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Chapter 318 Nanjing Incident ([-])
Liu Sheng was very happy to learn that He Yingrui finally figured it out and was willing to serve.

After taking charge of Nanjing for so many days, he naturally knew something about He Yingrui.

This person was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli. He is now in his early sixties and a native of Caoxian County, Yanzhou, Shandong Province, but his family now lives in Nanjing (renting a house).

He has served as a pedestrian, county magistrate, head of the household department, magistrate, political advisor, governor, minister of the Ministry of Industry, etc. He is very talented in local governance and is good at recruiting talents - he is half a master of Du Yinxi.

Therefore, after talking with He Yingrui, Liu Sheng appointed him as the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

During this period, Liu Sheng discussed with Li Changwen via telegram and made some adjustments to the central structure of the Wei Department.

Mainly to prepare for his founding of a country and proclaiming himself emperor in the near future.

The future Damei Center will be composed of three places, six courtyards and four temples - it is not a permanent structure and can be modified at any time if inappropriate areas are found later.

The three offices are: Secretariat, Military Aircraft Division, and Telecommunications Division.

The Sixth Academy is actually divided into three inner and outer ones. The inner three are the Military Affairs Academy, the Government Affairs Yuan, and the Metropolitan Inspectorate; the outer three are the General Affairs Yuan, the Hanlin Academy, and the Academy of Sciences.

Under the Military Academy, there are currently: the Military and Administrative Department, the General Staff Department, the Armament Department, as well as the Army Governor's Office and the Navy Governor's Office (temporarily in fictitious).

Under the Government Affairs Council, there are temporarily: the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Criminal Justice Department, the Patrol Department, the Ministry of Transportation, and the Ministry of Health, a total of nine departments.

Compared with the six departments in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, apart from the removal of the Ministry of War and the addition of three new departments, the main thing was to split the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The Ministry of Finance is responsible for national finance and taxation.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs is in charge of land and population, as well as agriculture, forestry, fishery, and animal husbandry.

The reason why the Ministry of Punishment was changed to the Ministry of Trial and Punishment is naturally because the customization, maintenance, and operation of laws and punishments in Da'ei in the future will be very different from those in Ming Dynasty, and the name must be changed to distinguish them.

Similarly, although there are many changes in the work content of the three departments of Li, Li and Gong compared with the past, they are not particularly big and not a subversive change, so the original name is used.

Although Li Changwen is still in Ruyang, he has sent some officials from the former Zhengshitang departments to Nanjing to establish and operate the nine departments of the Zhengshitang.

The same is true for the Military Affairs Council, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other departments, which are gradually moving their work locations to Nanjing.

Because Liu Sheng has decided to make Nanjing the capital first.After Beijing is captured later, the plan of adding the northern and southern capitals to the central capital will be implemented.

In the future, Da'ei's expansion to the west and south would greatly increase his territory, and he could even add two additional capitals to serve as a temporary place for him and other central departments to handle government affairs...
Not long after He Yingrui retreated, Bai Xiaosheng came over.

However, the three-day period given by Liu Sheng had come and he came to submit an investigation report on the large grain merchants in Nanjing.

After handing in the "report", Bai Xiaosheng did not leave because Liu Sheng might have questions after reading it.

Liu Sheng read very quickly, and the report written by Bai Xiaosheng was very straightforward and concise, so he finished reading it in a short time.

"Hmph, it's actually these people who are causing trouble behind the scenes. It seems like Gu Zhen should attack these people as soon as he enters the city." Liu Sheng's face was filled with murderous intent.

According to Xiuyiwei's investigation, there are more than a dozen large-scale grain merchants in Nanjing, and most of them are related to the Nanjing Ming Dynasty nobles or Nanjing's famous gentry.

And this small group of wealthy gentry households were mostly related by marriage or had interests in Nanjing's Ming Dynasty nobles, and they had deep connections.

After all, behind most of the big grain merchants are the Nanjing Ming Dynasty noble interest groups!
And Liu Sheng also realized that maybe after he took action against Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong, the Nanjing Ming Dynasty noble interest group had a sense of crisis.

These people had no soldiers and no courage. They did not dare to openly confront the Wei tribe, so they secretly manipulated the price of food.

It would be great if we could set off massive civil unrest in Nanjing and even the entire Jiangnan region and overthrow the still unstable rule of the Kuei tribe - then, there might be Ming nobles and "die loyal" gentry who would take the opportunity to hold high the banner of restoring the Ming Dynasty. , raised troops to rebel.

