Chapter 770: The Woman Behind the Emperor
Han Jian's ascension to the throne is already a fact that cannot be reversed, Yang Rui abdicated the throne and only lived in the palace, and even her name Han Jian was not determined. Next, the imperial court will agree on all the matters of the ceremony, except that the officials and power system of the entire imperial court will be reshuffled, and some people who have made meritorious contributions will also be rewarded.
Han Jian had just left the palace, and Ning Yuan had already submitted the date of the prepared ceremony, as the first thing Ning Yuan did when he returned to charge of the imperial court, he was responsible for the preparation of the ceremony, and his efficiency was extraordinary. It was only a while when Han Jian met Han Song in the palace, and he had already asked people to consult the calendar and find the closest date to the emperor's accession to the throne, which was set on the second day of the third month eight days later.
After reading the roughly drafted ceremony process submitted by Ning Yuan, Han Jian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Master Ning is so efficient in doing things. ”
Ning Yuan smiled: "To do things for Your Majesty, you have to do your best." The old minister has had nothing to do in the court all these years, and today he can finally show his strengths. ”
Ning Yuan has great ambitions, this is what Han Jian felt when he first met Ning Yuan, Ning Yuan had defected to Yang Yu before, then returned to the imperial court, and now returned to the Eastern Palace, there was no principle to talk about for him. His only role is to entrap some old forces in Luoyang, and Han Jian will not do anything to him for the time being.
Han Jian said: "Leave the matter to Master Ning to do things, this king can rest assured." ”
Ning Yuan reminded: "Your Majesty should be called me." ”
Han Jian waved his hand and said, "You don't need to be reminded by Master Ning, when the time comes, this king will remember it." Now the most important thing is to make Luoyang a smooth transition, and there are other criminal officials who need to be dealt with, and the criminal department will decide the case earlier. ”
"Yes." Although Ning Yuan was full of energy, there were some things he couldn't decide. It is almost inevitable that the new emperor will ascend the throne and grant amnesty to the world, but before the amnesty, the rebellion of Lin Ke and others must be solved. Han Jian obviously wants to give Yang Rui a few thin noodles, what Han Jian said in the palace hall before that the culprit still has to be punished, but as for whether to kill or exile, it needs to be considered, everything should be based on Han Jian's intentions, and the officials below should also be careful. Whoever is involved in the case suddenly becomes a prisoner.
Ning Yuan hurriedly went to prepare for Han Jian's enthronement ceremony, and at the same time, Han Jian also had to prepare for the issue of moving the East Palace's mansion to the palace. Since he is the emperor, he will no longer live in the East Palace, and Yang Li'er and other daughters will also enter the palace as concubines, but Han Jian is not ready to move the entire East Palace to the palace. There are also several thorny issues, such as Han Song's position in the court, whether to please make her the queen mother, or continue to make her the princess of the east. There are also questions about the woman outside him. In the past, Ning Xiuyan was just a "gift" given to him by Ning Yuan, even if he didn't give Ning Xiuyan a name, no one blamed him, but now Ning Yuan is the hero of the people who suppressed Lin Ke's rebellion, and now he is the identity of the first assistant, Ning Xiuyan's identity needs to be clarified, even if it is the identity of his concubine, she should also move to the palace with Yang Li'er and others.
As for how Yang Xi will be placed next, there is also the definition of Yang Xiuxiu's identity. It's all a bit of a hassle. Han Jian was also put on the throne, and he hadn't even considered such a complicated issue a few hours ago. For a while, a lot of questions lingered, and he hadn't thought about it accurately.
When Han Jian arrived at the yamen of the military station, the generals on duty at the military station all knelt down and saluted, calling him the Son of Heaven. As the hero of "supporting the new monarch", the generals of the Eastern Prince's Mansion naturally felt that they would soar, but there was still a problem that Han Jian did not deal with the rebellious generals in the Eastern Prince's Mansion yesterday. Many moths still exist under the military and political system of this Eastern Prince's Mansion. But at the moment, it is not suitable to carry out an internal purge immediately, so as not to cause panic in the people. Han Jian only made some personnel arrangements to remove some of the generals of the Dongwang Mansion from their original positions, and most of the criminals themselves were in danger and did not dare to object. Most of the newly promoted generals were stationed in the border from the north, and they did not have much entanglement with the imperial court.
On the 24th of February, the imperial court issued a document to all parts of the north informing the new emperor of his accession to the throne. However, the country name and the year name were not announced at the same time, and Ning Yuan did not dare to be sloppy in this regard, and twice asked Han Jian to ask Han Jian at the door of the East Palace, but Han Jian asked him to go back and "consider" on his own on the grounds that it was inconvenient to decide immediately. After Han Jian returned to the East Palace, the women of the East Palace, at this time, also knew about Han Jian's "usurpation", for Han Jian's aunts, this is a good thing, the sons they cultivated became emperors, and they can be regarded as heroes of history. The attitudes of the women on Han Jian's side are different, Gu Xin'er and Fa Yi and other women usually regard it, and Yang Li'er's face is still a little sad. How to say that Yang Li'er is also the orthodox county lord of the royal family, she married the East Wangfu itself and felt sorry for the Nanwang Mansion, and now that Han Jian usurped the throne, she felt even more sorry for the ancestors of the Yang family, and her mentality was somewhat similar to Yang Rui in the palace.
