Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 192 Pick Up
In late July, on the outskirts of Shaoxing.

It was not yet dawn, but the roadside was already crowded with people.

Many people have been here since midnight last night.

On the side of the road, soldiers from the [-]th Army Battalion and the [-]th Battalion of the Jingying Battalion surrounded an open space, and built a pergola inside. All the important ministers such as the Minister of the Ministry of the Lujian Dynasty were sitting there, and they all changed into prisons today. The country bestowed a scarlet sitting python robe with a jade belt around its waist.

"The main force of the Tartars has returned to the south and has passed the Yangtze River. Good news." Song Zhipu, the chief assistant, sighed with a cup of tea. It has been more than two months since he raised the flag with Lu Jianguo in Taizhou, but every day is like a year. .Jian Guo trusted him very much and worshiped him as his chief assistant, but his qualifications were shallow after all, especially after Fang Fengnian, Chen Meng, Liu Zongzhou and other ministers arrived.

He also wrote to resign, but Jian Guo refused.

He stayed in Shaoxing to preside over the cabinet, and he was under great pressure. During his trip to Tokyo, scholars often posted comments and comments, saying that he was not worthy of being the chief assistant.

Song Zhipu was forced to resign 72 times in two months, and wrote several resignation letters almost every day, but Jian Guo refused all of them.

Sitting in this first and auxiliary position is like holding a hot potato, but fortunately, for more than two months, the Qiantang River defense line has been defended, and even Lu Jianguo personally led the division to go north, and achieved a series of victories. They all stand on the table.

After suffering and suffering, finally until Jian Guo was about to return, Song Zhipu could finally breathe a sigh of relief. This time, he planned, no matter what, to resign this poem face to face.

Wang Zhiren, the Governor of the Beijing Camp who had just sent Zhang Guowei to the Ganzhou Metropolitan Division, was also sitting among the crowd in a red robe. Since Wang Binqing handed over Zhoushan and went north, Wang Zhiren was finally able to return to Tokyo from Ningbo.After he came, he first accompanied Zhang Guowei back to his hometown in Yiwu, where he recruited [-] Yiwu recruits, then sent them to Ganzhou, and then returned.

He began to rectify the Qiantang defense line according to the order, reorganized the battalions and rebels from all walks of life, set up battalions, drew up rosters, distributed food and salaries, inspected and trained, and even strengthened the garrison upstream, pointing the sword at Fang Guoan.

The State Supervisor has given him a secret order to prepare for the attack on Hangzhou next, so he must make preparations in advance and let him start first.As the leader of the current generals, Wang Zhiren has not yet been able to integrate these soldiers and horses on the front line of the Qiantang River, especially with such a domineering warrior like Fang Guoan, there are many resistances and he refuses to cooperate.

He Tengjiao, who was called into the court from Huguang Changsha, had a lot of worries. Since he was forced to enter the court, he has been very decadent. He has no foundation here in Tokyo. Basically, he entered the court alone, and he has not yet found his position. .I'm going to see the supervisor soon, and I don't know what the result will be.

Fang Fengnian blew the foam of Longjing tea in his cup, "Shoufu conveyed the order of supervising the country, and ordered the six departments of the cabinet to rectify the troops and horses of the river defense, arrange the food and pay, and also rectify the military camps of the guards, but we haven't done any of them right now, so we can't see each other." Supervising the country."

What he said seems to be saying that he is good at all ministers, but in fact he is pointing at Song Zhipu, the first assistant. As Fang Fengnian, who once worshiped the first assistant in Chongzhen, he always feels that he has high qualifications. It's just a small Beijing official.

Chen Meng also chimed in.

Song Zhipu chuckled, but didn't answer.

On the contrary, Liu Zongzhou, the censor of Zuodu, took the call at this time and helped to protect Song Zhipu. He had no personal relationship with Song Zhipu, but Song was the chief assistant worshiped by the supervisor, that is, the head of all officials.If everyone doesn't respect this shoufu, it means that the imperial court has no dignity. If it loses its dignity, it will have no authority. How can it function?
"One by one, the Tartars have already issued an order at the beginning of the year to remove all craftsmen from the people and exempt the artisans from the capital. Can we still lag behind the Tartars? Your Highness said that the system of withdrawing the guards will be abolished. It is far-sighted to remove the military registration and convert the craftsman registration to civilian registration. As ministers, what we have to consider is how to implement the order and do the specific things."

