The priest of the sacrifice is ordered after ten days, and ten days are neither long nor short. In ten days, the news that Prince Jing was hated by the king spread not only throughout Shouying, but also throughout the entire Chu State. Like a flood of Huaishui, the small town of Chunshenjun outside Shouying City was flooded by guests on the second day, and Li Yuan, the uncle of the quasi-country, was also flattered by everyone.

The day after the sacrifice, Huang Xie got up earlier than ever. After grooming and dressing, as soon as the car went out, he found that the road outside the house was densely packed with people on both sides. ”

"The servants are waiting for the good news of the lord." It was not only Li Yuan who worshipped, but all the guests.

Chun Shenjun's drowsiness disappeared early, he was not surprised by everyone's actions, and with a sentence of 'wait for him', the car drove towards Shouying.

There are more than two miles of road from Fengyi town to Shouying, the road is flat, the morning is slightly cold, usually the dawn just enters the city, but today this road is very fast, the sky is not clear and the car is outside the Jingmen, the official who guards the city knows that Yin's car does not dare to slack off, and immediately let the man open the side door to let Chunshenjun enter the city. The car drove slowly past Jingmen, and Guan You stood on the side of the road and bowed deeply to the car, watching the chariot drive past the city gate and towards the palace.

It's not just Chun Shenjun who gets up early alone, when the car arrives at Maomen, more than 700 courtiers are almost there, and the court is full of clothes and appearance. It's just that these people are unconsciously divided into three groups, and the group with the least number of people is dozens of people led by Taibu Guanji and Zuo Yin Mengzheng, most of whom are defeated, they stand in the middle, they are reserved but not fighting, and the group is not the party;

In the other two groups, the smaller group is the Fengjun doctor, they are led by the left disciple Zhao Huang and Dazai Shen Yinyu, gathered under the thorn tree on the right side of the Maomen, which is where the prince Bo Zinan stood when the people of the Kaiwai Dynasty were in the country; The largest group stood on the left side of the Maomen, except for a few Dongdi doctors, most of them were some scholars. Although the upper body of these people is Xuanyi, the lower body is yellow clothes or miscellaneous clothes, and the highest positions are only Taifu Bonan, Sihui Shiyi, and Yin Dao, a mansion worker.

As soon as Chun Shenjun arrived, all three groups of people looked over, although Zhao Huang and the others did not look good, but after all, the person who came was Ling Yin, the younger brother of King Xiang of Chu and the twenty-five years of the reign of Chu State, so he had to pay attention to it.

"I've seen Ling Yin." Everyone saluted Huang Xie, and their voices were very uneven.

"No need to be polite." Huang Xie returned the salute to everyone, and after the salute, he did not go to the left, but walked straight to the right side of Zhao Huang, and said after a shallow wave: "No matter who the king appoints as the eldest son today, we should all take the community as the priority, so as not to be taken advantage of by foreign enemies." ”

Huang Xie can receive the news from the palace, and Zhao Huang and the others can naturally receive it too. He got closer, and when he saw Zhao Huang, Jing Xin, Zi Mo and the others all with bloodshot eyes, he couldn't help but smile in his heart. Before, he was anxious about the prince's choice, but now it is Zhao Xiao, Zimo and others who are worried. If it is really as the king said that day, he wants to establish the prince as the crown prince, then after the throne, assisted by him, the state of Chu will definitely change greatly, maybe it really responds to the five-star beads, and the state of Chu will sweep away the decadent atmosphere and cheer up from then on.

"Humph!" Zuo Tu Zhaoxiao is not young, he holds the wat in both hands, his face is cold, and he does not answer at all.

"We should put the community first." It was Zhen Yin Zimo who spoke, an official in the court. A few days ago, he took the lead to ask the king to establish a prince as soon as possible. "However, is it better for Yin Zhen to think that Prince Han is better than Prince Jing?"

"Which is good and which is bad, the king knows. The most we can do as courtiers is to advise and persuade each other. Huang Xie smiled slightly, pushing the question onto the King of Chu. The rest is to do a good job as a courtier and assist me in Wang Xing and my Dachu. ”

"Born to Concubine Li, the prince of Tyrant, Concubine Li's brother Li Yuan is just a scholar. Concubine Zhao is the princess of Zhao Kingdom, and Prince Jing is the princess of the king..."

