Without the troubles of Gao Hongtu and others, Li Hongfei's land rectification measures were finally completed before the relocation of the capital. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the twenty-second year of Chongzhen (November 1649), Zhu Youzhen issued a decree and officially moved the capital to Beijing.

However, just when Zhu Youzhen took Gao Hongtu, Shi Kefa, Li Hongfei and other court officials to take Yan Yingyuan's Yangtze River Naval Commander warship and go to Beijing through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, an event occurred that changed the historical trend of the Ming Dynasty.............

Because Li Hongfei couldn't help but launch a "mutiny" at the last moment.

It turned out that when everyone was busy moving the capital, Li Hongfei borrowed the name of implementing land reform and asked Li Dingguo to transfer most of the Northern Expeditionary Army from the capital and other places, of course, these are not Li Hongfei's descendants.

Li Hongfei's First Group Army, which was directly under the First Group Army, and Qi Zhifeng's Second Group Army, took the opportunity to take over the defense of Beijing and Tianjin, and when Wang Guoxing's 50,000 Praetorian Guards came to change their guards, they suddenly launched a mutiny and seized the entire Praetorian Guard Army in one fell swoop.

Most of the Northern Expeditionary Army was scattered and sent to the provinces, the Praetorian Guards were all detained, and the entire Gyeonggi region fell under Li Hongfei's control.

After that, Li Dingguo, in the name of Wang Guoxing, reported to Nanjing on the matter of "smooth defense".

Zhu Youzhen was anxious to move the capital, and without much hesitation, he led a group of ministers to Beijing on the Yangtze River Navy warship.

As a result, as soon as the warship sailed out of Nanjing, all the court officials, including Zhu Youzhen, were restricted from freedom, and it was only at this time that Zhu Youzhen understood that someone had launched a mutiny.

"Li Menghui! What do you mean? Didn't we say it a long time ago? Are you in such a hurry to get on top? Zhu Youzhen said angrily.

That's right, he had an agreement with Li Hongfei that as long as Li Hongfei could suppress the Donglin Party, he would slowly transfer power to the other party.

Recently, Zhu Youzhen has also gradually delegated power, and it seems that he is really ready to be a nominal national leader.

But now Li Hongfei suddenly changed his hexagram, which made Zhu Youzhen very angry.

"Holy Lord, it's not interesting for you to say this, everyone understands people, and the verbal agreement is really valid? Or do you really plan to take the initiative to fulfill the agreement after moving the capital to Beijing? Li Hongfei asked rhetorically.

Zhu Youzhen has Zhu Youzhen's intelligence sources, and Li Hongfei naturally also has Li Hongfei's gossip.

Since the last secret meeting with Zhu Youzhen, Li Hongfei found that Zhu Youzhen is not as simple as it seems, and he is a traverser and is familiar with Zhu Youzhen's capriciousness, so he always has to keep an eye on everything.

After that, Li Hongfei took advantage of the southern tour and began to use all means to find out Zhu Youzhen's true intentions.

The hard work paid off, and Li Hongfei's two special forces lurked in the Nanjing Palace for more than a month, and finally figured out Zhu Youzhen's overall plan.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Zhu Youzhen had already planned to get rid of Li Hongfei, but he covered it up well, and even his henchman Wang Chengen didn't know.

Even in order not to let Li Hongfei notice, Zhu Youzhen revealed the news to Wang Chengen: The reason why Li Hongfei was suppressed was to test the other party.

Because only in this way can we ensure that Wang Chengen does not leak secrets to Li Hongfei.

Wei Zhongxian's lesson to him was so profound that he was worried that Wang Chengen would reveal the news to Li Hongfei, which shows that Zhu Youzhen's suspicions are so heavy that even the henchmen around him will not easily confess.

Originally, Li Hongfei entered the palace to face the saint, Zhu Youzhen had already arranged a gunman, as long as Li Hongfei dared to make the first move, he would definitely die without a place to be buried (killing important ministers of the court in the palace, even if it is Zhu Youzhen, there must be a good reason).

Fortunately, Li Hongfei did not make an "unwise" move, but made a mistake and made a condition that made Zhu Youzhen very excited.

The Zhu family dynasty has been prosperous for a long time, and this may be the thing that Zhu Youzhen hopes to accomplish the most.

Li Hongfei still has huge use value, so naturally he can't be killed, and Zhu Youzhen also had a moment when he really wanted to agree to Li Hongfei's plan, so the two reached a so-called "verbal agreement".

It's a pity that Zhu Youzhen fucked up his capriciousness and thought about Li Hongfei's plan for a few days, Zhu Youzhen suddenly felt that it seemed that he could implement it himself, and he could also achieve this effect, why did he have to let Li Hongfei implement it?

