The resettlement of the Hebei Border Army and the Guanning Army brought back by Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong is definitely a very trivial problem.

Considering that there is still a new six-ministry cabinet in Nanjing, and the laws and systems of the Ming court are still there, of course Zhu Shuren can't openly show his ambition to be a warlord and casually take the Hebei border army as his own, which is too contrary to the name of righteousness.

After all, he is still only a feudal official of the Ming Dynasty, not a central minister. Anyone who shows a little bit of ambition, no matter how good the previous loyalty gesture is, will be wasted, and it will provoke unnecessary sieges.

Anti-thieves have anti-thief routines, stealing the country and stealing the country, and this tendon in the brain cannot be relaxed all the time.

Shi Kefa, who is still the official secretary of the military department and has a high probability of becoming the first assistant of the new cabinet, cannot tolerate Zhu Shuren casually pulling in the armed forces that originally belonged to the imperial court.

Shi Kefa is a loyal minister with backbone, and he can be regarded as a more disciplined existence in Donglin, and it is impossible for Zhu Shuren to have trouble with Shi Kefa.

Therefore, the Zhu Shuren have two options to house these centaurs:

First of all, the first reason is that these troops were escorted back by Zhang Mingzhen, the chief soldier of the sea route, and received by the sea grain fleet of the household department. The guards who can be temporarily assigned to the household department are stationed in the Zhoushan Islands (Zhang Mingzhen's previous Haidao General Army was also stationed in the Zhoushan Islands)

Externally, it can be said that the follow-up reorganization and attribution of these units can be separately transferred by the Ministry of War, and the guards and sea lanes will be in charge, and this is only a temporary act.

As for how long this temporary period will last, it's hard to say, it can completely depend on the mood of Shen Tingyang, the head of the household.

The second excuse is that after these troops arrive in Zhoushan, if they have been gossiping about it for a long time, or need to be used for defense, then they can go to Zhang Guowei, the governor of Zhejiang, and Jiang Ruolai, the chief soldier of Zhejiang, to borrow a little backdoor formation.

Anyway, the garrisons of the Ming Protector Navy are in Ningbo and Zhoushan, which is geographically the territory of the governor of Zhejiang.

And Zhang Guowei and Shen Tingyang and Zhu Shuren are also old friends. His friendship with Shen Tingyang was formed before Zhu Shuren crossed over and when Wuzhong controlled the water, and he and Zhu Shuren cooperated a lot in the transformation of the gold law, and later there were many friendships that helped each other to convey interests.

In addition, Zhang Guowei was still the penultimate secretary of the military department of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and he was demoted to be the governor of Zhejiang because of the unfavorable war, and Shi Kefa would not say anything if his old qualification was put there.

Therefore, it is very suitable to let Zhang Guowei be the white glove of "temporarily holding the equity of the officials and troops of the Hebei tripartite".

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Zhu Shuren took advantage of the period of early February to deal with the latest alliance between him and Zhang Guowei.

He also allocated several naval generals from Zhang Mingzhen, the chief soldier of the sea route, such as Shen Lian, a general from the Shen family, and others, who were nominally temporarily assigned to Jiang Ruolai, the general of Zhejiang under Zhang Guowei, to manage, and they directly commanded and coordinated the 30,000 Hebei Border Army and the Guanning Army withdrawn from the north.

Zhang Guowei and Jiang Ruolai also knew that they would not arbitrarily reach out and interfere with the specific command of these troops. For him, in these troubled times, as the newly arrived governor of Zhejiang, who has an unstable foundation, there are 30,000 friendly troops to help him support the façade of the town, and he is also happy to see it.

These things were taken care of in just ten days. In this way, before the Southern Imperial Court discussed the issue of supporting the new monarch, Zhu Shuren actually had strong support in many provinces.

Huguang Province, needless to say, is the core territory of Zhu Shuren himself who has been out of the town for three or four years, and he has repeatedly ploughed the land to punish dissidents, crack down on the powerful and inferior gentry, and farm and operate like an iron bucket.

On the Sichuan side, there is his uncle's ally Fang Kongzhi as the governor, and Zhu Shuren also has a friendship with Fang Kongzhi's son Fang Yizhi in the same year, and Fang Yizhi has also cooperated with him for many years before and after the saddle, and he has been promoted together.

