The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 211
"Your Highness, something big happened this morning."

"Big thing?" Zhao Yao asked curiously, "What big thing?"

Tong Xi didn't answer directly, but instead asked Zhao Yao, "Your Highness, do you know Zheng Taiwei Zheng Xilin?"

"Why, Taiwei Zheng is back?" Zhao Yao naturally knew Taiwei Zheng.Although Zheng Taiwei has left the capital for more than ten years, his name and legend have remained in the capital, and it is still very popular.

"No, it's his son who came." Tong Xi didn't hold back anymore, and directly reported to Zhao Yao, "Zheng Taiwei's eldest son has entered the court as an official, and now he is the prime minister's conscript."

"Zheng Taiwei didn't come, but his son came. It must be very lively this morning." Zheng Taiwei didn't come back, but his son came to the capital to be an official. The prince brother and Dai Wang will definitely try their best to win Zheng Tai Lieutenant's son.

Zheng Taiwei has been away for more than ten years, but his father has kept the position of Taiwei. When Zheng Taiwei comes back, it can be seen that his father attaches great importance to Zheng Taiwei.

For the prince brother and Dai Wang, if they can get the support of Zheng Taiwei, then the throne will be theirs.It's a pity that Zheng Taiwei hasn't come back so far, so they can only focus on Zheng Taiwei's son.

As long as Zheng Taiwei's son is won over, it is equivalent to winning Zheng Taiwei.

"It's very lively, and the ministers are very happy that Zheng Taiwei's son is coming to the capital." Tong Xi said, "The emperor praised Zheng Taiwei's son in the morning, and recalled the days with Zheng Taiwei. "

"From this point, it can be seen that Zheng Taiwei is very important to both the father and the ministers." This Zheng Taiwei is still very mysterious, and Zhao Yao is also very curious about him.

"Your Highness, Zheng Taiwei was a great hero who helped the late emperor establish the Great Zhou Dynasty. He was also the emperor's military adviser and helped the emperor win many battles." Tong Xi had heard a lot about Zheng Taiwei. "Taiwei Zheng has an excellent strategy. Not only can he strategize, but he can also win thousands of miles. There are few people in this world who can do it."

"When the Great Zhou was established, Zheng Taiwei drew up many national policies for the late emperor, and they are still in use today." Tong Xi said with relish, "Most of the laws of the Great Zhou were also formulated by Zheng Taiwei. He also formulated some regulations in the military..."

Tong Xi chattered about everything Zheng Taiwei did before leaving the capital.Everything he said was very shocking.

Before leaving the capital, Zheng Taiwei really did a lot of great things to benefit the country and the people.Every major event has convinced the ministers and praised the people.

Among the people, Zheng Taiwei's reputation is very high, higher than that of any minister.Even though Zheng Taiwei left the capital for more than ten years, most of the people in the capital still remember him.In addition to Zhou Wudi's hope that Taiwei Zheng would come back, the people in the capital also hoped that he would come back and continue to be Taiwei.

Zheng Taiwei's departure was not unexpected.Before he left, he was not in good health. Everyone in the capital knew about it, and many people even went to the temple to pray for him, hoping that the Buddha and Bodhisattva would bless him with a long life.Later, when Zheng Taiwei returned home due to illness, the people were very reluctant to let him go and sent him thirty miles outside the city.

Emperor Wu of Zhou and the common people thought that Zheng Xilin would come back after returning to his hometown for a few years to recuperate, but he didn't expect that he would never return to the capital once he returned.

Twenty or thirty years ago, there was a folk rumor that whoever could get the assistance of Zheng Xilin would be the emperor.Back then, Emperor Wu of Zhou became emperor because of Zheng Xilin's assistance.You can see his talent.

In fact, in recent years, apart from Emperor Wu of Zhou who sent people to invite Zheng Xilin back to the capital from time to time, Lord Zhen Guo and the prince, as well as Marquis Xuan Ping and Dai Wang, the three princes secretly sent people to invite Zheng Xilin, but Zheng Xilin refused.

Although Zheng Xilin refused, Zhen Guogong and Xuan Pinghou did not give up.They will send some gifts to Zheng Xilin on important festivals every year.Because they knew that Zheng Xilin didn't like expensive things, they gave Zheng Xilin books or calligraphy and paintings as they liked.

