Every time King Teng made trouble for Huang Qiong, there was the shadow of King Song behind him. As the ninth younger brother, he has actually restrained himself from their repeated harassment and trouble. Let’s not talk about the importance that the old man now attaches to this ninth brother, but the two of them together can’t play with this ninth brother’s head alone. They have never dealt with them harshly. In fact, they have been quite merciful.
If the old man hadn't still been here, if these two brothers were so desperate and wanted to pluck the hair from the tiger's butt over and over again, they would have died a long time ago. Do they really think that people's tolerance is unlimited? The old man’s face will follow them for the rest of their lives. Do you really think that this ninth brother can kill an earl, but cannot kill these two princes?
Do you really regard other people's repeated restraint and tolerance as cowardice and incompetence? It can be said that there are other reasons why Huang Qiong is so close, and at least 90% of them come from the two kings themselves. As for Huang Qiong's comments about the two kings, Princess Jincheng, who was familiar with the two kings' personalities, knew that they were not wrong. It can even be said that Huang Qiong's comments have been very restrained.
When King Teng came to the throne, he almost demolished the palace and sold the beams for money. Not even a water tank or even a chair was left in the entire palace. Those who could be taken away were taken away, and those who could not be taken away were sold at a discount for money. When Huang Qiong took over, the Ministry of Works and the Imperial Affairs Department were busy for several days before they could barely fill up the space so that the current British Prince's Mansion could barely accommodate people.
In this way, the King of England was busy for several months after he came to the palace. It wasn't until his ninth brother came back from the expedition to Zhengzhou that he gradually filled up the missing items in the already empty Prince Ying's Mansion. It made the British Prince's Mansion at that time look less shabby, and barely looked like a prince's residence. It can be seen that this guy went too far when he left?
But after his sixth brother arrived in the vassal territory, not only did he not know how to restrain himself and cherish the public opinion, but he thought that the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and he acted wantonly. Less than half a year after taking over the domain, he was already known as the greatest harm to the domain. It's even famous enough to stop children from crying at night. As long as he likes something, he will do whatever it takes to get it.
The key is what he values, other than whether she is married or not, as long as she is beautiful and beautiful. There are also jewelry, gold and silver, money making, houses, land deeds, shops, fields, etc., to name a few. It can be said that in this world, except for antiques, calligraphy and painting, he has no interest, or simply does not know the goods. Anything else that was slightly valuable was not something he looked down upon.
He would even resort to any means to amass gold and silver, often taking his servants with him in the middle of the night to make a living by fighting. He dug up almost every ancestral grave of a wealthy family in his domain, and plundered all the gold and silver buried in the tomb. The bones of the owner in the tomb were thrown everywhere by him. Even the graveyard of deceased officials, no matter how high the rank, cannot escape his plunder.
The tombs of the princes, generals and ministers in the vassal territory were even looted by him personally. The most important thing is that this ignorant guy has almost no appreciation level and has no knowledge of the goods at all. His eyes only focus on gold, silver and jewelry. The truly valuable bronzes, porcelain, and even some priceless things in the tomb were all cheaper than the few dog-headed military advisors he brought from the capital.
When Lin was summoned to the capital, he extorted one hundred penny from each of the feudal officials and the common people in the feudal territory as farewell money. After Feng was recalled to Beijing, he heard that the Prince Zhao's Mansion where he was currently living temporarily had more than ten rooms filled with gold and silver, not counting the mountains of money. The gold, silver, and jewelry he stole from the tomb were not unlucky to him either.
He had just left the feudal territory, but he had been tormented by him over the years. Previously, local officials and squires were angry but dared not speak out. Letters of complaint almost filled the entire Yushitai and Zongzheng Temple. This sixth brother behaved so recklessly, let alone a younger brother who had no feelings for him at all. Even the old man, his biological father, dislikes him to the point of disgust.
In the two months since he came to Beijing, he has not been summoned once, and even the palace has prohibited him from taking a step forward. Even now, almost a year later, I have only summoned him three times. Except for the New Year's Eve meal, the other two times were a beating and a scolding. Although he asked to see him many times after arriving in Beijing, the old man never summoned him once.
Moreover, as soon as he arrived in the capital, he dismissed all his troops, and even the bodyguards only retained thirty people. Not to mention that all the original officials of Prince Teng's Mansion were replaced, even the eunuchs and servants in his mansion were all replaced. The evil servants around him who followed him in the feudal territory and relied on his power to bully men and women, as well as the dozen or so eunuchs around him, were all killed by the old man's order.
Those masters who incited him to steal and fight and took advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune. He was immediately locked up after he entered Beijing. After being sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation, he was taken back to his domain and sentenced to death. Although the old man used that scapegoat to stifle the anger of the people in the domain. But the old man was already treating him to the extreme. If he hadn't been his biological son, he would have been beaten to death long ago.
What annoys the old man the most is that this guy can only get in and out. During last year's snowstorm in Beijing, most of the palaces of the princes and princesses in Beijing were under the leadership of the King of England who had the money and ability to contribute. Even the younger brothers of the county prince are somewhat outstanding. Even I spent two thousand guan of money and two hundred bushels of grain. Among the kings in Beijing, he and the King of Song were the only ones who had nothing to lose.
