Originally, according to the normal process, the hundred officials and nobles had to cry for three days in a row, and then go home with seven days of filial piety in order to officially end the national funeral and filial piety.

However, isn't there no leader above the court now, and the candidate for the new emperor has not yet been established?

Therefore, Zongzheng and the others could only find a trick in the end, making some officials with low official status cry in the mourning hall, and the real core officials in the imperial court, as well as the top nobles in the capital, the royal clan, gathered in the imperial hall early the next morning.

Formal discussion of the new emperor's candidate.

This time Qiao Mu is also there, after all, no matter what, Qiao Mu is the Queen Mother, this point cannot be changed, even if the new emperor inherits the throne, he has to admit it, and the Queen Mother or the Queen Mother has the right to decide the new emperor's candidate, although this right is not so big as to be finalized, but it definitely occupies a large share.

This is a fact that no one can ignore.

"You are all court humerus.

I won't say anything high-sounding.

Although it has been a custom for thousands of years for the death of a father and a son, the only heir left by His Majesty has just reached the age of one, which is too young.

According to the testament of Emperor Taizu.

Those who are less than 14 years old are not worthy of being emperors.

Therefore, this time the new emperor candidate, we had better choose from the descendants of the first emperor, Emperor Taizu's testament can only be known by our lineage, so you may still be a little confused, and may even think that I am lying, in order not to let rumors spread around, I waited until last night after overnight discussion, decided to make Taizu's testament public.

Those who have doubts can come forward and take a look.

Prince Ling, please come out of Taizu's legacy. ”

Zong Zhengwei Chunhan brought up the core issues that needed to be discussed this time at the beginning, and at the same time motioned to Prince Ling to take out the Taizu testament that had been stored in the temple before, and read it aloud in front of hundreds of officials and many noble royal families.

Prince Ling also quickly cooperated and stood at the front, taking out a light golden cloth from a wooden box that looked very old.

Unfold it in front of everyone.

And read it aloud.

And the hundred officials and nobles below, some were listening carefully, and some were carefully looking at the wooden box and the light golden cloth, and at the same time thinking in their minds about the possibility that this thing was real.

They can't be blamed for being suspicious, it's really that everyone has never seen this thing, and no one knows whether it's true or not, and the ghost knows if the royal lineage has joined forces to determine the candidate for the next emperor, just looking for an excuse to announce it.

But because the above is reading the nominal Taizu testament, the hundreds of officials and nobles below don't dare to discuss and talk with each other, so they can only secretly look at it and keep their mouths shut, waiting for the above to finish reading.

There are only three points in total.

The content is not long.

I read it in two minutes.

After reading it, the following nobles discussed the authenticity of the thing with each other without anyone saying anything.

And whether to follow or not.

The civil officials were relatively silent, just quietly waiting for the next operation of the clan behind.

When the time comes, we will decide on a specific attitude.

"I think the year of the wooden box should be enough, I don't know much about the gold silk cloth, but looking at the year enough, whether it is a fraud or not, I can't see it if I don't get started, or let's take a look."

"I think it's better to forget it.

It has nothing to do with us anyway.

And with them.

Who is the emperor and what does it matter to us?

Besides, my family's position as the prince of the country is stable, as long as I don't commit crimes, no one can do anything to me. ”

"I think the point of contradiction may be mainly between those civil officials and royal relatives.

It doesn't have much to do with us.

Let's not talk.

Pretending to be deaf and dumb. ”

"If you want me to say the same, this happened so suddenly, it is difficult for us to find a prince to support us.

And with them.

Anyway, I'm not going to meddle......"

After many discussions, most of the nobles below have finally decided not to participate in this matter, and only a few are very curious, and at the same time, their status is high enough to check the authenticity of the thing.

After checking it, several of them nodded in public, indicating that there was no problem with the year of the thing, and the handwriting could match the handwriting on some things that Taizu gave them home, and the seal process and the like could clearly match.

With their confirmation, coupled with the eunuchs who were specially responsible for writing the emperor's living records, and took out the specific records of Emperor Taizu's testament written by Emperor Taizu as auxiliary evidence, the matter of Emperor Taizu's testament is completely certain.

After this was confirmed, Zong Zhengwei Chunhan continued to say in public: "Everyone, please be quiet.

Since Taizu's legacy is correct, let's talk about the new emperor's candidate, before the death of the father and the succession of the son, there is also the succession of the brother and the brother, although His Majesty is the eldest son, but there are five concubines and princes in front of His Majesty, and there are three in the back.

Among the eight princes, the eldest prince has passed away, the second prince is disabled, the fourth prince has obesity and asthma and other serious illnesses and has been bedridden, and the eighth prince and the ninth prince are all under the age of 14.

Therefore, at present, only the three princes are eligible to follow the principle of brother-to-brother succession to inherit the throne.

The Five Princes and the Seven Princes.

That is, the current Prince Ling, Prince Hui and Prince Wen, all three of them are here, if you don't choose the new emperor from these three. ”

As Zong Zheng finished speaking, the eyes of the hundred officials and nobles and other royal side personnel instantly turned to the three who had just been named.

Then there was a lot of discussion.

Unlike the nobles who talked about it, one did not speak, and unlike the royal side who only dared to mumble in private, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu among the civil officials immediately stood up, and after saluting, he said loudly:

"I don't agree with Zongzhengzhi.

It has been thousands of years since the death of the brother and the succession of the brother, and the succession of the father and the son has been passed down for many generations.

Historically, only the emperor's heirs have been cut off, and they will inherit from the side branches, or the brother will succeed after the death of the brother, and now His Majesty clearly has an heir, why should he follow the ancestral teachings and forcibly change the etiquette!

If you are really worried about the legacy of your ancestors, then you can first canonize the prince as the crown prince, and then the prince will come to the court, and the queen mother will listen to the government, and after the prince reaches the age of 14, he will ascend the throne and become the emperor. ”

The Chinese military officials of the dynasty can be said to be Confucian children, monarchs and subjects, fathers and sons, fathers and sons, fathers and sons, fathers and sons, and other rules, which are one of the foundations of their Confucianism, and now the royal sect wants to change the rules, they are naturally unwilling.

Moreover, a young emperor is more suitable for their demands, and it is more suitable for them to implement their own ideas, as for the empress dowager to listen to the government, they really didn't take the empress dowager who was not related by blood in her teens in their eyes.