The Prosperity of Jingdi Chronicle

The two embraced each other and chatted affectionately for a while before Jing Li realized that they still had business to do.

This list is full of people selected by the Queen Mother. Of course, the candidates he prefers must also be added.He was thinking and reading, Wei Yan wrote to add, and soon, there were five more candidates on the list.

"Your Majesty, don't you want to designate?" Hearing the report from the servant who brought the list, the Queen Mother seemed to want the emperor to assign the accompanying readers on the list to the names of the princes one by one. Wei Yan saw that the emperor only read a few names , Even if you're done, I can't help reminding him.

The empress dowager is the elder. It seems not good for the emperor to ignore the empress dowager's intentions.

"Wei Yan, you can make a bowl of water level. As a father, can't you make the palms and backs of your hands full of flesh?" Jing Li waved his hand nonchalantly, motioning Wei Yan to quickly put the list down. Close it, give it to the servant, and send it to the Queen Mother.

Wei Yan didn't understand what the emperor's desire to be lazy had anything to do with treating all the princes equally. He just looked at him and didn't speak or move.

"Let's leave this kind of nerve-wracking problem to the queen mother and her elders." Seeing that Wei Yan couldn't be fooled, Jing Li had no choice but to tell the truth.

Wei Yan saw that the emperor had put on such a rascal look of "I just want to be lazy, what can you do to me", there was no way to get him, so he had to do as he wanted.

The accompanying reading incident, of course, has the following, but for the emperor and Wei Yan, this matter has come to an end, and the queen mother has to worry about other things.

Later, someone told the emperor what happened in the empress dowager's palace as a joke. On that day, some people chose the princes and rushed to ask for it, and some people chose the princes and refused to take it. In the end, the Queen Mother was a headache because of their quarrel, and she used the oldest method of drawing lots.

The final result, of course, is that there is less joy and more sorrow. The joy is that the candidate that everyone does not want finally falls on the head of the sixth prince Jing Ke. The sorrow is that they will arrive at the end, and it is not their first choice. want people.

"It's a pity." The emperor sighed instead of laughing when he heard the joke.No one knew what the emperor was regretting at that time, and as for Wei Yan, it was even more impossible to know.

Lvzhu and her son Wei Minwen walked in simple clothes all the way, and when they arrived in Chuzhou, it was already autumn evening.

At that time, the civil administration of Chuzhou was in charge of Xie Meng and Xie Zhizhou, and the military administration of the Northwest Camp was headed by Zhenxi General Chen Tianyao.

Xie Meng was a capable official who emerged during the Empress Dowager's regency. Although the emperor's official career had ups and downs, he was reused soon after he accomplished the task of clearing the Zhang and Litian; General Chen Tianyao was born in the emperor's personal guard. It has always won the trust of the emperor. It has guarded the Northwest Camp for more than ten years and repelled barbarian invasions many times. It is the No. 1 in Chuzhou.

Xie Meng knew that after Chuzhou's edict was issued, some people worried about whether His Majesty's new and old favorites could coexist peacefully in Chuzhou, and some people even asked whether the east wind overwhelmed the west wind or the west wind overwhelmed the east wind.

However, later facts proved that both Xie Meng and Chen Tianyao were worthy of the emperor's respect. After taking office, one would concentrate on civil affairs and never interfere with military affairs, while the other would take care of military affairs with peace of mind, and the military orders would be strict and never disturb the people. Taking the civil affairs and military affairs of the Northwest to a higher level, he used the facts to make the officials speechless and comforted the emperor.

After Luzhu entered the Chuzhou boundary, he felt the power of Xie Meng and Chen Tianyao's unity of purpose. Every checkpoint on the main traffic road in Chuzhou boundary was guarded by officers and soldiers, and there were errands to assist them. There was no deliberate effort for travelers and businessmen entering and exiting. Make things difficult, but all inspections are extremely strict. In addition to surveying the directions, they will also carefully interrogate the origin and whereabouts of the goods. You will not be released until you have a certificate to prove your identity.

