At that time, the late emperor favored Concubine Hunrou and chose Prince Guangling, the son of Concubine Rou, as his heir. However, Prince Guangling was nine years younger than the emperor at that time, and the late emperor was often in poor health at that time. The ministers were worried about the young king's suspicions. They all mistakenly appointed the King of Guangling - especially Huan Guanlan. After the late emperor fought for the King of Guangling many times to no avail, he gave up his plan to pass the throne to his favorite son.
But then it would not be the emperor's turn, and King Gaomi - King Gaomi was two years younger than the emperor. Although his biological mother Mo's family background was not high, she was at least one of the nine concubines of the late emperor, ranking among the highest. Xiuyi is worthy of the sisters Rou Guifei, and is not comparable to Empress Dowager Meng who got her status by giving birth to Dong's son.
King Gaomi himself had a handsome appearance, a tall figure, and a resolute and resolute temperament. Not only was he highly praised by the court, but the late emperor also favored him, and he was second only to King Guangling.
The most important thing is that King Gaomi is broad-minded, or at least he shows that he is broad-minded: his brothers and sisters, regardless of whether they are favored or not, are very caring and protective; His words were also respectful and courteous, without any of the arrogance and arrogance of a favored prince.
In that case, not only did the late emperor feel relieved to pass the throne to him, but Concubine Rou also believed that it would be good to support King Gaomi when her biological son really couldn't live in the East Palace.
However, he was still opposed by a group of veterans led by Huan Guanlan - because although the emperor was now known to be fatuous and lustful, in his youth, he was outstanding regardless of his appearance.
Moreover, because his biological mother was unfavored and he himself was not favored by the late emperor, when the emperor became the prince, he was a model of humility and prudence. It can be said that he was so well-behaved that it made people feel sad.
Otherwise, even if he is the eldest son of the late emperor, he may not be favored by his imperial grandfather.
The eldest son of the emperor has no faults. Even though King Gaomi performed well and was deeply concerned about it, Huan Guanlan and others were still unwilling to agree to change the prince other than the eldest son to be the crown prince. Instead, they used the objection of King Gaomi to persuade the late emperor: "King Gaomi With a broad mind, he will be able to assist the eldest son of the emperor in the future and create a good story where brothers are of the same mind and the king and his subjects enjoy each other! If Lord Bi insists on asking for the throne of Gaomi King, he is afraid that he will ruin the friendship between the two palace masters!"
Because the late emperor did not like Empress Dowager Meng, he did not have much affection for her as the emperor. Is it true that from the bottom of his heart he was unwilling to hand over the throne to the son he would never think of at all? Fuchi reluctantly appointed his eldest son as his heir apparent.
But Concubine Rou still couldn't give up. She secretly persuaded the late emperor that since directly establishing a prince other than the eldest son was fruitless, it would be better to slowly try to find out the evidence that the eldest son of the emperor was not suitable for the throne, so as to convince the ministers that Yi Chu was the prince; To vigorously cultivate the prince who was favored by the late emperor, so that he could have the capital to win the support of the ministers, so as to achieve the purpose of easy storage.
As for what the deposed emperor's eldest son would do, the late emperor didn't care about Concubine Rou.
Of course, Prince Guangling would not consider Concubine Rou's advice, but mother and son were destined to have good fortune. As soon as those words were heard by the late emperor, the late emperor fell seriously ill. Thanks to the efforts of the imperial doctors, he was certainly saved. But he also had a premonition that he would not live long.
Under such circumstances, the late emperor felt that it would be too late if he did not cultivate the young King Guangling, so he devoted all his efforts to King Gaomi. Not only did he order him to accompany him throughout the month, he would teach the emperor the art through words and deeds, and he also tried every means to help him. He accumulates power and plumps up his wings.
Zhao Ziye, Princess of Gaomi, had the late emperor tied up the Zhao family, who had been officials for several generations, had a clean family reputation, and was quite influential in the scholarly community, to the King of Gaomi, and proposed marriage in person to the East.
Talking about the princess, in fact, at that time, the imperial court in Dongdu knew very well that the late emperor did not choose his daughter-in-law according to the standards of the future mother-of-the-nation. Although the selection of the future mother-of-the-nation first looked at family background, the imperial court at that time was not inferior to the Zhao family in the east. There are many family members, but Zhao Ziye's outstanding performance impressed the late emperor.
However, things are unpredictable. Although the late emperor was very honest about his fault with King Gaomi in his later years, and he tried his best to help King Gaomi plan to become the emperor, he died before the day of Yi Chu.
