In the east side hall of the Ruisi Hall in Bianjing, Li Gang, Xu Jingheng, Zhao Ren, and Zhao Yong were waiting for the emperor's summons. It is normal for the emperor to discuss with them here, and everyone will also say some interesting things they have heard and discuss the government when they are waiting for work, but today's atmosphere is very solemn, even Xu Jingheng, who has always been calm, has an anxious look on his face, Li Gang can't help sighing, and Zhao Yong is even more restless, picking up and putting down the teacup in his hand, all sprinkled on the placket of his clothes and not knowing it. Zhao Ren looked at the door from time to time, as if waiting for something.

There are also a lot of people gathered in the west side hall, there are the Taishang Emperor and his wife, the former emperor Zhao Huan, the queen Zhu Shuzhen and several imperial concubines, Zhao Shu, the king of Zhengsu, the king of Jing, and the brothers of the prince and other two-dimensional kings, and it is strange that Zhao Gou, who was cut down today, also appeared in the palace. Their mood didn't seem to be calm, the face of the emperor Zhao Ji, who was dressed in a Taoist uniform, changed several times, and he couldn't tell whether he was angry or helpless, and wanted to leave his seat several times to go to the apse, but was stopped by the queen mother Zheng Hongmei.

Zhao Huan wanted to talk to Zhao Shu many times, but he stopped talking, obviously he had many questions in his heart that he wanted to ask, but he felt that he couldn't talk about it. Zhao Gou, who was cut down, was hurriedly summoned into the palace, and he didn't know what was going on until now, his eyes were confused, and he couldn't figure out what the emperor was doing when he called a group of clansmen, and looked at the two standing hall wrestlers at the door in a daze. On the contrary, the faces of several sect kings on the side were calm, sitting on the side and watching their noses and noses and hearts to nourish their spirits, which was also the standard posture of their standing in the court.

Rui Si Hall is the inner library, that is, the emperor's imperial study, the place where the government is dealt with daily, and it is served by several small yellow doors on weekdays. But today, only the Inner Servants are in the palace, and they are far away from the emperor's bookcase. With a sad face, in fact, there were so many people in the hall that only he knew the purpose of the emperor's summoning of everyone today - to establish a prince. And this is often the beginning of the end of an era!

In Jianxi's eyes, everything the emperor did this year seemed to be something that should be done. But it seems that the emperor is more like arranging what is behind him. He personally chose a husband for his two daughters, and betrothed his eldest son, who had reached the age of marriage. The number of times he went to Longde Palace was much more than in previous years, and Pan Heng's time was also longer, and he could even chat with the Emperor Taishang for a whole day drinking wine, and what he used to think was 'nonsense'.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Zhao Ta personally wrote the edict of succession, he did it seriously and calmly, and the matter of electing the prince had already been euphemistically proposed by the courtiers, but he did not get a response. And this year, Zhao Ta decided to recruit the Jurchens in person, although he knew that he was the lord of the world. If you don't have a chance to appear on the battlefield, you will be protected and cared for with the most care. But after all, there is one in ten thousand, swords and guns have no eyes, and there are no longer a few emperors in the world who die on the journey, so he can't help but guard against it.

Zhao Ta now has three sons, the eldest son Zhao Qian is from the Queen Zhu family, the second son Zhao Chen's biological mother is Concubine Xiao, and the third son Zhao Chen's biological mother is the noble concubine Yelu clan. There was a lot of argument, but he laughed it off, never hinted at it, and treated the children equally. This made the outside world even more suspicious, and even suspected that Zhao Ta did not establish the prince because he was greedy for the throne. As for who the prince chooses, the government and the opposition also have different opinions. But it's not always the same.

At the beginning, some people thought that the emperor's eldest son, Zhao Qian, was the heir, and as long as there was no major mistake, he would inherit the unification. However, objections were raised. Because the emperor is not the eldest son, there have always been doubts. According to the emperor's temperament, he will definitely choose one of the other princes to succeed to the throne, so as to show that 'the emperor is the residence of the sage' and 'correct his name'.

With the end of the 'abdication turmoil', the empress was forced to call herself ill, and the descendants were expelled from Beijing, and people began to sing about the emperor's eldest son, believing that this qiē was done by the emperor to remove obstacles for the other two princes. At this time, the most popular candidate for the prince became Zhao Yu from Concubine De. Because with the renewal of officials in the DPRK and China, the ministers of the Qiandi came to the throne one after another, although everyone did not say it, but everyone knew in their hearts that Concubine De and the emperor had the deepest feelings. And because he was also born in the palace, he has a very good relationship with the bigwigs in the army and the inner court, and his son will definitely be widely supported by the courtiers and can succeed to the throne.

