Jiao Jiao ( MTL

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On the night of May 5th in the third year of Liangwu, Huan Er of the Longkang Huan family died suddenly in front of the tomb of his ex-wife, Princess Shi'an.
In accordance with Huan Er's last wish, the Huan clan opened Princess An's mausoleum and buried the two together.

In June of the fourth year of Liangwu, the Wang family of Langya and the Xie family of Chenjun led the noble families of the world to formally punish corrupt officials and purge the Southern Liang court and local officialdom.
In the same month, Emperor Nanliang issued an edict to inform the world: Reform the nine-rank Zhongzheng system for selecting officials.
Scholars are promoted on their own merits, and only those who are worthy can be used. Officials' re-election or promotion must pass a performance review before they can be judged.
If a child from a poor family has outstanding talents, he can also recommend himself to be an official.

In the eighth year of Liang Wu's reign, the head of the Xie family in Chen County passed down the throne to his direct grandson Xie Erlang.
In the same year, his direct descendant Wang Sanlang was also appointed as the head of the Wang family in Langya.
Xie Er of Chen County was promoted to the post of Zhongshu Supervisor and took charge of the government together with Shangshu Ling Langya Wang San.
Wang Xie, the head of the family, is fair and decisive in dealing with matters, does not monopolize power for personal gain, does not take credit for himself and is arrogant, and has the bearing of a prime minister.
Confucianism and Taoism complement each other in governing the country. As a high-ranking scholar, he can take into account the overall situation and subordinate the interests of the family to the interests of the Liang family.
People at that time called the two "the romantic prime ministers of Jiangzuo."

In January of the twelfth year of Liang Wu, the world in Southern Liang was peaceful, the rivers were clear and the sea was flowing, the officials were honest and upright, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Storytellers of later generations were shocked after telling the story of the affairs of the Southern Liang Dynasty, and then talked about the romantic love history of the two prime ministers of the Liang Dynasty, Wang Xie, and they all said that they were infatuated characters.
Prime Minister Xie only married one wife in his life and regarded her as a buttress. The couple loved each other and had a son and a daughter.
Prime Minister Wang braved the disapproval of the world and remained unmarried for the rest of his life, spending his whole life with a concubine from the same clan, with unknown offspring.
  

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