Chapter 459: Frankness
Emperor, in ancient times, was everyone's dream.
It's like everyone wants to be the Hokage.
Chonghua sat on the dragon chair with a heavy golden crown on his head, looking at the ministers who knelt at her feet and seemed to be sincere in their hearts, but had other thoughts. He clenched his fist slightly in his wide-sleeved robe.
After all, it was impossible to resist the queen, and the enthronement ceremony was in full swing a month after the funeral.
During this period, Chonghua deliberately talked to Lamur, although everyone had to try their best to fulfill the wish of the queen before she stepped down, but when she stepped down, the mountain was high and the emperor was far away, and it was not up to them to see who sat on the throne.
If you leave your job, you can no longer manage the work you are in. When Lamur makes a performance, there will be a small achievement. Even if the queen turns her face, she has to look at the face of the people, doesn't she?
The child didn't know how the queen had raised him. When I first met, I thought it was a domineering president of the recoup, but who knew that when facing his own mother, he was called a hundred and one hundred obedient.
Hearing Chonghua tell him to let him be the emperor, the head shook like a rattle. It's as if taking over the throne is a great rebellion.
The big eunuchs around him sang and congratulated, and the ministers below knelt down according to etiquette. Chonghua only felt that there were thorns underneath, and the soles of her feet were aching faintly.
Who will be the emperor! Her university major doesn't fit in with that. It is said that when you look for a job, you may not be looking for a major that you studied when you were studying. When applying, employers will consider work experience.
She was completely inexperienced and pushed up by the ducks on the shelf. It's just a matter of doing it well, and not doing it well is not a small thing that will be left behind for thousands of years.
How many people down there must be staring at her. I can't wait to eat her raw.
This feeling that no one can trust. Too bad.
At the end of the whole ceremony. Chonghua was forced to return to the current dormitory.
Let Zhiwan take someone to put the curtain out and wait. Chonghua looked at his cold slightly trembling palms, and a biting chill crept up his calves.
"Help...... Help......" muttered with his face clasped in his knees. Clenched his arms, his whole body was cold.
Worse than seeing a ghost, scarier than death. This kind of unbearable task is also accompanied by the feeling of life-threatening on the shoulders, which is really unbearable.
Chonghua didn't eat a grain of rice that night, and got up in the middle of the night and vomited once.
It's been years since I've experienced such an overload. Chonghua leaned weakly against the cushions of the bed frame. Slumped wrists, the beaded chain of amethyst on his wrist shimmered eerily in the faint candlelight at the head of the bed.
Breathe slowly, as if you can breathe out your restlessness.
The road ahead will be very difficult. In a dangerous environment. Even taking a sip of water is a determination to die. I never know if the people around me will betray, and I never know if I will be able to see the sunrise the next morning.
Modern man. It's been too long and the days of comfort. Whether it is the anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War or the endless anti-Japanese war films, it is broadcast repeatedly. It will never resonate.
It's been a long time since I've had the days when I had to fear my life even in my sleep.
Or never.
Who can she trust in such a scenario? Who can she rely on? None at all.
Even if it is Luo Chen, she may not be 100% trusted. It's not a matter of memory, it's that Luo Chen is not from the same world as her. They have their fixed outlook on life and worldview. It is never possible to look at things from the same level as modern people.
And modern man. Nor will it ever be the mindset of the ancients.
Sit for a while. Although the palms of the hands were still cold, the hearts sank.
Thinking too much, I let it go.
If it's dead. If you accidentally die, you can only accept your fate.
Chonghua clenched her fists, and she could still fantasize about counting on Qinglin's side to fix the machine and contact her again. She didn't even dare to think about what the previous emperors had experienced. At that time, were they like she is now, sobbing under the quilt, worried, scared.
How strong they gritted their teeth and didn't show their flaws in front of those courtiers.
A strong woman, who wants to be a strong woman. Who doesn't want to be protected, who doesn't want to be taken care of. But the road of life is long, and it is impossible to do everything as expected.
What do you do when you can't count on anything?
In the quiet night, Chonghua's eyes gradually emptied, and his golden eyes flashed with a chill that he had never felt before.
While the ministers were holding a small meeting to calculate, their new emperor quietly changed.
