Those years when I fished in Zhenwu Division

In the past half a month, Su Yu took his horse boy to inspect the entire Qingtan Monster Beast Forest several times, and spent money to dismiss the people who settled in the surrounding areas, and let them return after the summer hunt.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

It was another early morning, and the densely packed camps were located on the outer edge of the Qingtan Monster Beast Forest, and the smoke from the kitchens in the camps was already rising.

When the sun rose, the civil and military officials who had had breakfast had already gathered on the temporarily widened grassland on the outer edge.

The emperor Wei and Jin led all the civil and military officials to burn incense and pray for blessings on the temporary high platform, praying for good weather in the coming year, peace and prosperity for the country and the people.

As for Su Yu, Liang Yuxuan, and Sun Xichui, they rode tall horses and led their horses to stand outside the pasture, serving as guards to maintain the order of the summer hunt.

"Brother Su, look at those seven people, they are the seven members of the cabinet. Apart from His Majesty, these seven cabinet members are the most powerful people in the court."

Seeing Wei Jin leading all civil and military officials to perform cumbersome blessing rituals, Liang Yuxuan couldn't help but introduce the intricate relationship in the court to Su Yu.

"The person standing on the right side of His Majesty is the current Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, Wang Jinghui!"

"And the two people behind him are Shen Xiaohan, Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and Qi Xikun, Minister of Industry. Shen Xiaohan is also a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Qi Xikun is also a scholar of East Pavilion."

"The two of them were single-handedly supported by Wang Jinghui, and they are also on the side of the eldest prince."

"As for the person standing on the left side of His Majesty, it is Huo Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who is also a scholar of the Hall of Zhonghe."

"There are three people behind him, namely Kong Jingyi, Minister of Rites, Yan Zhongrong, Minister of Household, and Wu Zexing, Minister of Military Affairs."

"Kong Jingyi is concurrently a bachelor of Baohedian, Yan Zhongrong is concurrently a bachelor of Wenhuadian, and Wu Zexing is concurrently a bachelor of Wuyingdian."

"The four of them are on the side of the second prince."

"Kong Jingyi, Yan Zhongrong, and Wu Zexing were all cultivated by Huo Yu, so the four of them are united as a monolith. Although Huo Yu is weaker than Wang Jinghui in terms of position, he has the support of three ministers. In fact, his power is not weaker than Wang Jinghui's." Wang Jinghui."

"These are the two biggest factions in the court"

"During this time, it has been widely rumored in Tai'an City that His Majesty will most likely appoint a crown prince in this year's summer hunt. I don't know if it is true."

After listening to Liang Yuxuan's introduction, Su Yu had a general understanding of the power distribution in the court.

However, Zhen Wusi is separated from the court and is only responsible to the emperor, so he is far away from the disputes between right and wrong in the court.

Whoever succeeds the emperor will naturally control the largest warrior organization in Kyushu.

This battle for the crown prince has long been the talk of everyone in Kyushu.

The Wei and Jin Dynasties have never been able to establish a prince, and the letters of advice from civil and military officials have already been piled up in the palace.

And as time goes by, Wei and Jin will also be unable to withstand this general trend, and have to elect a prince to quell the crown prince dispute.

Liang Yuxuan continued: "Tell me, the eldest prince and the second prince, who will have the last laugh in this battle for prince?"

Sun Xichui on the side thought for a moment, and then said: "It's hard to say, both the eldest prince and the second prince seem to have a chance. If His Majesty doesn't express his opinion, there will be suspense."

Liang Yuxuan couldn't help sighing: "Yes, I don't know what His Majesty thinks."

Su Yu frowned, and said with a light smile: "You guys think, is it possible that His Majesty will appoint Mr. Wei as the crown prince?"

Hearing Su Yu's words, Liang Yuxuan and Sun Xichui were frightened immediately, and their faces turned pale.

"Brother Su, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately."

