Time flies like a white horse, and in a blink of an eye, it is the second year of Longwu. On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Yin Shigang, Lu Jiude, Guo Chai and other important ministers of Shandong welcomed Zhu Yujian back to Nanjing. In August last year, the battle to defend Nanjing, which lasted for more than two months, had just come to an end, and the entire Jinling City was full of devastation inside and outside the city, Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu were both injured in the battle, and now they are recuperating and recuperating, and the burden of restoring Nanjing's political affairs fell on Shi Kefa, Chen Zizhuang, Zhu Hehata, Xu Wenjue and other civil officials and nobles. Even a very old internal official like Lu Jiude has contributed a lot.

The Qing army besieged the city for two months, but never entered the inner city of Nanjing, and the palace of the imperial city was completely preserved. As soon as Zhu Yujian entered Beijing, he hurriedly bowed to the temple to apologize, and this time he was betrayed by Zheng Zhilong, which also hit him hard, and he was hit hard by two months of running, worrying, and worrying, so that Zhu Yujian fell ill the next day after entering Nanjing.

The government affairs of the imperial court are managed by Shi Kefa, Chen Zizhuang, Lu Jiude and others, and the military affairs are in charge of Li Yan, Zhu Dadian and Chen Shangtu, and Zhu Yujian's henchmen Huang Daozhou and Zhou Zhifan are all unable to intervene, and even Zheng Sen's 20,000 soldiers and horses are turned away from Nanjing, and they are strictly ordered not to enter Beijing at will, and Zheng Sen can only enter Nanjing alone with Chen Ze, Zhou Quanbin, Gan Hui and other henchmen.

Now, it is clear to the government and the opposition that King Rui's ascension to the throne is already the trend of the times and cannot be stopped.

During the New Year, because the Longwu court did not have a chance to breathe until now, it was inevitable that the ceremonies of the pilgrimage should be congratulated, including worshiping the heavens and ancestors, rebuilding the temple, and welcoming the emperors of the past dynasties to return to the place of worship, etc., which has been busy for more than a month before it came to an end.

The military aircraft department of the Rui Wangfu, including the temporary cabinet of the imperial court, are busy these times. However, all important military and political affairs are controlled by Zhao Guangluan, Yin Shigang, Zhu Dadian, Shi Kefa, Zhang Huangyan, Chen Zizhuang, and other descendants or Zhu Ping'an's supporters, and it is extremely difficult for others to interfere. Even the first court meeting after the New Year had a tendency to be cold.

At the beginning of the new year, it coincided with the return of the emperor to the dynasty after the great chaos, and it was indispensable to reward meritorious soldiers. The cabinet and the military aircraft department of the Rui Wangfu have already come up with a charter, and the so-called invitation to the emperor is just a procedure.

The governors of various places and the chief officials of the three divisions and yamen are in addition to those who were martyred and surrendered to the enemy. The rest basically followed the old team of the Yixing Dynasty, which seemed simple, but to a large extent appeased the hearts of the people.

Only the military system, which has been in use for 300 years, has quietly changed at this time. Although the previous military household system was not drastically cut down, it already existed in name only. In fact, the strategy jointly promulgated by the Military Aircraft Department and the Provisional Cabinet represents the reform opinions accumulated by Zhu Ping'an over the years since he was in Shandong, and after so many years of turmoil that almost wiped out the country and extinction, it is absolutely unjustifiable that the military system will remain unchanged.

The original six divisions are still preserved, but the military divisions are divided. It will be under the direct control of the Military Aircraft Department, and from then on, the Military Affairs Yamen will also be self-contained and under the direct control of the Military Aircraft Department. In addition to the military department, it has also become the logistics and equipment department, which will be fully responsible for all the supply of soldiers and horses in the whole world. Each province shall set up a general military office, and the military aircraft department shall appoint the general military of each province as the highest local military officer. But it rotates every five years. In order to prevent the general army from monopolizing military power, the inspection office, renamed the Ministry of Supervision, will send military attaches to the provinces. As the deputy of the general army, that is, the commander of each province, is responsible for assisting the general army in managing the military affairs of the provinces. At the same time, all officials above the fourth rank have the right to perform secret folding, and they can go directly to the heavens to listen to the military aircraft department and report to the emperor about all matters.

Since Yixing and Hongguang have changed their turmoil twice. After experiencing the southward movement of Zheng Zhilong and the Manchu Eight Banners, the vitality of the civilian clique in the DPRK and China was greatly damaged, and they completely lost the ability to resist opposition to the reform strategy proposed by the Zhu Ping'an clique, and even Zhu Yujian was powerless. can only be hurriedly issued an edict to promote the world with seals.

After a while, the court returned to calm, and most of the courtiers looked at each other, not knowing what to do next, so they could only look at the current temporary cabinet and the important ministers of the military aircraft department.

Sure enough, the next thing Yin Shigang mentioned aroused everyone's interest. That is the opinion on Wu Sangui's disposal.

Yang Tinglin's Shanxi Corps entered Shu, Wang Yingxiong's Sichuan soldiers and horses and the remnants of Sun Kewang and others of the Great Western Army all expressed their submission to the imperial court, and the three-way soldiers and horses surrounded and suppressed Hong Chengchou's department, and in a few days, the last remnants of the Qing army would be wiped out. For Hong Chengchou, a rebellious minister and thief who once lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and then tried his best to plan for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to go south, it is natural to go all out to exterminate and exterminate his family.

