The center of the Kyoto Division, the Forbidden Palace.

In the Kunning Palace of the Imperial Palace, the Empress Dowager Zhou and the Empress Dowager Zhang hugged each other and cried. They sat on the bed, closed the door, and wept all the time, day and night. The palace people were afraid that the queen mother would be too sad in the face of the coffins of Emperor Daxing and King Ding, so they persuaded them to return to Kunning Palace.

But it was of no use at all, and the Queen Mother curled up in bed, grief-stricken.

The palace maids came and went, bringing them food, but they had no intention of eating it. The same dish is brought over, and it is left there without touching it until it is cold, and when the next meal is delivered, the last meal can only be removed from the original one.

When she is tired of crying, the Queen Mother will go to sleep. When I woke up, I continued to cry.

They didn't know what to do but cry.

The emperor died unexpectedly, the pain did not stop, King Ding was poisoned again, and even King Yong was killed. The young Queen Mother felt that her sky had collapsed.

Sleeping or waking up, the Queen Mother will always dream of Emperor Chongzhen and the Son of Longwu. Then in the end, I will always dream of my righteous son Liu Jun, and dream that he will wear armor and lead thousands of troops to kill.

I'm dead too, she said to Empress Dowager Zhang. She thought that maybe she should follow her husband and son, and that she would only need three feet of white silk to end this nightmare.

But on both sides of the door, there was a team of maids standing early, although these people were wearing palace clothes, they were not people from her palace, not even people from the Forbidden City, these people were brought by Chen Yuanyuan, Shen Man and Liu Ruyi, and Chen Liushen and the three of them were Liu Jiye's outer room.

With them watching, she couldn't seek death if she wanted to. The little courage that was finally mentioned slowly disintegrated and left her, and in the end she could only lie on the bed and cry.

Shen Man, Liu Ru, and Chen Yuanyuan invited Empress Dowager Zhang, Concubine Tian, and Concubine Yuan over together, trying to let them chat together and resolve the embarrassing atmosphere.

But the Empress Dowager Zhou didn't want to pay attention to it.

There was an indescribable boredom and fear in her heart.

Liu told them that Liu Jun was just trying to pull out the chaos. He also said that he was completely supported by the soldiers to become emperor, not a wish. He also said that because the two kings of Yongding were murdered, His Majesty had no follow-up, and the soldiers unanimously supported him, as the son of His Majesty Chongzhen and the brother of His Majesty Longwu, he had to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne.

"Niangniang, the sky cannot be without the sun, and the country cannot be without an owner. Look at the world. Only the succession of the Han king is the most suitable. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou wanted to refute that King Han was not the real Zong, but she couldn't say it. Thinking on the other side, she actually has to be grateful to Liu Jun, he assisted Chongzhen and Long Wu, the two sons of heaven, to stabilize the decline of the Ming Dynasty, and now Wu Fu and others conspired against and poisoned the two kings of Yongding, and he also helped get rid of these rebel ministers and helped her take revenge

Liu Jun officially ascended the throne and became the emperor.

The first thing Liu Jun did when he became the emperor was to set the name of the country.

The world has changed owners. Of course, the country name must also be changed. Although Liu Jun entered the unification as the son of Emperor Chongzhen and the brother of Emperor Longwu, Liu Jun is not the real Zhu family after all.

Some people also advised Liu Jun not to change the country name for the time being, and to continue to use the country name of Daming for the time being, so as to do so. Able to calm people's hearts. After all, there are still many places that Liu Jun has not controlled. The kings of the Ming dynasty are everywhere, if Liu Jun continues to be the son of the great tomorrow, then the subjects of the clans and domains everywhere. will continue to be the people of the Ming Dynasty.

And if Liu Jun changes the country name, then even if Liu Jun is the brother of Long Wu, the son of Chongzhen, then the people of the world will think that Liu Jun has usurped the throne of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Liu Jun thought about it again. Or change the country name.

