Unlike most other court officials, Ruan Tianfu is a true "neutralist".
Without background, he was a Jinshi in the third year of Tianji. After five years of local experience, he was transferred back to the capital, and then he plunged into the Ministry of Industry. There was no change in his official position in the past seven years.
If an official comes from a poor family, he will usually choose to attach himself to a large force in order to reduce some obstacles to his career.
But Ruan Tianfu did not want to do this, so he did not make any progress for seven years.
Ruan Tianfu doesn't care about this.
Because he could be an official in Beijing and squeeze into the court, he was already very satisfied.
And since there is no extravagant hope for an official career, remaining neutral is undoubtedly the best choice.
Even if you can't go up, at least you can't fall down.
More importantly, no matter what major event happens, his life will be safe and he will not be buried with the collapse of a certain faction.
Of course, Ruan Tianfu knows that in troubled times, no one can be alone.
However, since he cannot control the current situation, he can control himself to stay away from the center of the "storm".
Just like now.
While hundreds of court officials in the court were frightened about their fate, Ruan Tianfu could stand calmly in the corner of the last row.
Both his identity and the position he is currently standing on are extremely safe.
Therefore, Ruan Tianfu was even in a mood to look around to observe the expressions of his colleagues.
Some people are calm and some people are panicked.
Some are angry and some are timid.
Some people's official uniforms were soaked with cold sweat, while others were calmly adjusting their official hats...
The small Hall of Supreme Harmony is like a stage at the moment, filled with various characters, preparing to star in an unprecedented drama.
Although he was also standing in the crowd, Ruan Tianfu was more like an audience at this moment.
He yawned slightly, shifted his weight from his left foot to his right foot, and finally found a more comfortable posture for watching the show.
Then.
When the palace door slowly closed behind him and Ning Wenjun appeared from behind the screen, the drama officially began.
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In the fifteenth year of Tianji, on the fourth day of the eleventh month, it was the quarter of Mao hour.
Ning Wenjun appeared in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but he did not stand in the first row facing the dragon throne as usual. Instead, he stood upright on the dragon platform, facing a total of 118 civil and military officials in front of him.
Almost instantly, the Hall of Supreme Harmony became silent.
Then, after glancing behind the screen, he spoke for half an hour.
In this speech, Ning Wenjun spoke sternly about a number of "violent" things that Ning Yongnian had done.
These include but are not limited to killing Xu Shixing and forcing the Xu family to rebel; Prince Tu Shun's family was full, which plunged Shuzhou into chaos; he single-handedly planned the massacre in Yuanzhou City, causing two million Daning people to die tragically overnight...
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After telling all these things, Ning Wenjun simply concluded that his father was not worthy of being a human emperor at all, or even a human being.
And he had long hated this, so he ordered Wei Xianzhi to raise a flag to revolt while the murderer was leaving the capital, just to restore the truth to the world.
Of course, a vicious king like Ning Yongnian could no longer be the emperor of Daning.
Therefore, he, the only prince, could only temporarily take on the important responsibilities, ascend the throne in times of crisis, and lead the people of Daning to the right path...
If you put aside the sporadic nonsense and the rhetoric to heighten the atmosphere, then Ning Wenjun's entire speech basically said this.
Although Ruan Tianfu was shocked when he heard this, he had actually guessed that the prince was going to usurp the throne from the moment Ning Wenjun appeared in the Hall of Supreme Harmony safe and sound after disappearing all night.
Good guy.
Others rebelled in the name of "Qing Jun", but it's better for you to "Qing Jun" directly!
Although Ruan Tianfu believed that Ning Yongnian had indeed done those things, which king had not done some shameful deeds?
To usurp the throne for this reason...
It's not impossible, at least it gives the world an explanation.
But Ruan Tianfu was skeptical about whether Ning Wenjun could successfully usurp the throne.
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Throughout the ages, generally speaking, four conditions must be met if one wants to usurp the throne.
First, the person who usurps the throne must have royal blood.
Second, the usurper must have enough force to control the capital, or at least the palace.
Third, the person who usurps the throne must be able to gain the support of most officials in the court.
Fourth, the person who usurps the throne must be able to gain the support of the majority of the people...at least not opposition.
The current situation is obvious.
Ning Wenjun is undoubtedly completely satisfied with the first point.
The second point was also accomplished by the Wei family for him.
But these third and fourth points...
Not to mention whether Ning Wenjun can be recognized by the people of Daning, which is relatively far away, but whether he can get the support of most court officials, Ruan Tianfu feels uncomfortable.
After the Xu and Liu families were wiped out, there are now only three types of court officials left in the Daning court.
The first type is a neutral faction like myself.
The rest are naturally the "Ning School" and the "Wei School".
The numbers of the latter two are almost the same, and there are basically seventy or eighty people in total.
Therefore, the attitude of the remaining thirty or forty neutralists is particularly important.
If these people support Ning Wenjun, then the latter will most likely ascend the throne "naturally".
And if these people do not support or express their opinions...then even if Ning Wenjun forcibly ascends the throne with the help of the Wei family, he will never be able to make the state governments obey.
After all, almost every official standing here represents a big force in the local area.
Therefore, let alone Ning Wenjun, even Wei Xianzhi did not dare to kill randomly. He could only win everyone's support through various means of coercion and inducement.
But this is not easy said.
You must know that the way for "neutralists" to be an official is not to take sides, let alone such an earth-shattering event, they will definitely not show any tendency.
Besides, it’s only been one night since the Wei family’s “uprising”, so where is the time for Wei Xianzhi to secretly “canvass votes”?
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so......
"Too urgent..."
With a slight sigh, Ruan Tianfu muttered to himself and gave his own judgment.
And while he was thinking, the court hall was already in chaos as a matter of course.
After "working together" for so long, everyone knew clearly whether each other's surname was "Ning" or "Wei", so a heated debate began as soon as Ning Wenjun finished his speech.
Of course, the two sides quarreled, but they still spoke in a measured manner.
Especially the officials of the Ning faction did not dare to directly accuse Ning Wenjun of trying to usurp the throne. They just kept shouting, "This matter needs to be discussed until the emperor comes back." "If what the prince said is true, the emperor will not abdicate when the time comes."
"It's too late" and the like.
Just like that, the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony suddenly became lively from the previous dead silence.
It's just that the number of people on both sides is about the same and the volume of voices is about the same. If the quarrel continues like this, there won't be any results until next year.
Therefore, Wei Xianzhi, Ning Wenjun, and even Ruan Tianfu are all waiting for an opportunity to change this deadlock.
The three of them didn't know what arrangements Wei Changtian had made, and Ruan Tianfu didn't even know that "Wei Changtian had made arrangements."
Until he saw Li Quan, a recognized "senior official of the neutral faction", suddenly took a step forward and bowed his hand to Ning Wenjun respectfully.
"Your Highness!"
"From today on, Dali Temple is willing to obey His Majesty's orders!"
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"Your Highness! Honglu Temple also wishes you to ascend the throne as soon as possible and restore peace to the world!"
"Your Highness! More than a thousand supervisors in our Imperial College also have this wish!"
"The Qing officials second the proposal!"
"Guanglu Temple seconded the proposal!"
"Secretary of General Affairs seconded the motion!"