As for Zhuge Liang's idea, Zhang Xi can only say that it is a good idea, but he will not get involved in this matter.
Zhang Xi didn't want to create unnecessary pressure on his apprentice.
Yang Hu is not Deng Ai. Deng Ai's father died young and his mother was the only one alive. As a master, he had to worry about Deng Ai's marriage.
Moreover, Deng Aina first fell in love with Guan Yinping, and then hesitantly asked Zhang Xi to come forward to propose marriage. This was completely different from forcing a wife to Yang Hu.
Humans and Yanghu have a father and a mother. Even according to the etiquette requirements of this era, "parents' orders" come first. As for Zhang Xi, he is just a "matchmaker's words" and cannot take the initiative.
Furthermore, when he accepted Xiao Yang Hu as his disciple, he had made an agreement with Yang Hu's father, Yang Di, that Zhang Xi would not forcefully ask for which force Xiao Yang Hu would work for in the future.
Therefore, Zhang Xi will not speak for Zhuge Liang in this matter. At most, he will ask Xiao Yanghu to mention this matter when he writes a letter to his family. The one who makes the decision must be Tai Yanghu himself.
Besides, the dignified Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty always plots these things when he has nothing to do. He really has nothing to do, right? !
While we have the time, let's talk about the Northern Expedition.
Zhuge Liang was offended by Zhang Xi's statement and was a little speechless. But he couldn't say anything.
This guy has this kind of virtue, what can you expect from him? !
But the Northern Expedition.
"The Northern Expedition will be discussed after all the generals have gathered together. There is one more thing I want to discuss privately with Yuan Zhang." Zhuge Liang continued, "This matter is related to the foundation of the country. I hope Yuan Zhang will never shirk it."
Kunimoto? !
Zhang Xi was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Zhuge Liang. He didn't speak for a long time.
As soon as he talked about the so-called national foundation, Zhang Xi understood what Zhuge Liang wanted to say.
In this era, there are probably only two things that affect the country.
One is that the emperor is in poor health and is in danger of dying. Obviously, if Liu Chan is about to die, Zhuge Liang will obviously not have the intention to stay in his mansion and care about Xiaoyang Hu's marriage.
Then there is only one thing left - until now, Liu Chan, the current emperor of the Han Dynasty, has not appointed a crown prince.
It’s not that Liu Chan doesn’t have sons. Liu Chan now has two sons, the eldest son Liu Xuan, ten years old, and the second son Liu Yao, three years old.
These two sons are not very old. Considering the premature death rate of children in this era, it actually makes sense not to appoint one of them as the prince now.
After all, the death of a prince in infancy is just an ordinary thing, but if something happens to the prince, the political influence will be great.
However, no matter who of these two children is appointed as the crown prince, strictly speaking, their names are somewhat unfair. Neither of them is the legitimate son, that is to say, neither of them is born to Queen Zhang.
Whether it was out of etiquette or for the stability of the political situation, the appointment of Queen Zhang's son as the prince was the most in line with the actual needs of the current Ji Han regime.
But Queen Zhang and the emperor have been married for almost ten years and still have no children.
This has to worry Zhuge Liang.
If this situation continues until Liu Xuan comes of age, the voices for establishing Liu Xuan as prince will become louder and louder.
After all, a country cannot live without a king for a day. The crown prince is also a king! ! !
Therefore, it's not that Zhang Xi can't understand Zhuge Liang's thoughts, but...
"The emperor is in his prime, the prime minister is thinking about this, is it too hasty?" Zhang Xi hesitated and persuaded Zhuge Liang.
"Liang also knows that the emperor is healthy and has no worries about heirs. It's just the queen." Zhuge Liang frowned slightly and stopped here.
You don't need to say everything, otherwise it won't sound good.
After all, Liu Chan has proved that he has no problem giving birth to children, so the problem can only lie with Queen Zhang. It's just that they are all children of the nephew generation, and Zhuge Liang is not easy to speak out.
After being married for ten years and not having a child, do you still expect a miracle in the next ten years? !
This is what Zhuge Liang is worried about.
Queen Zhang's status is very stable. From Liu Chan to the Yuancong and Jingzhou factions, they all do not want Queen Zhang to lose her position as queen, even if she has nothing to do in her life.
As for Zhuge Liang, considering the stability of the political structure, he naturally did not want anything to happen to Queen Zhang. This involves some relationships between imperial power, clans, and aristocratic families.
Judging from the historical comparison between the two Han Dynasties, in fact, the relationship between imperial power, clan, and aristocratic families is a clever check and balance.
The relationship between the imperial power and the aristocratic families has basically always been in a state of semi-cooperation and semi-confrontation.
The emperor has great power, so the aristocratic families must support the imperial power. After all, they need to use the imperial power to seize local interests, and the imperial power also needs the aristocratic families to help the court better rule the place.
