Around noon the next day, go to the forest garden, the animal circle.

When Empress Dowager Dou took Liu Sheng and Liu Fei to the two brothers, she was late, and Tianzi Qi, who had been waiting outside the beast circle for a long time, was obviously a little drowsy;

But after seeing the figure of the Empress Dowager Dou, Tianzi Qi still cheered up, hurriedly stepped forward, and took the arm of the Empress Dowager Dou from Liu Sheng's hand;

Respectfully supporting his mother Dou, and sat down on the banquet that had been prepared a long time ago, the Son of Heaven Qicai smiled and took two steps back and bowed to the Empress Dowager Dou.

"Son~See Queen Mother~"

"Greetings to the Queen Mother~~~"

The slightly exaggerated bow also caused the palace people who were waiting around the beast circle to look sideways, as if they wanted to see the deference that the Son of Heaven had rarely seen for many years.

However, it was the Empress Dowager Dou, seeing that the Son of Heaven was in such a posture, but she turned her head indifferently, her eyes casually scattered to the beast circle not far away, and replied coldly: "Thanks to the emperor's blessing~"

"As long as you don't 'accidentally' fall into the beast pen today, you won't be able to die in three or two days······"

Hearing his mother's reply with a gun and a stick, Tianziqi couldn't help but look stunned, and froze in place with a little embarrassment.

Only a moment later, I saw Tianzi Qi hurriedly recovering his previous face, with a deferential smile, he walked to the side of the Empress Dowager Dou and fiddled with the firewood in the stove;

While fiddling, he did not forget to instruct the palace people on the side: "Go and fetch two more stoves; ”

"But you must not let the Queen Mother catch a cold and cause a cold again."

Hearing this, the palace people on the side hurriedly surrendered their orders, and within a moment, they took several stoves that had been prepared long ago and placed them behind and on the side of Empress Dowager Dou;

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Dou's face was not reduced in the slightest, and she only put on a posture of 'I am blind, I can't see anything', looked at the beast circle not far away, and was indifferent······

"Eh, Xiao Jiu;"

"This ······ Today"

"-What do you mean?"

As soon as he arrived at the last seat about five steps to the side of the Empress Dowager Dou and sat down, the fifth brother Liu Fei asked suspiciously, which made Liu Sheng raise his head;

When he saw the indifference on Empress Dowager Dou's face, and the embarrassed look of Tianzi Qi, who had the intention to flatter but did not get a response at all, Liu Sheng only smiled and sat down by himself.

"It's not that day of the palace banquet, my father annoyed the imperial grandmother;"

"The imperial grandmother was so angry that she directly refused to let her father cut the feudal domain."

"No, my father is also panicked, so I have this ······ today"

Try to keep his tone as low as possible, and simply explain today's strange scene to the fifth brother Liu Fei beside him, Liu Sheng lowered his head boredly, and also learned from his grandmother Empress Dowager Dou, and took care of himself.

- Today's incident can be said to have nothing to do with Liu Sheng.

Tianzi Qi asked Liu Sheng to persuade him, but Liu Sheng went, but he was not persuaded;

The Son of Heaven asked Liu Sheng again and invited the Empress Dowager Dou from Chang'an to Shanglin Yuan, and Liu Sheng had already invited him.

The next thing is none of Liu Sheng's business.

As long as Liu Sheng is not thrown into the beast pen again, Liu Sheng will never speak again, and say even one more word.

Liu Fei, who was on the side, couldn't help but feel a little anxious when he heard Liu Sheng's interpretation.

"Don't let you cut the feudal domain?"

"This!"

"If my father doesn't cut the domain, how can I lead the army to fight and quell the rebellion?"

A slightly anxious question, but it only provoked Liu Sheng to turn his head sideways indifferently, and looked at the fifth brother Liu Fei's gaze, which was faintly with some warning.

"Fifth brother;"

"If you can still trust my brother, listen to my advice."

"-Today's matter, it's better for the fifth brother not to interfere."

"In case of inexplicable inexplicable targeting of my father, it is not only the fifth brother who suffers;"

"It's not impossible to implicate Mrs. Cheng, as well as the fourth brother, the starling brother, and even Mrs. Tang and the sixth brother······

A meaningful reminder was made, and seeing that Liu Fei was still a little anxious on his face, Liu Sheng couldn't help but let out a short sigh again;

Turning sideways and looking at Tianziqi on the side, Liu Sheng thought about it again and again, and finally said a sentence, which made Liu Fei calm down a little.