The main purpose of such strict entry and exit is to prevent the infiltration of Beidi barbarians.

Under the orders of the emperor, Chen Tianyao worked hard in the northwest camp for more than ten years, hoping to go north in the future. The Beidi barbarians have been dreaming about the prosperity of the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and have been waiting for the opportunity to go south. Here is the closest barbarian In the territory of Chuzhou, the business exchanges between the two sides have not been cut off, but the conflicts in a small area have always been continuous, and the confrontation between the secret agents of the two countries has become even more intense.

This time, Luzhu went northward, and was ordered by the emperor to be the spy of the imperial court in the northwest region. She tried her best to infiltrate the barbarians in Beidi. Get ready.

Such a task is of course dangerous, but it will be a great contribution in terms of merit and deeds in the future. Besides, Luzhu has no plan to let her son experience the front line.Although jade is not perfect, but before her son is not capable enough to deal with those dangers, she will still be careful.

This time, Luzhu went northward in plain clothes, and all her subordinates accompanied her in secret. Except for the coachman who drove the car, only their mother and son accompanied her on the way.In order to train her son's ability to adapt to changing situations, she also imitated Wei Yan's old style, and became a shopkeeper, and handed over all the food, food, housing and transportation along the way to her son Zhang Luo, and when his son complained in a low voice, from time to time A woman should not show her face outside, of course, these things should be handled by the son. Such an upright word, to block the son's mouth.

When meeting such parents, Wei Minwen had nothing to say about his suffering, so he could only take up the responsibility of his travel steward with the pious and filial piety of being a child.

In this way, they entered Chuzhou all the way, and encountered the first pass with strict inspection.

In order to hide their identities, Luzhu and Wei Minwen of course used forged roads to guide them all the way north.On the road guide, Luzhu's name is Fan Wu's, and Wei Minwen's name is Fan Abao. They are from Qingzhou. Because their hometown was flooded this summer and their livelihood is difficult, they came to seek refuge with their aunt who married far away in Chuzhou. Due to unforeseen circumstances, she and her husband were accidentally separated on the road, so they had to go to Chuzhou with their son to join relatives.

Along the way, Wei Minwen had memorized the story by heart, but when he was really pushed out of the car by his mother and was questioned by the official, he was still a little nervous. After all, his original life was far away from the forged identity. If you want to not reveal any flaws, you have to answer carefully, but the official who asked the question heard that he knew exactly how many cows he had at home, so he only lifted the curtain and looked at it for a few times, and let him go. They pass.

"Mother, are you not worried that something will go wrong if you let a child do this kind of thing?" After the carriage passed the checkpoint and moved forward for a while, Wei Minwen turned to the old god's mother who was sitting opposite him. , complained angrily.

"My baby is doing very well. It will be better and better in the future." Luzhu directly ignored her son's complaints and praised with a smile.

Wei Minwen always suspected that his mother had given him a pseudonym of Fan Abao, just to be able to call him baby, but the mother refused to admit it, and he was unable to stop the mother and baby from calling him long and short, so he could only pretend that he hadn't heard.

After going through several checkpoints along the way, Wei Minwen became more and more proficient in coping with the inspection, and all kinds of lies came out of his mouth, as easy as eating Chinese cabbage.

Wei Minwen originally thought that the so-called coming to relatives was just a cover, but he didn't expect that such an "aunt" really existed in the city of Chuzhou. After their carriage arrived at the relative's house, everyone immediately staged a tearful scene of relatives reuniting However, Wei Minwen, who has been honed by the surprises along the way and has become extremely tenacious, even though he was covered in goose bumps by their "true feelings", but in the end he survived the crisis without any danger. The crying scene.

After Lu Zhu settled down at her "aunt"'s house in Chuzhou City, she sent her son to work with her "aunt's" cousins, and then she took the time to meet Xie Meng and Chen Tianyao secretly.

