Chapter 426 Welcome
This is a shocking change!
There was panic in the palace and shock outside the palace. Almost everyone's head was buzzing. They couldn't believe it was true. How could the emperor die suddenly?
Although Liu Jin was merely unconscious, in the Han Dynasty, an emperor's coma was equivalent to death, and this had been established over decades of experience.
The problem is that Emperor Liu Jin is different from the previous emperors. "He has no heir. Who will inherit the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty?"
Except for a very small number of people who are paying attention to Liu Jin, the vast majority of people are thinking about this question: who will be the future emperor?
There was no doubt that the emperor had to have the surname Liu. Even the military nobles who were against the emperor because of the war against the Southwestern Yi had never thought of overthrowing the Liu family's country.
The General’s Mansion.
Looking at his colleagues in front of him, the general sighed slightly and said, "Now that the emperor is about to die, the right and wrong of the past are no longer meaningful. It's time to look back."
Why did the generals hate the emperor so much that they didn't even think they had done anything wrong at this time, but Emperor Liu Jin was so angry that he was about to die?
This is actually a phenomenon caused by different understandings of identity status.
Liu Jin still thinks that he is superior and has unquestionable power over life and death over all his subjects. He thinks that it is enough for him to issue an edict of repentance and admit his mistakes, and not hold the military heroes and nobles accountable for their disrespect.
However, he did not expect that the military heroes would dare to coerce him and even directly eliminate the prime minister. This was a threat to his existence as the emperor!
These were a group of treacherous ministers, but he had no choice. His already depressed mood suddenly exploded, leading to the current outcome.
But the military meritorious officials did not think so. They thought that although the emperor was indeed high above them, they were not your slaves or dogs who would run to you salivating at the thought of throwing a bone to you.
You just apologized and lost some face. This is what you should do. What about us?
The lives of so many people combined are much more noble than yours, the emperor. Yet, you, the emperor, are not worthy of appeasing our anger with just an apology.
What qualifications does a defeated emperor, an emperor who bears primary responsibility for the defeat, have to dictate the start and end of a war?
We are defending the Han Dynasty, and you are destroying it!
Do you think you are Emperor Xiaowen or Emperor Xiaowu?
This is the biggest difference between the two sides, which is the difference in ideology. There are many differences between people, such as country, race, language, and skin color, but in the end, it is the difference in ideology.
The blade of thought can kill more thoroughly than a sword.
"Let's go into the palace."
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Inside Changle Palace.
Liu Jin gradually woke up and turned around to see that there were quite a lot of people in the palace, including his queen and his unmarried princess.
Seeing the emperor wake up, the queen cried, "Your Majesty, how is your health? You have been in a coma for a day."
Liu Jin's heart was filled with fear of death. He knew that he had no chance and that he would become the first emperor of the Han Dynasty without a temple name. He would not even be able to get a superior posthumous title.
Although the current Han Dynasty does not have the serious custom of treating the dead as if they were alive as in the past, people are still very concerned about temple names and posthumous names.
In the previous life, the temple names of the Han Dynasty were not formal. Emperor Wu of Han’s Shizong was still Emperor Xuan of Han, but this world is different.
It is normal for temple names to be high and low, but if everyone else has it and only one person doesn't, it would be embarrassing for whoever doesn't have it.
Liu Jin forced himself to calm down and said in a hoarse voice: "Are the ministers outside the palace?
Call them in.”
There was an infinite sadness in his words. He knew that his life was coming to an end, and these ministers were here to watch him die!
Then wait to crown the next emperor.
All the important ministers entered the palace, and only the chief of the royal family entered the palace. The emperor had no son, and at such a time, it was impossible to allow any prince who might inherit the throne to enter the palace.
Liu Jin saw the general walking in front, his eyes full of anger, and then he slowly closed his eyes. At this time, what else could he do?
Even if he gave the order to kill the general, it would only be regarded as a disorderly order, and he would end up being branded as a person who killed innocent people and given the infamous posthumous title of "Li".
"Your Majesty, may you be well!"
All the ministers shouted in unison. Liu Jin found this scene quite ironic.
He asked with a little expectation and a little sarcasm: "My dear ministers, are you all loyal subjects of the Han Dynasty?"
