In Wuchang City, as the news of Zhu Cihong's accession to the throne in Wuchang spread in the Central Plains Daily, there have been intermittent Chongzhen's former ministers from Jiangnan in the past few days.

On July 17, the Zhengxing Dynasty finally ushered in the most important defectors.

The world-famous Confucian Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou took a group of disciples day and night, and finally arrived in Wuchang smoothly after evading the layers of obstructions of the Southern Ming court.

As soon as he heard that Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou had arrived, Liu Ximing personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to the dock to greet them.

Liu Zongzhou and Huang Dao, who were dressed in plain clothes, saw Liu Ximing's pomp and circumstance on the boat, and many of the dissatisfaction that had originally risen in their hearts disappeared in an instant.

Liu Wujiang personally led hundreds of officials to greet him with the respect of a prime minister, which shows the noble character of respecting the people.

As for the many omissions in the government, no one is perfect, Liu Wujiang has a good intention after all.

With such a mood, Liu Zongzhou and Huang Dao laughed and greeted Liu Ximing and the others who came to greet them.

"Bo Wanghou tortured me for waiting, and I didn't dare to be ashamed."

As soon as they met, Liu Zongzhou and Huang Dao were a big bow, which shows that the two attach great importance to etiquette.

Liu Ximing hurriedly stepped forward and helped the two of them up with a smile, "The sages are coming from afar, this is a sign of the prosperity of this dynasty, the servants are not talented, and they were appointed as prime ministers by His Majesty, just to ask the Quartet for the way to govern the country, and now the two of them are thousands of miles away, how dare Liu not come to greet them." ”

Lao Liu's business mutual blowing skills have long been perfected, and now he is blowing for Liu Zongzhou and Huang Dao in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, which directly makes the two old scholars a little fluttering.

However, Liu Zongzhou is a Confucian old bird after all, and he woke up after a few efforts, and when he saw that he had finished saluting with hundreds of officials, he directly asked with great anticipation:

"I wonder if the old man can ask to see His Majesty?"

Liu Ximing smiled and gestured to invite, "Your Majesty has already issued an order, the two gentlemen will be summoned as soon as they come, so please do so, the court clothes have been prepared for the two of you in the car." ”

With excitement, Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou, accompanied by Liu Ximing and others, took a carriage to the former Chu Palace.

After Liu Ximing's palace was renovated, most of the original functions had been restored, and many dormitory buildings had been built before the recruitment of officials.

Zhu Cihong and others were already worried that a few princes and princesses were living alone in the palace and were not popular, but now that such a person came to accompany them, a group of people still wished that they were like this.

Seeing the words "Daming Gate" rewritten on the door of the palace of King Chu from a distance, Liu Zong couldn't hold back his tears again.

At this time, the Carrier Hall has also been renamed the Emperor's Palace, and Zhu Cihong has been sitting in the palace for a long time in the emperor's court clothes.

The court clothes prepared by Liu Ximing for Liu Zongzhou are still those of the imperial history of Zuodu, and Huang Daozhou is according to the grade of the Ministry of Rites, which is completely comparable to the level of Nanjing.

As soon as they entered the main hall and saw Zhu Cihong in person, Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou knelt down with a puff and directly bowed to worship.

After doing this, the two of them shouted in unison, "Your Majesty," and then began to weep bitterly.

On the throne, Zhu Cihong saw that Erzhou was so solemn, and suddenly recalled the previous scene in the Forbidden City.

Seeing the two of them kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly, Zhu Cihong walked down the imperial steps in a few steps and cried bitterly with the two of them.

After a long reminiscence, Zhu Cihong raised his eyes and looked at Liu Ximing and said:

"Prime Minister, the two gentlemen have come from thousands of miles away, have the Prime Minister considered how to settle them?"

Liu Ximing said loudly: "Your Majesty rest assured, the minister is about to invite Your Majesty, Liu Qidong was appointed as the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Court when he was the first emperor, and although Huang Youping was only a young Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion before, he also served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing. ”

"The minister thinks that these two gentlemen dare to abandon the dark and turn to the light, which can be described as a model in the world, and the minister asks Your Majesty to still appoint Liu Qidong as the imperial history of the left capital, and Huang Youping as the secretary of the criminal department."

The position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites is related to the upcoming imperial examination, and Liu Ximing has been preparing for this for a long time, so he naturally will not give up because of Huang Daozhou.

