The edict is a kind of emperor's holy decree, in which the emperor dictates and then directly relays and conveys it to the party receiving the edict through the more trusted courtiers, which is the most straightforward oral edict.

Among them, the emperor's handwritten words, especially conveyed to a certain official who is responsible for his execution, can be regarded as the emperor's handwritten edict.

There is also a kind of dictation of the gist points by the emperor himself, and the cabinet secretary writes it down, and then bypasses the cabinet and sends it directly in writing to the civil and military generals to carry it out.

This kind of edict is also called the middle decree.

Now, after the establishment of the military aircraft department, in order to increase efficiency, the Chongzhen Emperor has fully played the role of these kinds of edicts, not only the edicts in the form of oral and hand edicts still exist, but also the edicts in the form of edicts drafted by the minister of military aircraft or written by the military aircraft guards are even more popular.

Such an edict is, of course, a holy decree, but it is very different from the official form of the imperial court, such as edicts, edicts, and edicts.

Edicts, edicts, edicts and other formal decrees of the imperial court need to be countersigned by the cabinet, reviewed by the six science corridors, and even in the past period of time, they need to be written by full-time officials of the Hanlin Academy, otherwise they cannot be issued.

This is also the conscious or unconscious restriction of imperial power after the civil service system has developed to a certain extent.

The edict is different from the formal decree of this kind of imperial court, and does not need to go through so many complicated procedures.

In particular, the edict drafted by the Military Aircraft Department now has the same effect as other holy decrees as long as it is stamped with the jade seal of Emperor Chongzhen and issued in the form of an edict from the military aircraft.

It is such a little ingenuity, and it is also a practice that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military gradually got used to after nearly three years after the current Emperor Chongzhen set up the Military Aircraft Department.

Officials in the Ming Dynasty once had a tradition of refusing to accept the decree of the Central Committee, and even if the decree was issued to the officials without going through the cabinet countersignature and the review of the Six Branches, some high-ranking officials would rather die than accept it.

This strange phenomenon existed in the Song Dynasty, and it was especially prominent in the Jiajing and Wanli periods of the Ming Dynasty, which often made the emperor very faceless.

This is why the Wanli Emperor liked to use eunuchs as tax collectors, because eunuchs were much more obedient than the civil officials of the Wanli period.

Of course, this is also the reason why Emperor Chongzhen did not want to replace characters like Wen Tiren.

Because this kind of character is not the kind of dead brain who reads books and loses his brain, he pays more attention to the actual gains and losses, rather than paying too much attention to formal things.

At least a figure like Wen Tiren would accept the emperor's edict.

Moreover, they will be more positive in accepting edicts that truly reflect the emperor's intentions than accepting imperial edicts issued in the name of the emperor.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen now attaches more importance to directing civil officials and military generals in various places to do things, because the biggest difference between the edict and other holy decrees is that it is efficient and fast, can quickly respond to any major military affairs, and can accurately convey the emperor's determination and intentions.

However, the imperial decrees that begin with the emperor's edict, system, and edict are not.

First, it needs to be countersigned by the Cabinet, and if it does not conform to the Cabinet's intentions, then it needs to be redrafted.

Second, after the cabinet agrees, it still needs to be reviewed by the six science corridors to review the so-called pros and cons.

Moreover, after the review and revision of the Six Science Corridors is completed, even if it is finally passed, the final result is likely to be far from the original intention of the emperor.

And most importantly, it was quite a waste of time to let the emperor's will go back and forth between the various central institutions.

If it is an era of peace in the world, it is certainly not wrong to do so out of careful consideration of a holy decree to avoid causing damage to the world.

However, if we pursue the efficiency of handling major military affairs, such a protracted and lengthy process is simply a disaster.

In the chaotic autumn of the third year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen certainly couldn't tolerate a matter from the southeast that consumed too much time in the imperial court.

Therefore, after Sun Chengzong and Nan Juyi discussed the idea of Emperor Chongzhen, the Military Aircraft Department quickly formed several edicts, which were handed over to the emperor's imperial review, and quickly sent to Nanjing and the Fujian and Zhejiang Governor's Mansion through the imperial court in the form of an edict from the Military Aircraft Department.

