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Chapter 134 The Second Round of Rivalry
"Then what is difficult for Yang Tinghe to find? It must be difficult for the following things, because Zhu Houcong is completely different from what he imagined."

"Why is it different? The reason is that Zhu Houcong's temperament is different from what Yang Tinghe thought. So what kind of temperament is Zhu Houcong? Stubborn! He will definitely not be willing to be his own puppet."

"So Yang Tinghe continued to use tricks to deal with Zhu Houcong later, and he couldn't let the emperor care whether he was right or not? Wouldn't he be in big trouble?"

"Hey, Zhu Houcong started causing trouble just a few days after entering Beijing. Before Yang Tinghe could react, the second round of competition between them had already begun."

"What's the matter? It turns out that after Zhu Houcong became emperor, he missed his mother very much, so he planned to send someone to his hometown Anlu to take his mother over."

"You said, it's natural for a child to miss his mother and take her to live with him, isn't it? But that's the problem!"

"Then what's the problem? It's mainly because of identity! You said that Zhu Houcong has become emperor, but his mother is still a princess."

"This raises the question, if his mother is taken over, will her mother come to Beijing as a princess or as the empress dowager?"

"And what should we call Zhu Houcong's father who has passed away? This problem suddenly became a very troublesome matter for Zhu Houcong."

"So Zhu Houcong quickly called the ministers of the Ministry of Rites and told them, I want to take over my mother from Anlu now, and what kind of identity do I want to enter Beijing with?"

"Attention, at that time, Zhu Houcong's mother, Jiang Shi, was still Princess Xingxian. If she entered Beijing as a princess, it would conflict with Zhu Houcong's status as emperor."

"You said that the son is the emperor, but the mother is the princess. Isn't there a big difference in identity? So Zhu Houcong's intention is obvious, that is, to change the identity of his mother."

"But can the ministers of the Ministry of Rites see Zhu Houcong's intention? It seems that they can, but they refuse to cater to Zhu Houcong!"

"Speaking of such a big matter, we can't be the master, so we turned around and reported this matter to the cabinet, that is, Yang Tinghe."

"When Yang Tinghe heard the news, he just squinted his eyes. He knew that the second round of competition between himself and the little emperor was coming!"

"Then how will he fight back? Regarding this matter, Yang Tinghe told the ministers of the Ministry of Rites a story, let them understand it for themselves, and then told Zhu Houcong."

"What story? The first one is the story of King Dingtao in the Western Han Dynasty. It is said that Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Shi, liked his youngest son very much, named Liu Kang. This Liu Kang is King Dingtao."

"However, Liu Xi, the father, is eccentric. As for Liu Kang, he likes it or not, but in the end he passed the throne to Liu Ao, the eldest son, who will become Emperor Hancheng later."

"After Liu Shi passed away, according to his father's last wish, the newly enthroned Han Cheng Emperor Liu Ao treated his younger brother Dingtao King Liu Kang very well!"

"Later Liu Kang was gone, and his son Liu Xin inherited the title of King Dingtao. As for Liu Ao, because Liu Ao had no son, he made Liu Xin the crown prince, who was later Emperor Ai of Han."

"Then the second story is the story of King Pu of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is said that Song Renzong Zhao Zhen had no son, so he adopted the son of his brother King Pu Zhao Yun into the palace."

"Not long after the adoption, Song Renzong adopted the adopted child under his knees and became his own son. He also gave him a name, Zhao Zongshi."

"Later, Zhao Zongshi was established as the crown prince and changed his name to Zhao Shu. After Song Renzong died, Zhao Shu succeeded him, which was later Song Yingzong."

"Then what does Yang Tinghe mean by these two stories? It's already obvious."

"What he meant was that as long as Zhu Houcong succeeds the emperor in the same way as King Dingtao of the Western Han Dynasty and King Pu of the Northern Song Dynasty, wouldn't the problem of titles be solved?"

"In other words, if Zhu Houcong is to adopt the late emperor as his son first, and then inherit the throne, won't all the problems be solved?"

"Of course, Yang Tinghe said this to the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, so did the ministers understand? I understand, and immediately act according to the meaning conveyed by Yang Tinghe!"

"It is said that the minister of the Ministry of Rites found more than 60 officials and sent Zhu Houcong together, suggesting that Zhu Houcong recognize Zhu Youcong as his father, and then his biological parents can be called uncle and aunt."

"That is to say, when offering sacrifices in the future, he can only sacrifice to Zhu Youxie, not his biological parents, and treat his biological parents as uncles and aunts."

"We don't seem to understand this kind of thing now, and we don't understand why those speech officials dare to say that."

"It's reasonable for the officials to say that. In ancient times, blood continuation and intimacy were very important."

"Besides, it's still the royal family, right? The royal family is very particular about the continuation of bloodlines. Since Zhu Houcong wants to inherit the throne from Zhu Youxie's bloodline, he must first become the son of others, right?"

"Otherwise, if you don't recognize Zhu Youxi as your father, or call him uncle, then tell me, wouldn't Zhu Youxi's bloodline be broken?"

"So, he, Zhu Houcong, can't occupy the throne of others, and he doesn't have the obligation to continue the bloodline, right?"

"But after Zhu Houcong heard what the officials said, he was very upset, and then he said it."

"He said, then my father is the only son like me. If I become someone else's son, won't my father's blood be cut off?"

"And you asked me to do this emperor, and I didn't rush to do it. The most important thing is, where is the reason to change your parents to uncles?"

"At that time, Zhu Houcong was very angry. It seems that you still don't understand what I mean, so go back and continue the discussion!"

"Hey, but the officials feel that there is no need to continue the discussion. First, this is what Yang Tinghe meant. Second, what they said makes sense and there is nothing wrong with it."

"So the ministers continued to go to court and repeatedly advised Zhu Houcong to accept this suggestion. Although Zhu Houcong continued to insist on his inner thoughts at that time, he could not withstand the overwhelming number of ministers."

"So Zhu Houcong was very troubled, entangled, and anxious, wondering if he really wanted to accept the suggestions of the ministers."

"Hey, just when Zhu Houcong felt isolated and helpless, someone stood up and spoke for him!"

(End of this chapter)