Some are happy and some are sad. Compared with Han You's increasingly mature team, the team of Emperor Zhou Ke and Zhou Laoba have begun to revitalize, that is, the courtiers and officials.
At this time, just after going to court, Lao Ba walked out of Taiqian Hall with his hands behind his back and walked towards Jingzhi Hall. The moment he turned around, his face was as gloomy as water and he was mumbling.
The eunuch Wen Wu, who looked like Tai Fei Tai, followed closely behind, holding two memorials in his hands.
All the way back to Jingzhi Hall, Lao Ba walked straight in, then took a running start, jumped, kicked sideways, and knocked the bookcase to the ground.
Civil and military officials are too lazy to complain.
You can kick those civil servants if you have the ability. How can you compete with a broken bookcase?
As for the bookcase in Taiqian Palace, it belongs to an old actor. Zhou Ke took the throne for more than a year and was kicked more than thirty times.
"Shilin, Shilin in the capital, what a scholar in the capital, what a scholar in the capital, a scholar in the capital that can represent the world."
Lao Ba turned around and yelled angrily: "How can I allow these mean-spirited scholars to dictate my family affairs?"
Wenwu lowered his head: "Your Majesty, please calm down."
The two memorials were handed over by the Ministry of Rites. The first one was about King Zhao and a group of so-called celebrities in Beijing recommending Dongfang Jian to serve as a wine sacrifice for the Imperial College.
This memorial just made Lao Ba unhappy, but he didn't really care because there was precedent for this.
Although the Imperial College is under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and eats imperial food, it actually has little to do with the imperial court and is not subject to the restrictions of the Ministry of Rites.
Whether it is the selection of academic officials, office clerks, or wine sacrifices, the palace and the court seldom interfere. Those recommended by scholars are all famous scholars and scholars, and they will not be able to make a mess of cats and dogs.
It stands to reason that the Imperial College Siye is the heir, and his reputation is there. As a member of the Wen family, age and seniority are not important. What is important is his surname.
It's just that the famous Wen Siye doesn't seem to be interested in the position of offering wine. He always records what happened in the imperial dynasty as a bystander, secretly, quietly and discreetly.
The Imperial Academy's priest is too old and his body can't hold it anymore, so there's no problem in choosing another one.
The problem was the second memorial, which made the emperor furious.
In the second year of Xingde, with the implementation of the three-province system, Lao Ba no longer felt as restrained in the court as when he first ascended the throne.
In addition to the three-province system, Han You took the greatest credit.
It can be said that if Han You hadn't been rolling up his sleeves to do this and that, and beaten many officials and aristocratic families with their tails between their legs, the three-province system would not have been so smooth.
Many officials come from aristocratic families, and now they would not take the initiative to oppose the decrees issued by the palace unless their vital interests are involved.
Unexpectedly, the aristocratic family in Beijing became a lot more honest, and Shilin came out in a hurry.
The scholars in the capital are different from the Taoist scholars. There must be some aristocratic families, but it does not include all of them. They are mainly scholars who can only talk in vain. They are the kind of scholars who call daddy when they are pinched, let go of their hands and run away. Then I'll call you what you're waiting for.
The second memorial was related to Shilin. It mainly talked about two things. Shilin "required" the emperor to establish a queen and a prince.
Whether the queen or the prince, they are all Lao Ba's wife and children. They seem to be their own family's affairs, but in fact they are not. The Tian family has no selfish business.
The memorial was written by the Ministry of Ceremonies and was written on behalf of the Shilin. The general meaning is that the scholars in the Shilin said that you have been on the throne for more than a year now, so hurry up and become a queen. Everyone is urging you.
The Ministry of Rites is also very innocent, and the memorial also cryptically explains that we are writing on behalf of Shilin, and it is not that the Ministry of Rites is urging you to separate kings and kings in the harem.
The previous dynasties and this dynasty all followed Zhou Rites. There are detailed regulations in the "Book of Rites". The emperor established a queen, three wives, nine concubines, twenty-seven wives, eleven wives, a total of about one hundred people, that is Sleeping in death is enough.
All dynasties and generations basically followed this system.
The emperor has also considered this matter about the queen.
Everything must be done according to the rules. There is no rule without rules. Lao Ba does not object to this, otherwise he would not repair Ci'an Palace.
The problem is that there is another thing in the second memorial. The second thing, which makes Lao Ba very angry, is to establish a prince!
From Lao Ba's perspective, this is looking for trouble.
I have been in the army for so many years, spent so much money to win over the generals, and raised so many people in the army. It is not easy for me to see the big brother on the list ascend to the throne. It has only been less than a year and a half, and my butt has not finished getting used to the dragon chair. , but you asked me to appoint a successor?
One can imagine how unhappy Lao Ba was, but from the perspective of courtiers and scholars, they were qualified to point fingers.
The prince is also called the prince, the reserve prince.
The establishment of a crown prince can, to some extent, reassure "the people of the world".
There are two major aspects. One is to ensure that the imperial power is stable. If the emperor dies suddenly, the prince can legitimately ascend the throne. He will wear mourning clothes for his father's funeral in the morning, change into dragon robes and sit on the dragon chair in the afternoon. The main thing is efficiency, without delay. Work.
If Lao Ba dies without establishing a crown prince, then the princes are very likely to fight for the throne and lead to a feud between brothers. What's more, even other people with "foreign surnames" will get involved. Lao Ba is a ready example.
The previous emperor had deposed two princes. When he was killed, there were no princes in the previous dynasty, only the eldest prince.
