Fang Shao heard it right, clearly, :/

Empress Dowager Mi said that the current emperor Liu Tai is her son.

Fang Shao was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst out laughing, his laughter full of irony. In his opinion, in order to keep her son's throne, the Empress Dowager Mi has lost her mind, and she can even think of such an incredible excuse.

"It's true!" Seeing that Fang Shao didn't believe it, Empress Dowager Mi was a little anxious.

Fang Shao put away his smile and sneered: "Queen Mother, you and I do have something to do with each other, it's not a secret. However, when you say that the emperor is the son of my Fang Shao, doesn't it mean that more than 20 years ago, when I was still a small adviser under the first emperor's account, we ...... Hehe, are you old and confused? ”

Empress Dowager Mi sighed and said quietly: "Do you remember that night more than 20 years ago, you were ordered by the first emperor to escort me from the public security to Jiangling, and I wanted to cross the river that night, but because of a heavy rain that stood out, I had to stay in the riverside boat for one night. ”

Over the years, how many things have been experienced, and such distant memories are like old records pressed at the bottom of the box, Fang Shao has to open the buried fragments of memories and search for that distant past.

Fortunately, he was well-informed and ambitious, although he didn't care much about that matter, but at this time, after the Empress Dowager Mi mentioned it and thought about it carefully, it was true.

"So what?" Fang Shao's words showed that he remembered what he had said.

Empress Dowager Mi continued: "At that time, I was suffering from having no children under my knees, and I was afraid of being snubbed by the first emperor and feeling depressed, so I invited you to drink together to relieve the discomfort in my heart. ”

Fang Shao became more and more confused, and he didn't know what the Empress Dowager Mi meant by saying this, so he said: "When I said, I did drink a lot of wine with the Empress Dowager, I still remember, it seems that I was still drunk, and it was already dawn when I came together the next day." ”

Empress Dowager Mi smiled bitterly and said: "The amount of alcohol of the dignified prime minister is as good as how many people in the world can match, how can he get drunk after a few drinks with a weak woman like me?" ”

Fang Shao's expression was suddenly shocked.

At that time, he was young and young, and his experience and scheming were far inferior to now, and he still remembered that he was really drunk that night, but he didn't pay much attention to it when he got up the next day, and now when he heard the Empress Dowager Mi say this, thinking about it carefully, Fang Shao's heart suddenly swelled with an ominous premonition.

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Fang Shao snorted.

Empress Dowager Mi's eyes were filled with tears again, and she choked up and said: "When I said that I was somehow confused by ghosts, I put some medicine in your wine, so you drank a few glasses and got drunk." ”

Fang Shao's face became more and more solemn: "Why did you do that?" ”

"At that time, I wanted to give birth to a boy and a half girl for the first emperor, but the first emperor's health has been poor, so after getting drunk, I will take advantage of your unconscious affairs, and I will be ......"

Empress Dowager Mi's face turned red, and she was embarrassed to continue, but the words had come to this point, and Fang Shao had suddenly realized.

At this moment, his mood was extremely chaotic, this was something he had never thought of in his life, as if something that only happened in a legendary story really happened to him.

Could it be that for so many years, his own flesh and blood are in front of him, but he doesn't know that the first emperor Liu Bei raised his son for more than ten years, and finally left the throne of the Great Han Kingdom to this child, but he never dreamed that he would make a wedding dress for his surname Fang after fighting for half his life?

"This ...... This is outrageous, why are you saying it now? Although Fang Shao's mood was agitated, there was already some belief in his tone.

Empress Dowager Mi said helplessly: "This matter is related to the reputation of the first emperor and the royal family, once it is leaked, it is related to your and my net worth and surname, not only you and me, but also the Mi family and the Zhuge family, I don't know how many heads are going to land, how can I easily confide." However, over the years, I have hinted to you many times when I was inadvertent, I thought you would have an idea, but I don't want you to think about it at all. ”

Looking back on the past, Fang Shao remembered that over the years, the Empress Dowager Mi seemed to have been many times, with that kind of meaningful tone, telling herself to take good care of and assist Liu Tai, at that time, Fang Shao just thought that the Empress Dowager Mi was out of trust in himself and the heart of protecting her son, so her words and demeanor were a little different.

At this time, it was confirmed before and after, could it be that she really had other difficulties?

"Impossible, this must not be, how ridiculous!" Fang Shao already believed fifty percent in his heart, but from the city government of a politician, in the absence of conclusive evidence, how could he be gullible because of her words.

