marquis of jingan

Chapter 939
The birth of the eldest son of the emperor, Li Wang, was indeed inseparably related to Shen Yi. After all, the Concubine Hui participated in the whole process, whether it was a meeting with His Majesty the Emperor or a private meeting, until she entered the palace later.

From this point of view, what the emperor said was indeed reasonable, and it was reasonable for him to call Shen Yi uncle.

But the birth of this child was problematic.

Not to mention the sensitivity of his mother's identity, even leaving aside the old identity of Concubine Hui, Li Wang, the eldest son of the emperor, is just a concubine.

What's more terrible is that after the empress gave birth to a princess, her stomach has been not very up to date, and she has no children so far.

If the queen empress has no children, and the other concubines in the palace have no children, then this matter is easy to deal with, and it will be fatal. Since the seven years of Emperor Hongde's wedding, almost six years have passed. , The emperor expanded the harem several times and selected beautiful women.

Now, the harem is quite full. In addition to the eldest son Li Wang, three more princes were born in the palace, one died, and two survived.

The queen empress already has the idea that the adopted prince wants to be under her knees.

Last year, there were rumors that the Empress Dowager went to find the Empress Dowager and wanted to adopt the eldest son of the Emperor to herself, that is to say, she wanted to snatch Concubine Hui's son away.

I don't know if it was the Empress Dowager who disagreed with this matter, or His Majesty the Emperor lost his temper, and it gradually faded away.

Because of this incident, and the fact that Concubine Hui has been at odds with the empress since she entered the palace...

In the future of the harem, there will definitely be a big fight.

Originally, it doesn't matter to be an uncle or a teacher to a prince. In the future, it is nothing more than getting closer to a prince's mansion, but if it involves a battle in the harem, and it is such an extremely fierce battle, Shen Yi is not willing to see it up.

He twitched cheekily, bowed his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, the eldest son of the emperor and his ministers do have some connections, but most of them follow orders and do not dare to take credit for it. The distinction between monarchs and ministers must be divided, otherwise it will be messed up if it spreads." Regardless of etiquette, it will make some people unhappy."

The emperor looked at Shen Yi with a smile: "Shen Qing is afraid that the people in the mother's family will be angry?"

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly.

"I didn't mean that. It's just that it's not good to hear the news. Maybe someone will find out the origin of this "uncle". I haven't been in the court for many years, so I don't have time to compete with those people. In the end, it's all for your majesty." Get in trouble."

The "origin" of this matter in Shen Yi's mouth naturally refers to the origin of Concubine Hui.

In fact, this matter is no longer a particularly big secret.

Because there are many insiders.

Those big figures in the imperial court may not know the specific origin of Concubine Hui, but many people know that Concubine Hui is by no means the granddaughter of the Dali Temple Minister's family.

His Majesty still had a smile on his face, just smiling: "Is there anyone else who dares to chew their tongue?"

"Naturally there is none in this dynasty."

After Shen Yi finished speaking, he stopped talking.

His meaning was very simple, as His Majesty became more and more powerful, no one in the court would dare to confront the Emperor, and no one would dare to gossip about the emperor's favorite concubine.

But if the next dynasty ascends the throne, if it is not the son of Concubine Hui...

Then the matter of Concubine Hui, even if it is not recorded in the history books, will probably be passed on to the public.

It will become an anecdote of Hong Dechao.

But if the eldest son of the emperor came to the throne, it would be a different situation. Concubine Hui became the Queen Mother, and no one dared to mention all the old things in the past.

After all, the future emperors will all be the blood of Concubine Hui.

These anecdotes will only be passed on by word of mouth among the people, and may become "unofficial history" when the dynasty changes in the next dynasty.

At that time, I don't know how many years have passed. If someone said that Da Chen's empress dowager was born in a brothel, most of them would not be believed.

His Majesty the Emperor held his eldest son in his arms, and after thinking about it, he said, "What Chen Qing said is not unreasonable."

"That's all."

The emperor smiled and said: "If it is in front of outsiders, don't mention the word uncle and nephew again, let this child call you uncle in private."

"After all, you and my monarch and ministers are of the same age, so it is considered the friendship between our monarch and minister."

The emperor looked at Shen Yi, smiled and said, "How?"

The boss has said everything to this point, and if he doesn't nod his head, it would be too disrespectful to the boss. Master Shen lowered his head slightly: "I obey."

The emperor looked at his son and said with a smile, "Have you remembered? When we meet in private, we will call him uncle."

