Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 387 Something Worse
The eleventh year of Tiantai.

The founding emperor of Dayu, Emperor Gaozu, died in the Qinzheng Hall. At this time, the country of Dayu was in turmoil.

The generals of Earth and Humanity were imprisoned in their own mansions by the emperor's long-planned backup plan, and they were not allowed to take a single step out.

Under such circumstances, with the support of the "Supreme Holy Heavenly Master", "General Tiangong", "Great Sage and Good Master", "Ancestor Heavenly Master", Prime Minister of Dayu, and Grand Master of Dayu, Crown Prince Zhang Cheng succeeded to the throne as the crown prince and eldest son in accordance with etiquette and became the new emperor of Dayu.

In the eleventh year of Tiantai, the prince ascended the throne, and the following year, the reign was changed to "Yuan'an".

When the emperor ascended the throne, he bestowed titles upon his ministers.

A series of personnel changes began in the court of Dayu.

In the first year of Yuan'an, the emperor issued an edict.

The titles of "Supreme Heavenly Master", "General of Heaven", "Great Sage and Good Teacher" and "Master of Taiping Dao" were revoked from the Patriarch Heavenly Master.

The founding emperor of Dayu conferred titles on his father, the "Most Holy Heavenly Master", "General of Heaven", "Great Sage and Good Teacher", and was respected as the Lord of Taiping.

The ancestor of heaven was given additional titles such as "Situ" and "Taifu".

At this point, Zu Tianshi became the first person in Dayu’s history to hold the positions of “Four Dukes” concurrently, and even the first person in Chinese history to hold so many honors and positions concurrently.

Grand Tutor, Grand Preceptor, Minister of Education, and Prime Minister.

Although Zu Tianshi held a high position of power, he withdrew from the affairs of the Taiping Dao.

The most interesting part of this edict is the titles bestowed upon his two uncles by the new emperor.

The Emperor's edict: General Zhang Bao, the Duke of Earth, was given the title of "Great General of the Duke of Earth who brings peace to the people and subdues demons", ranking him among the three great ancestral generals of the Taiping Dao; General Zhang Liang, the Duke of Ren, was given the title of "Supreme General of the Duke of Ren who brings peace to the people and subdues demons", ranking him among the three great ancestral generals of the Taiping Dao.

At first people didn't know the significance of this title, they just thought it was a way to appease the two uncles.

Later, people understood the meaning of this.

What belongs to Taiping Dao belongs to Taiping Dao, and what belongs to Dayu belongs to Dayu.

The Taiping Dao, a "sect" that emerged under the general trend of history, eventually began to slowly become the most common sect under the general trend of history.

It no longer has historical political significance.

This is the fundamental purpose of the series of edicts issued by the new emperor.

Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were rewarded with the titles of gods in heaven. Naturally, gods in heaven cannot govern mundane affairs of the world.

Winter of the first year of Yuan'an.

Zhang Bao, the God of Earth, and Zhang Liang, the God of Man, attained enlightenment and became immortals in the God Generals' Mansion. They then headed to Huangtian Daluo to jointly rule Huangtian with General Tiangong.

Some forces in Dayu that attempted to cause chaos no longer had an excuse to use, so they gradually calmed down and stabilized.

The second year of Yuan'an, spring.

In the season when all things come back to life, the emperor once again issued his second edict since he ascended the throne.

The emperor issued an edict: "To order the people of Dayu to cultivate the land according to the season. Anyone who reclaims wasteland only needs to pay a very small amount of money and can use the land for a long time, but the people still do not have the ownership of these fields."

Moreover, the Emperor of Dayu issued an order, based on the dream he received from his "father," General Tiangong, that the "taxes" would be exempted within two years, and that there would be no increase in taxes within ten years.

Everyone in the world was shocked when they heard the news. They were shocked by the courage of the new emperor of Dayu.

But some knowledgeable people did not react much to this.

The so-called exemption of taxes within two years is just a face-saving project, and not increasing taxes within ten years is also a face-saving project.

How about asking the little emperor to say that he would never increase taxes?
I'm afraid the first person to be anxious would be the little emperor and the person who came up with this idea.

Of course--

Even if we just exempt the tax, it would be a very good policy, after all, the tax is real money.

It's much better than being stingy, not to mention there is a policy of reclaiming wasteland.
Therefore, the people who originally wanted to migrate to the territory of Dayu now wanted to migrate even more.

Chang'an and Langya also began to issue imperial decrees, prohibiting the people from migrating privately. Otherwise, if they were discovered, they would be treated as treasonous.