Originally, it was the turn of Wu Sangui, who was entrenched in Guangxi, but this Wu Sangui was in the front, and took the lead to exterminate the rebels of the Yongli Imperial Court, not to mention killing Qu Shiyun, but Wu Sangui personally strangled the Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang and his son in Qingyuan Mansion, claiming that he would serve the Longwu Imperial Court, which was for the imperial court to kill the traitors. At the same time, he also sent his son Wu Yingxiong and the rest of his nephews, as well as the crowns, chariots, horses, and seals rewarded by the Qing court, to Zhang Mingzhen's army, fully expressing his repentance and obedience.

So, how is the imperial court going to treat this former traitor? If you want to go your own way and kill him, it is obviously not appropriate, Wu Sangui has already taken the lives of Zhu Youlang and his son as a gift of advancement, and offered his sincerity, and he is a little different from Hong Chengchou, after all, he did not openly defect to the Qing court with great fanfare, he has always thought that Emperor Chongzhen's revenge was the banner, and he had to defect to the Qing court, and many people in the court sympathized with him.

This time, he voted with an army of 100,000 and the entire territory of Guangxi, and along the way, he killed Yuan Jixian and a traitor like Zhu Youlang.

For a while, Zhu Yujian was also a little hesitant, looking at Zheng Sen, who was kowtowing under the imperial stairs and gritting his teeth to ask to kill Wu Sangui to avenge his father, he was also a little undecided.

"So, what does King Rui mean?" After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Yujian still didn't want to be this villain, and asked Yin Shigang instead.

"Everything is at your majesty's orders!" Yin Shigang was hard to give back.

"This ......!" Zhu Yujian was a little dumbfounded. Huang Daozhou on the side hurriedly came out and diluted the mud, "Your Majesty Mingjian, killing and surrendering is ominous, there has been this theory since ancient times, although Wu Sangui helped to abuse, but now he has repented, and he is willing to lead the whole army to return to the imperial court, and offer protons, which has fully expressed his sincerity." At this time, if the imperial court does not allow it, the land of Guangxi will fall into war again, and the imperial court will stop the rebellion and do not know how long it will be delayed. Moreover, if the imperial court can accept Wu Sangui, it will also be of great benefit to the war in Sichuan, and the remnants of the Qing army will face siege from all sides, and the army's heart will be chaotic without a fight, and extermination is just around the corner......! ”

Zhu Yujian let out a long breath, couldn't help nodding again and again, turned his head to Zheng Sen and said: "National and family affairs, which is more important, Qing should be able to distinguish clearly, the world has been in chaos for a long time, the people are determined, compared with family feuds and national stability, I hope Qing can make the right choice!" ”

As soon as Zhu Yujian said this, the ministers echoed one after another, Zheng Sen naturally couldn't hold on any longer, so he could only glare at Yin Shigang viciously, and reluctantly wiped his tears and retreated.

Soon, the imperial court passed a resolution that Wu Sangui's merits were mixed, but he knew that he had lost his way back, and he had made meritorious contributions to counterinsurgency, so he no longer pursued the past only faults, and immediately entered Beijing to wait for appointment.

As soon as the holy decree came out, Yin Shigang and the others couldn't help but glance at each other, and Wang Jinfa, who was not far away, nodded quietly at everyone, and then gently withdrew from the main hall.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zheng Sen returned to his Zhongxiao Uncle's Mansion angrily, and smashed the furniture, calligraphy and paintings, and antiques in his study in a fit of anger, and couldn't help crying. What a scene the Zheng family in Fujian had that day, I couldn't imagine that it had become this situation today. Recalling what his father said and did at that time, Zheng Sen deeply felt his helplessness at that time.

His henchman Chen Ze walked in quietly, and saw that Zheng Sen's mood gradually calmed down, so he dared to say: "Family master, there is something to report to you!" ”

"Say!"

"Well, the brother stationed outside the city sent in a man who has been wandering around the barracks outside the city these days. Our people thought it was a spy sent by someone else, so they set a trap to catch ......! ”

Hearing this, Zheng Sen waved his hand impatiently, "What kind of thing is this!" Do you have nothing to do every day, who can still care about my Zheng family now, who else is there besides Zhu Ping'an's house, my Zheng family is now under the low eaves, what can I do if I catch his spies, it's just a good reward, and you have to obediently put people back afterwards, what are you doing to cause me such trouble? ”

Chen Ze swallowed his saliva and took a step closer, "The head of the family has misunderstood. That person is not a spy on Zhu Ping'an's side, these days, he has been inquiring about some news of the generals of the army, and mistakenly thinks that we are soldiers and horses from Hebei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places who entered Beijing, so he keeps inquiring about Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, Gao Yigong and others......? ”

"Oh?" Zheng Sen was stunned, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Chen Ze hurriedly nodded, "That's right, the brothers took advantage of the dark night and high wind to get him into the barracks, and tortured him for a while, this person Jing was very tough, and he didn't say a word." The subordinates received the report and rushed to the camp to investigate, but did not get any clues. It was because his subordinates tried their best to find someone to investigate in detail where this person had settled, and finally found this in one of his settlements, in a dilapidated farm outside the city! ”

Chen Ze carefully took out an object wrapped in cotton cloth from his arms and handed it to Zheng Sen with both hands.

Zheng Sen weighed it, it really had some weight, but after opening it, there was a burst of golden light, and a gold medal shone brightly under the illumination of the lights, and there was a line of big characters on it.

"In the first year of Dashun Yongchang, he was enshrined as the hereditary Marquis Zhang!" (To be continued......)