Chapter 1078: The Emperor of Han is incompetent and the Crown Prince is a Confucianist

The spring is chilly and cold, freezing the young to death.

Su Mingzhe stretched lazily, waking up Xiao Wen who was lightly sleeping.

The first thing Xiao Wen did when he woke up was not to look at the man, but to look at Xiao Yongning who was sleeping next to him.

Children sleep a lot, but for short periods of time. Basically, they feel full after sleeping for an hour every afternoon.

Little Yongning is very well behaved.

After waking up, she didn't make any noise, but just lay there quietly, looking at the pink gauze curtain and wind chimes above her head.

Xiao Wen reached into the swaddling clothes and felt around. When he pulled his hand out, he felt his fingers were a little wet.

"Someone, call Madam over."

After handing little Yongning to the palace maid, Xiao Wen was about to get out of bed when he suddenly felt a pair of large hands holding his slender waist from behind.

"do not move."

It’s not Su Mingzhe’s fault for his poor self-control, it’s just that Xiao Wen is too beautiful and her posture is too seductive.

The palace maid who was standing nearby and serving heard the sound and hurriedly carried little Yongning out of the bedroom.

There is a trap in the bedroom, so the temperature is already high.

After a while, beads of sweet sweat began to appear on Xiao Wen's body.

After some enjoyment.

Su Mingzhe still couldn't let go of the beauty in his arms and looked at her obsessively.

Xiao Wen took Xiao Yongning from the palace servant and looked at the man aggrievedly:

"I promised Sister Xiao Ai that I would not let Yongning out of my sight."

"Isn't this okay?"

Su Mingzhe couldn't stand the woman's little eyes, so he could only smile awkwardly, get up, wash up and leave.

Calculating the time, the banquet in Qixia Palace should be almost over.

In a while, Xiao Ai, Qingnv and Qingping will all come back.

Su Mingzhe decided to stay at Qingyang Palace tonight.

After a night of absurdity.

Su Mingzhe still did not leave Shangyang Palace, but continued to stay and "look for flowers and willows".

There are twelve palaces and thirty-six gardens in Shangyang Palace, where more than sixty concubines and hundreds of beauties and talented women live.

Even if Su Mingzhe stayed overnight in one palace, it would take at least more than a month if he wanted to enjoy all the beauties in Shangyang Palace.

In addition to Shangyang Palace, there were also many concubines and beauties in the Luoyang Imperial Palace.

If you add up the total, it will definitely be over a thousand.

Among these women, there are concubines who are deeply favored by men, including the extremely beautiful "Lady Xiao Huarui" Fei, the naturally charming Qingnv, and the stunningly beautiful Xiao Wen and Zhong Yu Niang.

In addition, there are technical talents like Empress Wan, cold and aloof iceberg beauty like Xiao Ai, and beauties with special identities like Princess Liang Zhenning and Queen Shulü of the Khitan.

There are too many beauties in the harem.

There are always things that Su Mingzhe fails to take care of.

For example, the once favored Chuntao, the Crown Princess of Tang Dynasty and Princess Emei of Shu Dujuan, Princess Yining of Tang Dynasty, Princess Yongle, etc.

These women don't like to compete for favor and love, nor do they like to show off in front of others. After giving birth to a prince or princess, they begin to focus their lives on their children.

Of course, women like this are still a minority.

Most women still want to be pampered by men.

In order to take care of these women, Su Mingzhe often organized some wine and women, drinking all night long and so on.

When the news got out, Su Mingzhe was labeled as a tyrant.

Many ministers also began to worry whether the Han Emperor would become a tyrant like Qin Shihuang and Emperor Yang of Sui.

Of course, even if he doesn't become a tyrant, it would not be good to become as foolish as Emperor Wu of Han in his later years.

Therefore, some ministers began to give the emperor their suggestions in a tactful way.

What is this? 'Although the country has been settled, people's livelihood is still difficult. Your Majesty should learn from Emperor Taizong of Tang and call on people to be frugal.'

There were also memorials similar to "On the Qin Dynasty" that were submitted to the imperial desk. Most of the time, Su Mingzhe just laughed it off and muddled through these opinions.

