my wife is mulan

After Hua Mulan left Qianjing for a period of time, several important ministers jointly submitted a plan to move the capital, and they formulated two plans for Zhao Junsheng to choose.

The first plan is that Zhao Junsheng took half of the ministers and officials of the court to Chang'an on the grounds of inspecting Guanzhong, leaving a prince to supervise the country. The location, after Chang'an took over most of the military and political affairs of the imperial court, the officials who stayed in Qianjing were moved to Chang'an.

The second plan is: first send several important ministers and some officials to Chang'an to set up the shelves of the yamen, and then the emperor Zhao Junsheng moved to Chang'an.

Zhao Junsheng felt dissatisfied after reading the two proposals handed over by the important ministers. He thought for a moment and said, "Well, the eldest prince Zhao Dong is already nineteen this year, and he should be allowed to go out to practice. I decreed to confer him the crown prince, and ordered him to go out of the town of Chang'an to take charge of military and political affairs in Guanzhong. Three provinces, six ministries, and each temple will send [-]% of the officials to accompany him. Pei Jin, Liang Ji, and Dongfang Chen will be led by you three. After arriving in Chang'an, quickly set up the Chang'an imperial court first! Gao Xu, you are accompanied by the guards of the Longwu and Shenwu armies!"

"I will obey your orders!"

Chapter 785

The plan to move the capital was finalized in this way. Zhao Junsheng gave Pei Jin, Liang Ji, and Dongfang Chen ten days to select officials from the three provinces, six ministries, and various yamen to accompany them.

Later, Zhao Junsheng sent someone to summon the prince Zhao Dong.

"I pay my respects to my father!" Zhao Dong walked into the imperial study and saluted Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng said while reviewing the memorial: "Get up!"

"Thank you, Father!" Zhao Dong got up, bowed and said, "I don't know what orders Father Xuan Erchen has come here?"

Zhao Junsheng put away his pen, got up and waved to Zhao Dong, and the father and son sat down at the nearby tea table.

After pouring a cup of tea for his son, Zhao Junsheng asked, "How is your job in the Ministry of Officials going?"

Zhao Dong took a sip from the teacup and said, "It's okay, but it needs to be detailed, especially the records and verification of officials' achievements and merits! Officials' official ranks, ranks, lords and awards have to be sent to retrieve relevant files from below. , but also worry about the officials below cheating, and sending people to further verify, it is a little more cumbersome!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the appointment and dismissal of civil servants, examinations, promotions, promotions, awards, transfers, etc., with heavy responsibilities and complicated affairs, which is inevitable! I called you here today to give you a sigh of relief. You have to be mentally prepared to make you the crown prince and let you go out to practice!"

Zhao Dong was taken aback for a moment, "Father decided to confer the crown prince so quickly? The third, fourth, and fifth children are younger than the sons, but they are all hardworking and sensible. How can the father rashly confer the crown prince?" Aren't you afraid of causing their dissatisfaction as a prince?"

"My father has been thinking about the establishment of a crown prince for a long time. You are all sons of my father, and your palms and backs are full of flesh, but there can only be one crown prince. After much deliberation, my father still decided to establish a prince! But you want Remember, the position of prince is not an iron chair, if you do not do well, father will depose you at any time!"

Zhao Dong agreed: "Yes, I will remember my father's teachings!"

"The canonization of the crown prince will be held in five days. Your mother is not here. It is not good to enact the crown prince behind her back, but I have been very angry with her before!"

"As for the matter of going out for training, it needs to be kept secret for the time being. You can't publicize it to the outside world. It's not too late to announce it before you leave. The specific departure time will be arranged separately by order from the emperor! You go back and sort out the subordinates. You can only bring cronies with you for training, if you want to be strict with your mouth, you should order your entourage early! Alright, let's go!"

"Yes, my son is leaving!"

The next day, Zhao Junsheng made a decree and decided to canonize Zhao Dong as the crown prince, and at the same time canonize several other princes as princes, and his daughter as princess, and the canonization hall will be held five days later.

As soon as this edict was issued, the debates about the crown prince dispute between the ruling and opposition parties for several years were completely extinguished.

Zhao Dong is the oldest, and the other princes are still young. There are many ministers in the court who support Zhao Dong. Because the other three princes are still young, they don't have the ability to recruit ministers.

Five days later, the grand hall for conferring the prince, prince and princess was held in the Taiji Hall. Zhao Dong and other brothers and sisters stepped forward to be conferred one by one. The ceremony finally ended the canonization.

During this canonization, the youngest son, Zhao Han, and the youngest daughter, Zhao Hui, were taken away by Hua Mulan. Although they were not there, the imperial edict for the canonization had already been issued.

According to the regulations, the princes have to move out of the palace after being conferred, but Zhao Junsheng considered that moving the capital would be imminent, and it would be superfluous to let the princes move out of the palace, so Zhao Junsheng let the prince and the third and fourth children live in the East Palace. Ling still lives in his own bedroom in the inner palace. After all, he is not married yet and cannot move out.