Since he has disrupted his deployment and become emperors, he will simply change the country name in one step and directly. As for the subjects of the clans and clans in various places, Liu Jun believes that those who really want to oppose will be opposed no matter what Liu Jun does, and those who do not oppose will not care about this.

For the new country name, there are two options, some people suggest using Chu. Because he is a Chu person, and the soldiers and horses he led over the years are also called the Chu army, and in the past, their party was called the Chu Party in the DPRK.

Some people also suggested using Han, because his surname was Liu, and the Liu family of Macheng Suokouhe was traced back to the end of the Tang Dynasty, and Liu Jurong was their ancestor. If you go back further, then their clan is actually the royal family of the Han Dynasty, and the Liu family in Macheng is the eldest son of Liu Bang.

Inherited for 2,000 years, Liu Jun became the emperor, and it is naturally very appropriate to use Han as the national name.

In the end, Liu Jun chose Han as his country name, and the era name was set as Long Han.

In 1640 AD, that is, the first year of Longwu, the founding of the Han Dynasty was set as the first year of Longhan.

Long Han, the first of the five tribulations of Taoism. There are five tribulations in the number of heaven and earth, and the east starts from the son, called Longhan, and is the first tribulation.

The Ming Dynasty ended in 272 years.

Liu Jun's second thing after becoming emperor was to continue to honor Empress Dowager Zhou and Empress Dowager Zhang as Empress Dowager of Ming, and arrange for them to move to the West Palace. All the vassal kings of the Ming clan were reduced to commoners.

The temple of the Ming Dynasty still sends people to guard and worship on time.

Then Liu Jun rewarded the heroes who supported him as emperor.

Feng Liu Qiao was named the Duke of Qi, awarded the governor of Liangguang, and added the title of teacher. Feng Liu Yun was promoted to the Marquis of Changsha, the governor of Jin Zhili, and the title of Shaobao. Fu Shan was the Marquis of Taiyuan, awarded the privy envoy, and added the young master. Luo Ping'an sealed An Lubo, the admiral of Jin Jiumen, and added the prince Shaobao.

added his brother Liu Jian as the Marquis of Wuchang and awarded the governor of Shuntian.

Zhang Guowei, the governor of Liangguang, was still in the military department.

Wang Qianjin, Chief of the General Staff, Marquis of Lushun.

Qin Liangyu was named the Marquis of Baoning, and Zheng Zhilong was the Marquis of Ning. Zhang Shanfeng Nanyang Marquis, Cai Yuan Feng Runing Marquis.

Liu Jun was crowned one duke and nine marquis.

Liu Jun took Yuan Jixian as the first assistant to the cabinet, Fu Shan as the privy envoy, and Zhang Guowei as the secretary of the military department.

The Prime Minister's Office and the Military Aircraft Department were retained, both of which were advisors to the emperor, with the Prime Minister's Office responsible for civil affairs and financial advisers, and the Military Aircraft Department responsible for military affairs.

Although it is a new dynasty, in fact, it is impossible for Liu Jun to break up and rebuild the entire imperial court at once. Except for some important positions where he has placed his henchmen, most of the other positions are still retained by the original officials.

At this time, Liu Jun realized that there were still too few people he could use.

Sitting on the high dragon chair, Liu Jun felt that his position was not yet secure.

There are more than a dozen Qing troops outside the gate at the foot of the Great Wall, there are still bandits in the Central Plains, and now there are also the former Ming clan vassal kings scattered all over the world, as well as many officials and gentry and people, no one knows which one will be either for loyalty or for profit.

After some adjustments, Liu Jun, the nine governors of the world, came to a new round of adjustments.

