Confucian political thought not only brought important political claims to the emperor, but also gave the emperor absolute power, but also brought the important existence of super-stable social structure to ancient China.

With the existence of this super-stable social structure, vested interests can enjoy absolute privileges and preferential treatment within the dynasty law, live in luxury, do whatever they want, and eat the people at will until the land annexation reaches its peak and a new round of reshuffle begins.

During the big reshuffle, the vested interests will reshuffle, the old will die, the new will rise, and start a new cycle of historical cycles, and continue to do what they have done, and repeat in this cycle.

Only stability can bring about a breeding ground for vested interests to develop and strengthen personal interests.

Only stability can allow them to have powerful privileges and endless wealth and honor, and pass them on to their descendants.

If the emperor wants to inherit, the vested interests also need to inherit. Everyone needs to inherit. Inheritance is everyone's common need, and stability is the cornerstone.

The stable inheritance of imperial power will lay the foundation for the stable inheritance of vested interests. If the supreme power cannot be passed on stably, the vested interests cannot be passed on stably.

Therefore, the entire ruling class needs to add a heritage buff to itself by the concept of the divine right of the monarch.

However, at this moment, Su Yonglin was about to sing the opposite tune.

He wants to be the emperor, not the emperor, not the ultimate buff of the monarch's power, and tore off the sacred label of the imperial power with his own hands.

Kong Zheng could not accept this decision.

This is obviously a decision that goes against everyone's interests, and he cannot accept this decision no matter what.

So he decided to force himself and objected to Su Yonglin.

"General... no, Your Majesty, I cannot obey the order!"

Su Yonglin was writing hard at that time, and approved the financial appropriation of the restoration of water conservancy in Zhongdu. When he heard Kong Zheng say that he could not obey the imperial edict, Su Yonglin was not surprised and did not look up.

"Yes, since you can't obey the imperial edict, I'll replace someone who can obey the imperial edict to be the Minister of Rites. Don't do this Minister of Rites, just like that."

Kong Zheng's pupils shrank, and he suddenly looked up at Su Yonglin who had not looked up, his face full of surprise.

this……

Don't you pull it back and forth?

Just go to the king? Just want me to be finished?

Kong Zheng was anxious.

"Your Majesty, I... I don't mean that."

"What do you mean?"

Su Yonglin completed the approval of the memorial, put the memorial aside, took a sip of tea, and looked at Kong Zheng calmly, as if what he said was just a chat after dinner.

"I...I don't have any disrespect to Your Majesty. I just want to say that this fact is too much involved. I really don't dare to accept the order rashly, otherwise I might be criticized by thousands of people..."

"It's my business to be involved. If you have any objections, come to me directly. What do you mean? Decide whether you do or me? Or are you the one with opinions? Tell me yourself?"

Su Yonglin's sarcastic words really made Kong Zheng very unhappy.

But he didn't dare to say anything else that made Su Yonglin unhappy.

He is pretending to be stupid.

Kong Zheng thought about it over and over again, but he really didn't know what to do, but considering what happened in the future, he decided to explain it a little and make it clearer.

Don't pretend to be stupid.

"Your Majesty, the emperor is the emperor, from ancient times to the present. I know that Your Majesty is powerful and has a great military power in the world. However, Your Majesty, the Ming Kingdom needs to be passed on forever. Your Majesty must hope that the Ming Kingdom will be safe and sound."

"So what? If I don't be the emperor, will I be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty not be able to maintain peace for a long time?"

Su Yonglin put down the tea bowl and smiled and said, "Kong Qing, your idea is very strange. The Emperor of Human Resources can't do what the emperor can do? Or do you think that without the title of Emperor, the Ming Dynasty will definitely not last long, just like the pre-Qin period?"

"Your Majesty, I dare not, I am not saying this, this..."

Kong Zheng felt that he could not continue to circle around Su Yonglin. Sooner or later, Su Yonglin would be surrounded inside after continuing to circle around.

"Your Majesty, the emperors of all generations have been the emperor, and they rule on behalf of heaven. All the people in the world believe in heaven. Therefore, as the emperor, the emperor can naturally govern the world, but if the emperor is not the emperor, all the people in the world will be suspicious. Why is Your Majesty? Can you govern the world?"