That night, after dinner, Zhao Junsheng asked his sons to go back to the East Palace first, leaving his daughter Zhao Ling behind.

"I won't drink tea at night, or I won't be able to sleep, how about my father asking someone to bring you a cup of fresh milk?" Zhao Junsheng asked as the father and daughter knelt face to face.

Zhao Ling said, "Okay!"

Zhao Junsheng signaled to the eunuch next to him, and the eunuch quickly brought a cup of fresh milk.

Zhao Ling took a sip of fresh milk and asked, "Father, what's the matter, why are you so serious, my daughter is afraid!"

"Hey, are you afraid? Relying on your father's favor, you have been lawless these years! Tell me yourself, how many times do you leave the palace privately in a month?"

Zhao Ling immediately acted coquettishly, "Oh, it's too boring in the palace, there's nothing to do, I can't stay here, how fresh is the outside of the palace?"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "It's fun outside, isn't it? You want to leave the palace, right? Okay, I will let you out of the palace, and I will find someone to choose a husband and son-in-law for you and marry you off, so that you can stay outside forever! "

Zhao Ling was anxious when she heard this: "Father, I don't want to marry, I want to stay by my father's side forever!"

"Father asks you, how old are you today?"

Zhao Ling lowered his head: "Eighteen!"

"You are eighteen, go outside and ask, how many unmarried daughters are there? Generally, girls in other families get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and they will never be more than sixteen. At your age, children are fine. Soy sauce, you are an old girl who is not married at your age!"

Zhao Ling pouted: "Can you blame others? The sons and brothers my mother chose for me are either dandies or silver wax-headed guns. They are fancy but useless. They only know how to eat, drink and have fun. I don’t like people who think they are great!”

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Then what do you like?"

"do not know!"

Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but reached out and rubbed Sunny Girl's disobedience, it's a headache for parents, headache!

"Daughter, you are really big and big. Officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Clan Mansion have repeatedly written to urge you to arrange a marriage for you as soon as possible. Father also feels that this matter cannot be dragged on forever. If it drags on, you, a water spirit The flowers of the soul are about to wither, and when you become old and pale, who will want you? People say that the emperor's daughter is not worried about getting married, but how do they know that I, the emperor, are actually very worried! If the emperor orders a forced marriage , the son-in-law who was married is afraid of the power of the royal family and dare not be angry, let alone speak out, what happiness will you have in the future?"

Zhao Ling was silent for a long time, and asked: "What does the emperor want? Who do you plan to marry your daughter to?"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Don't worry, I will not treat you as a political victim to marry someone you don't like in order to consolidate the imperial power. These are just crooked ways. People who are really clear-headed know that political marriage is not reliable at all. It is just a matter of expediency." The plan won't last long, and if you want to hold power for a long time, you have to rely on real skills!"

"Royal Father doesn't force you to marry someone you don't like, Royal Father will give you two years to find a husband and son-in-law you like, but you have to agree to three conditions!"

Zhao Ling immediately asked: "Which three conditions?"

"First, if you haven't found a husband-in-law you like after two years, your marriage must follow the arrangement of your father! Second, your husband-in-law cannot be someone other than Daqian! Third, you can There is only one chance to choose a husband and son-in-law. My Royal Father hopes that you keep your eyes open, don't be deceived by others, and don't entrust your life's happiness to someone else. You have no chance to regret it. Even if you regret it, Your Royal Father will not allow you to mess around Come on, even if the marriage you choose is a cup of bitter wine, you have to swallow it. No scandals are allowed in the royal family! Everyone has to be responsible for their own choice! So, keep your eyes open, and don’t regret it too easily decision!"

Zhao Ling thought for a while and asked: "Can my daughter leave the palace at will within these two years?"

"Yes, as long as it is within the scope of Dagan, you can go to other places except for places where border wars are frequent, but the time you go out each time should not exceed half a year. Before going out, you must report to the emperor, and you must bring Maids and entourage guards must write at least one letter to the emperor every ten days every time they go out!"

Zhao Ling jumped up happily, "Father, you are so kind, so it's settled! Father, I want to go out to find my mother."

Zhao Junsheng thought about it and thought it would be better for her to be with her mother, so he agreed, "Yes, when do you want to leave?"

"Of course, the sooner the better, leave tomorrow!"

"The little padded jackets around my father are gone, this life must be very boring!"

"Oh, you still have your elder brother and three younger brothers to accompany you!"

Seeing Zhao Ling bouncing away, Zhao Junsheng shook helplessly, stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers, and a black armored soldier walked in and bowed.

"Ling'er is going out of the palace tomorrow, so I will send someone to protect her secretly so that she cannot find out, but we must ensure her safety and never make any mistakes!"

The soldier in black clasped his fists again and bowed in salute, then slowly retreated into the darkness and disappeared.

Zhao Ling'er just left without saying hello, Zhao Junsheng was rather discouraged.