The rise of the prince

Chapter 43
The East Palace is named for its orientation, and the east belongs to spring, so it is also called the Spring Palace and the Qing Palace. It has been the residence of the princes in all dynasties.

The Eastern Palace has always been a focal point, with a special status.It is reasonable to say that the prince is the future emperor, and courtiers should flatter and flatter, but most of the emperors of the Li Dynasty did not like the faction of the Eastern Palace, and many princes were neglected or even abolished by the emperor.

The prince's confidantes are generally important ministers of the new dynasty, but the six masters of the East Palace: the prince's master, the prince's master, the prince's master, the prince's master, the prince's master, and the prince's master are of high rank, but they are often empty positions and idle positions. .It is mostly used to balance economic adjustments, reward officials, and sometimes play the role of rising and falling.

But no matter what, it is very different from other princes. The prince not only has a mansion in the palace, can participate in government affairs, but also has his own arrangements.Within a certain range, the emperor allowed the prince to cultivate his confidants and establish his own deployment, but it could not be done to the point of threatening the imperial power. After all, since ancient times, there were no precedents in the history of the ruthless emperor's family, where the son killed his father.

Therefore, the emperor could tolerate and like the prince to have his own team and deployment, but he also feared and restrained the formation of a party between the Eastern Palace and the powerful officials in the court.

When it comes to the current prince, one has to talk about the situation in the palace.

The emperor's harem also has a strict ranking system, and the order of the ranks is all polite, so you can't mess around.

The empress is the mother of the world, and she is the same supreme as the emperor.

Underneath is the madam, the title of the first grade, and four titles, the order is: Concubine Gui, Concubine Shu, Concubine De, Concubine Xian, so under the empress is Concubine Gui.

Below the wife are concubines, and there are two types of concubines, from the first rank to six concubines, the order is: Shuyi, Shurong, Shunyi, Shunrong, Wanyi, and Wanrong.

Zheng Erpin: Zhaoyi, Xiuyi, Xiurong, Xiuyuan; Chongyi, Filling Rong, Chongyuan, etc.

There are also Jieyu, beauties, talented people, etc. below, and the order of rank has always been clear and strict.Therefore, the harem is cruel. No matter how much the emperor favors, if the order is low, there is no way to fight back, and sometimes it will only bring disaster.

And the emperor's first son was born to Concubine Lin Shu, named Li Cheng'an, who was made the king of Lin Jun. At that time, he was almost made the crown prince, but later died of illness.It was also because King Xiao was not immediately canonized as the crown prince during the funeral of King Lin. At that time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty expected that King Xiao would enter the East Palace once the funeral of King Lin was over.

And King Xiao was born of Empress Wu, named Li Chengshe, the legitimate eldest son, crowned and canonized as Prince Xiao, the emperor trusted him so much that he even ruled the imperial army alone.

There are three Forbidden Army: Yulin Army, Wulie Army, and Chixiao Army.The total force is maintained at about 40, and it has always been divided into two parts, one part guards the capital and the other part guards outside.The two are roughly equivalent, and the defense needs to be changed every three years. The troops guarding the capital and guarding other places are exchanged.

The imperial army was supported and trained by Sanya.The Sanya is under the control of the commander in front of the palace, the deputy commander in front of the palace, the commander of the horse army of the guards, and the commander of the infantry of the guards. However, the Sanya has the right to train and train the forbidden army, but has no right to lead the forbidden army.

The one who has the power to order the forbidden army is the Privy Council envoy, that is, the current general Zhong Daoyu.And there is only one person who can call and lead the imperial army, and that is the current emperor who has the military talisman.

But at the beginning, King Xiao was able to lead the Chixiao army alone to guard the north, and his power was so great that it almost seemed like a divine presence.

King Xiao also won the emperor's trust. He guarded Beiguan for three years and defeated the Liao people in the north. His reputation spread far and wide.For this reason, the emperor opened his mouth, and the people of Zhongshushe wrote it, and the emperor painted it to refute Si Yunxing's imperial decree to change the name of Chixiao army to Lingjie army, just to commemorate and publicize King Xiao's great military exploits in the north.

