Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 494
Looking at the ministers of civil and military affairs who spoke unanimously, Xiang Zhuang felt so greasy that he couldn't describe it in words. How long has it been since he tasted the feeling of losing control of the court?I'm afraid it has been more than ten years?It seems that since the introduction of the national examination, there have been no uncontrollable incidents in the court. I don't want it to happen again today.

Xiang Zhuang can tolerate the existence of opposing opinions, and can even tolerate others scolding him in private, but he must not easily have uncontrollable incidents in the court.

This principle is not too different from the thinking of those high-ranking county and city officials in later generations. They can tolerate objections on the Standing Committee, but they will never tolerate other Standing Committee members raising sudden events beyond their control on the Standing Committee. Otherwise, the Standing Committee will easily lose control, and if it is enlarged to a country, the situation in a country will get out of control.

Therefore, regardless of whether Xiang Zhuang is willing or unwilling to be crowned king, this proposal must be suppressed!
Obviously, someone wants to profit from this matter. If Xiang Zhuang agrees to this matter under the pressure of his courtiers, it will not only weaken his own prestige, but also boost the arrogance of those people!It also set an extremely bad precedent. Will these ministers develop a habit in the future and put pressure on the monarch with "unanimous words" at every turn?

Now it is not a later generation where the unification of the world has become the norm, but the late Qin Dynasty when the centralization of power has just emerged. Zhuang unified the world, and it will soon be divided again.

Therefore, for the long-term stability of the country, Xiang Zhuang must take precautions.

"We will discuss this matter later." Xiang Zhuang got up and left the table after saying this, but the proposal was shelved.

However, once the matter of enfeoffment is put on hold, the matter of moving the capital will also be put on hold, because these two things are connected together. If Xiang Zhuang cannot properly solve the problem of staying behind in Jiangdong after moving the capital, those people hiding behind the scenes may be They will not let it go, they will definitely encourage the officials to launch wave after wave of offensives.

With Xiang Zhuang's current prestige, it's okay to suppress the officials with an iron fist, but he doesn't want to do it.

Xiang Zhuang is not afraid of leaving the infamy of "tyrant" in the history books, but he does not want to set a bad example for his descendants. In any case, it is not good to kill courtiers indiscriminately.

Seeing Xiang Zhuang getting up and leaving the table, many ministers were at a loss for a moment, no, if the king really wanted to make his son Xiang Zhi king, how could he put this matter on hold?Could it be that he would be wrong?
In fact, they would have misunderstood it, and Xiang Zhuang didn't want to be entrusted at all.

As a time traveler, Xiang Zhuang also went to middle school before becoming a soldier. He has learned allusions such as the Rebellion of the Seven Kings in the early Han Dynasty and the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the early Jin Dynasty.

The Rebellion of the Seven Kings in the early Han Dynasty did not cause much damage to the rule of the Han Dynasty due to the strong central government and Zhou Yafu, but the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the early Jin Dynasty broke out directly from the inner court , which eventually led to the rapid demise of the Western Jin Dynasty, and even caused the vitality of the Huaxia people to be seriously injured, and since then entered the darkest period in history.

Therefore, Xiangzhuang will never restore the feudal system. Once the feudal system is divided, the princes will be released to the domain, and they will inevitably rebel in the future. If they are not released, it will be even more dangerous to stay in the capital to hold power.
The grand and lively lunar court ended in this way, and all the officials left the court one after another, whispering to each other.

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Uncle Nei Shi Sun Ping returned to the mansion and went straight to the study in the backyard.

Entering the door, he greeted his father, Uncle Sun Guan, and Uncle Sun Ping said excitedly: "Father, you really expected it, but how dare you assert that Xiang Zhuang is not willing to confer Xiang Zhi?"

"It's not easy." Uncle Sun Guan said indifferently, "If Xiang Zhuang confers Xiang Zhi, next year Xiang Quan, Xiang Shu, and next year Xiang Wang will also be conferred. With the merits of Bi Shu, Gao Chu, Pang Yu, Meng Ji and others, it is absolutely unreasonable not to be crowned king, but does Xiang Zhuang dare to crown Bi Shu as king?"

"That's true." Uncle Sun Ping said sincerely, "Bi Shu is so good at fighting, he is simply invincible!"

"Bi Shu is more than capable of fighting?" Uncle Sun Guan said, "He also has a great political vision, but unfortunately he has no ambitions!" After a pause at this point, Uncle Sun Guan said sadly, "If Bi Shu can have Xiang Zhuang Half of the ambition, the world will be unified in the future, it is really hard to say whether the surname is Xiang or Bi."

Uncle Sun Ping said: "Even if Bi Shu has no ambitions now, I'm afraid it will be hard to say in the future, right?"

Uncle Sun Guan said: "Therefore, Xiang Zhuang must guard against him, because of this."

Uncle Sun Ping said: "It's ridiculous that the one in the palace still wants to use moving the capital to threaten Xiang Zhuang to submit, I'm afraid he will be disappointed."

Uncle Sun Guan smiled darkly, and said: "A woman is a woman after all, how can she see into a man's mind? She thought that Xiang Zhuang would tolerate the enfeoffment in order to move the capital, but who knows that in Xiang Zhuang's heart, enfeoffment is more lethal than not moving the capital?" He can't bear it, hehe, she wants to use the old man as a knife, but she is still a little tender."