"How could Concubine Li be Li Yuan's sister? Some people say that she is just the daughter of a public opinion that Li Yuan found from Zhao State......"

After Huang Xie finished speaking, someone was talking in a whisper behind Zhao Huang, the voice was not loud, but the words were in his ears. He just disdains this, these feudal lords and nobles talk about people and things by their identity and bloodline, and they don't know that talent can't be talked about their origin. In the final analysis, Chu State is too heavy on the bloodline, which is like the Qin State, if you are thirsty for talent, you don't ask about your background, you can use it when you have talent.

“…… Although the car has four wheels, but it carries only 3,000 catties, it is not as good as the heavy car in the army, what is the benefit of making it? ”

"Exactly. I heard that Han crossbows are all shot 600 steps away, what is the benefit of the so-called ballista that can break through the fortified city? ”

"Han crossbow is beneficial in the world, the countries are hanging thousands of gold, sealing ten thousand stones, and the prince Jing Yan can know it? This competition for favor will be followed by ......"

The right side is talking about the bloodline, and the left side is exposing the tricks of competing for favor, and even guessing the instructions behind it. Huang Xie coughed heavily when he heard this, and the person who spoke was immediately silent, but seeing that he only coughed lightly, his voice was quiet for a while, and it quickly buzzed like a fly. Fortunately, after a while, the palace attendant came out and shouted to the court, and the man who was guarding the door opened the closed door.

Huang Xie, who was Ling Yin, was the first to enter, followed by Da Sima Nao, Zuo Tu Zhaoxiao, Taibu Guanji, Dazai Shen Yinlu, Zuo Yin Meng Zhengyu, Zhen Yin Zimo and others, and they were followed by Taifu Bonan, Sihui Shiyi, and Yin Dao, a few mansion builders.

The sky was bright, and more than 700 people stood in the middle court step by step, holding jade wat and waiting for the king of Chu to see the dynasty. At this time, no one whispered, some just pointed fingers and squeezed eyebrows. The morning light is getting brighter and brighter, and when the sun rises, I only hear the bell suddenly rising, and the servant shouts 'The king is to', and everyone's eyes immediately look at the palace. As soon as the door was dark, the king of Chu, who was wearing a leather jacket on his head, dressed in white clothes, and wrapped around his waist, walked in steadily, and Changjiang and others followed closely. The courtiers hurriedly saluted the king of Chu, and the king of Chu replied to the ministers respectively, and the court meeting officially began after the ceremony.

"The day before yesterday, Zi Mo admonished, persuading the widow to establish a reserve as soon as possible to determine the country's foundation. The king of Chu looked around at the ministers, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he got to the point, which was very unexpected. "The widow has two sons, one is called fierce and the other is called Jing. Life is the same day, crying is the same voice, so it is difficult to distinguish between the young and the old. Now set up the eldest son, choose one of them, who will stand? ”

"Dare to tell the king," Huang Xie appeared unrelentingly, bowed and smiled: "Your subordinates, please Liqiang Prince." ”

"Why?" The king of Chu also laughed, and the indescribable tacit understanding between the monarchs and ministers made Zuo Tu Zhaoxiao and others feel chilled for a while.

"Prince Gang is simple and polite, dignified and respectful, and has no bad habits, and it is the blessing of the country to establish it." Huang Xie's bad habits obviously mean something, but his words don't end there.

"The king's words are like silk, and his output is like silk; The king's words are like Lun, and his output is like a rope. Therefore, adults do not advocate lobbying. It can be said that it is not feasible, and the gentleman is also true; It is feasible, it is unspeakable, and the gentleman is also good. Therefore, the "poem" says: "Shu is cautious, not ashamed of the ceremony", this is the way of the king. Prince Jing is ingenious, smart and old, and he is good at making wooden boats, building cars, and making crossbows, but he accidentally loses his manners, and it is difficult to do it, and he is the eldest son, how can he teach the people?

