Chapter 2424: Moving the capital
A group of officials walked out of the Ganqing Palace and divided into several groups.
Liang Tingdong, Minister of War, got together with Li Biao, the second assistant to the cabinet, for the first time.
Zhou Yanru, Minister of Rites, Cheng Jiming, Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and Wang Yongguang, Minister of Revenue, walked behind, staring at Li Biao and Liang Tingdong who were walking in front.
From time to time, he glanced at Han Yu who was walking in front of several people.
They have been struggling in the officialdom for many years. In the Ganqing Palace, they could feel that Chongzhen intended to replace the chief minister. Once the chief minister changed his position, the first candidate to take over the chief minister would be the second assistant Li Biao.
As for Liang Tingdong and Li Biao, it would be better to understand.
Liang Tingdong, the Minister of War, took office for a short time, and his foundation was unstable. If he could take care of the next chief assistant Li Biao, the position of Minister of War would be firmly settled.
Of course, when Han Dong left the cabinet, all of them could benefit from it.
Han Dong, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped.
He turned around and looked at Li Biao and Liang Tingdong, and said, "You two shouldn't support Your Majesty's idea of fighting the Guanning Army, especially you."
As he said that, his eyes fell on Liang Tingdong, Minister of War.
Seeing this, Liang Tingdong subconsciously frowned.
Without waiting for Liang Tingdong to speak, Han Yu continued: "As the Minister of War, don't you know that the harm of giving up the Ningjin defense line is far greater than the benefits brought by the Guanning Army entering the pass."
"I don't think there is anything wrong with giving up Ning Jin's defense line." Li Biao naturally could not watch Han Du suppress the Minister of War who had just surrendered to him, and immediately retorted, "The harm of tiger thieves is greater than that of slave thieves. If you let it go, The tiger thief took Shandong, where will the chief minister place His Majesty and where will the Ming Dynasty be established?"
Han Yu turned his lower body slightly and said to Li Biao: "Your Majesty will be fine. Even if the tiger thief occupy Shandong, there is still Nanjing to defend. Your Majesty can give up the capital and move the capital to Nanjing, leaving the tiger thief to fight with slave thieves. My Ming Dynasty Reap the benefits of the fisherman.”
After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back.
Li Biao was stunned when he heard this.
Not only him, but also Liang Tingdong next to him was in a similar situation.
No one expected that Han Dong would actually relocate the capital again.
"Nothing can be done easily in the imperial court?" Li Biao, who came to his senses, shook his sleeves at Han Yu's back as he was leaving, and looked angry.
Liang Tingdong, who was standing beside him, comforted him, "Gei Master calms down, he can't grow his tail, and he starts to break the can, so he doesn't need to be angry with him. When Sun Chuanting fails to fight against the thieves, he will leave the cabinet. At that time.”
During the Ganqing Palace, everyone felt Chongzhen's disappointment with Han Dong.
Even though Chongzhen did not say it clearly, anyone could see whether Sun Chuanting could successfully resolve the tiger-flag army invading Shandong and decide whether Han Du could continue to stay in the cabinet.
"That's right, I don't need to be angry with him." Li Biao suppressed the anger in his heart, and there was no need to be angry at his body for a person who was about to leave.
Cheng Jiming and others who followed them also heard Han Dong's words to Li Biao and the others.
No one expected that Han was so brave and wanted to move the capital to Nanjing.
This is easy to say, but not so easy to do.
Moving the capital to Nanjing is equivalent to giving up the capital and the north of the Ming Dynasty. Whoever dares to make this suggestion will inevitably be scolded to death by the Shilin people.
Even if the relocation is a solution to the current predicament, no one dares to propose it in front of the ministers in the court. Unless it is the emperor himself, whoever proposes it will bear the infatuation.
Shortly after Han Yu and the minister left, a young eunuch walked in quickly from outside.
He came to Wang Chengen's ear and said something in his voice.
After hearing this, Wang Chengen showed a look of surprise on his face and raised his hand to signal the eunuch who reported the news to retreat.
"What happened?" Chongzhen, who noticed the change on Wang Chengen's face, smelled it immediately.
He is suspicious by nature and wants to figure out any changes in the people around him, otherwise he will not be at ease when he sleeps.
After hearing this, Wang Chengen walked up, knelt on the ground, his forehead pressed on the ground, and said in his mouth: "I dare not say it."
"Say, I forgive you for being innocent. If you don't say it, I will know if I ask others." Chongzhen sat up from the couch and became very interested in what Wang Chengen dared not say.
Wang Chengen slowly raised his head and said to Chongzhen: "Return to the emperor's words, the people on duty outside the Ganqing Palace heard the Prime Minister leave before he said something, which made all the ministers dare not speak."
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"What do you mean?" Chongzhen asked curiously.
Wang Chengen hesitated for a moment and said, "The Chief Auxiliary told Mr. Li that he would move the capital to Nanjing."
After saying that, he hurriedly lowered his head and stared at the ground.
However, after a long time, before Chongzhen got angry, he slowly raised his head and looked at Chongzhen secretly.
Sure enough, he did not see any anger on Chongzhen's face.
At this time, a thought arose in his heart.
"Da Pei, do you think the Prime Minister's words are sincere?" Chongzhen asked thoughtfully.
Wang Chengen dared not answer such a thing, so he hurriedly knelt down and said, "I don't know."
"Do you really don't know? Or are you unwilling to say to me?" Chongzhen's eyes fell on Wang Chengen.
Wang Chengen fell down again and said, "I really don't know. I only know that your Majesty thinks good is good. If your Majesty doesn't agree with it, it must be not good."
When he spoke, his voice trembled slightly, as if he was afraid.
However, it fell into Chongzhen's ears, Chongzhen was very satisfied with what Wang Chengen showed.
"Okay, get up, I didn't blame you." Chongzhen signaled that Wang Chengen could get up.
Wang Chengen was relieved when he heard this and slowly got up from the ground.
Chongzhen said again: "What the Chief Supervisor said is indeed a solution, but I will not do this. Do you know why the Dalian partner?"
"I don't know." Wang Chengen shook his head slightly.
Chongzhen did not have any dissatisfaction because Wang Chengen said nothing about the left and right. Instead, he continued: "I really want to listen to Han Yu's words to move the capital, which is equivalent to giving up the foundation of the north. I am sorry for the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, so I I will not move the capital to Nanjing, even if I die, I will die in the Forbidden City in the capital."
"I am born to your Majesty's man, and death is your Majesty's ghost. Whether it is life or death, I will serve you next to your Majesty." Wang Chengen knelt down on the ground again.
Chongzhen smiled at the sound of this and said, "Good companion, get up quickly. You have been by my side since you sent a letter to the Prince's Mansion. I believe you."
Chapter completed!