For a moment, the climax of the southward migration slowly came to a halt.

But there are always some people in the world who cannot survive, so in fact, the surveillance in Chang'an and Langya on the border is not that serious.

Inside the Geunjeongjeon Hall
The emperor listened to the master explaining the political principles involved with an expression of admiration on his face.

"The teacher is truly a gifted man."

He blurted out with some emotion: "If there is one stone of talent in the world, you alone have eight buckets!"

The Grand Master just smiled faintly: "There are so many heroes in the world, so what qualifications do I have to say that I am so talented?"

He sighed and put down the book in his hand.

"Your Majesty, have you heard about the recent changes in Langya and Chang'an?"

The emperor hesitated for a moment and said, "Are you talking about Langya's intention to form a marriage alliance with Chang'an?"

Master Zu Tianshi nodded.

The emperor sighed and said, "The relationship between Liu Bei and Cao Cao was always close. Since the establishment of Dayu, the two of them seem to have put aside their previous grudges and only want to eliminate the most powerful Dayu first."

"The point of today's marriage is not the marriage, but they want to use the marriage to bind each other more closely, right?"

"They are going to take action against Dayu."

The emperor came to this conclusion, and Zu Tianshi also agreed with the emperor's conclusion.

"Yes, they are going to take action against Dayu."

Zu Tianshi stood up, and his slender body looked even thinner.

"A war that will determine the future of the world is about to begin."

He turned around, looked at the emperor, and said softly, "Your Majesty, are you ready? Are you ready to face the storm?"

Although the emperor is young, he is as brave and courageous as his father.

He was like a young tiger, baring his fangs.

"There is a gentleman here."

"With hundreds of thousands of brave soldiers in my territory, why should I not dare?"

"Look at all the heroes in this world, who is the rival?"

In the second year of Yuan'an, which was also the seventeenth year of Chengtai and Jian'an in history, the two prime ministers of the Han Dynasty seemed to be getting married.

Chang'an City, Prime Minister's Office

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei with a smile, who had a helpless look on his face, while Liu Bei was holding his forehead and sighing.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the side were both cheering.

"Brother, why are you so shy? You're going to marry a beautiful wife soon, isn't that a good thing?"

Huang Zhong also laughed and teased: "Yes, Prime Minister, I heard that Prime Minister Cao's sister is different from him. She is as beautiful as a flower, and she is only 28 years old. Why are you sighing?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "In my opinion, the Prime Minister is probably sighing on the surface, but in fact he is showing off his good fortune."

Listening to Zhuge Liang's words, everyone burst into laughter.

Everyone was immersed in happiness. Liu Bei just held his forehead and said, "Lucky?"

He pointed at Zhuge Liang and said, "Kong Ming, how about I give you this good fortune?"

Liu Bei smiled and said, "If you want, I will go find Meng De right away. Meng De will definitely agree. I will talk to your wife about it."

Zhuge Liang coughed lightly and put away the smile on his face: "Prime Minister, the marriage between these two parties is between the principals. I am just an official in the Prime Minister's Mansion. How can I be worthy of him?"

"Let the Prime Minister come. Let the Prime Minister come."

Liu Bei just sighed, put the matter behind him for the time being, and instead asked about many matters that had occurred in the country in recent days.

After a long while, Liu Bei suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, have you not given birth to a child yet?"

He was a little anxious.

Zhuge Liang and the others looked at each other, but they were all a little hesitant. After a moment, Fa Zheng, who had been silent all the time, slowly spoke: "Your Majesty's health may make it difficult for you to have children."

He said silently: "I have invited Bian Que, Hua Tuo, and Zhong Jing to see me, and the imperial physician in the palace has also discussed it with the three gentlemen."

"But the conclusion reached in the end is that your Majesty was immersed in sensual pleasures when he was young, and his body has been hollowed out. Now that he can barely have sex, it is all thanks to the secret medicine in the palace."

"This drug actually continues to overdraw the already exhausted body, further draining its potential."

"Only in this way can Your Majesty continue."

"Can"

"It is precisely because of this situation that Your Majesty's body is becoming increasingly difficult to give birth to an heir."

Liu Bei's eyes were filled with helplessness. He looked at Fa Zheng and asked, "What about Langya?"

This time, it was Fei Yi who answered.

He shook his head. "My spies reported that the Emperor of Langya has not had any children for several years, and the children he had before were either stillborn or sickly. None of them were healthy."

At this point, everyone seemed to suddenly realize something.

"Could it be."

Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "I guess that's it."

He shook his head: "Forget it, let's talk about these things later. The most important thing now is to discuss with Meng De about jointly attacking Dayu."

Everyone looked at each other, and put the matter aside for the time being.

The only legitimate descendants of the Han Dynasty now are "Liu Min" and "Liu Xie". If we must count, only "Liu Bei", the "imperial uncle" who received the emperor's order and had his name written on the jade book, can be considered half.

Now, Liu Min is unable to have children due to his reckless behavior when he was young, and Liu Xie’s children are weak and sickly and may not live to be thirty.

The only orthodox branch of the Liu Han dynasty left in the world is Liu Bei.

At this moment, did Cao Cao marry his sister to Liu Bei with the intention of mixing Cao's bloodline with Liu's bloodline? Perhaps he really had such an idea.

Or maybe Cao Cao just wanted to use the marriage to consolidate the power of both sides and then launch an attack on Dayu?
This is something that no one can judge.

Weiyang Palace
Liu Min was sitting there, eating grapes with a smiling look on his face. A good-looking man was crawling at his feet, massaging his legs. Many maids were standing beside him, and he was holding a girl in his arms.

Footsteps were heard outside the hall not far away, and a man walked in slowly.

When Liu Min saw the man, he waved his hand and asked everyone around him to retreat. After the man nodded, he asked anxiously, "How is it going?"

The man's voice was deep and powerful. "Your Majesty, they have already agreed to this matter, and they have also said that they will never forget what they promised Emperor Wen. As long as Your Majesty is ready, they can assist at any time."

Only then did Liu Min collapse on the bed as if he had breathed a sigh of relief.

The expression on his face was not as arrogant as when he faced the court officials and Liu Bei. Instead, he looked very rational.

"In that case, send the person over."

Liu Min chuckled.

"When the Qin Empire fell, the Emperor Wulie of Qin probably had the same plan as mine, right?"

After a brief thought, he continued, "Secretly order a part of the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Guards to go to Guandu to receive orders. In addition, after I die, the elite of the Embroidered Envoys and half of the forces under their control will all be loyal to the Chen family."

"Among the rest, those who want to follow my uncle can follow him, and those who don't want to follow..."

Liu Min sighed and said, "For those who don't want to follow the emperor's uncle, let them go according to their wishes."

The man nodded slowly.

"promise."

After the man left, the hall became silent.

Liu Min sat there and just smiled.

In fact, he had long known that his Weiyang Palace had been infiltrated like a sieve, but by the time he knew it, it was already too late.

Fortunately, the secret power of the Liu Emperor's lineage has not been affected by these things, and the "Embroidered Messenger" is still by his side. Eight years ago, the emperor had discovered the problems with his body, and he had been secretly taking the secret medicine in the palace, and then he planned.

Finally, a year ago, one of his concubines became pregnant with his child.

During these eight years, the emperor suspected almost every force in Chang'an City, even including his uncle, but he failed to find the mastermind behind the scenes.

So he pretended to be absurd while thinking about how to deal with it, and finally found some information about the problem from the thick history books.

The powerful Qin Empire collapsed, so where did the elite "Iron Eagle Guards" and "Black Ice Platform" go?

The notes left by our ancestors did not record that they accepted this part of the power.

Finally, relying on natural advantages, the embroidered robe envoy discovered their destination - Guandu Chen family.

This ancient family took over this part of the power.

The emperor began to think about the "favor" left by Emperor Wen, so he secretly ordered the Embroidered Uniform Envoy to contact Chen, and was willing to transfer the Embroidered Uniform Envoy and part of the power of the "Yulin Guard" to Chen in exchange for Chen taking care of his son.

He claimed to have discovered the truth of the matter.

Emperor Wulie of Qin was probably like this back then.

King Zhaoxiang asked the Chen family to preserve the lineage of the Ying family, but how come the "Shangdang Zhao family" and the "Guanzhong Qin family" appeared in the end?
Qin was the youngest son of Emperor Wen, so what about Zhao? Whose child was she?
I'm afraid it belongs to Emperor Wulie of Qin.

Liu Min smiled slightly and sat there.

He doesn't believe in human relationships, he only believes in interests.

"I am not unwilling anymore."

The second year of Yuan'an, autumn.

Prime Minister Liu Bei of Chang'an married the sister of Prime Minister Cao Cao of Langya.

The second year of Yuan'an, winter.

Chang'an and Langya announced an alliance.

A million-strong army lay along the river.

Go south!

Attack Yu!

(End of this chapter)