Marriage

The early pilgrimage of the Holy Dynasty is not held every day, and there must be a problem with the early pilgrimage of a court, but if there is no early pilgrimage for a long time, there will also be problems.

It is impossible for the Holy Emperor to take care of what the six departments of the three provinces have done every day, what suggestions the Zhongshu Sheren have made to the governors of the three provinces, who they have met, and it is impossible to ask all the officials to report their work schedules every day.

He's not diligent, but he's not a lazy man.

Only when a major problem is disclosed in the middle of the compromise, or when a natural disaster occurs in one of the twenty-four states**, or after the war, will the Holy Emperor convene an early dynasty in due course.

The rest of the time, even if there was something to do, he only met with the governors of the three provinces, and when the results were discussed, he issued a summons.

As for the prefects of the six departments, they can only wait for the early dynasty to see the Holy Emperor.

Every time the morning court is to be held, the little eunuchs will inform the hundred officials three days in advance, after all, most of the officials live in a few squares near the imperial city, which is not much trouble, and three days in advance, you can also let the officials sort out the problems that cannot be solved at hand, and they can be raised when the early dynasty comes.

This time the early dynasty was held, and everyone had a little bit of a score in their hearts, and they probably knew what problems this Holy Emperor was going to solve.

The rebellion in these four states, the surrender of surrender, and the counterinsurgency of counterinsurgency; more than a month after the station of Yuezhou, the handover was smoothly completed, the soldiers took back Li Hui without bloodshed, and the Qin family surrendered to sincerity, and the counterinsurgency in these four states was truly completed.

Now, although all these four states have returned, the Taishou of these four states has not yet been finalized.

Most of the officials in Baichuan, Qiongzhou, and Lihui are still the original officials, and the time is tight, so only a small number of officials have been replaced.

The situation in Yuezhou is even more complicated, and some small places have no officials, and they are all gone. It's just that there are some generals who came out of the three important military towns of Shuofang, Anhe and Suicheng, not to mention any officials, it's good to have someone to guard it. Moreover, Zhao Jin, the Chu general who assisted in capturing Yuezhou City, has not been transferred back, not because the Holy Emperor is at ease with him, but in a hurry, he can't find anyone to go, so he can only let Zhao Jin temporarily guard first.

Today's early dynasty is to finalize the officials of these four places.

This is not an easy matter, who to send, not only must have the approval of the Holy Emperor, but also balance the hearts of the courtiers.

After all, now the people live and work in peace and contentment, there is almost no war, and there is gradually the beginning of a prosperous era, and the people's hearts are not twisted into a rope like before, and gradually dispersed.

It is inevitable that people are more likely to unite in times of difficulty, and to be dispersed in times of peace.

At present, the court is divided into several factions, and there are "martial" factions and "moral" factions according to the princes who support them, and there are countless factions of various kinds according to the place of affiliation, the place of origin of officials, and so on.

However, except for the dispute between "martial arts" and "morality", the rest of the factions are just some battles of will, small fights, and they want to save face, so although the Holy Emperor knows, he doesn't bother to care about them.

The "Wu faction" naturally supports the eldest prince Xuanyuan Chi, after all, he has been guarding the border for many years, and now the two big tumors of Wubu and Yuezhou have all been dug up, and his momentum is even stronger than before.

And the "German faction" supports Xuanyuan Rende, the tenth prince who is still in kindergarten but has a good name.

To tell the truth, whether it is in terms of merit or origin, this Xuanyuan Rende and Xuanyuan Chi cannot be compared.

Xuanyuan Chi is a woman who came out of the queen of the main room and went from poverty to the peak with the Holy Emperor, while Xuanyuan Rende was born by the Holy Emperor who missed his deceased wife after drinking and slept with a palace maid by mistake. Except for the early days of the Holy Dynasty, the Holy Emperor has never had a concubine after accepting a woman from the He family as a concubine in order to stabilize the four major families of He, Chu, Qin, and Han.

The rest of his princes and princesses are almost all drunk, or they went wrong with the palace maids or even some little maidservants when they were drinking. He didn't give them the title of concubine, at most he gave them the title of a talented person, and he changed from serving people to being served.

It's just that for those princes and princesses, he is a bowl of water, and even the treatment is much better than when the eldest prince was young.

In terms of merits, the eldest prince guarded the southern frontier for many years, while the tenth prince was only a young student (ten years old), and at most he wrote a few poems and treated people gently. There is no comparison at all.

