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When the fortunes of the Han Dynasty were thriving and the emperor's prestige was getting better day by day, Liu Jun fell into the troubles of the harem.

Liu Heyuan, the second son of Wu Guogong born to Concubine Li Guifei, was named the king of Joseon County, becoming the first king of the Han Dynasty and the first prince to be crowned king. Although Liu Heyuan, the king of Joseon, is actually only in the name of the king of Joseon, he can't manage anything about the affairs of Joseon.

But after all, this is the first prince of the Han Dynasty to be crowned king, especially Liu Heyuan is still the second son of the emperor.

The eldest son of the emperor, Liu Hekun, is the son of Queen Lu, there is no reason for the second son of the emperor born to the concubine to be crowned king, but the eldest son born to the queen is still a prince.

In the past few years, Queen Lu has also been very tolerant of Liu Jun's harem, she knows that there will always be many women for powerful men, which is beyond control. She didn't want to upset the emperor, so as long as it didn't interfere with her position, she wouldn't interfere. But now, when it comes to the eldest son, Queen Lu is not so calm.

When the emperor went east to Japan this year, Empress Lu gave birth to another son, and now Empress Lu attaches great importance to the rights and interests of her two sons.

As soon as Liu Jun returned to Beijing, Empress Lu directly mentioned to the emperor the issue of the knighthood of the two princes, and she bluntly stated that she hoped that the emperor would consider canonizing the eldest son of the emperor, Liu Hekun, as the crown prince, and hoped that the second son, that is, the seventh son of the emperor she had just born, could be crowned king.

Empress Lu was able to tolerate the emperor having seventy-two concubines in three palaces, six courts, and allowed him to welcome a large group of Mongolian, Jurchen and other aristocratic women into the palace, and even the emperor married a Korean princess and a Japanese queen into the palace, and there was no objection, but when it came to her own son, she would not make the slightest concession.

Previously, the emperor refused to be crowned the crown prince, saying that the princes were still young, and they would be crowned princes first. The Lu family obeyed. But now why is the son of the Li family crowned king?

Her son is a royal concubine, especially Liu Hekun, who is not only a son-in-law, but also the eldest son. As the eldest son of the emperor and empress, it is very natural for him to be canonized as the crown prince, and this huge empire will naturally have to be inherited by him in the future.

The elder system can be said to be the core of the clan inheritance system, with a descendant, no heir, and no heir. Standing long is not virtuous. The core of the patriarchal inheritance system is the primogeniture inheritance system. Among the sons-in-law, the elder does not establish the virtuous, and the best and most virtuous are not established, but the longest.

What this system of elders guarantees is the order of the inheritance system, because there may be changes between virtuous and unvirtuous. But the young and the old do not change. Standing up and standing tall can ensure fairness and stability to the greatest extent, and it is not easy to cause disputes.

But when Empress Lu mentioned the matter to the emperor, the emperor did not accept her request.

Liu Jun did not directly say that he did not consider the inheritance system of the eldest son. In Liu Jun's view, the inheritance system naturally has its excellent side, but it also has its shortcomings. Favorable nature is easy to maintain the stability of the inheritance, and it is not easy to cause chaos. But where it falls short. Of course, the eldest son is not necessarily the best, if the eldest son is just a mediocre, or even unqualified heir. Then handing over a huge empire to him to inherit is undoubtedly a very bad choice.

Of course, now that the emperor's eldest son, Liu Hekun, is only three years old, no one can guarantee that he will not become a virtuous monarch.

But Liu Jun was reluctant to gamble, because the child might not be suitable for the position of heir. And once he becomes the prince early, it will be difficult to change when the time comes. It is even more undesirable to establish first and then abolish it.

Liu Jun planned to take a slow look, he now has thirteen children, among whom there are seven princes, the eldest is only three years old, and the youngest is only three months old.

And Liu Jun is only in his twenties, judging from the emperor's many concubines and his current age, if the emperor works hard, and the medical treatment can take good care of him, and he dies less, it is not a problem for the emperor to give birth to twenty or thirty princes or even fifty or sixty hundreds.

