In response to Huang Liji's questioning, Cui Chengxiu replied without hesitation: "If they didn't want to seek the dynasty and usurp the throne, why didn't they oppose it in front of His Majesty at the State Council." On the contrary, it is necessary to wait for His Majesty to leave Beijing before he privately conspires to incite the people to oppose the established policies of the state?

I think their opposition to land reform is false, and it is true that they incite the people to make trouble. Otherwise, why didn't they oppose it sooner or later, but when His Majesty fought against the Houjin army outside the Saiwai, they ran out to oppose it?

Who doesn't know that Hebei is the last line of defense around Gyeonggi, and at this time, inciting the people of Hebei to make trouble, aren't they acting as an internal response for Houjin and trying to cut off His Majesty's way back to Beijing? ”

In Huang Liji's opinion, Cui Chengxiu is simply crazy, no matter how harshly Chongzhen's handwritten letter is, it will not charge those opposing gentry officials with conspiracy and conspiracy, this is completely an endless posture.

However, he glanced at the brocade box containing the jade seal of the country next to the letter, and finally dispelled the idea of blocking Cui Chengxiu.

As a cabinet chief assistant waiting for the transfer of power, Huang Liji is also better than less at the moment. Therefore, in most areas of Hebei, the task of land reform was completed, and only the three prefectures of Hejian, Guangping, and Daming, which were adjacent to Shandong, stopped the implementation of land reform because of the intervention of the Shandong gentry, and Huang Liji was still able to accept a compromise between the two sides.

It's just that Huang Liji didn't expect that those Shandong gentry would sell well when they got cheap. Some gentry and officials in Hebei immediately took advantage of this incident to overturn the case, trying to take out the land reform that had already been completed in Hebei and rectify it. This directly led to the dissatisfaction of the local people in Hebei, which made a big fuss about a trivial matter that was originally in his eyes, and also put the court in a difficult situation of riding a tiger.

If the emperor still has a stalemate with Houjin outside the Saiwai, or suffers a small loss, then it is impossible to say that in the end it is necessary to make big concessions to the gentry and bureaucrats who oppose the land reform, so as to ensure the stability of Gyeonggi.

But now, the emperor not only repelled the Houjin, but also took the opportunity to recover the Hetao region, made the Chahar tribe submit to the Ming Dynasty, and presented the jade seal of the country. In such a situation, it is unjustifiable for them to continue to compromise with the opposition.

Now Choi Chengxiu is putting such a big hat on the heads of these oppositionists, so as to make clear his position to the emperor in an attempt to make up for the mistake of wanting to compromise with those oppositionists.

Today, who among the officials of the DPRK will not be able to see clearly that Chongzhen has firmly grasped the largest force in the north. Whether it was the army, the common people, or the merchants, the northern gentry could hardly compete with the influence of the emperor.

The reason for this situation is that the northern gentry are really enemies on three sides, one is that politics is suppressed by the southern gentry, and the new school system is eliminated, and the southern academies, backed by the financial resources of the south, completely crush the northern gentry families.

Second, the abnormal climate in the north for many years has brought about continuous natural disasters, which has also made the displacement and disaster victims everywhere in the north, and the slightest difference is that there are small-scale civil uprisings in the locality, which has greatly hit the influence of the gentry in the local area.

The third is the rise of the Houjin in the north, which not only directly hit the gentry families in the occupied areas, but also put pressure on the security of the entire northern provinces, making it difficult for many gentry families on the border to be exempted from the government's servitude.

Since Chongzhen's accession to the throne, the reforms he has promoted have been to solve these three problems, and naturally they have also won the support of the majority of the northern gentry. However, while solving these problems, the emperor also took the military, personnel, and financial power of the north into his own hands.

Although the power of the cabinet has been expanded and the administrative power of the state has been mastered, as long as the three powers are in the hands of the emperor, the cabinet only has the power to do things, and does not want to override the imperial power.

Although the northern gentry led by Huang Liji, Cui Chengxiu, and Feng Quan now seem to hold the power of the imperial court, they themselves know very well that if there is no emperor behind them, the southern gentry can tear them to pieces in the blink of an eye.

Their current situation seems to be boiling oil, but the situation is more dangerous than when the Emperor of the Apocalypse died. Once Chongzhen abandoned them, they should not expect to make overtures to the southern gentry to avoid the political reckoning of the other party, because the emperor would not allow them to do so.

Huang Liji, who was waiting for Chongzhen and Qian Qianyi to return to Beijing and was ready to hand over the position of first assistant, decided to watch coldly after thinking twice.

However, he still couldn't help but say, "Since it is such a big case as rebellion, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Land Reform Commission to investigate and handle this case." Who are you going to ask to look into this case? ”

Cui Chengxiu and Feng Quan suddenly turned their eyes to Zhang Shijie, who was standing on the side, as if they were going to call him by name to do something.

