King Ning Song Cheng should be regarded as an outlier of the entire Song clan, and he has been different since he was a child.

Most of the children of the Song family do not love the country and love the beauty...... Oh, no, it's a love of freedom, and I don't want to be bound by the throne to run to my own pace, and I don't want to be restrained by those red tape and rules, so I thought of all kinds of excuses and ways to stay away from Xijing and the palace.

But King Ning is very different, since the day of enlightenment, he has shown his intelligence beyond ordinary people, showing that he is completely different from his brothers and clansmen. Those Confucians who are responsible for teaching the knowledge of the princes and the children of the clan may be a little dissatisfied with other princes and children of the clan, but they have always praised King Ning.

The only regret is that King Ning is congenitally weak and does not seem to be so good in martial arts, but he is familiar with the art of war, and he is willing to talk to the generals who lead the troops, and even put a sand table in his dormitory to review every battle. If he loses this battle, he will analyze why he lost, where he lost, and how to deal with it better next time he encounters such a situation. If this battle is won, it will also figure out what is stronger than the enemy's army, what are the shortcomings, and what needs to be improved.

Although this approach is basically similar to talking on paper, it has also earned King Ning a good reputation for being down-to-earth and willing to learn and not ashamed to ask questions.

As soon as King Ning's sixteen-year-old birthday passed, he left the palace to open a palace and build a government, and the first emperor loved this younger brother very much, directly canonized the prince, and arranged for him to study in the Ministry of Rites.

At that time, the first emperor had not been on the throne for a few years, and the situation in the country was quite stable, there were no particularly major natural disasters**, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. However, the situation at the border passes is not very optimistic, and the people at the border passes are in constant fear due to repeated foreign invasions.

King Ning originally wanted to go to the military department to do his part, although he couldn't really go to the border to fight like many brothers, he could also help make some plans or something. But he didn't expect to be directly arranged by the imperial brother to go to the most leisurely Ministry of Rites, to say that he was not lost in his heart, it was absolutely impossible.

But Jun didn't joke, since the holy decree had been issued, there was no possibility of changing it, no matter how unhappy King Ning was in his heart, he could only obediently go to the Ministry of Rites to report.

However, when he went to study in the Ministry of Rites, it was the time when the Queen Mother was in her prime, and the Ministry of Rites was busy with the ceremony.

As the youngest son of the Empress Dowager, King Ning was happy to offer a filial piety to his mother, so the little dissatisfaction with the arrangement of the first emperor was also eliminated with the holding of the ceremony.

Shen Cha listened to Song Jue's narration, and the confusion in his heart became deeper and deeper. She only knew King Ning's name before, never seen him, and never heard his story, because the people around her, such as her father and mother, Uncle Xue's uncle and aunt, her master, and Uncle Yan had never mentioned this prince, and the only thing she knew was that this beautiful and virtuous king finally ended up guarding the imperial tomb.

"This prince's actions have always been based on being a virtuous king, why did he start the idea of the throne again?" While Song Jue was drinking water to moisten his throat, Shen Cha raised the biggest question in his heart, "Or are these all his disguises, from the very beginning, his goal was the throne?" ”

"The human heart is not enough, and the snake swallows the elephant." Shen Haolin sneered, "Ambition is also cultivated step by step and slowly. ”

"Grandpa Guo is right, maybe he really wanted to be a virtuous king at the beginning, but as the power in his hands grows, his ambitions will also increase." Bai Meng sighed, "My grandfather once said that if he kept to himself, he would definitely be able to leave a name in history." It's a pity ......"

"In my impression, this little imperial uncle treats people very generously and has a very good temper, even if others oppose him and point his nose at him in front of him, he will not be angry. The smile on his face seemed to be natural, forever on his face, and would never disappear. Song Jue put down the cup in his hand, "It is precisely because of this that people will unconsciously become close to him, and they will not be defensive against him." ”

"But no one could have imagined what ambition lies behind his smile."