The generals of Sichuan were also impressed by Zhu Shuren's merits and ability to kill Zhang Xianzhong and pacify the thieves. The stubborn forces who disobeyed Zhu Shuren had almost been killed by Zhang Xianzhong's hands before.

On the side of Nanzhili, Zhu Shuren is not very able to intervene, and this is also the most tenacious area of Donglin and other conservative forces, mainly the Jiangnan part of Nanzhili has not suffered from war so far, and there has been no reshuffle.

But his father Shen Tingyang is already a legitimate household secretary, and he is also an important cabinet minister, so he can say something in Nanjing.

On the Fujian side, Zhu Shuren has never developed his power, and it is too far away, but Fujian is originally a "place where soldiers are indisputable", and the friendship between Zhu Shuren and Zheng Chenggong is almost enough.

Since ancient times, as long as the Fujian region did not interfere and did not make trouble when the southern court established the country, it was enough. I don't expect much help from the local forces.

Now, with the addition of an old ally Zhang Guowei, he was befriended by Enwei and Shi as foreign aid to control Zhejiang. Although Zhejiang has a small area, it is close to Nanjing, which is also very important for the smooth transition of the Nanjing court.

In the entire seven southern provinces, only Liangguang, Jiangxi, and Yungui remained, and Zhu Shuren did not control it much.

There is only one Jiujiang Mansion in Jiangxi that has been rectified and infiltrated by Zhu Shuren, and Zheng Chenggong has also been the prefect of Jiujiang there for a while, and all the other mansions do not listen to Zhu Shuren. The two Cantonese have no friendship at all.

As for Yungui, the previous notice of the Ming Dynasty to it was almost in name only, so there is no need to consider it for the time being, it is all places that need to be changed in the future.

However, before the Zhu Shuren forced to land on Sun Kewang, Sun Kewang helped to do the dirty work and killed some Tusi tribes in Guizhou who did not obey the king, and later surrendered to the Zhu Shuren, which also alleviated some of the resistance forces in Guizhou.

is now in charge of Jiangxi, but Yuan Jixian, who originally had a small friction with Zhu Shuren. However, Yuan Jixian is still a little public-minded, and he is also a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, so he can distinguish between right and wrong.

On the Liangguang side, it was not affected by the butterfly effect much, and it was still the rule of Ding Kuichu, who had failed to fight against thieves in the north several times in history, but was exempted from offense and had just been transferred to be the governor of Liangguang.

This Ding Kuichu originally had no achievements in history, and he mixed in the two Guangxi for several years, and finally the Qing army came over and voted directly.

In addition, within Nanzhili, Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, and even his close friend Ruan Dacheng, have always had an enmity with Zhu Shuren, Ruan Dacheng's enmity is especially deep, and Ma Shiying is just a little bit of a small contradiction with Zhu Shuren to stand in the way.

Among the generals of the Ming army in Lianghuai, Jiangbei, Liu Liangzuo, who had a close relationship with Ma Shiying, also had a little trouble with Zhu Shuren. In addition, they had been enveloped in advance by King Fu in the face of the world's disapproval.

Liu Zeqing in Huaibei, Shandong, because Zhu Shuren was unable to save the driver and was saddled with a "thief crossing", plus "the preparation of the ferry was not timely, resulting in Zhu Shuren not being able to cross the Yellow River in time and save the first emperor".

This is also a great crime, Liu Zeqing naturally chose to move closer to Ma Shiying out of fear of being liquidated.

But Zhu Shuren can't help it, if he can't save it, he will definitely have to find someone to dump the pot, and he can't win everyone over.

Liu Zeqing is a left-right source soft bone who preserves his strength in history, since Zhu Shuren knows history, he has to find someone to blame, of course, he will give priority to Liu Zeqing, otherwise he will not be thrown to those loyal people?

It was in this situation that the Southern Imperial Court finally ushered in a major choice.

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On February 24, the 17th year of Chongzhen, about 40 days after Chongzhen's death, it was also the fifth day after Li Zicheng's army returned to Beijing after his defeat and his ascension to the throne.

The latest military situation in the north was finally sent to Nanjing at an expedited speed of 600 miles, and it was also sent to Fengyang, the central capital, the day before.

