If it is not an urgent matter, the recital received by the General Administration Department is generally sent to the inner court master of ceremonies at regular intervals every day, and the master of ceremonies and eunuchs will sort it out by category, divide the priorities, and then submit it to the emperor's imperial case for the emperor's approval.

Han Fei saw that today's fold was delivered, so he instructed the eunuch on duty to put away the map, picked up a fold and flipped through it, but only after reading a few lines, he threw down the fold again, and frowned. For the same reason, this is another excerpt to ask the emperor to appoint the crown prince.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, although Han Fei had several sons, he did not set up a prince, and some ministers persuaded him to establish a prince early, but Han Fei shirked it on the grounds that the princes were still young. At that time, the situation was indeed the case, the eldest prince was less than ten years old, and the son of Empress Zhang Wanyi was not even five years old, so the emotions of the ministers were not intense.

In the following ten years, from time to time, there were voices from ministers to persuade the crown prince, especially recently, the princes gradually grew up, the older prince is close to twenty years old, the eldest son is also fifteen years old, and the courtiers' call for a neutral prince is getting stronger and stronger. Han Fei can understand the mood of the courtiers, the Ming Dynasty has a prince, which can indeed make the government more stable, which is also a reflection of the ministers' loyalty.

Han Fei didn't think about this, but the prince's position was a double-edged sword, which was established early, although it could play a role in stabilizing people's hearts, but it also made the prince prematurely the target of public criticism and the object of conspiracy and trickery of all parties. He loves every child and doesn't want to make immature children fall victim to power struggles.

According to the normal etiquette system, the candidate for the crown prince should be selected from among the queen's sons, and now the queen has three sons, so there is competition. Another point, before Han Fei became the emperor, he had set up family rules, the children and grandchildren of the Han family were treated equally, and later they did so, all the princes and princesses, no matter what their mothers and concubines were, received the same education, and the treatment they enjoyed was basically the same, and Han Fei's requirements for each child were basically the same. This has formed a point of view, and it is not impossible for the prince to become a prince.

Based on this, it is impossible for all the princes and their concubines to say that there is no expectation of winning the crown prince. Ouchi of the palace has always been the center of the whirlpool of power struggles, although under Han Fei's strict suppression, the concubines are harmonious on the surface, and they must make some moves to build momentum for their sons behind their backs, especially when there are multiple powerful concubines in the palace at the same time.

Empress Zhang Wanyi has a natural advantageous position, and at the same time she is a princess of the previous dynasty, which can attract the support of a large number of sympathizers of the previous dynasty; The energy of the imperial concubine Xue Baoqin and the concubine Xue Baochai sisters is also huge, and there is also a strong foreign aid from the Xue family, the most important thing, the emperor Han Fei's feelings for the imperial concubine Xue Baoqin are also the deepest among the imperial concubines, who dares to say that their sons have no possibility of winning?

In addition, Concubine Du Lan has the strong support of her cousin Du family, Concubine Zhuang Wang Ruolan has the support of the Wang family, and Concubine Jing Liu's energy cannot be underestimated. In other words, none of these harem concubines are fuel-efficient lamps, and the energy they stimulate is enough to stir up the world.

Of course, the final choice of the crown prince is in the hands of Han Fei, who is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and no one knows what Han Fei thinks. In fact, Han Fei didn't know the current situation, so he was cautious before making a final decision.

In the current situation where there are too many concubines and strongmen in the harem, the best way to solve it is to follow the etiquette system of the past dynasties and choose the eldest son as the prince, so that others have nothing to say. Han Fei also had this plan in his heart, but the eldest son was not very old, and his mind was not yet mature, and he was worried that if he made a hasty decision, if he chose a stupid son, he would ruin the Daming Dynasty.

Now that the eldest son is fifteen years old, Han Fei observed that the eldest son is still relatively good in all aspects, and has the potential of a virtuous monarch. But as for how to arrange the other older princes, Han Fei was unable to decide for a while.

In all fairness, Han Fei's sons are very talented, especially the eldest son Hu'er has shown excellent military talent, if he is so idle in the capital, it is too condescending. Of course, Han Fei is reluctant to restart the system of dividing the kingdom, he doesn't want to bury hidden dangers for future generations.

Han Fei pondered, picked up a world map, got up and hurried to Kunning Palace.

Kunning Palace is the dormitory of Empress Zhang Wanyi, and the eunuchs and palace maids were about to shout when they saw Emperor Han Fei coming, but they were stopped by Han Fei waving his hand.

Han Fei walked into Kunning Palace and saw that Queen Zhang Wanyi, Imperial Concubine Xue Baoqin, Concubine Du Lan and Concubine Jing Liu were playing mahjong, Concubine Hui He Cuiqin, Concubine Shun Gu Hengbo, Concubine Kang Li Xiangjun and the three of them sat around and watched, and couldn't help laughing: "It's so lively today, which of you lost?" ”

"Ah...... Concubines welcome the holy driver! When several concubines heard this, they hurriedly got up to pay their respects.

"Get up, don't be too formal at home!" Han Fei walked to the card table and glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Senior Sister Du is not lucky today!" ”

Concubine Du Lan said in a coquettish voice: "Isn't it, today's imperial concubine's luck is very good, one person won three people, and the concubine's luck was the worst, and they all lost a hundred taels of silver!" ”

Imperial Concubine Xue Baoqin scolded with a smile when she heard this: "Sister Du knows that you are aggrieved, why don't you say that you won two hundred taels of silver yesterday?" ”

Han Fei didn't answer when he heard a few concubines laughing, the Han family's industry was very large before, and after it was upgraded to a royal industry, the scale was further expanded, and the income from the royal industry was attributed to the treasury managed by the inner court. Although the concubines don't need to buy anything, they need money to reward relatives, friends and subordinates.

The concubines of this dynasty can be said to be the richest since the dynasties, and the concubines with the lowest status also have tens of thousands of taels of silver around them.

Empress Zhang Wanyi knew that Han Fei must have something important to do when he came over, and while instructing the palace maid to clean up the card table, she asked, "Is there anything important to order in the palace of the concubines of the saint?" ”

"It's nothing, I just want to talk together as a family today, Wanyi ordered someone to call everyone over, well, call the children too!"

Queen Zhang Wanyi was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Han Fei suddenly wanted to hold a family gathering, but she didn't hesitate and hurriedly sent someone out to pass her life.

The will was conveyed to the concubines' bedrooms everywhere, as well as the upper study where the princes and princesses were studying, and it was almost half an hour before everyone rushed to Kunning Palace.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Han Fei ordered all his subordinates to withdraw, close the palace gate, and then said: "Recently, many courtiers have gone up to persuade me to set up a prince early, and I have decided in my heart that I will hold a royal internal meeting today to explain it, and also set rules for future generations!" ”

(End of chapter)