In the west of Tianshui Bridge, the pile of soil is the platform, and the place where the general will sacrifice to the sky.

Under the banner standing, Lin Tie held the reins and walked slowly, looking at the thin body wearing a five-clawed golden dragon robe on the stage, and Cheng Yuqian, Yu Xinyuan, Hu Wenmu and other civil and military ministers all stood under the stage, and they were full of emotion, and Cao Ziang and Song Fu beside him said: "When King Ning first came to Jiangning, I went to Yizhou to escort me, I was only an envoy of Jinghai at that time, and I had not yet fallen into the eyes of King Ning, and I didn't even have a chance to see him, compared to this scene, I think King Ning's mood is more complicated......"

Song Fu looked at Emperor Yongxing and smiled slightly: Since the Spring and Autumn Period, how many handsome ministers have been able to get the Son of Heaven to go out of the suburbs to greet him? Taking this step, the next step will be much smoother, and he thought to himself: Lin Jian is still soft-hearted, otherwise it will be just a cup of poisonous wine.

Lin Jian didn't care what Song Fu, Cao Ziang and the generals around him thought, pressed the blade on his waist, walked to the front of the general platform, and his eyes swept over the civil and military ministers standing in front of the platform: In addition to Zuo Chengmu and Shen Rong, Cheng Yuqian, Lin Xuwen, Yu Xinyuan, and Hu Wenmu were all there; In addition to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, the six Shangshu and the waiter are all there, and the nine temples are all there; Zhang Yubo is here, Zhao Shuhan is not there, and Zhang Yubo's eyes are also very indifferent......

Zuo Chengmu and Zhang Yubo both had intentions, and Lin Jian also knew it in his heart, but he didn't want to let go of these two people, so he stopped in front of Zhang Yubo and said: "I have been away from Beijing for many years, and I have also experienced parting with Uncle Yu, and I want to invite Uncle Yu and Shu Han to have a small gathering every two days, and I hope that Uncle Yu will not refuse." ”

"The privy envoy ordered to summon, and the subordinate officials did not dare to disobey." Zhang Yubo said in a light tone.

Lin Jian smiled, ignored Zhang Yubo's coldness, straightened his clothes and armor, and climbed the steps to the stage.

Yingjiang platform path nine zhang nine, pile of soil and pave bricks and stand, ring steps stand with a pawn, a flag, Taichung placed a long case, Liu Zhi, Zhang Yan and other courtiers stood far away on the edge.

Yongxing Emperor Yuan Jianwu stood alone in front of the stage, watching Lin Jian come wearing armor and wearing a sword, looking at it, he felt that the mountain was moving and he was out of breath; His body that has not recovered from a long illness is already weak, and when he stands on the stage with a stick of incense, he is already crumbling, and at this time there are even more signs of being unable to support it.

"The ministers were ordered to go on the expedition, for the country not to be ravaged by the captives, and for the people to be free from the invasion and slaughter of the captives, the ministers and the 300,000 generals of the Western Front ignored the invasion of cold and summer, hunger and thirst, and they all paid each other with great ambitions, threw their heads and spilled blood, fortunately did not disgrace their orders, Shangrao, Yuanzhou, Jingxiang won three battles and three victories, annihilated 400,000 enemy Kou, in addition to the captured soldiers, 426 prisoners of war entered Beijing, dedicated to Your Majesty, please read ......it" Lin Jian looked at Emperor Yongxing's crumbling appearance, thinking that it would not look good if he was going to fall on the stage, so he compressed the tirade into a few sentences and said it in a loud voice.

The surrounding generals all shouted to each other, causing the sound to vibrate and spread into the distance, causing more cheers among the crowd of onlookers in the distance.

As if stimulated by the sound, Yuan Jianwu regained some of his spirits, stared at Lin Jian viciously, suppressed his voice with a ferocious voice, and said: "You still know that you are a minister, I am the king, where is the gift of the monarch and the minister?" ”

"The minister gets the reward of the queen mother, carries the sword to the palace, and sees that the king does not worship," Lin Jian smiled faintly, stretched his shoulders and stood, and even the posture of bowing down and standing just now was no longer posed, and said, "Moreover, in my heart, the people are great, the country is great, and the king is light, and this sage is also the word; If I want to abolish you, please don't ask for humiliation anymore if the emperor wants to do it......"

"You ......" Emperor Yongxing just dizzy, holding the long case with one hand, barely letting himself fall.

"Lord Liu, the saint seems to be unwell, is the ritual of sacrificing to the heavens simple?" Lin Jian asked Liu Zhi who was standing on the edge of the Yingjiang platform.

Zhang Yan saw that Emperor Yongxing's situation was not right, and he wanted to come over to help, Liu Zhi said coldly: "Lord Zhang, the privy envoy has not summoned you over!" Signaling Zhang Yan to stop him left and right, he walked to the center of the stage, hugged Emperor Yongxing, and said to Lin Lian, "Etiquette cannot be abolished, and the code should not be simplified, please make it difficult for the privy envoy to hold on a little longer......

