Although His Majesty the Emperor's words had an obvious meaning of seeing off guests, Chen Xiang gritted his teeth and did not leave. Instead, he stood up, looked up at the Emperor, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty.
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Prime Minister Chen said in a deep voice: "I don't know what the opinions of the other prime ministers in the council hall are, but I am opposed to His Majesty's coming out of the capital to pay homage to Confucius at this time!"
The position of prime minister is different from that of ordinary officials.
Other officials, almost all officials except Yushitai, are basically execution units. That is to say, they can only execute the emperor's orders naturally. Except for a very few people with stiff necks, others dare not disobey them.
Against the emperor.
But the prime minister is different.
The position of prime minister inherently conflicts with monarchy. The point of conflict is that in addition to assisting the emperor in handling political affairs on a daily basis, one of the more important tasks of the prime minister is to correct the emperor's ideas and practices.
For example, Menxia Province among the three provinces, one of its natural powers is the right to refute. If the emperor's opinion does not agree with the Menxia Province, it can be dismissed in the same way.
Up to now, the power of the prime minister has been concentrated in the Assembly Hall, and the Assembly Hall has become a fusion of Zhongshu's disciples. In fact, this power has been inherited by the Assembly Hall, which has the power to refute the emperor's imperial edict!
As for Chen Jing, the chief of the council, one of his natural functions was to correct the emperor's mistakes.
His Majesty the Emperor was not surprised by Chen Jing's attitude. He just raised his eyebrows lightly and asked, "What? Mr. Chen doesn't think I should go to Qufu to offer sacrifices to Confucius in person?"
"Of course it should be."
No one can wear this big hat. Chen Jing could only agree with this view, then lowered his head and said: "But it shouldn't be now."
His attitude was very resolute: "Your Majesty, although our army, King Chen, has won all the way and is pushing the front to the north, as far as I know, even the Yanzhou Prefecture has not been completely captured yet."
"In other words, Yanzhou Prefecture is still a battlefield on the front line."
"Now, if Your Majesty drives to Qufu, it will be the same as visiting the battlefield in person."
"If Your Majesty openly goes there, the people of Qi will not be aware of it. Qufu is only more than a hundred miles away from the frontline battlefield. If the people of Qi attack Qufu at all costs, I am afraid that Your Majesty's Majesty will be in trouble!"
He lowered his head and continued: "If Your Majesty is visiting Qufu privately, it will be even more undesirable. Since ancient times, wearing a white dragon fish costume has been an extremely dangerous thing. Dachen now seems to be reviving, and is asking Your Majesty to take charge of the overall situation. Your Majesty personally
The safety is the safety of Da Chen and his subordinates, and your Majesty must not make any mistakes!"
The emperor raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "When I travel, naturally I will not pay a private visit."
"When my dragon leaves the capital, the imperial army will follow."
"With the Forbidden Army accompanying you and the Huai'an Army nearby, how can there be any danger?"
The emperor's words are not wrong. The Huai'an Army is currently on the offensive side on the battlefield in Shandong. In other words, the Huai'an Army is currently the dominant side in Shandong.
Once he goes out, he will be accompanied by at least 20,000 to 30,000 Imperial Guards. With a guard of this size and the support of the Huai'an Army, there will be no problems.
Even if the Qi people really went crazy after hearing the news and rushed to Qufu desperately, wanting to keep the Emperor Chen, with Da Chen's existing intelligence capabilities, he could have done it without the Qi army rushing to Qufu.
Before that, His Majesty the Emperor was transferred to the south.
Seeing that Chen Jing still wanted to speak, the emperor frowned and continued: "No matter what, I will pay for the money and food for this trip of the imperial army from my own internal funds, not from the imperial court."
In the past few years, the Shibosi has indeed made a lot of money for the palace. Even though the income of the Shibosi has been temporarily handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs, His Majesty the Emperor has a bulging wallet and a lot of confidence in speaking.
Chen Jing quickly lowered his head: "Your Majesty, this is not a question of who pays. This is a critical moment for the revival of Dachen. Your Majesty..."
"It is precisely because of this critical moment that I went to Qufu to worship Confucius."
"To win the hearts of scholars all over the world."
When the emperor said this, he became a little impatient and said: "I don't want to continue to be entangled with this issue. Mr. Chen is going back to make preparations for this matter. I will be preparing to leave Beijing and go north within a month."
Already."
Having said that, seeing that Chen Jing was unwilling to leave the Manna Hall, His Majesty the Emperor stood up, left the Manna Hall himself, and returned to the Deqing Hall.
Chen Jing, on the other hand, was stunned for a long time before he walked back to the meeting hall.
After returning to the meeting hall, he immediately summoned several other prime ministers to start a meeting.
After explaining the matter, several prime ministers looked surprised.
