Chapter 522

Things like changing dynasties are not achieved overnight.

According to normal steps, Gu Yi should first be called a Duke or a King, and wait until the timing is right for the previous emperor to abdicate.

That is to say, Liu Xi is estimated to be able to be an emperor for at most a year or two.

After Gu Yi stabilizes the vast territory under his rule, Liu Xi's title of the king of a fallen nation will be completely confirmed.

And before that.

The little emperor Liu Xi will ascend to the throne belonging to the Han family under the assistance of Gu Yi, the Prime Minister.

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Chang'an City

Yang Biao's Mansion

A young scholar nearly twenty years old was sitting opposite Yang Biao.

This person was Yang Biao's eldest son, Yang Xiu.

At this time, Yang Xiu had not yet entered officialdom.

But in original history, he became a staff member in Cao Cao's Sikong Mansion at roughly this age.

Because the time to join the group was short, plus he was the youngest, Yang Xiu was destined not to be able to play with the other strategists in the Cao camp.

At the same time, it was also destined that Yang Xiu could not become a core figure in the Cao camp during Cao Cao's era.

Therefore, like Chen Qun, he chose to place his bets on Cao Cao's successor.

The person Chen Qun chose was Cao Pi, and the person Yang Xiu chose was Cao Zhi, who was quite compatible with his temperament.

However, Yang Xiu ultimately failed to help Cao Zhi win the "Succession Struggle."

When Cao Cao was about to withdraw his troops in the Battle of Hanzhong, he found an excuse to execute Yang Xiu.

This is the origin of the famous "Chicken Rib, Chicken Rib" incident.

But in fact, Yang Xiu did not die because he was too smart, but because Cao Zhi lost the succession struggle.

Even without the "Chicken Rib, Chicken Rib" incident, Cao Cao would have used other excuses to expel Yang Xiu from the Cao camp.

In other words.

If the person who lost the succession struggle was Cao Pi.

Sima Yi, Chen Qun, and others would also be punished.

This is like the stocks of later generations, how can there be a reason for steady profit without loss?

If there are stocks rising, there must be stocks falling.

Risk and opportunity coexist.

And Yang Xiu at this time.

Although he was still young, his eyes were full of spirit.

I saw him say to his father Yang Biao:

"Father, Gu Linzhi has returned to Chang'an."

"I'm afraid that in a few days, he will assist the young son left by the late emperor to hold the enthronement ceremony."

"But... Father must also know."

"This so-called enthronement ceremony is not so much helping the late emperor's young son ascend to the throne, as it is preparing for Gu Linzhi to be named a Duke or a King."

"Our Yang family must also make a decision before this."

Hearing what Yang Xiu said, Yang Biao sighed heavily.

In fact, deep in Yang Biao's heart, his thoughts were very complicated.

On the one hand, Yang Biao did have the heart to be loyal to the Han family, which was much stronger than that power-hungry careerist Wang Yun.

But... Yang Biao only had this heart.

In original history, his actions could not be called a so-called "loyal person."

There is a piece of trivia, Yang Biao lived until the eve of Cao Pi's death.

Didn't expect it?

Yang Biao almost outlived Cao Pi!

As a minister who had long appeared in the Han imperial court, Yang Biao witnessed the rise and fall from the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the late Han period to the Three Kingdoms period.

But every time the emperor was threatened by powerful ministers.

Yang Biao was completely inactive from beginning to end.

Only one mouth was left talking empty words there.

In other words, Yang Biao was silently compromising with those in power.

Why is this?

Is it because Yang Biao's courage is not enough?

Of course, this is not the reason!

The Hongnong Yang family, in this era, the family status is second only to the Runan Yuan family.

Calling it the second largest family in the world is not an exaggeration.

By the time of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Yang family directly became the founder of the Sui Dynasty and the maternal relatives of the Tang Dynasty.

Yes, Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, and Emperor Yang of Sui, Yang Guang, were all from the Hongnong Yang family.

But the family is big, and sometimes it leads to many concerns.

The Runan Yuan family, as the head of the world's families, chose to come out directly to compete for the world, and finally ended up with the death of the family.

The Hongnong Yang family chose to hide first, preserve strength in troubled times, and find opportunities to further expand the family power.

As the current head of the Yang family, Yang Biao naturally puts family interests first in everything.

Therefore, he dared not place bets on any force too early.

Otherwise, although the Hongnong Yang family would not be wiped out in one fell swoop, their own strength would definitely suffer losses due to wrong bets.

But now, with the rapid changes in the world pattern.

The time left for the Hongnong Yang family to hesitate is obviously running out.

Yang Biao opened his eyes slightly, staring quietly at the genealogy placed on the table.

The Hongnong Yang family, from then until now, has lasted 381 years!

As the current head of the Yang family, Yang Biao naturally would not allow the Yang family to be wiped out this time.

The next moment.

I saw him put the genealogy into Yang Xiu's hands and instructed Yang Xiu:

"Xiuer, when Gu Linzhi ascends to the throne, I will step down from the position of head of the family."

"At that time, the future of the Yang family will be entrusted to you."

"This genealogy, I will hand it over to you for safekeeping starting today."

"Remember, don't forget the ancestral teachings of our Yang family!"

Yang Xiu solemnly accepted the genealogy.

Subsequently, I saw him say with a firm gaze:

"Father, it is time for our Yang family to make a decision."

"Since Gu Linzhi wants to be a Duke or a King."

"Then it is better for our Hongnong Yang family to come forward and persuade Gu Linzhi to advance in advance!"

Persuading to advance is the literal meaning, submitting a memorial to persuade someone in power to go further.

For example, Cao Pi's "replacing Han with Wei" in original history.

Besides Liu Xie's abdication, there were also persuasions from Wang Lang, Hua Xin, Chen Qun, and others.

Liu Bei's ascension to the throne is the same principle.

Zhuge Liang, Li Yan, Xu Jing, Fa Zheng, and others were all on the persuasion list.

As for Sun Shiwan.

Although he was neither righteous nor smooth.

But in order to improve his own forced style as much as possible.

He also arranged for Zhuge Jin, Zhang Zhao, Bu Zhi, and others to persuade him to advance.

Persuading to advance is also a science.

People on the persuasion list are either leaders of a faction or the trusted confidants of the monarch.

Furthermore, they are famous and promising Confucian scholars.