Liu Yun was promoted to the governor of Zhili, Hou Sui was appointed as the governor of Guanwai, Li Chunjiang was appointed as the governor of Sanjiang, Li Shuchu was appointed as the governor of the Central Plains, Qu Shiyun was appointed as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Liu Qiao was appointed as the governor of Liangguang, Qin Liangyu was appointed as the governor of Sichuan and Lake, Fang Kongzhi was appointed as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Zheng Zhilong was appointed as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.

Liu Jun decreed that the salaries of all officials in the Han Dynasty should be doubled on the original basis.

The will of the adjustment of officials continued to be issued from the palace.

Liu Jian served as the governor of Shuntian, Liu Yunzhen was the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, Feng Sheng was the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Zhang Guozhu was the commander of the guards.

Zhang Guodong was transferred to the commander of the garrison, Jin Zhenjiang Marquis, Chang Sheng was transferred to the garrison commander, and Jin Denglai Hou.

Ni Yuanlu, the former left capital Yushi, walked out of the gate of the edict prison, he couldn't open his eyes from the strong sunlight, and he stretched out his hand to block his eyes that had been unaccustomed to the sun in the dark prison for many days.

Li Banghua, the head of the household next to him, shook his head and sighed.

"It's a different day."

"Yes, the wind and clouds have changed, and now it is the world of the Han Empire, I can't believe it." Jiang Dejing sighed.

Around them were a large group of high-ranking officials who had just been released from prison.

The Han Dynasty opened the country, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the world was amnesty.

Prisons in various places were emptied, and prisoners like Ni Yuanlu who committed crimes of rebellion were not included in the pardon, but the new emperor issued a special amnesty decree to pardon these people.

Fu Shu, the left attendant of the household department, said, "But the new emperor is not necessarily a faint king." After he ascended the throne, he ordered all provinces in the world to reduce rents and interest rates, and also ordered the clean-up of exorbitant donations and miscellaneous levies, and issued an edict to double the salaries of officials in various places, and also asked the Four Seas Bank to open loans for poverty alleviation to help the people, and to rent seeds and cattle from the people. ”

Zhang Jinyan, the squire of the military department, also nodded, although they were locked up in prison during this time, in fact, prisoners of their level lived very well in prison, with family members to take care of, in addition to no freedom in the prison, it was convenient for others to read books and newspapers, and even eat wine and drink tea.

"I read in the newspaper that the new emperor also ordered the introduction of grain purchase protection prices for grain farmers in various places. A new decree was also introduced, and the annual two taxes on silver were changed, and the time of taxation was changed from the summer and autumn of each year to the autumn and winter of each year, so as to ensure that the people had enough time to sell the harvested grain and then hand it over in silver. ”

"He is indeed very courageous, and this grain purchase protection price alone is quite generous. In this way, the people no longer have to worry about the sharp drop in grain prices during the grain harvest season, nor do they have to worry about the government urging taxes, so that they have to sell grain cheaply and then pay taxes in silver. ”

Li Banghua, the head of the household, is a native of Jiangxi, and he knows these very well.

"If you really want to do what is said in the new policy, the price is not small, first of all, the imperial court must have so much silver to prepare, otherwise if there is a protective price, you can't use the silver to pay for food, is it a white slip for the people?"

Ni Yuanlu couldn't help but say on the side, "The preparation of money is secondary, and the most important thing is how to ensure that officials in various places will not have policies and countermeasures?" Even if the official is as clear as water, I am afraid that the official will be as slippery as oil. Many good policies, when they come down, end up becoming a government that disturbs the people and harms the people, why? Just because no matter how good the system and laws are, they still have to be implemented by these low-level officials. And today's government is very bad, and I suspect that these laws will be out of shape when they finally arrive at the place. ”

Qiu Yu sneered a few times, "I said that you are really idle and worried, we are now just a group of ordinary people who have just been pardoned, this new policy of the imperial court, the rule of local officials, how can it have anything to do with us, why should we bother with this idleness?" ”

Ni Yuanlu, Li Banghua and others looked at each other and had nothing to say. (To be continued.) )

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