Linque

On the ninth day of September, the Double Ninth Festival is celebrated in Kyushu.

On this day, the sky is bright and clear, and the chrysanthemum and osmanthus are fragrant.In the morning, the emperor went to the Fengxian Hall to pay homage to the gods of Emperor Cheng and Empress Chengde to express his gratitude for the kindness of his parents. Later, he had breakfast, and then went to the Taiji Hall to ascend the throne to receive the congratulations from the officials.

After the etiquette was over, half the morning passed, and they moved to Zichen Hall one after another. The emperor hosted a banquet to entertain the ministers, and also greeted the returning master Wang to clean up the dust. At this time, the atmosphere relaxed.

Civil and military officials offered birthday gifts to the emperor one after another.

Emperor Xuanxi is not a monarch who likes to receive "filial piety" from his courtiers. On weekdays, if the courtiers want to show courtesy and send some local specialties, the emperor may take a second look at them so as to understand the folk customs.But if it is priceless Hebi Suizhu, rare treasures, then I am afraid it is flattering on the horse's leg.These things, at most, only during one or two specific times during the festivals, the emperor would not strictly punish them, and collect them occasionally symbolically.

This year is the holy five birthdays, and it is a good time to offer gifts.

For the Kyushu Dynasty Bureau, now is another node of extraordinary significance.King Jing's rebellion subsided, which meant that the imperial power was extended to the whole world, and there would be no possibility of a second master in Dayin Kyushu in the future. Those who loyal to His Majesty early in the past were naturally proud of themselves.

But three months ago, those people who just watched from the sidelines and waited for the wind to move, now feel a little regretful. Although they are not criminals, they are not loyal enough. How can they not be defeated?Not to mention that those aristocratic patriarchs in the Twelve Cities in the South of the Yangtze River who finally got the chance to reform themselves, really desperately took out their own wealth, congratulated their birthdays and gave gifts to show their hospitality - at least in the next two or three years, the Emperor Yingwei and Yushitai They will all stare at them, unless they repent of being dishonest and want to keep company with those "hardcore" respecting kings in the Dali Temple prison, otherwise how dare they make the idea of ​​anointing the people!

His Majesty has never liked extravagance and extravagance, and the triumphant return of Master Wang is the best birthday present. Although the decree is to keep everything simple, the hearts of the ministers and workers are extraordinarily ardent in presenting gifts.Whether it's precious treasures and jade, or novel and ingenious gadgets, or talented people's self-made calligraphy music scores, in short, they are held in front of Majesty Dan, and His Majesty and all the officials are invited to enjoy it. The scene is very harmonious and lively.

Of course, there are also some special ones.

For example, Xuan Ning Hou Chuheng did not present any treasures in front of others. Of course, what he gave could not be known to others, anyway, His Majesty is satisfied.

That's about the two of them.

Isn't the scene after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet not obvious enough?It's just that His Majesty and Marquis Xuan Ning didn't directly announce it to the outside world, so it's difficult for the ministers to say anything, but everyone knows that His Majesty and Dong Jun always have "something between two people".

Before, everyone planned to wait for the stability of Kyushu, and the matter of the harem draft could be brought up logically, but now it is good, "Cheng Yaojin" was killed halfway, everyone was very embarrassed for a while, and will continue to be embarrassed in the future with.

If it were some other messy person, the ministers would have mobilized to attack him, and Zhezi rushed to the Hall of Jingcheng like an avalanche, yelling at this person as a sycophant!But now, the other party is Jun Ji Wuyue of Lishan Mountain, this...how can I scold you!

If Mahayana Dongjun came here just for power, is there any need to be a sycophant? As long as he is willing, the imperial court will welcome him with a high salary, a high salary, a duke and a prince.Besides, when did the magnificent sixteenth family of the Ye family in Lishan Mountain fall into such a state of poverty that they needed the senior brother to sell their appearance to make ends meet?Is Ye Jianwei, the lord of the Eastern Capital, dead?

It can only be said that His Majesty and Dong Jun just like it.

