In the eighth year of Tianwu, hundreds of Manchu princes and ministers were beheaded in Nanjing Taipingmen, and the late Qing Emperor Fulin hanged himself from the coal mountain.

The Great Qing Dynasty, which the people were talking about, was over, and everything was over.

At a time when the whole country was rejoicing, in mid-June, Cheng Guoxiang, a cabinet minister and a secretary of the Ministry of Finance, made an ancient visit.

Cheng Guoxiang, Chongzhen and Tianwu Dynasties, were in charge of the Ming Dynasty's national money and grain.

When Chongzhen was ten years old, Zhu Cihong led the army south for the first time, and the lion opened his mouth to ask for money and food from the household department, and Cheng Guoxiang, who was the secretary of the household department at the time, angrily reprimanded in public, and lost his temper and resigned.

In the second year, Cheng Guoxiang, who was idle in his hometown, defected to Prince Zhu and took charge of the princelings' financial power.

Cheng Guoxiang is in a high position, in charge of all the taxes of the Ming Dynasty, and the annual silver is worth hundreds of millions of taels, but he is extremely humble and low-key, honest and self-controlled.

Cheng Guoxiang was seriously ill a few years ago, resigned from his official position and recuperated at home, and Huang Zongxi, the left waiter, handled the government affairs of the Ministry of Finance on his behalf.

He has been hanging for a breath, waiting for the Ming Dynasty to extinguish the Qing Dynasty.

Now, the Qing court has been destroyed, and even the little emperor has been hanged, Cheng Guoxiang can finally go peacefully and die at the age of seventy-three.

Zhu Cihong personally attended Cheng Guoxiang's memorial service, gave him a grave and a high-quality coffin, and posthumously presented his official position and rewarded his family with 3,000 pieces of silk.

Half a month later, Zhu Jiqi, the cabinet minister and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also made an ancient appearance.

This old minister, who is good at calligraphy and good at making friends with people, has both talent and virtue, although he has mentioned the ancestral teachings several times, he has always been obedient to Zhu Cihong and has never made a stumbling block.

Which emperor doesn't like such an important minister? Zhu Cihong also came to the memorial service in person, and gave the grave and the high-grade coffin, which was the same as Cheng Guoxiang's specifications.

There is no suspense about the vacancy of the two scholars, Zhu Cihong appointed Huang Zongxi, the left waiter, as the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, and Chen Zhenhui as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and both of them entered the cabinet.

The former "Four Princes of Jinling", except for Hou Fangyu, who died young, the remaining three were all high-ranking officials in the Tianwu Dynasty.

They are no longer the young talents who liked to visit the Qinglou back then, and now they have become middle-aged uncles one by one, the eldest Chen Zhenhui is fifty years old, the youngest Fang Yizhi is also in his early forties, and Huang Zongxi is one year old.

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In late July, Ren Zhen, the governor of the Western Military Governor's Office, was dismissed from his post by the Ministry of Military Justice for killing many wives and concubines because of family law.

However, Ren Zhen complained at home, saying, "I am the ruler of the world, and the power of the military is also, but it is just a small mistake, why did the Son of Heaven remove my title?" ”

Soon, Ren Zhen was denounced by the maid, and the matter was reported to the emperor.

Zhu Cihong was furious, and issued an order to go against all the charges with words and actions, and interrogated Ren Zhen under the three legal divisions, and the punishment was immediately decided, and the family registration was confiscated!

The appearance of the "Ren Zhen case" made all the generals sober up by three points.

Although Emperor Tianwu favored martial artists, he did not blindly tolerate them, and under military discipline and state law, no one could escape judgment!

Originally, due to the continuous death of cabinet ministers, the power of the civilian clique was greatly reduced, and some high-ranking military generals took the opportunity to suppress the situation of civilian officials, but after this case, one by one they also became honest.

The concept of "the first to worship military generals" that had just emerged in the Ming Dynasty hall has also been dealt a heavy blow.

Zhu Cihong's "first worship of military generals" is not to worship military generals, otherwise the concept of military generals will be extremely inflated, and then even endanger the unification of the country.

After becoming the emperor, Zhu Cihong was very busy every day, not only busy with the country's military and political affairs, but also guarding against the struggle for power and profit in the court.

The party strife in the Ming Dynasty in history brought about huge and devastating harm.

In today's Tianwu Dynasty, the party struggle between civil officials has been curbed, especially in the future, the party struggle between civil officials will only become less and less.

Because next year, that is, in the ninth year of Tianwu, the first batch of children in Daming who have received a new education will graduate from college!

They started from the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, entered primary school enlightenment at the age of five or six, and then went to middle school, and then to university, after 12 years of new education.

The new-style education has completely cut off the roots of the gentry, and without the support of ethnology, the purpose of party struggle will be greatly weakened by the collusion of the big landlord clique. (The purpose of educational innovation, see Chapter 448 for details)

The rest is nothing more than a struggle for power, as long as the emperor guides him a little, he will completely control the civil officials.

Now Zhu Cihong is most worried about the generals, because of the needs of the current situation, he has always been biased towards the generals.

If today's Dading is set, the land area of the Ming Dynasty is only second only to the Yuan Dynasty in all dynasties, and everyone will be a little inflated.

There will definitely be chaos among the generals who are fine, especially in the local area, who have fought for so many years, killed everyone, and all of them are ambitious.

For example, Ren Zhen, the Governor of the Left Capital of the Western Military Governor's Mansion, what kind of thing, even killing his own wives and concubines, and with a right attitude, he dared to question my disposition!

For the generals, Zhu Cihong has already thought clearly, he can't let them be idle, he must find something for them to do!

In September of the eighth year of Tianwu, Zhu Cihong ordered the governors of the five armies and the chief officials of the three major capitals to enter Beijing to discuss matters in the Wuying Palace.

Zhu Cihong's every move touched the hearts of countless people, and after the holy decree was issued, all the generals felt that something big had happened again, and the princes and generals did not dare to delay, and quickly entered Beijing.

The territory of Daming is vast, and by the time everyone arrives in the capital, it is already the end of the year.

In the cold winter, the weather is cold, but the Wuying Hall is noisy and the atmosphere is warm.

Generals from the south, east, west, and northwest gathered together, in groups of three or five, and each talked softly or loudly, telling each other what they had seen and heard in the local area over the years.

Huang Degong's voice is still so loud that he can be heard outside the hall.

Everyone is talking about today's theme, and I heard that the Son of Heaven is going to change the defense of the major armies.

Everyone surrounded Sun Yingyuan, the chief minister of military aircraft, and wanted to ask where he would be transferred, but Sun Yingyuan shook his head with a smile and quietly diverted the topic.

Huang Degong felt that Lao Sun was boring, so he walked to the side to talk to Li Tingbiao, and the rest of the generals also smiled and looked for their old comrades-in-arms who had not seen him for many years, laughing and gagging.

Only Gu Wei of the Ministry of Military Justice sat alone, as the supervisor and executor of military law, he was destined to be lonely.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from the side hall, but it was a familiar voice that had not been heard for many years.

The people present are all veterans from the dragon's skills, and when they hear it, they know that it is Xu Sheng who is talking about it.

The generals hurriedly got up and stood up, all of them were as quiet as rabbits, waiting solemnly, like good students waiting in class.

A moment later, the sound of chaotic footsteps sounded, and the radiant Zhu Cihong led the half-human-tall prince Zhu He into the Wuying Palace, followed by Wu Zhong and Xu Sheng.