If it is said that the world can best conform to the trend of the situation, it is none other than Confucianism!

Being able to kill from the hundreds of schools of thought during the Warring States Period, and steadily occupying the height of the temple for more than a thousand years, what Confucianism is best at is compromise.

Although Confucianism advocates the idea of loyalty to the king, the king of heaven and earth is a teacher, and the king is still above his relatives. But when the situation turned, they were the first to abandon the king.

Therefore, no matter which dynasty it is, the descendants of Confucius Sheng, the Holy Father of Qufuyan, Shandong Province, all enjoy wealth and nobility steadily. Therefore, even if the barbarians occupy the Central Plains, even if the Confucian scholars cut their hair and change their clothes, they will gladly defect to the new master.

Of course, they will whitewash their behavior, such as the reincarnation of the five virtues, such as the good minister choosing the lord to serve, such as the exhaustion of qi, and so on. And at this time, the loyal monarch they had been advocating and the most loved by the king was left behind!

The Donglin Party is nothing more than a loosely organized association, and even if Qian Qianyi is the leader of the Donglin Party, there is actually no restraint on its members. Therefore, Qian Qianyi knows that even if he refuses to compromise, there will be countless Donglin Party members crying and shouting to defect to the upstart, and it is not at all that he can stop it.

The king of Qi has become a great trend, even if it is easy to usurp the throne, this situation is well known in the court, so where is there anyone who is willing to go against the king of Qi!

As for Qian Qianyi himself? And how many disciplines can be expected from a person who can't even stand water cooling?

The reason why Qian Qianyi hesitated was just thinking about how to seek greater benefits for himself!

Resistance is bound to perish, and surrender is the only way out. But even if you surrender, you have to do your best for yourself!

"Your Majesty has issued an order, and we have already written a letter to express our sincerity, but why is King Qi still reluctant to enter Beijing?" Qian Qianyi said to himself.

"The rebels have not been completely pacified, King Qi may want to wait until the rebels are completely destroyed and the entire southeast is recovered before returning to the division!" Li Zhan replied.

Qian Qianyi shook his head: "We know what is going on with the rebels, where do we need King Qi to personally command and exterminate them?" King Qi's refusal to return to Beijing was mostly due to scruples. ”

"Scruples? What scruples? Li Zhan asked.

Qian Qianyi said: "Maybe it's because of his identity. Although the king of Qi is a vassal king of the opposite sex, his official positions and titles have reached their peak. But we all know King Qi's intention to return to Beijing, that is, to truly uphold the country's rule!

King Qi is loyal and willing, unwilling to take the throne away from His Majesty, but he will no longer let power fall. But after all, the king of Qi is only a military general, in what name should he rule? This is probably where King Qi hesitates. “

"Bingguo is in power?" Li Zhan suddenly smiled bitterly, "Could it be that King Qi wants to be the head of the cabinet?" But Daming doesn't have the rules of a military general or a noble being the first assistant. ”

"No, that's why King Qi hesitated to enter Beijing." Qian Qianyi sighed, "Therefore, we must think of a way to not only allow the King of Qi to govern, but also not affect the reputation of the King of Qi's loyalty." If this problem is solved, King Qi's return to Beijing will be on the agenda. ”

After the king of Qi returned to Beijing, the imperial court could officially select officials to Jiangdong and Zhejiang and Fujian, and the family property of the Donglin party officials and gentry could be hopefully returned.

"What kind of way can I do it?" Li Zhan couldn't help but ponder.

In fact, the best way is to set up a prime minister, and the king of Qi will serve as the prime minister. However, the Ming Taizu left a holy decree that the future emperors were not allowed to reset the position of prime minister. If Qian Qianyi and others proposed to re-establish the post of prime minister, it would be tantamount to blatantly violating the will of Taizu, and they would not be able to pass the test with Chongzhen. After all, Chongzhen is still the Ming Emperor, how can he bear the reputation of disobeying the will of Taizu?

"Or, how about we play Your Majesty and appoint King Qi as Pingzhang, or Shang Shuling?" Li Zhan suggested.

"Not to mention that Pingzhang and Shangshu are both the titles of the prime minister, and I don't have Shangshu Province and Zhongshu Province in the Ming Dynasty, what are you talking about Pingzhang and Shangshu Order?" Qian Qianyi said.

Li Zhan was suddenly silent, the official system of the Ming Dynasty was completely different from that of the Tang and Song dynasties, and it was really awkward to be rigid.

"Actually, we might as well send someone to ask King Qi what he means, as long as King Qi is satisfied, everything is fine." Li Zhan said softly.

As long as King Qi is satisfied, is it okay? Qian Qianyi glanced at Li Zhan and knew that the person in front of him had no care about anything for his net worth and property. But this is also in line with Qian Qianyi's thoughts.

So, in the name of the imperial court, Qian Qianyi sent his protégé Zuo Zhongyun Marquis Fangyu as an envoy to Hangzhou to deliver a decree to reward King Qi, but in private he asked King Qi what he thought.

Hou Fangyu did things very quickly, and it only took ten days to go back and forth, and told Qian Qianyi the meaning of Chen Yue, the king of Qi.

"Provisional President of the Ming Empire, what is this?" Qian Qianyi muttered, "Chaozong, is this really what King Qi meant?" ”

Hou Fangyu said aggrievedly: "Teacher, the student only met the King of Qi when he read the holy decree, and then he had no chance to contact the King of Qi. I asked to see me several times, but the king of Qi refused to see me. This is still a private request to see Wang Yin, the former southeast governor of the important minister next to the king of Qi, and from where the king heard it, it should be the meaning of the king of Qi. ”

"From Wang Yin's mouth?" Qian Qianyi nodded, "That's it." ”

Wang Yin is Chen Yue's descendant, Chen Yue refuses to come forward, Wang Yin's words can naturally represent Chen Yue, this Qian Qianyi is undoubted.

However, the interim president, this strange title is really awkward!

But no matter how awkward it is, since King Qi has made a request, for the sake of his life and future, he must also have his ideas satisfied.

And awkward is awkward, but the meaning of the name is clear. The president, of course, is in charge of everything, and in fact he exercises the duties of the prime minister. And the word "temporary" can block the reason for some people to oppose the holy decree of Taizu. It's a matter of urgency, Daming is the time when everything is complicated, and His Majesty's health is not good, so it is natural for King Qi to be the interim president!

"King Qi is worthy of being the King of Qi, not only gave us the name, but also told us all the excuses, the temporary president, what a good name!" Qian Qianyi praised.

After liking it, Qian Qianyi carefully inquired about all the circumstances of Hou Fangyu's arrival in Hangzhou, and Hou Fangyu told them one by one.

"So, King Qi has been stationed in Hangzhou and has not continued to attack the rebels?" Qian Qianyi asked.

Hou Fangyu nodded: "That's right, according to Wang Yin, the King of Qi led the army to travel thousands of miles all the way, and fought a big battle, and the soldiers were already exhausted and needed a period of time to recuperate. ”

Recuperate? Qian Qianyi sneered, it's all just an excuse, everyone knows what's going on with the rebels. The reason why King Qi was not in a hurry to deal with the rebels was obviously to see the movements of the imperial court.

In this case, the matter of the interim president must be hurried!