The fire in Jinghua's backyard has just calmed down, but the factional dispute between the DPRK and China has made waves again.

On the fourth day of October, just after the Wanshou Festival of Zhu Yijun, the son of Wanli, the emperor suddenly sent Xu Wenbi and Zhu Yingzhen as the main envoys, and the university scholars Shen Shixing and Xu Guo as the deputy envoys.

Among them, Concubine De's book is written like this: I look at the rooster and crow to warn, think of the virtuous concubine, Lintoe prosperous, and should be a lady. Gai wants to advocate internal governance, and will also spread Mao to the sect. The heir of the bandit Huiyin, Huo Fu showed his life. Counselor Shu Concubine Zheng, Roujia Jade, Wan Lan Yi. Nine royal sublimation, abide by the degree of thickness; The double ring is favored, and the rules of the history are observed. Yizhi Chongban, with a different Woz. The special envoy held the festival, entered Fenger as the concubine, and the tin was ordained. Yu play! The four-star elephant is a concubine, I am both virtuous and virtuous, and the origin of ten thousand transformations is in Del. When thinking about the name of Jia, only serve the glory, do not forget the respect and prudence, the Ben of the Pihe Dragon Chapter, and the rest of the eternal swallow wings. Oh yes!

Concubine Zheng is on the scene!

At this moment, no one in the world realized what was important about the canonization of a concubine. Even in order to improve the specifications of this canonization, the emperor even made an exception to use the two most noble princes, as well as the first and second assistants of the top of the civil ministers.

In fact, according to Gao Shishi's news in Da Nei, the emperor actually planned to canonize her early on, but it happened that the Battle of Yunnan and Burma broke out this year, so it was delayed again and again, and finally dragged it to this time.

Not only that, Gao Shishi even knew that the emperor had privately promised Concubine Zheng that after the child in her belly was born at this time, she would be promoted again as a mother, regardless of whether she was male or female.

If you are promoted again, there are actually only two classes. Gao pragmatically estimated that the emperor's meaning was probably that if he gave birth to a prince, he would directly become the emperor's concubine; If it is a royal daughter, then Jin Guifei. (Note: Imperial concubine and concubine are two different ranks.) )

Gao Shi was not very worried about the child in Concubine Zheng's womb at this time, because if the inertia of history was still maintained, this birth should be the second daughter of the emperor, Yun and Princess Zhu Xuanshu.

In the harem of the Ming Dynasty, the meaning of giving birth to a princess is very different from the meaning of giving birth to a prince, especially the prince who is relatively high.

Therefore, Concubine Zheng's current birth is not much of a threat to Gao Pragmatic, and the bigger threat is the one who will be born later, and that is the trouble, the big trouble.

However, what Gao Pragmatic didn't expect was that this canonization didn't know if Shen Shixing also noticed something unusual, in short, on the third day after the canonization was completed, Shen Shixing was negligent.

His appointment this time is to ask the crown prince!

Shen Shixing gave an example of the old incident of Yingzong being made the crown prince at the age of two, thinking that now that the queen has no concubine, the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo should be established as the crown prince, in order to show that the world has hope for succession, and the officials and people are at ease.

Shen Shixing's dismissal had not been discussed in the cabinet in advance, so Xu Guo was also caught off guard and did not make any statement during the day.

However, the emperor did not react.

In the evening, Xu Guo invited the important ministers of the Shixue School in Beijing to the house, nominally saying that the chrysanthemums at home were blooming very well, and invited everyone to come and enjoy the flowers - he couldn't do it, there were no happy events in his family at this time, and it was not easy to find a reason. Fortunately, such a big event happened today, and others didn't have time to care about him, and they also knew that the real-school bigwigs would definitely have to discuss things tonight, but no one talked about it.

The main issue of the people in the Shixue school is whether or not to go along with Shen Shixing in this matter, or to go along with the Xinxue school.

If it is an ordinary thing, of course, everyone will not consider echoing the Xinxue school, but Lichu is obviously not an ordinary thing, this is the country's foundation.

According to many people's opinions, of course, the sooner the country is established, the better, because life is determined by heaven, and no one knows which will come first, tomorrow or the accident. The emperor is now young, but ...... What if?

This is the habitual consideration of Wenchen, and even beyond the faction, so much so that the Shixue school is more inclined to echo Shen Yuanfu's Shuwen in this matter and ask for the crown prince.

But Gao pragmatic made it clear that he objected, and he had three reasons: first, the queen is still very young and may become pregnant at any time, if the crown prince is established now, and the queen gives birth to a prince in the future, then according to the principle of 'there is a grandson, no grandson is established', will the current prince be deposed again?

