Chapter 234 The Junior Guards of the Liao Princes Mansion
Chapter 234 The small and medium-sized guards of the Liao Prince's Mansion
"I have issued an edict that since the king of Chu is gone, the affairs of the country are not unified. When the prince grows up, it is appropriate to order him to ascend the throne. You will gather for a discussion and hear about it."
In the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Zilin read out the imperial edict, and then said: "According to the established rules, the prince of Chu, Xian Rong, is temporarily in charge of the affairs of the government. The prince is in mourning for his father, so he will not ask for the title until the end of the reign. Let's do it like this."
This was a common practice after the Yingzong period. When a vassal king passed away, King Junsi had to serve the 27-seven-month mourning period for the late king before he could formally apply for a title. During this period, the emperor would grant King Junsi the temporary title of governor of the government.
power so that they can manage their own clan.
"Uncle Da Zong." A doctor from the Ministry of Rites said, "Speaking of the request for a title, the palace of the Prince of Liao has come to submit a request for a title. According to the rules, the mourning period for Prince Gong of Liao has expired, and the prince of Liao will ascend to the title..."
Located in Jingzhou, Huguang, the sixth king of Liao Dynasty, Zhu Chongjie, passed away in the 16th year of Zhengde. His son Zhu Zhige had followed the old practice and served in mourning as the quasi-successor and temporarily took charge of government affairs. Now the mourning period
It was full, and memorials for the title of Prince Zhu Zhige of the Liao Dynasty were continuously sent to the Ministry of Rites.
The doctor from the Ministry of Rites asked anxiously.
The court has certainly had a lot of things going on in the past few months, but the attack on the feudal lord is a major event after all, and if it is delayed, it will inevitably lead to other associations.
Zhang Zilin already has the answer: "Your Majesty has made a decree, and it's accurate."
The emperor already had thoughts about the clan.
The issue of feudal king has been separated from the framework of the past. Why should this title be difficult anymore?
Speaking of which, this also made Yang Tinghe and others feel a lot relieved: they finally did not continue to persecute the vassal king at this juncture.
After the death of the King of Chu, the emperor had an order to appease the vassal king. He showed his kindness first. If the vassal king was stubborn and acted recklessly during the subsequent rectification of water conservancy and other new laws, he would not hesitate to slap him.
Go down.
At the same time, the Prince of Chu first became the heir apparent and was in mourning. He would not officially become the King of Chu in the next three years. Since the Prince of Liao could successfully seize the title of King of Liao, the Prince of Chu did not have to worry about anything.
It was already the end of May when the edict arrived in Huguang.
Zhu Xianrong put on his official uniform and could do so when receiving orders.
After receiving the order, he put on mourning clothes again. The sadness on his face did not diminish, but he felt very unhappy in his heart.
At this special time, didn't the emperor let him directly attack the king of Chu and appease the vassal king? So this year's Longevity Festival, will the king of Chu enter the capital during his mourning period?
According to the rules, after the death of a vassal king, he also needs to stay in mourning for a long time. After seven, seven or a hundred days, the coffin is moved, buried, and buried... How can Zhu Xianrong, the quasi-heir king, not be present on so many occasions?
This issue was not mentioned in the decree this time.
"The Prince of Liao has officially crowned the King of Liao." Facing Zhang Luo's uncle Zhu Rongchan, who was organizing his father's funeral, Zhu Xianrong's eyes were gloomy, "Now I am only the heir apparent, and any trivial matter during the funeral period may be used to make a fuss.
But we can’t say that Your Majesty intends to undermine our Chu vassal!”
But Zhu Rongchan said: "Don't worry! If the king of Liao attacks, at least it means that your majesty is not willing to cut off the vassal for any reason at this time, which will cause turmoil in the clan. If the king of Liao attacks, we, the Chu vassal, will send people to congratulate us. As a rule, the new king will attack.
We can ask for some grace and encourage the King of Liao to test it a little more to see what His Majesty wants."
