Because Beijing has not been restored and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has not been destroyed, the imperial court orders are all from the Qi Palace, thinking that the military and government are unified, and the court will have nothing to discuss. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Ran Dingwu Emperor made great efforts, and passed the decree to make a small dynasty every day, every five days of the big court, in order to emulate the emperor for the state affairs to do his best.

At the beginning, the officials of the southern capital were also diligent in the court, but when they saw that the court meeting was really fine, and they had to work hard every day, the number of people who entered the court gradually decreased. After two or three months, he was still able to insist on entering the court, but the six cabinet ministries, the big and small nine secretaries, and the remaining officials found many reasons not to go to the court. Emperor Dingwu was furious again and again, and Guo Zhiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, repeatedly issued orders, but to no avail. Today, the brocade-clothed pro-army on duty outside the Daming Gate found that there were many unfamiliar faces among the officials who had never seen before, which made the pro-army very strange.

Before the hour came, the palace gate would not be opened. The officials who came to enter the court gathered in groups of three or five, or chattering endlessly, or whispering and whispering. When some officials were discussing, they looked up at the surrounding pro-army from time to time, and saw that the pro-army was far away and did not pay attention to this side, so he relaxed and continued to talk to his colleagues about last night's incident.

There are more and more officials entering the DPRK, although it is not as large as the scale of the previous court meeting in the Forbidden City in Beijing, but there are no less than 200 officials. There are more people and the noise is inevitably louder, the pro-army just maintains order, but does not interfere with the officials' speech, after a long time, there is naturally some chaos in front of the Daming Gate, and the hundreds of households guarding the pro-army on duty saw this, so they had the heart to step forward to stop it, but they heard the crowd shouting:

"Guo Ge is here!"

"Elder Hong Ge is also here!"

Guo Zhiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet in a red robe, walked out of the sedan chair, followed by Hong Yuao, the newly promoted second assistant.

After the death of Lianchengbi, Zhou Shixiang originally wanted to enter the cabinet as a secondary assistant to Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the military department, but Emperor Naiding Wu appointed Hong Yuao as a secondary assistant. Zhou Shixiang considered the relationship between Hong Yuao and the Zhongzhen Camp and the Thirteen Families of Shaohuang, so he did not stop this matter, otherwise if he forcibly stopped it, I am afraid that Li Laiheng and Yuan Zongdi, the governor of Hubei, and others would think crankily, which would be detrimental to the overall situation.

The Military Intelligence Department found out the news that Wu Sangui sent an envoy to Hubei in the name of Zhu Youlang, apparently intending to win over the loyal battalion. Although he didn't believe that Li Laiheng would turn to Wu Sangui and re-establish Zhu Youlang, Zhou Shixiang did not intend to let them have too much reverie about the Nanjing court. Hong Yuao is the second assistant, and Pan Yinglong is the eunuch, to a certain extent, it is also the embodiment of the greatest goodwill of Zhou Shi's relative loyalty.

Seeing that so many officials came outside the Daming Gate today, Hong Yuao was a little surprised, but Guo Zhiqi didn't care, obviously he had known that there would be such a change. He paced forward, nodding his head from time to time to greet the officials. Seeing this, Hong Yuao didn't think much about it, and followed suit. Wherever the two went, the crowd naturally parted ways, and many officials looked at the two with reverence.

Before the hour came, Guo Zhiqi and Hong Yuao walked to the middle of the crowd, and when they were waiting for the palace gate to open, they heard a call from behind:

"Ding Ge Lao!"

"Yuan Ge Lao!"

As far as the eye could see, the minister of the university and Yuan Kuoyu both came, both of them with smiles on their faces, and from time to time they returned the salute to the officials who greeted them.

"The two of them also deserve to be elders?!"

