"Father, it's the son-in-law who is abrupt." Tuoba Qi began to explain: "There is nothing wrong with fighting, but there is nothing wrong with benevolence and righteousness. Father, war will cause many people to lose their lives, but if there is no war, there will be no Great Qin today, and there will be no stronger Great Qin tomorrow, so Erchen understands the necessity of war...... Moreover, if you blindly pursue benevolence and righteousness, you will become a weak and benevolent queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, which is not necessarily desirable. The idea of the retainers was that if they used benevolence and righteousness at the same time as the battle, the results would be better. ”

Takuma Hong's expression gradually became calm. He beckoned, wordlessly instructed the chamberlain to bring over the silk of the state seal and the holy oracle, and said to the six princes: "Go on." ”

"Benevolence and righteousness can only win people's hearts, and if you want to get the land and the city, you have to rely on conquest, and these ministers understand it." The sixth prince began to relax: "Father, now the war costs a huge amount of money, and the people's taxes are rising every year, and they are miserable. The retainers thought that in order to avoid arousing the anger of the people, the emperor could issue an order to postpone the fighting, recuperate, and wait until the country was healthy before going to war. Moreover, we can allow the Huns, Xia people, and Goryeo people to intermarry with the Han people, and we don't have to call them barbarians. All the captured cities can allow the people in them to be included in our Han people's 'concubines', and treat them equally, instead of treating them as slaves or ordering them to pay heavier taxes. The Xiongnu were located in the bitter cold, and it was precisely because the people did not have enough to eat that they came to attack the Qin State. The father and emperor could issue a soup soup on the border of the battle line to encourage the people of the Xiongnu to surrender to Qin. Such practices, after a long time, the people of the Xiongnu and Xia Kingdom will be grateful for the heavenly grace of their fathers, isn't it a soldier who surrenders without a fight? ”

In the end, Tuoba Qi scratched his head and said with a blush: "Erchen didn't want to and didn't dare to say this. But because he had to say something different from the three imperial brothers, the son made this decision. ”

Tuoba Hong didn't say a word. After a while, he personally stamped the seal on the holy decree, ordered the Ministry of Rites to read the holy decree, and turned around and walked away.

On April 26, the thirteenth year of Qianwu, the six princes were established as the East Palace.

After the dust settled on the dispute between the princes, the former dynasty did not have the fierce opposition as expected. The five princes' henchmen also gradually disappeared, and they did not dare to speak out.

Because - now in the DPRK and China, there is one more thing that is as important as Lichu, that is, the war in the northwest.

The courtiers who were divided into two factions for the sake of war and quarreled were no less than those who fought for the throne.

The "benevolence and righteousness" mentioned by Tuoba Qi is of course right to the appetite of those lords and factions. However, he did not completely reject the conquest, and proposed to surrender without a fight, which did not infringe on the interests of the main fighting faction.

And the main battle faction listened to the proposal of the six princes, and they all felt that it was reasonable. Many of his generals were prepared to heed his advice and induce them to surrender by being kind to the people of the enemy country.

So much of the courtiers began to recognize the position of the six princes in the East Palace. There are still some people who stubbornly support the five princes, and after the holy decree was issued, they wrote an excerpt to play the Jianzhang Palace, but they were all beaten back by Tuoba Hong.

Above the court, Tuoba Hong refuted all the excerpts that asked him to reconsider the candidates for the East Palace, and stood very firmly on the side of the six princes. However, when he returned to the harem, he was deeply unhappy in his heart, and he did not summon the six princes for a few days, let alone go to visit Lin Yuan in the Yuzhao Palace.

The sixth prince is extremely smart, and the words he said in the palace test are by no means what a four-year-old child should have. Although the five princes worked hard and achieved success, they were difficult to reach compared with the six princes. The emperor was well aware of this.

He was shocked by the brilliance of the Six Princes. With Zhuyu in front, he will never settle for the next best thing and choose the inferior five princes.

