Fang Yuan was delayed at the Taihu base for more than 20 days, and after gaining the support of the military, he returned to Suzhou City again.

Princess Kunxing, with the assistance of Wang Chengen, has successfully taken over the power of the Governor's Palace. The work is also running smoothly, she summarized the work of the six divisions, as well as the newly formulated government regulations, and made a unified report to Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan ordered Princess Kunxing to take over the affairs of the government, which was to train and sharpen her, she was able to get started so quickly, and she was even more meticulous than when Xiaoyuan was managed before. In the past, Xiaoyuan was an extensive type of management, there were no government rules, and it was all based on personal preferences and past experience. Now that Princess Kunxing has even formulated the government rules and regulations, this makes Fang Yuan, who is originally a traverser and is more inclined to the legal system, very satisfied.

Fang Yuan reviewed the work report and the government rules with an unmoved face, and Princess Kunxing did not intervene to invite credit, but just waited quietly, and Wang Chengen and Mama Liang behind her also did not say a word, just waiting for Fang Yuan's assessment.

Fang Yuan put down the rules of the mansion and said to Hu Qi behind him, "Commander Hu, how is King Wu Yue's disaster relief in Yangzhou City these days?" ”

Hu Qi had already received Fang Yuan's instructions, and arranged for Jinyi Wei to secretly monitor Zhu Cihuan's every move, and hurriedly reported to him, "Governor Fang, King Wuyue personally did everything for disaster relief, and arranged eyeliner in various prefectures and counties to monitor the situation of officials' disaster relief. ”

Fang Yuan asked lightly, "These days, how many official gentry and wealthy businessmen has King Wu Yue punished?" ”

Hu Qi said, "At least twenty or thirty gentry and rice merchants who took the opportunity to hoard rice and dump it at high prices all confiscated their family property, confiscated the treasury with silver, and used all the grain for soup soup and disaster relief." ”

Zhu Cihuan was able to identify the key points of these two disaster relief efforts and impose severe sanctions, proving that his ability to handle government affairs has become more and more skillful.

What made Fang Yuan even more pleased was that as soon as Yongwang Zhu Cizhi gained power, he immediately began to form gangs, colluding with officials and wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou Prefecture to expand his power. And Zhu Cihuan repeatedly severely punished the gentry and rice merchants, and the starting point was all in the disaster relief act itself, and did not take the opportunity to collude with the officials and businessmen in Yangzhou to expand his power.

If it is said that this Yangzhou Mansion disaster relief is Fang Yuan's last test for Zhu Cihuan, Zhu Cihuan handed over the answer sheet that made him very satisfied.

Fang Yuan nodded and said, "Commander Hu, let people spread the word and order King Wu Yue to come to the Governor's Palace." ”

Hu Qi immediately ordered Jinyi Wei to go to pass on the heir, Fang Yuan looked at Wang Chengen again and said, "Princess, these palace rules are the rules of the palace?" ”

Wang Chengen admitted it truthfully, and Fang Yuan said again, "The Governor's Mansion is still different from the palace. The eunuchs and palace maids in the palace are sold like palaces, and most of the governor's palace are hired workers, so there is no need to be punished with a cane, and the punishment should be mainly dismissed, supplemented by punishment, and the punishment should be slightly reduced! ”

Whether it was about Zhu Cihuan's evaluation or the revision of the house rules, every time Fang Yuan said a word, the princess took notes, very attentively. Fang Yuan commented on these in front of her, which was to personally teach her the experience of politics

Fang Yuan said to Mama Liang again, "In the palace, you can beat and scold the palace maids at will, and when you arrive at the Governor's Palace, everything must be based on the law, and you can't punish you at will." ”

He was warning Mama Liang not to bring the reckless disregard for human life in the palace to the Governor's Palace, which adopted the measures of the Ming ancestral system and the punishment of the master of morality.

Fang Yuan explained all the government affairs, so he ordered Wang Chengen and Mama Liang to retreat, and asked, "Has Mrs. Yuan targeted you these days?" As the mistress of the Governor's Palace, it's quite adaptable! ”

The princess shook her head and said, "No, I am with her from the well and not from the river." With the prince and Mama Liang here, the government affairs have been completely straightened out. ”

As soon as Fang Yuan heard that Xiao Yuan didn't do anything more, he was relieved.

