The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

In the east side hall of the Ruisi Hall in Bianjing University, the ministers headed by Li Gang, Xu Jingheng, Zhao Ren, and Zhao Yong were waiting for the emperor's summons. It was normal for the emperor to often discuss matters with them here, and everyone would do so when waiting for work.

They talked about some interesting things they had heard and discussed the government affairs, but today’s atmosphere is

The atmosphere was very solemn, even Xu Jingheng, who had always been calm, looked anxious, Li Gang couldn't help sighing, and Zhao Yong was even more restless, picking up and putting down the tea cup in his hand, all of which was scattered on his clothes without realizing it. Zhao Ren

But he looked at the door from time to time, as if waiting for something,

There were also many people gathered in the west side hall, including the Supreme Emperor and his wife, the former Emperor Zhao Huan, Queen Zhu Shuzhen and several imperial concubines, the great sect Zhengsu King Zhao Shu, Jing King Zhao Qi, headed by the prince's brothers and other two lines of clans.

Wang, what is strange is that today he was

Zhao Gou, who had been demoted, also appeared in the hall. Their moods seemed not to be calm either. The expression on the face of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji, who was dressed in Taoist uniform, changed several times. It was unclear whether it was anger or helplessness. He wanted to leave his seat several times and go to the back hall.

But was blocked by Queen Mother Zheng Hongmei.

Zhao Huan wanted to talk to Zhao Shu many times, but he hesitated. Apparently he had many questions in his mind that he wanted to ask, but he felt unable to talk about them. Zhao Gou, who had been deposed, was hurriedly summoned into the palace, and he still doesn't know what happened.

, eyes full of confusion, confused

Why did the emperor summon all the clans? He looked at the two warriors standing at the door in a daze. On the contrary, several clan kings from the side clan looked calm and sat on one side, watching their noses and noses to rest their minds. This was also their reason.

The standard posture of standing in the morning class.

The Ruisi Palace is the Nei Shu Pavilion, which is also the emperor's royal study. It is the place where government affairs are handled daily. It is usually served by several small yellow doors. But today, only the internal affairs minister Du Zhijian Xi is in the palace, and is away from the emperor.

His desk was far away, with a sad look on his face. In fact, among the many people in the palace, he was the only one who knew the purpose of the emperor's summons today - to establish the crown prince. And this is often the beginning of the end of an era!

In Jian Xi's eyes, everything the emperor did this year seemed to be what he should do. But it seemed that the emperor was more like arranging his own affairs. He personally selected husbands for his two daughters and gave him the age to get married.

The eldest son has made a marriage arrangement. He goes to Longde Palace much more often than in previous years, and Pan Heng spends longer time. He can even drink wine and chat with the Supreme Emperor for a whole day, and he often talks about his past.

Think 'nonsense'.

Sitting on the dragon throne, Zhao Tao wrote the succession edict with his own hand. He did it seriously and calmly. In fact, the courtiers had already tactfully proposed the matter of selecting the crown prince, but he did not receive a response. This year, Zhao Tao decided to recruit Jurchens himself. Although he

know oneself

You are the lord of the world. If you have no chance to appear on the battlefield, you will receive the most careful protection and care. But after all, there is only one in ten thousand, swords and guns have no eyesight, and there are not many emperors in the world who die on the battlefield.

, he had to be on guard against it.

Zhao Tong now has three sons. The eldest son Zhao Qian is the daughter of Empress Zhu, the second son Zhao Zhen's biological mother is the concubine Xiao, and the third son Zhao Zhen's biological mother is the noble concubine Yelu. Over the years, the government and the family have speculated about which prince will take over the East Palace.

He argued endlessly, but he was all over it

He laughed it off, never gave any hint, and treated several children equally. This made the outside world more suspicious, and even suspected that Zhao Tao was greedy for the throne because he did not establish a crown prince. As for who to choose as crown prince, the government and the opposition also had different opinions.

One word. But it doesn’t always change.

At first, some people thought that Zhao Qian, the eldest son of the emperor, was the legitimate son and would inherit the throne as long as he had no major faults. However, some people also raised objections. Because the emperor was not the eldest son by birth, there were always doubts. And according to the emperor's temperament, he would definitely inherit the throne from other people.

Choose one of the princes to succeed to the throne to show that 'the throne is occupied by the wise' and to 'justify one's name'.

And with the end of the "abdication controversy", the queen was forced to complain of illness, and the descendants were expelled from the capital. People began to badmouth the eldest son of the emperor again, thinking that all this was done by the emperor to clear the way for the other two princes. At this time, the crown prince

The most popular candidate became Zhao Yu, the concubine of De, because as the imperial concubine

With the update of officials, ministers from Qiandi came to power one after another. Although everyone did not say it, everyone knew in their hearts that Concubine De had the deepest relationship with the emperor. And because she was also from Qiandi, she had a very good relationship with the big guys in the military and the inner court.

