sweeping the world

Chapter 967

Reasonably, a man will always have more affection for the first woman he possesses.

It was a kind of deep impression that even if I experienced countless women later, I would never forget the deep impression of the first woman. A certain corner of my heart will always leave her place.

If you don’t marry the first woman you possess, no matter how happy you are after marriage, even if you dream back at midnight occasionally, even if you don’t miss it deliberately, certain memory fragments will emerge uncontrollably, and you can do it if you want to “close the screen” No, the more you want to forget, the clearer your memory will become.

Not only men are like this, but women are too.

Therefore, if my other half is not "the first time in my life", even if I never show any abnormalities, there will be some unspeakable secrets that cannot be avoided.

In some matters, women are more unfeeling than men, and men tend to be more indecisive.

In fact, men are far more affectionate than women, but basically they are driven by a possessive desire that they have not even discovered.

Now Liu Yan can have as many beauties in the harem as he wants, but when he chooses to relax, he will subconsciously come to Tuobaxiu.This habit of his is actually not good, if Cui Wan was not rational and did not have too much ambition with Tuobaxiu, there would be a drama of fighting Gong Xin.

As the empress, Cui Wan maintained the utmost restraint. Her bottom line was that Liu Shen's status should not be challenged. Other than that, she would not fight for favor. The other concubines were different.

As a matter of fact, as long as Liu Shen's position is stable, Cui Wan's successor position will never be shaken.Under such circumstances, any further arguing would be a failure. She only had a vague understanding at first, and her family explained it thoroughly.

The female officer reported, and Tuobaxiu went out in person after being a little dazed.

Not long after, four "concubine" level women came in talking and laughing.

After they crossed the threshold, they stopped talking and got closer to Liu Yan. Except for Tuobaxiu, the rest brought their children to salute.

Tuobaxiu, who was the first to follow Liu Yan, is 31 years old this year. In modern terms, she has become a young woman.

The youngest of the four concubines is 22-year-old Xie Daoyun, and Sang Miao and Zhang Lan are both 26 years old.

In such an era, anyone who is over 20 years old will be considered an old woman, and the best age for a woman is considered to be between 16, [-] and [-] years old.

The three concubines who came over, together with the ones in their arms, were fortunate enough to have enough space in the room, otherwise there would have been a dozen or so people so crowded that there was no place to stand.

Liu Yan was thinking about one thing. He didn't seem to stay with a certain concubine for a long time. He went to sleep with Xie Daoyun last night. What kind of trouble did he come here today regardless of the influence?
When they reached the second level below the queen, "concubine", they naturally couldn't do the appearance of chatting together after getting together. They sat on the bed brought by the maid, with a reserved smile on their faces, Either talking in a low voice, or sitting quietly.

After Liu Yan finished reading the adults, he looked at the children.

The children were more active, and the bold ones had already moved to Liu Yan's side, while the timid ones either surrounded their mother, or played in an open place with their brothers and sisters who played well.

Liu Yan has 31 children, all of whom are relatively young.Only during the winter solstice and new year in a year, he would call all the concubines and all the children of the minor emissary (rank ten) and above to eat together in Weiyang Palace, and usually it is almost impossible to see all the children together.

"Father, this is the grasshopper made by Lin'er." Seven-year-old Liu Lin was holding a grass cricket in his hand. He looked at Liu Yan expectantly and asked, "Does it look like it?"

"Like." Although Liu Yan didn't have a deep impression on every heir, at least he could remember the name and appearance.He looked very much like Liu Lin, who he looked like when he was a child, and asked with a smile, "Did you do it yourself?"

Liu Lin kept nodding like a chick, with an expression that wanted to be praised: "I took four days to make it slowly, and I just finished it yesterday."

With Liu Lin taking the lead, several brothers and sisters also took out their own gadgets and showed them to Liu Yan one by one. Everyone was praised by Liu Yan.

Boys make insects, and girls make small animals.

After Liu Yan asked, he realized that it was an extracurricular homework assigned by the teacher, and then asked who the teacher assigned the homework, and nodded in satisfaction after getting the name.

The teacher is not an official position, but some lecturers who are arranged to teach the princes and daughters.There is no fixed teacher, Ji Chang, who does not need to sit in class, can give lectures, or famous people in the field whose reputation has spread to Liu Yan's ears can be invited to give lectures.