King Jing of Zhongshan in the Han Dynasty, a county king of the royal family in the Ming Dynasty, all had more than 100 sons.

Among dozens or even hundreds of princes, who knows which one is the best?

It is based on these considerations that Liu Jun did not want to establish a prince early. Previously, on the grounds that the prince was young, he deliberately named only two princes as the princes. But now because the second son of the emperor was named the king of the county, Queen Lu finally refused to wait.

Although Liu Jun explained to the empress that the second son was the king of Joseon, it was only for the purpose of merging Korea, because Liu Hekun had the blood of the Joseon royal family, and making him the king of Joseon could better appease the Korean people.

But Empress Lu could not accept such a reason, she did not object to the appointment of Liu Heyuan as the king of the Korean county, but the eldest son should be made the crown prince, and the second son must also be made the king of the county.

Liu Jun is a person who is not easily changed, and he does not accept the queen's request. After a few unpleasant conversations, Liu Jun didn't even see the queen anymore.

The queen asked to see her, but Liu Jun asked the chamberlain to block the car directly, and disappeared on the grounds that he was busy with government affairs.

On this day, Queen Lu couldn't tolerate it anymore in the face of the inner servants who came out again and told her that the emperor was busy and had no time to see the queen, so she ignored the obstruction of the inner servants, and directly let her palace people go over and push away the inner attendants, and then broke into the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, no matter how busy the state affairs are, you have to focus on the dragon body, and the concubine stewed a pot of ginseng and black chicken soup for Your Majesty and sent it to your Majesty to replenish your body." Entering the hall, Lu tried his best to keep a smile on his face.

Liu Jun threw down the music in his hand, with a hint of unhappiness on his face, but he was still patient.

"Now that the weather is getting colder and colder, the queen has only been giving birth for 100 days, and now she is recuperating in the house, why did she make a special trip to send me stewed chicken? Everything is fine with me, if nothing else, I will send the queen back to the palace to recuperate. ”

Regarding the emperor's words, which were equivalent to the expulsion order, Lu felt like a piece of ice in his heart. But she couldn't be annoyed yet, she knew that she had been forced too hard during this time, and she had already made the emperor unhappy. She doesn't want to stiffen the relationship between the two anymore, it's really stiff, it's not good for herself or her son.

She tried her best to soften her tone, "Holy Lord, the concubine is recuperating well, but Xiao Qi has not had much energy since tonight." ”

Liu Jun sat up straight and groaned, not as Lu expected, he immediately drove to the queen's palace to visit the Seven Princes, but just turned his head and said to the attendant beside him, "Quickly pass the imperial doctor, go to see the Seventh Prince, and report to me as soon as there is a result." ”

The chamberlain sent the decree. Liu Jun picked up a book of music and read it, ignoring the queen anymore.

This reaction made it impossible for the queen to stay any longer. She said goodbye and quit, and when she left the Qianqing Palace, the queen felt very wronged in her heart and really wanted to cry.

In the past, if she asked for anything, the emperor would always meet it. But this time, she has used all kinds of methods, toughened, and softened. But the emperor simply does not eat hard and soft, and there is no room for compromise in the matter of establishing a prince.

But she couldn't reveal this grievance, let alone let others know that the emperor refused to make the crown prince, so she could only hold back her tears.

Back in her Kunning Palace, the queen saw the small face of the three-year-old emperor's eldest son Liu Hekun, and became more and more aggrieved. No, he was born to be a prince, and he deserves it. No one can take it.

After thinking about it, Lu felt that it was impossible for him to change the emperor's attitude, and the only possibility was the empress dowager of the emperor.

Empress Lu called the palace people and asked them to dress the eldest son of the emperor. He personally hugged the Seventh Prince, and then went to the palace of the Empress Dowager.

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager were very happy that the Empress had brought her two grandsons over.

