In the face of this situation, Zhu Houxi also has a difficulty: if he only refutes it himself, it is stubborn, self-serving, and unpopular.

Although the emperor claims to be a lonely man, if he wants to extend his power, how can he really be a loner? No one will listen to you and do what you will?

If you rush to the front in everything, where is the majesty? What's the mystery?

Zhu Houxi didn't have any other good way at this time, and it was impossible for Yuan Zonggao to argue with these people.

This matter is not purely reasonable, but a struggle for the right to speak.

He knew that the situation had evolved to the bottom line of these people's flexibility after this moment, so he would not let this matter fall into Yang Tinghe's rhythm, and said, "No need to ask like this." The situation now goes like this: you and me. You are the queen mother, civil and military officials, including my mother and concubine, and the subordinate officials of my palace; I, just me. Elder Yang Ge, you should ask me, do I want to? Now there are only two results: I ascend the throne, and I will succeed to the throne without succession; I don't ascend the throne, I go home. ”

Yang Tinghe froze there suddenly, his fingers trembling slightly.

He didn't expect that this heir's attitude would be so tough that he would be able to ignore the attitude of hundreds of officials.

This is real disregard: you don't agree, I don't care. If you want me to ascend the throne, listen to me.

How self-exclusive?

Unexpectedly, Zhu Houxi then said: "I will not change my mind because there are more or less people who oppose me at this moment, this is not only because I do not want to succeed to the heir, but also because I don't want the courtiers to be divided into two factions because of the support and opposition of this issue after ascending the throne." ”

Yang Tinghe said angrily: "Since Your Highness has such concerns, why do you insist on doing so, knowing that there will be a lot of discussion about only succeeding to the throne and not succeeding the heir? ”

"It's very simple, the one who gave birth to me and raised me, and so do my parents. Of course, this is a big position, both a family affair and a state affair, and I know there will be arguments. But this time it was a special case, and the matter would have had its own reasoning. What is the benefit of the country in the endless disputes? ”

"In this case, His Royal Highness should focus on the overall situation......" Yang Tinghe said excitedly, with tears in his eyes, explaining how much harm it would be to only succeed to the throne and not to succeed the heir.

Zhu Houxi frowned.

At the beginning, they were still emotionally concerned about the strength of Yang Tinghe and others, but the words were so clear, although they obviously disagreed, they were still able to take a bitter persuasion.

Zhu Houxi had a new understanding of the imperial authority that had been ingrained in so many dynasties.

“…… Your Highness, those who sacrifice the near and seek the far will work in vain; Those who sacrifice the distance to seek the near will have an end in their lives. Even if the new monarch succeeds to the throne for many years, he still needs to amnesty the world to win the hearts of the people and reward his subordinates for meritorious deeds, not to mention this special example? Succession and reunification is the right way. However, His Royal Highness released the edict, thanked him, and found another way, in the eyes of the minister, it is to give up the near and seek the far! ”

Yang Tinghe looked at him expectantly after saying this, but Zhu Houxi laughed, this is more or less an adult model that talks about pros and cons.

To put it bluntly, succession is the simplest and most effective way to eliminate hidden dangers, and it has an obvious effect on national stability. As for the disadvantages, it is nothing more than Zhu Houxi who carries it alone: he only recognizes the position and does not recognize the reputation of his biological parents, and he is bound by many concerns when he is a fledgling, and he recognizes the convention formed by the more clever strategy proposed by the cabinet ministers......

He said curiously: "Okay, just think I'm deliberately misinterpreting the edict!" Think I'm the one who created the problem! For the existing problems, the solution you came up with was to make me back down? That's right, for the country, this is the easiest, easy and final, and the problem is solved. But is the problem really me doing nothing? Blame me for it? ”

Yang Tinghe's face changed.

Zhu Houxi didn't wait for him to open his mouth and continued: "The imperial uncle didn't let me succeed before he died, and the imperial brother didn't let me succeed before he left. I am the prince first, and then the prince, at what moment is my identity the heir of the filial piety temple? ”

"You didn't ask my opinion before you elected me, and without the will of the heir, you directly drafted an edict for me to ascend the throne, and the edict clearly wrote the identity of my eldest son as the eldest son of the king! At this point, I have raised the problem, and you just want me to change my mind and pretend that all the above process and expression problems do not exist! ”

"Yesterday and today, you said so much. Which one, which time, sincerely said that this matter was not done well, and it was done wrong?! only cares about admonishing me, but one of them bows his head and admits his mistakes? Zhu Houxi looked at Mao Cheng, Liang Chu, and Yang Tinghe, "I have so many difficulties and so many hidden dangers, and you are always worried!" But the courtiers have been trying to reluctantly smear it in the most worry-free and risk-free way, pretending that nothing is going on and the world is peaceful? ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Tinghe's face changed sharply.