However, I have to admit that the six princes have different political views from him.

If the six princes inherit the throne, he will definitely not follow his own old path to build this empire. He will have a new vision, and the future of the Qin State will be completely different from his original ideals.

Takubahiro felt distressed by this. He very much did not like to hear the voice of rebuttal, and even more did not want to see the future of the Qin State deviate from his vision. Suspend the conquest and recuperate? No, what he wants is this world. The battle must not stop!

So for most of the month, he stayed in Changxin Palace, and Shangguan Li raised his eyebrows with the two of them, and did not ask about the East Palace. It wasn't until May 15, Empress Shangguan's Qianqiu Festival, that all the imperial concubines and princes attended one after another, and he saw the six princes, the current crown prince.

The crown prince's uniform system is different from that of the princes, with a four-clawed dragon embroidered on his chest, and the seat is also ranked first, which is the right seat next to the emperor. Empress Shangguan's birthday was held with great momentum, and Tuoba Hong was accompanying the queen during the banquet, and the two of them laughed and laughed, but they didn't pay attention to others. In the end, when the feast was dispersed, Tuoba Hong was slightly drunk, beckoned to the prince and said, "Prince, accompany your father to Yuzhao Palace to see your mother." ”

Everyone's expressions were different, and the more daring ones snickered at Queen Shangguan. The queen sat speechless.

Tuoba Hong still went to Yuzhao Palace with the crown prince. Different from the worries in her heart, Lin Yuan wore a rose and purple brocade Luo dress, pursed rouge on her lips, and sat quietly in front of the dressing table staring at the emperor who entered the door.

"Yuan'er!" Tuoba Hiroshi was a little surprised: "How are you doing?" Are you feeling better......"

"The concubine is very good." Lin Yuan's voice was hoarse, and the water in her eyes had already dried up: "Isn't today the queen's Qianqiu Festival?" The concubine wanted to go......"

Then a violent dry cough began.

Tuoba Hong hurriedly ran over and patted her on the back: "Why do you want to get up and make up today?" The imperial doctor said, you are poisonous, and you are not good at using rouge......"

"Women are those who please themselves." She closed her eyes: "I don't know when the emperor will come, the concubines will dress up every day and sit here waiting for the emperor." ”

"Yuan'er, I'm sorry, I should have come to see you earlier." Tuoba Hong was full of pity. His daughter-in-law didn't have much to live with, and he suddenly realized that he couldn't afford to waste a penny.

After this day, the emperor visited Concubine Hui in Yuzhao Palace as usual, and also called the prince to be the regent of the dynasty from time to time. Lin Yuan is a terminally ill person, so he is naturally tolerant and merciful. It's just that he is no longer as gentle with the prince as before.

The prince studied in the five institutes of Qianxi in the morning, and rode and shot in the afternoon, if the prince and the doctors reported to the emperor a little difference in the prince's studies, the emperor would be angry and loudly reprimanded the prince in the Jianzhang Palace.

Tuoba Qi no longer dared to pester her father as usual.

On May 20, the emperor canonized the prince's biological mother, Lin, as one of the four concubines.

On the same day, he issued a decree again, sealing the five princes as the king of Wu, and the biological mother of the five princes, Ye Shi, as a noble concubine.

Lin Yuan was carried into the temple by a sedan chair, Tuoba Hong was busy with political affairs, and only the prince was by his side. After returning to the palace, she was so tired that her bones fell apart, and she weakly pulled Tuoba Qi's hand and said, "Qiqi, you can't take it lightly...... You see, your father did not give up on the five princes. If he finds that the five princes are more suitable in the future, there is also a precedent for changing the East Palace. ”

According to the law, the prince's biological mother wants to be crowned a concubine, and with Lin Yuan's former favor, she can be crowned a concubine, but the emperor only gave the position of "concubine".

Moreover, on the same day, the emperor crowned the five princes King Wu, gave them a fief, and gave Ye's face.

