Usurper?

Seizure of power......

Actually, neither!

It's not that I don't want to, but because the time is not ripe enough!

Just like Zhu Di, even if he conquered Nanjing City, he had to pretend to be a gesture before he ascended to the throne, at least until Chongzhen took the initiative to abdicate or disappeared, or was missing, Zhu Guoqiang could not ascend to the throne.

But sometimes, the emperor is just a title, and it doesn't matter if there is it or not!

The Son of Heaven should do it!

Now, after Xiaoling killed hundreds of lords and officials, Nanjing is already Zhu Guoqiang's Nanjing!

Crossing the outer Wulong Bridge, crossing the Chengtian Gate, entering the end gate, passing through the noon gate, and then crossing the inner Wulong Bridge, entering the Fengtian Gate, and then to the Fengtian Palace, finally, Zhu Guoqiang came to the imperial city of Nanjing, and it was a desolation as far as the eye could see - most of the palaces in the Nanjing Imperial Palace at this time had collapsed, and even the Fengtian Temple had been burned.

Looking at the palace in front of him with only the pedestal left, Zhu Guoqiang sighed, and then withdrew from the palace. went straight to the Wei Mansion - now it is no longer the Mansion of the State, and the mansions of the marquis and uncle in Nanjing have also been confiscated one by one. It is just used as a reward for meritorious people.

"Lord Shizi, I don't know how many people are looking forward to you living in the palace."

Following the prince's side, Liu Hanyi's tone was slightly sarcastic.

"Yes, they expect me to transgress, and then they call me a traitor, but in fact, ......"

Zhu Guoqiang, who was riding on the horse, grinned.

"I've done my part, you say, am I still afraid of what others say?"

After that, Zhu Guoqiang looked up and laughed:

"Speaking of which, I want to thank those people! Originally, if they didn't force me to this job, no matter what, I would have endured it for a few more years, and I still couldn't make up my mind for a while. But these waste nobles in Nanjing have done things to this point, which is really ...... Stupid! ”

When he said this, the smile on his face became even stronger, as if what Nanjing Xungui did was in his arms. In fact, it is true, if the waste in Nanjing does not turn him away, he really does not know what to do with it.

Is the captive a traitor?

In fact, that is to say, after all, he does not have the power of life and death in his hands!

Later, Chongzhen's holy decree helped him solve a lot of problems, and everything now is cheap!

Now that I think about it, it seems that those people's performance is really not on the IQ line. Is it easy for them to make a step-by-step assist?

It's really tiring for them.

"Lord Shizi, what should we do in the future? Now that you have broken with the imperial court, what should you do next? I have to come up with an idea. ”

frowned slightly, as if he was worried about Zhu Cihong.

Now the prince has a lot of troops in his hands.

In addition to the 20,000 elites brought back from Liaodong, there are also 60,000 troops led by Huang Degong, Mou Wenzhuan, and Yang Yufan. Coupled with the 80,000 new troops led by Qian Junmen on the Lushun side, plus the tens of thousands of township soldiers on the Jinan side, the total strength can be called 200,000!

But the problem is that there are a lot of people in the imperial court, Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Huaiyang, has an army of 100,000 in Huai'an, and there are also 100,000 elite border troops in Linyi and Hong Chengchou.

And the Ming Dynasty is now eventful, not to mention that there are still Donglu and Liukou eyeing each other, and even tens of thousands of Jiannu in Haizhou and Dolgon, once the chaos starts, I am afraid that it will be out of control!

Zhu Guoqiang, who is very clear about the current situation, said with a smile.

"Right now, I'm just not following the chaos, the king is the king, the minister is the minister, he is still the son of heaven, and I am still the minister. If you want to do big things, you must first practice your internal skills! If the internal skills are not practiced well, whether it is the imperial court, the rogue or the Dongyu, it is enough for us to drink a pot! ”

Skills?

"What's the next step for the prince?"

Faced with Liu Hanyi's question, Zhu Guoqiang said casually.

"The first step is to rebuild the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and control the internal and external military!"

The first is to build the whole organization, and the reconstruction of the Metropolitan Governor's Palace is the most important part of this. After all, now that the Ming Dynasty has entered the troubled times, since it is a troubled time, it is necessary to use the same set of methods to control the chaos.

In fact, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is the predecessor of the current Five-Army Governor's Mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang first set up the Generalissimo Mansion of the United Army in Nanjing, and later changed it to the Privy Council, and then changed it to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to control the Chinese and foreign military. In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang also used "power is not dedicated to one division, and things are not left in the shadows." For this reason, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was divided into five, and since then it has become customized until the death of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, it gradually became a real power institution that dominated the country's military construction from the original power of the world's soldiers and horses to dominate the country's military construction; The weakening of the power of the governor's office of the five armies and the increase of the power of the military department show that the military leadership system of the Ming Dynasty has been changing in the direction of using ministries to control the government and civilian affairs to control the military. Although the military department, which was unified under the civilian bureaucracy, did not pose a threat to the imperial power, such an institution was not suitable for the current troubled times. Therefore, the change in the organization is natural, and the rebuilding of the Metropolitan Governor's Office is, to put it bluntly, to establish a "wartime supreme command" that integrates military and political power and is free from many entanglements.

