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On a river boat led by him, an old man in his fifties with a square scarf and Taoist robe stood on the bow of the boat, and the gusts of river wind blew his robe fluttering and flying, and the sound of hunting.

This old man who is not tall and has a somewhat clear face is the current head of the Ming Cabinet, Ding Kuichu, the governor of Jingying Rongzheng.

Ding Kuichu is a Jinshi in the Wanli period, once served as the military department of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the governor of Jiliao and Baoding military affairs, because he could not resist the invasion of Jiannu, he was cut from his post in the name, and then he was helped by Ma Shiying, and he rose in the Hongguang Dynasty of the Southern Ming Dynasty, served as the governor of Liangguang, and was able to **** one side, and at the beginning of the Yongli Dynasty, he united with the eunuch Wang Kun of the inner court, won the championship in one fell swoop, and served as the first assistant of the cabinet.

It's just that he, the head of the cabinet, is not satisfactory, since a month ago, his alliance with Wang Kun was exposed in Yongli's first escape, his status in the hearts of the Qingliu people has plummeted.

Since then, although many courtiers have been respectful to him on the surface, but in private, Ding Kuichu can always see in the eyes of these people who work under him something called contempt, or contempt, he is not stupid, on the contrary, he understands it very well.

Because he was born in poverty, it is not easy for him to get to this position today, he seeks officials for thousands of miles just for money, why did he come to study hard for 20 years? Isn't it for the sake of glory and wealth, glory and glory?

Now that the image of officialdom for decades has been ruined just because he is attached to a eunuch, he has completely figured it out.

As the saying goes, fame and fortune, in addition to fame, there is also profit.

Looking at the dozens of river boats behind him worth millions of taels, the uneasiness on Ding Kuichu's face gradually disappeared.

I'm right, what is wrong is those who don't know how to compromise and be flexible, their prestige and fame are all false, they can neither be used as food nor clothing, only the real money in front of them is the most real and reliable thing in this world.

Of course, whether it is fame or fortune, it is true that there must be blessings and dissipations, as an old officialdom, he knows that he must leave a way back for himself in everything he does, and he can't hang himself from a tree.

Back then, when Wei Zhongxian and his gang were fighting to the death with the Donglin Party, he was comfortable between the two factions, and he was looking for officials who were sure to fall and were disgusted by both sides for impeachment, so the official reputation has always been good, and some officials gave enough favors, so he let them go, and never did things in an end.

However, since Jiashen, Hongguang, King Lu, King Longwu, King Lu, Shaowu, one by one regimes have disappeared like a white horse, and the Ming Dynasty has never had a stable center, and there is no banner that can call the world.

Now it is not easy to establish a Divine Sect lineage, but he is a dou who can't be supported, and he has no temperament to be the lord of chaos.

On the other hand, after the Qing army entered the customs, the road was like a bamboo, and the Xinjiang ministers and guards in various places either surrendered or died, except for a small official surnamed Yan in Jiangyin, no one could touch its edge. Now that he has hit all the way to Guangdong, the momentum of Mixed Yuan Yiyu has been completed, and Zhu Ming's country is about to collapse in three hundred years, and he must make some plans in advance for the future.

"Zhongye, have the people sent to contact that side come back?"

Ding Kuichu looked at Su Ping, the deputy general of the Jingwei Forward Battalion behind him, and asked casually.

Su Ping, who was dressed in light armor and dressed as a military general, shook his head when he heard the words and said, "Not yet." ”

Ding Kuichu frowned slightly, and then said, "If you have news, notify the old man in time, do you know?" ”

Su Ping hugged his fists and said loudly: "Please rest assured, the subordinates understand." ”

As Ding Kuichu's disciple, when Ding Kuichu served as the governor of Liangguang, Su Ping was already a general of the Chinese army under his command, and now he was transferred to the Beijing camp, and was promoted to the most elite forward battalion deputy general in the Beijing camp, in charge of more than 1,800 soldiers and horses, although the number is not much, but it is the elite of the more than 10,000 Beijing battalion soldiers left after several consecutive defeats.

"Alas, it's not a last resort, and the old man doesn't want to do it." Ding Kuichu stroked his beard and sighed softly.

"Xiang Ye does not need to blame himself, it is the great tomorrow who is stupid and incompetent, so that the dynasty collapses, and the lives are ruined, since Chongzhen 17 years, first lost Jiuding in Li Chuang, and then fell into the southern capital in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhu Ming has lost the mandate of heaven, and it is understandable to change the dynasty, and he can't complain about Xiang Ye." Although Su Ping is a military general, he is also quite eloquent, and his words are also profound.

Ding Kuichu pretended to be sad and said: "As a minister, the old man can't have a beginning and an end, and there is a loss in the big festival, and it is really difficult to be at peace in his heart!" ”

"There is no immortal country in the world, and there are no immortal people, the cycle of chaos, the change of dynasties is ordinary, since the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty is only four hundred years, the Tang and Song dynasties are only three hundred years, the Qin, Jin, and Sui have survived for less than a few decades, and Zhu Ming has enjoyed the country for nearly three hundred years, and it is almost the same!"

