On the carrying hall in the palace of King Yan, the red candle was shining, Zhu Di was anxiously pacing back and forth, the door of the palace was pushed open, and the little eunuch announced: "Back to King Yan, Master Daoyan has been invited, just wait outside the hall." ”

Zhu Di hurriedly said, "Please come in." ”

The little eunuch introduced Dao Yan, quietly withdrew, and closed the door of the hall.

Dao Yan clasped his hands together and said to Zhu Di: "King Yan summoned Lao Wei at night, I don't know what's going on?" ”

Zhu Di handed him an official document, frowned and said: "This is a secret letter sent by the General Administration Department for 800 miles. ”

Dao Yan took it, glanced at it slightly, and arched his hand to Zhu Di, with a happy face, and said in a low voice: "Congratulations to King Yan, congratulations to King Yan." ”

Zhu Di said expressionlessly: "The master's words are wrong, my eldest brother is gone, how can I be happy?" ”

Dao Yan restrained his smile and said, "People can't be resurrected after death, and I also ask King Yan to mourn." Then he stood aside, speechless.

Zhu Di saw that he was speechless for a long time, and said with some annoyance: "Master, I called you here late at night, not to ask you to comfort me, how is the situation in the court, and I also ask the master for guidance." ”

Dao Yan said: "Lao Wei just said goodbye to King Yan. ”

Zhu Di was a little skeptical: "Seriously, after all, I have the second brother and the third brother in front of me." ”

Dao Yan saw that he asked sincerely, so he analyzed for him: "The country depends on the long monarch, if Your Majesty reinstates the crown prince, he will choose the good one among the adult sons, and the one who can be the same as the king of Yan is the second king of Qin and Jin." King Qin was tyrannical and his evil achievements were obvious, if it wasn't for Prince Yiwen's maintenance last time, he would have been cut down and eliminated from the country. ”

"Speaking of King Jin, this is an extremely strong opponent. He is beautiful, bearded, and prestigious, and is deeply favored by His Majesty. However, he was wise and cruel, and on the way to Taiyuan, he whipped his cook for small reasons, and denounced him for His Majesty's purpose. His Majesty has been fighting in the east and west for more than 20 years, and no matter who makes a mistake, he will not be spared, but he has never punished the imperial chef Xu Xingzu, because of this. ”

"In the twenty-third year of Hongwu, the king of Jin was edicted to go out of the fortress to conquer the Northern Yuan, and when he was leaving, His Majesty had given millions of money in advance, thinking that he would reward the soldiers, but the king of Jin returned in vain. However, King Yan won a complete victory, and it didn't take any time to capture the Northern Yuan Taiwei Nai'er. Which is better and which is inferior, you can see it at a glance. Your Majesty, how can you not know. Therefore, when Lao Wei first met King Yan, he said that he would give His Royal Highness a white hat, and it seems that this word should be fulfilled. ”

After listening to Dao Yan's analysis, Zhu Di still shook his head and said: "Your Majesty attaches the most importance to the difference between the eldest and the youngest, what if he appoints the eldest grandson as the emperor's grandson?" ”

Dao Yan gasped when he heard this: "If this is the case, then the Ming Dynasty is in danger." ”

Zhu Di asked anxiously: "What is the explanation of this?" ”

Dao Yan said: "The eldest grandson Renrou is too much of his father, and it is difficult to control the heroes and nobles above the court, and the vassal kings outside the court have self-respect, and there are powerful vassals inside, and there are strong vassals outside, and the lord is benevolent, and I am deeply afraid that the rebellion of the eight kings of the Western Jin Dynasty will be repeated." ”

Zhu Di also sighed deeply and said: "I hope my father can see through this and deal with it as soon as possible." ”

Dao Yan said: "At present, the only way to make King Yan the crown prince is the best policy. ”

Zhu Di said: "I hope so." ”

In the Imperial City of Beijing, the sky is just bright, since the prince Zhu Biaoxue, today is the first dynasty, civil and military officials lined up outside the noon gate, waiting quietly, three o'clock in the hour, the bells and drums on the five phoenix floors rang in unison, until the three-way drum sounded, the door of the Zhu Qi Palace slowly opened, the civil officials from the left door, the military attache from the right door, the fish penetrated, came to the south of the Jinshui Bridge, each according to the grade of the class order.

Luan Yiwei sounded the whip three times, and all the officials followed in turn, coming to the bottom of the Danqi, standing opposite to each other, waiting for the emperor to arrive.

The throne is set up in the middle of the porch of the Fengtian Temple, commonly known as the "Golden Platform". Afterwards, between the pillars of the main hall, the Jinyi Wei Han generals are arranged, with golden helmets and golden armor, which are mighty and majestic. Standing on the left and right steps is the Bell and Drum Division. On the square of the main hall, on both sides of the imperial road, and behind the civil and military officials, there is a guard of honor set up by the captain of the brocade guard holding a halogen book.

Suddenly, the bell and drum band played together, and Zhu Yuanzhang slowly walked out of the main hall, sat on the throne, and looked around.

