"The edict, the king of Chu has no unification, and there is no unity in state affairs. When the son grows up, it is advisable to attack the lord, and he will discuss it. ”

In the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Zilin read out the holy message, and then said: "According to the rules, the prince of Chu Xianrong is temporarily in charge of government affairs. The son of the world is mourning his father, and the example is the beginning of the final system, so let's do it. ”

This is the precedent after Yingzong, the vassal king died, and the prospective heir king needed to serve the twenty-seven months of mourning for the first king before he could officially ask for the title of knight. During this period, the Emperor would grant the right to temporarily regent the Emperor to manage his clan.

"Uncle Zong." A Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Rites opened his mouth and said, "Speaking of asking for the seal, the Liao Wangfu please seal the table has arrived again, according to the rules, the mourning period of the King of Liao Gong has expired, and the matter of the Liao prince's succession to the lord is ......."

Located in the Liao Domain of Jingzhou, Huguang, the sixth generation of Liao King Zhu Chongwei died in the sixteenth year of Zhengde. His son Zhu Zhige followed the old practice before, serving the funeral and temporary regents as the quasi-heir king. Now that the mourning period has expired, the music table that Zhu Zhige, the son of Liao, asked for to be sealed, and he kept handing it to the Ministry of Rites.

This rite Lang asked worriedly.

Although there have been many things in the imperial court in the past few months, after all, the vassal king's attack on the lord is a major event, and if it has been dragged on, it will inevitably make people have other associations.

Zhang Zilin already has an answer: "Your Majesty has a will, yes." ”

For the clan, the emperor already had an idea in his heart.

The question of the vassal king has been detached from the framework of the past, so why bother with this title?

Speaking of which, this also made Yang Tinghe and others feel a lot of relief: they finally did not continue to persecute the vassal king at this juncture.

At the time of the King of Chu, the emperor had a pacifying order for the vassal king. If there is still a vassal king stubbornly messing around in the subsequent clean-up of water conservancy and other new laws, then the board will not hesitate to fight.

At the same time, the prince of Chu first became the quasi-heir king to mourn, and he will not officially become the king of Chu in the past three years. Since the prince of Liao can successfully attack and become the king of Liao, then the prince of Chu does not have to worry about anything.

It was the end of May when the decree arrived in Huguang.

Zhu Xianrong put on a life uniform, and he could do so when receiving orders.

After receiving the order, he changed into mourning clothes again. The sadness on his face is undiminished, but his heart is very unhappy.

At this special time, didn't the emperor let him directly attack the king of Chu and appease the grace of the vassal king? So this year's Wanshou Holy Day, will the king of Chu during the mourning period enter Beijing?

According to the rules, after the death of the vassal king, it also needs to be suspended for a long time. After that, 77, 100 days, relocation, introduction, and burial...... On so many occasions, how could Zhu Xianrong, the prospective heir, not be present?

This time, the will does not mention this issue.

"The prince of Liao has officially attacked the king of Liao." Facing Zhang Luo's uncle Zhu Rongxi, who was handling his father's funeral, Zhu Xianrong's eyes were gloomy, "Now I am only the quasi-heir king, and any little thing during the mourning period may be used to make a fuss, but it can't be said that Your Majesty intends to cut me Chu Fan!" ”

Zhu Rongli said: "Don't worry! The attack of the king of Zhun Liao on the feudal feud at least shows that His Majesty is unwilling to directly cut the feudal domain under the pretext of this time, resulting in turmoil in the clan. The king of Liao attacked the seal, and my Chu clan wanted to send someone to congratulate him. As a rule, the new king can ask for some grace, and encourage the king of Liao to test one or two more times to see what His Majesty means. ”

"How to tempt?"

"In the past, in order to avoid trouble, King Liao Jian concentrated on his heirs after moving to Jingzhou and gave birth to more than 20 children. By the time of the Hongzhi period, there were hundreds of branch clans of the Liao Domain. In the fifth year of Hongzhi, didn't the queen of Songzi County break into Jingzhou Mansion and support the New Year? Later, together with Yibin, they oppressed the people, robbed rich merchants and even the money and grain of the guard, and after the King of Liaohui sued, they even had the heart to kill the King of Liaohui, and finally were imprisoned in the high wall of Fengyang. The difficulty of the Liao clan family, doesn't this new Liao king want to think of a way? ”

It's about the old story of the fifth year of Hongji.

The fact that more and more clans are born, and the life of the low-level clan relatives is becoming more and more difficult is very prominent in the Liao Domain.

Among the descendants of a certain son of the first generation of King Liao, King Songzi County, there were cases where the younger brother of King Liao at that time was very dissatisfied with the fact that Sui Lu could not be sent to his hands in time. Later, relying on the identity of the clan relatives to bully the market and rob the people's wealth, the King of Liao was afraid of things and reported them, but this could not solve the problem.

After the incident that the low-level clan of the Liao clan was preparing to murder the King of Liao, the King of Liao was even more furious. After these people were arrested, although the king of Liao was afraid of the emperor, his anger towards his relatives was undisguised.

