[Red Mansions] Guide to "The Empress of the Wise"

What does Tu Geng mean?

Tu Geng sat silently at the head, closed his eyes and meditated, neither saying nor doing anything.

Such a gesture is no longer a hint, but a clear statement that he has the intention to take the throne, otherwise he should "resign in fear and fear" after hearing what Tu Jin said.

Those who can sit here are all people who can influence the fate of the country to a certain extent. They are no less thoughtful than others. They silently went through the candidates for the throne in their hearts. Except for the sons of the eldest prince, the others are all young children. The sons of the prince are all dandies, the late emperor said that the candidates for the "rich family" and the other children are bound to elect assistant ministers.Prince Gong Tu Geng is the only prince so far. Apart from the old Yongwang, he is the only prince in the clan. The assistant minister must have his share.Now that his road to Qingyun is blocked, in the future...

The important ministers want to compete for the position of assistant minister, the ultimate in being a minister, isn't that what it is?Tu Geng's situation is good now, but it may not be better in the future.

Before anyone could express his opinion, Gu Shan took a step forward and said, "The general agrees with what King Zhongyong said. Although the late emperor didn't have a decree, he also ordered the general to protect the royal family." Gu Shan said firmly, he didn't lie, The first emperor did tell him so, but saying it like this would easily make people misunderstand that the "royal family" refers to Tu Geng.

The minister who wanted to fight just now thought of the military represented by Gu Shan, the Imperial Guard that Gu Shan was in charge of, and his own neck, which was not as hard as a sword, silently withdrew his thoughts.

At this time, the deputy head of the former Dazheng Hall brought the palace servants to deliver food to Tu Geng and the other adults, and said: "The empress loves you for your hard work for the country late at night, and specially ordered the servants to bring you one or two meals." Serve food, and it's all the taste you like.

Li Guang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, asked a lot: "Is the empress already in peace?"

"Look at the mouth of this servant, I didn't make it clear." The former deputy chief slapped himself on the mouth lightly, and said, "It's the princess."

Li Guang no longer has any appetite for things that he thought were delicious just now.The titles in the palace have its own particularity. All the concubines and concubines can be called empresses, but they must be titled or surnamed; the concubines, princes, and concubines can all be called empresses, but the same rules can be omitted before and after. The only one who is called "Niang Niang" is the Empress of the Central Palace!

Wang Shuo's food gave the important ministers a more direct and clear experience. Tu Geng did have this heart, and he was fully prepared. The harem is now under his control. Looking at the military represented by Gu Shan, Tu Jin The representative clan, the old ministers of the pavilion thought that they were usually virtuous and virtuous corporals, with noble personalities, and it was not impossible to be the co-lords of the world.

Xia Qiwen, the oldest elder among the elders, took the lead, and said: "The late emperor passed away, and entrusted him with Guo Zuo, please ascend to the throne as soon as possible, so that the world can be safe."

"My lord, please wait for the high position early, so that the world will be safe." The important ministers stood up, bowed down and begged in unison.Old Yong Wang and Zhongyong County Wang Tu Jin also stood up, bowed their heads, and bowed.

Tu Geng finally opened his eyes. He hadn't opened his eyes since the discussion, and now he took a straight look at the important ministers.

"The emperor's uncle passed away suddenly, his descendants were unfilial, and he had nothing to entrust to the family business. This king ascended the throne as the first son and grandson, and the ministers thought it was inappropriate.

Another elder, You Huaxin, was just about to say something when the Hubu Shangshu Chang Youzuo who was standing behind him tugged at his sleeve.Yes, everyone did not expect that Prince Gong wanted to ascend the throne with such an identity. Everyone thought of being the heir emperor, the adoptive son of the previous emperor, and the status of Prince Gong's direct son is his great advantage, but he did not expect that he would turn his advantage into a fundamental .

From then on, the reason for King Gong's ascension to the throne changed from being deeply loved by the first emperor to being inherited by the legitimate eldest son.Prince Gong's deep thoughts!Previously, I was still wondering why Prince Gong was in control of the palace, the clan and the military, why didn't he just make a will and ask them to discuss something, so he was waiting here.

"Etiquette is what it should be." Tu Jin made it clear that the chariots and horses supported Tu Geng.After Tu Jin finished speaking, he glanced sideways at Li Guang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites. What could Li Guang say, since the law of succession to the concubine is just like this, so he could only bow his head and say, "The minister seconded the proposal."

"The prince inherits the great position in the name of the grandson of the ancestor/ancestor's son and grandson. The name is justified, and the source can be traced back to the original." Gu Shan added another sentence.

This sentence is too much, what is the origin of the original, does this mean that the origin of the throne of the late emperor is not correct?The ministers have also been with the late emperor for decades, and it's not so fast for people to leave the tea, and the corpse of the late emperor is placed in the bedroom behind them!

Xia Qiwenge couldn't bear this, and immediately retorted: "General Gu is wrong! In terms of etiquette, the first emperor was the son of his first wife, and he was also a son; He has governed the country and governed the country for [-] years, Fushun and the people have been in peace for [-] years, and his literary and martial arts are outstanding; he has made great achievements in his meritorious deeds, words and virtues, and his achievements are not insignificant, how could he become dishonest in General Gu's mouth!"

