I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Under the insistence of Prince Liu Sheng, Empress Jia's birthday was finally celebrated with great success.

For this slightly 'extravagant' birthday, neither the Empress Dowager Dou of Changle Palace nor the Emperor Qi of Weiyang Palace showed any displeasure.

The reason is nothing more than what Empress Dowager Dou said when Liu Sheng went there with the idea of ​​"making arrangements for his mother's birthday".

——If it is not magnificent, there is no way to stand up.

This sentence once came from the mouth of Prime Minister Xiao, the founder of the country, to explain why the Changle and Weiyang palaces are so "magnificent", and it became a solid basis for Empress Dowager Dou to explain why the queen's birthday should be grand.

Empress Dowager Dou told Liu Sheng: When the first emperor was still alive, every birthday of 'Empress Dou' was a grand event, and everyone in the world would like to know about it;

It wasn't until the death of the first emperor that Empress Dowager Dou changed her past "indulgence in pleasure" and kept talking about "the legacy of the first emperor" and "the legacy of Taizong" when it came to topics such as celebrations and banquets.

At the end of the day, it's just an ass question.

——The queen is the master of the harem, the manager of the concubines and concubines in the palace, and the aunt of the princes and princesses.

Therefore, in activities like birthdays and celebrations, the first thing the queen needs to ensure is to maintain her honor and demonstrate her status.

To put it more bluntly, it is to use far more celebration expenses than the standard to tell the people in the palace very straightforwardly: I am the master of the harem!

After the emperor passed away and the empress became the empress dowager, she no longer needed to use such clumsy methods to show her status.

Queen Mother, why Queen Mother?

——Because the person sitting on the throne is his own son.

This means that as long as the son sits firmly on the throne, the queen mother can also die in the position of queen mother.

After all, all dynasties and dynasties have only heard of abolishing empresses and queens, but never heard of any dynasty, generation or country'abandoned empress dowager, right?
"Prince, take care of it."

"Looking at it, the queen doesn't have many birthdays, so she can make such a fuss..."

After receiving the words of Empress Dowager Dou, Liu Sheng spared no effort to hold a birthday celebration for his mother, Empress Jia, which caused a sensation in Chang'an public opinion.

At the dinner, Tianzi Qi was very happy;
Not only did he drink a few more glasses, he even stayed in the pepper room where he hadn't seen him for many years, and chatted with Queen Jia for half the night.

And after this queen's birthday, the entire Chang'an court hall was immediately shrouded in a strange atmosphere.

——Spring River Plumbing, Duck Prophet.

As the most outstanding elite group in this era, Chang'an Chaotang was the first to realize the anomaly.

More and more people are beginning to realize: Tian Ziqi, really old...
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"old?"

"Hey!"

"My brothers, the youngest one is in his fifties!"

"Your Majesty is less than forty years old, so what kind of old man is he?"

Shanglin Garden, outside the sleeping hall of Sixian Garden.

It’s still those old men, that old tree, or that field ridge;
It was still Tianzi Qi and Liu Sheng, still sitting carelessly on the ridge of the field, talking to those old men.

Counting it down, this should be the third time that Liu Sheng was brought under this old tree by Tian Ziqi, and talked with these old men.

For the first time, Liu Shengshang was still just 'Gong Zi Sheng', so he could only obediently stand by the side and listen to Tian Zi Qi chatting with several old men.

It wasn't until Tian Ziqi asked about it that Liu Sheng recounted the provisions of the Han Law on straw tax out of the consideration of 'don't embarrass this cheapskate'.

When he came for the second time, Liu Sheng was already the 'Prince Sheng'.

At that time, although Liu Sheng didn't get any chance to speak, he extracted a lot of key information from the seemingly casual but really brief "suffering speed" of several old men.

So far, Prince Sheng's best money and grain management is the result of Liu Sheng's 'meeting'.

And today is the third time.

This is the third time that Liu Sheng has been led by the emperor to meet and talk with these old men.

Liu Sheng didn't know exactly what to talk about.

But judging from Tianziqi's state, Liu Sheng can roughly assert that next time, Liu Sheng may come alone to visit these old men;
At that time, Liu Sheng will probably no longer be the 'Prince Sheng'...

"Ah~"

"Old~"

"Although he is not very old, after so many years, he has long been crushed by the courage of the clan."

