Chapter 93: A country cannot live without a monarch
It was already night in a blink of an eye, and Chang'an City fell into silence, with curfews in thousands of streets and hundreds of yards. No one was seen. Everyone was hiding in the house, observing the situation outside through the cracks in the door in a silent way.
Even the people who don’t know the big words about what happened on Wangjiang Platform understand what it means.
Not to mention killing the emperor, even if it is just assassinating the emperor, it is a serious crime to kill the nine clans.
The person who can kill the emperor is King Su's son.
King Su Xu Lie is still famous in the Three Kingdoms and is talked about by the people. He is the first hero who has built a territory for Dayue thousands of miles.
The 200,000 Xiliang Army is the facade of Dayue, the army that Dayue can fight the most. Northern Qi has been half of its troops to defend against the King of Su and half of its troops to defend against Dayue.
If King Su rebelled, he would definitely not be able to become the emperor, because once the court's troops and the other six Song princes arrived, the 200,000 people in Xiliang could not defend the Guanzhong Road.
But if King Su rebelled, could he invade Chang'an City? The first thought of the people in Chang'an City is - yes!
If the Xu family army that once swept across the world could not even capture one of Chang'an, it would not be called the Xu family army.
King Su's son killed the emperor and deserved to be killed.
But if you kill King Su's son, Prince Su's son and Princess are all dead. Everyone knows what a lonely man can do.
Loyalty and wiseness are also limited. Once King Su reverses it, millions of soldiers and civilians in Guanzhong Dao and King Su die together.
King Su dared to do this, but the court did not dare.
But even if King Su does not rebel, the crime of regicide and the crime of killing King Su's son and the vassal states are not reduced, what is the majesty of the court?
Fortunately, this problem does not require the people of Chang'an City to consider, nor is it qualified to consider.
The only people who can handle this problem are the civil and military officials standing in the Tai Chi Hall.
But this problem is obviously difficult to solve.
The lights in the imperial city were brightly lit, and it was time to close the palace gate. However, the civil and military officials in the court were still arguing like headless flies in the Golden Palace.
After returning from outside the city, all the officials have almost no time to take a sip of water. They are anxious to find a countermeasure to deal with King Su.
In fact, it is easy to sort out.
Prince Su should have killed the emperor, and the entire Xu family should have been executed for reason and reason.
But who dares to give this order?
How could King Su Xu You come to the capital to die?
If Xu You cannot come to the capital to die, then he can only send troops to fight.
Once the troops were sent, King Su would rebel even if he did not.
King Su reversed the 60-year peace, and no one could tell what it would eventually turn into.
If you only kill Xu Buling and blame King Su, King Su may still rebel.
If Xu Buling doesn’t kill him, who dares to speak?
The emperor was killed, but he still swallowed his anger and refused to kill Xu Buling. What is the use of the court?
Ultimately, this is a question of whether to fight or not.
As for this issue, even the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers dare not draw conclusions without authorization, and they are not qualified to draw conclusions.
In this way, everyone had different opinions and argued that after the debate, the Tai Chi Golden Palace finally reached an agreement - find someone who can make trouble first.
The golden palace was crowded with people, and all the princes who did not attend court on weekdays came, as well as old men from the royal family.
After the voices gradually suppressed, the Grand Marshal Liu Pingyang finally stood up and said aloud:
"Everyone, the country cannot be without a king for a day! If the argument continues, the six princes will arrive in Chang'an. It is clear what the situation will be. The emperor has not appointed a crown prince. Now the most urgent task is to decide a wise king to announce the world so as not to fall into the sea of fire and smoke!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the civil and military officials in the court calmed down and realized that the current situation was not good.
Let’s not talk about the issue of whether King Su rebelled or not.
Song Ji had no queen or eldest son, so he never made a crown prince.
If the six kings arrive before the capital and the dragon throne is still empty, then there will be no court officials to speak. The six princes of the Song family are qualified to inherit the throne. Basically, whoever arrives in the capital first will be the emperor, and it is legitimate.
Under this premise, the six princes must have been rushing to Chang'an without stopping, and it is possible that before King Su could reach Chang'an, the King of Wei and King Chu, the closest Kings to Chang'an, fought first on the way.
It is also possible that the six kings will not move, waiting for King Su to destroy Chang'an, kill the former emperor's lineage, and then the six dragons will fight for the throne.
In order to compete for the dragon throne, it is natural that any incredible situation occurs.
