According to the practice of the royal family, the adult prince may go to the fief at any time.

The order of leaving Beijing depends on the degree of favor and relationship with the new emperor.

Those that have always been loved by the emperor will naturally be kept for a while, and the emperor may as well keep them by his side for a look.

But the emperor's favorite will always be the prince he chooses, so in order to help the selected heir eliminate all potential threats, other princes, especially those with good abilities, have to be obedient and stay away from the center.

A lunatic like Emperor Li of the former Jizhou dynasty who was afraid of chaos in the world, appointed a younger brother as the new emperor, and at the same time appointed another younger brother as the regent, and even gave the regent independent military power. After all, they are a minority.

Most emperors still hope to leave a relatively stable clan and court to their descendants.

As for the relationship between the prince and the new emperor, it is difficult to say how it will affect the order in which the prince leaves Beijing.

Some new emperors have a deep brotherhood and insist on keeping their brothers in Beijing, and even ask him to take the position of Shang Zongzheng. It is not impossible.

But sometimes the new emperor is suspicious, and instead will let his brothers go to fiefdom first, so as to avoid the possibility of being replaced by someone with a similar background.

Since Qingzhou implements the national policy of the coexistence of sixteen generals, generals, and governors, this makes the emperor sitting in Beijing have centralized power, and the prince at the border also has the duty to defend Qingzhou against demons, making the rebellion change. become very difficult.

You must have enough strength to send troops to attack Tianjing, and at the same time fight against the various armies escorted by King Qin, and you must also guard the border carefully—otherwise, you will accidentally let demons enter the territory. sinner.

Under such circumstances, it is of course difficult to achieve a successful rebellion, so the prince's departure from Tianjing usually means that he is getting farther and farther away from the imperial power.

The father has appointed the crown prince, and he also conferred the titles of Qijing, Laiyi Second County and Yucheng, the meaning is very obvious - go early and go late, Prince Jing will leave Beijing sooner or later.

Regarding this point, Qi Jing actually admired her father's decision.

The emperor once had the idea of ​​changing the crown prince, but after dispelling this idea, even though he knew that Qi Jing was the reincarnation of his ancestors and was heartbroken, he could still consider for the crown prince and maintain the brotherhood between them.

Letting Qi Jing go to the fiefdom is to protect the interests of the prince and at the same time to protect Qi Jing.

Because only by asking Prince Jing to go to the fief and stay away from the center, the prince's doubts about Prince Jing will be further dispelled.

If this matter is placed on other princes, it will definitely be a bad thing.But for Qi Jing, it might not be a good thing.

Qi Jing understands his father's good intentions - the father's seemingly vague urging on him is actually hinting at him, asking him to open the mouth on his own initiative.

In this way, Qi Jing's elder brother can be more assured of Prince Jing's younger brother.

In fact, such carefulness and calculations between father and son and brothers did not make Qi Jing feel unhappy or sad.

Being in the royal family, being jealous and being jealous is an ordinary thing. It is impossible to enjoy the glory and wealth that ordinary people can't enjoy, but not willing to pay the corresponding price.

Since this is the prince's destiny, then do your part well, don't do or touch things that shouldn't be done or touched, the one who protects is actually oneself.

When the emperor said these words to Qi Jing, he was obviously reluctant and felt a little distressed.

This reluctance is more or less related to Qi Jing's ancestor's returning soul, but his heartache is purely because of love.

The main reason why Qi Jun came up with the idea of ​​changing the crown prince in the first place was of course the return of the ancestors' souls, but Qi Jing's consistent character was also a factor that made the emperor shake.

Now, letting a sensible son leave on his own "sensible" is a difficult decision for any father. Just opening his mouth is already unimaginably difficult.

Qi Jing can understand his father's painstaking efforts, and also understands the meaning of his leaving Beijing. What he wants is a free life, so he can accept it with emotion and reason.

"The last time I went to the Laiyi Peninsula was when the flowers were blooming in spring," Qi Jing said with a smile, "I think Erchen will see the same scenery when he goes to the East this time."

He has been to the Laiyi Peninsula, it is a good place, he also likes it, so you don't have to worry about him anymore...

