Can I get to the other side?

After leaving the court, Liu Xie returned to his palace to rest.

Although he was quite exhausted, he was tossing and turning in bed unable to fall asleep. All he could think about was the matter of establishing a queen.

At the beginning, he had nothing, but in order to accumulate strength, he dared to draw any kind of pie, and promised the positions of empress Zhen and Lu Bu respectively.

This move certainly made Zhen and Lu Bu work for him.

But at the same time, it also laid great hidden dangers.

In the past, because of the existence of foreign enemies, this matter could be ignored for the time being; but now that the world is more than half unified, it is difficult to postpone the matter of establishing a queen.

Today's court meeting where all the ministers jointly petition for orders is a signal that the harem dispute has begun, and Zhen and Lu Bu will definitely no longer remain silent.

Although Queen Fu can still be used as an excuse for the time being, in the long run the two parties will definitely have complaints in their hearts.

"well……"

Thinking of this, Liu Xie became more and more unable to sleep.

He stood up and told the attendant maid beside him: "Order someone to summon Zhongshu Ling and Yushi Zhongcheng into the palace. I have important matters to discuss with them."

Both Guo Jia and Jia Xu knew about his double-dealing, so it was only appropriate to discuss this matter with them, not even Zhuge Liang.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The attendant maid respectfully accepted the order.

Then Liu Xie was about to get up and change clothes, but as soon as his feet touched the ground, his vision went dark and he fell straight down.

"His Majesty!"

The attendant maid was shocked when she saw this. She quickly stepped forward to catch the fallen Liu Xie and called for someone to come over.

"I'm fine!"

Liu Xie stopped her and said in a weak tone: "I've just been too tired these past few days. I just need to rest for a while."

There is nothing wrong with his body.

But because he often stayed up late to deal with government affairs recently, and because he was too tired and didn't have a meal tonight, it was the situation where his vision suddenly went dark just now.

To put it simply, it is hypoglycemia.

Although the attendant maid was extremely worried, she did not dare to disobey the emperor's order, so she had to give up the idea.

Liu Xie asked the attendant maid to bring him the cakes on the table not far away. The feeling of weakness in his body soon disappeared.

After he regained his composure, he said in a somewhat stern tone to the attendant maid on the side: "This matter must not be made public, do you hear me?"

As the emperor, his words and deeds affected everyone's hearts, especially since he was childless, and his physical safety worried countless people.

If the ministers were to find out about his sudden fainting, they would all have to explode, and maybe something would go wrong.

He really doesn't have the energy to deal with it now.

"My slave obeys the order."

The attendant maid hurriedly knelt down and agreed, and said hesitantly: "Although state affairs are important, Your Majesty still has to put the dragon body first and don't worry too much."

As a palace maid, she served beside the emperor every day. She saw the emperor's diligence and hard work in her eyes.

Before, I only focused on government affairs during the day, but recently I have been busy almost until midnight every day, and got up early the next day.

It's really hard work.

Liu Xie ignored her words, waved his hand and said, "I'm fine. Go and deliver the message quickly."

Follow the maid's orders and retreat.

…

Half an hour later, the announcement room.

Guo Jia and Jia Xu walked in together. They were shocked when they saw Liu Xie, who looked tired and pale.

"Your Majesty...what's wrong with you?"

Jia Xu asked in surprise.

Liu Xie said calmly: "I just haven't slept well these days. Don't worry, just sit down."

The two looked at each other and had no choice but to suppress their worries and take their seats.

Liu Xie did not chatter with them and said straight to the point: "I called you here so late because I am really troubled and can't sleep."

"The ministers at the court meeting today used the excuse that I have no queen and forced me to expand the harem. I have no choice but to respond. However, this move will inevitably trigger a dispute for the queen's position in advance."

"I remember that I was coerced by Yuan Shao and had no foundation at all. I was walking on thin ice and had to promise the position of Empress Zhen and Duke Wen at the same time to fight against Yuan Shao."

"Now that the Han Dynasty has regained more than half of its territory, and the world is about to be settled, we have to face the matter of establishing a queen."

"Fengxiao or Wenhe, who do you think should be your queen?"

In front of Jia Xu and Guo Jia, Liu Xie could confide his worries without reservation and seek solutions from them.

Guo Jia and Jia Xu were silent when they heard this.