No matter who has the opportunity to give lectures to the prince and princess, they will not refuse. They even cherish such an opportunity, and they will elevate the teaching of the prince and princess to the level of preaching.

It is because they have reached the level of evangelism that many people have the opportunity to lecture to the princes and princesses, and they usually use their best skills, and the topics they talk about exceed the boundaries that children under the age of ten can understand, and the results are obvious.

"Yu Xi?" Liu Yan still had a deep impression of this man: "Is he still healthy?"

Liu Yin, the oldest, replied: "I often cough very badly during lectures."

Yu Xi is already 73 years old this year. He discovered the precession and founded the "Antian Theory". He is a very famous scholar in the south of the Yangtze River and a famous astronomer in the history of Zhuxia. Zhang Heng of the Western Han Dynasty (the one who made the armillary sphere).

"Coughing badly?" Liu Yan knew that being able to live to 73 years old in today's age is considered an extremely long life. If you cough badly at this age, it is basically very bad: "Lecture while sick?"

Zhuo Xiang himself was also present, and he saluted and said: "Your Majesty, everyone Yu has been ill for two months. His family's persuasion not to enter the palace to give lectures was rejected."

"Servant Cui Jin." Liu Yan looked at Cui Zong and ordered, "Order the imperial doctor to visit the Yu Mansion."

Cui Zong naturally accepted the "promise", but he did not leave immediately.

Now there is no such thing as the personal secretary Lang, that the official position of the person who always accompanied Liu Yan to serve was changed to a close servant, but this close servant was definitely not castrated, it was just an official title.

A close attendant belongs to the Shizhong Mansion, and is regarded as a sixth-rank official according to the rank. Since he can serve the emperor all the time, he is definitely an out-and-out official but not inferior.

Chang'an is the imperial capital, and it is destined to attract people with lofty ideals from all over the country.

Since the Han Empire has not yet restricted the flow of people, ambitious people throughout the Han Empire will come to Chang'an no matter whether they have big pockets or not.

People with good family background will definitely choose to buy a house when they come to Chang'an.

But it’s not that the richer you live, the bigger the house. If you have money but don’t have enough titles, some restrictions may be blurred in the place, but Chang’an is not the case. If you don’t have enough titles, you can honestly live in a house that fits your status .

Some scribes who want to come to Chang'an to find opportunities, they are actually more inclined to post to a certain high-ranking person, the reputation is loud enough and enough authentic materials can basically be hired, maybe as a teacher for their children, and they can also be accepted Become a retainer.

If Kong has a lot of talent and learning but does not have a strong enough reputation, then they can only choose to make their reputation louder. Generally, they will go to the Temple of Heaven Square, where they can set up a martial arts arena by themselves, or they can challenge themselves. The master of the arena.

In addition, they can also submit articles to high-ranking officials or nobles, hoping that someone will appreciate their articles.

Liu Yan usually pays more or less attention to Wendou at the Temple of Heaven. If there is a talent, he will order someone to investigate the origin and past events. Appreciation will be oblique...for example, tell a minister to pay attention to it.

The Han Empire does not need to be hand-picked by the emperor, no matter how talented they are, they should work hard step by step.

It's not that Liu Yan doesn't pay attention to talents, it's that he needs to ensure enough fairness, he can't break the rules himself, on the contrary, he should maintain the set rules.

In the Han Empire, there were only talents but no practical work. They only thought about which golden thigh they could hold, and how many years of struggle could be saved by holding the golden thigh.Even if it is really convenient to embrace the golden thighs, at most it is to enter the officialdom, or to enter the army, you still need to start from the bottom.

There will be such rules, which are based on what kind of status you want to get. First of all, you have to establish enough credit and what kind of achievements you have achieved.Without credit and achievements, even if one's talent and fame spread throughout the world, one can only remain a celebrity in the field forever.

This point has actually been criticized a lot by the people. What ordinary people want to see and hear most is someone who becomes a blockbuster, and then is valued by so and so, and completes in a short period of time what others need years or decades to achieve. Achievement.They have such a mentality, which is nothing more than everyone's expectation for "shortcuts".

The key lies in the word "shortcut", and the last thing a country cannot exist is "shortcut". Usually, "shortcut" is equal to "trick".

