Han emperor system

Chapter 26 Conferring the King
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After drinking for three rounds, Emperor Ling put down the wine baron, and then said to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs: "All along, I have not discussed the establishment of a crown prince. It is because the two princes are still young, but now the eldest prince Liu Bian is 13 years old. The prince Liu Xie is also eight years old, everyone can take a look at the two princes, who is more suitable to be the heir of the Han Dynasty?"

Immediately, the originally bustling Imperial Garden fell silent. All the civil and military officials put down their wine barons, and focused their gazes on the two princes on the high platform, showing contemplative expressions.

It is not a small matter to discuss the establishment of a prince, so every official will be very cautious, even those officials who have been bribed, will not easily express their opinions, because the establishment of a prince means the redistribution of imperial power, which means A competition among court officials.

As the saying goes, once the emperor has one courtier, after the prince is established today, all the ministers who support him will be reused in the future, and those ministers who are on the contrary will definitely be suppressed by the prince in the future.

The eldest prince Liu Bian stood there quietly, with a slight smile on his face, his eyes lowered, he didn't look at the expressions of those officials, because he knew that the competition had already started behind the scenes, and it was just the planner of the competition not him.

As the empress of the dynasty, Empress He naturally hoped that her son would become the crown prince. Her two brothers, General He Jin and Chariot General He Miao naturally had the same idea as her. Only Liu Bian became the crown prince. The power of the He family will continue to be maintained, and there will be greater improvement, so they have secretly recruited a group of court ministers.

On the other hand, Wang Meiren was supported by Shi Changshi to fight against Empress He. They naturally hoped that Wang Meiren's prince Liu Xie would become the prince, so that their glory would continue, so Shi Changshi had long been buying some The court ministers supported the prince Liu Xie.

And among the civil and military officials, there are still a few people who have not been bought by any party, because this part of the ministers are mainly Confucian scholars, and they have always taken loyalty to the country as their duty, so they are not willing to vote for any party. The leader is Cai Yong.

It's just that today, Cai Yong is not qualified to attend the banquet because he has not resumed his official position, and those Confucian officials have kept silent for the time being, but they already have a good impression of Liu Bian in their hearts, and I believe that when they finally express their views, they should Support Liu Bian.

So Liu Bian is very calm. He has long understood that the temporary mission is not just a small reward, it has an important effect on the entire main mission and side missions, not to mention the percentage of Cai Yong's temporary mission in the side missions. The proportion is so large.

"Since the Holy Majesty asked everyone to discuss the establishment of a crown prince, this is a major event passed down by my great man, and it must be taken seriously. I am both a courtier and a relative of the great Han clan, so let me say a few words first. The eldest prince Liu Bian and the second The prince, Liu Xie, is intelligent by nature, hard-working and progressive, and he is a dragon and a phoenix among others. But since the eldest prince is the eldest son of the emperor, according to the tradition of establishing the elders left by our great Han ancestors, he should be established as His Royal Highness, who will rule the world in the future. The second prince can be crowned king , This is also the tradition of the ancestors.”

The first person to speak was the clan of the Han family. Liu Yu, who is currently serving as Zong Zhengling, is still the uncle of Emperor Ling according to his seniority, so his words still have a great influence among the courtiers, but what he supports is Liu debate.

This is not because he likes Liu Bian, but because he is a clan member of the Han family, and everything is based on maintaining the traditions of the Liu family's ancestors. Of course, Liu Bian's performance today makes him not hate it, which is also a factor.

"Although Lord Zongzheng's words are reasonable, in the hundreds of years of inheritance of my dynasty, there have been examples of being young but not grown up. I feel that the second prince Liu Xie has the heart of a child, and he will definitely be able to do it in the future." A good emperor, it is more appropriate to make him the crown prince."

An old minister in his fifties stood up, cupped his hands and said to the sage, Liu Bian glanced over and found that this person was Taifu Hongnong Deng Sheng, presumably one of the Shichang servants.

"Master Deng is not joking, right? The second prince is only eight years old, and you can tell that he will be a good emperor in the future? Everyone has seen the performance of the first prince today, and he is already thirteen or fourteen years old. He is a steady and down-to-earth man. , can be said to have an extraordinary bearing, quite like a dragon and a tiger, this is what it looks like to be a good emperor, and it is only natural for the eldest prince to be crowned prince, and it is even more convincing to the world."

Left General Huang Fusong glanced at General He Jin, then stood up and said loudly to the officials, many of them immediately nodded in agreement, but some of them sat still.

"The old minister remembers that during the Spring Festival last year, the Holy Majesty once commented on the two princes, saying that the Eldest Prince's behavior was frivolous and lacked dignity, and he could not take on important responsibilities in the community. So since the Holy Majesty has already made a conclusion, why do you all have to fight over here? The second prince should be expected to be the crown prince."

Da Sinonong Zhang Wen got up and saluted Emperor Ling, and then bowed his hands to all the officials, and even quoted what Emperor Ling had said in the past.

"I don't agree with Mr. Zhang's words. The Chinese New Year happened last year. At that time, the eldest prince was only in his early ten years old, and he didn't live in the palace. Naturally, he lacked some discipline. However, the performance of the eldest prince today everyone I've seen it all, what's so frivolous about his words and deeds? Everyone knows that the eldest prince is now studying under the tutelage of Cai University. I believe that with the teaching of Cai University, the first prince will definitely be able to become a qualified heir to the throne, so Establishing the eldest prince as the crown prince is the fundamental way to avoid the chaos of the court."

Guangluxun Peiguo Dinggong objected to Da Sinon Zhang Wen's statement, and he mentioned the eldest prince's teacher Cai Yong University, which made many Confucian scholars among the courtiers echo.

General He Jin, Chariot General He Miao, Zhongchang Attendants Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others were also present, but none of them spoke, and let the officials who were bought by them speak out.

Liu Bian paid attention to it. In addition to those who spoke earlier, the people who supported the second prince Liu Xie included Sikong Zhang Ji, eunuch Hanei Zhang Yan, Yongle Shaofu Fanling, Shesheng Xiaowei Ma Riyi, and the later general Yuan Kui. , Hussar General Dong Zhong, Doctor Guanglu Xu Equal.

Those who supported him included Situ Chen Dan, admonishing doctor Liu Tao, Da Sinong Cao Song, Situ Cui Lie, Shangshu Lu Zhi, etc. Among them, the school of Confucian scholars basically stood on his side.

"Cough cough cough-"

However, when all the officials were arguing, Emperor Ling suddenly coughed violently: "Everyone, the establishment of the crown prince is indeed a big matter, and we still need to come down to discuss it. I am not feeling well today, so I will not continue." Let’s go down, temporarily designate the first prince Liu Bian as the King of Hongnong, and the second prince Liu Xie as the King of Bohai, let’s talk about the establishment of the prince later.”

Emperor Ling's words were beyond everyone's expectations, but he saw that there were more ministers supporting the first prince, but what he was thinking about was the second prince Liu Xie, so he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he simply procrastinated.

(End of this chapter)