Although Su Yonglin made very strange requests, which shocked many knowledgeable people, he still wanted to be the emperor after all.
"People of insight" all know that once he becomes the emperor, there are many things that he cannot control himself.
The current thing is to give him the throne, confirm the title of emperor to him, and confirm this fact to him. Nothing else matters.
Therefore, Su Yonglin wants some people to accept the established facts, and some people also want Su Yonglin to accept the established facts. Both parties have their own plans, and Su Yonglin proclaiming himself emperor is the greatest common denominator that both parties can accept.
Su Yonglin's request and the compromises of the ministers were only regarded as an interlude before proclaiming the emperor, and the limelight was quickly stolen by the enthronement ceremony.
On September 29th, Zhao Zuoliang and Mrs. Zhao hurried to Zhongdu. The family was finally reunited. Zhao Xirui had a lot to say to his parents.
So Su Yonglin gave up time and space to them, and returned to the study to deal with official duties. After dealing with it for a while, he felt that he had something to say, so he sent someone to call Tian Guizi.
After a while, Tian Guizi came.
"Alang, I... no, Your Majesty, I am here."
Su Yonglin put down his pen and smiled.
"In the Song Dynasty, Emperor Zhao would not ask his ministers to call him "Your Majesty" in private, nor would he call himself "I" in private. His ministers would call him "official", and his self-proclaimed names were also varied, but there was no such thing as arrogance.
Since the Song Dynasty can do this, there is no need for strict order here. In private, just call me Alang. It sounds friendly and will not let me forget where I come from.
Sometimes I suddenly care, and I count how many people still call me Alang. Until now, there are fewer and fewer people who still call me Alang. Gezi, don’t stop calling me Alang. "
Tian Guizi laughed when he heard this.
"Since Alang is willing, of course I am fine with it. Shouting like this is really cordial, just like when we were still chatting on the salt boat in my hometown in the south of the Yangtze River. It seems that nothing has changed."
"Hahahaha, that's right. This is the Qizi in my memory. But if you really want to talk about it, it was only three or four years ago. Nearly four years ago, we were still transporting private salt on ships to the southeast coast for sale. .
Risking one's life and earning the money earned with one's life, one has to face attacks from other private salt dealers at any time, as well as attacks from local officers and soldiers. "
Su Yonglin walked to Tian Qizi with a smile and patted him on the shoulder.
"By the way, Gezi, how long have you been with me until today?"
"I was rescued by Alang's family when I was seven years old. It has been seventeen years now."
"Yes, you are one year older than me."
Su Yonglin nodded and said slowly: "Along the way, we have lost many old brothers and friends. I feel it is a pity that they did not live to see this day like us. I really want them to be with us. See this day, but it will never be possible."
"If they know that Alang uses Ming as the country's name to commemorate them, they will be very happy."
Tian Guizi looked at Su Yonglin, pursed his lips and smiled: "Alang has not forgotten them, they will be very happy, very happy."
"How could I forget them? How dare I forget them? Forgetting them, wouldn't it be tantamount to betraying our long-standing ideals? How could I do such a thing?"
Su Yonglin bypassed Tian Guizi, walked to the palace gate, and said: "Guizi, do you know why I said that I would not be the emperor, but the emperor of the people? They did not object to such a request, but silently accepted it and organized the enthronement ceremony for me. ?”
Tian Guizi walked to Su Yonglin's side, frowning and thinking for a while.
"As the saying goes, a small impatience messes up a big plan. Perhaps in their view, this is a problem that is small enough to tolerate, but they have a big plan, a more important plan."
"By the way, they have a big plan. Tell me, what is the big plan that they can't give up?"
Su Yonglin looked at Tian Guizi.
Tian Qizi thought seriously for a while.
"Maybe it's like the Song Dynasty, where the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world? They hope to gradually control important positions in the entire country through imperial examinations through temporary patience, and in this way achieve their goals."
"It's not just that, is it?"
Su Yonglin said: "They may have strong self-confidence, a self-confidence that they will definitely win and all my attempts will fail. They believe that they can achieve the final victory, so they don't mind letting me occupy the moment." Upward."
Tian Qizi's eyes widened.
"Alang, you mean...that group of people know our intentions?"
"How is that possible? What ability do they have to know our intentions? Even if they know, they can't figure out why we do this. They only judge others by themselves, and they can't think so far ahead."
Su Yonglin shook his head and said: "They may think of me as Liu Bang, that big boss who thinks he is arrogant and even humiliates a Confucian scholar by taking off his hat to urinate. They may think that I It’s because I’m too confident and don’t care about anything.”
"Do they think A Lang is Liu Bang?"
Tian Guizi only thought it was ridiculous, shook his head and said: "Liu Bang is certainly the first emperor of the common people, but how can he compare with Alang? What Alang wants to do is a major change that will last forever. What Liu Bang did was just walking into the world. It’s just the next cycle.”
"Liu Bang is not the real emperor. In a sense, Liu Bang is also the emperor of humans. If he were the real emperor, it would not be Dong Zhongshu's turn to engage in the unification of heaven and man."
Su Yonglin smiled and said: "And now, in the eyes of those Confucian scholars, I am the second Liu Bang. Because the overthrow of the tyranny of the Jin Kingdom went very smoothly, they are arrogant fools. I can imagine that they are now thinking about me because of We are in an embarrassing situation when we hit a wall at every turn and have to resort to their solutions to save the situation.”
Tian Guizi was very dissatisfied with this.
"A bunch of fat-brained bastards who are so self-righteous. Sooner or later we will clean them out from beginning to end!"
"That's natural, but before that we have to make sure we don't have any problems."
Su Yonglin looked at Tian Guizi and asked: "Guizi, we have established a new country and become high-ranking officials, but it is different from before. In the past few days, have many people you don't know come to your house to pay homage to you?"
"have."
"Did you give any gifts? Did you ask someone to say good things to you?"
Tian Guizi nodded.
"Yes, but I won't accept any of them. I won't say anything nice. I will just thank you behind closed doors and never see you again."
"You are doing the right thing. There are some bottom lines that cannot be breached even if it is just hypocrisy. No matter who it is or who invites it, the position you hold requires that you cannot be soft-hearted at all. You must be selfless."
Su Yonglin turned around and held Tian Guizi's hand: "And this is too difficult."
Tian Qizi was stunned. He looked down at Su Yonglin's hand holding his, and then looked up at the worried look on Su Yonglin's face.
"Alang, are you worried that I can't control myself and forget my true feelings?"
"Worry, I'm not only worried about you, but also about other people. I'm worried about everyone. I'm worried that you can't get together with me and become my enemy in the middle."
Su Yonglin put more strength into his hands: "It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality. Once you do something, once you break through that limit, you will have no bottom line, and you will sink deeper and deeper, unable to extricate yourself." , what should I do at that time?"
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