On the night of December 22, 1863, in the Kunning Garden of the Inner Court of the Chinese Palace, gas lamps hung high above it, and the light of the Chinese lanterns made the courtyard transparent and bright.

At this time, the front hall of the hospital was full of people, some were doctors and nurses from the medical department of the palace affairs department, and some were the maids in the palace, and in front of them was the old lady of the Queen Mother Lin Fang.

When Lin Zhe hurriedly walked into the front hall, many doctors in big white coats in the front hall greeted him, including Master Xinglin of traditional Chinese medicine, and Chen Tongming, director of the medical department of the palace affairs department with the title of imperial doctor, and Nanyang Chinese who were born in the Philippines and studied in Singapore, France and other places, Professor Cao Yukun, the current director of the medical department of the Imperial University, and the director of surgery of the new National Hospital of Beijing University, the French Federer.

Chen Tongming reported the situation to Lin Zhe before and after!

"In the afternoon, the queen mother is showing signs of premature labor such as abdominal pain, after the consultation of the doctors, it can be determined that the queen mother's delivery date has been advanced, and now it has entered the state of labor!"

Lin Zhe listened: "Is it dangerous to be born prematurely? ”

Chen Tongming and the others did not answer immediately, but after several people glanced at each other, Chen Tongming represented everyone: "The current situation is generally stable, but it depends on how the follow-up situation develops, but Your Majesty is relieved, my medical office is ready, and in case of accidents, we can treat them at any time!" ”

Lin Zhe looked at the large number of more than a dozen doctors waiting again, and didn't say anything!

In this era, a woman's pregnancy and childbirth is still a high-risk thing, and women are basically considered to be established when they give birth, even if Queen Chen Jing has given birth to two children safely. However, this risk cannot be ruled out.

Next, Lin Zhe was like all her husbands and fathers. I can't do anything about what happens in the delivery room, so I can only sit outside and wait.

Fortunately, God didn't mean him too much. And this is not a bitter novel, so although Chen Jing's production process is a little more thrilling, it is finally safe for mother and son.

At eleven o'clock that night, Chen Jing gave birth to a son safely!

For this young son, who has not yet been pregnant for ten months, Chen Jing is obviously much more excited than Lin Zhe, and even insists on hugging this new member of the royal family despite the weakness after giving birth.

Lin Zhe is understandable about Chen Jing's excitement, he has always known that Chen Jing has always been recuperating in the past few years. Just to have another son.

It's not just Chen Jing who pays attention to these, in fact, many people outside are also paying attention to Chen Jing's third child.

When Chen Jing gave birth to a little prince safely, the news spread to the ears of the military and political dignitaries in the entire Nanjing city that night.

When Bi Yutong learned that his niece Chen Jing was about to give birth in the afternoon, he had been waiting for news from the palace, but unlike Lin Zhe, who was worried about Chen Jing's safety, Bi Yutong and other military and political dignitaries were not concerned about whether Chen Jing would have a difficult birth, whether she was safe or not, they only cared about it, that is, whether Chen Jing gave birth to a princess or a prince.

If it's a princess. So everything is not mentioned, what should everyone do the next day?

But if Chen Jing gave birth to a prince, then this is not a trivial matter, but a major event that can affect whether the foundation of the empire is stable.

Chen Jing's third child is a princess or a prince. This is not an ordinary event, but an extraordinary political event.

waited for Bi Yutong to wait at home for most of the night, and finally got the news from the palace in the second half of the night. When Queen Chen Jing gave birth to a little prince safely, he was very excited. Even according to the fact that he has been abstaining from alcohol for many years, he deliberately made an exception to open a bottle of old good wine and drank two glasses.

Except for Bi Yutong. A number of other military and political dignitaries in Nanjing also learned of the news that Empress Chen Jing had given birth to a prince, and Jiang Daoquan, the minister of education, wrote a number of letters in his own hand that night and sent people to many other important ministers in the empire who supported the primogeniture system.

After writing the letter, Jiang Daoquan picked up the pen again, but this time instead of writing a letter, he began to conceive an excerpt, the content of which was nothing else, but to ask for the determination of the inheritance system of the eldest son.

However, when he finished writing this secret fold with excitement, the sky was already exposed, and after a night of excitement, he suddenly remembered the many ministers who had been demoted or even dismissed by the emperor in the past few years on the charge of 'arguing about palace affairs', and his mind calmed down at once.

After thinking for a while, he picked up the secret fold in his hand, then took off the lampshade and lit the secret fold with a candle.

The fact that Lichu is too sensitive, even Jiang Daoquan, a minister who is stubborn and stubborn in his conservatism, has to think carefully about what he will bring to Zai once he hands over this letter.

Jiang Daoquan can fight to the death in order to prevent the military's women from entering the harem as concubines, or he can fight to the death in order to compete for education funds and other ministers in the cabinet, and even go toe-to-toe with Guo Longyun and other new-style officials in order to protect the interests of the peasants and maintain the existing rural economic system.

But even so, he does not have the courage to participate in the affairs of the Legislative Reserve, or he does not have the confidence that he will be able to retire or maintain the existing glory and wealth after participating in the affairs of the Legislative Reserve.

Although Jiang Daoquan is known for being conservative and stubborn, this only represents his political attitude, not that he is an old stubborn person or extremely ignorant.

Being able to stabilize other civilian officials in the upper echelons of the empire, and Guo Longyun and Bi Yu have become the three major civilian giants in the empire's political arena, Jiang Daoquan has enough political IQ.

