Ma Mingyuan organized his language and said: "Brother among people, you are also a person who has read poetry and books, of course you know that this is a troubled time. In troubled times, those who preach benevolence and righteousness will do, you know! As you saw just now, there are only four prefectures that we can actually control, and the other Nanxiong, Shaozhou, Gaozhou, Huizhou, and Luoding Prefectures only nominally respect the king of Chu, while Chaozhou Prefecture is mainly based on the king of Tang because of its proximity to Fujian. And if the king of Tang does not perish in one day, the king of Chu will not have legitimacy at all, so the order of the king of Chu is also a helpless move! ”

Chen Zilong is not a young angry young man who has just graduated, he has also been in officialdom for a few years, and he has also been a magistrate. He just couldn't accept this bloody political conspiracy for a while.

Chen Zilong nodded and said, "Thank you Brother Zhongming for your advice, Brother Fool will prepare it, and after the arrangements are made, he will go to Zhaoqing Mansion to take office!" ”

Seeing Chen Zilong accept the facts, Ma Mingyuan was also very happy, and hurriedly asked people to go out to arrange Chen Zilong's residence, and said: "Brother among people, let's stay in my house these days, it just so happens that the two brothers will talk at night with candles!" ”

"Okay, then I'll bother Brother Xian!"

Ma Mingyuan arranged Chen Zilong here, but Chen Zizhuang, the first assistant of the cabinet, was in Zhu Hongsan.

It turned out that Qian Qianyi saw that Zhu Hongsan did not see him, and immediately came to the cabinet to find Chen Zizhuang. Chen Zizhuang used to be a clear stream, and both father and son and Qian Qianyi had a good relationship. Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south to break Nanjing, and Qian Qianyi surrendered the city, it was not a decision made by Qian Qianyi alone.

However, Chen Zizhuang was very disdainful of Qian Qianyi's acceptance of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's appointment to Beijing as an official, there is no problem with dedicating the city, you will go home and live in seclusion when you are done, and it will not be good for you to get a rat's tail and go to Beijing to lick chrysanthemums.

But seeing Qian Qianyi kneeling in front of him in his sixties and crying bitterly, Chen Zizhuang felt very uncomfortable. There was no choice but to get up and find Zhu Hongsan to see if he could get Qian Qianyi a half-official position.

After Chen Zizhuang saw Zhu Hongsan, he asked, "Jian Guo, how are you going to treat Qian Qianyi?" ”

"Humph! What to do with him? It's not bad if you don't kill him, do you want him to continue to be an official, and he won't be able to dedicate Guangdong in the future! ”

"Prison country, Qian Qianyi's dedication to Nanjing is also a helpless move, at that time the emperor fled, the first assistant Ma Shiying has also absconded, no one in the city presides, there is an opponent of the Manchu Qing Dynasty!"

"This is reasonable, but Old Man Qian shaved his head and went to Beijing to be an official!"

Chen Zizhuang nodded, this one really can't be avoided. It seems that the king of Chu should be persuaded from other aspects.

"Jianguo, I don't know if Jianguo is interested in recovering the Central Plains and rejuvenating the Ming Dynasty?"

"Of course, this king wants to do the glorious thing!"

"Of course, it is good that the prison country has such ambitions, but the prison country thinks that if not, a large part of the northern territory has fallen. A large number of officials have become ministers from thieves, if His Royal Highness does not forgive Qian Qianyi today, what will those ministers do in the future? ”

Zhu Hongsan was dumbfounded, he didn't expect this reason. Yes, now I heard that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has opened a branch to recruit scholars, and a large number of northern literati participated in the Manchu imperial examination to become officials, plus the officials who surrendered in the former Ming Dynasty, this is a big force. If they are not appeased, the great cause of the Northern Expedition will be much more difficult in the future.

After figuring it out, Zhu Hongsan hurriedly called Cao Fang and asked him to go outside to bring Qian Qianyi's family in.

Zhu Hongsan saw Cao Fang go out, and hurriedly said to Chen Zizhuang: "Fortunately, Mr. reminded me that otherwise this king would make a big mistake!" ”

"Hehe, Qian Qianyi's character is not very good, but he has been the leader of the Donglin Party for a long time, and the south is his protégé. With Qian Qianyi's help, His Royal Highness Jianguo's current predicament will be alleviated to a certain extent. ”

Chen Zizhuang is talking about the disobedience of Huizhou, Gaozhou, Nanxiong, and Shaozhou in Guangdong, Zhu Hongsan also nodded again and again, these few months have been really a headache for these state capitals, I hope Qian Qianyi will come over and there will be a way.

After a while, Cao Fang took Qian Qianyi's family to the house. Old man Qian hasn't seen him for a few years, and he is still so fairy-like and dog-like. "Hedongjun" Liu Ru is much plump, and has the charm of a.

Liu Ru is holding a child who is more than a year old in his hand, it seems that it is Qian Qianyi's species, but he didn't expect that Old Man Qian is over sixty years old, and his combat effectiveness is good. Behind Qian Qianyi stood a young man in his twenties, who should be Qian Qianyi's eldest son, Qian Qianyi's love.

Qian Qianyi worked hard to see the King of Chu, and the current King of Chu is very different from the King of Chu three years ago. The current Zhu Hongsan has been in power for a long time, and he is not angry but powerful. In addition, he was 1.75 meters tall, much higher than the people of the same period in the Ming Dynasty, wearing the prince's four-grabbing dragon robe and wearing a crown made of gold silk, sitting there with the appearance of a king.

Qian Qianyi couldn't help but be angry when he thought that in order to live, he had to salute his former rivals, but there was no way, people had to bow their heads under the eaves!

"The criminal minister Qian Qianyi led the family to meet His Royal Highness the prison country!" After speaking, Qian Qianyi was about to kneel down and kowtow.

