Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 779 Supporting the eldest son of the emperor

What does not stand mean?In the hall, it was as if a pot had exploded. Among the people, there were those who were calm, some who were surprised, some who were happy, and some who were full of fear.

After all, the Chu Party at this time is still an emerging group with the idea of ​​governing the country, pursuing the revival of the Ming Dynasty, implementing political reforms, and eliminating the shortcomings of the ruling and opposition parties.

The rejuvenation of Ming Dynasty and the realization of reforms are the consensus of many Chu parties, but it is not possible to seek rebellion. They support Wang Yan. It is Wang Yan who can undertake this mission, but what does "neither stand" mean?
Seeing this, Wang Yan needed to control it. He pressed his hand and raised his voice: "Quiet, listen to Gu Buqing!"

Many people in the hall who were about to express their opinions sat down one after another. As the party leader and vassal, his prestige is still sufficient.

Gu Yanwu and others calmed down, and then bowed their hands to Wang Yan and many other members of the Chu Party in the hall, "Your Highness, colleagues. The Tang and Lu feudal clans are at loggerheads, and the two feudal clans are unwilling to make concessions. If it cannot be established, there may even be internal strife. This is of no benefit to the world. If His Highness wants to mediate and maintain the stability of the court, he can only try to get the two feudal clans to compromise and come up with a result that the three clans can accept."

Li Tang, Lu Wang objected, Li Lu, Tang Wang objected, both sides insisted, then the game could not go on, and the stalls had to be broken up.

In this way, you can only choose another person who can be accepted by both feudal clans.

Many officials listened and discussed in low voices, but Wang Yan said: "Gu Buqing has a strategy to solve the current predicament, and the three parties can accept it."

Gu Yanwu heard what Wang Yan said before, and he understood Wang Yan's meaning long ago. He did not hesitate, "Your Highness, I think that only by supporting the eldest son of the emperor can the interests of all parties be reconciled and a compromise can be achieved."

Why not King Gui? The reason is very simple. King Gui is completely in Wang Yan's hands now. If Wang Yan wants to establish Gui, the two feudal vassals will only think that he wants to monopolize the government. If Wang Yan himself does not compromise, how can the two feudal vassals compromise?

Wang Yan had long intended to establish the eldest son of the emperor. The Tang and Lu vassals were both in their prime, with a certain team and ambitions. After they ascended the throne, Wang Yan had no excuse not to let them participate in state affairs , and officials who support the royal family and conservative factions will soon gather around the new emperor, and Wang Yan will inevitably have friction with the new emperor, so it is not in Wang Yan's interest for both of them to ascend the throne.

Long Wu meant that he did not want the eldest son of the emperor to become a power minister and the doll of the emperor's uncle, so he did not want the eldest son to take over the throne and pass it directly to the king of Tang. He also told Wang Yan to take good care of the eldest son and let him be an ordinary prince , but Wang Yan could not follow Longwu's wishes.

"Eldest son of the Emperor Li? Can King Tang and King Lu agree?"

After listening to Gu Yanwu's words, everyone in the hall was quiet for a while, Yan Qiheng got up and asked.

Wang Yan looked at Gu Yanwu and motioned him to continue.

"Yan Butang, supporting the eldest son of the emperor, first of all, is of great benefit to His Highness. The eldest son of the Emperor is young, and His Highness's prestige is enough to be a regent. Our faction can control the court for more than ten years, and concentrate on dealing with the Qing court and reforming its shortcomings." Mr. Gu Yanwu To put it bluntly, this is exactly Wang Yan's fourth requirement.

Wang Yan put this item fourth, but those who are staff and confidantes have to understand his thoughts. In fact, the order of the four items is completely reversed.

This one, of course, also compounded the interests of many officials of the Chu Party. They followed Wang Yan, and they naturally hoped to have the opportunity to realize their ambitions, obtain high positions, and establish a little prince. This is indeed the best choice.

Gu Yanwu went on to say: "The next step is whether the kings of Tang and Lu can accept the little prince. Let's talk about the king of Tang first. He is composed of ministers supporting Tang, elders such as Su, Chen, Wan, Gu, and Zheng Guo. , Jin Shenghuan and other powerful towns support. The reason why Tang supporters support King Tang is firstly because they need King Tang to contend with King Lu and guarantee their own interests. I can't suppress King Lu, or even King Gui, that's why I choose to support King Tang. Now that King Tang and King Lu can't fight each other, no one can subdue each other. May accept this outcome."

Wang Yan nodded. If there was too much resistance to King Tang's ascension to the throne, the pro-Tang faction would be the next best choice, and the possibility of choosing the eldest son of the emperor would still be very high. However, in this case, King Tang would definitely be very dissatisfied and would bear a grudge against Wang Yan.

The people in the hall did not refute, Wang Yan urged: "Where is King Lu?"

"The king of Lu can't even suppress the king of Tang. If His Highness doesn't support the king of Lu, the king of Lu will definitely not be able to fight for the throne. But for the king of Lu, he will never allow the king of Tang to ascend the throne. The king of Tang is in the prime of his life. You have to do it yourself, and in addition, there is already a Highness in the court, so the internal structure of the Ming Dynasty is that there are two strong and one weak, and the Lu Fan has no place to stand. Therefore, the Lu Fan family will definitely fight hard and will not back down. But if the emperor With the eldest son ascending the throne, the emperor is unable to govern, and the situation in the court is that one is strong and two are weak, as long as His Highness compromises and gives some benefits to the Lu family, a compromise can be reached."

The current situation is that the king of Tang is dissatisfied with the king of Lu, and the king of Lu is dissatisfied with the king of Tang. If the two parties cannot compromise, perhaps they can only learn from the Manchus in the north and choose a young and weak one to come out, and then let The two vassals of Tang and Lu continued to maintain containment and balance, which was in Wang Yan's interest.

Wang Yan had already decided, but he also wanted to unify the opinions within the Chu Party, so he said, "What do you guys think?"

The ministers in the hall were silent for a while, Yan Qiheng stood up, cupped his hands and said: "As long as the two feudal clans don't fight and maintain the stability of the court, I think it's feasible."

After hearing this, everyone nodded their heads.

Seeing this, Wang Yan immediately said: "In this case, Gu Buqing will go to Jiangxi to welcome Empress Zeng and the eldest son of the emperor to Nanjing."

Gu Yanwu was about to take orders, but Chen Bangyan stood up and stretched out his hand to stop, "Wait a minute!" He bowed his hands to Wang Yan, and then said: "Your Highness, the queen and the eldest son of the emperor, under the protection of the Yongtang faction, Gu Buqing I'm afraid that if you can't welcome it, it will cause resentment among the supporters of the Tang Dynasty, thinking that His Highness has planned it for a long time. I think it's better to wait for the three parties to reach an agreement before making a decision."

After Wang Yan heard this, he continued to remonstrate, "Then wait for the three parties to negotiate before going to greet them. However, this matter cannot be delayed for too long. We will hold a discussion tomorrow to finalize the matter with the two vassals."

After the discussion was settled, Wang Yan waved his hand to make people retreat. He basically didn't have a good rest these days.

Although he has discussed a countermeasure here, Tang and Lu feudal lords are also making their own plans at this time, and they may not listen to him. There will inevitably be an energy-consuming battle tomorrow.

Today it is Tang and Lu feudal lords fighting each other, and tomorrow he may be angry at the two kings, so he needs to recharge his batteries.

The officials and generals in the hall exited the hall one by one, Wang Yan rubbed his head, and was about to stand up, when suddenly he saw Yu Taichu walking in against the people who went out.

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