Zheng Xilin returned these gifts back intact.If Zhen Guogong and Xuan Pinghou want to send it again, he will tell Emperor Wu of Zhou.From then on, Duke Zhen and the others dared not give gifts to Zheng Xilin, nor did they dare to send people close to Zheng Xilin.

If Emperor Wu of Zhou knew that they were close to buying Zheng Xilin, Emperor Wu of Zhou would never let them go easily.

Zhao Yao didn't expect Tong Xi to be so excited when he talked about Zheng Xilin, "Tong Xi, Zheng Taiwei's son is coming to the capital to become an official, why are you so excited?"

"Your Highness, there is a good show to watch next." Tong Xi said with a look on his face.

"That's true." The arrival of Zheng Xilin's son stirred up the situation in the court. "How many sons does Zheng Taiwei have, and how many sons have we arrived?"

"I heard that there are three sons, and the eldest son works next to He Xiang." Tong Xi reported the news he had heard to Zhao Yaohui again, "The second son has gone to Shang Fangling."

"Shang Fang Ling?" Zhao Yao looked surprised, "Zheng Taiwei's second son actually went to Shang Fang Ling, what did he go to Shang Fang Ling?"

"Being a craftsman, I heard that Zheng Taiwei's son is infatuated with the Mohists, and he wants to enter Shang Fang Ling to learn skills." Tong Xi said again, "I heard that when the second son was in his hometown, he made a lot of things and helped the local The people improved a lot of tools."

"Isn't this exactly the person I want?" Zhao Yao is in need of a craftsman who likes to make things and has good skills.

"Your Highness, he is Zheng Taiwei's second son, do you really dare to have him?"

The smile on Zhao Yao's face disappeared immediately, and he said frankly, "Don't dare!" If he wasn't Zheng Taiwei's son, he would dare to take it. "Where is Zheng Taiwei's youngest son?"

"Zheng Taiwei's youngest son seems to be going to study in Taixue. I heard that he is extremely smart and very famous in their hometown." Tong Xi didn't hear much about Zheng Taiwei's youngest son. After all, Zheng Qian was not like him. His two elder brothers entered the palace.

"The tiger father has no dogs, and Zheng Taiwei's three sons are definitely not bad." Zhao Yao said, then raised his hands and stretched his waist, "The three of them are going to become sweet pastries, and everyone will snatch them." Trying to curry favor with buying them."

Tong Xi nodded, and said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Dai Wang will definitely win them over."

"Do you know what this is called?" Zhao Yao asked suddenly.

Tong Xi didn't understand what Zhao Yao meant, so he asked blankly, "Your Highness, what do you want to say?"

Zhao Yao shook his index finger and said with a smile, "This is called Pin Dad."

"Father Pin, what does this mean?" Tong Xi was at a loss when he heard this word for the first time.

Zhao Yao asked: "The three sons of Zheng Taiwei have a very powerful father. They have won many people since they were born, don't you think?"

Tong Xi replied: "Yes."

"You see, as soon as they came to the capital, the ministers paid great attention to them. The prince brother and the king all wanted to win them over, didn't they?"

"Yes."

Zhao Yao crossed his hands and held the back of his head, walking lazily: "If their father is not Zheng Taiwei, but an ordinary person, do you think the ministers will still pay so much attention to them? Will the prince and brother win them over?"

Tong Xi replied, "Of course not."

"This is fighting father!"

Hearing this, Tong Xi finally understood, and suddenly said with a dewy face: "So this is called "Fighting Father." His Highness used the word "Fighting Father" to describe it, which was really appropriate.

"Look, how important it is to have a powerful father." Zhao Yao said with emotion, "If they agree to the invitation of the prince's elder brother or the acting king, they will immediately become famous."

The colleague asked curiously: "Your Highness, do you think they will agree to the marriage of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Dai Wang?"

"If they are smart people, they won't agree." Zhao Yao said casually, "If they covet the momentary glory and wealth, then they will agree."

"Zheng Taiwei's son shouldn't be an idiot." Even an eunuch like him knew that no matter whether he supported His Highness the Crown Prince or His Highness Dai Wang, there would be no good end.Of course, supporting the third prince and the others would not lead to any good results.