The son's succession will surely receive universal support from the courtiers and he will be able to successfully succeed to the throne.

But after the emperor's northern tour and the public sacrifice of the Khitan nobles to Montenegro, people's views changed again. They believed that the internal affairs of the Song Dynasty were now stable, the people were happy, and the unrest would only come from those foreign tribes who had surrendered. In order to appease the Khitan, the emperor might give up his throne.

It was passed down to the third son Zhao Zheng. Although Concubine De was also born into the Khitan nobility, her status was obviously not as high as that of Concubine Yu Liyan, the princess of Shu.

No matter what the outside world speculates, Zhao Tong has already made a conclusion in his heart. Whether it is due to tradition or blood, if no accident occurs, the throne will eventually belong to the eldest son of the emperor, Zhao Qian. However, he has been reluctant to establish a heir, partly because he does not want to cause trouble for the courtiers.

They formed gangs and plotted against each other; secondly, Zhao Tong also needed to consider whether his eldest son could take on a big responsibility, whether he had the character to become the king of a country, and whether he could pass his own inspection.

Zhao Qian was also trying to train Zhao Qian, but the method was not accepted by others. He did not hire a famous teacher in the palace to teach him, but sent him to a religious school to complete basic education and eliminate his privileged thoughts; later he made him enter the palace anonymously.

Studying military affairs in the martial arts hall allowed him to become familiar with military affairs and receive training at the same time, so that he would not become a coward who would be frightened and overwhelmed when hearing gunshots.

After Zhao Qian completed his studies, Zhao Qian sent him to Mobei to be baptized by frost knives and snow arrows on the border. After serving for two years, he has now been transferred to the Zhenzhou Zhizhi Department to join the army, and at the same time received Chen Dong's teachings.

, while learning how to govern the country, he also absorbed some of Chen Dong's righteousness. Zhao Qian's performance is currently satisfactory to Zhao Tong, so he decided to make him the prince before he personally conquered...

"Jianxi, come here!" Zhao Tong finished writing the two edicts and used his own seal to roll them up and put them into two exquisite gold boxes on the table before calling Jianxi over.

"Your Majesty, it's ready. Do you want to seal it now?" Jianxi hurriedly came up and said.

"No, let everyone enter the palace!" Zhao Tong shook his head and said.

Seeing the joy, he immediately called to the little Huangmen who were waiting outside the palace to pass on their instructions. After a short time, everyone entered the palace in order, and the female family members were hidden behind the curtain. After saluting, the emperor gave him a seat. Everyone looked at the emperor and waited for the next step.

"The Jurchens are disturbing the country and offending our dragon power. I want to personally conquer the Kingdom of Jin!" Zhao Tong glanced at the crowd and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty..." Although everyone expected this, they still wanted to persuade him, but as soon as they spoke, they were stopped by the emperor.

"I have made up my mind, and you don't need to persuade me any more. This expedition will take a long time due to high mountains and long distances, and without eyesight, there will inevitably be mistakes. For this reason, I decided to set up reserves in advance to prevent any unexpected events!" Zhao Tong said loudly,

There were boos immediately, the emperor's decision was too sudden.

"I have selected a prince. In order to prevent disputes, I have decided to follow the example of the Queen Mother Zhao Xian who arranged the 'Golden Chamber' alliance. I will hide the succession edict in a golden box and hide it in two places: Xingying and the Queen Mother. If I go west, I will go to Xingying.

The envoys were sent back to the court, and the Queen Mother was in charge of the court.

In front of all the ministers, I opened the golden box and took out the edict, supporting the crown prince to succeed to the throne." After Zhao Tong finished speaking, before everyone could think about it, he asked Jianxi to hold two boxes for everyone to read. Of course, the edict was not allowed to be read.

Just let them see that the box is not empty.

"Today I invite the Emperor, the Emperor, his brothers in the clan and all the ministers to come here to bear witness, and Jianxi will seal it in person!" Zhao Tong did not wait for anyone to say anything, and after letting them take a look, he ordered Jianxi to seal the two gold boxes.

closed.

Upon receiving the order, he locked the gold box in front of everyone, sealed it with wax oil, then added fire paint, affixed the seal and stamped the imperial seal, and then handed one of the gold boxes to the Empress Dowager Zheng Hongmei behind the curtain.

Collect. At this time, everyone's eyes did not leave the two gold boxes, witnessing the process of establishing the crown prince. But what made everyone depressed was that they did not know the contents of the edict in the boxes, let alone who the crown prince was.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the state-owned crown prince!" The ceremony was completed. Although everyone was kept in the dark by the emperor, they still had to say some kind words. Unfortunately, they could not congratulate the crown prince... (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, novels

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