"I especially remember that back then, when the emperor was first sent to me, it was still in the Jiaofang Hall of Weiyang Palace."

"At that time, the emperor was only the size of a palm······"

He retreated to the apse, and waited for Liu Sheng behind him to follow, and when Liu Sheng helped him to sit down on the couch, the Empress Dowager Dou began to recall the past in a tone full of embarrassment.

"At that time, it should be the fourteenth year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, right?"

"In the blink of an eye, more than 20 years have passed."

"The emperor has grown into a husband - my Liu's husband who stands up to the sky."

"And I, a blind old woman, have long been old······"

Listening to his grandmother's unexplained sighs, Liu Sheng only felt a burst in his heart, but he didn't forget to politely say 'the imperial grandmother is not old' and 'the imperial grandmother will definitely live a long life'.

It's just that the Empress Dowager Dou is obviously 'not here'.

To be precise: Empress Dowager Dou summoned Liu Sheng to this apse, and it was by no means to simply recall the past······

"Dou Wan is the concubine of the deceased brother: Nanpihou Dou Changjun's concubine."

"It stands to reason that the people of the Nanpihou family have always been taught by their elder brother to be loyal to the king, and they would not have done such a thing."

"Now that I have done it, I don't ask much, what the emperor says, I will believe it."

"It's just that my brother Nanpihou worked hard, but the bloodline is only Dou Pengzu and Dou Wan are still alive."

"Dou Wan is dead, Dou Pengzu, the emperor will never be able to touch it······"

"After all, you want to leave a bloodline for my brother, and leave a descendant who can offer blood and incense?"

Hearing this, Liu Sheng only smiled and nodded, but did not speak.

Nanpihou Dou Changjun was the only brother of the Empress Dowager Dou and has passed away.

The only two bloodlines that remain in the world, although the concubine Dou Wan is about to die due to the matter of the servant Ma Zheng, but the eldest son, the second Nanpihou Dou Pengzu, has been sitting firmly in the position of Fengchang for ten years.

It doesn't seem strange to hear: sitting in the position of Jiuqing for more than ten years doesn't seem to be too difficult.

But don't forget, the position where Dou Pengzu sits is Feng Chang, who has the highest mortality rate in the nine Qings!

What do you mean?

Let's take a very simple example.

One day, Liu Sheng wanted to go to Taimiao and Gaomiao on a whim to pay tribute to his ancestors, and at this time, he needed to arrange all the rituals for his subordinates.

How strict are these rituals to worship ancestors?

——In the process of worshipping ancestors, any oil lamp in the Taimiao and Gao Temple was extinguished, beheaded!

- The entire Fengchang subordinate ya, including Fengchang himself, is unforgiving!

- It's useless for anyone to intercede!

Because in this era, any accident that occurs in the process of worshipping ancestors can leave infinite space for reverie for people all over the world.

Such a reverie will greatly shake the foundation of the emperor's rule and the source of the legal system: ancestors.

You went to worship the high temple, the oil lamp went out, is this Emperor Taizu Gao, who does not recognize you, a disdainful descendant?

You went to worship the Taimiao, and suddenly a gust of wind blew, is this the emperor Taishang, who has a grudge against you bastard?

But don't think that no one believes such nonsense!

Think about the past, what subverted the foundation of Ying Qin for a hundred years, but it was a sentence hidden in the belly of the fish's 'Da Chuxing, Chen Shengwang'.

If you want to avoid similar things from happening in the Han family under your own rule, the only choice is to throw the pot.

It's just such a pot, whoever touches it dies.

In the past 60 years since the Han Dynasty, nearly 20 people have been in the past, or they used to be called 'Taichang', and four of them died in similar sacrificial accidents.

It's just that in the green history, it will not be recorded that Taichang XX and Fengchang XX will die because they extinguished a lamp and a gust of wind during the sacrifice, but will be recorded as 'sudden illness' and 'sudden death', and even 'knowing the destiny of heaven' and 'dying at the end of their lives'.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that killing a subordinate is almost no difficulty for Emperor Liu Han.

- First appoint this person as a regular person, and then worship an ancestor and a temple at two ends in three days.

From another point of view, Dou Pengzu has been able to sit firmly in the position of Fengchang for so many years, not because the first emperor and Liu Sheng are lazy and unwilling to pay tribute to their ancestors, but because the first emperor and Liu Sheng are willing to 'shield' Dou Pengzu to a certain extent.

After all, no matter how you say it, Dou Pengzu is also the only card that Dou's relatives can take out after Dou Ying.