After listening to Qi Jing's words, the emperor understood what the other party meant. This is the tacit understanding between father and son.

Qi Jun leaned gently on the throne as if he had relaxed after solving some important matter.

"Yes, it's always beautiful there." He said slowly, not knowing whether he was talking to Qi Jing or talking to himself.

……

The 25th year of Yuanzhang is really a pass for the Qingzhou royal family.

The palace was unprecedentedly empty, because there were only a handful of royals who could sit on the palace banquet.

When the emperor brought his children to Ci'an Palace to watch the new year, there were fewer and fewer people left.

Several princes, the eldest prince murdered the emperor's heir, the fifth prince and the sixth prince raised troops to force the palace, they were all given poisoned wine, and now only the prince, Prince Jing, and a little Eleventh Prince are left.

As for the princesses, the eldest princess married Jingzhou far away. I don’t know what’s going on. There is also a third princess who was affected by the conspiracy. In front of him, only the sixth princess is left.

The royal family has become like this, and His Majesty asked the Empress Dowager to call the sixth princess to the palace, so the married princess also stayed in Ci'an Palace.

The sixth princess was very happy about this, and felt that her father and grandmother finally paid attention to her.

Although she was very active in trying to liven up the atmosphere, Qi Ling was not as eloquent as Prince Jing, and she didn't know how to observe words and emotions. After a lot of hard work, the effect achieved was not very obvious, and she couldn't help complaining that Qi Lao Qi was too quiet this time.

It's not that Qi Jing doesn't want to help her, it's because he has something important to do today, it's rare for him to be serious, and it's not easy to make jokes as soon as he comes up.

Qi Heng glanced at him as if feeling something, and got a smile from Qi Jing, who looked no different from the usual.

"Lao Qi went to Jizhou a few days ago. It seems that he was also disturbed by the maritime incident. The coastal area of ​​Jizhou seems to be recovering well."

Hearing his father's opening, Qi Jing knew that it was time for him to speak up, so he nodded in agreement: "The three counties of Liyang were originally fiefdoms of Emperor Ji, and they are also close to Tianjing. The county kings all attach great importance to the sea, and I heard that they have resumed trade with Jingzhou... So I thought, if I can go to Laiyi Peninsula to do something earlier, it would be good to resume the opening of the port earlier."

Compared with Jizhou, Qingzhou has lost a prince who guarded the near sea. If there is no one to replace him, Laiyiwei still has to work hard if he wants to recuperate and recover.

"If it weren't for Lao Qi leading the errands of the Ministry of Rites, he would have gone to Laiyiwei earlier, and he would have been able to control the situation earlier."

The Seventh Prince is leaving Beijing, so he doesn't need to worry about consular issues.

The princes and consuls of the Kyushu countries, on the surface, relieve the emperor's worries, but in fact, the emperor allows all potential heirs to be fully trained, allowing them to start from one aspect and gradually become familiar with government affairs until one of them grows into a prince.

With Shangshu Sheng, even without the prince and consul, the six departments will still operate. In a sense, it is not that the six departments need the prince, but the prince needs the six departments.

His Majesty seems to be saying that Lao Qi leads the Ministry of Rites, but he is actually emphasizing the benefits of Prince Jing's invitation to the fiefdom.

Qi Heng saw that his father and Lao Qi were talking to each other, so he didn't intend to interrupt for the time being.

Things like this involving the court should not have been mentioned at this time, but since the father deliberately spoke up, he naturally has his reasons.

The sixth princess who heard the conversation between the two wished that the seventh prince would leave Beijing early, and it would be best to take the little prince with him.

——In this way, she is the only direct sister beside Chu Jun!

The eldest sister is already the princess of another family, not considered Qingzhou royal family, once the new emperor takes the throne, she will be a justifiable eldest princess, how can people who looked down on their mother and daughter in the past be rampant in front of her.

