Chapter 22 Whom to Appoint?
The matter of establishing the prince has been debated for ten years, and finally there is a result, not only the ministers are happy, but even Wu Zetian is also relieved, and this problem is finally solved.
However, Wu Zetian was a little happier, and the problem came again.
"Dare to ask Your Majesty, is it the king of Luling or the crown prince as the crown prince?" Some ministers were anxious and immediately asked.
"This ......" Wu Zetian's mouth opened wide, and he looked at Li Dan and Li Xian, and he was speechless for a long time.
Li Dan and Li Xian have both been emperors, if they are crown princes, both of them are qualified, and Wu Zetian is difficult to decide for a while.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the young and the old are orderly, and the prince should be the king of Luling." Di Renjie stepped forward and played loudly.
"Young and old?" Wu Zetian nodded and said, "Reasonable." ”
Li Xian is the seventh son of Tang Gaozong and the third son of Wu Zetian.
"The old man is wrong to say this." A minister stepped forward and loudly refuted Di Renjie.
The ministers saw that the person who refuted was not an important minister of the court, but a local official, and the ministers were very strange and curious, and asked, "Who is this person?" He was so bold that he dared to refute the elders. ”
Di Renjie is extraordinary, and his meritorious achievements are notorious, and his prestige in the court is very high, and few people dare to refute his words.
"He's Yao Chong. A very competent local official. "Some ministers recognize Yao Chong.
"Yao Chong?" Li Longji was amazed when he heard this, and looked at Yao Chonghao with wide eyes.
I saw Yao Chong eight feet long. It is very tall and mighty, but there is no lack of elegance. He looks like both a scribe and a military general. Moreover, he is still upright.
"A good Yao Chong, not to mention talent, just this appearance makes people awe-inspired." Li Longji secretly praised in his heart.
Yao Chong was the number one minister of the Li Longji Dynasty and the most famous minister of the "Kaiyuan Dynasty", on the same level as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui. Later generations believe that although the entire Tang Dynasty is full of talents, if you talk about the prime minister, only Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Yao Chong and Song Jing are the most popular.
Thus. Yao Chong is so good.
Li Longji looked at Zhang again, his brows furrowed, and he secretly wondered: "Will these two goods hit again?" ”
Yao Chong was known as one of the most talented prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, but he was a sworn enemy with Zhang. The two were calculating each other until they died, so there was an allusion to "it is better to die than to die Yao Chong".
In the final analysis, the hatred between the two is just such a trivial matter, and it is still when the two of them are not powerful. Zhang said that he had participated in Yao Chongyi, and since then, the two have become hostile to each other.
Zhang said that there will be fewer people who have participated in his life? There is not much hatred that Ji Zhang said. Will Yao Chong be impeached less in his life? Yao Chong didn't remember other people's hatreds, but he remembered Zhang Shuo, and the two had a lifelong enmity because of this incident.
Li Longji once personally called the two together. Resolving the two of them and asking them to let go of this grievance is useless. The two promised not to hold grudges in front of Li Longji, and they still fought as much as they liked behind Li Longji's back.
"Lord Yao, you have said this." Di Renjie was also stunned. There are not many people who dare to say that Di Renjie is wrong so bluntly, and immediately asked: "Since ancient times. The young and the old are orderly, and Henkel will not abolish Emperor Hui because of this, Lord Yao won't know it, right? ”
"Elder Guo, what you said is even more wrong." Yao Chong's voice was a little high, and his rebuttal was even more powerful, and said: "Han Gao wanted to abolish Emperor Hui for a long time, and he had to give up because of the plan to stay in the marquis. Emperor Hui ascended the throne, the Lu family was in charge, Zhu Lu was chaotic, Lai Zhoubo and Chen Fang were able to re-settle the Liu family, Emperor Wen was enthroned, and the Han Dynasty was safe. Guo Lao, is Yao right? ”
Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was very dissatisfied with Liu Ying, the emperor of Han Hui, and thought that he was a soft doll and could not support the Han family. Facts have also proved that Liu Bang is right. Liu Bang wanted to abolish Liu Ying and make Liu Ruyi the crown prince. But because of Zhang Liang's plan, Empress Dowager Lu invited "Shangshan Sihao" to cheer for Liu Ying, and Liu Bang finally had to give up the idea of abolishing Liu Ying.
