Chongzhen didn't want to take back power from Kunxing, but he didn't dare. After being in a coma for so long after a stroke, the palace has already undergone earth-shaking changes.

The eunuchs in the palace have undergone a major blood change, and Han Zanzhou and other old people have long disappeared without a trace. I don't know how many Chen Yue's eyes and ears are among these eunuchs, even the brocade guards in the palace room are also Chen Yue's people.

Chongzhen was afraid that if he showed the slightest intention of seizing power, he would be killed. This situation is not impossible, the Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years, and it is not that the cause of death of the Son of Heaven is unknown.

Although Kun Xing, who is in power, is his daughter, Kun Xing will naturally not harm himself, but Chongzhen believes that Kun Xing will not be able to control the situation at all.

Therefore, although he wanted to regain power very much, Chongzhen had to put on an appearance that he didn't care.

"Kunxing, you are doing very well, even better than your father, rest assured that you are in charge of the country." Chongzhen said insincerely.

"That's okay, father, your body is important, and I will hand over power when you are completely well." Princess Kunxing believed it, thinking about her father's body, she couldn't bear to let him work anymore, she now has some experience in dealing with state affairs, and she also wants to show her hands in front of her father, so she happily agreed, "If my daughter encounters something she doesn't understand, she will come to her father for help." ”

Chongzhen smiled and nodded, watching her daughter go out.

The Heavenly Family has no personal feelings, and the current Chongzhen even has doubts about Kun Xing, doubting whether she is really willing to return the monarchy to herself.

Monarchy, the throne, is the most tempting thing in the world, once you taste the taste of supreme power, where are you willing to hand it back? Up and down for thousands of years, for the sake of the throne, father and son killed each other, is there still less thing about the brother Xiao Wall?

In order to sit on that throne, killing one's father and killing one's brother and killing one's brother has happened repeatedly, and it is not uncommon at all.

Therefore, no matter how urgent he is to regain power, Chongzhen has to pretend to be light-hearted.

Before he was sure to control the situation, he didn't dare to reveal his thoughts at all.

Now the palace and the court are all Chen Yue's people, and Chongzhen, as the emperor, has lost control of the situation, and there is not even a trusted person around him.

The eunuchs, brocade guards, courtiers, and those others in the palace who really support themselves and are worthy of trust?

......

Just when Chongzhen was thinking hard, Qian Qianyi's mansion and Huang Daozhou, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, came to visit. Qian Qianyi is the leader of the Donglin Party, and Huang Daozhou is a world-famous Confucian, and the two have always had a good relationship.

Qian Qianyi warmly welcomed Huang Daozhou and offered today's new tea before Ming to Huang Daozhou to taste.

After tasting tea, Huang Daozhou asked Qian Qianyi to retreat.

"Mu Zhai Gong, Dao Zhou came here today to discuss important matters." Zodiac Zhou is colored.

The smile on Qian Qianyi's face receded: "Brother Youping, if you have something to say, just say it!" ”

"Mu Zhaigong, now that the Northern Expedition has won a great victory, the Manchurians have been driven out of the gates, which is really a great joy for my Ming Dynasty, but Dao Zhou is not happy at all."

Qian Qianyi nodded, did not speak, and waited for Huang Daozhou's next step.

"The big victory is gratifying, but my Daming has also reached the edge of danger, and my Shilin has also reached the edge of danger." Zodiac Zhou sighed.

Qian Qianyi: "Brother Youping is a little alarmist!" ”

Huang Daozhou shook his head: "It's not alarmist at all, Mu Zhaigong, you are a cabinet scholar, and I am afraid that many things are clearer than Dao Zhou." Now the Ming Dynasty is in danger, this situation is known to all dynasties, but everyone dare not speak. Dao Zhou is not talented, and he can't bear to see the two hundred and seventy-year-old Daming Sheji overthrow, and he can't bear to see my Confucianism perish, so he risked his life to visit Mu Zhaigong. ”

Qian Qianyi's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he regretted that he did not turn Huang Daozhou away.

"Brother Youping, why are you drunk without drinking. Now that the situation in my Ming Dynasty is increasing day by day, how can there be any danger of overturning? My Confucianism is not to say that it will perish. Qian Qianyi smiled wryly, trying to interrupt Huang Daozhou's words.

"Mu Zhaigong, why are you pretending to be confused? Who doesn't know at the moment that the King of Qi has a monopoly on power, and he has most of the army of the Ming Dynasty in his hands, and now he has made immortal achievements, is he still willing to be only a vassal king?

It is rumored that the subordinates of the King of Qi will have many people who support the Yellow Robe of the King of Qi, I am afraid that the time for the King of Qi's soldiers to become is not far away, and you know this situation better than me as the old Mu Zhai Gong! Huang Daozhou sneered, he looked down on Qian Qianyi's weakness, but Qian Qianyi had a huge influence among the officials from the Donglin Party, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the future of Shilin, he had to come to Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi naturally knew what Huang Daozhou said, and in the past two days, news was spread out of nowhere, saying that King Qi's subordinates were instigating King Qi to rebel against Ming.

