Xuande

Chapter 812 Liu Bei is quite satisfied now

There will be turmoil, and there may be deaths, but these are not important.

"Being guilty and dying means that they themselves are guilty, and there is nothing wrong with punishing the guilty."

Cao Cao said slowly: "Besides, the clansmen of the Han Dynasty have no real power now, so it is impossible to initiate any threatening riots. If they really want to initiate riots, it will only increase the possibility of being killed. What I am worried about is not this."

"Oh?"

Yan Wen whispered: "What is Meng De worried about?"

"What I am worried about is that the number of Han family members is too small, making it difficult for the royal family to be defended."

Cao Cao looked at Yan Wen and said: "The Son of Heaven doesn't seem to plan to choose anyone among the existing relatives to be the king and marquis. If all the existing Liu family princes and princes are sent away , the power of the clan will be greatly weakened, and it may take time for His Majesty's own clan to grow stronger."

"Are you worried about this?"

Yan Wen was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he felt that this was not a particularly strange thing, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, since His Majesty has made such a decision, he must have ideas, and don't say anything else , Your Majesty has ten sons, and they are all healthy now, so don't worry too much."

What Yan Wen said was indeed true, so Cao Cao thought about it, and felt that he was indeed a bit unfounded. Apart from the brothers Liu Shen and Liu Ze, Liu Bei had five other sons who were over five years old. A total of seven sons who are over five years old, no matter how unlucky they are, it will not be possible to lose all seven sons, right?

But to be honest, the child mortality rate is still very high these days.

Although the family is rich and can afford the best doctors and the most expensive medicinal materials, Cao Cao himself has lost two sons and a daughter, both of whom died when they were young, which made Cao Cao very sad. .

But Liu Bei is very lucky. Ten sons and eight daughters are alive and kicking up to now, and none of them died. Many officials in the court are amazed, thinking that this is one of the manifestations of Liu Bei's destiny. .

At present, apart from Queen Han Ning, there are three nobles who are also pregnant, which means that four children are still growing in the mother's womb. In the next year, Liu Bei will have four more children.

That adds up to 22.

It can be seen that Liu Bei's fertility is leveraged. With such a strong fertility, there is indeed no need to worry that the number of royal families will not be enough in the future, and no one will defend the royal family.

So Cao Cao and Yan Wen didn't continue to talk about this matter.

It is also true that if Liu Bei wants to make a very important change to the old royal family system, he must have enough royal children to support him, otherwise, it will be difficult for his subjects to believe that he can successfully inherit his status and power.

If Liu Bei's status and power cannot be passed on smoothly, how can the courtiers ensure that their status and power are guaranteed?
What if one day Liu Bei's descendants become extinct and no one can be emperor, so the Second Han Empire is restored?
Then these heroes of the Third Reich will become rebellious by then and will be purged.

Therefore, if Liu Bei does not have strong fertility and enough offspring, the courtiers will be very worried about their future, and they may not firmly support all the undertakings he needs to complete.

It can only be said that Liu Bei's strong fertility has brought a certain amount of confidence to everyone.

Speaking of it, Liu Bei's actions against the old clan were due to various reasons and confidence, among which his strong fertility and the increasing number of offspring were also one of his confidence.

The eldest son Liu Shen and the concubine second son Liu Ze were both born in the sixth year of Guanghe. Now the two brothers are already 11 years old, and they can basically enter the school's junior grade for further study.

These are his first two sons.

Later, due to work transfers, it took a while for Han Ning and Han Xiaodie to conceive their second child. Han Ning gave birth to the third son Liu Han, and Han Xiaodie gave birth to the eldest daughter Liu Wan. Both are eight years old.

Later, Liu Bei married many concubines. During the year, the concubines became pregnant successively and gave birth to three daughters and one son.

Gong Qin gave birth to the second daughter Liu Miao, Gong Ling gave birth to the third daughter Liu He, Gai Ning gave birth to the fourth son Liu Tao, and Cao Hui gave birth to the fourth daughter Liu Yue. These four children are all seven years old this year.

