Although Park Qinghong is the master of the harem, she can't decide who is in the harem. In order to drive Zhao Yihao out of the palace, she has offended almost everyone - and even lost her reputation among the people.

The atmosphere in the harem is much more cheerful, because there are so many imperial concubines at once. Except for Zhao Yihao, all the concubines selected by the world have come in. The women were happy. Well, things are always the best in the beginning, just like in memory, everyone's past is the best.

In the imperial palace, the harem and the imperial court were completely isolated, so the joy of the harem did not affect the tension of the imperial court at all. The imperial court is calculating its own little ninety-nine. I'm not at the core of the court right now, so I don't know what the court is thinking.

The imperial court said that it would not engage in Dongfang Yongwu, but it is still engaged in it now. They said that Dongfang Yongbai, as the third son, had the same rights as Dongfang Yongwu. Dongfang Chengping is the highest-level royal title, and his title should not only be passed on to his sister-in-law Dongfang Yongwu, but also to his concubine Dongfang Yongbai.

When hundreds of ministers heard the news, they all objected: "The title of the prince is extremely noble, and there are only about twenty in the world, why should one become two?" Is it going to change from two to four in the next generation? What is Xiliang capable of? Out of a queen so arrogant? ”

Zhao Yuyang nodded, glanced at the emperor, and said, "The imperial court also thinks so. One prince becomes two princes, it really doesn't work. It's better like this, Dongfang Yongwu and Dongfang Yongbai are both marquises, how about it? ”

The titles of the dynasties were like this: emperor, king, marquis, duke, earl. In the past, only the prince of the Ming Dynasty was the emperor, and the first scholar family in various places was the prince. Now that the Tang Dynasty was established, the title remains unchanged, so the emperor is vacant, and there are only more than 20 princes, one in each province. The title was only passed on to the eldest son, and the other children did not have any titles at all.

As soon as he said this, Xiliang was the first to stand up and object: "How can this work!" The son-in-law Yongwu should inherit the king! ”

But another representative of Xiliang also stood up in support: "Dongfang Yongbai is loyal to the country, and it should be so." ”

Some of the ministers agreed, some opposed.

Prime Minister Yang Mingyang stepped forward and said, "The court is right, and this is very fair. ”

The first representative of Xiliang said loudly: "Does the imperial court want to attack Xiliang?" ”

Zhao Yuyang: "There is no such thing. Xiliang is a royal relative, how can we do anything to Xiliang? Besides, we have promoted Dongfang Yongbai, how can it be called 'hands-on'? ”

The representative of Xiliang continued: "The prince must not be cut, this is the ancestral law!" If you cut Xiliang today, you will be able to cut other provinces tomorrow. ”

The retainers quieted down.

Yang Mingyang looked at Zhao Yuyang and the emperor, thinking about something.

Zhao Yuyang shouted: "This is what the emperor meant!" This is for your own good! Do you have to have civil strife to be happy? ”

The man was about to speak, but Zhao Yuyang shouted: "That's what the court did!" Retreat! ”

The parties Dongfang Chengping, Dongfang Yongwu, and Dongfang Yongbai were not present. So, the matter was decided. Dongfang Chengping was bedridden and delirious. Dongfang Yongwu has always had no ideas.

So, that's it.

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I went back and thought about it, and the more I thought about it, the more strange it became.

Sure enough, within a few days, the imperial court issued a holy decree to various places. The imperial court did not discuss it at the court meeting at all, and directly issued this policy called the "Tui En Order": the primogeniture system was abolished, and all children were wet with rain and dew.

I am familiar with history books, and I can see the ruthlessness of the imperial court at once. Obviously to weaken the Shi clan, the name is actually called: Tui En Ling!

The titles, official positions, land, and wealth of the nobles were now distributed among all the children, and while the other children benefited, the eldest son suffered greatly—and was generally weakened. You see, the royal family never gave favor to themselves, they did not give a little power and land to other princes, but always concentrated the imperial power on the crown prince.

People originally thought that the imperial court was to support Dongfang Yongbai, and people thought that the imperial court was to weaken Xiliang, but they didn't expect that the imperial court was to weaken all the scholars.

I asked Zhao Yuyang: "The inner court made it?" ”

Zhao Yuyang: "There is no such thing as the inner court now, and theoretically it is the biggest prime minister." When the court speaks, it is actually the prime minister who speaks. But this matter has nothing to do with me or the prime minister, this is Zhang Qiangsheng's doing. Don't look at Zhang Qiangsheng as the head of the secret department, he is now a celebrity around the emperor. Hey, Zhang Qiangsheng really doesn't see the outside, and he goes to the emperor's side every day. He had always wanted to rebuild the inner court and even the Senate. He believed in the Book of the Patriarchs too much. Of course, he is a once-in-a-century person, and he also has this strength. Now the emperor is very supportive of him. After all, if you want to dominate the world, you still have to rely on the inner court. The prime minister not only has no strength, but also no motivation. Zhang Qiangsheng took out this method from the "Book of Rule" and told the emperor, and the emperor immediately agreed. ”

Me: "What's the use of the emperor's consent!" The imperial court and the emperor were inconsistent. And the imperial court agreed, and it is not certain that the following provinces will not do it! ”

Zhao Yuyang: "Yes, and the provinces will definitely not do it." However, as long as the second son opposes the son-in-law, as long as the second son can say things like 'the court supports me', it will be fine. ”

Ay! They can really toss.