"When they come to the capital for the first time, they may be dazzled by the rich and wealthy fans of the capital and make stupid decisions." How many people had great ambitions before coming to the capital.However, when he came to the capital, he was lost by the overwhelming wealth and power. He forgot his original intention and only wanted to climb the ladder.

"If they support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or His Royal Highness, then Taiwei Zheng will be pissed off?" Taiwei Zheng used to belong to the emperor, so he should only be loyal to the emperor like He Xiang and the others, and would not serve any prince.

"What does this have to do with us?" Zhao Yao was hungry, "Let's go, hurry up and find fourth brother for lunch."

The fourth prince was already waiting for Zhao Yao in the dining hall.

Zhao Yao came to the dining hall of Lanyuan Pavilion and found that it was full of people, which surprised him a bit.

On weekdays, the dining room of Lanyuan Pavilion is not full of people.Many ministers are too lazy to go to the dining hall to eat, and eat directly in the room where they work.

Just like Lin Xueyi, he never came to the dining hall to eat, he always ate in the Xiushi Museum.

The place where the Fourth Prince and his group edited history is called the "History Xiuguan".

Seeing the ten princes coming, the ministers all stood up and saluted.

Zhao Yao waved his hand, indicating that they don't need to be polite.

"Fourth brother, what happened, why are there so many people in the dining room?"

The fourth prince glanced at the ministers crowded in the dining hall, with a sneer in his eyes, and said in a cold tone: "Don't worry about them."

Wei Mian on the side interjected: "They are waiting for Mr. Zheng."

"Master Zheng?" Zhao Yao blinked in confusion, "Who is Master Zheng?"

The fourth prince said: "The prime minister has just entered the court today to conquer the matter."

"Oh, Zheng Taiwei's son." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Many people were talking about him on the way to Lanyuan Pavilion."

"Are you hungry?" the fourth prince asked.

"I'm starving to death." Zhao Yao looked like a starving ghost.

"Let's eat."

Wei Mian and Tong Xi set the meal quickly, and immediately served the fourth prince and Zhao Yao.

While eating, Zhao Yao told the fourth prince what he learned in the morning.

The fourth prince taught Zhao Yao from time to time.

After Zhao Yao and the fourth prince had finished their lunch, neither He Xiang nor Zheng Rang showed up in the dining hall, which made the ministers who had been waiting very disappointed.

Not everyone can enter the place where He Xiang and Liu Taishi work in the Lanyuan Pavilion, nor can they be entered casually.Only with the consent of He Xiang and Liu Taishi can they enter.

There is no business on weekdays, He Xiang and Liu Taishi don't like other ministers coming to them casually, so the ministers dare not go to He Xiang and Liu Taishi easily.

Zheng Rang, as the prime minister, is naturally working in the same place as He Xiang.

He Xiang and Grand Master Liu didn't come to the dining hall to eat every day, but they often came to the dining hall to eat during this time.The ministers thought that He Xiang and the others would come to the dining hall for lunch today, and they came to the dining hall early to wait for He Xiang and them, but they were all in vain.

Taishi Liu and He Xiang had long guessed that the ministers would be waiting for them in the dining hall, so they had lunch directly at the place where they were doing business.

"We won't come to the dining hall for lunch tomorrow." The fourth prince doesn't like crowded places, and the dining hall will be full of people during this time.Although these people are not noisy, their thoughts displeased the Fourth Prince.

"Okay." For Zhao Yao, it doesn't matter where he eats, as long as the food is delicious. "Fourth brother, have you seen Zheng Taiwei's son? Is he good-looking? I heard that Zheng Taiwei is a handsome man, so is his son also a handsome man? Does he look like Zheng Taiwei? ?”

The fourth prince said lightly, "I didn't look carefully."

"Fourth brother, is this Zheng Taiwei's son at He Xiang's side?"

"Why, do you want to see him?"

Zhao Yao nodded and said, "Well, everyone is talking about him, I'm curious, I want to see him."

"He is the prime minister in charge of affairs, so he is naturally with He Xiang."