"Fifth brother, rest assured;"

"This domain, no matter what, the emperor must be cut."

"Although there is an imperial grandmother, my father can't go his own way and forcibly cut the feudal domain, but today, my father will definitely be able to move the imperial grandmother."

"If you can't even handle this little thing, your father won't be your father······"

A deep voice uttered, and finally Liu Fei nodded thoughtfully, and the anxious look on his face was gone, and Liu Sheng turned around and thought to himself.

Perhaps this may seem strange to future generations;

——Liu Qitang, the body of the Son of Heaven, wants to implement the "Cutting Domain", does he still have to look at the face of the Empress Dowager Dou?

Don't they all say that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics?

Empress Dowager Dou meddling in the government like this, isn't she afraid of being scolded by the people of the world and being pointed out by thousands of people inside and outside the government and the opposition?

Speaking of this issue, we have to mention why there is a political unspoken rule in history that 'the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics'.

As the saying goes: the past is not forgotten, and the teacher of the future is also;

To put it more bluntly, every rule that exists in the world must have come into being because of a catastrophe in the past.

Just like in later generations, the Chinese nation suffered the devastation of the duck war and the humiliation of the name of the 'sick man', so that in the new era, it will maintain the all-round attack on the 'unique product' without dead ends;

It is like a later generation, the village war that shocked ancient and modern China and foreign countries, and even used all kinds of light and heavy firearms and advanced tactics, led to the all-round control of thermal weapons, and became the only choice for the Chinese court.

Extending to the feudal history of China, the phrase 'the harem shall not interfere in politics', which appears very frequently, is actually the same reason;

——In later dynasties, the reason why there was the consciousness and consensus that 'the harem must not interfere in politics' was because in the past, there had been things that caused chaos in the world because of 'harem interference'.

With such a lesson, later generations of people came to the conclusion that 'the harem must not interfere in politics' after reflection, and as the years passed, it gradually became the consensus of the mainstream ideological circles.

And what revealed the evil consequences of 'harem politics' in front of the world's eyes, so that future generations could get the cognition of 'harem politics, disaster to the country and the people' after reflection, is precisely the few major events that happened at the beginning of the establishment of the Han Dynasty.

The first to bear the brunt is naturally the wife of Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty: Gao Hou Lu Pheasant.

After the death of Taizu Liu Bang, filial piety Liu Ying ascended the throne at a young age, and all major events in the court were in the hands of the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant;

Especially a few years later, Xiaohui Liu Ying also died young, and the throne of the Han family passed to the third generation of the Liu family: the former young emperor Liu Gong, and the power of the Empress Dowager Lu reached its peak.

How later generations commented on the merits and demerits of the Empress Dowager Lu, Liu Sheng has long been a little unable to remember;

But what Liu Sheng knows is: In today's Han Dynasty, Gao Hou Lu Pheasant's reputation can be said to be mixed.

——Regarding Empress Dowager Lu's ability to govern, the mainstream public opinion of the Han family is still relatively recognized;

But for the fact that the Empress Dowager Lu made Zhu Lu's relatives kings and marquises, and finally caused the 'disaster of Zhu Lu', today's Han family is scolded and despised without exception.

In this way, the Empress Dowager Lü's connivance with her maternal relatives and the rebellion of Zhulu can be regarded as the first basis in Chinese history for the later generations to say that 'the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics';

And the second basis is still not far away.

- Bo Zhao.

Before the Bo Zhao incident, the late Empress Dowager Bo family could have become a simple and strict family;

Especially after the previous cousin of the Lu family, who 'brought disaster to the country and the people', he became a good relative who was obviously 'very different' from the Lu family.

But after the Bo Zhao incident, the Bo family's decades of efforts were all in vain.

In the eyes of the people of the world, the cousin of the Bo family, who was a wicked person like Bo Zhao, has become a low-profile version of the Lu family who 'almost became another Lu family, but was suppressed by the wise and martial Emperor Taizong Xiaowen'.

Therefore, after the Empress Dowager Lü-Lü's family, another relative who almost brought disaster to the country and the people: the Bo family, became the second basis in Chinese history for the later generations to say that 'the harem must not interfere in politics'.

