'Every family must suspect that His Highness deliberately spread the rumor. I am worried that they will be dissatisfied with His Highness and even secretly hinder the implementation of other laws.' Xu Xuan thought.
But he didn't say this at this time. He had told Li Fangyuan more than once that the "Law for the Imprisonment of Sins" would lead to fierce opposition from the two groups of nobles, but every time Li Fangyuan didn't care much and resolutely implemented it. At this time
If he said this when he encountered real resistance, it would most likely cause Li Fangyuan to be dissatisfied with him. Although he was very loyal to Li Fangyuan, he had no intention of making unnecessary sacrifices.
"Ten years from now? Your Highness, there will always be opposition from two groups to this matter, but since the first two steps of the "Law for the Imprisonment of Sins" have been implemented smoothly, the third step will not be implemented after ten years anyway." Xu Xuan noted.
At the time mentioned by Li Fangyuan, he asked doubtfully.
The first step in implementing the "Law for the Prohibition of Concubines" is to strictly prohibit polygamy. One wife must have multiple concubines, and wives and concubines should be clearly distinguished. People with multiple wives can only keep one wife, and the other wives will be demoted to concubines. This is of course
There are many two classes of nobles who are not willing to do so, but the "Law for the Imprisonment of Mistresses" holds truth and is advocated by Confucian scholars. In addition, there are also many two classes of nobles who only have one wife and do not object to this. The two classes of nobles cannot form a joint force and only
Can agree.
The second step is to limit the rank of the official. Nizi is the child of a lowly concubine. Concubines are basically slaves in noble families. Most male masters sleep with their slaves and have children when they are happy.
He didn't care about these scoundrels. Their status was not high in the first place, so there was little opposition to restricting their rank, and it was implemented smoothly.
The third step is to limit the rank of concubines as officials. This step is very difficult. Concubines are the children of good concubines. Good concubines are all from innocent families. In the late Goryeo Dynasty and early Joseon Dynasty, there were many good concubines whose fathers and brothers later became rich.
How could he want his nephew to be restricted in the officialdom? What's more, there are many people who prefer concubines to legitimate sons, so it aroused opposition from the two classes. But in any case, wait until the first and second steps are fully implemented.
, we can slowly implement the third step, and there is no need to wait until ten years later.
Li Fangyuan smiled and said nothing. What could he say? Telling Xu Xuan that he planned to abolish Zhu's throne and replace him with Zhu, the third prince, would definitely cause turmoil in the court. He also planned to give up the throne in a few years, at least five years later.
It is necessary for the court to maintain stability within seven years and not to cause trouble again? This matter must not be disclosed, even if Xu Xuan is one of his most trusted ministers. But if you just say a reason, he will see through it immediately, so it is better not to
Said. Li Fangyuan simply did not explain.
When Xu Xuan saw that His Highness did not answer, he stopped asking and started talking about other things. They discussed a few more things. Xu Xuan was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Your Highness, I heard that Your Highness reprimanded you yesterday."
Zuo agrees."
"How is this matter?" Li Fangyuan said in an impatient tone. It is the duty of ministers to discuss things, but it is the king's right to appoint officials. It is best for ministers not to comment. He also dislikes ministers talking.
"Your Highness, Mr. Zuo Yinzheng Jin Hanji was granted by His Highness last year to return home to take care of his old age. Mr. Zuo Yinzheng Jin Hanji is the person with the highest official position in the Jin family in the court. His being demoted may affect the reputation of the Jin family. The Jin family
This is the mother's family of Shubin (the title of the crown prince's concubine). The reputation of the Jin family has been damaged, and it is not good for the reputation of the crown prince, so I ask your highness to let the Jin family retain some dignity." Xu Xuan said.
"Of course what you said makes sense, but Jin Hanji's behavior is too shameful. I can't bear it and can only criticize him. I will pay attention to it when I treat the Jin family in the future." Li Fangyuan said. But what he was thinking in his heart, others can only
Guessed.
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"His Highness first dismissed my eldest brother from his official position last year in the name of returning home to take care of his old age, and recently he demoted Han Ji. What's more important is that Cheng Kui, Cheng Dong and others who were supposed to become officials actually did not
Being delayed. All these are enough to show that His Highness pays less and less attention to the Jin family, and even deliberately belittles it. But my daughter of the Jin family is the crown prince, and the Jin family being belittled is not good for the crown prince. It can be seen from this
, His Highness wants to dethrone the throne of the Crown Prince!"
Late that night, in a large mansion in Seoul, several older men were sitting together and talking. These people were all wearing brocade clothes. Although they didn’t look like much at first glance, their texture was smooth and smooth.
It is cut from first-class silk cloth.
"Han Pin, your words are a bit far-fetched. Brother Han is indeed very old and has reached the age of retirement; what Han Ji did a few days ago is indeed inappropriate, and he should be reprimanded.
It is really surprising that the matter of becoming an official has been delayed, but our family opposes the "Law for the Imprisonment of Sins", and the reason why His Highness delayed may be to express his dissatisfaction with our family, which has nothing to do with what you said." After listening to what the man said,
Another person spoke up.
"Second brother Hanming, that's all for the first two things. Brother Han is indeed old, and I did something wrong. However, the matter of becoming an official in Chengdu and Chengdong is different. Your Highness's delay must not be because of his opposition to "Concubine"
"Law of Imprisonment". There are too many people in the court who oppose the "Law of Imprisonment of Sins", and I have never heard of His Highness delaying the official evaluation of the children of other families. So His Highness must be deliberately belittling our Jin family!"
