It seems that Lin Hai becoming the emperor is what everyone wants.

Judging from the congratulatory messages, not only did they express their hope for Lin Hai to become emperor, but they also felt that if Lin Hai didn't become emperor, the sky would fall, the earth would sink, and good weather and harvests would be impossible. There would be no hope for the old man to regain his vigor or the old woman to regain her youth. It was even very likely that the family's only hen would be affected in terms of laying eggs...

In a word: "It would be good for all of us if you become the emperor."

But as the person involved, Lin Hai had to consider more.

From Xin Yueping's words, it can be inferred that the emperors (rulers) of Liang, Chen and Xia all knew his identity, and that square figure of Xia could be considered his ally, so there was no big problem.

The emperor is nominally the master of the country, and the country is nominally owned by the emperor, but in fact, in addition to the royal family, the real control of the country is also the huge bureaucracy and gentry class. For a feudal country, these are the pillars supporting the country.

Therefore, it is of little significance if only the emperor understands it, and the emperor cannot directly tell the ministers and every gentry about the origin of Lin Hai.

For the bureaucrats and gentry, if Lin Hai proclaimed himself emperor, it would be a destruction of the existing order, which was completely intolerable for them who sought stability and "the emperor and the literati sharing the world" in their bones.

So Lin Hai knew very well that even if the emperor knew who he was, he would still need a reasonable reason to tell others that Lin Hai was worthy of the emperor.

Especially for the Daliang Empire.

After all, in name, Lin Hai is still the earl of the Daliang Empire, and he also serves as a county magistrate.

If a county magistrate can declare himself emperor, what should we, the prefects, governors, and generals, do?

If the emperor of the empire could tolerate such behavior, it either showed that he was no longer able to control his subjects, or that he was a tyrant. It could even be said that such behavior was paving the way for "the emperor should be the one with the strongest army and the most powerful horses."

Any mature bureaucrat would instinctively dislike such behavior and demand that it be corrected immediately.

This is what gives Lin Hai a headache.

He didn't want to fight another battle with anyone at this critical juncture.

After all, if he fights again, he will have to fight against the Daliang Empire or the Chen Dynasty. These two behemoths don't seem easy to deal with. What's more, everyone will have to cooperate in the future. It would be too embarrassing to fight to the death now and then eat in the same trench in the future.

Therefore, Lin Hai decided to wait and see everyone's reaction first.

After all, he is still young. To be honest, the position of emperor is just a matter of changing clothes for Lin Hai. He even wears his current outfit on a daily basis. He just dresses better when attending public events on holidays. There is no other difference.

It won’t be too late to proclaim yourself emperor when the time is ripe.

Anyway, as long as you are strong, you can become the emperor at any time.

Lin Hai also remembered that a time-travel novel he had read wrote that after the protagonist unified most of China, his official position was still a county magistrate, which resulted in the administrative officials under him being all village heads. It was nothing more than a small village head managing a county, and a large village head managing a prefecture.

If others can do it, then I will occupy a corner of the southwest. According to the orthodox political ideas of the previous life, if I fail to establish my capital in the Central Plains, then at most I can only be a small country. So I must be able to do it too.

To be honest, what Lin Hai didn't know was that he had been clinging to the position of county magistrate because he was more or less influenced by that book, which was why he had such a preference for the position of county magistrate. Otherwise, based on his previous achievements, he would have definitely gotten the title of prefect or something like that.

Moreover, he also gained the title of earl, which was not a loss at all.

Thinking of this, Lin Hai no longer paid attention to the pile of congratulatory cards on the table, and turned to Shi Zhener, who had changed her clothes, and said:

"There's no rush to become emperor."

Shi Zhen'er, who was familiar with the history books of thousands of years, did not care about what Lin Hai said.

This is what Shi Zhener thought in her heart.

"Brother Lin has fully matured and possesses every qualification to be an emperor. After all, he has even mastered the traditional three refusal and three decline tactics without any instruction. I was originally planning to give him a heads up."

Shi Zhen'er felt that what Lin Hai said now was just a game of refusing and making excuses, so there was no need to take it seriously. After a few days, everyone could refer to each other's congratulatory messages and then reorganize the language. After all, it was all the same reasons, and it was quite difficult to write them down. Then, they could submit another round of congratulatory messages.

Then Lin Hai will have to decline again...

Fortunately, the two of them were familiar enough with each other, and Lin Hai could see what Shi Zhener was thinking at a glance.

"I'm not playing tricks, I'm serious."

Now it was Shi Zhen'er's turn to be surprised. There were people in the world who were so jealous of the throne that they couldn't bear it, and there were people who were so pure-hearted that they didn't want to be the emperor, but this was the first time she had seen someone who had to postpone the throne.

What does "This is not urgent" mean?

In other words, Brother Lin himself does not reject the idea of ​​becoming emperor, but feels that it is not appropriate now?

It can't be that the day is not auspicious enough?

That’s easy. Just look at the almanac and see which day is suitable for ascending the throne.

I just don't know which almanac would write this.

"Don't let your imagination run wild. Call everyone over here and let me talk it over."

...

Fifteen days later, in the conference room converted from Nobuyokudaira's imperial study...

Although Shi Zhen'er had actually revealed Lin Hai's unwillingness to become emperor, at least not yet, of course, this was done at Lin Hai's instruction, but the people at the scene did not look very depressed.

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