A Thousand Hills

Chapter 366

When Zhao Shiyu returned to the imperial capital, His Royal Highness King Jin was so excited that he almost burst into tears.

This is to complain to Zhao Shiyu, His Royal Highness Jin Wang said, "Old Wu is not such a person, it must be the one from his family who came up with such a bad idea. Father said before his death that every concubine with children, In the future, we can live together with all the children. We are about to die now, she, the one from the old five family will not let the mothers and concubines go with us."

Zhao Shiyu heard His Royal Highness King Jin finish the matter angrily, Fang said, "There must be a reason, otherwise, His Majesty would not go against the late emperor's orders."

His Royal Highness King Jin sighed, "It is said that the empress dowager's phoenix body is unlucky, and there must be a daughter-in-law in the palace."

Zhao Shiyu let out a long sigh, "Then His Highness is suspected of being unfilial if he said these words to the minister."

"I'm just talking to you." His Royal Highness King Jin said bitterly, "I also hope that the emperor's grandmother will live a long life, but... such a sudden trick is really wicked."

Zhao Shiyu said, "If Your Majesty thinks that the Empress Dowager's phoenix body is unwell and requires the vassal kings to serve them filially in the imperial capital, can His Highness still say to go to the vassal?"

His Royal Highness King Jin was stunned for a moment, and after a long time Fang asked in a low voice, "Isn't this the idea that the fifth child will not think of?"

"If your majesty has this intention, let's just say that it is reasonable and reasonable to leave the vassal kings in the name of filial piety, and the imperial censors can't say anything. If your majesty didn't say it, it means that you don't have this intention." Zhao Shiyu frowned slightly , asked King Jin, "Before, didn't your majesty reveal half a word about leaving the noble concubine and others?"

"Not at all. The fourth brother is so good with him, and I have never heard him reveal such meaning." Jin Wang also did the investigation, and he said in a low voice, "At first, even the cabinet didn't hear the news. I suspect , may be the meaning of Laowujia."

"Your Highness, it's time to change your mind, that's the empress." Zhao Shiyu reminded King Jin.

"Queen Queen, you are talking about her." King Jin said angrily, "You don't know, the fifth one is afraid of his wife, afraid of her own family! Earlier, her daughter-in-law was a rascal, and all the emperors inquired, who would dare to provoke her? This enthronement doesn’t make much progress, and the sixth son was just killed earlier.”

Zhao Shiyu wished he could keep King Jin's mouth shut, Zhao Shiyu said in a deep voice, "How could Your Highness not know how Empress Dowager Su passed away? If His Highness's words spread, what would His Majesty think in his heart?"

"I'll just tell you." Jin Wang also knew that he had said that.

"You must never tell me again in the future, I want to live two more years." Zhao Shiyu said seriously.

"I know, I know, I just don't talk about it in the future." King Jin sighed, "Actually, I guessed it too. The sixth son did that thing first, and mourned the prince's own death. This is the mourning prince's understanding. The sixth son, father One day the emperor is alive, he can have another day. Father is gone, if your majesty allows him, the Empress Dowager Su may not be able to rest in peace in the underground." At the end of the words, King Jin couldn't help but feel a little lonely.

Zhao Shiyu handed him a cup of tea and said, "Your Highness is also a son of man, so put yourself in the shoes of others, if His Highness encounters this, can the six kings be kept alive?"

King Jin shook his head, and Zhao Shiyu said, "If Concubine Dowager Xie stays in the palace, it's not Concubine Zhao's business alone. Concubine Xie is also the same. Speaking of which, Concubine Xie is still Empress Xie's direct aunt."

King Jin said, "You don't know that Empress Xie is a human being, but her relatives don't recognize her."

"I'm away, so I've heard more about Empress Xie's virtuousness." Zhao Shiyu said, "I heard that the empress is the most filial servant of the empress dowager."

Speaking of which, Queen Xie's difficulty lies in this.King Jin had a headache, but he didn't have any good words to say, "You don't know, she didn't have a single tear when her father passed away. She would put on a show and go to the Palace of Mercy when she saw Tian'er, but she was not filial in her heart. Fifth child, no, Your Majesty is not an unfilial person, with His Majesty here, she will never dare to wrong the emperor's grandmother." Thinking of this, King Jin felt more and more that Empress Xie was not only ignorant of her relatives, but also very cunning and cunning.