The officials of the Ministry of Rites not far from Guo Zhiqi looked at Ding and Yuan with contempt, and they despised those officials who flattered Ding and Yuan, and felt ashamed to go to the same court with them. Ding Zhixiang is okay, although his qualifications are shallow, he has never lost his temperance. But that Yuan Kuoyu not only served as the governor of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, but also Hong Chengchou's protégé, and now he has become a cabinet scholar of the Ming Dynasty, how can this be convincing? The most shameful thing is that Yuan Kuoyu, as Hong Chengchou's protégé, sat back and watched Hong Shiming, the son of his teacher, be killed, ruthless and unjust. This kind of person occupies a high position in the court, which is really chilling.

The name "Pavilion Lao" originally refers to the first assistant and second assistant of the cabinet, all because of the Ming generation, the age of the first assistant and the second assistant is not young, but today's Dingwu Dynasty, the first assistant Guo Zhiqi is more than forty, and the second assistant Hong Yuao is less than sixty, one is the first assistant, the other is the second assistant, and the old man is also passable. Na Ding Zhixiang and Yuan Kuoyu are only cabinet directors, but cabinet ministers, and they are not yet forty, but they are also called cabinet elders, which is a little unruly.

Guo Zhiqi heard the official's complaints, only shook his head and ignored it. Hong Yuao didn't pay attention to this kind of minutiae, the two of them only glanced at it and then turned around, continuing to stare at the Daming Gate that had not yet been opened.

"Two Pavilion Elders be careful!"

"It's okay, let's go!"

"Two Pavilion Elders, please!"

Surrounded by a group of officials who were willing to cling, Ding Zhixiang and Yuan Kuoyu walked to the front of Daming Gate with a smile.

"Hmph, the villain has the way!"

"Shh

Someone in the crowd roared in a low voice, and immediately someone around him stopped him.

Seeing Guo Zhiqi and Hong Yuao in front, Ding Zhixiang and Yuan Kuoyu glanced at each other, but they stopped and did not pass. The two of them couldn't be clearer, and soon, the officials in front of the Daming Gate were divided into two groups, mixed with some officials who were unwilling to make their positions clear, but they were also distinct.

Waiting for boredom, Guo Zhiqi talked to Hong Yuao about the two major things that King Qi had recently done, one was the settlement of arrears in Jiangnan, and the other was the rectification of salt administration. The two of them were not born in Jiangnan, and their attitude towards Jiangnan was dispensable, because they knew very well that King Qi's resistance to public opinion forcibly cleared the arrears in Jiangnan was to accumulate money and grain for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

The same is true for the rectification of salt affairs, the army has not been carried out, and the grain and grass have moved first. As the King of Qi said in his letter to Guo Zhiqi, "When the cannon goes off, the gold is ten thousand taels", after a series of wars, the King of Qi has no money in his hands, and if it is no longer open source, I am afraid that it will be difficult to maintain the finances. If there is not enough money and food needed to maintain the imperial court and the three armies, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the restoration of the capital will not be mentioned. If you want to open source, you can see a large amount of money and food in a short time, and it is the best way to pay off the debt, but this strategy is beneficial in the short term, but it will do more harm than good in the long run.

Since ancient times, salt and iron have been monopolized by the imperial court, and the king of Qi has reorganized the salt affairs and increased the tax revenue of the imperial court, which is understandable. Jiangnan has offended the gentry in Jiangnan, and some places have made a lot of complaints, stirring up civil uprisings, which is inevitably a bit radical. And the object of debt settlement is too general, and it has not been clearly divided, and some gentry who have contributed to the resistance to the Qing Dynasty have also been forcibly urged, which has made the imperial court lose the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, and it may not be a good strategy to continue like this in the long run.

"The case of the Crying Temple was handled too ruthlessly, and those Xiucai could not be guilty of death, and now the people of Suzhou say that our Ming Dynasty is not as good as the Qing Dynasty... The emperor is also very dissatisfied with the king of Qi because of this matter, and we are really in a dilemma between them, and now the king of Qi has wiped out all the ministers in the name of the captivity, I don't know what the emperor will think about this, alas. ”

Hong Yuao sighed, if it weren't for King Shun and Yuan Zongdi to speak out for them in the imperial court, he really wanted to resign this time and go back to Kuidong to farm.

