"Wang Jin, do you think I am a tyrant?"
Wei Yunyi's words were spoken softly and in a low voice.
But when it was said, all the eunuchs and palace maids including Wang Jin were shocked.
Even the imperial guards were all trembling all over. Without hesitation, they all knelt down with panic on their faces.
Wang Jin, kneeling on the ground, spoke directly, "Your Majesty, that's not right. Your Majesty is a wise ruler throughout history. Just as Lord Song said, you combine civil virtue with military virtue. Your civil virtues can promote reforms and bring prosperity to the people, and your military virtues can annihilate any enemy who dares to invade and intimidate the grassland armies. With such achievements, how can Your Majesty be a foolish ruler?"
He didn't understand why His Majesty suddenly asked this question, but he was sure in his heart that his answer was absolutely correct.
No emperor likes to be belittled, so at such times, he must say all the good things he can.
Moreover, Wang Jin also believed that what was said in that speech was not false and was all true.
After all, he believed in his heart that the current emperor was indeed a wise ruler.
Perhaps your majesty asks this question.
I just want to know what outsiders think.
As for the other eunuchs and palace maids, they kept silent and lowered their heads.
In everyone's eyes, His Majesty is a gentle and benevolent monarch who almost never gets angry. How could he be a tyrant? Therefore, they also believed what Wang Jin said.
Wei Yunyi, who was standing there, fell silent after hearing this answer.
Because it doesn't sound good and it's not the answer I want.
But there's no way.
What Wang Jin said happened clearly at the morning court session.
Whether it is the reform, the substantial increase in taxation, or the affairs of Tiandu Kingdom and the grassland, they are all conducive to the increase of the fortune of the Wei Dynasty.
It can be said that for a country or an emperor, it is very difficult to accomplish any one of these three things, but now, he has done them all.
Although in fact, he did not do anything, he just arranged it casually, and that was not his original purpose.
But the current result is so beyond my expectations that I still find it hard to believe.
Therefore, Wei Yunyi was very suspicious and thought he was wrong from the beginning.
Now after hearing what Wang Jin said.
He also reflected on it.
What went wrong?
However, Wei Yunyi didn't know at the moment, but one thing he was sure of was that God was against him.
Whether it was promoting the father-in-law, implementing reforms, letting the brother-in-law lead the army, or sending the Marquis of Shenwu to the north, the original intention was to curb the luck. Who knew that all of this would backfire?
Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about it and walked back to his bedroom, ready to digest what happened today.
Wang Jin and the others naturally did not hesitate and followed behind respectfully.
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"Taifu, what do you think happened to His Majesty today?"
"Tiandu, grassland, and reform—three happy events have come one after another, yet Your Majesty, why are you not happy at all?"
At that moment, in Wenhua Hall, the cabinet's office, the Grand Secretaries gathered. Among them, the Minister of Rites, Wang Lun, was the first to speak, expressing his doubts, thinking of the emperor's appearance today.
At this time, the others also turned around and looked at the tutor.
Zhang Zhengming was actually a little confused.
So I didn't talk at first.
However, Song Gongwen laughed at this moment, paused, and then said, "Actually, I think Your Majesty is not unhappy, but hiding his emotions. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and an emperor should have the majesty of an emperor, and his emotions should not be revealed on his face. Although these three things are worth being happy about, and even celebrated by the whole world, think about it, everyone, what if Your Majesty had already guessed these things?"
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked, and then looked at each other, feeling a little unbelievable.
Your Majesty had already guessed this? How is this possible?
If that's the case.
Isn't Your Majesty really very foresighted?
So they shook their heads, thinking that this was a little unreasonable.
Only the Grand Tutor Zhang Zhengming lowered his head, looking thoughtful.
"Everyone," Song Gongwen naturally saw the other party's confusion and immediately said directly, "Think about it, everyone. Whether it was Hongzhi going to Gaoyang and serving as the Protector General of Gaoyang, or the Marquis of Shenwu going north, or Chen Xuance's mission to Tiandu, and the reforms I promoted, all of these were decisions made by Your Majesty against all odds. Could Your Majesty not know the consequences of doing so? He must have known it all long ago."
"Especially the decision to send Chen Xuance as an envoy to Tiandu. Initially, none of us understood this decision. However, facts have proven that sending Chen Xuance directly led to civil unrest in Tiandu, to the point where even King Ali was about to be replaced. This proves that Your Majesty had this idea from the beginning."
"Because our Great Wei was facing the threat of the grassland army, it was difficult to spare the attention to deal with the Tiandu Kingdom. The only way was to let them have their own internal strife, and then completely eliminate the threat to our Great Wei Wusi region."
"All of this is because Your Majesty sees things further and more comprehensively than we do. Chen Xuance is indeed not as good as Ouyang Ji in terms of writing, but Your Majesty has discovered his strengths, which is his ability to form alliances and make alliances."
"As the Minister of Rites, Lord Wang should know what Chen Xuance did after he went to Tiandu, right?"
At this moment, according to Song Gongwen's explanation, everything was already planned by His Majesty.
Although his words were so unreasonable, even too outrageous.
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