King Jin and Zhao Shiyu complained once, but Zhao Shiyu didn't have a good idea for a while, he thought about it, and felt that Xinjun and his wife might use the concubine to restrain the kings.The point is, the reasons Xinjun and his wife came up with are reasonable and reasonable. No matter how reluctant the Empress Dowager is brought out, no matter how reluctant they are, there is nothing they can do.

Those who are reluctant, not only King Jin, but also King Qi are not very happy. They all decided to take their mother to enjoy the family happiness in the vassal land together, but suddenly they don’t ask their mother to go. What can I say about this?It makes sense to say that the concubines were left to serve the Empress Dowager.But if the father is dying, it is also a matter of reason and reason to let the concubines go to the country.How do you know that this is what happened just after the father's filial piety was born.

King Qi couldn't resist entering the palace to greet his mother. Concubine Xie Gui forced a smile on her face and said to her son, "Indeed, I went to the feudal domain with you like this. Although it was a reunion, I couldn't let the Empress Dowager go. , at this age, the old man can't do without a caring person by his side."

King Qi also couldn't say that with so many people in the palace, they couldn't serve the Empress Dowager as well as his mother.It's just that, in the end, my heart is depressed, and I don't know what kind of madness the empress is smoking.King Qi also went to his second uncle Xie Bo to talk about this matter. Xie Bai was at home observing his filial piety, so the news was not very well informed, so he was surprised to hear this suddenly.According to Xie Bo's understanding, the emperor and empress are generous people, so why did they suddenly ask the dowager to stay and serve the empress dowager?
Thanks to Xie Bo's many years of political experience, this decision was definitely not made suddenly. Xie Bo thought for a while and said, "Once I say this, I will definitely not take it back. I have another word, I wonder if Your Highness would like to hear it?"

King Qi came here to ask for advice, just to ask his second uncle to help him with an idea. Hearing this, he quickly said, "Second uncle just say, why can't you say something about your relatives?"

"If I were His Highness, I would not consider how to make His Majesty take back his sincere orders at this time. Forgive me, it is absolutely impossible." When Xie Bai said this, King Qi couldn't help but shudder.

King Qi was silent for a long while before he said, "I also understand that it is the time for the new king to establish his prestige, not to mention that this matter is in the name of filial piety, that is, the new king wants to leave me to serve my filial piety at the knees of the empress dowager. Only those who obey."

Although these words hurt people very much, it would be great if King Qi could understand.Xie Bai has been in office for too long, and he doesn't know Mu Yanchun very well, but Mu Yanchun won the battle of Fujian when he was the vassal king, and then presided over the battle of Jiangnan, defeating the Jingjiang rebels and regaining the lost ground .This emperor gave people the impression that he was a gentle and generous type, but he was an emperor who had been baptized in the battlefield. There are also people like this who are a little hard-hearted.Furthermore, although Xie Bai didn't know Mu Yanchun well, he knew Xie Moru very well.No one knows better than the Xie family how Xie Moru climbed to the queen's position step by step.It is normal for Xie Moru to use methods to contain the feudal lord.

Xie Bai said, "If I were Your Highness, I would still leave my son to stay in the imperial capital before taking over as a vassal, and act as a filial piety for the Empress Dowager on behalf of Your Highness."

King Qi's surprise was undisguised, and he looked at his second uncle Xie Baixie in disbelief.Xie Bai looked peacefully, and said slowly, "Your Highness, don't just look at your eyes, the emperor has means, and it is not a bad thing for the common people in the world. Back then, Jingjiang was just a small vassal king. Because the court could not restrain himself, Jingjiang grew up step by step, and finally attracted The great chaos in the south of the Yangtze River not only ruined lives, but Jingjiang was also defeated and died, what will happen to his descendants?"

"This is a long way to go. Your highness is naturally not a rebellious person like Jingjiang, but after the chaos in Jingjiang, both the court and your majesty, I am afraid that they will restrain the vassal king. With all due respect, if this matter, your highness Go to the cabinet for help, I am afraid that the people in the cabinet will not dare to respond to His Highness's request." Xie Bai's eyes were calm, and looking at King Qi's expression, he knew that King Qi must have looked for someone in the cabinet.Xie Bowen said, "Let's talk about the matter of the son's stay in the imperial capital. Your Highness should consider it for the son for a long time. The son is in the court, and with His Majesty watching over him, he will naturally be close to His Majesty and the princes. Will it not go smoothly when he inherits the throne in the future?"

