I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 110 Emperor, can you keep your word?

Around noon the next day, Shanglin Garden, the animal enclosure.

When Empress Dowager Dou arrived late with Liu Sheng and Liu Fei, Tianzi Qi, who had been waiting outside the animal circle for a long time, was obviously a little drowsy;

But after seeing Empress Dowager Dou, Tian Ziqi still cheered up, hurried forward, and took Empress Dowager Dou's arm from Liu Sheng's hand;
Respectfully supporting his mother, Dou Shi, she sat down at the banquet that had been prepared earlier, the emperor Qicai took two steps back with a smile, and bowed to Empress Dowager Dou.

"Son~ see mother~"

"My respectful greetings to the Queen Mother~~~"

The exaggerated salutation also caused the palace servants around the animal circle to look sideways at him, as if they wanted to see the rare submissiveness of Emperor Qi in many years.

On the other hand, Empress Dowager Dou, seeing Tian Ziqi's posture, turned her head indifferently, cast her eyes casually at the animal pen not far away, and replied calmly: "Thanks to the emperor~"

"As long as today, don't 'accidentally' fall into the animal pen, within three or two days, you won't die..."

Hearing his mother's sharp reply, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but froze, and froze in place with a little embarrassment.

Only a moment later, Tianzi Qi hurriedly recovered, with a submissive smile, walked to the side of Empress Dowager Dou, and fiddled with the firewood in the stove;
While fiddling with it, he did not forget to tell the palace man beside him: "Go get two more stoves;"

"But you must not let the queen mother catch a cold, and then provoke the cold."

Hearing this, the palace servants at the side hurriedly surrendered their hands and took orders, within a short while, they fetched several stoves that had been prepared earlier, and placed them behind and beside Empress Dowager Dou respectively;
Seeing this, Mrs. Dou's back was clear and cold, she only put on a posture of 'I'm blind, I can't see anything', looked at the animal pen not far away, and indifferently started to stay... ·

"Hey, Xiao Jiu;"

"Today this..."

"—what do you mean?"

As soon as the last seat about five steps away from Empress Dowager Dou sat down, the fifth elder brother Liu Fei asked in doubt, causing Liu Sheng to raise his head involuntarily;

Seeing Empress Dou's indifference, and Tianzi Qi's embarrassing expression of flattery but no response at all, Liu Sheng just smiled and sat down by himself.

"It wasn't the palace banquet that day, the emperor angered the emperor's grandmother;"

"The emperor's grandmother was so anxious that she directly refused to let the father cut down the domain."

"No, father panicked too, that's why today's encounter..."

Keeping his voice down as much as possible, he briefly explained today's weird scene to his fifth brother Liu Fei, and Liu Sheng lowered his head in boredom, imitating his grandmother, Queen Mother Dou, and stared in a daze.

——It can be said that what happened today has nothing to do with Liu Sheng.

Emperor Qi asked Liu Sheng to persuade him, but Liu Sheng went, but did not persuade him;
Tian Ziqi asked Liu Sheng again, and invited Empress Dowager Dou from Chang'an to Shanglin Garden, and Liu Sheng had already invited her.

What happened next was none of Liu Sheng's business.

What's wrong with Tianzi Qi'ai, as long as Liu Sheng is not thrown into the animal pen again, Liu Sheng will never speak again, even if he says a word more.

On the other hand, Liu Fei, who was at the side, couldn't help feeling a little anxious after hearing Liu Sheng's interpretation.

"Not allowed to cut down the feudal clan?"

"This!"

"If the father doesn't cut down the domain, how can I lead the army to put down the rebellion?"

A slightly anxious question only caused Liu Sheng to turn his head indifferently, and looked at Fifth Brother Liu Fei with a hint of warning in his eyes.

"Fifth brother;"

"If you still trust me, brother, just listen to my advice."

"——Fifth brother should not interfere with today's matter."

"If the father is to be targeted again for no reason, it will not only be the fifth brother who will suffer;"

"It's not impossible to implicate Mrs. Cheng, fourth brother, eighth brother, and even Mrs. Tang and sixth brother..."

He gave a meaningful reminder, seeing that Liu Fei was still a little anxious, Liu Sheng couldn't help but let out another short sigh;
Turning sideways and looking at Tianzi Qi beside him, Liu Sheng thought about it again and again, and finally said a word, which made Liu Fei feel at ease.

