This was the end of Zhu Youzhen's first day in Nanjing.

After the civil and military officials dispersed, the Nanjing Imperial Palace, which had been empty for more than 200 years, entered tranquility at this moment.

The afterglow of early summer dusk fills the dappled red walls.

The glow on Zhongshan slowly dissipates into the sky as the sun sets.

Han Shoujing led a group of eunuchs who followed Zhu Youzhen's southern retreat and the eunuchs who had been assigned to Nanjing back and forth in various palaces.

Empress Zhou took all the concubines to tour around the six palaces in the east and west.

Moving into a new home naturally feels fresh for them who have not been out of the Forbidden City for several years.

Shi Kefa was alone sorting out the papers.

Zhu Youzhen did not let him learn from Sima Qian and go to prison to study history, but held the power to criticize red.

As the emperor, Zhu Youzhen became a loner at this time.

Moved from Beijing to Nanjing.

For a modern person, it seems like just changing to a hotel.

There are not many people in the Nuoda Palace, and not all the palace eunuchs who accompanied him came to Nanjing.

Zhu Youzhen himself dismissed a lot.

Therefore, now there are few people around him, the emperor, who are listening to the announcement.

Only one Chen Yuanyuan stood ten steps away from Zhu Youzhen because there was really no one to serve the imperial front.

However, it was not quiet outside the palace at this time.

Emperor Zhu Youzhen of the Ming Dynasty was stationed in Nanjing.

Not a small thing for anyone.

The teahouse began to talk about how magnificent the emperor's entry into the city was, what the emperor was like, and how stunning the emperor's concubines were.

The officers and men of the Second Guards Army, under the unified deployment of He Xin, took people everywhere.

One by one, the sentinels went out of Zhengyangmen with their wills.

The whole city of Nanjing was like boiling water, and there was no place where the sound of horses' hooves and hurried footsteps did not echo.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't feel the excitement and fluctuations outside the palace walls.

At this point, he seemed to have some nothing to do.

Train troops, store grain, recruit people, build city walls and water conservancy, provide disaster relief, develop science and technology and commerce, and increase the revenue of the state treasury.

Wait a minute.

Everything needs to be done, but you don't know where to start.

If Zhu Youjian is not bad.

Li Zicheng and Jiannu should still be fighting in the Gyeonggi area at this moment.

Liu Liangzuo's time should be running out, and Li Banghua estimates that he will soon come to see him with his head.

Zuo Liangyu may still be recuperating, and he should still stay in Huguang before Li Zicheng and Jiannu escape into Huguang.

Zhang Xianzhong should be about to conquer Chongqing, and is about to enter the capital of Chengdu 0, proclaim himself emperor in Sichuan, and build the country.

"Shi Kefa!"

Zhu Youzhen shouted.

Shi Kefa, who was sorting out the papers, had to run out: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?" ”

"I will personally execute Qian Qianyi, and order the officials of the Three Law Divisions to follow me to the Imperial Prison!"

Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, and let Shi Kefa lead the way.

Shi Kefa was the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department before, so he naturally knew where the Nanjing Imperial Prison was, and now because Wang Chengen was not there, the East Factory was temporarily taken over by him, and it was also appropriate to take Zhu Youzhen to the Imperial Prison.

The Taiping Gate is the north gate of Nanjing, which has been explained above, and the Imperial Prison and the Three Law Divisions are located here.

And the place where Zhu Youzhen is now is in the area of Taipingmen.

However, although it is called Taipingmen, it makes people not feel the peace and harmony here.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen came here, he could feel a burst of gloom and a solemn atmosphere from blood and death.

Taipingmen is located between Zhongshan and Xuanwu Lake, so although this area is gloomy, it is also exceptionally cool.

Zhu Youzhen was too lazy to go to the black prison because it was hot all afternoon, so he went to the pavilion by Xuanwu Lake to sit down, and ordered Shi Kefa to send someone to escort Qian Qianyi from the edict prison here.

