Although the princes are all princes, there are also concubines. At present, Lu Zhe has only one son-in-law, that is, Lu Yi, and the rest of the heirs can only be regarded as concubines according to established customs.

The children of the royal family, the distinction between concubines and concubines means that the qualifications for succession to the throne are different, but there are no absolutes, there have been examples of concubines competing for concubines and becoming princes.

Naturally, the people also have the distinction of concubines, and the concubines of the royal family may replace the concubines, and it is difficult for the bloodlines of the people to compete with the bloodlines.

Why? Because the royal family rules the country, the people only need to bear the responsibilities of the family. Once the prince of the country chooses to be careless, he may bury the country, and the impact is too great to be cautious, and the interference is not comparable to that of the private family. Even if the folk family chooses the wrong heir, it is only one family that has an accident, and the influence of external forces will not be as great as the choice of the prince.

The greater the responsibility, the wider the involvement, the wider the involvement, the more interests, what can attract people's attention more than the prince of the country? Lu Zhe appointed Lu Yi as the supervisor of the country this time, which was the first time that the candidate for the prince was revealed, and the whole empire watched with wide eyes, including Xiao He.

Befriending the prince as soon as possible, or getting the prince's appreciation, is equivalent to having security in advance, which is a major matter related to several generations, and no one will be sloppy. In this way, a phenomenon is created that there will never be a shortage of people around the prince, and no one will be stupid enough to get along with the prince.

For the first time, Lu Zhe showed his willingness to test whether Lu Yi could become a prince, but in fact, the officials who stayed behind were holding back their strength to perform all the performance during Lu Yi's supervision of the country, and sell twelve points of strength when Lu Yi needed it.

The emperor's will came from his side, asking Lu Yi to deal with the situation in Yangxian County, and the first person to come into contact with the will was Xiao He.

Xiao He had already made up his mind that Lu Yi would definitely help if he needed anything, and he had made some preparations in advance, planning to use it when Lu Yi asked for help. What he didn't expect was that Lu Yi did not summon him after receiving the emperor's will. While feeling disappointed, he was also very confused by Lu Yi's assignment of the candidate who went to Yangxian County to be dealt with to Prince Qi.

You must know that this is the first time that Lu Yi has supervised the country, and it is also the first time that he has been tested by the emperor in handling the affairs of Yangxian County. For any other person, it should be a performance of hard work, hoping to get more appreciation from the emperor, but how did Lu Yi do it? Lu Yi pulled out Prince Qi, what kind of situation is this?

"Brother and brother, isn't it?" Yan Bi only found Xiao He later, and he was also very confused that Lu Yi pulled out Prince Qi. Although he was puzzled, he was also happy to see the emperor's children in harmony. He said: "The superintendent appointed Emperor Qi to deal with the accident in Yangxian County, and the ruling party has another opinion? ”

Who is Yan Bi? He was not only the director of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the fifth viscount of the Empire, but also a retainer of the emperor.

What is a retainer in this year? is an absolute confidant, an absolute cronie, even if a relative will betray, the retainer will not betray the head of the family.

The emperor rules the country, so all the land under the sky belongs to the emperor? Are all of them also the emperor's courtiers?

There is a saying that "under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister". This sentence is from the Book of Songs? Lesser? What is the wind in the valley? Beishan", many people understand that "the land under heaven belongs to the king, and those who rule and govern the land are the king's courtiers", but in fact, there are other explanations. He said, "Not all the land under heaven is owned by kings, and not all those who govern the land are the king's courtiers."

It is very common for a sentence in ancient classical Chinese to be interpreted differently because of different sentences.

There was another saying in the pre-Qin era in ancient times, "The ministers of the subordinates." not a king; The land of a lord is not the land of a king." What does this sentence say? Isn't it true that the vassal's courtiers are not the king's courtiers, and the vassal's land also has autonomy. There really is such a situation. For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the courtiers of the vassal states were only responsible to the princes, and the orders of the princes were orders, and the Son of Heaven could not pass the princes to give orders to the courtiers of the princes, in fact, even if the Son of Heaven gave orders to the courtiers of the princes, the courtiers of the princes would not listen. This is the status quo of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

It is now the years that have just ended the Warring States period, and many customs and concepts of the Warring States period still exist. The empire also implemented a feudal system, such as the concept of "the ministers of the ministers, not the king's ministers", so the emperor could directly give orders to the ministers, but could not directly instruct the ministers to do.

