Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Because Beijing has not been restored, and the Manchu and Qing Dynasties have not been destroyed, all the court orders came from the Qi Wangfu, thinking that the military and government were unified, and there was nothing to discuss in the court meeting. However, Emperor Dingwu made great efforts to govern, and passed the decree to make a small court every day, and every five days of the big court, to imitate the Emperor Lie for state affairs.

In the beginning, the officials of Nandu were also diligent in going to the court, but it was really nothing to see the meeting in the court, and they had to work hard every day, and those who entered the court gradually became less and less. After two or three months, Shang Neng insisted on entering the court, but he was no match for the six ministers of the cabinet, large and small, nine ministers, and other officials. Emperor Dingwu was angry again and again, and Guo Zhiqi, the chief assistant of the cabinet, repeatedly issued orders, but to no avail. Today, the Jinyi pro-military on duty outside Daming Gate discovered that there were many unfamiliar faces among the officials who entered the court, which made the pro-military very strange.

The time has not yet come, and the palace gate will not be opened. Officials who came to the court would gather in groups of three or five, either talking or whispering. When some officials were discussing, they looked up and glanced at the surrounding pro-military from time to time. Seeing that the pro-military was far away, they did not pay attention to this side, so they felt relieved and continued to talk about last night with their colleagues.

There are more and more officials entering the court. Although it is not as large as the previous court meeting in the Forbidden City in Beijing, the number of officials is no less than 200. When there are more people, the noise will inevitably become louder. The pro-military only maintains order, but does not interfere with the officials' speech. After a long time, there will naturally be some chaos in front of the Daming Gate. When the hundreds of households guarding the pro-military see this, they have the heart to stop it, but listen to it. The crowd chanted:

"Elder Guo Ge is here!"

"Elder Hongge is here too!"

The cabinet chief Guo Zhiqi, dressed in a red robe, walked out of the sedan chair, followed by Hong Yuao, who was newly promoted to the second assistant.

After the death of Lianchengbi, Zhou Shixiang originally wanted Zhang Huangyan, the minister of military affairs, to enter the pavilion as his second assistant, but Emperor Naiding Wu appointed Hong Yuao as his second assistant. Zhou Shixiang took into account the relationship between Hong Yuao and Zhongzhenying and Yaohuang Thirteen Clan, so he did not stop this matter. Otherwise, if he forcibly stopped it, he would probably make Li Laiheng and Hubei Governor Yuan Zongdi think wildly, which would be detrimental to the overall situation.

The Military Intelligence Division found out that Wu Sangui sent an emissary to Hubei in the name of Zhu Youlang, apparently intending to win over the Zhongzhen Camp. Although they did not believe that Li Laiheng and the others would turn to Wu Sangui and re-establish Zhu Youlang, Zhou Shixiang did not intend to let them have too much reverie about the Nanjing court situation. Hong Yu'ao is the second assistant, and Pan Yinglong is the eunuch, which to some extent is also a manifestation of Zhou Shi's relative loyalty camp's greatest goodwill.

Seeing that there are so many officials outside Daming Gate today, Hong Yuao was a little surprised, but Guo Zhiqi didn't care, obviously he knew this change would happen. He paced forward, nodding from time to time to greet those officials. When Hong Yuao saw this, he didn't think much about it, and walked to keep up. Wherever the two went, the crowd naturally parted ways, and many officials looked at the two with reverence.

Before the time had come, Guo Zhiqi and Hong Yuao walked among the crowd and were waiting for the palace gate to open, when they heard a call from behind:

"Old Dingge!"

"Old Yuan Ge!"

As far as the eyes can see, the senior scholar Dingzhi and Yuan Kuoyu both came, with smiles on their faces, and from time to time they returned the salute to the officials who greeted them.

"The two of them are also patriarchs?!"

