The company commander of the Tiger Ben Army, who rushed to the Chengtian Gate, did not finish speaking, and the other Ming generals followed Wang Pu's pace one after another.

"Qu Dingsheng is brave and courageous, and I implore His Royal Highness the King of Qi to ascend to the throne, this is not for the King of Qi and one family, this is the livelihood of the world!"

"The minister Xu Zhichen respectfully invites the king of Qi to ascend to the throne, and the world cannot be at peace unless the king sits on the throne!"

"Surrender to Liu Yundong..."

Among the Tianjin officials and the "former Ming bureaucrats", dozens of surrendered military attachés standing on the ground knelt on the ground and collectively demanded that Li Zhi ascend the throne as emperor.

The reaction of these subordinates is not surprising, after all, these people want Li Zhi to completely control the world. They have betrayed the Ming Dynasty and are the most hated people of the Ming Dynasty. If Li Zhi's world is a little unstable, the first thing that the former Ming forces that may be killed will be them.

If Li Zhi does not become the emperor, if the person who inherits Li Zhi is a person who is influenced by the old and young of the Ming Dynasty, then these subordinates may be unlucky.

Therefore, they hope that Li Zhi can sit firmly in the country, sit firmly in the iron bucket, and pass it on from generation to generation. If Li Zhi is a leader for a few years and then relinquishes power, or if he is a leader for a lifetime and then finds a successor with a foreign surname, it is unacceptable to them.

Seeing the attitude of the ministers, the officials in Tianjin finally couldn't hold their breath.

Although Li Zhi was secretive about the persuasion of his subordinates, in fact, all the Tianjin officials could not accept the fact that Li Zhi would not be the emperor.

Although the officialdom in Tianjin was relatively united under the leadership of Li Zhi, it was also factional. Where there are people, there are mountains, and officials in one town and nine provinces will also gradually divide into different groups because of their origin, region, and culture. There is also a struggle and balance between these groups.

Although under Li Zhi's strong suppression, the factional characteristics of the officials in one town and nine provinces were not obvious, and the relationship of cooperation was far better than the relationship of struggle. But all the officials of one town and nine provinces understood that if Li Zhi did not become the leader of the world one day, the contradictions between the various factions would immediately erupt.

At present, Li Zhi's power includes the whole of China, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, India, and the New World, and various political forces are unprecedentedly complex. In fact, if Li Zhi retires, if Li Zhi does not pass on the throne to Li Huan, then the war around the heir will involve all the political forces in power and those who are not in power.

For the officials of the nine provinces in one town now, that means that the Confucian gentry who were suppressed by Li Zhi, the Ming dynasty, the conquered colonial foreign forces, the Japanese samurai forces, and foreign forces will all overthrow their shackles and win a place in the court.

For people with political common sense, this is the obvious result.

Take history as a mirror: The Northern Zhou Dynasty started with the Guanlong aristocratic group, and if there was no court change, the Guanlong group was likely to rule China for a long time. However, after Yang Jian usurped the throne to the "Sui" dynasty "Zhou", he quickly abandoned the Guanlong group and activated the Han clan, which was originally despised by the Guanlong group. After the "Tang" Dynasty and the "Sui", especially after Wu Zetian took power and established the "Wu Zhou", the Shandong Shi clan, which was originally suppressed by the Guanlong group, ascended to the court again.

The change of the blood of the rulers, the change of culture and policy, often means the change of the ruling group. This is extremely unfavorable to the officials of the one town and nine provinces who are now in power. The officials of one town and nine provinces urgently need Li Zhi to ascend the throne as emperor, pass on the throne to the bloodline, and maintain the current policy and the principle of employing people.

By maintaining the existing policies and the principle of selecting and employing people, we can maintain the strength and expansion of the Han people. This is not only a question of the interests of the entire regime, but also a matter of the interests of the Han people, and even more importantly, the interests of the officials in power.

The officials from Tianjin looked at each other for a long time, and finally couldn't help it.

In the end, everyone looked at Cai Huaishui.

Cai Huaishui flicked the sleeves of his official robe, strode out of the official queue, and stood in front of Chengtian Gate.

"Minister Cai Huaishui, humble and light-hearted, should not have participated in major events."

Li Zhi looked at Cai Huaishui, and there was no unhappy look on his face.

Cai Huaishui is not one of the highest-ranking officials in one town and nine provinces, and his status is quite special.

He is a technocrat who was invited by Li Zhi to burn glass. Over the years, Cai Huaishui has been honing in technical positions, from supervisor to manager, and then from manager to general manager. Under the command of Li Zhi, he conscientiously expanded Fanjiazhuang's glass, optical lenses and steel industries, and finally became the general manager of Fanjiazhuang's civilian industry. At present, the indispensable production capacity of Fanjiazhuang's civil industry is dispatched and commanded by Cai Huaishui.