"Mother, I know." Tuoba Qi is still a small and soft ball, and the heavy Donggong uniform feels a little clumsy on his body. He raised a small pink face: "Fifth brother is a very capable person. ”

"When you said those words in the court, you touched the scales, which made the emperor dislike our mother and son." Lin Yuan sighed and said, "Qiqi, I told you a long time ago that you can't take risks like that. ”

"It's okay, it's me who did the East Palace instead of the fifth brother." Tuoba Qi took a plate of preserved fruits to eat: "That day in the palace test, Liu Zi'an and a group of fools wanted to use small tricks to trick me, and poured ink into the bag? It's so shallow! It's just what I'm putting to use. ”

A little radish head who was less than five years old frowned and said that people were shallow, and Lin Yuan wanted to laugh when he saw it. She immediately rubbed Kiki's forehead hair and smiled, "My Kiki has grown up." But don't be too happy, you explain that it is because you have to come up with different opinions from the three imperial brothers, so you put forward 'benevolence and righteousness are the most important'. Do you think your father can excuse you for your offense with this explanation? ”

Lin Yuan knew very well in her heart that she was the emperor's concubine and Tuoba Qi was the emperor's son, but apart from family affection, both of them were the emperor's courtiers.

The courtier's refutation of the emperor was in itself an offense.

Tuoba Qi pursed his lips and said, "Of course not, my father doesn't like me anymore...... He just saw me as a prince, not his son. But so what? The officials of the DPRK and China believed my explanation, and my father and emperor forgave me on the surface, and that was enough. ”

"I had a different idea about the war in the Northwest than my father. Since I want to be the crown prince, one day I have to do what I envision, and I will say those words sooner or later. ”

After listening to him, Lin Yuan calmly untied his hair belt and said softly, "Prince, be careful in everything." ”

"Mother," Tuoba Qi climbed onto the bed as before, but he didn't dare to pounce on Lin Yuan. He stared at Lin Yuan's eyes and said, "Mother, will your illness definitely get better?" ”

Lin Yuan just smiled: "I told you a long time ago, my mother has a way." When did my mother lie to you? ”

Tuoba Qi let out an "oh", nodded and said, "Yes, my mother is always very capable." ”

"You should worry more about yourself than your mother." Lin Yuan smiled and said to him: "If you want to do anything in the future, don't forget to discuss with the right prime minister in advance, in addition, Jingzhao Yin Liu Changwen, Huaiyang Prefect Feng Qingming, Yushi Li Yiran, etc. are all our people-Niang has been in business for many years, and now, these powers should be handed over to you." ”

***

The happy event that the father and son were established as the East Palace and the concubine himself was promoted did not bring Lin Yuan the blessing of joy. Her body deteriorated day by day.

This time he was really critically ill, but it wasn't the last time he bluffed.

When the Yuzhao Palace was in turmoil, Zhang Guiren of Huayang Palace was pregnant. Concubine Jing, the lord of Huayang Palace, happily reported the matter to the emperor, and Tuoba Hong was overjoyed, and went to Huayang Palace every day to accompany Zhang Guiren, so he didn't have much time to visit Yuzhao Palace.

This Zhang Guiren is the new concubine who entered the palace in the twelfth year of Qianwu. In Huayang Palace, singing and dancing rose every day, and Zhang Guiren was soon canonized as a good lady by leapfrogging.

Zhang Liangyuan is simply a buried pearl, she was born very beautiful, not much better than Lin Yuan. has been in the palace for more than a year, and has been pressed by Concubine Jing, but she has always fallen out of favor. Later, late one night, the emperor had a half-night banquet with the queen in the Changxin Palace, came out to rush back, and saw her in a flower garden, and was lucky. Because it was night, the emperor was drunk again, and he didn't remember her much after he was lucky.

Zhang Liangyuan won the lottery once, and then was not noticed by Concubine Jing until she showed her pregnancy.

Concubine Jing rolled her eyes and decided not to suppress her, but to start praising her.

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