As for Lin Xiaoshu and Song Suqing and other women, they are more concerned about the authority to deal with the affairs of the court in the future. Before, Lin Xiaoshu, as the chief housekeeper of the East Palace, had always been in charge of the grain and grass of the East Palace, but now that Han Jian is on the throne, the matter should be handled by the court, Lin Xiaoshu is not a courtier after all, her own situation will be a little embarrassing, and as Lin Xiaoshu's successor after pregnancy, Song Suqing, has not yet mastered these affairs, and she has to reformulate the responsibilities of the department, which she feels even more tricky.
Han Jian said: "In the future, the East Wangfu will still be the East Palace, the court will be the court, and everything will be in accordance with the old system." ”
Han Song was a little dissatisfied: "Since Your Majesty is the emperor, how can it still be like the old system?" ”
Han Jian's meaning is to let Han Song and his aunts still stay in the East Palace, still the princess, but from the princess of the county to the princess, the number of lords has increased, and all the aunts have been given knights by the princess's decree, and the establishment of the entire East Palace still exists. When Han Jian said this, Han Song sneered, "You don't want to make Xi'er the crown prince, right?" ”
One sentence poked at the key point again.
Han Jian's accession to the throne and the establishment of the crown prince is also the top priority, after all, Han Jian already has an heir, although there is only one man and one woman, but after all, Han Xi is Han Jian's eldest son, and he was originally born by Yang Li'er, the original concubine of the East Wang, so it should be a sure thing to make Han Xi the prince. Now Han Jian said that he wanted to leave the establishment of the East King Mansion, that is, he wanted Han Xi to be the prince of the East Wang, and he had no intention of making Han Xi the crown prince. After all, Han Jian felt guilty about Yang Rui in his heart, and he was also ashamed of the current prince Yang Xi, Han Jian didn't want to directly make his son the crown prince and make Yang Rui embarrassed, even if he couldn't make the little princess in the palace the prince. It is also necessary to suspend the position of the crown prince, and wait to see if Yang Rui gives birth to an heir, or whether Yang Rui denies whether Han Xi is accepted into the palace as a righteous son to be cultivated by the prince.
Han Jian sighed: "This matter will be discussed in the long run!" ”
Han Song said: "Everything is discussed from the long, then Your Majesty has ever thought that now the Yang daughter has abdicated the throne and is no longer the lord of the world." Your Majesty is ready to make her queen? What do you make Li'er and Xin'er think? You are fighting outside, Xin'er and Li'er are guarding the door of the house for you, giving birth to children for you, you are the woman who has the right, you have to live with Xin'er and Li'er? The concubine was the first to refuse! ”
Han Jian was a little impatient, but some things were inevitable. The question of the prince can be avoided for the time being, after all, the prince is still young, and he cannot immediately determine his character, and it is difficult to say whether he can even live to adulthood. But when it comes to the queen, it must be dealt with. Yang Ruigui is the son of heaven of the Wei Dynasty, and now even if he abdicates the throne, he still has a respected status, which is not comparable to Gu Xin'er and Yang Li'er, and Han Jian intends to make Yang Rui's heir the crown prince, and it is imperative to make Yang Rui the queen. But there is a problem with this itself, Yang Rui is not his concubine after all. And judging from Yang Rui's attitude, she is a former emperor. It seems that she doesn't want to be Han Jian's queen, which makes her embarrassed. But if one of Gu Xin'er or Yang Li'er is the queen, there will be another person, although the two are both his concubines, but when it comes to the queen, a country cannot have two queens. This is the common feeling of the country, and only one of the two of her can be the mother of the world.
Han Jian himself still wanted Yang Rui to be the queen, but he knew that Yang Rui would not agree, so Han Jian had to define Yang Rui's identity. There is a very simple way to dispose of it, let Yang Ruilai be the "Emperor". It not only retains Yang Rui's esteemed status, but also allows her to avoid the embarrassment of being the queen. As for the queen's question, Han Jian hasn't thought about it for the time being, so he can only delay the matter a little longer.
When Han Jian returned to the palace, he only saw the women in the mansion, told them the general situation, and prepared to send them to the palace by the way. Han Jian also expressed his meaning, Yang Li'er and other daughters will move to the palace the next day, and then they will be given the title of concubine and knight, as for Han Jian's aunts, they will continue to stay in the East Palace, and the family can be regarded as two separate places.
