Ma Shiying's transfer from the center of the court to supervise the southwest soon caused a great sensation in the entire Ming officialdom.

In the eyes of many politicians who are good at political infighting, this is the best opportunity to crack down on Ma Shiying's political power.

The imperial historians began to impeach officials who had good relations with Ma Shiying, such as Ruan Dayue, the right attendant of the military department.

Zhu Youzhen sometimes wants to depose all these officials, because these officials often do not do any facts, but they are very attentive to intrigue and political power struggles, and may not be sensitive enough to the external situation, but they are very sensitive to the changes in the trend of the court and the emperor's mind.

However, Zhu Youzhen will not easily obey the wishes of these officials many times, and he knows that behind these unequivocal impeachment recitals are hidden political selfishness, and he will be used if he is not careful.

Zhu Youzhen didn't know if his IQ could control these old foxes well.

He did not dare to make decisions that would reveal his stupidity, nor did he dare to show his purpose so that these officials could easily capture it and use it.

For example, in the case of Fan Jingwen, he just stayed in the impeachment of Fan Jingwen and only said a little old words about Fan Jingwen, which made the whole dynasty clamoring for Fan Jingwen, the first assistant, to be unstable.

And there were very few officials who really paid attention to the fact that the Manchus were about to go south again.

No matter what the officials below thought and how smart they were, Zhu Youzhen knew that what he needed most as an emperor was to always know what was the most important thing at the moment.

The king of Chu has a thin waist, and he starves to death in the city, as an emperor, what he pays attention to, the people below will also pay attention to.

Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Wang Chengen, the commander of Dongchang, are now the highest-frequency officials summoned by Zhu Youzhen.

Although the Ming and Qing dynasties in June of the twentieth year of Chongzhen are still calm, there seems to be no major incidents in the Ming Dynasty, but the calmer the moment, the more it means that there will be a new crisis.

The only thing Zhu Youzhen can do is to keep abreast of the latest news and the most news, so that he can know what is going to happen through a large amount of information.

"Your Majesty, according to my Jinyi Wei report, in recent days, a large number of Qing troops have gathered in Beijing in Baoding, Jizhou, Hejian, Tianjin, Yongping, Xuanfu and other places, Azig, Haoge, Abatai, Tan Tai, Hong Chengchou and other frequent entry and exit of Dolgon's mansion, Daimyo, Weihui, Ankang and other places have a large number of Qing troops, and the Qing states and counties bordering the border of our Ming Dynasty have begun martial law, set up checkpoints, strictly check the identity of the people in and out, relocate the people nearby, and implement the policy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness; It seems to be a sign that Jiannu is about to raise troops to the south. ”

Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei, reported the latest information of Jinyiwei to Zhu Youzhen with a solemn face, and Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but hold his forehead after hearing this, and his heart was quite irritable: "This Jiannu is really going to pick a time, at this time to prepare to raise troops to the south, knowing that the southwest of me is being eaten by Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army, but at this time to raise troops to the south, the abacus is really good." ”

"This must be the idea of Hong Chengchou's big traitor, as far as he knows the situation in the Guannai best!"

Wu Mengming said indignantly, although it was a bit of a gaffe to interject in front of the emperor for no reason at the moment, but it can also be seen from this that Hong Chengchou's defection to the enemy and his enthusiasm for the destruction of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have made this commander of the Jinyi Guard, who has always had a calm personality, hate him to the bone marrow, and there is an emotional performance.

Of course, Wu Mengming also immediately realized that he seemed to be a little talkative, and hurriedly surrendered his hand to plead guilty: "Your Majesty, Weichen." ”

"Rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished, Aiqing is jealous and hateful, I can understand", Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and forgave Wu Mengming's gaffe in front of the emperor: "Listen, now start to do everything possible to find out the trend of the Manchu Dynasty and the southern expedition, who is the commander, how many troops are going south, how many roads are divided, where to go south, the specific time of the southern expedition, how much grain and grass reserves, how much morale of soldiers and horses, how is the equipment, etc., at all costs must be checked and understood, in addition, if necessary, you can make an example of a hundred, Activate the eyeliner we have planted in the Qing court, kill a few traitors, let these traitors panic for a few days again, and don't let their lives be easy! ”

Wu Mengming was ordered to retreat.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Youzhen ordered someone to summon Wang Chengen, the governor of Dongchang.

Before seeing Wang Chengen, Zhu Youzhen stood up and came to the wisteria trellis to stretch his muscles, at this time it was noon, the climate was hot and the air was rolling with the heat wave burned by the sun, and the little brocade cat raised by Yuan Guifei lay lazily in the rose garden and squinted, the surroundings seemed to be very quiet, and the sound of knives and guns from the southwest could not be heard, nor could I see more and more money rat tails on the bank of the Yellow River.

Zhu Youzhen looked into the distance, Zhongshan was still standing in the clouds, and the mountains in the distance were as green as flower barriers, stretching under the blue sky, as if isolating Jinling City from the troubled times.

Vaguely can still hear the sound of the sheng song echoing ten miles away, there are still many dignitaries living around the palace wall, under the economic stimulation of Zhu Youzhen's large amount of loans, the Jiangnan area seems to be more prosperous than before, and the life of the bureaucratic class is more extravagant, and now even in this hot summer at noon, when the whole country will be staged again, there are still princes and grandsons enjoying a rich life in Jinling City.

It seems that today's Ming Dynasty is still a prosperous chapter, and the world is peaceful.

Zhu Youzhen has no intention of blaming these magnates, as long as they do not violate the laws and regulations of the state and the righteousness of the nation, no one can punish them for their arrogance and indulgence, Zhu Youzhen is just thinking now, these people are not worried that their luxurious life at the moment may be taken away by someone in the blink of an eye.

This rich Jiangnan, splendid rivers and mountains, like a twenty-eight-year-old girl, I don't know how many forces covet its beauty.

Zhang Xianzhong fought against Yunnan and Guizhou, but he did not have the ambition to take Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan as the foundation to move eastward to occupy the left and right sides of the Jiang, and the Manchu Jiannu would rather sit back and watch the thief He Zhen entrench in Hanzhong, but also mobilize the national strength that had just been accumulated to plot Jiangnan again.

And under this ointment of flowers, inside the Ming Dynasty, the dominance of various political forces over this land is also staged all the time.

Zhu Youzhen now uses his orthodox status as emperor to win over the gentry group in the traditional agricultural civilization and social economy, and uses political and economic interests such as tariffs and knighthoods to jointly control the Zheng group in maritime trade, and then suppresses the civilian group in the Jiangnan commercial economy and society through commercial taxes and control of the army, so that the entire southern group can still unite under his rule.

And now, just when he is not familiar with how to be the leader of this southern group, the unwilling Manchu northern military group has once again raised troops to the south, this time it is no longer a struggle between nations, but a competition between the old civilization and the new civilization, and the main groups on both sides of the war are Han Chinese, but the Han people in the north have one more Manchu master.

(End of chapter)