However, Guo Longyun did not have any dislike for this, but was very glad that His Majesty to whom he was loyal was not a hypocrite full of benevolence and morality, but a powerful hero, and only such a person could lead himself and a group of Chinese army soldiers and staff to create such a great foundation as the empire.

And although Lin Zhe is ruthless in dealing with foreign enemies, he treats the founding heroes quite well, not to mention the civil officials, except for Bi Yutong, who committed Lin Zhe's taboo in his early years, the others have basically been fulfilled in his official career, and even Jiang Daoquan, an old stubborn, can work in the position of an associate minister until the age of seventy-six.

On the military general's side, although in the name of the Command Committee, the military power of the most powerful bigwigs in the military was taken away, and a large number of senior generals were also updated by turning into reserves, but Lin Zhe did not cook like many founding monarchs, although he collected the military power of senior military generals, but he did not say that they were cleaned and killed one by one, in this regard, Lin Zhe and Zhu Di's approach is relatively similar.

That is, Lin Zhe is sure to suppress these military generals, and at the same time, he also wants to retain these military aristocrats and form a balance with the civilian system.

The civil and military fought each other and reached a balanced situation, which was the result of Lin Zhe's efforts in the past two decades, when the military was too strong in the early years, he suppressed the military and supported the cabinet.

When the cabinet has become strong in recent years, but the military has weakened, he deliberately supported the voice of the military.

If you look at Lin Zhe's methods and means of handling domestic affairs over the years, then you will find that he has always followed a basic principle, that is, 'balance'.

He kept the military and the cabinet in balance, he kept the many bigwigs in the military in balance, kept the navy and army in balance, and kept the many bigwigs in the cabinet in balance.

For example, during the Siberian War, if Lin Zhe was willing, he could have decided to allocate temporary war funds to the army a long time ago, but he didn't, but let the army solve it on its own, for which the army paid a lot of money, and the price paid by the army can slightly balance the strength of the army after the Siberian War.

In other words, at the beginning of the Siberian War, Lin Zhe considered that the army would be too strong after the victory of the war, so he wanted to suppress it, otherwise it would be difficult to maintain the previous balance.

Balance is the political foundation of the current empire, and it is also the core element of Lin Zhe's control of the power of the entire empire.

What Lin Zhe has done, Guo Longyun can naturally see it, and the person who can become the prime minister is naturally not stupid, and even to a certain extent, people like Guo Longyun, Xue Huan, and Jiang Daoquan are more clever than Lin Zhe in playing with power, so that they can't see Lin Zhe's thoughts.

But what can they do, they have to obediently follow Lin Zhe's arrangement as usual, because they know very well that Lin Zhe is the emperor, and they are just courtiers.

Lin Zhe's character, analyzed from many aspects, is quite complex, and cannot be simply described as good or bad, but there is one thing Guo Longyun is very clear, that is, his majesty has never been a hesitant person, decisive and resolute in case of trouble, once he decides to do it, he will do it until he succeeds.

This kind of momentum is something that most people don't have.

A large-scale Siberian war, Lin Zhe said that it was big, and the decisions he made before and after were only a few days at most, and even Guo Longyun suspected that his majesty had not considered the cause and effect at all, but after seeing the opportunity of the Russian-Turkish war, he did not hesitate to prepare to start a war, and then bit off a large piece of Russian flesh.

Isn't the rise of the empire just by the decisiveness and resoluteness of His Majesty again and again!

When the Chinese Empire was first established, when it was partial to southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang, Lin Zhe personally led the army to the west, and then killed all the way to Nanjing, thus completely laying the huge foundation of the empire.

If the Western Expedition in 1857 failed, I am afraid that the consequences would be absolutely catastrophic, but was His Majesty afraid at that time? Hesitant?

No!

To analyze Lin Zhe's character, you don't have to stay by Lin Zhe's side every day, to see his joy and anger or what he said, or even what he does specifically.

You only need to look at the history of the rise of the empire, basically you can give a complete analysis of Lin Zhe's character, from 1853 to 1878, from Yongying in Yuyao County to the Chinese Empire, which has now become one of the great powers, the history of the rise of the empire is the best portrayal of Lin Zhe.

And what would such an emperor, a founding king, ask of his heir?

Could it be that it will only satisfy a Confucian monarch with traditional benevolence?

Guo Longyun doesn't believe it!

Not only Guo Longyun guessed who would be the crown prince, but most of the others were also the same, but due to Lin Zhe's high-pressure policy on the issue of the reserve in the past twenty years, no one dared to openly discuss the issue of the prince for a while, but they were all able to guess that now His Majesty has decided to establish the prince, and I am afraid that the candidate for the prince will be known in a short time.

And these people's speculations were not wrong, in mid-August, Lin Zhe announced that he would knight courtiers who had made significant contributions to the empire in recent years, and this time the scale of the knighthood would be the largest since the great feudal heroes in the sixties.

Many well-informed people have already found out that this time there will be at least thirty new nobles, and a considerable number of nobles will receive higher titles.

At this time, a large number of important military and political dignitaries in other places also returned to Nanjing one after another.

Many people are also speculating that His Majesty will take this opportunity to officially establish a prince!

On August 19th, a large number of courtiers began to enter the palace to participate in the knighthood ceremony, on this day, Lin Zhe newly crowned thirty-five nobles in one go, and many of the original low-level nobles were crowned, from baron to viscount, or from viscount to earl, or from ordinary earl to titled earl, marquis, etc.