The brocade-clothed guard immediately held five umbrella covers and four fans, ascended the Danqi from the east and west sides, and stood behind the throne.

After the emperor sat on the throne, Luan Yiwei sounded the whip three times again, and the officials of Honglu Temple sang into the class, and the officials of the left and right civil and military classes marched hand in hand, running into the royal road in small steps, and bowing three times. The meritorious heroes of the honors and relatives formed a class of their own, and they were in front of the military attache class and kowtowed first. After the salute, all the officials stood up and stood solemnly in shifts.

The officials of Honglu Temple first went out of class, chanting the list of people who went to Beijing to thank him and resign, and the list of people came forward to salute. Then the chief officials of each yamen began to play each event in turn. Before the start of the performance, they all coughed in advance, commonly known as "cleaning".

The officials who wanted to perform the work stepped out of the class, walked quickly to the throne and knelt down to perform the work, and then returned to the train after the performance. The order of its recital, one is the Governor's Mansion, the second is the Twelve Guards of the Beijing Division, the third is the General Administration Division, the fourth is the Criminal Department, the fifth is the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the sixth is the Supervision of the Imperial History, the seventh is the Judgment Division, the eighth is the five departments of the Household Rite and the Military Industry, the ninth is the Ying Tianfu, the tenth is the Soldiers and Horses Division, the eleventh Taichang Temple, and the twelfth Qin Tianjian. If the officials of Taichang Temple perform sacrifices and other affairs, then before the yamen, it is called the major event of the country, only worship and Rong.

After the completion of the performance of the yamen, the imperial history went to the front to correct the people who lost their honor today.

The dynasty is over here, and it is a whip sound, and the four grades and the Hanlin Academy, to the matter, to supervise the imperial history and other officials, after entering the Fengtian Palace, the Huagai Hall is served, and the meritorious heroes are given the seats. Those below the fifth rank and those who have nothing to do will retreat in turn.

After Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the imperial case, he said in a sad mood: "I am dying, the prince is unlucky, the middle way is gone, the family and the country are in the country, and there is no successor. ”

With that, he burst into tears.

The officials didn't know what he meant, and they were silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang settled down, and said: "There is an old saying, the country is dependent on the long monarch, my fourth son, virtuous, benevolent and filial, heroic and powerful, I want to make him the prince, I don't know what the secretary means?" With that, he looked around at his ministers.

The ministers didn't know what they meant, they didn't dare to speak, and they talked about the prince in vain, and if they were not careful, it would be a disaster to destroy the door.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at a group of heroes and heroes who bowed their heads and pondered, and saw the blue jade looking up at the sky at a glance, so he asked: "Duke Liangguo, Liyan King is the crown prince, what do you think?" ”

Lan Yu hurriedly got up, bowed down and said, "This is Your Majesty's family matter, since it should be a holy judgment, why ask the minister?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, then turned to Fu Youde and said, "The emperor's family affairs are state affairs, Ying Guogong, what do you think?" ”

Fu Youde also hurriedly got up and said: "The old minister is stupid, and he thinks the same as Liang Guogong. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little angry and said, "Don't ask your generals, I'll ask Wenchen." ”

He glanced at Zhan Hui, the imperial history of the Zuodu and the secretary of the ministry, and said, "Prince Shaobao, what do you think?" ”

Zhan Hui bowed and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, King Yan is outstanding among His Majesty's sons, and he is established as the crown prince, and the blessing of the country is also." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a gray-haired old man came out of the class and said, "It's a big fallacy." Your Majesty must first rule the world with courtesy, the difference between the young and the old, in order to be able to make the country peaceful and peaceful, if the fourth son Yan Wang is the crown prince, then where will his brother Qin and the second king of Jin be? Zhan Hui's words, the country is in turmoil, and it should be beheaded. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and looked at it fixedly, it turned out that this person was Liu Sanwu, a bachelor of Hanlin, who was eighty years old, full of poetry and books, full of economy, and Wang Rui, Zhu Shan and other literary masters in the early Ming Dynasty called the "three elders".

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think it was angry and asked: "Then with the old man's intentions, who should be appointed?" ”

Liu Sanwu said: "In terms of etiquette, the prince dies, and he should be the eldest grandson, unless the heir of the big sect is extinct, and the small sect is established, which is also in order, otherwise what is human ethics, will the world be in chaos?" Besides, the eldest grandson is almost an adult, why is he not considered an elder monarch, and he has to let his concubine inherit the unification, which does not mess up the dynasty? ”

His words were righteous and strict, and everyone had nothing to say, and the hall was silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang also looked helpless, waved his hand and said, "Retreat." ”

Everyone withdrew one by one, and some people secretly gave Liu Sanwu a thumbs up.

Zhu Yuanzhang came out of the palace, wept for a long time, looked up to the sky and sighed, put his hands together, and prayed upward: "I have been running the world for decades, and everything is according to the ancient times, but the palace is high and low, the situation is not good, and I want to move the capital." Now I am old, my energy has declined, the prince is again, and there is no successor. I am afraid that the people will lose their money, and they will only obey the destiny of heaven. But Heaven cares for my heart and blesses my descendants. ”

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