In late June of the 29th year of Hongde's reign, Jiankang held a grand canonization ceremony, officially enthroning the third son of the emperor, Li Rong, as the prince of the East Palace and the crown prince of the imperial court.
There is still a lot of noise about this matter. After all, Emperor Hongde has been in power for thirty years and has yet to establish a crown prince. This matter is inherently wrong, especially for some civil servants in the court, who are already extremely anxious.
Now, the country has finally settled down, and the ministers are relieved.
In any case, with the foundation of the country, even if the emperor suddenly disappears now, the court will not be in chaos, nor will the East Palace reserve cause a civil war in the future.
This is the political stability pursued by Confucian scholar-bureaucrats.
For a time, all the civil and military officials, including Shen Yi, congratulated His Royal Highness.
Even Shen Yi himself, with a smile on his face, walked up to His Highness the Crown Prince, raised his hands to the Crown Prince and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, on entering the East Palace."
Seeing Shen Yi approaching, His Highness the Crown Prince quickly put aside the officials who were talking beside him, ran up in a few steps, returned the gift with his hands, and said, "Thank you uncle, thank you uncle."
"I don't dare."
Mr. Shen supported his arm and said with a smile: "From now on, His Highness will be a semi-king. Never mention the word uncle again. When we meet later, His Highness will call me official when he is in a good mood. If he is in a bad mood, he will call me official." Just put your first name and surname."
Mr. Shen's words are not polite. Now the status of the third prince has risen a lot out of thin air. In terms of political ecology, he is now the second-in-command of the imperial court.
In this position, the officials of the imperial court are all ministers to him, and as for seniority or kinship, they have to be a little behind.
Even if King Li Mu of Jin comes here, there will be no problem if the prince calls Li Mu directly by his name.
Of course, even the emperor had to call him "Brother Wang" when he saw Li Mu, and His Highness the Crown Prince still had to be polite when he saw Li Mu.
If Shen Yi is a normal official, His Highness the Crown Prince will really call him an official when he sees him from now on.
However, Mr. Shen is not a normal official.
Although His Royal Highness the Prince is not particularly smart, he still sees this point very clearly, and still treats Shen Yi with respect, always calling him uncle when he speaks.
And Shen Yi also spoke to each other as His Highness, and both sides called each other their own.
After the canonization ceremony ended, Mr. Shen didn't stay much longer. After saying hello to Shen, he went home directly.
In the evening, Zhang Shangshu brought two jugs of wine to Shen Yi's home. Soon the two brothers were sitting on the wine table. After changing glasses, Zhang Jian and Zhang Shangshu looked at Shen Yi and asked, "After the crown prince is appointed, , are you going north?"
Mr. Shen took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Senior brother is well-informed. Where did you know this?"
"Master Zhao guessed it."
Zhang Shangshu smiled: "As soon as you returned to Jiankang, the court began to discuss the matter of moving the capital. After His Highness the Third Prince wrote a letter urging the move of the capital, the crown prince's position was decided. It is difficult to say that you were not involved in this."
"Now, there are not many people who oppose moving the capital, and the crown prince has been established. Of course, you will not stay in Jiankang for too long."
Mr. Shen counted on his fingers and said with emotion: "One after the other, I have been in Jiankang for three full months."
"Senior brother, you see me leisurely and leisurely here in Jiankang City every day. In fact, there are so many things in the north that I need to deal with every day. I am also anxious."
Zhang Jian was silent and sighed: "It's a pity that brother is now trapped in Jiankang and can't help you."
Mr. Shen picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Senior brother is about to pay homage to the Prime Minister, so don't think about these things anymore."
"Senior brother was in the north and helped me a lot in the past few years."
After the two clinked their wine glasses, Zhang Shangshu asked: "How has Song Ying been doing in the north these years?"
"It's okay."
Mr. Shen smacked his lips, exhaled the smell of alcohol, and said with a smile: "It's just different from when you were in the north, senior brother. There are many things that I don't want to tell him."