Ten days later, Zhu Cihuan rushed to the Governor's Mansion and saw Fang Yuan and Princess Kunxing.

Zhu Cihuan first respectfully greeted Fang Yuan, and then greeted Princess Kunxing.

Fang Yuan praised his performance in disaster relief in Yangzhou Mansion, and said with a slight smile, "King Wu Yue, what do you think of this sneak attack by the imperial court to the south?" ”

Zhu Cihuan said loudly, "Now the Ming Dynasty is worried about internal and external troubles, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is eyeing me outside, and the Dutch people are stealing my Ming territory; There are warlords like Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and even Zuo Liangyu to seize the prestige. The people were miserable and their people were displaced. The imperial court should have united with the teacher to set the world, make the Ming Dynasty peacefully unified, and then talk about how to distribute power. ”

"Now, the prince of the prison country is treacherous, regardless of internal and external troubles, and attacks the teacher first, which is to abandon the original and go against the grain. In my opinion, the teacher should draw a line with the imperial court in the capital. ”

Fang Yuan was very satisfied with Zhu Cihuan's remarks, especially his sentence of first determining the world, making the Ming Dynasty peaceful unification, and then talking about the distribution of power, which made Fang Yuan appreciate it very much, this is the lord of the world with great wisdom and far-sightedness. Like Zhu Cihong, when the world is in turmoil, he still thinks about fighting for power and profit, and suppressing dissidents, which is not worthy of supervising the country, let alone the lord of the world.

Fang Yuan said straight to the point, "King Wu Yue, I want to officially make you govern Nanjing City, raise the banner of the Qing monarch's side, and officially break with the imperial court. ”

Zhu Cihuan was stunned, Fang Yuan's appointment was not only an opportunity for him, but also a pressure on the front line of life and death. Take this step, then there is no turning back, whether it is victory or defeat, you must be in the same boat with Fang Yuan. Zhu Cihuan is eighteen years old, and when he encounters such a life-and-death event, he will inevitably hesitate, "Does the teacher want to implement the virtual monarch reality system?" ”

The virtual monarch reality system that Fang Yuan wanted to play, in just two months after the war, had already spread all over Jiangnan, and he could also understand Zhu Cihuan's feelings of resistance, who wants to be a puppet, defeat will be a catastrophe Needless to say, if he wins, it may also be Fang Yuan's puppet, and it is unknown whether he can save his life.

Fang Yuan took Zhu Cihuan's hand and sat down at the table, and also asked Princess Kunxing to sit down together, and said patiently, "I do have this idea, you tell the teacher, what is the emperor?" ”

Zhu Cihuan thought for a while and said, "The one who has the military and political power in the world is the emperor." ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Can the emperor really have the military and political power in the world? The so-called grasp of military power, even if it has an army of 100,000 or 200,000, compared to the 10,000 people of the Ming Dynasty, it is a drop in the ocean. If you master the army, you are the emperor, then the commander of the Jinyi Guard who guards the emperor, and the various supervisors of the five armies are not more qualified to be the emperor? But which Jinyi guard commander and which overseer can usurp the throne and become the emperor? Therefore, the reason why the emperor is an emperor is by no means how many troops he has at his disposal. ”

"The so-called holding power, Emperor Wanli, Emperor Tianqi, and even His Majesty today, do you know who the county commanders of Taicang Prefecture and Kunshan County are? The emperor has never even seen any of these grassroots officials, so why does he master the affairs of the world? They don't have any government affairs, who dares to deny that they are emperors? For example, His Majesty is still under house arrest in the harem, but no one dares to deny that he is the emperor. Zhu Cihong didn't dare to deny it, King Wu Yue didn't dare to deny it, and even the teacher and I couldn't deny it. ”

"Has King Wu Yue ever thought about why?"

Zhu Cihuan was speechless when he heard this, and asked in amazement, "What did the teacher say, what is the emperor?" ”

Fang Yuan continued, "It's very simple, the one who can represent the interests of most people in the world is the emperor; The one who can balance the forces of all parties is the emperor; The power of the empire revolves around who is distributed, who is the emperor! ”