When the imperial power declines, the aristocratic families will spontaneously safeguard the imperial power. After all, their vested interests come from the imperial power, and they do not want the imperial power to completely collapse.
But when the imperial power completely falls away, these aristocratic families will immediately give up the old imperial power and seek cooperation with the new imperial power, or even create a new imperial power themselves.
From a historical perspective, the Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties basically had this relationship.
This was the time of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, when powerful men from all over the country rose up to annihilate the Yellow Turban Army. It also happened when Dong Zhuo was in chaos. Eighteen princes challenged Dong Ke, and Cao Cao was declared the king. Among the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, except for one Liu Bei and one Xun Yu Outside, everything is gone.
In the Cao Wei era, after the Gaoping Ling Incident, there were still three rebellions in Huainan. But by the time Sima Zhao killed the emperor in the streets, the aristocratic families in Cao Wei were not even a thing.
It can be seen from this that for the imperial power, aristocratic families can cooperate, but they cannot be relied upon.
As for the imperial power, the only force it could really rely on was the clan.
In this regard, Cao Wei is the best.
On the one hand, Cao Wei's clan is indeed full of talents. Whether it is conquering the world or defending the world, there are indeed many talents, except for the garbage Cao Shuang.
On the other hand, whether it is Cao Pi, Cao Rui, or even Cao Fang, they all understand the role of the clan. Although they are somewhat wary of the clan, at critical moments, they still know that only their own family members can be relied upon.
Even Cao Fang discussed with Xia Houxuan, Zhang Ji and others when he was seeking to kill Sima Shi.
Xia Houxuan is from the clan, and Zhang Ji is the father of Queen Cao Fang. He is a relative and a branch of the clan.
It can be seen that the relationship between the clan and the imperial power is a mutual loss and a prosperous relationship. It is also the best helper for the imperial power to check and balance the aristocratic families.
But Cao Wei was able to do this because he thought that the old Cao family really had a large number of people. Whether it was the Cao family or the Xiahou family, they were both big families, but Liu Bei's family did not have such conditions.
In fact, strictly speaking, Liu Bei is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and most people with the surname Liu in the world can be considered as members of the clan. But the problem is that the blood relationship between people with the surname Liu in the world has faded to the point where they are basically no different from passers-by. Especially after Liu Bei, the former Han Zhongshan King Jing.
Although Liu Biao and Liu Zhang still recognized Liu Bei as a member of the clan, they were wary in their hearts. People like Liu Ye and Liu Fang would rather serve as officials with Cao Wei than defect to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei's clan, he really has no one. Otherwise, Liu Bei has passed away now, would Liu Chan still have to support a useless snack like Liu Yan? !
It's just to set an example. If you really want to rely on it, it's absolutely unreliable.
Therefore, for Liu Chan, the clan power he can really rely on is actually the Zhang family and the Guan family. His father's two brothers with different surnames are much more reliable than the Liu family.
Especially the Zhang family, that is, Zhang Fei's lineage.
After all, Liu Chan’s queen’s surname was Zhang.
Therefore, from Zhuge Liang's point of view, he certainly hoped that the child born to Queen Zhang would be established as the prince by Liu Chan. Zhuge Liang's position was always based on imperial power.
But now, since Queen Zhang and the Emperor have been married for ten years and still cannot give birth to an heir, Zhuge Liang is thinking that the old Zhang family still has a little daughter.
It seems that he is about to reach adulthood this year, and he has not been married to anyone. Well, this is what Zhuge Liang had in mind.
As long as the prince is the grandson of the Zhang family, then the power of the clan will be considered stable.
As for the Guan family, it doesn't matter. There will be opportunities in the future. For example, Guan Ping's son, Guan Xing's son, and even "Guan Suo's" daughter can actually be considered.
It's just that Zhuge Liang is a little uncomfortable opening the door himself.
After all, today's emperor calls him "brother", and now that Zhang Fei and Guan Yu have passed away, he, the elder, comes to ask Mrs. Zhang to agree that "two daughters will serve one husband together". It makes no sense. A bit old-fashioned.
After all, the current situation is different from that in history. In history, Queen Xiao Zhang entered the palace because her sister unfortunately died of illness.
But at this moment, Queen Dazhang is still alive and well, and the relationship between Queen Dazhang and Liu Chan is quite harmonious.
So, Zhuge Liang hoped that Zhang Xi could discuss it with Zhang Fei's widow, Mrs. Xiahou, to see if this matter was possible. Zhang Xi immediately refused sternly.
You're kidding, you Zhuge Liang think you're not serious, so you won't lose face if you cooperate with me, right? !
After all, I was a comrade who shared a meal with General Zhang Fei back then. How could I do such an immoral thing for you? !
Return the country’s roots? !
Well, out of respect for Zhuge Liang, I won’t say “poof”, but the look in my eyes to show contempt is still necessary! !
Whoever wants to do it will do it, but I won’t do it anyway! ! !
(End of chapter)