"Then I'll go and have a look now." Zhao Yao stopped after taking two steps, and looked back at the fourth prince with doubts, "Fourth brother, don't you want to go?"

"I won't go, you can go." The fourth prince had already met him in the morning court.Besides, he is not interested in Zheng Rang, even though Zheng Rang is the son of Zheng Taiwei.

"Then I'll go take a look."

The place where He Xiang and Grand Master Liu worked is in the building directly south of Lanyuan Pavilion.

Lanyuan Pavilion is composed of four buildings, each building has five floors, and each floor has more than a dozen rooms.

The room where He Xiang and Liu Taishi work is on the second floor, and the entire second floor is theirs.Normally, no one would dare to go up to the second floor.

As the prince, Zhao Yao didn't need He Xiang's consent to go to them.

He Xiang and the others also finished their lunch.He sat on the side, drinking tea while watching Liu Taishi playing chess with Zheng Rang.

"He Xiang, Liu Taishi, I'm here to see Zheng Taiwei's son." Before Zhao Yaoren arrived, the voice had already arrived.

When He Xiang and Liu Taishi heard Zhao Yao's voice, they hurriedly stopped their movements.

Zhao Yao appeared in front of their window and waved to them: "I'm here."

He Xiang and Liu Taishi respectfully saluted Zhao Yao: "I have seen His Majesty the Tenth Prince."

Zheng Rang also saluted: "Chen Zheng Rang has seen His Royal Highness."

Zhao Yao raised his hand to He Xiang and the others, and said with a smile: "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhao Yao stood under the porch, stood in front of the window, put his hands on the window sill, and stared at Zheng Rang curiously.

"You are Zheng Taiwei's son."

"Yes."

Zhao Yao looked at Zheng Rang carefully. He had a handsome appearance, fair skin, a tall and straight figure, and a gentle temperament.

"Sure enough, he is a handsome man!"

When Zheng Rang heard this, he couldn't help but look up at Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao smiled brightly at him: "I heard that Zheng Taiwei is a handsome man, so I want to see if you are a handsome man."

That's what happened.

"I'm not as good as my father." He was far inferior to his father no matter in appearance, demeanor, or talent.

"He Xiang, why didn't you go to the dining room for lunch?" Zhao Yao tilted his head and looked at He Xiang and the others, "There are many people waiting for you."

He Xiang said kindly: "I thought the crowd was too noisy, so I didn't go to the dining room for lunch."

Zhao Yao nodded and said, "Oh, you didn't go on purpose."

He Xiang smiled slightly, and immediately asked: "Your Highness, what delicious food did you have for lunch?"

"I ate stewed duck for lunch today..." As soon as Zhao Yao mentioned delicious food, his eyes lit up, and he happily told He Xiang and the others about the delicious food he had for lunch today.

He Xiang and Liu Taishi listened patiently, opening their mouths to respond from time to time.

Zheng Rang stood aside and listened in a daze.It was obviously a very common stewed duck, but after listening to what the tenth prince said, it suddenly felt that this stewed duck had become the most delicious dish in the whole world.He was a little greedy, and wanted to go home to eat braised duck at night.

"He Xiang, what delicious food did you have for lunch?" Zhao Yao said, pursing his mouth and saying, "You didn't come to the dining room, so I didn't even eat the delicious food you brought."

He Xiang smiled and said, "We didn't bring any delicious food today, the lunch we used was delivered by the imperial dining room."

"Son of Taiwei Zheng, do you have any delicious food in your hometown?" Zhao Yao stared at Zheng Rang burningly, "Can you bring the delicious food from your hometown tomorrow? I can use my delicious food to share with you." exchange."

"Ah?" Zheng Rang was a little confused, not understanding what the tenth prince meant.

"Zheng Zhengshi's hometown really has a lot of delicious food. Both Chen and Grand Master Liu have eaten it. The taste is very good."

Hearing He Xiang's words, Zhao Yao's small face immediately revealed a look of anticipation: "Really?" Then he looked at Zheng Rang again, "Zheng Zhengshi, then you must come to eat delicious food from your hometown tomorrow. , I will exchange my favorite food with you tomorrow."

Zheng Rang still didn't understand what was going on, so he looked at He Xiang for help.

He nodded to him.