In fact, Lamur is also very entangled. It's been a while in the court, and even if you don't look at it, you can feel Chonghua's nervousness and helplessness.
Although he didn't resist, Lamur still complained about his wayward mother. Such a heavy responsibility was casually thrown to the powerless woman, skipping this son who had been preparing to be the emperor. It doesn't matter if you are unwilling or unhappy. Chonghua has ascended the throne, if he regrets it, it will be rebellion and treason.
On the family tree, so many royal uncles are drowned in the dust of history. No one knows where the empress's only son has gone, whether he is still alive, and whether he has descendants.
Lamour only knew that he could not act rashly now. He wants to support Chonghua. This is an account of his mother.
When he went to court the next day, Chonghua indifferently announced that he had removed his position as prime minister of the dynasty and ordered the prime minister to return to his hometown for retirement.
For the prime minister, who is not yet 40 years old, it is equivalent to a loud slap in the face.
Everyone thought of everything and estimated everything, but they didn't expect Chonghua to be so magical.
Naturally, there are people who complain, what is the imperial history used for. listed the great achievements of Prime Minister Lin Lin, crying and kneeling and begging the emperor to think twice.
Chonghua looked coldly at the imperial historians who shouted about the dignity of the ancestral mechanism of the country. He said lightly.
"Everyone, have you ever heard of a son of heaven and a courtier?"
The crying stopped abruptly. The ministers standing below all looked at Chonghua in amazement.
It was unruly, but now they were shocked, their eyes widened, and they didn't care if it was rude or not.
Chonghua looked at everyone lightly and said, "For the prime minister, I can't trust him. In my heart, the prime minister climbed up by flattery, and it was by virtue of a beautiful face that he had today's status. If the great achievements of the prime minister mentioned by Aiqing are really done by himself, then he is the master of high merit. When a woman is an emperor, the most taboo thing is an excessively good man. Does the prime minister have a heart of disobedience? ”
Lamur, who was standing nearby, had his eyes out of the window. I've seen ruthless, shameless, and vexatious. I really haven't seen Chonghua talk such serious nonsense.
The prime minister went from being suspicious at the beginning to being indignant to being completely speechless. The words full of arguments were all blocked in his throat. Except for staring at the new emperor sitting on it with wide eyes, he couldn't say a word.
How so? Say what? Say he doesn't eat with his face? The new emperor will say yes in the next sentence, then you disfigure, I will see your sincerity. What to do?
I have to say that I can climb higher than people in the same period, in fact, this face of the country is really powerful.
It's like hiring in a modern society. Everyone turned in their resumes. It must be a good-looking HR manager who will take a second look. If you graduated from a prestigious university, you have enough work experience, can speak six Chinese, and can repair any equipment. It can grow like a flower. The chance of success is only about 20%.
In modern times, it is the era of looking at faces. In ancient times. He was not.
It's not that He Shen is presumptuous and handsome, so even if he acts arbitrarily like that, Qianlong didn't say anything about dealing with him. Of course, this is apocryphal. But in the country ruled by the empress, handsome guys will definitely live a smoother life than ordinary people.
There is no woman who doesn't like a good-looking man with a low voice and nice words. No one is exempt from vulgarity.
Chonghua looked at the prime minister coldly: "I just don't like you, if you think I am a faint king, you can touch the pillar Mingzhi, I will treat your family well and bury you." ”
A mouthful of blood blocked Lamur's throat. Even his own mother has never treated his ministers with such strong words.
"I know that the person who sits on this throne is not the one whom the ministers want to be. You know, I was also ordered to be in danger. When the first emperor was there, he once told me that the elders of the two dynasties could be trusted, and the newcomers could be promoted. But I am also worried that the benefits that the ministers planned to get were lost because of my halfway killing, will the ministers still be loyal to me? If it was me, it wouldn't. Maybe he will make a stumbling block to see if the new emperor can be pinched. How much benefit can be reaped. I understand all of this. Chonghua's cold words were like three or nine days of ice water pouring from head to toe. Many of the ministers standing below were already kneeling on the ground and did not dare to raise their heads.
The way of the emperor lies in trade-offs. You can talk to the courtiers at this time silently better than sound, you can detour, you can be ruthless. But there has never been a way to say what the ministers think in their hearts.
