Scheme of the Official Descendant

In the winter of the twenty-eighth year of Chengqian, he came to the throne at a young age. Emperor Ping, who had reigned for nearly twenty-nine years, collapsed, and Li Mao, the prince born to the empress of Emperor Ping's main palace, succeeded to the throne.

At that time, the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty was controlled by the power minister Yan Ding. The civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty only knew that there was the Yan family but not the Li family. The Yan family was extremely powerful.

In the third year after Emperor Tai'an succeeded to the throne, Emperor Tai'an, with the support of the Empress Dowager Yan, launched a coup with the Shen family of the empress's natal family in an attempt to attack the Yan Party, but was investigated by Yan Ding because of his trusted eunuch's informant. Finally, Emperor Tai'an died unexpectedly. The Empress Dowager and Empress Shen were killed by Jiu, and the whole family of the Shen family was slaughtered.

After the death of Emperor Tai'an, Yan Ding supported Li Huan, the eight-month-old son of Emperor Tai'an, to succeed him, and changed his reign name to Changshun.

In the first year of Changshun, Emperor Tai'an, Empress Dowager Zhou scolded Yan Ding as an old dog in the harem, Yan Ding hanged her after knowing about it. In the same year, Xiao Weiyong, the eldest son of Yanbei Prince, died suddenly in the palace. There were rumors that Xiao Weiyong was dissatisfied with Yan Ding for restricting his freedom of movement, so he was killed by Yan Ding because of his words offending Yan Ding.

After Xiao Weiyong's death, the people of Yanbei were outraged, officials of all sizes in Yanbei jointly wrote to the Yanbei Palace asking the King of Yanbei to seek justice for his son.

The king of Yanbei mourned the death of his eldest grandson, and suffered a serious illness. After recovering from the illness, he made his second son Xiao Jingxi the prince of Yanbei, and handed over all affairs of Yanbei to the prince.

In the spring of the third year of Changshun, the four-year-old little emperor Li Huan choked to death on a piece of pastry. Everyone in the palace said that the little emperor was poisoned and killed by Yan Xiang.

In the summer of the third year of Changshun, Yanbei Wangfu and Hezhong Wangfu issued crusades one after another, and jointly sent troops south under the banner of eliminating treacherous ministers, on the side of the Qing emperor. The commander of the two armies was Xiao Jingxi, the son of Prince Yanbei.

The army of the Great Zhou Dynasty was pampered all the year round. Although it was not inferior to the Yanbei Army in terms of numbers, there was a huge gap in strength between the two sides. When they reached the capital, the soldiers approached the city.

The Yanbei Army ran the army rigorously, and never disturbed the people all the way south. At the beginning, ordinary people would run away when they saw the Yanbei Army. Later, they saw that the Yanbei Army did not burn, kill or loot. Even if they collected food and grass along the way, they would give the people a reasonable Gradually, the common people are not afraid. Some ordinary people who don’t understand the situation see that the soldiers of the Yanbei Army are all handsome and mighty, and they even drag their daughters to deliver water and food, hoping to recruit a good son-in-law to come in.

Mu Hu, known as the Black General, had this kind of trouble.

At that time, a middle-aged peasant woman hugged Mu Hu's big thick legs and rolled around to prevent him from leaving.

You accepted my daughter's purse, and you are going to marry my daughter!

Mu Hu took a look at the strong girl who stood shyly beside him, who was taller than him and darker than him, and almost knelt down: Mother, let go, I will confiscate your daughter's purse! Don't talk nonsense!

With one hand on her hip, the aunt pointed to the coarse cloth bag containing dry food on the back of Mu Hu's horse: You are talking nonsense with your eyes open, what is this! Isn't this the purse embroidered by my daughter?

Mu Hu's face was distorted, his dry food bag was torn, so he picked up a dusty cloth bag, is this actually a purse? Is it really okay to hang this huge thing on your waist?

Surrounded by a circle of people watching the fun, Mu Hu glanced around, pointed to Xiao Shun who was not far away, and said, I'll give it back to you! I'll give it back to you! You see he looks good, you can find him as your son-in-law. , I’m already married, and I’ve already given birth to three children.”

