Hearing that Empress Dowager Dou seemed to be resentful, but in fact it was a meaningful question, Huang Sheng did not feel abnormal;

subconsciously wanted to say something, but when he saw that Huang Sheng wanted to speak and stopped, he frowned and lowered his head, and fell into thought.

Speaking of the origin of the first emperor Liu Heng, we have to mention the order of inheritance of the Han throne in the past few decades.

——In the twelfth year of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang died, and the eldest prince Liu Ying succeeded to the throne, for: Emperor Xiaohui;

After the filial piety emperor Liu Ying succeeded to the throne at the age of fifteen, only seven years later, filial piety Liu Ying died young at the age of twenty-two.

After filial piety to Liu Ying, the throne of the Han family passed to the grandson of Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang - the eldest son of Xiaohuishu: Liu Gong.

It's just that the seven-year-old emperor who ascended the throne was finally killed by the Empress Dowager Lu, who was in charge of the dynasty at that time, because of the sentence 'I am not strong, and strong is changing'.

At this time, the inheritance of the throne of the Han family appeared for the first time in the situation of 'brother to brother';

- The deposed emperor Liu Gong ascended the throne at the age of seven, was deposed at the age of eleven, and died of illness shortly thereafter, naturally breaking his blood;

Therefore, Empress Dowager Lu followed the inheritance rule of 'brother to brother and brother', and selected Liu Yi, King of Changshan, to inherit the throne from among the sons of Emperor Xiaohui, and changed her name: Liu Hong.

After another four years, the Empress Dowager Lu died, followed by the internal and external alliance of the princes and ministers to punish Zhu Lu;

After the situation calmed down, Zhou Bo, the marquis of Jiang, the first to advocate Zhulu, and Chen Ping, the prime minister Qu Rebellion, released the news that the abolished emperor Liu Gong, the puppet emperor Liu Hong, and all the 'heirs' of the Xiaohui emperor were all from the troubled harem of the Lu family's relatives!

Therefore, Emperor Xiaohui has no son!

Since Emperor Xiaohui is the 'heir', the throne should be inherited by a loyal person from among Emperor Xiaohui's brothers according to the standard of 'brother to brother'.

At that time, among the eight sons of Emperor Taizu Gao, the eldest Qi mourned Liu Fei, the king of Hui, and Liu Ying, the second emperor of Han Xiaohui, all of whom had died;

The third Zhao Yin King Liu Ruyi, the fifth Zhao Gong Wang Liu Hui, and the sixth Zhao You Wang Liu You, the three successive 'Zhao Wang', were all killed by the Empress Dowager Lu either explicitly or secretly;

Excluding Liu Jian, the king of Yanling, who died unexpectedly and was deliberately 'exterminated' by Empress Dowager Lu, it is calculated that only two of the eight sons of Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang were still alive at that time.

- Liu Heng, the fourth king of the old generation, and Liu Chang, the seventh king: Liu Chang, the king of Huainan.

In the end, after a brief discussion, the courtiers and officials unanimously decided: to welcome the older and more loyal acting king, that is, Liu Heng, the former Taizong Xiaowen Emperor.

In this way, the throne of the Han family, from Taizu Liu Bang, filial piety Liu Ying, to the 'abolished emperor' Liu Gong, and the 'puppet emperor' Liu Hong, passed to the fifth generation, but it went around and around and returned to Taizu Liu Bang's son: Liu Heng.

Excluding the two 'puppet emperors' who are not recognized, the throne of the Han family is equivalent to experiencing Liu Bang - Liu Bang's son - Liu Bang's other son, these three generations are inherited.

And this way of inheritance is undoubtedly brother to brother.

It's just that for Huang Sheng, who didn't see through the true intentions of the Empress Dowager Dou, there was no problem with such inheritance rules.

"The old man thinks that the Queen Mother should not worry about this matter;"

"Because those who accuse Emperor Taizong of his background must be illiterate rural villagers."

Seeing Huang Sheng say something indifferently, between his eyebrows, he was also full of confidence.

"The father dies and the son succeeds, and the brother dies and the brother dies, it is not a pair and a wrong two ways of inheritance, but a way of inheritance."

"—When the father dies, when he leaves his heirs alive, he should follow the principle of succession after the death of the father;

"And when the father dies, and there are no surviving heirs, the rule of brother to brother should be followed."

"Back then, hundreds of officials in the court found out: The heirs of Emperor Xiaohui are not the blood of Emperor Xiaohui, which shows that when Emperor Xiaohui died, he did not leave any heirs."

"Therefore, as early as the death of Emperor Xiaohui, the position of the Son of Heaven should be inherited by the first emperor in accordance with the rules of brother and brother."

"It's just that at that time, the Lu family's relatives caused chaos in the dynasty, so that the Lu family's bloodline was crowned by the monkey and usurped the position of the Son of Heaven."

"After the death of the Empress Dowager Lü, the princes of the court destroyed Zhu Lü, and then set up Emperor Taizong, which was just to make up for the mistakes made by the Lü clan and restore everything to its proper appearance······

Without hesitation, Huang Sheng couldn't help but straighten his waist a little straighter, and between his eyebrows, there was also a look of firmness.

In the eyes of the world, Huang Lao's theory may be a lazy school of 'rule by inaction';

But in fact, the real core of Huang Lao's 'rule by inaction' is that if the law does not prohibit it, there is no blame.

- As long as the law does not clearly stipulate what is not allowed, it should not be interfered with.

And correspondingly, it is natural that 'if the law prohibits it, it must be blamed'!

In other words, Huang Lao's doctrine, which seems to be lazy on the surface, is actually an extremely staunch defender of order;

Whether it is the letter of the law or universal values, as long as it is a fixed order that has been formed, Huang Lao's determination to maintain order will definitely not lose to any other school.

- Including the guardians of the law: the Legalists!

In Huang Sheng's view, the inheritance rule of 'father dies and son succeeds, brother dies and brother dies' is undoubtedly the inherent order.

Especially such an inherent order, after being combined with Emperor Liu Heng of the former Taizong Xiaowen, it has reached the height of 'no one is allowed to point fingers' in Huang Sheng's heart.

But what Huang Sheng didn't expect was that after he gave his reply, Empress Dowager Dou's focus quickly shifted to an unexpected and inexplicable palpitating direction······

"With the old gentleman's words, I will be relieved······"

When the Empress Dowager Dou heard this, she gently stroked her chest as if a big stone had fallen to the ground in her heart;

Then, it was a question that made Huang Sheng jaw-dropping, and it was put on the table by the Empress Dowager Dou.

"In this way, there is nothing wrong with Emperor Xiaohui and Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's brother and brother;"

"Instead of being wrong, it made the Zongmiao and Sheji, which Emperor Taizu Gao worked so hard to create, not fall into a dangerous situation of subversion because of the Lu family's relatives."

"-Then if in the future, the Han family's throne happens again, there is a precedent to follow, right?"

"After all, Emperor Taizong only sat in the position of emperor by following the rules of brother and brother;"

"In the future, the descendants of Emperor Taizong will also inherit the unification because of the principle of brother and brother, and there is nothing wrong with it?"

Hearing about the Empress Dowager Dou's successive hearings, Huang Sheng only stared at the old woman in front of him, still with a gentle smile;

At this moment, in Huang Sheng's heart, there was only one question.

- Queen Mother!

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