I Can Control My Ancestors-Chapter 310 - 16: The Death of Liu Shan, Kyushu Stirs

Chapter 310: Chapter 16: The Death of Liu Shan, Kyushu Stirs

——Abolish the Crown Prince.

When the ministers in the court heard of this, surprisingly none of them had much to say.

This was indeed quite rare!

Actually, such an outcome couldn’t be blamed on anyone else.

The current political ecology of the Great Han is completely different from that of the former and later Han.

Although Liu Shan is still the Emperor and holds real power, the more detailed rights are almost entirely in the hands of the ministers.

This is also related to Liu Shan’s character.

Liu Xuan, the Crown Prince, simply had no chance to establish his own foundation.

This is the result of the current political ecology of the Great Han.

Liu Shan was still soft-hearted.

After all, it was his own son, and the position of the Crown Prince had already been abolished, so he did not pursue Liu Xuan’s major crimes.

But such a thing was destined to be futile.

Liu Chen is not a soft-hearted character, and Gu Yi would absolutely not tolerate any risks within the Great Han.

Regarding royal power—

Liu Xuan’s fate was obviously long destined.

Even if Liu Shan can still protect him now, once Liu Shan passes away, his fate is completely sealed.

In October;

Liu Shan formally decreed Liu Chen as the Crown Prince.

And Liu Shan seemed to have changed as well.

He behaved like a different person, no longer indulging in pleasures as he used to.

Although he still did not interfere in state affairs.

But he also began to pay attention to the various political affairs of the court and focused on Liu Chen’s education, striving to build a foundation for Liu Chen.

This great turmoil truly made Liu Shan start to awaken.

In any case.....

He absolutely cannot let the Great Han encounter problems in his hands.

Luoyang.

Regarding this matter, Gu Yi did not intend to let the Gu Clan get involved.

He felt at ease letting Liu Chen be the Crown Prince.

Needless to say, at the very least, given Liu Chen’s character, when facing external threats, he can indeed suppress everything within the court.

And Zhang Hua and Zhong Hui are his best aides.

He doesn’t need to involve the Gu Clan anymore.

This was the thought Gu Yi had long had!

——The Gu Clan needs to transform!

This is also one of the reasons he restricts the descendants of the Gu Clan.

Currently, the Gu Clan is too deeply bound to the royal family of the Great Han!

This indeed allows the Gu Clan to continue to shine within the Han Court, but it also represents risk.

There is no eternal dynasty.

The Gu Clan needs to shift its binding from the royal family of the Great Han to the entire Kyushu. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

This is also one of the most suitable development paths for the current Gu Clan.

The efforts of several generations have already given the Gu Clan an astonishing foundation across the entire Kyushu.

Now Gu Yi is to consolidate all of this.

To make the people throughout Kyushu genuinely believe one thing.

That is, as long as the descendants of the Gu Clan appear at the core of the court.

Then the entire world will usher in a golden age.

Thoroughly sever the binding of the Gu Clan to a single dynasty, and instead bind it to the rise and fall of the entire Kyushu.

This is definitely one of the main development directions for the future of the Gu Clan.

Of course, this matter is destined to be extremely difficult.

It requires the efforts of generations to completely walk through this path.

The good news is that the Gu Clan currently has a very good start.

The emergence of Gu Chen has fundamentally allowed the Gu Clan to break away from the appearance of being loyal to just one dynasty.

Although there won’t be another "Ten Directions Expedition Envoy" in the world currently, the Gu Clan has actually completely gotten rid of the restrictions of official positions.

Take Gu Ye now for example.

He is clearly not the Chancellor, but his influence on the entire court exceeds that of the Chancellor.

This is the fundamental difference between the Gu Clan and other families.

....

The tremors in the court did not cause any impact on the Han people.

The imperial examinations proceeded as usual.

Compared to previous examinations, this time the students of arithmetic subjects increased noticeably.

After all, as early as the last imperial examination.

Gu Yi had long determined that arithmetic would directly be included as a subject in the examinations.

But the performance of the students in arithmetic subjects was still poor.

Unlike Confucian classics.

Arithmetic subjects require innovation, and Gu Yi couldn’t attribute everything to the "Nine Chapters of Mathematical Art".

And this time the questions he set were to address current events.

To let the students use arithmetic to improve some current issues in land planning.

The poor performance of the examinees was also expected.

But Gu Yi was still not in a hurry, because mathematics requires a certain talent, and as long as it continues, the corresponding talents will eventually emerge.

By then, the entire Kyushu will undergo groundbreaking changes.

He has already changed many things.

The rest.....

Only needs time to slowly ferment.

The thing that truly concerns Gu Yi is still the Barbarians from all directions.

Wars have become increasingly frequent.

After decades of normal weather, the places where the Barbarians reside have finally encountered natural disasters.

With production capabilities already severely lacking, the Barbarians facing sudden natural disasters would be even more desperate than the Great Han.

They could only launch attacks on the Great Han.

Trying to plunder the Great Han to alleviate the crisis.

This kind of attack was completely different from before; when facing life and death, people’s faith only becomes firmer, exploding with even more powerful combat ability.

Fortunately, Gu Yi had long been preparing for this.

Facing these tribes’ attacks and rebellions, the Great Han’s garrison would not be caught off guard.

But even so.

In the seventeen year of Yanxi, in August.

The Great Han’s garrison also faced its first defeat.

Against the increasingly frenzied Xianbei and Wuhuan, the situation finally underwent a major change.

Lu Kang turned out fine.

His calm and steady nature in defending the city.

Made no major mistakes and fended off the enemy’s attack.

But Wen Qin was different.

Facing the continuous attack of the Xianbei, he was eventually completely infuriated, fell for the enemy’s ruse, suffered a disastrous defeat, and died on the battlefield.