Looking at the desperate back of Xiao Sheng when he left, even if he was deeply dissatisfied with what Xiao Sheng, the 'Shaofu', had done, Uncle Tian still inevitably felt a little melancholy in his heart, and an inexplicable feeling.

——In the Han family, the surname 'Xiao' has an extremely special meaning and almost unique special treatment.

Just like Fang Cai, the Son of Heaven Qi pretended to mention casually: Since the Han Dynasty, it has only been 50 years, and the throne of the Han family has stumbled, and it has only been passed to the sixth generation of Tianzi Qi;

If you remove the two young emperors who are not recognized as 'having been the Son of Heaven', the current Son of Heaven is actually only the fourth emperor of the Han family.

The first three were the founding monarch: Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang, the first prince of the Han family: Liu Ying, the filial piety emperor, and Liu Heng, the first Taizong Xiaowen emperor.

In just 50 years, the throne has been alternated four times, and in most feudal dynasties, I am afraid it will be called 'eventful' or 'turbulent years'.

Especially among them, there are also two young emperors who have reigned for four years each, a total of eight years of 'chaotic period'.

But it is precisely in the fifty years that even the throne of the Han family has been passed on to the fourth generation and the grandchildren of Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang, that the Marquis State left by the founding prime minister Xiao He has already had eight masters.

The first Marquis of Yu is naturally the ancestor: Xiao He, the Marquis of Yuwen;

The second marquis is the son of Xiao He: Xiao Lu, the marquis of mourning.

In the third year of the death of Emperor Xiaohui and the reign of Empress Dowager Lu (186 BC), Xiao Luxu, the Marquis of Mourning.

The Marquis family, which was once known as the 'first marquis of the founding of the Han Dynasty' by Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang, also ushered in a major test for the first time that might cause the bloodline to be severed and the ancestral hall to be subverted.

- the second Marquis Xiao Lu, no queen;

According to the Han family's regulations on the title of Marquis of Che, such a situation is called 'absolute heir'.

When a certain marquis dies and is judged by the court to be an 'absolute heir', then theoretically, the only feasible way to deal with the feudal state of the marquis is to remove the country.

In other words: the second Marquis Xiao Luxu, and did not leave a prince with the right to inherit, then according to the rules, the Marquis of Yu should be directly deposed.

But back then, Empress Dowager Lu made a move.

At that time, it was a delicate period when the Empress Dowager Lu came to the dynasty to weigh the system, and in the name of the Empress Dowager, she practiced the truth of the Son of Heaven.

In order to stabilize her position, and at the same time to appease the Marquis of the Yuanxun, Empress Dowager Lu made a decision almost without thinking: The Marquis Kingdom must stay!

Mourning Marquis Xiao Lu has no son, so first hand over the title of Marquis to Xiao Lu's mother and Xiao He's wife for the time being!

As a result, Xiao He's wife: Tong, has since become the third woman in the Han family to be the marquis of Che after the Marquis of Lu Mu and the Marquis of Mingnuting.

Even to this day, in the archives of the Shiqu Pavilion of Weiyang Palace, in the records of the lineage of the Marquis, the Marquis is still placed in the position of the 'Third Marquis'.

Later, the Empress Dowager Lu died, and the first emperor entered the unification from the dynasty, but found that the marquis who once dominated the Chang'an court had become a woman?

How can this work?

So, soon after succeeding to the throne, the first emperor used his own experience as the basis to replace the descendants of the Marquis from Xiao He's eldest son, Xiao Lu, who had become extinct, to Xiao He's youngest son: Xiao Yan.

As for the basis for doing so, it is so sufficient that it is impossible to refute it.

- Since ancient times, we have only heard of the two ways of inheritance between the father and the son, the brother and the brother, and never heard of the rule that the husband dies and the wife succeeds and the son dies and the mother succeeds;

——I squinted at the world, and it was precisely because of my brother Emperor Xiaohui's heir that I was forced to inherit the throne in accordance with the rules of 'brother to brother'.

- Isn't this the most appropriate thing to do?

- My brother is the heir, so I branch into the Jiyanzong, inheriting the temple and Sheji left by Emperor Taizu Gao; The title of Marquis, can't it be like this?

- The heir of Xiao Lu, the Marquis of Mourning, can't you choose one person from among Xiao Xiangguo's son and the younger brother of the Marquis of Mourning to inherit the title of Marquis of Mourning?

In this way, the Marquis of Yu, who was originally deserved to be removed from the country because of the mourning for the loss of the heir of Marquis Xiao Lu, and then because of the operation of the Empress Dowager Lu, was forced to be placed on the same head as Mrs. Hou, and fell on the head of Xiao He's youngest son: Xiao Yan.

↑ (1st year of Xiaowen, 179 BC)

As Xiao He's wife, Xiao Lu and Xiao Yan's mother, the third Marquis Tong has no opinion on this.

It's a pity that Xiao Yan, the fourth marquis, has a good name that is famous in later generations, but he has not become a cow who matches his name.

