Members of the royal family have the greatest power in the world, but they are also subject to the greatest restrictions in some places.
For example, the princes who stayed in the capital, such as King Jing and King Qi, never left the boundaries of the capital.
Of course, the boundaries of the capital here do not only refer to the capital, but include the surrounding farms and fields that belong to the capital.
Otherwise, how could King Cheng go out of the city to see Emperor Xin take office; and how could King Qi and others check their fields and farms outside the capital.
However, even so, this range is not very large.
But don’t these princes want to leave the capital?
It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t.
Without the emperor's will, it is a serious crime for a prince to leave the capital without permission. In the most serious cases, it is not unheard of for someone to even take the opportunity to slander and plot rebellion.
Of course, whether it's slander or not is a matter of opinion.
But in general, these princes are not allowed to leave the capital at will without an edict.
Among these princes, King Cheng is an exception.
As the eldest son of the emperor, even though he has not yet been established as a prince, he has been groomed in this direction, and at the same time, some powers will be delegated to carry out rupture.
Under such circumstances, he would occasionally leave the capital several times for political affairs.
But even so, every time he left the capital, he would bring an imperial edict signed and sealed by the emperor himself.
There was still an edict to leave Beijing.
But this is only on the surface. As for whether the prince secretly left the capital secretly, as long as he has not been caught, no one can say for sure.
Similarly, those princes who left the capital were not allowed to return to the capital at will without an edict.
Even if you return to the capital under an order, you must leave the capital as soon as possible after the specified deadline is reached, unless there is an extension from the emperor.
Even if you are the emperor's biological son, who knows if you have something to hide by not leaving. The capital city is at the feet of the emperor, so once an accident occurs, it will naturally be more serious than other places.
Therefore, if one stays in the capital and refuses to leave, the crime is even greater than that of the princes who stay in the capital and leave the capital privately.
This is also the reason why Di Xin sneaked into the capital incognito and left the capital immediately after rescuing Song Qianwei.
Because once discovered, all his efforts over the years would be in vain in an instant.
Even if the old emperor had reached an alliance with him as he is now, there was nothing he could do about this.
Although imperial power is greater than the law, when it comes to certain sensitive topics, the imperial power can only choose to stay away.
The current situation is that although the old emperor recalled Di Xin to the capital in the name of serious illness, he could not use this as an excuse to keep him for too long.
After this summons, the countdown to his departure from Beijing began.
After a long journey, he finally made it back to the capital. He might leave again in three to five days.
And even if the old emperor and he tried to delay it, it would not take more than half a month at most.
However, the topic of establishing a prince cannot be discussed, and the matter of healing the emperor must be kept secret. If you want to keep Emperor Xin in the capital for at least half a year, you need another reason.
This reason was to allow Emperor Xin to stay in the capital legitimately without irritating King Cheng.
The old emperor sighed and said: "If I had known this, I would not have delegated power in the past few years."
"If we could have known it earlier, there wouldn't have been so many ifs."
Di Xin shook his head and smiled: "Besides, if you don't delegate power, I won't be able to make Northern Xinjiang what it is now. I can only say that there are pros and cons."
The old emperor sighed again.
Di Xin said that he naturally knew it, and just said something with emotion.
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Half a day later.
After Di Xin was sent out of the palace, a piece of news came out from the palace.
It is said that after His Royal Highness Prince Yu was summoned to the palace, he had a big quarrel with His Majesty the Emperor over the issue of foreign missions.
In the view of His Majesty King Yu, the foreign barbarians are so ambitious that they sent the envoy here because they are afraid of the power of the expeditionary force and do not want to cause too much damage. Once the negotiation is successful, the peace process will only be short-lived and will only wait for Dali to return.
If a flaw is exposed, these barbarians will swarm up again.
Will eat away at Dali.
Barbarians cannot be trusted.
Therefore, after the spring of next year, it is better to make an all-out effort to wipe out all the barbarians that have invaded the border around Dali.
But in His Majesty's opinion, one thing more is worse than one thing less.
If you go out to bully a few barbarian tribes, even if you win, how much benefit will you get?
Now that those barbarians have been taught a lesson, they should accept it as soon as possible.
There are endless civil strife in various places in Dali, and the people are in dire straits. Since Northern Xinjiang still has some spare strength, it should not be used on the barbarians, but should be used within the territory of Dali.
After the negotiations were successful and the expeditionary force returned triumphant, the focus of Northern Xinjiang shifted from military affairs to people's livelihood, and assistance was provided to various provinces.
As the general of Zhenguan in Northern Xinjiang, King Yu looked at the problem from a different perspective than the entire Dali throne, so it was impossible to say who was right or wrong between the two.
Therefore, naturally no one can convince anyone.
However, the emperor is still an emperor after all, and he is also the father of King Yu.
Since it can't be argued with reason, then use your identity to forcefully suppress it.
Of course, for King Yu who holds military power, in such a situation where he has repeatedly made great achievements, he must also pay attention to methods of strong pressure.
It is of course impossible to directly order him to withdraw his troops.
Moreover, if the troops are withdrawn, the pressure on the barbarian missions in the capital will naturally be gone.
So after King Yu left the palace, the emperor gave the order.
Because Prince Yu contradicted His Majesty and refused to repent, he was ordered to be banned from Prince Yu's residence.
Without an edict, you are not allowed to leave the house at will.
If you can't leave the mansion, naturally you can't leave the capital.
Without the capital, General Zhenguan could not return to the army, and the Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary Force naturally could not carry out an expedition.
It is also impossible to withdraw troops privately.
In the eyes of outsiders, this was the old emperor who blocked Di Xin's conquest in disguise.
After learning this, the first people who breathed a sigh of relief were the barbarian missions affiliated to Ryukyu in the capital.
Now that the foreign coalition has been disbanded, if King Yu returns to the expeditionary force at this time and takes the opportunity to go out to sea for an expedition when the weather is getting colder but the sea has not yet frozen, Ryukyu alone may not be able to stop that
The immortal army.
At the same time, the emperor also ordered that every short period of time, after reflection, King Yu must enter the palace to meet the saint.
When you admit your mistake, you can return to Northern Xinjiang.
And if you don't repent, then go back to your hometown and continue to be under house arrest until you are willing to admit your mistake.