"Fifth Brother, don't worry;"

"This feudal clan, my father, no matter what, must be cut down."

"Although there is the emperor's grandmother, the father can't go his own way and forcibly cut down the feudal clan, but today, the father will definitely be able to persuade the emperor's grandmother."

"If you can't even handle this matter well, father, you won't be father..."

Saying something in a deep voice finally made Liu Fei nod his head thoughtfully, suppressing all the anxious look on his face, Liu Sheng just turned around and began to think secretly.

Perhaps in the eyes of future generations, this is somewhat strange;
——Liu Qi is a majestic son of heaven, if he wants to implement the "Strategy to Cut Fans", does it depend on the face of Queen Mother Dou?
Didn't everyone say that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics?

Empress Dowager Dou meddling in government affairs like this, isn't she afraid of being reviled by the world and accused by thousands of people inside and outside the court?
When it comes to this issue, I have to mention why there is a political unspoken rule in history that "the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics".

As the saying goes: Never forgetting the past is the teacher of the future;

To put it more bluntly, every rule that exists in the world must have come into being because of a disaster in the past.

Just like later generations, the Chinese nation has suffered from the ravages of the duck slice war and the humiliation of the name of "sick man", so in the new era, it will maintain its all-round attack on "duplichts" without dead ends;

For another example, in later generations, the village battle that shocked the ancient and modern world, and even used all kinds of light and heavy firearms and advanced tactics, led to the all-round control of hot weapons, which became the only choice of the Chinese court.

Extending to the history of China's feudalism, the phrase "the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics" that appeared very frequently is actually the same reason;
——The reason why later dynasties had the awareness and consensus that "the harem should not interfere with politics" was because in the past, there were incidents where "the harem interfered with politics" caused great chaos in the world.

With such a lesson, after reflection, the talents of later generations came to the conclusion that "the harem should not interfere in politics", and as the years passed, they gradually forged it into the consensus of the mainstream thought circle.

And to expose the evil consequences of "harem meddling in politics" to the eyes of the world, so that after reflection, people of later generations will get the cognition of "harem meddling in politics, harming the country and the people" are precisely the few major events that happened when the Han Dynasty was established .

The one who bears the brunt is naturally the first wife of Han Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang: Gao Hou Lu Pheasant.

After the death of Taizu Liu Bang, Xiaohui Liu Ying ascended the throne at a young age, and all important affairs in the court were in the hands of the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi;
Especially a few years later, Xiaohui Liu Ying also died young, and the throne of the Han family was passed on to the third generation of Liu's descendants: the former young emperor Liu Gong, and the power of the Empress Dowager Lu reached its peak.

Liu Sheng can't remember how the later generations commented on the merits and demerits of the Empress Dowager Lu;
But what Liu Sheng knows is: In today's Han Dynasty, the reputation of Lu Zhi, the empress dowager, can be said to be mixed.

——The current mainstream public opinion in the Han Dynasty still recognizes Empress Dowager Lu's ability to govern;
But for the fact that the Empress Dowager Lu proclaimed all relatives of Lu as kings and lords, which eventually caused the "disaster of all Lu", today's Han Dynasty, without exception, scolds and despises them.

In this way, the Empress Dowager Lu connived at her mother's relatives and caused the chaos among the Lus, which can be regarded as the first basis in the history of China for the saying of "the harem must not interfere in politics" in later generations;
And the second evidence is still not far away.

——Bo Zhao.

Before the incident of Bo Zhao, the Bo clan of the late Empress Dowager could have been a family of simple and strict relatives;

Especially after the previous relatives of the Lu family who 'disasterd the country and the people' have become a family of good relatives who are obviously 'different' from the Lu family.

But after Bo Zhao's incident, the Bo clan's decades of hard work were all in vain.

In the eyes of people all over the world, the Bo family's relative, who was a villain like Bo Zhao, became a low-profile version of the Lu family who "almost became another Lu family, but was suppressed by the wise and mighty Emperor Taizong Xiaowen".

Therefore, after the Empress Dowager Lu-Lu family, there was another family relative who almost brought disaster to the country and the people: the Bo family, which became the second basis for the later generations' saying that "the harem must not interfere in politics" in the history of China.

Now, with the lessons of the Lu family and the Bo family, the relatives of the Dou family have obviously restrained a lot.