Hearing what Han Jian meant, Han Song sneered and didn't speak, although Han Jian's aunts didn't say anything, they still felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts. Originally, when Han Jian ascended the throne, they should also move to the palace, but they knew that the palace was a deep palace compound, and after entering, it was like entering a cage, but they were used to living under the same roof with Gu Xin'er and Yang Li'er and even Han Xi's grandson, and they were going to live separately in Luoyang for a while, and they still had feelings in their hearts.
But Han Jian was the emperor at this time, and what he said was equivalent to the king's order, and the king's order could not be violated. Everything must also be prepared according to Han Jian's intentions.
Han Jian did not stay in the Dongwang Mansion overnight, he had too many things to deal with, in the days when he hid his identity, the entire affairs of Luoyang were carried out under his remote control, and the Xianbei invasion of the north and Guanzhong had yet to be solved, and now coupled with the fact that he was going to ascend the throne as the emperor, he had to be busy all day.
But he still took the time to go to Ning Xiuyan's place before nightfall, Ning Xiuyan has been following Han Jian these days, and she knows what happened in the city yesterday, and now she is not surprised that Han Jian is coming. When Han Jian said that he had ascended the throne as emperor, Ning Xiuyan was not surprised, but respectfully saluted Han Jian as a concubine. And Yang Xiuxiu looked incredible, she had learned from Ning Xiuyan that Han Jian might ascend the throne, and now that she has verified it, she is still very shocked in her heart as a member of the royal family.
Han Jian said: "In a few days, someone will be sent to take you into the palace." Pack up and get ready to go. ”
When Han Jian finished speaking, Ning Shun'er looked at Han Jian curiously, she still didn't quite understand the difference between the "East King" and the "Emperor", they were all the same person, and what she called "master" in her mouth seemed to be the same, but she could live in the majestic palace, and she didn't know what it would mean. Ning Xiuyan took Ning Shun'er to sit in her arms, and said with a somewhat reluctant face: "The master thinks about the concubine, and the concubine is grateful." It's just that the concubine doesn't want to move into the palace, she just wants to stay here with Shun'er, waiting for the master to have time to come over. The master can take the county lord into the palace. ”
Han Jian shook his head slightly and said, "I can understand a few points." But now that the situation dictates, Your Majesty is inferior to me, and I am the Emperor, and if you still live here, it is my consent that your father will deal with himself? Now that he is the prince of the first dynasty and the first auxiliary minister of the new dynasty, do you want him to be looked down upon? ”
Ning Xiu didn't say anything, but wiped away her tears slightly. She had grievances in her heart, from the beginning of her to Han Jian's side, it was just a "gift", although Ning Yuan gave a gift to Han Jian to ask her meaning and ask for her consent, but it was forced by the situation that she wanted to protect the family, how could she allow her to object? Although she got courtesy after following Han Jian, after all, she had no reputation, she didn't want to fight for anything, and even wanted to move into the palace with avoidance, she would rather hope that others would forget her, so that the world would not know that the former king of the East and the current emperor have a woman like her by his side.
"Shun'er, do you want to enter the palace?" Han Jian hugged Ning Shun'er and asked with a smile.
Ning Shun'er nodded happily, but when she saw her aunt Ning Xiuyan's reaction, she gradually became observant, knowing that her aunt had always felt uncomfortable in her heart, so she pouted and said, "Shun'er wants to live with her aunt." ”
Han Jian said with a smile: "Xiuyan, you also saw that Shun'er wanted to enter the palace, why didn't you follow her wishes?" ”
Ning Xiuyan didn't say anything, but Yang Xiuxiu on the side said: "Sister Ning doesn't enter the palace, and the slave family doesn't enter the palace either!" ”
Han Jian didn't do anything Yang Xiuxiu also had a "willful" time at this time, in the past, Yang Xiuxiu cared most about his reputation, but now Han Jian can make him the same "concubine" status as the former emperor Yang Rui, she doesn't want to, Han Jian really doesn't know what kind of identity to give her to make her satisfied.
"Why is that?" Han Jian looked at Yang Xiuxiu and asked.
Yang Xiuxiu's tone was a little unkind: "The king of the east is now the emperor, what will the people of the world say?" Doesn't that mean you're a usurper? As a member of the royal family, if I don't even have this backbone, then I can't be worthy of the surname Yang! ”
Only then did Han Jian know why Yang Xiuxiu was, she cared about her reputation, not for herself, but for her younger siblings. She hopes to be recognized by others, he is the lord of Anping, and her younger brother will have someone to inherit the king of Anping, if Han Jian ascends the throne as the emperor, then her younger brother will no longer be a member of the royal family, at most he can only live as an uncle, which is equivalent to making her long-term insistence come to naught.
"The royal family of the previous dynasty remains unchanged." Han Jian said, "This is my promise to Your Majesty, if you are not even satisfied with this, it is up to you to move back to the Anping County Palace!" (To be continued......)