On that day, Tianzi Qi talked a lot to Liu Sheng.

is like a mother, who will always have endless instructions for her beloved son who is about to travel far away.

——From the general trend of the world to the court of Chang'an;

from clan relatives and princes to relatives of meritorious marquises;

From internal governance and diplomacy, to the future palace ban and defense, and the defense of the capital, the Son of Heaven has explained everything in detail.

If it weren't for the fact that Tianziqi didn't fall asleep in the end, but just lay down on the couch with his eyes closed and pretended to sleep a little tired, and his chest rose and fell regularly with his breathing, Liu Sheng would have almost thought that Tianziqi, who was just a genius, was making his last instructions before dying!

Seeing that Tianziqi closed his eyes, Liu Sheng did not leave quietly, but relied on the tacit understanding that the father and son had rarely cultivated in the past time, and squatted down in front of the couch where Tianziqi was.

Moving his body as slowly as possible, he leaned against the imperial couch under Tianzi Qi, and as soon as he sat down on the ground, he stretched his legs in front of him and sat down.

It was also this rare moment of leisure that finally allowed Liu Sheng to relax, calm down, and think about the future.

- The physical condition of Tianzi Qi is indeed becoming more and more pessimistic with the naked eye;

But according to Liu Sheng's estimate, as long as there are no major accidents such as falling horses and crashing cars, Tianziqi will live another three or five years to support the crown ceremony for Liu Shengxing, which should not be a problem.

That is to say, from now on, there is only three to five years left for Liu Sheng to weave wings for his future career as the Son of Heaven.

And among them, there is a very critical issue, which is also mentioned by the Son of Heaven.

- Liu Sheng must grasp the three or five years and try to accumulate enough power for himself to control the court, and at the same time ensure that his actions will not make the Son of Heaven suspicious.

This means that Liu Sheng's tentacles of 'weaving wings' cannot reach out to the army in the first place, as well as to any units or individuals related to military power.

Realizing this, Liu Sheng nodded secretly: Wei Wei is unsuspicious, Lang Zhong Ling Zhou Ren, and the crown prince Taifu Weixuan, who is also a lieutenant, Liu Sheng should pay attention to it.

Zhi Budo, Zhou Ren, Liu Sheng in the next few years, it is better not to see it, if you really want to see it, you can't see it alone, you can't see it in private, and you have to talk less when you see it.

As for Wei Juan, it is even more necessary to pay great attention to ensure that the two have no private communication except for the teacher-student relationship and the classroom.

Leaving aside the lieutenant, the guard lieutenant, and the lieutenant Lang, the three units related to military power, especially the Chang'an Gongwei force and even the forbidden defense force, Liu Sheng has a lot to pay attention to in the remaining parts.

- First of all, in order to show that he is just weaving wings and preparing for the future transfer of power, rather than really trying to empty the Tianzi Qi and the three public levels, Liu Sheng must not make any attempts.

Even if Liu Sheng tried, Prime Minister Tao Qing and Imperial Doctor Chao were wrong, and it was unlikely that they would pay attention to the olive branch thrown by Liu Sheng at this delicate point in time.

Among the Jiuqing level, remove the Lang Zhongling and Weiwei who are related to military power, and then remove the Shaofu related to the money bag, as well as Zongzheng, Dianke, and Fengchang, who have little practical value.

There are not many options left for Liu Sheng······

"Shaofu is in charge of the money bag, and he can't touch it;"

"The servants are in charge of the holy horses, and they can't get close."

"Neishi is in charge of the entire Guanzhong, and he still has to avoid suspicion."

···

"With the crown prince's 'weaving wings', there is only one Tingwei left, and you can only start from Tingwei?"

"It's a mallet······"

Thinking like this, Liu Sheng only let out a sigh in his heart;

I thought about it for a moment, and then nodded helplessly.

Because Liu Sheng remembered the situation when the first emperor died and Ziqi ascended the throne today.

The situation at that time, even in the entire history of China, can be called extremely special.

- The Son of Heaven has been seriously ill for many years, and although he is still in power, he has not been in charge of the dynasty for several years.

In the past few years, Prince Liu Qi has been in charge of the country, although he has no major decision-making power, but after all, he is not comparable to ordinary princes.

In this way, until the middle of the seventh year of the first emperor, the first emperor died in Weiyang Palace, and the new monarch Liu Qi was established;

At the time of his ascension to the throne, Liu Qi had already been a prince for Chinese New Year's Eve and for twenty-two years, including at least four years as a prince of the imperial state.

