Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 344 Keep An Eye On Them First

The rainstorm had just stopped, and the night was dark and windy. Zhu Youjian walked out with the oil-paper umbrella, and stepped on it without looking at the water beach under his feet.

Chen Yuanyuan frowned involuntarily, and Shi Kefa, who was kneeling on the ground, also raised his head.

Zhu Youjian didn't have any expression, he was standing in front of Shi Kefa now, and Shi Kefa was looking at him like this.

"Let's go back!"

As Zhu Youjian said, he handed over the umbrella in his hand, and Chen Yuanyuan also put another umbrella on Zhu Youjian's head behind him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Shi Kefa only felt that he had lost consciousness below his knees, and he tried to stand up but couldn't. Seeing this, Zhu Youjian grabbed his arm and helped him stand up.

"Weichen", Shi Kefa murmured, wanting to say something, but didn't know how to say it.

"Take it!"

Zhu Youjian threw the umbrella at Shi Kefa's face, then turned and went back to Qianqing Palace.

The pattering rain hit the vermilion palace wall, and Zhu Youjian suddenly felt a little indescribably lonely, but at this moment he still made up his mind, some things can only wait, before the world is unified, he can't do another one that can be done at will. Kill the decisive emperor.

In the early morning of the next day, when dawn broke out, Zhu Youjian ordered Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, to release Gu Lin without charge.

Gu Lin returned to Wuxi, Changzhou, and became very famous for a while. Thousands of members of the Duan Literature Club greeted him, and called him a hero in the world. freed.

Of course, Gu Lin didn't say a word about his cowardice in the prison, he only said how he was defiant of power, allowed Dongchang's minions to torture him, and still scolded traitors and so on.

For a time, almost most of the bureaucrats in Jiangnan who were dissatisfied with the government respected Gu Lin.

Guan Shaoning, Minister of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing, Huo Da, Governor of Susong, and others were also relieved, thinking that Gu Lin was really a courageous warrior, and did not say anything under the torture of Dongchang.

And Zhu Youjian did not ask Wang Chengen to arrest Guan Shaoning, Minister of Rites of Nanjing, Huo Da, governor of Susong, and others, making everyone think that Gu Lin is really a real gentleman who resists the oppression of Dongchang. He will not admit his cowardly side, and even take the initiative to fabricate stories about how he resisted torture and oppression.

As he talked, sometimes Gu Lin himself believed it, and the Duan Literature Society became stronger and more arrogant than before, openly interfering in local government affairs, and even blackmailing local officials to serve their political interests.

The officials who asked to see Zhu Youjian that day didn't say anything after they went back, and even when asked, they didn't say a word.

It was as if nothing had happened.

……

"Your Majesty actually held back, he didn't make trouble, and Fan Jingwen and others didn't ask His Majesty to kill Wang Chengen. This ending is really incredible!"

After Guan Shaoning cried and laughed, Chen Shiding sighed:
"Forget it, Your Majesty may really realize what it means to rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats. It seems that he really chose forbearance and compromise in order to fight against the Qing Dynasty;

Now we are only waiting for the Qing Dynasty to rule the world, and we can accept the land and worship. If the Qing Dynasty cannot rule the world and continue to divide the north and the south, presumably His Majesty will not do anything to us. After all, he will not force us to the north of the Qing Dynasty. go! "

"Whether this Jiangnan will still belong to the Ming Dynasty or belong to the Qing Dynasty in the future, we cannot give up the business interests of Jiangnan!"

Ouyang Da said something very righteously, and then looked at Tu Guobao:
"To be honest, if it wasn't for being a Ming minister, it would be hard to betray loyalty. Oumou hoped that the Qing Dynasty would rule the world. The regent's corporals are far superior to today's majesty. Hong Chengchou, Chen Mingxia, etc. are all reused. Even Fan Wencheng There was a quarrel with the regent, and the regent did not punish him, which shows his humility;

I heard that Emperor Shunzhi, the lord of the Qing Dynasty, was also young and intelligent. Compared with him, the heir apparent of the Ming Dynasty is far behind. It’s not that Ou Mou is abrupt. The one who can rule the world in the future may really be the Qing Dynasty. Even if the Ming Dynasty occupies the south of the Yangtze River, it may not Like the Southern Song Dynasty, it is only a hundred years of luck. "

Tu Guobao saw that these Ming officials and gentry had a good impression of his Qing Dynasty, and he was quite proud of it, thinking that the people's hearts belonged to his Qing Dynasty, so he laughed from the sidelines:

"As Ouyang Gong said, although the emperor of the Qing Dynasty is not my Han nationality, but my scholars have always recognized the virtuous as the emperor. Now that the Qing Dynasty has inherited the world at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, it is light on corvee and poor in taxation, abolishing Zhu Ming's bad government, and emphasizing agriculture. Suppressing business is not like Zhu Ming exploiting business taxes and seizing the benefits of the people, and Zhu Ming has occupied the world for more than two hundred years, and his strength is already exhausted. If you abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side earlier, you may be able to make a contribution to the founding of the country."

"Having said that, since you are a Ming minister, you can't abandon the king first in the matter of eating the king's salary and loyalty to the king. Fortunately, His Majesty is quite remorseful now, and he has made a compromise. Let's see, what the Qing Dynasty has done It is really a blessing to rule the world, but it is not our luck, and the current crown prince is quite benevolent, and it is unknown if the crown prince ascends the throne in the future and then revives me."

When Chen Shiding said this, Tu Guobao just smiled lightly. He also knew that it was impossible for these ministers to seek refuge in the Qing Dynasty before the situation became clear and conspire to rebel. He also despised these fools in his heart.

However, on that night, Tu Guobao asked someone to secretly send a letter to Dorgon, saying that all the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River had their hearts towards the Qing Dynasty, which undoubtedly wanted Dorgon's heart so that he could strengthen his desire to unify the world.

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"Did they really say that?" Zhu Youjian asked Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen nodded: "According to His Majesty's instructions, I didn't order Guan Shaoning and others to be arrested, but I already sent extra eyeliner, but I didn't expect these people to be so rebellious. As my minister of Ming Dynasty, I want to To be slaves who built slaves, Your Majesty will issue an order, and wait for my ministers to catch these double-minded traitors!"

"Don't be in a hurry and keep watching them. Now that the war is imminent, the country should be stable and not chaotic. I will not do it now, and even let Gu Lin go. Let the Duan Literature Club grow, just to let these guys have a little luck I don’t dare to turn my back on me completely, so that’s fine, I can rest assured to deal with Manqing well, as long as Manqing’s dream of ruling the world is broken, I will deal with them properly!”

Zhu Youjian clenched his fists as he spoke, and sneered:
"Next, I will give them some more sweetness, so that they can continue to be proud for a while! By the way, the traitor Tu Guobao of the Qing Dynasty should not touch him for now, let him continue to dance for a while, just to let him try the courtiers. Loyalty!"

After calming down for a while, Zhu Youjian did choose to forbear. What he was afraid of was not these reactionary gentry in Jiangnan, but most of the traditional gentry who remained neutral would be forced to stand with the reactionary gentry in Jiangnan.

To put it bluntly, I, the emperor, can't do whatever he wants, because the Manchus still have a certain fighting power, so there are still many gentry who oppose their political views still have delusions, wanting the Manchus to rule the world and give them more benefits.

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