Her mission this time requires many parties to work together, so it is natural to say hello to these two in advance, so as to avoid conflicts in the future, which will make it easier for outsiders.

After Luzhu's visit that day, Xie Meng was full of melancholy.

"Master, what's the matter?"

Mrs. Xie saw that his master was bored in the study for a long time, and then he sighed and asked questions in puzzlement after he came out.

"I'm worried about Hong'er." Xie Meng got daughters the first few times, and finally got such a son when he got old, so he cherishes it very much.

"Hong'er is going to the Second Prince's side. The Empress Dowager will take care of him for the sake of the master. You don't have to worry too much." Mrs. Xie also misses her son, but her husband is already suffering from this, so she can only try her best to relieve him.

"Second prince?" Xie Meng smiled wryly, then sighed again.Of course he understood what the empress dowager was thinking, but the water in the royal family was too muddy at the moment, and the emperor had such a temper, so their courtiers were involved in it, so how could they please him.

Although the queen mother protects the second prince, with the current momentum of the Wei family, a smart person like Lu Zhu would not allow their son to have anything to do with the second prince. He would rather take his son to the bitter cold frontier than The son stayed in the capital so as not to get involved in the muddy waters of the royal family, obviously he didn't like the second prince.

"After all, the second prince is the eldest son, even if it is His Majesty, he will not lightly talk about his likes and dislikes." Mrs. Xie tried to comfort her husband when she heard that her husband's words were unclear.

"If the Empress Dowager lives to be a hundred years old, I'm worrying unnecessarily. If the Empress Dowager doesn't have a holiday, then..." Xie Meng didn't go on, and didn't dare to say any more.

Since ancient times, the method of succession by the eldest son has been practiced. The royal family is an example for all people in the world, and they will not easily challenge the orthodox way in this matter.The crown prince is the foundation of the country, it is a matter of the emperor's family, and it is even more important for the country. It must not be abolished lightly.

Looking closely at those who failed to succeed to the throne, except for those who died early or were forced to make voluntary abdications, almost every elder who was deprived of the right to inherit the throne by the emperor after adulthood would have an unforgivable crime. charges.

If the empress dowager lives a long life, with the empress dowager's protection and teaching, the second prince should not make mistakes and give his younger brothers a chance; It is too difficult to do nothing wrong and survive until the emperor is satisfied.

Xie Meng is also not optimistic about the second prince Jing Qi, but the queen mother insisted on throwing his precious son on the boat of the second prince. Apart from sighing at home and praying for the queen mother to live a long life, there is not much he can do.

When Xie Meng had a headache about how to get his son out of the unpopular boat, in the deep palace, the future Emperor Xuan, without the protection of his mother and concubine, and the young sixth prince Jing Ke, who was not cared about by the emperor, was on the way. Ushered in the coldest winter of his life.

As for who the mother and concubine of Emperor Xuan were, it has always been unclear in the history of scenery, which is quite strange.For a diligent and promising monarch like Emperor Jingxuan, even if his mother's status is low, it may be inconvenient for various reasons to mention it when Emperor Lie was alive.

The strange thing is that no matter it was the Jing Lie dynasty or the Jing Xuan dynasty, Xue Meiren, the biological mother of Emperor Xuan, was vague and hastily mentioned.

In unofficial history, there are various speculations about the identity of Xue Meiren, the biological mother of Emperor Xuan.

There is a saying that she was a court lady in Emperor Lie's harem, who was pregnant one day after being drunk, and died after giving birth.

There is also a saying that she is a certain concubine in Emperor Lie's harem. Shortly after giving birth to Emperor Xuan, she was ordered to die by Emperor Lie because she was involved in the "Nie Wang Case". mention.

In view of the fact that Jing Lie had a particularly dark and harsh history, the above two statements have a valid factual basis, and historians of later generations usually choose one of them for research.

