After Sima Shu communicated with some ministers on the issue of moving the capital, he was preparing to convene a court meeting. After all, moving the capital is a major event of the country, and it must be known and supported by all the subjects, especially the important ministers of the court must have a unified opinion, otherwise, there will be many difficulties and accidents in the implementation. Therefore, it is necessary to convene a court meeting to discuss and clarify the great significance of moving the capital.

Although Sima Shu knew that once a court meeting was held, it would be equivalent to finding a place for those who opposed to vent their emotions, he still felt that it was necessary to convene a court meeting for the relocation of the capital. If the ideological problem is not solved, opinions and will cannot be unified, and all subjects cannot understand the strategic intention and determination of the imperial court to move the capital, then there will inevitably be problems in the work of moving the capital, and even premature death.

Just as Sima Shu once said to Zhang Bin, "It is necessary to convene a court meeting to discuss the issue of moving the capital, and at this meeting, we must let all the courtiers understand that moving the capital is the only way for the empire to continue to move forward, a necessary step for the empire to expand westward, an inevitable choice for the Great Jin to become stronger and bigger, and a necessary preparation for the Great Jin to dominate the world in the future." ”

"Let all the courtiers understand that relocation is the embodiment of the will of the imperial state, the trend of the times, and no one can stop it. Only by holding the court meeting in this way can we achieve the goal of moving the capital, and only then can we achieve the goal of moving the capital very smoothly. Therefore, this pilgrimage must be held. ”

For this imperial meeting, Sima Shu did a lot of work in advance, including privately convincing some Kwantung families. He will never allow any waves to occur in this dynasty, and the entire court meeting will surely become a milestone and important meeting in the history of the Great Jin Dynasty.

On November 15, the second Great Dynasty Meeting in November was held as scheduled. On this day, all the courtiers came to the palace early, shouted long live, and paid homage to the emperor Sima Shu. After the ceremony, Sima Shu was the first to speak: "My Great Jin Empire is currently strong, and this expedition to Jiangdong has achieved great success, and I am very happy in my heart. ”

"But last night I had a dream, dreaming of the ancestor Emperor Xuan, Emperor Xuan pointed at my nose and scolded, 'You have achieved a little achievement, and you are so happy that you forget it. Didn't think about anything anymore. You don't look at the situation in the world. What are the nations of the world doing? If Dajin continues like this, sooner or later it will be surpassed by other countries, I don't know why you are happy to be like this? ’”

"After listening to the words of the ancestor Emperor Xuan, I was so frightened that I hurriedly bowed down and asked the ancestor how to ensure the prosperity of my Great Jin Dynasty. Make my Great Jin stronger. But the ancestors were silent. Flick your sleeves and go west. I woke up. I am anxious, I think left and right, and I can't do anything. I don't know how to make my Great Jin even stronger? Ladies and gentlemen, you all come and talk about it. to solve the doubts in my heart. ”

Sima Shu's words made some people scratch their heads, and no one thought that the emperor would say such a thing today, and they don't know what the emperor was thinking. Therefore, above the court, there was no one to speak for a while.

Only a small number of people with high minds can comprehend, and the first assistant Zhang Bin listened to Sima Shu's words, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking in his heart: "What a Hongwu Emperor, he actually used this method as an introduction, and the means are really clever." He quietly looked around at the crowd, and saw that none of them spoke, so he did not speak first, and he waited quietly for the others to speak first.

After a while, Sima Shu spoke again: "Why, no one wants to worry about me? ”

Yang Xuanzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, thought carefully about Sima Shu's words, and thought that he had figured out a little meaning, only to see him take a step to the left and say: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't know if he should say anything?" ”

"Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it! Of course, you can say it, and you can speak freely. It's all for the good of our Great Jin Kingdom, Aiqing, please speak. Sima Shu saw that it was the old father-in-law who wanted to speak, and thought that the other party might not necessarily come to oppose it, because the Yang family did not explicitly support the proposal to move the capital, but he couldn't help the other party from saying it, so he only hoped that his father-in-law, who was not very sensitive to political smell, would not cause him any trouble.

"I heard from Your Majesty that I had a dream at night, and I dreamed that Emperor Xuan of the ancestor blamed Your Majesty. According to the old minister's humble opinion, the dream is the opposite, and Emperor Xuan blames His Majesty, which is praising His Majesty, indicating that His Majesty is doing a good job now, and there is no need to make any troubles. Your Majesty should be congratulated. Yang Xuanyi said with a smug face.

"Yes, the old man has a point." Wen Yu also walked out of the train and said: "Your Majesty's dream shows that Emperor Xuan is sure of your achievements, and it shows that Your Majesty, what you have done in the past few years has been blessed by the pioneers and ancestors, and it shows that we will continue to do it according to the current policy, which is what Emperor Xuan wants to see." Ladies and gentlemen, is what the sheep boss can say? ”

"Yes, Boss Sheep has a point." The courtiers heard them say good things about His Majesty today, and sang praises for the saints of today, who would dare not agree? Don't you say okay?

Sima Shu listened to the words of Yang Xuanzhi and Wen Xiang, and listened to the echoing voices of the courts, he really couldn't laugh or cry, he finally came up with such a method as an introduction to today's court meeting, but he didn't expect Yang Xuanzhi and Wen Xiang to explain it like this, and nip his other ideas in the bud, which was completely different from the situation he imagined.

