Chapter 1037: Fueling the Flames

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Who can be in power today? This answer is obvious, that is, most ordinary people can tell you that this person is Liu Yi, the king of Yan, who sits on several states with a million armor to assist in state affairs as a king, and now the real power in Langsheng's hands is no different from that of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty. But after all, there is still a lack of that title, in fact, ascending the throne and becoming the emperor is a matter of course in Liu Yi's heart, and after he defeats the three heroes in the south and clears the Liuhe, no one will be able to resist him, and at that time, ascending the throne is the most complete in his opinion! However, with today's status and power, whether Lang Sheng is the emperor or not is not just his own business, with it as the core, an interest group has long been formed, and in order to stabilize their own interests, they must also promote the process of Yan Wang becoming the emperor.

In this group, the position of Liu Huan, the son of King Yan, is undoubtedly extremely important, and he is naturally more eager for his father to ascend to the throne of the emperor. The two years since returning to Beiping from the military camp are the time when Liu Huan has grown most rapidly, the power of starting a family is increasing, and the success of the Western Regions Mission has won him a great reputation, and Liu Yi himself is intending to strengthen his power and prestige, and now the nineteen-year-old Liu Huan is also like a superior person, and there are also many outstanding talents around him, such as Huang Shen, and Yang Xiu and the sons of the ministers and generals around King Yan, which will become a huge political force in his hands in the future.

The heir is extremely important to the princes who aspire to the world, and will become a symbol of the stability of their group, generally speaking, there will be a lot of open and secret battles around this future distribution of power, and both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have faced such problems in another time and space! Theoretically, the continuation of the career requires the successor to have the best ability, but the tradition of China since ancient times is to stand up, there is a certain conflict between the two, the eldest son may not be the best one, but following the ancestral system is also the mainstream of today's scholars' concepts, whether the eldest son is excellent or not is a very dangerous thing, Yuan Shao Liu Biao is proof.

And there is not much doubt about this in Liu Huan, he has received the best education since he was a child, has resources that are a hundred times superior to ordinary people, coupled with his own perseverance and perseverance and practical experience everywhere, at least in Liu Yi's heart, he already has the conditions to serve as his successor, at this time the rest of the sons of King Yan are still young, and the only one who can pose a threat to his position is the second brother Liu Xin, who is now famous in the army and admired by the soldiers. Regardless of whether the father has the heart to support the second son, in Liu Huan's opinion, this is also a potential pressure, especially the second brother's military exploits are getting worse and worse.

When it comes to brotherly feelings, Liu Huan and Liu Xin are extremely harmonious, and their brothers, friends, and brothers have always been praised by the ministers and everyone in the palace, but in the competition for the highest power, the family relationship will be extremely weak, and the struggle for imperial power is enough to trample on all the ethics and etiquette in the world. In the thousands of years of Chinese history, the battle for the heir is the most cruel, which Liu Yi knows very well, but he can only prevent it through some means and never put an end to it.

With the increase of age and the continuous growth of knowledge, Liu Huan's thirst for power is also increasing day by day, although power is easy to corrupt people, but for him who is committed to the cause of the emperor, this is indispensable. The second brother Liu Xin is the eldest son of Princess Yan Cai Yan, seriously speaking, he is the eldest son of King Yan, and has the natural right to inherit all the rights of his father, and he can have today's status In addition to the love of his father and queen mother, the most important object of gratitude is his great-grandfather Liu Yu, who established his identity as the eldest son of the Liu family when he was alive. Of course, just for the moment, Liu Xin is not enough to put too much pressure on him, and with his understanding of the second brother, he is not interested in the power struggle at all, Liu Xin's ambition is only to compete in the extreme battlefield of martial arts, but at this time, it is also necessary to take precautions, he wants to try to eliminate all hidden dangers that may affect his status, so the first step is to promote his father to become emperor, and he can rightfully sit on the throne of the prince.

Liu Yi has not concealed his ambition too much, and when he was practicing filial piety and welcoming the Son of Heaven, Jia Wenhe once asked him about it when he was in the city of Emperor and Shangdang. At that time, Lang Sheng said and Wen He had already put himself to death as soon as this remark came out, and the poison man replied in a dashing manner that the art of war was put to death and then the words of life, after getting Liu Yi's clear ambition, Jia Xu strengthened his heart to serve him, and the two monarchs and ministers have been with each other for ten years and are also very compatible, in the process of Lang Sheng defeating a group of princes to win half of the Han Dynasty, the poisoner's advice can be described as a great contribution.

