March 15 is the day of voting for the crown prince. The House of Nobles has also become the focus of the empire's attention today, and in the early morning, people gathered inside and outside the House of Nobles, and the garrisons of the Jinyi Guard, the Shuntian Mansion Officials, and the Jingshi were all mobilized to guard against any possible situation.

At nine o'clock, the voting for the crown prince officially began. This is the first time that the empire has voted for the crown prince, and the procedure is extremely simple, without speaking, it is directly voted for. Although he did not speak, each member of the House of Lords had a detailed list of the candidates for the crown prince, and these materials had been distributed to everyone a month earlier.

The competition for the crown prince was mainly between Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Cijiong, although Zhu Cixuan had the support of businessmen, but in this era, the status of businessmen had just been improved, and his influence was extremely limited.

Zhu Cijiong represents the Wenchen of the empire, but in the empire, with the support of Zhu Youxiao, the status of the military generals has been greatly improved, but it is still unable to compete with the Wenchen, but Zhu Cijiong also has the support of Sun Chuanting, the head of the cabinet, which makes Zhu Cijiong also get the support of some Wenchen, which makes Zhu Cijiong only slightly ahead of Zhu Cijian in the end, and the difference between the two is only six votes.

This makes Zhu Youxiao's final vote very important, according to the voting principle formulated by Zhu Youxiao, the emperor has the right to vote, and it is one to ten, that is to say, Zhu Youxiao's one vote is the top ten votes of the House of Nobles.

At this moment, all people's eyes are focused on Zhu Youxiao's body, Zhu Youxiao is also hesitating at the moment, in Zhu Youxiao's heart, Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Cijiong's performance in recent years has made him very satisfied, but Zhu Cijiong is a gentleman who keeps the will, and Zhu Cijiong is different, he has been in the military camp for several years, which makes him more like today's hawk than Zhu Cijiong.

"I choose mercy." Zhu Youxiao hesitated for a while before saying. One of the reasons why Zhu Cijun was selected by Zhu Youxiao was that he wanted to break the rule of "establishing a long man but not a virtuous person" in the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as Zhu Youxiao's voice fell, the entire noble house suddenly boiled, in this era, the way people express their feelings is still very subtle, although the entire noble house is boiling, but everyone is still sticking to their original position.

Zhu Youxiao glanced around the entire House of Nobles, and found that expressions of loss and excitement were overflowing, Zhu Youxiao made a gesture to signal everyone to be quiet, "In the future, the affairs of the country will be based on this example, and I ask the cabinet and the House of Lords to formulate detailed decrees as soon as possible." ”

……

The entire process of voting for the crown prince took less than half a day, but it attracted the attention of the entire empire and vassal states, and even Westerners were paying attention to the election of the crown prince.

As soon as the crown prince was elected, less than half an hour later, the officials of the Ministry of Rites read the holy decree of Zhu Ciyan as the crown prince outside the noble court.

In an instant, the entire Jingshi was boiling. The selection of the crown prince has always been the most concerned thing in the empire, but Zhu Youxiao did not play his cards according to common sense, and the matter of a prince has dragged on for so long that ordinary people are paying attention to the selection of the prince.

This time, the dust of the crown prince election fell to the ground, which made ordinary people seem to breathe a long sigh of relief. But the controversy over Zhu Cijun's election as crown prince has just begun.

Afterwards, Zhu Youxiao was the first to summon Zhu Cijiong.

"Are you a little resentful?" Zhu Youxiao asked frankly.

"I don't dare." Although Zhu Cijiong said this, the feeling of loss was overflowing.

"Even if you resent me, I can understand it. After so many years of hard work, but in the end nothing was achieved, and whoever was replaced would have resentment in his heart. But there is only one winner in the battle for the country, and no one can change it, and it has been so for thousands of years. In the next few decades, the empire will compete fiercely with the Westerners at sea, and this world will have one country to rule the entire sea. ”

"Minister...... Chancellor understood. ”

"I don't know how to comfort you, you're still young and have a long way to go. I have decided to let you be the governor of the Great Wilderness Dongzhou, and be responsible for the political affairs of the Great Wilderness Dongzhou, of course, you can also refuse and stay in the capital to sink. I hope that in three days' time, you will give me a clear answer. ”

"No."

"Losing the position of the crown prince is not the same as losing everything, there are still many things that can be done, the world is so big, you can tell me what you think."

"No."

……

The second person summoned by Zhu Youxiao was Zhu Cixuan.

"I've decided to let you go to Sipol, would you?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Sipol?" Zhu Cixuan's face was full of reluctance.

"And where do you want to go?"

"The vassal stays in the fief."

"You have to know that if you stay in the fiefdom, your expenses will come from the income of your own imperial village, and the court will not have any money for you, if you are good at management, it's fine, if you are not good at management, you can only sit and eat."

"Father, it's better for the minister to enter the House of Nobles." Zhu Cixuan thought for a while.

"House of Lords? Do you want to go to the House of Lords? ”

"Yes, the minister also wants to do his part for the empire."

"There is still a year left before the imperial court elects a seat in the House of Nobles, if you really want to go to the House of Lords, return to the fiefdom first and enlist the support of local officials." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

……

The best person Zhu Youxiao summoned was Zhu Ciyan.

"Congratulations!" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Thank you, Father Huang Longen!" Zhu Ciyan said.

"Don't thank me, it's all the result of your own efforts. If the gap between you and your eldest brother was too big when the court voted for the crown prince at that time, even if I supported you, you would not be able to win in the end. ”

"I still have to thank my father for supporting the ministers in the end."

"From tomorrow onwards, you will begin to handle political affairs for me, and I intend to give you the throne within three or five years."

"Father, this ......"

Before Zhu Ciyan's words were finished, he was interrupted by Zhu Youxiao, "This matter has been decided, I have been trapped in Jingshi for most of my life, and I also want to go out and have a look." ”

"No."

"Do you know why I have to make such a hassle to choose the crown prince this time?"

"My father has always wanted to abolish the rule of 'establishing a long man but not a virtuous one'."

"Yes. After you become emperor, you must abide by the rules of the empire to vote for the crown prince, and if you continue to abide by it, it will become a custom. At the very least, I hope that there will not be another emperor a few years old in the future. ”

"The minister will definitely obey."

"And I ask you to be kind to your brothers and sisters, especially your eldest brother Cijiong."

"The minister swears that he will treat all his brothers well, and if he violates his oath, he will not die a good death."

"I have a book here, I wrote it myself, you are the first to read it, and in the future, only the emperor who succeeded to the throne will be allowed to read it, and no outsiders will be allowed to read it." Zhu Youxiao's book is all about the technology that will appear in the future.

"No." Zhu Cijun took the book from Zhu Youxiao's hand.

"Just look at it here, this book must not be out of the Qianqing Palace, otherwise, there will be endless troubles." Zhu Youxiao admonished.

(End of chapter)