At the Daming Palace in Chang'an, the official's vote counting for local states finally ended. There were a total of 7,455 recommended votes, of which 245 were against King Jin's ascension to the throne, while the number of votes in favor of King Jin's ascension to the throne was
There are seven thousand two hundred and ten in total.
When Dugu Mingren, the minister of civil affairs, announced the result to the political affairs hall, a burst of warm applause burst out in the political affairs hall.
The three-way voting between the army, the court, and the local government has ended. Jin Wang Guo Song won the support of the majority of civil and military officials with an absolute majority of votes. This is the legitimacy of iron casting. No one can shake it, and no one can deny it.
Zhang Qianyi said with a smile: "It's a pity that His Royal Highness the King of Jin is still in Liaodong, otherwise we would have supported the new emperor on the throne today."
Du You clapped his hands and said, "Fellow ministers, please listen to me!"
The hall became quiet, and the five prime ministers all looked at Du You. After Cui Yuanfeng was dismissed as prime minister, Lu Zhi, the minister of household affairs and the envoy of Duzhi, was promoted to prime minister, and at the same time he took over as minister of household affairs. Zhang Qianyi, the original minister of household affairs, was changed to minister of official affairs, plus the right minister
Pan Liao, Minister of Justice Guo Shu, Minister of Industry Han Min, and Minister of War Zhang Qiu'an went to Liaodong, so there are currently only six prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall.
Du You said to everyone: "Although His Highness is still in Liaodong and needs to wait for his return before he can officially ascend the throne, as ministers, we can start to prepare. In addition, we need to get the Queen Mother's edict and send people to Liaodong to invite His Highness back.
Then tell the world."
Pan Liao understood Du You's eagerness and wanted to get the Empress Dowager's edict first to avoid long nights and dreams. If the Empress Dowager made any mistakes at a critical moment, things would be in trouble. However, there were some things that Du You might not be aware of.
Pan Liao pondered for a while and said: "The Queen Mother has now become a monk in Yuzhen Palace and basically does not care about secular affairs. As far as I know, before becoming a monk, the Queen Mother gave the Queen Mother's Seal to the Princess, who will keep it for her."
Du You's mind turned quickly and he immediately said: "It doesn't matter whose hand the big seal is in. In the past, the emperor's seal was still in charge of Fu Xilang. As long as we draft an edict first and the Queen Mother only needs to sign it, we can
Rewriting a formal edict and asking the princess to stamp it is essentially an edict issued by the Queen Mother."
Du You's plan won unanimous approval from everyone, and they recommended Pan Liao and Du You to go to Yuzhen Palace to meet the Queen Mother.
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Early the next morning, Pan Liao and Du You arrived at Yuzhen Palace. The palace owner Ying Caihe was not there, so the abbot on duty, Ming Fengzhenren, received them.
Of course Master Ming Feng knew who they were looking for, so he took them to the Yuzhen Palace in the east. There was a quiet small garden inside, which was the residence of the palace owner Qinglian Tianshi. Next to it was Laojun Hall. Here
It is the place where the elder Taoist nuns of Yuzhen Palace practice. The Queen Mother is one of the thirteen elders. She officially became a Taoist nun last year. Her Taoist name is Mingjing and she is recognized as a real person by Zongzheng Temple.
Pan Liao and Du You sat in the hall for a while. After a while, Master Ming Feng came out and said: "Master Ming Jing said that she no longer cares about worldly affairs. Please go back to the two prime ministers!"
Du You took out two copies of the imperial edict and handed it to Ming Feng: "This is the last thing she needs to do. Please sign it and seal it. From now on, no one will bother her again."
"Phase Xiangguo, wait a moment!"
Master Ming Feng put the imperial edict on the plate and carried it in carefully. She knew this thing, it was an imperial edict!
Pan Liao and Du You didn't wait long. They didn't even finish a cup of tea. Ming Feng came out with a plate. She put the plate on the table. Du You opened the two decrees and looked at them. He was relieved and said:
Pan Liao nodded.
Pan Liao asked: "Where is that child now? We want to see him."
"Please come with me!"
Ming Feng brought the two of them to a courtyard door. She knocked on the door, and the door opened a crack, and a middle-aged woman poked her head out.
Ming Feng whispered a few words, turned back and pointed at Pan and Du. The middle-aged woman bowed and said: "The palace master has given instructions that you can only see him outside and not enter the house. The child is now very afraid of giving birth."
people."
The middle-aged woman pointed to her head and sighed: "He has a problem here, which is equivalent to a one-year-old child. In the words of His Highness Prince Jin, he lives completely in his own world."
"We know, just look at him and leave."
The middle-aged woman led the two people to a room. She opened the window gently. Pan Liao and Du You stood outside the window and looked into the room. They saw a thin boy who was concentrating on painting. He painted two things.
People really can't understand it. It turns out to be an iron bird with wings flying in the sky, with long flames spraying out from behind its butt. There are countless spheres above the iron bird, one of which looks like the sun.
At this time, the little boy looked up at them, and their eyes met. Pan Liao and Du You immediately understood that this child's eyes were so pure that there was no impurity in them. He was indeed living in another world, in his own heart.
It has absolutely nothing to do with the real world.
The little boy lowered his head and continued to draw. Pan Liao and Du You turned around and left, but they did not see the little boy's painting of a huge ship, with black smoke rising from the ship's chimney.
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In the Penglai Hall of the Daming Palace, Princess Xue Tao received Pan Liao and Du You. Xue Tao already knew about the voting of local officials. More than 95% of the local officials supported her husband's ascension to the throne. This made her feel mixed feelings. She was proud of her husband, but also
I feel worried about my husband’s heavy responsibility.
