Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 337 Sun and Moon Prosperity?

Xia Kingdom Jinling City, Jinwang Mansion.

Today coincides with the 49th birthday of the King of Jin. There is a custom in the Xia Kingdom that "nine is not more than ten", so since the Jin Palace is holding today's birthday banquet as its fiftieth birthday, it is particularly lively.

At this time, all the courtiers in the court came with congratulatory invitations.Before the countless carriages gathered in the Jin Palace, they even seemed to block the wide street.

Jin Wang is smooth-tempered, good at dancing with long sleeves, and is especially good at government affairs.Since he became an adult, he has been in the court to assist in the affairs of the court, and he has always handled things properly. He is quite like a virtuous king, and he has high hopes for many officials in the court.

In the past ten years or more since the battle for the heir apparent has intensified, courtiers and courtiers have always been in front of King Jin's gate, and the mansion is full of seats.

However, a few months ago, the current Emperor Xia suddenly sent an embroidered envoy to put him under house arrest under the pretense that the king of Jin had meritorious service and rewarded the embroidered clothes envoy to obey the king's orders.All the confidantes, retainers, and old officials of the Jin king who were in high positions in the court were all relegated from Beijing for various reasons.

At the same time, King Qi, the unexpected nineteenth prince, stood out and became the actual prince.

Since then, Jin Wang, the prince who had placed high hopes on the government and the public, has become the loser in the battle for succession.The direction of the wind changed suddenly, and the Prince Jin's Mansion became a place that the courtiers could not avoid, and it became deserted all of a sudden.

However, just like that sentence, the changes in the government are unpredictable and unpredictable.

In just a few months since King Jin was placed under house arrest, the situation changed again.

Today, His Majesty personally issued a decree to order Jin Wang Yu Zhaoli to leave the mansion to assist in the government affairs of the court and China.

After Emperor Xia's imperial decree was issued, the Prince Jin's Mansion, which had been cold and silent for a long time, was once again full of courtiers and family slaves delivering invitations in just one day's time.

Although those confidantes of the King of Jin still have no intention of reviving.

But the shrewd courtiers still felt in their hearts that King Qi, who was now in the southwest, did not look like a crown prince no matter what he looked at.

Perhaps His Majesty today also has this worry in his heart, so he will let King Jin go out to be a council member again?
With such thoughts in mind, the courtiers naturally regretted their previous alienation and indifference to King Jin, and all of them hoped to take advantage of the opportunity of King Jin's birthday banquet today to mend their relationship.

At this time, I heard the sound of many people shouting suddenly.

The high-ranking fighters recruited by the kings, the clear and clear voice full of inner strength, was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears at this time, and immediately covered the slightly chaotic and noisy voice in front of the Prince Jin's mansion.

"His Royal Highness King Chu is here!"

"His Royal Highness King Qi is here!"

"His Royal Highness King Lu is here!"

"His Royal Highness Xiang!"

"..."

When the prince and the prince arrive, it is natural to have the name of the king proclaimed by the population, and spread around to show the dignity of the king.

It's just that it was normal at the beginning, but it didn't take long for the shouts of the masters under the command of the kings to become louder and louder, and there was already a sense of competition in the dark.

After seizing the throne for many years, the princes who bear the same blood have already forged deep enough grievances.On weekdays, as long as they meet each other, there will be many fights for vindictiveness.Now it has developed to such an extent that even letting one's own king title means overwhelming the person in front.

The so-called glimpse of the leopard, just from this trivial incident, it is enough to see how far the battle for the prince of the Xia Kingdom has developed.

Emperor Xia has many heirs, and now they are adults, there are more than 20 princes with titles.But in such a short time, seven or eight extremely luxurious carriages came here under the protection of the personal soldiers of the princes' mansions.

Many courtiers who came to congratulate, facing the princes and princes, naturally did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly urged the servants to get out of the way with the carriage.

One after another, the princes stepped down from the king's car, cleaned up their clothes, and walked slowly into the palace under the leadership of the servants of the Jin Palace.

At this scene, the eyelids of those keen courtiers had already started to twitch, and they had the intention of retreating in their hearts.

Why?

Now in the middle of the court, the battle for the reserve position, which was already clear, has become unclear again with King Jin being released from the mansion.

The princes and princes who have no intention of being on the throne are all very honest at this moment, shrinking back in the mansion.Regardless of whether they were working in the mansions of King Qi and King Jin, they would always send gifts that were not too bad, and never come in person.

In doing so, I was actually afraid that I would be on the wrong team at this time, which would lead to liquidation later.

