Night falls.

Inside and outside the Funing Hall of Xianyang Palace, it is a brightly lit and bustling scene.

Qingji held a family banquet for family reunion here.

King Wu's Night Banquet!

For so many years, Qingji has been working tirelessly to make babies for the clan, and he can't remember how many children he has now.

How many grandchildren?

Qing Ji is unknown.

It's just that, looking at the bustling crowd inside and outside the Funing Palace, Qingji has a feeling of enjoying the joy of family.

Unconsciously, Qingji has traveled to this world for twenty-seven years.

Things are not people, mountains and rivers are wide!

Qingji estimated that he came to Funing Palace, and there were no less than 500 children and grandchildren who participated in this family banquet.

Among them, including Qingji's sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters and their wives and husbands......

If all the concubines of Qingji and the concubines of the sons are allowed to participate, it will be far more than that.

"My lord, do you still recognize your children and grandchildren? Do you know how many children and grandchildren you have now? ”

Queen Ji Qi, who was sitting on the side, asked with interest.

"Ahem."

Qingji coughed lightly twice to hide the embarrassment in his heart.

How can some of his sons, about the same age as their grandsons, recognize them?

"Queen, the widow is old."

Qingji sighed with emotion.

"Where, the king, you are still a dragon and a tiger, the spring and autumn are in full bloom, where can you be called old?"

"Birth, old age, sickness and death, human nature."

Qingji shook his head and said, "The widow should not be sad. After a hundred years of widowhood, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren......"

Qingji seemed to be convincing himself.

Seriously, there are still certain hidden dangers in such a large number of clan disciples.

In history, the most typical example is the Ming Dynasty clan.

In the 276-year history of the Ming Dynasty, there is one thing that has been criticized, that is: the huge parasitic group of the Ming Dynasty vassal kings, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the clan population was as high as one million!

Are you sure?

Not necessarily.

As far as Qingji knows, after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, the number of people in the clan was not large, and there were only 58 people in the entire Hongwu period.

By the time of the Yongle period, there were only 127 people.

A hundred years later, during the Zhengde period, the population of the Ming Dynasty was 2,980.

By the Jiajing period, the number had skyrocketed to more than 20,000.

It only includes women of the clan......

By the time of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the population of the clan during the Chongzhen period was estimated to be more than 300,000.

Under the pursuit of the Qing Dynasty, the descendants of the Ming Dynasty clan can be said to be one in a hundred, so that the Qing Dynasty wanted to find a mascot to show the benevolence and righteousness of the Qing Dynasty, but they could not find the descendants of the Ming Dynasty clan......

It is worth mentioning that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the life of the county king and above was okay, but the titles under the county king, compared with ordinary people, can only be regarded as unsatisfactory, and even a lot of poverty is shocking.

There is no doubt that those vassal kings surnamed Zhu in the Ming Dynasty are definitely "moth-like" existences.

In view of this, Qingji must not let the country bear this huge expense.

Therefore, Qingji's sons and grandchildren, when they grow up, will definitely be self-reliant.

Wu does not raise idlers, and the Wu family does not raise waste.

"Wu Heng."

"Erchen is here!"

During the banquet, Prince Heng, who was named by name, stood up in a hurry.

Qingji drank a bottle of wine, then raised his eyes to look at Prince Heng, and said meaningfully: "Wu Heng, how many years have you been the prince?" ”

Hearing this, Prince Heng had an inexplicable look on his face, and he didn't know why Qingji asked this.

However, Prince Heng still thought about it for a while, and replied honestly: "Back to my father, my son's ministers have been the prince of Great Wu for nine years so far. ”

It was probably the eighteenth year of King Wu Qingji, and Wu Heng officially became the crown prince.

It is now the twenty-seventh year of King Wu Qingji.

Therefore, after all, Wu Heng has indeed been the prince for nine years!

"Nine years, not too little." Qingji said slowly: "What you have done over the years, everyone has seen it in their eyes and remembered it in their hearts. ”

"In the past, Gongziguang took advantage of the time when the widow waved his army to attack Chu, killed the king and usurped the throne, and the widow was difficult to defend the country, and was funded by the countries of the Central Plains.

"Come to think of it, it's been more than 20 years."

"Looking at you, the widow remembered how majestic and heroic he was back then, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger!"

After a pause, Qingji said again: "Now, the widow can be regarded as a dying old man. ”

"Wu Guo, if the wolf pack is like a pack, only the head wolf is strong, and the wolf pack can be strong."

"The widow is afraid that he will no longer be ambitious, and since you are worthy of the great responsibility, the widow is also happy."

