The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Jiang Fan waved to the white-robed soldiers, and immediately they came forward, arrested Huang Zhenren and four others, and took them to the open space in front to face the people.

With a wave of the sword, Huang Zhenren and four other court officials who were dependent on the four princes were beheaded.

Among these four people, two were first-rank ministers and two were second-rank officials, but they were gone just like that! As heads rolled down, all the court officials turned pale with fear.

They had never thought that things would develop to such an extent today, with people dying! Everyone looked at Jiang Fan with mixed feelings of fear and confusion.

They have already felt the favor that Emperor Yan has for Jiang Fan. This is helping Jiang Fan establish his authority and paving the way for him.

Emperor Yan took advantage of this opportunity to directly cut off the other princes' path to succession.

Otherwise, if Emperor Yan showed partiality in this matter, at most he would be confined to his room and fined, or even beaten.

They could be directly imprisoned. This was already considered serious. If they were exiled, the fate of the princes would definitely be miserable.

Speaking of which, the Emperor of Yan was actually quite merciful and generally would not kill people at will. Didn't you see that Huang Zhenren and others were killed themselves, while their families were only exiled?

If the emperor was a little more cruel, he might have killed many people just for the grain tax case.

A certain beggar emperor killed tens of thousands of people just for one corruption case! This shows how kind the Emperor of Yan was.

When the people saw this scene, they cheered and shouted, "Long live the Emperor Yan, the Emperor Yan is wise!"

When Emperor Yan saw this scene, he looked dejected. He looked at the four princes who were being held captive by the white-robed soldiers and felt very uncomfortable.

In fact, he didn't want to do anything to his son. After all, he was his own son after all.

But if the four sons are not suppressed, I am afraid that the fight for the throne will become even more brutal.

He really didn't want his sons to die. With the wisdom and talent Jiang Fan had shown so far, handing Dayan over to Jiang Fan was definitely his best choice.

If he did not stop the other princes from fighting for the throne at this time, these princes would fight to the death with his own eighth prince, and in the end they might all die at the hands of Jiang Fan.

In order to prevent Jiang Fan from having his brother's blood on his hands, Emperor Yan decided to use this incident to stop the other princes from having the same thoughts.

This would allow them to live their lives in peace and stability. It would also prevent Jiang Fan from succeeding to the throne in the future and being recorded in history as someone who ascended to the throne by stepping on the corpses of his brothers.

The interference of the Royal Guards finally made him determined to take action.

"Fan'er, no matter what, if one day you gain power in the future, I hope you will let your brothers go! Promise your father, okay!" Emperor Yan turned to look at Jiang Fan with a complicated expression.

He looked at Jiang Fan pleadingly. He looked much older and more tired.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan quickly held Emperor Yan's hand, nodded and said, "Father, don't worry. No matter what, they are all my brothers. I... won't kill them!"

Hearing Jiang Fan's agreement, Emperor Yan showed a look of relief on his face and nodded.

"Let's go... We should go back to the city! I wanted my father to reward you and make you a king in the Golden Palace! But now it seems that the decree of making you a king can only be delivered to you, and you can't share it with the ministers!"

Emperor Yan patted Jiang Fan on the shoulder, his voice sounded a little depressed and a little guilty. At this moment, he looked as if he had aged by ten years.

Jiang Fan looked at Emperor Yan and felt uncomfortable. Although his adopted father really ignored him and seemed cold and indifferent at the beginning.

But when he is really good to you, he is really like a kind father, giving you everything he can!

In front of Jiang Fan, it would be more appropriate to say that he is an emperor, but in fact, it is more appropriate to say that he is a father who is full of expectations for his son.

"Father, thank you..." Jiang Fan shook Emperor Yan's hand back and looked at him with a thousand words in his eyes.

He wanted to say that he understood his father's intentions, he wanted to thank his father for everything he had done for him, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them.

He was afraid that saying this would rub salt into his father's wounds.

His father made up his mind to stop his other brothers from having the chance to succeed the throne and imprisoned them. It was actually very difficult for him to make up his mind.

If he did this, it would obviously alienate himself from his other sons. But for Jiang Fan, he still did it!

"No need to say anything. Your father owes you this, and this is what you deserve!" Emperor Yan smiled and shook his head. He took Jiang Fan's hand, stood up and walked towards the city.

As for the grain tax issue in Hejianzhou, it ended with Ye Ren being dismissed from his post as prime minister, Huang Zhenren and four other court officials being beheaded in public, and some court officials being implicated and imprisoned.

Emperor Yan did not deal with Zhao Jingzhong and the other three on the spot. Instead, he handed the right of disposal to Jiang Fan.

The people were delighted, shouting "Long live the emperor" and the atmosphere was lively and exciting!

The court officials had mixed feelings and different thoughts. Shi Wenzong was already trembling with fear at this time, and he felt relieved in his heart.

He was glad that although he was hanging out with several princes, he was not involved in the affairs of Hejian Mansion, otherwise, he would be in trouble!

At this moment, he looked at Jiang Fan in front of him, the fear in his heart reached its peak, and his body was shaking unconsciously.

Jiang Fan returned to the Prince's Mansion. The ceremony of crowning the king that was originally to be held could only be completed by decree. The Emperor of Yan really didn't want to hold the ceremony anymore.

As the imperial edict conferring the title of king was delivered to the prince's palace, the eighth prince's palace was soon replaced by the Prince of Qin's palace, and guests and court officials came and went in an endless stream every day.

Jiang Fan gained power, and all the court officials realized that the Emperor of Yan was planning to let Jiang Fan inherit the throne. It was only a matter of time before Jiang Fan was named the crown prince.

Emperor Yan is now waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to make Jiang Fan the crown prince. If Jiang Fan can make another unprecedented contribution, it will be a foregone conclusion that he will be made the crown prince.

Jiang Fan selectively received a few officials who came to visit and give gifts every day. However, General Ning Zhen of Dingxi, the commander-in-chief of one of the four major military groups of Dayan, did not come to visit.

Jiang Fan did not visit him, but when he entered the palace to pay homage to Concubine Ning, Jiang Fan saw Ning Zhen.

Concubine Ning recognized Jiang Fan as her mother and held a family banquet. Except for the four imprisoned princes, all the other princes attended.

During the meal, Ning Zhen nodded to Jiang Fan and said hello. His attitude was neither cold nor warm. Even though Jiang Fan was very favored now, Ning Zhen would not show any closeness to him.

After all, if he was too close to a general who held military power in public, and someone made a fuss about it, and Emperor Yan became suspicious of Jiang Fan, it would be a loss.

But the fact that Concubine Ning recognized Jiang Fan as her son had already shown Ning Zhen's support for Jiang Fan. In today's Dayan, Jiang Fan had the support of the two major military groups.

As long as there are no accidents, there will be no doubt that Jiang Fan will become the next emperor.