Liang Yuxuan glanced around, then lowered his voice and said, "Since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, there has never been a female successor to the throne. How could Your Majesty risk the world's displeasure by doing such a thing?"

Sun Xichui couldn't help but echoed, "Brother Liang is right. If His Majesty wants to appoint Mr. Wei as the crown prince, it will be as difficult as going to heaven."

"Brother Su, just think about it, if His Majesty really canonize Mr. Wei as the crown prince, can all civil and military officials agree to this matter? Can the people of the world agree to this matter?"

"If Your Majesty doesn't have a prince under his knees, maybe there is still a possibility of this move, but His Majesty has two princes, the first prince and the second prince, no matter how you say it, it is impossible to appoint Mr. Wei as the prince."

Seeing that the two refuted him, Su Yu chuckled and said, "Didn't a woman succeed to the throne in the Western Zhou Dynasty?"

He vaguely guessed that the reason why Wei Jin didn't plan to make the eldest prince and the second prince the crown prince was most likely because he wanted Wei Lianyi to be the crown prince!
Otherwise, at Wei Lianyi's current age, she would have already reached the age of marriage.

But Wei Jin didn't find any marriage partner for her, and even taught her the heavenly martial art of ruling the world.

Isn't that enough to say one thing?
Especially Wei Lianyi has been ambushed and killed several times, all of which were done by the forces behind the First Prince and Second Prince.

It can be seen that they also guessed Wei Jin's plan, and they planned to work together to kill Wei Lianyi, and then went to fight with snipe and clam.

It's just that they didn't expect that Wei Lianyi's ambushes and killings were all resolved by Wei Lianyi in the end
Su Yu glanced at the two of them, and said with a light smile, "Didn't there be a princess succeeding to the throne in the Western Zhou Dynasty?"

"Brother Su, the situation was different that time."

Liang Yuxuan laughed and said: "The reason why Zhou Xuan, the empress of the Western Zhou Dynasty, succeeded to the throne is nothing more than the fact that the previous emperor gave birth to only one of her."

"Unfortunately, I had no choice but to support her to the throne of God."

"But you have also seen what happened later. Zhou Xuan succeeded to the throne and married Nangong Longting, the then national teacher."

"What's the final result?"

"Now the royal family of the Western Zhou Dynasty all have the surname Nangong."

"Although half of the blood of the Western Zhou royal family is still Zhou's blood, what do you make the people of the Western Zhou think?"

"They only recognize the current surname. Since the Western Zhou royal family's surname is Nangong, they will think that the Western Zhou Dynasty has been stolen by the Nangong family, even if the later Western Zhou emperor still has the blood of the Zhou family."

"good."

Sun Xichui nodded, and echoed, "Just like us men, who would choose to marry unless it is absolutely necessary?"

"Although the child still bleeds with your blood, but he takes the woman's surname, this is still regarded as the end of the offspring."

After hearing Sun Xichui and Liang Yuxuan refute their reasons, Su Yu couldn't help sighing.

In this era of extremely strong traditional concepts, a man's marriage is despised like a dog whose spine has been broken and can only beg for mercy.

Because people in this era have an extremely firm idea that it is impossible to marry into a family if they die of poverty, starvation, or death outside, which leads to the severance of the family inheritance in their own generation.

Su Yu didn't have any worries in this regard.

Because he is immortal, he doesn't have to worry about cutting off his children and grandchildren.

As long as you are alive, you don't need to worry about continuing your bloodline.

Because the child he gave birth to has only a short lifespan of a hundred years, and cannot survive him.
"I really don't know what good it is to be an emperor."

Su Yu looked at Wei Jin who was leading civil and military officials in the distance to pray for blessings. Behind him, Wei Lianyi attended the blessing event in a well-dressed prince's team.

She will also participate in today's summer hunt.

Liang Yuxuan chuckled lightly and said, "Brother Su, what you said is wrong. What's so good about being an emperor? You should ask, what's so bad about being an emperor?"

"Who doesn't want to be emperor in this world's ups and downs? One word can tell the difference between life and death!"