"How to test?"
"In the past, in order to avoid disaster, King Jian of Liao Dynasty moved to Jingzhou to concentrate on heirs and gave birth to more than 20 children. By the time of Hongzhi, there were hundreds of branch clans in Liao Dynasty. In the fifth year of Hongzhi, the queen of Songzi County did something
Did they ever break into Jingzhou Mansion and pay their annual salary without permission? Later, together with Yibin, they oppressed the people, robbed rich merchants and even the guards' money and food. After King Hui of Liao reported the matter, they even wanted to kill King Hui of Liao, and were finally imprisoned.
The high wall of Fengyang has been destroyed. The Liao clan is in trouble. Doesn’t the new King of Liao want to find a solution?"
It's about Hongzhi's past five years.
The fact that more and more clans were born and the life of the lower clan clan members became increasingly difficult was very prominent in Liao Fan.
Among the descendants of Prince Songzi, a son of the first generation of King Liao, there were the clan brothers of the King of Liao who were very dissatisfied that their annual salary could not be paid to them in time. Later, they used their clan status to bully and dominate the market and force others to do so.
After robbing people's wealth, the King of Liao reported them for fear of trouble, but this did not solve the problem.
After it happened that the lower-level clan members of the Liao vassal were preparing to murder the King of Liao, the King of Liao was even more frightened and angry. After these people were arrested, although the King of Liao was afraid of the emperor, he did not hide his anger towards his relatives.
Although the tribesmen who planned to participate in the assassination had already been stripped of their titles and imprisoned in Fengyang High Wall, the King of Liao still decided to take revenge.
That night, he secretly sent people to the prison to attack those relatives who dared to plan to assassinate him. Over eighty people were beaten to death overnight, and the scene was extremely bloody.
Regarding this matter, the civil servants who were sent to Jingzhou to handle the case turned a blind eye: more clan members would die and there would be more internal conflicts, which would be a good thing for the court.
But coincidentally, not long after, the eldest son of the King of Liao and the son of the civil servant suddenly died suddenly, and the King of Liao also fell seriously ill and died of pain two years later.
The eldest son died without any disease, and he himself died from gangrene. Naturally, it was said among the people that evil deeds come with evil consequences - after all, it is a sign of immorality to be so cruel to one's own relatives and to kill them all.
Now what Zhu Rongchan means is: The clan issue in the Liao Dynasty was so cruel more than thirty years ago, and it will only become more serious now.
However, the imperial court also took actions to clean up water conservancy and usurp the interests of the feudal kings. It is not clear what the clan's policy will be in the future.
Should Zhu Zhige, the new king of Liao, face the problem of his own clan? Can he ask for some grace to solve the problem of Liao vassal that the court is also very aware of?
The Liao vassal, which was "forced" more than 30 years ago and had so many clansmen ready to kill the prince, would it dare to be bold again in the current situation if it did not receive a satisfactory answer?
The current King of Liao, Zhu Zhige, was born in the year after the "Assassination of the King of Liao" incident, and is now thirty-two years old.
The title of King of Liao that he had been dreaming about for three years finally fell into place, and he became a real prince.
There were many problems before him now, but there was only one he was thinking about.
"Now that I am thirty-two years old, if I still cannot have any heirs, it is hard to say whether the King of Liao will be removed from his title in the future!"
The person Zhu Zhige spoke to was his wife, Princess Mao of Liao.
The two have been married for many years, but Zhu Zhige still has no children. And he, Princess Mao, has a rather strong personality.
Now hearing Zhu Zhige ask with a hint of temptation, Mao nodded: "My father's mourning period has passed. Although he has experienced some twists and turns, since he has seized the throne, let's establish a secondary concubine."
"That king..." Zhu Zhige was overjoyed.
"I have already thought about this." Mao said with a straight face, "Although we want to have children now, we cannot indulge in sexual desires. Firstly, the prince's health is not good, and secondly, at this critical moment, we, the Liao Fan, cannot teach anyone
Yi Bing. The concubine this time, the one who will make a living is the daughter of Qianhu, the deputy minister of King Zuowei of Jingzhou. I have already seen her."
