The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

The death anniversary of the late Queen Mother is after the Dragon Boat Festival. However, compared to the Dragon Boat Festival, Dai Wang, the princes and ministers were more concerned about the death anniversary of the late Queen Mother.

The emperor was filial and paid great attention to the death anniversaries of the late emperor and the late queen mother.

In the past, on the anniversary of the death of the Queen Mother, several princes and ministers would not behave too much in front of the emperor, but this year was different for the king and others. They could not treat him the same as in previous years.

This year, on the anniversary of the death of the Queen Mother, Dai Wang and the others want to do their best to please the emperor. If he can make the emperor happy on the anniversary of the death of the late Queen Mother, his status will surpass that of the four princes.

Xuanpinghou felt that this year's anniversary of the Queen Mother's death was a good opportunity to get rid of King Chu and others, and he must please the emperor.

At this time, Marquis Xuanping, the ministers who supported Dai Wang, and several advisers were discussing with Dai Wang how to please the emperor.

King Dai and the previous deposed prince were luckier than King Chu, because when they were children, the Queen Mother was still alive and they were all doted on by the Queen Mother. Even if it was not to please the emperor, the king wanted to show his filial piety on the anniversary of the death of the late queen mother.

In the past, on the anniversary of the Queen Mother's death, the emperor only asked his sons to copy Buddhist scriptures for their grandmother, and did not let them do other things. It will definitely be the same this year, but Daiwang and the others also want to show their filial piety.

"Why don't you give me something that the Queen Mother likes?"

"What did the Queen Mother like during her lifetime?"

"It can't be something luxurious. I remember that the Queen Mother was very frugal during her lifetime."

"The Queen Mother liked to worship Buddha during her lifetime, so why not offer relics to her?"

"This is a good suggestion. Enshrine the relics in front of the late Queen Mother's soul. I think the emperor will be happy."

"It's not easy to invite relics."

"Da Zhou is so big, we can definitely find it."

Therefore, Dai Wang and the others decided to present the relics of a certain eminent monk on the anniversary of the death of the late Queen Mother.

In the Chu Palace, Yang Ling was also asking about this matter.

King Chu said: "It is enough to copy Buddhist scriptures, don't do other things."

Yang Ling guessed that King Chu would say this, "Your Highness, King Dai and the others want to please the Emperor on the anniversary of the Queen Mother's death. They will offer something else this time. Are you really not going to offer something else too?" ?”

King Chu said calmly: "I won't accept it."

Yang Ling advised: "The Queen Mother paid homage to the Buddha before she died. Just give me something related to the Buddha. I don't think the emperor will be unhappy about this."

King Chu glanced at Yang Ling and said in a serious tone: "For the Imperial Grandmother, the health and well-being of her children and grandchildren are more important than anything else."

"Having said that..."

The King of Chu interrupted Yang Ling and said, "Sir, it's enough to copy Buddhist scriptures. Don't do other things."

Seeing that King Chu had made up his mind, Yang Ling couldn't say anything else.

Except for King Chu, who did not plan to prepare anything else, several other princes decided to offer something related to Buddha on the anniversary of the death of the Queen Mother.

Zhao Yao, who was far away in Lingnan, was also asked the same thing by He Lianfang.

"Ah, isn't it enough to copy Buddhist scriptures every year? Why do you offer other things?" Zhao Yao planned to take a bath and fast in two days, and then concentrate on copying Buddhist scriptures.

He Lianfang said: "Several princes in the capital are planning to offer other things. If you don't offer them, wouldn't it look too filial?"

"Father said before that as long as we copy Buddhist scriptures, we shouldn't do anything else. Why is it different this year?"

He Lianfang asked, "What do you think?"

Zhao Yao reacted quickly, curled his lips and said angrily: "They want to show off in front of their father."

"Yes, the atmosphere this year is different from the past. Several princes in the capital can't sit still. They will try their best to show off in front of the emperor. The death anniversary of the Queen Mother is a good opportunity."

Zhao Yao said with disgust on his face: "It's none of my business if they want to perform well. Besides, my father is not a fool. What's the use of these fancy things?"

"Let the whole world know about their filial piety." Seeing Zhao Yao's reluctance, He Lianfang reminded him kindly, "If you don't do anything, the ministers in the court will interfere with you and say that you have no filial piety."

Zhao Yao doesn't care about reputation. The reputation of whether he has filial piety or not is not important to him, but he cannot implicate Liang Bin. If he is said to have no filial piety, some people will say that Liang Bin did not teach him well. It doesn't matter if you meddle with him, but you can't meddle with Liang Concubine.

"Okay, I'll do it too."

"What are you going to offer?"

Zhao Yao pinched his chin, thought carefully and said: "My mother-in-law said that grandma was very frugal when she was alive. She didn't like extravagance and waste, and she didn't like gold, silver and jewelry. Her favorite thing to do on weekdays was to worship Buddha, because grandpa and When my father was fighting in the country, he killed many people and committed many massacres. Also, my grandfather and my father often went out to fight. Grandma was worried about their safety and prayed for them at home every day."

"Then you should give something related to Buddha." "Second uncle, can you think of it? My royal brothers can't think of it." Zhao Yao shrugged and said, "I still won't snatch it from them. I want to think about other things. s things."

He Lianfang didn't have any good suggestions for Zhao Yao, so she didn't speak again.

Zhao Yao thought for a while and finally thought of something good.

"I have an idea."

He Lianfang asked curiously: "What are you planning to give?"

"Hehe..." Zhao Yao laughed mysteriously twice, "Tomorrow, second uncle, you will know."