"For a man, power is often the most important thing in a man's life."

"With power, wealth and beauty, it's just a little extra."

Sun Xichui nodded in approval, and said with a smile: "Brother Liang is right. In Sun's opinion, the charm of power is far more than wealth and beauty."

"It's like us, Lord Qianhu, who is the Zhenwu Division, can already control the life and death of many people."

"Power can also allow you to control the fate of others, and let others become your hands to do things you want to do but have no time to do. A word of yours is the heaven in other people's minds!"

"Brother Su, think about it, if you weren't Lord Qianhu from the Zhenwu Division, but just an ordinary Zhenwu Guard from the Zhenwu Division, would the four oiran girls from the Jiaofang Division throw themselves at you last night?"

"With power, you have everything!"

"And there are only three people with the greatest power in the world, namely the emperors of Northern Qi, Western Zhou, and Great Wei!"

Su Yu chuckled and said, "Power is nothing more than an extension of force. As long as force is high enough, power has to give way to you!"

When Sun Xichui and Liang Yuxuan heard the words, they both smiled wryly and shook their heads.

"Brother Su, think about it for yourself, if your strength is high enough, how high is high enough?"

Liang Yuxuan laughed and said, "Just say that in the territory of Great Wei, is there anyone whose force is strong enough to overthrow the imperial court?"

"But what you said is not bad. When a person's force reaches a certain level, it is enough to subvert the rule of the imperial power, and even unify the Three Kingdoms."

"But brother Su, how difficult it is for the situation you mentioned, I think you should know it too?"

"The entire Great Wei has been established for more than 500 years, and no one can overthrow the royal family's rule of Great Wei, right?"

"The main reason is that it is difficult for a martial artist in the world to reach the level of a martial artist even if he obtains a sea of ​​training resources."

"As long as he can't be promoted to Martial Saint, he will still end up with his life lost after a hundred years."

"In contrast to the royal family, his power can be passed down from generation to generation."

"And in this world, as long as there are no strong warriors, the rule of the royal family is almost difficult to be overthrown."

"In comparison, is it easier for a Martial Saint to be promoted, or is it easier to obtain power?"

"We are just ordinary people with better luck, but we have already exhausted most of our lives to get to where we are today."

"If you're unlucky, brother He's fate will be a lesson for us."

"It is true that force can subvert power, and even gain power by force, but it is very difficult for such a person to appear."

"Even if it was the ancestor emperor of the Great Wei, it was only when the time, place and people were harmonious that he unified Kyushu and established the Great Wei."

What Liang Yuxuan said made Su Yu fall into deep thought.

Yes.

For ordinary people, the little force obtained is not enough to have any influence on the ruler in power.

On the other hand, the rulers in power can use the power in their hands to control the life and death of these ordinary people at will.

If you see the possibility of overthrowing your rule, you can kill you in the cradle before you grow up.

Under such restrictions, power is often unable to be subverted.

Because that bit of force is far from subverting the order derived from power.

This is also when everyone sees the reality clearly, they choose to join if they can't beat them, and use their own force to exchange for a certain amount of power.

While the three of them were chatting, the blessing ceremony led by Wei Jin finally came to an end.

"I just don't know what His Majesty will come up with to reward Xia Shou's leader this year."

Seeing Wei Jin talking to all civil and military officials, Liang Yuxuan couldn't help sighing.

At this moment, a father-in-law, holding a tray in his hand, walked quickly up the temporary high platform and came to Wei Jin.

Wei Jin held up an extremely gorgeous sword from the tray in his hand.

When they saw the sword, Sun Xichui and Liang Yuxuan's pupils shrank, and they said in unison: "It's the Sword of Heaven!"

Seeing how the two of them lost their composure, Su Yu was puzzled and said, "Brother Liang, Brother Sun, what is the origin of this Tianzi Sword?"

"Brother Su, you don't know something."