Chen Yue, the king of Qi, had a large army and an amazing combat power, and if he really rebelled, no one would be able to stop him. Chen Yue can even defeat the Mantars and drive them out of the pass, and what army can Daming still have to match it? If Chen Yue really rebelled, it would be easy to break through Nanjing and destroy the Ming Dynasty, and Qian Qianyi knew this very well.

Will Chen Yue rebel? Who can say for sure! Although Chen Yue and Chongzhen's father and daughter have a deep and righteous relationship, but in the face of the supreme temptation of the throne, I am afraid that no one can resist it.

It is clear that no one dared to talk nonsense before Chen Yue rebelled, and Qian Qianyi did not dare.

"Some rumors, why should Brother Youping worry. King Qi is loyal and courageous, His Majesty is affectionate and righteous, and he is the future husband of the princess of the prison country, and when His Majesty dies, the throne is the princess of the prison country, can the king of Qi be guilty of rebellion and fall into the infamy of disloyalty and injustice? Qian Qianyi smiled.

Huang Daozhou shook his head: "Mu Zhaigong, I'm afraid you don't believe that Chen Yue will rebel, but have other ideas." In fact, it's not just you, but most of the officials in the Manchu dynasty have the same idea.

For you, it doesn't matter who sits on the throne, even if Chen Yue really raises troops to rebel, when his troops come to the city of Nanjing, as long as you open the city and surrender, you can continue to be an official in the new dynasty, it doesn't matter at all!

Moreover, Mu Zhai Gong, you and King Qi have always had a good relationship, and King Qi will naturally not treat you badly, and there is no problem at all in keeping the glory and wealth. ”

Qian Qianyi suddenly became angry: "Brother Youping, how to do the words of punishment, is it not possible for the Manchu Dynasty to be a loyal minister of you?" You keep saying that the king of Qi wants to rebel, but what evidence is there? Could it be that you can conclude that King Qi rebelled based on some rumors, aren't you afraid that King Qi will really rebel? ”

Huang Daozhou was silent for a moment and apologized: "Mu Zhaigong, forgive me, Dao Zhou has no intention of humiliating you. I'm just worried about the future of Shilin, worried about the collapse of my Confucian church. ”

"In the future of Shilin, Confucianism will be destroyed? Brother Youping, you're really crazy! Qian Qianyi picked up the teacup and was about to send off the guests.

"Mu Zhaigong, can't you see Chen Yue's wolf ambition? If he becomes the emperor, the end of Confucianism will not be far away! Huang Daozhou stood up and said sharply: "Mu Zhaigong, don't you know that in Jiangxi, Shandong, and Beizhili, the gentry class has almost been swept away. Wherever Chen Yue occupied, his subordinates repeatedly planted charges to arrest the squires, seized wealth and property, and distributed the land to the soldiers and the poor people in the name of the people. In addition, without the permission of the imperial court, he privately set up two-level government offices in the countryside, and changed the ancestral system of imperial power without going to the countryside.

If he becomes the emperor, he will attack the gentry of the world, and even cancel the imperial examination and completely destroy my Confucianism! ”

Qian Qianyi thought carefully about what Chen Yue had been doing, and had to admit that what Huang Daozhou said was very reasonable. After Chen Yue destroyed Zhang Xianzhong, he wantonly set up a two-level village government in Jiangxi, appointed subordinate officers as the head of the township, took the rural power from the hands of the squire, and firmly controlled Jiangxi in his own hands. Even if the imperial court later sent many officials to Jiangxi, it could not shake the system established by Chen Yue. With the backing of the troops left in Jiangxi, the officials sent to Jiangxi were almost reduced to puppets.

However, Qian Qianyi thought that it was just Chen Yue's expedient measure, after all, he could fight the world immediately, but he couldn't rule the world immediately, and he needed civil officials and people in Shilin to govern the world.

It was the thief Li Zicheng, who wantonly killed the squire officials and robbed the property of the gentry officials when he was a thief, and had to recruit civil officials after seizing Beijing, and the local officials he sent to various places were all civil officials who surrendered.

Therefore, even if Chen Yue really rebelled and overthrew the Ming Dynasty, he had to rely on civilian officials in order to govern the country. Therefore, it is really alarmist to say that Chen Yue will destroy Confucianism!

"I know you don't believe it. But think about it, after Chen Yue conquered the territory, who used it the most? Yan Yingyuan, the governor of Jiangxi, was just a small official, and after Chen Yue occupied Jiangxi, he appointed many officials and Qiu Ba, who was illiterate. It is said that Chen Yue was very disgusted with the imperial examination, believing that the imperial examination was just a group of people who did not divide the grain, and they were only scholars who could only serve as officials and compete for power and profit, and could not do things. Chen Yue was even more disgusted with the gentry, and had made several statements to His Majesty, saying that the gentry were the greatest scourge of the Ming Dynasty, and that the gentry of the world occupied seventy percent of the land of the Ming Dynasty, but did not have to pay any taxes, causing the court to become more and more impoverished and the state to be corrupted.

