The sound of the Dengwen drum gradually calmed down. Scholars, merchants, and people saw their emperor on the tall palace walls. Sancai said loudly: "Who beats the Dengwen drum?"

A group of people scrambled to answer: "We and the people beat the drum to hear the drums and were unfair to Your Majesty!"

This is the wisdom of the people. The law does not rebuke the people since ancient times. Moreover, the drum that can be heard cannot be beaten by one person, and it cannot be resounded through the palace without three or five people.

Zhao Zhen stepped forward and pressed his hands. The needle fell sound outside the Xuande Gate. Everyone was waiting for the emperor's speech. His words represented the will of God. No matter how many earth moves occur, as long as the emperor is still there, he is the executor of God's will and the king and father of everyone.

Because there are many people, Zhao Zhen abandoned his literary words and used the most easy-to-understand dialogue method to explain to the people: "I know that I am not just a matter of my blow and hearing the drum, but my guilt and self-criticism is indeed written by me. The Hanlin scholars' edicts are just routine copying and changed to parallel prose. Don't involve the court officials."

As soon as these words moved the people, in their opinion, it was too kind to the officials to cover up their shame for the officials. After all, it was the officials who submitted a memorial to ask the officials to issue their own edict. Otherwise, how could such a thing happen?

Natural disasters are natural disasters, what does it have to do with the officials? Even if God gets angry, it cannot be said that it is the official’s fault. Maybe there was an unjust case somewhere, maybe there were treacherous officials among the officials, so how can we blame the officials?

In the eyes of the people, the government has been diligent and loving the people for so many years, and is very sympathetic to the people. It has arranged an extra bloated wing army in Lingnan, arranged a part of idle officials, and saved the money of the court. After so many years of expansion of territory, although the people's lives have improved day by day.

Establishing academies and opening civil and military imperial examinations all gave the people the possibility of going up the stage. They fought against Dangxiang in the west, destroyed Dali in the south, and sent troops to the South China Sea countries, which caused the Song Dynasty to increase the grain output, and the originally rare horses also became more common in the Song Dynasty. Could it be that these were not the achievements of the government? Or were there any mistakes?

When the people's lives are better, there will naturally be more scholars. If there are more scholars, there will be civilized governance. What's more, the cultural environment of the Song Dynasty is relatively relaxed, and there is also the learning of studying things to compete for beauty. It is no longer the only way of Confucius and Mencius. What else can this be considered civilized governance?

Wenzhi has no shortage of martial arts skills in the government! What's wrong with using troops? Is it wrong to attack the Liao Dynasty in the north, recover Yanyun, and complete the golden cup of China? If any court official dares to say this, he will definitely be beaten to death by the military families among the people! He will also be despised by ordinary people!

Even children know the importance of Yan Yun to the Song Dynasty, and even women know the fate of the Song Dynasty in Yan Yun! The old stories of Taizong cannot be hidden, and no one will hide them. If Yan Yun’s land is not important, why did Taizong twice make northern expeditions? Since Taizong can make northern expeditions, why can’t Your Majesty?

There are all kinds of voices among the people. Even if Zhao Zhen took the blame from the court officials, the people would not admit it. They believed that if the court officials had not submitted a memorial, the officials would not have issued a self-criticism. It was the court officials who forced the officials, and there were treacherous and vilified officials in the court!

The scope of the attack was immediately pulled from the Hanlin Academy's imperial edict to all those who submitted memorials and issued self-criticisms by officials. There were many people in the court! The court officials were a little panicked for a moment, but when encountering natural disasters, what was the emperor's formal self-criticism? All emperors of all dynasties could do it. Can't the officials do this?

But they forgot that among the emperors of all dynasties, who were like Zhao Zhen?

The people do not care about these "internal regulations" of routine affairs. They only know that the government is right, so they should not issue an edict for guilt. Since they have issued an edict for guilt, they are forced by court officials.

The public anger pointed out the officials of the court. This was actually something that Zhao Zhen didn't want to see, because the court officials were selected and appointed by themselves. The more they showed their incompetence, the more they mean that they were not good at employing people?

At this time, we can only solve the fundamental problem, remove these court officials from it, and also remove themselves from the imperial edict. That is, the geographical location of Tokyo City is not good, and the city is small, so it cannot be the capital of a country!

Zhao Zhen mentioned this problem on the city wall, successfully diverting the people's attention. Tokyo City is not in a good geographical location? People thought about it and it was really this problem. Tokyo City is low in terrain and threatened by the Yellow River flood. The earthquake in the past few days has damaged several Yellow River embankments. If it weren't for the timely repair, there would be a flood!

Naturally, some people in the crowd led the problem of Tokyo City to the Yin-Yang magic, saying that the dragon vein in Tokyo City was damaged and it was not suitable to be a major place in the capital!

Some people even raised the incident of Taizu's attempt to move the capital back then, which shows that the current Tokyo city is not suitable as the imperial capital.

Many people follow the crowd. One person says this, two people say this, hundreds of people say this, and tens of thousands of people say this, so it became a fact that Tokyo City is not suitable for being a capital. What's more, the most important thing is that the government also says this!

The court officials were stunned at this time. Unexpectedly, the officials directly brought the topic and disaster to Tokyo City, and extended the problem to the issue of moving the capital. Moving the capital?! Many court officials thought about it but didn't take it seriously. In their opinion, it was impossible to move the capital. Even if the officials intend to move the capital, the mixed interests in Tokyo City made the officials unable to take action.

Don’t forget that the official’s property, Cai Ji and the Queen’s property, Biyaxuan, are all in Tokyo. Although Cai Ji has opened up all over the world and made money every day, Tokyo City is its foundation! How much is the loss to Cai Ji? How much is the loss to the Queen’s Biyaxuan?

But now, the government seems to have no regard for these things. When it is said in front of the people that Tokyo City is not suitable for being designated as the capital, it is announcing to the people that the Song Dynasty will move the capital!

The emperor's words were expressed as constitutional, and once they were said, they could not be changed. There were so many people present, so the officials naturally could not deny them in public, so they could only let the officials think twice. However, if they said this, they would bring the problem back to the imperial edict. There is no problem in Tokyo City. Is it because the officials are guilty and the court officials are guilty?

The court officials were in a dilemma. They really didn't know how to answer this question. With the attitude of the people now, if they said that the emperor should issue a self-criticism, their reputation among the people would be completely over, and officials and scholars and officials have always regarded their reputation as treasures.

Zhao Zhen did not want these officials to agree or support him. As long as these officials did not object or even made remarks in front of the people, they would be a victory.

Without opposing in front of the people, there would be no chance of opposition in the court. Zhao Zhen finally got the opportunity to get it and would never let go.

Among the people, there were already people from the Imperial City Department who mixed them and began to set the rhythm, from terrain to Feng Shui, from terrain to defending the enemy, and many other aspects that explain that Tokyo City is not conducive to being the capital.

Most people don’t know about these major national affairs, but what these people are saying is reasonable. If you think about it, it’s also the same problem. Tokyo City is becoming more and more crowded now, so the environment will naturally not be very good.

The people are the most direct. Good is good, bad is bad. Moving is good, so they naturally need to support it. But what should they do if they move the capital?

The "mind people" in the crowd expressed their own opinions: "Can the government still put down the people under our feet? The Xijin Prefecture is very big, with only three large Tokyo City and not many people, and it can't hold us? As long as we can follow the government to the Xijin Prefecture, we have to hire a carriage and follow us. Besides, the government can still not pay? Don't forget that the government is the most benevolent and righteous!"
Chapter completed!