inspire-indiana Chapter 227 The Greatest Emperor and the Greatest Tyrant
Chapter 227 The Greatest Emperor and the Greatest Tyrant
This time, Chen Huaian was really angry.
Not only because of the petitions from the ministers forcing marriage, but also because the guys from the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun actually handed the petitions directly to his mother, Queen Xu Ruoyun.
In the eyes of these guys, do I still have the emperor in my eyes?
This time, they petitioned for marriage. Will they petition for abdication next time?
Chen Huaian's slight expression change and the flash of murderous intent in his starry eyes naturally did not escape the eyes of his mother, Queen Xu Ruoyun.
Speaking of which, as a mother, Xu Ruoyun should not have intervened in this matter.
However, now that the new dynasty has just been established, the words and deeds of the new emperor Chen Huaian are related to the image of the new dynasty.
In particular, the civil officials and old generals of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are a force that cannot be underestimated in the new dynasty, and the one behind them is Wuning King Liu Xinwu.
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The status of the King of Wuning in the new dynasty is not comparable to that of ordinary civil officials and military generals.
At the beginning of the Jin Wang Chen Huaian's uprising, the King of Wuning did not hesitate to bet his entire fortune on Chen Huaian.
Not only did he directly contribute his manpower and efforts to make suggestions during the "Tumubao Incident", which allowed Chen Huaian to easily destroy Zhao Gan's 500,000 northern expeditionary army and send the second emperor of Daxin to the grave.
Later, when the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army conquered the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, he single-handedly persuaded the Fourteen Prefectures of Youyun to surrender to the King of Jin, and made an unprecedented contribution to the Longcheng Jingnan Army's pacification of the north.
In addition, the Princess Shujun Liu Shujun of the Wuning Palace was already engaged to Chen Huaian, but because Chen Huaian was always busy with the war, the marriage was delayed.
Reasonably speaking, Xu Ruoyun could not sit idly by, whether as Chen Huaian's mother or as the Empress Dowager of the New Dynasty, regarding the reasonable demands of Wuning King Liu Xinwu.
So, when she received a joint petition from local officials and garrison generals of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, requesting the emperor to get married as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the people;
After thinking again and again, she finally decided to come and talk to her son Chen Huaian as a mother.
Xu Ruoyun looked at Chen Huaian, who was on the verge of anger, with a calm face, and said in a peaceful tone: "Son, the Queen Mother is also surprised. Why did the officials of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun hand the petition to the Queen Mother?"
"But——"
Xu Ruoyun changed the subject and said: "Since the matter has happened, it must be dealt with. It is not a solution to always drag it on. What do you think?"
Well!
Chen Huaian nodded, his mood had calmed down a lot, and said: "Mother, in fact, I am also going to discuss the wedding with you today;"
"It's just that these guys bypassed me and handed the forced marriage petition to you, and this behavior really made me angry!"
Xu Ruoyun comforted him: "Son, strictly speaking, this matter can't be blamed on the officials of the Sixteen States of Youyun. Think about it, since ancient times, marriage has been decided by parents and matchmakers;"
"Although my son has ascended the throne and is the emperor of the highest rank, he still cannot escape the constraints of secular etiquette!"
"Mother, I think that the officials of the Sixteen States of Youyun should have handed the petition to the emperor for marriage out of considerations of secular etiquette."
This is indeed the case.
Originally, the officials of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, led by Xiong Kai, the garrison commander of Youzhou, and He Kuan, the prefect of Changshan County, planned to hand the memorial directly to the new emperor Chen Huaian when they jointly submitted a petition to the emperor for his wedding.
In the end, when they submitted the memorial, they were urgently stopped by Wuning King Liu Xinwu, who asked them to submit the memorial to the Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun.
Although the officials were puzzled, they still followed the prince's request and handed the memorial to the Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun.
Now it seems that we have to admit that the old ones are still the best!
This move by Wuning King Liu Xinwu is indeed a smart move.
Otherwise, if the memorial was directly handed to Chen Huaian, without the Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun's mediation, Chen Huaian, who was furious, might have ordered the Dragon City Internal Guard to arrest people according to the names on the memorial.
He was worried that he couldn't find a chicken to "kill a chicken to scare the monkeys" so that he could kill the arrogant soldiers and nobles before the ceremony of conferring the title. It was just right to start with the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.
But the memorial was in the hands of his mother, Xu Ruoyun, so Chen Huaian naturally couldn't see the list of officials who jointly wrote the letter.
It's also impossible to follow the principle of killing three thousand people by mistake and never letting one go, and clean up all the civil and military officials of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun from top to bottom and replace them with a wave of people, right?
Chen Huaian was still thinking wildly.
Here, the Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun continued: "Son, since the matter of the wedding has been put on the table, what are your plans now?"
"Princess Shujun and Princess Pijia, will one be the queen and the other be the concubine, or will the queens of the East and West Palaces be established as the queen mother told you at the beginning?"
Uh--
After returning from the Western Regions, Chen Huaian thought about this issue repeatedly for several months, but still couldn't think of a win-win solution.
Logically speaking, as a time traveler emperor who had a system of explosive soldiers, fought all the way to conquer the country, and finally ascended to the throne step by step, he should not be troubled by such problems;
He did not need to consider who he would choose as his queen.
After all, Chen Huaian was able to start an army as a prince and eventually become the emperor of the Xin Dynasty without relying on the power of Wuning King Liu Xinwu, nor the power of the Uighur Khanate and the Western Regions.
It is not that Chen Huaian wanted to erase the achievements of Wuning King Liu Xinwu;
In fact, Wuning King only did some icing on the cake in the process of establishing the new dynasty.
Even without him, the Longcheng army under Chen Huaian could still push forward and finally seize the Zhao Dynasty of the Great Xin Dynasty.
Maybe it would be a year or two later.
But the result of Chen Huaian's enthronement will not change.
As for the Huihe and the Western Regions, they had no influence or leverage on Chen Huaian's enthronement, not even icing on the cake.
But then again, for Chen Huaian, who was determined to become the emperor of the ages who was on par with the Qin Emperor and Han Emperor, and opened the right to explore eternal life, he had to abide by the constraints of secular etiquette.
It is impossible to rely on the absolutely loyal system soldiers and horses in his hands to suppress bloody killings all the way?
Killing all those who dared to voice opposition, wouldn't that make him a tyrant of the ages?
Therefore, facing the question raised by his mother Xu Ruoyun, who should be made queen, or the queens of the East and West Palaces, Chen Huaian really didn't know how to answer for a while.
Hey——
Xu Ruoyun seemed to see Chen Huaian's difficulty in making a decision, so she spoke again: "Son, mother knows that you are fully capable of making the queen, and you are not affected by any external forces;"
"All you need to do is follow your true thoughts."
Finally, Xu Ruoyun gave her opinion, saying: "Regarding the question of who should be made queen, mother's opinion is, why don't you listen to the opinions of the person involved?"