I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 457 This is the emperor's victory!

While Zhao Yu's temptation caused everyone present to ponder, Liu Sheng was also thinking.

It's not that Liu Sheng hasn't figured out his purpose until now;
But at this moment, Liu Sheng hesitated a little.

——Should I tell the truth about my plan?

——Should I make my hole cards public?

For every feudal emperor, this is very difficult to make up his mind to do.

Because the kings of feudal dynasties, without exception, instinctively regard "mystery" as an indispensable and important factor for them to sit firmly on the throne.

Xian Xiaojing Emperor Liu Qi also whispered in Liu Sheng's ear more than once: Let the courtiers guess what you are going to do, and feel anxious about it, but not to the point of mental and physical exhaustion, that is what you will do in the future. After the emperor, the most important thing to pay attention to.

The speed of this is actually very difficult to control.

——It means that people can't guess it, and people don't feel too uneasy because of "can't guess it". This degree is really extremely difficult to control.

But Liu Sheng still thought of the "great reputation" and "brilliant deeds" achieved by his father and grandfather in the past few decades.

Emperor Taizong Xiaowen inherited the Datong from generation to generation, and the good-natured persona has not yet collapsed;

But on this basis, there is also a nursery rhyme that "a foot of cloth can still be sewn, a bucket of rice can still be pounded, and two brothers can't be compatible", which is still spread all over the world.

Emperor Xiaojing Liu Qi had a blood feud with Wu Wang Liu Bi since the time of the prince. Almost when he was still the prince, he wrote the words "I will fight with my clan and princes sooner or later" on his forehead. .

But even so, today's inside and outside the court, and even the public opinion in the world are still saying: If there hadn't been a rebellion between Wu and Chu, and the reign of less than ten years, Emperor Xiaojing Liu Qi, in fact, is still worthy A temple number.

Even if it is not a good temple name like Taizong or Sejong, at least one can get a middle-level one, similar to Renzong.

Moreover, Emperor Xian Xiaojing's fault of "causing the Wu-Chu Rebellion" was not in the outbreak of the Wu-Chu Rebellion, but in the process of dealing with the Wu-Chu Rebellion, all parts of the world were greatly affected, and the rebellion affected people's lives on a large scale. .

Thinking of these, and recalling what he was going to do, Liu Sheng gradually felt relieved.

——There will always be people who feel that Liu Sheng is doing something wrong.

Including the Battle of Mayi last year, until the battle report of the "Great Victory" was sent to Chang'an, even if the established fact of the Mayi Great Victory was in front of our eyes, some people still said that Liu Sheng made a wrong decision and it was just a fluke Relatively satisfactory results have been obtained'.

Therefore, Liu Sheng, as well as every feudal emperor, was actually unable to satisfy anyone and make no one wrong.

The ones who can really judge whether the emperor is right or wrong are never the bystanders from the perspective of God, but the people in this era.

It's like Qin Huang Yingzheng's "one emperor through the ages" can't wash away the old Qin people in Qinzhong—the old Qin people who sold their blood and kidneys in the first battle of Qin and Zhao Changping, and the whole family sent out to contribute to the country, can't bear it. Keep calling Yingzheng a tyrant;
Just like Emperor Taizong Xiaowen of the Han Dynasty, no matter how "unsuitable" or "brothers are incompatible", they cannot match the current Han Dynasty. Whenever someone mentions Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, the onlookers are all living saints.

It’s also like Liu Qi, the first Emperor Xiaojing, who was a chess player when he was the prince. "Chao Cuo is the first author, but he can still be recognized by the people of the world, and he is honored by the 'Government of Wenjing'.

For example, Emperor Shizong Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Che, who unexpectedly failed to appear in this timeline, no matter how he tried to "rebuild China", it could not match the sound of exhaling in the streets and alleys of Chang'an when he passed away.

——Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the first absolute "Emperor Wu" in China passed away. The first reaction of the people in the world was that most of them breathed a sigh of relief...
"My right or wrong is not something that meat eaters can judge."

"It's not even the future generations. Those who have not really lived in this era can only peek at this era from the fragments and sentences."

"—The old man once said: the better the people eat and the warmer they are dressed, the more 'right' the emperor will be;"

"vice versa······"

At this moment, Liu Sheng realized.

In just such a short moment, the world in front of Liu Sheng seemed to have been replaced with a brand new filter.

Even those ten ministers of the Zhu Kingdom, who seemed righteous just now, have completely changed their appearance in Liu Sheng's eyes.

