Because the Guards had just recovered the city of Beijing, Huang Degong, the Duke of Yasukuni, had to be careful, and he was deeply afraid that the Qing army would come out of nowhere, so Huang Degong personally brought an infantry battalion and an artillery battalion to Yongdingmen to strengthen the guard.

At this time, Chen Mingxia and other civil officials who descended to the Qing Dynasty knelt at this time were also in Yongding Gate.

Chen Mingxia and other civil officials who descended to the Qing Dynasty were also a little panicked when they saw Huang Degong appear with soldiers and horses, thinking that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen was still going to send someone to detain them, so they all hurriedly turned around and kowtowed to Huang Degong:

"The general spares his life, I know that your emperor's life is in my body, but we are all well-educated people, and it is helpless to follow the enemy, now that Shenzhou has recovered, please forgive me for the sake of the sage."

Huang Degong was too lazy to deal with these civil officials of the Qing Dynasty, his mission was to take over Beijing's defense, not to detain these Han thieves, so he only snorted and didn't say anything more, only went out of Yongding Gate, and ordered his most courageous military generals to guard outside Yongding Gate:

"Your Majesty's decree, from now on, Beijing City is only allowed to enter but not to leave, and those who violate the decree will be beheaded!"

After Huang Degong finished speaking, he saw a man with braids and a brocade robe running outside fifty paces ahead, and Huang Degong immediately threw a knife at him, nailing the man to a tree.

Seeing this, Chen Mingxia and other civil officials who descended to the Qing Dynasty lost the courage to go out of the city.

The officers and men of the First Corps of the Fourth Guards Army also stood guard with loaded guns and set up fences outside the seven gates of the outer city and the nine gates of the inner city of Beijing in accordance with Huang Degong's order.

However, seeing that Huang Degong and other guards officers and soldiers did not come to detain him, Chen Mingxia and other civil officials who had been demoted to the Qing Dynasty were still relieved, especially Chen Mingxia, who had even begun to look forward to the fact that perhaps His Majesty had no intention of punishing these civilian officials, and might even use them.

Chen Mingxia thought this way for no reason, first of all, he felt that he was also a well-known talent, and it was impossible for His Majesty not to use himself, after all, even the Manchu Qing Dynasty overpromoted himself to be the right servant of the ministry.

Secondly, Chen Mingxia felt that His Majesty would definitely attack the meritorious officials of the Northern Expedition next, because this was what the founding emperors of the past dynasties or Zhongxing emperors had to do.

As soon as Beijing is restored, the Northern Expedition means the end, and the meritorious hero will become a powerful minister with high merit, and an emperor who knows how to check and balance must use his own officials, after all, such a person does not have any comrades in the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Mingxia also informed other civil officials of his idea:

"You don't have to worry, Chen dares to guarantee that we are Qingliu Wenchen in the Qing Court, and now we are still Qingliu Wenchen in Daming, we don't have to kneel here, it is better to go to the Ministry of Officials to inquire, what arrangements Your Majesty can have for us."

The two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty have made many civil officials instinctively think that although the Ming Dynasty has Jinyiwei and Dongchang, they are tolerant and even conniving with their own civil officials, and at most they will play the board, so Chen Mingxia and other civil officials who descended to the Qing Dynasty naively thought that they would be safe, and even naturally turned themselves into officials of the Ming Dynasty.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Liu has inquired clearly, and now His Majesty the Emperor has asked Governor Li Banghua to be the first assistant in the cabinet, and Li Mingrui to be the second assistant in the cabinet, the former is in charge of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Household Rites and the Guanglu Temple of Taichang Temple, and the latter is in charge of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Engineering and the Guozijian of Taifu Temple."

At this time, Liu Zhengding, the former civil official of the Qing Dynasty, came out of nowhere and found Chen Mingxia and others.

Chen Mingxia was a little unhappy when he heard this, and instinctively substituted himself into the six departments of the former official and powerful, and said angrily:

"Ridiculous! Li Banghua, Li Mingrui and other governors are vulgar people, no different from martial artists, why can they be in charge of the cabinet, where is this to put us and other clear streams! ”

In the Ming civil official group, there has always been a saying that Qingliu civil officials look down on foreign ministers, especially foreign ministers who lead troops to fight, for example, Lu Xiangsheng was despised by Yang Sichang back then, and Yang Yiqing was also at odds with Yang Tinghe.

In the eyes of these Qingliu civil officials, those civil servants who served as foreign governors, governors, and military attachés called brothers and sisters and went into battle to kill the enemy, in fact, they and Wufu not only insulted Sven and even threatened the government, but of course, they were also jealous and had the psychology of being superior to others as a Beijing official from Hanlin.

Now this Chen Mingxia is the same, and even wants to still use the contradiction between this Qingliu and foreign ministers to engage in party strife and seek benefits for his own political interests, first of all, he denied the resolution of foreign ministers like Li Banghua and Li Mingrui to join the cabinet, and instinctively regarded himself as an official of the Ming Dynasty, completely forgetting that the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen had not yet recognized that he was still an official of the Ming Dynasty.

"Now they are the heroes who followed His Majesty to recover the Northern Capital, and it is natural for them to be in power, even if Your Majesty doesn't want to use them, they have to use them, after all, it doesn't chill the hearts of the ministers, we have already sent people under the fence, it is better to ask for officials, after all, everyone is still civil officials, it is better than applying for a job from a martial artist."

Sun Zhiqi is a little more realistic, and thinks it is better to ask for an official and a half-position now.

"What kind of heroes are he, Li Banghua, Li Mingrui, etc., but they are traitors, I ask you to beg, I, Chen Mingxia, would rather be a pawn than wagging my tail and begging for mercy in front of him Li Banghua and other traitors!"

Chen Mingxia is now very dignified, he is naturally doing this to show the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen, in his opinion, the more he behaves so not with Li Banghua and other new heroes, the more His Majesty can see his hardness and solitude, and he will value himself more and more.

Therefore, Chen Mingxia was waiting for Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen to personally invite him out of the mountain and personally give him an official.

Chen Mingxia is not stupid to do this, but he is really smart, after all, he has read so many books, and knows that many people in history have done this to achieve thousands of years in officialdom, such as Feng Tang.

So when Sun Zhiqi and other officials went to the yamen of the Ministry of Officials, he smiled disdainfully: "These stupid people, ask Li Banghua and others for any future, look at it, as long as the words I scold Li Banghua and others for being traitors reach Your Majesty's ears, I can become Your Majesty's new favorite Wenchen." ”

Chen Mingxia was very proud of his intelligence, he began to wander around the capital unhurriedly, he believed that after the Ming Dynasty ruled the world, His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youzhen would definitely still have to worship literature and suppress the military, because it was fundamental to prevent chaos in the world, so when he saw the officers and soldiers of the Guards walking past him, he didn't even have fear but looked down on these guards, and walked up to a group of guards, waiting for the military attaché of the guards to kneel down for him.

Because he is now wearing the civilian official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, according to the custom, this kind of low-level military attache patrolling the streets will kneel for him.

But the military attache of the Guards looked at Chen Mingxia as if he was looking at a fool and walked directly next to Chen Mingxia: "I really don't know what a seventh-grade officer is aspiring, this shouldn't be our regiment." ”

(End of chapter)