Before he knew it, five days had passed since Zhao Xin left the capital. The day after Zhao Xin left the capital, Wang Xuance came to the capital with the group of refugees and took Zhao Xin's token to find Wang Xuance.
The news that the emperor might have left the capital spread throughout the capital, and there was nothing that could be done about it.
Although the refugees did not know that the person who rescued them was the current emperor, the emperor's departure from the capital was not something that could be kept secret.
After all, for some interested people, there are still many ways to find out some of the things in a place like the palace.
The descriptions of those refugees only indirectly confirmed everyone's speculation.
For a time, speculation about why the emperor suddenly left the capital innocently went from whispers in the dark rooms to gossip among the people after dinner.
All kinds of speculations are rising.
It seemed like everyone was talking about it all of a sudden.
The people of the capital always seem to be the ones who love to talk about "national affairs" the most in the world, and there is not much difference between different dynasties and generations, and even across time and space.
Liu Muzhi and others had no good solution for this. After all, it was impossible to prohibit such things, and there couldn't even be any intention to prohibit them.
In that case, the people on the emperor's side would feel guilty and would think that the emperor's actions were indeed immoral.
Otherwise, why don’t you let people talk?
Everyone gathered together to discuss it, and finally Liu Muzhi made the final decision: "Since it cannot be concealed, then there is no need to conceal it. As for why Your Majesty quietly left the capital at this time, there is no need to explain it specifically.
Anyway, as long as Your Majesty can return in time, there's no need for explanations and nothing can go wrong. If it takes a long time for him to return, then I'm afraid we'll have to resort to some last resort. Explanations alone won't be of any use."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement with him.
After all, the real problem in the capital now is not whether the emperor is in the capital, but that the Cui family has fallen and the court is empty. All parties want to get a piece of the pie from Cui's body.
The emperor's previous strength obviously made everyone wary, and they naturally wanted to have a showdown with the emperor before the new pattern was established, in order to decide who would have the final say in the future of the Qin Dynasty.
At least it should continue to maintain a transcendent status as in the Cui period.
For those wealthy families, there are only these two options.
Either the world is simply ruled by their representatives, or they are independent of everyone else in the world, which is the so-called privileged neutrality.
We are not against you, but don't try to control us. You still have to give us the benefits we deserve.
Most of the time in this world, wealthy families are like this, and it is the norm for them.
Only in rare cases are they suppressed.
Therefore, for wealthy families, the most important thing is to avoid this situation.
If this situation really happens, they will hide in the dark and watch the rulers slack off or replace them.
At that time, they will immediately make a comeback and make back all their previous losses with interest.
Even the fruits that the previous revolutionaries had cultivated at great cost would become nutrients for their further growth.
Liu Muzhi, Wang Xuance and others were all very clear about the nature of the aristocratic families, because they had witnessed it to some extent, and had even been part of it.
"However, Lord Xuan Ce and Lord Yu, please keep a close eye on this area and make sure they don't cause any trouble."
Liu Muzhi then instructed Wang Xuance and Yu Huatian.
Because Wang Xuance had been appointed as the Chief Censor by Zhao Xin before he left.
The Chief Censor was the second-in-command of the Grand Censor, in charge of the provincial governors throughout the country, as well as the four censors, namely the Embroidered Uniform Censor, the Administrative Censor, and the Five-Office Censor.
Among them, the Embroidered Uniform Censor actually had some overlap with the Embroidered Uniform Guard, because the Embroidered Uniform Envoys under the Embroidered Uniform Censor's command had the same work as the Embroidered Uniform Guard to some extent.
They all monitor the officials and public trends.
However, unlike the latter, they did not directly obey the emperor and could only be regarded as officials of the Central Court. Moreover, they were obviously weakened a lot in the Qin Dynasty because of the existence of the Jinyiwei.
However, Wang Xuance's control over the Censorate invisibly strengthened this functional department.
This is not because Wang Xuance specifically competes for power with the Jinyiwei.
And it was the result of Zhao Xin's trust in him.
After all, in the era of imperial power, unless the emperor was a puppet, all power was an extension of imperial power.
Who is important and who is secondary, who has power and who has no power, all depends on the emperor.
If the emperor trusts you very much, even if you are a jester holding a sinecure, you can still have great power in the court.
Because your words are effective in front of the emperor, people will naturally come closer to you.
On the contrary, if the emperor does not trust you, it is useless for you to be the prime minister, unless you are very skilled and can play games with the emperor.
Otherwise, there would be no chancellor who, upon receiving the appointment, would refuse to accept the seal and ribbon, until the emperor was furious, forcing him to accept. However, as soon as he left the house, he would burst into tears and tell others, "I'm dead now!"
Of course, the subsequent outcome was not beyond his expectations.
Moreover, although Wang Xuance, the Chief Censor, was a second-in-command, the position of Grand Censor was now vacant, and everyone knew that he was actually a Grand Censor with only real power but no title.
This is also the reason why the emperor made this appointment before leaving.
By the way, Liu Muzhi’s new appointment is Shaoqing of Sinong.
Kou Zhunren was appointed as the Shaoqing of Taichang.
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