Emperor Dachu died, although Yang Ning was surprised, but he didn't have much feeling in his heart, seeing Mao Wenshou's sad face, he couldn't help but say: "The saint died, and there was a prince to succeed to the throne, I see that the imperial court has also made preparations, and after the new monarch succeeds to the throne, everything should calm down quickly." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Mao Wenshou nodded slightly: "I hope so." ”

Qi Feng couldn't help but say: "What I'm most worried about now is that the prince won't be able to come back in time, and something will happen if it doesn't happen." ”

"The prince can't come back?" Yang Ningqi said: "How do you say this? Isn't the crown prince in the capital? ”

Qi Feng said in a low voice: "The lord of the Eastern Qi Kingdom canonized the crown prince and held a canonization ceremony, and the prince led an embassy to participate, and I didn't hear that he had returned to Beijing. ”

"Eastern Qi Kingdom?" Yang Ning was a little confused, "How can there be another Eastern Qi Kingdom?" Isn't there only one Northern Han? ”

Qi Feng and Mao Wenshou glanced at each other, Mao Wenshou pretended to be calm, while Qi Feng looked embarrassed, and said with a sneer: "What the prince said is right, according to the words, Eastern Qi is not a country, the land is narrow and sparsely populated, but it is just ..... Hey...... But he didn't say any more, he knew that his son was still confused not long ago, and he had only recently opened his mind, and he was not surprised that he didn't know many things.

Seeing that Yang Ning was still confused, Mao Wenshou explained: "Shizi, Eastern Qi is located on the Shandong Peninsula, with a small territory, occupying the land of Qingzhou, and its jurisdiction is only the land of nine counties, and it is not even as vast as our land of Jingnan. Originally, neither my Great Chu nor the Northern Han Dynasty really regarded Eastern Qi as a country, but they had the East China Sea Division in their hands and were good at water warfare, so although the national strength was weak, they could also be in a safe corner. ”

"I see." Only then did Yang Ning know that between the two great powers, there was still a small East Qi State, Mao Wenshou's words, he heard it clearly, and knew that the East Qi State occupied the Jiaodong Peninsula region, because the Jiaodong Peninsula was facing the sea on three sides, and it was reasonable to have a naval force.

It is not easy for such a small country to survive between the two powerful countries.

It's just that since the two great powers don't treat Dongqi as a poon choi, why did Dachu send its own prince to participate in the canonization ceremony of Dongqi?

But after a little thought, I understood the trick.

Southern Chu and Northern Han two strong confrontation, the two sides can be said to be evenly matched, in this case, who can win over the Eastern Qi, will naturally have a little more strength, after all, although the Eastern Qi country is weak, but it is not useless, at least they still have a strong water division in their hands, with the existence of such a water division force, it is enough to make the Northern Han and Southern Chu covet.

Sure enough, Mao Wenshou said: "The prince went to participate in the canonization ceremony of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, which gave the people of the Eastern Qi a great face, if the Eastern Qi sailors can be used by my Great Chu, the Northern Han people will not dare to act rashly." ”

"So, the crown prince is still in Eastern Qi now?" Yang Ning said: "The saint died, and the prince got the news, so he would naturally rush back immediately." ”

Mao Wenshou was a little worried and did not speak.

Yang Ning couldn't help but ask: "You said that there will be people in the capital who will take advantage of the chaos to make trouble, who has such courage?" ”

Mao Wenshou said: "With the Marquis of Zhongyi in charge, there should be no problems." He waved his hand and said: "The imperial court has its own deployment of the imperial court, and the Ming monarch of the previous generation of saints, before his death, must have made proper arrangements, let's just talk about it casually, the major affairs of the country, it is not the turn of the lower officials to discuss." ”

"I'm just afraid of ......!" Qi Feng said halfway, but he didn't continue, but his expression became grim.

Yang Ning saw that the two of them were talking in a cloud and mountain fog, and couldn't help but say: "Can you speak more neatly, I've listened to it for a long time, and I don't know what you're talking about." Pointing at Qi Feng, he said, "What are you afraid of?" ”

Qi Feng hesitated for a moment before lowering his voice and said, "Shizi, you don't know something, some people ..... Some people do not think that the crown prince will be able to inherit the throne. ”

"What?" Yang Ning was stunned, "It's not the prince who inherited the unification, so why did the prince set up?" Isn't the prince the prince? ”

Mao Wenshou bowed his head slightly and said: "What the prince said is very true, the prince is the prince, the son inherits the father's business, it is natural, according to reason, the prince inherits the unification is naturally understandable, but it is just ..... It's just that the incident at the beginning has always made some people unwilling, and what the lower officials are worried about is that those people will take the opportunity to make changes. ”

"Which group?" Yang Ning still didn't understand.

"King Huainan!" Qi Feng finally said: "We are only afraid that the King of Huainan will take the opportunity to make trouble." ”

"King Huainan?" Yang Ning immediately thought that on the day of the funeral of Jinyi Marquis Qijing, before the palace sent someone to deliver the decree, King Huainan was the first to arrive, and he cried at the gate of the city to sacrifice Jinyi Marquis, and even touched many people at that time.

