First, the cabinet petitioned the emperor to choose a crown prince. If the crown prince was not established, the country would be unstable.
Then, the Minister of Household Affairs and a group of ministers asked King Zhao to be the crown prince on the grounds of establishing a chief minister.
The Minister of Industry and a group of ministers asked the seventh prince to be crown prince on the grounds of establishing a worthy person.
The seventh prince Zhao Qi, fifteen years old, is the daughter of concubine An. Although his mother’s family is not prominent, it is also a scholarly family. The seventh prince is extremely intelligent, obedient, and has a gentle temper. He is really caring. One who deserves the word "virtuous".
But whether it was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue or the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, they were all scolded by the emperor. The emperor even got angry with several ministers, either demoting them or punishing them to shut up and think about their mistakes.
Long Yan was furious, letting all the ministers know that the emperor was still thinking about the former prince. At this time, whoever asked for the prince to be appointed would be punished.
This matter has calmed down for the time being.
In a flash, it’s New Year’s Eve in Ruikang’s 26th year.
Since the Song family, Lu family, and others have all returned to Bingzhou, this New Year's Eve, Pomegranate simply asked her eldest brother, second brother, and others to come over and spend it together.
The elders are not here and the children are not here. After all, there is less excitement and it becomes deserted.
As the new year passed, in February, the call for a crown prince rang out again.
This time, the emperor did not curse again.
For the sake of the country and the country, this prince must be established.
After all, the emperor is already fifty-six years old this year, so he is not considered young at all.
Seeing that the emperor acquiesced, all the ministers also gave birth to chicken blood. The memorials requesting the establishment of the prince were sent to the Dragon Case one by one, and there was endless debate in the morning.
In the end, whether it is to establish a leader or to establish a virtuous person, the people who stand in the middle of the court are Zhao Wang and the seventh prince.
Of course, there are some people who remain neutral and take no side, such as the Marquis of Jing'an and Prince Yu.
In order to gain the support of Prince Yu, King Zhao also spent a lot of money. He bought high-quality pearls from the east at a high price and brought them back to Princess Yu. Everyone knows that Prince Yu loves his wife as much as she lives. He was more happy to please the princess than to please him.
Just when King Zhao thought he was bound to win.
In April, the Queen of Zhonggong suddenly adopted the seventeenth prince under her name.
Just because the biological mother of the Seventeenth Prince, Liu Mei, accidentally fell into the Royal Lake while trying to save the Queen, and she was dead when she was rescued.
The Empress was grateful for Liu Meiren's kindness in saving her life, and seeing that the Seventeenth Prince was young, she took him to her side and raised him personally.
Now, the situation becomes complicated.
Whether it is to establish a chief or to establish a virtuous person, it is based on the situation that there is no one in the middle palace and no legitimate son.
But the ancestral rules must put the direct descendants above all else.
Now the Empress has raised the seventeenth prince in her name. According to the jade certificate, the seventeenth prince is the legitimate legitimate son of the middle palace.
In the fifth month, a minister came forward to request that the legitimate son of the middle palace be made the crown prince.
The Zhao Wang faction naturally opposed the seventeenth prince on the grounds that he was young.
The Seventh Prince faction remains silent for the time being.
The quarrel continued for another half month, and in June, the emperor issued an imperial edict.
According to the ancestral system, the crown prince should be his legitimate son.
Therefore, the seventeenth prince, who was only three years old, was officially appointed as the prince.
The red-faced and thick-necked Zhao Wangdang, who was fighting between the DPRK and China, could only die down.
Pomegranate was also sad to learn that the seventeenth prince was appointed crown prince.
Same people have different fates. What is fate? This is fate.
If he hadn't been raised by the queen, the prince would not have been able to stand above his three-year-old child. There were many princes in their teens.
Especially King Zhao, whose sons are one year older than the seventeenth prince.
However, she has no control over who is appointed as the crown prince. The important thing is that it is finally established. Once it is established, it will be stable. She does not need to worry about the unrest in the capital.
Thinking of the family members who were sent back due to the unknown situation last year, the Li Rongzhang brothers who had traveled a lot entered the academy in Zhoucheng to continue their studies. It was not easy to run around again now. Come to the capital.
Pomegranate was going to send someone back to fetch the Lu family and the Song family.
But Fan Jin said there was no rush. He was in the Hanlin Academy every day, and Zhou Bingwen was now the son-in-law of the Minister of Rites, so he could always feel the direction of the trend and whether there was an undercurrent.
When Pomegranate heard this, she put it aside for the time being.
Sure enough, something went wrong at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet in August.
The young prince lost his footing and fell down the steps. He received a deep cut on his forehead. The imperial doctor diagnosed that it might leave a scar.
The queen was furious and killed all the maids serving the prince with a stick.
Unfortunately, the prince's diagnosis and treatment for one month still left an obvious scar that cannot be removed.
Then, the Zhao royal party got up to speed again, and in the name of the prince not being disgraceful, they petitioned the emperor to abolish the crown prince and replace him with a eldest son.
The emperor stayed in the palace but did not send it.
In the winter months, urgent military information from eight hundred miles south of Xinjiang was sent to Beijing. The 300,000-strong army of the Jin Kingdom was approaching Suling Pass with great force.
The whole court was shaken.
Since the late emperor was in power, our country has signed a document of friendship with the Kingdom of Jin. We have been at peace with each other for so many years, but the Kingdom of Jin has sent troops without saying a word. Is this to tear up the document signed by the two countries? Also, Emperor Jin Guocheng, who signed a friendly alliance with the late emperor, is long gone. His grandson is now in power. This son has always been aggressive. They thought that such a day would come sooner or later, but they did not expect that this day would come so early.
