Chapter 27 Relocation of the Capital

Your Majesty wants to eat fresh anchovies.

Your Majesty wants to eat fresh anchovy by the Yangtze River.

"Angong" was originally set up for the sacrifice of the temple in early July.

His Majesty wants to eat fresh anchovies by the Yangtze River, which means that His Majesty wants to sacrifice the Taimiao Temple with fresh anchovies by the Yangtze River.

The temple stands in the national capital.

It can be seen from this that His Majesty wants to move the capital of the country to the Yangtze River!

Your Majesty wants to move the capital back to Nanjing!

Listening to Zhang Shilang's analysis of the Tao, Li Congyuan stroked his long beard in his hand, and said after a while:

"Zhang Shilang, it really doesn't make sense to think that Your Majesty wants to move the capital just because Your Majesty wants to eat a bite of fresh fish."

Zhang Shilang was anxious and angry in the morning, his beard was cocked, and seeing that Li Ge Lao refused to believe it, he said bitterly:

"Elder Li Ge! When did your majesty ever reason with you?! Didn't he keep saying that he was going to train in the clouds, but he led people directly to the enemy camp? I think that when His Majesty first ascended the throne, he was about to go to Yongchang Temple to become a monk with a razor in his hand! ”

Thinking of the old things, Zhang Shilang was in tears, His Majesty has been on the throne for seven years, and he has been frightened for seven years, but if His Majesty is a reasonable person, how did the hair on the top of his head fall out?

Seeing that his colleagues almost burst into tears, Li Congyuan sighed.

His Majesty suddenly sent troops in the clouds because the generals in the clouds had no heart to win the war, and His Majesty wanted to become a monk because the Queen Mother wanted to build a three-zhang high pure gold Buddha in Yongchang Temple in order to pray for the first emperor.

"Although Your Majesty is indeed a little reckless and moody, Your Majesty is Your Majesty after all, the king of a country, but there must be a reason for doing so. Zhang Shilang, don't cry in a hurry, today I will go to the palace to serve Your Majesty, and I will also ask Your Majesty what he means. ”

Although he comforted Zhang Shilang like this, Li Congyuan was not a little sure in his heart.

Jiangnan is rich, and His Majesty is greedy for pleasure, even if he will not move the capital, he will build a new palace in Jiangnan, which will always cost a lot of money.

Before, His Majesty wanted to repair the West Garden, but he couldn't, and he didn't make a big fuss, it turned out that he was waiting for them here, old bones!

Li Congyuan put on his new official uniform, looked at the newly changed chrysanthemum scenery on it, and remembered the reward sent by His Majesty yesterday.

"Madam, the 10,000-volume book Bai Ju sent by His Majesty is still bothering you to collect the fallen petals for me."

His wife, Michael, yawned and smiled, "What's wrong?" Do you still want to put those petals on your body to flatter Your Majesty? ”

Mi's words are not without purpose, the last emperor Yongmingzong did not pass the official department, Dayong flattered the upper and lower officials, the courtiers flattered the monarch, and even the elder of the pavilion offered the emperor a prescription pill to invite favor, and there is still a legacy to this day.

Li Congyuan smiled: "Our Majesty doesn't like this, I tie the chrysanthemum petals to my body, it is better to hang a gold leaf...... I made those chrysanthemums into tea, and after I drank them, I was grateful for the emperor's grace and had less liver fire. ”

After saying that, he took a heavy breath, put on his black gauze hat, and finally set off for the palace in the morning light.

When Li Ge Lao entered the palace at three o'clock, His Majesty was not in the main hall of Qianqing Palace, he followed the two dog eunuchs to the East Warm Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, but saw that His Majesty was reading books on the second floor of the immortal tower.

The morning light is faint, under the light of the hanging window, several candles are reflected around, the book dust between the heavy bookcases is faintly floating in the air, and the young monarch of the Dayong Dynasty stands tall and jade standing on that high place and looks at the books in his hands attentively, with a calm expression and a calm demeanor, which makes people have some trust for no reason.

Li Congyuan shook his head before he remembered that their majesty had never been a quiet and calm person.

Well, His Majesty must not want to build a palace in Jiangnan.

If His Majesty is willing to build the palace in Nanjing, it will be a ...... It's not that it's not negotiable.

Li Ge Lao was relieved in his heart, and he was willing to take a small step back.

Closing the account book in his hand that the imperial court had rewarded the vassal kings over the years, Shen Shiqing put one hand behind his back and walked down the immortal tower in a few steps.

"Li Shangshu, I heard that the prince of England is going to enter Beijing, and I remember that since I ascended the throne, I have given a lot of rewards to the king of England, but I haven't seen the king of England send anything valuable to Yanjing."

After thinking about it in his heart, Li Congyuan said: "Your Majesty, the first emperor was gracious, sympathetic to the difficulties of the rule of the vassal kings in various places, and he has been gracious to the vassal kings many times. ”

That is to say, the first emperor is too good, every time the vassal king pays tribute, he has to say a bunch of kind words, and he has to give a bunch of rewards, and over time, the things that the vassal kings pay tribute every year during the festival will become more and more "face-loving".

What did the first emperor do, Shen Shiqing thought of the various edicts he had seen in the past these days, and his heart was really full of disrespect for the first emperor.

