With such a sentence at the bottom, the next morning, the court discussed the praise, Li Dingguo said that he was sick and did not go to the court, but Jin Weixin insisted that on the eve of the decisive battle of Jiangmen, Chen Kai personally went to the Nanhai Tianfei Temple to worship, and the reinforcements led by Chen Kai also arrived at the battlefield just in time when the lives of the Ming army and the Qing army were hanging by a thread, thus laying the battle situation.

Jin Weixin said that as a person who witnessed it, he had the most right to speak. When he finished speaking, Gong Ming also immediately stood up and talked about his official business in Guangzhou, and he had also heard that Chen Kaiyi rescued Guangzhou and entered Lingdingyang with Lin Cha, and the first thing he did was to go to the Nanhai Tianfei Temple to worship.

With the rhetoric of these two people, some officials in the court who tend to agree with it also mentioned the issue of Mazu's huge influence in the coastal areas - now, Chen Kai has asked for an order, if the court does not agree, the result is not to talk about the problem that the prince will not be blessed by Mazu Niangniang in the future, and in terms of military and public opinion, I am afraid that it will also be harmful to the court and the emperor.

Now the Ming and Qing dynasties seem to have entered the stage of strategic confrontation, but the power of the Qing court is still too large, and the disparity between the strength of the two sides has not really changed.

The morale of the army is important, but the people's inclination is also a problem that cannot be ignored in the Ming court, and even the gods have to take into account - the weaker the side, the more often like the gambler who has few chips but has to bet, put the limited chips on the table, in order to win a bigger prize, often even more eager to turn the trouser pocket down.

The officials present did not mention the Consultative Bureau at all, because they knew very well that it was good for them to stand on this matter, so they simply did not mention it, and only worked the praise of the council. But the issue of praise was not necessary to discuss it in the first place, and now that Chen Kai asked for an order, Ming Ting had no reason not to do it, so the result was actually doomed from the beginning.

The opinions in the court were already clear, sitting on the dragon chair, Yongli felt bored for a while, but there was still no way, so he had to agree to Chen Kai's invitation like a rubber stamp.

After the concubine arrives in heaven, the godhead is to be promoted. In addition, the good words of the praise prefix should also have a beginning. These can be directly handed over to the Hanlin Academy, and as the emperor, it is enough to approve it in the end. It's just that now that this side has been decided, except for those officials of the Hanlin Academy, who have already begun to think about their own work, most of the other officials have returned their minds to the things they originally planned to play and discuss today. However, before the topic shifted, I saw that Yongli groaned slightly, and then turned over another old thing.

"Guangdong Governor Chen Kai has made outstanding achievements over the years, and more than half a year ago he was awarded the honor of recovering Southern Jiangxi. I thought that meritorious service should be rewarded, so as not to chill the courtiers' hearts to serve the country. ”

Since the Yongli Imperial Court moved to Yunnan, Chen Kai's promotion has been delayed for one reason or another, and it is indeed time to solve it. However, this issue originally involved the division of power between the imperial court and the Zheng group, a feudal town, and the imperial court had earlier taboo to let Chen Kai take over the official position of Lianchengbi, which was to prevent the Zheng group from further expanding inward. At this time, Yongli's words came to this, and the hearts of the ministers couldn't help but hang.

Bringing up the old things again, what does this son of heaven want to do, the ministers have no number in their hearts at all. Soon, Yongli gave a perfect explanation of their doubts: "However, there is an overlap between the powers and responsibilities of the governor of Liangguang and the governor of Guo. Therefore, I think that it is better to appoint Chen Kai with the title of secretary of the military department, and the imperial history of the right capital of the Imperial Palace, and the military affairs of Guangdong and Southern Jiangxi, so that it can be better used on the battlefield of Southern Jiangxi. ”

Guangdong and Southern Jiangxi are basically the territory of the Zheng Group now. The recovery of Guangdong Province was the result of Chen Kai's assistance to Zheng Chenggong and cooperation with Li Dingguo, and the Southern Jiangxi side was also the result of Chen Kai's control of the Ming army in Guangdong and southwest Fujian. Leaving these two places under Chen Kai's sole responsibility was indeed a breakthrough for Chen Kai to use Nanjiang as a breakthrough point to continue the offensive in the area controlled by the Qing court.

Official positions have always been established because of the time, because of things, and because of people, and they are not immutable. At first glance, the official position of the governor of Guangdong and Jiangxi is indeed more suitable for Chen Kai, and it is also more in line with the current internal and external situation. However, all the officials present had survived the party struggle, so how could they not see the emperor's intentions?

