Chapter 117: Nanjing (5)
Quietly, Gao Qiqian got off the horse, speaking of which, of course he was not very afraid of Wang Chengen, and even when he was in Yanjing, he occasionally "touched" Wang Chengen to see what position each other was in the emperor's heart?
Bumping around, he has been supervising the army outside, although the power position is getting higher and higher, but Wang Chengen has been to the point where he is in charge of the defense of the Beijing division and the commander of the Beijing camp, the eunuch is the most subtle, this time they look at each other for a while, and the lightning and flint are like, but they have all probed out the depths!
He is high and diving, not successful!
"Please, master, the emperor has been looking forward to your return for a long time...... A few days ago, when I was eating in Qianqing Palace, I also mentioned that the master came, saying that I didn't know which way to go, and whether it was safe on the road......"
chattering, Wang Chengen handed back the reins to Zhu Cihong, even if he greeted him in person, and then he mentioned Chongzhen's suspense at sea, and after Nanjing, how did he worry about whether Zhu Cihong was safe in Huai'an...... It is an old slave like him who has been staying by Chongzhen's side that is qualified to say a few words.
Wang Chengen spoke very carefully, not anxious or bored, riding side by side, Zhu Cihong just listened to him with a smile.
A lot of the situation here in Nanjing, that is, listening to these people who can really understand Chongzhen, listen to an approximation, like Shi Kefa, stay in the foreign court every day, according to the established rules, whether there is an emperor in the palace, it is irrelevant, until now, there is no serious court meeting, and there has been no edict issued by the cabinet, in fact, now Shi Kefa has not increased the bachelor, and the entire cabinet is all over, and they are all trapped in Yanjing City.
Although the north and south capitals correspond to each other, Nanjing is usually short of half of the officials, and the officials and officials at the bottom are far from enough, and the control of the provinces is certainly not as clear and straightforward as Yanjing.
And the current central system is just to maintain, in Chongzhen's place, the pain of the failure of the old system has not been eliminated, so he still uses the method of lottery to select a few ministers, and then enrich the six ministries, and continue to do things as usual...... Even an emperor like Chongzhen, who has no way to have a surname and is stubborn, feels that he will not succeed if he continues like this!
But how to restructure, when Zhu Cihong had a long talk with Chongzhen on the boat, they were not sure of each other.
Zhu Cihong is well versed in the general trend, and is very familiar with the evolution and subtle changes of the entire history, but knowing does not mean that there is a way to solve it, after all, he is not the "Taizu" of later generations, he is a big man who defends the sky, and after all, he is just a physical education teacher who knows martial arts!
What if you know?
What's the right thing to do? The central system, a set of top-down methods and processes, has been used for more than 200 years, and now it is impossible to say that it needs to be changed, but how to get a whole set of new methods to replace it?
It's hard...... Zhu Cihong knows the whole set of civil service evaluation process, and also knows some of the framework of the modern political system, and even the simple official process...... But so what?
What about civilizations separated by thousands of years, how to use them?
"Huh?" Wang Chengen suddenly closed his mouth and looked at the front in a daze.
Listening seriously, thinking is also fascinating, the front guide suddenly stopped, hundreds of people and horses crowded on the street, on both sides of the street are people, today said that there has been an order in advance, not to use incense, candles and fruits or anything to disturb the people, and there is no need to kneel along the street, when the prince passes, the people on the street only need to turn around, as for those who stay at home, they can look at it casually...... This is also a deliberate initiative to be close to the people...... After all, the grandfather and son fled, and now is not the time to greatly revitalize the monarch's power.
But no matter how close to the people, you can't let a group of people block the crown prince's road, right?
"Master, slave maid go take a look."
At that moment just now, the two great eunuchs tried each other's depths. Gao Qiqian knew that there was nothing to do with himself here in Nanjing, and it seemed that Wang Chengen still had a warning...... As soon as he thought about it, he understood, Du Xun and the others were really too troublesome, hundreds of miles away, this guy was a filthy villain and rushed to surrender, and the army came along the way, and none of the eunuchs in the prison committed suicide or led the troops to fight...... Gao Qiqian did not surrender, but at that time, he had already run to Jiangnan before Ning, and he couldn't surrender if he wanted to, so the emperor might not like himself there.
Now at this time, hurry up and hug the prince's thick legs, the power is not daring to look forward, and it is very lucky to be able to keep the wealth in front of him.
At the moment, he galloped forward, and the soldiers around him also hurried to follow, although the dead eunuch led the soldiers to be negative, the soldiers around him were not bad, after all, they were picked out of thousands of troops, and they had fought for more than ten years, at this time, the escort Gao eunuch galloped forward, although there were not many people, but they were also very powerful, seeing them coming, the front tour guide and honor guards were automatically out of the way, until the outside of the Xu Kai, it was the front guard of honor.
"What's going on, it's stopped, isn't it boring?"
In front of the prince and Wang Chengen, Gao Qiqian was like a kitten, this time the son just sent out a belly of inopportune things, seeing that it was a group of guides wearing brocade clothes, Gao Qiqian first marched, and then reprimanded loudly.
"Back to my father-in-law's words...... Hey, look for yourself. "The one with the guard of honor is Huyan Aobo, and his official position is only a small hundred households, but he has nothing to complain about, after all, he is fleeing, and the Jinyi Guard is extremely weak, and it does not play any due use, so that their group of people, under the cultivation of Zhu Cihong, has some way of doing things...... Shouldn't a promising man be satisfied with this?
