The news that Princess Wuyang was suitable for Duan Tong, the former guard of the emperor, spread quickly, and although there was no official edict yet, it was basically confirmed.

Of course, there is a reason why there is no edict, after all, she is the second daughter of the emperor, and the eldest princess Liu Hua is unmarried.

According to the etiquette system, the elders and young are orderly, and the younger sister can not go beyond the elder sister.

Now, everyone's eyes are focused on the eldest princess of Anyang, which makes her very stressed.

Now she can't choose a husband anymore, Wuyang is still looking at her, Liu Wei is also sixteen years old, and the queen mother has already said that she wants to choose a concubine for him a few days ago.

Liu Zhi didn't want to force her, but the queen mother put pressure on the queen, and Deng Meng talked to her daughter twice.

In order not to worry her mother, Liu Hua had no choice but to take the information that the Queen Mother had preliminarily arranged for her and watch it carefully.

Pick and choose to take aside what he thought was inappropriate, and when he saw Lai Yan's name, he hesitated for a moment, and finally let it go.

After all, he once said to his face that he was unwilling to become a member of the royal family, and she Liu Hua was also the eldest princess of the Han Dynasty, so it was impossible for her to be strong.

Here she is still carefully selecting, and over there Concubine Geng De is also starting to plan for her son.

Unlike princesses and princesses, their marriages are generally political, and the family must be helpful to their future.

Liu Wei is the eldest son, even if he is not a descendant, he is still qualified to compete for the crown prince.

After all, in the hundreds of years of history of the Han Dynasty, there are not a few people who can inherit the unification as concubines, and until the end, no one knows whether they have the fate of the true son of heaven.

Over the years, Geng Xian's status in the palace has been quite good, and the rebellion case of that year, because she made a decision immediately, did not suffer much.

But she was very clear-headed, and knew that this was only a superficial phenomenon, and once she was involved in the battle for the crown prince, these black histories would definitely become a reason to be attacked.

In other words, when her confused father decided to make a coup, he had already cut off his son's future.

So over the years, she has also extinguished that ambition and kept her duty, but Liu Wei didn't think so, he felt that he had been working hard and being excellent in all aspects.

And the queen's twin sons, although they are descendants and occupy an orthodox position, they still have an advantage in age.

And because Liu Jin and Liu Yu are twins, it will be very difficult to choose in the future, and the competition will be fierce at that time.

As for the other younger brother Liu Zhen, he didn't pay attention to it at all, that guy didn't even have a mother, and his own personality was honest and silly.

With such a person, how could my father rest assured that the huge country would be in his hands.

The son who was raised by himself, how Geng Xian didn't understand his thoughts, and found an opportunity to persuade him a few times.

Liu Wei promised every time in front of his mother, but when he turned around, he was still the same.

In the end, Geng Xian had no choice but to let it go, after all, the emperor was still in the prime of life, and he had never heard that he planned to make the crown prince.

In a few years, maybe everything will change.

This time Liu Wei chose a concubine, and the mother and son had disagreements again, Geng Xian hoped that he would find a well-informed ordinary woman as his wife.

After all, regardless of whether Liu Wei intends to participate in the battle for the crown prince or not, it is the best choice to lower his posture and avoid being noticed and used under the current circumstances.

As for the help of the wife's family, it is actually not as important as imagined, and even if the other party's background is too good, it will be harmful.

Because the emperor clearly hated the dictatorship of his relatives, the powerful foreign family not only did not play an auxiliary role, but also might cause the emperor's disgust.

But Liu Wei doesn't think so, there is no one in his mother's family anymore, and now he is alone in the court, without a reliable helper.

In this case, what could be safer than a powerful wife?

For this reason, the mother and son argued, and there were more than 30 copies of the information sent by the Queen Mother, and the alternative girls in them had their own merits.

Some are the daughters of old meritorious families, some are the daughters of important ministers in the court, and of course, some have average family backgrounds.

In the mind of the Queen Mother, marrying a wife should be a virtuous woman, so when she chooses, she mainly looks at the woman's temperament, talent and character.

Among so many talented and good-looking women, Liu Wei took a fancy to Yuan Xu's fourth daughter Yuan Lin at a glance, Yuan Xuan is a secretary provincial scholar, with real power, and is deeply favored by His Majesty.