King Qi's expression gradually softened, he got up and saluted Xie Bai, and said, "If it wasn't for the second uncle's advice, I would have gone into a dead end."

Xie Bo said, "The authorities are confused, not to mention that it is about the Grand Concubine, Your Highness is bound to be anxious." After a pause, Xie Bo said, "If the Grand Concubine stays in the palace because of her filial piety to the Empress Dowager, she will also make a great contribution in the future."

King Qi agreed.

King Jin and King Qi were not close at first, but because of the fact that the concubine stayed in the palace this time, they became very close.

The king of Chu has no such troubles, and his biological mother died young.

The two originally thought that it would be unreasonable to keep the old lady, but suddenly, the son also wanted to stay, this is really...

As for the two concubines, they originally thought that it would be fine to keep their mother-in-law. They have been the masters of the palace for these years, who would want to have a mother-in-law of a noble concubine on their heads?Therefore, the two concubines didn't say anything, but they were happy to see this matter in their hearts.However, when she suddenly heard from her husband that she wanted to keep her son, Princess Qi was fine. Although her number of legitimate sons was not as high as that of Princess Chu, she was still much better than Princess Jin who only had one son.The concubine of Jin is the one who inspires the heart. With just this one son, is it possible that he still needs to stay in the imperial capital, and he and the king of Jin will bring a room full of side concubines and concubines to fief the land?
Concubine Jin suddenly felt that someone had taken her heart and liver.

Zhao Shiyu had to tell King Jin with great anxiety, "Don't tell the concubine, you must serve the empress dowager well. If you serve the empress dowager well, you will have a good reputation in the future. But, if there is an accident Don't say that the Concubine Gui's lifetime reputation is over, and Her Royal Highness will also be implicated." Zhao Shiyu is not as optimistic as Xie Bai. Xie Bai's judgment is based on his understanding of Queen Xie, but Zhao Shiyu's impression of Queen Xie Significantly harsher.Zhao Shiyu even suspected that letting the concubines stay in the palace was a serial scheme set up by the emperor and empress.Therefore, since you want to stay in the palace, you must serve the Empress Dowager meticulously.Otherwise, if the Empress Dowager is wrong at all, not only the empress dowager will be buried in it, but the palace will also be lost.Therefore, it is best not to even think about the matter of taking care of the empress dowager to death, and then reuniting with her son, because that would be in the hands of the empress dowager.

King Jin also knew the importance of this, and said, "Don't worry, I will go to the palace and tell my concubine personally."

The king of Jin reached an agreement with the king of Qi here, and the concubine of the king of Jin began to cry and wipe her tears in the mansion. The king of Jin said, "Look at you, if you don't want to, then let Da Lang stay."

Jin Wangfei couldn't bear her son, but she couldn't let the eldest son stay behind. She wiped her tears and said, "I haven't parted with my son yet, so I don't want people to cry. Qi Wang's mansion left the sons and daughters to be filial to Qi Wang. Although our Dalang Okay, but if Dalang is allowed to stay, where will Erlang be placed?"

King Jin sighed, and said, "It's all right to cry at home, leave Erlang behind, and mother and concubine will be more happy." Princess Jin nodded, "I know." I didn't see that Empress Xie had such a heart before. Come on, didn't Queen Xie build bridges and pave roads to do good deeds in the past, why did she suddenly become so unkind and want to leave her parents, wives and children?

Concubine Jin deeply felt that she had misunderstood Empress Xie, especially when the princesses and concubines were talking to Empress Xie, everyone said that the two concubines Zhao and Xie took the lead to write a letter requesting the new king to allow them to stay in the palace , Continue to serve the Empress Dowager, in order to fulfill her responsibilities as a daughter-in-law.

This petition was first submitted to Empress Xie, and Empress Xie passed it on to Her Majesty, and Her Majesty showed all the officials, who praised the virtues of the concubines, and then, His Majesty praised the conduct of the concubines. In addition to verbal praise, His Majesty also came To be more practical, directly concubines and concubines will be promoted collectively. For example, Zhao Xie and Xie are both noble concubines, and now they are promoted to imperial concubines. of.

