After Xu Yan finished talking about the three levels of war, he didn't continue the question of whether Liu Che's thoughts were mature or not.
He said slowly," Your Majesty wants to take power not because of how to resist the Empress Dowager, but because of how to make the Empress Dowager feel at ease. After all, the Empress Dowager was born in the early years of Gaozu. Now, what she wants is no longer power and political affairs. She can't let go of the Great Han Dynasty and her descendants.”
"If the Grand Empress Dowager feels that His Majesty has grown up and is mature enough to handle the court affairs independently, she will naturally hand over the power to His Majesty.”
According to historical records, the current Empress Dowager was Empress Dou of Emperor Xiaowen, Dou Yifang.
During the reign of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty, Dou Yifang was chosen as the son of his family and entered the palace to serve Empress Lu, known as Dou Ji.
Later, he was given the title of Dai King Liu Heng, who accompanied Dai State and shared weal and woe with him.
After Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, ascended the throne, he was named queen and had one daughter and two sons. The eldest daughter was Liu Piao, Princess Guantao, the eldest son was Liu Qi, Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, and the youngest son was Liu Wu, King Xiao of Liang.
After Emperor Jing of Han ascended the throne, she was honored as Empress Dowager.
In the first year of Jianyuan, after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he was honored as the Empress Dowager.
He died six years later and was buried with Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty in Baling.
To be honest, this Empress Dowager Dou was the true pillar of the Han Dynasty. Even though she was old and her eyesight was not good, she was called the blind Empress Dowager.
However, Empress Dowager Dou was definitely a living history of the Great Han Dynasty. Her abilities and methods were not something that the current young Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could compare to.
Xu Yan's meaning was simple.
Although Empress Dowager Dou was extremely skilled in politics and had great power in her hands, her age was still there.
According to the historical records of Xu Yan's previous life, Empress Dowager Dou would die in the sixth year of Jianyuan, which was five years later.
Therefore, Empress Dowager Dou did not pose any threat to Liu Che. She could not follow Empress Lu's example and listen to politics from behind the curtain, nor could she follow the example of Empress Wu Zhou and the Divine Dragon Empress.
Even after Liu Che ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Dou did not stop Liu Che's actions much other than loving her youngest son, the King of Liang, and did not treat Liu Che as an emperor.
The reason why she didn't want to hand over the Tiger Tally and power to Liu Che so quickly was understandable.
After all, if it were you, you wouldn't give all the money and decisions in the family to a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child.
Even if this child is your biological son or grandson.
In other words, Empress Dowager Dou didn't approve of Liu Che's ability to govern. She felt that Liu Che hadn't grown up and wasn't mature enough to do things.
When Liu Che heard Xu Yan's words, he couldn't help but reveal a hesitant expression.
Because Xu Yan's suggestion was completely different from his other teacher, Wei Wan's.
One advised him to take power as soon as possible and no longer report the affairs of the court to the Empress Dowager.
The other was to persuade him to get close to the Empress Dowager and gain her approval.
To be honest, it wasn't like no one had said this to Liu Che before.
However, Liu Che, who had just ascended the throne, had great ambitions. How could he listen to such mature words? That was why he was more inclined to Wei Wan and the others.
Now that he heard Xu Yan's persuasion, Liu Che hesitated.
Seeing this, Xu Yan didn't say much. Just a faint sentence let Liu Che know what to do.
Xu Yan sat there and said faintly,"Your Majesty, you don't want the Empress Dowager to be disappointed, so pass the Tiger Tally to the Empress Dowager, right?”
Liu Che's expression changed.
It was only at this moment that he understood the real reason why Xu Yan had allowed him to obtain the Empress Dowager's approval.
That was the Tiger Tally and military power.
Imagine, if Liu Che had always been against Empress Dowager Dou, making Empress Dowager Dou uneasy until her death, would Empress Dowager Dou have given him the Tiger Tally?
The answer was yes.
Definitely not!
Empress Dowager Dou must have felt that Liu Che had not grown up yet and could not take charge of the government independently. Therefore, for the sake of the Great Han Dynasty and for the sake of her descendants, she would not hand over the Tiger Tally and military power to Liu Che. It was more likely that she would hand the Tiger Tally over to the Empress Dowager.
In this way, even if Liu Che tortured Empress Dowager Dou to death, he would still not be able to take power.
The person who truly held power was only Empress Dowager Dou who had become Empress Dowager Wang.
In fact, this was the case in history.
