I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 287 National Origin
Xianzong is the Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, the grandfather of Zhu Houzhao.

It is indeed a happy event that Xianzong has a great-grandson, but it is not a big event. Although the local government has not officially reported it yet, the court has already started to move.
How many people are paying attention to this?
"Jiangxi." Liang Chu murmured, "Is it Yifan?"

Yang Yiqing nodded and said, "It was Zhu Houxuan, the second son of Prince Yi Zhu Youbin, who had a legitimate son."

Thirty years after his death, Emperor Chenghua finally welcomed his first great-grandson
"If this is the case, he is indeed the most suitable candidate. No wonder they have already submitted a memorial to test the emperor's intentions." Liang Chu nodded gently and said, "As long as this grandson does not die early."

Both of them understood the twists and turns. Zhu Houzhao had been on the throne for more than ten years without any offspring, and there was no news of his concubines getting pregnant. Everyone in the world knew that Zhu Houzhao would not have any biological offspring.
However, the issue of the throne and the country's successor still had to be settled as soon as possible. According to the inheritance rules of "Huang Ming Zu Xun", Zhu Houzhao had only two options - one was to adopt a son from the royal family for his father and give himself a younger brother; the other was to adopt a son from the royal family for himself.

Moreover, there are strict requirements for adoption, and priority must be given to those with close blood ties. Zhu Houxuan would not be ranked at all in this regard, but this is also something that the civil servants are happy to see.

First of all, the first path is somewhat unfeasible. Although there are many options for this path, Xianzong has more than a dozen grandsons and many candidates.

But Zhu Houzhao is only 26 years old this year and in good health. If he were to adopt a son for his father and a younger brother for himself, he would definitely resist and would not be able to accept it emotionally. After all, it would be too awkward.
In comparison, the second path is easier to accept. Choosing a young son from the royal family and raising him personally is actually no different from raising a biological child. It is also easier to accept emotionally. The most important thing is that Zhu Houzhao is only 25 years old and in good health, so it is easier for him to accept such a plan.
But again, it still depends on the blood relationship. The best candidate is to adopt a son from Zhu Houzhao's cousin.
The best candidate was the legitimate son of Zhu Houxuan, the second son of Prince Yi Zhu Youbing, who was born at this time.

Although the Zhu clan members theoretically had unlimited mating rights, in ancient times having offspring really depended on luck.

Zhu Jianshen died at the age of 40, and he had his first great-grandson 30 years after his death. This was relatively late in ancient times when there was no family planning and early marriage and early childbearing were encouraged.

The main reason was that Zhu Jianshen's third son, Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youtang, and fourth son, Prince Xing Zhu Youlang, had difficulty in having offspring, which allowed the grandson of Zhu Jianshen's sixth son, Prince Yi Zhu Youbing, to take the lead.

The cleverness of this choice is that he is the legitimate son of Zhu Houxuan, the second legitimate son of Prince Yi Zhu Youbin. Adopting this grandson to Zhu Houzhao will not affect the continuation of the Yi clan.
It sounds better to say this, after all, after the adoption, the child is no longer related to his biological parents according to etiquette.
This candidate is also one that is very consistent with feudal etiquette.

"Thank you, Brother Yingning, for telling me." Liang Chu said solemnly.

"It doesn't matter. Even if I don't tell you, Brother Zang Yong will know it soon," Yang Yiqing said with a smile.

"I wonder what Brother Yingning thinks about this matter?" Liang Chu asked.

"The crown prince is the foundation of the country. Your Majesty, you should appoint a crown prince early in this situation! Only when the foundation of the country is stable can the Ming Dynasty be stable! And this person is indeed a very suitable candidate." Yang Yiqing did not hide anything.

In fact, there is no need to hide it. Etiquette and law are the most advantageous weapons used by civil officials to deal with imperial power. Because civil officials firmly control the discourse power of etiquette and law, the later great etiquette debate in the Jiajing Dynasty and the dispute over the national foundation in the Wanli Dynasty were all disputes over etiquette and law.

Why did the civil officials refuse to give in? It was because giving in would mean giving up the civil officials' right to speak on etiquette and law. Giving up would mean giving up the most powerful weapon, and they would be even less able to control the imperial power in the future.
Therefore, the civil officials will definitely not give up the opportunity to speak out on the issue of establishing a crown prince, and they will definitely fight for the right to speak on the issue of establishing a crown prince.
This is a consensus among civil servants, and it concerns the common interests of all civil servants, because the right to speak can often be equated with power.
Liang Chu nodded slowly. As a member of the civil service, he really had no other choice in this matter.
The memorial from Jiangxi Provincial Administration was soon sent to the capital, and the capital began to stir. Anyone with a little political sensitivity understood what this meant...

Previously, the voice of letting Zhu Houzhao adopt a son from the royal family did not become mainstream, because there was really no particularly suitable candidate...

Now that the right person has appeared, these voices have suddenly gathered together, attracting everyone's attention...

In fact, this kind of voice began to appear last year, and it also caused some princes to become restless, among which the most active was Prince Ning!
I don't know what's wrong with him that he actually wants the Prince of Ning to be the incense burner in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. For this purpose, he sent people to the capital for a long time and spent a lot of money to bribe many people. Qian Ning accepted the bribe from the Prince of Ning...

Prince Ning even approached Zhu Houxuan and asked him to help him with the matter. He also mentioned the 600,000 taels of silver that he had deposited in the Royal Bank. When Zhu Houxuan took the 600,000 taels of silver, he promised to help Prince Ning restore the establishment of the palace guards. However, Zhu Houxuan only pretended to agree at the time. In fact, he had been sabotaging the matter. The matter was delayed, which made Prince Ning very dissatisfied. However, seeing that Zhu Houxuan's power was growing, he did not dare to say much...

Zhu Houxuan felt incredible about Prince Ning's new request. He thought Prince Ning was just talking about "half of the world" every day. He was just talking nonsense. This is the Imperial Ancestral Temple! There are seven emperors in it who are all descendants of Prince Yan! You want the prince of Prince Ning to be the incense keeper? You are daydreaming!

Of course, this didn't work out in the end.

Back to the present, some people have already started petitioning to give this grandson a name. You should know that according to the clan law, a name can only be given at the age of three, because the probability of death after the age of three will be greatly reduced...

This memorial was rejected by Zhu Houzhao on the grounds that he was too young...

Later, some people stopped trying and directly petitioned Zhu Houzhao to adopt this eldest son for the sake of the country...

Zhu Houzhao also fought back, saying that he was in good health and would not consider adopting the eldest son for the time being.
The civil officials were naturally unwilling to give up. When the turmoil in the capital was resurrected, Zhu Houzhao did not show up for two or three days in a row. With the previous experience of Zhu Houzhao running to Qizhou, the civil officials reacted very quickly and broke into the Leopard Room directly.
The only thing waiting for them was an imperial edict, the main content of which was that Zhu Houzhao was going to inspect the border and would not return to Beijing for several months.
and,

make

Prince Jing is the regent!

(End of this chapter)