This is difficult.

In short... this matter will be unclear for a while.

Everyone can only pretend to be deaf and blind as if they don't know for the time being, while continuing to worry about how to persuade these two people to turn around.

After the gift, everyone took a break, and the banquet began at noon.The "Empress Dowager" didn't come today, the news from the palace is that the phoenix body is ill.During the last mid-autumn feast, all the ministers looked at her badly. This time when the dust settled, the news of King Jing's death came, and all the heirs of the palace also committed suicide. The queen mother must have grown old and couldn't bear the blow!His Majesty waited carefully in the imperial hospital, and allowed the married woman to visit the palace.

But it's too late to get rid of the relationship with King Jing's faction at this moment, who is willing to post it for a visit, it's just to offer some precious medicinal materials and supplements, and to do the duty of a courtier in the face of it.

Of course, no one cared about the Queen Mother's absence at the Longevity Banquet.

……

The next day after Wanshou, Lu Ji was the host and called Chu Heng, Su Lang, Han Chengmiao and others to clean up Yun Fei. It happened that Xiao Gaomin and Ye Shuli were also in the imperial capital, so the acquaintances gathered together.

Lu Ji also asked Su Lang to invite Ye Xinghui. When the young master of Lishan entered the Hall of Martial Arts, Yun Fei had already gone to the northern border, so these two people did not know each other.But Yun Fei heard Lu Ji talk about the past two years in the Hall of Martial Arts the day before yesterday. The young master is the new "hands-on" in the South Hall, and he is a "hard stubble" character who dares to lose face, Yun Fei listened Wan was very fascinated, and immediately wanted to get acquainted.

During the banquet, Dongjun suppressed it with absolute force. This time, the prince and the young master did not fight at the dinner table for Yun Fei to watch.

Yun Fei went away for two years, faded from his youthful recklessness, and returned home in rich clothes. Although he is young, he has grown up completely and can take charge of himself.

This time, Yun Fei returned to Beijing with the vanguard battalion that offered victory, and Wang Shi's army stayed in Wanzhou to clean up the battlefield. Hou Shuo'an, Gu Zheng, ordered by His Majesty, together with the governors of Ningzhou and Yuezhou, calmed down Lanjiang The people of the Li people who were disturbed by the flames of war on both sides of the strait also invited the Taoist master of the Nanshan Buddhist Temple to set up an altar along the Lanjiang River to save the sacrificed souls and the innocent souls who died in the floods and wars.

On the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, when everything was over, the army returned to court.

The emperor decreed that the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households should provide the best pensions to the families of soldiers who died in battle, and posthumously award them according to their military merits.At the same time, it also faced civil and military officials and soldiers of the armed forces, and began to discuss rewards for merit and punishment for crimes.

Needless to say, Marquis Gu Zheng of Shuo'an who led the army to suppress the rebellion, and the governors and generals of the states who led the army to fight, even Song Cheng and others were promoted to the first class by adding officials and honors. Attacking Marquis, the Gu clan in the northern border, where the clan is sparsely populated, has truly achieved the glory of a family of dukes.

Su Lang, Ye Xinghui, Xiao Gaomin, Ye Shuli and other young people who participated in countering rebellion and fighting against foreign enemies in Changzhou and Donghai also received rewards.

The most eye-catching one is Yan Yunfei who has made great contributions in the main battlefield of Wanzhou.

Cut off the military supply line, captured Qing Guogong alive, and took down Danchuan City. With this military achievement, he was named the third-class Dingchuanhou in the first battle, and he was appointed as the third-rank General Yunhui. He is only about 20 years old, and he has had others for decades. Achievements that may not be achieved, the future is infinite.In the next year, he will go to the junction of Shuoqing and Qingzhou to lead the army.

Yan Cang also conferred the title of General Guangde on the fifth rank.

