As the sun rose, the emperor's chariot left the imperial city and took the royal road to Chongyang Gate. Thousands of people gathered in the streets to watch the welcoming ceremony in the suburbs.
Except for a very few people who realized that the emperor's chariot left the imperial city a little late, most ordinary people could not see the dangers within the magnificent imperial city. Everything that happened in Chongwen Hall had also left the Shengtai Gate on horseback a moment earlier.
Report to Phoenix Mountain.
Lin Fu governed the defense of Jiangning and established the principle of defending the city from the outside. In addition to the government troops and the military soldiers who were rotated into the city to stay in the imperial palace and Chongguo palace, the imperial army was mainly stationed at Fenghuang on the outskirts of Jiangning City.
Mountain, Beigu Mountain, Yanziji, Longzangpu, Moling Nanhu and other military fortresses.
Fenghuang Mountain is located in the southwest of Jiangning City, connected end to end with Dengfu Mountain, Niushou Mountain, and Zutang Mountain. It stretches for twenty miles with overlapping mountains. It looks to Longzangpu in the south and Jiangpu in the north. It is an important place in the southwest of Jiangning and is also a forbidden area.
The camp is located on the southwest periphery to defend the core defense fortress of Jiangning City, while Jingming Temple, which is only a valley away from the Phoenix Mountain Military Fortress, is in front of the monastery. It was temporarily requisitioned by the forbidden camp army two days ago, and it became a barrier before Lin Fu entered Jiangning City.
The temporary resting place, the valley inside and outside Jingming Temple, was also designated as a forbidden area two days ago, and countless soldiers were stationed there.
Standing near the stone platform, Lin Fu looked at the valley where the snow had not disappeared.
There was a heavy snowfall in Jiangning in the middle to late twelfth lunar month. However, after five or six days, the snow under the mountains had long since melted away. Only traces of snow remained in the secluded forests and empty valleys, and the cold wind whistled through the forests and valleys.
Su Mei and Xiao Man stood on the left and right of Lin Fu. They were wearing snow-white fur clothes, their faces were exposed to the cold air, and they were slightly red from the cold, but they became more and more bright.
Gu Junxun was the royal wife and had to wait patiently in the Duke's Mansion. Liu Yue'er was not used to being exposed in front of the generals. Lin Fu could not predict whether he could enter Jiangning City smoothly before submission, so Gu Junxun asked Su Mei and Xiaoman sisters
Come to Jingming Temple to take care of Lin Fu's daily life.
"What are you worried about, husband?" Xiaoman raised his face and looked at Lin Fu, who seemed to be thinking sadly. He really didn't know what else could make him frown in today's situation.
Are you worried that it will be too bloody? There has never been less bloodshed in these years. If only killing a few people from the Yuan family can make the world less bloody, he will be willing to do it, but everything requires a long-term perspective, so you cannot rush it - Lin
Fu smiled bitterly in his heart, turned back to Xiaoman, and said: "I'm not worried about anything, but I diverted my mind to think about other things. I guess the trip to the Imperial City has already been completed. Do you want to go into the city with me, or are you still here?"
I have one more day to stay at Jingming Temple..."
"It would be better for Xiaoman and I to stay one more day," Su Mei said. She and Xiaoman were originally Lin Fu's concubines, so how could they enjoy the emperor's welcome gift from the countryside with Lin Fu? She then asked, "From Hu Wenmu Hu Gong
Since entering Jiangning, Emperor Yongxing's mood has been wandering, making it difficult to predict. If the welcoming ceremony in the suburbs cannot be fulfilled, what will my husband do?"
"What do you think I should do?" Lin Fu asked.
"I'm afraid that I won't be able to make the choice for my husband," Su Mei said. "My husband doesn't want me to take a political role, so it is inevitable to establish a new dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty. However, my husband wants to get rid of the old evils and establish a new government, and it goes against this ambition to commit bloodshed——
If, I mean if, if the emperor insults my husband by abolishing etiquette, I hope that my husband can have the patience to wait for a few years. Emperor Yongxing returned from Luzhou and has been ill all year round, and I am afraid he will not survive for a few more years..."
"The moon waxes and wanes, and people have misfortune and good fortune at the same time," Lin Fu smiled softly and said, "Emperor Yongxing does not look like a long-lived person, but maybe he will live longer than me...
