Although many people were very puzzled as to why Yuan Chonghuan, who had quelled the rebellion of Gunchuktaiji, was sent to Jinghai City to establish the province of South Africa, with the endorsement of Sun Chengzong himself, the officials who supported Yuan Chonghuan could not change Chongzhen's decision after all. Mobile M.

Removed Yuan Chonghuan, a competitor, Sun Chuanting was finally promoted to the chief of staff of the army, and Sun Chengzong finally resigned from the post of chief of staff, officially retired, and received the first-class Huabiao Medal. At the emperor's suggestion, he still received the position of a member of the Senate, and continued to stay in the capital to recuperate in this capacity.

Regarding Yuan Chonghuan's fate, Beijing officials only paid attention for a while and were quickly attracted by another focus. That was the vacant position of the governor of Fengda after Yuan Chonghuan's transfer, and the means of the imperial court's promotion and demotion of Yuan Chonghuan were still more concerned about who would fill the position of governor of Fengda after Yuan Chonghuan left.

After the reform of the official system that began in the first year of Chongzhen, the redivision of local administrative areas made the governor's powers clear, and he truly became a feudal official who could sit on an equal footing with the six Shangshu. In terms of seniority, the governor, like the six scholars, was given the right to select directly into the cabinet, and they could also express their opinions directly on the draft policies of the imperial court, thus becoming one of the decision-makers of national policy.

Such a governor is naturally much more attractive to the governors and governors of the towns who went out of the town with the title of imperial history before. In the past, the governor of the Ming Dynasty was actually only a commander in charge of a special affairs, such as the trilateral governor was to prevent the Mongol tribes in the Hetao from going south, and the governor of Caoyun was an official in charge of the management of the canal, and the current governor of the Ming Dynasty, the status is not the same.

At present, there are only ten governors in the Ming Dynasty, two of which are overseas and eight are in China, even with the upcoming South African Governorate, there are only 11 governors. Climbing to this position, he can already be regarded as the top handful of rulers of the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because this position is so attractive that it is difficult for Yuan Chonghuan's transfer news to be paid attention to all the time. Whether it is the New Donglin Party or the Scientific Progressive Party, whether it is Qian Qianyi or Wen Tiren, and even the marginalized old-fashioned bureaucrats, they are trying to seek the vacant position of Fengda Governor.

Although Zhu Youzhen didn't mind some disputes among the officials below, if the officials below were all monolithic, he wouldn't be able to sleep. But that doesn't mean that he is willing to watch these officials turn the court into a miasma for the sake of a grand governor's position.

After enduring such a situation for a week, Zhu Youzhen finally made a decision on his own. He personally summoned the cabinet ministers to announce his decision, and to the astonished eyes of these cabinet ministers, Zhu Youzhen announced his preferred candidate for governor of Fengda. Neither the candidate recommended by Qian Qianyi, nor the person proposed by Wen Tiren, nor the righteous gentleman advocated by the Qinglius, but a person that everyone did not expect, Amin, the leader of the Eight Banners of Loyalty and Righteousness.

This Manchurian who fled back to Beijing because he avoided Yuan Chonghuan picked up a big bargain at the moment. Amin, who was under house arrest at his residence and confessed to his contacts with Shenyang, still looked unbelieving when he received the imperial decree. Amin felt that it was a great fortune that he would not be placed under house arrest in the capital for the rest of his life, and he never thought that such a pie would fall on his head.

Because of this edict, the dark clouds that hung over Amin's head finally receded, and the Manchurians in the capital who were uneasy because of this were also relieved. For Chongzhen, removing Amin from the position of the commander of the Eight Banners is also the best way to prevent Amin from rebelling at the moment. Perhaps Amin had no intention of defecting before, but with the killing of Gonchuktaiji, it was a bit difficult to say.

The position of Governor of Fengda was a promotion rank for the Han people, but it was actually not a good position for a Manchurian. After all, in the current situation, Manchu cannot be promoted to the cabinet. The Eight Banners of Disloyalty and Righteousness were governed by the surrendered Manchus, and the Han and Mongolian officials below the governor of Fengda, no matter what Amin did, he would not be as free as in the past, and of course he could not incite anyone to rebel.

In addition, the imperial court would further reduce the power of the Mongol chiefs, so as to bring military power back to the central government. At this point in time, let these Mongol chiefs direct their grievances at the governor of Fengda, the implementer of the policy, and Amin's Manchurian status can still share some grievances for the imperial court.

In the last month of Chongzhen's twelfth year, the capital was concerned by these two things. In addition, there is also a small episode, Princess Taining, accompanied by her sister-in-law Namu Zhong and Su Tai, entered the palace and cried to the queen, saying that she had no knowledge of the rebellion of Gunchuktaiji, and hoped that this incident would not implicate her.

Although Princess Taining and Gunchuk Taiji are husband and wife, the age difference between the two is very large, and the relationship is not harmonious, so Princess Taining would rather stay in the capital than go to Chahanhot. Although Zhou Hou has never interfered in the affairs of the court, he couldn't help but ask the emperor for mercy in the face of this situation.

