After Zhao Zhen read out the oral edict, he waved his hands a little tiredly and said: "Wei Aiqing and Gao Huai, please pass my oral edict to Longtuge and let them draft the imperial edict."
"This slave obeys your order."
Gao Huai, who was accompanying him, responded respectfully, and then couldn't help but steal a glance at Wei Chen, who also bowed and said yes.
What so many ministers tried and failed to accomplish, Wei Chen actually accomplished it like this!
With this decision-making and the establishment of a heir apparent, no matter whether King Yong or King Yan succeeds to the throne, he will have to inherit Wei Chen's favor. This is the capital to become a senior official in the future!
At this time, Gao Huai's admiration for Wei Chen from the bottom of his heart was like an endless river. After this incident, he became more and more determined to hold Wei Chen's thigh tightly.
Wei Chen and Gao Huai slowly exited the Wende Hall and headed towards Longtuge in the south of the imperial city.
When they arrived in front of the pavilion, the two were stopped, and the doorman guarding the door shouted loudly: "This is a confidential place. Officials and other people are waiting, so no unauthorized entry is allowed!"
Wei Chen hurriedly informed the doorman of his identity and purpose of coming, and then he was ushered into the pavilion and went to the duty room where Chief Assistant Han Zhang was.
Seeing the people coming and going in front of the first assistant's room, most of them were noble ministers, Wei Chen couldn't help but secretly sigh: "Grandmaster Han is really managing everything!"
At the same time, in the duty room, Han Zhang was overjoyed when he heard the announcement that Wei Chen had arrived with his servants. He immediately put down the pile of documents and hurriedly walked out of the room.
When Wei Chen saw Han Zhang, he bowed deeply and respectfully. Gao Huai, who was standing beside him, said with a face on his face: "Your Majesty has an oral order. Please invite the two great bachelors Han and Wen and Xu to listen to the decree together."
When Han Zhang heard this, his eyelids jumped immediately, and he quickly looked at Wei Chen. Seeing Wei Chen nodding slightly, Han Zhang couldn't suppress his inner joy anymore, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to invite Wen Yanchang and Xu Mu to come.
Not long after, Wen Yanchang and Xu Mu hurried over. They didn't know what was going on. When they arrived, they were still secretly puzzled. They didn't know that the official family had some important message to convey, but they had to have three bachelors to be present together.<
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Seeing that everyone had arrived, Gao Huai said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty has decreed that if the great clan has no children, then the younger clan will be the successor, and the one who comes after him will be his son. King Yong and King Yan both have extraordinary looks and beautiful talents.
Establish him as a prince and join the court as counselor in political affairs. I will choose a worthy person to be my heir!"
After hearing the oral instructions given by Wei Chen, Han Zhang, who had already made some guesses, could barely remain calm, but Wen Yanchang and Xu Mu's faces were filled with shock, and their hearts were as if they were overturned.
The officials actually figured it out!
After coming back to his senses, the look of shock on Wen Yanchang's face was quickly replaced by ecstasy, and he excitedly shouted "His Majesty is wise."
Wen Yanchang thought wholeheartedly about the country and the country, and just wanted to establish a throne as soon as possible. However, Xu Mu had more thoughts of his own, hoping to accumulate enough political capital for himself through the establishment of a throne, so as to go further.
But now, Zhao Zhen suddenly decided to establish a throne, but Xu Mu did not play a sufficient role in it. Xu Mu's wishful thinking suddenly came to nothing, and Xu Mu was naturally disappointed in his heart.
Suddenly, Xu Mu noticed Wei Chen standing silently next to Gao Huai, and couldn't help but feel something in his heart.
Could it be that the official family suddenly agreed to establish a prince because of this boy?
The fact that Wei Chen can come with Gao Huai has actually conveyed a lot of information.
The official family decided to establish a heirloom, and Wei Chen must have played an extremely important role in it. Otherwise, as a small Hanlin editor, he would not be qualified to appear here.
But Xu Mu still doesn't understand. What method did Wei Chen use to get Zhao Zhen to agree to change his story?
After Gao Huai read out the oral edict, he urged: "You three, please prepare the imperial edict quickly so that your servants can submit it to His Majesty for approval."