So in the current situation, the princes who dare to wander outside are all existences who are not willing to give up on the reserve.

Just like the few princes who came here today, they are all princes who are entrenched in the court and have a lot of power and foundation under them.At this juncture, I am afraid that it is not so simple to come to celebrate the birthday in person...

A lot of courtiers came here, just wanting to make a good relationship, revealing that they have no intention of rejecting King Jin.It's not about wanting to seek wealth and danger, and getting too deeply involved in the battle for the heirloom!

Out of such worries, many courtiers had already taken action at this time, put down gifts at the concierge of Prince Jin's mansion, congratulated them a few words, and then found an excuse to leave.

But in a short while, [-]-[-]% of the courtiers left, and there were still people who noticed something and tried all kinds of excuses to avoid it.

In the study room of King Jin's Mansion, King Jin Yu Zhaoli frowned as he listened to his confidant's report.

After pondering for a moment, he looked up at the brothers sitting in the study, and waved slightly to his confidant, signaling him to back down.

The confidant bowed slightly, turned around and left quickly, and even closed the study intimately.

King Jin took a deep breath, looked at the princes present, and said with a smirk:
"Brothers are here today to celebrate this king's birthday. It's a bit like a hostile guest. Many of my guests have already left at this time!"

Hearing this, all the princes in the study raised their eyelids and sneered.

"Guests? Third brother, is it possible that you still want to let those grasshoppers in the court work for you?" The rich and slick King Xiang suddenly sneered as he sat on the chair with his stomach outstretched.

King Qing, who was the youngest and most domineering, also showed indignation, and said:

"Is the third brother pretending to be stupid, or did he really not see it clearly? Even the king and I, after what happened to the nineteenth brother, can be regarded as seeing clearly the strength of the old man's control over the court. On the surface, our brothers have their own roots in the court. , everyone is very powerful, and they are fighting with each other in full swing. But in reality? Our forces, in the eyes of the old man, are just playing tricks!"

"Officials, money and food, military power in various places, all of these important things are in the hands of our brothers?" The king of Chu with a well-groomed beard and a rather serious face continued at this time.

"There is also Old Nineteen. This kid usually does not show his mountains and dews. He thought he had no intention of being on the throne. He only knew how to lead troops to fight. I really don't know why the father valued him so much, and let him control the civil and military affairs in the Southwest. Gather tens of thousands of troops under his command!"

"And you, third brother, don't look at the release of the government to assist the government, but what about your confidantes? None of them have returned to Beijing now! The old man's attitude is obviously just to beat you out!"

"Before, we thought that the old man paid so much attention to the nineteenth, and thought he had changed his temper. Or maybe he was running out of time, so he entrusted Jiangshan like that. Looking at it now, it seems that the king is thinking too much, father This method of carrying water is still so powerful!"

"..."

Outside the study room, there are loyal soldiers brought by them, guarding the outside firmly.The many princes naturally discussed without any scruples, and their words were quite presumptuous.

Listening to the princes' discussion, King Jin lowered his eyebrows slightly, his face unexpectedly calm, as if he didn't listen to these words at all.

Seeing the presence of an old god like King Jin, the princes, who were all indignant just now, paused for a moment and subconsciously looked at each other.

The oldest and calmest king of Chu looked at King Jin's reaction, then glanced at the brothers present, and spoke first:

"Third brother, we brothers have been fighting for so many years, we might as well tell you the truth today."

The King of Chu pointed to everyone present, and said in a deep voice:
"If any one of you here wins the respect of the old man and has the last laugh, even if the rest of us brothers feel unwilling, we can still accept it!"

Speaking of this, the look in the eyes of the King of Chu changed, and he suddenly became sharp, saying:

"But it's nineteen, none of us brothers are convinced!"

"Has he ever won a war? Handling government affairs and being good at dancing, he is better than the third child you? Who is better than the sixth child when it comes to accumulating wealth and coordinating business? In terms of connections, he is even more inferior to anyone! Even if it is 23 Brother, the influence of his concubine's family is enough for him!"

King Qing, who was listening on the side, frowned when he heard the words, and said unhappily:
"Second brother, what do you mean by 'even if you are the king'? Apart from the power of the concubine's family, the co-author of this king has no other skills?"

Hearing this, all the princes present all looked at King Qing, with a sneer on their faces, and did not speak.The meaning I want to express is self-evident.

King Qing made himself feel bored, and knew that it was not easy to have an attack now, so he could only snort coldly and turn his head away.

King Jin coughed lightly, and said:

"Ahem, in fact, nineteen, he also won many victories in the northern border..."

