News came from the capital that Mu Yan had been granted the title of Crown Prince, and that the Jun family smashed everything in the house that could be broken.
"Bitch!"
I cursed a lot in the room and vented my anger.
Mu Sheng came to comfort him, but it had no effect and he ran away with a headache.
His eldest son Mu Yan was adopted to his eldest brother. He thought he would have to beg for food in his son's hands for the rest of his life, but he didn't know that his eldest brother had died long ago and the late emperor allowed him to become a prince.
He was a good scholar, but he was placed in a high position and had to learn how to be a marquis.
I originally thought that the title had been passed down to the second eldest brother, but seeing that the adopted eldest son was getting older and better, I was thinking about whether to adopt him back. Anyway, his father was gone and his eldest brother was gone, so it wasn't him who had the final say in the clan's family?
But the Jun family disagrees, and the clan doesn't agree either. If he has a son, should he just watch his eldest brother's family life be cut off?
He had no choice but to forget it.
He asked the emperor several times to make Mu Zhan the crown prince, but was always suppressed. Mu Sheng just ignored him. Anyway, he was in his prime, and we would talk about the future later.
Who would have known that the emperor suddenly gave the position of crown prince to Mu Yan.
Mu Sheng was stunned for a long time, and then he accepted the reality. Anyway, Yan'er and Zhan'er, weren't they both of his blood?
Thinking of the Cheng family who was abandoned by him in the ancestral home in the capital, he felt that Yan'er being made the crown prince could make up for her. Unfortunately, the Jun family quit.
It's not that he doesn't know what Jun and Zhan'er think, but... this is the emperor's wish. What can he do?
Mu Sheng had a headache and ran to drink with Mu Ang.
"Tell me, who is worthy of this title? Does it mean that if Yan'er wins, what will happen to others? Or can Yan'er return to Yunnan? Even if he wants to go back, the emperor will not let him go back."
Then isn't Jun just living comfortably in Yunnan as the wife of the Duke of Yunnan, with a single family, and Zhan'er isn't he just living in Yunnan as the young master of the Duke of Guo's residence?
What's the difference?
Mu Ang felt that this second brother might have been ignorant of his studies in the early years and his mind was too simple.
This is an extraordinary royal title. Who can inherit it?
"Second brother, do you think the same thing?"
"It's different? What's the difference? I'm just a prince. I estimate that I can still be a prince for another twenty or thirty years." Mu Sheng felt that his body was in great shape. If he could be a prince for another twenty or thirty years, he would be fine.
No problem at all.
So, what's the difference? It's just a title of heir apparent, doesn't everyone live their own lives?
"Second brother thinks it's the same."
Mu Ang poured him a glass of wine, "But Wushi married his daughter to Mu Zhan for the title of nobility. Is it possible that my second brother doesn't know about it?"
Yunnan is a place where barbarians live together. As early as the Wu Dynasty, when the province of Yunnan was established, the Xuanwei Division, Xuanfu Division, and Appeasement Division were established in this area to use local indigenous leaders to govern the local natives.
In this dynasty, Taizu still followed the system of the previous dynasty and used chieftains to govern the local natives.
Officials such as Tu Zhifu, Tu Zhizhou, Tu Zhi Tu garrison, and Tu Zhi patrol were added, and a series of regulations were made for the local officials' ornaments, assessment, tribute, and recruitment, thus forming a complete system of Tusi.
After more than a hundred years of development in two dynasties, Yunnan's economic development is still unbalanced.
Many places are still in the state of the late primitive society of lordship, "hunting as the main occupation" and "slash-and-burn farming". The royal family has always adopted special management methods for this place, implemented the chieftain system, and used barbarians to control barbarians.
But in fact, various conflicts continued between the chieftains, between the chieftains, and between the chieftains and the Ming Dynasty. There were often conflicts and conflicts between the chieftains, and within the chieftains, due to vendettas, land battles, attacks, or the desire to separate one side.
Continuously.
Even if Taizu sent Mu Ying to guard it, after the efforts of three generations of the Mu family, they dare not say that they have achieved anything.
I still have to contact each chieftain and establish various relationships with them. This is actually not easy.
The wife Mu Zhan married was the Wushi family, one of the largest of the 332 large and small chieftain families in Yunnan, and belonged to the Wumeng chieftain family.
The Mu government wanted to govern Yunnan and maintain good relations with the chieftains. The chieftains also wanted to have good relations with the imperial court to avoid being annexed by the various chieftains.
Wushi was sure that Mu Zhan would seize the title in the future, so he took a step ahead and married his daughter into Mu's house, hoping to get a share of the pie in the future. Unexpectedly, the heir apparent changed.
Is it possible that Wu Shi doesn’t have any ideas in mind?
Mu Ang was a little worried.
Mu Yan stayed in the capital as a hostage, and the important task of contacting the chieftains in Yunnan was given to Mu Zhan. But if he was not the prince, but just an ordinary young master in the Duke's palace, his role might not be big.
"Second brother, since Mu Yan has become the heir apparent, should we call him back?"
Let Mu Yan return to Yunnan early to familiarize himself with the affairs of all parties, so that he can take power in the future.
"I'm afraid the emperor won't let him go."
And if Mu Yan comes back, I'm afraid there will be a dispute.
Mu Sheng was not unaware of Jun's and Mu Zhan's thoughts. Originally, Mu Yan had no hope of seizing the title, so Jun and her family made small moves, but he just pretended not to see them.
But now, are his two sons going to kill each other?
He only has three sons. Regarding this and that, his father gave birth to four sons. Why didn't he have these things? It seems that he doesn't have as many sons as his father.
"Mu Yan, it's better to stay in the capital. Our family still needs someone in the capital." The Mu family is guarding one side and cannot be separated from the court.
Mu Ang glanced at his second brother and said nothing.
These things should give his second brother a headache, "Come on, second brother, let's drink."
Mu Sheng did nothing, thinking that whoever succeeded him was his flesh and blood, but the Jun family was different. She had been planning for so many years, but her son could not succeed, so had she made a wedding dress for others all these years?
First, he ordered people to comfort Mu Zhan and let him calm down. Mu Yan wanted to attack the prince, but it was still early, so everything could be planned slowly.
Also called Lai Bai family and Jin family.
The Bai family and the Jin family are both concubines of Mu Sheng, and they are also the daughters of the local chieftain's family. Their families are also very powerful, but they are not as good as the Jun family.
Moreover, they have only given birth to one daughter each in these years. Without a son, they cannot compete with the Jun family.
We have gotten along fairly well with Mr. Jun these years.
"I called you here today to ask you what you think about Mu Jing and Mu Jin's marriage?"
Bai and Jin looked at each other.
"I don't have any ideas. I leave everything to the Duke and his wife." Bai said respectfully.
Jin thought for a while and said: "I don't want Jing'er to marry into a wealthy family or anything like that. I just want to find someone who lives in a quiet household and will hurt others if we don't work together, so just marry her."
"That's right, I think so too. It's best to marry by our side, so that we can come and go frequently without losing sight of our superiors." Mrs. Bai agreed.
Mrs. Jun nodded, "With a family like ours, who would dare to abuse our daughter? Since you don't have any objections, I will discuss it with the Duke."
Bai family and Jin family opened their mouths, fearing that Jun family would use their daughters to fill Mu Zhan's future.
But they couldn't make the decision. They were afraid of Jun's majesty and kept their mouths shut. They were ready to go to the Duke of Guo to beg for mercy.