If you really want him to die, the wrath of the Empress Dowager Dou is definitely not something that anyone in this world can bear······

"If something like this happened to Dou Wan, Yuan An, he wouldn't be able to live?"

After a short silence, Empress Dowager Dou spoke again, and her tone regained a hint of tentativeness.

It's just that Liu Sheng has long been accustomed to this, and he knew that the imperial grandmother was testing his own business level in the school, so he hurriedly straightened up.

Rao is already a draft, but he still didn't forget to think about it carefully, and after a moment of wording, Fang said solemnly: "The servant Ma Zheng is the safety of the world, and now that such a thing has happened, if the investigation and handling of the servant with great fanfare, I am afraid that there will be a lot of turmoil." ”

"On the contrary, it is precisely because the servant Ma Zheng is too important, if such a thing happens, if the grandson does not investigate and deal with it seriously, the future servant Ma Zheng will only make the world feel more disappointed."

"In the eyes of the grandson, this is also the reason why the imperial grandmother did not let Tingwei go to treat Dou Wan's crime, but let Dou Wan go to the ancestral hall to be punished?"

With a soft word, the Empress Dowager Dou nodded slowly, and Liu Sheng continued: "So Sun Er thinks that this matter can neither be high-profile nor high-profile. ”

"Specifically, it is to release the news to the outside world: the servant Yuan Ang is frail and sick, and he will return to his hometown after telling the old man, and then appoint a new servant, and the hands of the new servant will be in the name of integration and transfer, and the servants will be vigorously rectified."

"Internally, there is no need to take care of the dignity of the court anymore - Sun Er plans to prepare everything that happened as an official document and distribute it to every official above the thousand stones of my Han family, and tell them everything that happened."

"If you can, write the fate of Dou Wan and Yuan Ang in official documents, and if the emperor's grandmother agrees, you can also raid the homes of Dou Wan, Yuan Ang and other evildoers······"

In the end, Liu Sheng's voice involuntarily lowered, and he couldn't help but hesitate a little when he looked at his grandmother.

Copying the family, almost every appearance in the feudal era, is closely associated with the 'extermination'.

Raiding the family of the Empress Dowager Dou almost means that in front of the Empress Dowager Dou, a certain bloodline of the Dou clan will be cut off.

Liu Sheng has to do this.

But before doing it, you must get the approval of the Empress Dowager Dou.

As for Yuan An, it is not difficult to hear from Liu Sheng's sentence 'Everyone must be made aware of the fate of Dou Wan and Yuan An': Yuan An's fate will never be better than Dou who will kneel to death in the Dou ancestral hall······

"It is not dignified to be raided by a servant."

"Outsiders have seen it, and it has been passed on to ten, ten, and hundred, and the emperor wants to whitewash the peace, but he has to make it known to everyone in the world······"

"So be it."

"In a few days, I asked Nan Pihou to take my Dou clan clan to Dou Wan's mansion in person to raid his mansion."

"On top of the official documents, the emperor can still write 'Dou Wan's mansion was raided and all the stolen money was found' and so on."

"As for the part of Dou Wan's greed for ink, it can't be copied from his house, so Changle Palace will make up for it······"

"—Grandmother ······"

"No need to say it again~"

···

"The sons and nephews of the clan did such a thing, it's me, the elder, who failed to control it."

"In the people, when a child tramples on a neighbor's crop, his parents still have to pay a few catties of rice, and then come to the door to confess."

"Now, the nephews of my clan have done something wrong, and it is time for me, the elder, to come forward."

"——The internal treasury of the Shaofu is the public weapon of the country."

"The servant Ma Zheng is the foundation of the stability of the world."

"Emperor, don't say anything more······"

After that, Empress Dowager Dou ignored Liu Sheng's dissuasion and explained something to the Changle Palace Da Changqiu beside her.

Liu Sheng knew that the Empress Dowager Dou was not joking.

The loss caused by Dou Wan, the Empress Dowager Dou, will really allocate money from Changle Palace to compensate.

And now, the Empress Dowager Dou, who was sitting on the edge of the imperial couch and was silent, was waiting for Liu Sheng's reaction.

- Killing Dou Wan, supporting Liu Sheng's final disposition of this matter, and compensating for all losses caused by Dou Wan, is the attitude of the empress dowager;

And next, it's time for Liu Sheng, the weak-crowned genius, to show his attitude······

"Yuan Ang is old, and the servant is vacant."

"My grandson really doesn't know who to call the servant······"

"—Nanpihou can't be a servant."

"From now on, the servant of my Han family must not be a relative."

only tentatively said one word, and the Empress Dowager Dou made her attitude clear: Relatives should not be servants.

