In the early morning of the next day, outside the noon gate, a large number of courtiers gathered here, and everyone was terrified, because at this time, the guards outside the noon gate were not the previous Han generals and guards, but the new army soldiers under Liu Yan.

"Didn't Liu Yan's new army go out of the city after being read yesterday, why is it still in the city?"

"Didn't you hear yesterday's cannonade, now there are new army soldiers and horses everywhere in the city, I heard that the school field and the Beijing camp camp have been occupied by the new army, and many people have died, this is about to change!"

"What? Then His Majesty still convened the court, is it to announce something? ”

"This court meeting was not convened by His Majesty, and the people who didn't see the notice of the court meeting were all soldiers of the new army, most of them were Liu Yan who wanted to announce something!"

At this time, every courtier had such a doubt in their hearts, Jiang Dejing stood in the crowd, also frowning, still thinking about the words that he received a thousand general notices from the new army last night: "Lu Guogong has an order: Tomorrow morning, you must be there!" ”

"Pavilion Elder?"

At this time, the head of the household department, Li Zhiwen, and several imperial historians came over, and everyone thought that Jiang Dejing would know what the inside story was, so they came over and asked: "What's going on, didn't Lu Guogong's soldiers and horses enter the city yesterday to be read, why are they stationed in the city and don't leave, is it Your Majesty's will?" ”

Jiang Dejing shook his head and said, "The princes don't know the inside story, where do I know it?" ”

"So what's going on!"

"That's right, this soldier, was Lu Guo transferred in privately, or did His Majesty have an edict?"

At this moment, the noon gate slowly opened, and a eunuch screamed, "Ministers."

Team, enter the palace to discuss it! ”

Jiang Dejing said: "Don't guess, when you get to the Qianqing Palace, everything will be clear!" ”

Immediately, everyone lined up, Jiang Dejing walked in the front, entered the noon gate with hundreds of civil and military officials, and walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

When everyone entered the Qianqing Palace, they lined up on both sides as before, and then quietly waited for Emperor Chongzhen to arrive.

But after waiting for a long time, they still didn't see Emperor Chongzhen coming, but everyone heard the sound of a large group of soldiers and horses moving outside the hall, and the sound of the iron armor was so harsh, which made the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty afraid.

"Something's wrong!"

Jiang Dejing and Li Zhiwen beside him glanced at each other, and both of them looked back like the ministers, only to see Liu Yan wearing armor, accompanied by Miao Shao and Xu Ming, striding into the Qianqing Palace.

Behind the three of them, more than 200 soldiers from the New Army's personal guard battalion held flintlocks and birds, some of them entered the main hall and lined up around them to stand guard, and most of the soldiers were outside the main hall, guarding the entrances and exits of the main hall and blocking the entire Qianqing Palace.

"What's this—that's what it's going to do!"

"What does Lu Guogong mean by this, why did he lead troops to the court?"

"How's that good?"

For a while, there was a buzz in the hall, and the ministers were all six gods and no masters, coupled with the corruption of the world at this time, everyone had a sense of déjà vu in their hearts.

However, Liu Yan ignored everyone's inquiries, but walked to the head of the ministers, smiled at Jiang Dejing, and then said loudly: "Everyone, be quiet, wait here for Your Majesty with your father!" ”

The voices of the crowd were much quieter, but there were still many people whispering.

At this time, Miao Shao and Xu Ming raised their heads

Standing on Liu Yan's left and right with his chest straight, the eyes of the two kept sweeping over the ministers, and the ministers who were being targeted felt furious in their hearts, and they couldn't help but bow their heads.

After a while, Jiang Dejing hesitated, but still said to Liu Yan: "Lu Guogong, what do you have to say about today's matter?" ”

"Don't worry, Lord Jiang, you'll know in a while."

"Uh, yes, yes."

At this moment, Wang Chengen sang outside the hall: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Everyone stood respectfully, and only Liu Yan, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming stood tall in front of the ministers.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen entered the main hall from the side hall with a gloomy face, and after sitting on the dragon chair, he said: "Today's court discussion, I have two things to talk to you Aiqing, let's talk about the first one. ”

Immediately, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Liu Yan, only to see that after Liu Yan saluted, he took out the edict he got yesterday and handed it to Miao Shao to read out.