Especially when the two elders, Nanpihou Dou Changjun and Zhangwuhou Dou Guangguo, are still alive and have personally restrained Dou's nephews, the current relatives of Dou's family have not shown the trend of "our family should also follow Lu's example" .

— at least not yet.

But if this is the case, Liu Sheng can probably predict that: a few days ago, the grandmother Dou Dou forced the emperor Qi to make Liang Wang Liu Wu the prince's younger brother, and there is a high probability that it will become the saying that "the harem must not interfere in politics". The third negative case in Chinese history...
Of course;
As the saying goes: freezing three feet is not a day's cold;
In the early Han Dynasty, the "arrogant indulgence" of three queen mothers and three relatives in succession was shocking enough, but it was not enough to make the phrase "the harem should not interfere in politics" become the consensus of all dynasties and dynasties.

In other words, the several "rebellions by foreign relatives" that occurred in the Han Dynasty today only laid the foundation for the saying of "the harem must not interfere in politics" in later generations;

With this foundation, coupled with the rebellion of relatives in the later dynasties almost every [-] years, this made the saying that "the harem must not interfere in politics" appeared, and it was gradually endorsed by the later generations.

As for the present, the "great achievements" of the Empress Dowager Lu, the Empress Dowager Bo, or the relatives of the Lu family and Bo Zhao have indeed made the current Han family's court raise their vigilance against their relatives.

For example, in the time of the first emperor, Dou Changjun and Dou Guangguo, two relatives who were separated from Empress Dowager Dou due to the war in the early years, had just arrived in Chang'an and met the then empress Dou, and before they had time to talk about the past, they were taken away by the court officials. Walk;

After confirming that the two were not fake relatives who "impersonated", the government and the public still did not dare to relax their vigilance, and "cared for" Dou Changjun and Dou Guangguo brothers in every possible way.

After years of education, they finally trained the two brothers, who were suffering from fate, into three good relatives who are humble, courteous, proficient in poetry and books, and will never make trouble. Only then did the court and the public finally nodded in satisfaction;
The two brothers finally regained their freedom.

Even so, later, after the Prime Minister Beiping Hou Zhang Cang was dismissed by the late emperor, Zhang Wuhou Dou Guangguo, who was obviously capable and famous, became the prime minister, but he still gave up that opportunity out of the consideration of 'foreign relatives cannot hold power'.

From the experiences of the two brothers Dou Changjun and Dou Guangguo after their reunion with the then empress Dou, it is not difficult to see that the lessons of Lu and Bo have brought more thinking to the Han Dynasty today. In fact, they are still aimed at foreign relatives. defense.

As for the reason why the relatives can be arrogant and rebellious, that is, the queen mother behind the relatives, the current Han Dynasty does not pay much attention, or "dare not pay attention".

As for the reason, it is not difficult to understand...

"The queen mother was joking..."

Feeling the icy aura emitted by Empress Dowager Dou all the time, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile, and sat down beside Empress Dowager Dou;
After Empress Dowager Dou snorted again, and turned her head away, Tianzi Qicai sighed a little, expressing his respect for his mother Dou in a subtle way.

"My Han family governs the country with filial piety, which was established as a national policy as early as the time of Emperor Taizu Gao;"

"After the first emperor, filial piety has become the most important thing for our Han family to correct the folk customs."

"Although the minister has no ability and no contribution to the world, he is always the heir chosen by the late emperor."

"Since I have become the emperor of the Han family, I dare not destroy my Han family's national policy of 'governing the country with filial piety'..."

Saying so, Tianzi Qi did not forget to turn his head quietly, secretly looking at the face of Empress Dou;
Seeing that Empress Dowager Dou still turned her head away unhappily, leaving only a black and white back of her head for herself, Tianzi Qi couldn't help laughing twice, and quietly stopped talking.

Governing the country with filial piety is indeed the national policy of the Han Dynasty today;
As an emperor, Tianzi Qizi would not dare to disobey such a national policy, let alone disobey his mother, so as to set a bad example for the world.

But Liu Qi also understood in his heart: Empress Dowager Dou's dissatisfaction with him does not lie in whether he is filial or not;
If Empress Dowager Dou's heart knot cannot be resolved, even if Liu Qi talks about it, as long as Empress Dowager Dou doesn't nod, Liu Qi still can't carry out the "Strategy for Cutting Fans".