Chen Chunde, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Wei Botong of Dali Siqing (formerly Nanjing Dali Siqing), and Jiang Yueguang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, had also heard the news and came to the shore of Xuanwu Lake at this time.

Because Zhu Youzhen was sitting in the pavilion, although the three of them were all high-ranking officials, they didn't dare to sit with Zhu Youzhen, so they had to stand on both sides of Zhu Youzhen and enjoy the breeze by the lake.

The lake was sparkling and silent, except for the crows of frogs that began to appear in the evening when the sky was getting darker, and the noise of the city could not be heard.

The sound of heavy footsteps, accompanied by the metal sonorous sound of the iron chain dragging on the bluestone slab, reached Zhu Youzhen's ears.

Qian Qianyi was brought by Shi Kefa and others.

Shi Kefa has been keeping his head down, Jiang Yueguang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is close friends with him, both of whom are members of the Donglin Party, but now one has been reinstated as a scholar, and the other has become the Grand Governor of Dongchang.

Zhu Youzhen's imperial power technique made Shi Kefa become the person he hated the most, and Jiang Yueguang didn't expect that in the end, his friend would also become the duke of Dongchang.

Jiang Yueguang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, could only ignore Shi Kefa, but he also sighed in his heart.

However, when he saw that Qian Qianyi, who was also a friend, was now imprisoned and handcuffed, he was suddenly a little glad that Shi Kefa became the factory owner of the East Factory, at least he would not die, and he could still do a little bit for the Ming Dynasty, and it might be better to let the upright Shi Bing Department take charge of the East Factory.

Chen Chunde, the imperial history of the left capital, was an old minister who withdrew south with Zhu Youzhen, and suddenly became the imperial history of the left capital and became the great Jiuqing, so he was determined to be Zhu Youzhen's hardcore confidant, and when he saw a person like Qian Qianyi, he naturally glared at him with disdain, and did not hide the disgust in his heart.

Wei Botong, the secretary of Dali Temple, is an old minister in the Wanli period, a person who has half of his body into the ground, and he is not interested in everything in front of him, if it were not for the fact that Zhu Youzhen had just arrived in Nanjing, it was when he made a drastic rectification of the dynasty, he wanted to directly call himself sick at home and continue to care for the elderly.

"Qian Qianyi, do you like water?"

Zhu Youzhen didn't know when, he already had an extra fishing rod in his hand, and with a flick of it, the hook sank into the water, and only the white buoy was still rippling with the lake waves.

Qian Qianyi was always striving for a chance to live, and when he saw Zhu Youzhen asking, he hurriedly replied:

"Back to Your Majesty, the sinner likes it, water is the foundation of all things, humanity is, the water is clear, there is no fish, people are observed, there are no friends, water can accommodate all things, although it is soft, it is the strongest thing, and the sword cannot be split."

Zhu Youzhen understood Qian Qianyi's meaning, and knew that he was using his evaluation of water to beg him to tolerate him, and the implication was that the court could not be too clear, although he Qian Qianyi was a dirty thing, he also needed to mix the Taiqing court, so as not to make the emperor in an isolated and helpless place.

However, Zhu Youzhen did not have the idea of letting Qian Qianyi live, Qian Qianyi, a person who prides himself on being talented and extremely intelligent, is actually a person with great ambitions and talents, and it is easy to do some seemingly earth-shattering but most unwise things, such as the murder of the king.

Zhu Youzhen believes that there are many such people in the city like Qian Qianyi, although they are scholars who have not seen the world, they are extremely rebellious, especially the members of the Donglin Party and the Fushe who like to talk.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen must kill Qian Qianyi to teach a lesson to those Donglin Party members who ignore the rules and are self-righteous.

However, the reason why Zhu Youzhen asked Qian Qianyi if he liked water was just to remember that he wanted to throw himself into the water for martyrdom but surrendered to the Manchus because he was afraid that the water would be too cold.

"I like water", Zhu Youzhen clapped his hands, and ordered: "For the sake of you who are also the old ministers of the Three Dynasties, I will not delay you before you die, lest you suffer more from knife cuts, just hang him up, sink into the water and drown slowly." ”