Chapter 175: The Prince
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On March 12, Sima Yulou officially inherited the title of King Chuchen.
The emperor personally presided over the ceremony of raiding the knighthood, and gave the Han white marble double seal pendant, the four red ribbons, the red and yellow silk, the pure red gui, and the three thousand households.
Since the death of Sima Jun, the king of Chuchen in the previous generation, Huajing Dynasty has the highest title of Duke of Zhenguo. Now that the emperor has personally bestowed the ribbon and sealed the food, Sima Yulou's title has surpassed that of the Duke of Zhenguo and has become a veritable prince of the dynasty.
After the ceremony, everyone withdrew from the hall and stepped forward to congratulate Sima Yulou, who was called the prince.
Zhenguo Gonghuan Court had a deep friendship with Sima Jun in the past, and Sima Yulou was something he grew up watching, so he stepped forward at this time, and the officials hurriedly retreated to both sides.
He patted Sima Yulou on the shoulder and said with a smile: "The demeanor of the virtuous nephew now is even more prosperous than your father's back then, which is really gratifying." In the future, we will help the saint to deal with the affairs of the court, and we old men will be able to live in peace and retire. β
Sima Yulou said with a smile: "Yulou is young and shallow, and in the future, the affairs of the government will still have to be bothered to take care of by the public Huan, and Yulou will still be an idle prince." β
"Young people, experience is to be accumulated slowly, and now that Mo Zhi is working in the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, he also has to start from scratch and receive some experience." Huan Ting said with a smile.
Sima Yulou nodded yes: "Gong Huan is right." After the affairs of the Western Regions Business Road that the Holy Lord had explained in the past few years had been completed, Yulou would come to ask Huan Gong for a lesson or two. We, the juniors, don't know anything about the government and politics, so we have to give us more advice. So I'm afraid you'll have to work hard for a few more decades before someone takes over. β
Huan Ting laughed, looked very satisfied, and after a few more gossip with him, he took his leave and left.
After Wang Hao, the right minister, waited for him to leave, he also stepped forward to congratulate with a smile.
Wang Hao smiled with deep meaning, and said softly: "The princess's wedding date is approaching, and the ladies of our mansion have always been friends with the Qin family, and the days of walking around in the future will be long. β
Sima Yulou's eyes were as bright as stars, and he was only slightly silent.
Jin Xuan returned to the mansion and went to Yunxiu Pavilion to find Jin Yi Jinru and the two who were playing in the flower pavilion, and described today's ceremony to the two of them in detail.
&nbsbsbsg Sima Yulou attacked the scene of the knighthood, and his heart couldn't help but be in a trance, today's Sima Yulou is completely different from the Jianghu assassin Xiaolou he knew before.
Hearing Jin Xuan say that Zhen Guogong and the right minister had wooed Sima Yulou, Jin Yi knew very little about these government and opposition political affairs, so he asked him.
"It all started with my uncle. Actually, I don't know much, it's all my father who sued me. ......" Jin Xuan said slowly: "Before the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, when he was still a prince, he was not valued in the eyes of the first emperor, and at that time, the eldest son of the first queen was still the crown prince, and he was very harsh on the saint. β
As he spoke, he glanced at Jin Yi, "Today's queen is from Yekang, and at that time, Yekang was just a small remote country in the Western Regions to Huajing, and it was not valued at all. The marriage arranged by the first queen was to prevent the saint from relying on his in-laws to find help in the court. β
Jin Xuan continued, with a hint of a smile on his face: "My father told me that before my uncle and my aunt got married, they often wandered in the market and rivers, and they didn't look like a prince at all. Perhaps because of this, he did not attract the attention of the first queen and the eldest son of the emperor, but the saint who was the third prince was suppressed. β
When Jin Yi heard him talk about Yekang, her heart skipped a beat.
When he talked about the former King Chuchen again, Jin Yi couldn't help but think of the scene when he first saw Xiaolou in Meiju three years ago, no wonder he didn't show any nobility at that time, maybe the flamboyant and wild side of his personality was inherited from his father.
