Take the earth to enshrine the gods

Chapter 222 The new emperor ascends the throne (two in one)

Faced with Princess Qingcheng's doubts, Qian Yuan explained: "If I tell my elder brother that I have supported my ninth brother, and then my ninth brother will come forward and promise my elder brother to become a vassal, then I don't think it will be a big problem."

For the Eighth Prince, since he cannot be the Qian Emperor, it is also good to be a Xiaoyao vassal king.

Such as Qianyuan.

Princess Qingcheng's eyes flashed, she knew that Qian Yuan's proposal had a very high chance of success.

"It's a good move to combine vertical and horizontal strategies."

Princess Qingcheng thought, perhaps the fifteenth brother had already reached some kind of agreement with the starling.

But it is a good thing after all.

After thinking for a while, Princess Qingcheng said: "Fifteenth brother is very thoughtful, what do you want after this is done?"

This is the showdown.

Qian Yuan is not hypocritical. He has done all this and naturally wants to pay back, "I don't want much, only two points, one is the right to independent development, and the other is the right to independent diplomacy. How about it?"

The biggest disadvantage of the vassal king is that he is trapped in a fiefdom and has his hands and feet tied up. Not only can he not do anything internally, but he must also obtain the consent of the court in advance even for external conquests.

Qian Yuan's request for these two rights is to lift the curse on his head.

The same is true for foreign exchanges.

The signing of the border trade agreement with Wanhuamen was done secretly.

With the right to independent development, Qianyuan could launch wars on his own without seeking the consent of the imperial court to expand the territory of the empire.

In this troubled time, a peaceful corner is not what Qianyuan wants.

Princess Qingcheng trembled in her heart. With her intelligence, she naturally figured out the powerful relationship. If Qianyuan was really given these two rights, the future imperial court's constraints on this vassal king would be almost zero.

Zhaoyao County is nominally the territory of the empire, but in fact it is an independent kingdom, and water cannot enter it.

But do not agree?Princess Qingcheng shook her head.

Unknowingly, the fifteenth brother had already tied his bargaining chip with mynah, and whoever the two of them chose would win, and he seemed to be the mastermind behind the big drama of seizing the heirloom.

I'm afraid that if Princess Qingcheng refuses now, Qian Yuan will turn around and find the third or fifth prince. For the ninth prince, it will not be a matter of losing a swagger county.

"I think Brother Nine will agree." Princess Qingcheng said.

"very good."

Qianyuan was also smiling. He knew that the matter was basically done.

No matter in terms of feelings or conflicts of interests, the succession of the nine princes is the best result for Qianyuan.

Because the Ninth Prince's traditional sphere of influence - Dongjing, unlike the Western Territory and Southern Territory, does not border on Zhaoyao County, the two have no direct conflict of interest.

Furthermore, the fifth family has already joined the Ninth Prince, if Qian Yuan chooses to cooperate with another king, it will definitely put the fifth family in danger.

This is what Qian Yuan does not want to see.

After seeing off Princess Qingcheng, Qianyuan leaned on his chair and closed his eyes to rest.

These days seem to be calm, but in fact, the effort Qianyuan expended secretly is unimaginable to outsiders. It is even more difficult to sort out his ideas and implement them in such a complicated situation.

Who can know who is the chess player and who is the chess piece before the mystery is revealed?

Fortunately, Guo Jia was planning on the side, which made Qianyuan much more relaxed. It was Guo Jia's plan to use the eighth prince Qianyou as a breakthrough point to break the situation.

It worked.

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Qi Wangfu.

Princess Qingcheng left the Prince Qin's mansion and immediately came to meet the Ninth Prince.

After listening to Princess Qingcheng's report, the Ninth Prince took a deep breath, with a complicated expression on his face, "Fifth Brother is really calculating, I'm not as good as him."

"Then the conditions he proposed?" Princess Qingcheng asked.

"Promise him." The Ninth Prince was more forthright than Princess Qingcheng, as long as he won the throne, nothing else would matter. "Tomorrow I will visit Myna in person and finalize the matter as soon as possible."

He was a little impatient.

"That's right." The Ninth Prince suddenly thought of something, "Sister, you should arrange Yulongwei now to monitor Wei Wangfu and Chu Wangfu, and you can't let the two escape."

Whether it's the third prince Gantai or the fifth prince Ganke, the former fan took advantage of the opportunity of the emissary to manage their respective forces like an iron bucket.

Once these two leave Beijing, they will cause endless harm.

"Do not worry."

Princess Qingcheng's eyes are gloomy, is she still going to kill each other after all? !

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On June 23, Prince Yan's Mansion.

After some close talks, the Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince finally reached an agreement.

The Eighth Prince supports the Ninth Prince's ascension to the throne, on the premise that after the Ninth Prince's ascension, the Eighth Prince is allowed to be in Beiyue County, and become an equal existence with Qian Yuan in one fell swoop.