The second is that the current physical condition of the emperor's eldest son is not good, this little child is sick every now and then, and he has been sick. If we also echo at this time, in the event that the emperor's eldest son unfortunately dies in the future, this will be a big blow to the hearts of the people in the world.

As for the third, although Gao Shishi did not say it explicitly, he still hinted at it: the emperor did not like the emperor's eldest son and his mother Wang Gongfei, and the highest status in the emperor's mind was the queen, followed by Concubine Zheng De. Even if you think that the queen is currently childless and has not been pregnant for several years, Concubine Zheng De now has a child in her belly - what if it is a prince?

However, the third opinion of Gao Pragmatism within the Shixue School does not agree, and everyone agrees that even if Concubine Zheng Defei gives birth to a prince now, it is also the second son of the emperor, since "there is a grandson, and there is no grandson", in the case of the queen having no children, this prince still has to establish the emperor's eldest son, how can it be possible to skip the emperor's eldest son to establish the emperor's second son?

Is it because the eldest son of the emperor is currently in poor health that he is not regarded as a person? That's not going to work.

But although everyone opposes the third point of view of high pragmatism, everyone still cares about the first two, especially the first one: the queen is still young and may not have children in the future.

Merely...... If you don't follow this kind of thing, if you don't follow it closely, what if the new monarch is really the eldest son of the emperor in the future?

After all, whether the queen will give birth to a concubine in the future, this thing can't be discussed even if they die here! No one knows for sure!

Xu Guo originally thought that he should echo Shen Shixing, but he had a headache now. At this moment, he deeply felt that the leader of a faction was not easy to be.

Previously, Gao Gong had nothing to say at that time, the holy family, status, qualifications, etc., were all obvious, and no one within the faction would oppose him; Later, Guo Pu was a little worse in terms of sainthood, but he had high pragmatic support and was able to maintain his authority; Later, although Zhang Siwei was also a little bit of a saint, he not only had high pragmatic support, but he also had the Jin Party's lineage in his hands, and he could also control the overall situation of the real school.

However, now that he Xu Guo has become the highest-ranking person in the Shi School, he realizes that he seems to be beautiful, but in fact, it is like a volcano under his buttocks.

In terms of qualifications, the other two elders of the Real School Pavilion Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui are older than him; When it comes to saints, no one in the world can compete with Gao Shipra; On lineage, uh...... Gao Pragmatic inherited the resources left by Gao Gong, Guo Pu, and Zhang Siwei, and it is obvious that the degree of recognition of Gao Pragmatic within the School of Reality is much higher than that of Xu Guo.

So now as soon as Gao Shishi objected, the direction of the wind immediately changed, and basically no one insisted on echoing Shen Shixing, and they all said that they should wait a little longer - not waiting for Concubine Zheng Defei to give birth, but waiting for the queen to become pregnant.

The friendship between Gao Pragmatic and the Empress is almost unknown to no one within the Shi School, but Xu Guo is now a little suspicious, he feels that Gao Pragmatic seems to have bet on the Queen, and this is by no means Gao Pragmatic's consistent style.

What is the style of high pragmatism? It often seems to be very bold, but in fact, it is very cautious every time, and without full certainty, high pragmatism will not bet.

This makes Xu Guo very strange, why do you think that the queen will definitely get pregnant? Could it be that the emperor is going to visit someone at night, and this is also what you Gao Qiuzhen decided for him?

Also, if you help the queen like this, even if the queen is grateful to you, it only makes sense for her to have a son, and this son must live to ascend the throne. But this is all an uncertain thing, why put a ready-made eldest son of the emperor not to support it, but hope for the unknown?

In short, he felt that Gao Pragmatic's decision was very "not very pragmatic".

But he can't change the current situation, not only can't he change it, but he also has to follow the meaning of high pragmatism, otherwise his subordinate will have no weight - he must ensure that the majority of the Shixue school agrees with him, whether this opinion is that the majority of people agree with him, or he is with the majority.

At least in the eyes of outsiders, most people agree with him, which means that he still controls the situation of the Shixue School, after all, he is the person with the highest status in the court within the Shixue School.

In desperation, Xu Guo also expressed support for Gao Shishi's opinion, but he was still a little uneasy and said that according to the historical situation of the Ming Dynasty, even if this matter dragged on for a while, it would definitely not drag on for too long, because in addition to Yingzong being established as the prince at the age of two, Xiaozong also became the prince at the age of six, and even when he was the prince today, he was only eight years old.

