On the second day, the court had just dismissed in Taiqian Hall. The third prince, King Zhao Zhou Ben, who had been waiting outside the hall for a long time, took a step back and hid his body behind the pillars of the porch outside the hall.
As the emperor went to Jingzhi Hall, Zhou Ben waited for about half a stick of incense and then walked to Jingzhi Hall.
This half-stick of incense time has something to say. Under normal circumstances, the morning court will not make the emperor happy. This nonsense, that nonsense, endless things, in short, will make Lao Ba very unhappy.
Sitting on the dragon throne, Lao Ba will definitely not show it. After the court is over, he will vent his pent-up anger and reach the back of Jingzhi Palace. He will beat and curse him, which makes me not want to have sex all day long.
This situation usually lasts for about half a stick of incense. After half a stick of incense, Laoba will sit behind the desk and explain himself in a fuss. Forget it, let’s continue working at this hard work. This job will lead to early retirement. Nothing good ends.
Contentment is a blessing, right? Lao Ba also knows that he got the throne in a funny way. This probability is the same as spending 100,000 yuan to buy 50,000 lottery numbers in Nanchang and still win. The main thing is a bright card. .
The ministers are still the same ministers, and the things that make the emperor worried can always come up with new tricks. The issue that bothers Lao Ba today is that governing the family is like governing the world. If the family is upright, the world will be settled.
In order to persuade the emperor to do something, or to appear to be reasonable, most of the courtiers would "learn from history". Today, they also learned from it. They took the example given by Qin Shihuang and taught him a lesson.
In "Historical Records of Justice", it is recorded that Qin Shihuang's harem had tens of thousands of people, but there was no "queen".
Everyone knows what happened after that. Qin Shihuang suddenly fell ill and died before the seal was delivered to the hands of his eldest son Fusu. When the first emperor, the survivors of the sixth generation, vigorously promoted the strategy in the imperial palace, swept Liuhe and determined eight In the famine, books were burned and experts were buried, the books were written in the same text, and the cars were on the same track. The Qin Dynasty, which was supposed to be so brilliant and dazzling, finally died for the second generation.
The most interesting thing about history is that there are no what-ifs, and the most boring thing is that people most want to make what-ifs.
If Qin Shihuang had left the queen at that time, perhaps he would not have died in the second generation.
You must know that after Qin Shihuang suddenly fell ill, Zhao Gao began to coerce and lure Hu Hai, the youngest son of the first emperor, and Prime Minister Li Si. In the end, the three concealed the news and did not announce the funeral. While detaining the seal left by Qin Shihuang to Fusu, they also wrote two fake edicts.
Two false edicts were sent to Fusu, one was sent to Fusu, slandering him as unfilial and forcing Fusu to commit suicide, and the other was to tamper with Qin Shihuang's decree and make Hu Hai the prince.
After Hu Hai succeeded to the throne and became emperor, he did not cause officials from other dynasties to worry too much about his accession to the throne.
The reason is that Fusu is only the eldest son, not the eldest son. According to the tradition of the Zhou Dynasty, only the eldest son has the right to inherit the throne.
Going a step further, Qin Shihuang did not establish a queen at all. In this case, Fusu and Hu Hai were both concubines, and both of them were qualified to inherit the throne.
So just imagine, if Qin Shihuang had appointed a queen, this situation would not have happened and Zhao Gao would have taken advantage of it.
The queen's rights originate from the emperor. If something goes wrong with the emperor, the queen will take over the rights during special periods. This is also the great significance of the queen's existence. It ensures the smooth handover of imperial power during special periods.
Ruling a family is like governing the world. If the family is upright, the world will be settled. This is what the ministers are doing today. I mean, old man, please sort out the bad things in your own family first. You haven't even been canonized as a queen. What if you die one day? Well, it's hard to tell who will sit in your seat.
Lao Ba does not reject the idea of establishing a queen. What he rejects is that once a queen is established, a prince must be established.
"My family affairs are all my family affairs, what have they got to do with it!"
After sitting down, the emperor cursed a few more words, as if he was angry.
Wen and Wu next to him didn't say anything. Family matters are family matters, but they are also related to foreign affairs. The Tian family is not a self-interested matter. This is what you do. It's not like you didn't know it before you took up the post. No one put a knife on your neck to rebel and become the emperor. ah.
There is no point in procrastinating this matter, Lao Ba must solve it. Just when he was about to chat with Eunuch Suan about his many wives, the young eunuch reported that Zhao Wang Zhou Ben asked to see him.
"King Zhao?"
Lao Ba's brows raised slightly, with an inexplicable look on his face.
"Pass it on."
Lao Ba waved his hand and looked at Wen Wu: "What a coincidence."
