After taking stock of Ji Han's basic situation, Ma Di turned to thinking about Ji Han's successor. Although Liu Chan seemed to have another thirty or forty years to live, as a general, he had to consider this issue.
Liu Chan currently only has three sons, namely the prince Liu Xuan (born in 224), the second son Liu Yao, and the third son Liu Cong.
Liu Xuan was born in the second year of Jianxing (224) at the age of thirteen. After Ji Han unified the world, he was established as the prince;
Liu Yao was born in the third year of Jianxing and is twelve years old. He has not yet been crowned king. According to the Han royal family's practice, he will not be crowned king until he is fifteen years old;
Liu Cong was born in the seventh year of Jianxing and is now eight years old. It is still early for him to be crowned king.
As for the fourth son Liu Zan, the fifth son Liu Chen, and the sixth son Liu Xun, they are not yet born.
In Ma Su's known history, Liu Xuan would have wasted thirty years as the prince, and could not take off the title of prince until his death. Judging from the current situation, Liu Xuan would have to be the prince for at least forty years before he could become the prince.
Opportunity to get rid of Liu Chan.
Among all Liu Chan's sons, Liu Xu is the most qualified heir to the throne. He is a kind-hearted man with an honest personality. He has been the prince for decades without causing trouble, and just behaves and waits for the natural succession. If such a person becomes emperor in a prosperous age, he will
There is no doubt that he will be a monarch loved by everyone in the world.
But if we were to say that the person most suitable to be the heir to the troubled times, then it would probably be Liu Chen, the King of the North.
In fact, most of the emperors surnamed Liu in the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, including Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Liu Xie, were quite up-to-date (except for the second emperor Huan Ling), and their overall quality was much higher than that of the emperors of any other dynasty, otherwise they would not have been emperors.
The Han Empire lasted for more than four hundred years.
"It is reliable for people with the surname Liu to be emperor" is a thing recognized by people in this era. This is also one of the factors that helped Liu Bei start from scratch and eventually ascend to the throne.
Based on this consideration, Ma Di was suddenly worried that Sima Yi would not rebel.
After all, the difficulty of usurping Cao Wei and Liu Han is completely different. If the difficulty of usurping Wei is 90, then the difficulty of usurping Han is 900.
In the original time and space, the reason used by Sima Shi when he usurped the Wei Dynasty was to "imitate Cao Pi's story of usurping the Han Dynasty and avenge the Han family." This reason was more or less righteous and gained some resonance. If Sima Shi usurped Liu Han,
Jiangshan, it won't be so easy.
Throughout the ages, there have been five people who tried to usurp the Han Dynasty, namely Wang Mang, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, and Cao Pi.
Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, and the whole world rose up to attack him, but he was eventually beheaded;
Dong Zhuo wanted to usurp the Han Dynasty, and the whole world rose up to attack him, and was eventually lit up with sky lanterns;
Yuan Shu wanted to replace the Han Dynasty, but in an instant everyone rebelled against his relatives and eventually died of vomiting blood.
Cao Cao saw the fate of these three people. After 25 years of planning and two trials of becoming a duke and a king, he finally gave up on usurping the throne.
Cao Cao really wanted to usurp the Han Dynasty, but he was also self-aware.
After discovering that the time was not ripe for usurping the Han to become independent, Cao Cao did not stop his efforts to usurp the Han. To be precise, he stopped his own efforts to usurp the Han, but accelerated his efforts to help his son Cao Pi usurp the Han.
This accelerator is Cao Cao's three daughters, and he married all three daughters to Liu Xie.
Although Cao Cao's three daughters eventually became Liu Xie's talismans, blessing him with a safe life, but from another perspective, these three daughters were not talismans that eroded the Han Dynasty.
Because after all three daughters were married to Liu Xie, the Cao family and the Liu family were deeply tied together. Cao Cao was the triple father-in-law of Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie, and Cao Pi was Liu Xie's brother-in-law.
Regardless of Zen status or not, the world is still in the hands of the same family. This is the greatest convenience created by Cao Cao for Cao Pi to usurp the throne.
