"Yes," Li Shimin said, "He is the successor who has been welcomed into the palace in a righteous manner, and you are still in the observation period." ”

Li Yuanda laughed twice: "There is a mother-in-law above my head." ”

Liu Che deliberately added: "Bei'er is not easy to mess with!" ”

Ying Zheng said lightly: "It's all floating clouds." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was shown, and there was arrogance between his eyebrows: "It's really all floating clouds." ”

Liu Che suggested to him with bad intentions: "How about it, recklessly? ”

"Reckless, reckless!" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him: "Dou Jing is a general and controls military power, Pan Hui is Shang Shuling, who controls the government, Geng Rong is Guangluxun and guards the palace, not to mention that they also have a group of in-laws and old interest groups - this group of heroes controls the court situation to death anyway, I will ride you into battle!" ”

Liu Che gloated and laughed out of the pig's cry.

Li Shimin asked him with a smile: "Then how do you break the game?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression became honest in a second, his face was full of gratitude, and he said emotionally: "I am an embarrassing royal child, and I am about to fade out of the Chang'an elite circle, it is the general who supported me and sent me to the throne, how can I not be grateful to Dade?" He's really ...... I'm crying to death! ”

"But everything I have, give it all to him, what a general, it's too stretched, add a few more positions, too master, too fu, too grandpa, don't care about anything, give it all to him!"

"He has children and grandchildren, right? All of them are marquis! ”

"Does he have a fief? What, fiefdom 10,000 households? It's too little, my great benefactor, why can't you start with 100,000! ”

"Imperial government? I'm still young, and I haven't read much, so how can I understand this, and I have to be helped by General Dou! ”

Li Yuanda got up directly: "You are cramming here!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly: "The situation is not as good as a person, can't I be a man with my tail between my legs?" If he can lift me up, he can pull me down. But don't be afraid—as long as I give him more than anyone else can give, he's my most loyal fan. As for what to do after that......"

He laughed on the spot: "Isn't it normal that the bread is so big, and if you give him more, others will have to have less?" As for the rest of the people who are not happy, then you can go to General Dou and ask me for something about this mascot! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang scratched his head innocently: "After all, I am an ordinary fancy emperor, who only drinks tea and hunts every day......"

In the space, the emperors sneered and said in unison: "It's just a peel!" ”

……

"Emperor Shizu is the son of Prince Zhuang Mourning and the grandson of Emperor Jingzong. Not long after the decree was issued, Emperor Jingzong felt regret and hurriedly found someone to chase him, but it was too late, so he took special pity on Emperor Shizu and took him to his side to raise him personally. ”

"When Emperor Sejo was young, he used to sleep next to Emperor Jingzong. Emperor Jingzong saw a flying dragon coming to accompany him, and when he traveled, there would be five-colored clouds overhead. These are all signs that only the Son of Heaven can have, and everyone around them is very surprised. ”

"Emperor Jingzong was happy at first, and said to the left and right, this child's blessing is great, and he can be compared with me. However, because the crown prince had already been established at that time, he was worried and ordered his attendants not to tell the matter. ”

"It wasn't until Emperor Shizu ascended the throne that no old man who had served Emperor Jingzong told these things."

-- "Old Changshu - Shizu Benji" vernacular edition

Chapter 42

Zhu Yuanzhang was led by Dachangqiu Jichun, all the way to Weiyang Palace, after the garrison of the forbidden army searched, another special person came to serve and change clothes, and then Lang Guan came to lead the way to the front hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang carried out his honest and honest character, did not dare to look around, and looked at his nose and nose all the way, so he just followed Lang Guan and buried his head in the road.

Climbing up the stone steps to the top, he caught a glimpse of the courtiers standing on both sides of the main hall, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised: today is not the day of the court, how can there be so many people here?

However, in comparison, the appearance of him and Mu Yikang here seemed to have brought a far greater shock to the courtiers than Zhu Yuanzhang saw them coming.

A few officials were so shocked that the wat boards fell to the ground.

The suppressed chatter immediately rang out, and there was no shortage of people glaring at him.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart sank slightly.

What's going on?

The guide Lang did not stop, and he had already come to the main gate, and he could not stand still without permission, so he followed closely.

Soon, there was a chamberlain who sang loudly: "Wang Yikang of Guangling County, please enter the palace to pay homage to the Son of Heaven!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately bowed his head.

Then there were inner servants who passed the word from one after another: "The Son of Heaven said, yes! ”

Lang Guan took a step back to the side, bowed his body, and motioned for Zhu Yuanzhang to enter.

Compared with the main hall, the courtiers in the palace came few, but they were even more important to be reckoned with.

Mu Yan, the sect of this dynasty, and even a few old and virtuous clan relatives, a few heroes who can change the color of the court by stomping their feet, the three princes and nine secretaries, and even the important ministers of the imperial court......

After Zhu Yuanzhang entered the palace, he felt that all eyes were projected on him, including pride, arrogance, scrutiny, resentment, and rage.

He suppressed the emotions in his heart, followed the etiquette, and approached the Son of Heaven to salute, his eyes swept up imperceptibly, and his eyelids could not help jumping slightly.

Today, when he was only twenty-nine years old, he should have been in the prime of life, but now he was sick and crooked, his cheeks sunken, his eyes were blue, and there was not a trace of blood on his face.

Empress Dou sat on the side of the bed, holding the right hand of the Son of Heaven with both hands, her face was pale, and tears continued to fall.

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's voice, the Son of Heaven forcibly turned his face to look at him, because of his serious illness, some erratic gaze barely fell on his face, and after identifying who it was, the little spirit he had left seemed to be scattered in an instant.

