"Fang Xuan? No, Fang Yue? No, neither Fang Rui, Fang Zhi, nor Fang Da, if only the prince were still alive. The figures of the five dragons who were secretly called the five dragons came to Zhou Shu's mind one by one, but none of them met Zhou Shu's requirements, Zhou Shu had to sigh, the old emperor has many sons and grandchildren, but there are really few of these emperors and grandsons who are talented, and Prince Francis is the most suitable to inherit the throne of the emperor, but unfortunately Francis and Fang Yao died together that night.

The country can not be without a monarch for a day, but the position of the emperor of the Dali Empire has been vacant for a year, this kind of strange thing has not happened since ancient times, and there is no way to leave the emperor's position vacant for a year, since the death of the old emperor Fang Yao, the imperial court still occupies the righteousness, in fact, the Dali Empire is already the Dali Empire of the family, not the Dali Empire of the Fang family, and the next emperor of the Dali Empire has to be decided by the family.

However, the Guangming Sect incident made the hundreds of thousands of families of the Dali Empire dizzy, and they had no time to care about the candidates for the next emperor, and some emperors and grandsons in Xinping City were still forming gangs and wanted to become the next emperor, but it was a pity that they were all doing useless work.

Now the Guangming Sect defeated Guo Wei's counterinsurgency army, Linzhou fell into a crisis, the emperor's sons and grandsons were frightened to stop their movements, if the Guangming army came over, they would not be willing to live and die with Xinping City, they would definitely leave Xinping City first, flee to a safe place, want to be the emperor also have to have a life Then, some powerful people in Xinping City packed up their bags and fled to the northeast with their families after getting the news of the defeat of the counterinsurgency army.

Considering the current situation of the Dali Empire, Zhou Shu decided to give a son of the emperor the position of the Emperor and the Emperor of God, and first solve the matter of the Bright Sect, and wait for the matter of the Bright Sect to be resolved, no matter whose world the Great Li Empire is in the future, it is really not possible for him Zhou Shu to resign directly and go home to live in the old age.

Wulong is not the right person in Zhou Shu's heart, if they ascend to the position of emperor, they will have a greater restraint on Zhou Shu, then it is better to let the position of emperor be empty, Zhou Shu wants an emperor who will not hinder him.

The youngest of the Thirteenth Emperors, Fang Ce, was originally the best choice in Zhou Shu's heart, he was young, and there were no other forces behind him, after Fang Ce succeeded to the throne, the court would still be controlled by him Zhou Shu, but after Fang Yao and Fang Ji died, Zhou Shu found that Fang Ce and his sister Fang Xuan were missing, and even the shadow guard was gone, Zhou Shu suspected that this was Fang Yao's backhand.

Fang Ce disappeared, and Zhou Shu finally made up his mind to put the eleventh emperor Fang Xu on the throne of God Monarch (the twelfth emperor died young).

Fang Xu, fifteen years old, has an ordinary appearance and ordinary talent, just like an ordinary person, and his mother is from a small family in Xinping City.

As the emperor, Fang Xu also has the idea of becoming an emperor, but compared with other emperors and emperors, Fang Xu is weak everywhere, young, and there is no big force behind him, so few people are willing to take refuge in Fang Xu, Fang Xu himself eliminated the ridiculous idea in his heart, and just wanted to mix up one day without a day, and when the war calmed down, he could go to other places to be his idle prince.

Fang Xu didn't expect the opportunity to come so suddenly.

That night, Zhou Shu quietly came to Fang Xu's mansion and told Fang Ze that he and the Loyal Monarch Sect were preparing to support Fang Xu to ascend to the throne of God Monarch, of course, the premise was that Fang Xu could delegate power and hand over the government to him Zhou Shu and other ministers of the Loyal Monarch Faction.