Yes, in the end, it was the toffees themselves who wrote to request that the toffees stay in the palace.Not only fulfilled his good name, but also did not embarrass the new emperor who violated the last emperor's last words.

Of course, Xinjun promoted the concubines and concubines collectively, which also slightly comforted the sore hearts of the concubines and concubines.

When Empress Xie talked about this matter in Fengyi Palace, she said, "The imperial concubines never forget the virtues of virtuous and filial piety, and they should set an example for us. I think, now that the emperor's filial piety has been performed, the imperial concubines have been promoted. , right now the concubines will go to the feudal vassal with the vassal king, the empress dowager is not easy to disturb, and the old man is also afraid of noise, why don't you have a few drinks in my palace, let's have a good time."

Everyone naturally agreed.

After the discussion between the King of Chu and Princess Chu, he also left the son in the imperial capital. The king of Chu was not worried. He had a very good relationship with the new monarch. Besides, after thinking about it now, it is also a good thing to keep the son in the imperial capital. If you have a good relationship with the monarch, it will be a matter of course to inherit the title in the future. Even their vassal kings can understand the news of the imperial capital, so as not to be blocked when they leave the imperial capital.

The King of Chu also chose a few confidantes to stay in the imperial capital to help his son. Of course, he also asked the fifth brother and his wife to take care of their son, beat him or scold him, and just leave it to this kid to practice for whatever errands he has.

Even Mu Yanchun thought that it would be great if all the brothers were as understanding as the fourth brother.

Although the elder brothers are not all considerate, they have done what should be done.

Mu Yanchun also heaved a sigh of relief, and had to say that Mu Yanchun was also happy to see the concubine's son stay in the imperial capital.

It was the toffees who thought that their grandson was in the imperial capital, and they couldn't help but feel more comforted.

Mu Yanchun also has a lot of grace that should be given. For example, if he went to the vassal land to build a palace, his family allocated 10 taels of silver.This money is not a lot, if you want to build some extravagant royal palace, it is not enough, but back then Mu Yanchun was a vassal of Fujian, and his Fujian Palace was only these taels of silver.

Also, Mu Yanchun also asked King Jin about the marriage of the eldest brother's second niece, and Mu Yanchun said, "If you have someone you like, elder brother, please tell me, I will give you a marriage, and the second niece's marriage is also decent."

The King of Jin was also very concerned about the lifelong affairs of his second daughter, and said, "The princess is also picky. I think this is good today, and I think that is good tomorrow. I don't know what to do. Why don't you make up your mind for me, Your Majesty." .”

Mu Yanchun said, "We are a good girl like Wen An, whoever we marry is a blessing."

King Jin smiled, "Then I will entrust the marriage of this girl to Your Majesty."

Mu Yanchun agreed, and said, "The Marquis of Yongding has accepted the job offer, and the son of the Marquis of Yongding is also a stable person. The marriage of his parents and sons has not yet been decided. I see that the child is not bad. Eldest brother and the son of the Marquis of Yongding are relatives of my uncle. , Wen An and the son of Shizi are also cousins. In the future, Wen An's son will also have a title to inherit, if you are willing, I will be the matchmaker, how about it?"

Mu Yanchun talked about all aspects, King Jin was delighted, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is a matchmaker, and it is also gentle and decent. Brother Chen has nothing else to say, and I have to thank His Majesty for a glass of matchmaker wine."

Mu Yanchun was overjoyed, and talked about the Xining Pass with the King of Jin.

Xining Pass is not a place of peace. At the beginning, Emperor Mu Yuan enfeoffed his eldest son in the land of Jin. It must be said that he had great faith in his eldest son.Now that all the kings are vassals, what Mu Yanchun is most worried about is the Xining Pass.

The monarch and his ministers talked for half a day, and at noon, Mu Yanchun stayed with the King of Jin to share lunch, and the brothers enjoyed themselves happily.

Mu Yanchun turned around and told Xie Moru about the gift of marriage to Princess Wen'an and the son of the Marquis of Yongding, Xie Moru nodded, "It really is a very good marriage."

