There are precedents in the history of the Red Chamber

Shi Zhongzhu's speculation is correct or incorrect. The saint is indeed planning to abdicate, but not last year, but this year. Think about it. This year, the saint will be in the world for 50 years, and His Royal Highness is just 35 years old. People in the country love every five and ten integer.The crown prince's eldest son, who is most favored by the sage, and the third-generation heir appointed by default has just turned 12 years old. This age is recognized as standing still and will not die easily.The country is peaceful this year, and there will be no strange astronomical phenomena. It is a good time to abdicate.

The most critical issue for historians now is the same as that of the royal family - a smooth transition.

Shi Zhongzhu thought for a long time, discussed with Shi Ding and Shi Nai, and finally made up his mind to report the results of the reformed grains that he had studied for a long time.

When Shi Zhongzhu arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the sage had just returned from court. Just at the pilgrimage meeting, the sage announced the news of his abdication. No matter whether the ministers begged or the prince did not dare to think about it because of his lack of character, the sage just announced and ordered the Ministry of Rites to ascend the throne after him. Before the 50th anniversary celebration, come up with an abdication ceremony.

Royalist courtiers wept bitterly as if they were mourning their wives, the prince's in-laws and those who had already boarded the Sixth Prince's boat wept with joy, the whole court would cry, and it was probably like this in front of the saint's mourning hall.

Returning to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, seeing Shi Zhongzhu hesitating to speak, he said displeasedly: "Why, you also followed those old pedants to offer advice?"

"No, sir, I," Shi Zhongzhu made up his mind, knelt down and said, "I have the honor to tell you."

Seeing Shi Zhongzhu's seriousness, the sage restrained himself and ordered everyone to go down except Gao Wei.

Shi Zhongzhu took out a memorial from his pocket, handed it to Eunuch Gao, and Gao Wei forwarded it to the saint.The sage took this memorial, which was soaked in Shi Zhongzhu's body temperature, and read it carefully.The more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, and finally he put down the notebook with a serious expression.

"Is what you said true?"

"Yes, the matter of improving grain seeds began when I was ten years old. It has been eight years now. When I was admitted as a scholar, my father gave me a small village, which is a grain grower."

"Is that the Zhuangzi where you planted the peonies?" the sage asked, he was still very impressed with the peonies.

"Yes, at that time it was just for being arty. Later, by chance, I met a Mr. Zhao who was good at growing grain. He took care of the field affairs." Shi Zhongzhu glanced at the sage, and explained in more detail: "The grain is The wild rice that Chen accidentally discovered during his study tour and the improvement of the existing grain species, in this way, can be cultivated three times a year in Fujian and other southern regions, twice a year in the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, and once a year in Sichuan and other places, and rice is not grown in the north , Danchen had a friend who was originally a horse merchant in Hetao, named Gai Kuan. He moved to the Northeast and started a horse trading business at the border with Jurchen. I asked him to experiment, and he could be cooked once a year. In the mountains and forests, the people still mainly fish and hunt, and they also grow wheat in the fields.”

As soon as the sage heard it, he knew that Shi Zhongzhu was fully prepared. Shi Ding was working in Fujian. He himself had been to Sichuan, and he had a friend in the Northeast.

The sage was very excited, what a virtuous government this is, combined with what is said in the booklet, it can produce a high yield... A sage can imagine how future generations will praise his own achievements, and he will immediately go to the Zhuangzi mentioned by Shi Zhongzhu to check.As soon as he got up, he came back rationally, and asked again: "Why did you send it up at this time?"

"Improving grain varieties is not easy. I spent nearly ten years, but with a little success. I planned to present it at the 50th anniversary celebration of Saint Yuji Tianxia to add glory, but..."

"You should offer it at the grand ceremony." The saint sighed.

"I know, I know, but... but... Yaoyun not only regards you as a saint..."

"What else do you take me for?"

"Elder, when I met the saint for the first time, I said that you are an elder." Shi Zhongzhu said with tears in his eyes.

"Stupid boy." The sage patted his head and said to Gao Wei, "Go and invite the prince over."