One of the most eye-catching is the former commander of the 1st Cavalry Detachment of the 12th Army, Su Jinyu, who was awarded the title of baron before the end of the war because of his outstanding achievements in the Siberian War, and after the war, he was promoted to lieutenant general and served as the director of cavalry.

And this time in the knighthood ceremony, he was specially promoted to the Earl of Beihai, this Beihai is the ancient name of Lake Belga, because of Su Jinyu's continuous battles on the shore of Lake Belga, so this place is hereby used as his title.

In addition to Su Jinyu, there is also Si Xiangong, the former commander of the Fifth Army, who was originally a senior lieutenant general and baron of the army. Because of the capture of Nebuchu, the last way to Chita, for the empire to take Siberia made a great contribution, so after the war was promoted to army general, and transferred to the post of deputy chief of staff operations.

And this time, he was awarded the Marquis of Xibo, becoming the only marquis to be promoted in the empire in recent years.

The conduct of the knighthood ceremony has attracted the attention of many people, some people are happy and some are crying, but these people know that this knighthood ceremony is just the beginning, because Lin Zhe did not let these courtiers leave Nanjing after the knighthood ceremony.

For a time, there was a lot of discussion in Nanjing and even in the entire empire, and many bold people couldn't wait to stand up and began to write to ask for the establishment of the crown prince and stabilize the country.

To the surprise of many people, these ministers who asked for the crown prince were not dismissed, demoted or other punishments, and these folds were left behind.

At this time, almost all the powerful people already knew that this time His Majesty was really going to make a prince.

On the third day after the knighthood ceremony, Lin Zhe held a very rare court meeting, which was similar to the Ming and Qing dynasties, which was often not held once a year, and each time it had a strong symbolic meaning.

And this time, everyone knows that this is a great court meeting held for the establishment of the crown prince!

On August 22nd, in the Xinhua Hall of the Imperial Palace, many courtiers who were qualified to go to the court were lined up according to their respective positions and titles, and these people not only had military and political dignitaries who were in office, but also some military generals in the reserves, and former civilian officials and bigwigs of Zhishi, such as Xue Huan and Jiang Daoquan, all came to attend in the name of nobles.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, the six princes also entered the main hall, and then stood in front of the ministers, the six princes were still at a loss for the two grades, and the four princes were the older ones with apprehension and expectation on their faces.

These four princes already know that today is the time to decide the fate of their lives.

Unlike the foreign ministers' speculations, these four princes knew a few months ago that their father had begun to conduct targeted assessments on them, in addition to allowing them to frequently participate in the imperial meetings and speak.

In private, Lin Zhe would take specific matters to them to make suggestions and even make decisions almost every day, in order to avoid interference from the outside world, Lin Zhe even suspended the classes of Pingrentang, so as not to interfere with the prince's decision.

What Lin Zhe needs is their own decision!

And their views and decisions on various military and political affairs will directly affect Lin Zhe's judgment on whether they can become the prince.

After more than two months of this kind of assessment, today is finally about to be seen.

At 9:30 a.m., as the director of the Secretariat came in, he sang: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Immediately, these ministers, including the six princes, all knelt down one after another, shouting long live long live long live, this kind of kneeling and bowing can only appear on this kind of court, and it can not be seen in ordinary times.

When the ministers looked up again, they already saw Lin Zhe sitting firmly on the huge dragon chair, which was still moved from the Forbidden City in Beiping, and dozens of emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties had sat on it, and now it was moved to Nanjing and became the emperor of the Chinese Empire.

However, this is placed in the hall on the first floor of the Xinhua Palace, and this hall is generally used for large-scale court meetings, ceremonies and other activities, so Lin Zhe only sits once or twice a year.

Usually, Lin Zhe works in his office.

After taking their seats, they listened to the head of the Secretariat singing 'Pingshen', and many ministers slowly stood up.

This kind of court meeting is generally not to discuss affairs, but is more used to promulgate some major legal matters, so after a ceremonial recital, soon there are officials from the secretariat, and then read aloud with an edict in hand: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Maotu is divided, and the screen is ...... in the imperial room."

The number of words in this edict is actually not short, but many people have guessed when they hear the first few words of this edict, but they have already guessed that this is an edict of a prince, because it seems to be used at the beginning of the edict instead of a summon, if it is a prince, add an official into the lord, etc., so it is usually used to say, but if it is an edict of the prince, this is not an ordinary holy decree of adding an official to a lord, but a national event, which needs to be announced to the world, so it is generally used to summon it.

This first edict was sealed by the fourth prince Lin Xuan, who was named the king of Jinjun.

On today's occasion, if you are crowned king, you can basically be sure that you will not have a chance with the crown prince, because judging from the number of secretariat officials standing next to Lin Zhe, it is exactly four copies, no more, no less, one for each prince, and there will definitely be a share of the holy decree of the crown prince.

Sure enough, hearing that he was named the queen of Jinjun, the face of the fourth prince Lin Xuan showed a helpless look, although he also knew that he had little hope of becoming the prince, but as a prince, basically everyone had the dream of becoming a prince and becoming an emperor, and today, his dream has been shattered.

After the first decree is finished, it is the second decree, which begins with the emperor in heaven, and these eight words, there is no doubt that this is still a holy decree of the king.

It's just that among the three people, the eldest prince Lin Xuan, the second prince Lin Xuan, and the third prince Lin Ye, which of them will be crowned king next to the fourth prince? In other words, which of these three princes will lose the battle for the crown prince? (To be continued.) )