phoenix knot

From the 15th year of Lijing to the [-]th year of Lijing, Han Yunnong devoted himself to giving birth to three children in seven years, and the son-in-law was not divorced. Generally speaking, it is gratifying.

The crown prince Han Qihao has grown into a young man, tall and thin, with a strange temperament and fair face.It is said that the son is like a mother. He and the late Empress Xiao Murui seem to be carved out of the same mold. He always smiles when he sees people, but he doesn't know what to think all day long, so that when Liang Guanjing talks to him, He can often be distracted, hmm, ah, ah, for a long time, and suddenly said: "The grandson suddenly remembered something, and I will leave first."

Before Liang Guanjing called him to stop, he ran away in a hurry.

Ask Mr. Zhan Shifu of Nanshufang, he said that the prince’s handwriting is like an earthworm, and he doesn’t know anything about the Four Books and Five Classics. He can’t even tell the day when Emperor Taizu established Jinling as his capital, so he asked him: “There is still Nangong in this dynasty? "

Han Qihao was scolded by her husband, and Liang Guanjing was also scolded by all the officials. They all said that she did it on purpose, and wanted to follow Wu Yan to be the emperor until she was 80 years old.Moreover, she proclaimed herself emperor at the age of 40, and now she has been emperor for 15 years. Judging by her strong and vigorous posture, it will not be a problem to be emperor at the age of 80.In order to prevent the crown prince from threatening his throne, didn't he train Han Qihao to be a waste?

Liang Guanjing was annoyed by the scolding, so he naturally went to Zhan Shifu to ask his teacher for his crimes. The gentlemen also had a bitter face. Many of them were prince teachers and high court officials. They helped Liang Guanjing speak when they went to court, but no one believed .Now they are in collusion with the emperor, and they are going to harm the prince.Someone asked to be dismissed from office, and even said to the ministers who scolded each other: "You do what you want!"

Naturally, there are those who don't believe in evil, and they are going to see how holy the prince is, who can study like this.In the end, without exception, these people had nothing to do with the prince. From this, everyone concluded that it was not the emperor who wanted to kill his grandson, but the prince with strange bones and a different birth. He was not expected to be an emperor.

The folks said that the crown prince is a fool, but Han Qihao didn't take it seriously when the words came back to Han Qihao's ears, and he still concentrated on living in his own world.He smiles and is polite when he meets people, but he doesn't seem to understand what people say.

Sometimes Liang Guanjing really couldn't see it, and would ask him: "How can you be the emperor like this? How can I rest assured that I will entrust the country to you?"

Han Qihao murmured: "Grandmother, as you can see, grandson is not made to be an emperor. There are so many capable people in the clan, uncles, cousins, besides you are the empress, grandson thinks that aunts are still worthy Sisters are also capable, and they are better than grandchildren."

Liang Guanjing turned to Mrs. South Korea and said: "Look, look, since ancient times, in the royal family, there are many people who fought for the throne. How about you, as a prince, you say you don't want to be emperor?"

Han Qihao said: "Did the emperor's grandmother ever ask the princes throughout the ages, how many of them really don't want to be emperors?"

Liang Guanjing said: "Have you ever thought about it, if you don't become the emperor, you may be forced into a desperate situation. Your uncles and brothers are going to kill you. Do you have a way to save your own life without being the emperor?" ?”

Han Qihao looked at Liang Guanjing in astonishment, as if realizing this serious question for the first time: "Why?"

"what why?"

"Why do uncles and brothers want to kill me?"

Liang Guanjing supported his forehead, and for a moment he didn't know how to explain it to him, and even if he explained it, he might not be able to explain it clearly.

"Well, have you ever heard of the 'Rebellion of the Seven Kings' in this dynasty?" Liang Guanjing guided him.

Han Qihao blinked his big eyes, shook his head, and nodded again, "Master seems to have said it, but my grandson can't remember it."

Liang Guanjing poked his head: "What do you remember? What do you think is in your head?"

Han Qihao said: "Grandson is remaking firecrackers recently, and he has been able to wrap black powder in marbles made of fine steel and shoot them out, so that he doesn't have to reload the gunpowder so tediously, and he can fire five or six times in a row each time. The emperor's grandmother Want to see the blueprint?"

Liang Guanjing was taken aback for a moment, and Mrs. Han hurriedly said, "Take a look!"

Han Qihao took out a thick booklet from his arms, the binding was messy, it was full of drawings and strange symbols.

Han Qihao pointed to the symbols on it and explained: "This is a counting symbol passed down from Persia. My grandson thinks it is more concise and vivid than our writing, and the weight in this dynasty is in hexadecimal, which is cumbersome to calculate. This Persian counting method is in decimal. It’s nothing to worry about hundreds of thousands.”

Liang Guanjing saw that his way of drawing sketches was also very special, which was very different from the general drawings submitted by the Ministry of Industry.Hu Guoxiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, once mentioned in his memorial that when they built the Mingyue Lake Palace, there was a problem with the design of a beam.Therefore, when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty thought that the prince was a fool, only Hu Guoxiang thought that the prince was very talented. He might not be a good emperor, but he was definitely a unique genius who came to the Ministry of Industry.

Liang Guanjing said: "This new type of firecracker is handed over to the armory to build?"

"Grandson has asked the armory to make about a hundred of them. I have tried hundreds of times before. The mechanisms made by the armory can't meet my requirements. When the fire chamber is hot, the parts will be deformed. The precision used in these mechanisms alone Thousands of recipes have been tried for steel materials, and my grandson is going crazy. The grandma told me about the chaos of the Seven Kings, and my grandson was really at a loss."

"Quickly, go and bring it to me to have a look." Liang Guanjing couldn't sit still anymore, "Don't talk about the chaos of the Seven Kings."