The saint knows, and Shi Zhongzhu also knows that it is most appropriate to present such auspicious and virtuous government at the saint's celebration and the new emperor's enthronement ceremony. Neither saint will offend them. Stabilize the throne and then offer it, the benefits will be even greater.Now when the sage said to abdicate, how many ministers were ready to hold the new emperor's thigh, plus a series of things later, after the abdication, the Supreme Emperor loved Shi Zhongzhu more and more, I will not mention it later.

When the prince arrived, Shi Zhongzhu had already arranged his appearance and stood aside.

"My son, send my respects to my father. Long live my father." The crown prince greeted him, not like a courtier who knelt down and kowtowed, just bowed.The more the last moment, the more cautious the prince is, bending his body at ninety degrees is the greatest respect for a saint.

The sage was also very satisfied with his son's filial piety, and motioned him to come forward: "I have something to tell you."

"Father ordered."

"Yaoyun, you know," said the saint, Shi Zhongzhu, "he loved planting flowers and grass since he was a child, and even gave me peonies."

The prince thought that the sage wanted to entrust him to take care of Shi Zhongzhu more, of course it was no problem, the historian was originally his.He quickly expressed his opinion: "Yao Yun has both talents and virtues, and is young and promising, which is naturally good."

"Not this one. Yaoyun has improved rice varieties, which can be grown nationwide for one season, and the yield is extremely high."

"Ah?" The prince is also knowledgeable, looking up at the sage in surprise, the sage nodded in confirmation.

"I ordered him to secretly try to plant this fine seed the year before last. Now that I have been trying to plant it for two years, the results have come out. I was afraid that I would not be able to wait, but now it is just right for you to use to consolidate the government after you ascend the throne." Said before, it is also to protect Shi Zhongzhu.

"No, no, it's because the father's virtue moved the heavens, so there is such a virtuous government. What kind of virtue can the son, no, no." The prince was terrified. He was really terrified, thinking that this was another temptation. It has only been more than two years since he was crowned prince. In the past many years, he was not a child favored by saints.

"Hey, Yaoyun go down first, wait in the side hall." The saint first ordered Shi Zhongzhu to retreat, and then called the saint to the dragon chair, and asked him to sit on the low stool beside it.

"I often wonder whether I have been too harsh on you, so that the boss, the third, the fourth, and the seventh can't wait for the throne." Seeing that the prince was about to speak, the sage raised his hand to stop, and then said: "Everyone The emperor's family is the most ruthless. People who are not from the emperor's family are naturally cold-blooded and ruthless. The world's burden is too heavy. I have ten points in my heart. I give eight points to the world, one point to balance the harem, and one point to your elder brother. Do you blame me for wronging you all these years?"

"Father, my son dare not..."

"I don't dare, it's not that I don't blame~"

The crown prince struggled and was about to fall to his knees. The sage pressed his hand tightly and said, "Today we are not monarchs and ministers, but father and son. Don't come here to kowtow to plead guilty. I know you have been wronged all these years, but I don't regret it. , I have no choice but to do this. The royal family’s most taboo is not knowing the position of the prince. The only way I can protect you is to separate the crown prince from the other princes. It’s a pity that I never thought that the crown prince I taught by myself would end up in the end. It turned out to be like that."

"Father..."

"Don't, let me tell you. When I installed your elder brother again, I knew he was not suitable for the throne. He is too sensitive and easily provoked by others. He can bear a knife on his head. Anyone who can ascend to the throne will not stop Use patience, he is not as good as you! You have recovered many courtiers in secret, and you have not jumped out like them. Don’t panic, I know, I know, you can bear it, I am very happy, you will bear it, and you will have great achievements in the future.”

"I ascended the throne when I was young, and endured the empress dowager, the assistant ministers, and the aristocratic family, and I am now. You are very good. When the prince was abolished, I considered letting you be the prince directly. Why didn't you ? One is reluctant to part with your eldest brother, and more importantly, you. At that juncture, your house is in a state of restlessness! How did you lose your eldest son? Why did I wait until this year when Xing'er stood up to pass on the position to you? Confused! "

"My minister is confused, my minister is confused!" Hearing this, the prince pleaded guilty again and again, but the saint refused to let him kneel down, and he was sweating profusely.Back then, the crown prince had a concubine who was also the daughter of an important official. For the sake of her father's influence, he doted on her a lot, which resulted in the death of the eldest son.So what if you know it afterwards, the son is dead when he dies, and the relationship between the prince and princess is not very good now, because of this son who died young.But what can the prince do, the side concubine also gave birth to a child for him, and his status and family background are there.Hearing what the sage said, the prince felt in his heart that when he came to the throne, the side concubine should be named a noble concubine, who happened to be the lord of the palace, and being able to be called a queen would be considered as a face to his children.