"The little grandson has come to see the imperial grandfather and the imperial grandmother." The Emperor Taishang smiled and hugged the eldest grandson on his knees, teasing the child's little face. The eldest grandson, who is only three years old, is very close to his grandfather, and he already knows how to call the emperor's grandfather in a milky voice.

"This kid is so smart, he's only three years old. Last time I taught him the surnames of a hundred families, he has been able to memorize them for a long time, and he is worthy of being the emperor, and there is a successor to the Han Empire. ”

The Lu family was happy when he heard this, "Father don't want to say this, He Kun is only a prince now." ”

Emperor Liu Xiu said, "Xiao Hekun is the royal concubine, and now he is only young, and he will naturally become the crown prince in a few years, and this can still change." ”

For a three-year-old child, it can be said that the risk of dying is already very small. In particular, Liu Hekun has also been vaccinated against cowpox and will no longer have the risk of smallpox.

Smallpox has long been a cause of the early childhood deaths of a large number of children, a terrible condition that could not be prevented in the past, and when smallpox is contracted, it can have a very high mortality rate. Whether you are a royal nobleman or an ordinary grassroots, once you have smallpox, whether you can live depends on the will of God. Maybe even after it's ready, there will be a face of hemp.

But two years ago, according to the emperor's instructions, the Dahan Imperial Hospital had taken the initiative to vaccinate children with cowpox, using the pox disease on this non-dangerous cow to prevent smallpox. Cowpox is somewhat similar to smallpox, but it occurs only in cattle and is far less harmful than smallpox.

When this kind of cowpox is inoculated in the child, there will be a little fever, but it will soon get better, and after vaccinating the cowpox, smallpox can no longer occur, this discovery makes the terrible situation caused by smallpox in the past has been greatly changed through cowpox inoculation.

The emperor's eldest son, Liu Hekun, took over the cowpox, and now he is more than three years old, without the threat of smallpox, and the three-year-old prince is basically very unlikely to die unexpectedly.

Therefore, in the opinion of Emperor Liu Xiu, Liu Hekun can already be established as the crown prince, and should also be established as the crown prince.

"But His Majesty seems to be dissatisfied with He Kun, and is very opposed to making He Kun the crown prince. He Kun is so smart, I don't say what he did wrong, which made the emperor dissatisfied with him, maybe I did something wrong and made the emperor angry with Kun'er. Lu said with tears in his eyes, "Father, if Your Majesty is really angry with Kun'er because of me, then I am willing not to be the queen, I just ask the emperor not to dislike Kun'er because of this, he is still so young"

Liu Xiu snorted when he heard this, "You have never been immoral since you entered my Liu family, Kun'er is even more smart and cute, how can the emperor treat your mother and son like this." I don't care how Wencheng and martial arts he is outside, but in front of me, he is still my son, you are the daughter-in-law of my Liu family, Kun'er is the eldest grandson of my Liu family, I am in charge of this matter for you. ”

Saying that, Liu Xiu simply stood up with his grandson in his arms, "I'll go to the emperor now, I want to hear how he explains it to me." ”

"Ahh The queen watched her father-in-law walk out with Liu Hekun in her arms, and she didn't know whether she was surprised or moved for a while.

Liu Xiu walked into the Qianqing Hall with his grandson in his arms, and the guards didn't dare to stop him along the way.

"Emperor, I heard that you have been so busy lately that you don't even have time to see your son, so I specially brought Kun'er over to see you."

Liu Jun had no choice but to put down the piece and get up to greet him.

"Originally, I was going to hold a family banquet in the next two days, and bring the two brothers, several sisters and a group of nieces and nephews into the palace to accompany the second elder Lele."

