The good news came frequently, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was full of jubilation. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In just two months, not only Nanjing, but also the four counties of Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou, and Zhenjiang, as well as the prefectures of Taiping, Guangde, Ningguo, and Chizhou, and the places where the Chongming army passed, the people responded positively, and the green battalion soldiers were frightened and asked to surrender, and the entire provinces in the south of the Yangtze River were under the rule of the Chongming army.

The Manchu Pingnan general Le Ke Dehun hurriedly led the army back from Wuchang, but was blocked by Liu Zhaoji in Wuhu, Mao 18 led the fleet up the river and defeated the Manchu naval division, Le Ke Dehun could only helplessly retreat to Wuchang along the land route.

"The situation is very good, a great thing, I am hopeful of Ming Zhongxing!" Chen Zilong burst into tears of excitement.

"The subordinates implore the Metropolitan Governor to immediately go to the imperial court to welcome the holy driver back to Nanjing." Chen Zilong turned around and saluted Ren Siqi and solemnly requested.

The hall fell silent all of a sudden, and everyone's eyes were on Ren Siqi.

"Hmph, I don't know if the court that Lord Chen is talking about refers to Longwu in Fuzhou or King Lu in Shaoxing?" After being silent for a while, Li Yanzhi took the lead in standing up and asked Chen Zilong questions.

"Of course it's Longwu, although King Lu is in charge of the country and Zhedong, he is not my great son!" Chen Zilong said sharply, he knew that Li Yanzhi's purpose was to muddy the water.

"Emperor Longwu was only a few days earlier, if the first generation of King Lu is the tenth son of Taizu according to the bloodline, and the first generation of King Tang is only the twenty-third son of Taizu, it is more appropriate for King Lu to ascend the throne." Li Yanzhi said indifferently.

"You, you're just messing around," Chen Zilong was so angry that he was almost speechless, "King Tang is on the throne first, so naturally it is a matter of course for the Ming Dynasty." ”

"If you talk about orthodoxy, I think it is most appropriate for King Gui to ascend the throne." Yan Ermei put forward a different opinion, he is a pure literati, not to contradict Chen Zilong, but to express his opinion out of his heart.

"Okay, okay, let's shut up!" Seeing that the gaffe was gradually getting out of control, Ren Siqi hurriedly stopped it, "The battle for succession is not something we should interfere in. Since the Tang King ascended the throne, he is the indisputable son of heaven in the Ming Dynasty. I can write a recital and ask the court to return it, but it's still two to say whether others can let it go. ”

Chen Zilong couldn't help but be silent, he knew that Ren Siqi was referring to Zheng Zhilong from Fujian. The reason why Emperor Longwu was able to ascend the throne in Fuzhou was because of the support of the Zheng brothers, and it can be said that almost all the power of the Longwu court was in the hands of the Zheng brothers. It's that Emperor Longwu wants to return the capital to Nanjing, will the Zheng family brothers release it?

"That's it, let's deal with the affairs of Nanjing first. A lot of people are not at ease right now. Li Yan said in a straight voice.

"Restless?" Ren Siqi looked at Li Yanzhi suspiciously.

"Since we conquered Nanjing, many people have come to the Governor's Mansion to ask to see you, but they have all been blocked by subordinates." Li Yan said straight.

"Who are you who want to see me do?" Ren Siqi asked.

"Most of them are the descendants of nobles, the children of official eunuchs, or gentry and celebrities. Some of them wanted to ask the Metropolitan Governor to return their mansion and land, and some wanted to seek some official positions and stand in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion outside. Li Yan said straightly, "Oh yes, there are also many people who visit their subordinates in private, some give silver, and some send beauties, hoping that they can speak well in front of the governor." ”

"Hahaha," Ren Siqi laughed, "We finally conquered Nanjing, and so soon someone remembered it and wanted to pick fruits." Brother Whitzi, can anyone go your way? Ren Siqi looked at Chen Zilong with a smile.

Chen Zilong's face changed, these days his mansion in Nanjing has been full of people, and countless gentry and celebrities have come to visit, which seems to have caused Ren Siqi's dissatisfaction.

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor," Chen Zilong hurriedly stood up, "There are indeed many people who come to the subordinate mansion these days, but they are all former friends, everyone in the Restoration Society, including Hou Fangyu, Chen Zhenhui, Fang Yizhi, Mao Bijiang, etc., everyone is like-minded and loves to discuss friends with poetry."

His subordinates believed that our Chongming Army had just entered Nanjing, and it needed a large number of talents to help the Metropolitan Governor govern the place, and Hou Chen and other talents were famous in the south of the Yangtze River and were just used by the Metropolitan Governor. ”

Chen Zilong didn't intend to hide the dealings between the people in the Fushe and him, he thought that he was open-minded and didn't do anything unseemly, since Ren Siqi asked, he told the truth, and took the opportunity to recommend Hou Fangyu and others to Ren Siqi. In Chen Zilong's view, Hou Fangyu and others are all famous talents, and they should be used to enrich the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion or govern the locality.

"Brother Wolzi, don't worry, I don't mean to blame you, but whether to use these people still needs to be discussed." Ren Siqi reassured.

"What can these people do but talk and drink and prostitute? A bunch of rubbish. Li Yanzhi said in a low voice, causing Chen Zilong to glare angrily.

"We occupy such a large territory, we really need a large number of officials to govern, so let's first select a group of officials from Chongming to come and govern the place on our behalf." Ren Siqi said.

"Selected from Chongming! Where are there so many officials in Chongming? Chen Zilong couldn't help but be stunned.

"Don't you know Lord Chen, I Chongming officials are one, even the first chief is from the ninth grade official, the first chief is the township, plus two counties, one government and six Cao, there are no less than 500 officials in Chongming Island, and it is appropriate to select hundreds of them to govern the place." Li Yanzhi said proudly.

"They? They are just some small officials, what qualifications and skills do they have to govern the prefecture and county? Chen Zilong said angrily, he naturally knew that even a township official in Chongming was an official from the eighth grade, and there were hundreds of people with grades in the Chongming County Yali, and he also knew which people were originally from Yangzhou officials, and at the beginning he laughed at Chongming that there was no one, and he let these small officials who couldn't take the stage be officials. Unexpectedly, Ren Siqi really planned to let these people from small officials serve as the prefecture and county, how can this make people who have worked hard for ten years in the cold window embarrassed?

"They are all on errands in the county government, and they are familiar with all the things inside, I'm afraid there is no more suitable person than them!" Li Yanzhi sneered and said, he himself is just a showman, and he has always been a little shorter next to these so-called celebrities, but what he despises the most are these so-called celebrities who can't do anything except do some eight-strand articles.

"Brother Wozi don't worry, it's just an expedient measure. I am only the governor of the left army of Yue Guo, what qualifications do I have to appoint and dismiss the prefect and the county? For the time being, let them act for a while, and then recall them when the officials officially sent by the imperial court come over. Ren Siqi reassured.

Chen Zilong was silent, do you treat me as a three-year-old child, your people have already become the prefect of the county, and then the Longwu Imperial Court will send personnel to replace them, will you agree?