I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 331 I miss King Liang

On that day, Emperor Qi talked a lot with Liu Sheng.

Just like a mother, she will always have endless entrustments to her beloved son who is about to travel far away.

——From the general trend of the world to the court of Chang'an;

From clan relatives and princes to meritorious relatives;
From internal affairs and diplomacy, to the future palace ban and defense, and the defense of the capital, the emperor Qidu explained everything in detail.

If it wasn't for the fact that Tian Ziqi didn't fall asleep in the end, but just lay on the couch with his eyes closed and dozed off a little tiredly, and his chest rose and fell regularly with his breathing, Liu Sheng would almost have thought that Tian Ziqi just now was doing the last sleep before his death. Entrusted!
Seeing Tianzi Qi close his eyes, Liu Sheng did not leave quietly, but relied on the tacit understanding that father and son had rarely cultivated in the past period of time, and squatted down in front of Tianzi Qi's couch.

Moving his body as slowly as possible, leaning his back against the imperial couch under Tianzi Qi, he fell to the ground with his buttocks, and then sat down with his legs bent and stretched in front of him.

It was also this rare moment of leisure that finally allowed Liu Sheng to relax, calm down, and think about the future.

——Tianzi Qi's physical condition is indeed becoming more and more pessimistic visible to the naked eye;

But according to Liu Sheng's estimation, as long as there are no major accidents such as falling from a horse or a car, it should be no problem for Ziqi to live another three to five years until he can crown Liu Sheng.

That is to say, starting from now on, the time left for Liu Sheng to weave wings for his future emperor career is three to five years.

Among them, there is a very critical issue, which was also mentioned by Emperor Qi just now.

——Liu Sheng must seize these three to five years to accumulate enough power for himself to control the court, and at the same time ensure that his actions will not arouse the emperor's suspicion.

This means that Liu Sheng's tentacles of "weaving wings" cannot extend to the army, and any units or individuals related to military power.

Realizing this, Liu Sheng nodded secretly: Wei Weizhi is not suspicious, Lang Zhongling Zhou Ren, and Prince Fu Weiwan who is also a lieutenant, Liu Sheng should pay more attention.

Zhi Buyi, Zhou Ren, Liu Sheng, in the next few years, it's better not to see each other if they can see each other. If they really want to see each other, they can't see each other alone or in private, and when they see each other, they have to talk less.

As for Wei Wan, she must be extremely careful, and try to ensure that the two of them have nothing other than the teacher-student relationship, and no private communication other than the classroom.

Leaving aside the three units of Lieutenant, Weiwei, and Lang Zhongling, which are related to military power, especially the Chang'an arch guard force and even the forbidden defense force, Liu Sheng has a lot to pay attention to the rest.

——First of all, in order to show that he is only weaving his wings and preparing for the future handover of power, and not really trying to lift Tianzi Qi, the three-level public, Liu Sheng must not make any attempts.

Even if Liu Sheng tried, the prime minister Tao Qing and the imperial censor Chao Cuo were unlikely to pay attention to the olive branch thrown by Liu Sheng at this delicate time.

In the Jiuqing level, the Lang Zhongling and Weiwei who are related to military power are removed, and then the Shaofu who are related to the money bag, and Zongzheng, Dianke, and Fengchang who have no real value.

There are not many choices left for Liu Sheng...

"The Shaofu is in charge of the money bag, so you can't touch it;"

"The eunuch is in charge of Sheng's chariot and horses, let alone approaching him."

"The internal history is in charge of the whole Guanzhong, so we still have to avoid suspicion."

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"With the crown prince 'weaving wings', there is only one court lieutenant left, and we can only start from the court lieutenant?"

"This is also weaving a mallet..."

Thinking like this, Liu Sheng only sighed in his heart;
After thinking for a moment, he nodded helplessly.

Because Liu Sheng remembered the situation when the first emperor died and today's Ziqi ascended the throne.

The situation at that time, even in the entire history of China, can be called extremely special.

——The emperor has been seriously ill for many years. Although he is still in power, he has not been in power for several years.

In the past few years, Prince Liu Qi supervised the country, although he did not have any major decision-making power, but after all, he was not comparable to ordinary princes and princes.

In this way, until the middle of the seventh year of the Yuan Dynasty, the first emperor died in Weiyang Palace, and the new emperor Liu Qi took office immediately;

When he took the throne, Liu Qi was 31 years old and had been the prince for a full 22 years, including at least four years of his career as the prince of the country.