"From now on, the widow will abdicate and give way to Xian, give you the throne of King Wu, be a master and retreat behind the scenes."

"Wu Heng, can you accept the throne?"

As soon as they heard this, everyone present couldn't help but change color.

Prince Heng was even more frightened and his face turned pale, and he quickly knelt on the floor, bowed to Qingji, and said earnestly: "Father, you are prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and your ambition has not diminished, how can you abandon the subjects of Wu State and retreat into the background?" ”

"Father has been in love for thousands of years, and he must not have pity on himself!"

"Erchen, I don't dare to inherit the unification before my father's death, please ask my father to learn from it!"

Prince Heng was so frightened that he couldn't do it.

After all, Qingji is not yet fifty years old, and although he is not a heroic young man, he is still "old and strong"......

Born in troubled times, the average life expectancy of people in this era is only in their thirties.

Even those who died at the end of their lives can be regarded as lucky to live to the age of fifty.

With Qingji's physical fitness, it may not be a problem to live for another twenty or thirty years.

In view of this, isn't Qingji testing Prince Heng?

"Wu Heng, why can't you work for the widow?"

Qingji pretended to be regretful, shook his head and said: "In terms of diligence and love for the people, the widow is inferior to you." If you inherit the unification, few people believe that under your rule, my Great Wu will surely prosper in national strength and be better than in the past. ”

"Please don't say that again."

Prince Heng looked panicked, kowtowed, and said: "The sons, as well as the princes of the court, can solve problems for your father and share military and political affairs, and my father only needs to rule by hanging the arch!" ”

"In this world, in history, how can a king of a country give way in his lifetime?"

The Zen concession system has a long history.

However, during the period of the family world, it is often not until the death of the monarch that the prince can ascend to the throne.

The only exception is probably Zhao Yong, King Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States Period.

Zhao Yong was the first monarch to give the throne directly to his son while he was still alive.

He passed on the throne to his son, Queen Zhao Huiwen, who called himself "master father", but still presided over important military affairs, and his status was similar to that of the later Emperor Taishang.

The first emperor to be officially honored was Qin Shi Huang's father, King Xiang of Qin Zhuang.

However, King Xiang of Qin Zhuang never claimed the title of emperor, nor did he call the emperor during his lifetime, and his title of the emperor was posthumously honored by Qin Shi Huang after he was called the emperor.

Many internal meditations seem to be carried out peacefully, but in fact, the emperor was forced by the situation rather than voluntarily abdicated, such as Tang Gaozu, Tang Xuanzong, Song Guangzong and other emperors.

Only a small number of Emperor Taishang have been in Zen, but they still have real power in their hands, such as Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Song Gaozong "Wanyan Structure", and Qing Gaozong Qianlong.

and Ming Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty was captured in the Tumubao Incident, because Yu Qian and other ministers appointed his younger brother King Yu as emperor, and Yingzong became the emperor......

All in all, being the emperor is not a good thing.

The bloody example of King Zhao Wuling being starved to death in the Dune Palace in history, how could Qingji not take it as a warning?

In case Prince Heng is as unfilial and black-bellied as King Zhao Huiwen, wouldn't Qingji end up miserable?

He proposed Neizen, wanting to pass the throne to the crown prince Heng in his lifetime, just to test whether the latter had rebellious ambitions.

Facts have proved that the prince is always ambitious, but he will never dare to create a jealousy!

Because, there is no need at all!

After so much Taoguang cultivation, the power cultivated by Prince Heng in the government and the opposition is not small, and he also has enough popularity.

And this is exactly what Qingji is a little worried about.

Through the Xuanwumen Change, killing his brothers, and forcing Li Yuan to abdicate, Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who ascended the throne, did not learn a lesson at all and embarked on the same old path as his father.

Li Shimin in his later years, in his early years, set up Li Chengqian as the crown prince, but he also deliberately promoted Li Tai, the king of Wei, which led to a dispute between the two sons, which almost caused a tragedy.

However, Li Chengqian was successfully forced to reverse.

In view of this, Qingji would not deliberately let the princes threaten the prince's status as the prince.

"The King."

Queen Ji Qi, who was sitting next to Qingji, couldn't help but glance at Qingji.

As Qingji's pillow person, how could Queen Ji Qi not understand him?

It must be that there are many people around Qingji who chew on the roots of their ears and secretly impeach Prince Heng.

After all, Prince Heng's current power is too great, and his team is also very strong, so it is inevitable that he will not be suspicious of Qingji.

Some people died, but not completely......