In 1652 AD, there were three emperors on the land of China in this year, and there were also three era names! The Manchu regime in the north was in the ninth year of Shunzhi, the Zhu Hongsan regime in Nanjing in the south used the Shenwu era name, and the other was the Zhu Youlang Yongli regime on the border between Yunnan and Burma, and he used the Yongli era name.

However, with the demise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi's wife and wife were caught by Zhu Hongsan in the palace for sexual pleasure, and the Shunzhi era name was naturally not used, so now there are only two era names left in the land of China, Shenwu and Yongli. Although Zhu Youlang still relied on Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo's more than 100,000 horses to maneuver around the Burmese border, anyone with a discerning eye knew that Zhu Youlang had already gone and that it was only a matter of time before he perished.

With the occupation of the north by Zhu Hongsan's group, the Grand Canal, which had been broken for a long time, also began to be repaired, and a large amount of grain was transported from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north. At the same time, there were also a large number of sea ships in Tianjinwei, which transported corn and potatoes from Guangdong, and rice from Annam and Luzon to alleviate the food crisis in the north.

From the seventh year of the Apocalypse to the sixth year of Shenwu, in 25 years, the population of the northern provinces decreased by four-fifths, and the most serious ones in Henan, Shaanxi and other places did not have a single family for thousands of miles. However, the Chinese people are the most forbearing, as long as the world is peaceful, they will immediately settle down and begin to open up wasteland to resume production.

At present, the northern provinces under Zhu Hongsan's control include Shandong, Beizhili, Henan, Shaanxi, and part of Shanxi. Because the ginger soil in Datong has not yet been pacified, half of Shanxi is not under Zhu Hongsan's control. However, most of the north has been pacified, and the rest of Shanxi has returned to the hands of the Ming Dynasty after all.

With the land, it is natural to resume production, but fortunately, there is a shortage of others under Zhu Hongsan, that is, there is no shortage of scholars who are officials. Although many Manchu officials in the north were retained, there was still a shortage of large number of officials.

On November 6, the sixth year of Shenwu, it was already very cold in Beijing at this time, but because of the reopening of Caoyun, the Chaoyangmenwai Wharf, as the shipping center of Beijing, was still very lively.

At noon, an official ship docked at the Guanjia Wharf outside Chaoyangmen, and a young man wearing a white mink coat came out of the cabin. This young man was of medium stature, about twenty years old, wearing a pure white mink coat on the outside, a white silk robe on the inside, and a white face, he really looked like Pan An.

This young man who burned the bun was Qian Yiai, he had served as the county governor of Guo in Nanjing for four years, and finally waited for the appointment of the imperial court, so that he could come to Beijing to serve as the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, although he still did not escape the life of Guo, but the prefect of Shuntian Mansion is not comparable to other prefects.

The Ming Dynasty set up a total of three sub-provincial prefecture-level units, each of which was represented by the word Tian. One is Ying Tianfu, needless to say, the place where Zhu Yuanzhang started is still the first capital of the Ming Dynasty, so he is naturally qualified. The second is Shuntianfu, that is, Beijing in later generations, this place is Zhu Di's territory, and the first thing Zhu Di did when he successfully rebelled was to move the capital and move the political center to his own territory, Beijing. The third Chengtianfu is a bit far-fetched, that is, Emperor Jiajing's hometown An Lu.

After Jiajing became the emperor, he felt that he should also give a benefit to the people of his hometown, and in the tenth year of Jiajing, he upgraded his hometown Anlu to Chengtianfu. However, Anlu is not comparable to Nanjing and Beijing at all, so Chengtianfu is far worse than the other two Tianzifu in terms of politics and economy.

After Zhu Hongsan came to power, he naturally did not admit that your hometown of Jiajing was Chengtianfu, and immediately after occupying Beijing in September of the sixth year of Shenwu, he immediately issued an order to re-establish the administrative divisions of the provinces. Originally, the Ming Dynasty had a total of two Zhili and thirteen provinces, and Zhu Hongsan divided the Ming Dynasty into Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Annan, and Luzon 19 provinces, as well as Wusizang and Duoergan. There are also three prefectures directly under the central government, namely Beijing Shuntian Mansion, Nanjing Yingtian Mansion, and Zhu Hongsan's hometown Wuchang Fengtian Mansion. In addition to these, there are five sub-provincial governments in Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Songjiang, Chengdu and Xi'an, and the prefects are all from the official positions of the third grade, which are as big as the political envoys, and these five prefectures are managed by the central and local governments.

In addition to these, Zhu Hongsan also set up a governorship system in each province, and the country was divided into ten governors, including Zhili, Shandong, Liangjiang, Huguang, Liangguang, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan-Guizhou, Liaodong, and Luzon.

Of course, Zhu Hongsan, who knew that the gun was out of power, naturally would not hand over the main force to these governors, and Zhu Hongsan reactivated the Dadu Governor's Mansion, which had declined at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and his main force was divided into five major Metropolitan Governors' Mansions, which were stationed all over the country. These five metropolitan governors are Qian Yong, the governor of the Chinese army, stationed in Beijing; Zhao Guodong, the former military governor, was stationed in Shenyang, Liaodong; Ma Kun, the governor of the left army, was stationed in Xi'an, Shaanxi; Wang Jinbao, the governor of the right army, was stationed in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and Zhou Yu, the governor of the rear army, was stationed in Chengdu, Sichuan. These five governors all had several divisions in their hands, and they were directly under the control of the emperor, who could give them orders directly from the military aircraft department without going through the cabinet.

