In the fifth year of Jiahe, Emperor Qingwen Liu Jin died. Yang An obtained his will and announced it in the hall.
: Blessed by heaven, the emperor decreed
"It has always been the emperor's first duty to rule the world without respecting the ancestors of heaven and fathers. The essence of respecting the ancestors of heaven and fathers is to be able to care for the common people and to share the hearts of the four seas. The king of Huai'an, Tan Fuwen, has a noble character and won my heart. He respects the ancestral precepts and obeys the Sui Dynasty. He will be able to inherit the throne of the emperor, so he named Liu Ziyang as the imperial envoy to assist the new emperor and immediately returned to the capital.
Announce it to the world and send envoys to hear it."
As soon as this edict came out, all the officials were shocked and the court was in turmoil. After the King of Huai'an ascended the throne, Fan Qi, the chief minister who was opposed to Liu Jin, actually served the emperor's orders in court, and the direction of the court changed repeatedly. The following year, Tan Fuwen changed his reign name to Suihe, the country prospered and the world was peaceful.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.