And the noble daughters of those old meritorious families are noble in terms of status, but in fact, their mother's family does not have much real power.

What's more, according to Yuan Xu's current age, he can stay in the court for at least ten years, which is enough to assist him in competing for the position of crown prince.

As for Yuan Lin's appearance and personality, he doesn't care at all, royal marriage, what you look at is family background, and nothing else matters.

Geng Xian was very disappointed, his son was so high-profile, he almost wrote the word ambition on his face, but he was still self-righteous and couldn't listen to her bitter advice.

It seems that he is still too young, thinking that as long as he behaves well and tries to let his father see his hard work and excellence, there will be hope.

But in fact, on the contrary, Geng Xian usually likes to read, and the high-profile princes in the history books all ended miserably without exception.

Here Liu Wei took the small statue of Yuan Lin and immediately ran to Yong'an Palace to restore his life, of course, he has always been a little clever, and it is impossible to say his plans clearly.

just praised Yuan Lin from top to bottom, and he seemed to fall in love at first sight.

The old man is naturally happy to see the marriage and beauty of the younger generations, and he is very happy to hear it.

"Okay, when the matter of Anyang is decided, I will immediately book the matter of you and Wuyang together.

When the time comes, it will be three joys, and everyone will be happy, hahaha......"

These days, the Queen Mother is worried about the marriage of several grandchildren, and she is very busy, and she has already thrown her previous troubles out of the clouds.

Seeing that her body was getting tougher and tougher, Liu Zhi was naturally very pleased.

When Liu Zhi knew that his eldest son had chosen Yuan's daughter, he was stunned and did not express his position immediately, but temporarily suppressed it.

That night, he went to Geng Xian's palace to ask for her opinion, but he was recommended by different candidates.

When the son grows up, he begins to have his own ideas, and he, as a father, should also take the responsibility of guiding.

In fact, he does not object to his son's ambitions, as a prince, who does not want to become the Ninth Five-Year Supreme.

As long as the means are legitimate, there is nothing wrong with that, and he knows very well that with Yuan Xu's wisdom, even if his daughter marries Liu Wei, she will not participate in the battle for the prince.

However, he still decided to follow Concubine De's opinion, because once he agreed that his son would take Yuan Lin, it would be detrimental to Yuan Xu's official reputation.

No matter how impartial he is, in the eyes of others, he will be bound to Liu Wei.

And he is not only a father, but also the controller of the Han Empire, so before doing anything, you need to think about the country first.

Therefore, in the end, he still made a decision and chose the daughter of a six-grade civil official, the woman's name is Wen Wu, and she is a girl with both color and art.

And with a gentle and generous personality, she will definitely be a good candidate for the princess in the future.

When Liu Wei heard that his father finally chose the candidate recommended by his mother, he couldn't help but be furious, and angrily ran to Geng Xian to question.

The mother and son had a big quarrel and broke up unhappily.

Geng Xian also became cold to his son because of this, and planned to ignore him in the future, so as not to be angry with him.

But this matter is already in the boat, she will not change her decision, angry is angry, she can't watch her son make mistakes again and again.

And Liu Hua, who has always been quite decisive over there, is indecisive in his marriage, and it is always difficult to make a decision.

In the end, she simply gave up, and selected three candidates for her mother and grandmother.

Since you can't find someone you love with, what does it matter who you marry, as long as the conditions are comparable.

Empress Dowager Yun discussed with Deng Meng, asked Liu Zhi's opinion, and finally chose a Hou for her.

Fu Wan's personality is deep and generous, a talent, he is the seventh grandson of the great Situ Fu Zhan, the lord is "not his marquis", and the official worships the servant.

Liu Hua himself had no opinion, and finally decided to do so.

In April, the palace issued an official edict, the eldest daughter of the emperor, Princess Yang'an, who was not suitable for the marquis, and the second daughter of the emperor was suitable for Duan Tong, the former guard.

And the emperor's eldest son, Liu Wei, is preparing to marry the daughter of Wen Shao, a six-rank civil official.

Although the edict was issued, it would take more than a year before the official marriage was made.

There are three princesses and princes getting married before and after, and there are too many things to be busy with, and the Empress Dowager Yun no longer has time to sigh.

She and the queen are busy preparing suitable dowries or dowries for them, and there are countless etiquettes to be completed, and I am afraid that I will not be idle for a moment in the past two years.

