Originally, in the next. It should be Emperor Chu Ling's gentle praise of the new scholars, and then a scholar was selected to read the articles of the top three in the dynasty, and finally Emperor Chu Ling announced the official arrangements and various rewards for the new scholars.

Of course, Emperor Chu Ling only decided on the official positions of the first and third grades, and the second and third rank jinshi were the same as the jinshi, and their future official positions were arranged by the officials.

However, Emperor Chu Ling looked at the new scholars in the hall with a smile, and was just about to speak, but outside the Xuanzheng Palace, there was a sudden commotion.

Faintly, it seems that you can still hear the cry of a middle-aged man.

In such a solemn atmosphere, in a place like the Xuanzheng Palace, when Emperor Chu Ling was about to present awards to the new science and technology scholars, who would dare to make a loud noise in this place at this time?

For a while, whether it was the civil and military officials, or the new scholars, they couldn't help but turn their heads to look outside the Xuanzheng Palace.

But I saw that outside the Xuanzheng Palace, there was a short, fat middle-aged man wearing the robe of the Nine Python King, crying and shouting, while running towards the Xuanzheng Palace.

The man's behaviour was extremely unruly. But it was a noble status, and although the imperial guards stepped forward to block it, they didn't dare to capture it at all. However, this man relied on his weight advantage to knock the imperial guards in front of him away one after another, and ran all the way towards the Xuanzheng Palace.

When the middle-aged man ran to the left of the platform in front of the Xuanzheng Palace, the imperial guards finally didn't dare to let the middle-aged man mess around, they all gritted their teeth and made heavy hands, but finally captured the man.

And after the middle-aged man was captured, not only was he not afraid, but his crying became louder.

"Brother Huang, your brother has been wronged, this time you must make the decision for your brother...... You minions dare to do this to this king, and in the future, see how this king cleans you up...... Brother Huang, I am your twelfth royal brother, ...... royal brother"

Hearing this man crying at the Xuanzheng Hall while threatening the imperial guards who had captured him, everyone in the hall had a strange expression.

In this kind of atmosphere, this middle-aged man's behavior is too funny.

And those ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee have strange faces, or shake their heads and smile, or look disdainful, or sigh softly.

Seeing Xiao Mo looking at the middle-aged man with a puzzled face, Zhang Yansheng, who was standing next to Xiao Mo, whispered to Xiao Mo: "That is our Twelve Princes." ”

When he spoke, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth. I don't know if I think the scene at this time is funny, or the ridicule of the twelve princes.

Speaking of which, although Zhang Yansheng could only condescend to the top of the list in this imperial examination, not only was he not depressed, he was still as calm and elegant as before, and his relationship with Xiao Mo was much closer, but Xiao Mo couldn't help but admire his heart and city.

After hearing Zhang Yansheng's introduction, Xiao Mo couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at the middle-aged man who was crying and screaming in amazement.

This person is the famous prince of the Crying Palace in the capital?

Emperor Chu Ling has a total of eleven brothers, among them, although Emperor Chu Ling is the oldest and inherited the throne as the eldest son twenty-five years ago, but in fact, the process of ascending the throne was not all smooth sailing, and before Emperor Chu Ling ascended the throne, there were two other princes who were also very promising to inherit the throne.

These two princes are Tian Zheng, the king of the eight sages, and Tian Liang, the twelfth prince.

At that time, compared with Emperor Chu Ling, who was brilliant but mediocre, his biological brother King Eight Sages could be described as radiant and dazzling. When the emperor was in power, he was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Punishment as the eighth prince, and under his management, not only the three departments were in order, but also had many results, so that many ministers were impressed by it, and there were many supporters.

Until now, although the Eight Sages King has no fixed responsibilities and powers after becoming the prince, he still has great influence in the court.

At the same time, the twelfth prince Tian Liang is the youngest son and has a delicate nature, but he is the most favored by the first emperor, and his biological mother is from the Li family of the first family of the Chu Dynasty. With the help of his mother's family and the love of the first emperor, the possibility of inheriting the throne is naturally great.

However, Emperor Chu Ling's inaction-free character, as well as his outstanding literary brilliance, have won the support and favor of the people in the world. In addition, the Eight Sages King turned to fully support Emperor Chu Ling when there was still hope of inheriting the unification. In the end, it was Emperor Chu Ling who inherited the unification and ascended to the throne without any danger.

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For more than 20 years, compared with the wise and martial Eight Sage Kings, the reputation of this Twelve Princes is greater.

It's not because the Twelve Princes are more capable than the Eight Sage Kings, but because of one of his aliases - "The Crying Palace"!!

After Emperor Chu Ling ascended the throne, he only left the Eight Sages and the Twelve Princes in the capital, and the Eight Sages were left in the capital because of Emperor Chu Ling's love for him. I couldn't bear to separate, but I left the twelve princes in the capital because Emperor Chu Ling was not at ease with the twelve princes Tian Liang.

There is a saying in the capital, that is, "The twelve princes rebelled, and the whole world knows it." ”

Tian Liang was very dissatisfied with the eventual enthronement of Emperor Chu Ling as the emperor that year, although Emperor Chu Ling was not kind to him after he ascended the throne, he was still not at ease, fantasizing that one day he could oust Emperor Chu Ling from the dragon throne and ascend the throne himself.