Empress Dowager Mi no longer explained, and said silently: "I have already said everything I can say, believe it or not, it is up to you, if you really don't recognize Atai's biological flesh and blood, you can dispose of our mother and son." ”

In the main hall, there was silence, but Fang Shao's thoughts were like turning over the river and the sea.

If what the Empress Dowager Mi said is true, then wouldn't he, as a father, have to abolish his son with his own hands?

In history, there are countless kings who killed their fathers and brothers for the sake of power, and stepped on the pinnacle of power with the blood of their relatives, but Fang Shao is different from them, he is still a person who has crossed over after all, although he is also obsessed with power, but a large part of the reason for everything he does is to maintain the "way of governing the country" that he has painstakingly managed.

Therefore, Fang Shao can't be absolutely cold-blooded.

However, what if what the Empress Dowager Mi said was just a ridiculous lie under her child's heart?

Truth and falsehood, killing and forbearance, are only in a thought.

I don't know how long it took, Fang Shao sighed, opened the door of the palace and left, leaving only the Empress Dowager Mi in the cold in this lonely hall.

………… Empress Dowager Mi could rest assured, Fang Shao gave up his determination to abolish Liu Tai, however, this did not mean that he gave up the punishment of this impulsive emperor.

The next time, the eunuchs who served Liu Tai were all executed by Fang Shao on the charge of bewitching the Holy Hearing, and the big and small guards in the palace were all replaced, and under the full command of Fang You, under this, Liu Tai was completely under the control of the Fang family, even if he was ambitious, he would have no calculation.

For the group of officials who were granted secret edicts by Liu Tai, except for Meng Da, Fang Shao was punished, and most of them were either reduced to civilian officials, or sent to cross Xinjiang, or forcibly resigned.

Soon after the end of this incident, the local turmoil in the DPRK and China revived, and officials at all levels wrote letters one after another, praising the merits of the prime minister, and unanimously asking the emperor to issue an edict and make the prime minister the Duke of Jin.

At this time, Liu Tai was powerless and had no courage to have this objection again, and immediately issued an edict to seal Fang Shao as the prince of the country, and Fang Shao couldn't bear the "bitter pleading" of the monarchs and ministers after several concessions, but under the "last resort", he accepted the emperor's policy.

In the spring of that year, Fang Shao officially decided to enter the Jin Dynasty, and to annex the land of the ten counties of the two states of Hebei as his feudal state, and placed hundreds of officials to seal the prince of the Jin Kingdom.

The night before the ceremony, Fang Shao called his eldest son Fang Yan alone.

At this time, after the baptism of the pacification of the Liaodong War, the son whom Fang Shao admired had become more and more mature and heroic, and many of the government affairs that Fang Shao handed over to him were handled very properly, and in Fang Shao's heart, Fang Yan had already been identified as the only person who could take over him.

"Ah Yan, it is the father's official ceremony, and I will announce to the people of the world at the ceremony that I will make you the son of my Jin Kingdom."

Although Fang Yan had long known that the position of the son of the world belonged to him, but when his father personally told him at such a special moment, Fang Yan couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement and excitement in his heart.

"Thank you father, Yan will live up to his father's expectations." Fang Yan said that he was about to bow down and thank him.

Before he bent his knees, Fang Shao stretched out his hand to hold him up, and said lightly: "Wait, I haven't finished speaking for my father yet." ”

Fang Yan was stunned: "What does my father teach?" ”

"For the father, I want you to make a guarantee, and this guarantee is that after a hundred years of being the father, if the Empress Dowager Mi is in the first place, the Empress Dowager and the current holy status, you will not be shaken. If the Queen Mother goes, no matter what you do, you must also ensure that Your Majesty and his descendants are rich and worry-free. If you break your oath, the heavens will not bless us. ”

Fang Shao's words are very clear, that is, if Fang Shao dies one day, you kid can inherit Lao Tzu's position and continue to control the military and political power of the country, but you can't abolish Liu Tai's emperor, unless the Empress Dowager Mi dies one day, at that time, it is up to you to abolish it or not, but no matter what you do, you must ensure the glory and wealth of Liu Tai and his descendants.

Fang Yan was quite surprised by Fang Shao's words, so he said: "With my father's current status and power, why bother to be a minister again, my father can follow suit......"

