"The prince is really not an ordinary person." Zhang Shenyan is over 70 years old, and he is a veteran party cadre in the Donglin Party, and there is nothing too special about being an official, but he was involved in several major cases in the late Ming Dynasty, so he is very good at political struggles.

At this time, the old man who was riding on the horse, with a gray beard and hair, looked very thin and thin, as if the horse could break him away with a single force. It looks inconspicuous like this, but there is a clear light in his eyes, and he looks very shrewd.

"My generation is wrong." Listening to Zhang Shenyan's words, Jiang Yueguang, who had been sullen, said: "Although Mr. Niantai has no knowledge, he has an idea...... Alas! ”

Liu Zongzhou is indeed not a figure who is good at political disputes, and today's meeting, of course, is impossible to be instructed by him, but it is impossible to say that without Liu Zongzhou's influence, it is absolutely impossible.

After being defeated like this for a while, everyone in the Donglin Party who followed behind Zhu Cihong, Shi Kefa and others was very depressed. If you want to say that you can't get along with the prince, they can't say it.

As for what about the country's major policies, the ancestral system and the law, except for Liu Zongzhou and his group of ancient disciples, I am afraid that no one will take it seriously.

Who doesn't understand what is going on in the hearts of the people?

It's nothing more than a struggle for power!

The emperor's power is not easy to fight, so he can only "do it in the shadow", try to adopt a non-cooperative attitude, either resign or carry it softly, anyway, in the past 17 years, this is the case.

But the crown prince is an unpredictable change, and no one can imagine how things will develop for the time being.

"Is there still a cabinet......

Gao Hongtu smiled slightly, his eyes swept around, and seeing that everyone was contemplative, he didn't want to say much, so he just said: "Everything is done according to the rules, and the soldiers, households, and workers are in hand, I think, there will probably not be too much trouble." ”

This person usually doesn't say much, he doesn't panic when he encounters things, and when he speaks, he is to the point.

Chongzhen is an emperor who expands the imperial power and expands it again, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty from Jiajing, the imperial power was gradually invaded by civilian officials, and in the year of the Apocalypse, there was a demon Wei Zhongxian under the imperial power, and the Donglin Party at that time was angry and resentful, and did not give other parties a chance to survive, and the result was that the civil and official parties such as the Zhejiang Party and the Chu Party were all attached to Wei Zhongxian, and became a super party, that is, a political enemy that the Donglin Party hated...... Eunuchs.

Under the suppression of the eunuch party, the Donglin Party was made to die in the apocalypse, and it seems to be extremely dark in the history books, but the actual situation is that the country's administrative efficiency and integrity are slightly higher than that of the Donglin Party...... Wait until the Chongzhen years, the seventeen-year-old emperor exterminated Wei Zhongxian, the huge eunuch party was liquidated, and then it was the "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty", and then, the imperial power was invaded again, so many years, Chongzhen repeated several times, began to withdraw the eunuchs, and later still sent eunuchs to supervise the army and monitor the ministers, you can see the helplessness of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

There is no need for eunuchs, civil officials do not dump the emperor at all, and if eunuchs are used, they are called faint kings.

The country is not governed, it is caused by the king's use of eunuchs and not cultivating benevolence!

In the end, Chongzhen had no soldiers and no pay, which was tantamount to being betrayed by the world's corporal doctors, and the so-called civil officials could be killed, which was also the heartfelt words of this unlucky emperor.

Of course, the actual situation also shows that the imperial power was defeated.

This fact is completely contrary to the so-called highly centralized conclusion of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations...... Gao Hongtu's words are really very skillful, and it is no wonder that he, Shi Kefa, and Jiang Yueguang are called the three sages of the southeast together, and they really have a lot of hills and valleys in their chests!

Which one of the people present is not an old fox? At that moment, all eyes were full of light, Zhang Shenyan was the first to stroke his beard and smile, and praised: "When the old man heard this, his heart was very broad-minded and very comfortable!" ”

He is an old fox with a white tail, very shrewd and quick to react. As soon as he spoke, everyone naturally followed suit.

"That's a good word."

"Wonderful!"

Gao Hongtu showed a very proud look on his face, but looking at the crowd around him, he restrained his smile and frowned: "Princess, it's not appropriate to talk about it in this thoroughfare, I'd better wait for a while to make an appointment with Shi Daolin and talk about it behind closed doors." ”

"It's good!"

"The first assistant of the cabinet, it must be Shi Daolin!"

"We should fight to the end!"

Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Gao Hongtu turned his head and looked at the team that followed the crown prince galloping in front of him, and then looked at the dejected Fushe Zhusheng behind him, he shook his head in disappointment...... The Fushe Zhusheng is known as Xiao Donglin, and now it seems that compared with their predecessors, the kung fu is really too far behind.................. was delayed by such a group of scholars, and Zhu Cihong's return to the palace was naturally much later than originally expected.

