A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 850 Wu Liangdi

"Your Highness, has the crowning ceremony been decided in February?"

In the East Palace, the future crown prince Liang Di and Wu Erniang are tall and graceful, but their faces have grown as thick as a fish or a wild goose. In a few years, they will probably become the king of the country.

Cheng Qian turned around and looked at Wu Erniang, who was getting more and more beautiful as she grew older, and couldn't help but feel in a trance. This girl is not only smart, but also so pretty.

Seeing her, it was a heart-pounding feeling. When his father killed his heart outside the Xuanwu Gate in front of him, he thought he would never feel this way again.

Wu Erniang took two steps forward, took his arm directly, and said softly, "Isn't it done yet? I'll write a letter to the second brother and ask him to submit a letter to advise His Majesty."

Cheng Qian couldn't help but think of Su. She was the princess chosen by his father, the queen, and his mother. However, he had never felt that kind of heartbeat with Su.

Strangely enough, Wu Erniang was only ten years old and had not even grown yet, yet he actually liked her more than Su.

Now, when she disregards court etiquette and holds his hand so intimately, comforts him softly, and even gives him advice, she seems so lovable.

She really liked this girl more and more,

A few years ago, he proposed to marry her as the crown prince, purely because she was the daughter of the Wu family, but now he really likes this girl.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has entrusted twenty-four kings. Will the kings establish a vassal state?"

Cheng Qian shook his head,

The emperor's enfeoffment was somewhat of a surprise attack.

Twenty-four princes were enfeoffed at one time. The emperor's younger brothers and princes were actually more than this number, but except for those who were too young and those who had died in infancy, they were all enfeoffed.

But there are not many people over the age of twelve.

He is not yet old enough to leave the imperial palace, let alone become a vassal of the kingdom of Kyoto.

"According to His Majesty's words, in the future, princes will leave the cabinet at the age of twelve and become vassals at the age of eighteen. None of the kings has reached the age of eighteen yet, so they should become vassals for the time being."

"But didn't King Jing, King Han, King Wu, and King Qi already serve as governors before?"

"I don't know either," Cheng Qian shook his head. He really couldn't understand many of his father's decisions now. "Even my mother and uncle can't understand them clearly."

"Perhaps the kings of Jing, Han, Wu and Qi will declare vassal status this year, but Qingque will definitely not." Cheng Qian felt very uncomfortable when he mentioned this younger brother from the same mother.

He threatened himself.

Even after the incident in the heart, with the help of his teacher Huaiyu, his relationship with his father and mother improved greatly, and Li Tai no longer received those extraordinary awards, but Li Tai was still special, and even his mother doted on him.

"Didn't the King of Wei newly entrust the governor of Chijie to guard Wei Liming, Xingbei, the military of the seven states, and the governor of Xiangzhou? Don't you go out to guard Xiangzhou?"

"Definitely not."

Cheng Qian looked at her helplessly, "I just got the news that the King of Han will no longer lead Yongzhou Mu, Qingque will be granted the title of Yongzhou Mu and Zuo Wuhou General, so even if the kings of Jing, Han and Wu Qi become vassal, the King of Wei will also I won’t leave Beijing.”

Those are the older ones among the kings.

The emperor's brother Jing Wang Yuanjing was appointed as the governor of Jingzhou, and Han Wang Yuanchang was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou.

The prince Wu Wang Li Ke was appointed as the governor of Anzhou, and the king of Qi Li You was appointed as the governor of Qizhou.

Although Li Ke's half-brother, the sixth prince Li Min, was granted the title of King of Shu and became the governor of Yizhou from afar, he was still young and would definitely not leave the town.

The seventh prince behind them, the eighth prince, the Yue King, and the ninth prince, the Jin King, are even younger and will never leave the town.

"Brother Prince, don't worry. In fact, it may not be a bad thing once His Majesty's enfeoffment decree is issued. Regardless of whether King Wei and others leave the town, they will always be in the vassal country in the future."

Cheng Qian felt inexplicably cheerful after hearing this.

"It would be great if Your Majesty could listen to the teacher's advice."

"Brother Prince, are you talking about enfeoffing the four sides? In fact, I think my second brother's idea is too extreme. All the kings are His Majesty's brothers and sons. How could His Majesty enfeoff them to the frontiers or even barbarian lands? Wouldn’t that really mean exile, which is absolutely impossible?”

"Actually, it doesn't matter even if the Central Plains is enfeoffed. Let's talk about the king of Wei. Does the prince brother want him to stay in the capital forever, or do you want him to go to Hebei and serve as the governor of Xiangzhou, with Xiangzhou as the country, and his descendants as hereditary governor of Xiangzhou?"