Not far from Guo Zhiqi, the officials of the Ministry of Rites looked at Ding and Yuan with contempt, and despised those officials who flattered Ding and Yuan, and felt ashamed to be with them. Ding Zhixiang is nothing more than that, although he has shallow qualifications, he has never lost his way. But Yuan Kuoyu was not only a puppet governor, but also a disciple of Hong Chengchou. Now he has become a cabinet scholar of the Ming Dynasty. How can one be convinced? The most shameful thing is that Yuan Kuoyu is a disciple of Hong Chengchou. , but sits and watches his teacher's son, Hong Shiming, being killed, ruthlessly and without justice. This kind of person occupies a high position in the court, which is really chilling.

The term "Ge Lao" originally refers to the first and second assistants of the cabinet. It is probably because of the Ming Dynasty that the first and second assistants are not young. However, in today's Dingwu Chaotang, the first assistant Guo Zhiqi is in his forties, and the second assistant. Hong Yu'ao is less than sixty, one is the first assistant, the other is the second assistant, and it is okay to call the old one. That Ding Zhixiang and Yuan Kuoyu were only members of the cabinet, they were cabinet ministers, and they were both under forty, but they were also called the elders of the cabinet, which was a bit unruly.

Guo Zhiqi heard the official's complaint, just shook his head and ignored it. Hong Yuao didn't even pay attention to such details. The two turned around after only one glance, and continued to stare at the yet-to-be-opened Daming Gate.

"Two pavilion elders be careful!"

"It's okay, everyone, let's go together!"

"The two elders please come first!"

Ding Zhixiang and Yuan Kuoyu walked towards Daming Gate with a smile, surrounded by a group of officials who were clinging to them.

"Hmph, the villain is right!"

"Shh!"

Someone in the crowd let out a low roar, and someone around him stopped him immediately.

Seeing Guo Zhiqi and Hong Yuao in front, Ding Zhixiang and Yuan Kuoyu looked at each other, but stopped there and did not go past. The action of the two of them was very clear. Soon, the officials in front of Daming Gate were divided into two groups, and there were some officials who were unwilling to take a stand, but it was clear.

After waiting bored, Guo Zhiqi talked to Hong Yuao about two major events recently done by King Qi, one is the settlement of Jiangnan's debts, and the other is the rectification of the salt administration. The two of them are not from Jiangnan, and their attitude towards Jiangnan's debts is dispensable, because they know very well that Qi Wang Kangzhi forcibly cleared Jiangnan's debts in the face of public opinion, and what he did is to accumulate money and grain for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

The same is true for the rectification of salt affairs. Before the army is ready, the food and grass move first. Another example is what King Qi said in his letter to Guo Zhiqi, "As soon as the cannon rings, the gold will be 10,000 taels." After several battles, the King of Qi has no much food in his hands. If there is not enough money and food to maintain the imperial court and the three armies, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the restoration of it will be impossible to mention. In order to open source, it is necessary to see a large amount of money and grain in a short period of time. Clearing the debt is the best way, but this strategy is beneficial in the short term, but it will do more harm than good in the long run.

Salt and iron rectification is not a problem. Since ancient times, salt and iron have been monopolized by the imperial court. King Qi reorganized the salt service and increased the taxation of the imperial court. It is understandable. Jiangnan cleared the debt but offended all the gentry in Jiangnan. In some places, there was a lot of resentment and aroused people's uprising. This was a bit radical. Moreover, the objects of the debts were too general, and they were not clearly divided. Some gentry who had contributed to the fight against the Qing were also forced to be recruited, which caused the court to lose people in Jiangnan.

"The Crying Temple case was too cruel. No matter how those scholars were guilty, they would not die. Nowadays, the people of Suzhou say that the Ming Dynasty is not as good as the Qing Dynasty. The emperor is also very dissatisfied with King Qi because of this. It's embarrassing, now that the King of Qi has captured all the ministers in the name of Tonglu, I don't know how the emperor will think about this, alas."

