It is really the slowest mission in history, for more than three months, the master recruited by Mao Jue in Jiangnan has been an official for more than a month, and this snail mission finally climbed slowly to the gate of the Beijing Division.

There is no way, all the political actions of the Ming Dynasty revolve around the party struggle, the Southern Ming Dynasty court re-established in Nanjing inherited this "fine tradition" very well, the attitude towards the north, the imperial court order changed every day, one order and three changes, and even the Donglin Party was constantly strife, some thought that Mao Jue should take a tough attitude towards Mao Jue, forcing him to comply, in exchange for the greatest political achievements, and some were worried that Mao Jue would fall to Ma Shiying's side like Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo of the three towns in Jiangbei, advocating Huairou, and every court meeting ended, The content of the negotiations had to be doubled, and even the personnel of the mission were changed twice.

Finally, the governor of the same city knew Chen Hongfan, and the governor of Anqing, Zuo Maodi, won in the party struggle, and caught up with Wang Maodi, who was the main envoy in Tancheng County, at the junction of Shandong and Lianghuai.

But at this time, it was already late October, and it was close to November.

The colorful light snow in the sky fell to the ground sprinkled, adding a bit of pure white feather yarn to the streets and alleys of Jingshi, but even on such a cold day, the citizens of Jingshi wearing melon skin hats on their heads and holding their hands in their pockets were still crowded with people.

It's strange to say that after Mao Jue entered the Beijing Division, he really didn't care about the people's livelihood and people's plans, he was consolidating his power, casting a large-scale net to install cronies, and electing officials on a large scale, but this Beijing Division, in three or four months, was surprisingly prosperous, even if he himself was a little strange.

But there is nothing strange about it, the hero who revived the Jingshi is actually the more than 100,000 Liaozhen field army, who pay two taels of silver a month, never in arrears, and some heads can be exchanged for thirty taels, just like the US troops stationed here in later generations, these Liao Zhen soldiers are also used to being lavish, and when the silver arrives on vacation, they spend it like water.

There is consumption, it has driven jobs, and a while ago Mao Jue cut those noble eunuchs with great fanfare, whether it is the noble landlord or the court are competing to hire people to plough the fields or work, the most terrible social unemployment rate in the Chongzhen period has been wiped out in these months, and the remaining some unemployed are really lost to the level of lazy people, professional beggars, the court has no choice, they deserve to starve, and most of the remaining people have wages in hand, they have enough to eat, and there is some surplus money, and the market is naturally prosperous.

At the door, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were coldly connected to the city, and while walking, they watched left and right, Chen Hongfan and Zuo Maodi couldn't help but be overjoyed, originally they were worried that the Jingshi would be destroyed by Li Zicheng, and when the time came, they would need to collect a large amount of tax silver in Jiangnan to repair the Jingshi, but in this way, once the Jingshi is still in the capital, not only do they not need to raise taxes, but they can make another profit here.

But the joy of the two received the palace, but they couldn't help but fade down, for the southern envoy, Mao Jue also attached great importance to it, originally the Chongzhen Dynasty that time-consuming and inefficient, but also became a hot spot for the party to hold the big court meeting has not been held for a long time, everyone has something to report to the top on the line, but today, the civil and military forces of the court have been summoned to the palace, the Beijing officials are now more than 5,000 people, the palace can not fit, six or seven small officials directly lined up and waited outside the palace.

"There are so many officials in this Jingshi, that Mao is so bold that he dares to be an official privately!"

"That is, such a rebellious behavior must be severely punished!"

was welcomed by one by one Jingshi officials with an extremely unkind look, and the two of them were also full of annoyance, but what annoyed them was not that Mao Jue was a private official, but that there were too many officials.

There are so many rights in the world, you cut a piece, I cut a piece, and the rest is gone, the two of them sent envoys from the Southern Dynasty, naturally representing the bureaucrats of Yingtian's faction, once they welcome Emperor Hongguang to the north, they want to occupy the mainstream of the imperial court, and now there are so many local factions, when the time comes, it will inevitably be a dragon fight, and give up some positions to these Beijing officials, but now, the two of them are still full of confidence in returning to Beijing and intimidating Mao Jue.

"The South Envoy has arrived!"

"The South Envoy has arrived!"

The eunuchs finally have some use, the entire Beijing Division, there is really no one with a sharper and higher voice than them, no wonder in medieval Italy, Pavarotti's predecessors had to castrate themselves before they came to sing tenors, and entered the Qianqing Palace like a baton one by one, and with the entry of the two, the two columns of civil and military officials on the left and right also turned their heads and looked at them.

What annoyed Chen Hongfan and Zuo Maodi was that there was already a person sitting on the dignified dragon chair, and he was wearing a nine-clawed rolling dragon robe and a crown facing the sky, the standard emperor dress.

"Bold Mao Rebellious! Dare to trespass the clothes, the envoy of the great emperor is here, and he will not come down quickly!"

I really don't know where these guys got the confidence, as soon as they went to court, Zuo Maodi was already full of energy, and shouted angrily.

The person on the dragon chair was obviously angry, and slapped the armrest heavily, however, he squinted at the handsome man who was obviously different from the courtiers, wearing a python robe and holding a war knife, and standing on the side without moving, and he swallowed the words back.