"The cabinet has not even issued a formal decree. It is discussed every day, but there is no result. Once the princes meet with the supervisor, they will not be able to explain it."

Liu Zhouzong's temper has always been tough and smelly. He was well-known in the Chongzhen Dynasty but he hadn't been a serious official for a few days.

Now that he opened his mouth, Fang Fengnian shut up wisely and continued drinking tea.

Chen Meng laughed, "Your Highness should be here soon, why hasn't anyone reported?"

Lu Jianguo had a large number of cabinet members. Zhang Guowei went to Ganzhou to supervise Liangjiang, Zhu Dadian went to Changsha to supervise Huguang, and Xu Shiqi and Shen Chenquan accompanied the imperial court.

In addition to these four academicians, Song Zhipu was the chief assistant and led the cabinet. Qi Biaojia, Fang Fengnian, Chen Meng, Chen Hanhui, Ke Xiaqing, Yu Ying, and He Tengjiao, a total of eight academicians were in the court.

There are a total of fourteen bachelors, which can also be said to be full of cabinets.

Although the eunuchs appointed by Lu Jianguo as eunuchs in charge of seals and eunuchs of Bingbi, and eunuchs of Yumajian and the cabinet also governed the government in accordance with the old rules, the cabinet votes were drawn up and the eunuchs were approved by the supervisor of ceremonies.

However, whether it is Pang Tianshou, Li Guofu, or Liu Chao and other eunuchs, they are relatively low-key and introverted. Not in Shaoxing, but here, the cabinet is indeed less restrictive.

However, the efficiency of the cabinet is not high. The most important thing is that the cabinet ministers compete in secret. Although the supervisor has repeatedly emphasized earlier that internal fighting and party struggle are prohibited, not only did he issue an edict to destroy the three dynasties that the eunuchs used to attack Donglin The main code, and a decree was issued, and the eunuchs appointed by Chongzhen will not be held accountable.

Even Shun Ni and others who surrendered to Li Zicheng back then were not held accountable.

In short, party disputes are prohibited.

Although it is impossible not to fight among the parties, but now that there is the attitude of the supervisor, these people dare not be too explicit, and secretly make some small moves, such as Song Zhipu accepting the will of the supervisor, asking the cabinet to discuss and come up with a plan on rectifying the camp, The abolition of the guards, and even the specific plans for sorting out the tax system, etc., did not result in a consensus, and even Fang Fengnian and others were still making a fuss about whether the guards' military system should be abolished.

Liu Zongzheng is not a cabinet minister, but he can't stand it anymore. He once criticized Fang Fengnian, Chen Meng, etc. for being partisan, but Liu Zongzhou himself has some problems. Shun the remnants of the thieves, let alone grant them titles and official positions.

At the same time, he continued to write to Zhu Yihai, requesting that Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and other traitors be killed first.

Without Zhu Yihai's presence, it would have been rather chaotic.

Everyone is looking forward to Zhu Yihai's return to Beijing, and they all want to achieve their own goals through Jianguo, for example, Song Zhipu wants to resign as the first assistant, Fang Fengnian wants to be the first assistant, Liu Zhouzong wants to kill Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, etc.

The earth suddenly shook.

In the distance, a black line appeared on the horizon, getting darker and more and more, gradually seeming to cover the sky and the sea.

Countless dust was flying, battle flags were flying, and the Jinwu cavalry of the royal camp horse army who had won a great reputation in Sanwu arrived. The leader was Zhu Shengli, the chief cavalry general of Jinwu Town, the adopted son of Li Chixin of the Loyalty Battalion. He rushed forward with a big banner embroidered with the word "Jinwu".

In addition to the word Jinwu embroidered on the red flag, there is also a yellow dragon with its teeth and claws open, swallowing Jinwu with its mouth open.

Seeing the appearance of this shocking Jinwu cavalry, everyone stood up at the same time, looked behind the Jinwu cavalry, and couldn't wait to see Lu Jianguo!

(End of this chapter)