However, this twelve princes are really not wise people, and their methods are even more clumsy, whether it is to befriend civil and military officials, or to buy eunuchs and palace maids, or to accumulate money, it will not take long for people to find out, and then report to Emperor Chu Ling.

It stands to reason that a crime like the Twelve Princes, even if he was not given death, would have been demoted to a commoner and detained in the Zongren Mansion a long time ago.

But this Twelve Princes is extremely smart in a way, although there are many small mistakes, and everyone knows his thoughts, but no one has ever caught evidence that he really wants to rebel. And every time someone is caught guilty. He would always rush to Emperor Chu Ling as soon as possible to cry and shout grievances.

And the name of "Crying Palace" was also obtained.

On the one hand, Emperor Chu Ling had promised the emperor to protect the wealth of the twelve princes, and most importantly, with the clumsiness of the twelve princes, he could not threaten him at all, so every time the twelve princes made a mistake, Emperor Chu Ling punished him, put the money he had amassed into the treasury, and degraded the civil and military attachés he befriended. Give the eunuch palace maid he bought to death, so that after the previous achievements are wasted, all things will be lost.

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At this moment, seeing the twelve princes coming to the palace to cry again, and regardless of the occasion or time, even if Emperor Chu Ling was generous, he was quite annoyed at this moment.

After a long time, the anger faded, Emperor Chu Ling let out a long sigh, full of helplessness, looked down at the civil and military officials, and asked, "Who is going to participate in King Yi this time?" ”

Zhang Qian, who was standing in the forefront of civil officials, took a step forward, also with a wry smile on his face, took out a copy of the recital from his sleeve, and said: "Your Majesty, this time it is the minister who wants to participate in the performance of the twelve princes, according to the minister's investigation, the twelve princes have privately stored a large number of dead soldiers in the courtyard outside the capital, and the ministers have sent people to surround the other courtyards just in case. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Qian shook his head helplessly, handed the fold in his hand to the eunuch, and retreated to the ministers.

After Emperor Chu Ling looked through the folds, he shook his head with a wry smile and said to the side, "Let him come in." ”

As the order was handed down, those imperial guards let go of the twelve princes, and saw the twelve princes stumbling into the Xuanzheng Palace, bumping into the new science and technology scholars who were blocking the way, kneeling in front of the palace, and crying loudly: "Brother Huang, the younger brother is wronged." That courtyard was just a place for the younger brother to train the family to protect the courtyard, but he didn't expect to be framed by the villain, saying that the younger brother was secretly saving the dead. Bad intentions!! The courtiers are loyal to the emperor, and the heavens and the earth can learn from you, where would you do such a thing? Brother Huang, when the emperor was alive, you promised that you would not let your brother suffer the slightest grievance, and your brother was framed today, you must be the master of your brother......"

Xiao Mo was in the front because he was the champion of the new department, but he was standing next to the twelve princes, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that although the twelve princes were crying in front of the palace, there was not a single tear on their faces, but they had a rich expression and a high voice, obviously well-trained and experienced.

Hearing the Twelve Princes call themselves villains, Zhang Qian's face remained unchanged, but he just came out and asked the Twelve Princes: "Lord Yi, it is the old minister who played your private accumulation of dead soldiers, since you said that the other courtyard is not used to store the dead privately, but to train the nursing home, then the old minister wants to ask, do you need to train the nursing home to train them in assassination and stealth skills?" ”

The Twelfth Prince turned his head to glare at Zhang Qian, and said with a heartfelt voice: "Of course, you must train the art of assassination and stealth, otherwise when others use this technique to murder this king, the nursing home of this king does not understand at all, how can you protect this king's integrity?!" ”

Then, the Twelve Princes continued to kowtow to Emperor Chu Ling and cried, "Brother Huang, did you hear that? This is all that Zhang Qian is making trouble unreasonably and framing his brother, you must be the master of your brother. ”

Looking at the farce in front of him, Emperor Chu Ling shook his head helplessly, knowing that something like this was not enough to ask the twelve princes for their guilt, but he couldn't let the twelve princes continue to mess around like this, and he was in a dilemma for a while.

After thinking for a moment, Emperor Chu Ling sighed and said, "I know that the Twelve Princes, you are loyal to me, you don't have to be like this, get up quickly, don't lose my royal face." ”

Hearing Emperor Chu Ling's words, the Twelve Princes looked surprised and hurriedly stood up.

I was just about to thank Emperor Chu Ling, but I saw Emperor Chu Ling and said: "However, since you are so loyal to me with the Twelve Princes, then you will send those guardians to me, and you will definitely not be stingy if you want to come to the Twelve Princes." ”

Saying that, Emperor Chu Ling turned his head to Zhang Qian and ordered: "Zhang Aiqing, after the dispersal of the dynasty, you have filled all the guards raised by the twelve princes into the army, and now that the war is tight, there are more soldiers, and you can have more confidence." ”

"Obey."

Zhang Qian bowed.

"Brother...... Command. ”

This time, the twelve princes really cried.

Emperor Chu Ling sighed again and said to the twelve princes: "Today, the new science and technology scholars are here, and I am about to reward them. Now that you're here, stay here and watch. ”

So, after a farce, the early dynasty is finally back on track.