Cui Yuan has been silently watching.

At the level of Xu Guangzuo and Zhang Heling, they may only be able to keep trying their best to follow and think about the meaning expressed by the words of Heijun and Yang Tinghe.

But Cui Yuan knew that this first meeting between the two would determine the tone of the next few years and even the new dynasty.

Yang Tinghe's bitter heart and the fact that the heir has arrived outside the city gate all prove one point: the heir cannot be abolished, and the ascension to the throne is inevitable.

Because he is a gentleman, Yang Tinghe can only persuade.

Yang Tinghe wanted to persuade with the attitude of a hundred officials, but Heijun didn't accept it at all: You have to do this if you don't support it.

He's asking for a voice.

Bow your head and be truly surrendered.

If you admit your mistakes, where is the qualification to speak?

Even if it is true that the succession is a safer way for the country, the accusations of the paste-pasteer are too damning.

The weight of murder after this sentence is simply terrifying.

Cui Yuan felt that the words were not thoroughly explained, and it was too terrible to say them thoroughly.

What is the source of the problem? Is it really the interpretation of the heijun's melody?

No, it is the lack of the succession process, the expression of the edict, and the formulation of the etiquette from the welcome to the palace.

At the time of the death of the filial piety temple, the heir had not yet been born; When Emperor Zhengde died, the heir was still the prince of the clan; When the edict arrived, he was the prince who attacked the prince of Xingxian; When he arrived in Liangxiang and saw the palace ceremony, he was the heir.

But suddenly there was an additional identity as a crown prince, without going through the formalities of heirs, and without canonization!

Why didn't many people think it was wrong before?

The only people who know the news are the cabinet ministers and the people of the Fengying group; In order to ensure the peace of the transition, there is only one edict issued in the world.

Hundreds of officials and people, how do they know if the heir has completed the procedures in the Ministry of Rites and the Zongren Mansion, and where do they know if he is the identity of the crown prince?

At this moment, hasn't this major controversy been kept under control, and only a few people know about it?

So here comes the question, now it is the heir to ask: why do you turn a blind eye when there are so many problems? Why is no one mistaken? Why is there only a solution to make the heir subservient?

Blame me for it: Is this just a mistake made by the cabinet suddenly and unintentionally because of the incident, or is it deliberate from beginning to end?

Even if he didn't think about it in a hurry when he drafted the edict, and in the more than 30 days that the Fengying group went all the way to Anlu and returned to the capital, no one thought that there was something wrong with the process?

To put it a little sharper: at this moment, in the face of the question of the heir, the consequences of the cabinet not admitting the mistake are too serious. To be shallower, it is incompetence and dereliction of duty that adds to the mistake and confirms the reputation of the pastemaker; Deeper, that's a deliberate and ill-intentioned plan.

By the way, Yang Tinghe's rhetoric was useless.

The king is the king, and the minister is the minister. The king is worried, and his subordinates can't solve it, so what's the use of asking for ministers?

Because the harm and hidden dangers that may be caused by the succession or not succeeding the heir are not exactly what the cabinet should make up for after making so many mistakes? How can the responsibility be passed on to the heir?

Just when Cui Yuan was thinking about this, Yang Tinghe had already taken the lead and knelt down again, and said with a trembling voice: "The old minister is faint, and he is ashamed of the trust placed in Emperor Daxing's will. Although the ministers did not ask for the decree first, they first lived in the Wenhua Hall when they entered the palace, precisely to complete the ceremony of succession......"

Zhu Houxi interrupted him: "It's late." Now that I have arrived here, I should enter the palace and ascend the throne as the heir. Yang Ge asked everyone who was in favor, but I didn't need to ask who was against. I only want to ask one sentence: The imperial brother's testament, the queen mother and the cabinet ministers will judge the major matters. Now that the ministers are all here, I entered Beijing as the eldest son of King Xingxian to succeed to the throne, do you still recognize the edict you drafted? ”

The four cabinet ministers all knelt on the ground, and Yang Tinghe raised his head with tears in his eyes: "Your Highness, if you don't succeed to the unification, there will be endless disasters!" Why did His Highness insist on going his own way? Even if the ministers are at fault, His Highness can punish him as much as he wants, but how can the people be innocent? Does His Royal Highness really want to see the Ming Dynasty cause a disaster, the national strength will be greatly damaged, and the lives will be ruined, and the Ming Society will ignore the country? ”