The peasant woman glanced at Xiao Shun along Mu Hu's hand, and frowned, I want a son-in-law to do farm work, so you'll win. She patted Mu Hu's waist and belly hard, smiling proudly, My natal family raises donkeys, so I can see for sure that you are such a good breeder.

Pfft— There was constant laughter around, and Zhu Ruomei, who came over to watch the excitement, laughed extraordinarily wildly, and Mu Hu was so teased that his face was flushed, and he wanted to find a hole to get in.

Unexpectedly, the sturdy aunt saw Zhu Ruomei in the crowd at a glance, her eyes lit up, she pointed at him and shouted: You, baby, it's just you! There is an unmarried girl in my family.

As soon as Zhu Ruomei's face changed, Sa Yazi ran away, causing a burst of laughter.

In the winter of the third year of Changshun, the Yanbei army attacked the imperial palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The lineage of Emperor Ping is dead, the current emperor is a little puppet found by Yan Ding from the clan, and he is still a one-year-old milk baby. In terms of bloodline, he is not as legitimate as the King of Hezhong. Even the Great Zhou court was divided into two factions. Many upright courtiers who were persecuted by the Yan Party felt that it would be better to support the King of Hezhong than to allow the Yan Party to take control of the government with the blood of distant relatives of the royal family.

General Zhu under Xiao Jingxi's command led people to raid Yan's residence on the day he entered the city. Yan Ding and his eldest son and grandson hid in the palace, and the other masters of the Yan family were captured alive. The Yanbei army besieged the palace for three days, but they did not attack. Yan Ding and his son saw that the situation was over, they searched for all the valuables in the palace, and wanted to escape through the secret passage in the palace, but they ran into the river waiting at the exit of the secret passage. Prince Li Tianyou, Yan's father and son were both captured.

The Yanbei Army quietly took over the defense of the capital, and the people in the capital who were hiding at home changed their dynasties and generations without knowing when.

The treacherous party has been eliminated, and the next step is the new emperor's ascension to the throne.

Although the Yanbei military uprising this time was regarded as an attempt to usurp the throne in the eyes of later generations, but because the whole process was relatively peaceful, the courtiers at that time were not aware of this problem. After all, the king of Hezhong is also surnamed Li.

But until the Yan Party was wiped out and order was restored in the capital, the King of Hezhong had no intention of taking the throne, and gradually the courtiers felt that something was wrong.

In the first month of the fourth year of Changshun, the king of Hezhong took the lead in writing a letter, begging the king of Yanbei, who had already entered the capital at some time, to ascend the throne, and the court was in an uproar.

Of course, some elders and children of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not want people from other families to be emperors, but when they thought about rebelling, they realized that the entire capital was under the control of the Yanbei Army. It depends on whose fist is hard, the person who tried to reason with King Yanbei was either beaten to the ground by him or was not born yet.

On the eighth day of February in the fourth year of Changshun, the abolished emperor abdicated. Xiao Yan, king of Yanbei, ascended the throne and changed the name of the country to Ming. It was discovered that the so-called jade seals used by the emperors these years were all fake. There were rumors among the people that the Li family was exhausted and the Xiao family was the real dragon.

After Xiao Yan ascended the throne, there was no suspense that the original Yanbei King's concubine, Yun Shi, was made queen. Yanbei King only had such a wife. However, when the crown prince was appointed next, Xiao Yan's behavior caused a lot of controversy in later generations, because he did not appoint his own son, that is, his only son Xiao Jingxi, as the prince, but he appointed his grandson Xiao Weizhuo.

After Xiao Yan ascended the throne, Xiao Jingxi was named King of Yanbei, and continued to guard the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

After analyzing the history of this period, many scholars in later generations came to the conclusion that the reason why Xiao Yan established his grandson but not his son was the result of mutual compromise between Yanbei and Hezhong.

Xiao Yan wanted to be emperor, but Li Qian didn't want to? Compared with Xiao Yan, Li Gan is the son and phoenix grandson of the emperor. Even if the relationship between the Yanbei Palace and the Hezhong Palace is good, in front of the throne, no amount of friendship is just a cloud, so why is it the one who became the emperor in the end? Xiao Yan of King Yanbei, instead of Li Gan, King of Hezhong? Is Li Qian really willing?

The first reason learned by later generations: Li Qian did not want to be the emperor, but he was powerless.

