[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-can-control-my-ancestors":3,"chapter-i-can-control-my-ancestors-i-can-control-my-ancestors-chapter-35":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Can Control My Ancestors",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1035233,1347,"Chapter 35 - 14: The Loyal and Martial Posthumous Title, Imperial Sacrifice and Emperor’s Death (Part 2)","i-can-control-my-ancestors-chapter-35",35,"\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty should not belittle yourself like this anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiu silently watched her, saying nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This burial ceremony can truly be said to embody what it means to be the \"first meritorious subject.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ministers put considerable thought into Gu Xiao’s posthumous title, but in the end, Liu Xiu decided on \"Zhongwu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhong\" stands for serving with dangerous loyalty, facing peril without turning back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wu\" signifies resolving chaos and disturbances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The esteem of this posthumous title is unprecedented for a minister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never before had a minister received such a title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only other titled \"Zhongwu\" was the King of Shache, Yan, who wasn’t considered a minister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after deliberate promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moral influence within the Great Han even underwent some impact because of it, with the people’s ambitions gradually aligning with this ideal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Gu Xiao’s posthumous title finally settled, the matter came to a close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, Liu Xiu did not favor the Gu Clan’s descendants, nor did he show any intention of employing them, sending Gu Cheng back to Hebei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, everyone understood the underlying reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was intended for the Crown Prince.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike what the ministers speculated, Liu Xiu’s health showed no significant issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, after this matter, he became even more diligent and focused on the national power of the Great Han Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianwu, Year Twenty-Seven:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— Marquis of Langling Zang and Marquis of Yangxu Ma Wu submitted a memorial, proposing to exploit the Xiongnu’s division by launching a campaign to eliminate them and establish \"an everlasting achievement engraved in stone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiu rejected it in favor of sparing the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He merely accepted the allegiance of the Southern Xiongnu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianwu, Year Twenty-Nine:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—— Sixteen states, including Shanshan and Cheshi in the Western Regions, once again offered to send their sons to serve, requesting a protectorate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiu also refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew why Liu Xiu would reject these honors brought to his doorstep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an Emperor,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of these could have been his accolades, ensuring he would be revered by future generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Liu Xiu rejected them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Liu Xiu further advanced the various systems of the Great Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frequently mentioned matters like \"land measurement\" and \"emancipating slaves and servants,\" while weakening the Three Ministers and gradually transferring power to the Ministry of Personnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allowing the Ministry to gradually become the political center, directly accountable to the Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also vigorously reformed water management, expanded the enrollment of the Imperial College, and encouraged the establishment of private schools throughout the land, all benefiting the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, the national power of the Great Han increased day by day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such circumstances, in Jianwu, Year Thirty, the matter of the Feng and Shan sacrifices was brought up once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Liu Xiu did not express any opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not until having waited many days, seeing no celestial anomalies like before, and instead, auspicious signs appearing throughout the country, did he finally nod and approve the matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yi had been silently watching all this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was like a deity, able to go anywhere in the world with a thought, observing everything but unable to change anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He truly became a spectator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the vast darkness, he could only watch the world’s developments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, Gu Yi even exited the game briefly to ask if the old Gu family had left anything behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yi was hopeful about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he had left so many things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately... nothing was left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything he had done seemed to have vanished into the over two thousand years of history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well... it couldn’t be said to have completely vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Champion Marquis of the Great Han, the first minister in history to be posthumously titled Zhongwu, indeed had his name passed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was of no help now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the influence of the Gu Clan was insufficient to withstand over two thousand years of historical correction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once this was confirmed, Gu Yi devoted all his attention to the game, focusing on the Gu Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s Gu Clan was no longer what it once was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must admit that Gu Kang’s political acumen far exceeded Gu Yi’s expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He keenly sensed the awkward position the Gu Clan held in Hebei and immediately set out to change it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previous Gu Clan was always regarded as outsiders in Hebei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The major families in Hebei treated the Gu Clan with caution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this manner of conducting affairs clearly became unviable the moment Gu Xiao passed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——— The Gu Clan needed transformation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, should the Gu Clan one day truly lose the \"Imperial favor,\" it would be devoured alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Kang had clearly seen through this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So outwardly, he displayed an attitude utterly different from Gu Xiao’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, through the court’s policies of \"emancipating slaves\" and \"land measurement,\" he quickly identified several major Hebei families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He established connections and formed alliances with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He allowed the offspring of their families to enter the Gu Clan’s private school under supervision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, this was a most wise strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they were not families renowned nationwide, they still held substantial influence locally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with the Gu Clan not yet fully out of the limelight,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people were willing to attach themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all hoped to gain a governmental position through the Gu Clan’s reputation, but Gu Kang’s attitude was ambiguous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would select those truly talented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But mostly, he only gave hints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In simple terms, he was making grand promises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Kang truly became someone with a remarkably flexible moral baseline, but these people all bought into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Gu Kang did not abandon the Gu Clan’s policies towards the common people.\u003C\u002Fp>",951,"2026-06-03T09:29:35.075Z","2026-06-03T09:29:44.262Z",1,"novelbin.me","806dac9c761031287703b9bd5fff92850baa6ec10b6257852fceb60ec7e36477","i-can-control-my-ancestors-chapter-36","i-can-control-my-ancestors-chapter-34",517,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-can-control-my-ancestors-cover.jpg"]