Lin Xuan of the Red Chamber

All in all, all in all, given that the two princes have similar talents and strengths, the current emperor's decision is to inspect the emperor's grandson first.As for what you said that the second prince is the son of the concubine, logically speaking, he has priority over the third prince in inheriting the throne. After all, did the ancients pay attention to establishing a concubine and not a concubine?

It's just a pity that this set of sayings was only popular in other dynasties. As soon as the No.1 emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty took office, he threw this system aside, and none of the subsequent emperors would care about it. A system of etiquette.

For the emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was never your origin, but your ability. As long as you have the ability, no matter how poor your origin is, they will not care.

Of course, this is just the old Li family's own thoughts. In this era, other wealthy families still place great importance on birth.

And the third prince had already figured out Emperor Longqing's intentions at this time. Although he didn't understand what Emperor Longqing wanted to do, he could no longer stop this matter.What's more, with the resolute attitude of the emperor at that time, there was no room for him to stop him.

Anyway, since the matter has been settled, it must be carried out, and no one dares to disobey the imperial edict.Although Lin Xuan felt a little depressed that he was somehow involved in it, and he was just newly married, but he quickly got his clothes and luggage packed. As for when to leave, that is Li Hong, the king of Qin. The son has the final say.

Early the next morning, the two princes who received the imperial edict were summoned into the palace by the emperor. No one knew exactly what they said, and the emperor had already dismissed them.But just looking at the slightly excited faces of the two eldest sons after they came out, one can imagine that it will not be a trivial matter.

In the next few days, you can see that the mansions of the two princes have been busy all the time, obviously preparing for the son's trip.Moreover, considering the purpose of the emperor this time, and the unknown test of the two emperors and grandchildren, I am afraid that the two princes will make more preparations for the two emperors and grandchildren.

Needless to say, the matter of going to Fujian to suppress the rebellion, even if the chances of winning are certain, it is a matter of great urgency. As for the task of raiding the house led by Li Hong, although it is not in a hurry, it obviously cannot be delayed for long.

So after receiving the imperial decree, the two sons just made some preparations in the capital, and then set off directly, the whole speed was very fast.As the escort appointed by the emperor, Lin Xuan naturally got into Li Hong's convoy very quickly.

Seeing Li Hong again, Lin Xuan was a little surprised to find that Li Hong's entire spiritual temperament had changed dramatically. Although he was so confident and steady before, this time he suddenly seemed to be a little more energetic.Reminiscent of the fact that the emperor once had a conversation with the two princes, Lin Xuan had some guesses in his mind.

Lin Xuan did not ride a horse for this trip, but sat in the carriage that belonged to Li Hong. Although the distance this time was not very far, sitting on horseback for a long time was not so comfortable.Besides, as the heir of King Qin, Li Hong's carriage was very luxurious and comfortable.

Lin Xuan casually took the soft pillow beside him and put it beside him, because he was already very familiar with Li Hong, and the journey along the way was not short, and it would be too tiring to always sit upright, so Lin Xuan also I didn't care that there was another person beside me, I just leaned on that soft pillow very comfortably.

At this time, Li Hong was reading a book in his hand. He couldn't help being surprised when he saw Lin Xuan's faceless appearance, but seeing Lin Xuan's disapproval, he silently withdrew his He continued to look at the book in his hand.

Seeing this, Lin Xuan raised his eyebrows, moved a little closer, and asked tentatively: "My lord, is our mission for this trip just to search the house?"

Li Hong raised his head strangely, frowned, looked at Lin Xuan with some doubts, and asked in confusion, "Didn't your father tell you about this?"

Lin Xuan blinked, recalling Lin Ruhai's every move before leaving, and shook his head with certainty, expressing that Lin Ruhai didn't tell him anything.

"It's a little strange." Seeing Lin Xuan's affirmation that he didn't, Li Hong murmured to himself.Then seeing Lin Xuan looking at him again, Li Hong couldn't help but put down the book in his hand, and said solemnly: "Actually, you should have already guessed that this task is the test of the emperor's grandfather, not just me, the third prince The same is true of your son."

Lin Xuan nodded. Indeed, many people have already guessed about this matter. However, although there are countless guesses about what this test is, there are still a few people who really know the inside story.

"Lin Xuan, you have lived in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, and Mr. Lin once served as the inspector of salt and censor. You should be very clear about the fact that many people in the south of the Yangtze River are smuggling salt." Li Hong organized his words and said slowly.

Lin Xuan suddenly realized something, he thought for a while, and asked: "Your Majesty, is the task entrusted to you by the emperor related to this private salt?"

Li Hong nodded: "That's right, Jiangnan officials and businessmen have colluded for a long time, and the smuggling of salt has become the norm. Grandpa Huang has long been willing to deal with it, but it has been delayed by other things. At this time, I will entrust this task to put me to the test."

Frowning, Lin Xuan asked again: "The son's task is to deal with this matter, so what is the other task?"

"Since we are going to Fujian, it is natural to appease the victims and deal with counter-insurgency and other matters."

Li Hong's task is not simple, and the other task will not be much simpler than it, but, speaking of it, if it is too simple, it will lose the significance of the assessment.

Moreover, these two tasks are actually not very difficult.The reason is actually very simple. Let’s talk about Li Hong’s mission first. Handling the case of private salt in Jiangnan, and with the backing of the entire Qin Palace, it is really easy to solve it, let alone Next to Li Hong was Lin Xuan who was born in Jiangnan and was very familiar with the Jiangnan area.

As for the other task, the same is true, needless to say about countering the rebellion, it is already considered a sure thing, and it is the generals who have to worry about it.What the prince really needs to do is to appease the people after the war and deal with the issue of how Fujian Province will recover after this natural disaster*.

With a royal palace as the backing, it may be difficult to rebuild a province, but it is still very simple to restore some.

In fact, in the final analysis, the real difficulty of these two tasks is that these two people who are competitors to each other have to know each other's tasks.It is conceivable that in order to ensure that they can win, the two parties will definitely make trouble when the other party is performing tasks.

This is not the time to give in to each other, the one who should do it should do it as soon as possible.In fact, the mission of the emperor was said to test the two emperors and grandsons, but in fact, even the prince was tested together.Otherwise, the emperor would not have said it in front of the two of them when he said it, and would have avoided it anyway.

After being silent for a while, Li Hong said seriously: "So, Lin Xuan, you should understand the seriousness of this matter by now, when we arrive in Jiangnan, we will not only have to face those cunning officials. Our real obstacle is actually the Third Prince."

After a pause, Li Hong eased his tone a little, and then said: "But the situation over there is actually the same as the situation we are facing now, and everyone's situation is the same, so we don't need to worry too much. .”

Having said that, how could it be so indifferent to such an important matter.