Zhu Hongsan now has a request for him, although he hates him to death in his heart, he has done enough to save face.

Zhu Hongsan hurriedly stepped forward to support Qian Qianyi and said, "Father-in-law, don't be polite, please sit down!" After speaking, he helped Qian Qianyi and sat down under Chen Zizhuang.

Zhu Hongsan said: "Just now, this king has a lot of affairs, and he treated his father-in-law slowly, please don't take it to heart!" ”

Qian Qianyi dared to say a word. "His Royal Highness the Prison State has every opportunity, and the guilty minister is a guilty person, how dare he ask for extravagance!"

"Father-in-law, don't be presumptuous, and the Nanjing incident shouldn't all be counted on your father-in-law. In order to save the one million people in Nanjing, my father-in-law still has more merit than demerit! ”

Zhu Hongsan is now Qian Qianyi's master, and this sentence can be regarded as defining Qian Qianyi's character.

Old man Qian saw that Zhu Hongsan had spared himself, and he was in a much better mood.

"Lao Chen went south to defect to the prison country this time, and he also wanted to assist the prison country in the northern expedition to the Central Plains and the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the old minister is willing to die for the prison country with the body of the wind and candle in his last years! ”

"This old bastard is really shameless, he beats the snake with the stick, so he doesn't call himself a criminal minister, but becomes an old minister. Do you want to learn from Zhuge Liang after he died? Zhu Hongsan scolded in his heart, but he couldn't show it on the surface.

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "It's easy to talk about your father-in-law's official position, but your father-in-law has come all the way, so he shouldn't have visited your grandson yet." Yuting gave birth to a son for this king a month ago, and now she is in the city of Guangzhou, and her father-in-law should go to see it first and reunite with her family. As for the official position, if the king and the cabinet discuss it, I will definitely satisfy my father-in-law. ”

Qian Qianyi also knew that it was impossible to get any beauty difference on his own, and now it was the only way.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the plump Liu Rushi, and couldn't help but think of the affair with her when he left Beijing the year before last, and couldn't help but itch his lower body.

"Hedong-kun is good, this child is the son-in-law of his father-in-law?"

Seeing Zhu Hongsan smiling lewdly at herself, "Hedongjun" Liu Ru couldn't help but blush, and she thought of the scene when she was raped by Zhu Hongsan. Hurriedly bowed his head and said: "His Royal Highness Hui Jianguo, it is the third son of the master, who is one and a half years old this year. ”

Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Liu Ru is face flushed, and leaked out the face of the pig's head again.

Chen Zizhuang on the side was really angry when he saw Zhu Hongsan like this, how could anyone drool over his subordinates' wives, not to mention that this woman was still his nominal mother-in-law.

Chen Zizhuang coughed and said, "Jianguo, we still have something to discuss, do you arrange for someone to send Qian Shouzhi to Guangzhou to meet with the princess?" ”

was interrupted by Chen Zizhuang, Zhu Hongsan hurriedly said: "Yes! Right! Cao Fang, you prepare 5,000 taels of silver for Lord Qian to settle down, and then use the king's ship to send Lord Qian to Guangzhou! ”

Qian Qianyi led the family out after thanking him, and Zhu Hongsan looked at Liu Ru is plump buttocks and drooled. Angry Chen Zizhuang on the side.

This King of Chu is good at everything, but he is too lustful. Obviously, there are many princesses in the mansion, and they have to mess with flowers and grass. Chen Zizhuang saw Qian Qianyi's family going out, and said loudly: "Prison country, the king must have the majesty of the king, what kind of system do you look like today!" ”

was reprimanded by his subordinates for Zhu Hong's three radish faces, and said: "Lord Chen is reasonable, this king must change it in the future, and he will never make a mistake again!" ”

Chen Zi was so angry that he was going to die, and when he handed over to Feng Ruoshu, he also heard Feng Ruoshu say that this King of Chu is good at everything, he is eloquent and meritocracy, and he is not inferior to Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of Taizu. But there is a shortcoming, that is, it is too lustful, originally lustful is not a disease at all for men in this era, and that scholar is not three wives and four concubines. But this King of Chu is the best wife, and he likes to take away people's wives and daughters the most. Look at the princesses in his house, except for the concubine Ma Xiaofang, they were all taken by him. There are also the princess of Chongzhen and the county lord of King Ji of Changsha. If it weren't for the fact that this King of Chu had too many other advantages, Chen Zizhuang would really have the urge to resign.

Zhu Hongsan saw that Old Man Chen was so angry that he hurriedly said: "Lord Chen, don't take it to heart, this king is lustful and will not delay the right thing!" ”

Hearing Zhu Hongsan say this, Chen Zizhuang was so unhappy, and he also knew not to delay the business.

"It just so happens that Lord Chen is here, I have something I want to discuss with Lord Chen!"

Hearing that there was something serious, Chen Zizhuang hurriedly sat up straight, arched his hand and said, "Please come to Jianguo!" ”

"Lord Chen, I've been thinking about it for a few days, and it has been 200 years since the cabinet system was established by Chengzu Zhu Di. Several scholars in the cabinet have neither the name of the prime minister, nor the power of the prime minister, let alone the head of the hundred officials, and their official ranks are only the five grades, and the name of governing the country is really not right, so this king has been thinking about it for a long time and wants to reset the prime minister system, I don't know what Lord Chen means! ”

Zhu Hongsan's words sounded like thunder in Chen Zizhuang's ears, and the re-establishment of the prime minister meant that the power in his hands increased. Let's ask that literati who doesn't want to be above 10,000 people under one person, Zhu Hongsan's words are simply fatal temptation to orthodox scholars like Chen Zizhuang.