The Ninth Prince agreed, anyway, one vassal king is making trouble, and two vassal kings are also making trouble.Of course, the Ninth Prince also kept a hand and didn't mention the two privileges promised to Qian Yuan at all.

In this way, without outsiders being aware of it, the strongest alliance "Eight 95 Combination" in the battle for the heir apparent was formally formed, becoming an unshakable force that controlled the next process of the heir apparent.

After sending the Ninth Prince away, the Eighth Prince Ganyou found Du Quan, his confidant, and confessed: "Go, secretly release the news of our alliance. Remember, don't expose it."

"Does His Highness want to regret it?" Du Quan was surprised and doubtful.

The Eighth Prince smiled and said, "Why should I regret it?"

"Then this is?" Du Quan was puzzled.

The eighth prince said: "The ninth brother who has not ascended the throne is the ninth younger brother. After ascending the throne, he will be Emperor Qian. The promise promised now may not be irrevocable in the future. If you want to sit firmly, you have to muddy the water a little more."

In order to fight for that position, the eighth prince has spent so much effort, how could he really give up just because he said so, the current cooperation is just a new compromise.

There may not be a time for a comeback.

When the ninth brother fights with the third and fifth brothers, then...

The Eighth Prince's eyes were cold, without any emotion.

"Little one understands."

Du Quan's palms broke out in cold sweat. His lord, although he was known as the "Eight Wise Kings" to the outside world, was able to disregard the interests of the empire if he acted ruthlessly for his own interests.

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Without Qian Yuanjiao, after gaining the support of the Eighth Prince, the Ninth Prince already knew what to do, integrate the forces of the three major factions, and took advantage of the situation to take down the City Guards and the Imperial Guards.

Especially the Janissaries.

Obtaining the allegiance of the Imperial Guard is tantamount to taking control of the capital of God.

The Ninth Prince knew very well that the fish and dragon guards alone would not be able to control the situation in Shendu. If he hadn't been worried about making trouble, he would have even planned to drop the Third Army and go to Beijing.

If you want to secure the throne, you must have an army in your hand.

Qian Yuan did not disclose to the Ninth Prince that he had a special relationship with Xing Bu, the commander of the Imperial Guard Army, and allowed the Ninth Prince to start lobbying activities.

Qian Yuan didn't want to move this dark chess game yet.

Although Qian Yuan is not as vigilant as the Eighth Prince, he is also not very optimistic about the future situation of the empire, and he has to re-evaluate the relationship with the Ninth Prince.

Once the Ninth Prince ascended the throne, the alliance between the two would fall apart, because at that time the relationship between the two would be that of monarch and subject first, and then brothers.

People's hearts are always unpredictable.

On the other hand, Qian Yuan didn't want to show off too much and cause the Ninth Prince's fear.

If the Ninth Prince knew that Xing Bu belonged to him, and there was Changsun Yun and the inseparable fifth scorching sun, then the Ninth Prince might not be able to sleep well.

Let's keep a low profile.

Xing Bu is also a smart person, after learning that Qian Yuan has also joined the camp of the Nine Princes, he naturally knew what to do, and after some evasion, he readily agreed.

So far, the battle for the heir apparent has finally come to an end.

It's like dominoes, as long as the key link is taken, the rest will follow.

Qianyuan won over the Eighth Prince, and the two supported the Ninth Prince, setting a major tone. The Ninth Prince once again used the power of the alliance to take down the Imperial Guards.

Once the imperial guards agreed, it would not be a problem to take down the city guards.

In this way, God is determined.

The third prince and the fifth prince, whether they are in the army or in the court, are already unable to support each other.

Just when the Ninth Prince was full of ambition and was about to deal ruthless blows to the Third and Fifth Princes, and let the imperial guards blockade the Palaces of Prince Wei and Prince Chu, and completed the final fatal blow, the two princes had already escaped their shells.

Leaving the capital of God early.

The two kings who stayed in the palace were just substitutes.

"Damn it, who on earth leaked the news?" It was about to be done, but something went wrong at the end, which made the Ninth Prince furious.

Even towards Princess Qingcheng, she doesn't have a good face.

After all, the two princes slipped away under Yulongwei's nose, and Princess Qingcheng could hardly absolve herself of the blame.

Princess Qingcheng's expression was complicated. Her elder brother had already started to act like an emperor before he became the throne. "This matter is so confidential that only myna and fifteenth brother know."

"Which one of them will it be?" Ninth Prince's eyes were dark.

Princess Qingcheng said: "It shouldn't be the fifteenth brother. The third brother and the fifth brother returned to the place, and they all have news for Zhaoyao County. He won't be looking for trouble, will he?"

"That's right." The Ninth Prince agreed very much, his eyes were already cold, and he muttered to himself: "Mynah, mynah, you still don't give up after all."

"There is no evidence right now, so it is not appropriate to act rashly." Princess Qingcheng reminded.

