726 Relocation Office
Zhuge Liang ran forward quickly, and on the way, he surpassed the sedan chairs of many court officials. When he was about to reach the gate of the imperial city, he caught up with the sedan chair Zhuge Jin was riding. Seeing that Zhuge Jin was about to enter the imperial city, Zhuge Liang shouted loudly: "Mr. Zhuge! Master Zhuge!"
Zhuge Jin was sitting in the soft sedan chair, in Chen Qun's mansion for a night, and everyone gathered their thoughts, but the fact of the abdication ceremony was a very important matter, and it had to be concealed from the Regent Zhang Yan. Everything had to be carried out in secret, and no news could be leaked. In this way, the difficulty coefficient increased a lot.
Therefore, everyone discussed it all night, but did not discuss it. They could only go to the morning court first. As for the abdication ceremony, they could only make a long-term plan.
At this moment, Zhuge Jin was still thinking about some details. Suddenly, he heard someone shouting at him loudly behind him, and the sound was very similar to his younger brother Zhuge Liang. He couldn't help but lift up the curtains of the sedan chair and looked out.
Zhuge Jin was not very careful when he saw Zhuge Liang chasing from behind. He hurriedly rushed to the sedan chairman carrying the sedan chair and shouted: "Stop the sedan chair!"
The sedan chair owner suddenly stopped moving forward and landed the sedan chair on the ground. Zhuge Jin lifted the roller shutter of the sedan chair and walked out of the sedan chair. He stood on the side of the road and shouted at Zhuge Liang who was running over from behind, "Kong Ming, why are you so panicked?"
Zhuge Liang was already out of breath because he ran all the way. After running to Zhuge Jin, he first gasped for breath, then looked around and held Zhuge Jin's hand. Without saying a word, he pulled Zhuge Jin towards the dark side of the road.
Zhuge Jin was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Kong Ming. What are you doing? Let me go quickly. Let people see it. What kind of morality?"
Zhuge Liang pulled Zhuge Jin under the shade of the trees beside the road. There was no light here, and the leaves blocked some moonlight, making it very dark. If you don’t look carefully, you will not be able to find people standing here.
"Brother, tell me honestly, you didn't return all night last night. Where did you go?" Zhuge Liang changed his previous attitude, with a serious look on his face, and even his tone of speaking became stiff, as if he was questioning Zhuge Jin.
Zhuge Jin said: "What are you asking about this? Where am I going? Do you still have to report to you? But don't worry, I will definitely not do anything out of the ordinary!"
When Zhuge Liang saw that Zhuge Jin was unwilling to say it, he felt more suspicious. In his heart, Zhuge Jin was an open-minded gentleman, an honest and upright official, and a fair enforcement of the law. He did not avoid the powerful and did not act favorably and fraud, and formed a clique for personal gain.
However, today Zhuge Liang saw Zhuge Jin coming out of Chen Qun's mansion and several important officials in the court came out one after another, which made Zhuge Liang a little worried, so he hurriedly chased him, afraid that Zhuge Jin would be involved, so he came to ask what was going on.
"It's getting late, and the morning court will begin soon. I won't chat with you here."
As soon as Zhuge Jin finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, but he was pulled back by Zhuge Liang.
"Brother, if you don't tell the truth, don't want to leave here today!" Zhuge Liang's attitude became tough, "Did you stay in Chen Qun, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue last night?"
Zhuge Jin was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to find his whereabouts. He saw Zhuge Liang's eyes were red and covered with blood. He seemed to have not slept all night, and he happened to catch up with him here. In addition, Zhuge Liang continued to stay in Pengcheng as the prefect of Liaodong, and there was no quota for morning court, so he seemed to be waiting for him here specifically.
This made Zhuge Jin shocked and asked hurriedly: "You actually followed me?"
"What am I following my elder brother? I came to the morning court today under the order of the Regent. I happened to pass by the Chen Mansion and just happened to see you coming out of the Chen Mansion. Then I caught up and wanted to ask what happened." Zhuge Liang told frankly.
Zhuge Jin frowned and asked again: "What else have you seen?"
Zhuge Liang then told Zhuge Jin everything he saw, and asked solemnly: "Brother, are you plotting something?"
Zhuge Jin defended: "What conspiracy is so ugly. Yesterday was the birthday of Lord Chen, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. We went to Chen's house to celebrate our birthday. As a result, we drank a few more cups and got drunk in Chen's house..."
"Nonsense! Brother never drinks, how can you get drunk!" Zhuge Liang whispered, "Brother never lie since he was a child. As long as he lies, there will be many loopholes. Brother, you and I are brothers and the closest person. What can you tell me about? Why do you have to get involved with those people?"
Zhuge Jin also wanted to slap himself, and he couldn't even lie well. Seeing that he could no longer make excuses Zhuge Liang, he cleared his throat and said to Zhuge Liang solemnly: "Kongming, it's better to ask less about your brother's affairs. In short, I promise you that when the matter is done, you will also receive a great reward."
