Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 152 Loyal and powerful ministers (two in one)

At eight o'clock in the morning, Liu Dapao was quite tired because he worked a little too late last night. When he touched the bed, Xiao Aqiao and Chen Shi were not there, and he was guarding the empty room by himself.

"All the officials have arrived, and we are waiting for you to start the court meeting. Today, General Zheng Bei sent an envoy to the court, and His Majesty specifically ordered you to go to the court today no matter what."

"Damn Geng Jingzhong, that bastard, if you have something to do, you can't tell me first, what the hell is going on directly, it must be nothing good."

He now knows why the ancient emperors were not willing to go to court, and he would not be willing to change him.

Even if you have to delay the meeting every day for something big, isn't this purely a disease? I've never heard of the chairman bringing all the directors to the morning meeting every day.

Originally, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty seldom held court meetings. If something happened, the cabinet ministers didn’t just put it on display, they just arranged the work for small things, and discussed the big things to make a plan, and reported it to the emperor. It’s okay to be allowed or not. If the status is so high that you have to do everything yourself, then you are sick.

Of course, like Wanli who has not been in court for decades, few civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty know this kind of thing.

However, how can we say that the cultural output of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was more successful, because the emperors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have always preached that the Ming Dynasty perished because the officials were not well governed, and the reason why the officials were incomprehensible was because the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were lazy. They don't like going to court.

Generally speaking, the more improper a person is, the more he likes to show off, and the more he likes to be unnecessary, this is true for both individuals and dynasties.

As a result, Jiu Nan believed in the evil of the Manchu Qing, thinking that what the Manchu Qing said was right, that it was necessary to go to court, and insisted on insisting on a small court for three days and a big court for five days, and at the same time, officials above the magistrate must cooperate As in the Qing Dynasty, a memorial was sent to the court every five days to report the local situation.

I don't know if these nine difficulties are also guilty of being out of place.

And Liu Dapao, in order to show his respect for Jiu Nan, and to show that he is a loyal minister, he still has to accompany her. Every court meeting just takes an hour or two for various etiquette procedures, and a little time is wasted on talking. The calf is on.

As for this, Liu Dapao forcibly requested that the morning court time be changed to after 08:30 in the morning, and he had to follow the etiquette system. If it was the same as the Qing court, everyone would have to get up at four o'clock and go to court at five o'clock. Being diligent is actually nonsense. For ministers who wake up so early, the first thing everyone does after leaving court is to catch up on sleep. Once they close their eyes and open them, they can have lunch.

As a matter of fact, Liu Dapao can still bear the matter of going to court. At any rate, Jiu Nan is not so frantic that he wants to go to court every day. The key is that the mountain of memorials piled up every day also makes Liu Dapao very troubled by reviewing .

After all, he is the prime minister. Normally speaking, he would pre-process all the excerpts before submitting them to Jiu Nan for final approval.

But for this job, Liu Dapao really felt that it was useless other than wasting time.

In fact, even the excerpts of the Qing court are mostly boring, filled with such things as: "Your Majesty, how is your health? I miss you so much, it's raining today; Your Majesty , I miss you so much, it’s raining again today, but don’t worry, I’ve already organized people to prevent flooding; Your Majesty, it’s not raining today, the weather is fine, there’s no need to prevent flooding, I miss you again , feel big.

It is hard to imagine how Yongzheng reviewed such memorials to the point where he had no time to rest.

The excerpts of the Qing court are so boring. It is conceivable that Liu Dapao's excerpts and the Ming court's excerpts are really beyond the simple words of boring.

On the surface, the territory of his Great Ming already includes the eight provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Zhejiang. Counting Wanwan and Qiongzhou, he even has ten provinces. Quite a lot, after all, the former Ming Dynasty only had two capitals and thirteen provinces.

But not to mention that most of these ten provinces have just been conquered, it can only be said that the Ming army has barely occupied the strategic node, and no real administrative management has been achieved at all. How many can really be controlled by his court?
If there is any major event, the local officials must report it to Wu Sangui first, so it is conceivable that the so-called zhezi sent to Chaozhou is of high quality.

Almost the vast majority are: Long live the emperor, how are you?I wish you blessings in the distant XX, such as East China Sea Shoubi Nanshan, I hope my Ming Dynasty can last forever, blah blah blah blah.

When Liu Dapao faced this kind of memorial, he would not hesitate to criticize a rolling word.

Then Nine Difficulties will cross out Liu Dapao's scrolling words, and happily reply a bunch of them: I am very good, and Daming is also very good, I love you and are loyal to the country, my heart is very comforting, blah blah blah, blah blah.