For the rest of the day, Liang Guanjing and Su Mingyue were busy playing with the new-style firecrackers. They had a great time playing, and they didn't care about the Seven Kings' Rebellion.

In the evening in the Qianqing Palace bedroom, as usual, they will talk about the prince's future.

"I think it's very difficult for Qihao to be emperor, do you think Yun Nong will kill Qihao and replace him?" Liang Guanjing asked worriedly.

Su Mingyue said: "Prepare this matter as early as possible. We can't wait for us to kick our legs. At that time, whether the children will love each other or meet each other with swords is up to us."

Liang Guanjing deeply agreed.

In the 16th year of Lijing, Liang Guanjing announced the abolition of the prince Han Qihao. When stating the reasons for this edict, it can be regarded as the only one in all ages.At the beginning, the cabinet proposed the idea of ​​"playing with things and losing one's ambition", but Liang Guanjing disagreed, and finally said that the prince is a descendant of Emperor Detianshun and Empress Xiaomurui, with a withdrawn personality and obsessed with arts, and it is difficult for him to be an emperor, so the royal family will do everything possible to help him Specialize in art, for the benefit of the empire and the people of the world.

Afterwards, Emperor Lijing issued an edict stating that all sons and daughters and grandchildren surnamed Han in the imperial clan, regardless of gender, can participate in the selection. After passing through various tests, one person is finally selected to succeed Datong and become the emperor.And she even set the time, not the time of the exam, but the time when Wu Yan ascended the throne at 67, and Emperor Li Jing was on the contrary, she was going to abdicate at 67.

As soon as the edict came out, the whole country was in an uproar.

However, although there was a lot of controversy within the court regarding this method of selecting the new emperor, in the end everyone agreed on the same attitude—convinced!

It's all right now, Han Yunqing should have no hope, I heard that he is obsessed with Zen and is about to become a monk, it doesn't matter whether he will come to the exam or not.If he dares to come, it can be seen that his obsession with Zen is also a fake, and he just wants to be the emperor.

Other descendants of the Han surname, including some clan descendants who survived the Seven Kings Rebellion, are now scattered all over the country. When they hear the edict, they will inevitably try their talents and luck one after another like the scholars who came to Beijing to take the exam. up.

And considering the age difference, Emperor Li Jing gave all the clan's children sufficient time to take the exam this time.

From the 16th year of Lijing to the 20th year of Lijing, a total of four years of preparation.

From the 20th year of Lijing to Liang Guanjing's abdication, there is still a seven-year probationary period. If the elected prince fails to supervise the country, he may be impeached by civil and military officials, and he can be re-elected at that time.

When the edict was announced, Liang Guanjing was still sitting in the dragon chair making fun of himself, "I hope I can live to be 67 years old."

Below is the cry of all officials, long live, long live.

Four years, whether it is long or short, is not enough for a girl like Princess Guangping who spends her days looking for a handsome son-in-law.Concubine Zhuang only had such a daughter, and seeing that she was also serving in the imperial study, she urged her to study hard and prepare for the exam, but the princess was not here, so she was dragged to the exam, and finally almost handed in a blank paper.

All of a sudden, the whole country, the sons and daughters of the Han family went to Beijing to rush for the exam with their household registration certificates from the yamen. They were not going to take the exam for the number one scholar, but the one who won the first place could be the emperor!The temptation is too great.Although many people didn't believe it at the beginning, the imperial court insisted on preparing for it for four years, announced the content and method of the exam, and naturally more people wanted to take the exam.

Of course, some people in the court also suggested that if the test results show that the courtiers find that the emperor is not as good as themselves, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

Liang Guanjing said: "If you let me go to the scientific examination, I will definitely not be the number one scholar, but so what? I can also be the emperor."

So the question is, since this is the case, how can it be proved that the one who wins the top spot will be the emperor?He (she) may be the number one scholar, but may not be a good emperor.

Liang Guanjing said: "If the emperor is also a champion, wouldn't it be better?"

This sentence involved hundreds of officials again. It is better to choose one of the top scholars to be the emperor than the natural eldest son.Moreover, the facts proved that Emperor Lijing's eldest son and grandson were abolished, and it was indeed better for the emperor to choose a heir who was not his own.And because the selection was too wide, the situation where several brothers killed each other for the throne was avoided.After all, it is easy for you to kill a few brothers, and it is barely enough to kill dozens of brothers like Hu Hai. However, since Emperor Taizu, the descendants of the clan and their descendants who did not join the disputes and survived the Seven Kings Rebellion, That is simply countless, how can you kill them if you really want to kill them?

This time the exam was unprecedentedly grand. First of all, all the examinees took the stereotype and policy theory exams like ordinary supervisors who took part in the imperial examination, and [-] able ones were selected.The examination questions were determined by the Gongyuan according to the previous scientific examinations. In order to prevent the emperor from revealing the questions to his favorite children, she herself did not participate in the proposition.

The next 30 able persons will enter the palace examination. The emperor and several chief examiners will write questions face to face, and will conduct an oral examination in front of all civil and military officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.This level is the real test. The questions given by the emperor and those given by the chief examiner will be mixed together in the kit. The content is varied. It may be the memorial that came up last night. Even the emperor has not yet considered how to solve it.This time it is not a final decision, let alone a test. If the test cannot be finished in one day, and the winner cannot be determined, go back and rest for two days, and then take the test again when you come back.Basically, these [-] people are selected, and they always have to be the same as the ministers of the previous court. They come to the court early every day. They are more difficult to do than the officials, because the officials only scold people and pick bones from eggs. They want to solve problems like the emperor. of.

After a lengthy palace examination, the emperor finally decides on the candidates. If all the officials are not convinced, they can also put forward their own opinions.