The general stepped forward and said in a passionate voice, "Your Majesty.
Even if the river becomes as thin as a belt, even if Mount Tai becomes as flat as a grindstone, your fiefdom will always be peaceful, and the royal grace will surely benefit your descendants.
This is the oath of the Emperor Gao, and this is the source of our wealth and honor. We have remained committed to this for a hundred years. How could we not be loyal subjects of the Han Dynasty?"
Upon hearing this, the dukes all bowed their heads and said in unison: "Supreme Su Wang Shang Huang, we have made an oath here to protect the royal family like the stars protect the bright moon, and to protect the country like the Great Wall protects the people. We will use all our strength and sacrifice our blood until the end of our lives, until the end of the Han Dynasty."
This is not a simple team-building oath, but through this action, they want to show their attitude to the emperor: we are all loyal subjects of the Han Dynasty!
Upon hearing this, Liu Jin felt angry and relieved at the same time, and his emotions were extremely complicated.
"His Majesty!"
Suddenly, an eunuch walked in and said in a hurry, "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister heard that you fainted and fainted out of worry. The news just came that the Prime Minister has passed away."
!!!
The Prime Minister committed suicide!
This is the first thought of almost everyone. Once the emperor dies, the prime minister's fate is doomed, and it is normal for him to commit suicide when he cannot bear the humiliation.
The general's face looked a little ugly. He didn't want to kill the prime minister now. He could have brought him back after exiling him to show his mercy. Now, this seemed like he was intolerant.
Liu Jin was silent for a moment, then he said hoarsely: "The Prime Minister is a loyal minister, he should be buried with honor to preserve the friendship between me and the Prime Minister.
Go now! "
No one cared about this matter. Everyone stared at the emperor with shining eyes. They came here because of a major matter concerning the country and the people, which was about the future successor of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Jin understood, and although he was unwilling, he still said: "Since the Su Wang Emperor established the clan law, except for the title of Luo family, which was personally designated by the Su Wang Emperor, the family has always been inherited by the son, and the Su Wang strongly supports such behavior.
But I have no son, and the country cannot be left in vain.
King Wu of Zhou once wanted to pass the throne to King Su, saying that King Su would become a sage king like Yao and Shun.
Su Wangshanghuang, how could Yao and Shun be as great as him?
I am not a sage king like King Wu of Zhou who could lead all the heroes in the world to fight against a tyrant. I am not that kind of sage king who can pacify the world.
I am mediocre.
I, the Han Dynasty, do not have a god like the Emperor Su Wang.
But I still hope to choose a monarch like Yao and Shun for the Han Dynasty, to make up for my mistakes and revive the Han Dynasty. If so, I can also meet my ancestors. "
The emperor's plain words mentioned the deeds of King Wu and King Su, and he narrowed the scope of selection to his brothers. This would be the first time in the Han Dynasty that the younger brother would succeed the elder brother.
Emperor Xiaowu Liu Che had quite a few sons, but he only had one legitimate son, Liu Jin, and the rest were illegitimate sons. The Han Dynasty had a rule of only appointing the legitimate son as the heir. Since all the sons were illegitimate sons, who should be made the emperor?
No one spoke. The recommendation of the throne was not so easy. They were not afraid to interfere in the succession to the throne. This was for the sake of the Han Dynasty and was a commendable act, but it might be resented by the future emperor.
Liu Jin glanced at everyone and said, "I have eight younger brothers, and the throne will be chosen from among them. Do you have any ideas, my dear ministers?
General, the Prime Minister is not here, and you are the head of all officials, so you should speak first. "
Upon hearing this, the general took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty!
I dare to say that King Su said that the country depends on the elder ruler, King Wu of Zhou said that an eight-year-old child cannot rule the world, and the nine sons of the previous emperor cannot be enthroned as the emperor because they have not yet been crowned.
This paragraph was very difficult for me to write, because it is actually very different from historical ideas. I need to constantly deduce the thoughts of the people in that world. They are not people from our world. Their moral concepts, consciousness of monarch and ministers, and power structures are very different, just like we sometimes cannot understand many things in ancient Western countries. Starting from this volume, I hope that book lovers will not use the ideas of our world to substitute for the behaviors of the characters in the book.
(End of this chapter)
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