Since Lin Jian is unwilling to make a spicy move, he can toss Yuan Jianwu more, Liu Zhi still has to insist, and in the end, Yuan Jianwu will be able to afford to be sick and die when he goes back......

After a series of ceremonies such as sacrificing to the sky and reading prisoners, Lin Jian felt cumbersome and hard, and if Emperor Yongxing hadn't had a courtier to support him in the later period, he was afraid that he would fall down on the spot if he didn't hold out half of it; Lin Xuwen and Liu Zhi also meant to let the civil and military officials and Jiangning soldiers and civilians see that Emperor Yongxing was very sick.

After the Tianshui Bridge sacrifices to the sky, the three thousand forbidden camp cavalry first open the road, the Yongxing Emperor sits on the emperor's chariot and returns to the imperial city, Lin Tie stands on the side of Yuan Jianwu with the railing, enters the city through the galloping road, and then enters the imperial city by Chongyang Imperial Road, and accepts the observation of the Jiangning military and civilians.

After entering the imperial city, the next ceremony of the court ceremony was carried out, and the Yongxing Emperor accepted the congratulatory ceremony of the civil and military officials together in the main hall of Qian'an, and tossed until the sun set in the west, before giving nine tin and opening the house.

Nine tin is nine kinds of instruments, the emperor gave nine tin, in order to show the honor.

It's just that since the Spring and Autumn Period, there are few ministers who have received the gift of Jiuxi who have not usurped the throne. In addition, Jiuxi means "the nine lives of the prince", and the meaning of the nine tin also contains the meaning of the mandate of heaven, which is equivalent to the meaning of the divine right of the monarch. By the ministers of Jiuxi, they can legitimately resist the monarchy in legal theory, so the gift of Jiuxi is particularly valued.

Performing the gift of nine tins, Lin Jian sat in the east side of the Qian'an Hall to rest, looking at the nine kinds of tin utensils placed in the long case in front of the side hall, just thought it was funny, and asked Song Fu, who was sitting down: "After all the ceremonies have been completed, I'm afraid the sky is going to be dark, right?" ”

Song Fu looked at the sun outside the hall and said with a smile: "I'm afraid it is." ”

At this time, Qian Xiaowu walked in and called Song Fu and Lin Xuwen to go out to discuss things, but Lin Jian didn't care, just regarded it as a matter of etiquette - this kind of thing, Song Fu and Lin Xuwen were very exquisite, but he didn't care at all. After a while, Song Fu and Lin Xuwen returned to the matching hall with strange expressions, and Lin Jian asked suspiciously, "What happened?" ”

"It's not very important," Song Fu said, "After the ceremony of Jiuxi and the opening of the mansion has passed, it is not too late to return to the mansion and tell the lord; The lord still went first to bathe himself and change into the robe of the national princess......"

Seeing that Song Fu didn't say it tightly, Lin Jian just thought that the matter was not very important, shook his head and smiled: "Whatever you want, I will be a puppet at your mercy today." Lin Lian entered the inner hall and changed into a national robe, and saw Song Fu, Lin Xuwen, and Cao Ziang and Sun Jingxuan, who had just come back from outside, discussing things, and stopped when they saw themselves coming out, and became more and more suspicious in their hearts, but the auspicious time for the gift of Jiuxi had arrived, and Liu Zhi rushed over to urge Lin Lian to go to the main hall, and there was no time to ask.

After the ceremony of Jiuxi, Lin Xuwen said that he had to leave in advance, and Lin Jian had to go to Wanshou Palace to greet the Empress Dowager Liang, who had the name of governor, so that it could be regarded as a complete one-day ritual.

Coming out of the Wanshou Palace, it was as dark as ink, and Lin Lian was so entangled in his heart that Yuan Yan's complicated and inexplicable eyes were entangled in a panic, and for a while he forgot to ask Song Fu what happened to them before the Jiuxi ceremony, and took the car to lead the Huaidong generals back to the Chongguo Mansion for a banquet.

When he got off the house and walked to the Weeping Flower Hall, Lin Xuwen, who had not left first, came to see him, not only did Lin Xuwen leave first, but Lin Tingli and Lin Mengde were also absent for most of the day, Lin Lian knew that something had happened, and Zhengse asked Song Fu, Cao Ziang, and Qin Chengzu beside him: "What about Xuwen, Mengde and the second uncle?" ”

"Continuation of the text, Mengde and the second master are at Jun Xun's." Gu Yingsleeve came out of it at this time and answered Lin Lian's question for Song Fu and the others.

Lin Jian instantly understood what was going on, Lin Xuwen, Lin Mengde, and Lin Tingli didn't dare to attack in front of them, and ran to Jun Xun's side to force the palace, he had a blue face, shook his sleeves and asked, "Where are Su Mei and the little barbarian!" ”

"Don't complain about Su Mei and Xiaoman, they just sent someone to discuss this matter with me, I advocated that I first find the second uncle to discuss with Xuwen and Mengde them, if you want to complain, you can complain about me......" Gu Yingsleeve said calmly.