Hong Yuao sighed, if it wasn't for King Shun and Yuan Zongdi to speak out in the imperial court, he really wanted to quit this time and go back to Kuidong to farm.

Guo Zhiqi was moved, and was about to speak when he saw Huang Zongxi, who was in charge of the Hanlin Academy, coming towards him: "Two pavilions, have you heard what happened last night?"

Guo Zhiqi nodded and said, "This old man knows."

Seeing that Guo Zhiqi knew about it, Huang Zongxi said angrily: "Since the first assistant knows about it, then please bring everyone together to play together to impeach the pro-military for framing Zhongliang and misbehaving!" After a while, he added: "Old man Taifu is also dissatisfied with this matter."

Guo Zhiqi did not answer him, but asked Hong Yuao, "Where are all the honorable officials now?"

Hong Yuao said: "I have been released to the Zhenfu prison," hesitantly, "I heard that Daxing Bo Zou Cunyi was injured."

Hearing this, Huang Zongxi was even more furious: "That Tartar is so courageous, even after the founding of the country, he dared to hurt him. If we don't pay attention to this, wouldn't they even dare to copy the imperial court in the future!"

Hearing what Huang Zongxi said, Hong Yu'ao frowned and reminded him: "The commander of the pro-army has already become clear, and it cannot be worthy of being a Tartar."

"No matter what, it's still a Manchu Tartar." Huang Zongxi said bitterly, he was a great scholar, and he paid great attention to the defense of the Chinese and barbarians.

Guo Zhiqi raised his hand to signal that Huang Zongxi didn't need to say more. He said a little bitterly: "What happened last night is the fault of this old man. If I knew that King Qi had such an attitude towards these honorable officials, this old man would not have agreed to the emperor to revive them that day."

On that day, Emperor Dingwu wanted to revive a group of disobedient officials, and Hong Yuao didn't care, but now King Qi has such a big reaction to this matter, and he can't help but regret it. Seeing Guo Zhiqi blaming himself, he persuaded him: "Elder Guo Ge, everyone didn't expect this matter, and you don't have to blame yourself. The most urgent task is to rescue Wei Guogong and the others first."

Guo Zhiqi raised his head and glanced at Hong Yuao: "This is nature."

Huang Zongxi nodded and said, "That's very good! But if the pro-military acts so recklessly, the imperial court must discipline them, otherwise who would dare to be an official in the future? Because of Jiangnan's debts, our hospital has been locked up. If there are fewer people to go, no matter how much the pro-military ends, if the gate of our academy is broken again, I am afraid that my Hanlin Academy will not have a bachelor.”

Guo Zhiqi shook his head without saying a word after hearing this. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com stared directly at Damingmen. Huang Zongxi didn't know what Shoufu was thinking at the moment. At this time, the drum sound of "dong, dong, dong" came from Damingmen. He knew that the palace gate was about to be opened, so he put away his thoughts and prepared to wait for the emperor to visit his relatives. Jun Yi, by the way, ask the emperor to stop it by the way.

After the drums sounded, a group of officials immediately entered the palace. After entering the Daming Gate, the officials consciously lined up according to their belongings to wait for the arrival of the emperor. The six ministers of rites, officials, households, soldiers, punishments, and workers, as well as the following ministers and principals have all arrived, the Duchayuan, the five military governors' mansion, Dali Temple, Taipu Temple, Tongzhengsi, Guozijian, Taichang Temple, etc. The yamen officials, big and small, are not bad either. Hundreds of officials, big and small, stood silently in the middle of the square, and the atmosphere was very solemn for a while.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The bell on the bell tower finally rang, and everyone's eyes immediately turned to the front, but the hundred officials did not see the arrival of the emperor dragon, but the **** Pan Yinglong came.

"The saint has a decree, the dragon is unwell, temporarily stop the meeting!"

Pan Yinglong's shrill voice echoed in the square, and the officials below had different expressions: "Okay, why is the emperor ill?"