Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 40
Shi Kefa and the others secretly sighed.

Because the position of the boss Qian Qianyi means that the Donglin Party has completely failed in the big event of "supporting the establishment", and it is imperative that the king of Fu Zhu Yousong supervise the country.

Gao Hongtu, Minister of the Household Department, gave Shi Kefa a wink.

Shi Kefa understood the meaning of this look, and the merit of support has been left behind, and now the only thing they can strive for is the merit of persuasion, and the only way to ease the relationship with King Fu is through persuasion.

Who made them have an old enmity between the Donglin Party and Fufan?
Liu Kongzhao took out another official letter that had already been drawn up.

Qian Qianyi first transcribed it, and then all the big bosses of the Donglin Party stamped their fingerprints.

On the second day, Wang Duo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing, held the official seal of all officials in his hand, and met with Zhu Yousong across the river, expressing the earnest hopes of the officials, gentry and people in Nanjing, hoping that he could come forward to supervise the country and turn the tide.

Zhu Yousong declined in every possible way at first, but finally he reluctantly agreed.

At noon on April [-], accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Yousong crossed the river and arrived at Yanziji.

At this time, Nanjing officials headed by Shi Kefa and Liudu Xungui headed by Wei Guogong Xu Hongji had already waited outside the Yifeng Gate, and then went through a wave of procedures.

After going through the process, Zhu Yousong was not in a hurry to enter the city.

Zhu Yousong has also grown a lot during these years of exile.

Zhu Yousong first took civil servants and nobles to pay homage to Emperor Taizu Gao in the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty, and then paid homage to Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao, and then entered Nanjing to officially take over the important task of Linguo.

One day later, that is, the first day of May, Zhu Yousong issued the first decree after the supervision of the country-the court recommended the cabinet members.

This is actually no problem in terms of procedure, because after Wanli, the cabinet responsibility system of the Ming Dynasty has evolved quite well. All major and small affairs of the country are first drafted by the cabinet to give opinions, and then sent to the ceremonial supervisor for approval. If you don't agree, you will send it back to the cabinet to make a new draft. If the emperor agrees, you will send it to the six ministries and various temples for implementation.

In this system, the cabinet is responsible for decision-making, and the six ministries and temples are responsible for implementation. The emperor only has the right to supervise, including the power to appoint and remove personnel with the most weight among all powers. The emperor also only has the right to supervise. If there are officials to fill the vacancies, the emperor can only be circled in the list drawn up by the cabinet.

The emperor can also regain part of the personnel power through the central decree.

Only once or twice, the civil servants can still tolerate it.

However, if the number of times increases, civil servant groups will attack in groups.

Moreover, the means of besieging the emperor were also extremely ruthless-the officials went on strike on a large scale, paralyzing the government!

Speaking of this, the grandfather and grandson of Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Wanli have a deep understanding. Both of them suffered from large-scale strikes by civil servants, but there is a world of difference between the two emperors in terms of coping ability.

Emperor Jiajing divided the civil servant group by wooing a group and suppressing a group.

However, Emperor Wanli came with a broken can and broken can. If you go on strike, I will go on strike too.

Then?Then, under the joint efforts of the civil servants and Emperor Wanli, Daming was tossed, so historians say that Daming did not die in Chongzhen, but actually died in his grandfather Wanli.

To say so much is actually to illustrate one point, the cabinet system is quite mature.

Not only is it efficient in handling affairs, but it is also highly accepted by the officials and the common people. There is also the endorsement of the emperor's ancestral precepts, and the emperor can't do anything about it.

However, after the fall of Beijing, the whereabouts of the emperor and the three imperial heirs were unknown, and the cabinet was overthrown. The entire bureaucracy of the Ming Dynasty had actually come to a standstill.

So if you want to do things, you must first restore the functioning of the bureaucracy.

To restore the functioning of the bureaucracy, there must first be a brain - that is, the cabinet.

However, the fact that there are no procedural problems does not mean that nothing will happen. In fact, there is a more urgent matter waiting for Zhu Yousong, the supervisor, to deal with.

Is that the appeasement or suppression of the four towns in Jiangbei?
Except for Huang Degong, the other three towns have already become frightened birds.

They all felt that the Ming Dynasty was coming to an end, so they were all desperately robbing houses and gathering funds.

At this time, Liu Liangzuo was burning, killing and looting in Fengyang Mansion, Liu Zeqing was burning, killing and looting in Huai'an Mansion, Gao Jie ransacked all the way to Yangzhou Mansion, and surrounded Yangzhou Mansion.

Where the hell is this official army?They are thieves at all!

Only Huang Degong's army maintained strict discipline and did not loot.

But neither Zhu Yousong, who had just become a supervisor, nor Shi Kefa, the big bosses of the Donglin Party, didn't worry about this matter. They just transferred Huang Degong's troops to Yizhen to act as a barrier for Nanjing.

As for the three prefectures of Fengyang, Huai'an, and Yangzhou, let Gao Jie and the others make trouble.

It's nothing more than wanting money, as long as Gao Jie and the others still recognize the Ming court.

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Officials in Nanjing think so, and so do officials far away in Beijing.