After Chen Xiang took a deep breath, he looked at Zhao Changping and said: "Brother Changping, your majesty is now arbitrary and arbitrary. Almost no one in the court can persuade him. As prime ministers, we cannot blindly flatter him. We need to
Do something."
Zhao Changping naturally didn't want to see the emperor leave Jiankang. Hearing this, he looked at Chen Jing and asked, "What does Chen Xiang want Zhao to do?"
Chen Jing looked at the other prime ministers and said, "The four of us are going into the palace now to meet the Queen Mother, and Brother Changping, you..."
"Then you need to write a letter to your disciple in the north and ask him to write a letter to resolutely reject this matter."
Chen Jing said in a deep voice: "Your disciple is a powerful person. He naturally understands that as soon as His Majesty arrives in Shandong, he will have to bear a huge responsibility that he cannot shirk. He must refuse this matter.
We can no longer blindly please the Holy Gong as we did before!"
Naturally, Chen Jing's Zhao Changping sect does not refer to anyone else, but Shen Yi.
However, there was a hint of thorn in his words, implying that Mr. Shen was promoted all the way because he had been trying to please His Majesty the Emperor and was lucky enough to be promoted.
Zhao Changping frowned at first, and then said: "Prime Minister Chen, although Shen Ziheng comes from the same sect as me, he is not my disciple."
"Besides, the reason why he is able to achieve what he is today is not because he just wants to please His Majesty."
Prime Minister Zhao looked at the other prime ministers and said in a deep voice: "In the imperial court, those who really want to please Your Majesty are like crucian carps crossing the river. I have never seen anyone like him leading the Northern Expedition."
Seeing that Zhao Changping did not suffer any loss, Chen Jing smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Zhao, just think that I said something wrong, but you should write this letter based on emotion and reason."
Zhao Changping thought for a while, then nodded and said: "After Zhao confirms this matter, he will write to Ziheng."
There is one thing that Chen Jing said is right.
Once the emperor leaves Beijing, if anything goes wrong in Shandong, or even in Xuzhou Prefecture, Shen Yi will not be able to escape, and he will have to bear great responsibility.
Seeing Zhao Changping nod, Chen Jing breathed a sigh of relief. He stood up, looked at the other prime ministers, and said, "Everyone, let's go into the palace together and meet the Queen Mother."
Several other people stood up and followed Chen Jing. Prime Minister Yue Qian was thoughtful and said: "In my opinion, His Majesty may not necessarily leave the palace and go north. It is very likely that he just wants to show off to us. Show it to the Queen Mother."
Chen Jing took a deep breath, not denying it, but not agreeing either.
"No matter what, we have to go to the Queen Mother's place, otherwise we, the prime ministers and assistants, will be negligent in our duties."
"To pass it on to future generations is to leave a bad reputation in the history books."
He glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "You don't want to see that a hundred years from now, there will be any paper prime ministers and clay ministers in the history books?"
After hearing this, everyone no longer hesitated and followed Chen Jing.
Zhao Changping also stood up and followed several people into the palace.
Chen Jing looked at him and said: "Prime Minister Zhao, the top priority now is..."
Zhao Changping said slowly: "It's okay, it's just a letter. I can write it over a cup of tea."
Chen Jing was startled when he heard this, and then smiled dumbly: "Brother Changping, you are really close to that disciple."
Writing a letter during tea time means that there is no need to consider the words and sentences, and it means that the relationship between the two people is close and there is no need to spend time choosing words and sentences.
Prime Minister Zhao looked calm and did not deny it.
He had just entered the meeting hall and did not have a strong voice.
However, with Shen Yi as a "disciple", his voice will be greatly enhanced invisibly.
In fact, the authority of the prime minister does come from these disciples and old officials to a large extent.
In this way, several prime ministers entered the palace together.
And in the afternoon of that day, a letter was sent out of Jiankang at an urgent cost of 600 miles, all the way to Yanzhou City, and delivered to Mr. Shen's desk.
It was already evening when I received the letter.
Mr. Shen is reading the battle reports sent from the front line.
In the past few days, Xue Wei has had a small-scale battle with Ningyang Qi Jun.
And it's not in Ningyang County, but outside Ningyang City.
After several battles, both sides had a winner or a loser, but overall, Xue Wei had the upper hand and had a slight advantage.
Xue Wei meant to continue to advance towards Ningyang.
Shen Yi picked up the pen and gave him a reply, expressing his agreement.
After replying to Xue Wei, there was a knock on the door, and Jiang Sheng whispered: "Sir, Mr. Zhao has an urgent message from six hundred miles away."
Shen Yi stood up, walked to the door, took the letter, and immediately opened it.
After looking from right to left, Mr. Shen frowned and looked to the south.