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It was also at this moment that the Ming civil and military officers of Nanjing and Fengyang confirmed with certainty that it was almost impossible for the three sons of the first emperor to escape-

Before Li Zicheng withdrew from Beijing, he waved a butcher's knife in despair and killed the heirs of the first emperor indiscriminately, which many people in Beijing had heard about and spread to the outside world, and naturally it would be collected by the relevant personnel sent by the southern court to inquire about the military situation, and they would be rewarded with the highest priority.

Before getting this news, the new cabinet composed of the six ministries in Nanjing had actually secretly discussed the issue of establishing a new monarch in private, and had been discussing it for seven or eight days, but it did not dare to cross the clear road, nor did it dare to let any local governors from other towns know.

At this point, everything can finally be laid out on the table.

Early this morning, in the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department, finally took the opportunity of the cabinet to be on duty and tacitly summoned the other five scholars to discuss major matters together.

In the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing has always had a palace or the Forbidden City, which is the "Nanjing Forbidden City" in later generations, but at the end of Chongzhen, most of the palaces have been destroyed because of disrepair.

Only a few major temples such as Wenhua Palace, Wuying Palace, Fengxian Palace, and Cixi Hall are still maintained. In addition, the Fengtian Gate, Donghua Gate, and Xihua Gate, which are the facades, are also quite intact.

However, these palaces are also places for offices, ceremonies, and sacrifices, so people have maintained repairs, and there is basically nothing left in the inner palace used for living.

Therefore, after Zhu Yousong ascended the throne as Emperor Hongguang in history, he also lived in the "Nanjing Inner Garrison Mansion" for a long time, and used it as a temporary residence, and only entered the palace when he worked and held court meetings and ceremonies. Zhu Yousong also allocated money to rebuild the residential inner palace, but because he had only been emperor for eight months in total, he was killed by Duoduo, and until the fall of Nanjing, the inner palace of the Forbidden City was not repaired.

Now, Shi Kefa and others only rely on a limited number of palaces in the Forbidden City of Nanjing to prop up the cabinet office, making the prestige of the imperial court look barely as decent as Beijing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have heard that the crown prince and the kings have most likely suffered misfortune, and this important matter of the kingdom cannot be postponed any longer. It has been a full month since the bad news of His Majesty's great trip came. If it continues to hang in vain, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the provinces to keep pace with the Nanjing cabinet. What do you think, and speak freely. ”

Shi Kefa took the lead in getting up, and while talking, he also handed the transcript of the gossip that the Nanjing Military Department had just received today that "I heard that Li Zicheng killed the second king when he withdrew from Beijing" to the other Zhushangshu to read.

Also present at the meeting were Wang Duo, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Shen Tingyang, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Xu Shiqi, who was to be appointed as the secretary of the Criminal Department, Jiang Riguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Gao Hongtu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. Among these people, all those who live in key departments can basically be included in the East Pavilion University Scholars in the future.

Among these people, when Gao Hongtu died in Chongzhen, he happened to encounter a vacancy in the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, and Gao Hongtu was originally a squire in the Nanjing Ministry of War, and now because of the butterfly effect, Shi Kefa needs to gather six ministries in advance to form a cabinet, and just a few days ago he discussed with his colleagues to let Gao Hongtu be reappointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry - Gao Hongtu was in Beijing a few years ago, he was a waiter of the Ministry of Industry, and the business is also familiar.

And Xu Shiqi is also an old acquaintance, he was still in Beijing a few months ago as the secretary of the Criminal Department, and when Chen Xinjia was executed for the crime, it was Xu Shiqi's eucalyptus. Later, Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, was sentenced to death by Chongzhen, and Xu Shiqi did not quite like Chongzhen in this series of eucalyptus, so he was demoted and idle.

Xu Shiqi's hometown is from Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and after being deposed by Chongzhen, he went south to return to his hometown, which was a little earlier than Zhang Guowei. As soon as he arrived in Jiaxing's hometown, the news of the emperor's death came, and the Nanjing Criminal Department also had a large gap, so Shi Kefa brought Xu Shiqi here. But he has not yet been formally appointed, so he can only take the deputy post first, and only when there is an emperor or a superintendent in the future can he officially complete the appointment process.