"You're just messing around behind my back!" Lin Jian also ignored Gu Yingsleeve's face, reprimanded sharply, looked back at Song Fu, Cao Ziang, Qin Chengzu, Sun Jingxuan and others, knowing that they all knew about the establishment of a successor, he shook his sleeves and said, "You all go to the inner house with me!" What is there that you cannot counsel with me to persecute a woman? "Let's go to the inner house first.

"Jing Xuan, what do you say about this?" Qin Chengzu asked Sun Jingxuan.

Sun Jingxuan looked at Song Fu and asked, "Liu Zhi and the others will accompany Master Hu and them to come over for a banquet, and I will come forward to deal with it here, and I will ask Song Gong to help him with the idea of this matter...... "Sun Wenwan is his daughter, and he also gave birth to a son for Lin Lian, but he is not good at expressing his stance on the matter of establishing a successor, and even wants to avoid going to the inner house to get involved in this matter."

"Don't let the news leak out yet, the lord is also angry. We don't want to all go to the inner house, Jing Xuan stays outside to accompany Lord Hu and Lord Liu, and it is also good to raise a feast," Sun Jingxuan did not go to the inner house, and Song Fu did not force him to follow to express his position, but said, "I can go in with Chengzu, Ziang, Jingtang, Jinnian, Zhicheng, Guangnan, Shutang, Xiaowu, Si Yu, Leopard Ye, Enze and others." Everyone can show their attitude towards this matter, whether the lord listens or not, we don't want to force it, after all, it is the lord's family matter, but it's a pity that Fu Gong and Zongting are not in Jiangning, otherwise their words can make the lord listen to some ......"

The number of people ordered by Song Fu, as well as Lin Xuwen, Lin Tingli, and Lin Mengde, who were already in the inner house, were all the core figures of Huaidong in Jiangning, and they were also important ministers of Huaidong who could speak about the matter of establishing a successor - it was agreed here that Song Fu and Qin Chengzu, Cao Ziang, Sun Jingtang, Huang Jinnian, Hu Zhicheng, Zhou Guangnan, Li Shutang, Qian Xiaowu, Ge Siyu, Zhou Pu, Chen Enze and other twelve people followed Lin Lian's pace and walked towards the inner house.

Lin Tie walked into the East Garden where Gu Junxun and Zhengjun lived in the inner house with a blue face, the maids here had already given the envoy away, but there were Shan Rou and Zhao Hu's mother and other daughters standing in the courtyard, Gu Junxun and his mother Tang Gu and Lin Tingli, Lin Mengde, and Lin Xuwen sat in the hall and talked-Lin Tie stood in the court, and said in a cold voice to Gu Yingsleeve, who followed behind him: "Look at the good things you have done, just this half a day's work, you have planned carefully......"

Gu Junxun saw Lin Jian walk in, walked out and knelt in the court, and said, "The concubine begs her husband not to stand up for the idea of establishing the monarch as his heir, the monarch can't afford this blessing!" The husband is not allowed, and the concubine can't kneel. "The eye sockets are red and swollen, and the voice is a little hoarse.

Lin Lian looked at Lin Xuwen, Lin Tingli, and Lin Mengde who came out of the room with a cold face, and said, "You guys are just going to bully other people's mothers and daughters ...... this point."

Lin Xuwen and Lin Mengde looked at Lin Tingli, Lin Tingli knelt down in court, bowed his head to the ground, and said: "The three of us don't dare to have the heart of bullying the master, but Liyanzi is very important, so I came over to discuss this matter with the master's mother." We and others implore the lord to think twice, and establish the ruler as the heir and the prince of the new dynasty, which is not her blessing for the monarch. If the lord insists on establishing the monarch as his heir, unless the monarch is made to make the monarch not marry for life......"

Lin Jian didn't expect that the resistance would be so great, in addition to the superiority of men and the inferiority of women, it also involved bloodline inheritance; Lin Tingli did not allow the future imperial family to be occupied by other families because of the monarch. In the final analysis, men are still inferior to women, and women's status above the bloodline inheritance is extremely low, even far behind the concubines.

Lin Tingli is the last in the status of the Lin family, and Lin Lian has always called him "second uncle", and he has never knelt down to Lin Lian, at this time, he knelt down with Lin Xuwen and Lin Mengde to admonish each other, which is also to show his unwavering attitude, and he will also put Lin Lian on the shelf.

Lin Lian snorted coldly, turned his head to look at Song Fu and the others: "You also mean that?" ”

Lin Tingli has the highest status in the Lin clan, and Lin Xuwen has the highest official position, they all kneel in court, Song Fu and the others naturally have no reason to stand, and they also knelt down together and admonished: "Establishing a ruler as a successor will do far more harm than good." ”

Lin Jian threw up his sleeves and walked to the left chamber study, and threw the kneeling people in the courtyard there......