But now the two sides are evenly matched.

The biggest reason for this, and it is also a big trouble for the Holy Emperor, is because the Ten Princes have a group of civil officials to support them, and there is a faint figure of the Confucius Temple behind them.

Confucius Temple intervened in the dispute between the crown prince, and was able to lift a person who had no merits to the level of people who had made great achievements and made great achievements, and people from orthodox backgrounds were on an equal footing.

The belonging of officials in the early dynasties and the four states was a new battlefield for the "military" and "moral" factions.

After all, if your own people go to that place and gain a firm foothold, it will be of great advantage.

The sun has just risen, the two stone dragons at the entrance of the Qianlong Palace are facing the sun, a pair of stone eyes become bright under the sunlight, and the edge of the square is a little red, that is the boundary that the rising sun can reach, and a few birds fly away from the trees on the edge of the square.

At this time, the officials arrived one after another, greeting each other with a good relationship, and if they encountered some small friction, they snorted coldly, turned their faces, and went their own way.

Chen Yunong and Xue Zhengwu greeted each other warmly, after all, Xue Pan and Chen Tianhua seemed to have a good relationship, and the two of them were in important positions, but they didn't have a clear side to stand on, so they could greet each other without scruples. The two came from all directions, and the people on both sides treated these two Shangshu kindly.

There were more people in the Qianlong Palace, and the little eunuch Li Zhongxian was a little unaccustomed to it, and he clutched the dust on his hand tightly, wanting to relieve his tension.

There are hundreds of officials standing below, and the three heads of Menxia Province, Zhongshu Province, and Shangshu Province are at the head.

The three old men stood in the center, the King of Jin also stood close to and side by side, and the eldest prince and the tenth prince also stood on both sides.

Behind them, standing were the officials of the Six Ministries, and beyond that, there were some civil servants and military generals.

These three provinces and six ministries can be said to be the right-hand man of the Holy Emperor, and any major affairs of the family and the country, whatever decisions are made, several people from these three provinces and six ministries must discuss a result together.

Especially in the three provinces, the three are all old people, in this era when there is no prime minister, the three old people have more rights than the prime minister in some aspects, they have reached this age, and their official positions have reached this point, and they don't have so many thoughts, at most they will bring a few descendants, and more will be the Holy Emperor, and they will focus on the common people in the world.

Therefore, no matter how much the battle for the crown prince is, the three old men don't care and don't pay attention to it, which is why they can stay in this position all the time.

The little eunuch shouted, and all the officials immediately knelt down and shouted "Long live the Holy Emperor".

The Holy Emperor raised his hand, and all the officials stood up.

He didn't like this set in the first place, but the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and the three old pillars had persuaded the Holy Emperor many times, and the Holy Emperor could only do so.

According to his temperament, if you have something to do, don't do such complicated things.

This is also why when the gentleman talks about the Tao and sends it, he will pay special attention to Chai Xintong, one of the reasons is that he also does not like cumbersome "gifts".

"Zhong Aiqing, the main thing today is Yuezhou, Baichuan, Lihui and Qiongzhou, which people should be sent to these four places, Zhong Aiqing discussed one or two, and gave me a suggestion. ”

Although they had known about this morning's topic for a long time, they still exchanged ears.

The three old men stood steadily, their eyelids drooping, and they didn't bother to lift them. The Holy Emperor has also said this question to them many times, and there is basically a result, and the Holy Emperor asked this, first, to see if anyone can nominate more suitable people to come out, and secondly, to be able to distinguish the position of these officials more clearly.

After a small noise, the entire Qianlong Hall fell silent.

"Do you have any good suggestions?" the Holy Emperor asked in a deep voice.

These officials are not stupid, they know that the gun shoots the first bird, and at this time they all fell silent, and no one spoke.

The old man standing in the center raised his eyelids, and he knew that it was time for him to step up.

"Your Majesty, the lower officials recommend the newly promoted Zhongshu Sheren Fan Yan as the Taishou of Baichuan, the nephew of Qin Hai Qin Zhaohe as the Taishou of Qiongzhou, the well-known Chu Shilian as the Taishou of Lihui, and the loyal and righteous Zhao Jin temporarily lead Yuezhou!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole house was silent.

The person who spoke was Shang Shuling Guo Jinghui, the person who commanded the six departments.

For these four people, they were not people from any side of the original court, and there were even a few people they had never heard of.

