Chastity Layman

Qin Lang stepped out slowly, speaking loudly.

"I think Wei Shizhong's words are highly praised. A sage is the king of a country, so why should the lord speak casually? Especially in this matter of the crown prince, the crown prince is the foundation of the country, and it is related to the future of the country. Don't make mistakes lightly."

"Today, I also take this opportunity to admonish the sage. The prince's previous actions did have something to do with Meng Lang. It is also very wrong for him to fail to return to Beijing in time to perform his last filial piety before Empress Wende's bedside. It’s just a small mistake, the saint has punished the crown prince now, and I ask the saint to forgive His Highness, the East Palace cannot be without a master, and the country cannot be without a reserve for a day, the prince’s leg is injured now, and there are many rumors flying around in the court, if the saint If it continues like this, it will inevitably lead to more suspicions and even encourage many undue ambitions."

"Your Majesty, please lift the confinement of His Highness the Crown Prince!"

The eldest grandson Wuji immediately stood up, and tearfully told his brother-in-law that the prince is not easy, and it is normal for young people to want to make some contributions. Now that they have won a big battle but injured their legs, they are also sad, and their mother died suddenly. When he was sad, if the emperor continued to punish him like this, the prince would be too pitiful.

Moreover, although the crown prince was wrong, it was indeed not that big of a mistake, and it was not to the extent that he needed to change reserves.

"Since the crown prince has made no serious mistakes, why does the sage have such words to shake the crown prince? Isn't it to shake the foundation of the country and disrupt the government?"

Qin Lang simply played.

"I take advantage of today's opportunity to ask the sage to issue an imperial edict and canonize the eldest grandson of the emperor, Li Xiang, the king of Dunhuang County, as the grandson of the emperor!"

The grandson of the emperor, this is not the ordinary title of the grandson of the emperor. Adding the word "tai" means the crown prince. Datang now has a crown prince, Crown Prince Li Chengqian.

But now Qin Lang said that he wanted to confer the titles of the King of Dunhuang and the governor of Juding as the grandson of the emperor, which is not ordinary.

This is to have two princes standing side by side.

Something that has never happened before, the crown prince is still alive, why should the crown prince be established? Generally, if the emperor's grandson is really to be established, it is only possible that the prince died before the emperor, so the son of the prince was appointed as the successor, called the grandson.

Of course, there is no shortage of emperor's younger brothers and emperor's uncles in history, that is, he was established as the crown prince as the emperor's brother or emperor's uncle.

But there has never been a dynasty that has established two crown princes at the same time.

Qin Lang wants to set this precedent.

The intention is very obvious, to protect Chengqian's position as the crown prince, even if Chengqian's legs are crippled, but he can establish a grandson, that will be safe.

It is the thought of King Wei, King Wu and others.

Tell them clearly that even if something happens to Chengqian one day, the throne has already been decided to be passed on to Li Xiang, the eldest grandson of the emperor.

Fang Xuanling couldn't sit still.

"Your Majesty, what Duke Wei said is absurd. There is no reason why a sage is in his prime, and a prince is also in his prime, but he wants a baby of only a few years old to be his grandson!"

Qin Langli retorted, "What does this have to do with age? Since the King of Dunhuang is the eldest son of the prince, he has the right to inherit regardless of his age. Since the sage said this today, I don't think we should avoid it. The sage said it very well. It makes sense that the purpose of establishing a crown prince in the country is for the saint to inherit the great power after a hundred years, and the saint assumes that if the crown prince is gone, the possibility is very small, but it is still possible, so there is nothing wrong with planning in advance."

"Now that we're talking about this matter, we ministers should of course share the worries of the saints. The country has established a crown prince as the crown prince to inherit the country in the future. Now we have another grandson of the emperor just in case. What's wrong with that? Although King Dunhuang It is also possible to cultivate it in advance if it is young."

"Could it be possible that Fang Xianggong thinks that the patriarchal system of my China since ancient times is wrong? I also recognize the system of brotherhood and brotherhood?"

Fang Xuanling couldn't accept it. This patriarchal succession system has been a rule for thousands of years, and no one can challenge it. Although there are many emperors in various dynasties who are not heirs, they can't challenge this rule.

Although today's son is also the second son to succeed the Datong, it is because of the force palace change that he killed his brother, killed his brother and imprisoned his father to seize the throne.

Some things can be done but cannot be said.

Qin Lang revolved around a flaw in Li Shimin's words today. If there is no prince, then he will establish a grandson; .

By establishing the reserve position of the emperor's grandson, it in turn ensures the stability of Chengqian's crown prince.

This operation can be said to be beyond the expectations of Fang Xuanling, Wei Ting and other Wei Wangdang and Wu Wangdang.

For a while, I didn't know how to refute.

After all, this matter was first brought up by the emperor himself. Qin Lang proposed to make up for the emperor's loopholes. After this matter, it is only natural to establish a descendant by the way.

Emperors are human too.

Everyone is mortal.

Li Shimin will die, Cheng Qian will die, so these are not taboo now.

The atmosphere in the hall became tense for a moment.

Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian followed Qin Lang's words and asked the emperor to make Li Xiang the emperor's grandson, and then Ma Zhou and Xu Jingzong also stood up and asked for the title of grandson.

Wei Zheng just spat at the emperor for a long time, but now he shut up.

He objected to the emperor's nonsense, but it didn't mean that he also agreed with the establishment of a grandson. Since the prince is here, why bother to establish a grandson?

Wei Zheng understood Qin Lang's thoughts very well. In fact, which of the prime ministers in the hall was not a good person, and which one didn't understand Qin Lang's plan. The problem was that the timing was very good. He seized this opportunity and raised this matter at this appropriate time. Not guilty of taboo, but also seems reasonable.

Li Shimin couldn't get off the horse for a while.

