Liu Suifeng and Ma Shiying's fleet met the southbound sailor fleet at the Xianghe River.

Li Laiheng and Meng Kang boarded the passenger ship to meet the two Shangshu.

Liu Suifeng was careful, he saw that the warships of the naval division that went south from Beijing no longer hung the "Ming" flag, and he vaguely guessed in his heart that the big event was born.

Li Laiheng walked into the cabin and saluted, and the first sentence said: "The regent has ascended the throne in Beijing City the day before yesterday, the two lords should hurry up, many things fall on Zong Shangshu alone, and he is very busy."

The chair under Ma Shiying's buttocks creaked, his elbows turned, the teacup in his hand fell to the ground and rolled in a circle, and the tea was spilled all over the ground.

Willow is stunned with the wind.

"The prince can't wait for such a moment, Zong Mao, Zong Mao, you really do things decisively" His mind turned a thousand times. It is natural for the regent to ascend the throne, but if another person supports him to ascend the throne in Beijing at this moment, with his understanding of Zhai Zhe, he may not agree.

"Lord Wang, no, Your Majesty, this is the Dead Top Zongmao" Liu Suifeng calculated in his heart, and at the same time looked at Ma Shiying beside him with sad eyes. The victory or defeat of the court battle has been divided, even if Ma Shiying can pull out Chen Zilong to help now, it will be in vain.

Li Laiheng had a friendship with Liu Suifeng in the loyalty camp, and he said all that, said a few simple greetings, and said goodbye to the south.

The messenger who went to Jiangnan to deliver the news followed behind the army.

In the sixth year of Longqing, autumn.

Longqing: This is the last era name of the Ming Dynasty.

On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the battle of the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty ended with the recovery of Shanhaiguan. Subsequently, Zhai Zhe, the regent of the Ming Dynasty, suddenly ascended the throne in Beijing, the country was called Da Zhou, and the world was amnesty, and the court was busy with the establishment of a new dynasty, and the Northern Expedition could only be delayed.

In September, Wu Sangui kidnapped Xia Yunyi, the prison army, to Beijing, because Xia Yunyi instigated the king of Zhenxi to rebel. Xia Yunyi was accompanied by the king of Zhenxi to express his submission

The courtiers of Nanjing arrived at Beijing at the same time as the empress's fleet traveling north. Of the six Shangshu, none of them went because of Zhai Zhe's usurpation and sealing. The backbone of the person left as early as when Zhai Zhe ascended the regency throne.

In October, Zheng Zhilong, the king of Zhenhai, sent his song to Beijing, and submitted to him.

In October, the emperor led his ministers to worship the heavens at the Temple of Heaven, which was to hold the enthronement ceremony, and set the year name Zhaowu.

In the past few days, the busiest people are not Zong Mao, not Liu Suifeng, or Ma Shiying, but Zhai Zhe's three chamberlains. The edicts of the reward were one after another, and the yellow satin was piled up all over the desk.

I have written a lot, and I feel that it is common to write about those coveted titles and official positions on weekdays.

Xiao Zhiyan, Feng Qin, Zuo Ruo and Jin Shenghuan were crowned the princes of the country, and the rest of the generals were named marquis and earl, as long as they participated in the Northern Expedition, they were at least an earl

In addition to the merits of the military generals of the central civil court, Zhai Zhe made the Liu family, the Fan family, the Hu family and the Zhu family all earls to show his reward for the merits of the armory workshop in the Northern Expedition. Merchants can also be knighted, causing a flurry of scolding from Shilin. But this emperor is not the Ming Emperor who once let them ravage, they scolded and scolded, and no one dared to die in front of Zhai Zhe.

Unexpected changes come from the center.

The emperor reclassified the six ministries to Zhongshu Province, and re-established the post of prime minister in Zhongshu Province.