"When did I say that the first emperor was not righteous? I said that His Highness's succession is justified, and it is right!" Gu Shan said now, "I'm just a rough person. I really said it unintentionally. It's just your narrow-minded conjecture. I I don’t admit it~” with a rascal expression.

Xia Qiwen glared at Gu Shan bitterly, and carefully observed Tu Geng's expression.Of course Xia Qiwen didn't care about Gu Shan being a martial artist, what he was afraid of was that Tu Geng would have such thoughts and label the late emperor's lineage as "improper" and steal the throne.

After Tu Geng finished speaking, he returned to the old monk's state of samadhi. Xia Qiwen and Gu Shan quarreled, and he didn't even open his eyes to take a look.

Xia Qiwen was not the only one who was still thinking about the former emperor in his heart, and he was not the only one who was going to be the new emperor's confidant. The important ministers who were invited to discuss politics were divided into two groups and began to quarrel, just like the small people in Caishikou, who care about the gains and losses .

The crowd finished expressing their opinions impassionedly, the louder the noise, the quieter they became, and finally when they suddenly quieted down, they realized that they had been arguing for a long time, and Tu Geng had made a joke of it.

Standing at the top for decades, how can he be underestimated by Tu Geng who has not yet ascended the throne? The minister stopped silently.

Seeing that they stopped arguing, Tu Geng said lazily: "Uncle Huang's merits will last for thousands of years, Ming Jun's actions, the big ceremony is coming soon, the Ministry of Rites should hurry up and write the sacrificial oration."

Tu Geng opened his mouth to set the tone, he will not overthrow everything.

Pfft!

Xia Qiwen's old heart of worrying about the country and the people has finally come to the ground, it's fine not to pursue it.

Compared with overthrowing the previous emperor's dynasty, it is nothing more important for Tu Geng to want to ascend the throne as a direct son!

Chinese people are like this, good at compromise and compromise: you say you want to open a window in a closed room, he will never agree; if you say you want to tear the roof down, he can accept to open a window.Human nature, from the old Shangshu in the pavilion, to the common people, is like this.

The important ministers discussed it, and it was almost time for the morning court. Tu Geng ordered the soldiers under martial law to notify the ministers to come to the court.

Ministers dressed in mourning filed in to hold a funeral for the late emperor.As the No. 1 courtier, Xia Qiwen took the lead in asking his disciple Geng to inherit the late emperor's will and ascend to the throne early.

Now it can't be as real as it was when the secret meeting was held. Tu Geng naturally refused to agree, and only said that he was "poor in talent and morality, and could not bear the heavy responsibility."

The courtiers naturally refused to agree, and they took turns to praise Tu Geng, bloodline, family background, virtue, ability, talent, wife family, mother family... even boasted about the characters, and did enough tricks of three words and three concessions , Tu Geng pretended to be on Danbi and sat on the dragon chair.

"The five sons conspired against each other, and Taizong collapsed. The officials supported him. Gaozong cried bitterly because of his lack of talents and virtues, and couldn't help himself. Zong calls him his father." This is the evaluation of later generations on this hypocritical ascension to the throne. He loves his sons very much, yes, he must have capital to be a whetstone; he is called his father, yes, an uncle is also a father.

After Tu Geng agreed to ascend the throne, the first major event was to carry out the emperor's funeral ceremony. Tu Geng's enthronement ceremony, Wang Shuo's empress ceremony, etc. all had to be delayed.After Tu Geng ascended the throne, the first edict issued by En and his female relatives was to make Wang Shuo queen, and Wang Shuo justifiably called in his team from outside the palace.

In the name of the late emperor praying for blessings, reconciling yin and yang, and treating the people kindly, Wang Shuo released many maids and officials in the palace. Soldiers with swords and spears.

In the midst of the busy schedule, the good news that the queen empress woke up did not attract so much attention.

Wang Shuo is a trustworthy person. She said that she would let the queen see Kang Lehou in three days, so naturally she meant what she said.As for the death of the first emperor that night, Tu Geng won the support of the courtiers to ascend the throne the next morning, this is not what Wang Shuo should tell the queen.

Since the first prince's mutiny failed, Kanglehou has been guarded in the mansion, and everyone hasn't taken care of him yet.After two or three days, Kanglehou's black hair turned gray, but his face was fearless and his back was straight. He was more than a hundred times better than the good-natured, singing-and-singing wine bag and rice bag before. Wang Shuo would rather see him like this He looks like a dead person, and he doesn't want to hurt his eyes to see the useless look he pretends to be.

But the queen may not think so.

"Why? Why! Didn't I treat you well enough? Didn't I give you enough honor? Why did you conspire against me!" Even standing outside the palace, Wang Shuo could hear the queen roaring.This is not good, the queen's body can't stand ups and downs, and she hasn't played her last role yet, so don't get mad at yourself, Wang Shuo frowned and thought.

"Why?" Marquis Kangle repeated to himself, and said with a chuckle: "Your Majesty forgot, my surname is Shi, although the title of Marquis Kangle~Kanglehou~Marquis has been changed, it is still the ancestral title of my Shi family. "