The decree is not long, but it carries a great weight. Because of Zhao Dangshi's great achievements in restoring Shaanxi and Henan provinces and breaking the thieves, the emperor and the cabinet agreed to change Zhao Dangshi to the king of Song, and concurrently served as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses.

The matter of changing the title is a play directed and acted by Zhao Dangshi in private, and the five kings of the new dynasty stand side by side, although they all know that Zhao Dangshi is the strongest, but after all, there is something special. As the situation in the new DPRK gradually stabilizes, the next most important thing is to elect one person as the leader and unite the originally loose forces under one banner. Zhao Dangshi has the ability to make decisions, and his strength is outstanding, so he naturally became the leader of the military and political affairs of the Hongguang Imperial Court. In this way, Zhao Dangshi's command of the army to control all kinds of soldiers and horses, as well as the emperor's orders to pacify the people and suppress the local area, etc., are more justified. In addition, because the envoys from Nanjing who had set out from Nanjing to visit the Qing State had not yet arrived in Beijing, the information was unknown, and the words and phrases about the Northern Expedition did not mention the Qing State at all, but only said that the encirclement and suppression of the thieves would restore the homeland.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no king with a different surname, not to mention a word king, even if there was before, it was posthumously sealed after the death of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, and Chang Yuchun, the king of Kaiping, but the Hongguang court was established on the basis of the support of the five kings, and the ancestral rules and regulations were broken since then.

In mid-July, Zhao Dangshi, who had not long recovered Xi'an, sent foreign envoy Fu Xunyu and others to report to Emperor Hongguang, and offered 20 taels of southern gold, 4 pieces of amber, and 4 horses of horses, and at the same time expressed his desire for the emperor to be crowned. Emperor Hongguang is a person installed by Zhao Dangshi on the left and right, and he himself is really like a puppet, and there is no reason to disallow it, but in order to show formality, the follow-up is to send the news to Nanjing and go through the motions through the cabinet placed there.

However, the reward process, which was thought to be smooth sailing, made waves in Nanjing.

Qian Qianyi presided over the government affairs of Nanjing, and he used Zhao Dangshi's power to become the first assistant, and he would not oppose the matter of giving Zhao Dangshi the title of king. Among the six ministers of the cabinet, Ma Shiying, Wang Yingxiong, and Ding Kuichu are even more supportive, leaving only Gao Hongtu and Jiang Yueguang. But after all, the two of them were depressed in their hearts, among them, after Jiang Yueguang went home, Zhang Shenyan, the right capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, and Zhang Zhengchen and others happened to come to visit, and Jiang Yueguang couldn't help but complain a few words during the conversation.

Zhang Shenyan and Zhang Zhengchen were shocked when they learned of this, and turned back and said to Li Qing in the engineering department, Huang Rifang in the military department, and then Zhang Shenyan, Zhang Zhengchen, Li Qing, Huang Rifang and others put pressure on the cabinet together, Zhang Shenyan believes that since the founding of the dynasty, the prince of one word has never been awarded only to the descendants of the royal family, and the prince of Zhao Dangshi has been extraordinarily generous, if Zhao Dangshi is named the prince, it has become a precedent, and then different surnames have become kings, and it is inevitable to repeat the risk of rebellion of kings such as Yingbu and Zang Di in the early Han Dynasty. Zhang Zhengchen also invoked the ancestral system of being a king, and he tried to do so.

Qian Qianyi didn't expect this matter to go wrong in his own link, so he was angry and angry, and asked Zhang Shenyan and others: "Do you want to be a justice of the peace or a citizen of troubled times?" ”

Zhang Shenyan said vigorously: "I want to be a Ming official, I want to be a Ming people." ”

Ruan Dacheng, the head of the military department, who was summoned to the court as an official because of his meritorious service in Zhao Ying's placement of Xiao Yuan Ying in Nanjing, said: "Without Zhao Dangshi and other five kings, the state has been broken. If the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached, even if it is rewarded under the nine springs, what is the use? ”

Zhang Zhengchen was dissatisfied: "There is no Zhao Dangshi, there are still four kings, why should you be threatened by Zhao Dangshi alone?" ”