If destiny is mine, I would like to be King Wen of Zhou - this is Cao Cao's heartfelt wish.
King Wen of Zhou occupied two-thirds of the world and served the Shang Dynasty with his ministers, which is very similar to Cao Cao who occupied two-thirds of the world and served the Han Dynasty. Who is next to King Wen of Zhou? It is King Wu of Zhou who destroyed the Yin Shang and prospered the Zhou Dynasty for 800 years.
.Cao Cao used this metaphor to express his thoughts, and its meaning is self-evident.
Therefore, when Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, there was almost no opposition voice in the world. Among those who agreed, there were even senior officials of the Shu Han Dynasty. Because if Liu Xie was still the emperor, the legitimacy of the Shu Han Dynasty would always be questioned, and Liu Xie
Once the emperor's throne is usurped, then Liu Bei will have the possibility to replace him as the orthodox one.
Of course, just because you don't object in your heart doesn't mean you don't object with your mouth. The basic training of a qualified politician is to be happy in your heart and harsh in your mouth.
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Considering the difficulty of usurping the Han Dynasty, Ma Di was very worried that Sima Yi would retreat in spite of the difficulties.
And one of his two unfulfilled wishes in this era is to overthrow Sima Yi, thwart his conspiracy to usurp the throne, and slap him in the face.
If Sima Yi had not rebelled, Ma Su would have had much less fun.
As for another wish, it is to accumulate ultimate luck points and complete a perfect reincarnation.
Should we create more opportunities for Sima Yi? Ma Su fell into deep thought.
…
In the evening, Ma Di left the general's mansion and walked aimlessly on the street alone. Behind him, there were a dozen guards with sharp blades following him in the distance.
In fact, Ma Di has always had a doubt, that is, why Fei Yi killed him. Wang Ping, Yang Yi, and Master Sima were not surprised that he had evil thoughts. After all, he had grievances with them to some extent. But with Fei Yi,
It can be said that there are no festivals during this period.
A person will not hate another person without any reason. If he hates, there is always a reason.
As we walked from the south city to the north city, the sky gradually darkened. The moon was bright tonight, the stars were bright, the wind was clear, and the clouds were clear. Chang'an City was bathed in a silvery moonlight, and occasionally a few night owls flew overhead.
, making several shrill screams, which were creepy for no reason in the quiet night.
Beicheng is a crowded residential area, and most of the people living here are ordinary people with little money, or businessmen who come to Chang'an from other places to make a living.
Ma Su raised his head and looked at the sky, hesitating whether to go back home or sit in a brothel. After Ji Han unified the country, he continued the curfew policy that had been implemented since the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, one hour after sunset, civilians were not allowed to move around without permission.
Just when he was thinking about where to stay, he suddenly heard a small black figure coming out of the corner in front of him, bumped into it hard, bounced back, fell to the ground, and started crying with a cry.
The voice was very crisp and sounded like that of a child.
"General!"
"General!"
A dozen guards ran over quickly, as if they were facing a formidable enemy. This sudden change shocked them.
Ma Su was also frightened, thinking that someone was coming to assassinate him. When he heard the cry of a child, he looked closer and then waved his hand, letting go of his false alarm.
Sitting on the ground was a six or seven-year-old child with a unique child-like bun on his head and a round wooden stick in his arms.
I don't know if it hurt from the fall, but the child opened his mouth and was crying. When he saw Ma Su approaching, he was so scared that he stopped crying, looked at him nervously, and did not dare to speak.
When he heard the names of the guards behind Ma Su, he became even more frightened and his whole body was trembling.
"You seem to be afraid of me?" Ma Su asked, "Whose child are you from? Why don't you go home so late?"
The child lowered his head, wrung his clothes with both hands, and did not dare to speak.
But depending on the situation, he probably lives nearby.
Ma Di showed a kind smile and said slowly: "Can you find a home?"
"If you don't talk, I'll leave."
Ma Su knew that he had scared the child, so he shook his head, turned around and walked away.
After taking just two steps, I heard the child's voice coming from behind: "General, can you spare my father?"