Princess Jincheng knew very well that when the old man killed the slaves and eunuchs around him with a cane, he was actually warning him in disguise. But after returning to Beijing, this guy still didn't know how to restrain himself. He secretly regarded himself as the eldest son of the emperor all day long, and did not take the King Ji, who was still alive and older than him, seriously at all. Did he tell the world openly or secretly that the old man was cuckolded back then?
Prince Ji is not the old man’s kind at all. Don't talk about this matter, it was originally a matter of fiction and rumors. Even if it is true, can't it be said so openly? As for Prince Teng, Princess Jincheng feels that he is not restraining himself and may not even be able to wait for Huang Qiong to succeed to the throne. When the old man really can't stand him anymore, he will take action to deal with him personally.
As for King Song, although it was not as outrageous as what he did, it was not much better. Not only did he secretly make money by selling his official position through his grandfather's family, he even sent his cousin out to be the magistrate of the state, specifically to collect money for him. I heard that after the magistrate arrived in Mizhou, he ignored the old man's imperial edict of exempting money and food. It can be said that he made a huge mistake. The pursuit of tax and grain arrears in the past has caused fires to erupt in villages and smoke to rise in villages.
Many people who had just been recruited back became refugees again. A civil uprising almost broke out in Mizhou, which had finally stabilized. The two of them are so greedy and will do anything for money. Let the two of them take on this job. I won’t say whether they have the ability or not. With the characters of these two people, I am afraid that they will directly put all the money and food allocated by the court into their own pockets.
It's even possible that he might not even be able to save money from the imperial court. Listening to the obvious difference in Huang Qiong's title, it can even be said to be a very low evaluation. Princess Jincheng, who was not completely ignorant of what the two kings were doing, felt a little worried about the two kings. Even if I hate these two guys for not living up to expectations, Prince Teng and Prince Song are still closer to me.
Especially since Prince Teng brought him up almost by himself. Now this ninth brother can almost be said to have become the crown prince. And after more than half a year of governance, with the old man's conscious delegation of power, or connivance, he has almost mastered most of the power in the DPRK. The power to appoint and remove civil servants below the fourth rank was unthinkable when the deposed prince was in power.
All that is missing now is the title of Crown Prince. And now in Princess Jincheng's heart, she had a vague feeling that the old man's intention of appointing this ninth brother to take charge of the military and political power of the Second Route and the Xijing camp at this time was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. At this time, the old man sent this ninth brother as the second-line ambassador, and also assigned 3,000 imperial troops to him.
The King of Song told him personally that the old man even promised that if these three thousand imperial guards were trained, they would be given to him as personal soldiers. It is very likely that the day when my ninth brother returns from Longyou in triumph will be the day when the old man passes the throne. You must know that even the crown prince of this dynasty cannot have more than 300 soldiers around him. Even if the prince goes out to visit the vassal, there will be no more than a hundred soldiers to protect him.
Three thousand people? At present, the Eighth Army of the Royal Forest Army, which is responsible for guarding the palace, only has 2,000 people including the Ouchi guards. In addition to the position of emperor, is there any other prince in the world who has 3,000 personal troops? And that prince, without any intention of rebellion, dares to send 3,000 personal troops? And Jun Wuxi said that the old man was definitely not unreasonable in saying this, and he probably already had a plan in mind.
Now that the old man is still here, the ninth brother, for the sake of the old man, has repeatedly provoked the second king, and has always maintained restraint and not taken action. What if the old man is gone? Although emperors are called Long Live, is there any emperor in the world who really lives to be 10,000 years old? The old man is getting older now, and his health has been getting worse every day since those things happened last year.
The most important thing is that since the events that happened last year, especially the deaths of the three kings Jing, Duan and Shu, Princess Jincheng has felt that the old man has changed. The original ambition has disappeared, replaced by a lot of willpower, and even feels senile. However, within half a year, this ninth brother went from assisting in government affairs to overseeing the country.
But it’s not just that, as the old man said, time is not forgiving, and now the energy is getting less and less, and some people can’t criticize something as simple as those piled up. Princess Jincheng faintly felt that the old man was now tired of the throne that he once attached great importance to, or was attached to. Most of her thoughts have been placed on Concubine Jing in Tingxue Xuan.
Maybe wait until this ninth brother is more mature, or maybe even not until that time. As long as the old man is tired of the throne and thinks he can do it, he will directly pass the throne to him. It is even very possible that even the step of being registered as the crown prince will be omitted. If the two of them continue like this, continue to act recklessly, have no idea about restraint, and will cause trouble overtly or covertly.
If the old man has a problem in the future, will this ninth brother still be as restrained as he is now? Princess Jincheng knew that with the ability of the ninth brother in front of her. If he wanted to, there were many ways to kill these two people quietly. There is no need to make it earth-shattering. It's even possible that he started taking action while he still had a smile on his face.
It is said that when this ninth brother went on a killing spree in Zhengzhou, heads were rolling on the ground, and many officials were so frightened that they peed their pants, but the smile on his face did not diminish at all. It was hard for Princess Jincheng to imagine that an eighteen-year-old boy who had only been out of the palace for a few months and had probably never killed a chicken could act so cruelly. Not only was there no fear in that scene, there was even a smile on it.