"You are confused. A woman serves well. It is normal for you to be partial, but you are doing it for her family background. This is a big mistake. There is no reason for a king to accommodate his ministers. How difficult it was for me at the beginning, I still made a decision." The Emperor Yuan of the aristocratic family helped her son to become the crown prince. Is it possible that you are a king's subject on the shore of the land, you must firmly remember that as a saint, there is no subject you can't live without!"

"Yes!"

"The way of the emperor, you have done very well for many years. When you become a saint in the future, you should use less ghostly means and more conspiracy. The way to be upright is king."

"Yes!"

"Then tell me, how to deal with the Zhen family after you ascend the throne." The test of the saint came.

"The old lady of the Zhen family is still alive. After she leaves, the Zhen family will ransack the house...and exile..." The crown prince said while looking at the saint's face. You must know that the saint's affection for the old lady of the Zhen family is deeper than that for the queen mother.

"If I were to pick the old lady of the Zhen family to strike, I would let the world know that once the emperor and the courtiers, the Zhen family will deal with them according to the law, and then pick out the innocent people who are not contaminated, and then they will have a reputation. As for your four Brother, he has been promoted to his title, and he has been trapped in the capital all his life, what kind of trouble can he make?"

The prince bowed his head to be taught, he may not understand the benefits of such a disposition, it's just that a sage can say such things, but he can't.

"It is said that the new official took office three times, copied the Zhen family Liwei, and got the Shijia Zhangde. There is another big event. What are you going to do?" The saint asked again.

Maybe it was because the atmosphere of today's conversation was too harmonious, maybe the prince wanted to gamble on the relationship between father and son, it was rare for the prince to tell the truth: "Military power."

"Exactly! The literati rebellion, it won't happen in three years. If you have a good seed, the literati will naturally sing praises for you. At this time, mastering military power is the most important thing. But knowing is not the same as doing it. What are you going to do? Now you have a lot of soldiers General, they are all my people."

"This……"

"Say!" the sage said angrily, when he is teaching you the essence, what are you holding back!

"Remove directly, it's ugly on the face, my son thought, let's transfer, several generals, the official rank remains the same, just change the place where they work, so that they can mess themselves up. What if... what if they go to the letter like their father? The emperor asked for help, and just used this as an interface to confiscate the military power and let them return to Beijing to retire."

"Exactly! It seems that you are not lacking in the overall situation. In the past few months, you have dealt with political affairs, and I found that you are too rigid about details. Ability, beyond your reach."

"Yes, my son must be more attentive after being taught."

"I have spotted you many years ago, and now I have entrusted the country to you. Don't blame me. Only when you can stand the grind can you keep the country. The position of a saint is not easy to do. When you sit, you I get it. Everyone says the dragon chair is good, but that chair is not comfortable to sit on. The entire back of the chair is embossed with flying dragons. It is very uncomfortable to lean on. The cushion under the buttocks is not soft enough, and the buttocks are sore after sitting for a long time. High It’s extremely cold, you can experience it yourself.”

"Father, don't worry, my son will do his best to govern the country well."

"The only thing I'm worried about is your brothers."

"My son will definitely treat all brothers well."

"That's not necessary. You are a saint in this world first, and then their brother. If they threaten this country and your throne, how can brotherhood stop you? You are the most suitable to govern this country I don’t want you to be kicked out! Forget it, I can still live for a few more years. When I’m alive, they dare not rebel, and you don’t dare to kill me. .”

The prince couldn't hold on any longer, and knelt down on the ground, "I don't dare, I don't dare."

"In succession to the world, the most important thing is stability. The Shi family is the representative I chose for you, and their family has long been yours. Go and find Shi Yaoyun."

The prince shuddered. He finally believed that his father really wanted to pass on the throne to him many years ago, so he got up and retreated.When he was about to leave the palace gate, the prince glanced subconsciously. The aged emperor was like a dying lion, without any sharp claws. His father was really old.