She is not bothered either.

I kind of understand why Cao Cao is not willing to live in the same city with Liu Xie in his later years.

After washing up very depressed, I took a casual bite of Xiaolongbao for breakfast to deal with it, and then went downstairs to go to court.

Yes, downstairs, the Chaozhou small imperial court has tight land, and there is no place to build a prime minister's mansion for him, so Liu Dapao's prime minister's mansion and Jiunan's palace are built together, with court on the first floor, office on the second floor, and office on the third floor. Liu Dapao lives on the fourth floor, but the fourth floor and nine are difficult to live in. Anyway, Liu Dapao has only two daughters-in-law and no family members, and Jiunan has not opened a harem for the time being, so the living does not feel crowded.

After arriving at the court meeting, the so-called civil and military officials, of course, there were not many people waiting for him, and when they saw him coming, they all showed flattering smiles.

Liu Dapao, on the other hand, took the lead and knelt and bowed to the nine difficulties with a rather irritable expression: "My minister, Liu Dapao, greet Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

But I was muttering in my heart: Damn, damn, fuck you.

You know, it has been more than four months for him to live like this.

It was okay at first, but I thought it was just pretending to be a loyal minister, how difficult it could be, and I am not such an ambitious bastard.

But after four months, Liu Dapao became more and more indifferent and impatient with these useless tricks.

And as Liu Dapao bowed down, other civil and military officials naturally bowed down together, shouting long live together, Jiu Nan seemed very satisfied with this.

"Everyone who loves you is free from courtesy."

Liu Dapao always thought that the reason why Jiunan insisted on the court meeting was because of this ritual-free body, and he thought it was cool to say.

"Prime Minister, do you have something important to play today?"

Of course Liu Dapao had a lot of work to do, but Jiu Nan definitely couldn't help with everything, and he was still a little sleepy, so he simply waved his hand casually to indicate that he was fine.

"Report to Your Majesty, minister, I have something to report." Liu Dapao glanced back, it was Liu Yinglin.

Liu Yinglin was the original Tingzhou General Soldier, and he could be regarded as Geng Jingzhong, but he was not a direct descendant. Didn't Tingzhou be ceded to Zheng Jing and Liu Guoxuan? He brought his direct descendant to Chaozhou, He was given a position as a cabinet scholar and executive director of the West Pacific Company, and he was stationed in Haifeng. Similar to Liu Xuanchu, he was regarded as the liaison between Liu Dapao and Geng Jingzhong.

However, at this moment, Liu Dapao didn't know what Liu Yinglin was going to say at the court meeting.

Looking at the Nine Difficulties, I don't know if she knows it or not.

Hey~ Geng Jingzhong still can't control himself.

The structure of this Ming Dynasty is indeed a bit too complicated.

"What is Ma Aiqing going to play?"

"Responding to Your Majesty, General Zheng Bei Da sent someone to present the prisoners, and I would like to invite His Majesty to order you."

"Prisoners? Did General Geng take Shaoxing?"

"This...not really."

"Since there is no one, then where did this prisoner come from?"

"It is... Fan Chengmo, the former admiral of Fujian Province in the Qing court, dedicated this person to the court, please Your Majesty."

Jiu Nan heard the words, and sat back down again in disappointment.

Fan Chengmo, he was Geng Jingzhong’s captive as early as the beginning of the army. This guy is the son of Fan Wencheng, the biggest traitor in the Qing Dynasty. He refused to surrender in the hands of Geng Jingzhong, and he went on a hunger strike for more than a month. , Liu Dapao also knows all these things.

I was just curious, why Fan Chengmo survived the hunger strike for a month even if I was so hungry even if I didn't eat for a day.It is similar to Shang Kexi hanging himself in the original history, and he really deserves to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty.

Just see Jiu: "I don't know what the purpose of General Zhengbei sent Fan Chengmo here?"

"General Zhengbei believes that this person is stubborn and refuses to surrender. He is a generation who has forgotten his ancestors. Great, General Zhengbei is quite unstoppable, so I specially ask the imperial court to support it with Mingshen Cannon, Thunder God Cannon, Fuming Spear, and Navy."

Jiu Nan nodded, then asked Liu Dapao, "What do you think, Prime Minister?"

Liu Dapao looked at Jiu Nan, then at Liu Yinglin.

These two people can't make an appointment, can they?

But he narrowed his eyes slightly and lit a cigar in his mouth, and just smoked it grandly above the main hall, without saying a word, just looking at Jiu Nan.