The Yan family of Tanchuan teamed up with King Jing to conspire against each other, and the three clans of the Duke of Qing's mansion suffered disaster. It seemed that they were about to fall, but Yan Yunfei appeared again.The hatred of killing one's father is irreconcilable, and this kid made it clear that he was here for revenge.From then on, the Yan family's Yan in Tanchuan became the Yan Mao's Yan.

Everyone thought that Yan Yunfei would take over Tanchuan, but no one thought that under the imperial decree, on the day he became the head of the Yan family, he would present the seal of the city lord and the iron certificate of the Dan book to the Hall of Jingcheng, and enshrine the Yan family since the founding of the country. The land that has been operated from generation to generation will be handed over.Let's put it bluntly, Tan Chuan, he doesn't want it, let alone give it to other people in the Yan family. After much deliberation, it's best to pay it back.

The news spread to Dali Temple Prison. It is said that Qing Guogong Yan Yu heard that Yan Yunfei had ruined the Yan family's foundation and career for hundreds of years, and was so angry that his eyes were tearing apart.

After the reward, it is liquidation.

The Dingkang Zhou family, Yanxi Zhong family, Tanchuan Yan family, Cangwu Fang family, and Lianyan Jiang family all respected the king and rebelled against the party. They committed heinous crimes and committed heinous crimes. The crime of conspiracy was tried by the three justices.

All the patriarchs of the Twelve Cities in the South of the Yangtze River who were attached to the rebellious and respectful king came forward to beg for their sins. His Majesty is merciful, and Nian Ji and his ancestors have made great achievements.

The Twelve Cities have been favored and virtuous, and they all suffered from their own mistakes. They swear to the sky, and since then they have changed their minds and died for Dayin and my emperor.

In October, the imperial capital was closed, and the governors of the states and the generals of the armies went to their respective posts.The emperor ordered Duke Ying Su Que to lead his army to the East China Sea of ​​Changzhou to fight against foreign enemies in Nanyang and recover the southeast sea area of ​​Dayin north of Baishazhu.They sent Ye Shuli, Xiao Gaomin, Su Lang, and Ye Xinghui together, and transferred a group of newcomers from the Tianzi Guards Battalion and the Ministry of War in Wuyingdian to join the army for training. Lu Ji, Wen Li, Chu Yan and other young All the people go out with the army and go to the future.

At the end of October, the joint trial of the three judicial divisions ended.

Prince Jing Lingyi is the leader of the rebels against the party, and the three justices cooperated with Zongzheng Temple to list his crimes and present them to the imperial court.Ling Yi was dead, and the emperor decreed that his jade certificate be removed and demoted to a commoner.

His subordinates have done a lot of evil against the party, especially the Zhou family in Dingkang and the Yan family in Tanchuan.Zhou Kui, Duke of Dingguo, blew up the embankment and threw the source of the Gu epidemic into the Lanjiang River, causing tens of thousands of people in Nanjiang to be displaced overnight and starved to death everywhere. The downstream Yinghai City was also severely damaged by the Gu epidemic. , heinous.Duke Yan Yu of the Qing Dynasty colluded with the enemy in Nanyang, and deployed armaments for the rebels. During the trial, many private and old crimes of the Yan family of Tanchuan were brought out.

For example, in the past, Yan Mao's biological mother died of illness, and the death was not mourned, kept secret, and deceived Yan Mao into getting married, disregarding the righteousness of human relations. Twenty-five years ago, it was Tanchuan who forced him to be unfilial to his mother in order to gain the benefits of marriage; it was also Tanchuan who said that his serving father was unfilial in order to hinder the great cause of the imperial examination 25 years later.

The name of "unfilial piety" has really exhausted Tan Chuan Yan's family.

The evil karma of rebelling against the party is too numerous to describe.

The triad judges judged and sentenced the principal offenders, Zhou Kui and Yan Yu, who were not to be punished for their crimes, and were executed at the waist. The relatives within the service period will all be given death, and the relatives within the five service period will be exiled and served in the army; any married woman who has an order will be deprived of the order and sent to the temple to be repaired to make atonement for the father's family.

