Liang Sen and Yang have been married for nearly twenty years. Yang rarely talks about the emperor on weekdays, and what he says now shocks Liang Sen.

Because Yang's words touched the area he had been thinking about but avoiding it.

"Your Majesty is a good person, a genius, with strong abilities and means, so he has strong self-confidence." Yang said slowly as if he had not seen Liang Sen's expression.

"If he were there, he would never do anything like birds and bows, and rabbits and dogs were cooked. Therefore, as long as he lives, you, Duke Wu, Duke Peng and others from the old days can live leisurely and share wealth and honor."

"After all, there is a friendship of hardships."

"But once he leaves first, what do you do? How to get along with the new king?"

"Your Majesty will definitely give priority to whether the new king can sit firmly, but I also want you to have a good end."

"However, the founding ministers and new kings are difficult to get along with. If you are not careful, it will be a life-and-death situation. Isn't the lessons learned over the past few hundred years?"

Yang's family came from an official family, so their knowledge was different from that of ordinary women. Liang Sen sighed:

"I know, I know, so no matter how your Majesty arranges it, I will obey, without any hesitation or complaints."

After the founding of the State of Chu, Liang Sen seemed to be silent. Although it cannot be said that he was alienated by the emperor, he rarely led his troops to fight and more often played the role of "family guarding".

The same is true for the queen's brother Huang. If Wu Xiang had not become the prince's father-in-law, he would have been left at home like Liang Sen.

Peng Jun is actually similar, but this time he attacked Luoyang, he had the opportunity to show off his skills.

There is actually a reason behind all this. Liang Sen didn’t need Yang’s reminder, he had already figured it out.

Li Li did not forget these "old guys" and did not fail to share wealth and honor. There are various reasons for this arrangement.

But the most fundamental reason is for future considerations.

Yang is right. It is very subtle to get along with the second-generation emperor in the founding ministers.

Li Li certainly didn't want to see his son and the old guys clashing after he left, and the water and fire were incompatible, so he had some series of arrangements.

However, these arrangements require time to be improved, so Yang pays attention to Li Li's health.

Whether the new monarch can hold the throne firmly in the future, whether the heroes can be tolerated by the new monarch, and whether the new monarch and the heroes can coexist, a series of questions ultimately depend on whether Li Li's life span is.

If Li Li had enough time to improve his layout, the inheritance of the throne would be smooth, and the political situation would be stable after the new monarch ascended the throne, and the heroes and the new monarch would coexist.

If Li Li reigned for a short time, then bloody liquidation will inevitably occur after the new king ascended the throne.

By then, the first ones to be affected will be these founding ministers.

"Your Majesty has fought over the years, we don't need to give up the war. We use other people to take on the main points. First of all, we must win people's hearts. After all, Chu cannot be just a Chu country from Poyang and Xuzhou."

Liang Sen whispered, letting his wife know that she had actually thought about it carefully.

"However, if you want to use an official position and win over the hearts of the people, you can't give it for nothing. Then you have to give the other party the opportunity to make contributions. Therefore, over the years, military officers from various factions of the Liang State had the opportunity to make achievements."

"They, their subordinates and many soldiers, under the command of His Majesty, constantly won battles and made military achievements, so as to increase their ranks, divide their fields, and their hearts naturally approach the new dynasty."

"And we stayed behind during the personal expedition of His Majesty, which was to stabilize the hearts of the people, and just in case, if there was an accident on His Majesty's journey, we can assist the prince in ascending the throne and stabilize the situation."

"So, the prince's uncle has been silent, and this is the reason." Liang Sen took the tea poured by Yang, drank it all, and continued.

"If your Majesty has an accident and the prince will ascend the throne in a hurry. Although we have a few Yuan Congs to support us and the queen becomes the queen mother, we can still suppress us, but the new king must have an uncle to rely on."

"This is your Majesty's restraint on us, but your Majesty must also beware of the relatives of the outside world."

"So the prince's uncle must be silent now, so as not to control the government affairs in the future and undermine the new king. At that time, we old friends will not be able to fight against it."

"Then, the prince was asked to marry Wu Gong's daughter. In this way, if the prince had an accident and the prince ascended the throne, the two relatives of the foreigners would restrain each other. At least, the prince would have more room to deal with."

"Then, Your Majesty's 'just in case' layout, in the near future, will allow us, the Yuan team, to compete with other civil and military officials, and to ensure that the prince is firmly on the throne."

"Then, the relatives of the foreigners and our Yuanshe are hindering each other, and the relatives of the two families are hindering each other."

"And because my younger brother Liang Miao and Zong Wang Li Xin have a good relationship, I can use the combination of Zong Wang and honorary ministers to restrict the two foreign relatives."

"Since Liang Miao is going to be valued, then I, the elder brother, will be quieter. Otherwise, the Liang brothers will be at their peak in the court, and the trees will attract wind."

Yang listened quietly to Liang Sen's analysis of the current situation. She found that the person next to her pillow was indeed thick on the outside and delicate on the inside. Liang Sen continued:

"So, Your Majesty has designed a complex checks and balances to ensure that if something happens to him and the prince hastily ascends the throne, the domestic political situation will not be out of control and the balance of power can be maintained."

"This is a very sophisticated and complex machine, but, His Majesty often says, the more complex the machine and the more parts the machine, the more likely it is to have problems."

