Before the pen was sealed on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the fourth master summoned the princes and ministers to discuss the matter in the Taihe Palace.

In fact, long before going to Yongshou Palace, he had a candidate in his heart.

After asking the queen, his mind has not changed.

It's just that after a few days of thinking, I came up with a foolproof solution.

And, in order not to let others think that the queen is a hindrance.

He delayed the announcement until the end of the year.

At this moment, he sat on the golden carved dragon wooden chair at the top

The five-clawed golden dragon on the dragon robe made him look noble and majestic.

He looked down at the officials and said majestically: "Regarding the matter of establishing the prince, I have already had a result, and I want to discuss it with you." ”

As soon as these words came out, the officials who had been urging the fourth master were overjoyed.

But Nian Qianyao was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, my brother is still young, will it be too early to establish a prince now." ”

"It's better for you to tell me when to set up a reserve." The fourth master said lightly.

Although his tone is indifferent, it gives people a sense of "I don't say it, you can talk about it".

Nian Qianyao is reckless, but he is not stupid.

After hearing the sharpness of the fourth master's words, he stepped back and said flexibly: "The emperor is wise, your decision must be right." I'm just a minion, where do I know this. ”

Seeing this, some people who were not used to looking at Nian Qianyao threw a look of disdain at him.

Seeing that Nian Qianyao was soft, the fourth master continued: "Regarding the prince, I already have a clear candidate in my heart. But in order to prevent the crown prince from being exposed early and becoming the target of public criticism, I plan to write down the heir to the throne and put it behind the plaque of "Zhengda Guangming" in the Qianqing Palace, and set up a prince privately. ”

For a time, civil and military officials were in an uproar.

I wanted to know who the prince was, so I could hug my thighs in advance.

Now that they are secretly established, it has nothing to do with them.

They waited so long without any direction or purpose.

As a result, the officials were divided into two factions at once.

On the one hand, there are some voices of approval.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that your method is particularly good. In this way, the foundation of the country has been determined, the hearts of the people are united, and there will be no turmoil. ”

"Yes, in this way, it is no different from the public establishment of the crown prince, but because there is no formal ceremony for the establishment of the prince, everyone does not know who it is, which avoids the premature division of imperial power and the situation of forming a party for personal gain."

"The emperor is wise, even if he finds that the prince is not suitable at that time, even if he changes at any time, it will not have much impact on the court."

The slave also thought that this method of establishing a reserve was good. In this way, the selectivity of the prince is strong, there is no restriction on the concubine, and there is also the meaning of electing the monarch to be elected as a virtuous person, which is better than the system of only appointing the eldest son, and it is also better than the Ming prince, which can better protect the future prince. ”

Of course, there is another point that they did not dare to say.

That is to establish a prince secretly, and there will be no conflict between the emperor and the prince.

The prince and the hundred officials didn't know who it was, and there was no target for the party, let alone a target for attack.

There will be no premature formation of parties for personal gain, and the royal family will not be fratricidal.

Emperor Kangxi and the former crown prince, aren't they just one mountain that cannot tolerate two tigers, and there was a conflict.

At the same time, the prince and the crown prince can still be allowed to enter politics, without losing the Manchurian tradition.

Moreover, even if it is found that the prince is not suitable and he chooses again, it will not cause heavy losses and too much resistance to the imperial court because the officials assisted the prince too early.

Because at that time, the prince's henchmen were already plump.

The secret reserve is different, no one knows, and they can change it if they want to.

In this way, it not only establishes reserves, but avoids the disadvantages of early storage.

Seeing that most of the people agreed, the fourth master bowed slightly, slightly relieved.

He just learned the lesson of the imperial examination, and he didn't want the emperor's heirs to follow the old path of himself and his brothers.

Since he was a teenager, he has been accustomed to seeing his brothers fighting openly and secretly, and he knows that he is also deeply affected by them.

Since he ascended the throne, he has also been able to better understand the danger to the imperial power of exposing the crown prince to the world early.

So these days, he synthesized his own ideas through the method of establishing a reserve through his ancestors.

The matter of Lichu cannot be avoided.

Standing or not standing, there are pros and cons.

It is also not possible to copy the elder system.

Only secret storage is the best and most compromise method.

In this way, everyone, including the prince, doesn't know who the prince is, only he knows.

However, no matter how good the method is, it is impossible to satisfy everyone.

In addition to these who are in favor, there are also some people who are opposed.

"Your Majesty, the minions think that this method is not feasible, everyone doesn't even know the future prince, how can they assist the prince"

"The purpose of establishing the reserve is to let everyone know that the prince will be cultivated as soon as possible. Otherwise, in the end, the prince is not good enough, which is also a danger to the Qing Dynasty. ”

Hearing the voice of opposition, Nian Qianyao was overjoyed.

He finally didn't have to fight against the emperor alone.

He pulled his lips and followed into the opposing faction, "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that either he should not establish a prince, and if he wants to establish a prince, it is better to tell everyone clearly." ”

Anyway, he didn't want the emperor to become a prince in the first place.

His sister Yu Guifei is still recuperating her body.

or wait for Concubine Yu to give birth to an heir before establishing.

Otherwise, he will announce the prince, and he will see who is cheaper

Thinking of this, a glint of gloom flashed in Nian Qianyao's eyes.

At this time, before the fourth master could speak, a rather high-minded official shouted at Nian Qianyao: "General Nian, don't think I don't know, you want to wait for Concubine Yu to give birth to the imperial heir before establishing a prince." ”

"When did I say that?" Nian Qianyao did not admit it.

But the other party said reluctantly: "But you don't want to think about it, just Concubine Yu's body, I'm afraid it has been tossed in the past few years." Whether you can conceive or not is a question. Not to mention that she lost three imperial heirs in a row, even if she was pregnant, she couldn't give birth to it, and she couldn't support it. ”

Nian Qianyao's mind was punctured, and his sister was belittled like this, so he was naturally so angry that his eyes were angry.

He raised his feet and walked towards the official, looking like, "Don't stop me, if I don't cut him to death here today, I won't be surnamed Nian."

But this is the imperial court, and those officials must have stopped him prominently.

Nian Qianyao was angry.

However, the official was already very high-minded, and he was not afraid of things at all.

Unexpectedly, he was not afraid of death and said disdainfully at Nian Qianyao: "If your Nian family does not give birth to an imperial heir, the imperial heir will never be a prince." General Nian, I advise you, this Qing Dynasty does not revolve around your Nian family, since your own family is not good, give the opportunity to others and see others. ”

These officials are not afraid of death.

Even if you put a knife on his neck, you still have to risk death to admonish.

They are not even afraid of the emperor, and the empress dares to impeach.