In terms of age, the Son of Heaven is in his thirties, which has nothing to do with being 'young and ignorant';
The 22 years of his career as a crown prince, and the last four years of his career as a supervisor of the country, have trained Liu Qi, a prince of moderate talents, into a mature emperor with extremely sophisticated political methods.

In terms of jurisprudence, no matter in terms of concubine or age, Liu Qi is the eldest son of the late emperor;
Sitting on the throne, Liu Qi's biological mother sits in Changle as the queen mother, and a brother of a compatriot guards the gate of Guanzhong;

As for the heirs, let alone - the year when the first emperor died was the year when today's Ziqi's tenth son: Jiaoxi King Liu Zhi was born.

Liu Qi's eldest son, the current Linjiang King Liu Rong, was in his teens at the time.

That's it, Tianzi Qi only carried out personnel transfers in three positions immediately after taking the throne.

——Zhou Ren, a confidant of Ren Qian's residence, is the doctor's order to protect his own personal safety;

—— Ren Xueshi Chao Cuo as the internal history, so as to quickly control the capital Chang'an.

And, Ren Qiandi's confidant Zhang Ou is Tingwei.

From the transfer of officials at the beginning of Emperor Qi's accession to the throne, it is not difficult to find that Liu Sheng can only "weave wings" from Ting Wei, which is actually normal.

After all, Lang Zhongling is almost the shadow of the emperor. When the last emperor died, Lang Zhongling would automatically lose his job.

As for the internal history, it is only the political capital that Tianziqi brought to Tianziqi during his more than 20 years as the prince, especially the years when he was the prince of Jianguo.

Unless, like Emperor Qi of the year, he sits as the prince of Jianguo for three to five years, and then directly completes the transformation from prince of Jianguo to emperor of Han, otherwise, Liu Sheng, let alone now, even after inheriting the throne, will not Don't even think about being transferred to internal history immediately.

——The transfer of power is always based on the word 'stability'.

At such a critical juncture, the most ideal situation is actually that, except for the emperor who needs to be replaced, the other positions remain the same;

Wait for the new monarch to secure the throne and the ruling and opposition parties have passed the turbulent period of power transfer, and then transfer positions as appropriate.

As for Tingwei's significance to Liu Sheng...
"Tsk tut;"

"Talking is better than nothing."

"Being in charge of prison is not what the old man said just now: When the old man is old and faint and wants to kill someone, he should stop him depending on the situation."

"Other than that, there is nothing else..."

Wanting to understand this point, Liu Sheng sighed again, and his shoulders were pulled down along with the sigh.

The current situation can't be said to be dangerous or severe, it's just a little troublesome and depressing, requiring Liu Sheng to be overly careful.

Liu Sheng didn't like this feeling very much;
But Liu Sheng knows: whether he likes it or not, he can only do this.

Not only did Liu Sheng want to do this, after decades, the crown prince chosen by Liu Sheng will also have to face the situation Liu Sheng is facing now.

What Liu Sheng didn't know was: This is the reason why Liu Han, especially the Western Han Dynasty "destroyed by strength alone", had 13 emperors and six wise emperors.

——The calm face of death, the proper handling of the handover of power, and the careful cultivation of successors are the most dazzling advantages of the Han emperor compared with the monarchs of other dynasties.

"Then meet Zhao Yu?"

"The old man asked me to meet him a long time ago, but he never took time off, but he forgot..."

Thinking of his next plan, the sorrowful look on Liu Sheng's face dissipated a little;

When he thought about Zhao Yu carefully, his complexion froze slightly, and then he burst into wry smiles.

——Zhao Yu, in fact, was quite a representative official during the reign of Emperor Qi.

Arrogant, clean and honest, does not have personal relationships with others, is stern and selfless, and obeys the orders of the king.

The Tai Shigong of later generations called such people "cool officials", and specially compiled a "Biography of Cool Officials" to record the actions of these lonely officials.

But in this era, people like Zhao Yu are not called 'cruel officials', but only called 'legalists who study punishment and punishment'.

Let’s talk about Zhao Yu again. Compared with his predecessor, Chao Cuo, the leader of Legalism today, he has less paranoia and more bottom line;
Compared with Goshawk Zhidu, who was not much older than him, he was less sinister and more upright.

Generally speaking, Zhao Yu is almost a professional talent tailor-made for the position of 'Tingwei'.

Just like Zhang Shizhi, the court lieutenant who implemented "the law is sufficient" to the Han family during the reign of the first emperor, the future Zhao Yu will also be Liu Sheng who implements "there are laws to follow, and the law must be followed, and the law must be enforced." The biggest helper of the law must be strict, and the law must be investigated'.