This was the most widely implicated killing in the entire Xuanxi Dynasty until the Ming Emperor's succession to the throne. However, there was no one to refute the public discussion in the court.

The memorial was presented to the Hall of Jingcheng, and the emperor's imperial pen Zhu commented: "Yes."

……

On the winter solstice day of the 11th year of Xuanxi, the emperor went to the Mingtang Yuanqiu to hold a grand ceremony to worship heaven.

At the ceremony, the emperor issued a decree to announce to Kyushu that the name of Emperor Yanmao's master was revived, and he was granted the posthumous title of first-rank grand master. Monument, I am grateful for its contribution to the success of scholars all over the world.

Yun Fei stood in the ranks of civil and military officials under the Temple of Heaven, and all his hard work in the two years of traveling on the battlefield was rewarded at this moment.

The Yan family in Tanchuan has all fallen, and the twelve cities in the south of the Yangtze River have all made way for the imperial examination, and the rest of the aristocratic families are no different.Yan Xiang's posthumous name, others have nothing to object to, not to mention that this is the emperor's teacher recognized by His Majesty in front of heaven, the posthumous posthumous title of "Wen Zhen" has been finalized, even if there is any criticism, it cannot be changed.

Rather than worrying about a person who has passed away, it is better to think about the one who is right in front of them. The ministers looked at Xuan Ninghou standing with Qing Yan on the Temple of Heaven with different expressions and complicated eyes, saying that he was bringing the little prince to sacrifice. , but this is clearly...the queen!

It's really sad for all the ministers.

Fortunately, after the winter solstice, someone who can take care of this matter finally came. Princess Changning returned to the imperial capital from Yuezhou Shiyi. She is His Majesty's direct aunt, and she is deeply respected. If the ministers are hard to say, the elders will definitely be able to persuade her. Persuade it.

But two days before she had time to be happy, news suddenly came out from the palace that "Empress Dowager Zhong" was going to die.

Ever since the news of King Jing's death came, her health has been deteriorating. Both of her two sons died of rebellion. If it weren't for the sixteenth founding family of the country, how could there be any "Yanxi Zhong family" in the world?Now it's just a name!I don't know how many generations it will take for the family to recover its vitality. It is really far away.

Winning the king and defeating the bandit has been the case since ancient times.

If King Jing wins today, the emperor's mother family, the Northern Gu family, will not end well.

In this situation, the "Empress Dowager Zhong" felt sad and hated, and there was no hope for her to live. She was already sick, but in just one month, the medicine was useless.

On the nineteenth day of the winter month in the 11th year of Xuanxi, Empress Dowager Zhong collapsed and died in the Palace of Cihe.

The world mourns.

The emperor ordered the eldest princess of Changning and the eldest princess of Qinghe to preside over the funeral. They were extremely mournful and honorable. Official children were forbidden to marry for one year, and private ones for a hundred days.

But no matter how great the battle is, the New Year's Eve is approaching. The Eldest Princess and the Eldest Princess rushed to finish the funeral arrangements within a month, and they were buried in the mausoleum for 27 days.

Although banquets and entertainment are prohibited for a hundred days of national mourning, the New Year's Eve is just around the corner. His Majesty, who is compassionate to the people, issued a decree, only canceling all the New Year's banquets and celebrations in the palace to show his condolences, and all folk festivals remain as usual.

All the ministers praised him.

The eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month is the birthday of the eldest princess of Changning. Although there was no banquet, His Majesty still came to the eldest princess' mansion in disguise to celebrate the birthday of her aunt.

The twenty-first day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when King Jing was executed for rebelling against the party.Due to the death of the Empress Dowager, although the sentence originally scheduled for the first month of the twelfth lunar month by the Sanfa Division has been postponed until now, but the end of the year and the end of the year did not allow these rebellious officials and thieves to survive the New Year.

