In Huaiyin, in the evening, after dinner, Li Li talked to Huang Yan about his son Li Fang.

Li Fang got married last year and is now working in Kaifeng, Bianzhou with the Crown Princess. He not only needs to supervise the construction of the industry, but also understand the customs and customs of Henan. At the same time, he has lived with the bride, killing the numbers in one fell swoop.

Huang Gui was a little worried. After all, his son, who was raised since childhood, has now become a family and is far away from him. I don’t know if he is doing well.

Will the couple quarrel? They have a quarrel?

How does a young child and wife take care of her son?

Will the son be out of restraint and make friends with some people with ulterior motives?

When you go to another place, will you lose your stomach because of greed?

Li Li disagreed with Huang Gui's concern: "You are in your early forties, why do you look so angry? It seems that after leaving a son, the sky will fall?"

"As my son becomes an adult and gets married, we should let go. You can take care of him for ten, twenty, and thirty years, and all your life?"

Huang Gui was still worried: "But what if the couple had a conflict? No one mediated, what if it could do it?"

Li Li smiled and shook his head: "Military couples have to live their lives, and there are inevitably some small conflicts. How many times can you mediate?"

"They are going to live a lifelong companion. As parents, don't mess around."

"Do you think that by arranging all aspects in advance now, you can ensure that your descendants have no worries about food and clothing and life will be smooth for the next decades? Is that a self-deception?"

As he was talking, Li Li gave an example: "Just like the West, Zhou Guo, Yuwen Tai entrusts his family business to his nephew Yuwen Hu when he died, hoping that Yuwen Hu would protect his cousin and stabilize his family business. What's the result?"

Huang Gui understood the example given by Li Li, and the situation of the Li family may have been similar to this example before, so she was a little worried.

To compare the situations of the Yuwen family and the Li family, you can assume the following scenarios:

Before, Li Li suddenly became critically ill, and at this time, Huang Gui and his brothers also died, and the new king Li Fang, who was about to succeed the throne, was helpless.

Among the royal family, Li Xin was only in her thirties, so Li Li handed over the power to Li Xin when he was dying.

As a result, not long after Li Xin took power, he abolished and killed his cousin Li Fang and made Li Li the other son the emperor.

After a few years, he deposed and killed his cousin, and appointed Li Li as the emperor and put it as a puppet. He was the real and nameless emperor.

This situation lasted for many years, and the power of the imperial system became weaker and weaker, while the ruling Li Xin was getting richer and stronger.

So, what would Li Li, who was in the dark, think when he saw this?

"A person dies like a lamp that goes out. What can I think?" Li Li shrugged, "No matter how you arrange it before your lifetime, after your death, you will leave it to fate. So why do parents think so much?"

"For me, I have so many sons, and of course I hope every son can live a good life and have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life."

"My brother died early, and no one in the Li family can threaten my son's status, so I can live in harmony with my nephew."

"But after Dalang succeeded to the throne, the issues he had to consider were different from mine."

"He also has a son, and he also wants his son to be safe and sound for the rest of his life, and he also wants his son to be firm in the future. Then, those who are threatening must be dealt with."

"Cousin should be careful, and my brothers should be careful, too."

"If the royal family is incompetent and unable to defend the future new king, he will be upset; if the royal family is too capable, he will be in danger of the future new king's status, he will be upset, worried that the old things will happen again and that the uncle will take the position of nephew."

"At that time, how Dalang will deal with it? Can you see it with me? Do you care?"

Li Li sighed when he said this: "After a big family, after his father left, the sons themselves are prone to rebel against each other because of the distribution of their family property, let alone the country of ​​growing."

"In the face of power, everyone will be affected to varying degrees. What they do, alas..."

Li Li's sigh was also what Huang Wen was worried about.

Li Li has many sons, which is a good thing, but it may not be possible after decades.

The history of more than a hundred years shows that whether the emperor valued the royal family or not was easy to have problems. When Li Li was there, of course his sons would not have any problems.

But when Li Fang ascended the throne, there were so many younger brothers, how should he appoint them?

Brothers were killed, uncle seized the throne, and tragedies surrounding power occurred from time to time for more than a hundred years. Li Li and Huang Feng even witnessed (indirectly) major events that occurred in various countries during the same period.

What did Emperor Wu of Liang get in return for his favor with the royal family?

In Qi State, the consequence of the throne of brothers in the end was that the royal family was guarded by the emperor and there was no trust between the two.

