Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Chapter 1165: The Dust Settles

? After Zhou Shixiang got married, he stayed in Nanjing and never returned to Zhenjiang.

The Grand Governor’s Mansion has been moved from Zhenjiang to Nandu, and the yamen is located in the former Liangjiang Governor’s yamen. With the implementation of the constitutional reform, Nandu once again became the center of power. Zhenjiang is the temporary location of the command organization of the fifth theater, responsible for the training and combat matters of the new second army and the new third army.

The cabinet is governed by six scholars. The first assistant is Guo Zhiqi, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, the second assistant is Zhang Huangyan, a scholar of Huagaidian University, and the second assistant is Hong Yuao, a scholar of Dongge University. Yuan Kuoyu and Wenhuadian University scholar Fu Gang. The grades are all of the same quality.

The reorganization of the Six Ministries is not a big one. Only the functions of the former military department are included in the Grand Governor’s Office, and the new academic department and the library department are newly established.

After the establishment of the Faculty, Fu Gang, a former senior scholar of the Yongli Imperial Court, was the Secretary of the Faculty, in charge of the education of the central to local schools, and presided over the biennial examinations.

Fugang was a Jinshi in the sixth year of Chongzhen and Jinshi in the seventh year, and Guo Zhiqi was a Jinshi in the seventh year of Apocalypse and the first year of Chongzhen, so Fugang was a little lower than Guo Zhiqi in terms of qualifications. However, in the Yongli court, Guo Zhiqi has been contacting and recruiting soldiers and horses to fight against the Qing, while Fu Gang has always accompanied Yongli and served as the second assistant. When Li Dingguo moved Yongli from Anlong to Kunming, he had intended to make Fugang the first assistant. Later, because the Qing army entered Yunnan on a large scale, this matter was abandoned.

Fugang’s appointment as a member of the faculty and as a cabinet director is a commendation for Zhou Shi’s insistence on resisting the Qing Dynasty relative to Fugang, and it is also a reward for the former Yongli Dynasty officials headed by Fugang.

Since Fugang and below, a large number of former Yongli officials who returned from Annan successively served in the Six Ministries, the Palace Office, and local governments. Compared with the original officials in the southern capital, these officials were undoubtedly the natural supporters of Zhou Shixiang. Because if it weren’t for Zhou Shixiang, they would probably have died in the vast mountains of Yungui, or be captured by the Qing army. Compared with the Jiangnan gentry who had a fairly stable life, these officials of the Yongli Dynasty had experienced life and death, hope and despair. They have a deep understanding of the evolution of the current situation, and they have more unforgettable memories of the suffering of the country than others.

Some people worry that Zhou Shixiang’s use of a large number of former Yongli court officials will make the power of “holding Gui” in the court grow again, and it will become a hidden danger in the future. Zhou Shixiang disagreed with this, because he knew very well that the reason why these officials would end up in Annan was because they were desperate for Zhu Youlang, the emperor. If not, they would not resign from office and abandon their seals and leave Zhu Youlang.

Therefore, no one knows the danger of the emperor’s incompetence and cowardice to the country better than this batch of courtiers. From the day when Zhu Youlang rushed from Kunming’s Lampang, Fu Gang and others have been regarded as a complete “abandoning Gui” faction. Let them devote themselves to the “Support Gui” movement, I am afraid that no one will be willing.

Furthermore, after Fu Gang and others returned to the country, they would immediately prove that it was true that Yongli canonized Zhou Shixiang as the king of Qi, and this matter has also shown their attitude. At least, no matter what the purpose is, these officials of the Yongli Dynasty sincerely hope that Zhou Shixiang will be able to steer the tattered ship of the Ming Dynasty.

Although these officials of the Yongli Dynasty have more or less various problems, they do not meet the image of “new officials” in Zhou Shixiang’s mind, and their political ability still needs to be improved, but their qualifications and attitudes are now Zhou Shixiang has to reliant.

Most of the officials now trained in Guangdong are too young, and they are promoted to directors of the “Central”, which is a little helpless.