"So, I think, the more complex the checks and balances, the more likely they are to be imbalanced."

Although Liang Sen had no conditions to read and read when he was a child, under the supervision of Li Li, he "repaired the treacherous body" and read many historical books, listened to people's explanations, and learned many historical stories.

As well as lessons learned, now give examples:

"Emperor Wu of Jin, Sima Yan, knew that his son was not smart enough, so he worked hard to design a complex situation of checks and balances for his son to keep his foot in the future."

"Use the kings from all over the country to protect the emperor and balance the center, and the center is the relatives of the foreign government and the ministers of the government to restrain each other."

"Then, the relatives of the foreign countries were divided into two families, namely the Yang family (the Empress Dowager's clan) who was assisting in the administration, and the Jia family who was the Empress Jia Nanfeng, who were restraining each other."

Liang Sen said this and sighed: "However, the almost perfect checks and balances seem to be broken easily."

"Why?" Yang asked knowingly, Liang Sen replied: "Because no matter how good the system is, and the checks and balances are all required to be operated by people, and people are irrational."

"Rationality? This word is what Your Majesty often says?" Yang asked again, a little surprised by Liang Sen's knowledge. She didn't expect that Liang Sen really thought of a lot.

Liang Sen replied: "Yes, it is the reason that Your Majesty often says. The normal operation of the system is based on rationality, and those who maintain the operation of the system are irrational."

"So, any system that relies on people to implement will have problems due to human irrationality."

"The multiple checks and balances left by Emperor Wu of Jin were caused by the fact that the relatives and royal family had their own thoughts and collapsed step by step."

"Now, the crown prince himself has no problem and will not be easily manipulated. Therefore, if the power checks and balances system designed by His Majesty himself collapses, it is more likely to be caused by the new king."

"There are the best examples for so many auxiliary ministers who have been killed by the new monarch in all dynasties. After all, if the new monarch does not kill the auxiliary ministers, it is very easy to be deposed and even replaced."

"Your Majesty doesn't want to see us old guys, who have such an end, so he made an arrangement in advance."

"Now, Your Majesty is not using us too much. He wants us to be placed silently on the knife stand like a sheathed knife, serving delicious food and drink, but not using it easily."

"No matter whether the prince will succeed the throne in the future or ascend the throne calmly, if we need to reuse people like us, he will pull his sword out of the sheath. If he doesn't want to use it..."

"We just stayed silently in the scabbard, on the knife holder, and be a rich man. Because we cannot threaten the new king, the new king will not be killed. The chances of our good death are higher."

As he spoke, Liang Sen sighed a little.

Li Li said "sharing wealth and honor" back then, but he has never forgotten it. He kept helping them, giving them guidance, and taking them to run industries to make a lot of money.

Let them not need to embezzle and accept bribes, plunder people's wealth, and they can also make money every day, have no worries about food and clothing, and enjoy it with all their hearts.

In order to prevent it (Li Li takes one step first), Li Li also made a silent arrangement and at the cost of temporarily neglecting (relatively speaking) the old guy, they have the opportunity to die after the new king ascends the throne in the future.

Li Li still recited his original oath, which made Liang Sen very grateful. Therefore, he would not hesitate or complain if Li Li asked him to do whatever he asked him to do or how he arranged him.

"Your Majesty is a good person." Yang reiterated, "But this layout is actually unstable."

"It's nothing more than taking the old path, but the old path cannot be understood."

"So, Your Majesty has invested so much manpower and material resources to run schools, select officials with imperial examinations, and run military academies at all levels to train the crown prince. We must find a new way."

"This requires time to improve. If there is plenty of time and the new king calmly ascends the throne in the future, he can rely on bureaucratic governance from the imperial examination, rely on military academy classmates, and military academy students to seize military power, then..."

"The new king does not need to rely too much on relatives, royal families, and nobles to settle down and avoid mutual suspicion..."

"This is Your Majesty's long-term layout. It is intended that the relatives, royal families, and nobles can get along well with the emperor. Don't go back to the old path. The royal families kill each other. The relatives and nobles kill each other so much that blood flows into a river. In the end, the country will be lost."

"That's why I care about whether Your Majesty is healthy or not." Yang said at the end, and emphasized his concerns again, "This is the most critical."

Liang Sen felt strange: "Did you hear some wind? How could you feel that Your Majesty is in good health?"

"I went to the palace before and chatted with the queen." Yang said softly, his voice very low: "While the queen talked, I was a little worried about His Majesty's trouble at night."

Liang Sen understood, but shook his head: "No one can say this except the queen's advice, and no one else can do it. You must remember this."

However, Yang had an idea. Of course, she would not cause trouble and would not cause trouble. But since the emperor was healthy or not, it was related to her future, she could not do nothing.

It is really hard for outsiders to say something like the emperor "too much trouble" at night.

But Yang felt that Liang Sen and the emperor were childhood friends after all, and in some cases, it would be okay to persuade him in another way.

She quickly got an idea, looked at Liang Sen, and said with a smile: "Da Lang works in other places all year round. Although Yun Niang is with her company, she also has to take care of the children... Da Lang should take another concubine."

Yunniang is Liang Sen's concubine. Yang was the one who was taking care of her. Liang Sen, who was drinking tea, almost sprayed the tea that she drank in her mouth after hearing Yang's words.

Take, take a concubine?
Chapter completed!