The first emperor, who has always been lenient and benevolent, is simply a bodhisattva who gives and asks when facing the vassal king with the same surname Zhao, not only no longer allowing the sons of the feudal kings to stay in Yanjing and staying in the fief all the time, but even allowing some once convicted princes to regain the armor guards controlled by the vassal king himself.

The number is not very large, according to the ancestral system, that is, three thousand.

It is more than enough to rob the house and occupy the mountain as the king.

The ancestor of Zhao Jiqu, the king of Yingjun, was once abolished because of his rebellious words, and when he inherited the throne as the eldest son, he repeatedly played to the first emperor, and put forward some false words that the vassal king should reduce the use of the degree to benefit the country, which made the first emperor happy and gained a lot of benefits. Until Emperor Zhaode ascended the throne, Emperor Zhaode regarded the vassal kings as insects who could only spend money and could not make money, and he did not have a good face for a group of vassal kings, and Zhao Jiqu's annual rewards were not as rich as before.

Last year, Emperor Zhaode went west, and the king of Yingjun offered ten very good horses, and Emperor Zhaode liked it very much, so he gave him the head of the little prince of the capital department to give him "fun".

But it can also be seen that compared with other vassal kings, Emperor Zhaode is also willing to give the British king some face, even if it is for the sake of a good horse.

Shen Shiqing took a book of folds from the table and handed it to Li Congyuan:

"This excerpt is the king of England in the eighteenth year of the advance, he said on the excerpt that the Dayong Dynasty began in the grass, as the descendants of the Zhao family, you should not forget the hardships of your ancestors, wear cloth clothes and eat coarse grains for one month every year."

Li Congyuan glanced down and saw a piece of hypocrisy that filled the lines.

He has seen a lot of this kind of thing in the twists and turns of the vassal kings, what dreamed of the ancestors, what dreamed of fighting for Dayong's bloody battlefield, what dreamed of a dragon hovering over Yanjing City, in fact, he was just afraid that His Majesty the Emperor would forget that they were also surnamed Zhao, and reminded His Majesty not to forget them.

Something like this can be stored for eighteen years, and Li Congyuan feels that this is purely because the place in the palace is too big.

Closing the recital, Li Congyuan was just about to speak, when he heard their Emperor Majesty say:

"I think that's a good idea."

Li Congyuan: ......

Shen Shiqing wore a sky-blue cross-collared straight-fitting robe embroidered with a dragon and walked back behind the bookcase.

"The King of Yingjun spoke earnestly, the first emperor only praised the King of Yingjun because of his compassion for the old kings of several old feudal kings, and now the oldest of the vassal kings in various places is only more than forty, just to do this policy, the King of Yingjun has made a meritorious decision, and the prince of Yingjun has entered Beijing and rewarded him with a tribute silk."

Li Congyuan stood in place, thinking in his heart, this matter is not a big deal, after all, it is a family matter of the Zhao family, and it is a small ...... It's really not big! Anyway, the vassal kings eat chaff, drink vegetables, and wear sackcloth, which has nothing to do with them, the civil and military ministers, and the people of the world.

Besides, Li Congyuan has not forgotten that he still has a tough battle to fight.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that King Yingjun's policy is good, but this matter should be discussed with the Zongren Mansion after all."

Shen Shiqing nodded, according to Emperor Zhaode's prestige, as long as the courtiers did not object, the Zongren Mansion had nothing to say.

It's a foregone conclusion.

"Your Majesty, it's autumn ......" Li Congyuan wanted to take the opportunity to mention Jiangnan to explore His Majesty's tone.

His Majesty the Emperor said with some concern: "I don't know if there is enough forage for horses everywhere, and there is a piece of fodder for the Taifu Temple?" ”

His Majesty just asked about Ma Zheng, and Li Congyuan finished talking without paying attention, and an hour had passed when he came back to his senses.

After all, he didn't talk about anything related to moving the capital or the palace.

When he returned to Wenyuan Pavilion, he saw Yang Zhai and others looking at him with blazing eyes before he entered the door, which showed that everyone knew about "His Majesty's intention to move the capital".

Li Congyuan waved his hand to reassure his colleagues:

"Your Majesty is now diligent and inquisitive, preoccupied with political affairs, and has the matter of pro-conquest hanging in his heart, how can he easily want to move the capital? You and I have been in front of the emperor for a long time, and you must not figure out the emperor's heart for a little thing, and make people in the court panic in vain. ”

Yang Zhai opened his mouth, and he also felt that what Li Congyuan said made some sense.

Several pavilion elders were calm and calm, and Wenyuan Pavilion gradually became as usual, and when it was close to noon, a little eunuch suddenly carried a food box to Wenyuan Pavilion.

Leading the way was the three-cat eunuch with a kind smile.

"Your Majesty sympathizes with the hard work of the elders, and specially ordered our family to prepare a chrysanthemum fillet porridge for the elders of the pavilion to add vegetables, this fillet is made of fresh carp, Your Majesty likes it very much, and bluntly said that the freshness of the carp is more than the anchovy from afar."

The little eunuchs put down the porridge and walked lightly.

Yang Zhai looked at the porridge, then at Li Congyuan, and then at the porridge.

"Elder Li Ge, you just asked me not to think about it too much, what are you thinking about now?"

Li Congyuan picked up the porridge bowl, and could only smile bitterly and said:

"Chrysanthemums are on fire, I'll eat more!"