But now, when he thinks that he will be in close contact with this young and promising Ting Weiqing in the next few years, Liu Sheng feels funny for a while.

"Zhou Yafu is still in the womb..."

"Tsk tut;"

"These two get together, I'm afraid it's..."

"—I'm afraid it's just for fun?"

Thinking so in his heart, Liu Sheng smiled wryly and shook his head again, retracting his almost straight legs.

Now, Zhou Yafu, as the crown prince Shaobao, goes in and out of the crown prince's womb every day, and it is no secret in Chang'an City;
As for the two "personal disciples" personally selected by Zhou Yafu: Zhidu and Cheng Bushi, they have also been placed by Liu Sheng in the palace of the crown prince.

——The two people on the left and right have no military power in their hands now, even if they live in the uterus, they will not have any influence on Liu Sheng at all.

But the relationship between Zhou Yafu and Zhao Yu is really complicated.

Zhou Yafu was born as a son of Gonghou, and was accepted as a marquis by the late emperor on the grounds of "recovering Jianghou's family". He was promoted through hard work, almost entirely relying on the general's promotion route, and finally reached the peak of Taiwei-Prime Minister.

However, in Zhao Yu's early years, he followed the path of a civil servant - he was a man first, then he became a censor with the specialty of 'sharp writing', and then moved to various ministries of the public affairs department, which can be described as precipitation for many years.

When Zhou Yafu quelled the rebellion between Wu and Chu, and was promoted to the prime minister and relieved Zhou Yafu of his position as a lieutenant, Zhao Yu happened to be in the leadership team of Zhou Yafu's prime minister's mansion.

After becoming the prime minister, Zhou Yafu seldom appeared in the prime minister's mansion because he didn't know whether it was out of consideration to avoid suspicion, or because he was really not interested in government affairs, or because he was not capable enough to support him in dealing with it.

And during Zhou Yafu's "Honorary Prime Minister", Zhao Yu also got a lot of opportunities.

——The prime minister doesn't care about things, so naturally the officials of the prime minister's mansion have to deal with those trivial matters that should be handled by the prime minister, but they are not too important and not necessary for the prime minister to handle.

Since you want to do things, you have to be in power.

If Zhou Yafu didn't do anything, his power would naturally be taken away by lowly officials; if the officials of the prime minister's office did things, they would naturally take a lot of power for themselves.

Although most of these powers have no practical significance, for a raw jade like Zhao Yu, such experience is the most rare wealth in life.

It is precisely by virtue of the experience of "he is obviously not the prime minister, but he has done a lot of things that should be done by the prime minister, and he has done a good job" that Zhao Yu was able to practice as a county guard at his current age. Under the circumstances, he was quickly promoted to the position of Nine Ministers of the current court: Tingwei, but it did not arouse much dissatisfaction from inside and outside the court.

As for Zhou Yafu, the "benefactor" in the actual sense, Zhao Yu had previously unreservedly shown how unreasonable a legalist scholar can become for the sake of principles...

"Uh······"

"Ugh~"

While Liu Sheng was thinking, on the imperial couch behind him, Tianzi Qi murmured indistinctly;

When the old man woke up, Liu Shengzi put thousands of thoughts back into his head, stretched out his hand to gently support his side, and stood up by the couch.

However, on the imperial couch, Tianzi Qi's blinking eyes were extremely tired, as if he had a very exhausting dream;

And Tian Ziqi's next "self-talk" made Liu Sheng's heart sink again.

Liu Han Sheji, also following the next words of the emperor, officially entered another regime junction...

"I, I saw my father..."

"Father said, I have done a good job these years..."

"—Although I also made some confusion, but I did a good job after all..."

"Father also gave me a sword..."

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"Ha~"

"How long have I been asleep?"

The low and hoarse question only caused Liu Sheng to raise his head subconsciously: "It's only half a moment at most."

"--ah······"

"—I feel like it's been a lifetime, as if I've slept for many, many years..."

Saying so, Tian Zi Qi Ye finally moved his body, making a gesture to sit up from the couch;
When Liu Sheng hurriedly reached out to support Tianzi Qi's back, he saw Tianzi Qi sitting up slowly while saying: "Zhen, I miss King Liang."

"It's been a few years since we parted;"

"I don't know what happened back then, Ah Wu, do you still remember the grudge against me..."

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"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, you go to Changle and inform the Queen Mother."

"Just say, I miss Liang Wang."

"Before the autumn harvest, call Liang Wang to Chang'an."

"—to accompany the mother;"

"Stay with me too..."

"Accompany me..."

(End of this chapter)