On the eighth day of the ninth lunar month, the yellow calendar shows that everything is suitable and it is a good day.

Looking at the rising sun, Lao Fu nodded, threw the "Book of Time Xian" to his wife, and ordered the sedan chair to go to the Zongren Mansion.

The primary election venue of the hat king is set in the Zongren Mansion, which is on the edge of the imperial city, located in the middle of the Honglu Temple and the Qin Tianjian, and is responsible for the clan roster of the nine clans of the Son of Heaven.

That is to say, as long as the name is entered into the file of the Zongren Mansion, that person who is born is a person who loves Xin Jueluo, and who dies is a ghost who loves Xin Jueluo.

At the same time, it also theoretically obtained the right to inherit the throne of the Qing Dynasty.

The number one commander of the Zongren Mansion, that is, the patriarch of the Aixin Jueluo clan, has been appointed as the prince of Heshuo since the day it was established, and the previous Zongren Mansion's order is Prince Jian Feng Neheng.

The first to be bewitched by rumors began to suspect the emperor's background, and then sent people to Haining to investigate secretly, and then it was this hat king who led the soldiers to the life of Qianlong under the fanning of the old rich, and his ancestor was Prince Zheng Jierharang at the beginning of the country.

It is also the only hat king in the Qing Dynasty who is not inherited by Taizu, but inherited by the Taizu brothers.

After Feng Neheng was executed, the post of Zongling was vacant for more than half a year, and in June, at the suggestion of Lao Fu, Prince Hongxiao of Heshuoyi took over the post of Zongling.

Hongxiao is Qianlong's uncle and brother, when the first emperor and the thirteenth master had a good relationship to wear a pair of pants, the thirteenth master died when the first emperor mourned, specially issued an edict: "My brother's son Hongxiao, the son of Fengyi, inherited from generation to generation, forever replaced." Whatever grace I inflict on my brother shall not be arbitrarily diminished by future generations. ”

In addition to letting Hongxiao inherit Prince Yi, he also named Hongxiao's brother Honghui as the king of Ningjun.

One door and two kings can not be described as unbridled.

However, after Qianlong ascended the throne, he was very close and distant from Prince Yi's lineage, and he was often beaten and intimidated, and he was only willing to take a break from Prince Yi.

It is said that Cao Xueqin, who wrote "The Stone Record" in the early years, had a close relationship with the Thirteenth Master's family, so Hongxiao's family copied the original version of the "Stone Record", but in order to avoid disaster, he did not dare to publish it in the Yifu bibliography, and only borrowed it privately.

His brother Hongjiao is similar to him, because of his closeness to Prince Zhuang Yunlu and Lijun Wang Honghui, he was almost not robbed of the prince of Ningjun by Qianlong.

Hit by this, and in order to avoid trouble, Hongjiao also hid at home like his younger brother and raised chrysanthemums for self-entertainment.

After his death, Qianlong did not let him go, and dragged it out to not give the inheritance of the king of Banning County.

When Jia Liu was working in Qianqingmen that day, Yongfu, who refused to call him his uncle, was Hongjiao's second son.

Therefore, when Fu Zhongtang proposed that he should take charge of the sect order, Hongxiao, who had not asked about the world for 30 years, did not hesitate to agree.

Without it, the brothers will be bitter for a long time!

Don't look at the position of the sect order, it looks like it's just an honor, but the clan has something to do, except for the emperor, the only thing that can command the whole clan is this sect order.

The reason why Prince Kang, Prince Zhuang, and King Pingjun were willing to listen to the call of Prince Jane Feng Neheng is here.

In order to gain the support of the hat king, the old rich issued an order in the name of Qianlong to inherit the title of Ningjun king, and at the same time signed the white flag to protect the commander.

In this way, everyone rejoices.

Prince Yi's family is completely on the side of the old rich.

Coupled with Prince Heng Honghui, Yujun Wang Lianghuan, Chunjun Wang Hongjing, and Jun Wang Mianxun, these princes who spontaneously held together, Lao Fu initially received two-thirds of the clan support.

This is also the confidence that he dared to convene a meeting of princes and ministers.

The successful convening of this meeting was not only a fatal blow to Qianlong's authority, but also a peak in his political career.

In the 100 years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, which minister can do what he did.

Therefore, the old rich attach special importance to this meeting of princes and ministers, and must not allow a little mistake.

This precludes him from hacking someone during the meeting.

Of course, it is also because the time is not right, in addition, although there are all kinds of unhappiness and various episodes between the two brothers, but at this stage, the two still have to support each other.

Although today is a primary election, a vote is required to determine the list of 25 candidates, so the princes and ministers who have the right to vote in Beijing and the governors who have recently entered Beijing must be present.

