Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1431
Hall of Billion Years.

The emperor embraced the Cunxiao brothers.

After a warm hug, Cunxiao carefully looked at the fifth younger brother, looked left and right, and finally slapped his hands here and there, causing the eunuch Cao Huachun and others on the side to frown.

"It's pretty solid. I'm going to be 60 soon, and my figure is still the same as when I was 30. How much does it weigh?"

"One hundred and eight." Luo Cheng said with a smile.

The emperor who is more than 1.8 meters tall weighs only one hundred and eighty, which is a bit thin for an emperor who is about to conquer the world.

"Thin?"

"Thousands of money are hard to buy, and I am always thin. I have worked hard all these years to lose the twenty or thirty catties of meat." Luo Cheng smiled and reached out to pat the fourth brother's stomach, "It's you, You get fatter every year, and you came to Beijing last year, and you never saw you so fat."

The fourth child caressed his stomach and said helplessly, "To tell you the truth, since I chased and killed the Pyu prince 18 years ago when I got lost in the Savage Mountain and went through hell-like ordeals in the mountains for several months, I have This body is fat and out of control. Basically, it has to gain a few catties every year, and now it is more than 300 catties. I guess, these are the people I ate back then, and they are still pestering me The grievances are still there, the meat is growing out little by little now."

Cao Huachun and the others looked pale.

Luo Cheng laughed and said, "Nonsense, you, it's just that you have lost control of yourself these years, you eat more and exercise less. I guess you must seldom ride a horse?"

"Ride, what about the black-haired and fair-skinned Persian princess, the blond-haired and blue-eyed Roman horse, and the mysterious Arabian woman, the Egyptian black pearl whose black shiny hair never grows long, and what else is there from Tianzhu? , Kunlun Sea, and even those in the Northern Wilderness and Eastern Wasteland. In short, I have ridden quite a few horses in these years. Three days, no more than three days at a time. .”

Luo Cheng shook his head straight when he heard this, this brother is useless.

Back then, Cunxiao shot Yu Wangluo, which once showed his prestige on the battlefield, but now, this brother is addicted to wine and sex all day long.

"Don't shake your head, I'm thinking about it. I'm over 60 years old. According to our Han family tradition, after [-], I'm not a short-lived ghost. I've enjoyed all the glory and wealth in this life. I don’t have much to pursue anymore. While I can still move, I should ride more horses, eat more and drink more. Anyway, these things are not brought with me in life or death. I’m not like you, you are the emperor. I am the son of Haotian God, the lord of hundreds of millions of people, and I am a vassal king."

As for the vassal king, he must have the self-consciousness of the vassal king, so he cannot become a threat to the emperor and the court.

"I know that my reputation is not very good. I used to be reckless and domineering. After I became a vassal, I didn't raise horses, plant trees, and mine mines in my territory with peace of mind like Siye. I like fighting and killing people. I killed people all these years There are many, beyond count. Hundreds of countries, large and small, have been wiped out in the southwest. As for those unnamed mountain tribes, I don’t know how many. From Dianchi Lake to Erhai Lake, from Lijiang to Lishui Bay, I bear the burden. You are the son of Shengming, the benevolent emperor, I will be the murderer, I am the elder brother of the emperor, who will I not do this kind of dirty work?"

Now that he is old, Cun Xiao doesn't have any ambitions and schemes anymore, he doesn't want to do anything big, he just wants to have a good time for a few more years.

"But you are different. Look at you, you are 60 years old, but your body is still so good. With your body, you can live another 30 years without any problem. What are you rushing to abdicate? Do you know that you will be the emperor for a day? , people in the world can feel at ease for a day, how many people are worried about you going to abdicate, even those barbarians in the border areas will have other ideas, and even want to make a move."

Luo Cheng smiled.

"I don't dare to think about living another 30 years. It would be nice to live another ten years. But even if I can live another ten or twenty years, I don't want to be an emperor anymore. I'm tired of being an emperor. Passing on the throne to Jiawen while I was still alive, and helping him on the horse and seeing him off while I was still awake, even if it took three to five years, would allow him to safely pass through the critical period of succession."

"The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. What are you in a hurry for? Could it be that Jiawen can't wait? He has been the crown prince for 40 years, so what if we wait a few more years?" Cun Xiao said.

"Jiawen has been the crown prince for nearly 40 years, and he has already made enough preparations to take over. It's time. In fact, these years, especially in the past ten years, I have tried my best to let the prince regent. I read more and said What's more, the prince's performance is getting better and better, so good that I can let go completely, the abdication doesn't really change much for me, it's just a name change."

"How can you say that it's just a title, you know, how important is this title?" Cun Xiao persuaded.

"I've made a decision on this matter long ago, and I won't change it. You have come all the way, so don't worry about it anymore. Before I abdicate, if you have any demands, just mention them to me in person. The opportunity is not lost." , the time will never come again?" Luo Cheng patted his brother on the shoulder and smiled.

Cunxiao was helpless, he knew that this brother had always been like this, once he made a decision, even ten cows would never be able to pull him back.