"Until the saint married Princess Yekang, at that time the aunt and uncle were only married for more than a year, the uncle no longer traveled around, and was dedicated to making friends with the ministers of the court, especially with the military princes and families had a close personal relationship, and spent three or four years of hard work, with the support of the prince of Zhenguo and the prince of loyalty, he overthrew the first prince in one fell swoop, and together with the first queen, he was also sentenced to death by the first emperor for the crime of rebellion.
At that time, the ministers of the court and the central government all recommended their uncle as the crown prince, but they were all sternly rejected by him. After the saint ascended the throne, in order to avoid suspicion, he resigned from the position of Zhongshu Ling, traveled far again, and stayed in Jianye for much less time than before. But he is not in Beijing, but his prestige is still there, and the northern scholars who were born in the military in the DPRK and China are all looking forward to him. It wasn't until after the death of his uncle seven years ago that the current Zhenguo Gong took sole power.
But over the years, the Holy Lord has intended to support the southern scholars, so now the position of the six Shangshu in the DPRK is actually half of the north and the south, but the military power is still in the hands of the northern scholars.
Therefore, now that my cousin has inherited the prince, he has become the Guan JiΓ n of the north and the south. Zhenguo Gong must not want the people of the military to be inclined to his cousin, but he must not let him fall into the hands of the southern scholars, after all, most of the southern scholars are civil officials and are not involved in martial arts. If the cousin leans to the side of the right minister, if there are any military people who are moved by him in the future, the strength of the right minister will rise sharply, and the side of Zhenguo Gong will definitely suffer heavy losses. β
As soon as he said this, Jinru was dizzy and didn't understand it.
Jin Yi understood the disputes between the north and south factions in the court, and she hadn't seen Sima Yulou for a few days, so she asked Jin Xuan, "Then what is your cousin's plan now?" β
Jin Xuan thought for a while and said, "Cousin should want to stand by and watch." β
Jin Yi bowed her head and was silent, and only said after a while: "The prince of Zhenguo will marry Huan Yanyan to the prince, this is the support of the prince on the surface." But the crown prince's side concubine is also the young lady of the Xia family, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and the Xia family is a southern scholar family,...... This can be regarded as the chess and drum of the two factions of the north and the south. β
Jin Xuan heard him mention the crown prince, but he frowned, and said to Jin Ru: "Zu Juntian and Huan Mozhi fell out, and the two almost fought. β
Jinru was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Aren't you, your cousin, and the two of them the best all the time?" Why did they suddenly fall out with each other? β
Jin Yi's heart moved slightly, remembering that day in the tea garden when she saw Zu Juntian and the King of the East China Sea together, she felt a little strange at that time, and specially asked Sima Yulou.
"Is it because of the crown prince that the two of them are arguing?" Jin Yi asked Jin Xuan tentatively.
Jin Xuan looked at her, stunned at how quick her thoughts were, and nodded, "I heard that the crown prince punished the commander of the Xiaocai Battalion Guard,...... The left and right Yi guards under the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, Zuo Yi is in charge of the prince's guard, and the right Yi is personally led by the commander of Wei Da and is directly responsible for the close guards of the saint. It seems that there was a leak in the arming arranged by the commander of Wei, and the guards disturbed the queen mother of Fengluan Palace. Neither the saint nor the queen said anything, but the crown prince sent someone to reprimand the commander of Wei afterwards. β¦β¦ Mo Zhi was recently transferred to Zuo Yiwei on duty, and the prince seems to have sent him that day. β
Jin Yi understood, and answered: "Commander Wei is the master of the little grandfather and the king of the East China Sea, and the little grandfather must be dissatisfied with the prince's punishment, so he got into trouble with the third young master of Huan, right?" β
Jin Xuan laughed, "Cousin sued you? β
Jin Yi's face was slightly confused, "I just saw the little grandfather and the king of the East China Sea that day, and it was a little strange, so I asked, and then I knew that the two of them and the commander of Wei Da Guan Xì." (To be continued.) )
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