Although the clansmen who planned to participate in the assassination had already decided to abolish their titles and imprison them in the high walls of Fengyang, the Liao king still decided to take revenge.

That night, he secretly sent men to the prison to attack his relatives who dared to plan to assassinate him. More than 80 people were killed overnight, and the scene was extremely bloody.

Regarding this matter, the Wenchen who was sent to Jingzhou to handle the case at that time turned a blind eye: more clan relatives died and there were more internal contradictions, which was a good thing for the imperial court.

But coincidentally, it didn't take long for the eldest son of the King of Liao and the son of the Wenchen to suddenly die, and the King of Liao also fell seriously ill and died of pain two years later.

The eldest son died of no illness, and he died of gangrene, and the folk naturally said that this was evil and evil retribution - after all, being so brutal and killing his relatives was a sign of no character.

Now Zhu Rongli means: The clan problem of the Liao Domain more than 30 years ago was so cruel, and now it will only get worse.

However, the imperial court also had the move of cleaning up water conservancy and encroaching on the interests of the vassal king. It is also unclear what the policy of the clan will be.

Zhu Zhige, the new Liao King, should face the problem of his own clan? Can you ask for some grace to solve the problem of the Liao domain, which is also well known to the imperial court?

The Liao Domain, which was "forced" more than 30 years ago to have so many clan relatives ready to kill the prince, if he didn't get a satisfactory answer, would he dare to be bold again in today's situation?

The current Liao King Zhu Zhige was born in the year after the "murder of the Liao King" incident and is now thirty-two years old.

The title of King of Liao, who had been in his heart for three years, finally landed, and he became a real prince.

There were many questions before him right now, but there was only one on his mind.

"Now that this king is thirty-two, if he can't have an heir, it's really hard to say whether this Liao king will be removed from the seal in the future!"

The object of Zhu Zhige's speech was his wife, Liao Princess Mao.

The two have been married for many years, and Zhu Zhige has no heirs. And he, the princess Mao, has a rather strong personality.

Now listening to Zhu Zhige's tentative question, Mao nodded instead: "My father's mourning period has passed, although I have experienced some twists and turns, since I have taken the throne, let's set up a second concubine." ”

"That Wang ......" Zhu Zhige was overjoyed.

"I've thought about it." Mao said with a straight face, "Although you want to reproduce now, you can't indulge in your desires. First, the prince's health is not good, and second, now that it is an extraordinary time, my Liao Domain cannot give people a handle. This time the concubine, the person who is easy to give birth to is. The daughter of the deputy Qianhu of the king of Jingzhou Zuowei, I have already seen it. ”

Zhu Zhige was submissive and nodded yes.

This Mao is familiar with reading history, and his personality is serious and decisive. In the Liao Palace, Zhu Zhige temporarily regented the affairs of the palace as the quasi-heir, but in fact, the Mao family was mainly in charge.

Now that she has become the official princess of Liao, the prestige of the Mao family will only be stronger in the palace.

No, she has already helped Zhu Zhige choose the second concubine. As for what the girl looked like, Zhu Zhige could only sigh in his heart.

Compared with Zhu Zhige, who only cares about this matter at present, Mao has to think about it more.

She frowned and said, "This side room is elected, you don't have to spend money on it, just report it according to the routine." The prince is the lord, and my Liao clan relatives are all looking forward to it. Now this branch, so many people with titles, all families are looking forward to the royal palace to have a gift, and the prince also needs to take advantage of this to show grace and win the hearts of the Liao Domain. When is the prince going to summon other clan relatives to the palace to congratulate? ”

"This ...... The princess arranged that. ”

"What about the reward?"

“…… The princess looked at which one was respectful, and rewarded more. ”

Mao waited for these words, nodded and then said: "The prince's raid ceremony, as well as the first celebration ceremony, are also to be held." ”

Zhu Zhige's eyes lit up: "Do it!" ”

According to the usual year, every year on New Year's Day, the winter solstice and the king's birthday, the officials of the royal palace and the civil and military officials of the attached yamen have to go to the palace to congratulate.

For the feudal lord, it was a status symbol. At that time, I will really feel like being "worshipped".

At least one sentence of respect, but His Royal Highness's prosperity and blessings are indispensable.

Now it is neither the New Year's Day, nor the winter solstice or the birthday of the king, but Zhu Zhige has just been crowned a prince, and he should officially show his face as a prince in front of Jingzhou's civil and military officials.

In addition, the Raid Ceremony is also a second-to-second moment in life.

Mao discussed with him about the big and small matters in the palace, she felt that it was natural, and Zhu Zhige also felt that it was natural.

He was a little afraid of Mao, and Zhu Zhige didn't dare to say much about wanting to "indulge" and not getting any good looks from Mao about accepting a few beauties.

When he arrived at his younger brother Zhu Zhiyu, the king of Guangyuan County, and saw his three beautiful concubines, Yue'e, Cui'er, and Lanxiang, Zhu Zhige was very greedy.

"Brother Wang, prepare to ...... again today"

Zhu Zhige nodded, and Zhu Zhilu grinned: "Now that you have attacked the prince, you have to ask for more Lumi grace for the royal brother, it is difficult for the royal brother's house!" ”

"That's nature, that's nature, take this king to ......"