Zhou Shixiang will not be too hasty, he has patience and time, waiting for the young people to mature step by step, step by step to replace the old officials and become the backbone of the new Ming Dynasty.

He himself is very young, only 34 years old this year.

The treasury department was dismantled from the original household part and was in charge of financial affairs. The former Taiping Army Public Treasury and local silver treasuries are all under the Director of the Treasury Department, and are responsible for the issuance of food stamps. After the announcement of the candidate for the Minister of the Treasury, it attracted a lot of criticism, because it was Yang Zai, the son-in-law of Ma Jixiang, the chief assistant of the former Yongli court cabinet, who served as the Minister of the Treasury.

Yang Zai and Ma Jixiang, as well as the crown prince, were the only three Ming officials who survived the “curse of the cursed water”. Ma Jixiang was killed by the rebel army in Sichuan, and Wang Weigong came to the southern capital with Queen Wang and others after Gui Yangyang’s recovery, without actually sending him.

After Yongli was placed in Guiyang by Wu Sangui, Yang Zaizeng was ordered by Wu Sangui to go to Huguang to persuade the Zhongzheng Camp to accept Yongli. However, Wu Sangui never thought that Yang Zai would never look back.

Yang Zai entered Hunan from Hubei and declared his identity to Zhao Sihai, then governor of Hunan, by the Taiping Army, and was then sent to Nandu by Zhao Sihai.

After meeting Yang Zai, Zhou Shixiang felt that this person was quite capable of financial management, so he let him work in the bank, and his performance was quite outstanding. The bank branches at all levels are called talents.

After the establishment of the Treasury Department this time, the first Minister of the Treasury Department that Zhou Shixiang thought of was Yang Zai. Although Yang Zai and his father-in-law Ma Jixiang did a lot of things that were detrimental to the country, they were appointed talents, and these things were not Yang Zai’s original intention, so Zhou Shixiang’s appointment of Yang Zai was an exception.

The Minister of Industry was Zhang Changgeng, the former Governor of Huguang, the Minister of Household was also led by Yuan Kuoyu, Ding Zhixiang continued to administer the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Rites was still presided over by Hong Yuao.

The Court of Audit and the Court of Inquisition under the Privy Council, as well as the chief officials of the three yamen of Dali Temple, are all called court envoys, and their rank is the three-rank rank.

The director of the Palace Council is called the dean, and the grade is the second grade. The six institutions under the jurisdiction of Taichang Temple, Taipu Temple, Guanglu Temple, Hanlin Academy, Honglu Temple, and Shangbaosi are all four-level institutions. Among them, Shangbaosi is chaired by the former **** Pan Yinglong. All the yamen institutions in the former palace were abolished, and all functions were coordinated by the Palace Council. The original water supply, laundry, cleaning, etc., were undertaken by Shuntianfu.

The regent of the Privy Council was led by Zhou Shi on a blind date, with three princes Li Dingguo, Prince of Jin, Li Laiheng, Prince Shun, and Zheng Xi, Prince of Fujian, as assistants.

There are 3 central ministers below the auxiliary government, and the civil ministers are Guo Zhiqi, Duke of Chaoguo, Song Xianggong, Duke of Qionghai, and Zhang Huangyan, Houshan of Zhoushan. The rest are generals of the army. Such as Nanhai Hou Ge Yi, Deqing Hou Tieyi, Xinfeng Hou Shao Jiugong, Xinhui Hou Zhao Sihai, Xiangshan Hou Jiang He, Xin’an Hou Suna; Gui An Bo Qi Hao, Ding An Bo Shao Chengguo, Ding Shuo Bo Li Fengming, Jing An Bo Wang Fuchen , Pinglupu Wang Youxi, Dingnanbo Zhu Qinglai, etc.

Feng Shuangli, King of Qingyang, and Bai Wenxuan, King of Gongchang, are also pivotal ministers, and another lord who was canonized in Longwu and Yongli periods is also pivotal minister. Among them, 4 were from Zhongzhen Camp, 3 were from Daxi Army, and 3 were from Zheng Jun. .