Zhu Zhige was obedient and nodded yes.
This Mao family was well versed in reading history and had a serious and decisive personality. In the Liao Palace, Zhu Zhige temporarily took charge of the affairs of the palace as the quasi-successor. In fact, Mao family was mainly responsible.
Now that she has become the official Princess of Liao, Mao's prestige in the palace will only become stronger.
No, she had already helped Zhu Zhige choose his second concubine. As for what the girl looked like, Zhu Zhige could only sigh in his heart.
Compared with Zhu Zhige who only cares about this matter at present, Mao has to think more about it.
She frowned and said: "There is no need to waste money and money on the selection of side chambers, just report it according to the rules. My relatives in the Liao vassal are eagerly awaiting the prince's move to the title. Nowadays, there are so many interesting people in our branch.
The families of those with titles are all looking forward to receiving gifts from the palace, and the prince also needs to use this gift to win over the hearts of the Liao vassals. When will the prince plan to call other clan members to the palace to congratulate him?"
"This...is the arrangement of the princess."
"What about the reward?"
"...Princess, the princess will reward you more depending on which one you respect."
Those were the words Mao was waiting for. After nodding, he added: "The prince's conferment ceremony and the first celebration ceremony are also going to be held."
Zhu Zhige's eyes lit up: "Do it!"
As a rule, every year on the first day of the new year, the winter solstice and the king's birthday, the officials of the royal palace and the civil and military officials of the attached yamen would come to the royal palace to congratulate him.
For the feudal lord, this was a symbol of status. At that time, it really felt like being "worshiped".
It is indispensable to say at least a sentence of "respect for your highness, may you be prosperous and blessed".
It is neither Zhengdan, nor the Winter Solstice, nor the King's birthday, but Zhu Zhige has just been crowned a prince and should officially show his face as a prince in front of Jingzhou civil and military officials.
In addition, the sealing ceremony is also a critical moment in life.
Mao just discussed all the big and small matters within the palace with him. She felt it was natural, and Zhu Zhige also felt it was natural.
He was a little afraid of the Mao family, and Zhu Zhige did not dare to say much about the fact that he wanted to "indulge" and accept a few beauties but did not get any good looks from the Mao family.
When he arrived at his brother Zhu Zhichun's place, he saw his three beautiful concubines, Yue'e, Cui'er and Lanxiang. Zhu Zhige was very envious.
"Brother Wang, we are preparing again today..."
Zhu Zhige nodded, and Zhu Zhichang grinned: "Now that you have become a prince, you must ask for more Lumi grace for the king's brother. The king's brother's house is in trouble!"
"That's nature, that's nature, take me quickly..."
Zhu Zhizhen took him to a small courtyard. He could not share his beautiful concubines, but Zhu Zhizhen collected many women in this courtyard for Zhu Zhige's lewd pleasure.
Otherwise, how could his health be so bad?
Although there is no shortage of women, Zhu Zhige is still more envious of Zhu Zhichen's uprightness and the fact that all the concubines he takes are as beautiful as flowers.
He began to enjoy his own happy life as a vassal king, and Zhu Zhichang closed the courtyard door for him with a smile.
Then, the smile on his face became weird.
He is thirty-two years old and still has no children, and his body is constantly being hollowed out. I don’t know how long he can survive.
It is not necessarily impossible for my younger brother to seize the position of King of Liao in the future.
Zhu Zhichang was thinking as he walked: His sister-in-law Wang was indeed not a simple person. Without her control, Zhu Zhige would have destroyed himself earlier.
I have to find a way to make her make a big mistake...
Mao is very busy.
In order to prepare the celebration gifts, we also need to arrange the congratulatory items. In addition, the Liao clan members also have many things to deal with.
For example, among those who had planned to assassinate Zhu Zhige's grandfather, the two daughters of one of them came to her crying.