After returning to Beijing, Xiao went to the court to discuss government affairs, gave him a sword and walked on the hall, and ranked in front of the officials, as if he was treated as a prince.It is a pity that never expected that during the Northern Expedition of the army, the king of Wu conspired against him, and the talented king Xiao died in order to protect the country.

After that, the emperor did not mention the matter of the crown prince for eight years, but after all, he lost to the years, and the officials came to the table, so Li Chengping, the son of the noble concubine, was appointed as the prince, who entered the East Palace, opened the prince's mansion, and set up the prince's six divisions.

Li Chengping is the half-brother of King Xiao, who is also the present prince.

It took Yu Chengan about half an hour to finally walk from Changchun to the Meridian Gate. This section of the journey to the court was not allowed in all dynasties, and there was no reduction or exemption. The officials had to complete the journey every day.

The purpose is to remind all ministers to be diligent and conscientious, to do what they do, to know sweetness when thinking about suffering.The slightly fat man was already out of breath at this time, the chariots and horses in the mansion waited outside the Meridian Gate for a long time, rested for a while with the support of his servants, got on the car and went back to the mansion, took a short rest, changed his official robes, changed into casual clothes and got on the car again leave in a hurry.

It is not easy for foreign ministers to enter the palace, there is the Wu De Division in charge of the palace gate, recording and notifying the entry and exit, but if the Prince of the East Palace gives instructions, the Wu De Division and the Wu De envoy will be accommodating, so he went to the East Palace easily.

He was careful along the way and didn't show his face in the car. Although he had a clear conscience, it was still not a decent thing, and he didn't heave a sigh of relief until he entered the East Palace.

The person who came to greet him was Sun Huan, Zhan Shi of the Crown Prince's Mansion. The other party bowed first, and Yu Chengan nodded in return, and he led them into the East Palace.

Zhan Shi in the Prince's Mansion is just a small seventh-rank official, but Yu Chengan knows the ways of the world. Compared with the first and second-rank prince's sixth teacher, this little Zhan Shi is the prince's confidant. Huan will turn around and jump into the dragon's gate.

Although I am a first-rank member, it is also appropriate to give good looks at this time.Under the leadership of Sun Huan, they turned seven times and eight times, and they finally arrived at the side hall of the East Palace. The fire inside the hall was warm, luxurious and luxurious, and the crown prince had already been waiting for a long time in formal attire.

"The old minister has seen the prince." Yu Chengan saluted.

The prince knelt down and said, "Master Yu, you are welcome, please sit down."

Yu Chengan nodded and sat down at the lower table, the dishes, tea and wine on the table had already been prepared.There was a rule in the Jing Dynasty that the courtiers were not allowed to eat until the end of the court meeting. At this time, he was already hungry, so he was not polite and started to eat by himself.

The crown prince just waited like this, hesitating to speak for several times without opening his mouth, until Yu Chengan had almost eaten and put down the bowls and chopsticks before he spoke: "It is Wei Chaoren's business to invite Lord Yu to the East Palace this time."

Yu Chengan cupped his hands, chuckled, and said with some disdain: "I don't know what the prince has to teach you?"

"I don't dare to teach, it's just that my qualifications are shallow, and I don't have much experience, so it's hard to cut off. Today, the only person in the court is because I heard Lord Yu's words, so I agreed. Because the Lord has always been sensible, discerning right from wrong, and working hard for my great society. You can trust adults.

Although I am a prince, I have no opinions and know nothing about it.Therefore, I invite Master Yu to come here today because I want to ask Master Yu to teach me the pros and cons of this matter, and talk carefully about whether Wei Chaoren should die or not, so that I can have a bottom line in my heart. "The prince bowed his hands sincerely, like a child humbly asking for advice.

Yu Chengan was taken aback for a moment, he originally thought that the crown prince's sudden support for him today was to win him over, but calling him here at this time was to further draw him into forming a party.Just as he was about to refuse with righteous words, he didn't expect such a situation, and he couldn't help feeling ashamed in his heart, and he treated the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

(End of this chapter)