Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was fifty years of Wuyi, at this time Yang Wu was already seventy years old, and he had thirty-four years to ascend the throne and become emperor.

The queen, concubine, concubine Xian and other harem wives and concubines have passed away at this time, although some concubines later entered the palace to serve, but they still can't replace the status of the queen and others in Yang Wu's heart.

So with the passage of time, not only the body is aging, but Yang Wu's heart is also aging.

And in this year, another major event happened that shook the world: Yang Jiong, who had been in the position of the prince for more than 40 years, suddenly died of illness in the East Palace.

The grief of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man made Yang Wuru suffer a heavy blow, and it didn't take long for him to become seriously ill and pass out.

The news spread, and the whole country was shaken.

The crown prince died of illness, the emperor fell into a coma, and the position of crown prince was vacant, and suddenly the crown prince and the second prince, the third prince and others were ready to move.

Prior to this, although the three princes and others had challenged the position of the crown prince, because Yang Wu was always optimistic about his eldest son Yang Jiong, no one could shake the status of the crown prince.

But now with the death of the crown prince, relying only on the crown prince is obviously unable to suppress the ambitions of other princes to compete for the position of prince.

And many ministers of the DPRK and China were even more eager to act when they saw the opportunity.

For a while, the mountain rain was about to come, and the wind was full of buildings, as if a chaos was about to happen, and many people were worried, could it be that the world that had just been pacified for 30 years was going to fall into turmoil again?

Fortunately, the chaos did not happen in the end, because Yang Wu woke up again.

For the officials of the Wu State and the kings of the clan, Yang Wu is an unattainable peak, as long as he is still in the day, no one dares to move.

So after Yang Wu woke up, the previous undercurrents disappeared without a trace in an instant, and everyone was waiting for Yang Wu to make arrangements.

However, the first edict issued by Yang Wu after waking up was to depose the position of the imperial grandson and canonize him as the king of Yong'an County.

This imperial grandson is seventeen years old this year, he is not the prince's concubine, but a concubine, and the prince's concubine Li has no heirs.

Originally, after the death of the crown prince, many people still felt that it was okay to let the imperial grandson be the prince, but now that Yang Wu came up and deposed him, many people were puzzled.

Next, Yang Wu ordered to summon Liu Renzhen into Beijing, and at the same time made major adjustments to the forbidden army and Yulin army stationed in Luoyang, many of the prince's cronies were transferred out of Luoyang, and the people of the second prince and the third prince were also affected.

Many people speculated about what Yang Wu's purpose was, but in the next few months, Yang Wu didn't make any moves, as if he hadn't thought about how to decide on the position of prince.

In the blink of an eye, the year has passed, and the new year has arrived.

In February of this year, Yang Wu held a ceremony to worship the heavens in Luoyang, and at the ceremony, Baiguan suddenly found that the position where the prince should have been standing, and at this time, a new person appeared, it was the second prince Yang Yan.

Seeing this scene, many people suddenly realized that the person Yang Wu liked was the second prince.

At this time, looking back at it, people found that Yang Wu's previous arrangements had deep meanings, such as in the process of adjusting the forbidden army and the Yulin army, although the people of the second prince were also impacted, Lin Renzhao, one of his most trusted generals, was never affected.

The adjustments made by Yang Wu have actually indirectly paved the way for the second prince.

Next, at the court meeting where Chai Kehong, the successor of the Duke of Qianguo, returned to Luoyang to report on his work, Yang Wu asked Chai Kehong to pay tribute to Yang Yan as a monarch and minister, which further confirmed his intentions.

At this time, even the most dull person can understand Yang Wu's decision.

So in the following period of time, hundreds of officials have made speeches, asking for the second prince to be the prince, but Yang Wu did not agree, and it was not until July of this year that Yang Wu finally issued an edict and canonized Yang Yan as the prince.

After Yang Yan became the crown prince, he immediately wrote to Yang Wu, requesting that the king of Yong'an County be crowned as the king of Qi, and that he be allowed to be hereditary, and Yang Wu allowed it.

At this point, although the eldest son Yang Jiong lost the throne, he got the title of the hereditary prince, which can be regarded as a slight compensation for Yang Jiong.

However, Yang Wu's next decision shocked the government and the opposition again, because Yang Wu decided to abdicate after the beginning of spring next year and let the crown prince Yang Yan inherit the throne.

As soon as the news came out, many people were stunned, and even Yang Yan was also startled, and hurriedly entered the palace to meet Yang Wu and begged him to take back his life.

However, this time, Yang Wu made up his mind.

For him, after decades in the Imperial World, although the taste of holding power in his hands is fascinating, there is still a trace of clarity in his mind.

Why did Yang Jiong die early at the age of 50? In the final analysis, it is not easy to be a prince, and he has to be cautious and dare not make a single mistake.