Ruan Dacheng replied: "When the northern capital fell, where were the other four kings? If it weren't for Zhao Dangshi's command from Zhengshuo, I am afraid that Henan, Shaanxi and other places are still in the hands of thieves. He added, "Zhao Dangshi is a strong soldier, and he can use it for use, why not do you want to make enemies instead of cleaning up people's hearts?" ”

Zhang Shenyan said: "I'm afraid that Zhao Dangshi has bad intentions. ”

Qian Qianyi said unhappily: "If you are unpredictable, how can you come to my new dynasty?" Relying only on a few words, not distinguishing between right and wrong, and speculating, is not the way to be an official! Instead, he said, "Zhao Dangshi and the lord of Huaqing County are married, which can be described as royal clansmen, how can they say that they have different hearts?" ”

Zhang Shenyan choked and said: "I don't see Dou Xian, Liang Ji, He Jin of the Han Dynasty, Yang Jian of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Guozhong of the Tang Dynasty, and Jia Zhidao of the Song Dynasty, all of whom are relatives of the emperor. ”

Qian Qianyi was furious when he heard this, and said: "If Zhao is a traitor, then what is my identity as a new dynasty and new monarch and new ministers are supported by him?" When the policy was decided, the public did not say a word, and the officials were willing to be in power, but now they are questioning it every sentence, what is the reason? ”

At present, the dispute between the two sides continued for a day and a night, and Zhang Shenyan and others finally backed down, but said: "If you decide to be the prince, you can be the king of Ji and the king of Wei." Named the king of Song, it is quite inappropriate. ”

Zhang Zhengchen echoed: "Taizu rebelled against the Yuan at the beginning, from Han Shantong, Han Lin'er and his son, and the Han family was named 'Song'. ”

"I have been in the Ming Dynasty since the time of Taizu to dominate the universe, and I have come from all directions. The Heavenly Empire, the four seas surrendered. Even if the mountains and rivers are damaged now, it is only a temporary pain, justice is in me, revival is just around the corner, how can it have reached the point of chasing the wind and catching shadows, and being afraid of panic because of a one-word reward. Qian Qianyi shook his head, looking distressed, "If the King of Song can suppress my Ming Dynasty, then such as the King of Qin, the King of Tang, etc., which title can't suppress my Ming Dynasty?" ”

"But that's where the royal blood lies."

"Royal blood?" Qian Qianyi smiled, "Have you forgotten that the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in the Han Dynasty, the rebellion of the eight kings of the Jin Dynasty, and even the rebellion of King Ning of this dynasty?" ”

This sentence knocked down the arrogance of Zhang Shenyan and the others, who were still powerful. After Qian Qianyi, no one dared to answer again, because everyone's hearts were clear, and if they continued to talk in this direction, they would inevitably touch on the taboo events of the dynasty, such as the change of Jingjing and the change of seizing the door. Not to mention whether there will be a sin of slandering and slandering the first emperor, just talk about the facts, and from these incidents, Zhang Shenyan and the people's claims are even more untenable.

In the final analysis, even if there is no longer power in the Hongguang Imperial Court, it is impossible for the Nanjing cabinet to succumb to the pressure of Nanjing officials, and it is self-evident who is the heaven on the top and who is the parent of food and clothing.

With the suppression of the cabinet led by Qian Qianyi, no matter how fierce the criticism of the ministers below is, it cannot change the fact that Zhao Dangshi's change of title has become a foregone conclusion.

The opposition of the hundred officials in Nanjing was expected by Zhao Dangshi, but to be honest, he was not at ease. Although the Donglin Party and other parties are called Qingliu, their influence on the government is really turbid, at least Zhao Dangshi does not trust these old officials. The reason why he set up a cabinet and appointed 100 officials in Nanjing was only to give an explanation to the world, and it was also one of the means to stabilize the early days of the establishment of the new dynasty.

As early as the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, who stood out from the Zhulu Righteous Army at that time, became the number one minister of the Longfeng regime of Han Lin'er, the king of Xiaoming of the Han Song Dynasty, and began to deliberately adopt the means of separation of power to get rid of the constraints of the Longfeng regime on its unification cause, the most important of which was military power. In order not to provoke other forces to cause negative impacts, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted a step-by-step approach of not abolishing the central military leadership body, Xingzhongshu Province, that is, first changing the Privy Council of the Longfeng regime into the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to control the military.

