Wang listened to this, and then continued: "As for the second one, that is Chen Xin'er, the youngest daughter of Taiyuan Hou Chen Tuo, who is fifteen years old this year, looks like a sinking fish and a goose, is good at the piano, and is also a good candidate. ”

Zheng Wen listened, smiled and nodded, but did not speak.

This Taiyuan Hou Chen Tuo, he knows that the Taiyuan Hou is an absolute veteran martial arts aristocratic family, and he is absolutely retired with the country.

In Daqian, it has its own title system, from top to bottom is roughly divided into princes, county kings, national dukes, county dukes, county dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, barons, etc., these are titled titles, and they enjoy different statuses, but if they are hereditary, it is by no means simple, and the status is more noble!

Because in Daqian, the succession of the title is inherited from generation to generation, and when the new heir to the title appears, when he becomes an adult, the court will also assess it, of course, the assessment is the art of war and martial arts and other necessary skills of these military nobles, where qualified will be reduced by one level of inheritance, three times unqualified, will be reduced in accordance with the situation, until the baron, will be hereditary, and there is no title, of course, at this time, the court will not care anymore, so the title of baron has become a consolation prize in the military aristocracy!

The hereditary title is an exception, all hereditary titles, can be inherited without any conditions, and it is also the beginning of the top military merits among the nobles of the Great Qian, they made great contributions at the beginning of the founding of the country, and were only sealed by Emperor Taizu, and there are only eight of the entire Great Cadres, and after that, the nobles of the Cefeng are no longer hereditary.

And Chen Tuo's Taiyuan Hou family is one of the eight, and Chen Tuo is not simple, when he was young, he participated in the war with the Mongols, and made a lot of military achievements, three years ago, he served as the envoy of the Guanzhong Festival, and has been until now.

Zheng Wen recalled this information in his mind, and heard the Queen Mother Wang say: "The third suitable candidate, that is, Liang Min'er, the eldest daughter of Liang Mu, the prince of Hanjun, is sixteen years old this year, and she looks like a shy flower in the closed moon, and she is an absolute beauty. ”

This Liang Mu Zheng Wen knows that he is a friend of Zheng Wen's cheap father when he was young, but he has not been in good health since he was a child, and it is difficult to serve in the military, and he has been idle at home in recent years.

Zheng Wen listened and fell silent, obviously thinking about the gains and losses.

And the Queen Mother Wang continued: "Your Majesty, only these three are the most suitable candidates for this queen, and the others are either young or unsuitable, you see, which of these three is suitable?" She said to Zheng Wen with a smile.

Zheng Wen listened, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Queen Mother, I thought about it for a while, these three people are all suitable, and it is difficult for me to make a decision for a while, just wait and see, among these three, whoever signs up for the draft, as long as it is suitable, will choose whoever is the queen, if they all participate or only two participate, then let's talk about it, if they don't participate, then choose someone else!" Zheng Wen said calmly, in fact, he still had thoughts in his heart that he couldn't say.

And the Queen Mother Wang listened, but nodded clearly, Zheng Wen's words she understood, these three people are indeed the most suitable candidates, but there is only one position, there must be a trade-off, his approach seems to be a bit nonsense, but it is not the fairest way to choose.

……

And at this time, the Liao State Duke Wu Mansion.

Wu Yong, the Duke of Liao, was also dining with his favorite granddaughter, Wu Ning'er.

Wu Yong ate and ate, looked at the delicate face of his granddaughter sitting beside him, suddenly put down the chopsticks in his hand, sighed, and said, "Ning'er, have you heard about next year's draft?" ”

Wu Ning'er, who was concentrating on eating a small meal, listened to Wu Yong's words, but raised her head and glanced at Wu Yong in surprise, only to see her delicate face, similar to the fairy sister of later generations, although she lacked that fairy energy, but the unusual ethereal aura made her a little more beautiful, no wonder the Queen Mother Wang would praise her for captivating the country and the city, just with this face, she really deserves such praise!

Wu Ning'er said with a smile: "Grandpa, of course I heard about it, this is the first time that the Great Qian Dynasty has selected the queen, and this scene will definitely be very lively next year, but I don't know which woman will eventually become the queen, grandpa, what's wrong with you?" ”

She asked with a smile, but she had a guess in her heart, and what her grandfather said next was that she was afraid that it would be a lifelong event.

Sure enough, Wu Yong then said: "Grandpa is going to let you participate in the draft, and there is a good chance that you will be the queen!" He said with a heavy face.

"Ahh Grandpa, Ning'er heard me right, how could it be me? Listening to her grandfather's words, she was shocked and asked in disbelief.

Wu Yong saw it, but nodded with a heavy face, and then said: "Ning'er, to be honest, grandpa's heart doesn't want to send you to the palace, but the current situation is like this, grandpa has to do it, don't blame grandpa." When Wu Yong said these words, his eyes were red, but there was an indescribable discomfort in his heart.