However, since Li Hongfei came up with it, it seems to be a good choice for him to complete the previous steps, for him to offend the scholar class, and for him to carry this black cauldron.

So Zhu Youzhen swayed between killing and not killing...........

When Li Hongfei learned of Zhu Youzhen's true intentions, he was also very surprised, but he didn't show it, Li Hongfei, who had suffered a loss, did not hope that Zhu Youzhen's conscience would find out, but turned the previous head-on confrontation into a secret development.

Zhu Youzhen used Li Hongfei to complete the initial reform steps and eliminate the threat of the Donglin Party by the way.

Li Hongfei also made plans, constantly looking for Zhu You to search for power, ask for funds, and quickly develop his own power.

inevitably exposed his intentions in advance, and even Zheng Chenggong's repeated "Qingjun side" plan was rejected without hesitation.

Sure enough, as soon as the two returned to Nanjing, Zhu Youzhen asked Li Hongfei about Zheng Chenggong, it can be seen that either Zheng Chenggong has a problem, or the people around Zheng Chenggong have a problem.

Therefore, in this mutiny, Li Hongfei did not let the Third Army participate in it at all.

Li Hongfei's performance during the southern tour made Zhu Youzhen feel a lot more at ease, and as soon as he returned to Beijing, Li Hongfei raised the issue of land annexation, which made Zhu Youzhen's murderous intent lower again.

Kill someone, wait until the other party's surplus value is squeezed dry, and then it's not too late to do it.

Anyway, Zhu Youzhen has already arranged the backhand............

"If my expectations are correct, when I go to the capital with you, I will be assassinated by the remnants of the Manchu Dynasty!" Li Hongfei said bluntly.

That's right, it is not realistic to harm Li Hongfei on the surface, and Li Hongfei has a good mass base in the south, and it is easy for the assassination to leak the news, and the best choice is to carry out "murder with a knife" in Beijing, which has just been regained not long ago.

As long as Wang Guoxing controls the capital, once there is a "Manchu remnant" rebellion, a city-wide blockade can easily solve all problems.

"Courageous, what are you going to do next?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

For Li Hongfei's previous explanation, he didn't want to refute anything, if he could start over, he would even kill the other party as soon as Li Hongfei returned to Nanjing.

"Don't worry, you continue to be your emperor, I just want you to fulfill your original promise." Li Hongfei said.

"It's as simple as that?" Zhu Youzhen didn't believe it.

"It's as simple as that, I just take back what belongs to me, after all, you are also my father-in-law!" Li Hongfei said with a smile.

Although he wanted to kill this cheap father-in-law in his heart, the reality was so helpless, if he really killed Zhu Youzhen, the entire Ming Dynasty would fall into turmoil again.

There is no shortage of careerists in the troubled times, Li Hongfei's next most important task is to take back the military power, and the outbreak of war at this time will not make those generals bigger and bigger?

In the final analysis, Li Hongfei and Zhu Youzhen actually belong to the same type of people.

"Hopefully you've made the right choice." Zhu Youzhen's eyes were a little dim.

"We'll see." Li Hongfei said confidently.

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"Li Menghui! Aren't you, a rebel and thief, afraid of retribution? Gao Hongtu shouted in the other cabin.

"Retribution? Labor and management are really not afraid! Li Hongfei muttered to himself.

The entire Yangtze River Naval Division was under high martial law, and did not make any stops along the way, and it only took half a month to arrive in Beijing.

On the third day of December in the 22nd year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youzhen and a court official arrived in Beijing "smoothly".

On the fifth day of December, Zhu Youjian issued an edict abolishing the six ministries, reopening Zhongshu Province, and appointing Li Hongfei as the left minister and Shi Kefa as the right minister, jointly commanding the Chinese military officials of the dynasty.

It is said that it is the reopening of Zhongshu Province, but in fact, it is the integration of various departments, and the power of the original six ministries is concentrated on the heads of the prime ministers.

On the seventh day of the first month of December, Zhu Youzhen issued an edict, and the former secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Gao Hongtu, and Qian Qianyi, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, formed a party for personal gain, and bent the law for bribes, and ordered them to be dismissed from their official positions, handed over to Dali Temple for trial, and strictly dealt with according to law.

There will always be sacrifices in political struggles, and Zhu Youzhen can't do anything, so he can only let the Donglin Party members be scapegoats, get rid of the leaders, and the rest can only obediently attach themselves to Li Hongfei.

On the 8th day of December, Zhu Youzhen issued an edict ordering Li Hongfei, the prime minister of the left, to reorganize the cabinet, and Li Hongfei decided on all candidates.

