Chapter 578
Although Luo Cheng is young, he still has some things clearly.
How could he, a side general, intervene in the matter of establishing a prince? No matter whether the emperor's words were sincerely asked or tempted, he could not accept them.
When the emperor becomes a crown prince, the prime minister can talk about such things, and the elders can talk about it, but he, a general who has just been appointed as the governor of the Zhongwu Army, cannot talk about it.
"Hey, since you don't want to say it, then forget it."
Yang Guang sighed.
He was really not a temptation to Luo Cheng just now, but seeing Luo Cheng covered in scars, he sighed that he was loyal to the king's affairs, so he wanted to ask him what he thought in this private occasion. But after seeing Ru Cheng as steady, he regretted that he was too casual.
Such an important matter should not be asked about Luo Cheng.
But on the other hand, he also felt that Luo Cheng was really good. He did not rely on his favor and achievements to point fingers at such a major issue of becoming a crown prince and make a statement casually. Luo Cheng was very mature, this was a good thing.
"Crown Prince Yuande was called a natural elder by the late emperor. I always thought that he would pass on his great cause to him in the future. Unexpectedly, God was jealous of talent, but he asked him to leave first. After he left, I planned to train the King of Qi and extract tens of thousands of Yuan Zhao's old subordinates to him, but what did he do?"
Yang Guang sighed and regretted it.
When Yang Zhao died, although he left behind a few children, they were all too young, so the position of crown prince should have been passed on to the second son Yang Ming, but the King of Qi was too useless.
After the prince died of illness in the second year of Daye, Yang Guang was granted the title of governor of Yuzhou, King of Qi. In the third year of Daye, he was transferred to the position of governor of Yongzhou, the Yin of Henan, and the Three Sessions of Kaifu Yitong.
He also handed over all the prince's subordinates to him, but he was very arrogant and approached villains and often sent his subordinates to seek sensuality. Princess Leping once wanted to offer it to the emperor, Liu, a beauty, but Yang Ming snatched into the mansion.
Yang Hung's concubine died early, but Yang Hung had an affair with her widowed sister, who was living in a widow, and gave birth to a son. What made Yang Guang most angry was that Yang Hung actually invited the minister to the mansion to see her and the child. The minister said that she would be the queen, and said that the child would become the prince in the future.
Yang Ming then felt more and more that he was destined to do things, so he became more and more unreasonable.
Prince Yang Zhao of Yuande left three sons, whom he regarded as an obstacle, and secretly used the art of disgusting victory to get rid of it.
After the incident was exposed, Yang Guang was furious and ordered the Yuan wife to be killed. From then on, his favor to Yang Hing was decreasing and he never mentioned that Yang Hing was the crown prince.
Over the years, he has been taking Yang Ming with him and taking him wherever he goes.
But this is not grace, but surveillance.
Yang Zhao's three grandsons, the eldest grandson Yang Neng, were named King of Yan by Yang Guang. They have been with him for many years, but they have been taught carefully and loved him very much.
The other two grandsons were divided into King Yue and King Dai. King Yue Yang Tong stayed in the eastern capital Luoyang, while King Dai Yang You stayed in Daxing, Xijing.
In fact, the emperor always wanted to make King Yan the crown prince, but he was a little hesitant. But after all, King Yan was only twelve years old. On the other hand, although King Yan was Yang Zhao's eldest son, he was not a legitimate child.
When Yang Zhao was the King of Henan, the princess was the daughter of Cui Hongsheng, the younger brother of Cui Hongdu. Later, she was deposed due to the rebellion case of Cui's rebellion. She remarried the daughter of Duke Wei Shou, the son of the famous general Wei Xiaokuan, as her concubine, and was born Wang You.
The King of Yan was born to Yang Zhao's concubine Liu Liangdi, and the other concubine Liu Liangdi was born to King of Yue.
If Yang Qing was the legitimate son of Concubine Wei, Yang Guang would not have such hesitation.
Among Yang's three grandsons, the virtuous and smartest, but he was the chief, while the legitimate grandson Wang You was not that smart.
If the second son of Qi, Yang Hing, was not appointed, and the eldest son of the concubine, Yan, was opposed, this matter would be inconsistent with the patriarchal law.
After all, if you either have a legitimate son or a legitimate grandson dies, you will be a legitimate son or a legitimate grandson. You will not surpass the legitimate son and legitimate grandson but have a legitimate grandson.
According to the patriarchal system, after the death of Prince Yang Zhao, the first heir, should be the legitimate grandson of the king Yang You, and then the eldest grandson of the concubine Yang Neng. As for Yang Hing, although his brother died, the order of patriarchal inheritance was automatically in the hands of his son, unless he did not have a son.
No matter what the emperor said, Luo Cheng shut his mouth and said nothing.
Although in his opinion, if the position of the crown prince is not controversial, he will naturally be able to establish the King of Dai Yang You, who is the legitimate grandson. The King of Yan is just a grandson and is completely ineligible to establish him. Even if the King of Dai Yang You is a fool, it may not be his turn.
But this is not his turn to say.
But this problem has troubled Yang Guang for eight years.
The position of crown prince of the empire was vacant for eight years.
Yang Zhao’s three youngest sons were now twelve years old and ten years old.
"The King of Qi is not stupid, he is a smart person. It's a pity that he didn't teach well before and was led by the treacherous slander around him. In the past few years, I have been taking him by his side, whether it's the Western Tour of the North or the Eastern Tour. I've seen it improve a little and repented a lot."
Yang Guang looked at Luo Cheng.
"Although you are young, you know how to advance and retreat and know your duty. This is very good. If King Qi had half of you, I would not let him fall to this point."
"I am old and I will definitely have to establish a crown prince within one or two years. I will either be Dai Wang You or Yan Wang, but I will never be King Qi. In the future, whether it is Yang You or Yang Yan to be the crown prince, I have nothing to worry about. The only thing I am most worried about is King Qi a hundred years later."
"I just suddenly had an idea, wanting Ah Hai to go to Liaodong with you."
Ah Hai is the nickname of King Qi.
"King Qi went to Liaodong?" Luo Cheng didn't understand what this was?
Since I am not at ease with King Qi, I cannot let him out.
"I know that although there are still five counties in Liaodong that have not yet been restored, if you are here, you will definitely be able to eradicate the Yuan clan within three to five years. I plan to enfeoff Ah-hai to North Korea and never let him return to the Central Plains in this life. I will stay in Liaodong forever, which is also a way to protect him."
Luo Cheng was stunned when he heard this.
Yang Guang was really scheming. You should know that at the beginning of the founding of the Sui Dynasty, the feudal system of princes had been abolished. Although the prince was once appointed as the chief supervisor, the chief supervisor was only an official position rather than a title, and had no fiefdom.
After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he killed and imprisoned the only two brothers. King Yang Liang of Han was killed for rebellion, while King Yang Xiu of Shu was under house arrest by him.
Even his own son and grandson have only titles but no fiefdom.
Now Yang Guang actually wants to enfeoff a fief of Yang Hing in North Korea?
Does this mean that Yang Guang wants to change the feudal system he set before?
"I am going to grant King Yang Xiao of Qi as the chief minister of Lelang County, and give him a fiefdom of a hundred miles and a thousand households."
The emperor did not say that he would give Yang Qing a fiefdom to establish the country, but said that he would be the chief minister and give him a fief and a thousand households. However, it should be good compared to living a house arrest with Yang Guang all year round.
Chapter completed!