In Wuchang, after receiving a letter from Xu Tianyou, the new senator of the Prime Minister's Office, Wu Zhaoyuan felt quite incomprehensible.

After Wuchang rejected the voice of persuasion, everyone assessed that Yang Xuan might choose to take extraordinary action after recovering Nanjing.

According to everyone's thoughts, the main purpose of this southern expedition is to take Emperor Yongli into his own hands, so as to avoid being controlled by that prince and leading to a lot of right and wrong.

Just like when Zhu Yuanzhang led the main force to rescue Han Lin'er, the king of Xiaoming, despite the threat of Chen Youliang attacking Nanchang, this time Yang Xuan ignored the threat that the Tartars were approaching Xiangyang and Jiujiang, and led his troops south to Guang (west).

Due to the emptiness of the rear troops, the Tartars took advantage of the weakness to enter, and the entire rear was full of rumors, and it was heard that the Tartar Prince Azig was leading his troops along the ramp to start a fierce battle with Chen Yingzong Town, who was stationed on the ramp.

If Hanzhong loses the entire rear of the fourth (Sichuan) will be seriously threatened, according to the past battle plan, Fan Mingshan will lead the town's soldiers and horses to the front line of Hanzhong and Yunyang, but the situation is still precarious.

The Tartars have now established a water village in Baihe City to train a naval army to fight against the loyal and righteous water army, and cross the Han River to besiege Xiangyang.

While the crisis in the direction of Xiangyang has not been resolved, the situation in the direction of Jiujiang is not optimistic.

Wang Yuele of Manqing'an County, together with Ma Guozhu, the governor of Liangjiang, Zhang Dachief, the governor of Jiangnan, and Bai Yintu, the commander of the navy, went up the river from Anqing, and attacked Jiujiang together with Jierharang in Jiangxi and Liu Wuyuan, the governor of Jiangxi.

Now that the situation is so critical, everyone originally thought that after rescuing Emperor Yongli, Yang Xuan would take up the post of superintendent, and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses would actually take control of the government, and then quickly return to Wuchang to remove the threat of the Tartars.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xuan couldn't stand the persuasion of everyone, and actually made him the emperor in Nanning, seeing this, Wu Zhaoyuan didn't know whether it was good or bad.

Although surprised, due to the continuous persuasion and the publicity of the "Dazhong Daily" in recent years, everyone is not surprised.

After several years of trial publication, this year the magazine has been published once a day instead of once every five days.

Wu Zhaoyuan asked people to rush to the palace of the king of Shu to meet the princess Zhu Shuying, and summoned the ministers to celebrate together, so as not to make any mess at this juncture and cause death.

Just took the carriage out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wu Zhaoyuan felt that a small team of soldiers and horses appeared at the crossroads on the street, and he was frightened, and stumbled to the carrying hall of the Shu Wangfu (formerly the Chu Wangfu), only to see the princess Zhu Shuying, his wife Liu Lian'er supporting the 5-year-old eldest son Yang Wen, the 3-year-old Yang Wu sitting on the top, and standing on both sides was the right Prime Minister Yin Chengzhu, the prefect of Wuhan Mansion Zou Jianchen, and the deputy envoy of the Privy Council Ren Su, the 3rd town chief soldier Guo Chonglie.

Seeing this scene, Wu Zhaoyuan felt that his legs were weak, and he knelt down and said: "Weichen Wu Zhaoyuan meets the queen, the imperial concubine, and the two princes."

Zhu Shuying smiled slightly: "Prime Minister Zuo, Director Ren just sent a letter, saying that the ministers have repeatedly supported him, and the prince was forced to be proclaimed emperor in Nanning eight days ago.

Several of you are all figures that the Holy One relies on, and the Holy One also asked the Mourning Family to consult with the two Prime Ministers and the Privy Council on everything, so the Mourning Family wants to hear everyone's opinions. ”

Wu Zhaoyuan was slightly stunned and asked, "What did the emperor's holy decree say?" ”

Zhu Shuying pointed to a few holy decrees next to him and said: "Prime Minister Zuo, with the support of the ministers, the emperor has accepted the Zen concession three days ago (a messenger was sent before the emperor).

Considering that the Tartars had invaded a large area of our country, and that the war was currently raging, and that everyone was working hard, the Holy Lord decided that all the officials and all the soldiers would be given an extra two months as a reward. ”

After receiving the holy decree of the emperor from Ren Su's hands, Wu Zhaoyuan pondered while watching, knelt down for a long time and said: "Queen Mother, the saint started between the army, fought successively, and defeated the Tartars many times.

The queen mother, the ministers and others have long been persuaded to enter, but the saint has repeatedly lamented that the Jiannu has not been destroyed and has refused many times, but this time the saint was forced to be helpless, so he was called the emperor.

The saint called the emperor is a righteous act that everyone expects, and the queen mother is the eleventh granddaughter of Hong Wuye, a high-ranking official, and now she can assist me in pilgraging to the Son of Heaven to create a foundation for everything, which is really a blessing for the subjects.

Weichen thought that the ministers should be convened immediately, so that the queen mother and the two princes could accept the congratulations of the ministers, and let the subjects of the world take a three-day break to celebrate together. ”

When everyone heard this, they knelt down and pleaded, and Zhu Shuying saw this and rang the big bell in front of the carrier hall.

