The newly formed cabinet ministers of the empire were:

Chancellor: Karina, a scientific genius from the Pirate of the Caribbean world and now a member of the harem.

Home Secretary: Tyrion. Lannister

Foreign Secretary: Princess Ludia of Rome

Chancellor for Justice: Dorcott

Secretary of State for Defense: Ruda

Minister of Education: Li Shishi

Minister of Transport: Zong Ze

Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Ashur

At present, many institutions and powers of the empire have not been clearly divided, so Li Nan can only prepare a prototype of a cabinet first, which will be modified according to changes in the future.

Originally, Li Nan's preferred first prime minister was his concubine Hu Bing, after all, this position was stripped of a lot of rights, so it was not very important, but she had reached the day of production at this time.

Empress Pang Qiuxia and Hu Bing were pregnant at the same time, and seeing that the delivery period was approaching, Li Nan finally put an end to the state affairs, handed over the rest of the affairs to the cabinet, and rushed back to the imperial capital Changsha as quickly as possible.

It is difficult for pregnant women to serve, after all, they now have an extra child in their wombs, so they are very sad both physically and mentally, so the imperial chefs in the palace are unlucky.

No matter how exquisite the food is, it will be returned intact in front of the two pregnant women who have lost their appetite, and although Li Nan, the emperor of the empire, is very generous to everyone and will not blame them, all the imperial chefs have been sad lately.

Li Nan, who felt ashamed of his wife and concubine, had just returned to the palace, and after hearing about it, he didn't stay, and went directly to the city to buy some things.

After being busy in the imperial kitchen for a long time, Li Nan, the most honorable emperor of the empire, walked out with the food he had prepared himself under the eyes of those imperial chefs who had worked on him, surprised, admired, and puzzled.

Seeing the arrival of the emperor, the queen Pang Qiuxia, who fell on the soft collapse, wanted to get up to salute, but was quickly stopped by Li Nan.

"You are pregnant, don't be polite to me, come, I heard that you have lost your appetite, this is the porridge I boiled for you, taste it."

Li Nan picked up the delicate small porcelain bowl, put the millet porridge in the jar that was still hanging with rice oil and smelled fragrant, and after tasting it, it was not too hot, and handed it over.

Pang Qiuxia, who hadn't eaten enough for a few days, was already hungry, and she had already had the desire to eat after smelling the pure aroma of millet, plus this was her own husband, and it was also made by the emperor of the empire, so she quickly took it and drank it in small sips.

"Try this." Li Nan handed over a plate of salt-soaked cucumber slices.

The cucumber was brought back to the Central Plains by Zhang Qian in the Western Han Dynasty, and was called courgette. When the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms were in the Later Zhao Emperor Shile, the word "Hu" was taboo, and Fan Tan, the county guard of Xiangguo County, Hanchen, changed it to "cucumber".

The millet porridge is fragrant, and the pickled cucumber slices are fragrant and pleasant, although these two foods are very simple, they are definitely suitable for Pang Qiuxia, who has lost her appetite.

After eating three bowls of rice porridge in a row, Pang Qiuxia hiccuped comfortably and felt very satisfied.

After eating, people are easy to sleepy, especially pregnant women who need a lot of sleep, Li Nan picked up a wet towel and wiped her, and then chatted with her for a while, and after seeing Pang Qiuxia asleep, he left the Kunning Palace where the queen lived lightly.

Coming outside, Li Nan exhaled, and hurriedly motioned to the palace maids to hold porridge jars, bowls and chopsticks and other things, and go to the Yonghe Palace where Hu Bing lived.

In this era, if it weren't for the main room, there would be a lot of troubles, so when Hu Bing asked a question, Li Nan was stunned for a moment before realizing the meaning of her words.

"Husband, what if the concubine gives birth to a son?"

"This ......"

Li Nan thought about it for a while, and understood the relationship, after all, Hu Bing is not the main room, so the child she gave birth to is not a sister-in-law, which is a very important identity issue in this era.

After thinking for a while, Li Nan replied with a light smile: "No matter which of you are children, there is no problem, after all, they are all my biological children." ”

Li Nan wanted to mess around, but he didn't succeed because Hu Bing's next question was more difficult to answer.

"If the concubine gives birth to the prince before her sister, what will she do?"

Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, the inheritance method used by successive dynasties in China has been the patriarchal system.

This patriarchal system was used until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in the 20th century, when it was eliminated. Its power has controlled Chinese society for 3,000 years.

It can be said that this is a very complex system, and Confucian scholars often spend their entire lives unable to figure out its details. But if we have to put it in one sentence, we can say that it is the "succession system of concubines", and it can also be called the "system of decreasing kinship".

Since the "嫡" and "concubine" of the princes are clearly distinguished, the patriarchal system stipulates that only the eldest son is the only person who has the right to inherit the king or title. Even if the concubine is older than the eldest son and has talent than the eldest son, he cannot inherit it. Even if the eldest son is an idiot or a psychopath, the throne can only be sat on by his ass. This inheritance bill can be summed up in two sentences: "Inheritance is not passed on, and elders are not passed on." ”

In the event of the death of the eldest son, the eldest son of the eldest son (i.e. the eldest grandson) of the eldest son shall succeed. Of course, all concubines cannot be interested, even the second son of the same mother's brother and grandson cannot be interested, unless the eldest son has no queen.

This problem is not only very important in the royal family, but also in the civil family, because the eldest son is the heir of the entire family, and in order to compete for power, there will be open or secret infighting in countless families.

The Chinese Empire is now rising like a red sun, rising and its territory is constantly expanding and there is no end in sight, and the position of the successor of such a powerful country is definitely worth fighting for by many people.

It is estimated that this problem has been entangled in Hu Bing for a long time, after all, the mother who has a child has a completely different idea than before, she wants to protect her child, and she also has to think about everything for her child.

Li Nan pondered for a moment, then opened his mouth to summon the palace guards guarding outside, "Go to the Zhonghe Hall to find the master carpenter there and bring over the things I want him to make." ”

Hu Bing looked at Li Nan suspiciously, not knowing what he wanted the palace maid to take.

Noticing her expression, Li Nan smiled and reassured: "Don't worry, you'll understand in a while." ”

Although the Zhonghe Hall was far away, it was also in the palace after all, and the female guards did not dare to delay and run quickly, so they brought back a delicate wooden box the size of a small wheel before the tea.

"Open it." Li Nan waved his hand and said.

Several royal guards opened the wooden box and pulled out a large wooden ball that had been painted in various colors.

Li Nan took the wooden ball, which was not heavy, pointed to one of the places that was painted red, and said to Hu Bing: "This is the Chinese Empire. ”

"What?" Hu Bing was very surprised, because the Chinese Empire, represented by red on this wooden ball, only occupied a small part of this land, and there was a lot of larger land on this wooden ball.