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"My husband is going to..." Xiaoman said slightly surprised and confused.
Lin Fu shook his head and said: "Killing the emperor and usurping the throne is not for the benefit of his descendants. The imperial party has no power at all in Jiangning, so there is nothing to fear. Even if Emperor Yongxing lives longer than me, he will not outlive me."
How long can I live, why am I so impatient? The key is to establish a direct line of succession, and I probably can’t avoid it when I return to Jiangning this time..."
Su Mei understood what Lin Fu meant. Lin Fu didn't want to kill Emperor Yongxing at this time, and he didn't want to set an example for the new dynasty of killing the emperor and usurping the throne, so he would continue to keep Emperor Yongxing on the throne for the time being and patiently wait for his death.
Perform the ritual of "giving in". If you want to kill Emperor Yongxing, you can kill him at any time. There is really no need for future generations to identify him as the one who killed him.
Lin Fu didn't attach much importance to the emperor's welcome. After all, the emperor's welcome was to pave the way for the abdication. He was only thirty years old and had plenty of time to prepare for the abdication. There was no need to rush. He returned to Jiang this time and had to do something first.
The main thing is to lay a good foundation for the extension of power structure in Huaidong, that is, as early as in Fancheng, the establishment of government officials and the appointment of generals were discussed.
The purpose of establishing an official system and appointing generals was to place the Privy Council under the leadership of the Chongguo Government, so that the Chongguo Government would have the legal foundation and stable organizational structure to control the world's military affairs through the Privy Council.
The Privy Council cannot be hereditary, but the Duke of Chongguo can be hereditary; the Privy Council is placed under the Chongguo Palace, which actually makes the Privy Council an official position that can only be hereditary for the children of the Lin family; the military and political power in the world can always be hereditary.
It is in the hands of Lin Fu and his direct descendants, leaving only an empty piece of skin in the hands of the Yuan family.
Wasted energy and self-reliance are just to take over the empty skin. That can be done at any time, so why rush it?
Therefore, Lin Fu returned to Jiangning this time. Externally, he wanted to establish a government and establish generals. Internally, he wanted to establish direct heirs. Even if Emperor Yongxing lived longer than Lin Fu, Lin Fu would not be able to complete the abdication ceremony in his lifetime.
It will pose a fatal threat to Huaidong.
Speaking of establishing direct descendants, among Lin Fu's wives and concubines, Gu Junxun had a daughter, Liu Yue'er had a son and a daughter, Xiao Man had a son, Su Mei had a daughter, Sun Wenwan had a son and a daughter, Liu Miaozhen had no heirs, Song Jia, Gu
Ying Xiu, Shan Rou and other women have no status, and they have not given birth to any children for Lin Fu.
According to tradition, if Gu Junxun gave birth to a son for Lin Fu, there would be no dispute over the matter of establishing a direct heir. Gu Junxun was the main wife, and if he did not establish a direct heir, his son would naturally inherit the title. Lin Fu thought
If you want to abolish the direct lineage and establish a new one, you will also encounter some resistance.
Gu Jun Dong had no children, and Lin Fu had three sons, namely Liu Yue'er, Xiaoman and Sun Wenwan. His wife had no children, so it was not inappropriate to make Lin Xin, Liu Yue'er's son, the legitimate son.
At this time, establishing a heir is a preventive measure, and will not care about his talents and character in adulthood. The most important thing is to ensure that if Lin Fu encounters any unexpected events, the Huaidong power structure can continue smoothly.
Under such circumstances, there are obviously certain hidden dangers in establishing Lin Xin, who has almost no maternal clan power, as his direct descendant.
Xiaoman was also very smart. When he saw Lin Fu raising this question at this time, he naturally meant something and said aggrievedly: "I shouldn't fight. When have I ever fought? If my husband doesn't trust me, he would have killed me long ago."
Wu'er can just pass on to the Su clan instead, and the Su clan doesn't need you to vindicate him, and he won't need anyone to care about him if he remains a sinner forever, so why do you need to say these irritating words?"
"You are really impatient. Haven't I finished what I said?" Lin Fu saw that Xiaoman's eyes were almost red with grievance, and he smiled bitterly, "If I didn't trust you, would I tell you this?"
"Do you want to make other arrangements, husband?" Su Mei asked.