She suppressed the joy in her heart, and wanted to hear the father and the prince continue to talk about this. Who knew that at this time, the emperor seemed to say unintentionally: "Grand Master Shen is old, and he is begging for bones to return to his ancestral home. His eldest son still has an official position. I am filial to my son-in-law, and I will go back to my ancestral home together to take care of Elder Shen, although Linger is my princess, she should be filial to her elders, so let's go together."

Grand Master Shen begged for the bones, not to mention that Qi Jing and the Sixth Princess hadn't heard of this news, and even the prince hadn't heard of it, so he couldn't help being surprised.

Qi Jing quickly figured out why.

Since the father thinks about the second brother, he also thinks about him, so he asked Qi Jing to go to the fief earlier, so how could he not arrange and arrange the court.

Grand Master Shen is loyal, when he is old after all, his children and grandchildren are not outstanding, and there is still a sixth princess in the Shen family.

This family stays in Beijing, what will be left to the new emperor will not only be help, but may even be a hindrance.

Grand Master Shen is not the only one in the capital like this. Of course, these veterans still have the ability to help the country, but as they get older, there will be situations where they have enough energy to spare.

In addition, the so-called old ministers, who have served one or even two emperors, are somewhat tempered. In the future, if the new emperor wants to use them, he may not be able to take advantage of them.

For the sake of the new emperor, the court needs more new forces.If old ministers always occupy an important position, there is no chance for young officials to touch the center.

So it will not be liquidated, but the emperor has obviously begun to make arrangements for a brand new court for the new emperor in the future.

Of course, as an emperor, Qi Jun was not completely ruthless in making such an arrangement.

Instead of letting the capable ministers who have been with him all his life end up with bad results, it is better to let some people go safely now.

If there are still good children in the clan, there is still a chance to return to Tianjing in another way by virtue of the reserved affection in the future.

No matter whether Grand Master Shen figured out the sacred intention by himself, took the initiative to pass the ladder to His Majesty, or was forced to beg for bones to return to his hometown, the ending will not change in any way.

The reason why the emperor chose Grand Master Shen was because the Shen family favored the princess. If even the princess's in-laws had to follow His Majesty's arrangement to leave the capital, there would be no reason for the others to stay where they were.

However, the sixth princess obviously didn't realize His Majesty's deep meaning. She was already panicked, and she couldn't help pleading: "Father, the grand master is about the same age as Zhong Shuling and Tan Shizhong, and I'm afraid he hasn't reached the age of begging for bones. Years old... the Grand Master is dedicated to serving the country, and he often teaches juniors to die for His Majesty, how can he put aside his affairs and go back to the countryside... to go back to the countryside."

Taishi Shen came from a poor family, and the Shen family only started to prosper since he started, and the old house of the ancestral home was repaired later.

When the sixth princess thought about going there in case she really wanted to break with the Shen family immediately.

Anyway, the eldest princess has a noble status, no matter whether she remarries or not, she will not worry about being rich and powerful.When the time comes, she will bring her two sons by her side, and she will care about the Shen family!

"I have already agreed on this matter. Didn't you always say that Chuan'er is not in good health, and you just took this opportunity to go to the south to recuperate."

Seeing that the sixth sister wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the father waving: "If you don't want to stay and watch the year, you can go back on your own."

Since the establishment of the crown prince, the emperor knows what Qi Ling has done in private without telling him and the Grand Master's residence.

The second child has no relationship with her. If she is allowed to go on like this, she will be the one who will be hurt in the future.

In the history of Kyushu, there are many concubines implicated by princesses, and there are also many princesses implicated by concubines.

In these years, Qi Ling carried Chuan'er into the palace frequently, regardless of whether the child could bear it or not. When she arrived in the south, she had nothing to worry about, so maybe she could take care of the child well.

Although the health has been poor in the past two years, the emperor is the emperor after all, and the sixth princess dare not speak even if she is wronged.

If she goes out of the palace at this time, there will be news that the sixth princess will be kicked out of the palace by His Majesty the next day. How can she leave? She can only calm down and suffer in her heart. Thinking about such a big thing, the Shen family has no idea at all. It's disgusting to discuss with her.

Seeing Sixth Sister's unwillingness to hide her expression, Qi Jing sighed: In this way, Brother Huang will really be alone in the future.

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