Just relying on the Lanjiang Gu epidemic and liaising with foreigners is enough for these rebel masters to die thousands of times. If they are made easy, then who will let the heroes who died on the battlefield and the innocent people who died in vain rest in peace?There are still so many soldiers who are fighting bravely on the battlefield in the East China Sea to drive out foreign enemies and regain the territorial waters. They still can't return home and can't pass the New Year!How are these culprits matched?

The [-]st day of the twelfth lunar month is a rare sunny day in winter.

During the execution, Yun Fei went to see it.

The execution ground was still located in Fangshi, the center of the outer city of the imperial capital. The execution platform was built high and the axe and ax were cold. It was just that the people on the execution platform had changed. This time, the executioner would not "miss" again.

Standing outside the execution ground, Yun Fei poured three cups of wine to worship the spirit of Yan Xiang in the sky.

Looking back, tears were streaming down my face.

……

After executing the main criminal, it will be Xiaonian in a blink of an eye.This year, there is a war in the East China Sea, and there is also a war in the north. The New Year's Day rewards to the army have been arranged early, but just in case there is an urgent need in the army and the pond report, the government offices in Taiwei City have not closed the seals as usual, but on the [-]rd of the twelfth lunar month After that, the official duties in various places gradually decreased, and it was enough to have someone on duty every day.

There will be no banquets in the palace this year. On the surface, this year seems to be dull, but in fact it is not.As soon as Chu Heng heard the order to cancel the court banquet, he knew that Ling Ye had been thinking about this opportunity for a long time.

On New Year's Eve, Ling Ye called Princess Qinghe and Jing Xing into the palace, and had a New Year's Eve dinner together, so as to save the mother and son from staying in the princess mansion.On the second day of junior high school, Princess Changning and her son-in-law brought Princess Yangjia into the palace to pay New Year's greetings, and had a lively reunion.

The eldest princess drank a cup of Tusu wine, pointed at Ling Ye and Chu Heng with a smile, and said half-annoyedly: "You two, the ministers came to me to hint at each other, trying to persuade me to dissuade you. This is Ah Yue, If it were another person, they would have already sharpened their swords."

Chu Heng raised his eyebrows: "My aunt asked them to come to me, but no one stopped me from sharpening the knife."

The Eldest Princess laughed out loud.

Holding the cup, Ling Ye said, "It's strange that I'm too lenient with them on weekdays, and even take care of my personal affairs. Everyone is too free. I'll find them something to do later."

……

After the beginning of spring, the construction of Marquis Xuanning's mansion is getting faster and faster day by day. The sketch drawn by His Majesty's royal pen is also the mansion of Dongjun.After the Duanyang Festival, Chu Heng went to the East China Sea at the invitation of Su Quezhi, Duke Ying, to deal with the Buddha priests in the Nanyang Ze Kingdom Navy. When he came back in August, the Xuanninghou Mansion had been completed.

Since last midsummer, Chu Heng has not set foot in Zhongpinghou's mansion for more than a year. Even a fool knows what Dongjun thinks about the Chu family and Chu Hong, the biological father.It's no wonder that Zhong Pinghou treats beautiful jade like gravel, and treats it like an abandoned son for 20 years. He has never shown any kindness as a father, so how can he have the face to ask Dongjun to get close to him?

The three words "Zhong Ping Hou" have almost become synonymous with "eyes but no pearls" in the imperial capital.

Now that Xuanninghou Mansion is completed, it means that both on the surface and in reality, Dongjun has separated from Zhongpinghou Mansion as an independent portal. Judging from the father-son relationship, there is only a surname connection with Chu Hong.

And Dongjun has two names, if...

It was at such a time that Chu Heng came to Zhongpinghou’s mansion. After more than a year, he entered the door again. He did not go to the study or the main courtyard of Zhongpinghou’s Yanju, but waited in the flower hall for receiving guests—Lenovo recently Those rumors and speculations in Beijing, this is not a good sign.

But when Zhong Pinghou sent his chief attendant to tell him to go to the main courtyard, Chu Heng still nodded and put down the teacup, motioning for the chief attendant to lead the way, which relieved the housekeeper who couldn't figure out why he came.

