"What? Do you find it difficult to make a choice? Yang Shoufu." Seeing Yang Tinghe frowning, Queen Mother Zhang asked softly.
"Queen Mother, I do not find it difficult to make a choice. I have met both of these two heirs of the clan. They are indeed talented, handsome, generous and well-known. However, I feel that neither of these two heirs are suitable.
." Yang Tinghe said.
Empress Dowager Zhang frowned and said, "Oh? Why is that?"
Yang Tinghe said solemnly: "I dare to analyze one or two things for the Queen Mother. Of course, in principle, when choosing the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, we should choose a wise prince. However, this is not the only criterion, nor is it the most important criterion. The most important criterion is bloodline.
closeness."
Empress Dowager Zhang frowned and said nothing.
Yang Tinghe said: "Of course these two princes are also of royal blood, there is no doubt about it. However, the Ming Dynasty was founded more than a hundred years ago, and the royal family has been extended for generations and has many branches. There are more than 900 vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty. How can they all do it?"
Are you qualified to inherit the throne? Even if you are qualified, you still have to be close to each other. To use a simple analogy, if I, Yang Tinghe, die, won’t my family property be passed on to my son, but to other relatives? "
Empress Dowager Zhang said: "But the emperor has no heirs..."
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Yang Tinghe said: "The emperor has no heirs, but the vassal kings who are closely related by blood are the first choice. For example, King Xing, King Duan, and King Jing. They are all the sons of Emperor Xianzong, and they are brothers of the late emperor. Their bloodline is closest.
The most pure. Although the two princes mentioned by the Queen Mother are also of royal blood, they have been branched for several generations and are not close to each other. Queen Mother, do you think so or not?"
Empress Dowager Zhang frowned and said: "What you said is true, but Prince Xing, Duan, Prince Jing and others are all the emperor's uncles, how can they ascend the throne? Isn't this a mess of order?"
Yang Tinghe said with a smile: "I am not saying that we should let them ascend the throne. We should select intelligent and virtuous ones from among them who have heirs and be of the same generation as the emperor. But it doesn't matter."
Empress Dowager Zhang stood up, walked slowly and pondered for a while, and said for a while: "But...their heirs are the emperor's brothers, how can they ascend the throne? The Ai family believes that the successor to the emperor should be the emperor's nephew.
.The emperor has no children, so the successor should be the emperor’s son or nephew. Only then can the emperor be regarded as having an heir.”
Yang Tinghe frowned and said: "Emperor Taizu Gao has the ancestral precepts of the emperor Ming Dynasty, which talks about the succession of the throne. It is natural for father to die and son to succeed, but it does not violate the law of succession to the throne after brother dies. The emperor has no heirs, but he has his direct cousins.
, inheriting the throne corresponds to the word 'brother will eventually lead to younger brother'. This move does not violate the ancestral teachings."
Empress Dowager Zhang shook her head and said: "Having said that, the Ai family still wants to find an heir for the emperor who can inherit the throne. I have no children. If I die, there will be no one to offer incense to him in the future."
The Ai family is looking for a nephew, so that he can be adopted as the emperor's son. After he ascends the throne, he will be the emperor's son. As a mother, I can do something for the emperor to continue his incense after his death."
Yang Tinghe stood up slowly, walked to Queen Mother Zhang, and said in a deep voice: "Queen Mother..."
Empress Dowager Zhang waved her hand and said: "No need to persuade, the Ai family has already decided. Yang Shoufu will choose one of those two people. What does it matter if the blood is close? They are both of Taizu's blood, both of royal blood. They are both qualified.
.The ancestral precepts of Emperor Ming probably didn’t stipulate that you have to choose someone close to you by blood, right?”
Yang Tinghe frowned and said: "Of course you have to choose someone close to you by blood. Queen Mother, if you insist on doing this, I'm afraid the ministers will disagree."
Empress Dowager Zhang said coldly: "How dare they disobey the Ai family's will?"
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Yang Tinghe said solemnly: "Even the Queen Mother's decree cannot be completely followed. It is disrespectful to mess with orders. We, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, have the right to reject it. This is the power stipulated when the cabinet was originally established. The emperor's imperial edict can still be rejected, not to mention the Queen Mother
Yizhi."
Queen Mother Zhang was startled and said coldly: "Yang Shoufu, are you forcing the Ai family?"
Yang Tinghe shook his head gently and said: "Of course not. How could I be willing to force the Queen Mother?"
Empress Dowager Zhang frowned, and Yang Tinghe gently stretched out his hand and put it on Empress Dowager Zhang's shoulder. As if being electrocuted, Empress Dowager Zhang quickly took a step forward to avoid it, and scolded: "Yang Shoufu, don't be rude."
Yang Tinghe said softly: "A Yuan!"
Empress Dowager Zhang was shaken, and a misty look flashed in her eyes. Her maiden name was Zhang Yuanling, and not many people knew it. Yang Tinghe was one of them. Only Yang Tinghe called her Ayuan. This is the number of two people who have called her Ayuan in the past few years.
This is the name Yang Tinghe calls her when people get along in secret meetings. At this moment, hearing this call, ripples appeared in the heart of Queen Mother Zhang, and all kinds of past events came to her mind.
"A Yuan, I know you are scared now. Don't be afraid. I am responsible for everything. Will I hurt you again? It's too late for me to pity you. You have experienced so much pain in the past few years, don't I know?
?" Yang Tinghe whispered in the ear of Queen Mother Zhang in a deep voice.
"If there is one person in this world who pities you, it must be me, Yang Tinghe. If there is one person in this world who sincerely cares about you and misses you, it is also me, Yang Tinghe. I know, I said these things
The words are a little inappropriate, but I have to let you understand that I sincerely care about you and protect you." Yang Tinghe took a step forward and once again covered the Queen Mother Zhang's shoulder with his palm.