And after having such an epiphany, many things that Liu Sheng felt entangled, hesitant, and even undecided before became so simple in an instant...

"About Empress Dowager Lu, I actually have something to say, and I want to discuss it with you."

"In the past few years, due to the rebellion among the princes and princes in Chang'an after the death of the Empress Dowager Lu, and the joint execution of the princes and ministers, and Emperor Taizong's succession to the Datong, etc., the topic of the Empress Dowager Lu has always been discussed in court. Inside and outside the secret."

"But I've heard that the favor of a gentleman should be cut off after the third generation; the virtue of a saint must also be passed on after the seventh generation, so that it can no longer provide shelter for future generations."

"Benefits are like this, sins are like this..."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present raised their heads one after another, staring straight into the depths of Liu Sheng's gaze with unbelievable astonishment!
At this moment, no one remembers that as a minister, looking directly at his king like this is a serious crime that is so disrespectful that it may bring death to the family.

--ox!

——Your Majesty is mighty! !

Thousands of thoughts have been summed up by the crowd into such a mixed praise: Your Majesty is awesome! ! !
At the same time, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the boulder that had been suspended in the air before quietly fell to the ground following Liu Sheng's shocking remarks.

"Sin..."

"The sins of Empress Dowager Lu..."

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

···
"It's a sin..."

"It's good that it's a sin..."

It can't be blamed for everyone's weird reaction, it's really because the legal principles of the Han family in the past few decades—since the founding of the country to the present, are really messed up and somewhat bizarre.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Peigong Liu Ji participated in the great cause of fighting against Qin as the leader of the rebel army, and later won the hegemony between Chu and Han, basically inheriting all the political legacy after the unification of the first emperor.

As early as that time, the Han family encountered the first failure regarding the source of the legal system.

——Is what the Han inherits the land of Qin?
This problem was finally dealt with by the old rascal Liu Bang in a very personal way: He said that the Han inherited the Zhou system, but in fact the Han inherited the Qin system.

In short, I do not recognize the 'Han inherited the Qin system', only recognize that my Han family inherited the legal system of Zong Zhou, and defeated the rebellious officials and thieves who overthrew Zong Zhou society: Qin;

Later, because Zong Zhou had been destroyed and the Zong Zhou Sheji no longer existed, I had no choice but to build the much-anticipated Liu Han Sheji for the people of the world.

In this way, the Han family survived the jurisprudential crisis of the Taizu Dynasty, and thus determined that "the Han inherited the Zhou system in name, did not recognize the legitimacy of Qin's rule of the world after the unification of the Qin Dynasty, and actually abandoned the backward system of the Zong Zhou. Based on the Qin system, the general policy of creating a "Qin system" with Han characteristics.

When Emperor Taizong Xiaowen passed away, and Emperor Xiaohui died of illness just seven years later, the Han family encountered a second legal crisis: Is Liu Gong, the eldest son of Emperor Xiaohui, the most qualified to inherit the throne? people?
This is to blame Xiaohui and Liu Ying for not leaving a legacy when he died young;
The second is not to leave a legacy, and at the same time there is no crown prince.

It doesn't matter if there is no prince, the most important thing is: until the day of her death, Liu Ying never thought about sleeping with her queen Zhang Yan and giving birth to a son just in case.

That's right;

Just in case Emperor Xiaohui died suddenly.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager Lu stood up without hesitation and resolved the second legal crisis for the Han family: Emperor Xiaohui had no heirs born by direct descendants. Liu Gong, the eldest son of the emperor's concubine, is the emperor.

Also from then on, Chinese civilization began to no longer completely prohibit concubine sons from inheriting the family business, nor did they rigidly adhere to the traditional value of 'concubine sons are sons, concubine sons are slaves'.

Of course, it was also after that that the Chinese civilization set a precedent for "the concubine of the emperor is the prince".

Later, of course, the death of the Empress Dowager Lu, the relatives of Lu's relatives plotting to rebel in Chang'an, the princes and ministers punishing all of them, and the welcome of the acting king Liu Heng to the throne caused it to be the third legal crisis encountered by the Han family.

——Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, who has inherited the Datong from generation to generation, is he considered to be a rightful throne?
Compared with the previous two theoretical issues, which were innocuous and even basically had no real impact, this third legal crisis can be said to be closely related to the stability of the world.