From this comparison, it seems that it would be better for Li Tai to go to Hebei and become a prince.

Even if he pays homage to Prime Minister Wei and other governors of the seven states, the hereditary one is only Xiangzhou. Moreover, Xiangzhou is still far away from Chang'an and is indeed less threatening than in Chang'an.

"Even if King Wei's Xiangzhou is a big country, it can only support three military palaces and 3,000 soldiers. Adding the guards of the two palaces including the marriage and the tent, it can only add more than a thousand people.

Just a Xiangzhou, there is no need to worry at all. ” ˆ ˆ “Brother Prince, let’s go play. I want to play polo. You can take me.” "Wu Erniang took his wrist and shook it, coquettishly.

Cheng Qian smiled, "Okay, I'll play with you for a while. I can only play for a while. I'll have to read the lawsuit files of Jingzhao Mansion later."

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Political Hall.

The minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, involved in political affairs, the governor of Bianzhou, and the warrior of Zhou Guogong, Xun glanced at all the prime ministers. Today he took the turn to be the governor.

"My dear Sirs, the first month of the seventh year of Zhenguan is coming to an end soon, and envoys from various countries and local envoys are beginning to leave Beijing one after another.

It will be February in a few days, and then it will be the annual imperial examination again,"

He paused, "But there is another important thing in February. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's birthday is in February. His Majesty was originally going to crown the Crown Prince in February last year, but it was postponed to August, and then postponed again.

Now that one year has passed, this matter cannot be put off again and again.

His Majesty was ordered to stay and supervise the country last year and handled government affairs in an orderly manner, which was highly praised by His Majesty. A few days ago, His Majesty also said that he will take the Queen to visit Jiucheng Palace again later this year, so His Majesty will still have to supervise the country at that time,"

The warrior Xun took the initiative to bring up this matter today, in order to ask the emperor for permission to crown the prince in February this year.

Crowning the crown prince is of great significance.

It means that when you reach adulthood, you can marry, have concubines, and have children, and you can also listen to the government in the East Palace in person. Even when the emperor is on tour, you can stay in charge of the country more righteously.

After being crowned the crown prince, his East Palace officials will be able to gain greater authority, be more equipped, and even be able to take charge of many specific affairs.

The warrior Xun was the prime minister, and his daughter was also the quasi-prince Liangdi. What's more, the Wu family was from the East Palace, and his nephew Wu Huaiyu was even called the leader of the princeling party by outsiders.

"I am in favor of crowning the prince in February. We can't delay it any longer." Gao Shilian, the prince's uncle, the minister of official affairs, the prince's young master, and a member of the political staff, immediately expressed his support.

"Duke Wei?"

The warrior Xun did not first ask his left servant Shefang Xuanling. Instead, he first asked his right servant Shete Jin Wei Duke Li Jing. This was Wu Huaiyu's teacher, and that was the prince's teacher.

Li Jing doesn't talk much now as a disciple of Zhongshu, and sometimes he even excuses himself from having a bad leg.

But today the warrior Xun asked him about the prince. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded, "In ancient times, monarchs and princes were crowned at the age of twelve. The prince will be sixteen years old in February, after his birthday. It really can't be It’s been delayed forever, so we need to hurry up.”

"Xiao Xiang?"

The warrior Xun asked Xiao Yu again to participate in political affairs.

This man, who had recently received the emperor's support for the enfeoffment proposal and issued an edict to implement it, was also very proud. When he saw the warrior Xun, he asked him, "I also support the proposal of the Prime Minister. Your Highness should be crowned as soon as possible."

There are now a total of eight prime ministers in the political hall.

The four prime ministers have already supported the crown prince’s crowning in February.

There are four remaining prime ministers, Fang Xuanling, Wen Yanbo, Wei Zheng and Zhang Liang.

Wei Zheng took the initiative and said, "I also agree with crowning the crown prince in February."

Zhang Liang, the imperial censor, looked left and right and saw that the five prime ministers agreed, so he nodded, "Me too."

When Fang Xuanling saw this, he said, "Then the Zhengshitang will report to the saint like this. What does Wen Linggong think?"

"Okay." Zhongshu Ling Wen Yanbo said only one word,

In today's meeting, even if the two of them objected, they were in the minority. What's more, as prime ministers, they had no position to oppose the Crown Prince's crowning in February.

Last year, the emperor repeatedly postponed it. In fact, it was because of the incident between Rong Xin and Qin Ying, which made the emperor unhappy. But now that the emperor and the prince have a good relationship, the emperor has no reason to delay.

　Keep up the three updates and hope to get better and better.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)