Unparalleled Concubine

  Chapter 47

The succession of the throne in the Great Jin Dynasty is not entirely based on the succession system of firstborn sons. It is generally selected from the princes born directly, not according to age. However, the Chengde Emperor Yuan and the Empress died young and had no children under their knees. Then the queen is established, so these sons of him are all sons of a concubine.

   There is no direct son, and there is no standing. In theory, each of these princes has the opportunity to be crowned as a great treasure and to rule the world.

Among the many princes, the only ones left in the capital were the eldest prince, the third prince, the fourth prince, and the seventh prince, except for a few young princes who were under the age of sixteen. The son looked at it very seriously, and stayed by his side to listen.

   is equivalent to saying that there are four candidates for the throne, left for the emperor of Chengde to investigate.

In the six ministries of the dynasty, in addition to the Ritual Ministry with the highest status, and the Ministry of Personnel with the most real power, the other four were all named by the four princes who stayed in the capital. For example, the fourth prince, Ji Huan, has One of the official positions is the Minister of War, and the seventh prince, Ji Wen, is the Minister of Industry of the Jin Dynasty.

   In addition, the first prince is in charge of the household department, and the third prince is in charge of the punishment department.

The four of them, although they can't be regarded as a complete six books, most of the affairs of each department are handled by the two servants under the subordinates, but they are the official officials of the Ministry of the Eight Classics, and each of them has a large share in the capital. power.

This level of decentralization is rare in the history of the Great Jin Dynasty. You must know that in the past, each of the six Shangshu books was a second-rank official of the eight classics. Not to mention the high power in the court, he was also a master among scholars in the field. Before the Chengde Dynasty, there was no precedent for a prince to hold an official position of this level.

   That is, the emperor of Chengde, who is confident that he can fully control the capital, dares to delegate power to this level.

After the fourth prince Ji Huan clapped his hands, he sat back on the soft couch again. After he lowered his head and took a sip of the tea, he looked up at Li Xin, and said softly, "Little Marquis knows why he is being played by a common man with applause. Is it?"

Li Chun's face turned slightly red. What he did during this time was indeed a bit shameful. Originally, with the status of the Pingnanhou Mansion in the capital, Li Xin, who was not even as good as grass roots, could not win a fight no matter what. The Nanhou Mansion, however, was flattened by the Nanhou Mansion. In the hands of this hillbilly, it suffered successive losses.

  Li Chun lowered his head slightly and said solemnly, "This Li Xin has a very cunning mind, and he does things by unscrupulous means.

The fourth prince smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and poured a cup of tea for Li Chun, and said softly: "Little Marquis still thinks it simple, just because he is a mountain person who has just entered the capital, even if he has great ability, it is impossible to move. The Marquis of Pingnan has half a hair, but he has touched the sore spot of Marquis of Pingnan, and he has touched it twice, so there must be a big problem behind it."

  Li Chun slowly sat down in front of the fourth prince, took a deep breath, and said softly: "I have been puzzled in my heart these few days, and I would like to ask Your Highness to give me some advice."

  The difference between his status and the fourth prince in front of him is actually not big. If it wasn't for Li Chun's deliberate flattery, he would even be qualified to have an equal dialogue with the fourth prince as the young prince of the Pingnan Houfu.

That is to say, before the fourth prince ascended the throne, there was no relationship between the two of them. head on the chair.

   Qi Wang Jihuan took a sip of tea, squinted his eyes and said: "According to the news from the people, Li Xin appeared in the father's field of vision because of that poem."

   Having said this, Ji Huan looked at Li Chun and said with a soft laugh, "That poem is very well written, did the little prince read it?"

  Li Chun gritted his teeth and said, "That guy wrote this poem on white paper and posted it all over the street. I naturally saw it."

Ji Huan chuckled: "Has the little Marquis ever thought about why this poem can be delivered to the emperor so quickly? He, Li Xin, is just a commoner, and he can post a few pieces of paper on the street. God listen?"

   Li Chun frowned and said with a wry smile: "It may be because the content of that poem is too sensitive, Your Majesty is very discerning, so..."

   Before he could finish speaking, the Fourth Prince interrupted him.

"It is precisely because the content of this poem is too sensitive, and it mentions Jingzhao Mansion. According to normal circumstances, it should be quickly suppressed by the people of Jingzhao Mansion, and then the traces will be wiped clean and will not be passed on to the father and emperor. , but this poem, the next day, spread to the emperor's table."

   Having said that, Li Chun can understand no matter how stupid he is. He raised his head to look at the fourth prince, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness means that someone is making trouble and trying to embarrass me at the Nanhou Mansion?"

His Royal Highness King Qi did not answer this sentence, but said to himself: "The matter of your conflict with that Li Xin in the Ningcui Tower, this king also sent someone to inquire about it, and I followed the two insiders behind that Li Xin that day. Wei, he followed in secret, and the father and emperor did not give him any will beforehand, so how did Li Xin know that there were two inner guards behind him, and he used this as a means to frame the little prince?"

  Li Chun's face changed slightly.

  These details, he had never thought of it before, only after this His Royal Highness King Qi mentioned it, he realized that there was a big problem behind Li Xin.

  Yes, he is a young man who has just entered the capital, how can he stir up the situation and make the entire Pingnan Houfu into a mess?

   No matter how smart he is, he has to borrow strength, so who lent him this strength?

   The more Li Chun thought about it, the more he frowned, he bowed his head to His Royal Highness King Qi, and said in a respectful tone, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your suggestion."

  The fourth prince smiled slightly: "Little Marquis wants to raise his eyebrows?"

Li Chun lowered his head and said: "Not yet, but after all, I have a clue. When I look back, I will ask someone to check who Li Xin has been in contact with during this time. He has been in Beijing for less than a month, and his whereabouts are all there The traces can be traced, and I can always catch some clues."

   His Royal Highness King Qi frowned slightly and then stretched out.

   He shook his head and said softly, "You don't need to check, this king has already inquired about it. You should know the first place Li Xin first entered the capital."

   Li Chun was shocked, and then whispered: "Kaiyilou?"

When Li Xin first came to the capital, he made a lot of money in the Deyi Building. At that time, Mrs. Yu also sent someone to say hello to the Deyi Building, so that the Deyi Building broke off the business relationship with Li Xin, and sent people to burn Li Xin with a two-pronged approach. House of.

   His Royal Highness King Qi squinted his eyes and said softly, "Who is the owner of the Deyi Building? It's no secret in the capital, and the little Marquis should know."

   Li Chun's face was a little ugly.

   "Wei Wangfu..."

   His Royal Highness King Qi chuckled: "Yes, Li Xin has done these things since he entered Beijing, and there is more or less the shadow of the old seventh behind him. Although he hides it well, he can't hide it from me."

   Li Chun snorted.

   "I have no grievances or enmity with His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei, so why would he be embarrassed by my Pingnanhou Mansion?"

   The corner of the fourth prince's eyes jumped, and he complained in his heart.

  Idiot, if you are close to this king, you are the biggest offense to the seventh!

   He glanced at Li Chun and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

   "The intelligence quotient of this man from the Li family is far inferior to that of the illegitimate son..."

   (end of this chapter)