The rise of the prince

Chapter 756: Early August

At the beginning of August, seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming, all the stewards of the palace slowly came back, and my sister-in-law, Princess Qing’an, would also return to Beijing during the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year was the first year he was named Crown Prince, so the Empress Daxi also ordered him in private, During the Mid-Autumn Festival, a big banquet will be held for all officials and relatives of the emperor.

One is to win over the relationship, the other is to let everyone know and show everyone, and the third is to gain prestige, and the emperor will go there at that time.

After hearing what the queen said, Li Xingzhou also understood that the words were called by the queen to the harem, but it must have the meaning of the old emperor. The old emperor wanted to stand up for him.

Li Xingzhou had to sigh with emotion, if there were no previous brothers who killed each other, killed their sons, and killed tens of thousands of rebels who surrendered, what the old emperor did could be called a wise king in Qing history.At least Zhong Daoyu and his grandson's military achievements are enough to make him better than most emperors in history.

The more he got in touch with, the more Li Xingzhou understood the difficulty of the old emperor walking on thin ice. Fortunately, many problems have been solved by him now, and the old emperor is much better.

But in all fairness, the old emperor has done a good job, and he is also one of the top emperors in Jingguo's belt.

It's a pity that Jing's domestic and foreign troubles have silted up to a certain extent. When Zhong Daoyu's departure was in full swing, the powerful clan in the rear secretly supported and coerced King Wu's plot to rebel, which ruined the event.

Therefore, when the old emperor killed the tens of thousands of rebels who surrendered, he should have mixed feelings, angry, and angry that his decades-long plan to regain the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun was spoiled.And helpless, helpless, knowing that there are some powerful figures behind King Wu's rebellion, but there is nothing to do with them.

Jingguo's land annexation has reached a certain level, and if it continues to develop, it will become a big tail, and the people will have no way to survive, and they will decline. The old emperor actually wants to change it. It can be seen from the fact that he forced the big clan to coerce King Wu into rebellion, but this cannot be seen. The huge resistance of Liao and Jin is more powerful than that of Liao and Jin. If you are not careful, you will be ruined.

The old emperor was desperate before, so he just wanted to sit back and watch the changes, and pass on the country steadily, but now there have been some changes.

He seemed to place certain expectations on himself, which Li Xingzhou had only discovered recently, so he would spare no effort to pave the way for himself, Li Xingzhou could see the meaning of this.

It is very important to pave the way for successors. The biggest counterexample in this regard is Cao Cao. I don’t know if he values ​​​​family affection too much or is it true that Cao Zhi and Cao Pi are really good enough to be worthy of repeated consideration for so many years.

In short, the final result is a long-term internal struggle between the two factions, and the successor has not been determined for a long time. Until the final death of Cao Cao, Cao Pi established his position, but he did not make any achievements. Arm Wrestling.

The old emperor was very decisive in this matter. In the past, he let the prince enter the court to listen to the government, but now he is in charge of the Privy Council and the Shibo Secretary.

The old emperor probably knew that if the heir could not establish authority early, when he passed away, those high-ranking ministers might take the opportunity to further weaken the imperial power.

At the beginning of autumn, Fengyue is just right.

"Wang Yue, He Zhao, Bao Zheng, Xue Fang and others have all talked to me in private, and they want me to issue a decree to marry you to marry Yelu Yali, the princess of the Liao Kingdom." The old emperor said while putting down his chopsticks. .

Tonight Li Xingzhou was brought into the palace for dinner again, and the queen was also there. In fact, they mainly wanted to see the pregnant Gillian, so he brought Gillian with him. This could be considered a family feast.

Knowing that Gillian is pregnant, the dishes on the table are delicate but relatively light, and the empress is getting old.

During the dinner, the queen kept talking to Gillian. The old emperor didn't talk much, so he talked to him from time to time.

"Why didn't I hear what they said." Li Xingzhou picked up his chopsticks and said slightly dissatisfied.

"You blame them, do they dare to tell you? Look at the posture of your favorite concubine, let a prostitute be your housekeeper, let your favorite woman command the army, let you let your mistress be an official!
Such excessive pampering, how dare they tell you that it is not to offend you! "The old emperor's tone was a little angry.

"What mistress?"