Wu Ning'er saw it, but she was silent, put away the smile on her face, and after a long time, she asked out loud: "Grandpa, why?" Aren't people like us supposed to enter the palace? ”

Wu Yong listened, and then asked, "Ning'er, don't you want to?" ”

Wu Ning'er listened, but she was stunned for a while, obviously she didn't know what she was thinking in her heart at this time.

But Wu Yong ignored it and continued: "It stands to reason that your grandfather and I have the title of Duke of Liao, and I have been a privy envoy, and I also hold the position of a cabinet minister, with a high position, such a person really shouldn't be, because in this way, once the future queen gives birth to a prince, she will become a prince after birth." ”

"But the situation in the court at this time, the big cadres at this time, is just different from the past, Your Majesty ascended the throne alone as the ninth prince Xiao Wang, and there is no descendant, and he has mastered the supreme power of the court in less than two months, and he needs a queen."

And this queen must be from a military aristocratic family. On the one hand, His Majesty needs to appease the military who helped him to hold supreme power, and even if the military maintains a neutral stance in this struggle for power, marriage is the most appropriate; On the other hand, it is because of the queen system of the Great Qian, which is the default unspoken rule, its origin must be the northern scholar family and the military aristocratic martial arts group civil and military alternation, the queen of the previous generation, the current queen mother was born in the Taiyuan royal family, a typical northern scholar family, then to His Majesty's generation of queens, it is inevitable that the military aristocratic martial arts group was born. ”

"And the queen selected by His Majesty in next year's draft, the young lady of the military aristocratic family who is all over the northern land, is of the right age, and is worthy of His Majesty's young lady of the family, there are only a few, and Ning Er is the most suitable one, right?" Wu Ning'er, after listening to her grandfather's words, said.

Wu Yong listened, nodded, and then spoke: "Ning'er is right, there are two most suitable candidates for this queen, one is Ning'er you, and the other is the daughter of Chen Tuo, the Marquis of Taiyuan, grandpa, I can't let Chen Tuo's daughter become the queen." ”

"Why? Grandpa, Ning'er hasn't heard of any conflicts between you and him! Wu Ning'er asked curiously.

Wu Yong listened, but he let out a long sigh, and then continued with a heavy face: "Ning'er, grandpa and him really don't have any obvious contradictions, but grandpa and he have their own different political opinions, which are also determined by their respective factions, and they are also irreconcilable. ”

He paused for a moment before he continued: "Chen Tuo's Taiyuan Hou family is a hereditary family of military nobles and represents the interests of veteran military nobles, while Chen Tuo, as an envoy of Guanzhong Jiedu and one of the several giants of the Great Cadre military, holds hundreds of thousands of heavy soldiers and is a representative of the veteran military nobles. ”

"And grandpa, I was born as a big soldier, rolled in the pile of dead people several times, and fought in the bloody field several times before I was awarded the title of Duke of Liao, a privy envoy, the first person in the military, and a representative of the emerging military aristocratic forces."

"And Chen Tuo and I are both shouldering the interests of different forces, and we are absolute opponents in politics, it is impossible for me to let his daughter become the queen, because once his daughter becomes the queen, with the loss of time, then the emerging military aristocratic forces will inevitably be suppressed by the old-school military aristocratic forces, which is absolutely unbearable for grandpa, grandpa shoulders the interests of too many people, there are too many people pushing grandpa forward, grandpa can't retreat, this officialdom is like a boat against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat!" Wu Yong said with emotion.

When Wu Ning'er heard this, she asked strangely: "Grandpa, no, according to what you say, Your Majesty is definitely a man of great talent, so he will definitely maintain the balance of forces between the two sides, right, why should Grandpa worry?" ”

Wu Yong listened, but smiled, and then continued: "Ning'er, yes, you have learned to think, it stands to reason that this is true, but Your Majesty also has his own ideas, for Your Majesty, what is the difference between the old military aristocratic family and the emerging military aristocracy, as long as it can be used by him, for His Majesty at this time, what is the balance between the two sides, he does not need it, what he needs is for the two sides to fight, no matter which side is suppressed, it is beneficial to him, because only the muddy water can touch the fish." ”

"Grandpa means that these two forces are not His Majesty's absolute cronies, so that His Majesty can install absolute cronies into the military and let Daqian's army command like an arm, right? What is Your Majesty doing here? Wu Ning'er said with a frightened face.

"Yes, as for what is Your Majesty going to do? Of course, it is to integrate the army, start a war, let the great cadres and all the countries come to congratulate, and let the great cadres dominate the universe, this is the idea in the heart of His Majesty, and it is also the common voice of all the martial artists in the great cadres, at least for 30 years, it is the era of the martial arts, but unfortunately, grandpa is old! Wu Yong said excitedly.