After Liu Yan's visit, Liu Xianzhi handed over his complex and vast intelligence network to Wu Sicheng for three days, and Liu Xianzhi refused to take any more drugs or treatment from that day on. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Although Liu Yan issued a holy decree for the imperial doctors to do their best to treat him, Liu Xianzhi seems to have been desperate to shorten the time when he was finally tortured by illness, so after twenty-five days, Liu Xianzhi finally died of suffocation, and he had no wife and no children in his life.

Regarding Liu Xianzhi's death, there are different opinions in history, the reason is that he was too young when he died, and his final illness and death seemed quite sudden. As a result, people in later generations have deduced all kinds of speculations, and the culprit who led to Liu Xianzhi's death is even more bizarre and bizarre. Among the relatively reliable candidates among the criminals are his brother Liu Tanzhi, the king of Xiaokang County, the old department of the Empress Dowager's party, the spy of the Turki Khan Abichilir, as well as Wu Sicheng and the emperor Liu Yan himself, who inherited his intelligence empire, and the unreliable rumors are innumerable.

Liu Xianzhi was saddened by Liu Xianzhi's untimely death, not only because Liu Xianzhi was an outstanding military commander in the Silk Country, but also because the imperial power he represented lost a banner, which led to another imbalance in the political balance of the Silk Country. In order to commemorate Liu Xianzhi's great achievements, Liu Yan posthumously awarded him the position of Shang Shuling, the general of Tiance.

This is an unprecedented event, you know, since the surname Liu obtained the imperial power of the country of silk, although he followed the official position of Shangshu Ling of the old dynasty, no one has really held the position of Shangshu Ling, because Shangshu Province is actually the highest institution that controls the six ministries, and the identity of Shangshu Ling is strictly equivalent to the position of the prime minister, in order to ensure the imperial power, since the founding of the Liu family, Shangshu Province has only set up the deputy post of Shangshu servant to lead Shangshu Province, and Shangshu Ling is only used as a virtual title. Although Liu Xianzhi was posthumously sealed, it also set a precedent since the founding of the Liu family. As for the position of General Tiance, it is because the Founding Emperor Wu had awarded this position back then, so no emperor has dared to confer this official position since the Founding Emperor Wu, and Liu Xianzhi also set a precedent.

For Liu Yan's approach, there is still some opposition in the court, such as the Chinese scholar shooting Qiu Yiru. Liu Yan's explanation for this is that because Liu Xianzhi was already the king of Yan before his death, he could no longer add to the title, so he was given these two official positions to him. Besides, it is the deceased royal family that I have rewarded, is there a precedent for not rewarding meritorious officials?

Since the emperor has said this kind of thing, even Qiu Yiru can't afford to compete with a person who has died, and even Qiu Yiru heard the warning in the emperor's words, that is, if he blindly interferes with the generals who hold military power, then it will inevitably attract strong dissatisfaction from the generals to him. You must know that among many generals, Liu Xianzhi is the most Confucian general, and he has always maintained a polite attitude during his lifetime. If you don't count Xue Boren, the secretary of the military department in the subordinate service, two of the three generals who currently hold the most military power in the country of silk are Wang Hanxin and Gao Dingbian, these two are brothers with different surnames, and they are both from the army, their temperament is strong, and the degree of rudeness can be imagined. Not to mention Gao Dingbian, just one Wang Hanxin is enough to make Qiu Yiru feel a headache. Therefore, on the issue of chasing the seal, Qiu Yiru finally chose to give in.

After holding a grand funeral for Liu Xianzhi, Liu Yan's next question to consider was how to transfer Wang Hanxin back from his post in Shannan Province, and in addition to that, he also had to find a person who could be qualified to garrison Feiying Fort and Shannan Province.

Regarding this issue, Liu Yan, Wu Sicheng and Xue Boren, two confidant ministers, discussed privately for a long time. After more than ten years of wars with Goryeo and Tuqi, it can be said that a large number of military talents have emerged in the country of Juanzhi, but now it is facing a big problem that there is still a gap in senior military command talents, especially after Liu Xianzhi's death. In previous wars, many high-ranking generals sacrificed their lives for the country, including Concubine Gong's father Lu Qinghan. Now that Su Chengdong is guarding Liaodong, Gao Dingbian will definitely succeed Liu Xianzhi as the protector of the northern regions in the future. Although the position of the head of the march of Shannan Road is not as important as these three important towns, it is also related to the strategic security of the southwest side of the Silk Country, and it is not something that ordinary military generals can do. From the current point of view, Zhu Tianshun, who was appointed as the squire of the military department, is the most suitable candidate in terms of qualifications, he is Chang Miao's old general, and he is on par with Xue Boren and Su Chengdong in terms of qualifications, but due to his poor record with Tuqi before, Liu Yan does not have a good impression of him; In addition, Liu Xianzhi's generals Hao Mancai, Han Jianlong, Situ Botong, and Wang Hanxin's general Zhou Siyi are also selected talents.

In this regard, Xue Boren said that he did not recommend Zhu Tianshun as the candidate for the head of the Shannan Road march, because although Zhu Tianshun was an all-round general, his personality was calm and gloomy, and his subordinates were afraid of him. On the other hand, Wang Hanxin has a flamboyant personality, acts decisively, and is very capable of winning the hearts of the military, and the troops he brought out will be incompatible with generals like Zhu Tianshun in terms of personality. In the past, Zhu Tianshun and his officers and soldiers under the command of the commander of Youzhou had such a situation, and now if he is allowed to take over the generals brought out by Wang Hanxin, it is obviously even more inappropriate. Therefore, Xue Boren suggested that it would be good to let Wang Hanxin's subordinate Zhou Siyi take over this position, Zhou Siyi's way of leading troops must be similar to Wang Hanxin's, and Chen Shijie, who is currently serving as the commander of Dingzhou, is also Wang Hanxin's general.

However, Wu Sicheng did not approve of Xue Boren's proposal, although he did not agree with Zhu Tianshun's candidate, but he objected to the appointment of Zhou Siyi. Wu Sicheng believed that if Zhou Siyi was allowed to take over, it would actually be equivalent to Wang Hanxin controlling the Western Regions, Shannan Province and Dingzhou at the same time. The southwest, northwest, and important horse production areas of the Silk Country were all in Wang Hanxin's hands. Although Wu Sicheng did not have any doubts about Wang Hanxin's loyalty, the result of doing so would inevitably attract the vigorous obstruction of the opposition in the DPRK and China, and in the end, instead of helping Wang Hanxin, it might cause greater resistance and trouble to Wang Hanxin. More importantly, if Wang Hanxin is really put in the position of the protector of the Western Regions, then he should have a backbone of his own as support and guarantee, so veterans of the war like Zhou Siyi and Chen Shijie should be under the control of Wang Hanxin. Wu Sicheng believes that the current threat to the protectorate of Liaodong and Beidi has been relatively reduced, and it is better to select talents from Liu Xianzhi's old ministry to serve in this position, which can show the emperor's preferential treatment of Liu Xianzhi's old department, and secondly, it can also remove the criticism of the court.