A Cai's work The Emperor's Phoenix: The Godly Doctor and the Abandoned Concubine The Emperor's Phoenix: The Godly Doctor and the Abandoned Concubine Volume 1 2052 Negotiation, Wang Jinling resigns gracefully
To appease the people of Nanling, deal with the three dukes and the prime minister, and arrange for new officials to take over are all tasks that cannot be completed in a few days. By the time these matters were concluded, Naibao was already half a year old. Beiling, which had been fighting with Dongling for nearly a year but had failed to break through Dongling's defenses, finally could not hold on any longer. Before the arrival of winter, it announced its withdrawal and negotiated peace with Dongling!
The Ninth Prince was just trying to persuade Feng Qingchen to wean his baby when he received the news that Beiling wanted to negotiate peace. He was so depressed. If he had not still had his rationality, he would have sent troops to attack Beiling!
Beiling wants to negotiate peace, peace or war?
The Ninth Prince had already made up his mind, but he did not tell anyone else about his decision. Instead, he put the Beiling peace talks on hold for discussion at the grand court meeting.
After the Three Dukes and the Prime Minister fell, most of the people in the court were young faces. These people were easy to control, but lacked experience and acted impulsively. The Ninth Prince intended to train them.
Sure enough, many passionate young people, without caring about Dongling's current situation at all, clamored to fight back when they saw Beiling retreating.
Fight back?
If it were so easy to fight back, Dongling and Beiling would not have been in a stalemate on the border for nearly a year. Although there were strategic issues for Dongling, Feng Liyou's conservative strategy of focusing on defense was also for Dongling's own good.
After the battle with Nanling, Dongling was seriously injured and needed time to recuperate. It was not appropriate to launch a fierce attack on Beiling. On the other hand, Dongling could not take over Beiling now, so even if it took over Beiling, it would not be able to govern it properly.
A large country that is divided and each governs its own affairs can quickly establish a regime and become an independent country. However, it is not so easy to unify a country that was originally governed by its own affairs.
Although the four countries were originally one, over the years, the people of each country have become accustomed to identifying themselves as people of Beiling and Nanling. Once they are swallowed up by Dongling, they will instinctively reject it. If it is not handled properly at this time, it will definitely cause chaos.
The story that Feng Qingchen told him about Qin's unification of the six kingdoms was a bloody example. He didn't want the dynasty he founded to only last for two generations.
It is difficult to conquer the world, and it is even more difficult to rule the world. If he were alone, he would not hesitate to conquer all countries and cities with his cavalry, but he has a son, and he wants to give his son a strong and prosperous country.
He had to eat one meal at a time. Beiling and Xiling were already in his pocket, so he was not in a hurry.
Some people advocate war, and naturally some advocate peace. The war faction and the peace faction quarreled in the hall, and the Ninth Prince did not stop them, allowing them to quarrel in the hall. Wang Jinling pinched his nose with a headache. No matter how long it took, he was not used to this noisy environment. Maybe he should resign.
Once this thought came to his mind, he could never get it out of his mind. When the two factions of officials were arguing about whether to go to war or make peace, Wang Jinling was thinking about the possibility of resigning.
His personality was not suitable for being an official, and he had too much power. Now the court and the country were all controlled by the Ninth Prince, and all officials obeyed him. After the incident between the three ministers and the prime minister, no one dared to attack Feng Qingchen. They all saw clearly how much the Fengli clan protected their shortcomings, and how terrible the Fengli clan would fight back.
The three dukes and the prime minister, nine clans and tens of thousands of people, not a single one is left alive!
The tragic ending shocked the court and the public, and shocked everyone. The fate of the three dukes and the prime minister made all the ministers understand that Queen Feng Qingchen was not someone to be trifled with. As long as the Fengli clan still existed, Feng Qingchen was the noble and unparalleled legitimate daughter of the Fengli clan, and even the royal family could not bully her!
These crazy people in the Fengli clan are so terrible. In the past, they could challenge the royal family of the previous dynasty for a legitimate daughter. Now, of course, they can become enemies with everyone for the legitimate daughter Fengli.
With the Fengli clan as his backing, Feng Qingchen doesn't need him at all.
The more Wang Jinling thought about it, the more he felt that he should resign. There was nothing in the officialdom worth his nostalgia. If he was reluctant, it was probably because after resigning, he would not be able to enter the palace freely and would be further away from Qingchen, but...
"It will have to be cut off sooner or later. If you don't cut it off, you will suffer the consequences." Wang Jinling clearly understood that he must give up the idea of Feng Qingchen, otherwise he would be possessed by demons in the end, but he just couldn't let go.
"It's time to make a decision." Wang Jinling said to himself, and he did it. As soon as the grand court meeting ended, Wang Jinling submitted a letter of resignation.
"Resign? Lord Wang wants to resign?"
Wang Jinling's move truly shocked the whole country. To the civil and military officials, the shock brought by Wang Jinling's move was no less than the fall of the three ministers and the prime minister.
Wang Jinling, the emperor's favorite minister, truly second only to the emperor and above all others. The emperor's trust in Wang Jinling has never diminished. Even when Wang Jinling was in power, the emperor did not show any distrust. Under such circumstances, Wang Jinling actually wanted to resign...
"Are you crazy?" Wang's father looked at his son who was becoming more and more mature and steady. He didn't dare to say a harsh word. Even this question sounded lacking in confidence.
The Wang family is now on the rise. The Xie family is gone, the Cui family is hiding in Xiling and dares not move. The Wen, Liang and Chen families all failed to seize the opportunity and did not get the favor of the new emperor. Only the Wang family took the opportunity to soar to the top and become a top family. But at this moment, Wang Jinling, the pillar of the Wang family, wants to resign. The Wang family cannot accept this.
But no one could change Wang Jinling's decision. Not only did he have to resign from his official position, he also had to step down as the head of the Wang family.
"It doesn't matter whether I am the head of the family or not. As long as I, Wang Jinling, am alive, no one in the world will dare to look down on the Wang family. But what about the future? You should learn to walk on your own. I can't always protect the Wang family."
Wang Jinling was definitely a celebrity. When he said he would resign, he did so cleanly and would no longer be involved in court affairs. When he said he would no longer be the head of the Wang family, he handed over all the power in his hands, including the people he had privately trained in the past few years, to the new head of the family.
"Unless the Wang family is exterminated, don't come looking for me." This is what Wang Jinling said to the Wang family. After leaving these words, he packed up his things and moved to the thatched cottage outside the city.
This thatched cottage was where he lived the longest when he was blind, and it was also the home he chose for himself. No matter how far he went, he would eventually return to it.
A sea of flowers, a thatched hut, a room full of sunshine, a cup of tea, an ancient book, and a famous scholar. This is the rest of the life that Wang Jinling chose for himself.
"Why bother?" Feng Qingchen came on the first day Wang Jinling moved in. Standing outside the thatched cottage, they looked into each other's eyes, with a layer of mist in them.
"Not bitter." With a calm smile, Wang Jinling personally held a plate of freshly washed grapes in front of Feng Qingchen and said, "Try it."
He could not forget the woman who was eating grapes contentedly in the courtyard of Feng Mansion; he could not forget it at all...
He kept telling himself to let go, but if feelings can be controlled, they are no longer feelings. Wang Jinling knew that he couldn't let go, so he decided to fulfill his wish and came to the thatched cottage where he first met Feng Qingchen to spend the rest of his life...