Because at that time, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and other ministers who presided over the "killing Zhu Lu" had already identified all the heirs of Emperor Xiaohui as "not the sons of the Liu family, but the rebels of the Lu family who disrupted the harem." out';
As a result, Emperor Xiaohui Liu Ying, who had seven sons, was artificially extinct by Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and other ministers.

Emperor Xiaohui's heir was extinct, even if this line of inheritance was broken, the country of the Han family would naturally have to choose a suitable one from among the brothers of Emperor Xiaohui, that is, the other sons of Emperor Gao of the Great Ancestor Liu Bang.

The crux of the problem is precisely here.

——Emperor Xiaohui Liu Ying is the only son of Taizu Liu Bang!
According to the rule that "only the sons of the first son can inherit the family business and the main line of the family", this is no longer the filial emperor Liu Ying, who is the only one, but the Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang who is the only one!

Knowing the implications of this legal crisis, it is not difficult to find out why Wu Wang Liu Bi was so silent in the dream of "the Ninth Five-Year Plan" in the early years.

Because Emperor Taizong Xiaowen is the concubine of Emperor Taizu Gao, and one of the only two remaining concubines;

As long as Emperor Taizong loses the legitimacy of his rule because "a concubine can't inherit the great clan", then Liu Chang, the king of Huainan who is also a concubine, will also lose his candidacy for the same reason;

The sons of Emperor Taizu Gao are not qualified, which is equivalent to the "extinct heir" of Emperor Taizu Gao.

How to choose?
——Taizu Liu Bang's elder brother is Liu Zhong, the king of Wuai who died of illness before the end of Qin Dynasty;
His son was named "Gengjiehou" with a very ironic meaning because of some unhappiness in his early years.

And Liu Bang's second elder brother Liu Xi's family is naturally a more suitable choice than his younger brother Liu Jiao's family.

It's not because Liu Xi is so wise, or Liu Jiao is so stupid—it's just because Liu Xi is Liu Bang's elder brother, and Liu Jiao is Liu Bang's younger brother.

In this way, as long as the Dazong of the Han family is replaced by Liu Xi's lineage, as a descendant of Liu Xi, King Wu Liu Bi will naturally have the legal right to rule the Han family.

——Liu Bang is extinct!

——The eldest son of the old Liu family is from my father Liu Xi's lineage!
It is no exaggeration to say: If Liu Bi could shout such a slogan during the Wu-Chu Rebellion, the vast majority of the people in the world would probably not be able to tell which side is the rebel army and which side is the king's teacher.

But this time, the reason why Liu Sheng wants to use the princes like "the treasury has no money, I want to find a way to make money, as military expenses for fighting the Huns", and also through the commercial tax-Jin Bulu to send the late Queen Mother Lu It is precisely because of this legal crisis that the public opinion center has been pulled back again.

why?
Because of the third legal crisis of the Han family, there is still no conclusion yet!

It's not that there is no conclusion on the question of "whether Emperor Taizong is rightly on the throne", but that the Han family has not yet had a convincing basis for the conclusion that "Emperor Taizong is rightfully on the throne".

But now, as a grandson, Liu Sheng wants to make up for this formality and find a basis for the sentence "my grandfather is rightly in the throne". Empress Dowager Lu is a name that cannot be avoided...

"Back then, Empress Dowager Lu passed away, and Lu's relatives wanted to bring chaos to Chang'an, intending to seize the land of our Han family's ancestral temple, and replace Liu with Lu."

"Fortunately, there are loyal ministers and righteous men such as Qu Ni Hou Chen Ping, Jiang Hou Zhou Bo, etc., who helped the building from its collapse and turned the tide from its collapse. At such critical moments of life and death, they preserved the ancestral temple and the community for our Han family."

"It is an undeniable fact that Lu's relatives are in trouble;"

"—Emperor Xiaohui's extinction of heirs is also a public opinion known to all women and children."

"However, regarding Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's succession to the Datong, there are still some rotten Confucians and alchemists who use some lies that have no basis at all to confuse foolish men and women who don't know the truth."

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"This matter makes me feel very distressed."

"So, I want to take advantage of this incident to reorganize what happened after the death of Empress Dowager Lu."

"Re-discuss how those things and those people that happened that year should be characterized."

"—after all, so many years have passed, what happened in those few months, and the people who did those things, there is still no conclusion."

"My Han family does not punish farmers for the crime of speech or defamation."

"For what happened back then, it's time for my Han family to give an explanation to the world..."

(End of this chapter)