In the court, there is no need to be too clear between the monarch and the minister, everything is in plain sight. It's just that without waiting for others to react, and without waiting for Yongli to completely finalize the matter, Ma Jixiang, who had been silent just now, suddenly stood up.

"I think it's not appropriate!"

The guy in front of him can be said to be the most unpleasant one in the entire court, or in the entire Kunming City, and even in Yunnan Province. The reason, without him, is the ungrateful betrayal of the Lord in Anlong in those years. However, now that Ma Jixiang has hugged Li Dingguo's thigh, even if he is the Son of Heaven, it can't be anything.

Here, with an inappropriate word, Ma Jixiang stubbornly refuted Yongli's proposal, only to hear the secret anger in the heart of the Son of Heaven. It's just that above the court, he doesn't like it in his heart, and he will never sneer at his face with his temperament, so he has to suppress his anger and ask Ma Jixiang about the reason.

"In the minister's opinion, His Majesty's intention to promote Governor Chen is justified from any point of view." affirmed Yongli's statement, and sure enough, the sentence "but" followed: "However, since Chen Kai, the governor of Guangdong, served the king in the first year of Yongli, he has repeatedly made many awards, and the ministers have made it clear that since Jiashen, there has never been a person like Chen Kai among the civil officials of the dynasty." ”

After saying this, the civil officials present were so embarrassed that they were embarrassed. Basically, they have been cold for many years, and they have been tested from the single-plank bridge in the science field, either as jinshi or as a lifter, even if they are like Jin Weixin and Gong Ming, they are still the fame of all beings. But what about Chen Kai, a guy who has never even participated in the imperial examination, claims to be a child, but in fact he is a white ding, let a white ding kill them all, say no, that's fake.

Seeing this, a young civil official who had never looked at Ma Jixiang was not pleasing to the eye, but now he was even more displeased with the inferior to a white Ding, immediately stood up and directly questioned Ma Jixiang, with Chen Kai's fame, the court is still constantly promoting him, but he has ever owed Yunyun. How do you know that Ma Jixiang didn't even pay attention to him, and directly said the next words to Yongli.

"The last promotion was before the recovery of Fujian and Guangdong provinces. At first, it was because Qin Fan was indifferent, and when His Majesty moved to Kunming, there were all kinds of situations. In Yichen's view, the two provinces were recovered, and Chen Kai had the merit of praise in the King of Min and the King of Jin, and the recovery of Southern Jiangxi was led by his people, and it was the completion of the unfulfilled wishes of the King of Ningxia and the King of Yulin. Such a feat, just adding a military department to the title of Shangshu, the world will laugh at the stinginess of the imperial court. Therefore, Chen Kai's merits should be given to him, and at least he should be a marquis, otherwise it will not be enough to inspire the hearts of the world. ”

The word knight, Ma Jixiang said it rightly. But if you think about it carefully, even the young civil official can't refute it, because Chen Kai's exploits are here, and the great merit of the recovery of the two provinces, plus Nanjiang, is where Li Chengdong and Jin Shenghuan couldn't do anything back then.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were indeed fewer civil officials than military generals, but it was precisely because of the ancestral system that the national dynasty had non-military merits and could not be knighted. Not to mention, He Tengjiao and other goods who have lost Huguang can have the title of marquis during his lifetime, Chen Kai is really recovering the lost ground!

Ma Jixiang was beaming, and said that Yongli immediately had no reason to refute. Immediately afterwards, recovering quickly from the shock, Jin Weixin and Gong Ming also hurriedly echoed their words.

These three people are the cronies of the Jin Palace, which is known to everyone in the court. Seeing the three of them like this, the others only felt that they had been instructed by Li Dingguo. As everyone knows, this matter was just an accident, and Ma Jixiang's decisive action was to deal with Yongli's careful thoughts.

The three of them are pretending to be tigers, and the matter of Chen Kai can no longer be delayed, and the matter of giving the knight was quickly finalized, but the promotion was put on hold for the time being. This is Ma Jixiang's advocacy for fear that the promotion too fast will make Chen Kai lose the heart of forging ahead, and for the Ming court, he is now counting on Chen Kai to be able to deal a heavier blow to the Qing army in the southeast, which still needs to be taken into account.

This matter was finalized, and there was no need for the Hanlin Academy to ponder the title, even if the court was fooled, the matter was settled, and the Hanlin bachelor immediately sent the edict to Guangzhou City to announce the edict. In terms of efficiency alone, compared with the previous half a year's effort, it is really a world of difference.

The Holy Decree was sent to Guangzhou at a speed that was not inferior to Chen Kai's request and Guo Zhiqi's recital, and without a slight stop along the way, the Holy Decree was directly sent to the city of Guangzhou.