Originally, it was going to be set in the Ministry of Rites Huibunkan, but because the Huibunkan is a small place, it was changed to the Zongren Mansion.

In charge of the security of the venue, the guards of the Zhenghuang Banner and the imperial guards transferred from the palace were in charge of the orders of Prince An.

It was the old man who took the initiative to propose that Uncle Se be in charge of the security work, which could completely dispel the doubts of the six sons and disciples.

After all, the conversation in front of the city gate was not without reason.

Instead of making the devil suspicious, it is better to be generous and show him the style and mind of the rich brother.

The emperor himself will attend the meeting of the princes and ministers of the parliament held in the Qianqing Palace the day after tomorrow, and the meeting will still be presided over by the twelve elder brothers due to health reasons.

This decision, the old rich has already passed the anger with the Military Aircraft Department, the Sixth Department, and the princes.

It was unanimously approved, and everyone had no opinion on it.

To a certain extent, this is also the first time that Yonghui Xianyu has presided over national affairs as a "prince" since he turned over.

In order to let Yongxuan leave a good impression on the hundred officials, Lao Fu also specially wrote a speech for Yonghui to memorize and read, and then he could speak according to this draft.

I have to say that the rich dad is really well-intentioned.

Regarding the nomination of candidates, Lao Fu heard a lot of rumors, and the interested clans were drilling the camp, but he was disdainful of it.

Because no matter who these clans drill and how much money they are willing to spend, only five can win.

And these five, except for one Prince of England, the other four are all internal, and outsiders have no chance at all.

In order to strengthen the number of votes and avoid internal friction, the old rich man greeted the princes, that is, the nomination was unanimous.

The five people are still the original five, namely Prince Heng Honghui, Yujun Wang Lianghuan, and Jun Wang Mianxun, as well as Prince Ying Jiucheng and Prince Yu Xiuling.

Chunjun Wang Hongjing is not on the hereditary list, and the old rich promised that Hongjing could be promoted to prince next year, serving as the minister of prime minister's affairs, in charge of the examination office, the manufacturing office, and the three treasury of the household department.

That's a fat gap!

In this way, Hongjing reluctantly agreed not to compete for the hat king, and fully supported the old rich recommended candidates.

As long as Hongjing, the king of the county, does not come out to cause trouble, other people include Gushan Belle, Dorobelle, General Zhenguo, General Fengen, and the old rich don't care at all.

Because those people simply can't get enough votes.

However, he still instructed to nominate some clan children who seemed to be qualified but actually had no connections, after all, this vote for the hat king also had the purpose of uniting and appeasing the clan.

The Ministry of Rites has already seen the specific nominees Lao Fu, a total of 175 people, most of them are made up, and only 30 people are somewhat competitive, including the Eternal Forever, Andalshan, Shouling, Jiucheng, and Yongxin, who was nominated by the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.

Leer would like to nominate Yongxin entirely because of the factor of repaying his kindness, which Lao Fu knows very well, but he has no intention of supporting Yongxin, in addition to the fact that the number of hat kings should not be too many, it is also because the fourteenth master has always had a high prestige in the clan, so if Yongxin is elected as the hat king, there will be some demon moths.

As for the few people nominated by Devil Six, Lao Fu is sure that this kid must have received money from others, but except for ninety percent, the other three are unlikely to win the election, because he controls more votes than this kid.

When he thought of the devil six with a sad face, and reluctantly returned the money to others, the old man in the sedan chair actually "poofed" and was happy.

This time, it's not that he deliberately wants to make the sixth son ugly, it's really a competition of strength and conspiracy.

Your rich brother's strength in the capital is something that your six sons and virtuous brothers can never imagine.

was happy, the sedan chair slowly stopped, but it was the Zongren Mansion that arrived.

After straightening his hat and dusting off his robe, the old man slowly walked off the sedan chair, and a familiar figure in front of him immediately attracted him.

Which one is not the six sons?

"Higher, higher, hey, drag it to the east, yes, yes, hey, okay!"

Jia Liu's hand crossed his waist to talk to Lao Kui of the Ministry of Rites, and pointed up at the gate of the Zongren Mansion from time to time with the other hand, asking the staff to straighten the banner according to his requirements.

It was a red banner about 10 meters long, written in Manchu and Chinese languages - "Warmly celebrate the grand opening of the first meeting of the Ninth Council of Princes and Ministers." ”

It's the ninth.

Since the Council of Princes and Ministers, this is the ninth National Assembly held in the Qing Dynasty.

The last time it was held was in the 29th year of Kangxi, 82 years ago.

The reason for the convening of the National Assembly that year was that the emperor wanted to personally conquer Galdan.