——After inheriting the title of Marquis of Yu for just one year, Xiao Yan, the fourth Marquis of Yu, died of illness.

After another year, the son of Hou Xiao Yan, the fifth Marquis Xiao, also died of illness just one year after becoming the Marquis.

At this time, the same question was placed in front of the first emperor.

- The Fifth Emperor Yang Hou Xiao's remains, without a queen······

It's just that this time, the first emperor didn't make such a commotion as the Empress Dowager Lu, 'the son died, and the title was passed on to the mother'.

Before, there was a precedent for operating the Marquis by himself, and the first emperor ordered with ease: once again follow the inheritance rules of the elder brother and the younger brother, and Xiao Ze, the younger brother of the Marquis of Yang, became the sixth Marquis;

Later, Xiao Ze lost his title due to his crimes, and the first emperor still relied on the sentence 'If the father cannot die and the son replace, he should be the brother and the younger brother', and ordered Xiao Ze's younger brother Xiao Jia to become the seventh marquis.

Only this time, because Xiao was lost due to sin, not the 'heir';

Therefore, in order to maintain the prestige of the law and let the people of the world know that 'Marquis was really taken away because of his crime', the title of Marquis was changed to Marquis Wuyang by the first emperor;

Of the 10,000 households in the Hou Kingdom, there are only 2,000 households left in Wuyang County.

Later, the seventh 'Marquis', or should it be said that Xiao Jia, the Marquis of Wuyang, died, and his son Xiao Sheng became the current Shaofu Marquis Xiao Sheng, or the 'Eighth Marquis' Xiao Sheng.

Full of calculations, from the founding of Emperor Taizu Gao, the enthronement of the Xiangguo Xiao He is the Marquis, to the current eighth Xiao Sheng;

——After four generations and eight successions, the Marquis Kingdom has twice been extinct, and once has been convicted of taking the title.

In short: in the past few decades, the Empress Dowager Lü and the first emperor have been a little hard-hearted, and the Marquis has long been expelled from the country because of the extinction of the heir, sitting on the crime and other reasons.

In the past fifty years, the eighth generation has been extended, and the son of heaven of the Han family has three times successively brought the Marquis family, who was about to lose the feudal country, back to the title of Marquis of Yu.

And today······

"The end of Yuwen is the hero of my Han family."

"Emperor Taizu Gao once said: Liu Han has to be established, and Xiangguo Xiao should be the first merit!"

"For such loyal descendants, the father should not be too harsh······"

It was so quiet that it could be heard when the needle dropped, but it was not in the Xuanshu Hall where the crisp sound of falling children sounded, and Liu Sheng's whisper that seemed to be emotional finally sounded.

When Uncle Tian raised his head in a heavy way, he saw Tianzi Qi smiling, although he still looked down to observe the chess game in front of him, but he didn't meet it, and he was already quietly surging with a touch of banter.

"How?"

"In front of an old man and an old minister like Tian Ziqing, His Royal Highness dares to splash this dirty water on my head without changing his face?"

"Hey ······"

relaxed and freehand, it seems that he doesn't care about the plain tone of Xiao Sheng's imminent death after the Jiuqing and the Yuan Xun, which provoked Uncle Tian to be slightly surprised.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that in more than a year, my temper has changed greatly······"

While Uncle Tian was thinking, the father and son on both sides of the chessboard finally took their attention away from the chessboard in front of him.

But only a little bit away;

Obviously: for this game of chess, Tianzi Qi has been looking forward to it for many years······

"Lu Xiang is here~"

"Well, just sit down;"

"Wait until I'm done with this game."

Uncle Tian had a little doubt about the casualness of Tianzi Qi, but he didn't say much;

But what Uncle Tian expected was that in front of his father and himself, an 'outsider', the crown prince Liu Sheng also had an extremely casual attitude.

"There is one thing, but I forgot to talk to Lu Xiang."

"——A few days ago, the brothers all returned from the feudal kingdom of Kanto and went to the palace to feast;"

"After a long absence, it was difficult to suppress the lovesickness for a while, so I made a promise: my brothers and everyone, go hunting in Shanglin for a few days."

···

"I heard that on weekdays, Brother Lu Wang didn't dare to go out hunting at all because of the prestige of Lu Xiang."

"It wasn't until Gu promised Brother Wang to 'talk to Lu Xiangyan in person' that Brother Wang finally reluctantly agreed."

"I wanted to wait for the hunt to end and return to Chang'an from Shanglin, and then visit Lu Xiang;"

"It's just that I haven't had time to go back to Chang'an, and I made such a fuss in Shanglinyuan······"

As he spoke, Liu Sheng did not forget to raise his hand holding the chess pieces slightly, and swept in the direction of the palace gate where Xiao Sheng left, as well as Xiao Sheng's previous kneeling in the center of the hall.

Then, he landed on the chessboard unhurriedly, and then reluctantly 'took the time' to turn sideways and grin at Uncle Tian.