He said, "Yes, Your Highness the Tenth."

"By the way, Zheng Zhengshi, you can also exchange the delicacies from your hometown with other people's delicacies, the ones from the northern building..." Zhao Yao told Zheng Rang about the delicacies from the hometowns of other ministers in Lanyuan Pavilion. .

Not to mention that Zheng Rang was stunned, even He Xiang and Liu Taishi were also stunned.They didn't expect the Tenth Prince to know so much about the food in the Lanyuan Pavilion's hometown.

Zhao Yao also knows the best dishes and snacks in the ministers' homes, because he has eaten them all.

He not only ate it, but also asked them how to do it.The ministers were naturally happy to see that he liked eating their food so much.They thoughtfully wrote down the method in detail and sent it to Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao collected the recipes of these delicacies, and asked Liang Zhaoyi to organize them into a book, so that he would have a recipe of delicacies from all over the world.

"By the way, you just came to the capital, so you must not know what's delicious in the capital, let me tell you..." Zhao Yao talked to Zheng Rang about the famous food and snacks in the capital. "Also, you must go to the West Market at night. The West Market is very lively and lively at night, and there are many snacks."

Zheng Rang was flattered and said: "I have written it down, and I will definitely try it when I have time."

"He Xiang, when I take a rest next time, I must go to your house to eat biscuits." The biscuits made by He Xiang's family are very delicious.

"I am waiting for Your Highness."

Zhao Yao waved to He Xiang and the others: "I'm going back."

"Slow down, Your Highness."

Zhao Yao hummed a cheerful tune and left bouncing away.

He Xiang and Liu Taishi looked at the back of Zhao Yao leaving, and the corners of their mouths raised a smile unconsciously.

Zheng Rang still hasn't figured out what happened.He looked at He Xiang and the others suspiciously: "Prime Minister, Grand Master, His Highness the Tenth Prince..." What happened to His Highness the Tenth Prince?

He Xiang said with a smile: "His Royal Highness likes to eat delicious food. He often comes to Lanyuan Pavilion to ask the ministers about their local delicacies, and then exchange delicacies with them..."

After hearing He Xiang's words, Zheng Rang was shocked: "This..."

Taishi Liu said with a smile: "Thanks to His Royal Highness, we have eaten many delicacies that we have never had before."

"Brother Rang, bring some delicacies from your hometown to exchange with His Royal Highness tomorrow."

"Okay." Zheng Rang said in his heart, he didn't expect His Royal Highness to be so interesting.

"Let's continue." Grand Master Liu pointed to the chessboard to Zheng Rang.Their chess game just now is not over yet.

"Yes, Grand Master." Zheng Rang sat back down again, picked up the white stones and continued playing.

Zhao Yao returned to the Xiushi Museum and told the fourth prince what delicious food Zheng Rang's hometown had.He also said that Zheng Rang would bring him something delicious to exchange with him tomorrow.

Only then did the fourth prince discover that Zhao Yao went to see Zheng Rang not because he was Zheng Taiwei's son, but because of the delicious food in Zheng Rang's hometown.

In Xingde Palace, the Eighth Prince received a letter from Wang Siqi, the concubine of the Wang family.After reading the letter, he burned it on a candlestick.

Seeing that the Eighth Prince's face was a bit cold, Yu Hai hurriedly asked with concern: "Your Highness, what happened?"

"It's nothing." The eighth prince said, the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a smile of unknown meaning, "Wang Siqi has some skills, and he didn't disappoint me."

Yu Hai asked in surprise: "Wang Siqi succeeded?"

"It didn't work, he just got some reuse." The Eighth Prince said meaningfully, "Give him some more time, and he can surprise us."

"What surprise?"

"You'll know then."

Yu Hai heard what the Eighth Prince said, so he didn't ask any more questions, but asked about Zheng Rang.

"Your Highness, Zheng Taiwei's two sons, what are you going to do?"

The eighth prince said indifferently: "There is nothing to do."

"Ah?" Yu Hai was startled, "Your Highness, that is Zheng Taiwei's son, don't you intend to win them over?"

The Eighth Prince cast a sideways glance at Yu Hai, and said in a tone that could not detect any joy or anger, "Do you think I have a long life? Let me win them over."

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