However, Jiang Daoquan can endure the thoughts in his heart, it does not mean that others can endure this thought, and now in the two terms of the imperial military and government, there are too many people who hope that the empire can determine the inheritance system of the elder, hoping that the eldest son of Empress Chen Jing can become the prince.

This is not to say that they have a crush on Empress Chen Jing, nor that Empress Chen Jing is the niece of Prime Minister Bi Yutong, but because it is related to some ancient ritual traditions.

Since ancient times, the Han dynasty has not been a succession system based on the primogeniture system for the throne, which reached its peak during the Ming Dynasty. The emperors of the Ming Dynasty at that time could not change this tradition and pass on the throne to their favorite sons. Instead, the throne must be passed on to his eldest son, and the battle for the national capital during the Mingshenzong period is the most typical representative!

In the past, these ministers of the empire did not say anything about the establishment of reserves. That's because Queen Chen Jing has no children, and they don't have anyone to support if they want to, but now, after learning that Queen Chen Jing gave birth to a little prince safely, these people instantly seem to have found the backbone.

The next day, the palace affairs department officially announced the news of the new members of the royal family according to the usual practice, and the new prince was named 'Ye' (ye fourth tone), and this new prince was just born, just like his two elder brothers. Awarded the title of Baron.

As soon as the news was announced, some courtiers went to the fold in the afternoon of the same day, some said that the primogeniture inheritance system was clear, and some directly said that they would like to appoint Lin Ye, the third prince, as the crown prince.

The next day, many courtiers began to fold up, and this time the people who folded up were no longer limited to those middle-level officials, but also a small number of high-level officials, including Hong Bobei, the co-organizer of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

And this Hong Bobei is the co-organizer of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Cabinet. In the Ming Dynasty, he was a squire of the third grade, and he was already qualified to enter the cabinet, and he was a co-organizer of the minister, and he was already a veritable high-ranking official in the empire.

Every move of such a high-ranking official has attracted the attention of countless people. You can even see that some kind of political wind is coming from.

Therefore, Hong Bo went north and said that the empire should not be without a national foundation for a long time, and for the sake of the foundation of the world, please set up a prince as soon as possible. When it comes to appeasing the hearts of their subjects, many people are watching with their eyes wide open.

Especially those who know the inside story of the various factions of the empire. It is very clear that Hong Bobei is not a lone character in the imperial officialdom. Rather, he is a capable man belonging to the Bi Yutong faction.

In the political arena, it is almost impossible to have no factional relations, and at present, in the imperial political arena, the military does not say that the military is naturally opposed to the civilian faction, and the military is also divided into a number of factions.

In the civil service system, at present, Bi Yutong, Jiang Daoquan, and Guo Longyun are the core, of course, they can only be said to have greater political influence, not that they have become the bosses of other officials, in fact, the ministers of various ministries in the cabinet, the ministers of various ministries and local governors and other officials above can basically form their own faction, but many times they will unite with others for political interests.

However, Hong Bobei is not a person of his own faction, many people know that he is Bi Yutong's early confidant, when he was still in Yu Shengjun, Hong Bobei was working under Bi Yutong, and later Hong Bobei was promoted one after another, as a Taoist, Zhejiang political envoy, transferred to the cabinet in the second half of last year, first served as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, and then transferred to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce as the Minister of Cooperation.

His promotion all the way is naturally supported by Bi Yutong!

Therefore, many people know that Hong Bobei's upward fold represents not only himself, but also Bi Yutong's attitude to a certain extent.

Bi Yutong, as the prime minister of the cabinet, naturally cannot be folded in person, so the fold has to be done by others, and the sudden close relationship, and at the same time there is enough weight to count, there can only be this Hongbobei.

After this fold from Hong Bobei went up, countless people were wide-eyed, what kind of attitude would the emperor of the Xinhua Hall make.

But to the surprise of the ministers, on the same day and the next day, the palace did not make a clear reaction to Hong Bobei's excerpt, did not refute it, and did not agree.

And this model has a word to describe, that is, stay in the middle and do not send it!

After the ministers learned the news, many people thought that Lin Zhe had already decided to establish a prince, and immediately tried his best to make a break, so that when the new emperor ascended the throne in a few decades, he would be able to make a meritorious contribution to the establishment.

But what they didn't expect was that Lin Zhe didn't react to this, he just delayed the time to react for two days, so that more people could jump out, and then deal with it together.

On December 29th, on the eve of 1864 in the Western calendar, Bi Yutong suddenly received a holy decree at home, the content of the holy decree is very long, most of them say that Bi Yutong has merit, as well as some reward sentences, but at the end of the holy decree, there are a few unusual sentences, that is, His Majesty sympathizes with Bi Yu in the same year and is old and sick, and Te En allows Bi Yu to go back to Shaoxing to recuperate!

Hearing this, Bi Yutong was like being struck by lightning, and the whole person was stunned!

The holy order cannot be violated, since the holy decree let him go back to his hometown in Shaoxing to recuperate, then he can not continue to stay in Nanjing for a day, so that night, Bi Yutong was accompanied by two officials of the personnel department of the secretariat, and directly sat alone in the carriage that went south to Shaoxing, Zhejiang.

Looking at the Nanjing City Gate that gradually disappeared on the horizon, it seemed that Bi Yutong, who had aged dozens of years overnight, sighed deeply! (To be continued.) )