Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 475 Post-War Recovery: The Belonging of the Prince of Tianqi Dynasty ()
According to the order of succession to the throne, the concubine of Emperor Tianqi and King Xin have equal inheritance rights, and the concubine has priority.

Because King Xin is also a concubine, he was just raised by the queen.

They are like brothers, but they are not real brothers.

As a concubine's son, Zhu Youjian should be second in the succession order.

The key point is that Emperor Tianqi has a biological son, and his concubine is also a biological son. I have never heard of anyone passing the throne to his younger brother over his biological son.

The courtiers must be opposed to it, because King Xin has been handling government affairs for many years and has extremely rich experience.

The key is that the prince of Tianqi Dynasty died suddenly, and the most suspicious person was King Xin.

King Xin has been in charge of government affairs for more than 20 years, doesn't he covet the throne at all? You wouldn't believe it even if you tell me.

But Emperor Tianqi believed!

Even after the prince died, he actually wanted to pass the throne to him, which was simply shocking.

However, the court officials pointed the finger at King Xin, thinking that it was King Xin who killed the prince in order to seek the throne.

Another son of Emperor Tianqi also contributed to the cause.

The people's voices criticizing King Xin were loud.

As for King Xin, he was pleading guilty in Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, I have no intention of coveting the throne. Please ask for guidance from the Holy One!" After hearing the news, King Xin was so frightened that his body collapsed.

Don't think that Emperor Tianqi is a man of faith. He is the heir carefully trained by the two emperors Longqing and Wanli. He is wise, courageous, and good at making decisions. Moreover, he is good at pretending. As he matures with age, he is good at pretending to be stupid.

He may have released the news to King Xin, either sincerely or as a temptation.

Zhu Youjian thought it was mostly a test.

"Brother, don't you believe me?" Zhu Youxiao stood in front of him and looked at him condescendingly.

"My brother has no intention of coveting the throne. Please make Prince Yun the crown prince. My brother is willing to assist him forever." Zhu Youjian kowtowed.

The Ming Dynasty canceled the kneeling ceremony for many years, but Zhu Youjian dared not use it.

He was worried that this was the emperor's brother's test. He was worried that he was too powerful and that Prince Yun would not be able to check and balance him after his death, so he wanted to kill him in advance.

Prince Yun is 37 years old this year. He has also received key cultivation in the past few years, but he can't hold up the wall with mud.

Zhu Youxiao was rare silent.

He is also looking at his younger brother who raised him single-handedly. How much does he covet the throne?

But judging from the current situation, King Xin really doesn't seem to covet the throne.

To be honest, he was definitely not willing to transfer the throne from his own branch to his younger brother's branch.

It is natural for a son to worship his father, but it is a bit ridiculous for a younger brother to worship his elder brother.

However, because Emperor Jingtai was cremated into ashes, cremation appeared among the people. In recent years, there are two methods: cremation and burial. Although burial is still the main method, some people still choose cremation.

After all, many emperors in the past were cremated, and ministers took the lead, such as Zhang Juzheng, who took the lead in cremation.

Although it is not compulsory among the people, cremation has become a popular trend.

After cremation became popular, many folk customs disappeared.

Is there a soul after death?

Now it has become an issue.

It is still an issue that the six major religions are studying. Each of the six major religions has their own explanations. It can be said that there are different opinions.

With the electric revolution, incense offerings have been gradually phased out.

The key is that Christianity and Islam are opposed to sacrifices, and believers of the two religions are opposed to sacrifices. The two religions have a large base among the people.

However, with the increasingly busy work and social factors such as the flow of people everywhere, the incense sacrifice has obviously declined.

Therefore, Emperor Tianqi honestly didn't care much about the so-called incense.

After death there is nothing.

So what is the difference between passing the throne to a younger brother and a concubine?

When it comes to intimacy, compared to Prince Xin and Prince Yun, he must be more intimate with the king.

Zhu Youjian's cold sweat broke out on his forehead. The less the emperor said anything, the more unsure he felt.

It is nonsense to say that he does not covet the throne at all.