Even if there is no major civil unrest, the continued rise in food prices and lack of food will make the Ministry of Wei confused and make him, the King of Xingmei, very anxious.

These nobles of the Ming Dynasty and related gentry might be able to find opportunities to transfer their property, break away from the control of the Wei tribe, and even go to Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan that still belong to the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that these people are just mud who can't hold up the wall.The idea was not very good, and the operation was full of loopholes and traces. It took Xiuyiwei three days to check them out.

Of course, Liu Sheng's sudden order to attack the Duke of Wei was a surprise, and he almost hit these people within three inches.

Because Xu Yinjue, the eldest son of Wei Guogong, is one of the masterminds of this group of people!

But speaking of it, if these Nanjing Ming Dynasty noble interest groups were really capable, historically they would not have directly sacrificed the city of Nanjing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and let the Qing invaders slaughter them.

"The Marquis of Funing Zhu Guobi, the Marquis of Lingbi Tang Guozuo, the Marquis of Dingyuan Deng Wenxuan, the Marquis of Longping Zhang Gongri, the Marquis of Linhuai Li Zushu..."

With a sneer on his face, Liu Sheng read through the report one by one about the nobles of the Ming Dynasty and the wealthy gentry behind the big grain merchants in Nanjing.

After reciting the call, he looked at Bai Xiaosheng and asked: "Do you have all the evidence of the crimes of these Ming Dynasty nobles, the gentry involved, and the big grain merchants?"

Bai Xiaosheng said: "We have some evidence of the crime."

Liu Sheng nodded slightly and said: "Send orders to the First Brigade of Shengjie Guards and the Second Brigade of Huben Guards to cooperate with the Xiuyi Guards to arrest various large grain merchants in Nanjing involved in the case.

Be sure to find out where they are storing food, and ensure food security first.Once again, we must pay attention to collecting evidence of the crimes of the Ming Dynasty nobles and related gentry.

After interrogating these big grain merchants, we will arrest and interrogate the nobles and gentry of the Ming Dynasty involved in the case! "

The secretariat clerk in the palace quickly recorded Liu Sheng's words and drafted an edict.

Speaking of which, the Hanlin Academy was responsible for drafting imperial edicts in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

However, the Kueibu Hanlin Academy had just been established and was still just a shell. In addition, Liu Sheng had not yet proclaimed himself emperor, so it was not surprising that the Secretariat drafted the decree.

As for the second brigade of the Huben Guards, in the past half month, the Huben Guards, Shengjie Guards, and Xiaoqi Guards have all been partially expanded.

Although it still needs a longer period of training and running-in, it can still be used to block roads in Nanjing, surround criminals' homes, and raid homes to arrest people.

After all, the Guards selection attaches great importance to the loyalty of soldiers to the army, as well as discipline and style.

The kind of soldiers who often violate military discipline (minor mistakes) or have bad styles, no matter how high their personal qualities are, are difficult to be selected into the Guards, let alone bodyguards...
As the personal guards and embroidered guards were dispatched, they quickly surrounded the residences, secret courtyards, and secret grain warehouses of the big grain merchants. Suddenly, the nobles of the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing and some related gentry felt a sense of panic. .

Funinghou Mansion.

Zhu Guobi was walking back and forth in the main hall, looking restless.

After an unknown amount of time, a housekeeper hurried in.

Zhu Guobi immediately stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Have you contacted them?"

Although the housekeeper was tired and thirsty, he could not rest and responded: "At present, we have only contacted seven families including Deng, Zhang and Li, and the Lingbihou family has not yet responded."

After hearing this, Zhu Guobi couldn't help but cursed, "This Tang Guozuo, thanks to Tang and his descendants, he is still hesitant at the moment of life and death. He is like a pig and sheep waiting to be slaughtered!"

But when he learned that the Tai army was dispatched to arrest a group of large grain merchants in Nanjing, Zhu Guobi realized that it must be their fault.

He once served as the governor of water transportation, and he also had the audacity to intercept and kill the imperial envoys, and was dismissed from office (without being expelled from the rank) after being convicted. He was considered to be some experienced and courageous nobles of the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing.

He knew that if Liu Sheng found out about what they had planned before, they would inevitably be beheaded and their homes confiscated, so he wanted to contact the Nanjing nobles and take a risk to see if they could escape and even turn things around.

But I never thought that this first step would not go smoothly.

The most capable housekeeper was busy for most of the day before he contacted the nobles of the seven families.

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)