As soon as this decree was opened, it indicated that the selection of cabinet ministers by the emperor in the past would be changed to the selection of cabinet ministers by Prime Minister Zuo, and the imperial power would be greatly weakened as a result.

December 9.......... The right prime minister, Shi Kefa, set out to form the Ming Congress and compile the new "Ming Law".

The National Assembly, also known as the Parliament, is the legislature of a sovereign region whose members are composed of representatives of the region.

These representatives can be directly or indirectly elected, or they can be appointed, and in addition to the legislative power, the general parliament also has the power to sign diplomatic treaties, declare war or ratify peace talks, elect or overthrow the government (a constitutional monarchy can only overthrow the ruling party, not the monarch), approve the government budget, and so on.

At the same time, the edict clearly stipulates that the prime minister's term of office is only five years, and if he wants to be re-elected, he needs to be named by the emperor and voted by the deputies of the National Assembly, and more than half of them can continue to serve.

The representatives of the National Assembly are not officials of the imperial court, and even the representatives of the National Assembly cannot be elected as officials of the imperial court, but are composed of nobles, families, scientific researchers, farmers, merchants, and workers.......... Representatives from all walks of life.

Therefore, as long as Li Hongfei or Shi Kefa do not perform well in the past five years, the Congress has the right to remove the two from office

The emergence of the National Assembly marked the official entry of the Ming Dynasty into a constitutional monarchy with three powers (monarchy, cabinet, and parliament).

December 10........... Li Dingguo took over as Minister of National Defense and was responsible for the comprehensive rectification of the Ming army, and at the same time removed Li Hongfei from his post as chief of staff of the Ministry of National Defense.

The responsibility of the Ministry of National Defense is to manage the construction of the Ming military force in a unified manner, such as the recruitment, establishment, equipment, training, military scientific research, and military rank and salary of the Ming army............ Therefore, the Ministry of Defense does not have actual military command.

Actual military command is only possible if the Cabinet and the Diet (i.e., the Prime Minister) approve it.

And Li Hongfei's departure from the Ministry of National Defense is also to better implement the separation of military and political affairs.

Zhu Youzhen's series of edicts have blinded the people of the whole country, what kind of trouble is this?

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and soon, the news of Li Hongfei's "mutiny" on the way to move the capital spread all over the country.

Li Hongfei rebelled, coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the contemporary Cao Cao ..........

All kinds of invective followed.

Many ordinary people began to hoard food in preparation for the coming war.

However, Li Hongfei dared to take this step, and naturally thought of the consequences.

First of all, an official document was issued through the imperial court to refute the rumors, saying that it was only a military admonition, not a mutiny, and the main purpose of this military admonition was to advise the saint and let him arrest Gao Hongtu and his party.

As for the series of edicts issued by the emperor, they were all reform measures that had been formulated before, and they would be fully implemented after the capital was moved.

Although the explanation is a bit far-fetched, it is not unacceptable, the Ming Dynasty is the Son of Heaven and the scholars share the world, and it is not uncommon for the emperor not to be in power.

After all, there were many strange emperors in the Ming Dynasty, such as Zhu Yijun, the emperor of Wanli, who disputed with the cabinet for more than ten years because of the establishment of the crown prince, and finally simply did not leave the palace for 30 years, ignored the government, did not go to the suburbs, did not have a temple, did not see it, did not criticize, and did not talk about it.

Another example is Zhu Youzhen's previous term, Zhu Youxiao of Ming Xizong, who was immersed in carpentry work all day long, also ignored the government and politics, and became a carpenter emperor with peace of mind, allowing Wei Zhongxian and others to cause trouble to the dynasty.

Therefore, after the Northern Expedition, Zhu Youzhen suddenly relinquished power, and in the eyes of the common people, there was nothing wrong with it.

At the same time, Li Hongfei secretly launched a public opinion offensive, trumpeting Li Hongfei's goodness, and even comparing him to Zhang Juzheng's second, as long as under Li Hongfei's leadership, the people of Daming will soon be able to live a happy life.

At this time, the advantage of the people's will was revealed, and after the land reform policy took effect, almost the entire northern people were flying towards Li Hongfei.

Anyway, in just a few years, their country has changed from Da Ming to Da Shun, and from Da Shun to Da Qing, and once the Qing Dynasty died, it became the people of Da Ming again.

Even if Li Hongfei is now the emperor, as long as the promised benefits (allocated land) can be fulfilled, they will not have any complaints.

Although there are quite a few complaints in some areas in the south, the whole country's army is basically on Li Hongfei's side, who dares to jump out and fight against Li Hongfei?

A large-scale war cannot be fought.

As for those petty fights, Li Hongfei is not afraid at all.

The first thing he did when he officially took office was to take advantage of the gap before the Congress was formed, and quickly signed the "Suppression of Bandits Order."