The eldest son of the emperor has fair skin and looks like his mother. He has big eyes. He blinked and asked, "Father, what is private?"

The emperor smiled and replied: "It is when there are only the two of you, or when there are no outsiders."

Li Wang let out an "oh", got down from the emperor's embrace, bowed to Shen Yi in a dignified manner, and said, "Uncle Shen."

The emperor clapped his hands and laughed: "This child pays a lot of New Year's greetings, but he understands some rules."

Speaking of this, the emperor turned his head to look at Eunuch Gao, and said with a smile: "Gao Ming, take him down to play for a while, and then send him back to Concubine Hui."

"I'm going to discuss business with Shen Qing."

Eunuch Gao nodded quickly, said yes, and then came over and smiled respectfully at the eldest son of the emperor.

A moment later, Li Wang, the eldest son of the emperor, rode on the neck of the great eunuch and left the Ganlu Palace.

After the child had left, the emperor pointed to the chair in Ganlu Hall and signaled Shen Yi to sit down.

After Master Shen took his seat, the emperor returned to his seat and sat down. He tidied up the big characters written by Li Wang on the table, and then looked at Shen Yi.He said with a smile: "The people of Qi negotiated some conditions with me through the inner guard."

"It is said that the conditions were drawn up by Emperor Yongping himself."

Shen Yi was a little surprised: "Did it be delivered to His Majesty on New Year's Day?"

The emperor nodded: "The ones sent to me on the second day of the new year were probably drawn up by Emperor Yongping years ago."

Master Shen thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Then probably, the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty has not had a good year."

"Haha."

The emperor was amused by Shen Yi's words. He clapped his hands and smiled and said, "It's not just that they didn't live a good life. I heard that their Southern Conquest Army was still in Yandu. people."

The emperor smiled all over his face: "If I sat in his position and heard the news, I would be so angry."

Shen Yi was even more surprised: "Does Yan recognize this good news?"

"Yes, why not?"

The emperor said with a smile: "I also rewarded Zhou Shizhong with his official position. He was promoted by half a rank, and he still leads the Southern Army. He also rewarded him with money and things."

Emperor Hongde was obviously in a good mood, and said with a smile: "After all, I have been the emperor for decades, and I can still bear it. If it were me, I would not be able to bear it anyway."

Shen Yi wanted to understand the key point, bowed his head and said: "Yes, Emperor Yongping didn't want to fight anymore, so he had to pinch his nose and accept this good news."

The emperor sneered slightly: "Occupied my ancestral land for more than sixty years, and didn't even pay a penny of the rent. If he doesn't want to fight, he won't fight?"

Shen Yi nodded, then looked at the emperor, and asked, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, what are the conditions offered by the Emperor of Northern Qi?"

The emperor looked at Shen Yi and said quietly: "Emperor Yongping told me that he can let the Department of Purification stop chasing and killing anyone from Da Chen, and at the same time open the mutual market."

Shen Yi frowned: "Is that all?"

"that's it."

Seeing that Shen Yi was frowning, the emperor immediately smiled and explained: "There is nothing wrong with the Department of Cleanliness, they have a Department of Cleanliness, and I also have internal guards..."

"Hedi Newspaper Secretary."

"The key is this mutual market."

Shen Yi said silently: "As far as I know, the two countries have traded over the years because they bought a lot of our things. When Hongde fought for seven years, the Queen Mother even shut down the mutual market to punish the people of Qi."

"It used to be like this."

The emperor said softly: "But this time in the mutual market, the people of Qi are willing to sell our horses."

"And it's a good horse, sold together with a mares that haven't been gelded."

Shen Yi was taken aback for a moment, then said in a low voice: "This is really generous."

Located in the south of the Yangtze River, one of the biggest problems is the lack of horses, and it is difficult to form a strong enough cavalry.

Just like Shen Yi's Huai'an army, there are not many war horses so far, and they have to ask the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War does not have any.

After Shen Yi thought for a while, he still shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty, I think this is a tactic for the people of Qi to slow down the army. We don't have good pastures in the south, and it is difficult to breed horses on a large scale. Besides, breeding horses takes at least ten years to make achievements. , the people of Qi obviously want to delay His Majesty's time."

The emperor smiled lightly: "How could I not know?"

He looked at Shen Yi with a smile on his face.

"So didn't you invite Shen Qing to come over and discuss how to continue attacking Qi?"

(End of this chapter)