"That's the way it is, a lot of people are deceived by his appearance." Song Jue smiled bitterly, "I remember when he was arrested, I cried fiercely." Uncle Xiao Huang has always been very good to me, and every time my father and mother want to beat me, he protects me. ”

"No, he's the one who runs out to cover us every time." Bai Meng was also very emotional, "How good it would be if there were no ghosts!" ”

"Far away!" Song Jue waved his hand, no longer mentioning the past events that made him sad, and continued with the previous narration, "The Imperial Grandmother's Thousand Autumn Festival was very successful, and he completed it beautifully in the first mission. In particular, the household department later said that it was the one with the least overhead but the best effect. ”

Shen Cha touched her stomach, and she didn't know why, she suddenly didn't feel hungry, she pushed the porridge bowl in front of her to Shen Haolin, and turned her head to look at Song Jue, whose expression was not too good.

"That is, there is no extravagance and waste, but the most perfect effect is achieved."

"That's right." Song Jue nodded lightly, "With a good start, his later errands are getting better and better, and his prestige in the hearts of the people is getting higher and higher, the ministers have high expectations for him, and the people are also very supportive of this virtuous king." Compared with other clan children, including me, he is really a perfect and excellent candidate for the throne, and there are even ministers who are faintly looking forward to the day when he will inherit his father's throne. Although I was still young at the time, I had seen the scene of King Ning's mansion, and there were many people who wanted to invest in him, and many ministers in the court supported him to become the emperor's younger brother, and even they wrote to his father, asking King Li Ning to be the crown prince. ”

"I also remember this, the first emperor also deliberately found Xungui and his clan relatives and asked for their opinions, but ......" Bai Meng shook his head slightly, "They all expressed their disapproval. The first emperor did not have no heirs, so why did he appoint his younger brother as the crown prince? The most important point is that the Empress Dowager did not agree, and even before her death, she forced the first emperor to promise that she would not establish King Ning as the crown prince. ”

"The wish of the imperial grandmother is to hope that the little imperial uncle will become a generation of virtuous kings and leave a name in history, instead of trampling his sons and nephews on the throne and being pointed at by future generations." Song Jue sighed, "Grandmother Huang is a person who understands, but Uncle Xiao Huang didn't listen to him. ”

"Did the first emperor guard against King Ning from the beginning?" Glancing at Song Jinyu, Song Qiyun and Ying Thirteen, who came over and sat down silently to listen to the story, Shen Cha continued to ask, "Has he always distrusted King Ning?" ”

"Of course not, my father still believed in Uncle Xiao Huang at first. To really start guarding against him, according to his father, it should be when he is twenty years old. Taking the beef tongue cake handed to him by Song Qiyun, Song Jue took a bite, "At that time, Uncle Xiaohuang was in charge of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, and occasionally went to do some errands for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry. ”

"Tobe?" Shen Chayi frowned, "Holding the treasury of Great Xia?" If he wanted to do something, wouldn't it be easy to do it? ”

"It was because of this that there was a problem, and the good things he did behind his father's back were shaken off one by one." Song Jue glanced at the beef tongue cake in his hand with disgust and threw it into the plate, "I don't know what the specific situation is, I only know that the little emperor uncle treats the treasury as the private treasury of the palace, and this alone is enough for my father to be furious." ”

"Not long after the case of King Ning's greed for ink broke out, someone immediately accused him of raising private soldiers. In fact, it is normal to raise government soldiers in the prince's mansion, but the number and regulation of the government soldiers in the Ning Wangfu have exceeded too much, and even the weapons used by these government soldiers are much better than those of the forbidden army and patrol battalion. At that time, some people questioned what King Ning planned to do with so many elite soldiers? Bai Meng looked down at the teacup in his hand, "The first emperor ordered Dali Temple and the Criminal Department to strictly investigate the case of King Ning, and as a result, the case of the Ministry of Industry reforming weapons for King Ning's mansion was pulled out, as if there is still a matter of the Ministry of War, but I don't know exactly what happened, these are also from the first emperor and grandpa." ”

"King Ning's East Window Incident, was he demoted to a concubine and punished to guard the imperial mausoleum?"

"It's not!" Song Jue shook his head gently, "My father still cares very much and feels very sorry for this younger brother who is more than twenty years younger than him, even if he made a big mistake, but he has made a lot of great contributions before, plus their brother's relationship is indeed very good, so it is just that the prince changed to the king of the county and imprisoned him in King Ning's mansion." But ......"

"He didn't remember brotherhood and didn't repent, and he actually sent a dead man to assassinate the emperor."