After the establishment of the Dadu Governor's Office, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed his nephew Zhu Wenzheng as the Governor of the Dadu Governor's Office, and Zhu Wenzheng was the only one in office at first, but Zhu Yuanzhang then slowly stripped off the military power of the Xingzhongshu Province with the nature of military and political integration by first incorporating the officials into the Xingzhongshu Province of the Longfeng regime under his direct control, and then slowly transferring the military personnel to the Dadu Governor's Office, and finally completely attributed it to his own Dadu Governor's Office, which greatly strengthened Zhu Yuanzhang's control over military power and the single purity of the military leadership power.

Through this move, Zhu Yuanzhang also effectively enhanced the military cohesion of his group. For example, Shao Rong, he was the main general of Zhu Yuanzhang's old lord Guo Zixing, after Guo Zixing's death, he had a very high status in Zhu Yuanzhang's army, alongside Chang Yuchun and Xu Da, and even later served as the highest position in the Privy Council, the status is higher than other generals, but he is not a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang reformed the Privy Council, and the original Privy Council officials were not transferred to the Metropolitan Governor's Office, but first transferred to the Xingzhongshu Province to fill their posts, such as Shao Rong became the Pingzhang political affairs of the Xingzhongshu Province, Chang Yuchun became the governor of the Xingzhongshu Province, and Xu Dacheng became the right minister of the Xingzhongshu Province, etc. Xingzhongshu Province was directly managed by Zhu Yuanzhang, Shao Rong was stripped from the relatively independent Xing Privy Council, and was directly restrained by Zhu Yuanzhang, so he could not be used from then on, and even finally embarked on the road of no return to rebellion and was killed, which is also the power trick of Zhu Yuanzhang's pure regime.

Zhao Dangshi cut off the connection between Fan Jing and Nanjing, mainly in political affairs, but learned Zhu Yuanzhang's handling of the military. His congenital conditions are better than Zhu Yuanzhang's, and his actions are smooth and smooth, and he can save many twists and turns. At present, the great enemy is outside, Zhao Dangshi can maintain the status quo in Nanjing internally, Nanjing has money and Qianyi in charge, and the following hundreds of officials only open their mouths, have no real power, and can't make any splash. In time, when the world is gradually settled, the re-innovation of the court will be put on the agenda, and at that time, those who serve Zhao will stay and those who oppose Zhao will go, and there will definitely not be such a gentle transition as when Zuo Mengeng entered Nanjing. At that time, even if all the Nanjing officials go into the wilderness, Zhao Dangshi will not worry, there are talented people in the country, as long as there is a seat, there is no shortage of outstanding people who can do their jobs.

Fan Jing Angel arrived at Xi'an Mansion to canonize Zhao Dangshi, and Zhao Dangshi resigned according to custom. After repeated excuses, the court did not allow it, and Zhao Dangshi said "I dare not brush the saint on Longen" and other words, and accepted the canonization.

Naturally, the name of Zhao Dangshi, the king of Song and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, quickly spread all over the world.

Zhao Dangshi has changed his seal and is a strong soldier. At present, in the middle of the gathering of troops, there are Qihun, Xiaojie, Changhong Left, Changhong Right, Zhenxiao, Qingtong, Fengyiqian, Fengyizhong, Fengyi Hou's nine battalions, as well as Huang Degong, Zhang Yingyuan, Wang Yuncheng, Zhao Ronggui, Liu Gui, Ma Wannian, San Tan, Zhu Hualong, Zhao Guangyuan, Li Jiyu and other departments, a total of more than 70,000 soldiers.

Shaanxi Yiping, worry-free. Zhao Dangshi swore to the Northern Expedition in the name of the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses. In addition to the 70,000 people who set out from Guanzhong to Shanxi, they also sent envoys to Datong Mansion in Shanxi, Weihui Mansion in Henan, and Huai'an Mansion in Nanzhili to instruct Hou Dagui, Guang Wenlu, Zuo Mengeng and other commanders of the armies who were scheduled to participate in the Northern Expedition to make arrangements for coordinated operations.

Also at the beginning of August, the situation in northern Shanxi changed.