On the first day of November in the 14th year of Yongkang, it was the first day of the lunar month.
All officials went to Fengtian Hall to pay their respects.
There were three types of morning dynasties in the Wei Dynasty. One was the "Da dynasty", which was held on the first day of the year, the Winter Solstice, and the Wanshou Festival. The other was the "Shuowang dynasty", which was held on the first and fifteenth day of every month.
Great court meeting.
These two court meetings are not limited to Beijing officials of fourth rank or above.
Rather, all officials stationed in Beijing, big or small, and officials from various provinces who came to Beijing to report on their duties all went to the court to congratulate each other. It was a ceremonial court meeting, only to congratulate and greet the emperor, so as to see the beauty of heaven, regardless of court affairs.
Another kind is the usual court meeting.
As for the usual court meetings, Beijing officials of the fourth rank and above are not required to participate. Therefore, the usual number of people in the court meetings is only a few dozen people, but at least there can be people in the Dachao and Shuowang dynasties.
Thousands of people.
It doesn't matter whether you can see Tianyan or not. Entering the palace is also an honor for some low-level officials.
Of course, people who like to sleep in and are lazy in politics are not included.
On the first day of November, during the Shuowang Dynasty, hundreds of officials came to Fengtian Palace to congratulate each other. Originally they did not discuss court affairs, but in the end, something was different.
Several officials from the Ministry of Rites took a hint from Emperor Yongkang and went out in front of hundreds of officials to report that Yanjing and Peiping were the emperor's "place of dragon prosperity" and were full of dragon spirit. They suggested that Emperor Yongkang follow Taizu's example of Fengyang.
The method was to establish Peiping as the companion capital.
Emperor Yongkang said nothing.
All the officials were also silent.
Li Zhigang, the Minister of Ceremony, came out and said, "Beiping is not as good as the imperial capital as a companion capital. All ministers and ministers know that the imperial palace in the capital was built on the land of a lake. Over the years, the land surface has subsided, with the south being higher and the north being lower. This is actually an ominous sign of geomantic omen."
A sign..."
When the censors nearby heard this, they were unhappy and retorted: "Taizu made Nanjing his capital and built city walls and palaces at a huge cost. Now you want to abandon the imperial line and Xiaoling Mausoleum. You are violating the ancestral system!"
The officials of the Ministry of Rites had already received explicit hints from Emperor Yongkang and decided to make the decision to move the capital today.
Said: "Taizu once ordered the late crown prince to inspect the Guanzhong area and planned to move the capital to Chang'an. However, the late prince died of illness the following year, and Taizu did not mention the matter again. It can be seen that Taizu was not satisfied with Nanjing."
What is the dragon vein but not the dragon vein? The place where the emperor is is the dragon vein.
Originally there was no political discussion today, but the issue of moving the capital was brought up, and the civil and military officials became a commotion.
It has been fifty years since Taizu established the dynasty. Various wealthy families have taken root in the capital, their in-laws are old, and their ancestral property and property are all in Jiangnan. If you say the capital should be moved, just move it?
I have adapted to the spring water and green waves in the south of the Yangtze River, painting boats and listening to the rain to sleep. You told me that you want to move to the cold north to live?
The literati in the south had already criticized Emperor Yongkang for taking the throne from his nephew, but now they were allowed to move their families to the north?
There was a quarrel.
Mu Yan stood in the row of military attaches and raised his head slightly to look at his father-in-law who was standing in front.
There were just a lot of figures. He was just a fourth-rank official in Jinyiwei, and he couldn't see his father-in-law standing in the first row. But he could tell by his feeling that Lord Taishan was standing there.
Lord Taishan didn't say a word.
Mu Yan also lowered his head.
Zhang Fu's silence does not mean that Emperor Yongkang will let him go. If several of his close friends don't come out to help the platform at this time, when will they wait?
"Mr. British, what do you think?"
Mu Yan tightened the wat in his hand.
He heard his father-in-law go out and say: "Back to the emperor, I agree to move the capital..."
The officials below were all buzzing.