In the main courtyard, the mistress Ye Shi was also there, Chu Heng came in and bowed slightly towards Zhong Pinghou, and said softly, "Father is well."

Zhong Pinghou nodded lightly. It has been more than a year, and now he has realized very deeply that the person in front of him is Chu Heng, but it is Lishan Dongjun Ji Wuyue-now, is Dongjun willing to continue to be a "Chu Heng"? Heng" said something else, and he couldn't show any prestige of Lao Tzu.

"I'm here today, I have something to tell you." Chu Heng said.

Zhong Pinghou suddenly found himself a little nervous, for fear that he would say...

"I won't change my name or surname." Chu Heng said.

According to the Daoist Book of Lishan, Dongjun will always be Ji Wuyue, and will not belong to the Zhongli Chu family.But when he walks in the world, he doesn't need to abandon the name "Chu Heng" which has been used for more than [-] years and has been integrated with him.Back then, Ji Wu sued Xi for taking this "Heng" from many jade characters.

Zhong Pinghou was stunned for a moment before realizing the meaning of Chu Heng's words, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he mentioned it. In just a few breaths of effort, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his palms.

Chu Heng continued: "Please also write a letter for my mother to release his wife. I will lift up the coffin and help the spirit to bring her back to Lishan."

As soon as the words fell, the hall immediately fell silent, and the cicadas and birds were singing one after another. After a long while, Mrs. Ye came back to her senses. The "mother" Chu Heng was talking about was naturally Ji Wusu. She was a little embarrassing, but With Dongjun, she doesn't have the face of being a aunt.

Zhong Pinghou frowned, and was about to say "no" subconsciously, but just as the words came to his lips, he stopped again.

——This is Chu Heng's "condition", he has no right to refuse.

Chu Heng wiped the lid of the tea and didn't speak any more.

There was another silence in the hall. After a long time, Zhong Pinghou said slowly: "...after your sister gets married in the spring of next year, then...do as you say."

Chu Heng frowned. Ah Yan is still practicing in the East China Sea. Although the situation in the foreign war has been improved, it will take about two months to finish. After everything is completed, it will be closed in recent years. Lishan Mountain is far away, so it is inconvenient.

Chu Heng thought for a moment, nodded and said yes, put down the teacup and stood up, and said in a soft voice: "Father, don't worry about my breaking my promise. I heard from the old people in the house that you asked my mother for her opinion when you named me back then."

Zhong Pinghou was distracted by what he said, and he couldn't hold back his face for a while.

Chu Heng didn't stay here for long, and got up to see Chu Xin after talking about the matter. Before leaving, he remembered something, stopped and said: "There is a young man named Le Qing in the bamboo branch building who used to clean my house here. , if father doesn't mind, I'll take him to Xuanning Hou Mansion to guard the gate."

Of course Zhong Pinghou would not refuse, he repeatedly agreed: "If you are used to it, take it with you." He glanced at Mrs. Ye, "I will let you...cough, I will let someone send the body deed later."

Chu Heng responded, and just as he was about to move away, Zhong Pinghou suddenly stopped him again, paused, and said hesitantly: "You, you and Your Majesty..."

Chu Heng nodded calmly: "Well, I'm with him."

After the words fell, he walked out, no matter what Zhong Pinghou thought, no one could stop it, the ministers couldn't, Zhong Pinghou was the same.

Xuanning Hou's mansion was erected, and the ministers and workers were all looking forward to Dongjun moving in as soon as possible, so that they would naturally distance themselves from his majesty, and then the two would marry a wife and hire a queen, and everyone would be fine.

However, this kind of hope was finally completely shattered when they saw His Majesty leaving the palace in micro-clothes and Dongjun entering the gate of Xuanninghou Mansion together. The situation was brought to the table, and the two people were advised to return to the shore.

For a while, the Changning Dachang Princess Mansion, Qinghe Chang Princess Mansion and the mansions of other clansmen, plus the Zhongpinghou Mansion, Lishan Lu Garden... In short, anyone who can speak in front of His Majesty and Dongjun The relatives and elders here are all crowded, and some people even sent a letter to Ye Jianwei, the leader of the Eastern Capital, asking them to persuade the two of them.

