Chapter 659; Suggestions

Author: Ran Xi Nian

Chapter 659; Suggestions

Sure enough, in the court hall the next day, the ministers had not spoken yet.

When Emperor Hongwen arrived, he first asked Wang De to read out an imperial edict.

The second prince is already old and is not suitable to continue living in the palace. Therefore, he has been specially given a residence and given the title of King Zhao. He will be allowed to go to court to listen to the government tomorrow.

After hearing this imperial edict, some ministers immediately became excited. They all noticed Emperor Hongwen's cold treatment of Prince Ning.

Although the incident with Prince Ning last time has passed, Prince Ning has not come to court yet. Now, he suddenly made the second prince the King of Zhao and allowed him to come to court to listen to the government.

Does this mean that Emperor Hongwen wanted to train King Zhao to become his successor?

The emperor doesn't have many heirs, only three princes. Prince Ning doesn't have much hope. The third prince is still young. King Zhao enters the court at this time. It will take some years until the third prince grows up.

King Zhao can take advantage of this opportunity to accumulate his own power. Even if the third prince grows up, he may not be qualified to compete with him.

But Prince Ning, to be honest, not many people in the court think highly of him now.

After all, with such a mother clan and being confused myself, the chance of success is really low.

After such an analysis, many courtiers immediately became active, wondering whether it was time to secretly take sides.

There are many people who think this way, but there are also many who are not optimistic about it.

It's not that they think the possibility of King Zhao is low, it's that they look down on King Zhao.

Think about it when Emperor Hongwen wanted to support him, but what did he do?

When facing Lu Yaoyao, the earl who had helped him a lot and always supported him gave up.

To be honest, it is difficult for people to follow such a person sincerely. After all, who knows whether he will give up on himself at some point.

In addition to the above two categories of people, there is also a category of people like Wen Songtao and Dong Xiang who watch with cold eyes.

As for whether Emperor Hongwen favored him when he conferred the title of King of Zhao, the two of them had no idea.

And judging from their understanding of Emperor Hongwen, they estimate that King Zhao will go to court tomorrow, and King Ning will follow suit.

This is a common tactic used by emperors to make their heirs fight openly and secretly.

An emperor needs to be tempered. King Ning is much different, and the same is true for King Zhao. Therefore, the battle between the two kings is inevitable. This is to temper them both.

"Next, let's talk about the second thing."

"Yesterday, Xie Jin wrote a letter and talked about the Northland."

As soon as this topic came up, all the ministers immediately restrained their minds and wanted to see how Emperor Hongwen would deal with this matter in the North.

At the same time, many people began to secretly gear up, wanting to fight for themselves or their masters.

"Xie Jin's memorial was very good in many aspects and recommended many candidates."

"I'm having a hard time making a decision at the moment."

"So, I would like to ask you all to help me analyze it."

Then, he named all the candidates recommended by Xie Jin one by one, and also talked about the advantages and disadvantages of these people.

Then let these people help advise who should take over the Northland.

After his words fell, the courtiers below became excited, and each one stood up to express their opinions.

Emperor Hongwen sat on the dragon chair and watched coldly, but in his heart he remembered these people and the people who supported them one by one.

He planned to conduct a thorough investigation after the dynasty was over to see if these people were dedicated to serving the public good, or if they had already joined forces without his knowledge.

What surprised him the most was that most of the officials below recommended King Zhao.

He felt slightly dumbfounded.

This King Zhao has so many supporters even before he enters the imperial court. We really cannot underestimate him.

At the same time, he was also thinking in his mind that he had to get Prince Ning to come to court as soon as possible, so that it would be lively.

As more and more courtiers came forward, four had the most supporters.

They are King Zhao, King Ning, Prince Li and the Crown Prince Cheng Jin.

There were only two people who supported Cheng Jin, the founder of the country, but their status was not low.

These two people were Wen Songtao and Dong Xiang. Emperor Hongwen was very pleased that these two people supported Cheng Jin in taking over the North, and he had no doubt that they had any trouble with Cheng Jin.

After all, among these four people, the most suitable person is Cheng Jin, and he is also the cleanest, and his daughter has a very good relationship with Lu Yaoyao. If he succeeds King Jin and Lu Yaoyao, they will feel better.

What surprised him was the Crown Prince Li. He never thought that the people who supported him were on par with Prince Ning.

"Prince Li and his son, it seems that he can't bear the loneliness."

He secretly thought to himself and planned to pay more attention to it in the future.

"What you all said is right. Each one has his own reasons. The four candidates I like the most are also these four, but there is only one coach. Who should I choose?"

Now everyone started to argue again, noisily, each fighting for the person they supported.

After a while, no one could come up with an explanation. It was Wen Songtao who stepped forward and interrupted the argument among these people.

"Your Majesty, I will have a solution when the time comes."

"Oh? Let me tell you about Wen Xiang."

Wen Songtao cupped his hands and continued, "As we all know, this northern land is a very important place in our Dongzhou. Even if we don't have Beichu looking at us now, that contract is really nothing."

"On the contrary, I feel that we should pay more attention to the Northern Territory, so as not to take advantage of the opportunity of reconciliation to arrange for someone to infiltrate the Northern Territory. If this is the case, I am afraid there will be big trouble in the future."

"So I feel that a stable and capable person should be selected for this position."

Everyone nodded after hearing this, and Emperor Hongwen also quite agreed.

"The four people you recommended just now are all very good, but there is only one seat, so arguing like this is not the way to go."

"Wen Aiqing, just tell me your solution."

Wen Songtao once again raised his hand to Emperor Hongwen and said, "Since the four of them are all very good, why not let them have a test, and the emperor himself will ask three questions about how to handle the affairs of the Northland when going to the Northland?"

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"Whoever has the best method among the four will be chosen."

Emperor Hongwen nodded, looked at the ministers and asked, "What do you think of Prime Minister Wen's approach?"

"Very good, I second my opinion."

"I second the proposal."

"Seconded."

Almost everyone agreed.

"In that case, I will come up with the question on the spot tomorrow morning. Whoever gives the best answer within half an hour will be chosen."

Everyone nodded and agreed that there would be nothing messy in today's morning meeting and it would be dealt with quickly.

Not long after the dynasty ended, Lu Yaoyao received some news from the dynasty this morning.

"King Zhao?"

"Qiu Shuang, ask Hou Si to arrange for someone to conduct a thorough investigation of King Zhao to see if he is the person we are looking for."
Chapter completed!