When his grandfather trained their brothers, he said that their brothers would become the pillars of the future royal family. Only by combining two swords can the royal family be stable.

He is fifty-seven years old this year, and he would not believe it if he had no ideals at all.

But he knew from an early age that he was not qualified to touch the throne.

He is a bastard!

This determined that he had no chance of inheriting the throne!

The Ming Dynasty was a system of eldest son inheritance, which has never changed.

The queen of Emperor Tianqi had only one son, the prince who died of illness.

Even now, Emperor Tianqi only has a concubine who has the same inheritance rights as him, and he does not dare to ask for a high position. If it were him, he would definitely be reluctant to give up the throne to his brother.

He can't do it himself, so how can he ask others to do it?
Zhu Youxiao stretched out his palm and lowered it in front of him.

Zhu Youjian spit out his breath, grabbed his brother's hand and tried to stand up.

"How do you know that I don't have the heart to pass on the throne to you?"

Zhu Youxiao's words frightened Zhu Youjian so much that he knelt on the ground and turned pale: "Please stop talking nonsense. Your Majesty still has heirs. How can brothers succeed to each other? Doesn't it mess up the inheritance of the throne?"

"What did you call me?" Zhu Youxiao asked him.

"Your Majesty...brother!" Zhu Youjian's voice trembled.

"Did you kill the prince?" Zhu Youxiao suddenly asked him, looking directly at him.

"Brother, if I kill the prince, I, Zhu Youjian, and my whole family will be hit by a car and killed!" Zhu Youjian swore a poisonous oath and looked at Zhu Youxiao without fear.

not him.

That's right. The prince has been ill for two years and tried every means but could not be cured.

No one was killed.

It's me who's suspicious.

Emperor Tianqi grabbed his sworn hand: "I will not doubt you, you are my biological brother."

But his eyes were fixed on Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian kept looking at him.

Human eyes cannot deceive.

Zhu Youxiao laughed slowly, grabbed his hand and walked into Qianqing Palace, pointing to where the prince was sitting: "Sit here!"

"I don't dare!" Zhu Youjian really didn't dare.

"I'll let you sit down!"

Zhu Youxiao asked him to stand over: "Listen to me, my decision was the result of careful consideration and a long period of ideological struggle."

Zhu Youjian still refused to sit down. This was his brother's test.

Ever since the prince's death, he has been testing him.

That's right.

Rumors were flying among the people, and it was impossible for the emperor not to know about it.

But he pretended not to know and deliberately allowed public opinion to ferment.

Then he hid in the dark and observed King Xin and King Yun.

King Xin did not explain, but immediately went to the palace to plead guilty.

Several trials.

Even getting to this point is still a trial.

Zhu Youjian was walking on thin ice. If he said the wrong word, he would be cut off from the throne.

"Sit down and listen to me."

Zhu Youjian actually sat on the ground, sitting at the feet of Zhu Youxiao.

No matter how Zhu Youxiao asked him to get up, he refused to move.

"That's all, it's up to you."

"You should know that the current domestic situation and the international situation are not optimistic about the imperial system. As an emperor, I am walking on thin ice."

"I don't know what day the emperor will be gone."

"So when my grandfather was still here, he formulated a royal family training plan and trained all the people in the royal family who could be trained, including princesses and princesses, for political training."

"With Zhang Juzheng's death, the imperial system has been increasingly impacted."

"Sometimes, I feel unable to cope."

"Prince Yunjun is a mediocre talent. He has no ability to govern the world, let alone the experience to govern the world."

"Even if he is my biological son, so what?"

"The Ming Dynasty cannot fall at his hands!"

"and."

"I hope that the Ming Dynasty clan, which started from me, will always be united and friendly, and will not hurt our flesh and blood because of the struggle for the throne."

"I want to follow the example of the Duan family in Dali and give up the throne to someone who is capable."

"My son, all you have to do is give him a fortune."

Zhu Youxiao has been observing Zhu Youjian's micro-expressions.

Looking down from above, you can see very clearly.

　World maps will be uploaded later. It seems like three will be uploaded every day. Check them out during the day.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)