Chapter 27: The Succession (3)
A few days later, Prime Minister Zuo was crowned as a Taifu. %D7%CF%D3%C4%B8%F3
Didn't cause any waves. This is a matter that has been settled a long time ago, the first queen died, and the emperor added the queen's mother family according to the custom.
However, the aftermath of this is yet to come. In the blink of an eye, in April, Prime Minister Zuo, who had already released rumors to "beg for bones", was still standing in the court hall in the Jinluan Palace day by day, and he was still sitting firmly in his prime minister's seat. The matter of whether Prime Minister Zuo wants to resign and return to his hometown has set off a storm in the previous dynasty more violently than the delay in the harem.
Once Prime Minister Zuo resigns, not only will the Xiao family lose their backbone, but all the courtiers who follow Prime Minister Xiao in the same year, the same year, close friends, etc., will all be unlucky. It is inevitable that the DPRK and China will form a party, and even the emperor can't stop it, how many people have been raised by Prime Minister Zuo in recent years, how many people have called for wind and rain at the beginning, and how depressed they will be in the future. All their positions and powers will be taken away from them, and those who used to be sideways or political enemies will wait for this day to replace them.
The end of a prime minister brought about a big change of blood in half of the court.
As early as when this rumor came out, many careerists had already heard the wind and moved to squeeze out the party of Prime Minister Zuo openly and secretly.
But now......
Prime Minister Zuo is not leaving?
Didn't I hear that because of your advanced age, you have angina and are suffering from angina every day, so you can't continue to serve your country? It's good so soon?
The courtiers who were pit with a bloody face roared in their hearts.
In the end, the right prime minister couldn't get used to it, and asked in public, "Is the angina of the prince better?" ”
Prime Minister Zuo smiled and said, "To take your good words, this disease is not very serious...... It seems that the heavens want the old man to do his best and be loyal to the emperor......"
The right prime minister's face was blank, he didn't look at the left prime minister, he just looked at the emperor at the top of the head.
Tuoba Hong yawned: "Prime Minister Zuo's loyalty can be learned......"
The right prime minister and a large number of courtiers behind him almost fainted.
You must know that the rumor of Prime Minister Zuo's resignation did not come out plainly, it was the emperor who made a few ambiguous remarks a few months ago.
Today, he actually supported Xiao Lao Fox in public to continue to sit as his prime minister.
Tuoba Hong waved his hand as usual and dispersed, leaving the stunned courtiers behind.
After Tuoba Hong returned to the palace, he went to Changle Palace and had lunch with the Queen Mother of the Buddha.
He casually said a few words about today's central and left prime ministers and the queen mother. The Queen Mother just smiled: "Now that you are fine, several relatives have been suppressed, and there is only one Prime Minister Zuo left-he is still honest, and he doesn't have much trouble." ”
"The queen mother thinks he's really honest?" Tuoba Hong sneered: "Yueyi left an emperor, he is naturally reluctant to resign." I promised him to let him continue to be the prime minister, and he still had to inch in, and wanted to send his young daughter into the palace......"
"Alright, didn't he compromise in the end?" The Queen Mother said a little relaxedly: "Our Tuoba family and the Xiao family get along like this, it's good." The Xiao family will never have a queen again, and there is no grandson of the prince. Where will they dare to offend your imperial power in the future? Prime Minister Zuo has been fighting with you all his life, and now Yueyi is dead...... You have to give the Xiao family the decency you deserve. ”
"I know." Takubahiro sighed almost inaudibly.
"Then the next thing, you really plan to ......" The Queen Mother wanted to speak and stopped: "Actually, Concubine Lijing is not impossible." ”
Tuoba Hong frowned: "Queen Mother! Concubine Wei, she is not worthy of being a queen in my heart. It is already a blessing for her to be Concubine Jing in peace and serve me forever. ”
The Queen Mother pursed her lips and said, "Is it true that people who are emperors are too picky?" In order not to set up Concubine Jing, you also sang and harmonized with Prime Minister Zuo, and under the guise of saying that the Huns wanted to send the emperor and his relatives...... In fact, the mourning family doesn't like Concubine Jing either, but making her the queen is the simplest and least troublesome way. The mourning family knows that her position in your heart is not even comparable to Hui Zhaoyuan, but the position of the queen is ...... You don't have to take it too seriously. ”
The Xiongnu and his relatives did have a problem, but the real purpose of Tuoba Hong's delay in establishing the queen was not for the Xiongnu, but only for the establishment of the future.
However, these two things can be used against each other, and it will also be beneficial to the war in the northwest.
In the eyes of the Queen Mother, Concubine Jing's father died early, and her mother's family was supported by Emperor Xinrong, so there would be no troubles from relatives. And Concubine Jing is also a child who can't keep her children.
A queen without children, and Queen Zhaorui back then, concocted the same way.
The Queen Mother is now old and more and more afraid of trouble. Although she also knew that Concubine Jing couldn't support the phoenix position.