Eunuch Suan sighed silently. As the person who has followed Lao Ba for the longest time and is still alive today, he really doesn't want this kind of thing to happen, this kind of fucking thing in the royal family.
In the morning, the discussion at the beginning of the court was about the establishment of a queen. As soon as the court ended, King Zhao came to ask for an audience with the emperor.
King Zhao is a man, not a woman, and he cannot be a queen. The reason why Lao Ba said "it's a coincidence" is because King Zhao and his wife are a woman, Concubine Chen.
After King Zhao walked in wearing a Confucian robe, the emperor had a faint smile on his face.
Eunuch Suan glanced sideways at Lao Ba, and you could tell from the perfunctory smile that Lao Ba was already a little dissatisfied with Lao San.
Wenwu knows Lao Ba very well. As a father, an emperor, and a father who is an emperor, it is normal for the seven wolves to be dipped in iodine. Just like seeing His Highness Prince You who occasionally enters the palace, he will scold him every time he opens his mouth. The more he scolds, the angrier he gets. It's comfortable for both feet.
Including Zhou Tong, the second eldest brother, the eighth eldest son also cursed before leaving. While scolding, he asked him to learn from Han You, and finally gave him a few kicks.
The old man scolded or beat him because he felt that the child could still be taught and managed. As for the smile, it was a perfunctory smile, and his mood was complicated. He was disappointed, helpless, and mostly tired.
"My son, I pay my respects to my father."
Zhou Ben gave a salute.
Lao Ba glanced at Wen Wu, who moved in to embroider the pier.
Lao Ba looked at Zhou Ben, his heart even more complicated.
Zhou Ben's sitting posture is too perfect. He sits upright, with his waist straight, chest raised, and his head upright. He can be said to sit upright and look elegant.
But I don’t know why, Lao Ba just feels like this is very unpleasant.
He liked Han You sitting on the steps shaking his legs.
He liked Zhou Yan sitting there with his eyes rolling around, ready to run away at any moment.
He also liked that Zhou Tong was holding back a yawn and sleeping like a cricket pupa, as if his body was crawling with bugs.
In fact, these kinds of sitting postures, no, these are not sitting postures at all. In front of the emperor, it is okay to be disrespectful with this kind of virtue, but Lao Ba just thinks that it is very pleasing to the eye. We are a family, there is no need to pretend too much.
Looking at Zhou Bi again, he looked like a Confucian scholar who was over fifty years old. The expression on his face seemed to have been practiced thousands of times in a bronze mirror.
"I still remember when Bi'er was young..."
Lao Ba's eyes were a little distracted, and he said for no reason: "At that time, you were weak and were always laughed at by those Qiu Ba, so you were always cautious, avoiding others, pleasing others, and tolerating others."
Zhou Ben laughed sarcastically: "What my father said is that when I was young, my temperament was weaker and softer."
"It's not soft, but...that's all, why did you enter the palace today?"
Lao Ba has already decided that if Zhou Ben mentions the matter of establishing a queen, he will immediately attack him.
"My son, I came to the palace today because I heard that the foreign court and the scholars were discussing the matter of the palace's neutralization."
Lao Ba sighed deeply, and just as he was about to yell at someone, Zhou Ben took out a banknote from his arms.
"My son did not dare to participate in the affairs of the palace, let alone talk about private matters in the palace. He just thought that sooner or later he would be crowned queen. I don't know how much food will be spent on the ceremony at that time. I also know that my father is concerned about the army, and the palace All the money and food grains were allocated to the army. The fiefdom of my son-in-law collected a lot of tax money and saved it for more than a year. I went to the bank to withdraw more than 70,000 yuan earlier. I would like to give it to my father to organize the ceremony of establishing the queen. I hope my father will accept it."
Lao Ba looked at the banknote and his eyes lit up.
Eunuch Suan sighed in praise and poked Lao Ba Ji directly.
"Hahahaha, my Qilin'er, hahaha, Bi'er's filial piety is commendable."
Lao Ba laughed again and again, more than 70,000 guan, not much. The money collected by the palace from "various channels" already amounted to dozens of 70,000 guan. The problem was that he could not afford the excessive expenses.
The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households are short of food and salary for the army. What a thief, Lao Ba. He paid for it first from his own pocket. Not only does it solve the urgent needs of the army, but it can also win over people's hearts. So the money comes quickly and is spent quickly. 70,000 Not much, but not much. Of course Lao Ba was happy.
Listening to his father shouting Qilin'er one after another, Zhou Ben also smiled.
At this moment, the young eunuch walked in: "Your Majesty, Your Highness King You wishes to see you."
Lao Ba frowned fiercely: "What is the traitor doing here!"
