Chapter II: Impeachment

Catholicism is a new foreign affair, and the people have a process of acceptance, although Pang Tianshou is dedicated to promoting Catholicism, he also knows that this is not a matter of urgency, Wang Kefan clearly expressed his support for this, and he is very satisfied.

After chatting around Catholicism for a while, the two of them dispersed, and on the way back to the Gongyi camp, a smile appeared on the corner of Wang Kefan's mouth.

"Promoting Catholicism? Hehe, it's a bit of ping-pong diplomacy! ”

Pang Tianshou was not only a devout believer, but also a eunuch with a pen, a powerful political figure, and for him, the promotion of Catholicism was not a great deal.

Just like in the 70s of the 20 th century, Sino-US military diplomacy broke the ice of bilateral relations and gradually moved from antagonism to cooperation.

Starting from a small thing, we establish a cooperative relationship, position each other's roles, determine the way of cooperation, and gradually form an alliance in politics, if there is any problem in the cooperation, you can withdraw at any time, and the impact will not be too great...... To promote Catholicism, the symbolic meaning is greater than the practical meaning, and Pang Tianshou wants to find an ally in politics.

It just so happens that Wang Kefan also needs allies.

Although it is only a small matter, Pang Tianshou and he have already had substantial cooperation, and with the continuous strengthening of trust, this cooperative relationship will become deeper and deeper, and will play a greater role.

Compared with Pang Tianshou, the civil officials are much more reserved, although they have all greeted Wang Kefan, but it is only because they can't suppress it that they are forced to admit Wang Kefan's political identity.

In their eyes, Wang Kefan is not much different from the four towns in the south of the Yangtze River in the Hongguang Dynasty and Zheng Zhilong in the early stage of the Longwu Dynasty, they are all warlords that the emperor wants to use, and what impact will they have in the court situation. They are still watching.

Wang Kefan also has little confidence in them.

The civil officials in the Longwu court were mainly divided into two factions, the Donglin Party and the Southern faction, Wang Kefan has always been wary of the Donglin Party, and the civil officials of the Southern faction represent the gentry of Liangguang, with the development of the plan to operate Liangguang, it will inevitably touch the interests of the gentry of Liangguang, and it is difficult to predict how the civil officials of the southern faction will react.

Of course, when it comes to individual people, it is still possible to fight for it. For example, Shoufu He Wuyu......

On the way to Guangzhou, the most discussed by the civil and military officials was where Emperor Longwu should be located.

Xingzai, which is where the emperor is, is different from Nanxiong's temporary Xingzai. This line is the de facto capital of the Southern Ming Dynasty...... Nominally, the capital of the Ming Dynasty remained Beijing. Nanjing is also still the second capital. Beijing and Nanjing have only temporarily fallen and must be recovered in the future, but the Manchus are so powerful that it seems that there is no time for them to subdue Nanjing.

Because Emperor Longwu went straight to Guangzhou, and because Guangzhou was the last big city in the Southern Ming Dynasty. Many people thought that the emperor's line would be set in Guangzhou, and the civil and military officials kept arguing about it, but Emperor Longwu never expressed his position.

When the army arrived thirty miles north of Guangzhou, they met the civil and military forces of Guangzhou, who came to greet them. Among them, there are civil and military officials such as Ding Kuichu and Su Guansheng, as well as Tang Wang and other nobles who fled from Fuzhou.

Liang Zhiren and other troops stayed outside the city, and Emperor Longwu entered the city with the Gongyi battalion, no one felt anything wrong with this, and it was a matter of course for the emperor to bring thousands of men and horses to escort him.

After entering Guangzhou, Emperor Longwu met with Wenwu, appeased the Tang Dynasty, and summoned Ding Kuichu and Su Guansheng several times to discuss various political affairs with hundreds of officials, and the battle situation ahead, and then suddenly announced that Fu Guan would serve as the left capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and announced the specific personnel arrangements of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Since Fu Guan and below, there are more than 40 officials of all sizes in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, most of whom are recommended or appointed by Fu Guan, and have set up a very formal yamen.

Stimulated by this incident, the struggle for power among civil and military officials reached a fever pitch.

Nanming's territory is getting smaller and smaller, and there are fewer and fewer official positions with real power, but the ministers around Emperor Longwu are dying, and there are many vacant positions, who can take the position, who will step down, how to distribute the six departments and nine kings in the court, etc., like a big cake in front of them, everyone does not give in to each other for this, and there is a miasma of noise for several days.

By extension, civil and military officials began to argue about Emperor Longwu's whereabouts, and if Emperor Longwu stayed in Guangzhou, he would inevitably have to borrow a large amount of Guangdong officials, which was intolerable to the Fujian faction, but was deeply supported by Guangdong officials.

There was already a voice in the imperial court that Ding Kuichu should enter the cabinet and set up two governors, and Ding Kuichu himself stated that he would set up the governor's yamen in Zhaoqing and leave the city of Guangzhou to Emperor Longwu...... Unconsciously, Ding Kuichu became the center of attention.

Above the main hall, hundreds of officials were in the early court, and it was no surprise that they quarreled again.

The content of the quarrel has been repeated many times, but the fierce Cheng dù continues to escalate, even the first assistant He Wusu and the second assistant Lu Daqi have personally ended, and Ding Kuichu is trying his best to protect the interests of the Guangdong faction, arguing back and forth, not speculating, and finally the scene is cold.

Suddenly, Cui Shanzhi came out of the class to ask for a performance.

Cui Shanzhi is a carefree faction in the imperial court, and he has nothing to do with the Donglin Party, and he is also separated from the southern faction, there is no obvious side, and he usually does not participate in party struggles.

He Wuqi of the Southern Faction, Lu Daqi of the Donglin Party, Ding Kuichu of the Guangdong Faction, these giants are fighting, what is the excitement of Cui Shanzhi?

"The minister has a book, impeaching Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang, ......"

Cui Shanzhi had already prepared, and listed Ding Kuichu's three major crimes in the notebook, one by one, the evidence was sufficient, and the crime was strict, each of which could put Ding Kuichu to death.

Ding Kuichu couldn't help but be shocked and angry, and looked at He Wusu and Lu Daqi again and again, in his mind, Cui Shanzhi must have been arranged by these two people.

However, He Wuqi and Lu Daqi also looked puzzled, thinking that the other party had made such a ruthless move...... This is not an ordinary power struggle, this is a death attack on Ding Kuichu!

"Your Majesty, the minister is wronged!" Ding Kuichu couldn't hold back any longer.

"Hey, the speaker is not guilty, and the person who hears is full of caution, so let Cui Qing continue." Emperor Longwu had a calm expression, as if he didn't know the weight of this movement.

He Wuqi and Lu Daqi glanced at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes, it turned out that this qiē was directed by Emperor Longwu! (To be continued......)