Yang Jiong has been sitting in the position of the crown prince for more than 40 years, and it can be said that he is exhausted, and he has been in poor health since he was a child, so he died so early.

Yang Wu felt a little guilty about his death, so he didn't want Yang Yan to follow his eldest brother's old path again.

In addition to this, Yang Wu himself also felt that his body was getting worse day by day, and his energy was far less than at the beginning, so why bother with power?

And throughout the dynasties, the succession of the throne is often the most problematic, especially in the early days of the establishment of the dynasty.

Empress Lu in the early years of the Han Dynasty, Wu Zetian in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Battle of Jingnan in the Ming Dynasty, etc., not to mention that many dynasties were in chaos at the beginning, and the throne was taken away by a different surname.

It has been more than 40 years since Wu Guoguo and more than 30 years since he unified the world, which seems to be a long time, but it should not be taken lightly.

If Yang Wu can smoothly transfer the power to Yang Yan and inherit it for another ten or twenty years, then after three generations of inheritance from Yang Xingmi to Yang Wu and then to Yang Yan, the rule of Wu State will basically be stabilized.

And like this dynasty, which has been inherited for a long time and has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it is not so easy for other foreign surnames to seize it.

For example, Sima Yan's capture of Cao Wei, the succession of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen, and the alternation of the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, and Sui dynasties of the Northern Dynasties, etc., the reason why these dynasties were replaced so easily is that in the final analysis, the foundation of the country is not stable enough.

And dynasties such as the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty that have been inherited for a long time are not so easy to usurp the throne, whether it is Cao Cao or Zhu Wen, their territory is all won with one hand and one foot.

For Yang Wu, since he is already old, it is better to complete the replacement of the throne while his mind is still sober, so that he can still help Yang Yan on a journey.

After a few years, Yang Yan completely grasped the power, and then he would be able to let go completely.

Yang Wu's determination could not be changed, and in February of the following year, Yang Wu officially announced his abdication in Luoyang, called the emperor, and the crown prince Yang Yan ascended the throne, and accepted the congratulations of hundreds of officials.

After abdicating the throne, Yang Wu took refuge in the palace, and the new emperor Yang Yan would visit him every day.

Three months later, Yang Wu suddenly missed the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and Yang Yan had basically controlled the situation at this time, so he decided to take a dragon boat back to Jinling.

Along the way, from Luoyang to Jiangdu, millions of people waited along the river to see off the emperor, and when they arrived in Jinling, they were warmly cheered by hundreds of people, and the voice of "long live" came and went.

Officials from all over the south of the Yangtze River came one after another, wanting to meet them, but Yang Wu refused all of them.

After arriving in Jinling, perhaps the climate here is more pleasant, so Yang Wu's body is getting better and better, as if he has lived a second spring.

It's a pity that all this still can't stop the continuous aging of the body.

Time passed year by year, the situation in the DPRK and China was under the control of Yang Yan, everything seemed to be in order, the population of the country continued to increase, commerce and trade continued to prosper, agriculture continued to harvest, and many people were shouting that the prosperous era had arrived.

Of course, behind the prosperous era, there will inevitably be some disputes, but all this is nothing to do with Yang Wu, as long as there are no major changes, he will no longer easily interfere in the government.

The only time he interfered in the government's politics was probably about overseas territories.

Three years after Yang Wu's abdication, an indigenous rebellion broke out in Luzhou overseas, and the army sent by the DPRK and China to suppress it encountered a storm on the way and suffered heavy losses.

Many officials in the DPRK and China believed that the overseas barbarian land would not gain much benefit but would waste national strength, so they advocated that Lüzhou should be abandoned.

Yang Wu, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, was very angry when he learned of this kind of voice, and immediately sent an edict to Luoyang, demanding that Yang Yan remove all the officials who held such a position.

Yang Yan originally opposed the abandonment of Luzhou, but now he got Yang Wu's edict, so he naturally followed suit, not only dismissed these officials, but also issued an edict saying that the overseas territory was opened up by Yang Wu's hard work, and if the people of later generations dared to abandon it, they would abandon their ancestors and forget their ancestors.

Under the strong implementation of the two generations of Yang Wu's father and son, in the end of the Wu Dynasty, no matter how difficult the national situation is, no one will propose to abandon overseas territories.

And the overseas states gradually completed assimilation, and eventually merged into China.

Time passed, and finally when Yang Wu was seventy-eight years old, he fell ill after living in Jiangnan for many years, and he never recovered.

In the winter of this year, Yang Wu, a generation of male lords who ended the chaos, unified the world, and established the Wu Dynasty, died of illness in Jinling.

His son Yang Yan was buried in Jinling Xiaoling on the fifth day of August in the same year, and was named the Emperor of Qiyun Lijiying, Wuruiwen, Shende, Shenggong, Pure Benevolence, and Filial Piety, and the temple number was Shizu......

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