In the sixth year of Jianyuan, Empress Dowager Dou passed away. Liu Che seemed to be in power, but in fact, the power was still in the hands of the Empress Dowager.
According to historical records, in May of the sixth year of Jianyuan (135 years ago), Empress Dowager Dou passed away. Liu Che dismissed Xuchang and Zhuang Qingzhai on the pretext that they did not handle the funeral properly. He appointed his uncle Tian Wei as the prime minister and Han Anguo as the imperial censor. Liu Che was almost obedient to Tian Kui, causing Tian Kui to be domineering and "shift power to the Lord".
From these words, one could know who was in power after Empress Dowager Dou's death.
If Liu Che was the one in power, with his overbearing personality, how could he be so tolerant to his uncle, Tian Ke?
The reason why such a situation had occurred.
It was because of the Empress Dowager.
This matter was similar to when Empress Dowager Dou was in power, changing the Prime Minister from Wei Wan to Dou Ying.
After all, the prime minister of the Qin and Han Dynasties was not the prime minister of the later generations.
The prime minister of the Qin and Han Dynasties was definitely below one person and above ten thousand people. He had the qualifications to open a government and manage the affairs of the court.
Even the courtiers handled court affairs in the Prime Minister's residence, not in the Imperial Palace.
From this, you know how much power the prime minister of the Qin and Han Dynasties had.
Therefore, in the Qin and Han Dynasties, if you wanted to know which side was dominant in the imperial court, you could directly look at the ownership of the Prime Minister's position.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, succeeded to the throne, the position of Prime Minister changed from Wei Wan to Dou Ying, indicating that Empress Dowager Dou was in power.
Similarly, after Empress Dowager Dou passed away, the position of Prime Minister changed from Dou Ying to Tian He, which meant that the Empress Dowager was in power.
So what was the reason that made Liu Che, who had tolerated for five years, continue to endure and not dare to show his ambition?
The answer was the Tiger Tally.
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, without the Tiger Tally, even the emperor could not mobilize the army at will.
As the saying goes,"The right hand is the ruler, and the left hand is the ruler." Every time a soldier is armed and has more than fifty soldiers, he must meet the king's order before he dares to go out. The matter of burning Sui, even if there is no need to meet the talisman, is still feasible!”
The meaning of this sentence was," The right half of the Tiger Tally used to mobilize the army is in the hands of the monarch, while the left half is in the hands of the local military leaders.
Without the right half of the Ruler's talisman, he could only mobilize 50 soldiers. Only when the Tiger Coincidence of the Monarch and the General was in place could an army of more than 50 people be mobilized.
However, if they encountered an extremely urgent situation, such as seeing a warning beacon, the general could act according to his own will and did not need to meet the right half of the ruler's talisman.”
From this, one could understand the importance of the Tiger Tally.
If the monarch could not control the Tiger Tally, he would not have military power.
And a monarch without military power wanted to take over?
It was better to wash up and sleep!
This was also the reason why Xu Yan did not recommend Liu Che to go against Empress Dowager Dou.
"Thank you for your guidance, Teacher Xu.”
Liu Che took a deep breath and bowed to Xu Yan again.
As the saying went, there was no true love in the world!
Liu Che didn't believe that his mother, the Empress Dowager, would give the Tiger Tally to him for safekeeping.
Just like how Liu Che's father, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, had given the Tiger Tally to Empress Dowager Dou for safekeeping before his death, and not to Empress Dowager Wang.
There were even historical records that during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Dou Ying had received an edict from him before he died."If it's inconvenient, we'll take advantage of it.”
What was the "thing" in "something inconvenient" and who was he guarding against? The meaning was self-evident.
To put it bluntly, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty did not trust his wife, the Empress Dowager.
After all, the Empress Dowager was not like Empress Dowager Dou. She was the descendant of the King of Yan, Zang Tu, during the war between Chu and Han. Who knew if she was really on the same side as the Old Liu family?
It was not surprising that Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty would hand over the Tiger Amulet to Empress Dowager Dou for safekeeping before his death, and leave Dou Ying with a posthumous edict to tell him to "take advantage of any inconvenience".
Although Liu Che did not know about the edict of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty.
However, he was not an ordinary person after all. His rationality quickly overwhelmed his family. He understood the gains and losses in this and knew what to do in the future.
Similarly, Xu Yan's answer was also a clear suggestion and answer to Liu Che's second question," How to become a true Son of Heaven."
That was to get close to the Empress Dowager and gain her approval.
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