Zhu Youzhen naturally would not engage in such a strain, after all, this is not in line with his values and the actual situation. The one who put down the rebellion was also Princess Taining's own nephew. Implicating Princess Taining will undoubtedly put these Mongolian relatives and nobles who are related to each other in danger.

After Empress Zhou came forward to appease these Mongolian nobles, the time finally entered the thirteenth year of Chongzhen. At the same time, Shenyang finally sent a peace envoy expressing his willingness to release the captured Ming merchants and hope that the two countries would return to the previous state of peace.

After the reform of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the first year of Chongde, Huang Taiji changed the original museum into the history of the Inner Kingdom, the secretary of the Inner Palace, the Third Academy of Internal Hong, and the Inner National History Institute to take charge of the edicts, edit the actual history books, and write the book of suburban sacrifices. The Secretariat of the Interior is in charge of drafting diplomatic documents and edicts. The head of the Inner Hung Yuan commented on the good and evil actions of the past dynasties, and lectured to the emperor and the prince.

The three inner courts are already very similar to the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, but they have not yet become the power center of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now they are only the staff mechanism used by Huang Taiji to contain the Six Ministries and the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

The envoy sent by Huang Taiji this time was none other than Hongyuan University scholar Xifu, a Manchu minister who was born in the Hesheri clan and was affiliated with the Yellow Banner of Manchuria, and was Huang Taiji's confidant, and it was not the first time he had come to Beijing. Compared with his one mission to Beijing, this time Xifu put on a lower posture.

As Huang Taiji's confidant and think tank, he was well aware of the crisis facing the Manchu Qing Dynasty now. In the past, the Manchus could also rely on their own great martial arts to maintain a sense of superiority in front of the Ming people. However, the Ming army ventured to attack Yingkou such a lone army, and the Manchus could not leave it behind, and a figure like Xifu could naturally perceive the change of power between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Sadly, this change is not good news for the Manchurians. Finally walked out of the deep mountains and forests, and became a country belonging to the Manchus in Shenyang, and Manchus like Xifu naturally would not be willing to be driven back to the deep mountains and forests by the Ming people.

What's more, it is a question whether the Manchu people, who are already familiar with urban life, can survive after returning to the deep mountains and old forests. Even the lowest urban dwellers live in a much worse living condition than the mountain and forest tribes, who have little food and clothing. At the very least, since the Manchus moved into Shenyang City, the survival rate of newborns has been several times higher than in the past, and it is this birth rate and survival rate that can support the Manchu people's war operations over the years.

As early as Nurhachi's time, the young Manchus had become unfamiliar with the art of hunting and archery, and this situation was so serious that Nurhachi even needed to issue a warning himself. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, this situation became even more serious, and even in order to keep the Manchu people in a hard and simple life, Huang Taiji had to order several times to prohibit the Manchu relatives and nobles from buying luxury goods of the Ming Kingdom, smoking tobacco, raising opera troupes and other bad habits.

The young Manchurians' living habits are extremely close to the wealthy families of the Ming Dynasty. These young Manchurians are not satisfied with this, and if they are allowed to return to their former life in the mountains and forests, it will undoubtedly make them die.

So in order to maintain their current way of life, the Manchu elite like Xifu had to bow to reality, and the ambition to enter the plains like the Mongols had given way to the goal of allowing the Manchus to survive.

Huang Taiji may have great ambitions, but he is by no means a blind and arrogant person. In the face of reality, he finally chose to take a step back and make plans after sorting out his internal relationships.

Xifu came to carry out this will on behalf of Huang Taiji, just as the Ming Dynasty stimulated the intensification of the internal struggle of the Manchus by easing external pressure on the Manchus, Huang Taiji hoped to be able to exchange his bow for the internal division of the Ming Kingdom. Like the Manchus, not everyone within the Ming wanted to take back Liaodong.

For those officials from the southern gentry, after so many setbacks in the Qing war, they had lost the courage to reclaim Liaodong and fight against the Manchus. In their opinion, being able to maintain the current advantage over the Manchus and not allowing the Manchus to cross the northern defense line is already a pretty good achievement.

It would be unbearable for these officials to fail another Northern Expedition in order to force the restoration of the whole Liao, destroying the current peace situation.

What's more, from some shady point of view, who is it who has benefited from the war with the Manchurians? Aren't they the warriors and the emperor himself? It was precisely because of the war with the Manchus that the empire's finances were tilted in favor of the army, and the emperor maintained a high degree of centralization, and forced the officials to push for reforms, which cost their own interests.

In contrast to the humiliation of the Manchus occupying Liaodong, what these officials hated even more was the political reform that moved their interests. If peace was achieved, these officials would also be able to make massive cuts in military spending, thereby curbing the emperor's power.

It's just that what Xifu didn't expect was that Ming Guo used the New Year's holiday to put him aside for nearly half a month. Although it did not restrict his personal freedom, it also made Xifu a little impetuous.

With his arrival, the city of Beijing seems to have changed a lot, but Xifu doesn't care about this. The only thing that attracted his attention these days was the Beijing Library, and the many books in the library finally eliminated a lot of his anxiety.

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