"Well," Lin Fu nodded and said, "I want to implement a system of direct succession, with the political monarch as the first direct descendant. Other than the political monarch, the sons will be ranked in order of eldest and youngest, and the daughters will be ranked after the sons...
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"..." Before Lin Fu finished speaking, Su Mei and Xiao Man were so shocked that they opened their mouths slightly. Su Mei said, "My husband has been promoting women's education, promoting weavers, protecting women, and cherishing women all over the world over the years. I
You can understand it - I am not trying to push against Sister Junxun, but it is a given that men have been superior to women for four thousand years since the beginning of the world. If a husband brings up the issue of making a daughter his heir, there will be a big controversy in the world, I'm afraid.
I want to cut off a lot of the hope that my husband has finally saved..."
Lin Fu smiled. Although the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties would never happen again, another parallel space could accommodate the empress of the ages during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. At this time, he established the emperor as his direct descendant. Even if it would cause a lot of controversy, Lin Fu
Confidence is also within his control.
"The so-called melons that have been tortured are not sweet, but if they have been tortured for ten or twenty years, and they have been tortured for one or two generations, they will be sweet even if they are not sweet," Lin Fu explained to Su Mei and Xiaoman with a smile,
"It was said to the outside world that when I received a sign in my early years, I would be respected because of my daughter. This time I made a daughter my direct descendant in response to the sign of the dream. Lin Cao, the great grandson of the Qin and Song dynasties, Hu Li Zhou and others, I think they would not be too rigid..."
"My husband established a new study, and now he lies about the dream. Aren't you afraid that future generations will say that you are not thorough in establishing a new study?" Su Mei asked.
"People always leave shortcomings for future generations to comment on," Lin Fu joked shamelessly, and added, "At this time, establishing a direct line is just a preventive measure, and the generals below will not take it seriously now, so I want the people below not to be so
When you pay attention to it, settle the matter abruptly. Otherwise, if you postpone it until later, when it is actually necessary to establish a direct lineage, and then establish a political monarch, some old diehards will definitely make a fuss. Another thing is that although the political monarch is the first direct descendant, Xin'er
, Wu'er, and Jiang Nu also have the status of legitimate sons, but they are ranked after the emperor, which makes this matter look more like a temporary preventive measure. However, I will take action on the succession of legitimate sons and the abolition of the throne.
The order stipulates many rules for inheritance from elder to younger - if the ruler violates the rule of abolition, the successor will be succeeded by the successor..."
"Is it feasible to just establish the heirs in order of seniority and not to check their character and talents?" Su Mei said.
"There are more than 50 million Dingkou in this world. If we rest and recuperate after recovering the Central Plains, Dingkou will easily exceed hundreds of millions," Lin Fu said. "Even if I establish a new dynasty, I will not be so arrogant as to think that
Will my sons and grandsons who grew up in the greenhouse have better talents, smarter minds and deeper insights into human nature than the ministers who were selected from hundreds of millions of people?
Since the beginning of history, you can count how many emperors, except for the few founding and resurgence kings, who were not controlled by ministers, fu people, or ministers? Since they all grew up in a greenhouse
, then just stay in the greenhouse, so for them, talent is not an important thing. As long as they can set up a method to select and eliminate ministers, it will generally not be a problem. Of course, those with bad character do not know self-discipline.
And if you break a law that the royal family cannot break, you will naturally have to abolish it. There are many things that need to be discussed in the long term right now..."
Lin Fu wished he could live another sixty or seventy years. The current situation was not stable, and he could only implement the old system to stabilize the situation. But if he could have another sixty or seventy years to calmly deploy, even in his lifetime, he could make more thorough arrangements.
It may not be impossible to delegate power to the prime minister and implement a constitutional monarchy. Precisely because human lifespan is unpredictable, Lin Fu had to first create a false king in the legitimate son succession system to make the prime minister system.
, making it possible for the new empire to move forward and preventing it from retreating.
It's just that there are too many things that need to be done step by step, and it is even doubtful whether the wish can be basically fulfilled within two generations - thinking of this, Lin Fu was also filled with emotion.
At this time, Xinqi from Jiangning City galloped into the mountain gate. Song Fu and Cao Ziang quickly boarded the stone platform together and said: "Emperor Yongxing has left the city and is coming to Tianshui Bridge..."
Lin Fu puffed up his sleeves and said with a smile: "Let's go to Tianshui Bridge and ask Emperor Yongxing to come and greet me!" g!.