In addition, after establishing a prince, you can also train in advance and learn the way to be a king in advance. In the process, you can also observe the prince's ability. If you find that this guy is useless, you can just abolish him and create a capable one.
There are three main ways to establish a prince: upper, middle, and lower. They are to establish a direct descendant, to establish a son with virtuousness, and to establish a heir with love.
The first type is to establish direct heirs and eldest children. It depends on luck. Whoever comes out first will be regarded as his. This type is the most common and is also the favorite of foreign ministers and scholars. After all, there is order in the elders and younger ones.
The second method is to establish a son with talents. This depends on character and ability. This method can be adopted when the first method is completely unfeasible.
The third way to establish a prince based on love, which is the least favored by foreign ministers, is to establish a prince based on the emperor's preference and which child the emperor likes, not based on ability, but only on the degree of favor. This criterion is used to establish the prince.
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After even saying two good words, Lao Ba, who was holding his hands behind his back, was so angry that he laughed: "I use the three-province system to restrain the courtiers, the officials of the world, and the aristocratic families. I thought that the outer court would learn from this, but it turned out that I had no idea. Come up here."
Lao Ba is not stupid. After seeing the two memorials, he immediately understood the twists and turns involved.
He used the three-province system to suppress his ministers. The throne was stable and power was concentrated. Officials, aristocratic families, and scholars would naturally counterattack. The way to counterattack was to let him establish a queen mother and a prince.
Once the prince is established, the prince will pose a certain threat to the emperor to some extent.
When a prince appears, theoretically speaking, the prince's power is second only to that of the emperor. The prince's east palace is similar to a court, a small court. The official configuration is completely modeled on the court system, and it also has a private guard, which is the prince's rate.
From a historical perspective, there are very few princes who successfully ascend the throne. Few, not none, very few.
The root of the problem lies in the distribution of "rights".
The emperor killed the prince and deposed the prince. There were too many.
In addition to the emperor who killed the prince, there were also princes who killed the emperor.
Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty deposed the crown prince Liu Rong, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made the crown prince Liu Zhi and others.
These princes were completely incompetent, but there were some who were good enough to fight the emperor directly to death. The most famous ones were definitely Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty Liu Yilong was killed by the prince Liu Shao.
When it comes to establishing a prince, you either don’t mention it, or you do it immediately if you mention it. If you are not ready to do it, but you mention it again, the princes will feel uncomfortable. Under normal circumstances, they should start fighting among themselves, coveting the throne of the crown prince, and the princes will start to fight against each other. It is not impossible for them to fight for power and profit, and finally to directly fight each other.
It is right to establish a crown prince in name only.
In fact, Lao Ba knows better than anyone else that this is someone with evil intentions who wants to cause conflicts within the royal family.
As soon as this matter is brought up, the following situations will occur.
First, the princes began to compete for the position of prince, and scandals in the Tian family came one after another.
Second, once a prince is established, the foreign dynasty will organize the prince to compete with the emperor through the East Palace.
Third, if the emperor does not establish a prince, he will be urged by everyone every day.
Fourth, when a prince is established, but the emperor does not grant him rights, the prince gradually becomes unhappy and the father and son have conflicts.
No matter what happens, Lao Ba will definitely feel uncomfortable, uncomfortable, scratchy, irritated, and diaphragmatic.
After getting angry, Lao Ba sat down again. Just when Wen and Wu thought that the emperor would think of a countermeasure or directly make up his mind to recall Han You to the incident, Lao Ba spoke.
"Who do you think...among my children can be made the crown prince?"
Wenwu's expression changed drastically, and he blurted out: "Your Majesty really wants to establish a heir apparent."
"It is inevitable that I will think about it for a while, what should I do, and who can I think of it?"
Wen Wu remained silent. He didn't dare to do this, and he didn't want to get involved.
The emperor pondered for a moment, then his eyes lit up: "Han You!"
Wen Wu opened his mouth wide and his face was dull.
What do you mean? You, the emperor, borrowed it from Han Bairen. Are you... planning to return it to him?
The emperor nodded heavily: "Yes, I should ask Han You. Only Han You dares to tell the truth to me about this kind of thing."
Wen Wu breathed a sigh of relief. He was still thinking that Lao Ba was going to make Han You the crown prince.
Seeing the civil and military appearance, the emperor was stunned for a moment, and then cursed: "You don't fucking think I want to make Han You the crown prince, do you?"
Wen Wu laughed dryly, he really thought so.
The emperor didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I am too drunk after eating and drinking. If I make Han You the emperor, he will definitely rebel. He and I were like brothers and we were talking about the same generation, but suddenly he was a generation shorter and became my heir. It would be strange if he didn't rebel." "
Wenwu: "..."
Eunuch Suan opened his mouth wide. He found that he could no longer keep up with Lao Ba's brain circuit.
Wen Wu, who was unable to complain, was about to speak when he suddenly realized something.
The emperor had nine male heirs in total. Han You had only met three, and he knew three of them best, the eldest, the second, and the ninth.
The ninth child is definitely impossible, he is too young, and Zhou Yan has never had any ambitions since he was a child. As for the second child, Zhou Tong, it is not that he has no ambition, but that he has no ambition at all, so there is only one left...
Wen Wu looked deeply at Lao Ba, extremely puzzled.
But Eunuch Suan is sure of one thing. It doesn't matter which one Han You has come into contact with. What's important is that Han You has never come into contact with the third child. This means that the emperor has never wanted the third child to be the prince.