Mu Yanchun has never been stingy with giving people grace, of course, what he and his wife did to keep the concubine and prince's son in the imperial capital is quite impressive.Mu Yanchun summoned Marquis Yongding and said some heartfelt words, mainly to praise Marquis Yongding's achievements in this life. Although Marquis Yongding had lost battles, he was a safe man, and later he also made military exploits and restored his dignity.Now that one is old, if one wants to become an official or a prince, Mu Yanchun will give the Yongding Marquis Mansion the dignity it deserves.

After discussing the achievements of Marquis Yongding in this life, Mu Yanchun asked about the marriage of Marquis Yongding's eldest grandson, and then said about being a matchmaker.Speaking of which, at first Mu Yanchun didn't explain it clearly, and made Yongding Hou feel swayed, thinking that His Majesty was going to betroth Princess Xinzhe to his grandson.Thinking about it so far, even Marquis Yongding's age is a bit smug.Then, when he heard that Mu Yanchun was going to be a matchmaker for the eldest grandson and Princess Wen'an, Marquis Yongding's turbulent old heart regained his composure, but his face was still very excited and grateful. Although he is not a princess, the princess is also decent. where.The Marquis of Yongding thanked Mu Yanchun for his gift of marriage, and went home happily as an official.

For these hereditary marquis mansions, succession to the Marquis is the most important thing. The marriage at this time shows that there is no problem for the son to inherit the Marquis.Even the grandson's title, as long as the grandson doesn't commit any stupidity, the future succession to the title is also guaranteed.

Empress Xie agreed on the marriage that Mu Yanchun bestowed, and as for Princess Jin, she had no objection to marrying her daughter to her natal nephew.Concubine Jin also considered her natal family at the beginning, but the second girl was originally scheduled to be married to her mother-in-law Zhao Taifei's natal family Zhao Guogong's mansion. Later, Zhao Qin died, and the marriage was naturally abandoned.Concubine Jin was very unhappy about the Zhao family's marriage.Later, she considered her natal Marquis Yongding, but she was afraid that her mother-in-law would be suspicious, so Fang didn't mention it.

Today, His Majesty bestows a marriage, and everyone is really happy.

Of course, as for whether the mother-in-law is happy or not, I don't know.

Princess Jin didn't care anymore, since His Majesty bestowed the marriage anyway.It is rare for Princess Jin to see her nephew, and she feels that what the nephew thinks is pleasing to the eye.

Because of Mu Yanchun's gift of marriage, and the fact that the Marquis of Yongding became an official, Mu Yanchun also made a full gesture of retaining him. The monarch and his ministers said three words and three stays. years.His son also successfully succeeded to the title, and Mu Yanchun even agreed to his son asking his grandson to be the son of the prince. Therefore, the Yongding Hou's Mansion can be called three blessings.

Princess Jin saw that her natal family was decent, and her dissatisfaction with Xinjun and his wife also subsided a little.She also figured it out, it's fine to let her son stay in the imperial capital, and when her son gave birth to a grandson, she would try to ask for a favor, let her grandson study with the emperor's grandson and cultivate their relationship, it wouldn't be bad.

That's how things are, if you think about the good, you will see good things, but if you think about the bad, you will see all kinds of tragedies.

The matter of the concubine staying in the palace was confirmed smoothly, and Mu Yanchun even thanked his wife in private, saying, "If you hadn't mentioned this matter, I would never have thought of it."

Xie Moru, "Your Majesty treats people generously and thinks of the good in everything. Your Majesty is more Confucian. I am used to thinking of the worst in everything. Therefore, I prefer to stay behind in everything, and I am more Legalist."

Mu Yanchun hugged his wife's shoulders and smiled, "That's why we say we are destined to be husband and wife." He sighed again, "Father's vision is really good."

"Yes." Xie Moru also smiled, a heart is very important to an emperor, an emperor with a heart is better than an emperor with amazing talent but narrow mind.After the matter was settled, the husband and wife did nothing in Fengyi Palace, they just leaned on the cool couch and drank happily all afternoon tea.

The fact that the concubine's son stayed in the imperial capital made the ministers of the court really understand the new king's methods, and even the vassal kings were extraordinarily submissive.

Just as Mu Yanchun had to adapt to his new status as the new king, the vassal king had to further adapt to his own identity, his status as the vassal king, including that the person sitting on the imperial chair is not only the brothers of the vassal kings, but also the lord of the empire .