Zhang Shijie hurriedly replied: "The lower official is still in the filial piety period, I'm afraid it is inconvenient to come forward to handle this case." If several adults want to handle this case, there is a candidate for Xiaguan, who is Zhao Yiwei of Qianhu. ”

Huang Liji suddenly frowned, "Zhao Yiwei? Is it the cool official who presided over the Jinzhou Rebellion and was finally complained about by the Liaoxi military general? What has he been doing since he returned to Beijing? ”

Regarding Huang Liji's disgust, Zhang Shijie could only say haha: "There are not many Jinyi guards who can do things for Your Majesty, although this Zhao Qianhu is a little harsh, he is really serving the country, and His Majesty also knows it."

After Zhao Qianhu returned to Beijing, he has been staying in Nanzhen Fusi to manage my Jinyi Wei file, and he has not complained about it, so the lower officials think that he should be given a chance to do things. ”

Huang Liji was about to say something more, but Cui Chengxiu had already said with a smile: "I think this Zhao Qianhu is good, this is naturally more strict with internal spies, and it is better to make people complain than to let go of a spy."

Huang Shoufu, I think this big case of rebellion will be handed over to Zhao Qianhu to deal with, as for us, we will continue to promote land reform, and don't let some leaky fish jump out and disgust people..."

Zhao Yiwei, who was in the vast academy covering an area of Nanzhen Fusi, was sorting out the file directory with peace of mind, and soon received the news that his subordinate officials came to report at a gallop. No matter how much the emperor rectifies the Jinyi Guard, the circulation of this kind of internal information is difficult to intercept, after all, working in such a power organization, because of poor information, it will lead to the wrong side, which will kill people.

When Zhao Yiwei heard the news from his subordinates that he was about to come back, he didn't jump up excitedly, and still unhurriedly recorded the title of the book in the book list, and then said to his subordinates: "Go, bring my clothes over, and prepare to welcome the commander to patrol the academy..."

When Beijing was preparing to set off another political storm, Qian Qianyi, who was supposed to return to the capital, stopped in Nanjing under the pretext of a foot illness.

The reason why he was like this was because he heard that the emperor went out of Beijing to escape the summer, and the imperial court set off an investigation into the case of Yanshenggong and the case of the canal gentry besieging the yamen and murdering people.

Qian Qianyi's image of disaster relief in the south is good, coupled with the boast of the Daming Times, and the rumor that he will take over as the first assistant of the cabinet is also very popular. Qian Qianyi naturally knew that this was the emperor's blow to the outside world, so that he could naturally take over the position of the first assistant to the cabinet.

The more he reached this critical juncture, the more he cherished his feathers, lest he make a mistake and ruin his reputation, so as to find a handle for his political enemies. The cabinet elder is considered to be in the past, and it is also an honor that officials regard as the highest apex of their careers, not to mention the weight of the authority of today's cabinet ministers and assistants, which is not far from the prime ministers of the past.

In the past, the candidates for cabinet changes were naturally based on the recommendation of the court. It mainly depends on the qualifications and popularity of the pre-selected officials, and the emperor who has not been on the throne for a long time cannot really understand whether these elected officials have real talents.

However, after the reform of the cabinet system, although the emperor did not cancel the link of court promotion, he set up a list of officials from the local government to the central government in advance.

Under such circumstances, candidates who fail to enter this list based on their qualifications and popularity alone will obviously not be recommended to the Tingtui list, otherwise they will be slapped in the face of the Ministry of Officials.

In addition to qualifications and popularity, the officials who can be included in this list must have a certain level of political performance and ability. In other words, the officials who competed with Qian Qianyi for the first assistant in the cabinet were no longer incompetent bureaucrats who were ranked by seniority, but officials with a certain amount of experience in political struggle.

Qian Qianyi can now overwhelm his colleagues, naturally not because of how strong his ability is, but because he has fallen into the eyes of the emperor. But as long as he does not sit in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet for a day, it may not be certain that he is Huang Liji's successor.

Whether it is the case of Yan Shenggong or the case of the canal gentry besieging the yamen and killing people, these two cases involve the first is after the saint; One is the gentry group of Nanzhili. None of them are easy to offend.

As the leader of Jiangnan Tan and the leader of the New Donglin Party, his basic supporters are all related to the two. Once he returns to the capital, he will inevitably be forced to make a statement, as long as he does so, he will offend one party.

Whether it offends one's own supporters or the current rulers of the court, one side will be regarded as a betrayer. This was likely to keep him away from the throne of the first assistant of the cabinet, so he simply followed the advice of his protégé Qu Shiyun.

Since the emperor is now out of Beijing to inspect the grasslands, there is no need for him to rush back to Beijing and fall into the political whirlpool of the capital. It is better to stay in Nanjing for a while, so that you can befriend the Jiangnan gentry and lay a good foundation for the future government; The second is to avoid the political turmoil in the capital.

Qu Shiyun's suggestion is a great way to win Qian Qian's heart. He had a smooth and smooth life, and he has always had little courage to face trouble, not to mention that there are great enemies like Cui Chengxiu in the capital who are always watching, so he soon stayed in Nanjing in the name of foot disease.

But in fact, Nanjing is not a place of singing and dancing.

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