After that, Huan Guanlan led all the officials to consecrate the crown prince to the throne in front of the emperor. The following year, he changed the Yuan Dynasty to Xuangjing. In the east of the civil and military town of Huan Guanlan and General Zhou, the Gaomi King even had all the trump cards left by the late emperor. Although he had considerable military power, he could bow his head in front of Emperor Xuanjing and call himself a minister.
Fortunately, Emperor Xuanjing worked hard to govern from behind the stage for only a few years. Due to his infatuation with the Shu sisters, he neglected the government and even the two heroes who helped him secure the throne, General Zhou and Huan Guanlan, went wrong one after another.
In that situation, King Gaomi decisively united with King Guangling and other clans, under the banner of "The east of the world is the east of the Rong family, how can we allow the relatives to instruct the bronze legs", and took over the eastern half of the court from the Meng family who had originally been in a good situation. The temple established the temple scene from this dynasty to the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, although Zhao Ziye's high-density princess has not been promoted, her status is still noble and extraordinary.
Just scream...
When Mrs. Qin thought about the past, she couldn't help but sigh again. She suddenly lost interest and was too lazy to let Zhao Taozhuang continue to speculate. She said bluntly: "What he first said to me is in the post sent by Mrs. Ning Weihou." , think carefully about the relationship between the children of the Sheng family and the Ningwei Hou Mansion!"
Zhao Taozhuang murmured in confusion: "The girls who had the dispute with him at Danmolou, are they the direct descendants of Mrs. Ning Weihou's father-in-law who were in the army when they were in the army... Mrs. Ning Weihou's father-in-law? Xu Xu Old Marquis?"
She finally grasped the point, "General Zhou's old department?!"
"And they are not ordinary old people!" Mrs. Qin said happily, "I was born late and young, so I don't know the allusions of the Sheng family father and son - despite the fact that they have been living in the remote Nanfeng County for twenty years. , is not comparable to an ordinary country squire!"
"Then Sheng Shixiong, is he the direct grandfather of the girl who quarreled with me? Did the court even hear about it back then? He was not from a wealthy family and was not an only son, but he neglected to be a good squire and took the initiative to join the army to serve the country; 10 When he was just a few years old, he followed General Zhou to fight across the country. He fought bloody battles in front of the battlefield and sacrificed his life. In his free time, he listened to the chickens dancing and waited for him. He was determined to serve the country and never slacked off. Because of his expedition to northern Xinjiang, his wife died in childbirth. I didn't have time to see him for the last time... That kind of loyalty has been rare in the past and the present."
"I beg you, General Zhou comes from a general background and has enough talents accumulated over several generations. He has long since transferred that Sheng Shixiong to his side as a confidant!"
"No matter that, Sheng Shixiong is also highly valued by him. It is said that he is often called in and out of the commander's tent, and he is always friendly with General Zhou!"
"When something happened to General Zhou, did he get angry and take several of his troops back home with him?"
"Otherwise... then how could the Sheng family silently make me think that it is not a big deal to offend his direct granddaughter?"
"As for the current Marquis Ning Wei, I thought there were so many people in the army who were the same as General Zhou. Why did he stand out as a model of appeasement for the imperial court?"
"It's not all because of his biological father, Xu Baoting, but also the secret help of Sheng Shixiong - otherwise I know that the Xu family is really so upright and upright. Both father and son have been working at home for so many years. How wrong is it that the Sheng family is so diligent and diligent? Xu Baoting was in the army back then. My status in the middle is not very high, and I have been in the office for many years, so why don’t I see the other elders of the Xu family being as affectionate as me in the office?”
He also said, "Did Sheng Lanci, the son of Sheng Shixiong, quarrel with me? When the girl's biological father requested to return to his hometown on the grounds that his father was ill and he, as the eldest son, must fulfill his filial piety, I asked why the imperial court The honor is generous? Are you not just praising Sheng Lanci’s virtues, or are you looking at Sheng Shixiong’s face?”
Old Madam Qin sneered, "It's a trivial matter in the first place. I'm not going to let you go. I'm happy to humiliate the Sheng family for a while. Then I'll wait until the Meng family makes a big publicity about our Zhao family's humiliation of the old troops valued by General Zhou!" I want to know that in the eyes of the lively old people in the army, the relationship between the juniors of the Sheng family and General Zhou is much closer than that of the juniors of the Xu family!"
"If we are found guilty of bullying the Sheng family, the fire will definitely be burned to the Gaomi Palace and become evidence and leverage for my uncle to target General Zhou's old department!"
