The plan for moving the capital was thus decided, and Zhao Junsheng gave Pei Jin, Liang Lian, and Dongfang Chen ten days to select officials from the three provinces, six ministries, and various yamen to prepare for their accompaniment.

Subsequently, Zhao Junsheng sent someone to summon the prince Zhao Dong.

"The son of the emperor to meet his father!" Zhao Dong walked into the imperial study and saluted Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng said while reviewing the recital: "Get up! ”

"Thank you, Father!" Zhao Dong got up and said, "I don't know what my father Xuan'er ordered when he came?" ”

Zhao Junsheng took the pen, got up and beckoned to Zhao Dong, and the father and son came to the tea table next to them and sat down.

After pouring a cup of tea for his son, Zhao Junsheng asked, "How are you doing on your errand in the ministry?" ”

Zhao Dong took a sip of the teacup and said, "It's okay, but you need to do everything in detail, especially the record and verification of officials' political achievements and merits!" The promotion and promotion of officials' ranks, lords and rewards must be sent to retrieve relevant files from below, and they are also worried about the fraud of the officials below, and it is a bit cumbersome to send people to further verify them! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the appointment and dismissal of civil officials, examinations, promotions, awards, transfers and other affairs, and it is inevitable that the responsibilities are heavy and the affairs are complicated!" I called you here today to give you a breath, my father decided to make you the crown prince and let you go out for some training, you have to be mentally prepared! ”

Zhao Dong was stunned for a moment, "Father decided to make his son the crown prince so soon?" Although the third, fourth, and fifth children are younger than their sons, they are all very hard-working, and they are all very sensible. ”

"The matter of the crown prince, my father has been thinking about it for a long time, you are all the sons of my father, and the palms and backs of your hands are full of meat, but there can only be one prince, after thinking about it, my father still decided to establish a prince! But you have to remember that this crown prince is not an iron chair, if you don't do well, your father will depose you at any time! ”

Zhao Dong promised: "Yes, the sons should remember their father's teachings!" ”

"The canonization of the prince will be held in five days, your queen mother is not here, and it is a little bad to canonize the prince behind her back, but I was already very angry with her before!"

"As for the matter of going out to practice, it still needs to be kept secret for the time being, you can't publicize it to the outside world, and it will not be too late to announce it before departure, the specific departure time, my father will make another arrangement! You go back and sort out your subordinates, only bring your cronies with you for this outing, keep your mouth tight, and set down your entourage early! Alright, there you go! ”

"Yes, the retainers are retired!"

The next day, Zhao Junsheng decreed that Zhao Dong should be canonized as the crown prince, and several other princes should also be canonized as princes and daughters as princesses.

As soon as this edict was issued, the discussion about the dispute between the government and the opposition over the past few years was completely extinguished.

Zhao Dong is the oldest, the other princes are still young, there are more ministers in the court who support Zhao Dong, and the other three princes do not have the ability to recruit ministers because they are still young.

Five days later, the canonization of the prince, the prince and the princess of the palace was held in the Taiji Palace, Zhao Dong and several other brothers and sisters stepped forward one by one to receive the canonization, after the canonization was completed, Zhao Junsheng took them and the civil and military officials to the Taimiao Temple to worship the ancestors, after a series of ceremonies finally ended the canonization.

In this canonization, the youngest son Zhao Han and the youngest daughter Zhao Hui were taken away by Mulan, although they were not there, but the edict of canonization had also been issued.

According to the regulations, the princes had to move out of the palace to live after being entitled, but Zhao Junsheng considered that the relocation of the capital was imminent, and it was redundant to let the princes move outside the palace, so Zhao Junsheng let the prince and the third and fourth children live in the East Palace, and the princess Zhao Ling still lives in her own bedroom in the inner palace, after all, she has not married and cannot move out.

That night, after dinner, Zhao Junsheng asked his sons to go back to the East Palace first and leave his daughter Zhao Ling behind.

"I don't drink tea at night, otherwise I won't be able to sleep, and my father will ask you to bring you a cup of fresh milk, how about it?" The father and daughter knelt facing each other, and Zhao Junsheng asked.

Zhao Ling said: "Okay! ”

Zhao Junsheng signaled to the eunuch next to him, and the eunuch quickly brought a cup of fresh milk.

Zhao Ling took a sip of fresh milk and asked, "Father, what's the matter, why is it so serious, my daughter is afraid!" ”

"Hey, you're going to be scared? Relying on the favor of your father, you have been lawless all these years! Tell me yourself, how many times a month do you leave the palace without permission? ”

Zhao Ling immediately played a coquettish Dafa, "Oh, the palace is too stuffy, there's nothing fun, people really can't stay, how fresh is it outside the palace?" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "It's fun outside, isn't it?" You want to get out of the palace, right? Okay, I'll let you out of the palace, and I'll find someone to choose a husband for you and marry you off, so that you can stay outside forever!" ”

Zhao Ling was anxious when he heard this: "Father, don't get married, people should always be by my father's side!" ”

"Father asked you, how old are you today?"