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Today, Liu Yan, the Duke of Lu, is loyal to the country and has made outstanding contributions, and Liu Yan is specially appointed as the first assistant of the cabinet to lead the government, and he is here!"

This edict is very brief, but for the ministers, it is no less than an earthquake, Liu Yan was directly appointed as the first assistant of the cabinet, and Emperor Chongzhen also deliberately emphasized the words "leading the government". Liu Yan has already controlled the strongest forces of the Ming Dynasty, and now he is in charge of the government, which can be said to be in power, and he is already in power!

At this time, the ministers all looked at Liu Yan, but Liu Yan couldn't take his eyes off it, and there was no special expression on his face.

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Chongzhen threw out the second edict: "Order the first assistant of the cabinet, Liu Yan, the governor of Lu Guogong, Shandong, Beizhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and four."

Sichuan and Nanzhili military and political affairs, money and food affairs, and an overview of the conquest and suppression of Li Zicheng's war! ”

Although the Ming army north of the Yangtze River had basically been wiped out at this time, and only some stragglers remained, Emperor Chongzhen directly handed over the military and political power of the two capitals and five provinces to Liu Yan, and basically entrusted half of the Ming Dynasty to Liu Yan.

At this time, the ministers were all wondering: Didn't Your Majesty almost turn against Liu Yan, why did he rely so much on it today?

After the two edicts were announced, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Liu Yan, his eyes were very complicated, and then said: "Elder Liu Ge, today's court meeting will be handed over to Aiqing, I am too tired during this time, so I will not preside over here." ”

Then, Emperor Chongzhen said loudly to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty: "I will posthumously recognize all the decisions made by Liu Ge Lao today, and I hope that you Aiqing will help you." ”

After speaking, Emperor Chongzhen had a gloomy face and left the main hall of Qianqing Palace accompanied by Wang Chengen.

In the main hall, everyone's eyes were focused on Liu Yan, Jiang Dejing and other ministers with heavy thoughts had realized at this time, now there were Liu Yan's soldiers inside and outside the palace, it seemed that Emperor Chongzhen was forced to reach some kind of agreement with Liu Yan, and was even forced by Liu Yan!

Thinking of this, some imperial historians immediately stood up and began to challenge Liu Yan.

Hou Jingde, the imperial historian of the left capital, loudly reprimanded Liu Yannai for Cao Cao's living, and immediately handed over to the three law divisions for great disrespect.

Li Rixuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, also said angrily: "What Lu Guogong did today is an act of stealing the country, and all the princes should discuss it together!" ”

Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, looked at Hou Jingde and Li Rixuan, the two "second goods", when did they be, and they were still famous here, and they really didn't want to die.

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Immediately afterwards, Jiang Dejing and Li Zhiwen, the head of the household department, also stood up one after another, and accused Liu Yan one after another, thinking that Emperor Chongzhen was completely forced by Liu Yan's army, so he issued two edicts.

Seeing this, Chen Xinjia sighed, lowered his head and stopped talking.

Liu Yan stared at Li Rixuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Hou Jingde, the imperial historian of the left capital, for a long time, these two people Liu Yan still has an impression, and they are not good people in history, when Li Zicheng entered Beijing, both of them directly surrendered to the thieves, and then when the Qing army entered Beijing, the two of them turned into a change and took refuge in the Manchu Tartars.

At this time, the ministers looked at Liu Yan's appearance, and thought that Liu Yan would definitely be impassioned to show the "legitimacy" of his first assistant to the cabinet, but Liu Yan disappointed everyone.

I saw Liu Yan say to Miao Shao beside him: "Li Rixuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Hou Jingde, the imperial historian of Zuodu, were dismissed and imprisoned, and immediately sent troops to confiscate the mansion of the two of them, and if evidence of corruption is found, the two will be beheaded immediately to show the public!" ”

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this, and this began to kill?

Li Rixuan and Hou Jingde also couldn't believe it, according to the normal "process", they shouldn't argue first, and then beat the two of them with a cane, and then the ministers pleaded, and Liu Yan showed generosity to let the two go, so Li Rixuan and Hou Jingde won a good reputation.