"And the reason why Your Highness wants to depose the Crown Prince is the reason I have told you. That day Chengjun accidentally heard the truth about the Crown Prince's illness in the palace, and he inquired from many sources to get the evidence, especially Mo Yu's words.
There are many doubts, which can prove that what Chengjun heard is the truth. If only Chengjun heard it, I would not make a judgment easily, but since His Highness is belittling the Jin family again, the two pieces of evidence are enough to prove that His Highness wants to
Depose the Crown Prince!" Kim Han-gil said.
Hearing this, the Kim family members present were silent for a moment. In fact, Kim Han-gil repeatedly checked and found no evidence that Li Bangyuan wanted to depose Zhu's crown prince. The only thing that could be used as evidence was the sentence Kim Sung-gyun heard.
But in most cases, people like them don't need enough evidence to make a conclusion. What Kim Han-gil said is very reasonable. They have to consider the possibility that Li Bangyuan wants to dethrone Zhu Crown Prince.
"Han Ji, even if His Highness wants to replace the crown prince, what can our family do? Could it be that we make this matter public?" said Jin Hanming, who had spoken before.
"Of course it won't happen." Kim Han-gil immediately replied. Just kidding, if their family really made this matter public, Li Fangyuan might have to give up the idea of abolishing the throne of Crown Prince Zhu, but the Jin family no longer needs to continue to exist. Li Fangyuan will die before he dies.
The Jin family must be eradicated. They want to keep Zhu's position as the crown prince for the prosperity of the next generation of the Jin family, not as a one-time step in Zhu's succession to the throne. Of course they cannot do this.
"Then what should we do?" Jin Hanming stared at Jin Hanji and asked again. He thought for a while but couldn't think of a suitable way to do it, so he simply left the matter to him. Everyone also looked at him.
"Second brother," seeing everyone looking at him, Jin Hanji did not panic. He smiled and said, "My brother has a plan for this matter."
"Say it quickly!" Seeing his behavior, Jin Hanming said impatiently. No one has come up with a good idea. You have come up with it, but if you don't say it out quickly, it will only make you want to be beaten.
If it weren't for his age, Jin Hanming would not just say a word impatiently, but would hit someone. Not only him, but everyone else present also looked at him with impatient expressions.
Seeing his brothers looking at him, Jin Hanji did not dare to titillate people any more and could only say: "No matter what we do in North Korea, this matter will not be beneficial to the Jin family, so we can only find a way to Ming Dynasty."
"Ming dynasty?"
"That's the Ming Dynasty." Jin Hanji continued: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty inherited the throne in the name of his legitimate grandson, and attached great importance to the inheritance system of the eldest son. I am afraid that unless the eldest son has an uncoverable fault or is disabled, the vassal will never be allowed.
The country abolishes the position of the eldest son as the crown prince. As long as this matter reaches the ears of the Ming Emperor, who investigates and confirms the matter and issues an order to His Highness, His Highness will never dare to have the intention of abolishing the crown prince again."
"That's it!" Everyone's eyes lit up. They had been thinking about how to keep Zhu's crown prince within the framework of North Korea. No one thought of using the power of Ming Dynasty. At this time, they suddenly heard Kim Hanji's idea and couldn't help but admired.
: "What a good plan!"
A look of pride appeared on Jin Hanji's face. He came up with this strategy on his own, and it was almost the best strategy he had ever thought of in his life. He was praised by his brothers, so of course he was very proud of it.
"Who will be sent to Ming Dynasty to tell His Majesty the Emperor Ming Dynasty about this matter?" After everyone praised him a few times, Jin Hanming asked again. Of course he could arrange it himself, but since Mr. Jin Hanming came up with this plan, he still had to listen to him
Views.
"Of course it's Chengjun. He heard the words of the maid in the palace with his own ears, investigated in person, and talked to Mo Yu. Naturally, it is him who can tell the Ming Emperor the most to make your Majesty believe it." Old Jin Han replied.
But the expression on Jin Hanming's face was stunned for a moment, and then he suppressed his anger and said: "Sungkyun is the crown prince's companion. If he suddenly disappeared, wouldn't His Highness be suspicious?" He thought Jin Hanji was entertaining them.
"Of course His Highness will be suspicious, so I have prepared someone to pretend to be Cheng Jun."
"A person is pretending to be Cheng Jun? How can the pretender not be discovered! Even though His Highness is ill these days and Cheng Jun has no other official position and just lives at home every day, it is not that he does not go out and socialize. If you want to pretend to be him, you will not only
They need to look similar and talk about the same thing, how can you find such a person!"
"Second brother, you misunderstood what I meant. What I meant was not to send someone to pretend to be Chengjun in North Korea, but to send someone to Ming Dynasty to pretend to be Chengjun and tell the Ming Emperor about the matter. Chengjun is the prince's companion after all.
Read, the words from his mouth can convince the Ming Emperor more than others; since Chengjun cannot leave Seoul, he can only let others take his name."
"So that's what you meant." After hearing the explanation, Jin Hanming felt slightly embarrassed and asked, "Have you found someone who can pretend to be Jun?"
"Of course we found it, it's Cheng Fu." Jin Hanji said: "Cheng Fu's appearance is similar to Cheng Kyun's, and Cheng Kyun's brothers are very familiar with him, so it is easy to imitate him, so of course he is the most suitable candidate."
"Chengfu?" This was not the first time Jin Hanming was surprised today, but this time it was still the most surprising for him. But when he calmed down, he realized that Jin Hanji's whimsical idea was very suitable.