Because on the same day that Zhu Yousong took over as the supervisor of the country in Nanjing, the army of slaves also killed outside Beijing, and the Beijing officials who survived the catastrophe spontaneously flocked outside Chaoyang Gate to greet them.

It turned out that what came was not the expected Guan Ning army, but an army of slaves.

Seeing Jian Nu, the officials in Beijing were a little confused, but soon began to comfort themselves, it doesn't matter if he is Jian Nu or what kind of slave, as long as they still recognize Daming, it's fine to borrow the teacher's help to suppress him.

Until now, what Wu Sangui has played is still the banner of "borrowing teachers to assist in the suppression".

But in fact, from the moment the Battle of Piece of Stone broke out, Jiannu turned against the client and became the dominant force.

Dorgon didn't even let Wu Sangui enter Beijing, but ordered Duoduo to lead the Eight Banners Mongolia to engulf Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army, bypassing Beijing and continuing to hunt down the Dashun Army.

Dorgon himself led the Eight Banners Manchuria and Eight Banners Han troops into Beijing.

At this time, Beijing was really in a mess, and the Forbidden City was almost completely reduced to ashes. Before Li Zicheng left, he set a fire and almost burned the entire Forbidden City.

Only the Jianji Temple remained unaffected by the fire.

Sitting on the dragon chair in the Jianji Hall, Dorgon couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts.

He couldn't help thinking of the last instruction left by Huang Taiji when he was dying, if Beijing could be moved to Beijing, then Xu Tuyuan.

At that time, Dorgon only thought that even if the Qing Dynasty could capture Beijing one day, it would take at least a few decades, but he never expected that Beijing would be captured in just one year.

So now, is it really necessary to move the capital to Beijing?

This is a big project, Dorgon hesitated.

The other princes under the ranks, Baylor, did not have this vision.

Azige said to Dorgon and Duduo's compatriot: "If you want me to say, the officials of Ming Dynasty are really stupid. They really think that we are here to help them wipe out the thieves, and they don't even think about us Qing has fought against Ming for fifty or sixty years, how could it be possible to help them instead? Are our Qing soldiers stupid?"

Other Manchu nobles such as Luo Luohun also laughed.

Having fought such a big victory, occupied such a big city, and so many manors, land and population outside the city have all become spoils of war for the Qing soldiers, how could they not be happy?
The Manchu Qing nobles who were present counted one by one, their mouths reaching to the ears.

The only exception may be Dorgon. Hearing what Azige said, Dorgon's face sank. If it were someone else, he would have gone back, but Azige is his own brother.

Azig still didn't realize that something was wrong, and continued: "Old Fourteen, are you going to plunder wantonly next? Then return to Shengjing with people, livestock, food, gold and silver treasures? As for this Beijing city, leave it behind." It’s enough for a Prince Baylor to guard it, and if you don’t want it, just burn it down, wouldn’t it be nice.”

The lower Manchu nobles laughed again, obviously many people agreed with this approach.

Hong Chengchou, Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng and other Han officials were in a hurry, especially since Hong Chengchou had inevitably produced a fanaticism of first-class converts since he was surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

Because only by helping Jiannu Dingding to rule the world can he prove that his decision to surrender to the Qing Dynasty was correct.

Otherwise, Jianu would have been huddled in Liaodong all along, and would inevitably be wiped out by the Han dynasty in the end. Wouldn't it be a big joke for Hong Chengchou to descend to the Qing Dynasty?

At that moment, Hong Chengchou came out of the class and said: "Regent, Beijing must not be abandoned, let alone burned, and I think it is best not to engage in the previous set of burning, killing and looting. The national policy of the Qing Dynasty should be changed."

"What?" Azig immediately became angry.

"Can't burn, kill and loot? Then why do we fight?"

Hong Chengchou didn't dare to reply to Azige, and only said to Dorgon: "Regent, the Ming Dynasty is completely decayed, and there is no way for the bandits to make a comeback after they leave Beijing, so from now on, the city of Beijing and even the whole of Beijing are already in danger. Becoming the city territory of my Great Qing Dynasty, the people of Beizhi will also become the people of my Great Qing Dynasty, how can there be any reason to send troops to plunder your own subjects?"

"Fart." Azig snorted, "The Qing Dynasty is the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty. How did the people of the Ming Dynasty become the people of my Qing Dynasty? Aren't you talking nonsense?"

"Yes." A Baylor echoed, "Without the people of Daming, who shall we rob?"

In the minds of these Manchu Prince Baylor, robbing the Ming Dynasty has become a habit, and it is very difficult to overcome or even change this habit.

But Dorgon is a political visionary.

Unlike other Prince Baylor short-sighted.

And Dorgon has adept political skills.

Therefore, Dorgon did not force Prince Baylor like Azig, but lifted Huang Taiji out.

Dorgon looked around, and said with a serious face: "Taizong Bintian left a legacy before, if Beijing is convenient, move the capital to Beijing, and then Xu Tuyuan, so don't mention the burning, killing and looting."

"Regent Wang Mingjian." Hong Chengchou and other Han officials were overjoyed when they heard the words.

Azig and other Prince Baylor were extremely disappointed.

But there is nothing wrong with being disappointed, this is Taizong's legacy.

(End of this chapter)