He who teaches all the people, he also worships; Those who govern a great country are also virtuous; Those who break the enemy's formation, brave. Those who vainly use the instrument will be the next one. The top is good, and there must be something below. Therefore, the likes and dislikes of the above must not be careless, and it is the expression of the people. If the king establishes Prince Jing as the eldest son, and takes it as a rule, the people will not pay attention to the courtesy, the whole country will worship art but not virtue, and the three armies will not be brave but not brave, and the country will perish. Therefore, it is the blessing of Dachu to invite the prince to be the eldest son. ”

"Good." Huang Xie's words burst out with the momentum of the Qin court in the past, although there was already a tacit understanding between the monarchs and ministers, but these words were still said by the king of Chu, and he said loudly. The courtiers who stood on the left side of Maomen earlier also nodded frequently, and they seconded the proposal one after another, asking the king of Chu to establish Prince Lihan as the eldest son.

More and more eyes looked at Zhao Xiao, Zi Mo and others, including Xiong Yuan, the king of Chu, but the strange thing was that they only held wat in both hands, and they couldn't stand still. Just when the king of Chu was about to speak, Sima Nao, who stood proudly, came out of the queue cunning and proudly, "The subordinates dare to ask the king, is the matter of establishing a prince decided today?" ”

"The establishment of the reserve is a matter of national capital, and the widow wants to set it today." King Chu looked at Nao Cunning, and couldn't figure out how it could be him who stood up.

"In this case, the ministers ask the king to summon Prince Han and Prince Jing to the court." As soon as Nao's words came out of the court, there was a roar, although it was not against the ancestral system to summon the two princes to the court, but it was rare for the past dynasties to choose the eldest son, which also meant that his own words on the matter of choosing the eldest son would be heard by the two princes, what if he stood in the wrong line?

After all, he is the commander-in-chief of the Chu army, and there are many discussions in the court, and there is a lot of noise in the court, without waiting for the servant to speak, the loud voice of Nao Cunning suppressed this messy discussion as soon as he opened his mouth: "Ling Yin said that Prince Jing was careless, difficult to do, and could not teach the people, and the ministers wanted to know how Prince Jing was careless and how he lost his manners?" The establishment of the prince is related to the country, but the minister has not seen the two princes, may the king summon him, listen to his words and watch his deeds, in order to choose the eldest son. ”

"May the king summon him, listen to his words and watch his deeds, so as to choose the eldest son." After Nao Wei finished speaking, Zhao Huang and the others echoed together, and their voices were extremely neat. King Chu and Chun Shenjun looked at each other, but they were a little at a loss.

The court meeting of seven or eight hundred people was in chaos from the great Sima Nao's cunning proposal to invite the two princes to the court, and almost all the doctors of Feng Junqing standing in the east supported the summoning of the two princes to the court to listen to their words and watch their deeds. Those scholars standing in the west have never seen the two princes, although they also want to meet, but this matter still needs to be decided by Chun Shenjun, at this time Zuo Yin Meng Zhengyu suddenly came out of the ranks, he bowed and said: "Dare to tell the king: the big Sima is reasonable, the prince has also invited the five princes to go to the court, and now he chooses the eldest son, as it should be." ”

Meng Zhengyu went out of the column to speak, and the atmosphere in the court was tight, he was Zuo Yin, the chief justice of Chu State, and he had always spoken with a public heart, so the officials were in awe. Da Sima's position may be a little biased, but his position is fair, and he also cites the matter of the selection of the crown prince by the king of Chu Gong back then.

"The ministers also dare to ask the king to summon the two princes to the court." After Meng Zhengyu spoke, Chun Shenjun Huang Xie was about to speak, but before him, Taibu Guanji, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, also appeared to second, and at the same time as him, Sikong Tang Miao was also listed. Tang Miao said again: "When the prince was born, the five stars were aligned with my Chutian, and this is a good omen. However, the two princes were born at the same time, and it is difficult to distinguish which is the holy king, and the king should be cautious about the things he chooses, and the disaster of the country of the fallacious is also. ”

"Summoned." Zuo Yin, Taibu, and Sikong all stood up to speak, and the king of Chu had to stop communicating with Huang Xie's eyes and summon the two princes to the court. The confessor hurried down with the knot, and went with the wind of the king's command.