If you didn't understand what kind of attitude you should use towards the emperor of the empire, then after the incident of the imperial concubine's son staying in the imperial capital, you must have understood.

Of course, the vassal kings may not be very comfortable all the time. After all, it takes time to adapt.However, all the members of the cabinet are delighted with the actions of the new monarch. The Jingjiang Rebellion left a lesson for the imperial court, which made the cabinet more vigilant against the vassal king.

After all, the support of the cabinet is indispensable for the success of the imperial concubine's son staying in the imperial capital.

For example, Tang Prime Minister of the cabinet was the first to speak out and said that the concubine was virtuous, and then Yushitai stopped attacking this time, and Tie Yushi also came out to say that the concubine was filial.In order to let the concubine's son stay in the imperial capital, everyone tacitly didn't mention the late emperor's last words.

After all, no matter the court or the officials, they all need a monarch with means and achievements.

In this way, no matter the vassal king, the concubine, or the son of the vassal king, it can be regarded as a trap for the new monarch, his wife and the cabinet ministers.

Next, the emperor first gave marriages to the eight kings and nine kings, one was the daughter of the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the other was the daughter of the minister of the household department.Then, the seven kings who had not yet been enfeoffed were given fiefs respectively. The seven kings were enfeoffed as the king of Lu, the eighth kings were enfeoffed as the king of Chen, and the nine kings were enfeoffed as the king of Song.The vassal land of these few people, no matter in terms of geography or size, cannot be compared with King Jin, King Qi, King Chu.It's not that Xinjun is mean to his younger brothers, it's true that he has to think about the country.What's more, the mothers of Seven, Eighty Nine and Three were not of high birth, and they were still young, so the fiefs naturally couldn't be compared with those of their elder brothers.

Thinking of the six kings who had just died a few days ago, Qi Bajiu took over the fief with gratitude, and happily thanked his brother for his gift of marriage.

At this time, like King Jin and King Qi, they all have to be grateful to their mothers for giving birth to them early and ranking them first, and they were entrusted by their own fathers when they were still alive.Thinking in this way, everyone misses the late emperor even more.

The new king just didn't know what to do, but the fact that the new king changed his Yuan really made the vassal kings laugh secretly.

Generally speaking, when the new emperor ascends the throne, he will continue to use the previous emperor's year name, and in the second year, he will change the year name.The matter of changing the Yuan Dynasty has been mentioned by ministers since the beginning of the year. As a result, the new monarch has not chosen his own reign name——Zhaoming until now.

Haha, Zhaoming.

The vassal kings were about to burst out laughing, and they all secretly laughed at the new monarch: How afraid of his daughter-in-law is it to come up with such a fearful reign name!
Zhao, bright also.

Ming also means light.

And the word Ming also means that the sun and the moon are juxtaposed, and the heroine loves to use this word when she is in power.For example, Fusheng was also changed to Yuanchangming in the past, and later Emperor Mu Yuan took charge and changed the year name to Yuanchang himself.

Now that the new emperor wants to use Zhaoming's reign name, it's ridiculous, isn't it?

For example, King Jin joked with Zhao Shiyu privately about the reign name of the new ruler.Zhao Shiyu didn't realize it was ridiculous, and said, "Your Majesty has a generous temper, and the empress is powerful, and the world knows it. Your Majesty is willing to use the people of the world, why not use the queen? Your majesty is willing to let the queen participate in politics, it is extremely wise." The empress is capable, and idleness is a loss, okay? it is good!I don't know how silly King Jin is!
King Jin said, "At the beginning, Emperor Father was most worried about Mrs. Xie. I was only worried about the fifth child. Oh, Your Majesty is leading a wolf into the house."

Zhao Shiyu smiled, "Your Majesty was able to win the throne, the queen has made great contributions. In the past, it was a help, but being a queen is a wolf? Think about it, Your Highness, if your majesty wins the throne and abandons the queen, will you feel at ease with such an emperor, or will you be more open-minded now?" How can your generous Majesty get along with you at ease?"

King Jin sighed, "I only hope that Mrs. Xie will remember His Majesty's kindness." Considering Mrs. Xie has no parents, what will happen in the future, it is really hard to say.

After muttering Xie Queen, King Jin asked Zhao Shiyu, "Do you want to go to Jin with me?"

(End of this chapter)