"Princess, your sins are not as bad as those of your descendants. This is a clan rule. My sister and I are both over thirty, so why can't you choose a guest of honor to marry us?"
Mao has a big head.
These two are both Zhu Zhige's cousins. After Sinner, the two county heads are over thirty and have not yet gotten married. This is indeed something that should be done for them.
However, Liao Fan had too many clansmen. If the two county heads chose Yibin, the court would immediately need another Lumi.
After three years of mourning, the clan members of the Liao vassal had a backlog of things that required the King of Liao to report on their behalf.
Please rice, Qien, name, title... Mao knows how sensitive he has been in the past three years, how dare he let Liao Fan continue to "show his face" in front of the emperor? If he angers His Majesty, the matter of seizing the throne may be over.
Something happened!
But now that Zhu Zhige has officially sealed the deal, there is no reason to delay these matters any longer.
"I understand. I will report it to the prince and ask him to make a decision. Don't worry yet..."
Although she was actually making the decision on her behalf, on the surface, she still put Zhu Zhige's status above hers and did not say enough.
She was so busy that she couldn't see Zhu Zhige helping. Envoys from Huguang vassals who came to attend the Liao King's attack ceremony also arrived in Jingzhou one after another.
These days, Zhu Zhige is not completely indifferent.
At least, immersed in the prince's feeling, he readily agreed to the requests of many clan members, and then secretly received many gifts from them, and even a pair of beauties they secretly donated.
The prince's happiness made him unable to extricate himself.
"Zhang Zhen, take these things to Zuo Changshi and ask him to help me draw up the memorial first."
Zhu Zhige wrote down all the things he had promised today, handed them to Zhang Zhen, the guard of the Royal Palace's Yiwei Department, and then hurried to a side courtyard outside the palace.
That pair of beauties haven't had enough of it yet.
Zhang Zhen was ready to rush to the side courtyard after finishing his work, but there was no need to rush, because the prince would definitely stay there for an hour or two.
So he took a trip back home, where his son Zhang Wenming was still studying and preparing for another provincial examination next year.
Zhang Zhen first took a look at his father's physical condition.
The ancestors of the Zhang family were also hereditary, but Zhang Zhen's father was the second son and could not inherit the official position of Qianhu. After moving to Jiangling, Jingzhou, the Zhang family became just an ordinary military household.
Zhang Zhen's father stuttered and was nicknamed "Zhang Jianzi" by others. However, "Zhang Jianzi" was enthusiastic and quick-tempered and accumulated good deeds throughout his life. His lifelong wish was for the Zhang family to produce a big shot. For this reason, he named his three sons respectively.
The names "yue", "zhen" and "鈛" are all heavy bronze weapons, which fully shows that "Zhang Jianzi" hopes that his descendants will be able to honor their ancestors.
It's a pity that Zhang Zhen only managed to get a guard from the royal palace. The boss and the third were not promising either.
Although Zhang Zhen's son Zhang Wenming was already a scholar, he failed many times. Now "Zhang Jianzi" has put his hope in his great-grandson.
"Tell Wen Wenming not to read books too late at night, and to go to your wife's room more often!"
So Zhang Zhen went to order his son and then left the house.
Now the prince is worrying about the heir. Since Zhang Wenming is married, he has to pay more attention to the heir.
Zhang Zhen had no idea how famous his future grandson would be throughout the ages.
Now, the little guard Zhang Zhen rushed to the side courtyard and saw that there was already a noise in the courtyard.
"How many things have happened in the palace, and the prince is hiding here to harm his body?" Mao was furious, "Also, at this time, how can you beg for favors so much and give land! Why didn't the prince first do it?
Discuss with me!"
There are some things she couldn't say here: Those officials in the royal palace were just hoping that the prince would arrange for them to report these things, so that the emperor would feel bad about the King of Liao and punish him with a sword!
When she saw Zhang Zhen, her eyes immediately became dangerous.