The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 11
Emperor Wu of Zhou sat aloft on his dragon ride, looking at the ministers who were arguing red-faced with great interest.

A group of ministers who supported the acting king proposed to follow the previous system of adding beads to the prince, and add beads to the acting king who has made great military exploits, and at least seven beads should be added.

A group of ministers who supported the prince naturally opposed this proposal. They felt that this was the system of the previous dynasty and should not be used in our dynasty.They also emphasized that the system of Prince Jiazhu in the previous dynasty was beyond the scope of disasters. The riots in the previous dynasty were due to the competition between Prince Jiazhu and the prince.If Dazhou resumed the previous dynasty's Prince Jiazhu system, it would inevitably make Dazhou repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty.

The ministers who supported the acting king felt that the statement that the prince had a party was alarmist.Furthermore, the Prince Jiazhu system was not the cause of the chaos of the previous dynasty. The culprit was the emperor's excesses in excess, tyrannical wealth collection, indiscriminate killing of innocent people, and indulging in sex.

The system of adding beads to princes was not created by the previous dynasty, but inherited from the previous dynasty.The reason for the demise of the previous dynasties was not because of the existence of the prince Jiazhu system, but because the emperor had no way.It is really ignorant for the prince's party to attribute the demise of the previous dynasties to the Prince Jiazhu system.

The ministers of the prince's party immediately retorted that in the previous dynasty, it was because of adding beads to the prince that the princes' brothers fought against each other. life.

The officials of the Daiwang Party choked back that the Prince’s Party was making use of the issue, and that the Daiwang was fighting desperately for the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Prince’s Party even slandered the Daiwang for wanting brothers to fight against the wall.

The ministers supporting the third prince, fifth prince, and sixth prince fanned the flames, making the quarrel between the acting king and the crown prince more and more fierce.

Sun Kui, who was standing next to Emperor Wu of Zhou, saw the ministers arguing like shrews in the market, and he couldn't see it.He hesitated for a while, took two steps forward, and asked respectfully: "Your Majesty, do you want to stop the adults?"

Emperor Wu of Zhou propped his face with his right hand and propped his elbows on the armrest of the dragon chair, watching the ministers quarreling with relish.

"It's so wonderful, stop them from doing anything, let them keep arguing."

Sun Kui didn't dare to say anything more, so he took a few steps back, obediently returned to his original seat and stood there.Following Emperor Wu of Zhou's example, he watched the ministers quarreling with great interest.

These literati are different when they quarrel. They don't use a single dirty word when they speak, but the words they scold are very ugly.Of course, if you haven't read a little, you really can't understand a word.

The ministers were arguing very fiercely, and they were completely lacking in their usual politeness and elegance.Sun Kui saw that the spittle stars of the ministers flew to each other's faces, and some flew directly into each other's mouths.

The crown prince, standing at the top of the line on the left, stared at all this dumbfounded.

Emperor Wu of Zhou looked at it for a while, and saw that the ministers were arguing with those words, and felt that it was meaningless.He stood up, took a few steps forward, folded his hands on his chest, bowed his waist slightly, and looked at the ministers with a smile: "You keep arguing, I'm leaving."

When the noisy, blushing and thick-necked ministers heard this, they all fell silent like chickens whose necks were suddenly strangled.Then, he was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty to Emperor Zhou Wu: "The emperor forgives the crime, and the minister deserves to die for other crimes."

"Why don't you stop arguing, keep going?" Emperor Wu of Zhou still had a gentle smile on his face, "I see that you guys are arguing quite vigorously, keep arguing, don't worry about me."

The ministers kneeling in the hall all turned pale with fright and trembled slightly.

"You should die."

"It's the first time I know that lovers can quarrel like this." Emperor Wu of Zhou walked down the hall leisurely with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile on his lips, "It really opened my eyes just now."

The more gentle Emperor Zhou Wu said, the more fearful the ministers kneeling on the ground became.

"Your servant should die! I beg the emperor to punish you!"

"Continue to quarrel just now, and tell me when you reach a conclusion." Emperor Wu of Zhou smiled gently, "I'm waiting for your good news." After speaking, he turned and walked out of Chengguang Hall.

Before leaving, Emperor Wu of Zhou asked Sun Kui to stay and supervise the quarrel among the ministers.

Sun Kui didn't call for retreat, but stayed in Chengguang Hall.

After Emperor Wu of Zhou left, the ministers knelt on the ground and did not get up for a long time.

Sun Kui had no choice but to remind the ministers: "My lords, just now the emperor said, let you continue to quarrel until there is a result."