In other words, Xu Guo thinks that this matter can drag on for four years at most, or six years at most, and if the queen wants to give birth, it must be before this.

This was unanimously approved by everyone, after all, the prince cannot be suspended for a long time, especially when the emperor has a son. The delay in establishing a prince will make people worry that he will follow his example of his grandfather Shizong, who cultivated immortals and entered the demons.

Gao pragmatic barely suppressed a split of opinion within the Shixue school, and the subsequent development of events was within his expectations—Shen Shixing received a reply from the emperor the next day.

The emperor personally criticized: The queen is in her youth, why should I set up a concubine as a prince? It is reasonable, but it is inappropriate. If you don't allow it, you don't need to discuss it again.

Shen Shixing seemed to be very persuasive, and the emperor said that there was no need to discuss it again, so he really didn't continue to go up.

Gao Pragmatic just breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this matter was in the past for the time being, but who knew that there was a new problem the next day: Pan Sheng was sparse, please make a prince.

Old man Pan's move can confuse Gao Pragmatic, although Lao Pan is also a cabinet elder who is also the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he is also in charge of the Ministry of Rites in the cabinet, but with his old man's usual style, this kind of thing obviously will not be done against the emperor, is it right to take the wrong medicine this time, or did he not carefully read the emperor's reply to Shen Shixing?

Sure enough, the emperor was a little angry about this. So much so that in the morning, he was sparsely entered by the celebrant supervisor, and in the afternoon, Zhu Pi came down, with only five words: This matter has a purpose.

Yes, the emperor didn't even bother to repeat the reason, and directly said that there was already a decree - if you don't see it, go see it yourself, and don't come to talk to me.

Judging from the past situation, after seeing such Zhu Pi, an old fritter with a character like Pan Sheng, should be honest and will never continue to entangle.

However, the accident happened, and Pan Ge Lao actually went up again the next day, still asking for the crown prince.

Now the emperor was really angry, and he was undisguisedly angry, and returned to Zhu to approve it, and directly learned his ancestor's vernacular: I have already said before that the matter of establishing a prince will wait for the queen to give birth to a son-in-law, and Mr. Pan does not need to invite him in this matter.

After this Zhu approval, the outer court rarely had a lot of praise for Mr. Pan, most of them thought that although Mr. Pan had been submissive in the past, he was still relatively reliable at critical moments, for example, in this kind of major matter related to the country, Mr. Pan's position is very firm! Isn't this the wind knowing the grass, and the board swinging knows the Chengchen?

But something more dramatic came again, after being encouraged by the outer court, Old Man Pan became as if he had eaten a few catties of calcium tablets, and his bones suddenly hardened.

Not only that, but Old Man Pan also came up with the last trick of the elders: resignation.

At this moment, even Gao Pragmatic was stunned.

He has always been "overcalculating", and he can't figure it out, what kind of reputation is Old Man Pan Sheng doing? You are not an irreplaceable figure, you are a balancer in the cabinet, and now you are so rigid with the emperor, is it political suicide?

Don't say that he is pragmatic, even Zhu Yijun was confused by Pan Sheng, and when he got Pan Sheng's third letter asking for the establishment of the prince Junshu, Zhu Yijun even wondered if Pan Sheng had Alzheimer's disease, like Yan Song at the end of Jiajing, his brain was completely confused, and he couldn't even understand what the emperor wanted to express.

But regardless of whether Pan Sheng is confused or not, his actions are already challenging the emperor's bottom line, and Zhu Yijun thinks that he can't help but give the most direct response.

So this time Zhu Yijun did not give any more explanation, and Zhu Pizhong allowed Pan Sheng to resign from the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites on the premise of retaining Pan Sheng as a cabinet minister as usual.

The implication is that I think you may be old and confused now, so don't just take care of it directly, just stay in the cabinet and be a mud bodhisattva.

However, out of respect for the old minister, Zhu Yijun still said in Zhu Pi that he asked Pan Sheng to recommend a successor to the Ministry of Rites. Of course, he also issued an edict to the cabinet, asking the cabinet to prepare and promote a new secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Gao Pragmatic wanted to know what Pan Sheng was doing, he thought about it, and thought that Pan Sheng had found something wrong with his body, so he estimated that he might not be able to work for a long time, so he planned to make a good name before Zhishi?

However, this suspicion was dispelled the next day, because Pan Sheng recommended Xu Xuemo to take over as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

What about Xu Xuemo?

Well, it's not that good, it's just that he is Shen Shixing's in-laws.

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