Su Ping talked eloquently, and when he said this, he looked respectful and flattering:

"After the change of Jiashen, the regent of the Qing State, Dolgon, went to the heavens, drove away the rogues, founded the country, and established the dynasty.

"Hehe, Zhongye still knows me." Ding Kuichu looked relieved, patted Su Ping's shoulder, and praised softly.

A hint of joy flashed in Su Ping's eyes, and he lost no time in saying: "Xiangye is the reborn parent of the door, and the disciple is willing to serve Xiangye for the rest of his life." ”

"The old man has always regarded you as his own, and he will definitely not treat you lightly in the future."

By the time their fleet arrived at the capital city of Wuzhou, it was already three or four days later.

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In the city of Wuzhou, Cao Ye, the governor of Guangxi, and local officials, after consulting the empress dowager and the emperor of the two palaces, temporarily used the Guiwang Mansion before Zhu Youlang ascended the throne as the palace.

After four days of running and tiring, Zhu Youlang and his entourage finally had a place to settle down at this time.

The day after entering the city, King Gui's mansion was in the palace.

Wang Kun, who was standing on the side, watched Zhu Youlang sitting in front of the dragon case, holding a small purple sand pot with a delicate shape for a long time, sipping fragrant tea, and a trace of anxiety in his heart that had finally calmed down rose again with the steaming heat in the pot.

After a period of hesitation, he seemed to have made up his mind, bent over and salivated and said: "Emperor, although the dynasty has been established now, but the four cabinet elders are not here, and all parties are piled up in the cabinet, and no one has to deal with them, and the old slave should not be in charge of the affairs of the outer court, but the cabinet is empty, the center cannot operate, the court system is difficult to survive, and the old slave is derelict in his duties, and he has delayed the emperor's major affairs, so it will be difficult to escape the blame." Therefore, the old slave is willing to ask for more cabinet members to assist the emperor. ”

When Zhu Youlang heard this, he sneered in his heart, for this Wang Kun, through the memories of the two lives, Zhu Youlang knew that he was a famous power supervisor in the early days of the Yongli Dynasty, one of whom held two important positions in the inner court, and was in charge of the power of the celebrity supervisor, and his power caught up with Wei Zhongxian back then, and almost set him up as an emperor in national politics.

And if he wants to change his life against the sky, the first thing to do is to regain the authority of the Son of Heaven and obtain real power.

After having the memory of two lives, Wang Kun's heart was clear about the little Jiujiu he was beating, and although the establishment of the center was urgent, he just didn't speak first, he wanted to hang Wang Kun's appetite and see how long he could endure it.

Holding the teapot in his hand and taking a sip of tea gently, Zhu Youlang said unhurriedly: "The cabinet really can't be left unattended, but who is more suitable to let the cabinet enter?" ”

Wang Kun still looked like he was sitting firmly in Diaoyutai two days ago, after all, everything about the 'Western Tour' was planned before he set off.

The dynasty has been built, but the center has not been established, in his mind that the emperor will definitely be more anxious than him, according to the previous character, he will definitely ask him first, but he didn't expect that the emperor will suddenly become so dull, it seems that he doesn't understand the importance of this matter at all, this is what he didn't expect, now the situation is urgent, the courtiers stranded in Zhaoqing have rushed over one after another, he really can't wait, he has no choice, he can only speak first.

Fortunately, the emperor finally approved his suggestion, and there was still a drama in his affairs, Wang Kun was snickering in his heart, and his face became more and more respectful: "Everything depends on the emperor." ”

"There has long been a precedent for cabinet members to elect the imperial court, and I can't interfere arbitrarily, so I'd better help me see who is suitable!"

Zhu Youlang will not take Wang Kun's compliments seriously stupidly, the Ming civil official group and the imperial power have been fighting for hundreds of years, and they have already overwhelmed one end, forming the current civil politics.

If he dares to risk the world's condemnation and make arbitrary decisions in this matter, as long as Wang Kun fanns the wind behind his back and lights a fire, those court officials and ministers will not make a fuss, and now he has no time to argue with those court officials.

Wang Kun replied respectfully: "That is the case, the old slave has trespassed, before coming to Wuzhou, Lu Ge Lao returned home due to illness, and each ministry will push once, and the list of ministers who will push has been reported to the emperor, presumably the emperor has a suitable candidate in his heart, and the old slave will not talk about it." ”

Zhu Youlang secretly scolded the old fox, there are three people on the list of ministers who can be pushed, and Wang Huacheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is one of them, and he is also the only one of the three who is currently in the Wuzhou Dynasty, Wang Kun has already calculated this.

His purpose is very simple, he just wants Wang Huacheng to enter the cabinet, use Wang Huacheng to control the cabinet, and gradually obtain the right to vote, in order to realize his ambition to dominate the government, in the late Ming Dynasty, who can control the right to vote and approve the red in his hands, who is the real Son of Heaven, Wang Huacheng is one of the backbone of the eunuch party, Wang Kun wants to pull him into the cabinet is not a day or two, and now it is not easy to create this opportunity, how can he let it go?