When foreign enemies invaded, all matters related to the prince had to be put aside first. The emperor immediately issued an order to seal him as the marshal of the Southern Conquest, and ordered 200,000 troops to rush on the same day. Go to southern Xinjiang.
With the invasion of foreign enemies, the people of the country are also panic-stricken. They pray every day that our Jin soldiers can win the battle and drive back the Jin army.
On New Year's Eve in the twenty-seventh year of Ruikang, due to the war in southern Xinjiang, the entire capital was slightly deserted, without the singing and dancing of previous years.
Even the Spring Festival after the New Year seems not to attract as much attention as in previous years.
In April of the 28th year of Ruikang, southern Xinjiang was victorious. Our Jin soldiers defeated the Jin army and defeated the Jin army and retreated to Silicon City.
This good news was received with surprise, and the people were naturally happy and excited.
In June, good news came back here again, and the Kingdom of Jin sent envoys to negotiate peace.
North Korea and China are also arguing endlessly about peace or war.
But the emperor was ill. At this moment, peace was naturally wanted. Therefore, the emperor issued an order and ordered the Minister of Rites and several other ministers to go to southern Xinjiang to negotiate peace with the Jin Kingdom. It was the Jin Kingdom who took the initiative to make peace, so naturally he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. Those who are seeking some favorable conditions for our country, Jin, must also let the Kingdom of Jin know that it is not that we, Jin, will not fight, but for the sake of your sincerity in negotiating peace, and for the sake of your country becoming emperor, we came to discuss this. and.
Since then, the war that has been going on for half a year has finally come to an end.
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The foreign troubles were resolved, and the voices from the DPRK and the Central Committee regarding the deposed prince rang out again.
It is a pity that the emperor has not been able to get up since he was ill. He even went to court in the morning. He only asked Chief Minister Xie and a few cabinet elders to handle political affairs, and only these few ministers were seen.
In September, the Jin Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin formally negotiated peace. The Kingdom of Jin signed a document stating that they would not invade again for twenty years, and sent a princess to marry.
The foreign invasion was also completely settled.
In October, the emperor was critically ill. He summoned Xie Shoufu and Prince Yu to the dragon bed, changed the edict, deposed the prince, made the seventeenth prince the longevity king, and appointed the seventh prince Zhao Qi as the prince.
That night, the death knell sounded in the palace.
Emperor Ruikang passed away at the age of fifty-seven.
The whole country observes filial piety, and no one is allowed to get married or happy for a year.
At this time Shiliu and Fan Jin had arrived in Jinzhou.
As soon as the results of the April Palace Examination came out, Fan Jin, a common scholar who came to study in the last spring exam, officially left the academy, which was equivalent to graduation.
Also make room for the new Jinshi.
The Shujishi who came out of the academy were either sent to the Sixth Ministry or decentralized.
Fan Jin and Shiliu just wanted to leave the capital as soon as possible. They left their small connections in Jing'an Hou Mansion and spent a lot of money. Therefore, Fan Jin's letter of appointment was the fastest to get it.
Decentralized to Rong County, Jinzhou and Yangfu as county magistrate.
Rong County is a middle county, neither good nor bad. The most important thing is that it is far from the capital, but it is only about ten days' journey from Damingfu, my hometown.
When Ren Shu got the book, it happened that the emperor was ill, so Shiliu and Fan Jin quickly packed their things and set off immediately.
The houses and shops in the capital are naturally under the supervision of others. As for Li Rongzong and Li Rongyu, who had stayed in the capital for two years and put the Wei Feng Express Station on the right track, they also sent another steward to take over, brothers. The two of them took Lin and the others and left with Shiliu and the others.
Fan Jin went to Jinzhou to become an official, and Li Rongzong and his brothers went to Jinzhou to continue their work in Weifeng Kuaiyi.
The return trip passed through Daming Mansion. Shiliu and Fan Jin stayed at home for a few days to meet relatives and friends they had not seen for a long time before continuing to Jinzhou.
After they have settled down in Jinzhou, we will pick up Lu and the others.
No, as soon as Fan Jin entered Rong County, handed over the documents, and officially took office, he received the news that the emperor had passed away and that the seventh prince had been appointed crown prince and would ascend the throne on a certain day.
Looking at each other with Pomegranate, the two of them were also sighing.
I thought that the seventeenth prince was the chosen one, but as it turned out, something happened just two months after he became the prince.
After going round and round, the last prince turned out to be the seventh prince.
The seventh prince, at least, has a gentle temperament, much better than King Zhao.
Rong County is neither big nor small, with six towns under its jurisdiction and four thousand households. Fan Jin became busy as soon as he took office. It was not until the eve of the New Year that he became familiar with the affairs of Rong County.
This New Year's Eve was celebrated by Fan Jin and Shiliu.
As soon as the New Year was over, Shiliu immediately sent someone back to Daming Mansion to pick up Lu and the others.
At the same time, we also learned about the follow-up of the incident in Beijing.
King Zhao launched a palace coup on the eve of the prince's coronation ceremony.
That night, the fire above the palace was so bright that it didn't calm down until dawn.
King Zhao was beheaded in front of Zhengde Hall, and all the family members of Prince Zhao's house were demoted to common people and sent to the imperial mausoleum to be imprisoned, and were never allowed to leave.
The new emperor ascended the throne, granted a general amnesty to the world, changed the name of the country to Yuande, canonized his first wife as the empress of the middle palace, respected his aunt as the empress dowager, and respected his biological mother as the empress dowager.
Then all the younger brothers below were made kings, and either stayed in the capital or were sent to the fiefdoms.
All the princesses and sisters were awarded rewards.
In addition, the Marquis of Jing'an was also granted the title of Duke of Jing'an.
Since then, the crown prince affair that has been turbulent for two years has finally come to an end.
(End of this chapter)