After everyone heard the bell, they rushed to the carrying hall, and the golden castle read out the holy decree, read out the list of major officials appointed, and those officials who heard the names came out one after three kneeling and nine bows to thanksgiving.

After that, Wu Zhaoyuan took out a holy decree and announced that the daily affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Metropolitan Governor's Office would make opinions and report to the Privy Council for future reference, and major affairs should be urgently copied to the Emperor's Imperial Review at the same time as the Privy Council.

After everyone dispersed, Qian Bangqi looked at Ren Su and said: "Deputy Envoy Ren, in the past, when I was in Wuchang, everyone persuaded the emperor so much, but this time in Gui (Lin, did there be any changes, and the emperor was forced to be reluctantly called the emperor?) “

Ren Su He smiled and said: "The imperial envoy of Qiandu, the Duke of Neijiang was hijacked by Sun Kewang and lost his majesty, without the appearance of a human king, the ministers persuaded each other bitterly, unless the current saint could not expel the Tartars to restore China, and if it was not for the saint who could not establish a prosperous era back then, the emperor had to accept the Zen concession out of desperation."

In the past, everyone has been worried that the saint has been high and shocked, and the saint has always been suspicious of the king of Yongli, and many soldiers are not rewarded for their merits, and now many things are easy to do after the saint is called the emperor. ”

Qian Bangqi sighed and said: "Hey, the saint is too anxious, and he is not too excessive, and he will call himself the emperor at once, so it will be difficult to unite with Lu Jianguo and Zheng Chenggong in Zhoushan." ”

As soon as I walked out of the palace, I suddenly saw the sound of firecrackers all around, and many people walked out into the street to celebrate spontaneously.

Qian Bangxin was shocked, hurriedly walked down from the bicycle (due to the urgency of the war ahead, the shortage of four-wheeled carriages, everyone had to take a two-wheeled car), saw an old man full of joy, and asked: "Big brother, you, who are you?" ”

Looking at the official uniform on Qian Bangqi's body, the old man shook his head and said, "You, you are an official of the imperial court, you should celebrate together."

Our prince accepted the Zen concession and vowed to take the interests of the people as the starting point, and vowed to destroy the Tartars, which is really good.

My lord, you know that our emperor is very good to everyone, and under the emperor's rule, the status of us craftsmen and merchants has been improved, and we are no longer as worried about being harassed by the government officials as we did in the past.

The emperor is a saint who has not been born for five hundred years, and we used to worry that the emperor helped the Ming Dynasty to shoot the Tartars, and the Ming Emperor was not good for the current saints, just like Yue Wumu.

Now it's good, the emperor is unanimously supported by the ministers to become the emperor, we are happy for ourselves, happy for the emperor. ”

Why is it that the people have not been excessively at all in such a big thing as being called the emperor, and they accept Zen concessions without warning?

Thinking of this, Qian Bangqi asked, "Brother, don't you feel sudden when the emperor suddenly becomes emperor?" ”

When the surrounding people heard this, they demanded it one after another, and everyone shook their heads again and again, and enlightened one after another.

A Taoist priest said: "As the saying goes, five hundred years of saints come out, our emperor is such a saint, since now to settle the homeless, clear the land, clean up the household registration, and eliminate maladministration, he is really the holy lord of the world."

Think about it, now that the army is in chaos, the emperor does not levy labor from other places, everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, from ancient times to the present, who can do it? ”

A middle-aged Confucian touched his beard, and said with joy on his face: "There is a lot of money and food needed to fight the war, although the three salaries are still being levied, but in the past, there was 4,5 percent of the fire consumption of the broken silver, and now although the three salaries are levied, the cash money and paper money are not consumed, and the people's expenses have not increased much." ”

A grocery store shopkeeper said: "There are also our merchants, and now they are only paying business taxes according to the third-class nine rules, although the implementation is now a little stricter, but there is no random collection, in this era of war and chaos, do you talk about the past can you do it?"

There are also salt taxes, mining taxes, and wine taxes, and the powerful and wealthy princes of the gang in the past are now just collecting taxes normally, and nothing has been added. ”

A private school teacher said: "In such a chaotic era, the sharing system was also implemented, and the taxes collected were 2 percent to the county, 1 to 5 to the government, and 1 to 5 to the province.

You know, in the past, the imperial court tax was levied a share, and after the layers of showdowns, five cents were often levied, and in some places it reached ten, but now it is good, due to the implementation of the sharing system, there is no reason for a showdown in the yamen, there is no showdown at all, and everyone lives like a person one by one. ”

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Everyone was gossiping, and some thought that this Qian Bangqi was probably a widow of the Ming Dynasty, and they advised one after another, and the scene was very enthusiastic.

Qian Bangqi smiled bitterly, could it be that the dynasty was changed like this?

Back in the carriage, Qian Bangxin rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

As soon as I didn't walk a street corner, I heard the people in the legend that several big tea merchants in the city were going to invite the famous people in the city to sing a big opera in the city for three days to celebrate Wuchang's presence as the emperor and to celebrate the change of dynasty.

Seeing everyone running to tell each other through the car window, and seeing the joyful expressions on the faces of many people, Qian Bangxin fell into a state of thought, and suddenly patted his head and said, "Hey, that's fine.

His Majesty and the queen have a very close relationship, and now there is a prince, this prince has the blood of the royal family of two dynasties, so Gao Zu will probably feel a little relieved. ”