(Happy Chinese New Year's Eve!) ）

April of the first year of Longhan.

Liu Jun respected his father Liu Xiu as the emperor, and respected his mother Li as the queen mother. The elder brother Liu Zhao was named the Marquis of Xiangyang, and the four sisters were all the eldest princesses, and their husbands were named the captains of the horses.

On the same day, Liu Jun Fengyuan was matched with Lu as the queen, and the eldest son Liu Hekun was the Duke of Chu. The princess Li of the Joseon family is the noble concubine, the second son of the Li family, Liu Heyuan, is the Duke of Wu Guogong, Shen Man, Chen Yuanyuan, Liu Ru, Lu Yao, and Liu Baoer, and the five concubines are all concubines.

Liu Jun's family moved into the Forbidden City.

Liu Jun also issued another decree to reiterate the treatment of the clans and officials of the previous dynasty, the clan titles were all reduced to the people, and the officials remained unchanged and continued to stay, with their salaries doubled.

The funerals of Wu Fu and Chen Xinjia were very simple, they both died of rebellion and stubbornness, and if it weren't for the new emperor's grace to allow the two families to collect their bodies, their heads would have to be hung on the city gate for public display.

At Wu Fu's funeral, there were very few old people who came, although he used to be the first assistant and the leader of the Jiangbei party, but he was a rebel minister who plotted rebellion and died. Especially everyone clearly knows that the matter of rebellion is not so simple, after all, the biggest benefit of that turmoil in the end is today's son Liu Jun.

If it weren't for the accidental death of Emperor Longwu, and the poisoning of King Ding and King Yong, Liu Jun would not have been so smoothly proclaimed emperor.

Wu Fu's wife and son knelt in front of his spirit to thank the relatives and friends who came to mourn, and Ni Yuan stepped forward on the road, "By the way!" ”

"Thank you Ni Gong for coming." Mrs. Wu was very grateful.

Offer incense and condolences, then go back to the side.

Ni Yuanlu sat there, looking at the very simple mourning hall, with a few guests, and couldn't help but sigh that the world was cold.

"Brother Ruyu is here too." A voice sounded nearby, interrupting his thoughts. Ni Yuanlu looked up, but saw that it was Li Banghua, the former head of the household department, who came.

"Aren't you here too?" Ni Yuanlu smiled.

In the past, one of them was a leader of Zhejiang officials in the DPRK and China. One is the leader of Jiangxi officials, but they all support Wu Fu. Before, one of the two was the imperial history of the left capital and the other was the head of the household, which can be described as important ministers in the court, and then now the two of them are just a cloth cloth.

Li Banghua looked at the mourning hall and shook his head.

"I didn't expect the funeral of Duke Wu, so many people came."

"It's good to have these people here. After all, he has the name of rebelling against the party, and besides, today is the day of the marriage of the Marquis of Wuchang, and almost all the families in the capital went to congratulate him. ”

Li Banghua also knew about this, Liu Jian, Marquis of Wuchang, the current governor of Shuntian, and also the emperor's brother, was not yet sixteen years old, but he was a jinshi of Chongzhen's thirteenth year. After that, the successive officials can be regarded as the ascension of chickens and dogs. At a young age, he had already served as the governor of Shuntian, and now he was engaged to the daughter of Zhang Guowei, the new secretary of the military department.

"After the new emperor ascended the throne, he has not yet been crowned a prince, which is a little strange. Until now, he has only sealed three national dukes, one is from Long Zhigong's uncle Liu Qiao to the national prince of Qi, and the other two are his two sons, one is the duke of Chu and one is the duke of Wu. Even the two brothers were also stopped from being marquis. ”

Jiang Dejing walked over with a wine glass. Sit directly next to the two. "This is a good thing, I think the Ming Dynasty treats the clan best, but as a result, up to now, the Ming clan has no less than seventy or eighty thousand men, and the annual consumption of the clan is a shocking number, not to mention the land they occupy in various places. Hundreds of thousands of acres of donations were received. But what's the use of spending so much money to raise so many clans? It only increased the burden on the court, but it really came to this point, but it had half a role? ”

Hearing him talk about the Ming clan, Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu could only sigh. On the one hand, the Ming Dynasty did treat the clan very favorably, and the Yu Lu was very high. The fief is very sufficient, but on the other hand, it strictly restricts them, preventing them from leaving the fiefdom, not letting them become officials, and even taking a name has to be decided by the Ministry of Rites.