The two looked at each other for about a minute, and everyone felt the awkwardness and weirdness of the atmosphere.

Then Liu Dapao said: "I have no objection, you can do whatever you want."

After saying that, he turned around and left, and when he passed by Liu Yinglin, he even snorted, which made Liu Yinglin sweat profusely on his forehead.

Just listen to Nine Questions: "Prime Minister, the court meeting is not over yet, where are we going?"

"I have a mouth sore, and it hurts so badly, please take a sick leave with His Majesty, it's okay, you should have a meeting, don't worry about me, if there is nothing wrong with the court meeting in the future, I won't come."

"Prime Minister, I still have something to say."

Liu Dapao didn't reply and said, "Whatever, just give me an imperial edict if you have anything to do."

"Then what if I want to form Jinyiwei?"

Liu Dapao was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, but he still smiled and said, "Whatever you want."

And then really go.

On the side, Aqi, who was originally the apprentice of Jiu Nan, has now been appointed as the chief steward of the palace. Seeing this, she couldn't help but said: "Master, no, Your Majesty, our court meeting...is it still going on?"

"Open it, is it possible that the prime minister is sick and the court will not move? Continue to open."

Seeing this, the ministers couldn't help but smile wryly in their hearts. The prime minister is not here, so there is still a sense of having a ball in the court meeting. Are you just talking nonsense?
Even Liu Yinglin sighed slightly when he saw this, and when Jiu Nan asked again, he was already quite accommodating.

As soon as the early morning ceremony here ended, he hurriedly prepared gifts and went upstairs to meet Liu Dapao. He saw the embarrassment in his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh after the morning ceremony was over.

"Master, this Prime Minister has gone too far today. Didn't he make it clear that you can't step down from the stage?"

Jiu Nan sighed: "In the end, I still want to be a powerful minister. No matter how much respect I have on the surface, it is only superficial. If I touch the real power, it will immediately expose my wolfish ambition."

"Then Master, he...wouldn't seriously turn against you, Master, would he?"

"It's just to test each other's bottom line. For the time being, he still can't do without me, me, and Daming can't do without him. What else can I do? I heard that he likes emeralds. Tonight, you can pick a piece of emerald for him." If he sends it, it will be regarded as my atonement for him."

"Shall we... make amends to him?"

"Appearance is in harmony, at least you can make do with it. It's okay to hurt your face, but you have to make up for your face, understand."

"There's nothing I don't understand, then Master, are we really going to build Jinyiwei?"

"Jian, didn't he say it's casual? Then Jian, you take my warrant and let... Let Yuan Chengzhi come to see me."

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On the other hand, after Liu Dapao went upstairs, he was also slightly disturbed, reflecting on whether he was a little too much, and at the same time regretting why he wanted to be such a shit loyal minister of Ming Dynasty.

Objectively speaking, Jiu Nan is not the kind of puppet who does not know what is good or bad. In the past four months, he has never thought of forming his own direct lineage. Even the bodyguards are used because they live together. It's the same batch.

The outer circle is served by the Jianguoying, which is the iron-blooded youth group of the original Tiandihui. The inner circle is led by He Tieshou with 26 green forest heroes from all over the country who voluntarily defected to the country, and martial arts masters are responsible for the personal guards.

Of course, it was mainly Liu Dapao who was guarding him and a few ministers working in the prime minister's mansion. Jiu Nan never said anything, except for Aqi who served her food and daily life, in fact he didn't have a single person he could order.

And except during the court meeting, Jiu Nan never put on a show with him, and everyone was polite every time they met, in fact, he had fulfilled his duty as a puppet.

It can only be said that power is a thing, and if it is respectful and a little bit more, there is no fault, and the two words of power and minister are essentially in conflict.

As long as he still wants to keep the power in his hands, sometimes it is unavoidable, and he must maintain a disrespectful attitude towards the nine difficulties.

For example, today, today’s matter is definitely Geng Jingzhong testing his bottom line, giving in step by step, step by step, even Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Sun Yanling and others will look for opportunities to bypass Liu Dapao and report directly to Jiunan. If one is not done well, the one who is emptied may be himself.

To be honest, if he is really excluded by Nine Difficulties, he is not that afraid, and the worst is to return the government, but if he is excluded by Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, he might even die.

People in court cannot help themselves.

He really understands Cao Cao more and more now.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Liu Yinglin running over to look for him with a smile, and he also gave him a generous gift: a purple emerald horse.

Obviously, it was prepared long ago.

"Prime Minister."

"Hey, old Liu, come in and sit down."

(End of this chapter)