Liang Yuxuan said solemnly: "Generally speaking, the Emperor's Sword is the emperor's token, and it is also an important token passed on from the emperor to the crown prince."

"It can be seen from this that the rumors in Tai'an City are probably true. His Majesty will use this summer hunt to select a candidate for the crown prince!"

"Oh?"

Su Yu frowned, and couldn't help saying in surprise: "It's so big?"

The appearance of the Tianzi Sword also caused quite an uproar among civil and military officials.

It seems that they never expected that Wei Jin would actually take out the Emperor Sword as a reward for the leader.

"This summer hunting, I will bestow the leader with the most number of monsters and ranks, and I will bestow this Heavenly Son Sword on him!"

Facing the faces of civil and military officials, Wei Jin held the Tianzi sword and said loudly.

Whoa!
When Wei Jin said these words, the faces of all civil and military officials changed, as if they did not expect that Wei Jin Celi Prince would be such a joke, and a summer hunt would be used as the standard.

However, as the seven members of the cabinet, they are calm and relaxed at the moment, keeping their eyes on their noses and their hearts, as if they have already known Wei Jin's plan.

After everyone came back to their senses, Wei Jin looked around and said with a light smile, "The summer hunts held in previous years were all the same, so nothing new."

"This year's Summer Hunting, I'm going to change the rules of the game."

"Those who participate in this summer hunt, in the next half an hour, can choose a companion to watch and help each other, and participate in this summer hunt together!"

"Which team hunts and kills the most monsters in rank and quantity, it will be the leader of this summer hunt!"

"What do you love, what do you think of my proposal?"

Civil and military officials bowed and saluted one after another, saying in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"

The civil and military officials who can stand here are probably empty by the root of their hair.

They naturally understood that in today's summer hunt, the protagonists are the eldest prince and the second prince.

What the Emperor's Sword symbolizes, the people present know better than anyone else.

Since they came here as a foil, and the seven members of the cabinet acquiesced to the matter, they naturally had nothing to say.

"In that case."

Wei Jin looked around Xia Shou's team, and said loudly: "I announce that this summer hunt will be held as scheduled in half an hour. Those who participate in this summer hunt can use this half an hour to find companions to participate in this game together." Summer hunting!"

"Yes!"

The crowd responded in unison.

Wei Zongyuan and Wei Zongyue looked at each other, with a strong fighting spirit surging in their eyes.

The prince's battle is finally going to be decided.

At the same time, Wei Lianyi, who was standing aside, frowned slightly, lost in thought.

Wei Jin's proposal undoubtedly exceeded her expectations.

She originally wanted to use this summer hunt to make Wei Zongyuan and Wei Zongyue die unexpectedly in Qingtan Monster Beast Forest.

But because of Wei Jin's proposal, Wei Zongyuan and Wei Zongyue could find warriors from the Qianlong Realm to help them hunt down the monsters in the monster forest.

With the guards of potential dragon warriors, the possibility of "accidents" between the two of them was greatly reduced.

This calculation against the two of them was also transformed into the battle for the crown prince.

"Before I gave in again and again, this time, I won't give in again."

Wei Lianyi's eyes flashed, then he looked at his personal guard, and ordered: "Go and call Mr. Su over."

The personal guard was startled for a moment, then immediately responded: "Yes!"

Seeing the guards running towards Su Yu in the distance, Wei Lianyi finally made a decision in his heart.

She is going to use this summer hunt to break the relationship between the two, and then ask Su Yu to help her compete for the leader of this summer hunt!
"Master Su, Master Wei asked you to come over."

The personal guard came in front of Su Yu and said respectfully.

The three of Su Yu who were chatting couldn't help but startled.

Su Yu frowned slightly, and asked puzzledly, "Master Wei, do you need me for anything?"

"do not know."

The guard shook his head.

Su Yu nodded, and then said: "Then you lead the way."

"Yes!"

Immediately, under the leadership of the personal guard, Su Yu rode his horse and walked all the way to where Wei Lianyi was. (end of this chapter)