But with the emperor's northern tour and the Khitan nobles' public sacrifice to Montenegro, people's views changed again. They believed that the internal affairs of the Great Song Dynasty were now stable, the people were happy, and the turmoil would only come from those foreign races who had been attached, and the emperor might pass the throne to his third son, Zhao Xu, in order to appease the Khitan. Although Concubine De was also born in the Khitan aristocracy, her status was obviously not as high as that of the princess of the Shu Kingdom.

No matter how the outside world speculates, in fact, Zhao Ta has already made up his mind that whether it is out of tradition or bloodline, if there is no accident, the throne will eventually belong to the emperor's eldest son, Zhao Qian. And he was reluctant to establish a prince, because he did not want to cause the courtiers to gang up and plot against him; Second, Zhao Ta also needs to consider whether the eldest son can take on the big responsibility, whether he has the character to become the king of a country, and whether he can pass his own investigation.

And Zhao Ta is also focusing on cultivating Zhao Qian, but the way is not accepted. He did not invite famous teachers to teach in the palace, but sent them to the sect to complete the basic education and eliminate his privileged thoughts; Later, he was asked to enter the martial arts hall incognito to study military affairs, so that he could be familiar with military affairs and receive training at the same time, so that he would not become a coward who would be frightened and overwhelmed when he heard the sound of gunshots.

After Zhao Qian completed his studies, Zhao Ta sent him to Mobei to receive the baptism of frost swords and snow arrows in the borderlands, and after serving for two years, he has now been transferred to the Zhenzhou System Division as a member of the army, and at the same time accepted Chen Dong's teachings, learning how to govern the country at the same time, but also contaminated with some of Chen Dong's righteousness. Zhao Qian's expression was still satisfactory to Zhao Ta, so he decided to make him the crown prince before the personal conquest......

"See, come here!" After Zhao Ta finished writing the two edicts, he used the seal with his own hands, and rolled the two edicts into two delicate gold boxes on the top of the table before calling Jianxi over.

"Your Majesty, it's ready, do you want to seal it now!" Seeing that Xi hurriedly came up and said.

"No, announce that everyone will enter the temple!" Zhao Ta shook his head and said.

Seeing the joy immediately beckoned the little yellow doors waiting outside the hall to preach respectively, and after a short time, everyone entered the hall in order, and the female dependents were hidden behind the curtain, and the emperor gave the seat after the ceremony, and everyone looked at the emperor and waited for the following.

"The Jurchen disturbs the realm, offends my dragon power, and I want to conquer the Jin country!" Zhao Ta swept his eyes, and everyone said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty Xià ......" Although everyone heard it, they were expected, but they still had to persuade it, but they were stopped by the emperor as soon as they spoke out.

"I have made up my mind, and I don't need to persuade you anymore. This expedition is a long way to go, the time is long, and the sword and gun are inevitably lost, so I decided to set up a reserve first, just in case! Zhao Ta said loudly, and there was immediately a boo below, the emperor's decision was too sudden.

"I have chosen the prince, and in order to prevent disputes, I decided to follow the old story of the Empress Dowager Zhaoxian's appointment of the 'Golden Alliance' that day, and hide the edict of succession in the golden box, which is divided into two places: Xingying and the Queen Mother. If I go west, I will send an envoy to return to the court, and the queen mother will open the gold box in front of all the ministers in the court, take out the edict, and support the prince to succeed to the throne. After Zhao Ta finished speaking, he didn't wait for everyone to come back to his senses, and asked Jianxi to hold the two boxes and invite everyone to look at them, of course, the edict can't be read, just let them see that the box is not empty.

"Today, I invite the emperor, the emperor, the brothers in the clan and all the rulers to come to be a witness, and to seal it in person!" Zhao Ta didn't wait for everyone to speak, and after letting them look at it, he ordered Jianxi to close the two gold boxes.

Seeing that Xi received the order, he locked the gold box in front of everyone, sealed it with wax oil, and then added fire paint, and then affixed the seal and stamped the imperial seal, and then handed over one of the gold boxes to the queen mother Zheng Hongmei behind the curtain for collection. At this time, everyone's eyes did not leave the two gold boxes, and they witnessed the process of Lichu, but what made everyone depressed was that they didn't know the content of the edict in the box, let alone who the prince was.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the state-owned prince!" After the ceremony was completed, although everyone was kept in the dark by the emperor, they still had to say kind words, and unfortunately they could not congratulate the prince...... (To be continued......)