Speaking of this, Mr. Shen said softly: "His term as governor of Northern Zhili will expire in more than a year. Uncle Zhao will probably have to push him as hard as possible before he will retire from the book."
"Senior brother, if you wait another year or two, you will be able to enter Zhongshu."
"I don't pay much attention to those who are successful or not."
Zhang Jian raised his head to drink wine, and then snorted: "Master Zhao has given everything to our senior brother Song. I wonder how much he can repay Master Zhao in the future."
Mr. Shen mixed a glass of wine for Zhang Jian and chuckled: "Don't worry, if he has no conscience."
"I can't spare him."
Zhang Jian was startled, then smiled dumbly: "He is now the governor of Northern Zhili. He is a high-ranking official in the border areas. Even the Prime Minister Zhongshu can't touch him easily. In the entire court, you are the only one who can speak like this. "
Mr. Shen lowered his head and took a sip of his drink, and said softly: "He has been in the north for four or five years now, and I have gotten a lot of tricks into my hands. If I want to sue him, he will go to jail immediately."
"Hey."
Zhang Shangshu smiled and said: "Don't say there is evidence, there is no evidence. Now for the people in the court, don't we, Lord Shen, always accuse us?"
"Senior brother, don't talk nonsense."
Mr. Shen looked at Zhang Jian and said seriously: "Who in the imperial court doesn't know that I, Mr. Shen, abide by the law?"
Zhang Shangshu smiled dumbly and did not refute, but just raised his wine glass.
"Sing wine, sing wine."
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Three days later, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sat on the throne of the East Palace, his buttocks were still hot, His Majesty the Emperor's edict was issued in front of him, and was notified to the entire court.
The general meaning is that the Huai'an Army made tremendous contributions ten years ago, and has been stationed in northern Xinjiang for ten years, dedicating its whole life to the imperial court. The imperial court owes a lot to the Huai'an Army.
His Majesty the Emperor has repeatedly wanted to go north to reward the Northern Army in person, but due to heavy political affairs, he has never found the opportunity.
Now that the East Palace is in place and the crown prince has been decided, it is time for the crown prince to take the place of the emperor and go north to follow Shen Yi, the governor of Northern Zhili, to patrol the border and reward the troops.
It is worth mentioning that at the end of this edict, there is a specially "remarked" line.
The general meaning is that when the prince goes north, he can get to know all the important military affairs. However, the person in charge of this patrol is still Mr. Shen, who has been in charge of northern Xinjiang for ten years.
This last paragraph must be noted.
After all, His Highness the Crown Prince is now the "first-in-line successor" of Da Chen. If he is given the power of imperial envoy again, my dear, if he can't wait to take office early after arriving in the north, he might just send his troops south.
Even if they are biological father and son, they have to be careful.
Moreover, in fact, the relationship between emperors and princes in the past dynasties was not a simple father-son relationship.
Hidden within this father-son relationship is a layer of political rivalry.
After all, the prince's status is too high. If the emperor is not careful, he may be laid off early.
It is precisely because of this relationship between political rivals that many princes in history ended up not being particularly happy.
Of course, the probability of this happening in this dynasty is not very high.
After all, the current Emperor Hong De is almost the first sage emperor and lord since the founding of Dachen.
Even if it can't be called first, it can still be called second.
In such a situation where the emperor's authority is extremely strong, it is really difficult for the prince to compete with him.
After His Majesty the Emperor's edict was issued, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince immediately knelt down to receive the edict and accepted it respectfully.
After receiving the edict, His Highness the Crown Prince was not idle. In the afternoon, he brought some things to the residence of Marquis Shen and met Marquis Shen who was fishing in the pond in his backyard.
"uncle."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince bowed and saluted.
"My nephew has been ordered to go north with his uncle. I don't know when my uncle is going to leave..."
"My nephew, let's make some preparations."
"Three days later."
Mr. Shen put down the fishing rod and said with a smile.
"But it doesn't matter if your Highness takes a few days."
