Liu Zheng became the emperor, and Wang Zhengjun naturally became the queen.

If you look closely, you will find that Queen Wang's ascension to the sky is actually the emergence of a big family. Wang Zhengjun's father, Wang Ban, was a drunkard, and he had many children, with a total of eight sons and four daughters, and Wang Zhengjun was the second.

In this way, eleven brothers and sisters, plus seven aunts and eight aunts, it is not surprising that the Wang family will be the most populous relative in history.

Here's the problem.

Will such a huge group of relatives threaten the imperial power?

The answer is unquestionable, because later facts will speak for themselves.

Now Liu Zheng can't take care of these, I'm afraid he still has to thank Wang Zhengjun for giving birth to Liu Biao for himself in time, Emperor Xuan is alive, the only grandson he has ever seen is Liu Ao, and he naturally likes it very much, so as to consolidate Liu Zheng's position as the prince. Among Emperor Xuan's seven sons, the most favored was the second son, Liu Qin, the king of Huaiyang.

In the eyes of Emperor Xuan, Liu Qin is more like himself, while although Liu Zheng is versatile, he has a cowardly personality, and all the things that do not go well are written on his face, and he mixes with Confucian scholars all day long, talking about it is okay, but governing the country is insufficient.

Anyone who has ever been an emperor knows that the emperor is by no means so easy to be an emperor, and a wrong decision will greatly damage the vitality of the country, and even make countless heads fall to the ground. It is not good to be an emperor with a mouth full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and you must have the courage to kill and decide. In short, the emperor should not be too merciful, he should be a killer, he will not be merciful, and of course, he should not be stingy when he should be benevolent.

This is the difference between Liu Zheng and Emperor Xuan, who was very strict with his officials, and would be severely punished if he did not do anything wrong. Liu Zheng couldn't stand it, and once confronted Emperor Xuan in person, and Emperor Xuan was so angry that he almost abolished him on the spot.

Liu Zheng didn't care, he wasn't the emperor, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the subset of classics and histories were his dishes, which was enough for him to study for a lifetime.

He will be obsessed with a noble piece of music, he will be sad about the loss of a woman, but he will not be sad that he has not been given the throne.

"The emperor's position, what's wrong with him, who is rare!"

From this point of view, Liu Zheng is very unfortunate, he lost his mother at a young age, he was widowed at a young age, and the unfortunate things will continue in the future, but the most unfortunate thing is that he sat in a seat that he should not sit, but he did not expect that the national fortunes have declined since then.

From another point of view, Liu Zheng is very lucky, a talented man like him still has a long life as an emperor, and countless people have cultivated for eight lifetimes, and they don't necessarily have such a life when they think about it day and night. And with his benevolence and weakness, he did not meet the strong queen mother and the brutal queen, and he was indeed lucky to have a good death.

Brother Gongzi can't do it, so he will accept his fate.

In October of the first year of Huanglong (49 BC), when Liu Zheng sat on the Jinluan Hall with his butt worried, he actually stuck there.

Looking at the hordes of beauties in the harem, his emotional wounds were miraculously less painful.

He found that his courtiers had to listen to every word he said, and most of the time, no one dared to say half a word, even those Confucian scholars who had been talking in front of him all day long had to be respectful and cautious in their words and deeds, for fear of saying the wrong word.

With Liu Zheng's cleverness, he knew that this was a change brought about by imperial power.

To be honest, Liu Zheng really feels that this change is a bit twisted, he is a person who can tolerate humiliation and discomfort, he would rather be led by the nose by life than ask why.

This is Liu Zheng, his identity, his status has changed, but Liu Zheng will not change, there is no need to expect Liu Zheng to suddenly become strong and benevolent.

Liu Zheng's most relied on Xiao Wangzhi naturally.

Xiao Wangzhi is talented and has a good hand in governing the country, and he and Zhou Kan are partners, which can be said to complement each other.

While Xiao Wangzhi worked hard for the country, he did not look forward to recommending talents to Liu Zheng.

This includes a young man named Liu Gengsheng, Liu Gengsheng's name you may not be familiar with, when he became emperor, he had another name you may have heard, his other name is Liu Xiang, a famous scholar, bibliographer, writer, he also has an outstanding son named Liu Xin, father and son both occupy an important place in the history of literature.

Liu Gengsheng is the son of the former Zongzheng Liu De, he is currently very young, less than thirty years old, but he is appreciated by Xiao Wangzhi.

Who is Xiao Wangzhi? Among the auxiliary ministers, he is nominally behind Shi Gao, but everyone with a discerning eye knows that Shi Gao has no goods in his stomach, so he can only stand aside.

Therefore, the people who can make Xiao Wangzhi look at it a few times are amazing, let alone appreciate it.

Liu Gengsheng, a young man, is indeed not ordinary, he has not only been appreciated, but also reused, he is recommended by Xiao Wangzhi, and he is in the middle of the job. He is a close minister in the matter, and his duty is to accompany the emperor and fill in the gaps for the emperor's decision-making and behavior.

Another person Xiao Wangzhi admires is called Jin Chang in the service, Jin Chang is Jin Riyan's nephew, his father Jin Anshang and Jin Riyan are both famous ministers, although there is Xiongnu blood, but loyal to the imperial court, Jin Anshang in the Huo rebellion case because of the strict guarding of the palace gate meritorious service, the official to the Jianzhang Palace Captain.

Jin Chang inherited the fine tradition of the old Jin family and was proud of his straightforward admonition, so he was very valued by Xiao Wangzhi and was appointed as a servant.

With such a powerful master and such an upright courtier, Liu Zheng's life is quite good, even if he can't have a good reputation like his father, there should be no problem in being a seven-seven-eighty-eight.

In fact, this good start did last two years.

It wasn't until there was a great imbalance in Shi Gao's heart that this situation was broken.

Shi Gao was named the head of the auxiliary ministers, but he was never able to speak.

He can't blame others if he can't speak, the level is there, and there is nothing to say, at first, he was quite open-minded and didn't take it seriously.

Xiao Wangzhi Zhou Kan is a well-known Confucian, and it is indeed appropriate to give them the work, so he also intends to retire and become a nominal first minister.

Shi Gao thought that the emperor would think that for his humble and generous sake, he would pay more attention to him and respect him more.

However, Scoop's calculation was wrong.

He became a completely transparent person, or it didn't matter if he had him or not.

Xiao Wangzhi has always been arrogant, and he looks down on these relatives who have no ink, not to mention, if he is a relative, he is also a relative of Emperor Xuan, and the new emperor and the Shi family are a layer away. Moreover, Xu, Shi Zidi's illegal behavior has long fallen in Xiao Wangzhi's eyes, he has been holding back, and he has long wanted to find an opportunity to knock on these arrogant and domineering relatives.

In his opinion, Shousuke's position should be him, and Shi Gao occupies his position, not to mention cooperation, he doesn't even have a good face.

This made Scoot very angry.

The emperor didn't value him, Xiao Wangzhi and others excluded him, and people close to the Shi family fanned the flames, and Shi Gao was completely unbalanced.

He acted secretly, ready to give Xiao Wangzhi some hardship.