From some things, it can be seen that the ministers and the retainers are two different concepts, so it is not simple to know the identity of the emperor's retainers.

Xiao He was asking Yan Bi, asking, is Yan Bi asking as the emperor's retainer, or is he asking as an imperial official. Different identities, Xiao He will have different answers, Yan Bi asked as the emperor's retainers, it is a family matter of the royal family.

"If the country does not have a prince, the hearts of the subjects and the people will not be stable." Yan Bi didn't answer directly, said the above sentence, and asked Xiao He with a smile: "Presumably the ruling government thinks so too, right?" ”

Xiao He smiled at the corner of his mouth, but he just didn't speak.

"Your Majesty wants to take the school to discuss the prince," Yan Bi was also laughing, and said very seriously: "The prince of the council shows brotherly harmony, Your Majesty will be happier when he knows, right?" ”

Xiao He was still laughing, and said with his head bowed: "I know what you mean." ”

Yan Bi also nodded, raised his hand to salute, and then withdrew.

Yiling rose, there were no heirs for four years, and in fact, although many people followed Lu Zhe to create a foundation during that period, it was absolutely false not to say that they were uneasy in their hearts.

Later, Lu Zhe first married Zhao Xin, the daughter of Zhao Gao, as his wife, but because he had been leading the troops to fight, he did not come out, and it was Wei Wen's birth of Lu Qi that made all the civil and military officers under his command feel at ease.

The fact that it is the case that the lack of children of a follower is indeed frightening. It is relatively simple to cause such a phenomenon, it is nothing more than the fear that the inheritance without an heir will not last, or that the lack of a blood heir will cause civil strife.

Zhao Xin also lived up to expectations, leaving Lu Yi as a descendant, and then Lu Zhe's other women had many children, and the subjects had hope in their hearts, but with the establishment of the empire, everyone's hearts were raised again.

It is a bad thing to have no heirs, and it is also a trouble to have many heirs, the empire was established, but the huge country has not established a prince for a long time, just like Yan Bi said. Without the prince, the country's hearts will not be stable.

Why can't they settle down? It's nothing more than confusion. And what is the confusion? Of course, their generation is loyal to Lu Zhe, but who should the next generation be loyal to?

Xiao He looked at Yan Bi's back for a long time, and he was a little stunned.

Yan Bi walked out of Xiao He's side, and he didn't stop and rushed directly to another place.

Many of Lu Zhe's heirs are still young, and all the princes and princesses live in the palace, and some of the older heirs are assigned independent living areas in the back, some are placed in a certain palace of the palace complex, and some are placed in a certain palace.

It took more than ten years for the palace to be slowly perfected, in addition to the initial council hall, government affairs hall, and bright hall, and then Changle Palace, Weiyang Palace, Gui Palace, North Palace, and Mingguang Palace. And the palace is actually a large area of the saying. The temple is a local area.

The place where Lu Yi now lives independently is located in Weiyang Palace, where he has his own hall, so the ministers are also called His Royal Highness according to custom, and they can also be called the hall master. The royal children have what they call what they want, this is actually a custom handed down from ancient times, the emperor's heirs have a palace and generally become the "palace master" who calls himself "the palace", and the palace is called the "palace master" and calls himself "the palace".

Coincidentally, after Lu Qi had his own independent hall, he was also arranged in Weiyang Palace, and his "palace" was not far from Lu Yi's side.

Yan Bi has a waist card to travel unhindered in the palace, and he came to Lu Qi's side. After being informed, I saw a lot of things when I entered the vestibule, but it was not a garden of flowers and plants, but in fact, there were a lot of instruments that people couldn't understand.

A lot of men and women are busy in the machine. When they saw Yan Bi, they all stopped what they were doing and bowed to Yan Bi.

Lu Qi's reputation for liking research equipment has long been spread, but in fact, it was he himself who revealed the rumors, what was his intention...... Needless to say, you can understand.

Yan Bi, who was walking, stopped. Pointing to a device that looked at the hydraulic runner, he asked, "This is the shaft tooth that His Highness Qi said he wanted to improve?" ”

A middle-aged woman dressed in a female officer's costume said respectfully, "Back to the viscount." Yes. ”

There are many hydro-powered vehicles on the Yangtze River waterway, which are used in all aspects, and with the application of hydro-powered vehicles, related equipment has been being improved. However, improving the equipment is the business of the craftsman, and many people don't understand what the prince is doing with it.

