Because of the stirrups, Zhao Yao became famous.
He, the tenth prince with no sense of existence, truly appeared in the eyes of the civil and military officials of the dynasty for the first time. But too much attention does not.
Just as Liang Zhaoyi expected, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty would not think that Zhao Yao was a prince worthy of support just because he made stirrups.
The ministers have several requirements for teaming up to support the prince in advance; the first requirement is that the prince himself is deeply favored by the emperor, or is highly used by the prince. The second requirement: The prince himself is capable. The third requirement: the prince’s maternal family has a certain degree of power. The fourth requirement: The prince’s mother should also be favored by the emperor.
Zhao Yao has none of these four requirements.
Of course there are special exceptions.
Some ministers will support powerless and helpless princes, such as the eighth prince.
On the surface, none of the civil and military ministers in the Manchu Dynasty supported the eighth prince. In fact, compared to Zhao Yao, the eighth prince's life experience is more... In the eyes of many people, the eighth prince has a humble background because his mother-in-law is just a palace maid. Even if she died, the emperor did not pursue her.
The idea of the ministers supporting the Eighth Prince was very simple. The Eighth Prince had no power and was easy to handle. The most important thing was that the Eighth Prince had to rely on them if he wanted to succeed.
In addition to the Xie family, Wang family, Xun family, Yuan family and other powerful families in the capital, there are also many famous families below. These famous families also have ambitions, and they do not want to always be inferior to King Xie and his family. They also want to have more power and make their family more prosperous.
Now that the court is controlled by the Xie Wang family, it is difficult for these aristocratic families to get a piece of the pie. If they want to gain more power and surpass Prince Xie's family, they have only one way, and that is to support a certain prince in advance and support him to become the next emperor.
The skill of following the dragon will allow them to gain supreme power, and then they will stand at the top of the family.
Obviously, Zhao Yao and the Eighth Prince were in similar situations. Neither was favored by Emperor Wu of Zhou, nor did they have the power of their mother clan. In fact, Zhao Yao had two advantages over the eighth prince; first, his mother-in-law, Liang Zhaoyi, was still alive. Liang Zhaoyi was Zhao Yao's weakness. Liang Zhaoyi could be used to threaten Zhao Yao, but the ministers did not support Zhao Yao. The second is that Zhao Yao is not smart. He doesn't like reading and was disliked by Emperor Wu of Zhou for his stupidity. A prince who is not smart is better to handle.
Although Zhao Yao had more "advantages" than the eighth prince, the ministers did not choose him because he was too young.
A young prince is easier to manipulate. Once he succeeds in supporting him to ascend the throne, he will become a puppet emperor. This is actually the biggest advantage, but it did not work during the period of Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty.
First of all, Emperor Wu of Zhou was in his prime and could not live for more than a few years. Secondly, Emperor Wu of Zhou's other sons are almost coming of age. If you support a prince who is too young, it will be too late.
The eighth prince is just the right age, neither too young nor too old. He was still a few years away from adulthood. In these few years, there are many variables and they can do many things. Maybe by the time the eighth prince reaches adulthood, the previous princes will have stopped fighting each other, and they won't need to expend too much energy to succeed.
If it is Zhao Yao, he will not be an adult when he sits in that seat after the battle between the emperor brothers in front of him is over. It should be said that this is a good thing for the ministers who support him. After all, it is easier to control him. But that's not the case. When an underage prince ascends the throne, it is impossible for only the ministers who support him to control the government. There will also be other ministers to help manage the government.
The late emperor once made a rule that if a young prince ascends the throne, there must be three parties to assist the government. One of these three parties is the ministers who support the prince, the other two are important ministers such as the prime minister and the grand master, and the generals with military power.
For the ministers who came from aristocratic families, they were unwilling to jointly manage the government with the other two parties, so the prince they supported should not be too young. For them, the Eighth Prince was the best candidate. This is why Zhao Yao does not have the support of any minister.
Whether there are ministers who support him in his fight for that position is not important to Zhao Yao at all, and he does not care about it.
Making stirrups had no impact on his life. He is still the same as before. However, his reputation for being unintelligent improved slightly.
He changed from a stupid prince to a prince who was just not smart at studying.
Another thing that Liang Zhaoyi expected was that the soldiers' impression of Zhao Yao changed greatly and they began to have a favorable impression of him.
The emergence of stirrups benefited the soldiers the most.
Of course, it was just a good impression, and the soldiers would not support Zhao Yao because of the stirrups.
