Chapter 638: Princess Boryeong agrees to ascend the throne
Zhu Zhanji naturally wouldn't force her, so he gave two options.
It's just that in the face of these two options, Princess Boryeong doesn't know how to choose.
On the one hand, she never wanted to have anything to do with the Ming Dynasty, but on the other hand, her father was dead, if she didn't inherit the Li Dynasty, not only would the people be injured, but even the throne of her Li family would be gone.
Moreover, the Li Dynasty is also very likely to be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
So thinking of everything of this kind, Princess Boryeong had a new choice in her heart.
She can't give up this throne, even if it's just to be a puppet king, then she has to go up, otherwise it will give Daming a chance to slaughter the people.
So when she raised her head to look at Zhu Zhanji again, there was a touch of coldness in her eyes: "Your Royal Highness, since you let me choose, then I will inherit this throne, and if my Li Dynasty can compete for the shackles of your Ming Dynasty, then your Ming Dynasty will not allow you to attack the Li Dynasty with military force." ”
Zhu Zhanji smiled when he heard this: "Okay, a word is a certainty, this is something that you and I have set up, then it will not change." ”
Zhu Zhanji smiled, looked at Princess Baoning and said, "Then when do you plan to come out to inherit the throne?" ”
Princess Baoning looked at Zhu Zhanji and said, "It's up to you to decide, anyway, I'm just a puppet king." ”
Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but admire Princess Baoning's IQ, because she knew the gains and losses, and her EQ was very high.
Since it is up to Daming to call the shots, then Zhu Zhanji hopes that she will ascend the throne as soon as possible.
But the premise is that the people of the Li Dynasty can accept her as a queen, and the ministers of the Li Dynasty must also be able to accept it.
This is a prerequisite.
After all, in ancient society, it was still rare for a woman to rule a country, especially a country like the Li Dynasty, which called itself Little China.
If Zhu Zhanji wants to let Princess Boryeong ascend the throne, he must solve all the contradictions in between, otherwise, if Princess Boryeong is forcibly enthroned, it will inevitably cause domestic turmoil in the Li Dynasty.
So as long as Princess Boryeong agrees, then the next job is to persuade those ministers to convince the people of the Li Dynasty to see what the public opinion is.
Zhu Zhanji looked at Princess Baoning and said, "Then you wait, when I clear all the obstacles on your way to the throne, then you can directly ascend the throne." ”
After hearing this, Princess Boryeong nodded her head and only said one sentence silently: "Okay." ”
What does Zhu Zhan basically want to say to Princess Boryeong? But at this point, Zhu Zhanji felt that there was nothing to say, so he turned his head and walked towards the outside of the barracks.
Walking to the door of the barracks, he called out to the two soldiers guarding him and said: "From now on, you don't have to guard her anymore, if she escapes, then let her escape, if she doesn't escape, then you have to be entertained, three meals a day can't be missing, and you have meat at the meal, you know?" ”
The soldiers nodded their heads one after another, indicating that they understood.
Zhu Zhanji also smiled, and then left the barracks directly.
After he left the barracks, he did not return to the mansion to recuperate, but planned to gather the ministers of the Li Dynasty.
As for where to summon, it is, of course, the royal palace.
So Zhu Zhanji went straight to the palace, and when he arrived at the palace, the entire palace was empty, except for some eunuchs and palace maids walking, there was no trace of anyone, as for the royal family of the Li Dynasty, they were already dead and fled.
There are several soldiers around him who are guarding His Royal Highness Taisun, so Zhu Zhanji's identity is also about to come out.
When those eunuchs of the Li Dynasty saw Zhu Zhanji, they trembled with fright and hurriedly ran over to salute.
They knelt directly on the ground, buried their heads deep in the ground, did not dare to raise their heads at all, and shouted: "Meet the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, meet the grandson of the Ming Dynasty......"
Their posture was even lower than that of those eunuchs in the Ming Palace.
for they are the eunuchs of the dead country.
Zhu Zhanji glanced at the eunuchs, and then said, "Go and call all the ministers of your Li Dynasty, I have something important to announce." ”
Hearing this, the eunuchs nodded hurriedly, and then quickly began to spread the news outside, going door to door to knock on the doors of the ministers' mansions.
And Zhu Zhanji didn't worry too much, and directly after entering the palace, he waited in the place where Li Fangyuan once went to court.
This is an hour.
Of course, this time is fast enough, because the ministers of the Li Dynasty do not live in the palace, so it will take a lot of time to go back and forth.
It wasn't until an hour later that they hurried to arrive.
It is estimated that they gathered outside, and they couldn't figure out why Zhu Zhanji called them over, so they didn't dare to go in advance, for fear that they would be beheaded as soon as they entered.
After the ministers arrived, Zhu Zhanji looked at those hundred officials, and he smiled and said: "Ministers, I believe that you should all be smart, the Li Dynasty is about to riot now, and we must help a new king to ascend the throne." ”
A new king ascends the throne?
The ministers suddenly knew what to expect.
As long as they didn't come to cut off their heads, they didn't come to kill their heads, then everything was fine, so their sweaty foreheads were relieved a lot.
But where will this new king go up to find it?
One of the ministers hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but stand up and look at Zhu Zhanji: "Dare to ask His Royal Highness, this new king, do you have a predetermined candidate?" ”
Zhu Zhanji said lightly: "I have already thought about it, your king only has the bloodline of Princess Baoning, so let Baoning ascend the throne, what do you think?" ”
As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the ministers present changed drastically.
They had not heard of the precedent of a woman being king, and they did not dare to say yes, because if they did, they would support a woman as king, and wouldn't that be a violation of the rules?
For a while, all the ministers present didn't dare to speak, they actually wanted to resist in their hearts, but this is what His Royal Highness Taisun said, what do they use to resist, take their heads?
So they can only express themselves in silence.
Zhu Zhanji smiled faintly, looked at the group of ministers, and said in a deep voice: "Since you have stopped talking, then I will assume that you are acquiescing." ”
In the end, there was still a minister who couldn't hold back, he looked at Zhu Zhanji and said: "Your Royal Highness, there has been no woman on the throne since ancient times, can you change it?" It's okay to be anyone. ”
Zhu Zhanji glanced at him, and then said lightly: "Since you say so, then who should you change?" Would you like to give me an idea? ”
"Princess Boryeong is Li Fangyuan's closest bloodline, besides, who else can you let come?"
The minister was stunned.
Zhu Zhanji said in a deep voice: "Since there is no article in the law of your Li Dynasty that a woman can ascend the throne, then add it now." ”