The Emperor’s Beloved Ugly Girl Chapter 185: Aristocratic family

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At that time, the Turks took advantage of the internal strife in the Zhou Dynasty and the national power was empty. They led a large army to invade the northwest. From Tangnu Ulianghai to Uliasutai, they marched straight in and no one could stop them. For a time, the northwest army was defeated like a mountain, and their morale was At that time, there was an urgent need for a prince to lead the emperor on an expedition to boost the morale of the army and deter foreign enemies.

However, at that time when the struggle for heir apparent was at its peak, it could be said that the emperor did not want to admonish or fight. No prince was willing to lead the expedition. The late emperor was so angry that he vomited blood. That night, he was not even seventeen The seventh prince Zhong Zhiling, who was 20 years old and had not yet entered the government of the court, entered the palace to meet the saint and took the initiative to ask for his royal tassel.

The late emperor was so happy that he appointed Zhong Zhiling as the General of Zhenxi and immediately set off for the northwest. After Zhong Zhiling left, the late emperor's body deteriorated and he was bedridden within three months. Under the pressure of the Xu family, As well as the frequent good news coming from the northwest, the late emperor finally made Zhong Zhiling's elder brother, Zhong Zhiheng, the crown prince before his death.

In the third year after Zhong Zhiheng ascended the throne, the war in the northwest was finally extinguished. Twenty-year-old Zhong Zhiling asked to stay in the northwest and stationed at the northwest border for the Zhou Dynasty for the rest of his life. Zhong Zhiheng promised to confer Zhong Zhiling as the Zhengyipin Prince of Pingxi.

In the blink of an eye, King Pingxi has been stationed in the northwest for thirty years. Counting on this, the seventh prince who was a flower and an angry horse is already forty-eight years old.

"In total, the King of Pingxi has not returned to Beijing for thirty-two years." Dai Jingfeng said with emotion.

"Yes, a full thirty-two years." Zhong Zhiheng said slowly, stroking the teacup in his hand. He turned his head to look at the portrait of the woman on the wall, then suddenly turned back and dropped the teacup on the table. superior.

Dai Jingfeng felt that Zhong Zhiheng was in a bad mood. In fact, whenever he mentioned King Ping Xi, Zhong Zhiheng would not be in a good mood. Dai Jingfeng carefully observed Zhong Zhiheng's expression and did not dare to say anything. He just lowered his head and drank tea.

"You also know what happened in the court, right?" Zhong Zhiheng spoke again after a while, "Let's talk about it."

"Long Live Lord, you are referring to the recent increasing calls for the establishment of a heir, right?" Dai Jingfeng was so busy that he put down the tea bowl in his hand and said to Zhong Zhiheng, "Long Live Lord, my subordinates are paying attention. The second prince has the loudest voice. , not many people mentioned the recent prosperity of the Third Prince, and my subordinates thought it was very strange."

"What's weird?" Zhong Zhiheng looked at Dai Jingfeng, took a sip of tea, and said slowly, "Cui Youan is now the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, in charge of the promotion of officials, so there are people rushing to touch Concubine Shu and Concubine Shu. The second prince is good."

"Long Live Master's analysis is absolutely correct, but my subordinates feel that there is something strange. After all, Cui Youan has not yet taken the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, so how can the Ministry of Personnel follow his surname Cui? "Dai Jingfeng said, "On the contrary, the Right Prime Minister Zhao Changrong has been the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel for more than 20 years, and he has a hand in the Ministry of Personnel. Although he is no longer in the Ministry of Personnel, I am afraid that his influence on the Ministry of Personnel is still far-reaching."

"You mean I chose a puppet to be the official minister?" Zhong Zhiheng asked with a smile.

"I don't dare!" Dai Jingfeng said hurriedly, while adding, "Long Live Lord has his reasons, and Cui Youan is also a powerful master."

"Yes, I do have arrangements," Zhong Zhiheng said slowly, tapping the red sandalwood table gently with his fingertips, and said slowly, "The official surname cannot always be Zhao, and naturally it should not be Cui."

With just one sentence, Dai Jingfeng understood thoroughly that Zhong Zhiheng had always been dissatisfied with the influence of the aristocratic family on the government, so the Xu family, which bore the brunt, had gradually faded out of the court in the past few decades, but after all, the Xu family is now Holding the power of military and political affairs, Zhong Zhiheng is still worried. Naturally, Zhong Mingwei, who has the blood of the Xu family, has become a thorn in Zhong Zhiheng's side. Now that Zhong Mingwei has been deposed and became a commoner, the decline of the Xu family is conceivable. There is nothing to fear anymore, so now Zhong Zhiheng's target is the Zhao family, or the Cui family.

The Zhao family has been running the civil service for more than 20 years, but now the Cui family wants to squeeze in to get a share of the pie. How can the Zhao family be tolerated? Therefore, in the harem, Concubine Zhao and Concubine Shu fought to the death, and in the former dynasty, Zhao Changrong and Cui Youan were also uneasy.

"But I also heard that An Zishang, the Minister of Rites, had privately discussed the matter of establishing a prince. An Shangshu said that according to the ancestral system, the legitimate son should be appointed as the crown prince. If there is no legitimate son, the eldest son should be appointed," Dai Jingfeng said with a smile, "An The minister is so generous. He just doesn't do anything for his son-in-law. Instead, he actually paved the way for the second prince. This shows that he is a gentleman."