Zhao Ling lowered his head: "Eighteen! ”

"You're eighteen, go outside and ask, how many eighteen-year-old daughters are there in the family? Generally, girls are married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and they will never exceed sixteen, and children can play soy sauce at your age, and those who have not yet married at your age belong to old girls! ”

Zhao Ling pouted: "Can this be blamed?" The sons and sons that the queen mother chose for me are either squirrels or silver-like wax guns, and they don't use them, they only know how to eat, drink and have fun, and they can read a few crooked poems and think they are very remarkable, I don't like such people! ”

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Then what do you like?" ”

"I don't know!"

Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but reach out and rub the sun *** female disobedient, parents are nerve-wracking, headache!

"Daughter, you are really a big man, the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Zongren Mansion have repeatedly written to urge you to set a family affair for you as soon as possible, and my father also feels that this matter cannot be delayed forever, and if you drag it out, your water and spirit flower will wither, and when you become old, who wants you? People say that the emperor's daughter is not worried about getting married, but how do they know that I, the emperor, are actually very worried! If the father and emperor decree a forced marriage, and the marryed horse is afraid of the royal power and does not dare to be angry or speak, what happiness will you have in the future? ”

Zhao Ling was silent for a long time and asked, "What does Father want to do?" Who are you going to marry your daughter to? ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Don't worry, I won't marry you as a political victim to someone you don't like in order to consolidate the imperial power, these are just crooked ways, really sober people know that political marriage is not reliable at all, this is just an expedient measure, it won't last long, if you want to hold power for a long time, you have to rely on real skills!" ”

"Father does not force you to marry someone you don't like, Father gives you two years to find a husband you like, but you have to promise your father three conditions!"

Zhao Ling immediately asked, "Which three conditions?" ”

"First, if you haven't found a husband you like in two years, your marriage must be arranged by your father! Second, your husband can't be someone other than a big man! Third, you have only one chance to choose your own husband, your father hopes that you will keep your eyes open, don't be deceived, don't entrust the happiness of your life to non-people, you have no chance to regret it, even if you regret it, your father will not allow you to mess around, even if the marriage you choose by yourself is a cup of bitter wine, you have to swallow it, and the royal family is not allowed to have scandals! Everyone is responsible for their own choices! So, keep your eyes open and don't make decisions that you regret easily! ”

Zhao Ling thought for a while and asked, "Can my daughter leave the palace at will in the past two years?" ”

"Yes, as long as it is within the scope of the Great Dry Army, except for the border passes where there are frequent wars, you can go anywhere else, but the maximum time you go out each time must not exceed half a year, you must report to your father before you go out, you must bring a maid and an entourage to escort, and you must write at least one letter to your father every ten years every time you go out!"

Zhao Ling jumped up with joy, "Father, you are so good, it's so decided!" Father, I want to go out to find the queen mother."

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and thought it would be good to let her be with her mother, so he agreed: "Yes, when do you want to leave?" ”

"Of course, the sooner the better, I'll leave tomorrow!"

"The little padded jackets around my father are gone, and this day must be very boring!"

"Oh, you still have the eldest brother and three younger brothers with you!"

Seeing Zhao Ling jumping away, Zhao Junsheng shook helplessly, stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers, and a black-clothed armor man walked in and bowed with his fists.

"Ling'er will leave the palace tomorrow and send someone to protect her secretly, so that she can't be discovered, but to ensure her safety, no mistakes must be made!"

The black-clad warrior bowed again with his fists clenched, and slowly retreated into the darkness and disappeared.

Zhao Ling'er just left, and she didn't come to say hello when she left, Zhao Junsheng was quite discouraged.

Two days later, Zhao Junsheng issued an order to order the crown prince Zhao Dong to leave the town of Guanzhong, the governor of Guanzhong's military and political affairs, and set off within three days.

The edict did not mention that a small number of officials from the various yamen of the imperial court would follow the prince to Chang'an, and many ministers, officials, and almost all the people were kept in the dark.

Even the crown prince Zhao Dong himself didn't know that his trip to Chang'an this time was just a pretense.

Three days later, in the early morning, outside the Qianjing City, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, hundreds of officials, large and small, gathered and stood in a forest of banners.

"Father doesn't need to send it, it's not like the son won't come back, you can go back!" Zhao Dong said goodbye to his younger brothers and walked in front of Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng patted his son's shoulder: "When you go to Chang'an, do it well, put more attention on official affairs, don't blindly listen to the words of ministers, officials and generals, have your own judgment and opinions, don't panic in case of trouble, have the determination to take responsibility, don't do it because you are afraid of taking responsibility and making mistakes, for those in charge, it takes courage to act, and it doesn't matter if you are wrong, understand?" ”

"Erchen understands, Erchen takes his leave!"

"Alright, let's go!"

Zhao Dong turned around and waved: "Let's go!" ”

Gao Xu raised his horse lance and shouted: "The army is out!" ”

The front rows of soldiers and horses of the Longwu and Shenwu armies started in turn, Gao Xu hugged Zhao Junsheng, beat the horse and galloped forward.