Zhongshu Province External Inspectorate, Privy Envoy and Dali Temple, all of which are positive and second-grade, ** run in Zhongshu Province. Ma Shiying, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, was reappointed as the Imperial History of the Imperial Inspectorate, and Liu Suifeng, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Officials.

Dali Temple was originally a positive third grade, and it was promoted to one level, which greatly reduced the power of the criminal department and reduced the power of the prime minister in disguise.

The Privy Council is in charge of the military, Yao Qisheng is the privy envoy, and there are five deputy envoys, and the military department of Zhongshu Province is a fictitious book, which means that the military power is deprived from the hands of the prime minister. The Privy Council is also in charge of the salaries, clothing, armor, assessment and drills of the government soldiers and regular soldiers, but the local governors have the power to directly mobilize the government soldiers.

The post of general was officially abolished, and Zhai Zhe officially ordered that the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not allowed to enter the cities above the county seat to station, and the Privy Council and local governors set up military camps in the local area.

Jin Xiaoding, the governor of Nanjing, succeeded Yao Qisheng as the governor of Nanzhili, Li Laiheng led 30,000 troops to be stationed in Yingtianfu, and Meng Kang led 20,000 troops to be stationed in eastern Zhejiang to deter Jiangnan.

The series of changes in the court are dazzling, and the courtiers still need time to adapt.

From autumn to winter in the north, officials who migrated from the south of the Yangtze River to Beijing were somewhat unaccustomed. They rushed to Beijing, but they didn't expect to be poured with a plate of cold water.

At the beginning of the Great Zhou, there are endless things to do in various places. When the autumn harvest came to collect taxes again, the northern provinces were exempted from taxes for three years, and the income of the household department did not increase much, but the expenditure increased a lot, and the newly appointed prime minister did not have time to celebrate, and was busy raising money on the back foot.

At the end of the month, the first light snow fell in Beijing, and the heat here seemed to dissipate with the onset of winter.

The more than 200,000 troops gathered in Beijing have also dispersed to various places. Fengqin led the army to garrison Shanhaiguan, and Zuo Ruo led the army to garrison Xuanda, and the most powerful army of the Great Zhou was still guarding the northern border.

The first snow was not heavy, and the falling snow seemed to sprinkle a layer of salt on the ground, and after a gust of wind blew, it flew all over the sky, and soon fell to the ground again.

A handsome scribe in his thirties stayed with a dozen small servants and rode into the capital on horseback. His hands were clenched in his sleeves, and his face wrapped in a fur hat was flushed.

"It's really cold this day," he shivered, and his body couldn't help shaking.

He was originally from the north, and he stayed in Jiangnan for ten years, and then returned to Beijing so uncomfortable.

A man wearing a thousand commander's uniforms with more than a dozen soldiers came to meet him, and the scribe pouted at the little guy Nunu beside him, and said, "Go and ask, how to get to the yamen of the official department?" ”

The little guy trotted over and said a few words to the Qian.

With a wary gaze, Mr. Qian looked at the scribe who was hiding behind him and was wrapped in a robe, and finally pointed the way.

A group of more than a dozen people first found an inn to live in, and the scribe led the servant to find the location of the official department according to the distance that Mr. Qian said. At present, many things in Beijing are still being sorted out, and seeing that the post house that welcomes foreign officials is full of people, he has to rejoice that he has made a wise decision.

The scribe took the paper from his robe and handed it to the guard, and then he was allowed to enter, and the servant was left outside the door.

Stepping on Yu Jing's cyan stone road all the way in, the yamen of the official department stood in front of it.

There was also a layer of doormen inside, he stepped forward, stretched out his white hands with difficulty, and asked, "Is Lord Shangshu here?" ”

Before the doorman could ask questions, he introduced himself again: "Su Song Daotai Liu Taixi has been ordered to report to the Ministry of Officials. ”

The doorman hurriedly saluted and said, "The adult is inside, I'll go and report to the adult."

After a while, he saw a thin old man come out of it, his chin and gray beard tilted to one side by the wind.