At this moment, after Shi Kefa finished speaking, Xu Shiqi and Gao Hongtu did not have a deep foundation, and their names were not right, so they were reluctant to speak on substantive issues, and the core topic was mainly discussed by the remaining four people.

Gao Hongtu just said some words about insurance, and persuaded: "It's better to be cautious in the Shi Pavilion Department, the murder of the kings is just a rumor, and there is no ironclad evidence, as human ministers, we make rash conclusions, and we are only afraid of ...... in the future."

Gao Hongtu's words are all stable, and the other five major Shangshu present are all famous people, and they pay the most attention to "must also be right", of course, they will not refute this.

Only Shen Tingyang, the secretary of the household department, has the lowest level of education, and theoretically his cultural level is the least worthy of entering the cabinet, so he is not so sensitive to the righteousness of the name and is more pragmatic. (After all, university scholars have academic status, so they must have been born in the imperial examination.) People who spend money to donate to officials can do it is already a special thing to do the book of the household department, and the resistance to being a university scholar is too great)

Shen Tingyang said a little anxiously: "How can you wait for a long time for the major event of the country? Even if the news is not conclusive, you can only listen to the Cabinet Department first, and discuss a charter to prepare! ”

Gao Hongtu glanced at him slightly, and did not refute it, and said in his heart that your girl and King Lu are sons and daughters, and your Shen Tingyang's attitude can deceive the ghost!

Shi Kefa believed that Shen Tingyang didn't mean that, and he hurriedly spoke to stop this meaningless internal friction: "Okay, it is important to be right, but there is no need to keep entangled, what Brother Yanwen (Gao Hongtu) said is indeed reasonable, let's start a follow-up discussion on the topic of the candidate for the prison country today, and we will not involve the candidate for the new monarch for the time being." ”

When the position of the emperor is vacant, there is also a precedent for setting up a clan as the supervisor of the country.

At the beginning, Yingzong was captured in Tumubao, Yu Qian and others also set up his younger brother as the prison at the beginning, and then Yingzong never came back, and was also used to threaten the door, Yu Qian and others put the prison country as the king.

Now set up a prison country for a period of time, and if Chongzhen's sons can escape, it can be regarded as a buffer, which is equivalent to a "publicity period".

If the prison has been publicized for a few months, and Chongzhen's son does not appear, it is equivalent to "the creditor has been reported to confirm the right before the cancellation, and the creditor himself does not come, which is equivalent to giving up the creditor's rights".

This is very fair, naturally no one questioned it, all the six Shangshu agreed, and Shi Kefa also advanced a small goal first, building up confidence.

Soon, Shi Kefa pushed the question to the drama meat: "Then who do you think is suitable for the prison now?" ”

Shi Kefa said as he couldn't help but look at Jiang Riguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Jiang Riguang also knew that the Ministry of Rites was in charge of Ethics, so the basic scope of discussion had to be given by him.

Jiang Riguang said in a casual manner: "According to the law of etiquette, it is naturally the closest blood relationship between His Royal Highness King Fu and Emperor Daxing.

There is also King Hui, who is estranged from each other, but he is older. And His Royal Highness King Hui has openly worshiped the Buddha for many years, dismissed the concubines, and feared that he had no intention of supervising the country in the autumn of this national disaster.

In the end, the Lu clan was a little further away than the Fu and Hui two domains, but last year, His Majesty ordered him to worship the ancestors on his behalf, and it seems that he has the heart to take charge of the affairs of the clan, but there has been no explicit edict since then. And I have heard that the Lu Domain has a virtuous name, so the Daxing Emperor will give up the near and seek far when he comforts the ancestral temple of Fengyang. It may also be included in the discussion to comfort the Emperor Daxing. ”

Jiang Riguang's words do not fully represent his own meaning, in fact, there is naturally pressure from Donglin and a group of mainstream civil officials in Nanjing-

Historically, the civil officials of Donglin were also afraid that King Fu would liquidate them for the sake of the old King Fu and reuse the eunuch file to counterattack, so there must be various excuses to pull Queen Fu's hind legs, but many reasons are really not true, and in the end they did not succeed.

Who made Shi Kefa still more upright and principled.