After hearing Zhou Shu's words, Fang Xu opened his mouth in surprise, but Fang Xu quickly calmed down, although Fang Xu was ordinary, but as an emperor, he understood some things that should be understood, what level he Fang Xu was, he was understanding in his heart, anyone could become an emperor, he Fang Xu was the least likely to become an emperor, Zhou Shu wanted to give him the position of God Monarch, the purpose was just to make him a puppet, but the puppet emperor was also an emperor, this is something that Fang Xu couldn't think of before, as long as he ascended to the throne of God Monarch, There is always a chance to take back your power.

Thinking of this, Fang Xu agreed to Zhou Shu, and on the grounds of his youth, he entrusted all the major affairs of the court and politics to Zhou Shu to deal with.

Fang Xu's performance also made Zhou Shugao take a look, and Fang Xu could be regarded as okay.

Then Zhou Shu talked to Fang Xu about some things before quietly leaving Fang Xu's mansion.

The next day, after discussing with other ministers of the Zhongjun faction, Zhou Shu finally decided to support Fang Xu as the emperor.

On the third day, Zhou Shu presided over the early dynasty, first to discuss the war ahead, and then to discuss the order of Xinping City, and after all the ministers finished talking, the loyal monarch sent a minister to propose: "The country cannot be without a monarch for a day, the position of the emperor has been vacant for a year, this is something that has not happened since ancient times, the old man suggested that a new monarch should be established as soon as possible, and under the leadership of the new monarch, the court will be able to eliminate the evil as soon as possible. Teach demons. ”

"Agreed!" "Seconded!" ”

A number of other loyal ministers agreed with the proposal to establish a new monarch.

The actions of the Loyal Monarch Faction were extremely strange to see the other ministers in the court, and Fang Xuan and the other five emperors and grandsons also looked at each other, I don't know why this Loyal Monarch faction, which has never been mixed with the succession, stood up again.

Now that the loyal monarch faction in Xinping City is powerful, the ministers of the loyal monarch faction have opened their mouths to propose the establishment of a new monarch, and this matter has been decided, but some ministers of the non-loyal monarch faction have proposed, who should be appointed as the emperor? Other ministers who were not loyal to the monarch opened their mouths to propose the establishment of their own supported emperors and grandsons as emperors, and the court became a mess.

This is Zhou Shu's "nonsense" of the ministers, and said: "Since all the monarchs have different opinions, then we will ask the first emperor of the Dali Empire to choose." ”

Let the Emperor (the dead) choose? How to choose this, everyone in the court was a little confused.

After that, Zhou Shu opened his mouth to explain how to ask the first emperors to choose the next emperor: go to the emperor temple to worship the first emperor, and then choose a place, erect a wood, the emperors and grandchildren stand around the wood, and then set the wood on fire, and when the burning wood falls in the direction of which emperor's son and grandson, this emperor's son and grandson is the choice of the first emperor.

After Zhou Shu's words were finished, the ministers of the loyal monarch faction agreed one after another, and the ministers of the non-loyal monarch faction were also suppressed if they had objections, and Fang Xuan and the other five emperors and grandsons were also a little dumbfounded, this is to let the first emperor choose, isn't this just to let God choose? Who knows if there is a conspiracy of the Loyal Monarch faction in this, but the five emperors and grandsons have no real power in the imperial court, and they can't stop the actions of the Loyal Monarch faction.

The Zhongjun faction has occupied a dominant position in Xinping City, and other objections have been suppressed by the Zhongjun faction, and it is imperative for the first emperor to choose a new monarch, unless someone else assassinates again, and Zhou Shu is assassinated, and the matter of choosing a new monarch will be shattered, but Zhou Shu is going to die, then this court will be really chaotic, the Guangming Army has not yet arrived, and the Dali Empire is about to fall, and no one wants to assassinate Zhou Shu, the last pillar of the Dali Empire, until the time of necessity.

The matter of the first emperor electing a new monarch is going smoothly, and other emperors and grandsons do not want to give up the position of emperor, and they have participated in the ceremony of the first emperor and the first new monarch, especially those who want to become emperors but cannot compete with the five dragons.

Note 1: It is said that this method of choosing the emperor is the plot of a TV series that Heng Yi has watched before, and he has forgotten the name of the TV series