Following the guidance of this brocade guard junior official, Gao Qiqian looked forward, and suddenly it was also a sign.
In front of him are hundreds of green shirts and scarves, each of them has a bunch of incense in their hands, the blue sky is white, and the bright light emitted by hundreds of incense sticks is actually quite powerful, and the green smoke rises, covering people's faces behind the cigarettes, vague, and they can't see clearly!
"Okay, what a guts!"
After seeing it clearly, Gao Qiqian was furious!
Riding forward, the halberd pointed out, "Which of you is the leader?" Who gave you a strong waist, and dared to stop His Royal Highness the crown prince in such a way, this is a capital crime! ”
According to the etiquette system, it is not an exaggeration to arrest all the hundreds of talented people in front of him, if he changes the reign of Ming Taizu, the leader will definitely die, and those who follow the trend of soy sauce must also strip their pants and spank, and then get rid of the identity of the student, and none of them will be able to run.
When he became an ancestor, he killed his head, removed his identity as a showman, and raided his family, and he couldn't run away.
Of course, with the ruthlessness of the methods of the eight and the fourth, the strict control, and the subtlety of the control, they will never make such a mess under their rule.
Changed to now...... The high eunuch rode back and forth in front of the team, and no one paid attention to him. And Gao Qiqian was also blue-faced, and he made a few gestures and raised the whip, but in the end he still fell into decline...... Now is the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, when the emperor took refuge in the southern capital, this son will beat hundreds of students, spread it, what an uproar it will cause!
"Hmph, they really don't dare to do it!"
Standing in the front row of the students are the backbone of the Restoration Society, who were the ones who posted posts in the streets and alleys of Nanjing City to prevent chaos and publicize them, and Ruan Dacheng was ruined, and now he can't raise his head, so he can only avoid writing some miscellaneous dramas at home to entertain himself, and this person doesn't dare to say a word about local affairs.
Today, everyone is coming to take a greater risk than back then! Ruan's beard is nothing more than a remnant of the eunuch party, and it is not a big deal. Now after all, he is the crown prince, and it is not a small sin to block the holy drive!
However, Liu Zongzhou and other bigwigs acquiesced, and Huang Zongxi and other backbones of the Restoration Society were very resolute, so the people in the Restoration Society who dared to follow over and the ordinary students showed their talents, and they also had a lot of promises.
At the very least, there is a psychology that the law does not hold the people accountable.
As for Huang Zongxi, his face was flushed at this time, and his hands holding incense were also trembling slightly...... What we are doing today is, of course, extremely dangerous, but it is also very sure if we plan in advance.
The emperor and the crown prince have just arrived in Nanjing, there is no foundation at all, just look at the recent movements of the emperor can know, now the power is still in the hands of Donglin, the trip to Xiaoling, but also to see that the emperor has repentance, even if it is superficial efforts, at least the imperial power is now declining is undoubted.
At this moment, what about giving the crown prince a blow? Could it be that the emperor can issue an order to punish all the students who participated?
Of course, there will never be such a thing, and even if the emperor makes such an order, no one will obey it.
There is really such a chaotic life, one husband advocates his life, and ten thousand husbands are obedient, and it is very difficult to say whether the emperor can stay in Nanjing safely at that time!
Of course, in terms of Huang Zongxi's private intentions, he is grateful and loyal to Chongzhen, because at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he exterminated Wei Gelding and avenged Donglin's wrongs, including his father Huang Zunsu, and Chongzhen also summoned him and promised him to be a loyal minister and filial son in person!
But this is just a personal favor, and it is nothing.
Nowadays, the state affairs have reached such a bad point, but the crown prince is actually doing nonsense outside, at this time, the scholar doctor will not come out again, will he really get the country to die?
It can be said that the gentry in the Jiangnan area have long been dissatisfied with the emperor, and the dissatisfaction caused by the crown prince and Liu Zeqing's army is just a fuse that can be used!
………… After Gao Qiqian rushed back, his face was already very ugly, and Zhu Cihong and the others were naturally very shocked when they heard his report.
"Slave maid, please wait a while," Wang Chengen made a very clear decision at this time, and immediately said: "Slave and maid, go back and ask Shi Kefa to come over." Nanjing and Jifu are all members of their Donglin Restoration Society, and this group of students must be the same, just ask him to come over and deal with this matter. ”
"That's a good idea."
Li Banghua and others also rushed to the news, and even said: "However, be fast!" ”
"Yes, I know!"
Except for the crown prince, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, no one here can be bigger than Wang Chengen, but after listening to Li Banghua's words, he actually nodded and was taught.
Just turned the horse around, swept his eyes, and when he saw Zhao Zhilong and the others, his expression was very sharp, and the military attachés who were staring at him all bowed their heads, Wang Chengen snorted coldly, and immediately beat the horse and galloped backwards.
The crown prince returned to Nanjing with such fanfare, but when he encountered this kind of thing, it was good to solve it quickly, otherwise, it would be a big loss of face. Even if the students were immediately persuaded to leave, it would be a great loss of prestige, at least for a long time, the common people and gentry in the capital and Kisuke area, the topic of discussion must be that the crown prince took advantage of the excitement, but was hindered by the failure of a group of students!
(To be continued)