Now, after the lessons of the Lu family and the Bo family, today's Dou family's relatives are obviously a lot more restrained.

Especially when the two old men, Nanpihou Dou Changjun and Zhangwu Marquis Dou Guangguo, are still alive and personally restrain the Dou family's children and nephews, today's Dou relatives do not show the trend of 'our family should also follow the Lu family'.

- At least not yet.

But Rao is like this, and Liu Sheng can probably predict that some time ago, his grandmother Empress Dowager Dou forced the Son of Heaven to set up Liu Wu, the king of Liang, as the prince's younger brother, and there is a high probability that it will become the third negative case in Chinese history that 'the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics'······

Of course;

As the saying goes: freezing three feet, not a day's cold;

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the 'arrogance' of the three queen mothers and three relatives in succession, even if it was enough to make people frightened, it was not enough to make the sentence 'the harem must not interfere in politics' became the consensus of later dynasties.

In other words, the several 'relatives in the Han family' today only laid the foundation for the later sentence 'the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics';

With this foundation, coupled with the later dynasties, there were rebellions of relatives almost every 100 years, which made the saying "the harem must not interfere in politics" appear, and gradually was approved by later generations.

As for the present, the Empress Dowager Lu, the Empress Dowager Bo, or the 'great achievements' of the Lu family's relatives and Bo Zhao have indeed made the current Han family court more vigilant against their relatives.

For example, when the first emperor was in the early years, Dou Changjun and Dou Guangguo, two relatives who were separated from the Empress Dowager Dou due to the war in the early years, had just arrived in Chang'an and reunited with the then queen Dou.

After confirming that the two were not fake relatives of the 'impostor', the government and the opposition still did not dare to relax their vigilance, and did everything possible to 'take care' of the brothers Dou Changjun and Dou Guangguo.

After years of education, after finally cultivating the two brothers who had a hard life into three good relatives who were humble and knowledgeable, well-versed in poetry and righteousness, and could never make trouble, the government and the opposition finally nodded with satisfaction;

The two brothers finally regained their freedom.

Even so, later, after the prime minister Zhang Cang, the Marquis of Beiping, was deposed by the first emperor, Dou Guangguo, the Marquis of Zhangwu, who was obviously capable and famous to become the prime minister, still gave up that opportunity out of the consideration that 'relatives cannot take power'.

From the experience of the two brothers Dou Changjun and Dou Guangguo after reuniting with the then queen Dou, it is not difficult to see that the lessons of the Lu family and the Bo family have brought more thinking to the Han family today, in fact, it is still a defense against relatives.

As for the root cause of the reason why relatives can be arrogant and chaotic, that is, the queen mother behind their relatives, the current Han family has not paid much attention, or 'dare not pay attention'.

As for the reason, it is not difficult to understand······

"The queen mother laughed······"

Feeling the cold aura exuded by the Empress Dowager Dou all the time, Tianziqi couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, and sat down beside the Empress Dowager Dou;

When the Empress Dowager Dou snorted again and turned her head away, Tianzi Qicai sighed a little, vaguely expressing his respect for his mother Dou.

"My Han family governs the country with filial piety, which is a national policy set as early as the time of Emperor Taizu Gao;"

"After the first emperor, filial piety has become the top priority of my Han family to correct the people's customs."

"Although the sons have no ability and no credit to the world, they are always the heirs chosen by the first emperor."

"Since I have become the emperor of the Han family, I will definitely not dare to destroy the national policy of my Han family's 'governing the country with filial piety'······"

As he spoke, Tianzi Qi did not forget to quietly turn his head sideways and secretly look at the face of the Empress Dowager Dou;

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Dou was still not angry, leaving only a gray and white back of her head, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but laugh twice and quietly stopped talking.

Governing the country with filial piety is indeed the national policy of the Han family today;

As the emperor, the Son of Heaven did not dare to violate such a national policy, let alone disobey his mother to set a bad example for the people of the world.

But Liu Qi also understands in his heart: Empress Dowager Dou's dissatisfaction with herself does not lie at all in whether she is filial or not;

If you can't open the heart knot of the Empress Dowager Dou, then even if Liu Qi says a lot of things, as long as the Empress Dowager Dou doesn't nod, then Liu Qi still can't implement the paper "Cutting the Domain".

