Chapter 931: Dingdu (3)
On the next day, Gao Yuan officially issued an edict, announcing that the Han State would be set in Xianyang, and issued orders to Xianyang and Lingshou respectively, requiring the brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi stationed in Xianyang to clean up the palace and prepare to welcome their party to move in, and the order to Lingshou was to promote all the officials who stayed in Lingshou to a higher level, but asked the officials who stayed behind to prepare immediately and move to Xianyang.
After these orders were handed down, it caused a great reaction in the area ruled by the Han State now, in fact, everyone was not surprised that the plateau changed the capital, after all, with the current territory of the Han State, Lingshou was obviously no longer suitable as the capital of the Han State, so sooner or later the capital would be moved, but the vast majority of people thought that the plateau would choose the capital in Handan, except for a few people, they did not expect that the capital of the Han State would be set in Xianyang. Even the ministers of the Qin State did not think of it.
However, this news made the ministers of the Qin State very excited, originally the ministers of the Qin State were not optimistic about their own future, although the plateau was very polite to the ministers of the Qin State, but the ministers of the Qin State were not the descendants of the Plateau after all, and now the overall situation has been decided, so the ministers of the Qin State will be marginalized sooner or later, and the important ministers of the Qin family like Li Si, Wei Yu, and Meng Wu may still have a place in the Han State, but they must not have the power of the Qin State again. It was difficult for other Qin ministers to gain a foothold, so many Qin ministers were considering whether the money they had saved and the land they purchased could make them rich for the rest of their lives.
But Gao Yuan set the capital in Xianyang, which shows that he attaches great importance to Qin, and attaches great importance to Qin, so he will naturally reuse the Qin people, plus Gao Yuan and Hehua already have a relationship by marriage, so the officials of Qin seem to have seen the day of their future, and it seems that in the new country, there will be their own place, after all, the vast majority of people are not willing to live a civilian life from now on. It is naturally better to be able to continue to be an official. And many officials began to think about what official positions they might hold in the Han state and how they would stand out in the new country.
And this news in Lingshou caused a huge shock, originally good news from Handan to Lingshou one after another, Ning Qi, Shen Shen, Geng Zhong and other ministers who stayed in Lingshou were also very happy, because before the war, no one thought that this war would have such a big change, and the results of the Han Kingdom would be so rich. And many officials of Lingshou also immediately thought that now Lingshou must no longer be the capital of the Han Kingdom, and the capital should be moved immediately, and the new capital is naturally Handan.
Lingshou was originally the territory of Zhao in the past, and most of the officials were Zhao people, so it was natural to hope that the Han State would set the new capital in Handan, and some officials even built a letter to Ning Qi, Shen Shen, Geng Zhong and others, and should jointly write to the plateau and move the capital to Handan.
Ning Qi and others have no objection to moving the capital to Handan, after all, compared with Lingshou, Handan is much stronger in that regard, but some people think that it has been less than two years since the capital was moved to Lingshou, and the capital will be moved again, which is inevitably a little too fast, and the palace of Lingshou has not been completely completed? Therefore, it is better to discuss the matter of moving the capital in another three or five years. Naturally, this point of view aroused some objections, and the two sides also launched a heated debate.
But at this time, Gao Yuan's edict was sent to Lingshou, and Gao Yuan not only decided to set the new capital of the Han State in Xianyang, but also asked the officials who stayed behind in Lingshou to immediately prepare for the relocation of the capital.
At this time, all the officials of Lingshou were stunned, no one thought that Gao Yuan would set the new capital of the Han State in Xianyang, and such a heavy national decision, decided in such an arbitrary way, and did not ask the attitude of the officials who stayed in Lingshou at all. This is indeed a bit unusual, because Gao Yuan was not like this before, even if he had a plan, he would first listen to the opinions of the officials and then express his own opinions, and it was rare for him to be so arbitrary.
Although the Zhao State is not like the Chu State, and the Qin State has a blood feud for generations, but in the past forty or fifty years, it has been fighting with the Qin State, the Changping War, and the 400,000 Zhao army was wiped out, so the Zhao people also have a deep hatred for the Qin State, and the Han State has always been regarded as the continuation of the Zhao State, and since the founding of the Han State, it has always been an enemy of the Qin State, and the officials of Lingshou certainly cannot accept that the new capital of the Han State is located in Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State.
The character of the Zhao people was strong, so at that time, some people had a hot head, and they made a statement to Ning Qi and others, asking them to immediately take the lead in writing on the plateau, stop moving the capital to Xianyang, and change the capital to Handan. This has caused a response from many people, advocating that all the officials of Lingshou should jointly write to the plateau, demanding that Xianyang be abolished as the capital and the capital be changed to Handan, and some people are angry that if the new capital is not set in Handan, they will rely on Lingshou and not leave.
However, Ning Qi, Shen Shen, and Geng Zhong's minds are much more sober than ordinary officials after all, and Gao Yuan's abnormal behavior this time will definitely not happen by accident, it must have been done intentionally, and after seeing the reaction of Lingshou officials, several people also understood Gao Yuan's intentions. Gao Yuan should have long expected that the move to the capital would be opposed by the Lingshou officials, so he simply made a decision to make an edict in Handan and discussed it with the officials who did not discuss with Lingshou.