"A Yuan, I, Yang Tinghe, am a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune. In terms of status and reputation, I am already at the top of the world, and my reputation is also the first among scholars. As for me, if I talk about what else I want to do,
There are only two things. One is to do my best for the resurgence of the Ming Dynasty and to benefit all people in the world. The other is... to stay in the court to protect one person. To protect the one I love most in my life.
Woman. I can’t bear to see her living alone
In the deep palace, no one loved and cared for her. She tried her best to protect some people, but she was treated indifferently by them. She was the kindest woman in the world, but she suffered the most pain and hurt. Including her
Her husband's betrayal, her son's indifference and ruthlessness, her brother's arrogance and ferocity. I, Yang Tinghe, am heartbroken, but unfortunately I can't do anything for the time being. Do you know how painful my heart is?" Yang Tinghe continued.
Queen Mother Zhang's body was trembling slightly, tears welling up in her eyes. She shrank down and leaned on the table weakly, not daring to look at Yang Tinghe's face.
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"A Yuan, I can completely understand your love for the emperor. However, the matter of establishing a new emperor is of great importance. If you are not careful, it will lay the root of chaos. This is definitely not a situation that the emperor wants to see. Li Yuaner
Failure to establish a marriage will definitely create a source of trouble. I will not harm you, I can see it more clearly than you. Of course, you love your son with all your heart, so do I.
I understand. In fact, there is no conflict. Although the crown prince of any of them, King Lixing, cannot adopt the throne as the emperor's heir. However, we can let him regard the former emperor as his father and you as his mother. This is equivalent to the former emperor.
Son. In this way, it is natural for brothers to become brothers. Moreover, this is also extremely beneficial to you."
Yang Tinghe stretched out his hand and pulled off a green scarf from his waist, gently wiped the tears from the corners of Queen Mother Zhang's eyes, looked into Queen Mother Zhang's eyes and said sincerely: "This is very beneficial to you. Do you want any of them to inherit the throne?"
, must respect
As a mother, you are still the Queen Mother. It is beneficial to you and your Zhang family. If it were any other situation, you would be the grandmother of the new emperor and become the old Queen Mother. There is a new one under you.
The mother of the emperor, she is the queen mother. Although her name is
I regard you as my grandmother, can I still be close to you? Moreover, the blood relationship is far away. Once the blood line is far away, we will not be close to each other after all. By making the emperor's direct cousin as the new emperor, there will be no such barrier in the blood relationship.
, there is no such thing in the harem
It’s a big change. It’s beneficial to Duke Shouning, the protector of the country. Do you hope that you will be ignored in the palace and that your brothers from the Zhang family will lose their status as uncles in the court? The relationship between this is so powerful, how can you
Don’t you know?”
Queen Mother Zhang stood there in a daze, and she suddenly realized that what Yang Tinghe said seemed to be right. She had not considered it so comprehensively. She only wanted to find an inheritance for her dead son in name, and to provide him with an inheritance.
I did something after death without thinking of the consequences.
As Yang Tinghe said, it is indeed the source of disaster.
As Yang Tinghe said, it is true that his status in the palace will be completely alienated from now on, and he will become the nominal imperial grandmother of an emperor whose blood is alienated. Does everything still have anything to do with him?
Moreover, the status of the two brothers from her natal family will obviously be affected. Just like the old Queen Mother Zhou, her Zhou family used to be the uncle of the country, but after becoming the old queen, her status plummeted. Yanling originally fought with his Zhou family
Tian, even the emperor helped Yanling, bringing the Zhou family into disrepute and humiliating them. This kind of thing will happen to Yanling and the others in the future.
"A Yuan, do you understand my painstaking efforts? Do I, Yang Tinghe, have any bad thoughts towards you? You and I have known each other for so many years, but you still don't understand me? If you think these considerations of mine are wrong, then I have no idea.
There is no way. I can only say that I, Yang Tinghe, have a clear conscience and I will try my best. Since I can't convince you, I can only follow your ideas. But
, after the emperor's funeral and after the new emperor ascends the throne, I will resign and leave. I will not stay in the court and watch you reap the consequences, watching everything that is about to happen and being powerless. This is what I say from the bottom of my heart, do you understand?
Do you want me to cut my heart out and show it to you so that you can understand and believe it?" Yang Tinghe held Queen Mother Zhang's face in his hands and whispered in a low voice.
Empress Dowager Zhang was so moved that she burst into tears. The man in front of her was someone who really thought about herself. Everything he said was reasonable. How could she be confused? She was not proficient in government affairs, but he thought everything clearly.
If you are clear and come to give me suggestions, how can you not listen?
"Sir, stop talking. Everyone in the Ai family understands. The Ai family...just listen to you. The Ai family doesn't understand anything and is completely confused. Don't blame me, sir."
This gentleman's title was just his nickname in private. At this moment, all the previous feelings came back to life.
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"A Yuan, that's great. If you can understand, that would be great. A Yuan..." Yang Tinghe said happily.
Empress Dowager Zhang nodded with tears in her eyes, her eyes full of love, and she leaned in Yang Tinghe's arms. Yang Tinghe breathed a sigh of relief, hugged her tightly, leaned over and kissed her. The next moment, she received a warm response from Empress Dowager Zhang.
In this palace, late at night, Zhu Houzhao's body was still lying in the main hall of Qianqing Palace. Who would have thought that Zhu Houzhao's mother, Queen Mother Zhang, was passionately kissing her lover, trembling in the palm of Yang Tinghe's hands. The more painful and heartbreaking the moment, the more exciting this forbidden happiness becomes, causing people to lose all reason and fall into madness.
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