On the contrary, if all the princes are carefully cultivated, the prince can be motivated, because the prince is better than all the princes; Once the crown prince is immoral or dies young, the emperor can quickly find a suitable prince among the princes to take the throne.

The royal family has such a rule, and Xiao Qi has done the same. Each prince was educated in the palace before the age of sixteen; After the age of sixteen, he can automatically request to go to the yamen on an errand.

But every emperor was selfish. Xiao Qi also has his own ideas about the inheritance of the throne.

He made the crown prince and had high hopes for the prince. But since the death of the queen, the prince has been instigated, and he has become farther and farther away from him, and his talent and morality have gradually revealed unsatisfactory places.

If you want to choose among the remaining princes, Xiao Qi hopes that the successor is the son of his favorite concubine, that is, the third prince Xiao Lingheng.

So he couldn't let Cen Guifei's two sons be too strong, at least not more than Xiao Lingheng.

Xiao Lingpu was particularly interested in fighting, and when he turned sixteen years old and wanted to enter the military department, he was categorically rejected by Xiao Qi. In the end, under the pressure of the Cen family, everyone took a step back, and he had to let Xiao Lingpu enter the household department.

Now that it is time for Xiao Lingyan to enter the yamen on an errand, Xiao Qi has made up his mind that he will never let him enter the important yamen of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War.

Today, Xiao Lingyan only came alone, and the old guy from Mrs. Cen did not come, which made Xiao Yu happy in his heart.

"Imperial Father, I want to go to the Ministry of Officials." Xiao Lingyan said with a pair of clear big eyes, with an innocent and ignorant expression.

The royal family has been optimized from generation to generation, and the prince and princess are all beautiful. The original body was only sixteen years old, very good-looking, very handsome, Xiao Lingyan looked in the mirror and made this expression, and found that there was no sense of disobedience at all, he only needed to restrain his own breath a little.

When Xiao Qi heard this, he was very displeased: "The officials can't go." Your third brother is already there. Both of you brothers stay there, and it is easy to cause trouble for your courtiers. You can choose from the yamen that your brothers have never been to. ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly added: "The military department can't go either." That place is important, and you can't command it blindly. When your second brother wanted to go, I didn't let him go. ”

The crown prince is the prince and focuses on training, so since he was sixteen years old, all departments have gone to study and become familiar with him for a period of time.

Others, the second prince Xiao Lingpu went to the household department, the third prince Xiao Lingheng went to the ministry of officials, and the fourth prince Xiao Lingzhan went to the Ministry of Rites. If the military department cannot be selected, then only the criminal department and the engineering department will remain.

The six departments of Shangshu Province are ranked according to their importance, including the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Crime, and the Ministry of Industry. For Xiao Lingyan, there are only the last two.

In order to comfort him, Xiao Qi also said: "When you finish choosing, your sixth emperor brother will have no choice, you can only go to the one you pick the rest." There is no way, everyone who is a younger brother has to suffer some grievances. ”

Xiao Lingyan sneered inwardly.

Since he was born, Concubine Jin began to be favored, and Xiao Qi rarely turned over the brand to call other concubines. The Sixth Emperor Brother, who was born unexpectedly, is only two years old now. By the time he was sixteen years old and could run errands, the throne was no longer Xiao Qi's place to sit.

"But I just want to go to the military department, and I don't want to go anywhere else." He said.

After thinking about it, he said again: "If the imperial father really doesn't let me go to the military department, I will be with the second brother." I like to do business and am very interested in bookkeeping. ”

For Xiao Lingyan's ignorance of the world, Xiao Qi had a headache and was a little happy.

He was pleased that it was precisely because of Xiao Lingyan's ignorance of the world that he did not tell Mrs. Cen his thoughts and let the old guy come over to put pressure on him.

It's better to fool the hairy boy than to fight wits and courage with that old guy.

He said: "Actually, the criminal department is very fun. There are a lot of cases that can be investigated every day, Xiao Yan, you are smart, and you must be better than those veterans who solve cases. The Ministry of Industry is also good, you can ask craftsmen to make all kinds of things for you. You like to do business, they make new things, as long as it is not secret, you can ask the craftsmen outside to make it and sell it. ”

Xiao Lingyan shook his head: "No, I don't want to." ”

He was too lazy to listen to Xiao Qi's coaxing of the child, sacrificed his banner, lowered his head and said aggrievedly: "Forget it, I'd better go back and discuss it with my brother." With that, he bowed, and was about to retreat.

"Wait." Xiao Qi was anxious when he heard it.

"How about you pick a yamen in the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Industry, and the emperor will give you a shop? Don't you like to do business? With a shop, you can do business. He smiled very amiably at Xiao Lingyan.

Xiao Lingyan hesitated for a moment, and seemed to be very moved.

Immediately, he shook his head: "Forget it." It's just a shop, and you can't make much money by making small things. And it costs money to make things, and I don't have the capital. ”

He turned around, looked at Xiao Qi and begged, "Father, you just let me go to the household department." I don't need to spend money to do business, and I don't need to spend money to hire someone to run it, I just need to guide them. ”

The corners of Xiao Yu's mouth twitched.

He thought for a moment and said, "Why don't I give you another two hundred taels of gold?" ”

Xiao Lingyan hesitated again, this time for longer than the last time.

"Forget it, forget it." He said, "Two hundred taels of gold is only two thousand taels of silver, what can you do?" It's not enough to ask a craftsman to make things, let alone a shopkeeper and a man, plus to decorate the shop. ”

Xiao Qi had a headache now.

The landlord's family has no surplus food.

Although he is the emperor and has a private treasury, it is not easy for him to save some things and money. Whether it was to make money by trading or doing something else, he was impeached by the imperial history, saying that he competed with the people for profit. He's also poor, okay?

Just a few days ago, I sent a shop to the Zhao family girl to appease Kang Shilin's old master; I sent another shop today. This kid is not satisfied, and he has to cut the flesh from him, he is really an unfilial son.

But compared with facing the Cen family, he is more willing to give more things.

"Then I want to give you a hundred taels of gold?" As he spoke, he began to cry to Xiao Lingyan, "Son, your father and I really don't have much money." ”

"That's it." Xiao Lingyan didn't hesitate at this time, "You let me enter the military department or the household department, it doesn't cost you a penny, and you can keep the shop yourself, okay?" Why do you have to let me go to the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Works? I don't want to go to either place. ”

As he spoke, he pursed his lips.

As long as he reins in his breath, a sixteen-year-old boy is actually quite cute to do this.

"You can't really go to those two places. Okay, okay, I'll give you five hundred taels of gold, that's enough, right? "Xiao Qi was bleeding profusely.

Xiao Lingyan hesitated for a moment, then quickly nodded: "That's okay." I'll go to the Ministry of Works. ”