Liu Xiu saw the opportunity and said, "Oh." Yes, I thought that I had offended the emperor with Kun'er. ”

"You are my father, Kun'er is my son, blood is thicker than blood, the closest is like this, how dare I, it's just that I've been too busy lately. I went to Japan before, so there was a backlog of things waiting to be dealt with. ”

"That's good, I'm relieved, I thought this kid was upsetting you. I said Emperor. Kun'er is now more than three years old, and has been vaccinated with cowpox, you see this child, now the tiger head and tiger brain is extremely strong, and very smart, I personally taught him to read hundreds of family names before, and he has been able to recite a lot, and when he grows up in the future, he will definitely make a great difference. You see. Shouldn't Kun'er be appointed as the prince earlier, and the prince should be established early, and the people's hearts will be settled early. ”

Liu Xiu finally said the purpose of this trip.

"Father, the crown prince is the king of a country. It is the foundation of a country, and its importance should be known to my father. Kun'er is still so young, although she is smart now, who can guarantee that she will still be smart and virtuous when she grows up?"

Liu Xiu's face was a little not good-looking. "Isn't it good to inherit the law of primogeniture? Does Your Majesty intend to abandon this ancestor into the law, but want to establish a virtuous person instead of a long one? Emperor. Virtue is not long, this is the way to take trouble, the source of turmoil. ”

There are some words that Liu Jun and Queen Lu will not say so clearly, but they have no scruples about their father.

"To be a leader or to be virtuous, this is a matter of the benevolent and the wise. I am not against being a leader, nor does it have to be a virtuous. As long as the elder has the qualifications to keep the success, I will still choose to be the elder. But if the eldest son can't hold Chengdu as a hostage, it is impossible for me to put such a huge empire in his hands. ”

"Father, it's too much to say now, these princes are less than twenty years old, and they can't really see what their qualifications and character are. I don't plan to make a prince in a hurry now, the prince is easy to appoint, but if you choose the wrong one, it will be quite a troublesome thing. ”

The emperor said so unmistakably that he did not object to the attitude of establishing a virtuous person or establishing a long, and the emperor Liu Xiu was very shocked.

"But now that the second son of the emperor has been crowned king, and the eldest son of the emperor is still the prince of the country, I am afraid that this matter will cause bad speculation, which is unfair to Kun'er." The Emperor Taishang loves Liu Hekun very much, and he is still fighting for his grandson at this time.

Liu Jun said, "Yuan'er was crowned the king of the Korean county, and it was also because of the situation. Besides, the king of the Korean county is not a feudal feud, and he has no real relationship with the land of Korea, at most he has more money. Anyway, I can't choose one over the other, lest I send some wrong message. ”

On the same day, the emperor issued an edict, following the canonization of the emperor's second son Liu Heyuan as the king of the Joseon county, and once again crowned the prince as the king. This time, it was the emperor's eldest son Liu Hekun who was sealed, and the emperor issued an edict to canonize the emperor's eldest son Liu Hekun as the king of Japan. At the same time, he also decreed in the edict that before the eldest son of the emperor was not yet 18 years old, he would no longer be officially awarded the title, but only called the prince, distinguished by rank. Today's seven princes, except for the eldest son of the emperor who was named the king of Japan and the second son who was named the king of the Korean county, the remaining five princes are only called His Royal Highness, and their rank is second, and they are under the prime minister's participation in politics.

Queen Lu didn't expect that in the end, the emperor would come out, but in exchange for such a result. The emperor's eldest son, Liu Hekun, was not only not registered as the crown prince, but was named the king of Japan. In Lu's opinion, this Japanese king is not as good as the king of Joseon, after all, the king of Joseon is canonized in front.

But the emperor's edict has been issued, and no matter how dissatisfied Empress Lu is, she can't change it. He even regretted that he went to find the Emperor, and now that he is not looking for the Emperor, maybe the emperor will not crown his eldest son as the king of Japan.

Even if he only continues to hold the duke title of the country in the past, it is far stronger than the current title of the king of Japan.

Lu was disappointed, and the rice did not enter that day, but just lay on the bed sulking.

After dinner, she was still leaning on the head of the bed and sullen, when a female official came and said that His Majesty would come to Kunning Palace tonight, so that the queen would prepare to take over.

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