Seeing that Zhao Yao was not talking about it, He Lianfang didn't bother to ask any more questions.

At this moment, news from King Han came from the secret guard camp.

After reading it, Zhao Yao looked very shocked.

He Lianfang saw his expression of disbelief and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

"Second uncle, see for yourself." Zhao Yao handed He Lianfang the news about King Han.

After reading it, He Lianfang looked in disbelief.

"The information found by the secret guard camp is the same as that found by the secret guards sent by the emperor to protect you. It seems that King Han is really clean."

"How... is this possible?" Zhao Yao didn't believe what the secret guard found, but he didn't doubt the information found by the secret guard. "How could the fifth brother not have the desire to seize the direct descendant? How could he not have done anything?"

"It is impossible for the secret guard camp to make mistakes." Although King Han's cleanliness is indeed doubtful, it is the fact.

"It is indeed impossible for the Dark Guard Battalion to check wrongly, but it does not mean that Fifth Brother is really so clean." Zhao Yao intuitively felt that what the Dark Guard A and the Dark Guard Battalion found were superficial and not the real situation. "Fifth brother is so hidden."

"Perhaps King Han is just investigating."

"I don't believe it." Zhao Yao frowned slightly, "Since we can't find out the real situation from Fifth Brother, let's find out from other places."

"Where are you going to check?" He Lianfang asked, "If King Han is as deeply hidden as you suspect, then you won't find anything useful if you check the people around him."

"I know. I don't plan to start investigating from the people around Fifth Brother. I plan to send people to start from the Huns."

"Hongnu?" He Lianfang randomly thought of King Han in Youzhou and immediately understood Zhao Yao's purpose of investigating the Huns. "Do you suspect that King Han is colluding with the Huns?"

"It's not impossible."

"Since the emperor has sent King Han to guard Youzhou, he will prevent King Han from colluding with the Huns." He Lianfang felt that King Han would not be so stupid. "The fate of the Yuan family will not be unknown to King Han, and he will not be so stupid as to be under the emperor's control." They are colluding with the Huns right under their noses."

"Second Uncle, what you said makes sense, but it doesn't necessarily guarantee that Fifth Brother will not take risks." Maybe Fifth Brother is just taking a chance, thinking that he will not be discovered if he cooperates with the Huns.

"Do you think Zhao Zheng's Dragon Guard is just for show?" Although He Lianfang had a grudge against the emperor, he was certain of the ability of the Dragon Guard. Besides, the Dragon Guard was originally a spy for Prince Yiyong. He is an excellent spy carefully trained by Prince Yiyong. "Dragon Guard spies will be watching the important border areas of Great Zhou. No one will be allowed to collude with foreigners and betray Great Zhou."

"Whether it is true or not, let's check first and then tell you."

"If checking the Xiongnu doesn't find anything strange about King Han, what are your plans?"

"No matter what, let fourth brother and eighth brother have a headache, I don't care." The reason why he is investigating fifth brother now is because fifth brother wants to cooperate with him in business, and secondly because he is curious. If he checked the Huns and found no problem with the fifth brother, then he would just leave it alone. Anyway, he would not compete with the fifth brother for the throne. "I won't feel at ease if I don't find out whether the Xiongnu colluded with the fifth brother." Youzhou is adjacent to the Xiongnu grassland. It is really difficult for him not to suspect that King Han is secretly colluding with the Xiongnu.

"Check it out." He Lianfang didn't think Zhao Yao would find anything.

The next day, Zhao Yao went outside the city early in the morning, dug a few seedlings from the fields, and then planted them in flower pots.

When He Lianfang saw Zhao Yao bringing back some seedlings and planting them in flower pots, He Lianfang asked in surprise, "What are you doing?"

"A gift for the Imperial Grandmother." Zhao Yao said as if she was presenting a treasure. "When the Imperial Grandmother was alive, she always hoped that everyone in the world would have enough to eat. I gave her the old man's seedlings to let her know that most of the people in the Zhou Dynasty are now The people will have enough to eat and will no longer have no food to eat like she did back then."

"This gift of yours is quite original." Xiao Shi, a brat, was unwilling to compete with other princes to give away things related to Buddha, for fear of stealing the limelight from the other princes. However, by sending these pots of grain seedlings, he would steal the limelight from the other princes, because these pots of grain seedlings were more precious than anything else. Since this brat didn't notice it himself, he didn't say much.

"I originally wanted to send a fruitful rice ear, but unfortunately I can only send seedlings this season." Zhao Yao pointed to the seedlings he dug up specially and introduced to He Lianfang, "These pots of seedlings are double-cropping rice. , these pots of seedlings are three-season rice."

"If you send them to the capital, I'm afraid the fields in the capital won't be able to grow these few pots of seedlings." He Lianfang pointed out the problem, "Even if they are lucky enough to survive, they will become single-cropping rice, not double-cropping or triple-cropping rice. "

"I know, I just want grandma to know that there are double-cropping and triple-cropping rice in Dazhou now, and then let her see what the seedlings of double-cropping and triple-cropping rice look like." If the capital can grow double-cropping and triple-cropping rice, then That's weird. "By the way, I have also prepared rice seeds for double-cropping and triple-cropping rice."

After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he called Tong Xi over and asked him to arrange for someone to send these pots of seedlings to the capital.

On the second day after sending away several pots of seedlings, the people sent by the King of Chu and the King of Wei to attend the trade conference and do business arrived at Marsh Mansion. When they came, they also brought the failed talents that Zhao Yao and King Chu wanted.

Suddenly so many outsiders came to Marsh Mansion, and it suddenly became very lively. (End of chapter)