But all returned in vain.

In the end, there was no way. In the Xuanzheng Hall, someone finally asked directly what His Majesty's plan was.

Ling Ye didn't answer, but named the Minister of Rites, and ordered him to go back and make a good plan on how to perform the ceremony after establishing the Mahayana state.

Full of uproar.

Although all the officials had guessed this, but at this time, they all exploded.

But the emperor was not discussing with them, "If you want to talk, please discuss the East China Sea War and the candidates for the Prince's Third Division and Sangu, otherwise you don't need to speak to me."

A group of old-fashioned and stubborn courtiers immediately knelt down and remonstrated, but from the beginning to the end, until the end of the court, the emperor did not respond, and even announced that the emperor's shadow guards were watching, so that no one would be overwhelmed and hit the pillar, splashing a lot of water. The blood in the temple was unsightly, and the shadow guard even called the imperial physician to wait outside, and carried it down when he fainted.

"I will never change my mind."

As for these courtiers, that person is Dongjun, who is in the Mahayana realm. How does the word "Ningxing" have anything to do with it, not to mention the fact that Dongjun has repeatedly acted at critical moments because of his rebellion against the king last year and this year's overseas wars in the East. How many times the battle situation has been stabilized, I can't even think of scolding.

In the end, there was no other way. After finally waiting for Dong Jun to leave the palace, he would definitely be defeated. These courtiers immediately sent a few well-educated old scholars as representatives, and Xiaozhi persuaded him with emotion and reason.

The leader is surnamed Cui, he is a veteran, although he is old-fashioned, he has always been utterly loyal, Chu Heng treats him with a bit of respect, after listening to him quoting scriptures, all he can persuade him is to "put the most importance on children", Chu Heng Heng then said: "The foundation of the country has been decided. If your lord has the heart, you may wish to offer advice and suggestions for the prince's teaching, so that I can take it back and discuss it with your majesty. The prince is smart, so it's time to choose a few companions. I have heard that Master Cui’s eldest grandson is smart and upright, quite famous, you can bring him into the palace to have a look at that time, if it suits the prince, it will be a fortune."

Master Cui sighed when he heard the words, and said earnestly: "Although there is an example of the empress of Taizu, the empress of Dayin does not restrict the inner court. It's not difficult to grant a public title, you can be more than ten thousand when you are outside, why do you still want to be a queen?"

"It's not that I absolutely want to be a queen." Chu Heng said.

Master Cui was overjoyed immediately, his white eyebrows hadn't been raised yet, but he said again——

"Who made him the emperor?"

The only one who stands side by side with the emperor in front of the world and accepts the blessings is the empress.

"I can't change my heart."

……

The ministers remonstrated and persuaded several times to no avail, and after a month of frowning—even Princess Changning was annoyed by them, she simply closed the door to thank guests—finally they all realized that this matter could not be changed, Let's turn our attention to what the prince taught.

In October, good news came one after another from the army.

First, Beidi's thirteen tribes who invaded Shuozhou withdrew their troops and retreated to the inland grasslands. Even the territory occupied by Beidi in the northern part of Yujiang was taken away by the cooperation of Dayin, Jingqing and Shuozhou cavalry.

Afterwards, it was the East China Sea that won a complete victory, recapturing the Dayin sea area north of Baishazhu, and even expanding the land for twenty miles.

On the third day of the winter month, the imperial court received the official letter of surrender from Nanyang Zeguo.

That night, the sky of the imperial capital was filled with fireworks, and large expanses of gorgeous fireworks bloomed violently outside the imperial city, half of the night was filled with radiant and beautiful colors.

After a year, the internal and external wars and turmoil caused by King Jing's conspiracy finally subsided at the end of Xuanxi's 12th year.

So far, the river is clear and the sea is clear, and the tide is falling in Jiangning.