The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 724 Chapter 723
Chen Qun raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhang Yan, but saw that Zhang Yan was staring at him with deep eyes, as if waiting for him to say something in those eyes.He lowered his head slightly, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, I hope that what I say next, no matter how good or bad it sounds, Your Highness will not punish me!"

Zhang Yan laughed and said: "You are my right-hand man. You have been with me for many years. If you hadn't been guarding the rear for me and handling government affairs, how could I be where I am today? Tell me, no matter what you say, I will None of it will be blamed on you."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Chen Qun was silent for a while, because he kept his head down, Zhang Yan couldn't see the expression on his face, let alone what he was thinking, but Zhang Yan didn't rush him, but sat there quietly, Waiting for what Chen Qun was about to say.

After a while, Chen Qun raised his head and said slowly: "Your Highness, the matter of moving the capital is nothing, because the construction of the new capital has been completed, and it will be a matter of time to move the capital. It's just that His Highness raised it suddenly last time, which will inevitably make people feel uncomfortable." The minister felt a little hesitant. Since the emperor came to Pengcheng, the population of Pengcheng has increased rapidly in the past few years. , Pengcheng loses its role as the capital city, and its prices and land prices will depreciate. Then, the ministers of the court and China will lose money, and they are naturally unwilling to move away at that time. Moreover, His Highness always does things in his own way, never discussing with others, the system After the reform, although the cabinet exists, it exists in name only. The members of the cabinet are useless, and the members of the cabinet have been reduced to puppets of His Highness. Although His Highness controls the country's military affairs, he has not given too many rights to the cabinet members. In this way, There is no point in reforming at all, so why was it necessary to reform in the first place?"

When Chen Qun said this, he paid attention to the expression on Zhang Yan's face. Seeing Zhang Yan's expressionless face, he listened with great interest, so he continued: "Let's take this move of the capital as an example. It's such a big deal. However, His Royal Highness has not informed the cabinet members yet, and announced it on his own initiative, which will inevitably cause the courtiers to panic. If His Highness had been able to discuss with the cabinet members at that time, perhaps the cabinet would give His Highness a reasonable suggestion , When should it be more appropriate to speak about the matter of moving the capital, what resistances have been encountered, how to solve it, etc., but His Highness did not do this, but directly said it in the court, which undoubtedly made the ministers panic one thing."

Zhang Yanzai listened carefully to every word Chen Qun said, without any interruption in the middle, let alone disturbing his train of thought, just let Chen Qun speak alone.After Chen Qun finished speaking, Zhang Yan heard it in his ears, but remembered it in his heart. He felt that this was Chen Qun's heartfelt voice.In the final analysis, the relocation of the capital involved the interests of too many people, including Chen Qun.

Moreover, Zhang Yan also learned another piece of news from Chen Qun. The current cabinet members must be full of complaints against him.Because he set up the cabinet, but he implemented the dictatorship system. The courtiers who used to hold great power have become slaves of the cabinet. They are only following Zhang Yan's orders and have no right to speak. This is not what they want of.

The implication is that other cabinet members except Zhang Yan thought they were hinting to him, implying that he would decentralize power so that cabinet members could truly have power.

To be honest, Zhang Yan was indeed a bit too authoritarian. After returning from the Southern Expedition, he wanted to have power even more. He knew everything big and small, and he had to personally ask about everything, and he read a lot of memorials.During these days, Zhang Yan was very exhausted. Apart from correcting the memorials, he was only correcting the memorials, because he was thinking about the country he established in his heart. Solve it in your own way.

However, what he didn't know was that his ability to govern was very limited, and he was not very smooth in handling some matters.In the past, he was away all year round, and the government affairs were delegated to Chen Qun and Zhang Zhao. Now that he finally came back, he no longer let them touch these things. It was tantamount to making these people invisible. up.

These people are naturally unbalanced in their hearts, but they dare not speak out, they can only hide it in their hearts.

This time, the reason why Chen Qun dared to say such a thing was because of my feelings.And I hope to use this incident to remind Zhang Yan that if they really wanted to do something extraordinary, they would have done it long ago, so why wait until now?

Chen Qun has a lot of property, but he earned every penny with his economic acumen, not using power for personal gain.

"If Your Highness really wants to go on like this forever, then why should you be obsessed with reform? With His Highness's current reputation and strength, simply abolish the current emperor and become emperor yourself! In that case, Your Highness will be able to firmly grasp It's a major event in the world." Chen Qun tried again with words.

Who doesn't want to be an emperor, but not everyone can be an emperor. It takes a lot of talent to become a wise king.

Moreover, Zhang Yan had just restricted the imperial power and formed a cabinet, and then became the emperor himself. Isn't he contradicting himself? Why did he bother to limit the imperial power at the beginning?

