If the identity of the second son of the Lang family is a mystery, then the princes born to Princess Yongping are always of royal blood, right?
Besides, who is Princess Yongping? She is the granddaughter of Emperor Chen Mo of the previous dynasty, and the direct granddaughter of Emperor Chengyuan, the founding emperor of this dynasty. Her mother is also the niece of Emperor Chengyuan.
If you add this up, wouldn't the husband born to Princess Yongping be more qualified to be selected as the crown prince than the two husbands under Prince Jing's knees?
More importantly, Princess Yongping has many children, including children of all ages. Whether the emperor wants to choose young children as his own upbringing, or wants to choose those who are almost adults for experience and reuse, even if he chooses medium or small training, None of it is a problem.
In addition, there are many candidates to choose from, and the error tolerance rate is high. The probability of selecting a suitable and outstanding heir is also high, making it the most suitable candidate.
Although choosing the crown prince from the princess's heirs can easily make her father's family ambitious, Princess Yongping's children all take their mother's surname, and their biological father's origin is not obvious. If it is controlled well, the hidden worries can be eliminated.
Since this opinion came out, many courtiers have indeed been persuaded. Although ministers should be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, under this premise, which minister does not hope that ministerial power can effectively limit the monarch's power?
Especially as the cabinet's management of government affairs becomes more and more mature, ministers hope that the monarch on the throne can live peacefully and peacefully as a noble, not tormenting or rebellious, and just leave the government affairs to them.
Therefore, as soon as they heard that the emperor intended to establish a heir apparent, the courtiers' calculations began to falter.
Everyone expressed their opinions and spoke enthusiastically, and the whole court was in full swing for a while.
It's a pity that no one in the court took the emperor's feelings into consideration, and I don't know whether they ignored it intentionally or unintentionally.
Emperor Yanping went to court for two days and found that no matter how different the courtiers were about each other's favorite candidates, they perfectly ignored his opinions in a tacit agreement, and he was immediately unhappy.
What's going on? Each of the sons of the joint clan is more qualified to inherit the throne than his daughter, right? Even the young man from Waiba Road dares to plan to get a share of the pie?
He is still the emperor, and the previous emperor treated them well, so he is going to take the throne away from them?
As the saying goes, the more you think about it for a while, the more angry you will be; the more you think about it when you step back, the more you will lose; people who are silent will either fall asleep in silence or go crazy in silence.
Although Emperor Yanping didn't want to be sulky or suffer a secret loss, he wasn't ready to go crazy immediately, so he took action after careful consideration.
He first wrote the imperial edict to establish the throne and deliberately placed it on the edge of the royal desk in the Lanzheng Palace. When convening the cabinet elders and important officials from relevant departments to discuss matters, he pretended to accidentally knock it down and revealed his intention to these important officials.
Originally, he just wanted everyone to be discerning and put forward the inheritance rights of Zongwa according to his wishes. Even if it could not be realized immediately, at least there would be room for discussion, and it would not be impossible to figure it out slowly in the future.
Who would have thought that Emperor Yanping's mood was quite stable, but some ministers went crazy.
Chu Pengxuan, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, angrily shouted that the edict was disrespectful and unruly, and even tore the edict into several pieces on the spot!
What a wonderful Aya Nishiki! He actually tore it up like paper!
The scene suddenly became chaotic!
If Chu Penghuan hadn't worked in the Ministry of Rites and had been a teacher to Emperor Jinghe; if it hadn't been for the three dynasties of Yan, Chen and Chu that clearly stipulated that ministers would not be punished for overly admonishing, I'm afraid Chu Penghuan's nine tribes would have lined up to be reincarnated.
Despite this, Emperor Yanping demoted him out of the capital and went to a border town in the southwest to serve as magistrate.
This trial ended unhappily. Not long after, Emperor Yanping discovered that the ministers who had seen the edict to establish the crown prince were blinded. Not only did they avoid talking about the matter of opposing the crown prince, but they also actively discussed the candidate for the crown prince.
Immediately, Mingwu was delighted with Emperor Yanping and chose to use his ultimate move.
In the name of bringing the clan's sons into the palace for inspection, he brought the only son of King Zhao, the second son of King Jing, and Princess Yongping herself and her children to the palace.
It wasn't until Zhen Quan, the eldest princess of Hong'an, broke into the imperial city angrily that the courtiers discovered that Princess Yongping and the beauties had been imprisoned by Emperor Yanping in the palaces on the north side of the outer garden of the palace, and were not allowed to enter or exit at will.
For a time, the whole court was in an uproar. (End of chapter)