However, although Cai Huaishui is a technocrat with no time, he has no soldiers and horses and no territory. He manages factories and workers, and these people will not be loyal to Cai Huaishui just because he is the chief manager.

Although many technocratic officials respect Cai Huaishui, technocrats have always kept a low profile in one town and nine provinces, and do not participate in political affairs.

If every word of a powerful person like Zhong Feng, Zheng Kaicheng or Zheng Hui has a huge impact and represents the idea of several provinces or an army, then the only thing that people like Cai Huaishui speak is the heart of the bureaucracy.

Cai Huaishui does not have a basic plate, so he can speak boldly. Even if he disobeys Li Zhi's ideas, there will be no bad consequences.

Cai Huaishui said loudly: "Jun Shang advocates public morality every day, and officials in one town and nine provinces pay attention to public morality. However, public morality is also a kind of order, and it will be encroached upon and destroyed by those who do not abide by virtue and do not obey the order, if there is no strong force to guard it! It could collapse in a year or two! “

"Except for the king, the minister does not believe that other people have the power, prestige and strength to maintain public morality."

"The minister implores the king to ascend to the throne and become the emperor, because the morality and order of the society need to be guarded by the king. It's not for one person, one family, it's for Huaxia! “

"The minister implores the king to ascend to the great treasure, reign over the world, maintain public morality, and guard the order!

Cai Huaishui's words are very good and in place. Although Li Zhi does not like the persuasion of his subordinates, Li Zhi advocates public morality. Cai Huaishui raised the meaning of persuasion to the realm of maintaining public morality, which made Li Zhi have nothing to say. Hearing Cai Huaishui's words, the officials of one town and nine provinces found an opportunity to persuade them.

The officials of the nine provinces in the town behind the Jinshui Bridge all knelt down and repeated Cai Huaishui's words in unison: "The ministers implore the king to ascend to the great treasure, reign over the world, and protect public morality!"

"The ministers implore the king to ascend to the great treasure, reign over the world, and protect public morality!"

When Li Zhi saw Wang Pu's persuasion just now, he knew that the officials of one town and nine provinces would follow up. At this time, he was not surprised to see his subordinates kneeling down in unison, but his face became more and more solemn.

Standing at the top of Chengtianmen, the "important ministers of the Qi State" on both sides of Li Zhi glanced at each other, knowing that they could also express their position.

If they didn't dare to stand up before, for fear that Li Zhi would be angry with them and intervene in major events, now the situation is different. Now that the situation has turned one-sided, they are now only responding to the situation.

Li Xing shook off the front of his official robe and knelt on the ground.

"Brother on the merits of the history, shaking the ancient and modern, the younger brother implores the brother to ascend to the throne, the warp and the world!"

Zheng Kaicheng, Zhong Feng, Zheng Hui and other important civil and military ministers bowed down one after another, and shouted loudly: "The ministers and others implore the king to ascend to the throne, and the world will be longitudinal!" ”

Seeing that the important ministers on the Chengtian Gate also knelt down, all the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army who maintained order followed and knelt down, expressing their wishes with their actions. And the prisoners of the "former Ming bureaucrats", who had no right to speak, did not dare to stand anymore, and knelt down one by one.

In the end, even the former Ming prince, "Chengenhou" Zhu Cihong, also folded his hands in front of him and knelt respectfully in front of the Jinshui Bridge.

In the entire vicinity of Chengtianmen, except for Li Zhi, who was standing at the highest place, there was no one standing.

Everyone couldn't help but raise their heads and look at Li Zhi.

The eyes of the people in the capital were full of eagerness and nervousness. Li Zhi is not an ordinary person, full of new ideas and new ideas, and they are afraid that Li Zhi, who has always been different, will say no.

However, Li Zhi also understands that his own business needs to be helmed by himself. Others do not have the conditions and prestige to do their own degree.

Li Zhi glanced at the dense crowd above and below Chengtian Gate, from the east to the west, from above to below.

He was silent for a minute.

"Good!"

Hearing Li Zhi's affirmation, everyone's eyes lit up.

This good word seems to mean that Li Zhi has finally decided to ascend to the throne of God and rule over China.

Sure enough, Li Zhi said his decision word by word, and did not disappoint the people who were waiting for Yin Yin.

"I, Li Zhi, will establish the dynasty from today."

"The country name is Qi, and the year name is Gongde."

"I, Li Zhi, from today on, will be the emperor of Great Qi! Emperor of all Han Chinese! ”