"Why?"

Su Yonglin sneered: "Because I destroyed the Jin Kingdom with force and conquered the world, no one in the world knows, no one in the world? What's the point of saying that I am the emperor?

Or do you think the emperor is omnipotent? If there is no such military merit, I will say that I want to be the emperor. Do you think the Jin people gave me power or cut me off with one knife?"

Kong Zheng looked bitter.

"What Your Majesty said is right, I know it, but...but..."

"We cannot say this on the surface, right? Moreover, the successors do not have the military merits of my life, nor can they successfully grasp the power of me, and they cannot convince the people of the world. Is that true?"

Su Yonglin's words made Kong Zheng a little stunned.

Do you know that it's still making things difficult for me like this?

What's the meaning?

"Your Majesty, you..."

"Okay, Kong Qing, you and I know some things. You know what should be said or not. But I still say the same thing. If you don't obey the imperial edict, I will choose someone who is willing to obey the imperial edict to be the Minister of Rites. Do you think you want to be the Minister of Rites or disobey the emperor?"

Su Yonglin looked at Kong Zheng coldly.

Just at a glance, the feeling of pressure came to my face, allowing Kong Zheng to clearly feel the terrible power emitted by Su Yonglin.

Su Yonglin is here to be real, not fake.

Kong Zheng understood in his heart.

but……

Why is this?

We want you to be the emperor, of course, for our own interests and for our own actions, but isn’t this also for you?

The one who benefits the most objectively is your Su family! It is the descendants of your Su family!

For you to deceive the foolish people more conveniently, for your long-term peace and stability, for your family to continue to be the emperor, and for your Ming Dynasty to continue to pass on it, it is all for you!

Why don't you do this?

Do you just don’t want your Ming Dynasty to be stable forever?

You just want to learn from the Second Emperor of Qin Dynasty?

Qin Shihuang was powerful in the world. He was alive, and nobility in the six kingdoms dared not act rashly, but once he died, Qin II was not the emperor, had no military achievements and could not conquer the world. The remnants of the nobles of the six kingdoms took advantage of the situation and the Qin Empire fell apart.

Will the Ming Kingdom also follow the old path of Qin?

Kong Zheng's heart was filled with panic and discomfort.

He knew he had two choices right now.

Is it because I am disrespectful to the order and not to be the Minister of Rites?

Or should we abide by Su Yonglin's orders and kick off a series of events that may cause huge controversy after the founding of the country?

what to do?

Kong Zheng's body began to tremble involuntarily. He began to think about some long-term problems. He began to understand that Su Yonglin would not hand over the power of the Ministry of Rites to him for no reason.

He needs to pay something to exchange for the power in Su Yonglin's hands.

It is not just the name of the Kong family to complete the crown of Su Yonglin's ruler.

Su Yonglin also had to do more things in the name of the Kong family, regardless of whether this was good or not for the Kong family, or even sacrificed the reputation of the Kong family to take the blame for him.

On the one hand, it is the significance of the Kong family's fame.

On the one hand, it is his personal political interests, and on the other hand, it is also the Kong family's political interests.

The two were placed on the balance in his heart and shook it, and finally, one side fell down.

Kong Zheng decided to compromise.

Because Kong Zheng suddenly realized that Kong's family was no longer a monolithic piece.

The Kong family, and also a Southern School, existed within the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty, are providing assistance to the legitimacy of the power of the Southern Song royal family.

The reason why the Kong Northern Sect can obtain its current power, status and honor and the reason why it can be sought after by almost the entire Shandong scholars is not because of the orthodoxy of the Northern Sect itself, but because of Su Yonglin's support for the Northern Sect, which has enabled the Kong Northern Sect to obtain this honor.

The Kong family has been separated. If a single family does not have the support of a strong ruler, it cannot be politically suppressed by another family to retrieve the orthodox name of the Kong family.

It is not that the rulers need them unilaterally, they also need rulers, and their relationship is mutual.

So what else can Kong Zheng do?

Only compromise.
Chapter completed!