"It's Qifang, the daughter of Zhongshu Sheren, don't you think that I don't know the outside world when I'm in the palace, hum."

"Rumors, they are all rumors!" Li Xingzhou argued quickly, if the old emperor knew that Gillian wrote the memorial for him, he would be so mad.

"I don't want to take care of such trivial matters, and I won't take care of them." The emperor's tone gradually hardened: "But that Yelu Yali, you must marry!
She is the orthodox of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Dun has died of illness, and her younger sister Yelu Yali is the only orthodox blood of the Liao royal family.

Don't worry, if you don't like her after marrying her, just ignore her at all.If you marry her, it will be very beneficial to our country Jing, and you will gain a lot of fame at once, and you will be more popular in the north. "

The old emperor said unquestionably, and then went on to say, "This is also beneficial to the Fajin you have been thinking about."

"Yes." Li Xingzhou did not object.

Yelu Yali, he actually has a good impression of that girl in his heart. She has experienced the hardships of losing her country and her family, and being displaced. At this age, it would be difficult for ordinary people to survive.

But when it comes to appearance, in fact, he didn't pay much attention to it. He probably remembered that it was more pretty, and Khitan girls were also more lively, and they were very good at equestrian skills.

Because every time she comes to the palace, she doesn't talk to Li Xingzhou much, but she gets along well with He Qian. The two like to ride horses in the back mountain. According to what He Qian told him at night, Yelu Yali's equestrian skills are amazing. How amazing is it? He wasn't listening carefully, his attention was on other things.

Maybe talk to her sometime.

Tomorrow is the day when the First Division of the New Army Navy will return from its first sea training. Li Xingzhou is going to the port to meet Di Zhi and the others in person, so he will not stay in the palace for long.

On the way back, in the carriage, he asked Gillian, who was leaning on her shoulder happily: "Am I being very playful?"

"Ah?" A-Jiao raised her head slightly, her pretty and charming face was full of puzzlement, and there was a hint of maternal brilliance, making her even more alluring.

"I have poetry, you, He Qian, and Qiu'er and Yue'er in the future, but the result is not satisfied, and I want to marry Princess Khitan." Li Xingzhou supported his forehead, and he felt that while his career was growing, he also became stallion.

"What's the matter?" Gillian hugged his arm in confusion: "My grandfather still has more than ten concubines, and His Highness will have Sangong Sixth Court in the future."

"Ha!" Li Xingzhou's eyes widened, and he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. Degong, a decent guy, has so many concubines, but after thinking about it, it feels natural. It's no wonder that there are no people of Degong's status. Coupled with the low status of the concubine, it is normal for him not to see her.

Immediately he also understood that he was still judged by the concept of future generations. Among other things, Temujin in this era has more than 40 recorded concubines, and there are many undocumented ones with lower status. Hundreds.

Like Cao Cao, there are more than a dozen wives recorded in the record alone, and there are a lot of unrecorded ones.

This era is like this. It interprets the law of the jungle very well. As long as there is power, a lot of resources will be gathered, and women will naturally be indispensable. A crown prince like him will become an emperor in the future. Hundreds of people are considered normal. No wonder most of them Emperors are short-lived, it is strange that this life can live long.
At the beginning of August, when the new navy returned from training at sea for the first time, Li Xingzhou personally went to the port to greet them, and delivered an impassioned speech, which boosted morale, and many sailors expressed their willingness to die for him.

At the beginning of August, the letter of credence to Xia Guo was also sent out, asking them to return Tang Long's important town, otherwise Jing Guo would send troops to take it back, and at the same time cut off business contacts with Li Jiyi's faction.

At the beginning of August, Li Xingzhou's long-awaited Taiyuan prefect Yang Wenguang and Yong'an Army Jie Weizhong finally arrived in the capital.

At the beginning of August, He Xu brought back the second batch of [-] Mongolian horses to be traded with Temujin, and [-] horses were still on the way.

Early August. Hu Tian was snowing in August, the weather turned cold, and Yanshan Mansion was safe. The Kingdom of Jin failed in its southward campaign this year, and all retreated to the north of Shanhaiguan.But the war didn't start in a day, and it won't stop in a day. This is only this year, and the annuity people will definitely continue to go south after next year.

(End of this chapter)