This did not surprise Liu Sheng.

After all, this time, Dou Wan's order for a Lishan stable made the Empress Dowager Dou pay tens of thousands of gold in compensation.

And in the Taifu Ma political system, I don't know how many Lishan stables and how many Lishan stables are ordered.

If you really let the Dou family make a servant, and wait for the next day to come back like this, even if the Empress Dowager Dou sells herself, I am afraid she will not be able to afford to lose······

It's not too much, then the problem is a little difficult to solve.

- Now, Wei Qihou Dou Ying has been forcibly ordered to return to the feudal country, and Dou Pengzu, the only one who can handle it, is performing his duties.

At the moment when the Dou clan really can't come up with a second person who can enter the court as an official and serve the Dou clan's wings, the only way to compensate the Dou clan is actually to promote Dou Pengzu.

Since it is a promotion, Dou Pengzu's new position must not be lower than Fengchang.

To put it more bluntly: Dou Pengzu is already Jiuqing, and because of his status as a relative, it is really inconvenient to be the third prince.

So the problem is very simple: within the scope of Jiuqing, let Dou Pengzu be transferred and change to a slightly better Jiuqing position than Fengchang.

In today's Han Dynasty, the position of Jiuqing, which is better than Fengchang, can only be said to meet the requirements except for the subject countries.

But except for the servant who has been vetoed by the Empress Dowager Dou, the only vacant position in Jiuqing now is precisely the subject country······

"But there is one more thing, I forgot to tell the imperial grandmother."

"—Uncle Tian, the beggar bone."

"- Neishi Han Anguo, please let it out."

"These two things, my grandson really can't make up my mind······"

Recalling the changes in the court in the past period of time, Liu Sheng, who had already vaguely guessed the intentions of the Empress Dowager Dou, finally mustered up the courage to say these words.

And Empress Dowager Dou's next response also made Liu Sheng sincerely admire.

——Admiration for the Empress Dowager Lu who 'graduated' from the Empress Dowager Lu and stepped step by step to her current status.

"Uncle Tian is indeed not young, but there is really no one in the court."

"—If the Emperor can't do it, then let me come."

"-I'll take the time to meet Uncle Tian and find a way to let him stay for a few more years."

···

"Han Anguo, please let go, it should be trying to take the wrong path."

"Although Han Anguo used to be an official in the Liang State and had a lot of martial arts in the Wu Chu Rebellion, if you want to pay homage to the prime minister, there are still some deficiencies after all."

"Then let him go to the borderland, set up some martial arts to come back, and take over Uncle Tian's position as the imperial historian."

"——After the Wu Chu Rebellion, King Liang Xiao repeatedly said in my ear: Han Anguo is a talented man who is both civil and military."

"Let him go to the border, if he wants to come to the sidewall, he can also be a little more stable······"

···

"Uncle Tian stays in office, waiting for Han Anguo, who is released, to return to Beijing to replace him, and the position of internal history will be vacant again."

"Sehou is unsuspicious, and has always been a loyal and benevolent person."

"It's only fitting that he should do the internal history."

"-After all, no matter how you say it, there is no doubt that he is also a courtier of Emperor Xianxiaojing, and with him as a guard, the emperor can't be completely at ease."

"Let's take this opportunity to let him do the internal history······"

···

"Sehou has made an internal history, and this vacant guard captain ······"

"It's up to the emperor to think about it himself."

"This position needs to be filled by a person whom the emperor trusts very much and is loyal to his duty."

"It's just that I really don't know if the emperor has such a loyal elder who trusts him······"

Hearing the end, Liu Sheng finally understood the meaning of the Empress Dowager Dou's words, so he took over the conversation with a smile: "Self-existent, self-existent······"

"It's just that in this way, the position of Feng Chang ······"

"- Yuan An, an old minister of the Three Dynasties."

Without waiting for Liu Sheng's voice to fall, the Empress Dowager Dou spoke again and pointed out the last way for Liu Sheng.

"Such an old minister, if he dies in the matter of the servant Ma Zheng, it is inevitable that some people will say that the emperor is stingy, and for the sake of a few horses, he will be punished with the death penalty of the old ministers of the three dynasties."

"But Yuan An's confidence as an 'old minister' was given by Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xianxiaojing."

"If he is allowed to do Fengchang, and then when he commemorates Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, there will be some shocking little mistakes······"

···

"Ahem, cough, cough, ······"

"I'm getting old······"

"These things, the emperor will do it himself······"

"—don't go overboard."

"After all, Emperor Taizong is also the emperor's imperial grandfather·········"

(End of chapter)