In terms of age, the Son of Heaven is in his thirties, and it has nothing to do with 'youth and ignorance' at all;

And the twenty-two years of the prince's career, as well as the last four years of the prince's career as the superintendent of the country, have cultivated Liu Qi, a middle-aged prince, into a prime of heaven with extremely old and spicy political methods.

In terms of legal principles, whether it is on the concubine or the age, Liu Qi is the eldest prince of the first emperor;

sat on the throne, Liu Qi's biological mother sat in Changle as the queen mother, and the younger brother of a mother's compatriot guarded the gate of Guanzhong;

As for the heirs, not to mention - the year the first emperor died, it was the year that Ziqi's tenth son: Liu Yu, the king of Jiaoxi, was born.

Liu Qi's eldest son, Liu Rong, the current king of Linjiang, was more than ten years old at that time.

In this way, the first time after Tianzi Qi sat on the throne, he only carried out the personnel transfer of three positions.

——Ren Qiandi's henchman Zhou Ren is the commander of Lang Zhongzhong to ensure his personal safety;

- Ren Xueshi Chao mistakenly made an internal history in order to quickly control Chang'an, Kyoto.

and, Zhang Ou, a henchman of Ren Qiandi, was the court lieutenant.

From the official transfer at the beginning of Tianziqi's accession to the throne, it is not difficult to find that Liu Sheng can only start to 'weave wings' from Tingwei, which is actually normal.

After all, Lang Zhongling is almost the shadow of the Son of Heaven, and if the last emperor died, then Lang Zhongling will automatically lose his job.

As for the internal history, it is only the political capital that Tianziqi brought to Tianziqi during his more than 20 years as the crown prince, especially during the years when he was the prince of the prison country.

Unless he is the same as the Son of Heaven back then, he will sit on the prince of the prison country for three or five years, and then directly complete the transformation from the prince of the prison country to the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, otherwise, Liu Sheng will not say that it is now, even after inheriting the throne, he will not want to be transferred to the internal history immediately.

-- The handover of political power is always based on the word 'stability'.

At such a critical juncture, the ideal situation is actually that except for the Son of Heaven to be replaced, the other positions are still whoever they are;

Wait for the new monarch to sit on the throne and the government and the opposition to get through the turbulent and hidden danger period of the transfer of power, and then carry out the transfer of duties as appropriate.

As for the significance of Tingwei to Liu Sheng······

"Tsk;"

"It's better than nothing."

"In charge of the prison, isn't it what the old man just said: when the old man is old and faint and wants to kill someone, he will stop it depending on the situation."

"There is no other ······"

Thinking about this, Liu Sheng sighed again, and his shoulders were pulled down with a sigh.

The current situation is not dangerous or severe, it is just a little troublesome and a little depressing, which requires Liu Sheng to be overly careful.

Liu Sheng didn't like this feeling very much;

But Liu Sheng knows: whether he likes it or not, he can only do this.

Not only did Liu Sheng have to do this, but after a few decades, the prince and prince selected by Liu Sheng would also have to face the situation that Liu Sheng is facing now.

What Liu Sheng didn't know was that this was the reason why Liu Han, especially the Western Han Dynasty, 'died by force alone', and the thirteen sons of heaven produced six Ming monarchs.

——The calm face of death, the proper handling of the transfer of power, and the careful cultivation of his successor are the most dazzling advantages of the Han Emperor compared with the monarchs of other dynasties.

"Then meet Zhao Yu?"

"The old man let me see him a long time ago, and he didn't take time to find it, but he forgot ······"

Thinking of his next plan, the sad look on Liu Sheng's face dissipated a little;

When he thought of Zhao Yu, his face couldn't help but stagnate slightly, and he smiled bitterly.

- Zhao Yu, in fact, was a representative official during the reign of Tianziqi.

Arrogant, incorruptible, not personal friends, iron-faced and selfless, and obedient to the king's orders.

Later generations of Taishi Gong, who called such people 'cool officials', also specially compiled a piece of "Biography of Cool Officials" to record the actions of these lonely ministers.

But in this era, people like Zhao Yu are not called 'cool officials', but only called 'legalists and scholars who are famous for punishment'.

Let's talk about Zhao Yu, compared with his predecessors and the current leader of the Legalist family, Chao is less paranoid, and has more bottom line;

Compared with Goshawk Zhidu, who is not much older than him, he is a little less gloomy and a little more decent.

Overall, Zhao Yu is almost a professional tailored for the position of 'Tingwei'.

Just like during the period of the first emperor, Zhang Shizhi, the court commander who implemented the 'law is enough' to the Han family, Zhao Yu in the future will also be Liu Sheng's biggest helper in implementing 'there are laws to follow, laws must be followed, law enforcement must be strict, and violations must be investigated'.