The majesty of the upper side also has to be foiled below, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, looking at themselves like fools, Zuo Maodi is obviously a little unable to get off the stage, and in anger, he hurriedly ripped off the holy decree and recited it loudly.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Yingfu Zhonggong, the first emperor has no virtue, the disaster descends the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing division falls, and the ancestral tomb is disgraced! Woohoo!"

"Fortunately, there is the Holy Son of Heaven, after the Wanli Emperor, who is wise and martial, wise and benevolent, gathers people's hearts, and defends the old capital! Protect me from the Ming Society!"

"Today, I heard that the Beijing division was recovered, and the Sacred Heart of the Son of Heaven was very happy, and he led the civil and military officials to the north on the same day, and returned to the old capital, recovering the artifact, and making Mao Jue, the king of Liao! Unruly, he sat back and watched the fall of the Beijing division and did not save him, and then arrogantly crossed the throne in the Beijing division, made him cut off his throne, made him guilty and made meritorious service, and led the army to immediately pursue and suppress the thief, otherwise he would be punished for several crimes! Chin!"

A holy decree is actually quite long, it is estimated that it came from the hand of the great writer of Jiangnan to praise Zhu Yousong and said it for more than ten minutes, and the rest of the beautiful words were verbose for more than half an hour, in fact, the work is above, after reciting, Zuo Maodi is a majestic face, raised the holy decree high forward, and shouted loudly.

"Liaoyi still doesn't accept the order?"

At this time, the courtiers were already turning their heads left and right, and they were talking hurriedly, just like when Zuo Maodi and the two entered the palace, this holy decree also touched their core interests, you southern Yankees are going to come to the north to grab officials, where are these Beijing officials of Lao Tzu?

Although after Mao Jue took power, being an official was not as good as before, working ten times more every day, and the tax-free benefits were gone, but after all, the official was still more comfortable than the people, and Mao Jue, in order to improve the attractiveness, increased the amount of money set by Taizu Zhu Xiaojiao and the old man Zhu tenfold, and also imitated the Dongjiang system, deducting a little bit from the monthly salary, and the court took out the same amount of silver as the silver for the elderly, even if a nine-grade official, after working until the age of sixty on a monthly basis, he could still get a considerable pension when he retired.

In addition, most of the officials of the six departments and Jiuqing have all been newly promoted by Mao Jue in the past few months, and making them give up their official positions that they have won so hard is like killing their father's revenge!

Mao Jue's goal has been achieved, this arrogant Nanming holy decree is equivalent to offending most of the officials in the north, and when the time comes, the whole north will be the same enemy, unlike the Qing Dynasty in history, when fighting with the Nanming, it also faced the rebellion of the internal Han bureaucracy.

Enough of the heat, Mao Jue finally nodded to the crown prince who was sitting on the dragon chair and saw the civil and military officials for the first time, that is, the new emperor Zhu Cihong at this time.

I can't hold it back for a long time, and the holy decree just now also pushed the dead country to his father's head, and even if he is a puppet, he has to be the only puppet, and there is a cousin in the south who is on par with him, what is this! Patting the dragon chair, it was very imposing to Emperor Chongzhen back then, Zhu Cihong suddenly stood up and roared angrily.

"Shameless rebels, are you asking me to accept the holy decree of the usurper thief of King Fu?"

"Presumptuous! Your Majesty is the blood of Emperor Wanli! It is a matter of course that the supreme inherits the throne in the world! You are a martial artist, and you dare to arrogant yourself as the emperor, and you are rebellious? ”

hasn't figured out the situation yet, Zuo Maodi is still pretending to be forced there, and Zhu Cihong, who is even more angry, almost has no smoke.

"Presumptuous! I am the crown prince of the first emperor! The first emperor is a great act, and I will succeed to the throne of this legal system, which is reasonable! You and other rebel ministers, greedy for wealth and nobility, even surrounded the traitor of King Fu and became the emperor, it is simply a crime that cannot be punished! Regent, I want you to send troops against this group of rebels!"

Only then did Zuo Maodi see clearly that the person sitting on the dragon chair was just a hairy boy in his teens, and with his voice, Mao Jue, who was standing on the side and was blocked by the ministers, walked out comfortably, looking at the two people in the middle of the court coldly.

"When you see the true dragon emperor, don't you kneel?"

"Who knows who is sitting in the court, do you say that the prince is the prince? Mao Jue, you dare to set up a prince without permission, the sin is unforgivable! The whole world should discuss it!"

There is a saying that a dead duck has a hard mouth, it is already a big mess, this Zuo Maodi is still holding on here, but even if he kneels and kowtows, it doesn't matter to Mao Jue, he is full of contempt and puts the saber between his hands, and snorts proudly.

"This king will give you a chance, before March next year, let Fu Shun bring Yingtian's group of rebel ministers to Beijing to apologize! Accept the review of Dali Temple, this king can still open the net, spare you and wait for a life, otherwise in March next year, this king from the Beijing division of the world's righteous teachers to beg for ministers, when the day of the attack on Yingtian, is the time when you and other criminals are burned, regardless of men, women and children, they will be dealt with according to rebellion, abandon Chang Street!"

didn't give Zuo Maodi a chance to argue again, Mao Jue had already proudly waved his slap: "Come on, knock these two traitors out of the palace to this king!"

"The last general obeys!"

(End of chapter)