Liu Ying was too weak, he was a puppet emperor, and the power fell into the hands of the Empress Dowager Lü, who sealed the Lü family, and Zhu Lü made a rebellion and almost usurped the Han family. It was not until the death of the Empress Dowager Lü that Zhou Bo and Chen Ping staged a coup d'état, which eradicated the Lu power and established Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty was peaceful.
"This ......" Yao Chong said the truth, and Di Renjie couldn't refute it.
There were not many people who could say that Di Renjie couldn't refute it, and the ministers were greatly surprised, and looked at Yao Chonghao for a while.
"Yao Chong deserves to be a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty, and his eloquence is very good." Li Longji greatly appreciated it.
"Lord Yao, what you said is not right. The former dynasty did not stand long and young, and it was defeated. "Zhang Cambodia is busy to help.
"Master Zhang, what you said is wrong." Song Jing immediately took over the conversation and retorted: "Although Yang Yong is the eldest son, he is talentless, virtuous, and extravagant, and Emperor Wen has to establish Yang Guang. Yang Guang's intelligence is extraordinary, the weak crown is Pingnan Chen, and in one day, he led the army to the north, broke the Turks, and spread his prestige all over the world. After ascending the throne, Yang Guang collected the Western Regions and set up counties; The opening of the Grand Canal, the northern attack on the Turks, and the eastern attack on Goryeo, the strength of the previous dynasty is rare throughout the ages. Even Emperor Taizong also praised Yang Guang a lot. ”
Emperor Yang of Sui was a tyrant of extravagance in the eyes of later generations, however, in all fairness, Emperor Yang of Sui made a great contribution to Chinese history, and even Tang Taizong admired him.
When Emperor Yang of Sui was still weak, he led hundreds of thousands of troops to pacify Nanchen and unify the country. At that time, the Sui army under his leadership commanded strictly, and the autumn did not commit any crimes, and the people praised them. Moreover, after he pacified Nan Chen, he collected Nan Chen's books and sent people to sort them out, which played a very important role in the restoration of Han culture after the Great Chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
In order to win the hearts of the Nanchen readers, he talked about poetry and poetry with the Nanchen readers, and these scholars admired them so much that they returned to their hearts, which played a vital role in the stability of the land south of the Yangtze River.
At the beginning of Emperor Yang of Sui's succession, he made many achievements, the most famous of which was to recover the Western Regions, which was something that Emperor Wen of Sui wanted to do but did not do. Moreover, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also set up counties in the Western Regions, which was a pioneering initiative in Chinese history, and since then, the county system has been implemented in the Western Regions.
As for the construction of the Grand Canal, the northern attack on the Turks, and the eastward conquest of Goryeo, they are all major events that benefit the country and the people. Although Emperor Yang of Sui failed because of his eastern expedition to Goryeo, his historical achievements cannot be erased.
"Dare to ask Lord Zhang. If Yang Yong succeeded to the throne, could the previous dynasty have so many merits? Song Jing asked loudly.
"This ......" Zhang Cambodia was speechless.
Yang Yong is far inferior to Yang Guang in terms of talent, which is recognized, if Yang Yong succeeds to the throne, it is very likely that he will not have so many achievements.
"Then in the opinion of Lord Song, who should be appointed?" A minister asked.
"In Song's opinion, he should be the emperor's heir." Song Jing said loudly: "The emperor's heir is humble and filial to his friends, and he has never lost his morality. And His Majesty gave the emperor's heir Yi than the prince, living in the East Palace, not the prince is actually the prince, why should he discuss the matter of the prince again? ”
Since Li Dan was deposed, he has lived in the East Palace for more than ten years, and he is respected as the "imperial heir". As for what kind of official the imperial heir is. is not the crown prince, but he is above the ministers, and there is not much difference from the prince.