"Actually, I don't have any demands. This life is enough. I was just a country rascal back then. I have gained a lot of glory by following you. I used to have a lot of dissatisfaction with you, but these years also Gradually I am convinced, no matter what you do better than me, the only thing I can be proud of is that I have more concubines than you, have ridden more horses than you, and have given birth to more children than you .”

There are many concubines in filial piety, and there are also many children. There are more than 70 sons alone. Up to now, there are 160 three grandchildren, and even dozens of great-grandchildren.

His branch is considered to be the most prosperous in the clan.

Even after Cunxiao turned 60 years old, he gave birth to more than a dozen sons in a few years, all of whom are still young children now.

"How about this, your four sons, now the eldest son is the son, and the second son is entrusted with the title of Ruiguang County King, I will give you a special reward, and I will give you one for each of the three elders in your family. The title of duke of the country is assigned to the Kunlun Sea Islands, which can be regarded as spreading branches and leaves for your family."

When Cunxiao heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then thanked him happily.

Originally, as the emperor's elder brother, after his death, the title and fiefdom could be divided and inherited by his three sons.The rest of the princes have no titles.

Of course, the emperor will also specifically allow the eldest to directly inherit the title of the king, and even let the second and third children only downgrade to the title of the county king.

Before that, the emperor had been kind enough to let the second child go out and be named Duanguang County King, which meant that Luo Cunxiao's descendants would have two fiefs.

But now, the emperor actually wants the third and fourth sons to be entrusted separately, so his family will have four fiefs, and the four sons can be divided by the three sons in the future, which is a great reward.

Even if it is entrusted to the archipelago of the Kunlun Sea, that would be a great reward. After all, many islands in the Kunlun Sea have been discovered, and some big islands are even larger than the Central Plains. It is not that kind of bird at all. No shit island.

"Then I will give my family wealth to the third and the fourth one in the future, and let these two boys take the emperor's grace to entrust the land and become the vassal."

"If you and your sons are willing, I can also confer knights on them, and entrust them to the borders of the north and south to spread their branches and establish branches."

Other knights generally grant five hundred acres of Yongye Field, even if they are the chief knights, that is one thousand acres, and now the emperor is willing to grant knights to the more than 70 sons who are filial piety, and give them one thousand acres each. Acres of land, let them divide the frontiers and establish branches.

Cunxiao smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Then divide them all up. I have accumulated a lot of family property over the years, and it happens that each person has a share. It is good to divide it. After the division is clean, the family property is clean. In the future, even if Dexiu inherits my title of King of Lijiang And part of the fiefdom, without such a strong family business, without so many brothers around, there will be no unreasonable thoughts, and you can be a clan vassal with peace of mind, and screen the frontier for the court and the emperor."

Luo Cheng was not surprised that Cunxiao understood the deep intention of his tweet so quickly. He was afraid that he would understand, so he deliberately said it out to show his loyalty to the emperor, the court and even the prince.

"The world is so big, and there are countless mountains, rivers and plains left unoccupied. It is both a reward and a responsibility to entrust more descendants of my Royal Luo family. They will take the lead in going to those remote and remote places, colonize and open up, and guard the frontier. "

"It should be, this world belongs to our Luo family, and the Luo family's children must of course rush to the front. Just like us back then, we were brothers fighting tigers, father and son soldiers, and brothers working together to help you conquer the mountains and rivers of thousands of miles. "

"I'm glad you can think so, and I'm relieved."

The policy system of the royal family will have a great impact on the future. It is not advisable to keep the royal descendants in the capital blindly. If they are too laissez-faire and let them go out of the town, it will be a big deal.

If it is the same as raising pigs, it will undoubtedly impose a great financial burden on the imperial court in the future. Therefore, enfeoffing the clan to other places, giving them more land, and not giving them the right to govern the people and command the army, will allow them to Solve their own support problems, and even live a relatively prosperous life without shaking the foundation of the imperial court.Once the central government is in danger, these descendants of the clan who are enfeoffed in various borders can still become the banner of defending the king of Guoqin.

The frontier land is still an undeveloped land, and there are a lot of unowned land. Let the clan bring craftsmen, population, and wealth to open up, and it can also drive the development of the frontier land without affecting the people.

This time Luo Cheng plans to make another big distribution order, but not before he abdicates, but after he abdicates, the new emperor Jiawen will issue this big distribution order, and all the descendants of several generations of the current royal clan will be distributed. Let the new emperor show his favor.

There is another advantage of this division of feudalism, that is, through the division of feudalism, these powerful clan kings will be separated, and all their children will be divided out. They will definitely distribute their property and family business to let them go out and become independent. In this way, The strength of the powerful clan kings will be weakened, and the descendants will be scattered, so the influence of the eldest son of Dazong will be much weaker. In this way, there is no need to worry about the threat of these powerful clan princes to the new central emperor.

"I have someone prepare the food and drink. Fourth brother, you have two drinks with me. We brothers also get together less and leave more, and it is difficult to talk a few times when we see each other. Let's talk more today." The emperor pulled Cunxiao.

Luo Cunxiao, a big fat man weighing more than 300 jin, laughed, "I like to drink. Bring a few more bottles of the good wine in your palace. I won't go home if I'm not drunk today!"

(End of this chapter)