Takubahiro is not as depressed as she is. He smiled lightly and said, "Queen Mother, don't worry about these things. I am still in the prime of life, and I don't want to be an unsatisfactory and passable queen. The most important thing is that the incompetence of her mother's family is a good thing for the harem, not a good thing for the entire Great Qin. And...... The queen mother thinks that Concubine Jing's maternal clan is weak, so it is suitable. But will she really be a peaceful woman? ”
The Queen Mother was slightly puzzled.
"Queen Mother, the Xiao family, in fact, you have seen it thoroughly." Tuoba Hong said: "Although what Prime Minister Xiao Cheng and Yueyi did was excessive, they did not cross my bottom line. Although the Xiao family is powerful, they are smart enough to be loyal to me at critical moments, so I don't hate them so much. And like Shen Shuren...... Even if it's not as powerful as the Xiao family, I can't tolerate it! ”
"Are you saying Webster will be as restless as Shen?" The Queen Mother laughed again.
"She's on the back burner." Tuoba Hiroshi looked unhappy.
"That's fine." The Queen Mother nodded and said: "No matter how we choose, the pros and cons are actually similar. Chen Xiu's words are good, the northwest front is the biggest thing, which is greater than the dispute between the left and right prime ministers, and the wrestling between the civil servants and the generals. You set up Concubine Jing, things are simple in the court, but Concubine Jing's mother's family can't help on the battlefield. welcomed that one back, and the hearts of the soldiers were reassured, no matter what the future troubles were, at least the Xia Kingdom and the Xiongnu should be defeated first. If you look closely, what we do is troublesome and beneficial. ”
The queen mother has been in power all her life, and she has always made similar calculations - at a critical juncture, when the war is raging or the throne is fighting, she will think of the benefits of those clans with great power, and dislike those who have no ability. When the matter is over and the battle is over, she is most disgusted with the original heroes and tries her best to suppress them.
Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge is worthy of being a drama that is staged every day in the royal family.
"And Mongolia." The corners of Tuoba Hong's lips raised a small smile: "I will eventually own the world." ”
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The collapse of Empress Zhaorui brought to the Great Qin royal family not the so-called sadness, but the excitement of the competition.
Even if the draft of the eleventh year of Qianwu was delayed due to the queen's funeral and could not be held as scheduled, the high-ranking officials and nobles of various families in Qin were more excited and eager than the draft. After the emperor delayed the establishment, this gave everyone an opportunity, not only the harem concubine Jing and others had been planning for that position for a long time and waiting for an opportunity, but all the officials who had daughters who had not left the cabinet couldn't help but set their eyes on the royal family.
Many people still secretly think that since the emperor has dragged on for such a long time, then ordinary officials who have one and three grades of their own take the opportunity to work hard, maybe they can really climb up? In the old practice, if the emperor was not in a hurry to determine the successor after the death of the original spouse, he was preparing to choose another noble girl to enter the palace, rather than picking people from the concubines' rooms.
However, rumors in the harem that Concubine Jing was established became louder and louder...... The emperor's favor for the Hehuan Hall has only increased, and in the past few days since April, Concubine Jing has been frequently recruited, and there is no "Concubine Jing falling out of favor" as some people speculate. The nobles in the capital listened to the news in the palace with their ears every day, and the hearts of the people were fluctuating and the world was uneasy.
In this increasingly frightening restlessness, Lin Yuan's life is clean.
The most anxious person in the palace is Concubine Jing, who is only one step away from that position, and now she is being pushed farther and farther, can you not be in a hurry. Lin Yuan is a broken jar type, no matter how the emperor thinks about it and when he is established, the person on the phoenix throne will not be himself.
The only purpose she had to work for was to prevent Concubine Jing from ascending to the throne.
Now this purpose has been achieved inexplicably and effortlessly. Although the voice of Concubine Jing in the palace is still very high, this kind of woman who has no real power in the maternal family wants to take the back position, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be. Waiting day by day, I don't know when the emperor can relax, and Concubine Jing's seizure of the throne will only become more and more difficult.
Lin Yuan felt relaxed.
Compared to Zhao Zhaoyi, who still had the idea of competing with Concubine Jing in her heart, Lin Yuan was the most self-aware and had no ambition for that position.
I wanted to do something, but then I decided not to move. She doesn't dare to stretch out her hand for the palace power now - not to mention that Concubine Jing is grasping the power more and more tightly in order to seize the throne, if she fights at this time, she can also be suspected of thinking about the phoenix position in the eyes of the emperor and the queen mother.
wanted to pester Tuoba Hong day and night, but the other party was so busy that he was too busy to give Concubine Jing the few days he had in the harem. Lin Yuan couldn't figure out what he was busy with, and he didn't dare to inquire casually.
There was an eerie calm in the turbulent harem. Concubine Jing was anxious, but she never dared to show it, and she was more cautious and gentle than before. The concubines couldn't guess the Sacred Heart, and they didn't dare to visit the Hehuan Hall rashly, but their respect for Concubine Jing was undiminished. At the same time, they also treat Zhao Zhaoyi and Lin Yuan with great respect.
The days were dull and quiet.
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