Guo Zhiqi was moved, and was about to speak, when he saw Huang Zongxi, who was in charge of the affairs of the Hanlin Academy, coming towards him: "Two pavilion elders, have you heard about what happened last night?" ”

Guo Zhiqi nodded and said, "The old man knows." ”

Seeing that Guo Zhiqi knew, Huang Zongxi said angrily: "Since Shoufu already knows, then please bring everyone to jointly play and impeach the pro-army for framing Zhongliang and doing wrong!" After finishing speaking, he added: "The old lady is also dissatisfied with this matter." ”

Guo Zhiqi did not answer him, but asked Hong Yuao: "Where are the lords now?" ”

Hong Yuao said: "I have been sent to Zhenfu Prison," hesitated, "I heard that Zou Cunyi, the great Xingbo, was injured." ”

Hearing this, Huang Zongxi was even more furious: "That Tartar is so bold, he dared to be injured after the founding of the country, if we ignore this, won't they even dare to copy the court in the future!" ”

Hearing Huang Zongxi say this, Hong Yuao frowned and reminded him: "The command of the pro-army has been returned to the Ming Dynasty, and it cannot be commensurate with the Tartars." ”

"No matter what, it's also a Manchurian Tartar." Huang Zongxi said hatefully, he is a great Confucian, and he attaches great importance to Huayi's great defense.

Guo Zhiqi raised his hand to signal Huang Zongxi that there was no need to say more, he said a little sadly: "What happened last night, the fault lies with the old man, if he knew that the King of Qi had such an attitude towards these lords, the old man would not have agreed to the emperor to reinstate them that day." ”

On that day, Emperor Dingwu wanted to reinstate a group of undisciplined ministers, and Hong Yuao didn't care, but now King Qi had such a big reaction to this matter, and he couldn't help but regret it. Seeing Guo Zhiqi blaming himself, he persuaded: "Guo Ge Lao, everyone didn't expect this matter, you don't have to blame yourself, the top priority is to rescue Wei Guogong and them first." ”

Guo Zhiqi glanced up at Hong Yuao: "This is nature." ”

Huang Zongxi nodded and said, "That's very good!" However, the pro-army is so reckless, the court must discipline them, otherwise who will dare to be an official in the court in the future? Because of Jiangnan's arrears, many people in our hospital have been locked up, and no matter if they tie up the pro-army, they will break the door of our hospital one day, but I am afraid that there will be no bachelor in my Hanlin Academy. ”

After hearing this, Guo Zhiqi shook his head and said nothing, staring directly at Damingmen. Huang Zongxi didn't know what Shoufu was thinking at the moment, at this time, there was a drum of "knock, knock, knock" from the Daming Gate, he knew that this was about to open the palace gate, so he put away his thoughts, and prepared to wait until he saw the emperor to join the pro-army, and by the way, he asked the emperor to order to stop the matter of Jiangnan Qingqing.

After the drum sounded, a group of officials immediately entered Miyagi. After entering the Daming Gate, the officials consciously lined up according to their respective affiliations to wait for the arrival of the emperor. The six Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Officials, Households, Soldiers, Criminals, and Workers and the following attendants and principals have all arrived, and the officials of the Yamen, large and small, such as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Dali Temple, the Taifu Temple, the General Administration Division, the Guozijian, and the Taichang Temple, are also not bad. Hundreds of officials, large and small, stood silently in the middle of the square, and the atmosphere was very solemn for a while.

"Bell! Clang! Clang! ”

The bell on the bell tower finally rang, and everyone's eyes immediately looked ahead, but the hundred officials did not see the arrival of the emperor Longran, but it was Pan Yinglong, the eunuch of the ceremony, who came.

"There is a decree in the saint, the dragon is unwell, and the court meeting will be suspended for the time being!"

Pan Yinglong's sharp voice echoed in the square, and the hundreds of officials below had different expressions: Okay, why is the emperor sick?