The ministers looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while.

"My lords, you can just quarrel like you did just now." Sun Kui stood with a slight bow, and stood aside with a respectful smile on his face, patiently waiting for the ministers to continue to quarrel.

The prince saw the embarrassment of the ministers, wanted to help out, walked to Sun Kui, and asked in a low voice: "Eunuch Sun, do you really want them to continue arguing?"

Sun Kui saluted the prince first, and then said respectfully, "Your Highness, you just heard what the emperor said, let the ministers continue to quarrel until they come to a conclusion."

"But, this..."

"His Royal Highness, this is an imperial decree." Sun Kui said respectfully, "My lords, do you want to resist the decree?"

Of course the ministers who had just quarreled did not dare to resist the order, they could only bite the bullet and continue to quarrel.After arguing and arguing, I found the feeling, and the noise became more and more fierce.

The ministers who hadn't quarreled just now didn't dare to stay any longer, and left in a hurry.

Xuan Ping Hou walked out of Cheng Guang Hall without haste.When Zhen Guogong passed by him, he didn't give him a look, but the minister next to Zhen Guogong sneered at Xuan Pinghou and said: "Fantasy."

"What did you say?"

Xuan Pinghou was not angry, but the minister who was with him was angry, and was about to catch up with him to argue, but was held back by Xuan Pinghou.

"Master Hou, he disrespected you..."

Xuan Pinghou waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it."

"Father, what does the emperor mean?" Xuan Pinghou's eldest son, that is, the eldest son of the Xuanping Hou Mansion, asked, "Your Majesty, did you agree, or did you not?"

Xuan Pinghou said calmly: "The emperor will not agree so quickly, this matter has to be worked out slowly."

"Master Hou, as long as we keep proposing, the emperor will agree to it sooner or later." The minister just now said, "His Royal Highness Dai Wang has made great achievements in battle, and the emperor favors and reuses His Highness Dai Wang, so he will definitely give His Royal Highness Dai Wang this honor."

Hearing this, the prince of the Xuanping Hou Mansion felt relieved: "That's good."

"Jiazhu is what His Royal Highness deserves." The minister just now lowered his voice, his tone was full of disdain, "The crown prince has never made any military exploits for Da Zhou, why should they object..."

Xuan Pinghou interrupted the minister, "Okay, don't say any more, this is not a good place to say."

Both the minister and the prince didn't speak any more, and hurried out of the palace with Marquis Xuan Ping.

Walking behind Xuan Ping Hou and the others were several ministers, who were surrounding a gray-haired old man.

"He Xiang, what do you think about adding beads to the Dai Wang?"

"He Xiang, you can't agree to Jiazhu."

"He Xiang, once the Dai Wang adds beads, his arrogance will definitely become even more arrogant."

"He Xiang, the people from the Daiwangyi Party obviously want to persecute the crown prince through Jiazhu."

"Jiazhu is a conspiracy of the royal party, and they must not be allowed to succeed."

Compared with the anxious ministers, He Xiang seemed very calm.

"He Xiang, you should say something."

"Didn't the emperor not agree?"

"The emperor has not agreed now, but it does not mean that he will not agree in the future. After all, the emperor has always loved Daiwang."

"Don't worry, everyone, the emperor knows it well." He Xiangchao smiled reassuringly at several ministers, then turned and left.

"He Xiang..."

"He Xiang..."

"Why isn't He Xiang in a hurry?"

"Since He Xiang is not in a hurry, it means that this matter will not go as Xuan Pinghou and the others wish."

"Let's take a look."

In the Chengguang Hall, some ministers were still arguing, their mouths were dry and their throats were hot. They couldn't continue the quarrel, so they asked Sun Kui to help them intercede with Emperor Wu of Zhou.

Sun Kui went to the imperial study and truthfully reported the quarrel among the ministers to Emperor Wu of Zhou.

After hearing this, Emperor Wu of Zhou said in a disgusted tone, "Let them go."

Sun Kui returned to Chengguang Hall and conveyed the will of Emperor Wu of Zhou to the ministers.

After the ministers thanked them, they even scrambled out of the Chengguang Hall, not daring to delay for a moment, for fear of being left behind to quarrel again.

From now on, they never dared to quarrel in court again.

　Emperor Wu of Zhou: Noisy, keep arguing, I like to watch.

　　Sun Kui: The slaves also like to watch it.

　　Ministers: ┭┮﹏┭┮I deserve death for my crimes, and I dare not quarrel anymore.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)