Chen Qun raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhang Yan, but saw Zhang Yan staring at him with deep eyes. Inside his eyes, it seemed like he was waiting for what he said. He lowered his head slightly and bowed, "Your Highness, I hope that the words I will say next, whether they sound good or not, your Highness will not cure me!"

Zhang Yan laughed and said, "You are my right-hand man, and I have been with me for many years. If you hadn't been guarding the rear for me and dealing with government affairs, how could I have been like today? Tell me, no matter what you said, I wouldn't blame you."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Chen Qun was silent for a moment. Because he kept lowering his head, Zhang Yan could not see the expression on his face, nor did he know what he was thinking. However, Zhang Yan did not urge 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, there is nothing wrong with moving the capital, because the construction of the new capital has been completed, and it will be a matter of time before the capital is moved. However, the sudden announcement of the capital last time will inevitably make the ministers feel a little confused. Since the emperor arrived in Pengcheng, the population of Pengcheng has surged in recent years. Many ministers in the court have settled their families in Pengcheng, and they have also purchased many industries. If they move away rashly, Pengcheng will lose its role as the capital, its prices, and land.

The price will depreciate, so in this way, the ministers in the court will lose money, and they naturally do not want to move away at that time. Moreover, Your Highness always does his own things and never discusses with others. After the system reform, although the cabinet is in name only, the members of the cabinet are useless, and the cabinet members become His Highness's puppets. Although Your Highness has the full power, he has not given the cabinet members too much. So in this way, the reform is meaningless. Why do you need to reform at the beginning?"

Chen Qun said this and noticed the expression on Zhang Yan's face. Seeing that Zhang Yan had no expression on his face, he continued to say, "Take the capital move this time as an example. It is such a big thing to move the capital. Your Highness has not yet known the members of the cabinet, so he made the decision to announce it himself, which would inevitably cause panic among the court officials. If Your Highness could discuss it among the cabinet members at that time, maybe the cabinet would give Your Highness a reasonable suggestion, when should it be appropriate to say the capital move, what obstacles should be encountered, how to solve it, etc., but Your Highness did not do this, but said it directly in the court. This is undoubtedly a matter that scares the ministers."

Zhang Yanzai listened carefully to every word Chen Qun said. There was no interruption in the middle, nor did he interrupt his thoughts. He just asked Chen Qun to say it alone. When 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 voice. In the final analysis, the movement of the capital involved too many people's interests, even including Chen Qun.

Moreover, Zhang Yan also learned another news from Chen Qun that the members of the cabinet must be full of complaints about him. Because he established the cabinet, but he implemented a dictatorship. The court officials who used to hold great power have all become slaves to the cabinet, but they are just following Zhang Yan's orders without any say. This is not what they want.

The implication is that other cabinet members except Zhang Yan thought were hinting to him, implying that he delegated the rights and allowed cabinet members to truly have rights.

To be honest, Zhang Yan was indeed a bit too dictatorial. After returning from the Southern Expedition, he became more inclined to have power. He had to know all the matters of big and small, and he had to personally investigate everything, and read a lot of memorials. Over the past few days, Zhang Yan was very tired. In addition to correcting memorials, he just corrected memorials, because he was thinking about the country he established. He wanted to understand all the matters of big and small in the country, and he wanted to solve them in his own way.

However, what he didn't know was that his governing ability was very limited and he was not very smooth in handling some things. In the past, he had been fighting outside for many years, and he handed over government affairs to Chen Qun and Zhang Zhao and others. Now, he finally came back by himself and stopped letting them touch these things, which was equivalent to invisibly undermining these people.

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

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

Chen Qun has a lot of industries, but every penny is earned back with his own financial mind, not by using his power for personal gain.

"If Your Highness really wants to continue like this, then why should you be obsessed with reform? With Your Highness's current reputation and strength, you might as well abolish the current emperor and be the emperor by yourself! In that case, Your Highness will be able to firmly grasp the major affairs of the world." Chen Qun once again tentatively said.

No one wants to be an emperor, but not everyone can be an emperor. To become a wise king, it also requires great talent.

Moreover, Zhang Yan had just restricted the imperial power and formed a cabinet, and became the emperor himself. Isn’t he a contradiction? Why did he try his best to limit the imperial power?

Moreover, Zhang Yan didn't want to be an emperor from the bottom of his heart. He felt that it was not good to be an emperor. Once he became an emperor, his descendants would kill each other because of fighting for the throne. He did not want to see such a scene. He hoped that in his lifetime, he would always be able to firmly grasp the rights of this country, leave a name for himself after his death, and leave a large amount of property for his descendants.

