Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 554 The Confident Chen Mingxia
Because the Guards had just regained Beijing, the Lord of Yasukuni Huang Degong also had to be more careful. He was afraid that the Qing army would appear from somewhere again, so Huang Degong personally brought an infantry battalion and an artillery battalion to Yongdingmen to strengthen his guard.

At this time, the place where Chen Mingxia and other civil servants who descended to the Qing Dynasty knelt was also at Yongding Gate.

Chen Mingxia and other civilian officials from the Qing Dynasty were also a little flustered when they saw Huang Degong appearing with soldiers and horses. They thought that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian would still send people to detain them, so they all turned around and kowtowed to Huang Degong:

"General, spare your life. We know that your emperor's life is on your side, but we are all well-educated people, and it is helpless to follow the enemy. Now that the Shenzhou has recovered, I ask the general to forgive me for the sake of saints."

Huang Degong didn't bother to talk to these civil servants, his mission was to take over Beijing's defense, not to detain these traitors, so he just snorted and didn't say anything, just went out of Yongding Gate, and ordered his most brave generals to guard Yongding Gate outside:

"Your Majesty's decree, from now on, the city of Beijing is only allowed to enter and not to exit, and those who violate the decree will be executed!"

After Huang Degong finished speaking, he saw a man with braids and a brocade robe running outside fifty steps ahead. Huang Degong immediately threw a knife at him and nailed the man to a tree.

Seeing this, Chen Mingxia and other civil officials from the Qing Dynasty lost the courage to leave the city.

The officers and soldiers of the First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards also stood guard with live ammunition and set up fences outside the seven gates of the outer city and the nine gates of the inner city in accordance with Huang Degong's order.

However, seeing that Huang Degong and other guards officers and soldiers did not come to detain him, Chen Mingxia and other civilian officials who were sent down to the Qing Dynasty were still relieved, especially Chen Mingxia. Will still use them.

It is not without reason that Chen Mingxia thinks this way. First of all, he feels that he is also a well-known talent. It is impossible for His Majesty not to use him.

Secondly, Chen Mingxia felt that His Majesty would definitely attack the ministers who made contributions in the Northern Expedition next, because this was what every founding or rejuvenating emperor must do.

Once Beijing is restored, the Northern Expedition will come to an end, and the heroes will become powerful ministers with great achievements. An emperor who knows how to check and balance must use his own officials. After all, such people do not have any accomplices in Daming.

Chen Mingxia also informed the other civil servants who surrendered her thoughts:
"You don't need to worry. Chen can assure you that I was a civil servant of the Qing Dynasty in the Qing court, and I am still a civil servant of the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty. I don't have to kneel here if I choose. It's better to go to the Ministry of Officials to inquire. Your Majesty may What's the plan for us?"

The 200 years of supporting scholars in the Ming Dynasty made many civil servants instinctively think that although the Ming Dynasty had Jinyiwei and Dongchang, they were tolerant or even conniving to these civil officials. Some of them thought that they would be safe and sound, and even naturally turned themselves into officials of Ming Dynasty.

"Everyone, Mr. Liu has already inquired clearly. Now His Majesty the Emperor has asked Governor Li Banghua to be the chief assistant in the cabinet, and Li Mingrui to be the second assistant in the cabinet. Those who are in charge of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry and the Imperial College of the Taipu Temple."

At this time, Liu Zhengding, the former civil servant of the Qing Dynasty, got out of nowhere and found Chen Mingxia and others.

When Chen Mingxia heard this, he felt a little unhappy, and instinctively substituted himself into the six subjects of the former small official and powerful, and said angrily:

"Absurd! Li Banghua, Li Mingrui and other governors are vulgar people, no different from warriors. How can they be in charge of the cabinet? This is where we are left!"

In the civil official group of the Ming Dynasty, there has always been a saying that Qingliu civil officials look down on foreign ministers, especially those who lead troops to fight. For example, Lu Xiangsheng was despised by Yang Sichang back then, and Yang Yiqing was also at odds with Yang Tinghe.

In the eyes of these Qingliu civil officials, those civil servants who served as governors, governors and military officers outside the country and called them brothers and sisters to fight against the enemy are actually already insulting the gentlemen and even threatening the government with the warriors. cause trouble.

The same is true for Chen Mingxia now, he even wants to use the conflict between Qingliu and foreign ministers to engage in party disputes and benefit his own political interests. I instinctively regarded him as an official of Ming Dynasty, and completely forgot that Emperor Zhu Youjian of Ming Dynasty had not yet admitted that he was still an official of Ming Dynasty.

"Now they are the heroes who follow His Majesty to recover the northern capital. It is reasonable to hold the power. Even if His Majesty doesn't want to use them, he has to use them. After all, they are not cold to the hearts of the ministers. Now that we have sent them under the fence, we should go and beg for them." It’s better to be an official, after all, everyone is still a civil servant, so it’s better than seeking a job from a martial artist.”

Sun Zhixie was a little more realistic, and felt that it would be better to seek an official position first.

"He, Li Banghua, Li Mingrui, etc. are considered heroes, but they are the ears of treacherous ministers. I ask you to beg. I, Chen Mingxia, would rather be a trafficker than beg for mercy in front of Li Banghua and other treacherous ministers!"

Chen Mingxia is acting very upright now, he is doing this naturally to show the Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty, in his opinion, the more he behaves like this, the more he does not join forces with Li Banghua and other new heroes, the more he can let His Majesty see his strength If you are hard and lonely, you will value yourself more and more.

Therefore, Chen Mingxia was waiting for Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian to personally invite him out of the mountain and give him an official job.

Chen Mingxia did this not because he was stupid, but because he was really smart. After all, he had read so many books and knew that many people in history did this to survive in the officialdom for a thousand years, such as Feng Tang.

So when Sun Zhixie and other officials went to the office of the Ministry of Officials, he smiled disdainfully: "This bunch of stupid people, ask Li Banghua and others what future they have. Let's see, as long as I call Li Banghua and others treacherous ministers, it will spread to Your Majesty." In your ears, I can become His Majesty's new favorite civil servant."

Chen Mingxia was very proud of his intelligence, he began to wander around the capital calmly, he believed that after the Ming Dynasty ruled the world, His Majesty Zhu Youjian must still respect literature and suppress martial arts, because it is fundamental to prevent chaos in the world, so When he saw the officers and soldiers of the Guards walking past him again, he no longer had any fear, but looked down on the Guards a little. He knelt down.

Because he is currently wearing Ming Dynasty's civil official uniform, according to the usual practice, this kind of low-level military officer patrolling the streets should kneel down for him.

But the military officer of the Imperial Guard looked at Chen Mingxia as if he was looking at an idiot, and walked directly beside Chen Mingxia: "I really don't know what a seventh-rank officer looks like. This should not belong to our corps."

(End of this chapter)