The ace special forces of the Sui Dynasty

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said, "Since it is the result of the two-level congress election, there is no need to change it."

These, after passing the imperial examination, have also successively had some outstanding young people entering the cabinet.Among these young people, Changsun Wuji, Li Shimin, Du Ruhui and others are even more outstanding.Liu Ziqiu worked together to reform the age structure of the cabinet. The appearance of these outstanding young people provided him with an opportunity to realize his plan.However, Liu Ziqiu also hesitated when nominating a candidate for a bachelor's degree. After all, he also had some distrust of Li Shimin.However, Li Shimin's performance in recent years has been quite satisfactory, and he has handled cabinet affairs impeccably, and there is no evidence that he will rebel.Everything is judged by evidence, without evidence one cannot be convicted, this is the rule set by Liu Ziqiu himself, he naturally has no reason to break it.

In order to show that he was fair and just, Liu Ziqiu finally put Li Shimin on the list of candidates.In real history, Li Shimin is a symbol of a generation of Mingjun. There is no reason why such an outstanding talent should not be included in the ranks of candidates.However, in Liu Ziqiu's view, the best of these young people is Zhangsun Wuji, so he is not worried that Li Shimin will be elected as the prime minister.

Since Gao Xiu'er rescued Gao Shilian, the relationship between Changsun Wuji's brother and sister and Liu Ziqiu has greatly eased, and Changsun Wugou has also dispelled the misunderstanding of Liu Ziqiu.Of course, the brothers and sisters have more and more opinions on Li Shimin, especially on his character.If Changsun Wuji is the prime minister of the cabinet, everything will naturally be within the controllable range.

Who knows, there was an accident in the end.Before the election, Changsun Wuji suddenly gave up running for the post of prime minister.

The eldest grandson Wuji is a gentleman. Because of his in-law relationship with Li Shimin, he had to accompany Li Shimin to the south of the Yangtze River, and he felt extremely guilty.Later, Liu Ziqiu not only pardoned his capital crime, but also allowed him to enter the center of the world. This kindness of repaying grievances with virtue made Changsun Wuji even more embarrassed.After thinking about it for a while, he felt that he was out of hope to be elected as a bachelor, and he didn't want to fight for the prime minister anymore, so before entering the arena, he made a decision to withdraw from the election.

The competition soon started between Li Shimin and Du Ruhui, and their performance was significantly higher than other young people.In the end, Li Shimin won the applause of the whole house with the sentence "Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it", and thus won the prime minister's throne.

This accident was beyond Liu Ziqiu's control, but he originally wanted to weaken the imperial power until he handed it over to all the people in the world.Therefore, this situation is also in line with his original setting.

Although the situation was a bit out of control, Liu Ziqiu was not very worried about letting Li Shimin take power.He who came from later generations understands the truth that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.The purpose of setting up the cabinet is only to handle the daily affairs of the court and liberate Liu Ziqiu himself, but Liu Ziqiu's consent must be obtained for the mobilization of the army.This powerful army can be said to have been created by Liu Ziqiu alone. In the army, no one has more prestige than him.This kind of prestige cannot be replaced by a mere order from the prime minister.Moreover, Liu Ziqiu has been instilling a concept in his soldiers.They are the country's army, fighting for the entire Han Dynasty, not a private army of a certain person, not fighting for a certain person, even if this person is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, even if it is Liu Ziqiu.

Only in this way can it be guaranteed that the army will not be used by individuals.Of course, what is more important is the system.According to the military regulations of the Han Dynasty, even a general like Li Jing can only mobilize a maximum of [-] troops at a time.The palace was guarded like a cloud, and if someone really wanted to rebel, these three thousand soldiers would not even be able to take down the palace gate.In that case, what else should Liu Ziqiu worry about?

In addition, there was another important system that completely dispelled Liu Ziqiu's worries.According to the law of the Han Dynasty, the term of office of the prime minister is four years, and he can only be re-elected for a maximum of one term.If you are not re-elected, you cannot run for re-election in the future.In other words, Li Shimin served as prime minister for up to eight years.During these eight years, Liu Ziqiu was still young and vigorous, fully capable of controlling the situation.You must know that in the eyes of the people of the Han Dynasty, he is a god-like existence, a person who saves all people from fire and water.

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Gao Xiuer was very angry that Liu Ziqiu agreed to let Li Shimin be the prime minister. After all, this guy almost hurt their mother and son.It's fine for her, but Liu Sigen is her lifeblood, so how can she allow others to hurt her.For this reason, Gao Xiuer ignored Liu Ziqiu for several days.In the entire Han Dynasty, perhaps she was the only one who dared to treat Liu Ziqiu like this.

Probably in order to ease Gao Xiu'er's anger, Li Shimin's first act after becoming prime minister was to present a table to Liu Ziqiu, asking him to establish a prince as soon as possible.Liu Sigen is the eldest son, he is capable of both literary and military skills, and he also has superb medical skills passed down by Sun Simiao himself. With such all-round talents, he is naturally the best candidate for the crown prince.