Xue Tao sighed softly and said: "His Royal Highness is related to the well-being of the people of the world and the stability of the country. I am really worried that he is not capable enough and will not live up to the high expectations of the officials and people of the world."
Pan Liao smiled slightly and said: "Princess, I have followed His Highness for almost twenty years. His Highness's diligence and self-discipline, his long-term vision and compassion are all unparalleled in history, but they are definitely rare in a hundred years, especially the three companies he founded."
Although the shop is just a small shop, it has helped the poor people all over the world no longer suffer from hunger and cold. This is a supreme merit, and we are all deeply honored to follow such an emperor."
Xue Tao nodded, "You are all ministers who govern the world and are the founding prime ministers of the country. Cheng'er's training also depends on you. His father is too busy and can't take care of his son."
Du You smiled and said: "Although the prince is not as powerful as his father, he is more humble and refined, and is especially kind-hearted. As the heir to the throne, he must be a wise ruler. Please don't worry, Princess. We are all very concerned about his growth."
At this time, one of Xue Tao's confidant maids arrived with a treasure box. Xue Tao took the treasure box, took out the Queen Mother's seal, dipped it in red mud, and stamped it on the two formal edicts.
The emperor's abdication edict, one in the name of the Queen Mother, announced that King Guo Song of Jin Dynasty had ascended to the throne and was a great treasure.
The next step is to support King Jin on the throne, but this requires waiting for him to come back.
Pan Liao and Du You carefully put away the Queen Mother's decree. Pan Liao hesitated and said: "Princess, there is a saying that I don't know whether to say or not?"
Xue Tao smiled slightly and said: "Pan Xiangguo and His Highness have known each other for the longest time, what can't we say?"
Pan Liao sighed and said: "Actually, what we are most worried about is that His Highness has too few heirs, which is not good for the stability of the world. Your Highness has no brothers or nephews. I would like to ask the princess to be more considerate in this regard and advise Your Highness."
Xue Tao nodded slowly, "What Pan Xiangguo is worried about is exactly what I am worried about. Please rest assured, I will try my best to make arrangements!"
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That night, Xue Tao invited several ladies to his living room. None of them knew what happened. Dugu Youlan smiled and asked, "Did something happen? There are many rumors in the palace today."
Xue Tao nodded and said to the three of them: "The rumors in the palace are basically correct. My husband has confirmed that he will ascend the throne. All officials support my husband's enthronement. Today, the Queen Mother also issued a decree, clearing the last obstacle. After my husband returns,
That day will be when he ascends the throne."
Liu Caichun sighed, "The rules of the imperial family are very strict. From now on, you must pay attention to everything you say and do. If you don't pay attention, you will be laughed at."
Xue Tao waved his hand, "You don't need to pay too much attention to the rules in the palace. To be honest, I also hate all kinds of unreasonable and harsh rules. I feel that as long as they are in line with common sense and my words and deeds are consistent with my identity, I shouldn't be criticized.
, but the key is outside the palace, we must restrain our family members, it is okay to give them wealth, but do not give them power, otherwise morality will not match them, but it will harm them."
Xue Tao glanced at Dugu Youlan and continued: "Of course, if a family member obtains a high position through their own efforts, it is completely beyond reproach. What I mean is that the harem cannot interfere in politics, including myself. My father is qualified to be the prime minister.
He also thought about being promoted to prime minister. When my husband asked for my opinion, I said that my father was in poor health and could not do much when he became prime minister. This was called occupying his position without seeking political affairs.
Strictly speaking, my words and deeds are a kind of interference in politics."
Xue Tao smiled helplessly and said: "I am not showing my impartiality, I am actually criticizing myself. When my husband asked me, I should say that whether my father can serve as prime minister has nothing to do with me. If my husband thinks that he
If I think he is a little inferior to me if I can be a prime minister, even if I appoint him, then there is no need to consider my feelings. This is the attitude we should show. As for my father's physical inability to handle the heavy duties of the court, I should persuade my father to take good care of his body.
Rather than trying to persuade your husband."
After Xue Tao finished speaking, she glanced at the three of them and said slowly: "Today we will establish the first rule, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics!"
Zhang Minqiu has no interest in being involved in harem politics. Her father and brother are both dead, and her nephew does not have much future. In the future, he will inherit his father's shop and start a business. Being involved in harem politics has nothing to do with her, but she is more concerned about whether she will fall out of favor.
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"Sister, will more people enter the palace in the future?"
Xue Tao understood what she meant and smiled lightly: "Of course there will be, and there will be quite a few, so it is most important for you to educate the first grade students well."
In the first grade of junior high school is Min Qiu's son Guo Jinrui. He is eight years old this year. He has not been in good health since he was a child and is relatively weak. However, he is very talented in calligraphy and painting. He studied under Liu Gongchuo, a famous calligrapher in Chang'an. Perhaps Xue Tao himself is good at calligraphy and painting.
The reason may be that Jinrui is not a threat to the prince, so Xue Tao also likes Guo Jinrui very much and takes good care of him.
Zhang Minqiu became a little worried. No matter what, she had to put in more effort to please her husband and have a few more children to protect herself in the future.
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[At this point in writing this book, everyone can see that the book is coming to an end and is already in the final stage. As for the conquest of the Western Regions, because it involves some sensitive things, Lao Gao does not want to get into trouble, so he will not write it in detail, but will write it simply.
In the last few sentences, I explain a result. The background of the next book is the early Tang Dynasty. I will not consider writing about the struggle for hegemony. I will write a story about a bad student. It will be more relaxed and will probably be released in March. Please continue to support me. We will continue to support you.