"Lu Xiang, don't be surprised······"

With a smile, when Uncle Tian gave up his hand with a worried face, Liu Sheng turned around again and re-entered the chess game in front of him.

And the next conversation between the father and son made Uncle Tian still not remember until he walked out of the palace: what did he enter the palace to face the saint today······

"There has been a lot of trouble about money?"

"Your Highness, do you want to give me an explanation?"

"-Father's words, but there are some unforgiving people;"

"——The so-called bustle of the world is all for profit, and the world is bustling, all for profit······"

"-It's all bustling, it's all about profit, and it's not surprising that something like this happens, right?"

"Hey;"

"Your Highness, are you quite calm?"

···

"What is the future, Your Highness, what are your plans?"

"-hmm;"

"-Shaofu's affairs, let's stop here."

"——The so-called: the death of the debt ······"

"How?"

"Your Highness is afraid?"

"—not to be afraid."

"—I just don't think it's necessary to ······"

···

···

······

"What about money?"

"How did you talk with the kings of Linjiang and Hejian?"

"-well, it's almost over."

"——From now on, all copper mines unearthed in the territory of the princes of the Kwantung clan will be smelted into copper bricks weighing two catties and sent to Aocang."

"——Shaofu will send someone to Aocang to retrieve it, transport it into Guanzhong, and melt the new four baht."

···

"What about the price?"

"What price did His Highness promise for the copper bricks of the princes of the clan?"

"—the same price."

"——Two catties of copper bricks, give two catties of four baht money."

"Hmm... Counting, six four baht weighs one tael, and ninety-six four baht weighs one catty······"

"-Let's make a whole, a two-pound copper brick, just give one hundred and ninety dollars."

···

"—The copper bricks are pure copper, but the copper coins are mixed with lead;"

"-Anyway, it's not a loss to Shaofu."

Listening to the father and son playing chess, with a word from you and a word from me, in a tone like laughter and chatter, such a big event was decided, and Uncle Tian's face only became more and more suspicious.

What Uncle Tian didn't expect was that the topic between father and son was really a bit 'out of the ordinary'······

Just a moment ago, the father and son were still talking about the future, and they were doing things in the world with four baht coins;

But in the blink of an eye, the attention of the father and son ······

"This time, my father has to think about it, who should be the secretary of this young mansion?"

"You can't do something every time, you have to think of a way to see how to stop the Shaofu guards from stealing and digging up the corners of our house?"

"Hao Lai is also the identity of the crown prince, although he is not more noble than his father, he should always have some prestige;"

"I'm always worried about this kind of thing, and I'm afraid it's going to make people laugh when I say it······"

"-Uh-huh~"

"--I know the affairs of Shaofu."

"-Don't worry Your Highness."

···

"And the internal history."

"Zhou Yafu resigned and returned to the position, and the position of prime minister left behind was replaced by Tao Qing, the imperial historian;"

"The imperial historian left by Tao Qing is served by the internal history Chao Cuo, but the internal history left by Chao Cuo, the father has not appointed it so far."

"If there is an internal history and an internal history staring at Chang'an, even if those rats have that thief heart, they will always be more restrained?"

"-Uh-huh~"

"-hmm······"

Like an old friend catching up with old friends, he asked questions and answers with Liu Sheng, and it was not until Liu Sheng talked about this last thing that Tianziqi was relaxed, happy, and even a little joking on his face, and finally a little serious.

Always sandwiched between the index finger and middle finger of his right hand, the chess pieces that he couldn't wait to fall were finally thrown back into the chess basket by the Son of Heaven reluctantly.

frowned and lowered his head, thinking for a long time, the Son of Heaven raised his head with a gloomy face.

"What does Your Highness mean?"

···

"Shaofu, I plan to let Taohou do it."

"After all, it's not that you have to be Taohou."

"And Tingwei, I plan to do it with someone else."

"Zhang Ou has been a court lieutenant for many years, and there are too many death row prisoners who have been waiting for amnesty in the court captain prison;"

"For several years, Zhang Ou beheaded death row prisoners with seals, and there were no more than five fingers······"

Seeing that Tianzi Qi finally put on this serious face of worrying about state affairs, and even began to think about the large-scale personnel changes that would happen in the Chang'an court next, especially the large-scale personnel changes at the Jiuqing level, Liu Sheng finally grinned slightly.

When the Son of Heaven opened his mouth, he finally said that sentence: Does His Royal Highness have any recommended candidates for the position of internal history? , Liu Sheng's gaze finally completely removed from the chessboard in front of him;

With a slight tilt of his head, the playful gaze fell on Uncle Tian who was 'secretly observing' in the hall impartially······

"I was busy playing chess, and I actually forgot that Lu Xiang was also there;"

"Today, why did Lu Xiang enter the palace?"

"Could it be that ~ is it that the lonely capital has not had time to be promoted, and Lu Xiang has already received the news in advance?"

(End of chapter)