Chapter 21

In fact, the matter of appointing the crown prince is not very important when the emperor is only in the current year, but it is constantly raised, but it is usually as inconclusive as the border matter.

Song Guogong, as the most powerful person in the court, if Queen Song has a son under her knees, then no matter what the reason, Song Guogong can not be the same thing, but now when Queen Song has no children, this matter is very serious.

Therefore, it is impossible for Song Guogong to let any prince be made the crown prince now.

Chen Shan is obviously not afraid of the prestige of Song Guogong, so now the two are fighting a little inextricably, while the other ministers are hanging high.

"Okay, I'm in the prime of life now, does Chen Yushi think that I will have no children after me, or do you think that I won't live long!" Qi Yuan said in a cold voice.

Hearing Qi Yuan's words, Chen Zhi was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down, and the other ministers also knelt down.

"The emperor forgives the sin, Weichen has no such intention!" Chen Shan kowtowed in panic.

Qi Yuan didn't say anything more, waved his hand and left the hall.

Changde hurriedly announced his retreat from the dynasty and quickly followed.

The Imperial Study.

Qi Yuan sat at the top, and the people at the bottom were Prime Minister Fu Xiuyuan and Zuo Rencheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

In fact, these two talents are the real Qi Yuan's henchmen, and on the border matter, Qi Yuan asked Zuo Rencheng to come forward to fight, and Fu Xiuyuan remained silent, mainly because he wanted to wear down Song Guogong's patience.

The power of the Song family is deep-rooted, and the younger sister of Song Guogong is the current Empress Dowager, if Qi Yuan wants to uproot the Song family, it is naturally not an easy thing, and it must be carried out step by step. The first step is to weaken the military power of the Song family, although Song Guogong is now in charge of military power, but the Song family has no talent other than Song Guogong, so if there is a war in Yan State, Song Guogong only has two choices, one is to put himself in battle, and the other is to hand over the military power, but obviously Song Guogong does not want to choose, so he advocates letting the border war flow freely.

But Qi Yuan will not let Song Guogong get his wish, so he must let Song Guogong send troops.

"I don't think that old guy can hold up for much longer." Zuo Rencheng's smile was a little evil in it, and the red Shangshu court clothes revealed some different kind of romance.

Zuo Rencheng is five in his Chinese New Year's Eve, and he is originally a man in the rivers and lakes. Qi Yuan accidentally met Zuo Rencheng during a private visit to Weifu, Qi Yuan accidentally helped Zuo Rencheng's help, and Zuo Rencheng agreed to allow Qi Yuan to enter the court as an official. Zuo Rencheng was strong in martial arts, and he was the martial champion established by Qi Yuan, and then he made military exploits in a crusade, and Qi Yuan promoted him to the secretary of the military department by starting with the beginning.

"You just don't have much etiquette, you're always an old guy and an old guy, it's so rude." Fu Xiuyuan shook his head helplessly, with a slight disapproval on his handsome face.

Although Fu Xiuyuan is young, he is like Zhuge in Shuzhong, he knows everything about astronomy and geography, and the theories of Confucius and Mencius are all excellent, and no one can criticize him for becoming the youngest prime minister. And Fu Xiuyuan is Qi Yuan's cousin, because Fu Xiuyuan's mother and the current Queen Mother of the West, who is also Qi Yuan's biological mother, are sisters of the same mother, so the relationship between the two is extremely close.

"You're polite, and all of a sudden two old guys have come out!" Zuo Rencheng raised his eyebrows and said.

Fu Xiuyuan looked at Zuo Rencheng's appearance and was so angry that his teeth itched.

"Alright, can you two talk about some business?" Qi Yuan helplessly held his forehead, these two people really didn't know which tendon was wrong, they choked each other from the first time they met, and they still haven't changed after so many years.

The two glared at each other before looking at Qi Yuan.

"Actually, I don't think it's important, what matters is the matter of establishing the prince." Fu Xiuyuan opened his mouth and said, no matter how old Song Guogong is, it is difficult to regenerate the incident when he is old and weak, and it is only a matter of time before he takes Song Guogong's military power, but the matter of establishing the prince has been raised more than once or twice, and if it is not surprising, after a few days, someone will bring it up.

Zuo Rencheng also nodded, his opinion on this matter was the same as Fu Xiuyuan's, and it was imminent to establish the crown prince.

Qi Yuan frowned, he also knew that this matter was not a trivial matter now, but he wanted to know who was behind this matter.

"I think, probably ......" Fu Xiuyuan touched his chin.

"King Shen."

Without waiting for Fu Xiuyuan to finish speaking, Zuo Rencheng hurriedly spoke.

Fu Xiuyuan looked at Zuo Rencheng and twitched the corners of his mouth, but he still didn't refute it.

Qi Yuan nodded, to say that this matter is indeed the most suspicious of King Shen, and the others don't seem to have a reason to do so.

Qi Shen, who was seven in Chinese New Year's Eve, was named King Shen by name, and was the youngest prince of Qi Yuan's grandfather, Emperor Jianyong, and Qi Yuan's younger uncle. It is said that before the death of Emperor Jianyong, he wanted to enthrone King Shen, but then he suddenly changed the throne to Emperor Jian'an, Qi Shen's father, and changed Qi Shen's fief to Qizhou, which was quite far away from the imperial city. Everyone was shocked, after all, Qi Shen's father was not favored, and he was not as good as the young prince Qi Shen, who was held in the palm of his hand by Emperor Jianyong since he was a child, but this matter became a foregone conclusion at that time.

But the trouble is here, during the reign of Emperor Jian'an, Qi Shen did not show anything abnormal, and everyone did not think that Qi Shen was dissatisfied with the succession, and no one cared about him in Qizhou. However, Emperor Jian'an died suddenly after only five years of reign, which shocked the court, and everyone suspected that Qi Shen did it at this time, but there was no evidence.

And Qi Yuan was only nine years old, and with the help of the auxiliary ministers, he could ascend the throne smoothly, and they didn't even have time to probe Qi Shen's movements. After that, Qi Shen took the initiative to come to worship, and then left normally, without any abnormality.

Qi Shen's mind is really unpredictable.

"King Shen's mind is gloomy and unpredictable, and the blame is that he doesn't seem to want to take the throne." Zuo Rencheng said.

Although there have been anomalies in recent years, and King Shen's suspicion is also the greatest, if King Shen wants to seize the throne, it should be the best time when Qi Yuan succeeds to the throne, but in recent years, there have been frequent activities, which really makes people confused about his thoughts.

Qi Yuan frowned and fell into deep thought.

For the uncle of King Shen, he is actually most worried that King Shen will unite with Song Guogong, after all, both of them have a lot of troops, and King Shen has dominated one side for a long time, if these two work together, Qi Yuan may not have a foolproof plan to deal with it, but according to the report of the person he arranged next to Song Guogong, the two have no intersection, and King Shen does not seem to have any intention of forming an alliance with Song Guogong.

He should have had more people listen to the news of King Shen.