"I've Seen Adults"

Liu Suifeng grabbed his arm and said with a smile: "Now is not the time to be in Nanjing, you don't have to be so angry." Looking at the appearance of these two people, the old man is not afraid of the wind and cold, and the young man is shrunk in layers of wraps.

Feeling the smooth and soft fur at the entrance, Liu Suifeng couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Is it so cold, look at your wrap like a bear." ”

Yoo Tae-hee scoffed.

The two of them walked to the inner room as they spoke.

Liu Suifeng said: "Your father is still in Nanjing, and he can't get to Beijing for that mess, who made the silver in Jiangnan now." ”

There was a hot stove burning in the house, and Yoo Tae-hee went into the house and rubbed his hands vigorously until he felt warm, and then he took off his coat. When there are no outsiders, the uncle and nephew are not as divided as between the officials and their subordinates.

He stood in front of Liu Suifeng and said with a smile: "My nephew didn't expect to be able to catch up with the promotion." ”

Liu Suifeng returned to the Taishi chair and sat down, and said: "What's so strange about this, there are so many vacancies in various places now, don't think that this promotion to the governor of Shandong was recommended by me, Master Zong is now in power, he doesn't nod, no matter how much I say, it's useless." ”

Yoo Tae-hee just laughed, he knew that it was definitely not the case, even if Zong Mao said a word, and Liu Suifeng's status in the court, he couldn't help but give a little affection.

Liu Suifeng sat up straight, lifted the brush and wrote a few words on the rice paper, continued the unfinished approval just now, put down the brush after a while, and said: "You are good in Huzhou and Susong Daoyu, and it is inevitable to be promoted to governor, but it is the difference between the governor of which place, I think Shandong is better than Henan and Shaanxi." ”

Ryu Tae-hee saluted respectfully and said, "Thank you uncle for your support"

Liu Suifeng frowned, shook his head and said, "That is, this year, after next year, your uncle will be useless." ”

Yoo Tae-hee smiled puzzled: "I was at the beginning of the dynasty, Your Majesty is high-spirited, it is the time to make meritorious achievements, and my uncle has followed Your Majesty for more than 20 years, how can you say this?" ”

Liu leaned back in his chair and asked, "Can't you see it?" If Your Majesty wants to do something, someone must be your Majesty's sword, and in order to pave the way for the Sect Lord, Your Majesty has actually come to the center of the official system has changed. Although there is not much difference between the former assistant and the prime minister, the meaning of the official establishment of the prime minister is completely different. ”

As he spoke, his brows furrowed tightly, and there seemed to be a lot of thought hidden in his wrinkles.

Ryu Tae-hee said with relief: "Master Zong is in power, what is my uncle afraid of?" Master Zong is a Jin person, he is not biased towards us, should he be biased towards the southerners. ”

Unexpectedly, Liu Suifeng nodded and said: "You are right, Master Zong will not favor the southerners, but he will not favor us either, after Master Ma goes to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I am the only person in Zhongshu Province who can balance his prestige." If I follow him, I will inevitably be kicked away. ”

Yoo Tae-hee looked puzzled and asked, "Is my uncle too worried?" ”

"Not at all" Liu Suifeng shook his head very firmly, "Zong Mao's eyes are above the top and he acts domineeringly, I can look down on him, he may not be able to look down on me." Now that the court knows that His Majesty wants to use him, who dares to go against him? ”

Ryu Tae-hee recalled the changes in the court in the past month, and said with emotion: "Your Majesty still trusts the people around him."

Liu Suifeng sneered and said, "Your Majesty is an idler and doesn't like to take care of miscellaneous trivial matters, so I have long expected the power of the auxiliary or prime minister." His Majesty uses Zong Mao like this, and only Zong Mao will help His Majesty do what he wants. ”

"However, those things are done to offend people and all the people in the world, and the Zongda people are too angry, and the consequences are unpredictable."