Today's tens of thousands of Ming clans in the world are actually just tens of thousands of fat pigs, and now that Liu Jiye has usurped the world, the clan everywhere has no reaction at all.

Ni Yuanlu estimates that there may be so many clans that will stand up, but what is the use of these clans who have been pigs since childhood?

Ni Yuanlu sighed, "Do you have any plans?" ”

"What can you do with the common people's cloth, what can you do, what about Ni Gong?"

"I plan to do calligraphy and painting, and also learn from Dong Qichang, and in the future, I will have no official income, so I will rely on calligraphy and painting to support my family." Ni Yuanlu said with a smile.

"Ni Gong's calligraphy and painting are excellent, and he is famous all over the world, so it's better to paint if he is not an official." Jiang Dejing said, Ni Yuanlu's calligraphy and painting skills are strong, and he has long been famous.

At this time, Zhang Jinyan brought a group of people over, all of whom were involved in the rebellion case and were pardoned, and they all came to participate in Wu Fu's funeral today, most of these people were Donglin and Fushe's people, although they were in prison for a few days, but their bones were still very hard, at this time, they didn't care about the opinion of the imperial court, and still came to participate in Wu Fu's funeral.

Zhang Jinyan, the former squire of the military department, came over and sat down, "Do you really think that the imperial court will let us go?" ”

Li Jiantai, Huang Jingfang, Wei Zaode, Qiu Yu, Fang Yuegong, Fu Shuxun, Chen Zilong and a group of people also gathered around.

"We are all just a group of ministers, we are all powerless people, since the new emperor has pardoned us, it must not be pursued again, otherwise why let us go again? I don't think there's any need to worry about that anymore. Ni Yuanlu said.

There was an exclamation outside the door, and a group of soldiers entered.

Ni Yuanlu and the others hurriedly stood up, their eyes full of panic.

A young officer approached, "Your Majesty, please come with me. ”

Ni Yuanlu asked, "We are all just ordinary people, why did Your Majesty summon us and others?" ”

"I don't know about this, so you should come with me."

Li Banghua and the others were worried in their hearts, they didn't know whether this trip was bad or auspicious, but looking at the soldiers around them, they had no other choice.

Imperial Palace, in the study on the Qianqing Gate.

Liu Jun looked at Ni Yuanlu and nearly 100 other officials, and his heart was a little complicated. The people who came to meet were all high-ranking officials of the imperial court who were involved in the reverse case, and these people, excluding those relatives, were basically from the Metropolitan Inspectorate of the Six Temples, either Shangshu or Shilang or the level of the Imperial History.

It can be said that as soon as these people left, the court was mostly empty.

To this day, for the case of Wu Fu's rebellion. In fact, Liu Jun has fully understood the entire detailed inside story. Wu Fu and Chen Xinjia did intend to get rid of him, and even abolish King Ding, but most of them, such as Ni Yuanlu and others, at most, only expressed their support for getting rid of Liu Jun. Even they just made a statement.

Despite this, Liu Jun didn't care much about this, and the court fought to the end. Assassination is not unusual. The point is that now they have won themselves, they are losers.

But Liu Jun can't do without these people for the time being, such a big court needs people with enough qualifications and prestige to handle affairs, Liu Jun has to let the court continue to rotate, and even rotate efficiently.

There are still more than 100,000 Qing troops under the Great Wall, there are still thieves in the Central Plains, and there may even be clan officials in various places who rebel, Liu Jun can no longer let his base camp stop.