Of course, there are still some guesses, which are very unimaginable, absurd, and contrary to ordinary people's cognition. If the holder was born in the Jing Dynasty, he would be punished for the crime of ransacking his family and exterminating his family. It is really unreal.

In fact, if you ask Emperor Xuan this question, he doesn't know either.

From the time he could remember, he only knew that he was Jing Ke, the sixth son of the emperor, with a wet nurse, two tutors, and five or six maids, living in a small courtyard in the deep palace.

He had never met his concubine mother, and he had no contact with anyone when he was a child. The people who served him never brought up this topic, so he never thought of asking where his concubine mother went.

As for the father, he can only see him from a distance every year when he is held by a wet nurse or a servant and kneels behind a long line to bow and salute on festivals.

There are always all kinds of dark things in the court, and he is often reminded by his nurse to be careful in everything and not to cause trouble.At that time, he couldn't figure out why his father had long regarded his harem as a display and never came in at all. The women in the harem kept fighting and fighting all day long.

It wasn't until a long time later that he figured out the truth behind it.The higher the status of the mother, the closer the position is to the front when she visits the father, which means that the child she is holding is closer to the chair where the father is sitting.Otherwise, he would have to be like him, kneeling at the end of the line every time, unable to see his father clearly.

The formal enlightenment education of royal children is generally at the age of six.At the age of six, he began to be carried by his servants every day and sent to Xianyang Palace to study.When he was six years old, he met his companion, Xiao Zhenting, who was only 12 years old, the most important counselor in his life and his future confidant.When he was six years old, he discovered for the first time that his second brother hated him very much, to the point of hating him.

At that time, he was just an unfavorable little prince in the deep palace. He was branded as unfavorable to his father since he was born. He had once pardoned the world, but not after he was born. The nuns had privately discussed more than one time. He heard it in his ears and remembered it in his heart.

As for his second brother, his mother and concubine had passed away long ago. It is said that his father respected and loved him very much. He once made an oath before his ancestors in heaven and earth that he would never accept a concubine ever since. Moreover, the second brother was quite loved by the emperor's grandmother. He was raised under the emperor's grandmother's knees for joy since he was a child, and would often be called by his father to take homework exams in Zhaoren Hall.

The status between him and the second emperor brother was very different, and the treatment he received in Xianyang Palace was also very different. He really couldn't figure out why the second emperor brother hated him so much.

Brother Erhuang will not do anything to him in front of the Taifus. As soon as the Taifus leave, they can bully him vigorously. Laughing and teasing him is commonplace, tearing up his books, and letting him be bullied by the Taifus. He scolded him, robbed him of his homework, caused Xiao Zhenting to be often beaten on the palm, and all kinds of bad deeds are countless.

Most of the Taifus knew about it, but they pretended not to know, and did not dare to offend Second Emperor Brother because of him. As for the servants who served him, they were no match for those brought by Second Emperor Brother. At times like this, they would fan the flames, add fuel to the flames, and then watch the fun with their hands behind their backs.Because Xiao Zhenting protected him, his body was covered with bruises and purples every day.

One day, Brother Erhuang found a new trick to bully him.He still remembered that the pool water was really cold that day, every time he struggled to climb up, he would be kicked down, soon he lost his strength and gradually sank, suddenly, he heard Xiao Zhenting's hoarse calling It's getting blurry.

Just when he thought he was going to sink into the darkness like this, there was a howling sound parting the water, and he was pulled up by his collar in an instant, and then he was hugged in his arms.

"Second Highness, he is your younger brother."

He heard the person suppressing his anger and speaking.

If it was a long time later, he would definitely say: "Commander, the royal family has no family ties, whether it is father and son, or brothers, they are all rivals to the death."

However, at that time, he was still too young, so the only thing he could do was stretch out his immature hands, hugged the visitor's neck, pressed his head against it, and while trembling, absorbed that little bit of warmth .