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Chapter 690 The Ninth Meeting of Princes and Ministers

On the eighth day of September, the almanac shows that everything is suitable and it is a good day.

Looking at the rising Chuyang, Lao Fu nodded, threw the "Book of Time Constitution" to his old wife, and ordered to prepare a sedan chair and go to the clan mansion.

The venue for the primary election of the Hat King is set at the Clan Mansion. This place is on the edge of the imperial city, between Honglu Temple and Qin Tianjian. It is responsible for holding the roster of the emperor's nine clans. All clans, no matter whether they are red belts or yellow belts, have jade certificates from the clan. Government registration.

That is to say, as long as the name is entered in the files of the Clan Mansion, the person who was born is Aixinjueluo, and the person who died is Aixinjueluo's ghost.

At the same time, theoretically also obtained the right to inherit the throne of the Qing Dynasty.

Zongling, the top leader of the clan mansion, that is, the patriarch of the Aixinjueluo clan, has been the Prince of Heshuo since the day it was established. The previous Zong Ling of the clan mansion was Prince Jian Fengneheng.

Bewitched by rumors, he began to suspect the emperor's life experience, and then sent people to Haining to investigate secretly. Later, under the instigation of Lao Fu, he conspired with several hat kings to lead troops to revolutionize Qianlong. Prince Jierhalang.

It is also the only hat king in the Qing Dynasty who is not inherited from the Taizu, but from the brothers of the Taizu.

After Feng Neheng was executed, the position of Zong Ling was vacant for more than half a year. In June, at Lao Fu's proposal, Prince He Shuoyi Hong Xiao took over the position of Zong Ling.

Hong Xiao was Qianlong's direct uncle and brother. The relationship between the late emperor and the Thirteenth Lord was so good that he wore a pair of trousers. When the Thirteenth Lord died, the late Emperor mourned deeply and issued an order: "My younger brother's son Hong Xiao, follow Feng Yi Prince, from generation to generation, will never be replaced. Whatever grace I bestow on my younger brother, future generations shall not arbitrarily reduce it."

In addition to letting Hong Xiao succeed Prince Yi, Hong Xiao's elder brother Hong Jun was also made King of Ningjun.

One family and two kings, it can be said that the emperor's grace is mighty.

However, after Qianlong ascended the throne, he was very close and alien to Prince Yi's lineage, beating and intimidating him frequently. After a long time, he looks like a great writer.

It is said that Cao Xueqin, who wrote "The Story of the Stone" in the early years, had a close relationship with Shisanye's family, so Hongxiao's family copied the original version of "The Story of the Stone", but he dared not publish it in the Yifu bibliography to avoid disaster, and only borrowed it privately.

His elder brother Hongjiao was similar to him, because he was close to Prince Zhuang Yunlu and Prince Lijun Hongxi, so Qianlong almost didn't snatch the prince of Ningjun.

Affected by this, and in order to avoid disaster, Hongjiao also hid at home like his younger brother, raising chrysanthemums to entertain himself.

In this way, Qianlong did not let him go after his death, and insisted on not giving him the inheritance of King Ning.

That Yongfu who refused to call him uncle when Jia Liu was working at Qianqingmen was Hongjiao's second son.

Therefore, when Fu Zhongtang proposed that he be the head of the clan, Hong Xiao, who had been at home for 30 years without asking about world affairs, agreed without hesitation.

Without it, my brother will suffer from old age for a long time!

Don't look at the position of Zong Ling as nothing more than an honor, but apart from the emperor, the only one who can order the whole clan is this Zong Ling.

This is the reason why Prince Kang, Prince Zhuang, and Prince Pingjun were willing to listen to Prince Jian Fengneheng's call.

The first thing Hong Xiao did after he took office was to discuss the inheritance of his elder brother Ning County King. In order to gain the support of the Hat King, Lao Fu ordered Yongfu to inherit the title of Ning County King in the name of Qianlong in July. The commander of the guard army with a white flag.

So, everyone is happy.

Prince Yi's family is completely on Lao Fu's side.

With the addition of Prince Heng Hongzhang, Prince Yujun Lianghuan, Prince Chunjun Wang Hongjing, and Prince Hejun Mianxun, who had spontaneously formed a group at the beginning, Lao Fu initially got the support of two-thirds of the clan.

This is also the reason why he dared to hold a meeting of princes and ministers to discuss politics.

The successful convening of this meeting was not only a fatal blow to Qianlong's authority, but also a peak in his political career.

Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty for a hundred years, which minister can do what he does.

Therefore, Lao Fu paid special attention to this meeting of princes, princes and ministers, and would never allow any mistakes.

That rules out that he's going to lay his hands on someone during the meeting.

Of course, it is also because the timing is not enough. In addition, although there are various unhappiness and various episodes between the two brothers, they still need to support each other at this stage.

Although today is the primary election, there will be a vote to determine the list of 25 candidates. Therefore, the princes and ministers who have the right to vote in Beijing and the governors who came to Beijing not long ago must be present.