Adhering to the determination and intention of Emperor Chongzhen, the Military Aircraft Department issued an edict to Nanjing and the Fujian and Zhejiang Governors' Offices, on the one hand, it quickly dealt with the problems of southern Fujian, and on the other hand, it also solved the unresolved candidates for several subordinate members of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies in the North and South:

"The Commander of Nanjing, the Ministry of War, the Commanders of the Town, the Lieutenant of the Garrison, the Governor's Mansion of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the Ministers of Fuzhen in Fujian:

"Shocked to hear that in September, the Cantonese invaded southern Fujian from the sea, plundered the population and goods, and caused Nanao, Jinxia, Yuegang and other places to be harmed by it.

Xiong Wencan was immediately dismissed from the post of governor of Fujian, and he was reappointed as the right protector of the Nanjing Navy Governor's Mansion with the right imperial history, and the edict was sent to the post immediately.

"Immediately dismissed Lu Yuying from the post of chief military officer of the town guarding Fujian, and changed his post to the post of governor of the navy with the command of Zhenhaiwei, and he will take up his post as soon as he arrives."

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen also clarified the replacement candidate in the edict in order not to affect the overall situation of the southeast in order to ensure that the changes of these people would not affect the overall situation in the southeast.

"The Commander of Nanjing, the Ministry of War, the Commanders of the Town, the Lieutenant of the Garrison, the Governor's Mansion of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the Ministers of Fuzhen in Fujian:

"The governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Wen Tiren, was in charge of the people's will, served in Fujian and Zhejiang for two and a half years, and strictly implemented the policy of immigration and reclamation, opening up the sea and trade, not only the population of overseas desert islands such as Dongfan and Zhoushan was abundant, but also the trade of Ningbo, Quanzhou and other treaty ports was prosperous.

"In addition, due to the previous Fujian governor Fu stationed in the same city, the functions and powers of the ministry and the Fu Yuan overlapped, and it was inconvenient to carry out many military orders and government orders.

In addition, Emperor Chongzhen did not forget Zheng Zhilong's credit for expelling the Spaniards from Dongfan Island, and the court's posthumous gift to his slain brother Zheng Zhibiao.

"I have sent an order to the military department of Nanjing and the ministers of the Governor's Office of Fujian and Zhejiang: Zheng Zhilong has been ordered to unite with the Dutch to expel the Spaniards.

"Expelling the people and restoring our land is an immortal achievement! This time I didn't have time to rescue southern Fujian, I don't mean that he is guilty!

"Now on his merits, Zheng Zhilong was given the title of first-class viscount, and the officer was ordered to be promoted to the post of chief military officer of Fujian on the spot, and he still led the water and land soldiers of the department to garrison Kinmen, Penghu, Dongfan and other places!

"Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zhibiao stayed in Nanao and died in battle, so he immediately posthumously awarded Zheng Zhibiao the title of first-class baron, and he is specially allowed to choose the children of the Zheng family to succeed him as the heir and attack the knight!"

In addition to explaining these affairs, Emperor Chongzhen did not forget to issue an edict to the Fujian and Zhejiang Governor's Palace, as well as Zheng Zhilong, so that they could end the war on Dongfan Island, especially after arranging the defense of Dongfan Island, and go to eliminate Liu Xiang and other Guangdong pirates as soon as possible.

"The Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Wen Tiren, and the Chief Military Officer of Fujian, Zheng Zhilong, and others: The Guangdong thief Liu Xiang and others have been causing trouble to the southeast for a long time, and this time they colluded with Xiyi, invaded all parts of southern Fujian, killed my people, and seized my property.

"When the edict arrived, Zheng Zhilong immediately after expelling the Dongfan Spanish Yi, he tried his best to lead the army of the army back to southern Fujian to hand over the defense, and make every effort to eliminate Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi and other Guangdong pirates!

"In order to facilitate the coordination of the support of the Liangguang Governor's Mansion and its subordinate naval divisions nearby, and to work together to eliminate Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi and other Guangdong pirates, the Yamen of the Fujian General Military Office is specially allowed to move south to the enemy!

"I will be relocated to Tong'an or Kinmen, and this proposal will be reported to me after the new commander-in-chief of Fujian, Zheng Zhilong, and Wen Tiren, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, agree with me!"

For the various situations reported by the Governor's Office of Fujian and Zhejiang, Emperor Chongzhen took the military aircraft department to quickly cut through the mess, and as for the right and wrong, it can only be left for the future.

Because the autumn of Chongzhen's third year was really an eventful autumn for him.