Yan Bi knew that the emperor was very encouraging to Qi Huangzi's obsession with research, and more than once took out money to sponsor Qi Huangzi's research, and Qi Huangzi really made some achievements, such as the new generation of firearm drilling technology is the idea and viewpoint put forward by Qi Huangzi, and then practiced by many craftsmen, and finally it was really done.

"I just saw the entourage of the prince of Yi, and the prince is also here?" Yan Peter was stunned for a moment when he saw the female official's answer, and moved his steps again, but he thought in his heart: "Come over after the discussion?" What is the prince thinking? ”

Lu Yi actually arrived at Lu Qi's side very early, and now the two of them are working together to drum a pedestal that I don't know what kind of equipment it is.

The pedestal was very large, and there was a long pole that stood up to the sky, and if you looked closely, you could see that there was a lightning rod at the very top, and a copper wire fell down the top.

"That's why you're thinking about how to store natural lightning. However......" Lu Yi's face was full of suspicion: "Are you sure that the copper wire shaft you made can withstand it as a circuit?" Even if it can withstand it, the storage battery you got ...... Is it reliable? ”

"Pb(s)+PbO2(s)+2H2SO4(aq)......," Lu Qinian muttered some strange formulas, and then said: "It's just that the drawing is not very regular, and I don't know what the quality of sulfuric acid and distilled water is." ”

"......" Lu Yi didn't understand those formulas, and even didn't understand the chemicals in the back, and said, "Is it dangerous?" ”

"Any scientific experiment carries with it dangers." Lu Qi smiled and said, "But you can't just test because it's dangerous, right?" After a pause, he thought about something, and then continued: "I have been working on wire drawing equipment recently, and the hydraulic shaft teeth have been redesigned, and I am waiting for the test." ”

Wire drawing equipment? In fact, it is metal drawing, which sounds like that, but in fact, metal drawing plays a vital role in some scientific research.

"Arab...... No, it should be said that the Persians and Greeks, and even the Indians, they now have a perfect metal drawing technique. Lu Yi smiled and said, "If you are interested, you can write to Han Xin and let Han Xin pay attention?" ”

"It's a simple technique, so why do you need to learn those aliens?" Lu Qi's face was full of disdain.

"It's up to you." Lu Yi waved his hand and said, "When you are trying to test the power storage, you have to take it easy." ”

Lu Qi nodded and muttered something to himself, anyway, Lu Yi, who was close, didn't hear it clearly, let alone Yan Bi in the distance.

The two brothers usually get along like this, some of the things they say are not understood by others, and the two never ask each other why they know so much, if there is another person present, it is a different gesture.

After Yan Bi got closer, what he heard was that Lu Yi was telling Lu Qi about going to Yangxian County, and Lu Qizheng listened respectfully.

The two brothers seemed to suddenly notice Yan Bi's arrival, they tidied up their clothes, and saluted together, one called "Uncle Bi", and the other called "Viscount".

Yan Bi naturally avoided it, but he didn't want to accept the prince's salute, and then saluted: "I've seen the prison country, I've seen the prince Qi." ”

"Uncle Bi, I was talking to my brother about Yangxian County just now." Lu Yi walked over and stretched out his hand to pull the sleeve of Yan Bi's hand, as if he was coquettish, and said, "Uncle Bi must have a lot of ideas, right?" ”

Yan Bi's arm that pulled his sleeve kept swinging, looked at Lu Yi with a kind face, and said, "Your Highness, don't make it difficult for your ministers, Your Majesty said it, you can only handle it by yourself." ”

"That's not the case, is it?" Lu Yi didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, but there was a look of surprise on his face: "Didn't Uncle Sun Tong give me an idea?" ”

Yan Bi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty is ordering me, uncle will ...... over there" kept smiling bitterly, but when he occasionally looked at Lu Qi, there was scrutiny in his eyes.

Lu Qi was actually a little hairy by Yan Bi. In his time, some records about Yan Bi were not so good, there were many evaluations of Yan Bi in the history books, some good and some bad, and it was recorded that Yan Bi was loyal to the two generations of emperors, Lu Zhe was relatively plain during his reign, but he became a murderous demon king during the reign of Lu Yi, clearing the way for Lu Yi's reform of the feudal system, and the number of nobles killed was a bit excessive...... (To be continued.) )