Originally it was supposed to be in the Huiwen Hall of the Ministry of Rites, but it was changed to the Clan Mansion because the Huiwen Hall was small.

The guards of the Zhenghuang Banner and the imperial guards transferred from the palace were responsible for the security of the venue. These people were under the orders of Prince An Sehentu.

It was Lao Fu who offered to let Uncle Se be in charge of the security work, which would completely dispel the doubts of the six sons and virtuous brothers.

After all, the conversation in front of the city gate was not without reason.

Instead of making Guiziliu suspicious, it's better to be generous and show him Brother Fu's grandeur and heart.

The primary election conference was presided over by Prince Twelve Elder Brother Yongxie. The emperor himself will attend the meeting of princes, princes and ministers to discuss government affairs held in Qianqing Palace the day after tomorrow. Due to physical reasons, the twelve elder brothers will still preside over the meeting.

For this decision, Lao Fu has already communicated with the Military Aircraft Department, the Sixth Department, and the princes.

It was unanimously approved, and everyone agreed with it.

To a certain extent, this is also the first time that Yongzheng Xianyu has presided over state affairs as a "prince prince" since his turnaround.

In order for Yongzheng to leave an excellent impression on the officials, Lao Fu also specially wrote a speech draft for Yongzheng to recite and read by heart, and then he can speak according to this draft.

I have to say that my rich dad was really well-intentioned.

Regarding the matter of nominating candidates, Lao Fu heard a lot of rumors that interested clans were trying to gain access, but he dismissed it.

Because no matter whose avenue these clans try to gain or how much money they are willing to spend, only five of them will win.

And among these five, except for one Prince of England, the other four are all internal appointments, and outsiders have no chance at all.

In order to increase the number of votes and avoid internal friction, the old rich greeted the princes, that is, the nominations were unanimous.

The five people were still the original five, namely Prince Heng Hongzhang, Prince Yujun Lianghuan, Prince Hejun Mianxun, Prince Ying Jiucheng, and Prince Yu Xiuling.

Chunjun Wang Hongjing is not on the list of hereditary successors. The old rich promised that Hongjing can be promoted to be a prince next year, and he will be the Minister of Prime Minister Affairs, in charge of the Examination Office, the Construction Office, and the Household Department.

This is fat difference!
Only in this way did Hongjing reluctantly agree not to compete for the hat king, and fully supported the candidate recommended by Lao Fu.

As long as Hongjing, the king of the county, doesn't come out to cause trouble, other people, including Gushan Baylor, Dorobeile, General Zhen Guo, and General Feng En, will be ignored by Lao Fu at all.

Because those people simply cannot get enough votes.

However, he was still instructed to nominate some clan children who seemed qualified but actually had no connections. After all, the purpose of voting for the hat king this time was also to unite and appease the clan.

Lao Fu has already read the specific nominees reported by the Ministry of Rites. There are 175 candidates in total, most of whom are just making up numbers. Yongxin was nominated by Leer, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.

Le Er would like to nominate Yong Xin because of the factor of gratitude. Lao Fu knows this very well, but he has no plan to support Yong Xin. In addition to the fact that the number of hat kings should not be too many, it is also because the Fourteenth Master has always had a high prestige in the clan. Therefore, if Yongxin is allowed to choose the hat king, there may be some demon moths.

As for the few people nominated by Devil Six, Lao Fu is sure that this kid must have taken money from others, but except for [-]%, the other three people cannot win the election because he controls a lot more votes than this kid.

The old rich man in the sedan chair burst into laughter when he thought of Guizi Liu's miserable face and his unwillingness to return the money to others.

This time it wasn't that he deliberately wanted to embarrass the six sons, it was really a conspiracy, a competition of strength.

Your rich brother's strength in Beijing is something that your six sons and virtuous brothers will never imagine.

Just as they were enjoying themselves, the sedan chair slowly stopped, but the clan mansion had arrived.

After straightening his hat and dusting off his robe, Lao Fu slowly stepped out of the sedan chair, and a familiar figure in front of him immediately attracted him.

If it's not the Six Sons, who is it?

"A little higher, a little higher, hey, pull it to the east, yes, yes, hey, good!"

With one hand on his hip, Jia Liu talked to Lao Kui from the Ministry of Rites, and with the other hand, he pointed at the gate of the Zongren Mansion from time to time, asking the staff to straighten the banner according to his request.

It is a red banner about ten meters long, written in both Manchu and Chinese—"Warmly celebrate the grand opening of the first meeting of the Ninth Conference of Princes and Ministers."

It's the ninth time.

Since there was a meeting of princes and ministers to discuss politics, this is the ninth National Assembly held by the Qing Dynasty.

The last time it was held was the 29th year of Kangxi, 82 years ago.

The reason for holding the National Assembly that year was that the emperor wanted to conquer Galdan himself.

(End of this chapter)