At this time, an official took a small step forward and bowed: "Your Majesty, the talent and virtue of the person recommended by Shang Shuling naturally need not be said, Fan Yan naturally has no objections, but there are three left, two have a great relationship with the Chu family, and one belongs to the Qin family, how is this different from sending the food back after the tiger's mouth, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Guo Jinghui flicked his sleeves and turned to look at the man.

This person is Guozijian, Guo Jinghui's eyes condensed and said: "Who am I, it turns out to be Guozijian, if you are willing to go to live in those manors outside Chang'an City, I am also willing to recommend your children and grandchildren, even if they don't understand bullshit!"

As soon as these words came out, the country's eunuch blushed, and everyone knew that his grandson was not a child, a typical gentleman, and he was just a gentleman, and he didn't have any talent, and he always did some stupid things.

Hearing Shang Shuling say this, he could only take a step back silently with his head down.

The Holy Emperor pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Zhao Jin, Fan Yan, and Qin Zhaohe have decided, this Chu Shilian will be put aside for the time being, and the land of Li Hui will be discussed! After all, Zhao Jin originally belonged to the Chu family. ”

I don't know how many times this list has been discussed by the Holy Emperor and the three of them, so naturally they have already made plans.

Chu Shilian's original name was Chu Tianjiao, and the condition for the Chu family's surrender was that they wanted the descendants of the guilty ministers to participate in the imperial examination, although the Holy Emperor knew that Chu Shilian was talented, but since the Chu family wanted to take a champion in the open and honest examination, what reason did he have to refuse?

Since the Holy Emperor has spoken, there is naturally no need to discuss it again, and all the officials are in a cold sweat, it turns out that it is another discussion in name only.

They all saw the fate of Guozijian just now, and they were all relieved to be named by Master Shang Shuling, but fortunately they didn't bump into it.

In fact, this discussion is just that the three provinces and six ministries and the Holy Emperor have made a decision and said it justifiably.

There are even some decisions that the six ministries cannot participate in.

The Holy Emperor glanced down and said slowly: "Zhong Aiqing, is there anything else?

As soon as the words fell, the eldest prince took a step forward, knelt down and said, "The son has something to do!"

"What's the matter?" the Holy Emperor's eyes froze, and he sneered in his heart, he already knew what his eldest son was going to say.

"The son begs his father to give him a marriage!"

There was some turmoil in the entire Qianlong Palace, and many people didn't know the news, even the Guozijian and Taichang Temple, who had been supporting the great prince, didn't know the news, and they didn't know who the eldest prince had taken a fancy to, and he wanted to ask for marriage in front of these hundred officials. The Holy Emperor had a faint smile on his face, and he looked very happy.

"I don't know who Wu'er has a crush on?"

"Erchen fell in love with Fan Jiuxian at first sight, and asked his father to give him a marriage!"

As soon as these words came out, the officials who supported the eldest prince immediately showed joy, Fan Jiuxian is now slowly leading the dragon guard, her father was known as the "jade-faced fox" back then, and he was good at scheming, if he hadn't met that person, he was afraid that this war would have to last a few years.

The Holy Emperor looked happy, and didn't seem to care about this **naked alliance.

"Since ancient times, marriage has been the order of parents, and if you are willing to do it to each other, and her father agrees, her father naturally has no reason to refuse. ”

When the eldest prince heard this, he was a little surprised, he originally thought that he would be scolded for a while if he was not rejected, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.

"Father, Cheng has already invited the old man Fan Yuqi over. He was extremely cautious, calling him by his first name, and with an old man, he didn't dare to call him "old general" directly above this court.

"Announce it!"

Li Zhongxian, who heard the order, shouted loudly, and soon an old man in white walked in.

The officials made way for him, he walked to the front of the hall, and shouted loudly: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

The Holy Emperor looked at him, his eyes met, and finally Fan Yuzhi gritted his teeth and lowered his head.

The Holy Emperor smiled, to hide the disdain in his eyes.

"Would you like to marry your daughter to my son?"

Fan Yuzhi said tremblingly: "The eldest prince is a talent, the sky is noble, and the grass people are naturally willing." However, the word "grass people" bites very hard.

The Holy Emperor looked at the eldest prince and said, "You have made miraculous achievements in the battle of Yuezhou, and this emperor has promised you one thing, can today's matter be counted?"

