Wei and Jin cooks

Li Xiong was a martial artist, but he didn't have the imagination of Fan Changsheng, so he denied it directly: "Impossible! Zi Buyu has strange powers and chaos... No, what I mean is that there is no divine power in this world, and it's not..."

Li Xiong closed his mouth in pain, "Prime Minister, just pretend that I didn't say anything."

How do you tell the prime minister who is superstitious about immortals and immortals that he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods at all?

Fan Changsheng was very calm, and did not seem to care about the emperor's words. He firmly believed: "Human beings are too small in the universe, with limited manpower and limited knowledge. Your Majesty is not wrong to judge that there are no gods in the world based on his own knowledge and experience." , However, I am not wrong to conclude based on my own knowledge that there are supernatural beings in the world."

Isn't that still his fault?

Li Xiong muttered in his heart, after all, when it comes to knowledge and knowledge, Fan Changsheng has half a century more than him.

Fan Changsheng firmly believed that Zhao Hanzhang had something magical about him, so he asked Li Xiong to pay more attention to Zhao Xin.

Li Xiong agreed, even if it wasn't for the supernatural, he still had to pay more attention to Zhao Xin and his party.

After Li Xiong's instructions, Fan Changsheng was about to leave. Li Xiong hurriedly stopped him and said solemnly: "Prime Minister, I want to establish a prince."

Fan Changsheng was stunned for a moment and then realized that they had decided to take a step back and establish a prince before formally establishing an alliance. Otherwise, when Emperor Cheng becomes King, it will not be Li Xiong who has the final say in establishing the heir.

When the Jin State became the suzerain state, Zhao Hanzhang had the right to participate in the establishment of the successor of the Cheng State. If she was dissatisfied with Li Xiong's choice, she would always find various excuses to refuse, and then intervene in the selection of the successor. Fan Changsheng could already imagine that if she By using this to weaken Chengguo, what kind of bloody storm will be caused by Chengguo's royal family.

In particular, the successor chosen by Li Xiong is somewhat special.

Fan Changsheng asked with a serious face: "Has Your Majesty made up his mind?"

Li Xiong nodded seriously, "I have had this intention for a long time. Originally, I just wanted to wait until the Shu land became more stable and the children became more mature. But now I can't wait any longer."

Fan Changsheng then cupped his hands and said: "My lord, I obey the order!"

Therefore, at the court meeting the next day, Li Xiong formally proposed to make his nephew Li Ban the crown prince.

Upon hearing this, the ministers wrote letters to advise Li Xiong. They believed that since Li Xiong had so many sons, he should not choose his successor from his nephews, but should hand over the crown prince's position to his sons. Otherwise, the dynasty would be in chaos in the future.

Li Xiong refused to listen and insisted on establishing Li Ban, "When we first raised the army, we did not hope for the emperor's foundation. However, it happened to be a great chaos and the people were in ruins. Then the people raised the army and revolted. And everyone recommended me to be above the prince. This credit belongs to the late emperor." ."

After Li Xiong established himself as emperor, he pursued his father as emperor.

"My brother is a direct bloodline. Da Zuo should be inherited by him. He was wise, intelligent, magnificent and beautiful. He was born in the world. He originally came with the will of God, but he died on the battlefield before the great event was completed." Li Xiong said sadly. Said: "Li Ban has excellent qualifications, a kind temperament, and is filial and eager to learn. Inheriting his father's good qualities, he will definitely become a great person."

That's what he said, but the courtiers didn't think this was a good idea, especially Li Xiang and Situ Wangda. They knelt on the ground and banged their heads, "Your Majesty, please be careful. The previous king established the prince to prevent usurping the throne. Wu Zi We have learned from Song Xuan Gong’s mistakes. No matter how much a nephew looks like a son, how can he compare to a real son? I beg your Majesty to think deeply!"

But Li Xiong had already thought deeply about it and insisted on standing up. The officials could not defeat him and could only watch him issue the decree.

When Zhao Xin heard the news in the inn, he stood dumbly for a long time holding the tea cup. After he came to his senses, he lowered his head and looked at the tea in his hand, and sighed: "Why is King Cheng so confused? Zhuan Zhu has learned from the past experience of assassinating King Liao. He has not read "Warring States Policy", haven't all the ministers in the court also read it?"