This was already the second half of the first month of the eleventh year of Yongli, Chen Kai crossed the earl and was directly awarded the title of Marquis of Datong, taking his hometown made up. It's just that in his opinion, this is clearly a pun, especially when he learned from the mouth of the Qin Cha that these two words were also set by Nama Jixiang, and he was even more sure.

"Datong, Datong in the world, this traitor understands me very well."

After receiving the holy decree, Chen Kai arranged a dinner party for Qin Cha to catch the wind and wash the dust. At the banquet, Chen Kai was in high spirits, frequently persuaded to drink, and drank until he was so confused, and then he got everything he wanted to know without much effort.

Just like Ma Jixiang in the court, Chen Kai learned that he was originally promoted to the official position of governor of Guangdong and Jiangxi, and he couldn't help but sneer secretly. This official position is indeed advantageous to him, but it does not correspond to the current situation.

From the perspective of the Zheng Group, Zheng Chenggong has just carried out the operation of centralized power, and Yongli is squeezing the space between him and Zheng Chenggong, and at the same time giving the Zheng Group a signal that Chen Kai has taken refuge in the Yongli Imperial Court; From the side of the imperial court, Chen Kai's advisory bureau will inevitably limit the authority of the imperial power and the bureaucracy in the future, and they will naturally not be of the same mind as him. received the order and was promoted, that is what happened to Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror. Moreover, the official position of a governor is indeed conducive to Chen Kai's integration of the prefectures and counties in the southwest of Guangdong, but it will also further aggravate the contradictions between him and the civil official group in western Guangdong, making him fall deeper and deeper on the road of not being a person inside and outside.

In addition, after the appointment of a governor of Guangdong and Jiangxi, the candidates for the two governors of Guangdong and Southern Jiangxi can be put on the agenda. Nan Jiang is still second, and now Chen Kai is running the Consultative Bureau in Guangdong, precisely to grasp the real power in Guangdong, at least until the Advisory Bureau is deeply entrenched. Otherwise, once it is hollowed out by others, it is a matter of two words whether the Advisory Council can achieve the desired effect.

"This emperor, that is, his temperament is too weak, but his brain is still very good. It's a pity that the big traitor is now holding Li Dingguo's thick legs, so he wants to help me. ”

Now it is still a situation where the enemy is strong and I am weak, and between the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is still unknown who will kill the deer. Speaking of which, it does seem a little too early to start thinking about what will happen after ZTE now. At the very least, wait until the bear dies before thinking about dividing the meat.

That's the truth. However, there is no such thing as planning ahead. The point is that it is right to take precautions and seize a more advantageous position, but you can't put the cart before the horse. Now, Ma Jixiang's mind is precisely within this category, so Chen Kai does not feel redundant at all, but is more excited by this understanding.

"However, didn't the husband say before that Wen'an Hou Ma Jixiang is not a ......"

At the end of the dinner, of course, Qin Cha went back to the post house to rest. Chen Kai returned to the back house, and after the congratulations of the family servants and maids, Zheng Xiyuan listened to Chen Kai tell these internal stories, and a thousand thoughts appeared in her mind, and finally fell on the head of this sentence "Not a good person", but she was stunned.

In this world, whether ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, the vast majority of people's vision will always have a simple black and white binary color - under the thinking mode dominated by the Qing official complex and the worship of the actor, the Ming monarch and virtuous ministers are naturally omnipotent, and ordinary people can enjoy happiness and beauty as long as they entrust their fate to their hands. On the other hand, those faint kings, traitors, and even barbarians are bound to be stupid, and the success of these goods will only be an accidental phenomenon of shit luck. Even, to a more far-reaching level, even heroes must be flawless, without the slightest flaw and selfishness, otherwise they will be expelled immediately.

As everyone knows, luck is important to be successful, but it is also necessary to have excellent ability, no matter in any aspect, there must always be something outstanding to really stand out. Blindly denying people and things that they don't like is a common habit of all people, but it is not right, but it is easier to limit people's horizons.

Chen Kai has never underestimated the Manchu Qing Dynasty, because the more he understands that period of history, the more he understands the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the more he knows how cunning this life-and-death enemy of Chinese civilization is. Here, Zheng Xiyuan's words have not yet been finished, she also immediately realized the problem of this kind of inertial thinking, and went through the matter again, although people like Ma Jixiang are despicable and shameless, but they have always been able to mix well over the years, and they must have their own advantages, and he helped Chen Kai this time, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than the word interests.

"I also need more benefits to buy more people. But the snowball has now begun to roll – or be a part of it; Otherwise, just wait to be crushed into the mud. ”

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