Before the commander of the Huben Army who rushed to the Chengtian Gate finished speaking, other Ming generals followed Wang Pu's footsteps.
"Qu Dingsheng, the surrendered minister, has the courage to ask His Highness the King of Qi to ascend the throne. This is not for the sake of the King of Qi and his family, but for the livelihood of the people of the world!"
"Your Majesty, Xu Zhichen, respectfully invites the King of Qi to come to Dabao. The world will not be safe unless the King sits on the throne!"
"Jiangchen Liu Yundong..."
Standing among Tianjin officials and "pre-Ming bureaucracy" were dozens of surrendered military attachés who knelt on the ground and collectively demanded that Li Zhi be crowned emperor.
The reaction of these surrendered ministers is not surprising. After all, these people most hope that Li Zhi will completely control the world. They have betrayed the Ming Dynasty and are the most hated people by the old and young of the Ming Dynasty. If Li Zhi's world is a little unstable, it may
They were the first people the Ming forces wanted to kill when they came out.
If Li Zhi does not become emperor, and if the person who succeeds Li Zhi is someone influenced by the old and young of the Ming Dynasty, then all of them and their subordinates may be unlucky.
So they very much hope that Li Zhi will be able to secure his position in the country, and that he will be able to secure his position and pass it down from generation to generation. If Li Zhi remains a leader for a few years and then gives up power, or remains a lifelong leader and then finds a successor with a foreign surname, right?
It's unacceptable to them.
Seeing the attitude of the surrendered ministers, the officials in Tianjin finally lost their temper.
Although Li Zhi kept secret about his subordinates' persuasion to join the imperial family, in fact, all Tianjin officials could not accept Li Zhi not becoming emperor.
Although the officialdom in Tianjin is relatively united under the leadership of Li Zhi, it is also divided into factions. Wherever there are people, there are mountains. Officials in one town and nine provinces will also gradually be divided into different groups based on their origin, region and culture. These groups
There is also a struggle and balance between.
Although under Li Zhi's strong suppression, the factional characteristics of the officials in one town and nine provinces were not obvious, and the relationship of cooperation was far better than the relationship of struggle. But all the officials of one town and nine provinces understood: If Li Zhi does not dominate the world one day,
Leaders, conflicts between various factions will immediately break out.
Now Li Zhi's power includes all of China, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, India and the New World. The various political forces are unprecedentedly complex. In fact, if Li Zhi retires and if Li Zhi does not pass the throne to Li Huan, then the war over the successor will
All political forces in power and out of power are involved.
For officials in one town and nine provinces now, that means that the Confucian gentry who were suppressed by Li Zhi, the Ming Dynasty clan, the conquered colonial foreign forces, Japanese samurai forces and foreign forces will all overthrow their shackles and show up in the court.
Win a place.
To anyone with political common sense, this is an obvious result.
Take history as a guide: The Northern Zhou Dynasty started with the Guanlong aristocratic group. If there was no replacement of the court, the Guanlong group would probably rule China for a long time. However, after Yang Jian usurped the throne and replaced the "Zhou" with the "Sui" dynasty, he quickly abandoned the Guanlong group and used the Guanlong group that was originally Guanlong.
The Han people were despised by the Long Group. After the "Tang Dynasty" and the Sui Dynasty, especially after Wu Zetian came to power and established the "Wu Zhou", the Shandong gentry who had been suppressed by the Guanlong Group came to the court again.
The replacement of the ruler's bloodline, culture and policies will change, which often means the replacement of the ruling group. This is extremely detrimental to the officials in one town and nine provinces who are now in power. The officials in one town and nine provinces urgently need Li Zhi to ascend the throne as emperor.
, pass the position to the bloodline, and maintain the current policies and employment principles.
Maintaining the existing policies and principles of selecting and employing people can maintain the strength and expansion of the Han people. This is not only an issue of interest for the entire regime, the interests of the Han people, but also an issue of interest for the officials in power.
The officials from Tianjin looked at each other for a long time, and finally couldn't bear it anymore.
Finally everyone looked at Cai Huaishui.
Cai Huaishui flicked the sleeves of his official robe, strode out of the official queue, and stood in front of Chengtian Gate.
"My minister, Cai Huaishui, has a humble position and speaks lightly. He should not be involved in important events."
Li Zhi looked at Cai Huaishui, with no unpleasant look on his face.
Cai Huaishui is not one of the highest-ranking officials in one town and nine provinces. His status is rather special.