The constitution ordered 20 Privy Councillors, but now there are only one-third, and nearly 0 seats are vacant.

After the constitution was reformed, all other dukes and earls were no longer recognized except for the lords who were directly conferred and recognized by the Dingwu court. This policy deprived more than 30 lords of their titles in one go, which is not audacious. However, after the decree, none of those who had been cut from the title dared to make trouble, because the military reform of the Taiping Army had basically been completed.

Moreover, they themselves did not have many soldiers and horses, such as some dukes and marquis who were reorganized in Guangdong, and their soldiers and horses were not as many as those of a thousand households in the Taiping Army. Now that the general situation is clear, the Taiping army is strong and strong, and Zhou Shixiang is a man who is never ambiguous in killing people, so even if these ‘stragglers” were given ten courage, they would not dare to cause trouble.

The restructuring of the courtroom was basically implemented according to Zhou Shixiang’s intention, and neither Guo Zhiqi nor Emperor Dingwu hindered the restructuring. As soon as they knew, they were powerless to stop this matter. Second, Zhou Shixiang had already told them that after the restructuring, he would lead the Northern Expedition.

Guo Zhiqi is not Qin Hui, and Emperor Dingwu is not Song Gaozong. Although they have some small hands and feet in private, on the major event of the Northern Expedition, the emperor and the chief assistant have the same mind, that is, no matter how domineering Zhou Shixiang is, no matter how he has no ministers. Heart, they can’t destroy the Northern Expedition because of this, and fall into infamy for the ages.

The chancellor of the university scholar Ding, who led the team to Nanchang, and the deputy envoy Wan Niance jointly played Emperor Dingwu and asked Zhu Cihuan, the king of Yong, to be the crown prince.

This joint memorial was like a gust of wind, and soon the cabinet received memorials from various civil and military officials asking for Prince Yong to be crowned prince.

Anyone with a little bit of heart can immediately see that these memorials, who were almost invariably sent to the southern capital, must have been instructed in advance, otherwise King Yong had just appeared, why would they be so urgent to ask King Yong to be the crown prince?

The person behind it is obviously Zhou Shixiang~www.readwn.com~ Now in the Dingwu court, Zhou Shixiang, His Royal Highness the King of Qi, does not speak, who would dare to write a letter to ask for the crown prince.

Guo Zhiqi personally brought these memorials into the palace to meet Emperor Dingwu. After the monarch and minister discussed it, they agreed to appoint Prince Yong as the crown prince.

When Emperor Dingwu was in Wencun in his early years, he asked Zhou Shixiang to search for King Yong, and he made it clear that he would hand over the throne to King Yong in the future. In this regard, he did not break his promise, even though his nephew, Yongxing Wang Zhu Linwei, was by his side, and he was extremely filial to his uncle.

Guo Zhiqi did not object to the establishment of Prince Yong as the crown prince. In his opinion, Prince Yong was the direct blood of Emperor Chongzhen. In terms of the orthodoxy of the throne, Prince Yong was obviously more popular in the world. If after Jiashen, either of King Yong and his two older brothers could go to Nandu first, there would not have been more than ten years of support for Gui, Tang, and Lu, so that the country’s little power was consumed in the future. In the midst of a cessation of infighting. Making King Yong the crown prince may also make it difficult for Zhou Shixiang to usurp the throne.

On May 23, Nandu held a ceremony to enshrine Yong Wang Zhu Cipao as the crown prince, after which Zhu Cihuan entered the East Palace.

As the dust settled on the candidates for the East Palace, Zhu Linwei, the King of Yongxing, moved out of the palace sadly and lived in the palace that Emperor Dingwu specially chose for him.

Although there are not many feelings, it can even be said that it is very strange, but as a cousin, after knowing that his younger brother has moved out of the palace, the little mute went to visit Zhu Linwei with Zhou Shixiang on his back.

After coming back, the little mute was a little gloomy.

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