It's all "tricks", isn't it the same as using clever means to seek illegitimate benefits or avoid difficulties?
It is not terrible for individuals to advocate "tricks" and desire "shortcuts". It would be terrible if most successful people in a country use such methods, and it would also appear dangerous for the national level.

In the early days, Liu Yan always subconsciously used modern thinking to handle affairs in this era, which is why his power seemed so weird in the early days.

After reaching a large scale and becoming regular, Liu Yan understood that being ahead does not mean being applicable, and began to exercise self-restraint.He still likes some values ​​and ideas of the general public in the current era, which are full of authentic Chinese flavors, and are not the utilitarian core of Western civilization after it becomes the mainstream.

"Let Shen'er, Ming'er..." Liu Yan called several names in succession, all of them were older heirs: "Let them go to Qinglongmen."

Cui Zong respectfully responded "No!".This time, he walked away neatly, and a smile appeared on his face when he stepped out the door.

Cui Wan, who is a queen, is inconvenient to do many things. For example, if the four concubines come together, the queen has to bear it even if she thinks about it.The queen needs to be reserved, so there is no way to bring Liu Shen along.

Just now Cui Zong watched all the emperor's heirs surrounding Liu Yan acting coquettishly, because he saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

"They follow me, you..." Liu Yan stood up, without giving any reason: "What to do, what to do."

No matter what the three concubines who came over wanted to say or do, Liu Yan didn't intend to give them a chance.He originally wanted to tell Tuoba Xiu about the remnants of Tuoba, but he wanted to wait for a chance to mention it later.

When Liu Yan left, he took the princes and princesses who were over five years old in the room, and those under five years old each looked for their own mothers.When he arrived at Qinglongmen, the princes and princesses who had been named were already waiting by the city gate.

"See Father Emperor!"

It was Liu Shen who brought many younger brothers and sisters who were waiting together to salute together.

"Yeah." Liu Yan had already changed into regular clothes, followed by a large group of people, telling Liu Shen: "Pay more attention to my younger siblings."

Liu Shen was also wearing ordinary clothes, and respectfully saluted again, "No!"

Going out of the palace this time, Liu Yan thought of what happened at the Temple of Heaven, and was surrounded by his children on a whim, so he thought of taking his children out of the palace for a stroll.

When the Son of Heaven left the palace, naturally Liu Yan didn't just leave as soon as he said it. In fact, it was necessary to leave a time gap, at least to let the relevant personnel go to the place to be arranged first, and at the same time, there would be no fewer guards.

The so-called arrangement is not to clear the field, but to eliminate hidden dangers first, and then the people who need to be vigilant and protected in the dark enter the position.

It is not a conspicuous thing to go shopping with a large group of people in Chang'an, and it is not unusual to have many guards around.

After all, this is Chang'an, the capital of the empire. How can there be no high-ranking officials and nobles? They don't stay at home every day, and they often take their children to go shopping. The citizens of Chang'an see a lot of adults Going shopping together is another scene with many guards, so I don't feel any surprise at all.

"Shen'er and Yin'er are riding with me." Liu Yan stood beside a gorgeous and spacious carriage, looking around at the female officer in charge of taking care of the prince and daughter: "Be careful."

The eldest son of the imperial concubine, Liu Ming, is one year younger than Liu Shen. He looks at Liu Shen from afar, his eyes full of envy.

Liu Ming was born to a female official, and because his biological mother Li Fei gave birth to a prince, even though she was the concubine of the emperor, she became one of the concubines in the harem and gained the rank of "Eight Sons".

Li Fei knew exactly what kind of status she was, and she was already extremely satisfied to have the status of "Eight Sons" of the seventh rank in the harem, and she really didn't dare to ask for more.She kept herself safe, and usually taught Liu Ming to instill the idea of ​​keeping herself safe, and even warned Liu Ming more than once not to have any unrealistic ideas.

To Liu Yan, these children are his own flesh and blood, and he didn't grow up in a "traditional" family. If he didn't always deliberately suppress himself, he wouldn't show such obvious discrimination.

Before Liu Yan boarded the car, he happened to see Liu Ming's envious expression, he was slightly taken aback, and then chose to ignore it.He has his own monologue in his heart, that is good for Liu Ming and good for the country.

(End of this chapter)