"I know that you have all participated in the rebellion of Wu Fu and Chen Xinjia. But I have issued an edict of pardon for your sins, and the past is not to blame. I have summoned you today to prepare for the re-enferment of your official position, and I hope that you will prove your loyalty by your performance. ”

Ni Yuanlu and the others were extremely surprised.

Participated in the reverse case and were pardoned, and now they are still going to be reinstated?

Li Banghua said loudly, "I am only loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and I can't listen to the call." ”

Liu Jun smiled, "There are two kinds of loyalty. Is it loyalty to the king or to the community? In the Spring and Autumn Period of the past, Guan Zhong of Qi State said. Loyal to the community and higher than the king. If Sheji is dead, the minister can die, but if Sheji is still there, but only the king is dead, it is nothing more than sadness. ”

"Da Ming is already terminally ill, although I have also tried to save it. But it can't be saved. Emperor Chongzhen died unexpectedly, Emperor Longwu died unexpectedly, and King Ding, the heir to the throne designated by Emperor Longwu, was also murdered by Wu Fu, and even King Yong was not spared. At this time, all the soldiers supported me as emperor, you said. What happens if I don't agree? ”

"Choose a clan to succeed to the throne? Who to choose? Liu Jun shook his head, "No matter who succeeds to the unification, I'm afraid I won't be able to tolerate Liu Jun." I, Liu Jun, am not so greedy for power, but besides me, who else can lead the world out of this quagmire? ”

"For the sake of the hundreds of millions of people in the world, and for the stability of the world, I, Liu Jun, am willing to bear this infamy, I don't care if others scold me as a usurper, because I just want the Han family to prosper and the world to be peaceful."

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Ming Dynasty has passed, but the world has not died. Now the Qing captives outside the customs have hit the Great Wall, eyeing the tiger, and the Central Plains bandits are still making chaos everywhere. At this time, do you think the world can still withstand the toss? Think about the Chongzhen Dynasty, what is the world like? Internal and external turmoil, constant wars, and the people are in dire straits, do you still want the world to return to that? ”

"Just now I talked about the Spring and Autumn Period of Qi, and the Marquis of Qi once asked Prime Minister Yanzi, what are loyal ministers like? Yan Zi said that the society was in trouble, and the king fled and did not follow. The Marquis of Qi asked, why did the courtiers usually accept the king's fiefdom title, but when they were in danger, they repaid the king so much, and were they considered loyal ministers? Yan Zi said that if the king listens to the words of his loyal ministers, how can Sheji be in danger? How could a king flee? Therefore why should a king who does not listen to his advice follow him to die?"

Liu Jun got up and walked in front of everyone.

"In times of crisis, we all have to be united. In this way, in order to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty and revitalize China, if everyone just looks at the palm-sized place, continues to sit in the well and watch the sky, the rat is blind, and is busy with infighting, then the Central Plains may be based on the bloody, and then it will not only be the death of the country, but the extinction of the species. ”

"I heard that you want to return to your hometown, you want to be a rich man, but you are wrong, you are very wrong. I want to say to you today that with great power comes great responsibility. If you are poor, you will be good alone, and if you are good, you will help the world. Shouldn't you be the ministers of the society like Guan Zhong and Yan Zi? ”

Ni Yuanlu and others were moved by these words.

"From now on, I will resume your original position and continue to serve the country and the society, are you willing?" Liu Jun asked.

There was silence in the hall for a while, and after a long time, Ni Yuanlu knelt down, then Li Banghua knelt, then Fu Shuxun and others knelt down one after another, and finally, everyone knelt down.

"The ministers are willing to be the ministers of the society!"

Liu Jun nodded, "Very good." (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you Hua Xiaoyun, Shan Qingying, I'm not young, ***, mR thank you for your support, thank you, happy Chinese New Year's Eve, family reunion!