After excluding the prince and his son of Shangning, the only ones who are qualified to compete for the position of prince are actually the two successive princes, Prince Shangfeng and Prince Shang Zhiwu!

Prince Shoho's advantage is that he gave birth to a little prince named Sho Gong, which is a very happy thing in the thin Ryukyu royal family, at least the next Ryukyu royal family will no longer have to fight for the throne like now!

And Prince Shang Zhiwu's advantage is that he has friends with Hongtang Zhao Xingdou and Wu Daofu in distress, and in the past year, as a prison army, he has some friendship with Hongtang Zhao Xingdou and other high-level leaders in the Amami Walled City, plus this time he and Wu Daofu on the island to resist foreign humiliation.

Although he actually played a small role in the battle, Ping Suli actually rarely dealt with Zhao Xingdou and them, after all, he was born in a noble royal family, and he despised Zhao Xingdou and their reckless people, which was a natural thing, but he was clever, and when he saw King Shangning unconscious, he thought about the old man's death.

Therefore, after returning alone, Shang Zhiwu talked about how he befriended the people of Hongtang when he met people, and spent hardships with Wu Daofu and them, fought hard in the walled city of Amami, and finally resisted the Japanese people outside the walled city, etc.

In the end, because of the relationship between Hong Tang and the people who abide by their duties, they did not have much contact with Shang Zhiwu and them, but they did not expect that Shang Zhiwu would spread rumors and make trouble in the upper echelons of the Ryukyus, saying such things that are related to their Hong Tang, but there is nothing to do.

The upper echelons of the Ryukyu bureaucracy and the royal family were skeptical of what Shang Zhiwu said, but after all, he was the one who had the most dealings with Hongtang among the two princes, and that was a fact that could not be erased.

It was also because of Shang Zhiwu's words that the upper echelons of the Ryukyu Kingdom had more consideration for his right to inherit the throne.

Not to mention anything else, just after Shang Zhiwu took office, with this good relationship with Hong Tangde, when the time comes to face the attack of the Japanese Satsuma again, it will definitely have a certain effect. It's just that what these high-level leaders don't know is that the words of this Prince Shang Zhiwu are not true seven or eight times out of ten, and when Satsuma invades again, Shang Zhiwu may not be able to say that Hongtang will continue to help them.

King Shōnin did not survive the five days, and before the Ryukyu royal family and officials could choose a new prince to come out, in the middle of the night, King Shōnin swallowed his last breath.

Until the end, King Shang Ning's eyes were not completely closed, as if his heart was still full of regret and grievance.

The monarch is dead, the whole country mourns that is the proper meaning, he has been in charge of the Ryukyu Kingdom for decades, although he has not made many achievements, and he was insulted by the Japanese people during his lifetime, but in fact, in the hearts of the people, King Shangning can be regarded as a good king.

At least, during his tenure, the common people have food and drink, do not worry about the livelihood of three meals, and do not be displaced by natural and man-made disasters, these are already things that a good king can do.

Therefore, when the Ryukyu royal family and officials paid more attention to the major affairs of succeeding to the throne and neglected the funeral of King Shangning, many people in the Ryukyus wore linen and filial piety for King Shangning, and were grateful for the existence of tears.

What an ironic thing to compare the two?

After hastily holding a state funeral for the old king, the focus of the upper echelons was once again pulled back to the prince, no, now it should be the choice of the new king.

The old chaos of the Shuri king's capital was still unsettled, and the old lord went west, which made the royal family and the officials of the court who had no backbone clear about it, so they needed to immediately elect a king to control the situation.

Of course, there are many people with ulterior motives who want to fish in troubled waters and see if they can reach the sky in one step, but there is a behemoth-like group like Hongtang beside them, even if they have these thoughts, they have to restrain their minds and carefully seek a situation that is beneficial to them.

Choosing to take sides and smear opponents, such dirty things happen in the Ryukyu officialdom all the time, and the strength between Prince Shang Feng and Prince Shang Zhiwu is evenly matched, and no one can help anyone, and the final decision still falls into the hands of Prince Shang Hong, the brother of King Shang Ning.

After all, he was the regent canonized by Prince Shoning, and Prince Shohong wielded his position in the hearts of the courtiers in the Ryukyu royal family, second only to Prime Minister Feng Xilian, who was looted by the Japanese people.

Originally, Prince Shang Hong was devoted to his younger brother's son, the little prince of Shang Qiong, who was less than three years old, but now the dynasty is in danger, and everyone can't wait for the little prince to grow up, although he is the regent, but he is also old, no one knows what he will do afterwards to follow in the footsteps of his brother, and drive the crane west, even if Prince Shang Qiong is put on the throne at this time, in the end it is just an empty dream of a bamboo basket to draw water.

It is even likely that the last blood of his brother will be put in danger of his life because of this, and the bloodline inheritance of their vein will be completely cut off.

Therefore, after thinking for a long time, Prince Shang Hong resolutely handed over the right to inherit the throne to Prince Shang Feng, firstly, he naturally hoped that the bloodline of the Shang family would continue to be passed on and not be touched by others, and secondly, he was really not at ease with Hongtang's wolf ambitions, and he was not optimistic about Shang Zhiwu, the prince's great and talented temperament, and he could control such a powerful monster as Hongtang.

Since he can't control Hongtang, Prince Shanghong would rather keep his past away from Hongtang, so as to maintain the independence of the Ryukyu royal family as much as possible!

If Prince Shang Zhiwu knew the reason why Prince Shang Hong didn't choose him, he would immediately issue a slogan to break with Hong Tang, or extremely regret the original exaggeration of the relationship between himself and Hong Tang.

But the world is so impermanent, if he hadn't dragged himself into a relationship with Hong Tang at the beginning, I am afraid that with the status of Prince Shangfeng's eldest son and eldest grandson, he may not be able to form an evenly matched situation with Prince Shangfeng as he is now.

When the news was finally announced, Prince Shang Feng was naturally overjoyed, cheering with the people close to him, and at the same time not forgetting to be grateful to Prince Shang Hong who chose him in the end.

When the news came, Prince Shang Zhiwu waved his hand to disperse the cronies in the mansion, and hid in the house alone to vent, and a room of exquisite utensils was destroyed by him.

When he appeared in front of everyone again, Prince Shang Zhiwu once again regained his calm expression, and at least on the surface, there was no trace of the impact of this news.

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