When he arrived at Qipan Street, he happened to see a large number of soldiers and horses gathered outside the Daming Gate, with bright flags and bright displays, and a large number of foot soldiers and horse teams had already formed a phalanx...... Seeing Zhu Cihong galloping over, there was also a wave of confusion over there, and a few horse-like cavalrymen rushed straight over, their movements in their hands were as fast as lightning, very skillful, and after more than a hundred steps, they had already bowed and set up arrows, shouting: "Who dares to ride wild in Tianjie, don't you know the rules for all civil and military officials to dismount and walk so far?" ”

Seeing that Zhu Cihong and the others were still moving forward, several generals in iron armor in the opposing team galloped into the team, and from a distance, they could also hear the other party shouting in a loud voice: "Listen, don't stop dismounting and waiting for investigation, don't shoot to death!" ”

"Lao Cai, you have such a loud voice, why, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you don't know His Royal Highness the Prince?"

Behind Zhu Cihong, there were already a few military attachés of the six rates galloping past, Wang Yuan shouted violently, like thunder, the opposite called Lao Cai is the guerrilla rank of this army of the Chinese army, on the way south, and a group of military attachés in the East Palace are very proficient, when they hear it, they are full of excitement, and then see Zhu Cihong's clothes, although the face is still not clear, the body shape is also correct, the moment is very happy, shouted: "It's Your Highness, that's right!" ”

Seeing this, the army of thousands of foot cavalry is still in a safe array, dozens of horses are still scattered forward, only the Chinese guerrillas with people dismount and go forward, and after seeing that Zhu Cihong is correct, he immediately half-knelt and kowtowed.

"Excuse me, get up!"

Shicai and that group of scholars together, Zhu Cihong's image is majestic with a bit of elegance, and the lecturers around him are all well-educated people like Wang Duo and Wu Weiye, under the preaching, the people in Jiangnan do not have too many questions about the prince's knowledge, plus Zhu Cihong's words are very decent when Shicai answers, although there is no literary brilliance, but everyone is also convinced.

At this time, he rode forward at a gallop, and in front of these soldiers, the temperament on his face was completely different from that of Shicai, and in addition to the original majesty, there was a little more affection and casualness.

At the same time as asking Lao Cai to get up, he also pointed falsely with a horsewhip and said with a smile: "You guy, you really deserve to be beaten, even I don't recognize it." ”

"Hehe, go back to the palace, Shicai is really too far away, too far!"

In front of the prince, this guerrilla general did not have much restraint, although he was respectful, he also completely regarded Zhu Cihong as his chief officer.

The reason is very simple, this army is mainly Tianjin Fubiao, and a small number of Dongguan military attaches are placed in it, and when he went south, Zhu Cihong pushed food and clothing, and took the military heart of this army to a full extent.

This young master, with the weak enemy and the strong, the ability to lead the troops and the riding and archery kung fu on his own body, all of which make Qiu Bamen convinced, and with a little effort, of course, he will be able to capture.

"Qiu Yuanyi, it's really a little immobile like a mountain......"

Although it has been confirmed that it is the crown prince, but inside and outside the city gate, there is still a solemnity under the flag, only when Zhu Cihong approached, facing his army in turn, the military salute in turn, the etiquette has been a little lazy, and the weapons in the hands of the soldiers are even more tightly clenched in their hands, and they have not relaxed at all.

Seeing this situation, Shi Kefa, who followed him along, naturally took out the shelf of the military department's book, and shouted to Qiu Yuanyi, who was coming over: "You are the deputy general of Tianjin Fubiao?" I asked you to live here temporarily, to see that you have been successful all the way, how dare you be so rude now! ”

Although the other party is a minister of the ministry and is in charge of himself, Qiu Yuanyi's face can't even look at the slightest expression, and he is also very dull when he salutes, he got up as soon as he hugged him, looked at Shi Kefa with his eyes, and replied coldly: "The minister is just doing his duty, the imperial city and the inner guard are very important, I am not sure that it is His Royal Highness the Prince, how dare the minister leave the Chinese army at will?" ”

"You go down, the headquarters will move the headquarters to you in a while, you don't have to worry about it here, go down!"

Shi Kefa was not such an easily motivated person, but today is really not smooth! Although the big event did not come out, the prince successfully entered the imperial city, and he was about to enter the palace gate, but there was an evil fire in his heart, and he couldn't be happy. At this time, seeing this little deputy general talking to himself with his face held high, he was very disrespectful, and he immediately put this anger on Qiu Yuan's body.

With his status as a minister, not to mention the deputy general, he is the chief military officer, as long as he is not the commander of the party who controls the army, Shi Kefa can also be exempted.

Moreover, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, only civilian officials participate in military generals, and one is accurate, and military generals cannot argue.

"Your Excellency," Qiu Yuanyi's expression was still calm, and he clasped his fists and saluted, and said lightly: "The position of the last general is to protect the palace and the holy car, and the emperor has already explained that he will not accept any other orders except for the holy decree." It is to adjust what the end will do, and also to will, otherwise, you can not accept it. ”

Before he finished speaking, Shi Kefa already knew that he was in a mess after he was angry, and he was going to lose face on this deputy general today. Fortunately, his measurement was not bad, and he didn't wait for others to say anything, just said, "Since this is the case, of course it will be." However, you also have to learn the rules! ”

(To be continued)