He is a technical bureaucrat who was hired by Li Zhi to burn glass. Over the years, Cai Huaishui has been honing his skills in technical positions, from supervisor to manager, and then from manager to general manager and general manager. He worked in Li Zhi's
Under his command, he worked diligently to expand Fanjiazhuang's glass, optical lens and steel industries, and finally became the general manager of Fanjiazhuang's civil industry. Now, the unparalleled production capacity of Fanjiazhuang's civil industry is dispatched and directed by Cai Huaishui.
However, although Cai Huaishui is busy with everything, he is a technocrat. He has no troops and no territory. What he manages are factories and workers, and these people will not be loyal to him just because Cai Huaishui is the general manager.
Although many technical officials respect Cai Huaishui, technical officials in one town and nine provinces have always kept a low profile and did not participate in political affairs.
If every word spoken by powerful people like Zhong Feng, Zheng Kaicheng or Zheng Hui has a huge impact and represents the thoughts of several provinces or an army, then what people like Cai Huaishui only represent is the true intention of the bureaucrats.
Cai Huaishui has no base and can speak boldly. Even if he goes against Li Zhi's ideas, there will be no adverse consequences.
Cai Huaishui said loudly: "Your Majesty advocates public morality every day, and officials in one town and nine provinces pay attention to public morality. However, public morality is also a kind of order, and it will be eroded and destroyed by people who do not abide by morality and order every day. If there is no strong force,
Strength guards it! It could collapse in a year or two!"
"Except for your Majesty, I do not believe that anyone else has the power, prestige and strength to uphold public morality."
"I sincerely request you to ascend the throne and ascend the throne as emperor, because the public morality and order of society need to be protected by you. This is not for one person or one family, but for China!"
"I sincerely request your Majesty to ascend to Dabao, reign over the world, uphold public morality and protect order!
Cai Huaishui's words were very good and accurate. Although Li Zhi didn't like his subordinates' persuasion to advance, Li Zhi advocated public morality. Cai Huaishui raised the significance of persuasion to the realm of maintaining public morality, which left Li Zhi speechless. Hearing this
With Cai Huaishui's words, officials from one town and nine provinces found an opportunity to persuade them to move forward.
Officials from one town and nine provinces behind the Jinshui Bridge all knelt down and repeated Cai Huaishui's words in unison: "I sincerely ask the king to come to Dabao, dominate the world, and protect public morality!"
"I sincerely request your Majesty to come to Dabao, reign over the world, and protect public morality!"
Li Zhi had just seen Wang Pu persuade him to come in, so he knew that officials from one town and nine provinces would follow suit. At this time, he was not surprised when he saw his subordinates all kneeling down, but his face became more and more solemn.
Standing at the top of Chengtian Gate, the "important ministers of Qi" on both sides of Li Zhi looked at each other and knew that they could also express their stance.
If they did not dare to stand up before, fearing that Li Zhi would anger them and interfere in major matters, the situation is different now. Now that the situation has become one-sided, they are just following nature.
Li Xing flicked the front of his official robe and knelt on the ground with his hands folded.
"Brother, your merits have marked the history and shocked the past and present. I sincerely ask you to ascend to the throne and bring peace to the world!"
Zheng Kaicheng, Zhong Feng, Zheng Hui and other important civil and military ministers prostrated themselves and shouted loudly: "I sincerely ask you to ascend to the throne and conquer the world!"
Seeing that the important ministers on Chengtian Gate also knelt down, all the soldiers of the Tiger Army who maintained order followed and knelt down, expressing their wishes with actions. The captives of the "pre-Ming bureaucrats" who had no right to speak did not dare to
When they stood again, they all knelt down.
In the end, even the former Ming Prince and "Chengenhou" Zhu Cixiang bowed his hands in front of his hands and knelt respectfully in front of the Jinshui Bridge.
Except for Li Zhi, who was standing at the highest point, there was no one standing near the Chengtian Gate.
Everyone couldn't help but raise their heads and look at Li Zhi.
The people in the capital were full of eagerness and nervousness. Li Zhi was not an ordinary person. He was full of new ideas and ideas. They were afraid that Li Zhi, who had always been different, would say no.
However, Li Zhi also understands that he needs to continue to be at the helm of his career. Others do not have the conditions and prestige to do what he does.
Li Zhi glanced around at the densely packed crowds above and below Chengtian Gate, looking from the east to the west and from above to the bottom.
He was silent for a minute.
"good!"
Hearing Li Zhi's affirmation, everyone's eyes lit up.
This word "good" seems to mean that Li Zhi finally decided to ascend to the throne of God and rule China.
Sure enough, Li Zhi stated his decision word for word and did not disappoint the people who were waiting eagerly.
"I, Li Zhi, will establish the dynasty from today on."
"The country's name is Qi, and the year's name is Gongde."
"I, Li Zhi, from today onwards, am the emperor of Daqi! The emperor of all Han people!"