Later, around the time when Liu Bei, Yuan Kai, and He Jin started the decisive battle, Liu Bei had no time to get along with his wives and concubines. It was not until Liu Hong died of illness and Liu Bei was promoted to a general to gain real power that he continued to be with his wives and concubines. The time when we were in close contact was also the time when he was stressed and worked harder.

During that period of time, the wives and concubines successfully became pregnant one after another, and gave birth to children one after another.

Han Ning and Han Xiaodie once again gave birth to a daughter and a son. Liu Bei's fifth daughter Liu Yu and fifth concubine Liu Hong were born successively. Yan Lu, Xia Houhan and Zhen Qing, who had never been pregnant before, were born because of Liu Bei's focus on taking care of them. He also gave birth to offspring.

Yan Lu and Xia Houhan gave birth to Liu Bei's sixth son Liu Mu and his seventh son Liu Qing, and Zhen Qing gave birth to Liu Bei's sixth daughter Liu Ying.

These five children were born close to each other because their mothers were conceived close to each other. They are all five years old now, and they were officially named just now through the Zongzheng system and teacher Lu Zhi's suggestion.

Therefore, the descendants of Liu Bei, whose name has been included in the genealogy, are seven sons and six daughters.

Due to the short life span and high mortality rate of people these days, children are rarely named before the age of five, and are not included in the family tree. Within the family, such a child is not considered a complete person.

It was not until after the age of five, seeing that the survival rate had greatly improved, that they would be named, included in the genealogy, and officially recognized as clan members, which was equivalent to obtaining human rights.

Therefore, among Liu Bei's descendants, only 13 have obtained human rights.

In the following period of time, although Liu Bei did not accept more women into the palace, considering the importance of offspring, he continued to work hard and did not stop "paying".

At the same time, considering the importance of the health of the wives and concubines, Liu Bei actively persuaded the wives and concubines to exercise, increase the intake of protein and vitamins, and personally formulated healthy eating habits and healthy living habits for the wives and concubines.

Including try not to drink alcohol, never stay up late at night, try to get up early, develop a good life routine, and soak your feet in hot water before going to bed, insist on playing a set of Baduanjin every day-Baduanjin, which Liu Bei knew in his previous life , Keep practicing in this life.

Since he didn't go to the battlefield very much, Liu Bei insisted on fighting every day. It didn't take much time every day, but insisting on fighting every day would be of great benefit to his body in the long run.

Like them, Liu Bei only eats fried food during the holidays. He eats it occasionally and never eats it often.

Because of Liu Bei's supervision, the wives and concubines insisted on healthy living habits and the habit of exercising and sweating every day. The wives and concubines are in good health and rarely get sick. Occasionally, they can be cured quickly, even if they were in poor health before marrying Liu Bei. Cao Hui, who is the most delicate, has improved visibly in the past few years in terms of body and complexion.

As with wives and concubines, so with children.

In addition to asking them to study hard, Liu Bei also requires them to develop healthy living habits, such as ensuring adequate sleep, insisting on playing Baduanjin every day, and doing some strength training and the like.

In terms of diet, children like sweets and fried foods, but Liu Bei also strictly restricts them from eating sweets and fried foods.

In addition to the staple food, they are required to eat more meat, vegetables and fruits. Sweets and fried foods are only allowed to be eaten during festivals or birthdays, and they are basically not served on the table on weekdays.

Although he is busy with official duties, Liu Bei will instruct the people around them to take care of them, supervise them to complete daily exercise, supervise them to maintain healthy living habits, and report to him in time for anything.

If a family member violates the healthy living habits he has established, he will be very angry and punish the family members.

Under his insistence, the physical fitness of the family members is very good, and even the frail mother has become better because of good living habits and good nutritional supplements.

In this era of lack of medical ability, physical fitness is the most important line of defense against diseases. There are still many things that doctors can't do in this era. If people want to live longer, they can count on famous doctors and medicines to be more or less lucky. ingredients in it.

And your own immunity is very important.

Liu Bei deeply understands this, and doesn't expect that with the support of his own efforts, Dahan's medical level will have a qualitative leap in a short period of time. He can only rely on himself and the body's own immunity.

It can be regarded as the emperor's hard work, and his efforts have achieved good results.