Although they had guessed before they came that the emperor summoned them to the palace for this matter, they couldn't come up with a solution even if they were asked to come up with it.

Because this problem is too difficult to solve.

Whether the post is given to Lu Bu or to the Zhen family, it will inevitably arouse the dissatisfaction of the other party, but both parties have made great contributions to the emperor.

There is no need to say more about Lu Bu. He captured Yuan Shu, defeated Yuan Shao, and destroyed high officials. His military exploits were ranked first among military generals.

Although the Zhen family did not have these achievements in fighting off thieves, they provided money, food, weapons and armor to Lu Bu's army, and their hard work was no less than Lu Bu's.

In a sense, he is even bigger than Lu Bu.

After all, fighting is all about equipment and logistics.

More than half of the credit for Lu Bu's invincibility lies in Zhen's armed army regardless of cost.

Seeing that Jia Xu and Guo Jia were silent, Liu Xie couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I know this matter is difficult, but if it is not handled well, it will inevitably cause unrest in the court."

"You can't let me establish two queens at the same time, right?"

Jia Xu and the others' faces suddenly changed when they heard this.

Guo Jia hurriedly shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely not allowed! As the saying goes, there is no two suns in the sky, and there is no two kings in the country, and the same applies to queens!"

"Establishing two queens is not only against the ancestral system, but will also cause unrest in the court and the country; by then, let alone the civil and military officials in the court, I am afraid that everyone in the world will oppose it!"

"And if both queens give birth to dragon heirs, who should Your Majesty establish as the heir? This is the way to chaos!"

Even if it violates the promise to one party, you can't establish two queens at the same time, because doing so is sowing the seeds of disaster for the country!

"I'm just talking."

Liu Xie certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to do such a thing. He just said it casually, and then continued to ask, "So have you come up with a solution?"

Guo Jia and Jia Xu looked at each other.

Falling into silence again.

Liu Xie was already in a bad mood, and he couldn't help but complain: "You two usually claim to be resourceful, but now you don't say anything when you encounter a big thing."

"You really let me down!"

Guo Jia and Jia Xu both looked bitter when they heard this. They could still make suggestions on other things, but this one was really too difficult to decide.

"Your Majesty..."

Guo Jia hesitated for a moment and seemed to want to say something.

But Jia Xu on the side quietly held his hand and shook his head slightly at him, so Guo Jia had to swallow the words that were on the tip of his tongue back into his stomach.

Liu Xie didn't notice the little movements of the two people, and he frowned and sighed.

The atmosphere in the whole Xuanshi was a bit dull.

After Jia Xu held Guo Jia, he also showed a sad look on his face, pretending to sigh: "If Your Majesty had not promised Wen Gong and Zhen the position of queen, you would not have to worry so much now."

"In that case, Your Majesty can also choose a woman as the queen at will, and you don't have to choose Zhen Guiren or Lu Guiren."

"You are all confused by the immediate interests."

Liu Xie rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily: "You are just saying useless words. If I didn't promise the position of queen, how could Zhen and Wen Gong work hard for me?"

"You are really... huh?"

Liu Xie was shocked and suddenly realized something. He looked at Jia Xu with a sharp look and asked: "You mean, let me make other women the queen?"

The fat on Jia Xu's face trembled, and he shook his head and said: "I didn't, I didn't! How could I let Your Majesty do something that violates your promise?"

"Your Majesty, don't misunderstand, I have never said such a thing!"

Jia Xu denied and distanced himself from the matter again and again.

But Liu Xie has been with him for so long, how could he not know the character of this guy?

Jia Xu clearly didn't want to make this suggestion and bear the responsibility of making the emperor break his promise, so he asked him to say it himself through indirection!

After taking a deep look at Jia Xu who was a little guilty, Liu Xie did not choose to expose him, but followed his words and asked: "What do you think if I don't make Concubine Zhen and Concubine Lu as queens, and make other women as queens?"

Jia Xu and Guo Jia straightened their backs instantly.

They were waiting for this sentence!

Guo Jia coughed lightly and said: "If, I mean if... If Your Majesty intends to break his promise and make other women queens, I think it is a wise move."

"Because Concubine Lu and Concubine Zhen are not suitable to be queens."

"The Zhen family is a noble family. If Concubine Zhen takes the throne, the Zhen family will surely rise to become the first top family in the Han Dynasty."