"Yes." The Ninth Prince has recovered, with a calm expression, "The most important thing right now is to organize the funeral of the emperor and the enthronement ceremony, and the rest will be discussed later."

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The eighth day of July is auspicious.

Palace, Palace of Diligence.

After the funeral of Emperor Qian, the ninth prince Qian Shen was officially crowned emperor under the witness of hundreds of civil and military officials.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Qian Yuan and the Eighth Prince stood at the front, knelt on one knee, and took the lead in performing the royal ceremony.

"Be flat!"

Gan Shen tried his best to make his voice as stable as possible without trembling.

This is undoubtedly a historic moment.

The battle for the heir apparent, which lasted for more than ten years, finally came to an end at this moment. The Ninth Prince Qi Wang Qianshen came from behind and was crowned emperor.

The history of Daqian has opened a new page.

The Chinese and military ministers in the palace, who knew the inside story, looked at the two kings saluting with complicated expressions. They knew that it was the two lords in front of them who led the new emperor's enthronement.

There is no doubt that the two will also be the biggest beneficiaries other than the new emperor in this battle for the throne.

At least,

A supporter cannot escape.

It is a great tragedy that these ministers, who have been scheming and planning in every possible way from the beginning, are not as good as Qian Yuan, an "outsider", in the end.

So far, Qianyuan's status in the ruling and opposition parties has reached a new level.

After returning to the sequence of hundreds of officials, he felt the gazes from all directions, but Qian Yuan remained unmoved and only felt sad for these people.

"If you don't have the strength, what are you doing blindly?"

The game of Seizing the Inheritance is not something that ordinary people can play well. Those who wait for the mystery to be revealed before suddenly realizing it are all complete losers.

A true master of chess has already known the outcome long before revealing the Gu.

Just like Qianyuan now.

After accepting the worship of hundreds of officials, the new emperor Qianshen immediately issued a series of edicts, changing the year name to Yonghui, and the 45th year of Wude is the first year of Yonghui.

The late Empress Changsun was posthumously named the Empress Dowager Xiao, and the new emperor's mother-in-law, Concubine Xu Xian, was named the Empress Dowager.

Most of the other concubines including Empress Dugu will withdraw from the stage of history, except Concubine Yan De, who will go to Beiyue County with Yan Wang Qianyou.

They can no longer exert any influence on the harem or the former dynasty.

There was even the fifth prince, who was the concubine of Ke Ke's mother, Concubine Xiao Shu, who was directly expelled from the palace and sent to guard the spirit of the late emperor.

The new emperor acted in this way, one was to retaliate against the five princes for fleeing abroad, and at the same time, he also did it for Qian Yuan to show his favor.

Among the royal family, no one knew that Concubine Xiao Shu and Empress Changsun were the most difficult to deal with. Concubine Xiao Shu had repeatedly instructed the fifth prince to deliberately make things difficult for Qianyuan.

This time it was punished.

The edict granted King Qianyuan of Qin the "right to independent development" and the "right to independent diplomacy."

Baiguan was in an uproar.

Such authority is something that the vassal kings of all dynasties did not have, and Qianyuan once again became the focus of the hall.Facing Qian Yuan who was at the height of his power, the Chinese and military officials in the palace did not dare to stand up and refute, which shows the power of Qian Yuan.

By decree, Yan Wang Qianyou became a fan of Beiyue County.

Everyone understands.

Only then did I know why the eighth prince compromised, and the original reward was here.

Then, the new emperor Qianshen made another adjustment of officials.

Duguzhen was removed from the position of prime minister, and Xu Kang, the current Minister of Rites, took over.

This is to be expected.

Without the support of the third prince, Dugu Zhen couldn't secure the position of prime minister. The reason why he was able to succeed in his official career was because the new emperor was afraid of the deep roots of the Dugu family.

As the head of the six ministries, Xu Kang took the post of prime minister as a matter of course, without any obstacles.

With the succession of the new emperor, the Xu family became the number one family in the city of God.

Sun Yun, the current minister of the Ministry of Industry, was transferred to the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, filling Xu Kang's vacancy, and his status has risen to a higher level, becoming the head of the new six ministers.

There is no doubt that this is the new emperor's win over Qianyuan.

This kind of favor is really eye-catching.

But Qian Yuan didn't have much joy in his heart, the more the new emperor gave, the more he would rebound in the future.

In addition, the new emperor also removed Xiao Jinzheng from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and cut off the most important arm of the fifth prince Gan Ke in the court.

There is no doubt that the newly appointed Minister of the Household Department and Minister of the Ministry of Industry are both members of the new emperor.

This is the right treasure for them.

So far, the imperial court has undergone a major adjustment, which means a change of dynasty.

But smart people know that because of the "absence" of the third and fifth princes, this round of succession turmoil can only be regarded as a temporary end at best.

It's not time to really end it.

(End of this chapter)