The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 832
Liu Guozheng's expression was very serious, and he said: "Your Majesty insists on going to have a look at the civil and military discussions of the Ming Dynasty. The officials can make arrangements, but for the sake of safety, you must abide by the arrangements made by the officials before you can go."

Seeing that Liu Guozheng agreed to his request, Chongzhen was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "I promise to obey the general's arrangement, general, please speak."

"Is it possible for His Majesty to just listen and not debate?"

"No problem. I know that once I open my mouth, it may be difficult to hide from the ministers I know well. The general will continue."

"Your Majesty's current disguise is not enough, you have to send under his command masters to do makeup for His Majesty in order to hide it from others."

"This is more feasible. The general can arrange for someone to come right away."

"There are different opinions. It is normal for those civil and military people to speak rudely, and there will be some outrageous words. Your Majesty should read and listen with a normal heart. You can't be too sensitive, let alone filled with righteous indignation."

Chongzhen was silent for a moment, and said: "As expected, I have already walked through the gate of hell, too many things have been seen, and I can do it without being surprised. The general can rest assured."

Liu Guozheng looked at Chongzhen with a smile on his face and joked: "Not necessarily! Can Your Majesty be indifferent when seeing His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Since rescuing Chongzhen, Liu Guozheng gave him a minimum of respect, but he did not treat him with the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers. Besides, when he was with the Southern King, his confidantes and generals like Liu Guozheng spoke more casually, and they never knew what it meant to be a king. Wei Nuo Nuo trembled.

Therefore, Liu Guozheng and Chongzhen have always gotten along and talked on an equal footing. Chongzhen, who survived the catastrophe, has also changed a lot. He no longer communicates with Liu Guozheng, Li Xihan, and Wang Chengen in a superior tone.

Talking about the crown prince, Chongzhen couldn't help laughing, and said, "Haha, I'm already overjoyed to see Lang'er again, it doesn't matter if we don't recognize each other for a while."

This is indeed what Chongzhen said from the bottom of his heart. What he worries most is the prince's comfort. It is better than anything else to see him alive and well.

With such cooperation from Chongzhen, Liu Guozheng will of course try his best to arrange it. It would be beneficial for the emperor of Ming Dynasty to put himself in the shoes of the emperor and see the people's support. Instead, the minister opened his bow and did not look back.

The days that followed were quite strange. Chongzhen had a clean-shaven chin and was wearing the military uniform of "Nanming" Cong Siping, and Wang Chengen, who was wearing a scholar's robe and had a few strands of long beard pasted on his chin, wandered around restaurants and teahouses.

They also often go to Wanghailou Hotel to attend civil and military gatherings. Of course, Liu Guozheng and Li Xihan are always around, and there are dozens of special forces around them.

During these days, Huangjiawan Island became the political center of the Ming Dynasty, and the talks in the streets were all persuasive, and occasionally a minister talked about the late Emperor Chongzhen, but he shook his head and sighed before giving up.

Within a few days, Chongzhen met Prince Zhu Cihong who was sitting at the main seat in the banquet hall of Wanghailou Hotel.

Although it was only more than half a month apart, Chongzhen already felt as if he had passed away. Looking at his eldest son, his eyes were blurred with tears...

Liu Guozheng was mentally prepared. He, Li Xihan, and Wang Chengen pretended to stand up and talk without showing any traces, covering Chongzhen with their bodies.

They knew that Chongzhen couldn't help it, and they should be able to deal with it calmly after letting him vent.

Civil officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty did not notice Chongzhen, and even if someone did, they would not recognize this clean-shaven young man as the deceased Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, no one shaved their beards at all. They paid attention to "body hair and skin, received by parents, and dare not damage them, which is the beginning of filial piety."

Huang Sheng couldn't figure out why shaving would have something to do with filial piety. He ignored those absurd remarks, and shaves as usual. Now many civil servants and generals in "Nanming" follow the example of King Nan and don't grow beards. Soldiers rarely grow beards.

During this period of time, Chongzhen lived a regular life and was in good spirits. For the first time in his life, he could barely recognize the handsome guy in the mirror when he looked in the mirror after shaving cleanly. He felt that the handsome guy in the mirror was not himself.

Even Chongzhen himself felt that he was a different person from before, and those ministers who used to only see the emperor from a distance certainly couldn't see it.

Wang Chengen is indeed familiar to many civil and military men of the Ming Dynasty, but who would have thought that a scholar with a long beard is actually the dead eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of rites. Wang Chengen knew that he could not speak in front of outsiders if he was beaten to death, otherwise his unique sharp The throat attracts too much attention at once.

The former civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty gathered in Wanghailou were not low in rank. They talked about the Ming Dynasty without any scruples, and the "Southern Ming" merged into one, and they all looked forward to this superpower that was about to be born.

Of course, a great and powerful country from ancient times to the present needs a strong emperor. Everyone agrees that the king of the south must be invited to the throne to rule the country and the world. Everyone expresses their views to kneel down and ask him to carry on the destiny with the queen of the south. They will not give up until they achieve their goals.

Originally, I thought that Chongzhen would be furious when he saw those civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty who were talking about it, but who knew that Chongzhen, who was indifferent to life and death, watched silently with the mood of a bystander, but the eyes of those ministers gradually turned cold.

Back at the residence, Wang Chengen saw that His Majesty had not spoken a word for a long time and comforted him: "Your Majesty, it is human nature for people to go to high places and water to flow to low places. Those civil and military people thought that you were already here before choosing a wise king for Daming." , Looking at who in the world can have this role, only Nanwang is the only one."

Wang Chengen and the emperor experienced life and death together, and the two became much closer, and Wang Chengen was basically outspoken when he spoke.

Chongzhen didn't feel harsh after hearing Wang Chengen's words, he said:

"Wang Banban, I don't think it's wrong for them to choose the Southern King as the emperor. On the contrary, if I choose, I will take the safety of the world and the people's livelihood as my own responsibility. The Southern King sits on the world and is good. It's just that I feel that the officials are ruthless. It's just bleak."

Wang Chengen didn't expect the emperor to say this, he actually didn't know what his position was, he just thought: Your Majesty is so downcast that he can live until today because of the protection of the Southern King, what can he use to compete with the powerful Southern King?
He had long wanted to persuade the stubborn Chongzhen to take a step back, but now he heard from his voice that it seemed that the emperor did not reject Nanwang sitting in the world, but felt inexplicably relieved.

He continued to relax Chongzhen's heart, and said: "Your Majesty, it's nothing. The world is only for profit, as long as they don't choose to surrender."

Chongzhen shook his head with a sigh and said: "It's time to be poor. It's a pity that I didn't distinguish between loyal and traitors before. I didn't expect many ministers to surrender to trespassers. It's sad and lamentable!"

(End of this chapter)