Zhu Cihong didn't know the twists and turns, and when he saw that Liu Xi's life was properly arranged, he nodded with satisfaction at the moment: "There is Prime Minister Lao, I am sure, so let's decide." ”

Liu Zong hurriedly bowed his head again, "Wait for Your Majesty Longen." ”

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Liu Cheng, the minister learned that the imperial court planned to carry out reforms in Jiangnan, and the minister had many doubts to consult the prime minister."

Liu Zongzhou was made an official by Zhu Cihong, and even asked about the matters he was most concerned about.

Liu Ximing smiled in his heart, he asked about this matter in the second week, obviously he came prepared, he would not be so easily fooled.

"The two gentlemen came from afar, and they had to evade the pursuit of the Nanjing puppet dynasty along the way, and they were already very tired when they thought about it, and now that they are officials in the court, there are more opportunities to discuss when they turn back, so let's ask the two of you to rest today."

Zhu Cihong had a really such expression on his face, "Exactly, although the state affairs are urgent, they are not at this time, the two gentlemen are also old, please rest more." ”

The emperor personally told Liu Zongzhou and Huang Dao that they had received this treatment.

When Chongzhen was in charge, although he valued Erzhou's fame, Chongzhen himself didn't like these two old pedants who opened their mouths and closed their mouths about benevolence, righteousness and morality.

As for Zhu Yousong, this is even more of a big flower, how to do these things that care about people.

Seeing Zhu Cihong's insistence, he had to go to the temple with tears in his eyes in the second week.

Seeing the two of them go away, a trace of excitement flashed on Zhu Cihong's young face.

"Taishi, as Taishi said, the righteous people in the world must come to the court one after another, what should we do now? Should the Northern Expedition be brought in immediately? ”

Liu Ximing said with a smile: "Your Majesty is too anxious, now that the court has a new decision, everything needs to be reclarified, how can there be such a quick thing." ”

Zhu Cihong had to nod with a disappointed face, and then he looked at Liu Ximing as if he remembered something funny.

"I heard that the family of the Taishi has arrived in Wuchang, and I have received great kindness from the Taishi, and I can't repay it, so I will set up a banquet in the palace today to invite the Taishi's family."

Liu Ximing hurriedly bowed down and bowed his hand, "What the minister did should be, and I didn't dare to be thanked by Your Majesty, but since Your Majesty has an edict, the minister will thank Your Majesty for his family first." ”

"Okay, then we'll meet tonight", Zhu Cihong laughed.

This should be regarded as gathering people's hearts, Zhu Cihong, who is trying to learn the way of being a king, thought in his heart.

Since the decision to set the capital of Wuchang, Liu Ximing began to consider bringing all his family members over.

First, Sichuan is indeed too far away from Huguang, and there are a lot of daughters-in-law and children at home, which is also a big deal if you don't see it all year round.

Second, moving the family here is conducive to exerting a driving effect, so as to fool Huang Zongxi, Chen Zilong and others to move their family members over, which can also be considered for the future.

Xie Chunxi and the others were naturally ecstatic when they received this request, and almost the whole family set out, and the next day after receiving the news, they set off on the big boat.

It was only at night, and several Liu family carriages carried Liu Ximing's family of more than a dozen people into the palace leisurely.

In addition to Xie Chunxi, Li Xiangjun and other wives and concubines, Liu Ximing also brought his two younger brothers with him, and as soon as so many people entered the palace, the entire palace suddenly became lively.

Although Xie Chunxi and the others were used to seeing the scene at home, it was the first time they had been in this palace, and they were inevitably a little excited.

However, Xie Chunxi was born as a housemother after all, and she was used to controlling the family, so she settled down after a little distraction, and instead told Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan and others.

But even so, the addition of Liu Jiashan and a few other little guys still made Princess Changping and others, who had just recovered from the blow of the country, smile.

"Taishi, I see that Ling Gongzi is smart and cute, how about letting me recognize him as a righteous son?"

During the banquet, Zhu Cihong suddenly came out with such a sentence, which immediately made the atmosphere in the hall stagnate.

Liu Ximing glanced at Zhu Cihong with a smile, and looked at this kid again, he actually knew that he was trying to win over his family, and he really didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse to support this little emperor.

However, Liu Ximing's reaction was very fast, and not long after Zhu Cihong finished speaking, he immediately came out and knelt down and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty is kind, the dog can be appreciated by Your Majesty, that is his creation, and the minister can't ask for it." ”

"Hahaha, great, great, this matter is settled."

Zhu Cihong, whose hands were sweating, immediately laughed when he saw Liu Ximing's promise.

Liu Ximing had other ideas in his heart.

Returning to his seat, he glanced at the two younger brothers who had lost their souls and looked at the princesses, and quietly summoned them out of the palace to change their clothes and go to the toilet.