After all, he was just a drunkard and a womanizer, not really incompetent.

In the blink of an eye.

The time came to the beginning of the 13th year of Jianwu.

The ten-year-old eldest son, Su Shaoan, was made the crown prince and was taken to the imperial study by Su Mingzhe to learn how to handle state affairs.

The sixteenth year of Jianwu.

The thirteen-year-old crown prince was appointed as the governor of Chang'an. He was also allowed to set up a government office and recruit the six generals of the Eastern Palace.

According to the military system of the Tang Dynasty, the six generals of the Eastern Palace could recruit 20,000 to 30,000 men.

Logically speaking, Su Mingzhe gave the prince such great power, and Su Changan, as the prince, should be happy.

However, before he left Luoyang, he couldn't help but find his mother and complain:
"Mother, I don't want Zhang Kui to be the commander of the Eastern Palace guards!"

"why?"

Cui Yingying was a little confused.

Zhang Kui was originally the commander-in-chief of the Imperial City Bureau. Later, he was arranged by Su Mingzhe to go to the island country to find the Iwami Silver Mine and supervise the mining. He was highly valued by the Han Emperor.

Logically speaking, Su Mingzhe arranged Zhang Kui to be by the prince's side. This was the best protection for the prince. The prince should be happy. How could he be unwilling or dislike it?
Su Shaoan looked at his mother carefully before speaking:

"I don't know why, but every time I see Commander Zhang Kui, I seem to smell a scent of blood..."

Cui Yingying's face turned pale and she looked at her son with stiff eyes:
"Did those scholars tell you to say that?"

Seeing his mother's unhappy expression, Su Shaoan lowered his head and said in defense:

"Mother, these are my inner thoughts, and have nothing to do with the teachers!"

"Ugh……"

Cui Yingying sighed, but her motherly love finally prevailed. She resisted the urge to scold her son and began to explain to him:

"Prince, your mother and your father have found great scholars to teach you so that you can understand the hardships of the people, but not to make you a corrupt or sour scholar. You must remember that the foundation of the Han Dynasty lies in these loyal and patriotic soldiers..."

As the first commander of the Imperial City Bureau, Zhang Kui's hands were indeed stained with blood, but he also made great contributions to the Han Dynasty.

Otherwise, Su Mingzhe would not have named him "Marquis Dingbei".

Su Shaoan also knew that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly bowed his head to admit his mistake.

Seeing this, Cui Yingying didn't know what to say, so she could only reluctantly say:
"Prince, you are still young, only thirteen years old. Your father asked you to stay in Chang'an so that you can meet more people and gain more experience... You must know that this world is not black and white!"

Su Shaoan failed to get support from his mother, so he could only obey the emperor's arrangements, accept Zhang Kui's protection, and go to Chang'an to take up his post.

Su Mingzhe is very experienced in training princes.

When Su Shaoan first arrived in Chang'an, Su Mingzhe first let him be an official of the Prince's Eastern Palace to take care of government affairs.

About two months later, when Su Shaonian's fourteenth birthday had passed, the officials of the Eastern Palace had already taken care of all the government affairs in Chang'an.

At this point, Su Mingzhe asked the officials of the Eastern Palace to hand over all government affairs to Su Shaoan for his sole decision.

The officials that Su Mingzhe arranged for the prince were all elite soldiers and generals, and each of them was a master.

Even if Su Shaoan is a black iron or bronze, he can be carried to fly.

This went on for two or three years.

The prince gradually became familiar with government affairs and was no longer as "naive" as he was in previous years.

Su Mingzhe let those corrupt scholars speak nonsense again and ran to the prince to "ask for an official position".

Although the prince was familiar with government affairs, he still did not know how to judge people and their eloquence.

Seeing that the learned scholar came to "ask for an official position", the prince naturally gave his full support.

Zhang Kui and other officials of the Eastern Palace began to give way to these great scholars.

With the company of these great scholars, several years passed in the blink of an eye.

The time came to the twenty-third year of Jianwu.

The prince is already twenty years old and according to regulations, he can wear a crown and marry.

(End of this chapter)