The soldier waiting on the side thought hard and said: "Envoy, I just finished learning the ninety-eighth character, and I have never read "Warring States Policy", but I roughly know why King Cheng established a nephew instead of a nephew. his son."

Xin Zhao: "Why?"

"Because his sons are too fucked up," the soldier quickly changed his words under Xin Zhao's gaze, "I mean too bad."

"You don't know, because King Cheng became the emperor, the children of the Li family were very fierce and ran rampant in the city, especially his sons, who were extravagant. I heard that King Cheng only ate four dishes and one soup every meal. He was very frugal, and as a result, his sons were constantly eating delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, swaggering through the market, and not listening to anyone."

"But Li Ban is different. He has a gentle temperament, is generous, and is courteous to the virtuous. He has the best reputation among all the Li children."

Following Zhao Hanzhang, Zhao Xin, who was used to her hypocrisy, was the first to suspect, "Is he pretending?"

The guard shook his head, "It's not like he's just pretending, because he's really nice."

"In the territory they occupied, families like the Fan family, the Zhu family, and the Li family occupied a lot of land. The common people lost their land due to war and famine, so he proposed to equalize the land so that everyone could have farmland for farming." The guard said: "I'm asking for help. After that, the land of Shu is different from our Central Plains. There are more mountains and less land here. Both the nobles and the people value the land far more than the Central Plains. So he offended many people because of the equalization of land, but he still insisted on doing it. It is said that Still doing well.”

"Because of this, Ban Li has a very high reputation among the people."

Xin Zhao was in awe, this man could compare with their general.

Although Zhao Hanzhang is smooth-tongued, oh, no, he is sweet-tongued and hard-hearted, uh, that's not quite accurate. Anyway, he is very smooth on the surface, but in fact he is very kind in his heart. This kind of heart towards the people is quite similar.

However, he still shook his head and said, "This can't be done. Since King Cheng's sons are so vicious, why would they want to give up the position of crown prince to Li Ban? The root of Shu's disaster has been laid."

Zhao Xin couldn't restrain his happiness. Without a beard, he touched his chin and said with a smile: "As soon as King Cheng dies, the Jin Dynasty will take back the land of Shu."

By then, it is not certain whether it will be the Great Jin or not.

Xin Zhao was delighted.

The soldier was puzzled, "Why? Isn't it good to choose Ban Li? He is so good, but the other young masters are very bad."

Xin Zhao said to him: "They have bad character, but they are restrained by hundreds of officials after they ascend the throne. It always takes time for the dynasty to collapse. Maybe they will die before the Shu Kingdom is defeated by them. What about their descendants who take the throne?"

"But if the crown prince's position is given to Li Ban, and these evil people refuse to accept it, they will fight for power as soon as King Cheng dies, and the dynasty will be destroyed in an instant."

Seeing the soldiers still looked confused, Zhao Xin simply said: "Do you know the story about Zhuan Zhu assassinating King Liao?"

The soldier shook his head directly.

"In the Spring and Autumn Period, King Zhufan of Wu thought that his younger brothers were wiser than his sons, so he passed the throne to his younger brothers. He had three younger brothers in total. First, he passed the throne to his eldest brother Yuji, and after Yuji's death, he passed the throne to his second brother. After his death, his younger brother Yu Wei passed the throne to his youngest brother Ji Zi Zha. Ji Zi could not bear it and ran away, so the state of Wu appointed Yu Wei's son Liao to take the throne. Zhufan's son Guang thought that if he was the last brother, And, it should be Ji Zha's turn, since the throne is to be passed on to his son, then it should be his turn, he is Zhufan's legitimate son."

"So the assassin Zhuan Zhu was sent to assassinate Wang Shao and seize the throne. The state of Wu was in chaos." Zhao Xin said: "Young Master Guang has the heart and character to endure two generations. Do you think the sons of King Cheng have such a heart and character?"

The guard shook his head blankly.

Zhao Xin said with a smile: "That's it. The Shu Kingdom is in trouble, and we don't need to do anything anymore."

Good night