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In the Xiyang Pavilion of Shiman Palace, Shizi Xiang Wang is holding a train with his left hand and splashing ink with his right hand. Lines of beautiful official script have been left on the public transport paper spread out in front of him.

Although Xiang Wang is only 16 years old, he is tall and straight. Compared with his four elder brothers, he is more talented than his four elder brothers. He is especially good at calligraphy. If he was born in the late Ming Dynasty, he would definitely be very popular with prostitutes. Good son.

But in this day and age, Xiang Wang is not so popular, especially his mother!

As soon as the calligraphy was halfway written, Yingzhen rushed in angrily, then tore the public transport paper on the case, tore it into pieces and threw it into the wastebasket.

"Mother?!" Xiang Wang was very angry, but he didn't dare to get angry.

"I know how to practice calligraphy all day long. What's the use of practicing calligraphy?" Ying Zhen ignored Xiang Wang's feelings and reprimanded, "How many times have I told you that you need to read more, especially You need to read more military books, and learn how to ride and shoot, so that you can go to the battlefield and gain military exploits in the future, if you don’t have military exploits, how can you be crowned king?"

Xiang Wang said angrily: "I don't want to be king, I just want to practice calligraphy!"

"Presumptuous!" Ying Zhen was furious when she heard the words, and slapped Xiang Wang across the face.

Xiang Wang was stunned by this slap. It was the first time Yingzhen slapped him when he was so big. He was stunned when he saw Yingzhen. Xiang Wang walked away without saying a word, looking at Xiang Wang, who went out with his head drooping, Ying Zhen also felt uncomfortable, and wanted to call him back to comfort him, but in the end he didn't yell out.

Yingzhen has just learned about the matter at the court meeting today. Youdao said that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. This is how Yingzhen feels at this time. King, in this way, the rest of the princes will have the opportunity to be entrusted according to the rules, and Xiang Wang will be eligible to be crowned king.

However, Xiang Zhuang would rather shelve the proposal of moving the capital than divide the feudal title, but it was somewhat beyond Ying Zhen's expectations.

Uncle Sun and other ministers who secretly opposed the move of the capital did not fight hard in the palace, which made Yingzhen feel furious. She originally wanted to use these ministers to achieve her goals, but instead let them rely on her and Miaoyi Palace. She tried her best to achieve their goal, and this feeling of being played by others made her feel extremely annoyed.

And when the matter is done like this, I don't know how to explain it to Miaoyi Palace later.

Thinking of the annoyance, Yingzhen grabbed the paperweight on the case and threw it to the ground.

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Xiang Zhuang's face sank like water, and he asked Qu Bucai, "Old Qu, have you checked everything out?"

After the court was over, Xiang Zhuang, who was furious, asked Qu Bucai to thoroughly investigate the distribution of the enfeoffment. Immediately, Wumuya's secret agents from the Ziling headquarters came out to inquire everywhere. It only took a few hours to find out all the ins and outs of the matter.

"It's all been found out." Qu Bucai said, "The matter started because of Miaoyi Palace, and Shiman Palace was involved, but it was Uncle Sun Ping, Neishi, who actually came forward to contact the officials of the court." After a pause, Qu Bucai said again , "Among all the officials who seconded the entrustment, 36 officials have been confirmed to be involved, and the remaining officials are to be investigated."

Xiang Zhuang said: "How about confirming the list of participating officials?"

Qu Bucai immediately took out a list of officials from his pocket.

Xiang Zhuang finished it hastily, and said grimly: "Well, they are all officials from Jingji (Danyang) and Wu County."

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang figured out all the joints. It is difficult to do such a thing with Yu Ji's heart. Acting, taking advantage of the opportunity of Ying Zhen and Yu Ji to fight for the throne for Xiang Zhi, to achieve the purpose of preventing himself from moving the capital.

After figuring this out, Xiang Zhuang heaved a sigh of relief. As long as a few people from the Duke's Mansion, Lingyin's Mansion, and Taiwei's Mansion didn't get involved, the situation would be much simpler. Before that, Xiang Zhuang was really worried Several Duke's Houses, Lingyin's House, and Taiwei's House have already been deeply involved in this matter. If this is the case, the situation will be complicated.

But then again, although the background of this matter is simple, it is quite troublesome to deal with.

According to the laws of the country, of course officials committing crimes should be tried by the Tingwei Mansion, but this matter is obviously not appropriate. If fighting for the throne for the eldest son is also considered a crime, then it is really a crime to be added, and this matter also involves 30. If there are many officials in the capital, if one is not handled well, it will cause turmoil in the hearts of the people and seriously affect the stability of the government.

But if Ting Wei's Mansion is not allowed to interrogate, who will be interrogated?

Ebony Cliff?If Wumuya was given the authority to interrogate officials, wouldn't it be a prison?
The so-called Imperial Prison is a prison that is directly responsible to the emperor, bypassing Tingwei Mansion or Dali Temple. For example, the notorious Daming Jinyiwei in history is the most classic Imperial Prison!
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