Emperor Yongkang's eyes lit up and he sat up straighter: "Tell me about it."
"Yes. I have led troops to conquer Mobei several times. The remnant forces of the Wu Dynasty are still alive. Every autumn and winter, they still come to thresh grain grass, disturb the people, and try to retreat. Today, they are still a ray of light on my back.
Thorn. Although there is the Great Wall in the north as a natural barrier, every time the troops are called back, it is very expensive and the return reinforcements are not enough. If Peking is used as the capital, military defense can be increased. Furthermore, the emperor guards the country and occupies the northern fortress, which can effectively block the attack.
In case of invasion by foreign enemies, the increased military defense can protect our country for thousands of years."
"I second the proposal." Military attachés are different from civil servants. Most of them are the emperor's confidants, and no one knows who.
"I second the proposal."
"I second the proposal."
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"Your Majesty, no! If the foundation of our ancestors is disturbed, the country will be unstable!" An old minister cried bitterly and choked on his head.
"Please, Your Majesty, take back your order!"
"Please, Your Majesty, take back your order!"
Mu Yan took a look and saw that almost all the civilian officials were kneeling on the ground. Looking at the military attachés, they were all kneeling on the ground as well. Isn't it wrong for him to just stand there in a daze?
"I second the proposal!" He quickly expressed his stance.
When several officials saw that the military attaché unanimously agreed to move the capital, they all wanted to bang their heads against the pillars to maintain the foundation of their ancestors.
Fengtian Temple was in chaos.
"I have made up my mind. What the British Lord said is very agreeable to me. The emperor will guard the country, and the king will die in the country. It is deeply in my heart! I hope to drive out the foreign enemies, restore peace to the world, and protect my David's country forever!"
Emperor Yongkang made the final decision.
"Your Majesty, no!"
"emperor!"
The civil servants banged their foreheads to compare the hardness of the palace floor tiles, and heard the sound.
Mu Yan even felt his teeth sore, why bother?
Can he be stronger than the emperor?
Sure enough, Emperor Yongkang immediately ordered people to drag out the ministers who objected, dismissed them from their posts, and punished them severely. If the monkey jumped up and down and did not obey the master's words, he would kill a few chickens in return to demonstrate the severity.
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Suddenly, the voices in the main hall became much softer.
Emperor Yongkang announced the news of moving the capital in front of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. From that day on, Peiping was renamed Beijing, and the Forbidden City in Beijing was built using the Forbidden City in Nanjing as a model.
After the court meeting ended, all the ministers walked out of the palace gate, and Zhang Fu was surrounded tightly.
"My Lord, how can you agree to move the capital? This is a major event that will disrupt the foundation of the imperial court!"
We don’t talk about Feng Shui, we don’t talk about dragons and dragon veins, and the place where dragons thrive, we just talk about truth.
In the previous construction of the city of Peiping, nearly a million civilians and soldiers were mobilized just to build the city walls, repair the old palace and the palace of King Yan. The national treasury consumed a huge amount and was almost unable to make ends meet. Where would the money come from to build another Forbidden City?
"That's right, Mr. British, your ancestors are from the north. You are used to the north, so you use your power for personal gain and agree to move the capital based on your own selfish motives. What is your motive?"
Zhang Fu was surrounded by people talking against him, and he could not speak against these civil servants.
Mu Yan frowned and pushed these civil servants away: "Gentlemen, do you think my father-in-law has selfish motives? Don't you have any selfish motives? Are you used to living in the south, and you are reluctant to leave your family and career, so you object?"
"you!"
"Besides, everyone with a discerning eye can see this time that the emperor has already made a decision. And there were signs a few years ago. Once the Changling Mausoleum was built, you still couldn't see that the emperor wanted to move the capital? Three years ago, Empress Wen moved the burial place to Changling.
The mausoleum is dead, you still don’t understand? My father-in-law is just following the emperor’s wishes, what kind of explanation are you asking for from my father-in-law?”
ridiculous.
Master Taishan supported him and squeezed out of the crowd and walked away.