But Chonghua said it, and said it generously, so frankly that the courtiers who had countless calculations in their hearts couldn't refute it.
It's too fake, it's too fake to shout loyalty at this time, and it's too fake to shout that you've never thought about it.
The new emperor did not question, but in an explanatory tone. It's like someone standing outside watching. In this way, he indifferently said the dark rules that have run through the entire court for thousands of years.
"I thought about it all night, but I didn't refuse. I told the first emperor to let Prince Bao (who was sealed before the empress abdicate) take over the throne. But the first emperor said that the first emperors of all dynasties came over like this. For the sake of the national peace and security of Lanling, she has also done things as a last resort. I don't expect you to be as loyal to the previous emperor and not to make trouble for me, so I thank you to all the ancestors. Chonghua slowly stroked the white jade wrench on his finger. This is the Emperor's private seal, which was given to her by the Queen before leaving.
The cold and mellow wrench fingers represent not only the majesty of the emperor of a country, but also the cold in the high places.
As an emperor, you must always be vigilant and vigilant. It takes a lot of determination and courage to be able to face the situation of being an enemy of everyone.
The whole hall was silent, and the courtiers knelt on the ground, their foreheads resting on the cold floor tiles. No one dared to look up, no one dared to say anything more.
If you have a long mouth, the new emperor will show you the essence of you. That's what makes the body incomplete.
Lamur looked at Chonghua, who was sitting on it with a chill on his face, and for the first time had the idea of identifying with her. Regardless of whether it was a demonstration or not, just by saying this, he was already very close to his own mother.
After leaving the court, Chonghua asked Lamur to supervise the prime minister to hand over the work at hand and distribute it to the six departments. At this time, I was in no mood to study why there were six parts in Lanling.
Chonghua summoned the current commander of the Jinyi Guard at the Feihong Pavilion. When she was leaving, the empress was going to hand over the dark part to Chonghua. But Chonghua handed over the tiger talisman of the dark guard to Lamur in front of the empress.
It was a big gamble. If Lamur really had other ideas, Chonghua would be tantamount to washing his neck and stretching it out under Lamur's knife. But Chonghua did not hesitate to hand over the dark department to Lamur. In the shocked gaze of the empress and Lamur, Chonghua smiled indifferently.
The man kneeling on the ground looked to be about 190 in size. Broad shoulders and firm eyes.
Chonghua looked at him like this for a while before slowly asking, "Name?" ”
The person kneeling on the ground saluted respectfully: "Minister, Shen Lian." ”
Chonghua: ...... Jin Yiwei, right......
"From today onwards, I will be the emperor of Lanling. Do you have any grievances? Chonghua ignored the question of the same name and surname and asked.
Shen Lian was taken aback, but his face was not obvious, and he slammed his head on the ground even more respectfully: "Minister, don't dare." ”
Chonghua looked at him lightly, and leaned back on the cushion on the chair with a slight relaxation: "Don't dare...... Yes, but you can't say it. ”
Shen Lian gritted his teeth: "Your Majesty! Shen Lian had no such intention. ”
Chonghua waved his hand, turned to ask Zhi Wan for sour plum soup: "It's okay, if it's me, there will be dissatisfaction." ”
Shen Lian couldn't lift his head, and his back was covered with cold sweat.
Chonghua took a sip of sour plum soup: "When I first arrived, I was forced to be helpless. In this imperial city, except for Prince Bao, there is no one who believes it. But I don't want to be frightened and can't sleep every night. The task of protecting the head of my project will be entrusted to you Jinyiwei. ”
Although Jin Yiwei's duty is not to protect others, Chonghua simply gave this job away.
Shen Lian was stunned for a moment, surprised in his heart. The job of protecting the emperor should be the dark department. Why is Jinyiwei called? Although the emperor said that he trusted Prince Bao, Prince Bao was the son of the first emperor. Is there still a gap?
"Don't overthink it. It's just that Jinyiwei looks magnificent, and it couldn't be better for me to give the town field. Chonghua hit the nail on the head and pierced the garbled code in Shen Lian's heart.
There will definitely be disobedient ministers. You can't just use the national army when you just suppress it. Using the Imperial Guards is too much to kill chickens with knives.
Jin Yiwei, it couldn't be more suitable. (To be continued......)