In the annals of history, Jia Wenhe has a very good way of cultivating obscurity, and won the greatest benefits for himself in the power struggle of Cao Cao's sons, and finally lived a long life. But in Liu Yi's heart, the hidden edge after Jia Xu is inseparable from Cao Cao's words, after the army took Jingxiang, Wen He strongly persuaded the lord to stabilize the occupied land, wait for rest and recuperation, and then sweep away Jiangdong Sun Quan and Liu Bei who was still breathing with the power of thunder, from the general trend of the world at that time, this statement can be described as insightful, but unfortunately Cao Cao did not adopt Jia Xu's suggestion, which made him regret the defeat of Chibi for life! And the battle of Hanzhong is almost the same, this strategic place fell into the hands of Liu Bei, and the loss of the initiative made Cao Cao finally lose the opportunity to dominate the world, which is probably the biggest reason why Jia Xu finally saved his life, and perhaps lost confidence in his lord.

Compared with Cao Cao in another time and space, Liu Yi in this world is obviously more brainstorming, and for talents like Jia Xu Guo Jia Xizhicai, they can feel a kind of sincerity and trust from the heart in the lord, and this trust is what he needs most, even if there will be disagreements or even fierce arguments about this, it will not affect the intersection between monarchs and ministers, Liu Yi is the most public and private person. Therefore, at this time, Jia Wenhe did not have the slightest intention of taoguang, but did his best to be loyal and wise for the great cause of King Yan, and his eldest son was also very close to the son! Wen He will not say it explicitly, but only in terms of the present, his position is inclined towards the prince Liu Huan.

Yan army recuperated two years after the whole line attack, Liu Yi's enemy this time is his biggest opponent Cao Cao at the end of the Han Dynasty, this battle is the first large-scale formal battle between the two heroes, and also has a far-reaching impact on the direction of the world, in Liu Huan's view, this is to be in this battle in the father can win the battle and stabilize the Hanzhong to seize the land of Qingyan can be called a complete victory, at that time Liu Yi, who occupies most of the Han Dynasty, obviously has a solid foundation for the emperor! The ascension of the new monarch to the throne will make his father's reputation rise to an unprecedented height, and no matter how powerful King Yan is, he cannot compare with the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Yi's status as a Han clan makes him more justifiable than Cao Cao and others to ascend to the position of the Son of Heaven, which symbolizes the highest power in the world, but in terms of his influence in Yandi, his accession to the throne will not have too many adverse effects, and before the unification of the world, he is not willing to give the three southern heroes any opportunity to take advantage of this, so the matter is delayed again and again. As early as before the battle between the two heroes, Zhang Hu, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others had discussions in this regard, and they also slightly revealed the intention of promoting King Yan to inherit the throne, and they are outsiders after all, relatively speaking, Liu Huan, the son of the world, is the most suitable regardless of his status and status, and the Yandi propaganda agency is also in his hands.

Some things can be said not to be done, some things can be done but not to be said explicitly, Liu Huan promoted this matter is to do it quite obscuribly and very measured, he knows his father's intentions, Liu Yi will not care about his actions and has his own opinions, but he does not want to leave a bad impression on his father because of this matter, you must know that all his actions will inevitably be known by him in the end, and the power of Tian'er must not be ignored. Therefore, at this time, everything is still in the field of propaganda, for example, in the city of Beiping, there is a children's song "West Han, East Han, and now prosperous to the north, the hidden dragon rises, the country rises, and everyone looks forward to the fork at the end." ”

There are some proverbial descriptions in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the most famous of which is the sentence "Those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gaoye." "Yuan Shu is the word highway, which corresponds to that when Tu Gao, he has the heart of the emperor. The original story in the novel is now difficult to examine, but the people of the late Han Dynasty still believe in these very much, and the words of children often contain deep meaning! This west head Han undoubtedly refers to the Han Gaozu set the capital of Chang'an, and the east head Han is the Guangwu Zhongxing moved the capital to Luoyang, and the prosperity to the north is a clear indication of Beiping, and the tail fork is not exactly a swallow word, and a group of talents under Liu Huan here are also exhausted.

As the center of the Han Dynasty at this time, Youzhou Academy, where the world's scholars gathered, became a propaganda position that the prince valued very much, and as the reputation here became more and more famous, it gradually became able to determine the direction of the mainstream public opinion in the world. Since Liu Yi established Youzhou Academy, his style of study has been quite open, and students can discuss current affairs in the academy without too much constraints, which is highly appreciated by Liu Yu and Cai Yong, Kong Rong and others. If today's son has died for nearly three years, there has never been a successor to his throne, which is extremely rare in Chinese history, the more troubled the Han family needs a strong emperor to control the direction, and since the previous various acts of raising the prestige of the Han Dynasty, only Liu Yi, the king of Yan, is qualified to take on this position.

The situation of the war in Hanzhong was reversed, and the taboo in Liu Huan's heart went at least eight points, and he chose Youzhou Academy as the first position to promote his father's move to become emperor.