The Ming clan was confined in the vassal kingdom, except for eating, drinking, and having fun, there was no real power in their hands. Still, the dignity of the clan is not something for courtiers to offend. This is why before King Ning's rebellion, he harmed many court officials in Nanchang, but no one in the court wanted to do it.

Since King Xiang sent an envoy over, even the head of the Qin Mission, the scholar Liang Chu, was not qualified to deal with this matter, so he could only meet the prince with Gu Dayong, inform him of the matter, and ask the prince to decide.

It was only at this moment that the prince understood what the identity of the heir to the Son of Heaven brought to him.

The Ming Dynasty regulated that the two kings did not meet. Although the Xiangwang Mansion is adjacent to the domain of the Xingwang Mansion, in fact, the prince has not seen the Xiangwang. But he had already heard of the "big name" of Xiangwangfu.

As early as before King Xing became a vassal domain, King Liangzhuang died and removed the tomb soldiers and sacrifice ground, which was entrusted by the nearby Xiangwang Mansion, and the sacrifice of King Liangzhuang was also responsible for the Xiangwang Mansion. After King Xing became a vassal domain, King Xiang's Mansion relied on his old qualifications, and after the court had handed over King Liang's sacrifice to King Xing's Mansion, he still deducted the sacrificial land and population.

King Xing has always been good-tempered, but it is a matter of the country, and he will not give an inch. After all, the cemetery of King Liang is in Xingguo, if the land is not taken back, wouldn't it allow the power of Xiangwangfu to extend to Xingguo. In the end, a lawsuit was fought in the imperial court, and the Xiangwang Mansion reluctantly handed over the land, but the population was left young and strong, and a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled people were pushed out.

For the sake of this lawsuit, even if the two kings' domains were next to each other, they did not interact with each other.

Even if King Xing was Emperor Hongzhi's brother and Emperor Zhengde's uncle, King Xiang did not take it seriously.

Now that the prince has entered Beijing, the first domain he passed by was the Xiang Domain.

King Xiang sent the chief officials of the palace as envoys, and wanted to bring his son to greet and see him off, and his attitude could not be said to be disrespectful. It is completely different from the attitude of relying on the Xiang domain to be a big domain many years ago and disdainful of the new domain Ning Wangfu.

Shizi felt a burst of happiness in his heart, but in front of Liang Chu and Gu Dayong, he only looked faint and said: "The road ahead is far away, and it is not good to violate the rules." ”

It turned out that long before everyone set off from Anlu, Liang Chu and others asked the prince about the visit of local officials on the way. When the Son of Heaven enters Beijing, the clan and foreign officials who are far away will not get the news for a while and a half, but tens of thousands of troops will travel, and the local officials along the way will not be able to hide it. Whether it is the Qincha in Beijing, or the prince and the subordinate officials of the palace, they have reached a consensus, that is, the sooner they enter Beijing, the better.

It is one thing that the throne should not be vacant, and it is another thing for the funeral of the Daxing Emperor.

Although there is an edict to rely on, the prince is a righteous heir, but if there is no enthronement ceremony for a day, the court will not be able to settle down for a day.

According to the meaning of the Qin missions, the natural vassal kings are the same as the local civil and military forces, and if they can, they will not be seen, otherwise the trip will be delayed. I came here to ask the prince, but I was just to pay homage to the vassal king. Now that the prince has spoken, they have no scruples in refusing.

The governor of Xiangwang's Mansion returned in a daze, and the men and horses transferred by the Henan Metropolitan Division had arrived, and there were 5,000 more soldiers who sent the heir emperor to Beijing.

20,000 soldiers traveled, and they were all fine riders, how could they not attract attention. The news of the succession of the eldest son of King Xingxian to the throne quickly spread in various ways as the army marched north.

It's just that the speed of the procession is still the same as four posts a day, even if the local civil and military forces and clans hear the movement, when they want to do something, the team has already crossed.

According to the previous order, before entering the territory of Zhili, there were still 5,000 horsemen from the Henan Capital Division. New news from the capital also followed, and Shang Shumou of the Ministry of War was ordered to take 20,000 people from Beijing to the south to welcome the heir.

The prince was calm in front of the Qin Cha and his subordinates, and when he returned to the chariot, he was also a little apprehensive.

It's just that these people in the carriage, Huang Jin is an internal servant, not someone who can talk to him, and the tiger head is an idiot, Lu Bing's words...... The prince has always held the posture of his brother, enjoying Lu Bing's reverence and worship, and is unwilling to show his cowardice in front of him.

The only one who can speak is a Taoist idiot. Even if you are young, you can have some insight because of your extensive reading.

Thinking of this, the prince said to Lu Bing: "Dingshan has been bored in the car for a few days, and his eyes are shining every day when he sees others riding horses. ”

When Lu Bing heard this, he shook his head and said, "Your Highness, Brother Dingshan can't get out of the car, and I can't get out of the car." ”

Seeing that his little face was tense and serious, Shizi smiled and said, "Okay, do you really want you to protect this kid?" Looking outside, the nurse father arranged several layers of manpower to escort the land car. Don't be verbose, if you don't go down, you will be kicked alone. ”

Lu Bing was helpless, so he could only reluctantly take the tiger head out of the car.

The prince looked for Yuzi again and sent Huang Jin off the car, leaving only the prince and the idiot in the carriage.