After the division of the provinces was completed, the new officials began to take office one after another, and Qian Yiai had a relationship with Lao Tzu and knew early that the imperial court was going to transfer a large number of officials, so Qian Yiai found the prince and prepared to go to that province to be the prefect in preparation for the promotion to the central government in the future.

Qian Yiai's preparations were completed, and he waited at home for the appointment letter, knowing that there was no news after waiting for half a month, which made Qian Yiai anxious. At first, he thought that the prince would not do anything, but when he came to the door, he knew that the prince really took the matter of Qian bereavement seriously, but he was stopped when he went to Ma Mingyuan, the first assistant of the cabinet.

Qian Yiai didn't believe it at first when he heard the prince say this, Ma Mingyuan and himself belonged to the same camp, where is there a reason to clean up his own people? How do you know that after asking the prince, I know that Ma Mingyuan's opposition is very simple, last year's Xuanwu Lake Arsenal exploded, Qian Yiai has an unshirkable responsibility as a magistrate, how can this kind of tainted official be used? So the promotion appointment letter of Qian Yiai was suppressed.

Qian Yiai scolded Ma Mingyuan angrily when he heard the prince say this, it is true that the Xuanwu Lake Development Zone was grasped by Qian Yiai, but after the arsenal was completed, it was handed over to the equipment department for management, and now what happened to him, how can he rely on himself? But there is no way to do it, who called Ma Mingyuan the first assistant and is responsible for managing cadres! Qian Yiai asked for leave with the prince in a fit of anger and went back to his hometown to get sick.

After returning to his hometown, Qian Yiai told his father Qian Qianyi about it, and Qian Qianyi, as a political old fritter, knew what was going on as soon as he heard it.

Qian Qianyi looked at his angry son and asked, "Zigao, have you joined the prince's two sons?" ”

Qian Yiai also remembered when he heard his father say this, could it be that Ma Mingyuan suppressed himself for his grandson?

"Father, did Ma Mingyuan do this for his grandson?"

Qian Qianyi laughed twice and said, "Child, you are still tender, didn't the old man tell you before leaving?" Don't express your stance lightly, this is good, you have become Ma Mingyuan's mortal enemy, I'm afraid you will stop at Zhixian in your life! ”

Qian Yiai stood up and scolded when he heard his father say this: "Ma Mingyuan, this villain, in order to support his bullshit new deal, our family was the first to stand up in Suzhou Mansion and agree to measure the land!" How do you know that Ma Mingyuan is capricious, and he will frame his son in turn! ”

Qian Qianyi looked at the angry Qian Yiai and scolded: "Boy, you underestimate Ma Mingyuan too much!" Our family's gesture is just icing on the cake for Ma Mingyuan, the new deal is the emperor's meaning, and he Ma Mingyuan is just a businessman! But the second emperor's grandson, Zhu Shengyu, is different, he is the guarantee of the future prosperity of Ma Mingyuan's family, do you say that Ma Mingyuan can not clean you up? ”

Qian Yiai heard his father say this, and said helplessly: "Father, my son can't help it!" That Xia Wanchun relied on being the master of the Prince's Mansion, and approached the second emperor's grandson first! The son is a foreign official, and he can often go to the East Palace to contact his feelings! When his son found out, it was too late, and Xia Wanchun had already become the teacher of the second prince, and his son was going to take refuge and succumb to Xia Wanchun, and his son couldn't swallow this breath! ”

After Qian Yiai finished speaking, he looked outside the house, there was no one, and then said in a low voice: "Father, not to mention that my son saw that His Majesty the Emperor liked the emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Shengduo very much, and this Northern Expedition brought him to his side to teach him personally, and the emperor's eldest grandson's mother's family was all killed by His Majesty, and in the future, he will definitely attach himself to us in order to compete for the throne, and my son is also doing this for our Qian family!" ”

Qian Qianyi sighed and said, "It's too early! Now that the emperor is in the prime of life, there will definitely be many grandchildren in the future, can you support one if the emperor likes one? In addition, the emperor's eldest grandson is young, so he doesn't know what the future will be! ”

"Hehe, father, you don't know! The son took advantage of the opportunity to visit his sister in the palace and had contact with the emperor's eldest grandson many times, and he had already gained his trust by means, and the emperor's eldest grandson had already said that he would let his son be his teacher when he was enlightened next year! ”

Qian Qianyi looked at his happy son and shook his head and didn't speak, Qian Yiai was taught and raised by him personally, this son he knows too well and is very smart, but he likes to use some intrigues, just like Yang Xiu in the Three Kingdoms, he just likes to speculate on his intentions, and in the end, he was not smart but was mistaken by cleverness, and was cut off by Cao Cao.

Qian Qianyi was just about to use Yang Xiu's example to teach his son, when he saw the housekeeper outside the door come in and shouted, "Master, second young master!" A decree has come! It's for the second young master! ”

Divine decree? Isn't the emperor in Beijing? How do you give yourself a holy decree? Qian Yiai didn't dare to delay after hearing this, and hurriedly put on his official uniform and went out to meet the holy decree.