The eldest prince gritted his teeth and said, "Please fulfill your father!"

"Okay, since that's the case, then the emperor will give marriage and give Fan Jiuxian as the princess, and after a month, it will be an auspicious day. During this month, all ministries will suspend all recruitment, and the whole city will prepare for the wedding and announce it to the world!"

The Holy Emperor said, but he looked at King Jin, who naturally heard the point and nodded.

The eldest prince was taken aback, he didn't expect his father to be in such a hurry.

Generally speaking, it takes a month to make all kinds of preparations for a wedding, and it takes at least about three months to marry into the royal family in a beautiful way.

The Holy Emperor glanced at his son.

"Come on, the emperor is old and wants to hug his grandson. ”

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand: "Retreat!"

The eldest prince helped Fan Yuqi up, but his face was not as happy as he imagined, but his face was full of solemnity.

The officials of the eldest prince's family were overjoyed, and this last sentence was not an obvious hint? And he also married the old general, isn't this like a tiger with wings.

As for some civil officials, they are bitter.

Only the Great Prince and Fan Yuzhi were a little vigilant, they knew the Holy Emperor and knew that things were definitely not that simple.

The two got rid of Michiga's ministers and went out of the imperial city together.

"Your daughter, how do you persuade her?" Fan Jiuxian's temper, the eldest prince had also heard a little.

Fan Yuzhi was a little helpless, so he could only smile bitterly: "How can I have this ability, but Xu Gongzi promised that there would be a way to persuade the little girl before tomorrow, and I could only trust him." ”

The eldest prince glanced at him with a cold face.

Fan Yuqi smiled and said, "Now that the Holy Emperor has issued an order, whether she agrees or not, let's take what we need!"

The eldest prince stared at him, and Fan Yuzhi's eyes dodged.

"My father promised so happily, it must not be simple, and it is better not to come up with any moths. ”

With that, he waved his sleeves and left!

......

King Jin returned to his mansion.

Looking at the fish in the pond where the little master was hanging him again, he was a little helpless, so he simply found a fishing rod and sat beside him.

The water splashed everywhere, and the little master flicked his long rod, and a big red carp's tail slapped the surface of the lake heavily, swinging a beautiful arc in the air, and the water droplets at the tail left a series of ripples on the calm lake surface.

The little master reached out and took the big carp, looked at it, removed the hook from its lips, and then bent down and plunged into the lake.

"Tell me, what happened to the dynasty this morning? Catch a fish, don't even put bait, do you think you are the former saint in the land of Qi Jiang?"

When King Jin heard this, he sighed, put away his rod, and then completely said what was going on.

After hearing this, the little master smiled and said, "This is a good thing!"

King Jin was stunned: "How is this a good thing? Although Chi'er is my own nephew, his character is suitable for fighting the country rather than ruling the world, and now the Holy Emperor is clearly going to support him!"

"There are many ways to support him, there is no need to involve that old guy, and that old guy has always held a grudge against the Holy Emperor, how could he let him come out and jump??"

Hearing the little master say this, King Jin was puzzled.

The little master also put away the long pole, sighed and said: "He and the three old gentlemen have always had the final say in the court, and the three old gentlemen have the ability to govern the world, how can the officials below jump? He's targeting my Confucius Temple. ”

Looking at King Jin's stupid appearance, the little master smiled faintly and said: "The Holy Emperor not only doesn't want to support the eldest prince, but is more partial to the Ten Princes, but he doesn't want the Ten Princes to rely on the literati who came out of the Confucius Temple, and wants to buy some time to see if he can do something about my apprenticeship, so the recruitment is postponed for a month." ”

When King Jin heard this, he thought about his brother-in-law, and then looked at his best friend, the thoughts of these two people!

"The results of the Confucius Temple literary examination were released one month later. The little master scratched his head, thought for a while and continued: "The Ten Princes have a pure heart, in fact, I haven't done anything, those civil officials are spontaneous, I still have to go and say hello to those civil officials, so that they don't do bad things with good intentions." The Holy Emperor is not a fool, with the Ten Princes' own ability, it is easier to become the crown prince. After saying that, he just packed his things and left, leaving King Jin alone to meditate on the lake.

June is well, guess what Chai Xintong will do, and what Xu Changan will do for Chai Xintong, the official position system is to say, borrowing the official position of the Tang Dynasty, the governor of the three provinces is equivalent to the prime minister, and the three provinces and six ministries system.