The chaos in the world is not worth mentioning compared to the throne. Anyway, the throne is also owned by the Song family. Without the monarch's order, why should the Six Kings listen to the mobilization of your group of foreign court officials?
When the civil and military officials noticed this situation, the court became anxious and refused to ignore the rebellion of King Su. Before the news came out, we should stabilize the prince of the Song family in the six routes.
As long as there is a emperor in Chang'an City, the six vassal kings dare not come over to rob them with justification, otherwise they would not be able to sit still if they were not upright.
It is better to oppose a king Su than to oppose the six princes together.
For a moment, the Tai Chi Hall became quiet, and all the officials looked around, and their eyes gradually locked in the Yan King Song Yu, who was standing in the corner of the palace, with a sad face and tears flowing.
If you want to choose a monarch, you must have the surname Song, because Song Ji did not make a crown prince. There are only a few concubine princes and Yan Wang Song Yu.
Empress Cui died young and did not leave any princes behind. The mothers of several young princes were all from small families or officials.
According to clan ethics, if there is no eldest son, the eldest son will be established. However, Song Ji's eldest son is only six years old and can't hold on to the dragon robe. He has no support from his mother's relatives, so it's useless to get on the throne.
Song Yu is different. Song Yu is the second son of the late emperor and the brother of Song Ji's mother. They were both qualified to inherit the throne back then, but naturally there are now.
When discussing literature and martial arts, Song Yu has always been extremely talented, neither competing nor impatient, and has been teaching in the Imperial College for many years.
Needless to say, "Contemporary True Gentlemen" are all aware of it.
Even if his wrists are worse than Song Ji, he is better than the six-year-old baby.
The officials thought about it for a while. At this time, in Chang'an City, the only heir to the throne who could stand up and preside over the overall situation seemed to be Song Yu.
However, this statement is obviously not directly said, because it is still a bit inappropriate to support a younger brother as an emperor rather than a prince. If anyone says it and is rejected in the end, the little prince will know what will happen when he grows up.
So all the civil and military officials of the court focused their eyes on the corner of the hall, waiting for Song Yu to stand up by himself.
However, Song Yu did not seem to be fighting for the throne, but he was sad and kept crying. It seemed that he had suffered heavy casualties from his brothers and had not recovered yet.
Many court officials sighed and turned their attention to the people who were the best at making decisions in the official positions.
Logically speaking, at this time, without the queen, the emperor's legitimate mother, Empress Dowager Xiao, should have come out to make a decision and asked Song Yu to succeed to the throne. Song Yu politely declined several times, and then had no choice but to ascend the throne.
But Empress Dowager Xiao ran to the Summer Resort a few days ago, and may not have received any news yet. Moreover, Empress Dowager Xiao is Xiao Chuyang's sister, so she asked the Empress Dowager to make the decision, just let Xiao Chuyang make the decision.
So, all the civil and military officials of the court focused their eyes on the three masters, waiting for the three people's answers.
At the forefront of the court, Grand Marshal Liu Pingyang remained silent and was not the first to speak, because the only candidate now was Song Yu. The situation was here, and there was no need to deliberately trade it.
After a moment of silence, the censor Cui Huailu sighed and stepped forward to speak.
And at this moment, the head of all officials, Xiao Chuyang, the prime minister of the dynasty, stood up and said in a deep voice:
"The country cannot be without a king for a day. According to etiquette and law, the eldest son of the emperor, Song Ling, should be accepted into the palace to succeed the throne. Do you have any objections?"
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The civil and military officials in the court were a little confused - the situation was so clear. Your Xiao family supported the little prince, so why didn’t you offend Song Yu?
Song Yu's sad face sank slightly, her eyes instantly furious, and she hurriedly covered it up again.
Liu Pingyang was a little anxious and quickly wanted to step forward and interrupt. The censor Cui Huailu also spoke:
"I agree."
There was a little noise in the court, and I couldn't understand the situation.
It is obvious that it is most reasonable to establish Song Yu at this time, why should we establish a little prince who doesn’t understand nothing? If you want to control the young monarch and go to the court, you have to choose a peaceful day. Chang'an is almost gone. How can a six-year-old emperor order six princes?
But two of the three dukes stood up to support the eldest son of the emperor. According to etiquette and law, they did not dare to refute the offending new king at will. They could only look at Liu Pingyang, the Grand Marshal who was in charge of Dayue's army...
Chapter completed!