Fang Shao waved his hand to interrupt Fang Yan's persuasion, and said with a smile: "For a father, those are just floating clouds, if you ask me what I want, I will be content just to be King Wen of Zhou." ”

At this point, Fang Yan understood his father's intentions, and then said, "Yan promised my father that I would swear to heaven that I would obey my father's instructions. ”

With Fang Yan's assurance, Fang Shao let go of the last trace of scruples in his heart, helped his son up with his own hands, stroked his shoulder and said earnestly: "Very good, with your oath, I can rest assured for my father." It's good to be young, and in the future, it will always be the world of you young people, hehe-"

………… In the spring of the year, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, the general of the Great Sima, the Marquis Fang Shao of Jinyang, officially ascended to the throne of the Duke of Jin, and set up the eldest son Fang Yan as the son, and the Han Emperor Liu Tai issued an edict to amnesty the world, and the whole world celebrated.

In the three years after Fang Shao ascended to the throne of Jin Gong, the country was in good weather, the people were recuperating, and the land of China was thriving.

In the spring of this year, another imperial examination ended in Chang'an City, Fang Shao personally presided over the examination, and won the top three champion laurels, since the country opened the department, the first time by a completely poor person to pick up, to Fang Shao's surprise, this person is surnamed Zhang, the word is right.

This scientific examination is mainly based on literature, policy theory and mathematics, and this Zhang Duan actually ranked first in all three subjects, and his erudition and multi-talent can be said to be the only one since the establishment of the imperial examination.

It is reported that this Zhang Duan, a person who supports the wind, his father is only a lower-level government soldier, his family has 15 acres of fertile land, and his parents are ordinary rural farmers.

Although Zhang Duan's father was illiterate, he was very knowledgeable, and he was frugal, so he sent Zhang Duan to study in a private school in the village, and this Zhang Duan was indeed a genius who read books.

Fang Shao was not too surprised by Zhang Duan's past deeds, what really surprised him was that among the rural villages, there were now private schools.

Although Fang Shao has fully supported education since he came to power, not only has the government allocated a large amount of money to establish government schools, but also encouraged private schools, Fang Shao did not expect that the development of education in the middle school was so rapid that in less than ten years, schools were set up in rural villages.

So, Fang Shao decided to leave Chang'an and go to the nearby prefectures, counties and townships to go on patrol, wanting to see with his own eyes the new atmosphere of the people in this imperial township.

Under the protection of dozens of elite warriors dressed as writers, Fang Shao dressed in civilian clothes and pretended to be a traveling businessman, and after leaving Chang'an City, he traveled west along Weishui.

It is a shame that although he has lived in Guanzhong for more than ten years and holds the highest power of the empire, he has hardly traveled to these three auxiliary places since the Battle of Guanlong that year.

In Fang Shao's memory, he led the army north out of the valley, along the Weishui all the way into Chang'an, along the way, there were barren and populated fields everywhere, on the avenue, walking for a few days and nights without seeing the shadow of a pedestrian.

Now, walking on the official road of Weishui, you can always see the pedestrians and merchants coming from the east to the west, there are Hu merchants from the Western Regions who return with a full load, and there are also merchants from the Central Plains who hurry west, looking south at Weishui, ships come and go, all full of goods, and the long-cut Silk Road has reconnected the exchanges between the east and the west.

Along the road, the land that was once barren in memory is now full of crops and mulberry hemp, and farmers working hard in the fields can be seen everywhere.

Seeing such a prosperous scene, Fang Shao's heart was naturally very gratified.

Xu traveled for several days, and in the afternoon of this day, he traveled to a countryside near Huaili.

At noon, the peasants gather under the shade of the trees, drink water, eat lunch, and work after the lunch break.

And between the fields, there was a faint sound of reading aloud.

Fang Shao felt something, so he called to stop.

With the support of Ah Shan, Fang Shao got out of the car and looked into the distance, but saw that under the blue sky and white clouds, between the green farmland, a grass hall was quietly bathed in the sun.

"Ahsan, what are they reciting?" Fang Shao asked with a smile, now that he is over half a hundred years old, his hearing is gradually declining, and he is not very clear when he listens from afar.

"The little one listens to something like 'one by one, three fifty-five', it seems to be...... I guess I'm memorizing a multiplication formula. "This gray-haired old retinue who has followed him for more than 20 years is still deaf and clear-sighted.

"I see."

The sound of a young child's recitation flew out with the nesting chaffinch, flew over the field, over the ditch, and echoed between heaven and earth.

In this situation, Fang Shao couldn't help but stroke his beard and smile, and suddenly remembered a poem in his heart.

is the so-called: In the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people.

(End of book)