She looked at Zhao Taozhuang with disappointment in her eyes, "He didn't want to make his words clear, so he tried to persuade me based on his upbringing and hoped that I would wake up on my own! However... Xu Fuge's mother is right, I guess. After all, he is still young and immature."
- If Zhao Ziye was sixteen years old, how could he need the guidance and guidance of his elders with such a knack
Surely you will understand it if you scan the greeting card at a glance.
Mrs. Qin didn't say that thought out loud. After all, Ziren was already unsatisfied if she didn't marry her granddaughter. If she went east to attack her, it might not be able to get better. Instead, it might make Zhao Taozhuang resentful and jealous of her aunt.
But what she said was enough to make Zhao Taozhuang feel ashamed and irritated. After biting her lip for a while, Zhao Taozhuang asked half unconvinced and half puzzled: "Can you, grandma, since that General Zhou is very We attach great importance to Sheng Shixiong, even if there is no place to place Sheng Shixiong because there are already talents accumulated by the Zhou family over the generations, but when Sheng Shixiong is disbanded and returns to his field, doesn’t his official position seem to be very high?”
Mrs. Qin didn't even bother to sigh when she was disappointed that time, so she said calmly: "Then, have I calculated the age when Sheng Shixiong was disbanded and returned to the field?"
Before Zhao Taozhuang could shut up, the old lady said to herself, "Thirty-five years old—General Dingyuan, who served as the fifth-rank official in the army, was awarded the fourth-rank Qingqi Captain when he became official!"
Zhao Taozhuang said aggrievedly: "Professor of the fifth rank! My eldest brother will not be thirty until next year, so he will be deprived of the rank of fifth rank. Even if the medal is awarded, it will be from the fourth rank..."
"I thought military attachés were the same as civil servants?" Mrs. Qin's eyes swept across her face like a knife, causing her expression to freeze. Fang said scornfully, "As the saying goes, it takes three years for a scholar to rebel! In all dynasties, unless the four realms are incompetent, Ning, you need to rely on military commanders to defend you, otherwise no matter what the situation is, there is no one who does not value culture and suppress military force!"
"General Zhou was born as a general. He was a young man in the battle. He has made countless contributions in his life. He just got a third-grade general who has returned to Germany!"
"For example, among the first-rank hussar generals, the second-rank generals who support the country, and the second-rank generals who control the country, which one is not named Meng?"
"Without Empress Dowager Meng, how could the men of the Meng family be able to achieve the position of first- and second-grade officials while holding military power?"
"Since the time of the late emperor, the country has always made mistakes in giving military generals a high position without great power; giving great power without a high position - I know that the cost my uncle spent in recruiting a fifth-rank man in the army was more expensive than recruiting four. Are all fifth-grade civil servants great?!"
"What is Sheng Shixiong's weight? The most obvious point is that after the incident between Meng Boheng and Qingzui, the carriages, horses and boats that went in and out of Bishui County for three days before and after. Even if they had already left Bishui County for some time, they were still escorted back to Bishui County by every possible means. The city will review it! It will only be released unless it can be proven that it has nothing to do with this matter, but the Shengjialou boat was not disturbed at all!"
"Didn't both sides miss them? When they arrived, they were a group of juniors who had never been to Chang'an before, so they were not afraid of them. Secondly, they were afraid of giving them a chance to make a big fuss, so they kept each other in check. On the contrary, Why didn't you even tell them, and they didn't know about it until they got to Chang'an from Ningwei Hou Mansion?"
What the old lady said was a bit out of interest, and she waved her legs, "When you have time, read more books, and ask my father and my brothers for some useful advice! Don't listen to the rhetoric out there that women without talent are not virtuous - If we ladies are not able to learn books and be courteous, how are we different from women in the countryside?!"
When Zhao Taozhuang heard this, she almost cried again. She had never believed that "a woman without talent is not virtuous". Even if she had studied with her brothers in the past, the teachers hired by her family would certainly regard men as their Lord, the target is staring at the title on the gold list. Several generations of the Zhao family had been in officialdom, but they had not taken the imperial examination route and had nothing to do with the military. How could she know the things that Mrs. Qin said
"If I had known, I would have let that little girl live in that Danmo Building once!" Holding back her tears, she resigned and walked out of the back hall. Zhao Taozhuang thought regretfully, "In this way, we won't quarrel with her sister. Tomorrow we will meet again." How could you be taught like that by your grandmother?”
Thinking of Mingyue Nan's bringing people over, she felt very sorry for herself - she stomped her feet in the corridor for a while to vent her anger, and then returned to her room feeling heartbroken.