Chapter 22 The Last Exam
"But you think that these princes... who is better?"
As soon as this was said, Huang Shan, the admiral of the East Factory in the hall, suddenly felt cold on his back, and his forehead was sweating and bowed to the ground, and said in panic.
"Your Majesty! I am just a little slave... How dare I discuss the matter of the royal prince without any reason?"
Huang Shan couldn't help but feel a little panicked at this moment, just because he heard a little unusual meaning from the tone of His Majesty the Holy Emperor!
After all, according to the ancient rituals of Jiuzhou, whether the prince is wise or not, it is a legitimate strategy to establish a legitimate and a eldest son.
Therefore, which prince is better...but what is the connection with the change of holy thrones?
Then His Majesty the Holy Emperor suddenly asked this question, could it be that he was already dissatisfied with the eldest son Prince Yan...
So he wanted to do the matter of "destroying the legitimate and abolishing the eldest son and ascending the throne with virtue"?!
Thinking of this, Huang Shan was even more frightened, but he didn't dare to say anything. He buried his head on the ground, but his mind was rotating rapidly, thinking about how to respond.
"Haha... I asked you to say it, just say it."
Tai Chi Holy Emperor glanced at him with his eyebrows down and said casually as if he was smiling.
To be honest, he really wanted to hear what this admiral of the East Factory who was in charge of the East Factory and supervised the world would evaluate the princes?
"this……"
Now that things have come to this, Huang Shan knew that this hot potato could not escape, so he could only speak with a gritty tongue.
"Since Your Majesty wants to hear, I will dare to say something more... If there is any inappropriateness, I hope Your Majesty will not blame you."
"Can."
The Tai Chi Holy Emperor nodded gently, then sat back into the couch again, looking at Huang Shan with anticipation.
Seeing this, Huang Shan immediately organized his language and said carefully.
"If you want to mention all the princes, you will naturally not be able to avoid His Highness Prince Yan... His Highness Prince Yan is the eldest son and also caring about the world, and he is truly a kind of king..."
"Okay! I'm leaving you behind... Could it be that I want to listen to these nonsense?"
Unexpectedly, when Tai Chi Holy Emperor heard this, he frowned and immediately interrupted, looking at Huang Shan with dissatisfaction.
"Your Majesty forgive me! Your Majesty forgive me!!"
When Huang Shan heard this, he immediately thought something was wrong and apologized on the spot like kowtowing.
I immediately had to take the courage to tell what I saw and what I thought in my heart.
"Your Majesty, although Prince Yan is kind and loving to the people, and is well-educated and polite, he lacks some decisiveness in killing..."
Speaking of this, Huang Shan carefully raised his eyes and looked at His Majesty's face, and found that His Majesty's face was indeed serious, and said dissatisfied.
"Hmph! He is not kind to the people? He is clearly not distinguishing right from wrong, has no plans and makes little decisions, and regards governing the country as if he is a joke! He is extremely naive!"
When he mentioned his incompetent eldest son Zhao Tuo, the Tai Chi Holy Emperor couldn't help but feel angry.
If he hadn't been so incompetent, why would he have to be so worried about the position of crown prince until today?
"Your Majesty, this..."
"Okay, okay, let's continue."
The Tai Chi Holy Emperor waved his hand immediately and signaled Huang Shan to continue talking.
"Here!"
Huang Shan immediately said no, and immediately sorted out his thoughts and talked about his impression and evaluation of the second prince, King Han Zhao Xuan.
"If you want to talk about His Highness Han, you will be handsome, handsome, and beautiful, and have excellent poetry, calligraphy, rituals and music. You can be said to be both talented and beautiful, and have a very talented and elegant literary talent... and you will be an indispensable leader in my Daqian literary world!"
Huang Shan scoured his stomach, but found that his impression of His Highness Han was nothing except for his face and his preference for poetry and books...
"I always know how to recite poems and paintings, and have fun while drunk... Apart from my appearance, I don't know where I look like me?"
The Tai Chi Holy Emperor shook his head gently and sighed and said.
"Uh, cough cough... As for His Highness, Prince Qi, he is brave and brave, brave and good at fighting, and he is quite heroic as his Majesty as he swallowed Qi and Yan back then..."
Faced with His Majesty's evaluation, Huang Shan did not dare to follow up, but then mentioned Prince Qi Zhao Tuo.
"It's different from the past... Is it possible for me to do a great job by leading troops to fight and not knowing how to govern the country, but can I lead me to do a big job in the world?"
However, the Tai Chi Holy Emperor still shook his head, as if he could find out some faults about every emperor of his life.
"There is also His Highness, who works diligently and governs the country. Although he has no achievements, he has no mistakes..."
Huang Shan looked worried, but he knew very little about the fifth prince, King Lu Zhao Yan. It seemed that the King of Lu had no sense of existence in the country, so he had to give a proper evaluation.