This is Li Dan's advantage.
"That's right." Mr. Yao and Mr. Zhang said they agreed in unison.
"Lord Song's words are wrong." An official named Dou Huaizhen stepped forward and said, "According to Lord Song's intentions, regardless of the order of the eldest and youngest, but by talent and morality." Right? ”
This Dou Huaizhen is the person of Princess Taiping, and he jumped out at the moment, most of the time it is not good.
"That's right." Song Jing said.
"In terms of talent, who can compare with the princess?" Dou Huaizhen's voice was a little high, and she said, "The princess is very smart. Wise and decisive, with the heroic style of His Majesty. Be the princess the princess! ”
"That's right!" A chorus sounded, and the momentum was not small.
Princess Taiping has long had a heart, secretly arranged, and attracted many people, and there are not a few people who support her.
"From ancient times to the present, there has never been such a thing as an emperor and a princess." Di Renjie quit. If Princess Taiping can't be defeated, it will be difficult to guarantee the order of the eldest and youngest.
"Elder Guo, what you said is not right." Another diehard loyalty of Princess Taiping, an official named Xiao Zhizhong, immediately retorted and said; "Your Majesty has become an empress with a woman, which has never happened before, Your Majesty can set a precedent for a generation, why can't you make a princess the empress?" ”
Before Wu Zetian, there was no empress in Chinese history, which was indeed the opening of a generation. If you set a precedent and make Princess Taiping the crown princess, it is not impossible.
"......" Di Renjie was speechless for a while.
"If you want to be virtuous, the princess is a master, can she compare to the king of Chu?" Zhang Shuo took over the conversation and said: "At the age of thirteen, the king of Chu led his army to the north, relieved the siege of Fengzhou, captured Heisha City, blocked the Turks, and then won a great victory at the mouth of the moraine. Emperor Taizong is so old, and he has not done such a thing. This prince is not the heir of the emperor, and after the heir of the emperor, there is the king of Chu, one pass on to two emperors, and he is virtuous from generation to generation, and please think twice. ”
"This ......" A silence sounded, and Di Renjie, Zhang Cambodia, and Princess Taiping were speechless.
Li Longji has a lot of skills, and he has already answered with military exploits, if Li Dan is made the crown prince, it will be a pass on to two kings. With Li Longji's talent, he will definitely govern the Tang Dynasty to a splendid scale.
Wu Zetian's brows were tightened, he looked at Li Xian, then Li Dan, then Princess Taiping, and finally took a look at Li Longji, with an irritable face, patted his forehead, and said, "Disperse!" Scattered! This matter will be discussed later. ”
I originally thought that I could breathe a sigh of relief and be quiet for a while by deciding to make the Li family the prince, but I didn't expect that the troubles were still to come, and the matter of who to make the prince came again.
We all know that there is really no result in discussing this matter now, so let's talk about it later, and the ministers will give a gift and leave.
"I've seen the King of Chu." Yao Chong strode over and saluted Li Longji.
"Excuse me." Li Longji waved his hand, and was about to say a few words of encouragement to Yao Chong, but saw Yao Zong and Zhang Shuo staring at each other like fighting cocks.
"Wouldn't it? That's right? Li Longji saw it in his eyes and felt that it was not good.
"Humph!" Zhang Shuo and Yao Chong turned their heads at the same time, flicked their sleeves, and walked away, as if they had met a big enemy.
"Zhang said, why are you doing this to Lord Yao?" Li Longji asked.
"It's an eyesore." Zhang said angrily and hatefully.
"Master Yao, Zhang said that he has no grudges and no grudges against you, why should you be angry." Li Longji said to Yao Chong.
"Angry at the sight of him." Yao Chong's eyes rolled upwards and directly ignored Zhang Shuo.
In this life, Zhang said that he had never participated in Yao Chong, and the two still didn't deal with each other, was it really fateful?
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