Whether it is a country or a family, it has been the rule since ancient times to establish a descendant to grow up.In this way, it can prevent the sons from killing each other in order to compete for the throne or family property.

But Liu Ziqiu from later generations is very clear that historical experience proves that this rule cannot prevent brothers from killing each other.Whether it's the supreme imperial power or those family properties that can't be used in a few lifetimes, they are all very tempting.Under this kind of temptation, many people lost their reason and lost their humanity.Moreover, this rule has a huge drawback, no one can guarantee that the eldest son is the best heir.Even if the eldest son is good enough, who can guarantee that the eldest son's eldest son is also good?

Liu Ziqiu has been trying to find a solution to this problem, but he has never been successful.There is no way to establish a new rule, and there is no way to continue the matter of Li Chu, so it has been delayed until today.However, the final implementation of the cabinet system and the establishment of the two congresses have solved the problems that have always plagued him.

The emperor's power was distributed to the cabinet and the congress, and it was no longer just the emperor alone that determined the fate of the country, but the collective wisdom of the entire cabinet and the congress.The ability of the emperor has become less important, and the existence of the emperor is more of a symbolic meaning.Therefore, it is not so important who will be the heir.Under such circumstances, Liu Ziqiu felt that he had been aggrieved by passing the throne to Liu Sigen.After all, the emperor was subject to many restrictions, which restricted Liu Sigen's freedom.

So, after receiving the memorial from the cabinet represented by Li Shimin, Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "There will be no crown prince in my Han dynasty from now on!"

Li Shimin was also very surprised that Liu Ziqiu agreed to let him be the prime minister of the cabinet, so he felt quite uneasy.He didn't know if this was Liu Ziqiu's way of suppressing and promoting first, so he acted extra cautiously.He proposed Liu Ziqiu to be the crown prince, on the one hand, to ease Gao Xiuer's anger, and on the other hand, he also wanted to test Liu Ziqiu.As for why he was able to know that Gao Xiuer was unhappy, of course it was because he had Li Cheng as an insider in the palace.However, Li Shimin was even more surprised that Liu Ziqiu said that he would not establish a prince.He couldn't figure out Liu Ziqiu's intentions, so he had to persuade him again: "Although your majesty is in the prime of life, there will always be a day when you will ascend to bliss. The matter of the crown prince is related to the peace of the country, so how can you be careless? I hope your majesty will think twice!"

Wei Zheng, Zhao Ling and other senior ministers also persuaded from the sidelines: "Your Majesty, the eldest prince is indeed a dragon and a phoenix among men, and he is worthy of a heavy responsibility. I hope Your Majesty will not doubt it!"

Although these old ministers no longer served in the court, Liu Ziqiu still had great trust in them and often called them into the palace to talk.Sometimes, their words still have a non-negligible impact on the government.These old ministers all grew up watching Liu Sigen, so their feelings towards Liu Sigen are naturally different.Moreover, Liu Sigen himself was good enough, so it was almost popular to make him the crown prince.

But Liu Ziqiu said with a smile: "I didn't set up a prince, it's not that I didn't choose an heir. From now on, all my sons will be listed as heirs according to the order of elder and younger, regardless of whether they are born or concubines. The eldest son Liu Sigen will be the first heir, and the second son Liu Siyun will be the heir." The second successor, and so on. If I am not in Beijing in the future, the first successor will act on my behalf. If the first successor is not in Beijing, then the second successor will act on my behalf."

Since Liu Sigen is the first heir, there is not much difference between being a crown prince, and everyone was relieved, and did not continue to make repeated admonitions for a false name.

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Although the issue of the heir was determined, the matter was not over, and the cabinet raised the issue of assigning titles to the princes.This time, Liu Ziqiu directly vetoed the cabinet's suggestion, and didn't even listen to their explanation.Noble titles can only be obtained through accumulated merits, no one can be an exception, even if he is a prince!Of course, as a symbol of honor, titles can be inherited.There is only one title of the royal family, and that is the title of the Great Han.Who will inherit the throne, the rules have already been set, so naturally there is no need to continue the discussion.

However, this incident reminded Liu Ziqiu.Born in an emperor's family, it seems that the scenery is boundless, but in fact this is just the scene of the Taiping Festival.In the event of war, the fate of the emperor's family is far worse than that of ordinary people.Historically, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen cut his daughter with a sword before hanging himself, and said a very famous sentence: "How did you live for my family!"

Liu Ziqiu is the emperor, he has many women and many children.And these children will also start a family and start a business in the future, and they will also have children of their own.Liu Ziqiu knew that no matter how hard he tried, it was impossible for a dynasty to last through the ages, and there would always be a day when it would be destroyed.He does not want his descendants to repeat the mistakes of history.Therefore, Liu Ziqiu wanted to find a way out for his children and grandchildren.This way out is definitely not a few titles to sit back and enjoy.