Therefore, I am sure that if Chen Yue becomes the emperor, he will inevitably take Shilin, and it is only a trivial matter that the privileges of the gentry are canceled and they have to pay taxes in one piece, and maybe they will cancel the imperial examination and completely deny the status of Confucianism.

Dao Zhou I came to visit Mu Zhai Gong and said all this, not for my own selfish interests, but also for the future of my Confucianism. I also hope that Mu Zhai Gong will think deeply! After saying that, Huang Daozhou said goodbye and left, leaving Qian Qianyi stunned.

For Qian Qianyi, he didn't care whether Chen Yue would rebel and become the emperor at all, he was not so loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the Zhu family.

Chen Yue is the emperor, the world is still the Han world, it is better than the Manchurian people. Qian Qianyi and Chen Yue have a good relationship, and they think that even if Chen Yue becomes the emperor, the Qian family will still be able to keep their glory and wealth.

But now that Huang Dao said on Monday, Qian Qianyi was a little thoughtful and terrified.

Recalling Chen Yue's performance and attitude towards the gentry, Qian Qianyi had to admit that Huang Daozhou was right.

Because Chen Yue did advise Chongzhen many times, talking about the harm of the gentry to the world, and regarded the gentry, the clan, and the nobles as the three evils of the Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning of his entry into Nanjing, he used a knife against the nobles of Nanjing, and arrested the nobles in Nanjing on the charge of rebellion, and robbed the nobles of the nobles in Nanjing on the charge of rebellion.

Since Chen Yue listed the gentry and the nobles as the three evils, Qian Qianyi believed that if Chen Yue became the emperor, he would probably use a knife against the gentry, just as he did against the nobles in Nanjing.

At the beginning, Qian Qianyi also thought that Chen Yue needed civil officials to help him govern the world, and would not use a knife against the gentry. But after being reminded by Huang Daozhou, this last reliance also disappeared.

Yes, since Chen Yue can use Xu Servant Qiu Ba as an official in Jiangxi, he can continue to use it in the future. It is not impossible to cancel the imperial examination.

Although Qian Qianyi is a representative of the cabinet university scholars and civil officials, he also knows that the imperial examination is not necessarily necessary to be an official, in fact, it is not the officials who are born in the imperial examination who really do the specific affairs of the government at all levels, but those officials. If the officials are given a chance, their official behavior may not be worse than that of a civil official from the imperial examination. For example, Yan Yingyuan, the governor of Jiangxi, was born as a Xu official.

What's more, in the dynasties before the Song Dynasty, the main way to select officials was not the imperial examination. Therefore, it is not impossible for Chen Yue to cancel the imperial examination.

If some of the privileges of the gentry were abolished, such as prohibiting land annexation, such as paying taxes, the money would be tolerable, at least the world would still be in the hands of civil officials.

But if the imperial examination is canceled, it will be unbearable, because it is digging the roots of the world's scholars!

As the leader of Shilin, Qian Qianyi had to open his eyes for the world's scholars.

Of course, the above is all the conjecture of the Zodiac Zhou, but what if? In case Chen Yue will cancel the imperial examination after becoming emperor, who can bear such consequences!

Therefore, even for the sake of one ten-thousandth, it is necessary to prevent Chen Yue from becoming the emperor, this is the responsibility of Qian Qianyi, which cannot be shirked!

In Qian Qianyi's heart, it is inevitable that Chen Yue will become the emperor. From the beginning of Chen Yue Jiujiang's army on the side of Qingjun, this result has been doomed. Shi Kefa and others still had illusions about Chen Yue and Daming, so they compromised with Chen Yue. Qian Qianyi also compromised, but it was for his own interests.

And now, Qian Qianyi is not ready to compromise anymore, because he knows that if Chen Yue replaces Daming as emperor, maybe what awaits him is an abyss.

However, Chen Yue has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, and Lu Zhenfei and Wang Yin are in the middle of the court, and Princess Kunxing of the prison country is also confused by him, how difficult is it to deal with him? The slightest carelessness is also an abyss.

Fortunately, now Chen Yue is troubled by loyalty and righteousness, and has not openly rebelled, he is still hesitating, and there is still time. It just so happened that Emperor Chongzhen was cured, and it was a good opportunity. As long as it is done properly, it can take power back from Kunxing first. After all, Princess Kunxing is only a prisoner, Chongzhen is good, and the power of the prison should naturally be returned to the emperor, even Chen Yue can't say anything.

When Chongzhen regains power, he can take his time.

And before that, more forces need to be united!

A plan slowly formed in Qian Qianyi's heart.