Chapter 555: The Struggle for the Succession
Prince Chu of Zhuangxiang only had two sons, both of whom were minors, and since he had already established a prince, the original successor should be Yingzheng without dispute.
But at this time, before the new king succeeded to the throne, there was a year of filial piety that needed to be served, and one year was enough for many things to happen.
Jiang Anrao's family had only returned to Wugong County not long ago, and after hearing the news of Zhuangxiang Wang Xue from Yingzheng, Jiang Narao returned to Xianyang as soon as possible.
The situation of the Qin State has been a little turbulent this time, and within four years, the Qin State has changed three kings, which makes it difficult for the court to be stable. At this time, in fact, the best way is to quickly determine the new king, but Yangquan Jun wants to struggle and try to abolish the crown prince and replace it with Chengcheng.
Above the court, Lü Buwei and Yang Quanjun insisted on their own words, and they were at odds about the successor of the new king.
Yangquan Jun's reason is: Cheng Chan grew up under Zi Chu's knees since he was a child, and was loved by Zi Chu, and he was young and meritorious.
This so-called young merit has to say a few words.
Ying Zheng is now thirteen years old, and Cheng Zheng is now nine years old, although they are not very old, but the gap between the two children has become obvious.
Cheng Chan is naturally not stupid, but compared with Ying Zheng, who is both civil and military, he is just an ordinary nine-year-old child. Yang Quanjun wants to single-handedly support him, but he often has a sense of powerlessness that rotten wood cannot be carved.
However, he was unwilling to live under Lu Buwei, and because he had always supported Cheng Chan, he was afraid that Yingzheng would hold a grudge and could not switch to this side, so he was embarrassed here.
Of course, Yang Quanjun didn't give up, so after thinking about it, he put his mind on the side matter.
It happened that Qin State used troops abroad, Lü Buwei let Meng Fu attack the Three Jin Dynasty, and the results were fruitful, and Lü Buwei was a member of Yingzheng, if it was not for the credit of Yingzheng, it would be reasonable. Therefore, Yang Quanjun used his own connections to put pressure on South Korea, so that Cheng Chan could send an envoy to South Korea, and successfully asked for more than a dozen cities from South Korea!
Cheng Chan is young, and the main person on the mission is naturally not him, but he has won many cities without blood, which is a great achievement.
Originally, Yang Quanjun operated these in order to make Cheng Chan's merits, and then united the courtiers to write to King Xiang of Qin Zhuang to abolish the prince and change Cheng Chan to the crown prince!
It's just that I didn't expect Zichu to die suddenly!
Although the plan was disrupted, Yang Quanjun would not back down, and at this time, he directly fell into a position with the prince government faction led by Lu Buwei.
Cheng Chan made great achievements at a young age, and he took the Korean city without blood, but the prince was older and had no achievements.
This is the reason why Yang Quanjun supports Cheng Chan's succession.
At this time, although the forces of Yangquanjun were on par with Lü Buwei, Yangquanjun was a Chu person after all, and behind him, he also represented the foreign relatives group of the Chu State.
Although the state of Chu could not clearly intervene in Qin's internal affairs, it could make its position clear.
At the same time, South Korea naturally agrees with Cheng Chan's side.
Lü Buwei was born in Weiguo, but Weiguo is now only a vassal of Qin, and he has no right to speak, so he can't get the approval of the countries next to him, so he can only lobby the Qin clan.
If the clan is concerned, it is more inclined to support the establishment of the heir, so it can be regarded as supporting the side of the prince's government. Zhao Ji was born in Zhao State, although Zhao Guo was very annoyed when she knew that Zhao Ji was playing tricks, but when she became the king of Qin, naturally there would be people from Zhao Guo who rushed to support her.
So in the past two years, Zhao Ji has also raised a lot of people, which can be regarded as a force.
Zhao Ji naturally supported her son, so the strength of the two sides was almost balanced.
Jiang Anrao came back and went to see Yingzheng's condition for the first time.
Ying Zheng and Zi Chu didn't get along for a long time, he knew from being a little sensible that Zi Chu was actually his biological father, but Zi Chu didn't recognize him at that time, even when he came to see him occasionally, he didn't show any love, so his feelings for Zi Chu have always been very weak.
However, after Zhao Ji came back, because Zhao Ji had a lot of means and surrounded Zi Chu, Zi Chu treated him very well.
At this time, Zichu suddenly died, and Yingzheng was also a little sad.
However, this child rarely cries since he was a child, and even if he is a little sad at this time, he does not shed tears. At this time, he was more calmly thinking about the current situation.
Yang Quanjun has made up his mind to support Cheng Cheng, and Lu Buwei's faction does not have an absolute advantage in supporting Yingzheng at present, and the neutral faction is undecided, and now it is a stalemate.
"A-Niang, what should I do?"
Yingzheng has a big idea, but after all, he is still a child, he can't think of a countermeasure, so he naturally asks Jiang Narao for help.
"Don't worry, I'm here." Jiang Anrao patted him on the shoulder and said, "We'll help you figure it out." ”
After saying this, Jiang Narao probably had an idea in his heart.
Since the two parties are deadlocked, as long as a third party can come out and clearly express their support for the prince's side, there will naturally be nothing to fight in the end.
Of course, there is another way, and all opposition forces can be eliminated.
If you want, Jiang Anrao can take the black cat to kill everyone in Guangyang Quanjun's party!
However, this method should be used with caution after all, because if you really kill people at such a time, later generations will evaluate it, and Yingzheng's position will become a case of improper means, which will be criticized.
And if Yingzheng sees such violence and solves the problem, it will not be good for him.
She was his first teacher, and although Li Si taught him for a long time at this time, she still had a great influence on Yingzheng. You can't give him the impression that violence can solve a problem.
So Jiang Anrao left the Qin Palace and went to Feifang.
Then he summoned several casting masters of the Mo family.
After some discussion, several casting masters followed Jiang Anrao into the research institute, and did not come out for several days.
Someone outside was observing her movements from Jiang Anrao's return to Xianyang, but they only dared to watch from afar, seeing her enter Feifang, they didn't know what she was going to do, so they could only watch from afar. I waited for days.
The people who followed Jiang Anrao on this side were puzzled, and on the other side, the government affairs that the Qin State should deal with were also to be dealt with, but the throne was undecided, and as a result, every court meeting was particularly lively.
The Empress Dowager Huayang, the crown prince, the prince Cheng, Zhao Ji, and Han Nu were all present.
The first one sits in a row.
Below, Lu Buwei and Yangquanjun have a clear confrontation, in addition to arguing about the successor, they also have to argue about what happens next to them, and finally they are deadlocked.
Mrs. Huayang, as the queen mother, was supposed to attend, but she didn't make a statement, nor did she stand in line, she listened to it twice, and her head hurt from the noise, so after participating in the court meeting twice, she couldn't get sick directly.
The meaning is obvious, you can toss it for yourselves.
As a result, each court meeting lasts a long time, but there are few things that can be resolved, and they are basically used to argue and quarrel.
The audience really watched and laughed to death, they had never seen such a lively Qin court. It's not too much to do with the vegetable market in the future.