He remembered that King Huainan was already in his early forties, and he looked extravagant, but when the eunuchs in the palace arrived, King Huainan behaved coldly, and even took people away before reading the holy decree, which was quite rude, Yang Ning still had a deep impression of King Huainan, and at this time, he was surprised when he heard Qi Feng mention King Huainan, and asked: "Are you worried that King Huainan will make trouble?" He frowned and said, "What can happen to him?" A prince, can he still prevent the crown prince from inheriting the throne? ”

"Other princes may not have such ability, but King Huainan is different." Mao Wenshou lowered his voice and said: "Shizi, as far as the lower officials know, in fact, ..... In fact, King Huainan is qualified to inherit the throne. ”

Yang Ning was stunned and said, "King Huainan is qualified to inherit the throne? Master Mao, what do you mean by that? ”

Mao Wenshou explained: "My Great Chu Taizu Emperor Wude has great martial arts, conquering the world, and establishing the country of Great Chu, but ..... Just died young, less than forty years old, he died, before the death of Emperor Taizu, the king of Huainan was still in infancy, when the world was still turbulent, the southern thieves were like clouds, Bashu had not yet been pacified, and the Northern Han people were also eyeing .....! ”

"King Huainan is the son of Emperor Taizu?" Yang Ning asked.

Mao Wenshou nodded and said, "Not only is he the prince of Emperor Taizu, but he is also the only prince." Taizu was in troubled times, conquering the world, originally had a prince, but died young, King Huainan was the second son of Emperor Taizu, but the eldest son died, King Huainan was actually the only prince of Emperor Taizu. ”

Yang Ningqi said: "Since King Huainan is the only son of Emperor Taizu, why ..... Why is it just a prince now? ”

"It had to do with the situation." Mao Wenshou said: "Taizu died, the situation was critical, internal and external troubles, and only Emperor Taizong was able to stabilize the situation at that time." Emperor Taizong is the brother of Emperor Taizu, Emperor Taizu conquered the world, Emperor Taizong has been by his side from beginning to end, and he has countless military exploits, which is the arm of Emperor Taizu......! ”

Yang Ning instantly understood and said, "That's the end of the brother." ”

He knows that the succession to the throne is mostly in two situations, either the father inherits the business and the son, or the brother dies and the younger brother.

It is a brother to a brother, and there are only a handful in history, unless it is forced by the situation, generally speaking, it is a logical thing for a son to inherit Lao Tzu's country.

After Mao Wenshou said something, Yang Ning already understood the reason.

There is no doubt that Chu Taizu is naturally a generation of heroes and has laid down half of the country, but he died young, and King Huainan was still in infancy.

It is reasonable for King Huainan to inherit the throne, but in that situation of internal and external troubles, what the newly established Chu State needs is a strong and prestigious figure to sit in charge and condense the Chu State into a fist, otherwise it will be a plate of scattered sand, and a baby who is still in swaddling clothes, of course, cannot have the ability to unite people's hearts.

Emperor Taizong followed Taizu to conquer the world, and his military achievements were impressive, and his prestige was enough to stabilize the hearts of the people.

"As said, Taizong inherited the great cause, it is the brother who is the last brother, and Emperor Taizu thought of the world and passed the throne to Emperor Taizong .....!" Mao Wenshou hesitated for a moment before lowering his voice and said: "It's just that later there were rumors that Emperor Taizu passed the throne to Taizong before his death, but Taizong refused to accept it, but it was Emperor Taizu who insisted and let Emperor Taizong take the great cause first, and Emperor Taizong took the jade seal, and promised Emperor Taizu that when King Huainan grew up, he would pass the throne to King Huainan." ”

Yang Ning thought to himself, not to mention whether this is true or false, even if Emperor Taizong really said this at that time, it can't be taken seriously, once the power is in his hands, I am afraid that few people are willing to let it go.

"King Huainan is still a prince now, and Emperor Taizong naturally did not pass the throne to him." Yang Ning said.

Mao Wenshou said: "After Emperor Taizong inherited the throne, he took on the unfinished business of Emperor Taizu, and continued to conquer all kinds of thieves, except for the land of Bashu, the south of Huaishui was all in my big Chu bag. In fact, at the beginning of Emperor Taizong's succession, many people admonished Emperor Taizong to appoint the prince, but Emperor Taizong ignored it. Until he fell ill, he finally canonized the current saint as the prince and crowned the king of Huainan as the king. ”

"I see, no wonder you say that some people are unwilling." Yang Ning understood the cause and effect at this time, he could understand the unwillingness of King Huainan, but he could also understand the heart of Emperor Taizong, although Emperor Taizu founded the country, but did not really establish the territory of Great Chu, the territory of Great Chu was roughly determined in the hands of Emperor Taizong, before he died, he naturally thought of handing over the country he had beaten to his children and grandchildren, and it was naturally impossible to pass the throne to King Huainan.

King Huainan, as the only prince of Taizu, in his opinion, the Great Chu was founded by Taizu, and he inherited the Great Chu Empire founded by Taizu, which is a matter of course, and Taizong is a bandit who violated the agreement and took away his throne in the eyes of King Huainan.

"Today's saint Tao Wu is strategic, appointing virtuous people, and the land of Bashu has also been included in the territory of my Great Chu." Mao Wenshou said: "The saint has always been respectful to the king of Huainan, in today's world, the honor won by the king of Huainan, no one can be left behind, but it is a pity that ......!" He shook his head and said nothing.

Qi Feng didn't speak for a long time, and finally couldn't help but say at this time: "Shizi, no matter what, we can't let the King of Huainan succeed, if the King of Huainan becomes the emperor, our Qi family will ......!" His hands were clenched into fists, and his expression became extremely cold.