They were the first people to follow the plateau, and they knew the character of the plateau very well, although the plateau has always appeared in the image of gentleness, generosity, and benevolence, but as long as the plateau decides something good, it will not change lightly. Of course, since entering Daishi, Takahara has made almost no mistakes. Therefore, the decision to move the capital to Xianyang will definitely not change because of the attitude of these officials.
Although Ning Qi and the others did not want to move the capital to Xianyang, they did not dare to oppose the resolution of the plateau, let alone indulge the opposition of the officials of Lingshou, so Ning Qi immediately stopped the construction of these officials, and said in a loud voice: "Moving the capital to Xianyang is the order of the king, who dares not to obey, and the king is wise and resolute, and the move of the capital to Xianyang must have a good intention, so you don't need to say much, immediately prepare for the matter of moving the capital, there must be no mistake." ”
Listening to Ning Qi say this, many officials have calmed down a lot, although the attitude of the plateau is relatively mild, but in the Han State there is absolute authority, because the Han State can be said to be founded by the plateau, and this war, the plateau successfully expanded the territory of the Han State several times, such a feat, in addition to the Qin State that annexed the Three Jin Dynasty before, looking at the entire Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period of more than 500 years of history, it is indeed unattainable. And such a brilliant military exploit made the prestige of the plateau as good as the sun and the sun was in the middle, so at this time, there was indeed no official who dared to challenge the authority of the plateau in the Han Kingdom. In addition, this is also because the founding of the Han State has not been established for a long time, and the officials have not yet formed a family with sufficient political influence.
Most of the opposition suddenly stopped, and many officials stopped their actions very rationally, but there were still a few officials, either because they were not open-minded or for other reasons, still insisted on refusing to move the capital to Xianyang.
And Ning Qi didn't care about them, and immediately assigned to arrange the preparations for moving the capital. First of all, it is natural to notify the concubines who are still in the plateau of Lingshou, Lin Wenqing, Geng Yanyu, and Jian Wuji.
At this time, they had also received a notice from the plateau, and naturally had no objection to the resolution of the plateau, and Lin Wenqing had a broad insight, knowing that Xianyang was the largest city in this era, so it was definitely much better to move to Xianyang to live than in Lingshou, so they immediately began to clean up in the palace.
And the officials of other ministries are also packing up and waiting to move the capital, but there are still a small number of officials who do not give up, still hoping to prevent the relocation of the capital to Xianyang, since Ning Qi and others are unwilling to go to the plateau and discourage the relocation of the capital, then they will do it themselves and jointly write to the plateau, so these people are running around in Lingshou, lobbying, and striving to win over more people to join the name, but after running for six or seven days in a row, they have only gathered thirty-seven people, not even forty people, and they are basically middle and lower-level officials of five or six grades, The highest is only four grades, but just like that, these thirty-seven people still jointly wrote to the plateau, asking to stop moving the capital to Xianyang and change the capital to Handan.
A month later, Luo Huan and Jiang Mingxia led the 5,000 cavalry back to Lingshou, and once again brought the order of the plateau, at this time the plateau had gone to Xianyang from Handan, and waited for the Lingshou officials to move in Xianyang, and at the same time asked to move a group of officials to Xianyang in advance, and other officials then set off one after another, and Luo Huan and Jiang Mingxia were responsible for protecting Lin Wenqing, Geng Yanyu, Jian Wuji, and the personnel in the Lingshou Palace, and immediately got up and rushed to Xianyang to join the plateau.
Although Gao Yuan did not mention Lingshou in the order at all, the officials jointly wrote a letter, demanding that the relocation of the capital to Xianyang be stopped, and the matter after the capital was set in Handan, as if this incident did not happen, but the lack of mention is also an attitude in itself, not to mention that Gao Yuan sent Luo Huan and Jiang Mingxia to Lingshou to pass the order, which is already very clear, at this time, who dares to oppose the relocation of the capital, not to mention that it is useless to oppose it.
Ning Qi immediately ordered Shen Shen to lead the first batch of officials to prepare to leave immediately and rush to Xianyang, and the other officials who stayed behind also hurried to prepare, and then moved to Xianyang one after another. And the other officials were also completely dead, and began to honestly pack up all kinds of books, briefs, books and other things, and move hard.
Lin Wenqing, Geng Yanyu, and Jian Wuji naturally had no objections, and they had been separated from the plateau for almost a year, and they all missed the plateau very much, and they all hoped to be able to reunite with the plateau, so they were all very happy to go to Xianyang.
Only the thirty-seven officials who jointly signed the letter were very embarrassed at this time, although Gao Yuan did not mention this matter, which can be regarded as giving them enough face, but the vast majority of people felt sorry in their hearts, so thirty-one of the thirty-seven officials submitted their resignations, and the other six although they did not resign, but also proposed that they were still willing to stay in Lingshou and did not want to go to Xianyang.