It's just that now, when he thinks that he will have close contact with this young and promising Ting Weiqing in the next few years, Liu Sheng feels a burst of amusement.

"Zhou Yafu is still in the womb······"

"Tsk;"

"These two people get together, I'm afraid it's ······"

"-I'm afraid I'm going to have a lot of fun?"

Thinking like this in his heart, Liu Sheng shook his head with a wry smile again, and retracted his almost straight legs.

Now, it is no secret that Zhou Yafu, as the crown prince and young protector, enters and exits the palace every day, which is no secret in Chang'an City;

As for the two 'personal disciples' personally selected by Zhou Yafu: Zhi Du and Cheng Buzhi, they have also been placed in the Tai Palace by Liu Sheng.

——The two people on the left and right have no military power in their hands now, even if they live in the Tai Palace, it will not have any impact on Liu Sheng at all.

The relationship between Zhou Yafu and Zhao Yu is really complicated.

Zhou Yafu was born as a son of the Marquis of Gong, and was accepted as a marquis by the first emperor on the grounds of 'restoring the Marquis of Jiang', and was promoted through meritorious service, almost completely relying on the promotion route of military generals, and finally reached the peak of Taiwei - Prime Minister.

In his early years, Zhao Yu took the path of a civil official - first as a lang, and then as a royal history with his 'sharp writing' specialty, and then traveled to various departments of the secretary of state, which can be said to have been precipitated for many years.

And when Zhou Yafu quelled the Wu Chu Rebellion, and was released from the military power by the Son of Heaven, and was promoted to prime minister and relieved Zhou Yafu of his position as a lieutenant, Zhao Yu happened to be in the leadership team of Zhou Yafu's Prime Minister's Mansion.

After becoming the prime minister, Zhou Yafu didn't know whether it was out of consideration to avoid suspicion, or whether he was really not interested in government affairs, or whether his ability was not enough to support his response, so he rarely appeared in the prime minister's mansion.

And during Zhou Yafu's period of 'Honorary Prime Minister', Zhao Yu also got a lot of opportunities.

- The prime minister doesn't care about things, so naturally the officials of the prime minister's office have to deal with those small things that should be handled by the prime minister, but are not too important and must not be handled by the prime minister.

If you have to do things, then you have to be in power.

Zhou Yafu doesn't do things, and his power is naturally taken away by lowly officials; When the officials of the prime minister's office do things, they naturally take a lot of power for themselves by the way.

Although most of these powers have no practical significance, for a Puyu like Zhao Yu, that kind of experience can be described as the most rare wealth in life.

It is precisely with that resume of 'obviously not the prime minister, but he did a lot of things that should have been done by the prime minister, and did not do it badly', that Zhao Yu was able to be quickly promoted to the current dynasty Jiuqing: court lieutenant at his current age and without being released to the county guard, but it did not attract too much dissatisfaction inside and outside the government.

As for Zhou Yafu, the 'benefactor' in the actual sense, Zhao Yu previously unreservedly showed how impersonal a Legalist scholar can become for the sake of principles······

"Uh······"

"Uh~"

Liu Sheng was thinking about it, and on the imperial couch behind him, there was a vague murmur from the Son of Heaven;

When the old man woke up, Liu Shengzi stuffed thousands of thoughts back into his mind, stretched out his hand and gently helped him by his side, and then got up and stood on the edge of the couch.

But seeing that on the royal couch, Tianzi Qi's extremely tired blinking eyes seemed to have a very physically exhausting dream;

And Tianzi Qi's next 'self-talk' made Liu Sheng's heart sink again.

Liu Hansheji, with the next words of Tianzi Qi, officially entered another political junction······

"I've seen my father's ······"

"Father said that I have done well over the years······"

"-I made some mistakes, but I did a good job after all······"

"My father also gave me a sword······

···

"Ha~"

"How long have I been asleep?"

The low and hoarse inquiry only caused Liu Sheng to subconsciously raise his head: "At most, it will not be more than half a moment." ”

"Ahh······h

"—I felt like I was in a different world, as if I had slept for many, many years······"

said so, Tianzi Qi finally moved his body and made a gesture to sit up from the couch;

When Liu Sheng hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Tianziqi's back, he saw Tianziqi slowly sitting up straight, and he didn't forget to say on his lips: "I, I miss King Liang." ”

"I haven't seen you in years;"

"I don't know what happened back then, Ah Wu, do you still remember the grudge against me······"

···

"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, you go to Changle and inform the Queen Mother."

"Let's just say, I miss King Liang."

"Before the autumn harvest, summon King Liang to Chang'an."

"-Accompany the queen mother;"

"Accompany me ······ too"

"Accompany ·········"

(End of chapter)