Almighty Nongmen Phoenix

Chapter 659;

Sure enough, in the next day's court, the ministers hadn't spoken yet.

When Emperor Hongwen arrived, he first asked Wang De to read out an imperial edict.

The second prince is already old and is not suitable to continue living in the palace, so he specially granted him a mansion and named him King Zhao, and he will allow the court to listen to the government from tomorrow.

Hearing this imperial decree, some ministers' minds became active immediately, and they all saw the matter of Emperor Hongwen's cold treatment of King Ning.

Although the matter of King Ning last time has passed, King Ning has not yet come to the court, and now he suddenly named the second prince as King Zhao, and allowed the court to listen to the government.

Does this mean that Emperor Hongwen wants to train King Zhao to be his successor?
The emperor doesn't have many heirs, only the three princes. King Ning has no hope, and the third prince is still young. King Zhao enters the court at this time. It will take some time for the third prince to grow up.

Zhao Wang can take advantage of this opportunity to accumulate his own power. Even if the third prince grows up by then, it may be difficult for him to compete with him.

It's just that King Ning, to be honest, not many people in the imperial court think highly of him.

After all, with such a mother clan, plus I am a fool, the chance of success is really low.

After such an analysis, many courtiers immediately became active, wondering if it was time to stand in line secretly.

There are many people who think like this, but there are also many who are not optimistic.

It's not that they think the possibility of Zhao Wang is low, but that they look down on Zhao Wang.

Think back when Emperor Hongwen wanted to support him, what did he do?
When facing Lu Yaoyao, he actually gave up the count who had helped him a lot and supported him all the time.

To be honest, it is really hard for people to follow such a person sincerely. After all, who knows if he will give up on himself at some point.

In addition to the above two types of people, there is another type, people like Wen Songtao and Dong Xiang who stand on the sidelines.

The two of them didn't have that kind of feeling about whether Emperor Hongwen made King Zhao because he liked him.

And based on their understanding of Emperor Hongwen, it is estimated that King Zhao will go to court tomorrow, and King Ning will follow him.

This is the usual routine of the emperor, making the heirs fight openly and secretly.

An emperor needs tempering, King Ning is much worse, and King Zhao is the same, so the battle between the two kings is inevitable, it is to hone the two of them.

"Next, let's talk about the second thing."

"Yesterday, Xie Jin wrote a letter and said something about Beidi."

As soon as this topic came up, all the ministers' minds were immediately restrained, and they all wanted to see how Emperor Hongwen would deal with the matter in the Northland.

At the same time, many people began to gear up secretly, wanting to fight for themselves or their masters.

"Xie Jin's memorial is very good in many places, and he also recommended many candidates."

"It's hard for me to make a choice at the moment."

"So, I would like to ask all my lovers to help me analyze and analyze."

Afterwards, he told all the candidates recommended by Xie Jin one by one, and also said the advantages and disadvantages of these people.

Then let these people help the staff to figure out who will take over the Northland.

After his words fell, the courtiers below all boiled up, and each of them stood up to express their opinions.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Emperor Hongwen watched coldly, but in his heart he recorded all these people and the people who supported them one by one.

He planned to investigate carefully after the court was over to see if these people were dedicated to the public, or they had already stood in line without his knowledge.

Among them, the thing that surprised him the most was that most of the officials below recommended King Zhao.

He was slightly dumbfounded.

This Zhao Wang, who has not yet entered the court, has so many supporters, he really cannot be underestimated.

At the same time, he was thinking in his mind that he had to let King Ning come to the court as soon as possible, so that it would be lively.

As more and more courtiers stood up, there were four supporters at most.

They are King Zhao, King Ning, Prince Li's son, and the founding marquis Cheng Jin.

There are only two people who support the founding Hou Chengjin, but their status is not low.

These two people were Wen Songtao and Dong Xiang. Emperor Hongwen was very pleased that these two people supported Cheng Jin to take over the Northern Territory, and he did not suspect that they had any tricks with Cheng Jin.

After all, among the four candidates, Cheng Jin was the most suitable one, and he was also the cleanest one, and his daughter and Lu Yaoyao had a very good relationship. If he took over from King Jin and Lu Yaoyao, he would feel better.

What surprised him was Prince Li's son. He never thought that the people who supported him would be on par with King Ning.

"Prince Li, it seems that I can't stand the loneliness anymore."

He secretly thought in his heart that he planned to pay more attention to it in the future.

"Your loves are all right. Each has its own reasons. The candidates I like the most are these four, but there is only one coach. Who should I choose?"

At this moment, the big guys began to argue again, making a lot of noise, each fighting for the person they supported.

After a long while, there was no reason to argue. It was Wen Songtao who stood up and interrupted the debate of these people.

"Your Majesty, I have a solution when the time comes."

"Oh? Wenxiang tell me."

Wen Songtao clasped his hands and continued, "As we all know, this Northland is a very important place in our East Continent. Don't look at the lack of Beichu's eyes, but that paper contract is really nothing."

"On the contrary, I feel that we should pay more attention to the Northland, so that when the time comes, Beichu will use the opportunity of reconciliation to install someone to infiltrate the Northland. If this is the case, I'm afraid there will be big troubles in the future."

"That's why I feel that a stable and capable person should be selected for this position."

Everyone nodded after hearing this, and Emperor Hongwen also quite agreed.

"The four recommended by everyone just now are all very good, but there is only one seat, so arguing like this is not the way to go."

"Wen Aiqing, just tell me your solution."

Wen Songtao cupped his hands at Emperor Hongwen again, and said, "Since the four are all excellent, why don't you let the f*ck have a competition, and the emperor will personally ask three questions about how to deal with the affairs of the Northland when you go to the Northland?" .”

"Whoever has the best solution among the four, then choose whoever."

Emperor Hongwen nodded, looked at the ministers and asked, "What do you think of Wen Xiang's method?"

"Very good, my minister seconded."

"My minister agrees."

"Seconded."

Almost everyone agreed.

"Since that's the case, then tomorrow morning, I will set the question on the spot, and whoever gives the best answer within half an hour will choose that one."

Everyone nodded and said yes, there is nothing messy about today's morning court, and it will be dealt with soon.

Not long after the court was over, Lu Yaoyao got some news from the court this morning.

"King Zhao?"

"Qiu Shuang, ask Hou Si to arrange someone to investigate King Zhao carefully to see if he is the person we are looking for."

(End of this chapter)