Although what he said just now was unintentional, it actually revealed some of his current thoughts in secret. Chengqian made mistakes again and again, especially this time the empress failed to summon him before she died, which made him furious. Li Shimin began to think about Yi Chu.

This is a question that I didn't even think about before, but now I have started to think about it.

That's why when he spoke just now, he said that you should respect King Wei, because one day he may become your monarch.

But now Qin Lang forced the palace to ask the emperor to state his position. Chengqian was wrong, but the fault was not serious. He didn't go to the point of seizing the crown prince. He even used the emperor's words to let the emperor establish a grandson in advance.

At the beginning of his speech, Changsun Wuji, Gao Shilian and others followed suit.

Li Shimin knew that he had said the wrong thing and was wronged.

But to establish the emperor's grandson, this is really something he never thought about, and he also knows that if the emperor's grandson is established, Chengqian's position will undoubtedly be more stable, and it is impossible for the court to change the order overnight.

Li Shimin hesitated.

a long time.

Fang Xuanling helped Li Shimin out of the siege. He said that things were going on step by step. After all, Li Xiang was still too young. There was no precedent for Li Xiang to be a grandson. The eldest son of the East Palace, so you can add a seal first.

Fang Xuanling suggested changing Li Xiang's title to Hengshan County King, which was Chengqian's original title, and it could be regarded as clarifying Li Xiang's status as the head of the Eastern Palace.

"Your Majesty, I think that even if you don't canonize him as the grandson of the emperor for the time being, you should at least confer the title of a prince to show the honor of the eldest grandson."

In the Tang system, the emperor's son was named prince, the emperor's daughter was named princess, the prince's son was named county king, the prince's daughter was named county head, the prince's son was generally named heir king, and the prince's daughter was named county head.

Qin Lang proposed to grant Li Xiang the title of prince, but he still wanted to further establish the dignity of his eldest grandson.

Prime Ministers, you speak to me.

After a long time, Li Shimin's head became a little big.

"Okay, give Xiang'er Jin the title of prince, and you love to choose a title."

"Your Majesty, I think you can be named the King of Qin!"

Qin Lang was the first to speak first.

King Qin, this is Li Shimin's title before he succeeded to the throne, which is unusual.

"Li Xiang was granted the title of King of Dunhuang by a saint before, and this title was also given by the saint at the beginning. Now that he has become a prince, I feel that it is very appropriate to use the title of king of Qin before the saint succeeded to the throne, so that it can better demonstrate the status of the eldest grandson of the royal family. "

Li Xiang was only the son of a prince when he was granted the title of Hengshan King, so of course this title is not very honorable.

Fang Xuanling objected, thinking that the title of King Qin was special and should not be granted easily.

"Fang Gong, Li Xiang is the eldest grandson of the emperor. In the future, he will be the grandson of the emperor, he will also be the crown prince, and eventually he will inherit the great Tang Dynasty and become a saint. Why not the title of king of Qin?"

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Li Shimin was a little annoyed.

He waved his arms, "Okay, then I can make Li Xiang King of Qin."

One word is final.

Qin Lang continued to work hard, "Sage, the eldest grandson is the king of Qin, and as usual, he should be the governor. I think that he can be the governor of Henan, the shepherd and envoy, and the governor of the seven prefectures."

The governor of Henan Mu and Xiangzhou was awarded by Li Shimin to Wei Wang Li Tai before the capital was moved.

Now Qin Lang proposes to let Li Xiang take the lead, the intention is obvious.

Fang Xuanling thought that Li Xiang was young and unsuitable, so Qin Lang immediately brought up the examples of Li Tai, Li Ke and other officials who held the positions of governor, governor, and governor in the end of Wude and the beginning of Zhenguan. How old were Li Tai and others back then? Well, anyway, they are all taken from a distance and don't take things seriously. Does it matter how old they are?

Fighting back and forth, another quarrel.

The noisy Li Shimin's head was about to split.

"Okay, let's make Li Xiang, the king of Dunhuang county, the king of Qin, grant him the shepherd of Henan, lead the governor of Guangzhou from afar, and add the general of Marquis Wu."

After a pause, Li Shimin said again, "Wei Wang Li Taiyao led the governor of Yangzhou, and he was still the governor to defend the military of Qizhou, and he was changed to the general of Youwuhou."

Jin Wang Li Zhiyao led the governor of Bingzhou, and was appointed General Zuo Xiaowei from General Youwuhou.

The crown prince succeeded Li Jue, the second son of Qianqian, who was granted the title of king of Hengshan County and the governor of Yongzhou.

Li Xin, the eldest son of Li Tai, King of Wei, was granted the title of King of Yidu County, and Li Hui, the second son, was named King of Xin'an County.

Li Shimin still loves Li Tai, and at this time he still didn't forget to make arrangements for Li Tai, not only changing Li Tai's titles to Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor and moving to Youwuhou General, but also officially titled his two sons kings.

Among the grandsons of the emperor, originally only Li Xiang was sealed, but now the second son of Chengqian was sealed, and Li Tai's two sons were also sealed.

"Your Majesty, King Wei has already performed the coronation ceremony. According to the system, the country will become a vassal. Please let King Wei go to the country of Xining Prefecture in Jiannan!" Xu Jingzong asked.

Li Shimin glared at Xu Jingzong, "The king of Wei will escort the queen's coffin back to Guanzhong, and the country will become a vassal when the filial piety is over."

"Your Majesty, I believe that the crown prince should escort the coffin of Empress Wende to Zhaoling for burial..."

"Couldn't the King of Wei be born of the Empress?" Li Shimin asked angrily, and walked away with his sleeves thrown up. Originally, he came to question Qin Lang for disrespecting the crown prince and the King of Wei, but it turned out to be such a result.