Zhou State, the cousin of the regent was very relaxed.

So, what's wrong with this world?

Will this happen to Chu State in the future?

Li Li didn't know, but he had his own opinion:

"As long as the second and third emperors who founded the country succeeded to the throne in adulthood and had not been in a short position, the dynasty's reign should be longer."

"This is the most critical thing. What is the construction of the system and what kind of checks and balances are the second."

"If the young emperor comes out one after another, or the emperor's reign is too short, then it will be over. The supreme power cannot be possessed by children for a long time."

"Think about it, Gao Yang, the first emperor of Ruoqi, is not dead yet. When the prince reaches adulthood, how can his younger brothers take the turn to be a monster? After all, he is only two years older than me."

"If Yuwen Tai could live a few more years, and when his son became an adult, Yuwen Hu would have to be a good cousin, rather than deposing and establishing two emperor cousins ​​in succession."

"However, it is not good for the emperor to live too long. If he dies of the first prince, the other princes will be ready to move. Of course, Emperor Wu of Liang may not have thought that he could live that old age."

As he spoke, Li Li changed his subject: "Yuwen Yong, the current emperor of Zhou State, was appointed emperor when he was seventeen years old and has been in power for eleven years."

"He is very honest and never clashes with his cousin Yuwen Hu, who is in power. He seems to have no close confidants around him. The imperial party is not formed and cannot pose a threat to the ruling Yuwen Hu."

"So how long do you think this abnormal power structure in Zhou State can last?"

Huang Gui had some understanding of the situation of Zhou State, so hesitated a little: "If Yuwen Hu wanted to usurp the throne, it should have usurped it. As a result, he... was he hesitating until now?"

Li Li gave his own judgment: "Hesitation will lead to defeat. I think Yuwen Hu is afraid of defeat."

"But before, he was not like this. Yuwen Hu was cruel when dealing with Yuwen Tai's peer entrepreneurial martial arts honors. He really maintained the status of Yuwen without any hesitation."

"However, my two cousins ​​were in a hurry to seize power, so they had a conflict. He did not hesitate at that time, and deposing the liberation was a quick decision."

"Now, he has been safe with his puppet cousin for 11 years. Do you think that if this continues, my cousin can assume that nothing has happened?"

"The revenge of killing brother is to undermine the emperor's overwhelming authority, both public and private. The current Zhou emperor Yuwen Yong will definitely not let him go once he has the chance."

Li Li gave a ready-made example: "In the early years of the Liu Song Dynasty, the four ministers of the regent deposed and killed the young emperor Liu Yifu, and previously demoted Liu Erlang and Liu Yizhen, and made Liu Sanlang and Liu Yilong the emperor."

"The two brothers were killed by powerful ministers. Liu Yilong was obedient at first, but when he gained a foothold and won the hearts of the people, he divided the four auxiliary ministers and defeated them one by one."

"Maybe these four ministers of the regent are doing things to decree and establish a decree for the sake of the country, and perhaps the young emperor is indeed unreasonable, but the imperial power cannot tolerate powerful ministers who have done things to decree and establish a decree."

"The emperor cannot tolerate outsiders who kill his two brothers. Whenever he has the chance, he will definitely take action."

"Yuwen Hu and his confidants shouldn't have understood this truth, but he has lived peacefully with the emperor for eleven years and has not replaced it. Don't you think there is any inside story?"

Huang Yan thought about it carefully and asked, "Can he want to survive? Anyway, the emperor is honest and easy to control. He just waited for his sons to be full of wings, occupy important positions, take over power, and then..."

"Probably," Li Li nodded, "The premise is that the emperor looks honest, otherwise... the emperor has several younger brothers, and Yuwen Hu doesn't mind changing another one."

It makes sense, but what does this have to do with Chu State?

This question arose in Huang Gui's mind, and then she thought of something: "Could it be, what happened to Zhou Guohui?"

"I can't see it at the moment, and I can't see any changes in the Zhou Dynasty." Li Li said slowly, "Although I have been trying to find a way to understand the domestic situation in Zhou, the details I know are limited."

"If we outsiders could see the clues, Yuwen Hu would not have been able to detect the movement."

"However, we can use Zhou's abnormal power structure and make some small moves appropriately, which may make them mess internally."

"After all, you are watching the fun, don't you be afraid of big trouble, right?"
Chapter completed!