Zhuge Liang heard Zhuge Jin say this and felt that Zhuge Jin had a problem. In his opinion, it seemed that Zhuge Jin and Chen Qun and others collected black money together, and then they were about to obstruct the capital transfer. So Zhuge Liang shouted loudly: "Brother, you are so confused. What you are doing now is like playing with fire. Let me tell you the truth. The Regent has appointed me as the director of the capital transfer office and is fully responsible for the capital transfer. If you join forces with those ministers to fight the Regent, you are undoubtedly digging your own grave, because the Regent is very determined to move the capital. Regent will implement it to the end regardless of whether you agree or not..."
When Zhuge Jin heard Zhuge Liang say this, he felt relieved. He thought Zhuge Liang had discovered what they were conspiring, but from the current situation, what Zhuge Liang was referring to was another thing, which was simply incompatible.
"Kong Ming, don't worry, brother Wei will definitely not have anything to do with this matter. Moreover, I am one of the supporters of moving the capital, so how could I fight against it?" Zhuge Jin said with a smile.
Zhuge Liang looked at Zhuge Jin's smiling face and asked suspiciously: "Really?"
Zhuge Jin nodded heavily and said, "Of course it's true. I can swear to God."
Zhuge Liang asked, "Then why are you so many of you gathered in the residence of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?"
"Didn't I just say that yesterday was Chen Shangshu's birthday. I went to celebrate. It turned out that it was too late and I didn't go back. Instead, I stayed in Chen's house to rest. Chen Shangshu... Chen Shangshu found me a concubine. You must keep the secret for me. Never let your sister-in-law know. Otherwise, with her temper, she really started to have a fight with me. I wouldn't have any good results..." Zhuge Jin thought about it and still needed a reason to swear by Zhuge Liang, otherwise he would not be able to get through the situation. But when this reason was said, Zhuge Jin regretted it. He should not use this question as an excuse. With Zhuge Liang's intelligence, he would definitely see through him.
However, what Zhuge Jin did not expect was that Zhuge Liang suddenly laughed, patted his shoulder, and said comfortingly: "Brother, don't worry, I promise to keep this matter secret for you and will never let my sister-in-law know."
When Zhuge Jin saw that he had actually escaped, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then smiled at Zhuge Liang awkwardly.
"Brother, I'm going to go to the morning court too. Why don't we go together? Don't waste time." Zhuge Liang said.
"good!"
Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jin brothers walked side by side to the imperial city and went straight to the morning court to the Prince Yan Mansion. However, although Zhuge Liang talked and laughed with Zhuge Jin along the way, he had more concerns about Zhuge Jin in his heart. Because Zhuge Liang saw through the lies Zhuge Jin told the lies. Zhuge Jin lies twice, which proved that he did not want Zhuge Liang to know what he was doing. It would be useless to continue asking questions. Instead, it would be better to secretly find the answer.
Although the two brothers moved forward side by side, they had two thoughts in their hearts. Zhuge Jin was always glad that he had almost discovered the clues by Zhuge Liang, but he didn't know that Zhuge Liang had already seen through his lies and just didn't want to expose them.
Zhuge Liang guessed: "So many court officials gathered in the mansion of Chen Qun, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and did not return all night. Is there something wrong with it?"
The morning court was held as usual, but this morning court was one more person than yesterday, and this person was Zhuge Liang, the prefect of Liaodong.
Zhuge Liang has been staying by Zhang Yan since the Southern Expedition, but he has not given any position or transferred it. It was not until yesterday that Zhang Yan gave Zhuge Liang the title of director of the capital transfer office.
Zhang Yan did not define how much power the director of the capital relocation office had, but only asked the office to be responsible for all the capital relocation matters.
But later, I thought that Zhuge Liang was the only one in the capital migration office, so it was impossible to accomplish the situation, so I transferred 3,000 people from the Guards to Zhuge Liang's capital migration office and sent him to the dispatch.
At the same time, Zhang Yan also asked all ministers in the court to actively respond to all actions of moving the capital office. If there is a situation of disrespect for the law, regardless of identity, gender, they can be beheaded and displayed on the public.
In addition, Zhang Yan also transferred a group of capable civil servants to Zhuge Liang to help Zhuge Liang do his business.
In other words, the capital relocation office is an institution directly responsible to Zhang Yan, and everything can be handled specially. This undoubtedly announced an important message to the ministers. It is inevitable to move, and no matter how long it is delayed, it cannot be escaped.
There were many issues in the morning court, but no one spoke too much because these were basically internal matters. Even if someone opposed it, as long as the internal review was passed, the issue would be passed, which would become an imperial edict and be released to the public.
Zhuge Liang stood aside, listening quietly to the words upwards, but his mind was not here, but was thinking about something. Should he tell the regent Zhang Yan what he saw this morning? (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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