Zhu Zhichun took him to a small courtyard. His beautiful concubines can't be shared, but Zhu Zhichun has collected many women in this courtyard for Zhu Zhige's lewd pleasure.

Otherwise, his health could be so bad?

Although there is no shortage of women, Zhu Zhige is still more envious of Zhu Zhiyu's uprightness and the beauty of the concubines.

He began to enjoy the happy life of his own vassal king, and Zhu Zhichun closed the courtyard door for him with a smile.

Then, a strange smile crossed his face.

At the age of thirty-two and childless, this royal brother's body is constantly being hollowed out, and I don't know how long he can survive.

The position of the king of Liao may not be impossible for his younger brother to attack in the future.

Zhu Zhichun thought as he walked: his sister-in-law is indeed not a simple person. If she hadn't been in control, Zhu Zhige would have brought him down earlier.

Gotta find a way to make her make a big mistake......

Mao is busy.

Prepare for the celebration and arrange the entry of the congratulatory table. In addition, the Liao clan also has a lot to deal with.

For example, among those who had planned to assassinate Zhu Zhige's grandfather, there was one of them whose two daughters ran to her and cried.

"Princess, the crime is not as good as that of future generations, this is a clan rule. My sister and I are over 30 years old, can't we ask for a wedding for us? ”

Mao's head is big.

These two are Zhu Zhige's cousins. After the sinners, the two county lords are in their thirties and have not yet married, which is indeed something that should be done for them.

However, there are too many clansmen of the Liao Domain. If the two county lords choose the guest of honor, the court immediately needs another piece of rice.

After three years of mourning, the clan relatives of the Liao clan don't know how many things need to be invited by the Liao king.

Please rice, enlightenment, name, please seal...... The Mao family knows the sensitivity of the past three years, where does he dare to let the Liao Fan continue to "show his face" in front of the emperor? If you anger Your Majesty, the matter of the throne may change!

But now, Zhu Zhige has officially taken the seal, and there is no reason to delay these things any longer.

"I know, I'll play with the prince and ask him to make an idea, don't worry......"

Although she is actually in charge, on the surface, she still puts Zhu Zhige's status above herself, and she doesn't say anything.

She was so busy that she couldn't see Zhu Zhige's help, and the envoys of the Huguang domains who came to participate in the Liao King's attack ceremony also arrived in Jingzhou one after another.

These days, Zhu Zhige is not completely indifferent.

At least, immersed in the feeling of the prince, he readily agreed to the requests of many clan relatives, and then secretly accepted a lot of gifts from them, and even had a pair of beauties who secretly offered them.

The prince's happiness made him unable to extricate himself.

"Zhang Zhen, you take these things and hand them over to Zuo Changshi, and let him help this king prepare the recital first."

Zhu Zhige wrote down the few things he promised today, handed them to Zhang Zhen, the guard of the palace honor and guard department, and then hurriedly went to a side courtyard outside the palace.

The pair of beauties haven't tasted enough yet.

Zhang Zhen was ready to rush over to the side courtyard after finishing his business, but there was no need to hurry, because the prince must have stayed there for an hour or two.

So he took a trip home, and his son Zhang Wenming was still working hard, preparing to deal with another township test next year.

Zhang Zhen first looked at his father's physical condition.

The ancestors of the Zhang family are also hereditary thousand-households, but Zhang Zhen's father is the second son and failed to take the official position of a thousand households. After moving to Jiangling, Jingzhou, the Zhang family was just an ordinary military household.

Zhang Zhen's father stuttered and was nicknamed "Zhang Jianzi". However, "Zhang Jianzi" is enthusiastic and fast-hearted, and has accumulated virtue all his life. What he wants in his life is that the Zhang family can be a big man. For this reason, he named his three sons Yue, Zhen, and Zhu, which are all bronze heavy weapons, which are enough to show that "Zhang Jianzi" hopes that his descendants can glorify their ancestors.

It's just a pity that Zhang Zhen only got mixed up with a palace guard. The eldest and third are not promising.

And Zhang Zhen's son Zhang Wenming, although he is already a showman, he has repeatedly failed, and now "Zhang Jianzi" has put his hope on his great-grandson.

"Tell Wenming not to read too late at night, and go to the daughter-in-law's room more!"

So Zhang Zhen went to order his son, and then left the house.

Now that the prince is worried about the heirs, since Zhang Wenming is married, he has to pay more attention to the heirs.

Zhang Zhen didn't know how his future grandson would be famous.

Now, the little guard Zhang Zhen rushed to the side courtyard, and saw that the courtyard was already noisy.

"How many things are there in the palace, and the prince is hiding here to scourge his body?" Mao's anger was not in one place, "Also, at what time now, how can you beg for favor so much and give land!" Why didn't the prince discuss with me first! ”

She has some things to say here: those subordinate officials of the palace, I am afraid that the prince will arrange for them to play these things, so that the emperor will have a bad feeling for the king of Liao, and punish the king of Liao with a knife!

When she saw Zhang Zhen, her eyes immediately became dangerous.