"Hmph! I have no ambitions and I am in a place... but I don't mention it!"
When Tai Chi Holy Emperor heard the name of King Zhao Yan of Lu, he couldn't help but snorted coldly, as if he didn't want to spend more time talking.
"As for His Highness, King of Song... I have a heart of nine provinces, have a talent and wisdom, and have the best four arts of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. I can be called the most talented person in the royal family!"
To be honest, Huang Shan doesn't know much about this sixth prince who doesn't play according to common sense and regards wealth as dirt.
I only know that he was called a genius since childhood. He was very talented, but he was not greedy for power and left his own ban and traveled around the countries...
"Six Emperors..."
When he heard the sixth prince Zhao Qian who had been traveling abroad for many years, the Tai Chi Holy Emperor was silent for a moment, and then he said with a complex expression.
"Although he has the talent of a genius, he is a wise man. Although he has the ambition of a nine province, he is only a small ambition of a personal ambition, not a great ambition of a country..."
Huang Shan did not dare to make any judgment when he heard this, but just mentioned the Eighth Prince King Jin Zhao Sheng.
"There is also His Highness, who is ambitious and passionate about state affairs, even though he has occasional faults..."
"Haha... I have made mistakes occasionally? My eight princes are mediocre and stupid as a pig! Isn't it ridiculous to have great ambitions but have no real knowledge?"
Unexpectedly, the eighth prince, King Jin, Zhao Sheng, who caused the disaster, caused the flood of Pei River and affected the three counties, and the Holy Emperor Taiji was even more unpolite and extremely dissatisfied.
“Uh…”
Huang Shan did not dare to take the lead, so he had to quickly change the topic, and finally fell on the last prince, King Zhao Zheng of Qin.
"As for His Highness, Prince Qin..."
When talking about Prince Qin Zhao Zheng, who was far away in the border county, Huang Shan was silent for a long time.
The Tai Chi Holy Emperor also held his breath and looked at Huang Shan with anticipation, as if he attached the most importance to his Nine Emperors.
"Prince Qin is diligent and pragmatic, knows people and makes good use of them, reforms and reforms, enriches the country and strengthens the army, and is truly a wise ruler! But..."
"Hmm? Just what?"
When Tai Chi Holy Emperor heard this, he felt anxious and immediately asked and said.
"It's just that I'm sorry for being stupid... I'm always confused about what Prince Qin did, but I can't see through it..."
As soon as this said, the Tai Chi Holy Emperor was moved, but he couldn't help but be stunned for a long time, and then suddenly sighed.
"Oh~ I feel this way too!"
He shook his head slightly, and was about to say something again, but he heard a loud singing suddenly from the hall, which immediately interrupted his thoughts.
"The big bank urgently reported! The Jinling Arrow Envoy requested an audience!!"
After hearing this, Tai Chi Holy Emperor couldn't help but feel a thrill in his heart. He immediately looked at Huang Shan, as if he had vaguely realized something.
"Enter the hall quickly!"
The Tai Chi Holy Emperor immediately agreed and allowed the Jin-order Arrow Envoy to enter the hall.
"See Your Majesty the Holy Emperor!"
The messenger of the Golden Arrow was just like in the hall. He immediately bowed to the ground and kowtowed and said respectfully.
“Show it!”
With a wave of Tai Chi Holy Emperor, Huang Shan immediately stepped closer and presented the encapsulated secrets to His Majesty.
"this……"
After taking the secret documents and unpacking the exhibition, the Holy Emperor Tai Chi was stunned by the information brought by the secret letter, and then he was silent for a long time...
After a while, the Tai Chi Holy Emperor slowly stood up and stood up, looking out of the window, and said in a deep voice on the spot.
"I am passing on my will and urgently summon all the kings, Xingchi, Kyoto, and discuss national affairs together!"
After saying that, he just stood there like this, with mixed thoughts in his mind and never spoke for a long time.
After a long time, Huang Shancai was shocked when he heard His Majesty the Holy Emperor suddenly spoke!
"Just treat it as the last time the princes... take the school entrance exam."
...
"In the 21st year of Shenwu, the Holy Emperor was critically ill.
Then he summoned Huang Shan, the admiral of the East Factory, and hesitated to inquire.
‘When looking at the various scholars, who is stronger and weak?’
Good without thinking, speak out without saying anything.
'The King of Yan was weak and incompetent, the King of Han liked to drink and had fun, the King of Qi was brave but not scheming, the King of Lu had no ambition, the King of Song was not greedy for power, and the King of Jin was mediocre and arrogant!'
"Only when the King of Qin cultivates virtue and governs politics, enriches the country and safeguards the people, he is actually a wise king!"
The Holy Emperor was overjoyed and said frankly to praise him for his goodness!”
Chapter completed!