The two sisters, Gong Qin and Gong Ling, are already in good physical condition. After living according to his requirements for several years, they are in good health, rarely get sick, and have a strong recovery ability.

In the second year of Jian'an, Gong Qin and Gong Ling joined forces to attack again, and became pregnant successively. In the third year of Jian'an, Liu Bei successfully gave birth to the eighth son and the ninth son of the concubine, and they recovered quickly after giving birth. They were alive and kicking again within a month. Liu Bei was amazed by the girlish appearance before, and felt that the two sisters were somewhat gifted.

Indeed, the physical fitness of these two girls is very good.

As for the eighth and ninth sons of the concubine, because they are only three years old, they have not been included in the genealogy, and they have no names, only nicknames. Liu Bei named the eighth concubine Xiaoqiang and the nine concubines Xiaoming.

He himself didn't know why, so he suddenly wanted to take such a nickname.

Zhen Qing's health wasn't very good at first, but she followed Liu Bei's advice and started exercising in the first year of Jian'an to strengthen her physique. In the third year of Jian'an, she successfully became pregnant. He is more than years old, so he only has a nickname, Xiaogang.

Also in the fourth year of Jian'an, Xia Houhan and Cao Hui became pregnant one after another. Before Liu Bei became emperor in the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei gave birth to the seventh and eighth daughters of the concubine. Liu Bei was very happy and named them Xiaohong and Xiaohua.

In the two months after Liu Bei became emperor in the fifth year of Jian'an, he was also working hard. So at the end of the fifth year of Jian'an and the beginning of the first year of Zhenguan, Han Ning, Han Xiaodie and Yan Lu also became pregnant again, and they are still pregnant .

Liu Bei was very busy in the first few months of the first year of Zhenguan. In April, Liu Bei took some time to focus on the inner palace, comforting the wives who had not received his full attention for several months, and worked hard for a period of time.

So at the end of April, Xia Houhan became pregnant again.

It means that Liu Bei currently has five children who have not been included in the genealogy, a total of ten sons and eight daughters. If you count the four children who are still conceived in the mother's womb, he already has 22 children.

Because he is in Luoyang, even if he has a lot of business, Liu Bei will try his best to spend time with his family and comfort the women and children as much as possible, so generally speaking, his harem is relatively harmonious, basically there is no twists and turns things around.

Everyone also abides by Liu Bei's rules - the harem does not interfere in politics, and Liu Bei hardly talks to them about the previous government affairs. No matter how busy or disturbing he is, he will never bring these things and emotions to the harem.

In addition, Liu Bei did not restrict wives and concubines to go back to their natal homes to meet their parents and relatives.

As long as they miss their families, Liu Bei will arrange for the imperial guards to send people to protect them and return home to visit relatives, or arrange for their families to live in Luoyang for a short stay, so that their families can be reunited, usually for a month, so that they can relax Homesickness.

On this basis, Liu Bei practiced himself, using his strong body as a communication medium, and was able to control the entire harem well.

Then he also fully realized that human beings have limits. No matter how many women there are in the harem, there is only one emperor. Can stare.

No matter how great a king is with a mortal body, he will not ascend mechanically, and no matter how he shows his strength, he will inevitably end up with a joke of "there are people who cannot be seen, 36 years", and become the laughing stock of the world in vain.

Liu Bei is really not interested in such things.

And on this matter, of course he also has a tendency to like the new and dislike the old, but with the growth of age and experience, a new feeling of "clothes are not as good as new people" gradually replaced the previous feeling.

He began to feel that newcomers are nice, but without the care of old friends, those women who have followed him for a long time understand him better than newcomers.

Moreover, Liu Bei is busy with official duties and getting older, unlike when he was young, he has so much energy and patience to run in with newcomers. Without running in, it is a pure interest relationship and physical connection. That kind of feeling is the most indifferent and can be discarded at any time dropped.

With such people and relationships, Liu Bei didn't want to stay in his home.

Therefore, he is quite thankful that he and these women now have a better understanding of each other when he was young, energetic and patient. Such things may hardly happen again in the future.

He is quite content now.

(End of this chapter)