In fact, Lin Chong had already made up his mind to move the capital after learning that King Huai had entered the capital. The reason why he asked Ren Zanhua and the others to go back and consider it was just that Lin Chong did not want these veterans to feel cold. If his original intention was to imitate Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, he might have directly followed the example of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
One kills first and plays later.
I originally wanted to give them a few more days, but judging from the current situation, if we continue, we will be relocating the capital passively, so it is better to take the initiative.
In the morning of the next day, Lin Chong announced his decision to move the capital. As expected, a large number of veterans firmly disagreed.
"Moving the capital is a major matter. We should inform the Ancestral Temple first and discuss it with all the officials." An old man stood up.
This man Lin Chong had a vague impression. When he decided to completely remove the Donglin Party, which was a huge stumbling block, he specifically asked Wang Chengen to sort out the information on these people for him.
This old man's name is Qian Qianyi, whose nickname is Shouzhi. It is said that he is also known as Mr. Yushan. He is from Changshu County, Suzhou Prefecture.
This person had once won the lottery, but he still had a beard and was still a minister of the Ministry of Rites. Why? It was because he had a disagreement with Wen Tiren and was dismissed from his post.
Originally, Lin Chong had a good impression of him, but when Lin Chong planned to transfer Zhou Ze to the Ministry of Rites, this person was the first to stand up and object. He said a lot of things, in short, he was against it. After that, he even opposed Lin Chong everywhere.
Lin Chong had long disliked him, but he was honest enough to abide by his duties, so he never touched him. He didn't know where he got the confidence to stand up and make the first move, and speak confidently.
A polite-looking civil servant also stood up and said, "I think what Master Qian said makes sense. Your Majesty, please think twice about this matter."
Lin Chong glanced at him. He couldn't see clearly because he was too far away, but judging from where he was standing, he should be affiliated with the Hanlin Academy. This person should be Mr. Qian's like-minded friend Wu Weiye. He is really a husband and wife, bah,
They have similar odors and are like raccoons from the same family.
Now that someone had stood up to speak against the emperor, others of course had to follow suit and say a few words, so there was so much noise that Lin Chong could not hear anyone's words clearly.
“This is an absolute must”
"Isn't moving the capital a sign of weakness to the thieves? How can the Tian family's face be preserved, and how can the ancestral legal system be preserved?"
"..."
He didn't stop him, and just slowly glanced around in circles. Soon, the noisy ministers lowered their heads and said nothing as if they felt guilty, and the court finally returned to calm.
Lin Chong sneered: "Now that the vassal king has entered the capital, all my dear friends are so strongly opposed to moving the capital. It must be because I didn't think carefully."
Before the people below could celebrate for once again making the emperor compromise, he continued to speak slowly: "Since all my dear friends are willing to share my worries, I wonder which of you would be willing to lead troops to repel the feudal princes and allow them to leave the capital?
ah?"
As expected, everything was quiet. Lin Chong seemed to suddenly realize: "Ah, that's right. I forgot that all the ministers are civil servants. How could they do such rough things like beating and killing? I'm really sorry."
Although no one could hear the embarrassment in his words, everyone still laughed together.
Lin Chong had a smile as warm as the spring breeze: "Then I wonder which minister can come up with a good solution for me?"
There was still silence. Qian Qianyi hesitated. After all, he was the one who brought it up first, so he had no choice but to stand up in front of Lin Chong's earnest eyes: "I think we should send people to deal with it first. If possible, it is best not to use troops.
"
Lin Chong rubbed his chin thoughtfully: "That makes sense. When the rebels enter the capital, I will send you, Mr. Qian, to give them some love and reason, and let them go back where they came from."
Go, do you think this is good?"
Lin Chong spoke sincerely and seemed to be very open-minded to listen to the opinions of the ministers. He was indeed constantly soliciting the opinions of the ministers, but he always left them speechless.
Ren Zanhua, Huang Xin and others, who had already known about it, lowered their heads and said nothing. Compared with today's situation, the emperor's attitude towards them could be summed up in a polite way. It was almost like treating his own demented father.
Just as patient. This strong contrast clearly shows the emperor's trust and respect for them.
Look, I regard you as my own talent, and I will let you go back and think about your good words and petty tempers. Otherwise, I will send you to meet the gangsters with just one sentence, and you may end up with your body somewhere else.
The people below could not come up with a good idea and were unwilling to take the lead. As a result, they started to quarrel again. The main theme was that moving the capital was disrespectful to the ancestors and was too cheap.
Ren Yushi, a big fan of a certain age, felt that it was wrong for these people to unite to bully the emperor, so he couldn't help but stand up and say a few words for his idol: "The matter of relocating the capital proposed by His Majesty has naturally been well thought out, so why bother, sir?"
Are you rejecting this completely?"
Lin Chong nodded with satisfaction. Lao Ren seemed to be a good comrade indeed, worthy of praise. Several ministers who had long known that moving the capital was an irreversible matter had wisely remained silent, such as Ling Yiqu and Feng Ying.
Others don't know, but they just come here to watch the excitement. Anyway, even if they don't know anything, they can only follow the person above, wherever he goes. There is no choice at all, so there is nothing.
But it’s so confusing, like Mu Xi, like Mu Mu.
Lin Chong snorted coldly and suddenly changed his face: "My dear friends, you are really the pillars of the Ming Dynasty. You can neither lead troops to fight nor think of any good way to defeat the enemy, but you still have to protect my face. Why, you have to wait.
When people come in and you and I take five steps together with blood, do you think I can save my face?"
The emperor's anger was thunderous, and the palace immediately fell silent. Qian Qianyi quickly knelt down and said, "I have no intention of disrespecting your majesty. Your majesty, please calm down and don't hurt the dragon's body."
Lin Chong knocked on the dragon chair again and again, and remained silent for a long time before he chuckled: "I didn't say anything to blame Aiqing. I shouldn't have made Aiqing kneel, but I think Aiqing would feel sad if she didn't.
Then just watch and reflect for a while, but don’t reflect too much and hurt your body.”
Then he turned around gracefully and was about to leave. Wang Chengen's high-pitched voice sounded: "If there is something to do, we will start, if there is nothing to do, we will retreat!"
Lin Chong went down to court in a good mood and ate one more basket of buns than usual. Wang Chengen pretended not to see the admiration on the face of the little eunuch next to him: "Your Majesty, Lord Qian is still kneeling outside."
Lin Chong said that he was allowed to watch and reflect by himself, but he neither asked him to get up nor how long he was asked to kneel, which is difficult to grasp. Mr. Qian is a civil servant who has never suffered much and is old.