149, brother
The palace is the largest stage, in the case of the emperor's sponsorship and personal cameo starring, all kinds of people have appeared on the stage, either actively or passively, to perform an annual drama together, and it can even be said to be the most wonderful play in the Kangxi period.
The emperor asked all the ministers and officials to elect the crown prince, and he said that he would obey all the candidates chosen by the ministers. Most people believe this, after all, "the king has no jokes," and can an emperor still regret his will in front of the Manchu civil and military forces? Almost everyone does not believe that the emperor would be so ...... Informal.
For a while, people with political positions and tendencies began to connect with each other, the crown prince was deposed, the king of Zhijun was imprisoned, and the thirteen princes were clearly disliked, except for a few who had always been transparent, the ministers set their sights on the promising third, fourth, eighth, fourteenth and other people, and because of the favorability that usually brushed out, the eight princes were surrounded by the most people, all ministries and provinces, and the people who supported him accounted for almost three-quarters of all officials, and the remaining quarter was divided by others.
There is no doubt that the Fucha family is standing behind Yinzhen, there is Shu Yierha, the side of the fourth master, even if they want to take refuge in others, they can't get the trust of others, not to mention that the people of the Fucha family are not stupid, of course they won't do such stupid things, after Erhe visited Yinzhen on behalf of their family, the whole family made up their minds and obeyed Yinzhen's wishes and voted for the abolished prince with a few votes in their hands.
The Erdeke brothers were originally not involved in this matter, but when it came time to really make up their minds, people also understood in their hearts that when there were good things, they should always think of their own people first. With Shu Yierha's relationship, of course, they have to test whether Yinzhen has this mind, if so. At present, there is a great opportunity, and they are not unable to contact someone to elect Yinzhen, if Yinzhen can really take the position, Shu Yierha, as a side Fujin, can at least be a concubine, which is always good for the Fucha family, if Yinzhen has no mind, it is not too late for them to support others.
It is not good for Erdeke and others to directly find Yinzhen to surrender. That was too conspicuous, but when they saw Erhe's own brother, no one could say anything, and waited until Erhe revealed Yinzhen's meaning a little. The old foxes in officialdom all understand: the fourth master also has great ambitions, but he thinks that it is not suitable to be in the limelight now, so we must be loyal and pure ministers and wait for the opportunity.
Because Erdek and Mazi are on good terms. Mazzi had also sought him out. persuaded him to throw himself into the eighth prince, since Erdeke had a better choice, he naturally rejected Ma Qi, and in turn persuaded Ma Qi not to get too close to a certain prince, it was easy to attract the emperor's taboo, but Ma Qi couldn't listen to it, and the meeting between the two was not unpleasant, but the atmosphere was indeed not as harmonious as before. Erdek once sighed in private. No matter how good the friendship is, it will deteriorate in front of the position, after this time. There was a rift between him and Marzie.
Don't care what selfish intentions everyone has, after the day set by the emperor comes, all the excerpts recommending the prince are submitted, but the results of the statistics make the emperor's heart cold, and the proportion of courtiers visiting the princes' mansions is about the same, three-quarters of them are recommending the eight princes, and the so-called Qingliu is supporting the three princes, most of them are old and stubborn, some generals support the fourteenth prince, some pure ministers and direct ministers of the household department and the Ministry of Industry support the four princes, and some officials and individual diehards of the original Zhan Mansion support the abolished prince.
The emperor has never regarded the eighth prince as an heir, and in fact, he does not like a person who is more "lenient" than him everywhere In the eyes of the emperor, Yinxi's son has the ability to do it, and he can definitely make some achievements if he really lets go of it, but he attaches too much importance to reputation and people's hearts, and no one wants to offend, such a person must not be a superior person, but as long as he does not regard him as an heir, the emperor does not care about this problem, just like he doesn't care if the Nine Emperors like to do business, and he doesn't care if the Ten Emperors are really honest and reckless, as long as the prince is shrewd and capable and has no defects, other sons are a little bit wrong but better。
Before asking the courtiers to nominate the crown prince, the emperor had hinted at several close ministers around him, suggesting that they recommended the prince, but I don't know if these people were deliberately pretending to be confused, or if they had other considerations, none of them took the emperor's hints seriously, among which Ma Qi even came forward to contact the courtiers for the eighth prince, and as a result, the eighth prince became the crown prince's candidate with an absolute advantage.
But the emperor has never been a person who is willing to be led by the nose, as an emperor who has been on the throne for several years at a young age and has not been able to govern himself, his importance to power is unimaginable to others, and he does not allow anything to exceed his expectations, no one wants to break his rhythm, so far, the only qualified candidate for the crown prince in his heart is only his sister-in-law Yinren, and no one else is in his consideration, let alone being subject to the benevolence of his wife and woman, indecisive and lowly Yinxi.
The result of the election of the prince is not ideal, and the plan to release Yinren is bankrupt, the emperor is not good at losing his temper, only saying that Yinren has not changed his mind, and he has recently been guilty, and his mother's family is also very cheap, so let the ministers think about it again. The emperor clearly reversed his word, and people with eyes did not dare to speak, but there were also people who relied on their old qualifications or thought that the law did not blame the public, and actually accused the emperor of not believing in his words.
After killing the courtiers, the emperor also felt angry, and called all his sons to the Qianqing Palace to be trained, the focus was to scold the eight princes, and other sons to accompany him, the emperor said that the eight princes "had great ambitions and intended to murder the prince", and said that he did not respect the emperor's father and brother, in short, he scolded Yinhe almost became a heinous villain, and finally detained him like Yinyu.
The Nine Emperors have always been close to the Eight Princes, at this time they jumped out and said that the Eight Princes were not disloyal and unfilial, and said that they were willing to be a guarantee, and the Fourteenth Prince followed, the Emperor was angry, saying that they were counting on the Eight Princes to be the crown princes, and they would be crowned as princes in the future, and said that their righteousness was Liangshan Bo's righteousness, and the Nine Emperors were just begging, but the Fourteenth Prince said: "The emperor's father scolded the Starling, it is nothing more than that the Starling Dynasty has a hope, and the important ministers in the court support the Starling more, so they are angry with the Starling, what is the crime of the Starling?"
The emperor was suffocated by the heart of the fourteenth prince, the anger coefficient on his face faded, he looked at him expressionlessly, and asked coldly: "Yinyu is really out of brotherly love, or is there something else?" (To be continued......)