"The imperial doctor said that you should calm down and take care of yourself, stay away from drinking and sex, or don't ask about the government."

"Ah······"

"The dignified body of the emperor, but ended up as a 'don't care about the government', what is the difference between that and death..."

Tianzi Qi sighed and sighed, which also caused several old men to naturally suppress their smiles, and slowly nodded their heads full of melancholy.

"yes······"

"I think back then, when Emperor Taizu Gao started the incident, even though he was 49 years old, he was still wise and powerful;"

"That energy and spirit, just like half a child!"

"In the end, I became emperor, and within seven years, I was so overwhelmed by the world that I couldn't stand up..."

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"When the first emperor came to Chang'an from Daiguo, he was in his early twenties, full of vigor and vigor."

"Although he reigned for 27 years, in retrospect, the first emperor was also in his thirties, and he was severely burdened by this burden."

"In the last few years, His Majesty's 'Prince supervised the country' completely, and the late emperor was able to rest for a while..."

In the silence, an old man sighed full of melancholy, which only caused everyone present to nod their heads one after another, no doubt agreeing with the old man and Emperor Qi's previous words.

So far, Fan Hanli has been established for more than [-] years;

During these 50 years, Liu Han Sheji encountered numerous difficulties and difficulties.

In the short period of 50 years from the founding of the Han Dynasty to today's son Qiwei Yahai, peace with the people, there have been at least three major changes that may overthrow Liu Han Sheji alone!

——For the first time, Emperor Taizu Gao fell into the siege of Baideng, and the Han family almost lost the founding king in that Han-Hungarian battle!
If the Xiongnu Shanyu Maodun didn't judge the situation back then, and fled north before being surrounded by the rebels, but smashed the Taizu Liu Bang who was trapped in Baideng's siege, then maybe Liu Han Sheji would really become the second emperor And the perished Ying Qin will have a shorter-lived dynasty.

After all, no matter how you say it, Ying Zheng is still at the end of his life, isn't he?
——The second time was the death of Empress Dowager Lu, and the chaos of Zhulu's nephews who wanted to overthrow Liu Han Sheji, and were finally put down by the princes and ministers.

And in that turmoil, whether it was Zhu Lu's nephews who successfully overthrew Liu Han Sheji, or Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and others who pacified Zhu Lu's people had unreasonable thoughts, it was enough to make Liu Han Sheji die in Taizu In the hands of Liu Bang's grandchildren.

Even later, after the first emperor took over from the country and took over the great unification, any wrong move would surely lead to an unprecedented disaster for the Han family...

The third time, of course, was the Wu-Chu Rebellion that broke out after Tian Ziqi succeeded to the throne.

Although the final result of the Wu-Chu Rebellion was Taiwei Zhou Yafu's downgrading and attack, and the mighty Wu-Chu Seven Kingdoms Rebellion was pacified in March, but in fact, the situation at that time was already so bad that "Liu Hanzong's life hangs by a thread".

Needless to say anything else;

In other words, in those days, if Liu Bi decided not to go west after holding most of the clan and princes' troops in the Guandong, then the world of Liu Han would instantly go back to the "Chu-Han Struggle for Hegemony" before the Taizu Li Han. era.

——After the defeat of Taizu Pengcheng, the struggle between Chu and Han for hegemony was based on the Suiyang-Xingyang line, the capital of Liang, as the boundary, with Han in the west and Chu in the east.

What's more, once the main force of Liu Bi's Wu-Chu allied force breaks through Suiyang, or even just bypasses Suiyang, so that a vanguard of about a thousand people appears outside Hangu Pass, and Tianzi Qi, who is firmly seated in Chang'an Weiyang Palace, must immediately 'The monkey is crowned'...
Except for these three major changes that were enough to overthrow the Han Family Clan Society, similar changes that were only relatively less harmful have never been cut off.

——Emperor Liu Bang, Emperor Taizu Gao, spent his life as an emperor for seven years, and spent his entire career as emperor and the last of his life, eradicating all the princes with different surnames in the Han family;

——Liu Ying, the emperor of Xiaohui, seems to have encountered no major accidents, but the actual situation is that Liu Ying was defeated in the political power struggle before she had time to have the qualifications and authority to "handle the accidents", and she ended up in a depressed state. end.

As for the former and the latter two emperors, although they did not cause or face any changes themselves, the heavy burden that should have been shouldered by the emperor of Han fell on the shoulders of the Empress Dowager Lu.