Han Zhang and Wen Yanchang were about to nod when they saw Xu Mu suddenly stepped forward and said quickly: "This edict cannot make grass in Longtuge!"
Han Zhang and Wen Yanchang both looked at Xu Mu in astonishment, and Gao Huai also said anxiously: "Master Xu, why is this? How can such a slave explain to His Majesty?"
Xu Mu said seriously: "The matter of establishing a crown prince is related to the foundation of the country. According to the old system, in order to prevent tampering, the emperor must personally summon all the great scholars and give them the decree."
"This..."
Xu Mu spoke so righteously that even Wei Chen was stunned. Gao Huai even had no idea and quickly looked at the other two bachelors.
Wen Yanchang immediately spoke to persuade: "Master Xu, your Majesty finally agreed to establish a crown prince. If you don't draft the edict in time, if your Majesty changes your mind tomorrow, you and I will be the sinners of the country!"
Xu Mu flatly refused and said: "I only know my duties. What happened today is not according to the procedures. If I draft the edict rashly and bring disaster to the Zhou Dynasty, I will be the real sinner."
Hearing Xu Mu's words, Wen Yanchang's face turned pale. Xu Mu's untimely rigidity obviously made him very dissatisfied.
Han Zhang looked at Xu Mu, who was looking upright and awe-inspiring, narrowed his eyes slightly, and then showed a slight smile and said: "What Academician Xu said is right, establishing a crown prince is a national matter, no matter how solemn it is, it is reasonable. In this case, I
Then we will go to Wende Hall to meet the Holy Spirit and ask the officials to give us advice. What do you think, Master Xu?"
Xu Mu felt a little uneasy when he saw Han Zhang's calm eyes, but now that the matter had come to this, he could only respond: "Master Han has thought carefully, and I should obey my orders as a low-ranking official."
Seeing this, Gao Huai wisely stopped persuading him and followed the three bachelors and Wei Chen to the Wende Hall to meet the saint.
Not long after, a group of people arrived at the Wende Hall. Zhao Zhen saw that Wei Chen and Gao Huai did not bring the imperial edict, and he couldn't help but be a little confused, and then asked: "My dear friends, is there something wrong?"
Everyone looked at Xu Mu. Xu Mu bowed to Zhao Zhen before leaving the class and repeated his previous views in Longtuge.
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen suddenly realized and praised: "Loyal to his duties, Xu Aiqing is really the best city in the country!"
Xu Mu was secretly happy when he heard this. He straightened his expression and said: "Your Majesty, establishing a crown prince is a national matter. Once decided, one cannot go back on it. I dare to ask, is the crown prince established through the dictatorship of His Majesty's Sacred Heart? There will be no recurrence in the future?"< /p>
Zhao Zhen closed his eyes for a long time, and finally sighed leisurely: "If we don't build a reserve, the public will be uneasy and the country will be unstable. The Qing family is relieved. I have made up my mind and will never repeat it again."
Xu Mu showed a look of relief on his face, and immediately kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty can make a decisive decision at once and plan for the ancestral temple and the country. This is the blessing of the people!"
"The loyalty of the Qing family is commendable, and I am very pleased." Zhao Zhen asked with a smile: "Can the Qing family prepare a decree for me?"
"I obey the decree."
So, after this exchange between the monarch and his ministers, everyone returned to Longtuge again.
Wei Chen followed the large army and ran from Longtuge to Wende Hall in confusion, and then returned to Longtuge from Wende Hall in confusion.
It wasn't until he was in Longtu Pavilion, watching Xu Mu drafting the edict with his eyebrows dancing with joy, that Wei Chen carefully thought about what had just happened, that he finally understood Xu Mu's purpose for going back and forth like this.
The reason why Xu Mu refused to give oral instructions and insisted on meeting the emperor was to try every means to intervene in the already settled matter of establishing the throne, to show his sense of existence, and to share in the decision-making and establishment of the throne.
Damn it!
Wanting to understand this, Wei Chen almost couldn't help but curse.
No wonder Xu Mu, an old thief, suddenly became the "strong point" of Zhou Dynasty. He even did not hesitate to challenge the other two bachelors, just to steal the credit from me!