The TV series "Sword Line in the Snow" is currently being broadcast, and Xu Fengnian, the son of The Northern Liang Dynasty, has ended his travels in Jiangnan and is ready to go to Longhu Mountain. It was at this stage that Xu Xiao finally waited for the emperor's holy will to allow Northern Liang to inherit the throne. For this holy will, Xu Xiao can be said to have done everything to the extreme, and paid a heavy price.
Xu Xiao's calculations
For example, marrying the eldest daughter Xu Zhihu into the Lu family in Jiangnan, sending the second daughter Xu Weixiong to the Shangyin Xuegong, and also letting Beiliang's hidden secret son for many years take the initiative to emerge. Even so, the emperor was still not satisfied, and other officials and forces inside and outside the government and the opposition were not satisfied.
Xu Fengnian stills
When Xu Xiao destroyed the Six Kingdoms and stepped on the rivers and lakes, did he rely only on brute force? Of course not. Years of experience in the military and politics have turned him from a stunned young man into a sleek old fox. Besides, with the assistance of a "Spring and Autumn Poisoner" like Li Yishan, he naturally could not be a fish on a cutting board and let others slaughter him. So from the second time Xu Fengnian went out on a trip, he had already begun to lay out.
Ginger mud stills
As the saying goes, "Knowing the son mo ruo father", Xu Xiao knows that his son Fengnian is not willing to take the life he has arranged, and will definitely do the opposite. So he set two lines in one light and one dark. During the trip to Jiangnan, Xu Xiao ostensibly used ginger mud and Yu Youwei to arouse the anger of the Lu family, so that the Lu family and Beiliang turned against each other. In fact, the real role of Jiang Ni was to use the identity of "Princess of Western Chu" to cause the imperial court to be jealous.
It has been a long time since the Yang Dynasty chengping, so up to the emperor, down to the civil and military officials, they have not realized the role of the Northern Liang Army. In their eyes, Xu Xiao was an arrogant and brazen king with a different surname, and everyone was condemned. Since this was the case, what Xu Xiao had to do was to let them understand that now was not the time for "birds to hide their bows" and "rabbits and dead dogs to cook", and the imperial court still needed to rely on the Northern Liang Army to guard the border. So under Xu Xiao's arrangement, Cao Changqing was led to Jiangnan and successfully met the Western Chu princess Jiang Ni.
Xu Xiao stills
When the emperor learned that Western Chu was actually alive and had been found by Cao Changqing, he had already begun to panic. To be a chess player, the first thing to do is to sit still. But the existence of Western Chu seriously threatened the rule of the Yang Dynasty, how could the emperor calm down? So the emperor accepted Xu Xiao's request. Of course, the emperor would not easily let Xu Xiao get the hereditary holy will, and he wanted Xu Xiao to exchange it for something.
Xu Xiao had already made preparations and returned the position of "Shangzhu Guo" to the imperial court. This is another price he pays. It is not difficult to see that Xu Xiao began to lay out many years ago in order to make his son able to inherit the succession. The depth of his heart is even more than that of Zaifu Zhang Julu. So what is the difference between this "hereditary replacement" and ordinary hereditary succession, and why can Xu Xiao willingly pay such a big price? Burst Shi Jun will tell you about it.
The temptation of hereditary succession
From the Wei and Jin dynasties onwards, China's hereditary system began to be divided into two types: "hereditary resignation" and ordinary hereditary succession. Ordinary hereditary, hereditary number of hereditary inheritances is limited, and the inheritor can only inherit a title that is one level lower than the original title of the inherited person. And "hereditary replacement", the number of hereditary succession is unlimited, and the inheritor can also inherit the original title of the inherited person.
What do you mean? Let me give you an example. Xu Fengnian was the son of Xu Xiao, the King of Northern Liang, and if it was an ordinary hereditary, after Xu Xiao's death, Xu Fengnian could only inherit the title of a marquis and could no longer pass it on to his son. Because of ordinary hereditary inheritance, there is only one chance of hereditary inheritance. The title of King of Northern Liang would be revoked by the imperial court or given to other meritorious generals. This is also what the court and others are most happy to see.
Northern Liang Army
However, if it is a "hereditary replacement", after Xu Xiao's death, Xu Fengnian can inherit the throne of Northern Liang, and can be passed on by his children and grandchildren. As long as the Yang Dynasty is still there, Beiliang will always be surnamed Xu. In the long run, this will indeed form a trend of tail failure. It was precisely for this reason that Zhang Julu wanted to kill Xu Fengnian to avoid any trouble.
Xu Xiao
And Xu Xiaoken paid such a big price, not only for Xu Fengnian alone, but also for the sake of the future generations of the Xu family. After all, the love of parents and sons is far-reaching. His son Xu Fengnian can be absurd, foolish, and ignorant, and he cannot but think about the family as a father. At this point, do you understand why Xu Xiao must let Xu Fengnian inherit the throne of Northern Liang?
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