Moreover, Zhang Yan didn't want to be an emperor from the bottom of his heart. He felt that there was no benefit to being an emperor. Once he became an emperor, his descendants would kill each other because of fighting for the throne.He didn't want to see such a scene. He hoped that during his lifetime, he could firmly hold the power of this country. After his death, he could leave his name in history and leave a large amount of property for future generations. That's fine.

At present, the Han Dynasty adopts a system similar to the constitutional monarchy. The imperial power is no longer sacred. The power is in the hands of Zhang Yan. What is there to be an emperor who has been emptied?

After Zhang Yan listened to Chen Qun's words, he said: "I heard everything you said today very clearly. Just like what you said just now, recently I have indeed gone my own way. Things that belong to your full range, but I have handled them. I did something wrong, and I will correct it in the days to come. However, moving the capital is imperative, so why not take this matter as an example? Let’s use this as the beginning of collective cabinet discussions.”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan stood up and said to Chen Qun, "Let's go to the cabinet."

Chen Qun looked at Zhang Yan in astonishment. He never expected that Zhang Yan accepted his suggestion humbly.He was afraid that he had heard it wrong, so he asked anxiously: "Your Highness, do you really have no interest in the emperor's throne at all?"

Zhang Yan shook his head and said, "If I'm interested in the throne, why did I limit the imperial power? Besides, there's nothing good about being an emperor. As it is now, do you think Liu Feng is not worthless enough to be an emperor? If you treat yourself like this as an emperor, then life would be worse than death. Instead of that, it’s better to be a prince or marquis in a cool and unrestrained manner, and be more carefree."

After hearing these words, Chen Qun fell silent for a while, and followed Zhang Yan to the cabinet without saying a word.

……

At night, many soft sedan chairs arrived at the gate of Chen Qun's mansion, and all the ministers of the court came out of the soft sedan chairs. Among them were Minister Yang Biao of the Ministry of Officials, Hua Xin of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Lang of the Imperial Palace. Gu Yong, the censor of the deputy capital, Dong Zhao, the censor of the left capital, Zhang Zhao, the minister of Dali Temple, Zhuge Jin, the young minister of Dali Temple, Xu Chu, the general of the Wei, and even Xu Sheng, the commander of the Jinyiwei, also appeared here.

The stewards of Chen's mansion welcomed these ministers into the mansion one by one, and Chen Qun received them one by one. Everyone gathered together and retreated to the left and right. Then Chen Qun said: "My lords, I'm sorry for calling you here late at night. Today I have already asked His Highness about the matter of the throne, His Highness's answer disappointed me as always, he has no interest in the throne at all, it seems that if His Highness wants to abolish Liu Feng, changing the dynasty is a foolish dream."

"I said long ago that Your Highness has no interest in the emperor's position at all, and you still don't believe it. You should believe it now, right?" The person who spoke was none other than Xu Sheng, the Commander of Jin Yiwei.

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers showed a trace of worry on their faces.

"In that case, let's let this matter go, as if it never happened." It was Yang Biao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who spoke.

Dali Temple Minister Zhang Zhao stood up suddenly, and said seriously: "No! This matter must not be left as it is. I have worked so hard for His Highness, and the whole country is about to be unified. If we don't change the dynasty, then we will not even be the founding fathers. They can't be mixed. After hundreds of years, the Han Dynasty has already gone into decline. It's time for a change of dynasty. Since His Highness doesn't want to be emperor, we will force him to be emperor. Once the change of dynasty is successful, we will be the founding of the country Yuan Xun, future generations will naturally enjoy the blessings. My lords, think about it carefully, is what I said right or not?"

Xu Chu asked with a look of frustration: "But, His Highness is not willing, what can we do? We force him to be emperor, but how can we force him?"

Zhang Zhaodao: "Your Highness does not want to be the emperor because of the existence of the Liu family. Now, Liu Feng is the only one left in the Liu family. As long as Liu Feng is killed, the emperor will have no one to inherit. Then His Highness has to be the emperor." This is the emperor."

"No! This is a crime of regicide. We cannot allow His Highness to bear the infamy of regicide for our own self-interest." Xu Sheng said, "If you dare to do this, I will be the first to quit and report to His Highness. Your conspiracy!"

Chen Qun said: "Commander Xu, please be calm and don't be impatient. We will definitely not do this. Once the king is killed, not only will His Highness be charged with crimes, but we will also be scolded as traitors. We must think of a perfect plan. In my opinion, How about letting Liu Feng voluntarily cede the position of emperor to His Highness, so that His Highness will be able to become emperor naturally?"

"That's a good note, but how can Liu Feng willingly surrender the throne of emperor to His Highness?"

Chen Qun laughed and said: "Actually, the most important thing is the Queen Mother Gongsun. As long as he agrees, Liu Feng will naturally agree..."

(End of this chapter)