Because today's Han Dynasty is the same as the Empress Dowager Lu's period decades ago: the Empress Dowager has a power similar to "one-vote veto" against any court decree.

Any decree that the Queen Mother expressly opposes is naturally not legal in today's Han Dynasty!
Therefore, even in order to successfully carry out the "Strategy to Cut Fans", Liu Qi must persuade Empress Dowager Dou today.

At the very least, the relationship between myself and Queen Mother Dou should be eased, so as not to cause rumors of 'incompatibility between the two palaces' inside and outside the court and the public, which would cause shocks in the court and the public...

"Emperor, you are really well-intentioned..."

"Ok?"

While Liu Qi was thinking about it, Empress Dowager Dou's deep and mournful voice sounded, causing Tianzi Qi to raise his head quickly, assuming a posture of 'respecting the empress mother's lesson';

But Empress Dowager Dou sneered and shook her head, looking at Tianzi Qi with an undisguised indifference.

"I was worried that if I was bullied in Chang'an, it would be known by the government and the public, so I called me here to Shanglinyuan..."

"Is this the idea of ​​the emperor?"

"—Call me to this place where no one is around, bully me unscrupulously, and then return to Chang'an Shi Shiran;"

"There is no need to worry about the court at all. Someone accused the emperor of 'oppressing his own mother and being the empress dowager'?"

Seeing the bitterness in Tian Ziqi's eyes looking at her, Empress Dowager Dou still did not soften her heart, she shook her head and sighed, pointing to the animal pen not far away;
"Since the emperor has such a plan, as a mother, I can only do so."

"It's convenient for the emperor to ask the emperor to come to this animal enclosure;"

"——If bullying me is so satisfying, the emperor can still watch the beast fight, and he will feel angry in his chest;"

"If the bullying is over and you still don't feel satisfied, you can throw this old bone of mine into the animal pen without a sound."

"To the outside world, let me tell you: the empress dowager is ignorant, addicted to pleasure, regardless of the twelfth lunar month and winter, she insists on watching beast fights;"

"Fortunately, in the end, I stumbled and fell into the beast pen, was eaten by wild beasts, and was punished by heaven..."

Although the tone of voice was full of mourning, Empress Dowager Dou's face was full of sarcasm;

Seeing that Liu Qi didn't answer, he turned around again and looked at the brothers Liu Sheng and Liu Fei on the other side.

"After a while, if I am really thrown out of the animal pen, you two, don't blame the emperor."

"Just wait for the wild beasts to disperse, then ask someone to pick up the remaining bones, and quietly bury my remnant body in the Ba Ling."

"If an outsider asks, just say: The Empress Dowager is old and dazzled, but she likes to watch beast fights very much. This is her own fault and caused a catastrophe..."

With the increasingly mournful tone of Empress Dowager Dou and the sharper sarcasm on her face, the expression on Tian Ziqi's face became more bitter;
With a wry smile full of misery, he got up from his seat and came to Empress Dowager Dou, and saw Tianzi Qi slowly knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed heavily to Empress Dowager Dou again.

"Mother said that, my son, I am really ashamed, I wish I could jump off the animal pen to prove my innocence..."

"Inviting my mother to Shanglinyuan is only because the child is worried that he is ignorant and will provoke his mother's anger again, so that people inside and outside the government and the public can see our family's fun..."

"The previous thing, the child already knew it was wrong;"

"From now on, as long as it is the mother's order, my son, I will never disobey again..."

"The child just begs the mother, don't use these words that are as sharp as a dagger and as cold as winter snow to hurt the child's heart..."

Following Tianzi Qi's more mournful tone, Liu Fei, the fifth son of the emperor who was quietly sitting aside, was obviously a little embarrassed;
It seems that Liu Qi's appearance makes Liu Fei feel surprised, and it seems that the scene in front of him makes Liu Fei really not sure whether he should appear here or not...

Fortunately, after a while, Liu Sheng gave Liu Fei a soothing look, which calmed Liu Fei's anxiety.

But when he saw the animal enclosure, he heard that the emperor Qi said in a sad tone, "I will always listen to my mother from now on", and a radiance quietly appeared on the face of Queen Mother Dou.

"Emperor, can you keep your word?"

(End of this chapter)