Of course, in the eyes of many people, the reconstruction of the Dadu Governor's Mansion is simply Sima Zhao's heart, which is well known to passers-by, after all, Emperor Gao started by relying on the Dadu Governor's Mansion back then.

However, for the civil officials in Nanjing, even those who have to care about everything and talk about it, they are also frightened by this virtuous son.

De Shizi killed dozens of lords and hundreds of civil officials at once in Xiaoling, which really frightened them, it was not a murderous declaration, but a bloody head!

All this shows that Zhu Ciying, the son of Deshi, is a downright violent ...... Well, he's not a kun yet!

But cruelty and killing are definitely like two ancestors!

For such people, they naturally have to stay away, in the past, they could invite their names to buy straight, although they were killed on the spot, they could still leave their names. But that's also based on the premise that the chances of being killed are extremely low.

After all, when a person dies, everything is gone!

Therefore, naturally, under the naked atrocities, the civil officials who originally liked to tell right and wrong the most, one by one, did not dare to speak.

Of course, they don't dare to speak, it doesn't mean that they won't have a trace of expectation in their hearts, for example, looking forward to the imperial court sending an army to come over to quell the rebellion, in fact, not only the officials of the six departments of Nanjing are looking forward to it, and even a few people in the prison are also waiting for the imperial army.

"Your Majesty will definitely send troops to save me!"

Although he was in prison, Qian Qianyi, as the leader of Donglin, was still waiting for the arrival of the "Wang Shi" with great anticipation in his heart.

"The son of virtue is perverse and has bad intentions, and he will definitely be pointed out by all the people."

Even at this time, for Qian Qianyi, he still felt that he had been wronged. It's not like the noble colleagues who were killed in Nanjing.

They died unjustly!

What kind of domineering and domineering is the son of Deshizi! How dare you kill so many people at once.

Not to mention that he is a mere son of a German domain, even Emperor Gao back then, he may not feel that he killed so many lords and officials at once. Even if he became an ancestor, he might not dare to kill him just like that.

At least there has to be a reason.

Belch...... He really had a reason.

"I'm just waiting to delay the army and keep Nanjing! Is it also a sin? ”

Qian Qianyi said to himself. He can't say that he is wrong. If it were the current emperor, maybe they would really be fooled. Not only is there no fault, but it may even be meritorious.

But this master is obviously not as easy to deceive as that one.

They don't even have a chance to defend themselves. Just kill people like that!

Until now, when I close my eyes, the apologetic mind will always think of the noble ministers who have their heads cut off. I'm afraid they can't imagine that this master would be so ruthless until they die.

"Hey,"

Suddenly, a long sigh came from next door. It was Xie Sheng, like some civil officials, he did not die in Xiaoling, but survived like Qian Qianyi.

As for why they were spared from dying? Nobody knows. But for Xie Sheng, he was unwilling.

"The fourth son of Tade killed innocents so indiscriminately, aren't you afraid of the indignation of the people in the world?"

Outrage?

In fact, they have done their part. What are you afraid of public anger, and what are you afraid of?

Of course, there may be some scruples, but they will definitely not be left to their disposal as in the past. Let them manipulate it.

Listening to the words from next door, Qian Qianyi was silent for a while, and then said.

"Actually, I think maybe it's an opportunity for us."

Sitting in the cell, Qian Qian stood up violently, and his eyes suddenly showed a certain desire, a certain desire for power, and a certain desire for the future.

"Opportunity? What better chance do you have than if I'm in prison right now? ”

Xie Sheng was annoyed.

"If you hadn't given away our letter of surrender in the first place, how could you and I have ended up in this field now?"

"Hey, Brother Xie, I can't say that, I was forced to do so at the beginning, in fact, I think the current situation is indeed an opportunity for you and me, do you think. Why would De Shizi let us go. In fact, to put it bluntly, no matter what he wants to do in the future, he always needs someone to help him govern the world, if you and I know the current affairs, maybe it will be ...... then."

Although Qian Qianyi did not continue, Xie Sheng, who was still annoyed, suddenly calmed down, and he also sat there and began to think about the possibility.

Where it is, it may be a godsend.

After understanding the key, Xie Sheng suddenly clapped his hands and said.

"Oh, it's still Brother Qian, you can see clearly, the reason why the prince will spare us is that he still wants to borrow our skills for his use? I guess in the next two days, he will definitely see us, and ...... then."

What to do then? It's really hard to say, and then it just dropped him like this, do you want to wait for the price and sell?

For a while, the minds of everyone in this cell began to be impetuous......