cake painted by his father in front of him. At that time, his dream will be punctured one day, and I don't know if Uncle Liang Wang will be able to bear it then, Liu Rong said in his heart.

For Wang Huan, it is still necessary to have a snack, in case there is an emergency, it suddenly makes a stumbling block, which is unbearable......

Liu Rong saw his mother Li Ji kneeling beside him, and his eyes seemed to have changed when he looked at Queen Bo.

Li Ji is the biggest unstable factor for Liu Rong at present, but I am afraid that one day my mother will get into trouble, and all my actions will be in vain.

And because of the matter of Li Zong, although Li Ji still forgave Liu Rong, there seems to be a rift between the two.

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