King Qi still has some prestige in the northern army.If only relying on the status of the prince, it is obviously impossible to achieve such a level.That is to say, he went to Tiannan and met the young emperor of Yunguo who is both civil and military, who is rare in the ages.

The King of Chu snorted coldly, noncommittal, and continued:
"Third brother, you know in your heart whether those words just now are true or not. Anyway, we brothers have only one thought now! Let go of the rest of the dispute, and work together to pull Nineteen from the position that does not belong to him!"

At this time, the King of Xiang answered the words:

"As long as you are willing, third brother, from now on, we brothers will take you as the leader and fight against the old nineteen together!"

"Dou defeated Old Nineteen, let's start over again as brothers!"

"If the Great Xia Sheji falls into his hands, depending on his posture, I'm afraid that he is really going to perish in the hands of the little emperor of Yunguo!"

"Third Brother!"

All the princes and princes looked at King Jin together at this time, their eyes were eager and hot.

King Jin met everyone's attention, then lowered his eyes, took a sip from the teacup, and said slowly:
"Let's think about it..."

In the words, there seems to be a sense of control.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the princes present changed. Although they all showed dissatisfaction on their faces, at this moment, none of them walked away.

Among the princes present, King Jin's original strength was the deepest.

Only a few months ago, all his old officials and confidants had been relegated from Beijing.Now when it comes to the power and influence of the court, the princes present here cannot compare to King Jin!
However, it was precisely because of this that King Jin, who had no foundation in the court, was favored by Emperor Xia and cited as a check and balance against King Qi.This is equivalent to Emperor Xia taking the initiative to signal that King Jin should come and fight with King Qi.

Only when King Jin fights, Emperor Xia will not make a move.That's why the princes decided to take Jin Wang's lead for the time being!

Now, it was the princes who asked Jin Wang for help, and he was so calm at this time.

Just when the atmosphere in the study was solemn, someone outside the study suddenly reported loudly:

"Your Highness, His Highness King Qi sent someone to send congratulatory gifts from Jiangcheng Mansion on horseback."

Hearing King Qi's name, all the princes present were shocked, and they all looked at King Jin.

King Jin was slightly taken aback when he heard the voice from outside.

After a long time, a look of astonishment flashed across his eyes, and he said in a complex tone:
"What did you send?"

"A jade seal engraved with 'Sun and Moon Prosperity' was carved by His Highness King Qi himself..."

The sun and the moon are prosperous, which means wishing people prosperity forever like the sun and the moon, which has a very good meaning.Not to mention, it was carved by King Qi himself. With such care, it is obvious that he cared about the brotherhood in the past.

King Jin was a little moved when he heard the words, and couldn't help but fell silent.

Seeing this, all the princes frowned.

Everyone here has not forgotten that among the many brothers back then, Nineteen has always been close to the third brother.Although the two are ten years apart, they have been able to play together since childhood.

In the eyes of others, King Qi has been serving in the army, which means to help King Jin.Before that, King Qi had always been regarded as the support of King Jin.

After the great changes in Yun Kingdom and the purge of the generals by the Southwest Frontier Army, everything changed suddenly...

At this time, Jin Wang's expression and posture really made others a little worried, whether he would lose the heart to compete just because he cared about the friendship between the two.

Just when the princes were worried, a hoarse voice came from outside the study again.

"Ahem, what a 'prosperous sun and moon'... It's just that the sun and the moon are prosperous, but it's because there are no stars that can compete with them. If there are stars in the world suddenly leaping above the sun and the moon, no one will say What a prosperous sun and moon!"

When the princes heard this, their eyes lit up.

it is good!who is thiswell said!There are still some talents in Jinwang's mansion!

At this time, King Jin also came back to his senses slightly, listening to Dao Yan's words, the expression in his eyes became more determined.

He had seen Emperor Xia's intention to support King Qi before, and he had made many secret calculations.

King Jin's original intention, of course, was that he didn't intend to harm King Qi, but just set up a trick against Yu Yingyao who was going to the Kingdom of Yun to marry his relatives, so that King Qi could not use the Kingdom of Cloud for help, thus giving birth to the ambition of seizing the heir.

King Qi has a nostalgic nature, and he is not a heartless person. Even if he ascends the throne, he may not necessarily treat him badly.But Yu Yingyao might not let him go all over the house...

King Jin didn't dare to think about it any further, and immediately stopped hesitating and said in a deep voice:
"Since this is the case, you need the help of brothers!"

When everyone heard the words, their eyes lit up, and they immediately got up and said:

"Okay, it's a deal!"

(End of this chapter)