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At the court meeting the next day, the emperor had just sat on the dragon chair, and all the ministers stood up against it.

It's natural. The people sent to Chang'an from all over the country are all people who listen to the words of the head of the family and the eldest son, how can they say good things to the second sons.

Emperor Li Hongsi was very unhappy on the dragon chair, he didn't look at the opposing ministers, but stared at Zhang Qiangsheng and Zhao Yuyang.

Yang Mingyang stood up and said, "The Shi clan has always been loyal to the emperor, why should the emperor weaken the Shi clan?" ”

Zhao Yuyang: "The emperor has sealed so many titles, how can it be 'weakened'?" This is a great enhancement. ”

Yang Mingyang: "Enhanced? Sealing a bunch of small titles and guarding a bunch of small estates, how can this be called enhancement? ”

Zhang Qiangsheng: "There are more people, and everyone is more loyal to the emperor, why not call it enhanced?" ”

Yang Mingyang: "There are many people, but there are not many land and property!" Everyone huddles together, no one listens to what they say, and they are noisy, what is this called weakening? If the imperial court really wants to strengthen the scholars, it is better to simply give us land! Don't cut the knighthood either! Why don't you do that? ”

There was silence in the hall for a while.

Yang Mingyang continued: "The Shi clan is a royal clan, if the Shi clan is weakened, how can the rebellious civilians be suppressed? Every dynasty that implements the Tui En Decree has a tragic end. ”

This is nonsense. Every dynasty that does not implement the Tui En Decree will be passed down through the ages? It's like criminals eat and good people eat, so you can't say that good people are criminals, right?

Zhang Qiangsheng stood up: "You suppress civilians? Who suppressed you? ”

Zhao Yuyang glanced at Zhang Qiangsheng and said, "Your Majesty's holy decree has nothing to do with these!" The emperor cared about every child of the scholar clan, and in order to make them loyal to the country, he made such a holy decree. Don't think about it. ”

Yang Mingyang said: "Now that Mongolia is harassing Gyeonggi in the north and the Western Regions are harassing Gyeonggi, and Jinling is blocking the coast in the east, and there are cults raging in it, if the scholars everywhere are gone, who will help the royal family?" You're doing this because you want us to have civil strife! ”

Yang Mingyang has dozens of sons. If he gives his army, land, and property to his eldest son, their family will always be mighty; If it is divided equally, haha, it will become a bunch of small scholars, and the court will not be like playing after them.

Zhao Yuyang: "Don't look for reasons from the outside, but find reasons from the inside." If you are kings, ministers, fathers, fathers, sons, how can there be chaos? If you are not kings and ministers, fathers and fathers, fathers and sons, don't say that there is such a decree of grace, even if you don't, you still have to have civil strife! The heart of the royal family is towards the nobles, but also towards the commoners. The heart of the royal family is towards the son-in-law and also towards the concubine. If you think too much, are you worthy of the emperor's kindness to the people of the world? Are you worthy of the Emperor's painstaking efforts? ”

After Zhao Yuyang finished speaking, he said to everyone in the hall: "Which of you has civil strife, tell the royal family, and the court will definitely help you." ”

He said this, who dared to raise his hand and say: "My family can't do it, dozens of sons in our family are vying for power and profit, and they are angry to death." ”

There was silence in the hall for a while.

Yang Mingyang: "This is completely against ethics!" How can a concubine be compared with a sister-in-law, and how can a young son be compared with the eldest son? ”

Zhao Yuyang: "Since you can't compare, then what did you give birth to?" People want you to give birth? Born no matter what, isn't it irresponsible?

Yang Mingyang: "Parents are heaven!" ”

Zhao Yuyang: "Then the emperor is not heaven?" ”

Yang Mingyang: "You don't have to grind with me here!" In short, it's not right! Contrary to morality! ”

Zhao Yuyang: "Who said that?" If you say no, it's not? ”

He found it in the crowd: "It's time for the Tang Dynasty to come out." ”

Zhao Yuyang pointed to the deputy head of Confucianism who was hiding in the crowd and said, "Confucianism, you can talk about it." ”

Meng Huajian said unhappily: "We don't care about your business!" ”

Zhao Yuyang: "Confucianism is the state religion and the faith of 4.6 billion people, who do you care?" ”

Everyone knows that the Confucian leader Kong Zhilun just killed his eldest brother and, as a concubine, snatched this position from his father.

Meng Huajian said unhappily, his voice stiff, as if he was endorsing: "Confucianism pays attention to order. It doesn't matter what this order is. The supreme purpose of order is to honor God and imperial power. ”

Zhao Yuyang: "People don't say anything about Confucianism, but you are lenient!" ”

Yang Mingyang still said: "Nonsense! Monkey business! Sooner or later, you're going to make a mess of the world! ”

The crowd was still noisy.

Although Zhao Yuyang's eloquence is not as good as mine, it is enough to crush this group of pampered scholars.

In the end, it was reluctantly decided that the scope of the Tui En Decree was only for the second and third sons, and not for the other sons.

Of course, this is only a divine decree. In fact, the nobles did not pay any attention to this decree. The imperial court's holy decree does not go out of Tongguan, which is a matter known to the world.

But just as Zhao Yuyang said, the key is not the implementation of this holy decree, but the fact that this is a thought, a dangerous thought, and a dangerous excuse. When the second son opposes his son-in-law, as long as the second son can say things like "the court supports me" and "I am right", it is enough for those scholars to have a headache.

The more chaotic the world, the more favorable it was for the emperor and the inner court.