The idiot is looking for an opportunity to tell the prince about his "hardships" these days, but he can't find a reason for a while. Now that he saw that Shizi seemed to have something to say to himself, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

I heard Shizi sigh and said, "Erlang, Lone is very scared. ”

Dao Idiot showed some doubts and said: "Your Highness is the heir of the Son of Heaven, what is Your Highness afraid of?" ”

The prince was holding a purse in his hand, which the princess had hung up on the prince before leaving. I only heard him whisper: "Whether it is Liang Chu or Gu Dayong, every time I see Gu, I keep saying that the Queen Mother is merciful...... It is also mentioned that the second son of Yiwang's uncle will move to Lucheng and serve his father as incense...... If I am the Son of Heaven, I will no longer be the son of my father? ”

Although the imperial court chooses the emperor according to the rule of "brother to brother", whether it is in the eyes of the cabinet ministers or the harem, this "brother and brother" shows that the selection of the son is more qualified as the heir than the other emperors and grandsons of Emperor Chenghua.

When the son is the heir of the emperor, he should naturally succeed under the name of Emperor Hongzhi, and after Emperor Daxing, he will take over the throne, which is also in line with the way of "brother to brother".

Even the princess knows this truth in her heart, so she is heartbroken at the time of parting.

Only the son of the world, because of "pies in the world", it is inevitable that he will deceive himself a little under the joy.

However, the farther away from An Lu, the more obvious it became that the ministers of the Qin Mission's words were saying that he could no longer deceive himself.

Several big eunuchs in the palace, I don't know if they were deliberately pleasing or who ordered them, they talked about the kindness of Empress Dowager Zhang all day long. Among them, Gu Dayong even vaguely pointed out that the edict was drafted to circle the son as the heir emperor, although it was not proposed by the Queen Mother, but it was finally finalized by the Queen Mother. After all, the prince is a vassal king who succeeded to the throne, if he wants to gain a foothold in the palace, the queen mother should be a good student and filial piety, and Uncle Zhang Guo should also be treated well.

Maybe it was advice, but the prince listened to it, but he couldn't be grateful to the queen mother, and he only felt depressed and uncomfortable.

After enjoying the pampering of his parents for more than ten years, he can't accept that one day he will not be the son of his parents. If he was a few years older and knew the benefits of power, he might not be so entangled. But after all, he was only fifteen years old, even if he knew that the emperor was powerful and the lord of the Son of Heaven. This emperor's respect, if he can only do it by giving up family affection, he really can't accept it.

When the idiot heard this, he was surprised. Didn't the son of the world intend to honor his biological parents from the beginning? Why is there more helplessness in his tone than resolute resistance?

Although I don't know why the prince later emphasized the "great etiquette", the Taoist idiot knows that he was willing to take the initiative to ignite this introduction in order to honor the persistence of his biological parents more than ten years after he ascended the throne.

So, he said with surprise on his face: "Why did Your Highness say that? His Royal Highness is the prince of Xingwangfu, and a few days ago he received the will of the king in advance, and he is the new prince of Xingwangfu. is the throne of His Royal Highness, and it is also because His Royal Highness is the eldest son of the prince that he was able to fall to His Highness. If His Royal Highness is not the son of the prince, where does this throne come from? ”

"Huh?" This time it was the son of the world who was surprised.

His eyes widened and he said, "What does Erlang mean, this throne should have been inherited from his father?" ”

Dao idiot nodded and said: "Of course, the edict does not also mention 'brother to brother'." The first emperor only had one son, the Daxing Emperor, survived, and after the death of the Daxing Emperor, the royal family was cut off. According to the record of "Emperor Ming Zuxun", from the outer domain to the imperial system, the emperor is preferred to have the same mother and brother, and if there is no same mother and brother, the elder and younger are orderly. The first emperor has no younger brother, the prince is the eldest brother of the first emperor, and the prince is in the line of inheriting the imperial lineage. ”

He put on a posture of hanging a bookbag, which seemed to be a bit rigid in his words, but it was exactly what the prince wanted. is so rigid that it is more justifiable.

The prince said a little anxiously: "But the meaning of the Qincha adults and internal officials, Gu Jinjing is the successor of the first emperor, and most of them have to serve the queen mother as their mother." ”

Dao Idiot frowned and said, "What is this truth?" His Royal Highness entered Beijing as the emperor, and he did not enter Beijing to be the prince, and he had a biological mother, why should he serve his aunt as his mother? ”

However, an ordinary sentence made the prince of the world enlightened.

He originally thought that the bigger the Dao idiot, the more dignified he became, and he lost the aura of his youth.

And then at this moment, he felt that the idiot's end was excellent.

He seemed to be able to imagine that when he faced those bosses in the capital, he also put on such a "duanfang" appearance as a Taoist idiot, and said so confidently what those people would look like.

He vaguely had an idea, but when he thought of the meaning that Gu Da had leaked out of his words, he frowned a little.

The edict was not drafted by Emperor Daxing, but jointly drafted by the Queen Mother, the Quan Eunuch, and the ministers. Although he is the one who gains, but thinking that these people control the great tomorrow, the prince feels uncomfortable.

Not to mention the queen mother and cabinet ministers, he has been extremely disgusted with the eunuchs in his heart.

Gu Da used the villain's face to let him know that the so-called "power" of the eunuch is above the epiphysis and the imperial power. As long as he wants to restrain these eunuchs, it is not a troublesome matter.

The most difficult to deal with is the Queen Mother and the ministers.

From the daily warnings given to him by several bigwigs in the capital, he knew that in the eyes of those people, there was no fear of himself.

If he wants to be a true son of heaven, he has to promote new people. But his companions are limited.

Thinking of this, the prince looked at the idiot, and suddenly remembered his identity, which was his stepson, and couldn't help frowning, and said, "Erlang, if Lone is the master for you, are you willing to return to this house?" ”