Empress Dou Huo Ran turned her face, her eyes were sharp, she looked straight at her father Dou Jing, and said sharply: "General! ”

The rest of the important ministers also looked gloomy.

Dou Jing is over sixty years old, his nose is straight and his mouth is square, his eyes are flashing like a tiger and wolf, and he can still see the heroic spirit of his youth between his eyebrows.

His face did not change, and he got up and bowed: "Your Majesty cherishes the temple, has a social heart, and does not want to make the child enter the unification, and even does not hesitate to cut off the sacrifice of his own descendants, the heart of the family and the country, the world is prominent!" The general did not dare to violate the holy will, so he chose to invite the prince to mourn the prince and then the king of Guangling County to enter the palace to inherit the heir! ”

The lowered face covered his pride and ridicule at this time, and Dou Jing's voice was steady, especially with reverence: "The king of Guangling County is the only surviving descendant of Prince Zhuang Mourning, and Prince Zhuang Mourning is the son-in-law of Emperor Jingzong, Emperor Jingzong has been Zhaoxue for him during his lifetime, is there a successor in the world who is more in line with the name of righteousness than the king of Guangling County?" The throne returns to the lineage, the hope of the ancestors, the direction of the general trend, please allow your majesty! ”

The people in the hall all changed color, and Zhu Yuanzhang finally realized at this time where the hostility he had gained all the way came from.

When today's son ascended the throne at a young age, he was a puppet who was pushed to the throne by the generals Dou Jing anyway.

Although the general Dou Jing had the heart to covet the great position, he did not dare to go further after all, so he could only retreat to the second best place and marry a daughter into the palace, hoping that the next son of heaven would come from the belly of the Dou family.

There are three daughters of the Dou family in today's harem, and in addition to Queen Dou, the other two are also Dou Jing's daughters.

It's just a pity that none of them were able to give birth to a son and a half daughter for the Son of Heaven.

The rest of the harem also did not come out.

And God obviously did not give the Son of Heaven a chance to continue to hibernate.

A serious illness broke him, and the longevity of the Son of Heaven was like a candle flickering in the wind, which could be extinguished at any time.

Therefore, the question in front of the Son of Heaven and Dou Jing is, how to choose the successor?

Dou Jing wanted to establish a young emperor.

First, children are easy to control, and they can't be pro-government in a short period of time.

Second, if the young emperor is established, he must be succeeded to the name of the Son of Heaven, if so, Empress Dou is the righteous mother of the young emperor, and he Dou Jing is the grandfather of the young emperor!

And this practice is also in line with common sense - how can the Son of Heaven have no descendants to sacrifice and enjoy the incense offering as a subordinate today, who has no children?

But what Dou Jing didn't expect was that the Son of Heaven ascended the throne at a young age and was controlled by people for several years, and he was fed up with the pain of having to rely on people to breathe when he was obviously the lord of the world, and he didn't want to inflict this pain on other young children, so he made a choice that went against the nature of people nowadays -

I don't want my step-son, I don't want incense after death!

The Lord Shaoguo is suspicious - for the sake of the stability of the world, I want my adult cousins to inherit the great treasure!

Don't be delusional to control the next Son of Heaven like you control me!

In this struggle over the choice of the successor king, it was the Son of Heaven who won the victory.

The puppet Son of Heaven is still the Son of Heaven.

If even the right to choose a successor is lost, is there not even the last fig leaf?

Although the heroes are powerful anyway, there are still many loyal ministers in the court who are willing to die for the Mu family.

But regarding the determination of the final candidate, it was General Dou who won.

Because he chose a prince who was not from the mainstream succession and had not received any prince education, but was still qualified to succeed to the throne, as the successor!

Mu Yikang, the son of the prince of Zhuang Mourning.

He was indeed the cousin of today.

In terms of pedigree, he can even be said to be the most justifiable candidate.

Mu Yikang's succession sequence comes from Prince Zhuang Mourning - Prince Zhuang Mourning is the eldest son of Emperor Jingzong!

Although Prince Zhuang was later given death by Jingzong, Emperor Jingzong had already overturned the case for him before his death.

According to the state system of this dynasty, Prince Zhuang Mourning is the first order of heirs of Emperor Jingzong, his son-in-law is the second series of heirs, and if there is no son-in-law, then the concubine is the third series of heirs - Mu Yikang is in this third order, and is the only one in the third order.

As for the rest of Emperor Jingzong's concubines, without exception, they are all in the fourth order, and their sons have to be ranked fifth!

But all this can't stand Mu Yikang, who is a county king who grew up in the court and among the people.

Because of his embarrassing background, he did not receive a serious education as a prince – not even the education that an emperor and grandson should have.

He was a pure, savagely grown man.

Do you want to expect such a person to overwhelm General Dou and revive the Mu royal family?

Many courtiers who cared about the Mu family couldn't help but despair.

Who would have thought that General Dou would choose such a person?

Only the emperors were watching the play in the space, and by the way, they were offering incense to General Dou.

Ying Zheng: "...... Let's go. ”

Li Shimin: "Yo ho, this is not an ordinary king of Guangling County, this is the king of Guangling County performed by Zhu Papi!" ”

Li Yuanda: "I advise this General Dou to stop your behavior of luring wolves into the house immediately!" ”

Liu Che gloated: "It's too late, it's hopeless, wait for death!" ”

……

Mu Yikang's candidate was selected only after Dou Jing's careful consideration.

In terms of righteousness, Mu Yikang is the most suitable.

From the perspective of the interests of the Dou family, Mu Yikang is also the most suitable.

General Dou did not need an ambitious son of heaven who had received imperial education since childhood.