For Zhao Yao himself, there is nothing to be proud of in making stirrups. This was but the most inconspicuous of the things in his mind. However, because of the stirrups, Zhao Yao received some rewards, which made him quite happy.
Emperor Wu of Zhou rewarded Zhao Yao with some gold and silver jewelry, which was exactly what Zhao Yao wanted. However, gold, silver and jewelry are the most useless rewards to other princes.
Zhao Yao was still young, so even if Emperor Wu of Zhou wanted to reward him with something "useful", he couldn't.
With these rewards of gold and silver jewelry, Zhao Yao can do many things with them. When Xiu Mu is gone, he will give these gold and silver jewelry to his second uncle.
Alas, what he asked his second uncle to do would cost a lot of money. After giving these rewards to his second uncle, he became a pauper again. Fortunately, he is still young and lives in the palace, so he doesn't need to spend money.
At this time, Zhao Yao was drawing the design of the farm in the study room of Kunde Hall.
Liang Zhaoyi was sitting opposite him, marking punctuation marks on other books.
"The drawing is done." Zhao Yao handed the drawn design to Liang Zhaoyi opposite, "Concubine, take a look."
Liang Zhaoyi took the design drawing and looked at it carefully, and found that the design drawing drawn by her son was very surprising. Above ground, the farmhouse has two levels. Both floors are common rooms, nothing surprising. The surprise is three levels below ground level.
"How come there are three floors in the underground secret room, and what are they used for?"
Zhao Yao introduced: "The first floor is used for secret training. The second floor is used to store some confidential things. The third floor is used to detain and interrogate some important people."
Hearing the effect of the third layer, Liang Zhaoyi's expression stiffened for a moment, and then she said helplessly and funnyly: "You have thought it through."
"Mother, what do you think of this design?"
"Very good." Liang Zhaoyi knew clearly that Zhao Yao's ability to draw such a design was influenced by the memory in his dream.
Zhao Yao put away the design drawings and said happily: "Fortunately, we don't need to pay for the construction of the village. Otherwise, we don't know if the gold, silver and jewelry given by the emperor are enough."
He thought that he would be able to take a rest in a few days, and then he would be able to play outside the palace for a few more days, which made him feel better.
With Zhao Yao's great anticipation, his holiday finally arrived.
On the morning of Xiu Mu, Sun Doudou sent a token to Zhao Yao, which was a very beautiful jade token. The jade plaque is oval in shape, with a dragon carved on both sides. The two dragons are very finely carved, and the scales, whiskers, and claws are very detailed and lifelike.
Apart from the dragon, there is nothing else on the jade tablet, not even the word "order".
Generally speaking, there will be a "order" on the token, but there is nothing on this jade token.
"Concubine, isn't this a token?"
"It's not a token, but it allows you to enter and leave the palace freely." Liang Zhaoyi warned, "keep it well and don't lose it."
"Don't worry, Concubine, I won't lose it." Zhao Yao thought that this jade plaque was very valuable at first sight, and he would never lose it. "Concubine, I'm leaving then."
"Be safe outside these days."
"I will be careful." After saying hello to Liang Zhaoyi, Zhao Yao left the palace with Tong Xi.
When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Zhao Yao was stopped by the guard.
The guards naturally knew Zhao Yao, the tenth prince, but without the token, Zhao Yao, the prince, could not leave the palace at will.
"Your Highness, please show me your token."
Zhao Yao took out the jade plaque from his arms and showed it to the guard.
When the guard general saw the jade token in Zhao Yao's hand, his pupils shrank suddenly, but his face didn't show any signs of it.
"Your Highness, please."
Zhao Yao didn't notice the strangeness of the guard at that moment. He put the jade token in his arms again and walked out of the palace gate with joy.
After Zhao Yao left, another guard asked doubtfully: "Boss, what His Highness the Tenth Prince took out just now was not a token, but a jade tablet. I have never seen it before."
The guard pretended to be calm and said: "It's just a jade token that allows you to enter and leave the palace freely. It's nothing to make a fuss about."
Liang Run had been waiting for Zhao Yao not far from the palace gate. Seeing him coming out, he hurriedly drove the carriage over.
After Zhao Yao and the others got on the carriage, Liang Run took them directly to Dahua Village outside the capital.
Zhao Yao: It’s just right that no one supports me, and I don’t care about it either.
Many years later.
Ministers: Your Highness, please ascend the throne!
Zhao Yao: You dismissed me at first, but now you come to beg me to ascend the throne. Are you okay?
(End of chapter)