When everyone quieted down, Sima Shu had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Although the two Aiqing just said some truth, but I still can't let go of my heart, which Aiqing can release what I think in my heart?" In my heart, I always felt that I was not steady, I always felt that the ancestor was blaming me, not praising me, and I always felt that his old man was hoping that I would do something. What did the ancestors want me to do? That Aiqing explained to me? ”

Sima Shu's words were said for a long time, and no one responded below, not that everyone didn't understand the emperor's true intentions, it was most of them who finally understood the emperor's meaning that kept the court weirdly silent. Some courtiers who supported Sima Shu were still thinking about how to pick up His Majesty's words so as to expand the public opinion advantage of moving the capital;

Other ministers who opposed the relocation of the capital expressed their displeasure in silence. None of these people were willing to let Sima Shu move the imperial capital to Chang'an, so their interests would only suffer greater losses, so of course they would not agree with the emperor's statement, so they bowed their heads one by one and remained silent.

Shoufu Zhang Bin looked around, only to see that everyone bowed their heads and was silent, and none of the courtiers stood up for a while, fortunately, he had long expected this kind of scene, he knew that most of the Kwantung families would not come out to support the emperor's relocation of the capital, because the family would only consider their own interests, where to take the interests of the country to heart, they would not grieve if the country died, as long as their interests were not lost.

The only thing I didn't expect was that Sima Shu used a dream as the introduction to today's court meeting, and the idea was not bad, but I didn't expect that the two old foxes, Yang Xuanzhi and Wen Xiang, would give such an explanation, which made Emperor Sima Shu's idea almost fall through.

Zhang Bin was about to stand up and speak, when he looked up and saw Sima Shu's eyes looking for him, and the emperor spoke again: "All Aiqing, don't you have anything to say to me?" ”

At the critical moment, Sima Shu's confidant, I saw that Zhang Bin quickly stood up after receiving Sima Shu's signal, "The minister has a word that is about to be made clear to His Majesty." ”

"Aiqing, please speak!"

"The minister thinks that Emperor Xuan first affirmed Your Majesty's actions in the past few years, which shows that you are correct, that you have made great achievements and have been praised by the ancestors.

"However, there is another point that the two lords did not point out for His Majesty, and that is that the ancestor Emperor Xuan did point out the way forward for the empire. Emperor Xuan said to His Majesty in a dream, don't let us lie on the previous achievements and sleep, if that is the case, our hegemony of the Great Jin will fall short, and our past efforts will be in vain. ”

"Therefore, we must adhere to the established policy unchanged, adhere to the policy of simultaneous development of agriculture and industry, but economic reform must be supported by a strong political foundation. Without political guarantees, the achievements of reform cannot be preserved. Therefore, the direction pointed out by Emperor Xuan is to let us continue to carry the banner of the New Deal reform and carry out the most thorough reform until our Great Jin Dynasty dominates the world and even dominates the world. ”

Hearing the words of Shoufu Zhang Bin, the courtiers widened their eyes one by one, looking at each other in surprise, no wonder people can sit firmly in Shoufu for ten years, but they can only work for half their lives for the title of university scholar. Sima Shu listened to Zhang Bin's words and felt that what he said was very reasonable, and he spoke to his heart every word. Although his heart was happy, his face did not show it.

Zhang Bin said this, paused and stopped talking, Sima Shu also said very cooperatively: "Aiqing, why don't you say it, continue to talk?" I'm about to hear it. ”

"Yes, the minister continued." Zhang Bin said, "First of all, let's talk about what other countries in the world are doing, yes, what are the countries doing?" All the nations are carrying out reforms, and they are all trying to survive! Constantine the Great of the Western Roman Empire was also reforming in order to strengthen the country, and he even prepared to move the capital of the country from Rome to Byzantium in the East! ”

"The Romans were well in Rome, so why did Constantine the Great rebuild a new capital in the East? Because he knew that the old capital could no longer adapt to the ruling needs of the new empire, and it was such a bold and flexible reform that allowed Rome to quickly get rid of the war situation and become the real hegemon of the West! ”

"All this shows that all countries are vying for the right to speak in the world and for the hegemony of the world. Emperor Xuan is right! Others are improving, if we don't progress, won't we have to be surpassed by others? ”

"Since the implementation of the new policy, we have achieved this achievement, but we are still far from the goal we want to achieve, and we are still far from our goal of dominating the world! Just as Emperor Xuan said, we are still only in a corner of the East, what qualifications do we have to call ourselves the Heavenly Empire? What conditions do we have to compete with the Western powers for supremacy? ”

"Emperor Xuan's reproaches and worries are justified, and they are very reasonable. Emperor Xuan flicked his sleeves and went west, what does this mean? This is to ask us to go west! Heading west? How does a country behave? It's nothing more than let's move the capital west! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, everyone looked at each other, panicked, opened their mouths one by one, and couldn't close them. All the courtiers, after a panic, all looked at the emperor with their eyes, wanting to see the emperor's attitude from the emperor's face. But the emperor's face was calm, and there was no surprise on his face. (To be continued......)