But Liu Yan skipped these processes and directly started to go to prison and raid his home, what is this?

"Lu Guogong can't, we are all loyal to the country!"

Li Rixuan was immediately deflated, and Hou Jingde sat directly on the ground.

Liu Yan obviously didn't have the heart to entangle with these two people, and Miao Shao on the side shouted directly

A voice: "Take it down!" ”

The four soldiers of the New Army dragged Li Rixuan and Hou Jingde out with a drag, and no matter how the two begged for mercy, Liu Yan was not moved at all.

Then, Liu Yan looked at Li Beiwen, to be honest, Li Beiwen is still capable of doing some things, but he is too upright and pedantic, and he is no longer suitable for the court under the new policy.

So Liu Yan said: "Remove Li Zhiwen, the secretary of the household department, and send him back to his hometown." However, in view of the fact that Li Beiwen is also diligent, the governor took out his own silver and took out a hundred silver coins as Li Beiwen's return to his hometown, and he will go out of the city today! ”

Miao Shao next to him waved his hand again, and the two new army soldiers took off Li Beiwen's black gauze hat, and then left with the pale Li Beiwen.

And when Li Zhiwen walked to the door of the main hall, he remembered something, turned around and saluted Liu Yan, and left without looking back.

At this time, Liu Yan looked at Jiang Dejing and said: "Although Lord Jiang attacked the governor, he still had merit in maintaining the situation during this time, so he was fined for half a year and continued to serve the country in the cabinet." ”

Everyone saw Liu Yan give orders and put the two in prison, according to Li Rixuan and Hou Jingde's style, a large amount of greedy money and food will definitely be seized in the house, and the two will inevitably die.

At the same time, Liu Yan also punished one person and dismissed one person, and this trick was displayed, and the ministers of the DPRK and China were quiet.

Liu Yan saw that the ministers of the DPRK and China had been suppressed by himself, and immediately said: "Since all the ministers have no objection to the appointment of the Governor as the first assistant of the Cabinet, then the Governor will announce the first decree: reform the official positions of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China and transfer the personnel of the DPRK and the Central People!" ”

"What!"

The ministers were wrong again

Stunned, Jiang Dejing said in disbelief: "Is Elder Liu Ge too anxious, he has just sat down in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, and he is about to make a move against the DPRK?" ”

Liu Yan looked at Jiang Dejing with a desperate face, and then he reacted, thinking that Liu Yan was going to kill himself.

So Liu Yan laughed and said: "This governor is just preparing to implement the new Shandong policy nationwide, so it is necessary to reform the six ministries of the DPRK and the Central Committee and adjust some official positions, not to raise a knife to kill, you ministers should not treat this governor as a bloody butcher!" ”

The people will be skeptical.

"Is Liu Ge really serious?"

Liu Yan said loudly: "The promise made by this governor has never been discounted! ”

Jiang Dejing, Chen Xinjia and other ministers all looked at each other, and now they can only listen to orders, after all, there are new soldiers inside and outside the hall, can they still turn the sky if they don't obey orders?

Jiang Dejing immediately asked: "I don't know how Elder Liu Ge is going to reform his official position, and how to adjust the personnel of the DPRK and China?" ”

At this moment, Wang Chengen, the eunuch of Bingbi, entered the main hall from the side hall again, and saw that the faces of the ministers were not very smooth, and he did not see the three of them, including Li Rixuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Li Jingde, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Li Zhiwen, the secretary of the household department, and suddenly widened his eyes.

Liu Yan asked: "My father-in-law went and returned, but Your Majesty has a will?" ”

"Hehe, don't misunderstand Liu Ge, Your Majesty doesn't have any will, just ordered the old servant to come over to listen to the court discussion."

Liu Yan didn't care, it seems that Emperor Chongzhen said that he would not participate in this court meeting, and he was unwilling to sit in front of the ministers for Liu Yan, but in fact, he still wanted to know what Liu Yan was going to do.

"Since such as

So, then the father-in-law will take care of himself. ”

Then Liu Yan looked at Jiang Dejing and said, "The governor has decided to add six departments and adjust the candidates for each department. ”

The crowd was shocked.