What's more, Liu Zhen and another princess, Liu Ying, also reached the age of marriage two years later, and it should be said that they have not been idle for many years.

After the children's marriages were decided, Liu Zhi could be regarded as having completed a heartfelt matter.

Seeing that summer is approaching again, this year I plan to take a boat north from the canal to Zhuojun to have a look.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhuo County belonged to Youzhou, which is now the area of Beijing, and was already one of the important border cities at that time.

Especially when Liaodong had not yet been recovered, Zhuo County bordered the Xianbei ethnic groups, so it became an important military town.

In fact, from the Warring States Period, plus hundreds of years of the Qin and Han dynasties, Zhuojun was an important military place.

Later, after the development of navigation began, a port was opened on the coast of Zhuojun, and now the trial operation of the steamship has been successfully completed.

Deng Yan traveled thousands of miles from the Indian Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope to the Mediterranean, and the Han Empire and the ancient Roman Empire have since reached a higher level in diplomatic exchanges.

He visited the countries along the Mediterranean coast and lobbied them to dig a grand canal in Egypt to shorten the trade distance with the Han Dynasty.

At this time, the ancient Roman Empire was at its peak and had a strong appeal among the countries bordering the Mediterranean.

After much consideration, they finally felt that this plan was beneficial to them, and Dahan also promised to support them technically.

After all, Dahan has a lot of experience in digging canals.

They also have unheard-of steam machinery, which is said to be miraculous in pumping and transporting water.

With the Roman Empire taking the lead, some small countries around it flocked to it, and then Deng Yan sent people to persuade the king of the Rest Empire.

So the construction of a great canal began, which was the task given to him by Liu Zhi before he set off, and now it was successfully completed without much effort.

On this return voyage, he did not find another way, but returned the same way, and it was not an easy task to detour from the Cape of Good Hope.

Even with the advent of steamships, which are several times faster than those of the sailboats of the past, it is very cumbersome to sail such long distances.

When he returned to Dahan, it took him a year to stay in Nanyang for a short time, and then he set off for the north, preparing to return to Beijing to resume his life.

On the way, I heard that the emperor had gone to Zhuo County, so I went directly to meet him.

Liu Zhi has just arrived in Zhuo County, and this year the queen is busy with the marriage of several children and stays in Luoyang again.

And Liu Hua and Liu Sleeve had to prepare for marriage, and they couldn't accompany him, so Liu Zhi only brought Tian Sheng, who had just been promoted to fullness.

There was no palace in Zhuo County, and Liu Zhi didn't want to waste money and labor, so he chose a family villa in the suburbs.

He set out in mid-May and walked up the canal, stopping everywhere he went to inspect the local economy.

In order to reduce the expenses of the government along the way, the reception expenses were paid by the private treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so as not to cause local comparisons and waste manpower and material resources.

If it is because of simple travel that leads to local financial difficulties, then what is the difference between him and Emperor Yang of Sui, who is so happy.

Fortunately, he had a steamer, so he didn't need to recruit countless beautiful young women like Emperor Yang of Sui to pull fiber for him.

Because it is at their own expense, the reception specifications are uniform, and they will not be too extravagant and wasteful.

Of course, he also strictly forbade the holding of grand welcome ceremonies and other events, except for the company of key local government officials and some celebrities.

In addition to checking the local people's livelihood, by the way, you will also visit local places of interest, lakes and mountains.

After nearly 20 years as an emperor, he felt the comfort of being an emperor for the first time.

In this way, by the time I arrived in Zhuojun, it was already mid-June, and I settled down and rested for a few days, and it happened that Deng Yan had also arrived.

This time, Deng Yan brought him special jewelry and luxury goods from the Mediterranean coast, as well as many local books.

The ancient Roman Empire, in particular, had its own unique advantages in basic mathematics and architecture, as well as in law.

Because he was not in Beijing, Liu Zhi did not hold an official official welcome ceremony for him, and the two of them sat on the ground, eating and chatting leisurely.

"I heard before that the Roman Empire had no emperor, only a head, and the power was in the hands of the House of Elders."

The style of the ancient Roman Empire, which is similar to the democratic system of later generations, is indeed very novel to the Han people, who strictly adhered to the feudal monarchy system.

However, this is not acceptable to the ordinary Han scholars, after all, this is very different from the traditional way of Confucius and Mencius.