The eldest prince will be in charge of the country?

When the imperial edict was issued, although His Majesty did not explicitly order the eldest prince to be the crown prince, the apparent meaning was almost the same. Presumably, His Majesty set such a difficult question to test the eldest prince. If the eldest prince can do a good job of being the crown prince, the position of the crown prince will

most likely be his. His Majesty is old, and coupled with the illness of the young eleventh prince, His Majesty was hit and has been bedridden since then. The crown prince had to be appointed a long time ago, and now is the time to appoint a crown prince. Presumably, His Majesty has also realized this point, and that is why he wants the eldest prince to be in charge of the country. The eldest prince is the son of his deceased parents, and he is the eldest prince. If he is named the crown prince, it will also be in accordance with the ancestral etiquette. The eldest prince has neither done anything nor done anything wrong for so many years, and his achievements are not outstanding among the other princes. If Feng Lingcheng wants to sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince, he must show some ability to convince others.

His Majesty did not even show up at the morning court, and the steward holding the imperial edict announced the emperor's will.

The court, which used to be as noisy as the market, was unusually quiet today.

Without Duke Sun in the court, Grand Tutor Lu was the only one in power, and naturally no one dared to object to the eldest prince's supervision of the country. What's more, they did not even see His Majesty, so even if they wanted to object, there was no place to do so.

After the court, the Eighth Prince, along with several princes and important officials in the court, went to the outside of His Majesty's bedroom to seek an audience. His Majesty only summoned his younger brother, the Eighth Prince, and the left and right prime ministers, and did not summon the rest.

Those who were waiting outside were not summoned, knowing that His Majesty was unwell, so they waited outside for a while and left one by one. The few princes standing outside stayed until the end. Feng Lingcheng had a happy face, and he wanted to carve the words "Regent" on his forehead. He showed off before leaving.

"..." The seventh prince Feng Linglan was stunned. He knew that his eldest brother was stupid, but he didn't know he was so stupid. The kid didn't even know how to cover up, his eyes were about to pop out.

Feng Lingrui held his breath and left in a huff.

"Fourth brother, seventh brother, it seems that father will not see us today, let's go too." Seeing that everyone had left one by one, it was useless for them to stand here, Feng Lingyun said.

"I don't know how father is doing." It was rare that the seventh prince also came today. Feng Linglan looked at his father's bedroom and was worried about his father.

Feng Linglan knew from a young age that he was the seventh child and had so many capable brothers. His father was of humble status and he was not a favored one. The position of the crown prince would never fall on him. In addition, he did not like studying since he was a child, and he did not like court affairs when he grew up, so he did not even want that position.

But now that he heard that his father was sick, he was really worried about his father.

"With the imperial physician here, everything will be fine." Feng Lingyun saw that the seventh brother was worried and comforted him.

"Oh." Feng Linglan responded, a little disappointed.

Feng Lingxiao had the same expression on his face from the morning court to now, only the color of his pupils was a little darker, and outsiders could not see any difference in the King of Wings. Feng Lingyun looked at his fifth brother with a smile on his face. He knew in his heart that among the brothers, except for the seventh brother who didn't want that position, none of them didn't want it.

The three of them left the palace and got on the carriage waiting outside. Feng Linglan got into his fifth brother's carriage, "Fourth brother, wait for me."

Seeing the seventh brother going to Feng Lingxiao, Feng Lingyun only took a look and the smile on his lips deepened, but it was not necessarily a real smile. Is the position of regent so easy to sit?

Among the brothers, it is not certain who will be willing to sit on that position. Until the end, none of them will know who will sit on that position.

The happiest people today are the eldest prince Feng Lingcheng, Taifu Lu, and the old ministers who have always supported orthodoxy. His Majesty has been slow to appoint a crown prince for so many years, but now he finally intends to do so, and he wants to appoint the eldest prince as the crown prince. They are so happy that they can't wait.

After fighting for so many years, the outcome of this round is certain, and the one who is most unwilling is Feng Lingrui. He suppressed his anger all the way, and when he returned to the mansion, he kicked down the celadon bottle standing at the door as soon as he entered the house. He smashed a room full of valuable items, but it was difficult to quench his anger.

Every winter, continuous heavy snow will cause snowstorms, and this year is no exception.

The heavy snow collapsed the people's houses. The further north they went to Fengdu City, the more severe the snowstorms were. Many villages outside Fengdu City were affected by snowstorms, and many people were frozen to death and starved to death. The people from several villages near Fengdu City who were affected by the disaster rushed to the gate of Fengdu City. The soldiers guarding the city ordered the gates to be closed to prevent the people from entering the city. Since

ancient times, the position of the emperor has not been so easy to sit. You have to deal with all the affairs of the people in the world, and all the officials in the court want you to take power. The border is invaded by the Znu. It is said that all the affairs of the world cannot be separated from the decision of the emperor.

Feng Lingcheng had only lived a good life for a few days before he encountered this snow disaster.

In the court, the ministers wrote to the emperor one after another, waiting for the eldest prince who was acting on behalf of the emperor to make a decision. What is imminent now is how the court can deal with the disaster. The treasury has been losing money for years. Every time there is a natural disaster, the people are displaced and in distress, and the Ministry of Revenue cries that they can't take out the money. What should I do?