The King of Yanbei has operated in Yanbei for many years, and the army of Yanbei is strong and strong. In terms of force, Li Gan cannot defeat the King of Yanbei. After all, the king of the river has not controlled the forces in the river for a few years, and he doesn't have many people in his hands. So Li Gan had to be aware of the current affairs, your own fists are hardened by no one, what else can the great rivers and mountains do except give in? .

Reason 2: The King of the River has no heirs.

The King of Hezhong and his concubine only had one son and one daughter. The sons have been married for many years and have nothing to do. It is said that it was because they were poisoned by the Empress Dowager Yan and lost their blood. Why bother? The only daughter married to Yanbei, and her granddaughter is also the daughter-in-law of Xiao Yan, king of Yanbei, and the biological mother of the emperor's grandson who was established by Xiao Yan, so it can be counted that the blood of King Hezhong is actually in the Yanbei palace.

Reason 3: This is the result of mutual compromise between King Yanbei and King Hezhong.

The King of Hezhong has no successors and is unable to ascend to the throne. Instead of taking advantage of distant relatives who appear out of nowhere, it is better to support his own great-grandson, after all, he is of his own blood. King Yanbei also took a step back and established a grandson but not a son to ensure the interests of the Hezhong Palace. If Yan Beixiang appoints his own son as the crown prince, who knows if the throne of the emperor will fall to the heir of Hezhong's granddaughter in a few decades? Who knew how many wives Xiao Jingxi would marry and how many sons he would have?

Reason 4: Is it only natural that the father is fighting outside the country, and the son is picking up the bargain in the back?

The Sixteen States of Yanyun was the northern barrier of the Ming Dynasty. The Yanbei Palace had guarded the northern border for several generations, and they could not give up no matter what. There is no second person outside. Xiao Yan might still be worried if someone else holds a heavy army, but if his son guards the country for his grandson, he is still worried. As a grandfather, he bears the world's infamy and hard work. Isn't it for his precious grandson in the future?

Due to the above reasons, Xiao Jingxi became the king of Yanbei and took his concubine and youngest son to stay in Yanbei, and the eldest son A Zhuo became the prince to take advantage of it.

In Yanbei Palace of Yunyang City, Ren Yaoqi is teaching her five-year-old daughter Awu to write. Although Awu is young, she is quiet and well-behaved, very much like her mother. Little Awu is her father's favorite jewel.

Xiao Jingxi walked in from the outside and stood quietly watching his daughter write.

Daddy, you are blocking the light. Ah Wu raised her head, blinked her eyes softly and said to her father.

Xiao Jingxi stepped aside quickly, sat down on the other side of her daughter, leaned over and kissed her little cheek: Sorry, Dad didn't pay attention.

Ah Wu smiled softly: It's okay, Daddy will pay attention next time.

Ren Yaoqi looked behind Xiao Jingxi, frowned and said, Where's Ah Xuan? Didn't you take him out to play?

While watching his daughter's strokes, Xiao Jingxi took his wife's hand and said calmly, I'll let silly girl play with him.

When Ren Yaoqi heard the words, she had a bad premonition in her heart, she glared at Xiao Jingxi and immediately stood up and walked out.

Ah Wu turned her head to look at her mother, then at her father, and criticized seriously: Daddy, are you bullying younger brother again? Mother will be angry.

Xiao Jingxi smiled softly at her daughter: Likes of a feather flock together, so Daddy let Ah Xuan play with silly girls, wouldn't Daddy come to accompany you and your mother?

Little Ah Wu looked at her father with some sympathy: It's useless for Ah Wu to tell Daddy if it's okay, if mother says otherwise, Daddy will be in trouble, daddy write and hide in Ah Wu's closet.

Ren Yaoqi went out from the house, and saw her youngest son, Ah Xuan, who was just two years old this year, rolling in the grass with a huge ball of white flowers, and rolled into a ball from time to time. It's all grass clippings.

Seeing Ren Yaoqi walking over, Ah Xuan smirked drooling, Mother... play...

Silly girl ran over and flattered her: Aww—

Ren Yaoqi gritted her teeth: Xiao Jingxi!

Inside the room, Xiao Jingxi's ears moved, then he calmly picked up his daughter and walked towards the side door: Ah Wu, Daddy will take you to play elsewhere. rs