At present, the Han Dynasty adopted a system similar to the constitutional monarchy. There was nothing sacred about the imperial power. All the power was in Zhang Yan's hands. What's the point of being an emperor who was undermined?

After hearing Chen Qun's words, Zhang Yan said, "I can hear everything you said today. Just as you said just now, I have done something by myself recently. But I have handled it by myself. What I did wrong in this matter, and I will correct it in the future. However, the matter of moving the capital is imperative. You might as well use this matter as the beginning of collective discussion in the cabinet."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Yan stood up and said to Chen Qun: "Let's go to the cabinet."

Chen Qun looked at Zhang Yan in surprise. He never expected that Zhang Yan would humbly accept his suggestion. He was afraid that he would hear it wrong, so he asked uneasy: "Your Highness, are you really not interested in the throne of the emperor?"

Zhang Yan shook his head and said, "If I were interested in the throne, why did I restrict the imperial power at the beginning? Besides, it's not good to be an emperor. As you are now, do you think the emperor Liu Feng is not a coward? He has lost power, but he still has to be wronged. If he is an emperor like this, life is worse than death. Instead of that, it's better to be a prince, a marquis, and be more carefree."

After hearing this, Chen Qun was silent, stopped saying a word, and followed Zhang Yan to the cabinet.

...

At night, many soft sedan chairs arrived in front of Chen Qun's mansion. Those who walked out of the sedan chairs were ministers in the court. Among them were Yang Biao, Minister of Personnel, Hua Xin, Minister of Works, Wang Lang, Deputy Censor Gu Yong, Left Censor Dong Zhao, Minister of Dali Temple Zhang Zhao, Minister of Dali Temple Zhuge Jin, General Xu Chu, and even Xu Sheng, Commander of the Jinyiwei, appeared here.

The housekeeper of the Chen Mansion welcomed these ministers in the court one by one. Chen Qun received them one by one. Everyone gathered together and left the left. Then Chen Qun said, "Sir, I'm sorry to call you late at night. Today I have asked Your Highness about the throne. Your Highness's answer has disappointed us as always. He has no interest in the throne at all. It seems that changing the dynasty is a dream to make Your Highness abolish Liu Feng."

"I have said a long time ago that Your Highness has no interest in the position of the emperor, and you still don't believe it. You should believe it now, right?" The person who spoke was not someone else, but Xu Sheng, the commander of the Jinyiwei.

As soon as these words were spoken, a hint of sorrow appeared on the faces of all the ministers.

"Since that's the case, I think this matter will be given up. Just pretend that this matter has never happened." The person who spoke was Yang Biao, Minister of Personnel.

Zhang Zhao, the minister of Dali Temple, suddenly stood up and said seriously: "No! You must not give up this matter. We worked hard for Your Highness, and the whole country is about to be unified. If the dynasty is not changed, we will not even be able to make it to the founding fathers. After hundreds of years of the Han Dynasty, it has already begun to decline. Since Your Highness is unwilling to be the emperor, we will force him to be the emperor. Once the dynasty is successful, we will be the founding fathers, and our descendants will naturally enjoy the happiness. Dear masters, think carefully, is what I said right or wrong?"

Xu Chu asked with a frustrated look: "But, Your Highness doesn't want to, what can we do? Force him to be the emperor, but how should we force him to do this?"

Zhang Zhao said: "Your Highness is unwilling to be an emperor because of the existence of the Liu royal family. Now, Liu Feng is the only one left in the Liu family. As long as Liu Feng is killed, no one will inherit the emperor. Then your Highness will have to be this emperor."

"No! This is the crime of regicide. We cannot let Your Highness bear the infamy of regicide for our own selfish interests." Xu Sheng said, "If you dare to do this, I will be the first to withdraw and will report your conspiracy to Your Highness!"

Chen Qun said: "Commander Xu, please be careful not to be impatient. We will definitely not do this. Once you kill the lord, not only will your highness bear the charge, but we will also be called treacherous ministers. You must think of a perfect solution. In my opinion, it is better to let Liu Feng take the initiative to give up the position of emperor and abdicate to your highness. In this way, will your highness naturally become emperor?"

"This is a good thing, but how can Liu Feng be willing to abdicate the throne of the emperor to His Highness?"
Chapter completed!