Chapter 227 The Greatest Emperor and the Greatest Tyrant

This time, Chen Huaian was really angry.

Not only because of the petition of the ministers for forcing marriage, but also because the guys from the Sixteen States of Youyun actually handed the petition directly to his mother, Queen Xu Ruoyun.

In the eyes of these guys, do I still have the emperor in my eyes?

This time it was a petition for forcing marriage, will it be a petition for forcing the emperor to abdicate next time?

Chen Huaian's slight expression change and the flash of murderous intent in his starry eyes naturally did not escape the eyes of his mother, Queen Xu Ruoyun.

Speaking of which, as a mother, Xu Ruoyun should not have intervened in this matter.

However, now that the new dynasty has just been established, the words and deeds of the new emperor Chen Huaian are related to the image of the new dynasty.

In particular, the civil officials and old generals of the Sixteen States of Youyun are a force that cannot be underestimated in the new dynasty, and behind them is Wu Ning Wang Liu Xinwu.

The status of Wu Ning Wang in the new dynasty is not comparable to that of ordinary civil officials and generals.

At the beginning of Jin Wang Chen Huaian's uprising, Wuning Wang did not hesitate to bet his entire fortune on Chen Huaian.

Not only did he directly contribute his people and efforts to make suggestions during the "Tumubao Incident", which allowed Chen Huaian to easily destroy Zhao Gan's 500,000 northern expeditionary army and send the second emperor of Daxin to the grave.

Later, when Longcheng's southern expeditionary army conquered the sixteen states of Youyun, he single-handedly persuaded the fourteen states of Youyun to surrender to Jin Wang, and made an unparalleled contribution to the Longcheng Jingnan Army's pacification of the north.

In addition, Princess Shujun Liu Shujun of Wuning Wangfu was already engaged to Chen Huaian, but because Chen Huaian was always busy with the war, the marriage was delayed.

In terms of emotion and reason, Xu Ruoyun could not sit idly by for the reasonable demands of Wuning Wang Liu Xinwu, whether as Chen Huaian's mother or from the perspective of the Empress Dowager of the Xin Dynasty.

So, when she received a joint petition from the local officials and garrison generals of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, requesting the emperor to get married as soon as possible to calm the people;

After thinking it over again and again, she finally decided to come and talk to her son Chen Huaian as a mother.

Xu Ruoyun looked at Chen Huaian, who was on the verge of anger, with a calm face, and said in a peaceful tone: "Son, I am also surprised. Why did the officials of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun hand the petition to me?"

"But--"

Xu Ruoyun changed the subject and said: "Since the matter has happened, we have to deal with it. It is not a solution to always drag it on. What do you think?"

Hmm!

Chen Huaian nodded, his mood had calmed down a lot, and said: "Mother, in fact, I am also going to discuss the wedding with you today;"

"It's just that these guys bypassed me and handed the forced marriage petition to you, and this behavior really made me angry!"

Xu Ruoyun comforted him: "Son, strictly speaking, this matter can't be blamed on the officials of the Sixteen States of Youyun. Think about it, since ancient times, marriage has been decided by parents and matchmakers;"

"Although my son has ascended the throne and is the emperor of the highest rank, he still cannot escape the constraints of secular etiquette!"

"Mother, I think that the officials of the Sixteen States of Youyun should have handed the petition to the emperor for the wedding out of considerations of secular etiquette."

This is indeed the case.

Originally, the officials of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, led by Xiong Kai, the garrison commander of Youzhou, and He Kuan, the prefect of Changshan County, planned to hand the memorial directly to the new emperor Chen Huaian when they jointly submitted a petition to request the emperor's wedding.

In the end, when submitting the memorial, Wuning King Liu Xinwu urgently stopped them and asked them to submit the memorial to the Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun.

Although the officials were puzzled, they still followed the prince's request and handed the memorial to the Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun.

Now it seems that we have to admit that the old is still the best!

This move by Wuning King Liu Xinwu is indeed a smart move.

Otherwise, if this memorial was directly handed to Chen Huaian, without the Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun's mediation, Chen Huaian, who was furious, might have ordered the Dragon City Internal Guard to arrest people according to the names on the memorial.

He was worried that he couldn't find a chicken to "kill a chicken to scare the monkeys" so that he could kill the arrogance of these arrogant soldiers and noble groups before the enthronement ceremony began. It was just right to start with the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

But the memorial was in the hands of his mother, Queen Xu Ruoyun, so Chen Huaian naturally couldn't see the list of officials who jointly wrote the letter.

It's also impossible to follow the principle of rather killing three thousand by mistake than letting one go, and clean up all the civil and military officials of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun from top to bottom and replace them with a wave of people, right?

Chen Huaian was still thinking wildly.

Here, Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun continued: "Son, since the matter of the wedding has been put on the table, what are your plans now?"

"Princess Shujun and Princess Pijia, will one be the queen and the other the concubine, or will you make the queens of the East and West Palaces as your mother told you at the beginning?"

Uh--

After returning from the Western Regions, Chen Huaian thought about this issue repeatedly for several months, but still couldn't think of a win-win solution.

Logically speaking, as a time traveler emperor who had a system of explosive soldiers, fought all the way to conquer the country, and finally ascended to the throne step by step, he should not be troubled by such problems;

He did not need to look at who he would choose as his queen.

After all, he, Chen Huaian, was able to start an army as a prince and eventually become the emperor of the Xin Dynasty. He did not rely on the power of Wuning King Liu Xinwu, nor did he rely on the power of the Uighur Khanate and the Western Regions.

It is not that Chen Huaian wanted to erase the achievements of Wuning King Liu Xinwu;

In fact, during the establishment of the new dynasty, King Wuning only did some icing on the cake.

Even without him, the Dragon City army under Chen Huaian's command could still push forward and eventually seize the Zhao Dynasty of the Great New Dynasty.

Perhaps it would be a year or two later.

But the result of Chen Huaian's enthronement would not change.

As for the Huihe and the Western Regions, they had no influence or leverage on Chen Huaian's enthronement, not even icing on the cake.

But then again, for Chen Huaian, who was determined to become the emperor of the ages who was on par with the Qin Emperor and Han Wudi and opened the right to explore eternal life, he had to abide by the constraints of secular etiquette.

You can't just rely on the absolutely loyal system soldiers and horses in your hands and suppress them with bloody killings all the way, right?

Killing all those who dared to voice opposition, wouldn't that make you a tyrant for the ages?

Therefore, facing the question raised by his mother Xu Ruoyun, who should be made queen, or the queens of the east and west palaces, Chen Huaian really didn't know how to answer for a while.

Hey——

Xu Ruoyun seemed to see Chen Huaian's difficulty in making a decision, so she spoke again: "Son, mother knows that you are fully capable of making the queen, and you are not affected by any external forces;"

"All you need to do is follow your true thoughts."

Finally, Xu Ruoyun gave her opinion, saying: "Regarding the question of who should be made queen, mother's opinion is, why don't you listen to the opinions of the person involved?"