In order to take good care of the Han family, the Empress Dowager Lu has endured and shouldered no less than any Han emperor, including Emperor Taizu Gao.

And then the first emperor, in his early twenties, came to Chang'an from Daiguo to 'inherit the Datong';
As a result, before the throne under his buttocks was hot, he found that he, the 'Emperor of Han', couldn't even control his own imperial army.

In desperation, the late emperor first launched "General Wei" to replace Wei Wei, in order to initially ensure his own life safety;

After that, through a series of political means, starting from scratch, the power was taken back to the hands little by little.

During this period, Liu Xingju, king of Jinbei, and Liu Chang, king of Huainan, "attempted to raise troops", which seemed to be "not worth mentioning".

And when today's Ziqi succeeds to the throne, the broken chessboard of that year has finally come to his own liquidation...
"Huh~~~..."

"Since the founding of the Han Dynasty by the Taizu, it has been more than [-] years since the founding of the Han family. It can be said that our Han family has undergone many changes."

"Emperors of all dynasties worked hard to govern, and passed it on to the sixth generation;"

"But there are still Huns in the north and Zhao Tuo in the south, ready to bite off a piece of meat and suck a mouthful of blood from my Han family at any time..."

Said full of melancholy, Tianzi Qi turned sideways slightly, lying on his side under the root of the tree regardless of his image, pointed to Liu Sheng who was not far away, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"They're all babies..."

"Born in a peasant household, a child of this age is a pawn;"

"Born in a high school, at this age, you have to be a general who controls 50 people."

"Even if you were born in the royal family, you can't escape the fate of being a king or a vassal, or being a prince."

"But at this age, no matter where you put it, you are still a baby..."

As he said that, Tianzi Qi shook his head with a wry smile, and looked away from Liu Sheng.

Just a moment later, Tianzi Qi pointed at Liu Sheng again with his weak, even slightly trembling fingers.

As for Tian Ziqi's gaze, it fell on the several old men who were next to him and who were also lying on their sides under the root of the tree.

"This boy is not bad."

"really not bad."

"At this age, I can't do as well as this kid..."

Seeing that Tianzi Qi became more sad and melancholy, and the atmosphere became more and more gloomy, one of the old men immediately opened his mouth to enliven the atmosphere.

"Hi~"

"See what it says;"

"Which family's child can smash a relative's kid to death with a chessboard at the age of teens?"

"To be honest, anyone who is obedient, at this age, is better-behaved than His Majesty was back then!"

The old urchin obviously teased a little deliberately, but it didn't attract everyone's laughter as expected;
They only instinctively gnawed and laughed twice, and everyone already had a little sad eyes, and then fell on Tianzi Qi again.

——Everyone, also realized;
Aware that Tianzi Qi may have passed away soon;

Realizing that today is probably the farewell of everyone with Tianzi Qi and this "old friend"...

"After a hundred years, if this kid is self-willed or disrespectful to the Queen Mother, you guys, remember to persuade him."

"Ah~"

"Who doesn't have young clothes, angry horses and light mortals?"

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"If there is such a day, my brothers and sisters, just for the sake of my old face and Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, help this kid."

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A few simple words caused several old men to turn their heads away and cast their gazes in all directions. Although they all pretended to ignore them, they were already in tears.

However, Tianzi Qi was silent for a moment, and then smiled quite carefreely;
He turned his head to the side, took a deep look at Liu Sheng, and then wiped away the tears on his face.

"Hi!"

"You boy, Ann?!"

"I look like this, but I still have to worry about you bastard!"

"Can't I save my mind???"

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"I will keep all these old things in my heart!"

"If you have something in your heart and can't tell the people around you, come and talk to these old guys!"

"Keep your mouth tight, don't act like a stupefied young man, and say everything out!"

"Even if you are frank, there are always some things that cannot be said from the mouth of the emperor."

"Did you hear me?"

In just a few words, the tears that Tianzi Qi had just wiped away returned to the tired and sick face again;

As for the few old men on the side, even though they had exhausted all their strength to suppress it, they still couldn't hold back their tears.

But under Tian Ziqi's straight gaze, Liu Sheng was like a statue, stunned in place, unable to recover for a long time;
Only those two lines of unexplained tears can prove: This is really the crown prince's victory;

Not the statue of Prince Sheng...