Listening to the ministers below talking to each other, Feng Lingcheng looked at the ministers who were waiting for him to make a decision, panicking and not knowing what to do. When Taifu Lu below saw his grandson in this state, he felt very disappointed in his heart, but in the end he couldn't bear it and hurriedly stood up to make plans for the eldest prince. The

snow had been falling outside the door. Fang Ziye had heard more or less about the affairs in the court. Even if Feng Lingxiao didn't come to him, he would still have to live his life. But he was secretly worried about that man, afraid that he would not be able to sleep at night because of the affairs in the court.

Knowing that there were many disaster victims guarding outside the city gate, the soldiers in the city closed the city gate and kept the people out.

Thinking of the current situation in the court, Fang Ziye's brows were furrowed.

Fenshui Town, thousands of miles away, is blocked by mountains, which block the cold winds of winter. The snowstorm here is not that serious. After the winter, there are no boats on the Fenshui River. No caravans pass by here, so naturally there is no news from the outside world.

Compared with the bustle outside, it is much quieter here. Everyone stays at home to spend the winter.

The villages near Caojia Village have undergone many changes. Before winter, many villagers repaired their houses in advance. Some houses that are uninhabitable were moved to safe places before winter.

Therefore, in this winter, strangely, there was no overnight heavy snowfall in several nearby villages, where the houses of a family were crushed down and the whole family was frozen to death. However, such incidents did happen in previous years. There were some people who died in accidents, but compared with the past, the number of deaths was much less.

In this era, it was common for people to die in natural disasters and man-made disasters.

When the news of the snowstorm reached Fenshui Town, the winter month had already passed.

"Ridiculous!" Zhao Xianzhi read the letter in his hand, slammed it on the table, and trembled with anger, "Treat the lives of the people as grass, and waste the lives of the people like this, it is simply..." A scholar could not understand the words of the market.

After thinking for a long time, County Magistrate Zhao finally uttered four words, "Heartbroken!"

Feng Lingcheng ordered the generals guarding the city not to open the city gates to let the people in, so that many people froze to death or starved to death outside the city gates. What else could this be but heartbroken! In this severe cold and heavy snow, the people finally made it to Fengdu City, where the emperor lived. They thought they could pray for a glimmer of hope, but they never thought that they would not be able to escape death even if they went there.

In fact, Feng Lingcheng was also wronged. In the past, if something like this happened, the city gates would be closed and people would be sent to resettle the people outside the city, because once these people were put into Fengdu City, it would cause chaos in the city, which had always been prevented.

But the mistake was that he did not handle it in time. It happened that night that the wind was strong and the snow was heavy, so many people froze to death. By the next morning, many people were frozen to death outside the city gate.

Who made Feng Ling the regent? So many people died, and they died outside the city gate. He, the regent, could not escape responsibility.

This incident alarmed the emperor who was still on his sickbed. The emperor, who was still sick in bed, got up from the sickbed without caring about his own health, summoned several princes and ministers to the palace, scolded the eldest prince, and took back the eldest prince's right to regent. All the officials involved were inevitably punished.

If the eldest prince's supervision of the country goes smoothly, Feng Ling will most likely be the crown prince next spring. It's a pity that no matter how lucky this person is, without any of the right time, right place, and right people, this thing may not be successful.

His Majesty immediately appointed the fourth prince to take over the handling of the snow disaster and resettle the people outside the city. The second prince helped the fourth prince to deal with this matter, and sent several ministers to help.

Accepting this order at this time is tantamount to putting Feng Lingxiao in the spot. Feng Lingxiao knelt down expressionlessly to receive the order, "Your son accepts the order."

"Your son will definitely not disappoint your father's expectations." Feng Lingyun knelt down.

Feng Lingcheng, kneeling on the ground, was full of hatred towards his fourth and fifth brothers. He was also extremely frightened, fearing that he would lose the throne of the crown prince if he was not careful.

Among all his brothers, Feng Lingyun was the only one who always regarded Feng Lingxiao as his biggest rival. As for the others, he did not take them seriously. The eldest brother was cowardly by nature, the fifth brother acted impulsively, and only the fourth brother had been forbearing and keeping a low profile. He was his biggest enemy in the fight for the throne.

The two of them were jointly responsible for handling the snow disaster. Feng Lingxiao was the leader, and Feng Lingyun was ordered to assist his fourth brother in handling the matter. If you do this well, you will naturally have a good reputation. If you do it badly...

But neither of them will allow this to be done badly.

Fang Ziye knew that Feng Lingxiao was ordered to deal with the snow disaster. That person was no longer in Fengdu City and had gone out of the city. "Ershun, send someone to ask Manager Zhong to come over."

"Yes, master, I'll go right away." Ershun was still wondering why the master asked him to ask someone to find Manager Zhong at this time. Didn't the master not want to see outsiders? Even in this courtyard, only the few servants who were closest to his master could enter with the permission of his master, and the rest of the servants were not allowed to enter.

The leading general led the officers and soldiers to quickly set up a shed outside the city, and the elderly and children were settled there to live, and the boys and men came in the back. But even so, it couldn't stop people from dying every day. It

was a very cold day, and the snow was still falling outside. The shopkeeper of Yipinzhai brought his employees to set up a shed outside the city gate, set up a big pot to cook porridge and steamed buns, and distributed relief food to the people outside the city who were hit by the disaster.

Looking at this day, Shopkeeper Zhong's face was wrinkled.

It snowed continuously for almost a month, and it gradually stopped later. At this time, the people outside the city were all settled. The person who left the city has not returned, and the people in the courtyard are waiting for that person to come back every day.