"Your Majesty can still restrain it at present, but when Your Majesty passes away and the prince succeeds to the throne, will the Zhen family still have any scruples?"

"Although Wen Gong was born in a humble family and had no offspring, he had a very high prestige in the army, and most of the generals were A large interest group has been formed by relying on Duke Wen. "

"It is true that Duke Wen is loyal to Your Majesty, but Your Majesty must know that Duke Wen is already over fifty years old, and he has suffered many injuries throughout his military career. To put it in an unlucky way, Duke Wen may not live past sixty."

"So if Lady Lu takes the throne, when Duke Wen dies, the noble generals will become too powerful to be removed."

"So neither of the two ladies is suitable."

He and Jia Xu had discussed this matter a long time ago. For the sake of the overall situation, they agreed that neither Lü Lingqi nor Zhen Mi could be the queen.

The problem of the monopoly of power by the Han Dynasty's foreign relatives was too serious. Both the Zhen family and Lu Bu represented a force.

Liu Xie frowned deeply and remained silent.

He originally wanted to make Zhen Mi the queen, but after listening to Guo Jia's analysis, he had to admit that it made sense.

The Zhen family was essentially a noble family, and had previously participated in taking advantage of loopholes in the policy of pioneering land to occupy land.

From this point, it can be seen that if the world is unified in the future and Zhen Mi becomes the queen, Zhen will definitely do whatever it takes to earn back what she has paid.

However, he can only turn a blind eye to this matter. After all, Zhen's contribution is there. Can he really punish her severely?

Since even he can't do it, let alone Zhen Mi and his son? Can his son still do it to his mother's family?

The same is true for Lu Bu. He is not worried about Lu Bu, but about those noble groups.

So whether Lu Lingqi or Zhen Mi becomes the queen, or whose offspring becomes the next crown prince, it will inevitably lead to the dominance of one faction.

"Relatives, nobles..."

Liu Xie was deeply troubled. This was a problem that was difficult to resolve in all dynasties, unless he followed the example of the Ming Taizu and killed the meritorious officials until blood flowed like a river.

However, the saying "Let's drink together from the golden cup, and don't spare each other with swords" is easy to say but difficult to do. He may not be so cruel, nor may he be able to do it.

Being cruel to the enemy and being cruel to your own people are two completely different feelings.

However, thinking of this, Liu Xie's heart moved and asked: "Since Concubine Zhen and Concubine Lu are not suitable to be the queen, how about choosing a woman from the people as the queen?"

He also suddenly thought of this.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang set a rule that the queen must be selected from the people and must not come from a famous family.

Because the queen came from the people, naturally there was no background support. Even if it was her parents, she could get some honorific titles and titles to show her status when she was named queen, but she actually had no real power.

In addition, the women selected were virtuous and thrifty, and they would not think of interfering in government affairs, so the phenomenon of relatives interfering in government affairs was avoided.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's rule was indeed effective. Throughout the 276-year history of the Ming Dynasty, there was no case of relatives interfering in government affairs.

And although the queen was selected from the people, the selection process was not sloppy at all.

Because if the queen was selected from aristocratic families, there would be many ladies and daughters, but after all, there would be competition for background.

But it was different among the people. Not only did the scope expand from part to the whole country, the number of people increased greatly, and everyone was truly equal.

In the end, she had to be the leader in appearance, morality, and character in order to be established as the queen and become the mother of a country. She could be said to be a real woman chosen by heaven.

"Choose a woman from the people as the queen?"

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, and after a brief thought, he nodded and approved Liu Xie's proposal: "If you choose a woman from the people as the queen, you can avoid the interference of relatives in politics. Your Majesty's move is very good!"

The Han Dynasty is not without such precedents.

Empress He was the daughter of a butcher. Although she was jealous and not a virtuous queen, it can only be said that she was not chosen well.

"Although this method is good, there is another problem..."

Guo Jia hesitated and said: "If Zhen Guiren and Lu Guiren are not made queens, how can Zhen and Wen Gong be appeased?"

"This is the top priority."

After the voice fell, Jia Xu's expression froze.

Liu Xie also closed his mouth.

They had been discussing the disadvantages of making Lu Lingqi and Zhen Mi the queens, but ignored the huge troubles that would be caused by not making them queens.

One Zhen, one Lu Bu.

How to solve it?

Will they willingly give up their daughter's position as queen to a commoner who came out of nowhere?