Chapter 464 Chen Wanrong is going back

Lu Chen naturally thought about the possibility of division if two imperial courts were established, but for him, the establishment of two imperial courts was just a transition.

After the transition period is over, the imperial court in the capital will definitely be slowly dismantled, and he will send his most trusted people to the capital and station his most trusted troops in the capital.

Of course, the most important point is that he will also take his brothers and sisters to Yancheng. He will not leave those royal brothers and sisters in the capital.

By then, these officials who stayed in the capital would not have anything important to do. They would be equivalent to retiring in the capital and guarding the ancestral graves for the Lu family.

Seeing that the ministers in the court did not continue the discussion, Lu Chen knew that they should have accepted his proposal, so he continued: "After the capital is moved this time, it is possible to move back to the capital again in the future. Wait for what I have to do. After finishing it, I plan to build a new capital city."

"My dear friends, if you don't have any other opinions, you can put them forward directly."

At this time, Situ Ce stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Northern Kingdom has something called a train. It can not only travel thousands of miles in a day, but also does not need to stop to rest. Is it true?"

Lu Chen said: "It does exist. When you arrive in Anping City, you can directly take the train north. It only takes a day or two from Anping City to Yancheng."

Situ Ce said: "I suggest that after the capital is moved, a train line be built from Yancheng to the capital. This will make it more convenient for people in the capital to go north, or for people in Yancheng to go south."

Lu Chen said: "When I was in Qi State, I was already asking people to lay railway tracks. The train will be able to reach the capital in less than a year."

Situ Ce said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

With the train as a means of transportation, the time from Yancheng to the capital will be greatly shortened in the future. In this way, even if the capital is moved to Yancheng, Lu Chen can still firmly control the power in the capital.

Lu Chen saw that no one spoke again, so he said: "If no one has any other opinions, then the matter of moving the capital has been decided. After you go to court today, each of you will write a memorial and explain your opinions on the matter of moving the capital." My thoughts, and whether you are willing to follow me north, write them down in the memorial."

"I can assure you all here that whether you go north with me or not depends entirely on your personal wishes. I will not make things difficult for you. Even if you don't go north and stay in the capital, I will still arrange something for you."

After hearing Lu Chen's assurance, the ministers all said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Lu Chen actually intended to keep those conservatives in the capital. These conservatives are not easy to kill. If you kill people casually as the emperor, others will not trust you in the future. Even if Lu Chen has absolute force, Lu Chen will not do anything casually. The emperor should pay attention to the combination of kindness and power.

However, Lu Chen is someone who wants to do big things. If he leads the conservatives northward, it will be difficult to implement some future policies.

His team must be full of motivated officials. This time the capital is moved, most of the officials who will stay will be conservative officials. It just so happens that these old fried dough sticks will be left to guard the ancestral graves.

At this time, Lu Chen asked, "I've finished talking about my affairs. Do you, dear friends, have anything else to do?"

After Lu Chen finished speaking, a minister stood up and said, "Your Majesty, most of the princes have now reached adulthood, and it's time for them to be enfeoffed."

Hearing this, the ministers felt nervous.

Although they all knew that the enfeoffment might no longer be carried out, they still wanted to test Lu Chen.

Lu Chen glanced at the royal brothers standing in the main hall, and laughed in his heart. It turned out that they were evil-minded, did not want to be controlled by him, and wanted to escape and be free.

But he wouldn't give them a chance.

Lu Chen then said: "You reminded me, but I almost forgot one more thing."

"From now on, Daxia will abolish the enfeoffment system and completely switch to the county system. From now on, only gold and silver benefits will be retained for titles."

As soon as these words came out, the hall instantly became extremely quiet. The princes standing next to the ministers clenched their fists instantly. They knew that Lu Chen was going to do this.

At this time, a conservative minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty, you must not do it. Enfeoffment is an ancestral system. How can you abolish it just by saying it is abolished?"

Lu Chen immediately said: "I already have ten children this year, but I am only in my twenties. In addition, I can live for at least a thousand years. According to this calculation, when I go to the west, I will not have a thousand children." , there are also eight hundred.”

"If my children have children, and my children's children have children, will everyone be crowned king?"

"If everyone is granted the title of king, in less than a thousand years, there will be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of princes in Daxia. I am afraid that even if the lands of several major dynasties are included, there will not be so many princes. .”

this……

Hearing Lu Chen's words, the court ministers were speechless. They couldn't help but think, is the new emperor so fertile?

Isn't it true that he is already stronger than a grand master? It stands to reason that the higher the level of martial arts, the harder it is for him to have children.

And the more people practice martial arts, the more they have to abstain from sex. Why does the new emperor have ten children this year?

Lu Chen continued: "Taizu implemented the enfeoffment system back then, which was a helpless approach. He had no way to control all the land in Daxia. He could only make the king and let his children control it."

"But today is different from the past. Today's Daxia does not need a vassal king. I can still manage all the land. If one day in the future Daxia expands to the point that I can no longer manage it, then I can consider enfeoffing it."

Lu Chen's words were very informative. He was equivalent to telling the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty that he wanted to destroy other dynasties and expand Daxia's territory.

Lu Chen had finished talking about this, and no ministers continued to say anything. They also knew in their hearts that the abolition of the feudal system was the general trend. From now on, the lives of the princes and grandchildren left by the late emperor would probably be difficult.

Lu Chen glanced at the people in the hall at this time, and then said: "This matter has been settled. Dear ladies, do you have anything else to do?"

Immediately afterwards, another minister stood up and talked about the eldest prince's affairs. After discussing the eldest prince's affairs, the ministers raised many things.

After all, it was Lu Chen's first day in court, and he had naturally accumulated a lot of things during this period. However, there were many things that he did not need to deal with at all, and as a result, these ministers had to report them.

Lu Chen thought to himself that he should quickly move the capital to Yancheng and leave those matters to Zhuge Chongguang.

Lu Chen's first court meeting lasted a whole day, and the ministers all had lunch at the Xuanzheng Hall.

Lu Chen firmly felt the hard work of being an emperor. Although the emperor held great power and could get whatever he wanted, there were really a lot of things going on.

Lu Chen suddenly had the idea of ​​​​being a foolish king and just not caring about anything.

Being an emperor is too tiring.

In the evening, after going to court, Lu Chen felt extremely tired. He was about to go back to the palace. At this time, a maid came to Lu Chen and said, "I pay homage to your majesty!"

Lu Chen could tell at a glance that this maid was a maid from Fengxue Palace, and he immediately asked, "What's the matter?"

The maid replied: "Mrs. Chen said she will return to Xuanyue Palace."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I understand."

Then Lu Chen went to Chen Wanrong's place. (End of chapter)