Because today's Han family is the same as the Empress Dowager Lu a few decades ago: for any court decree, the Empress Dowager has a power similar to 'one-vote veto'.

Any decree that the Queen Mother explicitly opposes, in today's Han Dynasty, naturally does not have legitimacy!

Therefore, even in order to smoothly implement the "Cutting Domain", Liu Qi must say that the Empress Dowager Dou is moved today.

At the very least, it is necessary to ease the relationship between himself and the Empress Dowager Dou, so as not to give birth to rumors of 'incompatibility' inside and outside the government and the opposition, which will lead to shocks in the government and the opposition······

"Emperor, it's really well-intentioned······"

"Huh?"

Liu Qizheng was thinking about it, and the low and mournful voice of the Empress Dowager Dou sounded, which only provoked Tianziqi to hurriedly raise his head and put on a posture of 'listening to the lessons of the queen mother';

But seeing the Empress Dowager Dou sneering and shaking her head, looking at Tianzi Qi's gaze, there was even more undisguised indifference.

"I'm worried that if I bully me in Chang'an, I will be known inside and outside the government and the opposition, so I will be called here to go to Lin Yuan······"

"The emperor hit, that's the idea, right?"

"——Call me to this no-man's place, bully me unscrupulously, and then Shi Shiran will return to Chang'an;"

"There is no need to worry about the court, some people accuse the emperor of 'oppressing his own mother and being the queen mother'?"

Looking at the gaze of the Son of Heaven Qi looking at him, the slight bitterness that quietly swelled up, but the Empress Dowager Dou still did not relent, shook her head and sighed, and pointed to the beast circle not far away;

"Since the emperor has such a plan, then I, as a mother, can naturally only do this."

"Calling the emperor to this beast pen is also convenient for the emperor;"

"-If you bully me too much, the emperor can still watch the beast fight, and get out of the evil breath in his chest;"

"If you don't feel like it's fun after bullying, you can throw my old bones into the beast pen silently."

"To the outside world, I said: The Queen Mother is unconscious, addicted to pleasure, regardless of the wax moon and winter, and she has to watch the beast fight;"

"Fortunately, in the end, he fell into the beast pen and was eaten by the wild beasts, and was punished by the heavens······"

Although the tone was full of sorrow, the face of the Empress Dowager Dou was full of sarcasm;

Seeing that Liu Qi didn't answer, he turned around again and looked at Liu Sheng and Liu Fei on the other side.

"After a while, if I am really thrown into the beast pen, you two brothers, don't blame the emperor."

"I just need to wait for the beast to disperse, and then ask someone to pick up the remaining bones and bury my body quietly in Baling."

"If an outsider asks, they will say: The Queen Mother is old and dazzled, but she likes to watch the beast fight very much, so she is to blame and causes a catastrophe······"

With the increasingly mournful tone of the Empress Dowager Dou, and the sharper and sharper sarcasm on her face, the expression on Tianziqi's face became more bitter;

With a bitter smile full of misery, he got up from his seat and came to the Empress Dowager Dou, and saw Tianzi Qi slowly kneeling on the ground, and kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Dou again.

"Mother said this, child, so ashamed that he could not jump out of the beast pen to prove his innocence······

"Inviting my mother to Shanglin Yuan, it's just that the child is worried that he is not sensible, and then he will make his mother angry, so that people inside and outside the government and the opposition can watch our family's fun······"

"The child already knew that he was wrong;"

"In the future, as long as it is the mother's command, the child will never disobey again······"

"The child only begs his mother not to prick the child's heart with these words as sharp as a dagger and as cold as winter snow·········

With the increasingly mournful tone of the Son of Heaven, Liu Fei, the fifth son of the emperor, who was sitting quietly on the side, was obviously a little cramped;

It seems that Liu Qi is like this, which makes Liu Fei feel surprised, and it seems that the scene in front of him makes Liu Fei really not very sure: whether he should appear here or not······

Fortunately, after a while, Liu Sheng gave a reassuring look, which calmed down the apprehension in Liu Fei's heart.

But when I saw the beast circle, I heard that the Son of Heaven Qi said in a sad tone, 'I will listen to the queen mother in the future', and the face of the Empress Dowager Dou quietly swelled with a touch of essence.

"Emperor, can you talk?"

(End of chapter)