I, who conferred the gods, was a faint king in Shang Dynasty The first thousand one hundred and twenty-four chapters become a king to supervise the country
The first thousand one hundred and twenty-four chapters become a king to supervise the country
On the seventh day after returning to Beijing, an imperial edict came from the palace, and King Yu was summoned to the palace for an audience.
Half a day later, King Yu came out.
Because of King Yu's stubbornness, the Holy Emperor was furious and ordered King Yu to be banned from his residence, to reflect on his mistakes, and to cut off his salary for half a year as punishment.
The next day, His Majesty had a decree to summon the eldest prince to the palace.
This was also the first time that King Cheng was summoned after the news that the old emperor was seriously ill came out.
And after King Cheng entered the palace with the eunuch who delivered the order, many people inside and outside the court focused their attention on the direction of the palace.
When a person's status reaches a certain level, no matter what he does, every move will have a deep meaning hidden behind it.
And when you reach the level of the emperor, it is naturally even more so.
Even if it doesn't, it will be answered by a caring person with six or seventy-eight different meanings.
For a long time, although the old emperor had not made a clear candidate for the crown prince, he allowed King Cheng to suppress his other brothers and build his own influence among the officials. In the eyes of many people, this was to train King Cheng to be the next prince.
Later, when the old emperor openly and secretly supported Di Xin's expeditionary force, it made everyone wonder whether he liked the prince born by the palace maid more.
And it was at that time that the attitudes of some candidates who supported King Yu suddenly became ambiguous.
Next, after the old emperor fell seriously ill, he summoned the princes.
In addition to the second prince who was demoted and the fifth prince who was on an expedition, the old emperor successively summoned several princes including King Jing and King Qi who were staying in the capital, but he did not summon King Cheng who was also in the capital.
In the beginning, those who supported Cheng Wang could comfort themselves in this way.
With Prince Cheng Zhuyu in front of him, the princes summoned by the emperor have proven to be unsuitable for the position of prince, both in terms of their character and ability.
If the old emperor really wanted to choose one of those princes as the future prince, he would only attract opposition from all the officials.
All the officials believed that His Majesty the Emperor would not do such an unwise thing that would shake the foundation of the country.
Although the old emperor was extremely angry, the imperial doctor still concluded that he had at least a few years to live after diagnosis. Therefore, although he was anxious about establishing a prince, he still had time to think about it.
But now that his condition has worsened again, to put it bluntly, the lying emperor may go to see the late emperor at any time.
And under this kind of situation, even if you still want to investigate slowly, it's time to seriously consider it.
The other princes have no competition for the throne, so there is no need to think too much when summoning them, they can just get along with each other as father and son.
But King Cheng is different.
As one of the most popular candidates for the crown prince today, once the old emperor decides to summon King Cheng, he will most likely be ready to appoint the next prince.
This kind of matter will affect the next hundred years, so we should naturally be cautious.
Therefore, it is not so easy to summon King Cheng casually.
Such speculation is not unreasonable, but it will not last long.
When the other most popular candidate for the crown prince, His Highness Prince Yu, was summoned to the palace at Chenshi on the second day after his return, these people couldn't sit still at all.
His Royal Highness Prince Cheng, the eldest prince who was also the most popular candidate for the next crown prince, had not been summoned in the capital, but the fifth prince Cheng Wang, who had just returned, was summoned to the palace the day after his return.
This makes people not think too much.
Could it be that the old emperor stayed away from becoming king for a long time just to wait for Prince Yu to return to the capital and make him the next crown prince of Dali?
For a time, such remarks were noisy inside and outside the capital.
However, it was not until King Yu came out of the palace that not only was he not established as the crown prince as they expected, but he was ordered to be banned from the palace and not go out, this discussion became much quieter.
Some suspicions also disappeared.
However, just because King Yu is not established does not mean that King Cheng will definitely be established as the crown prince.
If the king is not summoned for a day, those who support the king will not be able to relax.
To this day, King Cheng was summoned to the palace. Although he may not necessarily be made the prince by the old emperor, it at least proved that the old emperor did not treat him badly.
As for why it took so long to summon King Cheng, that's not that important.
With the eldest prince's current reputation and power, as long as the old emperor does not show obvious rejection, he will still have the greatest advantage in becoming the prince.
Even King Yu, who had made great achievements many times, could only compete, but he still had fewer advantages than King Cheng, who was based in the capital.
In fact, in the imagination of the officials of the imperial court, the most ideal outcome would be for King Cheng to ascend the throne and sit in the capital, while King Yu would guard the borders and continue to expand the territory for the great empire.
However, we are not children, and politics is not child's play. Although we know that this is the best result for Dali, neither King Cheng nor King Yu can accept this arrangement.
When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured.
Since King Cheng and King Yu are both competing for the throne, only one of them will stand in the end.
In the Dali royal family, this kind of drama between brothers fighting each other is not uncommon.
Almost every emperor will experience such a bloody storm before ascending the throne.
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Another half day passed, while many people were still speculating, King Cheng came out of the palace.
And accompanying King Cheng as he came out of the palace, there was also an imperial edict.
But unlike King Yu, this imperial edict was not a punishment, but a seal.
The eldest prince Cheng Wang was granted the title of supervisor of the country.
As soon as this imperial edict was issued, countless people inside and outside the capital became excited.
The position of supervising the country is not a substantive official position.
Generally speaking, a supervisory state will be established only under two circumstances.
One is that the emperor is out of town or has some kind of accident that makes him unable to govern personally, so he will appoint another person to temporarily act as his deputy.
One way is that the old emperor is responsible for keeping the secrets, and while he is still able to intimidate the court, he can use this to train his next successor, so as to prevent his successor from becoming incompetent for the position of emperor after his death.
When supervising the country, his power is almost equal to that of the emperor.
Therefore, no matter what the situation is, the post of supervising the country is generally held by the prince concurrently.
But this does not mean that the position of supervising the country can only be held concurrently by the prince.
In the history of Dali, there were several princes who, for various reasons, had to assume the position of superintendent of the country when they were not yet crown princes.
However, these princes, without exception, eventually became the emperor of Dali.
In most cases, the position of supervising the country is concurrently held by the prince.
But on the other hand, being able to concurrently serve as the supervisor of the country also proves the emperor's reliance on the prince.
Generally speaking, as long as the prince who also serves as the supervisor of the country does not make mistakes when handling government affairs on behalf of the emperor, he has basically been appointed to the position of prince.