"Long live my emperor, long live, long live"
The voice of "Long Live the Mountain" lingers in his ears. Zhu Cijiong, who has changed from the candidate Ming Xian Emperor to the current Ming Debt Sect, is filled with surging emotions and excitement!
The Ming Dynasty is back again!
Although the new Ming Dynasty's Guo Zuo seems to be borrowed, the emperor Zhu Cijiong has not yet ascended the throne, and the Ming Dynasty's small court already owes millions in debt. And these millions are only the aftermath expenses and adaptation of Nanjing's beggar. The expenses of the New Army and the expenses needed to support the rectification of the government in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces are basically a aftermath fee and a start-up fee. If the new court of the Ming Dynasty continues to work hard to govern, make achievements, and even bring peace to all parties and unify the world, then there is still a lot to be borrowed to repay Zhu Cijiong's debt!
At this moment, Zhu Cijiong, the debt sect of the Ming Dynasty, was extremely confident. He was confident that he would owe him one billion before his death!
When Zhu Cijiong thought that he owed him one billion, the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty below had already shouted long live. They all stood there in a grand manner, looking at their "Emperor of the Debt Sect" with smiles, and their smiles were full of support and love. Emotions - How good this emperor is, he has no power of life and death, everyone who follows him does not have to be afraid of being killed by him! Moreover, the Minister of Ming Dynasty could also borrow money in his name. He didn't have to spend all the borrowed money, just a little bit. The rest belong to the General's Mansion and Shangshu Province.
Such an emperor must be a wise king!
Future history books will definitely speak favorably of him!
"My lords, I am the emperor now?"
The future Mingjun, the current "Debt Sect" finally reacted from the shocking joy, but still couldn't believe it, he actually asked such a question.
"Your Majesty, you are now the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" Li Zhongshan, the King of Great General Lu Shangshu, replied very definitely, "You are recommended by the General's Office, the Shangshu Province, and the National People's Congress in accordance with the provisions of the "Original Law of the Ming Dynasty" Emperor of the Ming Dynasty! Recommending you to be the emperor is the unanimous decision of all the ministers, officials and scholars of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the emperor, you can rule the world from today on!"
Not to mention, Zhu Cijiong’s throne is still very strong!
This is not done by those with strong soldiers and horses. He has no soldiers at all, but it is the consensus of all the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty to make him emperor. If he is truly elected with 100% unanimous vote, no one else has this support rate.
And Zhu Cijiong doesn't have to worry about others usurping the throne, because he actually has two functions as the emperor. One is to rule from the top - commonly known as being a puppet! Another one is that debts must be repaid, borrowing new ones to repay old ones, borrowing more and more - commonly known as the debt-carrying emperor.
Zhu Cijiong's throne was to be usurped by Li Zhongshan in eight sedan chairs, but Li Zhongshan would not come. Li Zhongshan was a powerful general who held the secretarial affairs, and the bank account of Zhongshan Hall in hand was one of the largest creditors of the Ming Dynasty. one. How much did he have to drink before he could let go of his father, the creditor who held the most power, and take on the world's debts?
"Okay," Zhu Cijiong smiled and nodded. He already understood that his position was unshakable, so of course he had to take advantage of the opportunity. "General, where can I rule? My original palace has now become the National People's Congress. , the Grand General's Mansion and the Shangshu Province, I now live in the original Dongwang Mansion of Geng Jingzhong. This is not the standard of an imperial palace! And the palace left by our ancestors is now dilapidated, but that is where the Ming emperors lived. Home! General, do you think you can renovate the Forbidden City so that I, my concubines, the princes and princesses can have a proper place to stay?
In addition, I have many concubines in my harem, as well as many princes and princesses, but there are few people to serve me in the palace and the expenses are not enough."
Prince Zhu, who is heavily in debt, wants to "divide a house and increase his salary"!
But before he could finish his words, Qu Dajun, one of the four major political leaders, came out to admonish, "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has just recovered, and the world still expects you to work hard to govern, how can you do that?"
"Uh-huh!" Qu Dajun was only halfway through his remonstrance when Li Zhongshan, who also held the position of leader, coughed and interrupted him, "Qu Dajun, you are not an official admonishing ministers, so you can't We should remonstrate with the emperor!"
Of course Zhu Cijiong didn't like to listen to unfavorable advice, but because he didn't have the power, he had to endure it. Now that he heard Li Zhongshan speak for him, he immediately felt relaxed and had a satisfied smile on his face. He was really a fool!
"What?" Qu Dajun was dissatisfied and snorted, "As a leader in political affairs, I can't give advice? And my Ming Dynasty doesn't seem to have any officials to give advice now!"
"It's not that it's impossible, it's that it's not necessary!" Li Zhongshan said expressionlessly, "The emperor is a ruler who rules from the top. The court spends money to do things. It has its own general's office, minister's office and people's council in accordance with the "Ming Dynasty Original Law" It stipulates discussion and voting. Of course the emperor can make requests and suggestions. But in the end, it is me who makes the decision!"
After listening to Li Zhongshan's words, Zhu Cijiong could no longer laugh. Isn't he, a humble king, no longer qualified to listen to unfavorable advice?
yes! Qu Dajun touched his forehead, he was really confused. The emperor's words don't count. He himself is one of the people who makes the decision when it comes to political affairs. If it's more clear, this Emperor Zhu is actually not the real emperor. He just plays the emperor, just like the one on the stage. The "emperor" who sings and sings is pretty much the same, that is, he gets more money, has a bigger house, and has many and beautiful wives.
But he is not the real emperor after all!
How can Qu Dajun, a real leader in discussing politics, give advice to an "actor" who plays the role of emperor? The Actor Emperor wants to be dissolute and immoral, so just ask for it, as long as he and other loyal ministers don't agree!
The old man quickly bowed his hands to Zhu Cijiong with an embarrassed look on his face: "Your Majesty, I take back what I just said. If you have any requests, just ask us. I will discuss it carefully when I get back."
"Ah, yes, yes, you should discuss it carefully," Zhu Cijiong was also able to bend and stretch, nodding his head repeatedly, "Although I am the emperor of the Chong Gong, my dignity is the dignity of the Ming Dynasty and the dignity of all the ministers and ministers. If I am too shabby, , How can the rich people in the world dare to lend me money?"
Not to mention, the emperor who has suffered hardship among the people is different. He also knows that he has to pretend to be rich if he wants to borrow a lot of money!
Li Zhongshan smiled and replied: "Your Majesty, if you have any other requests, please ask Scholar Chen from the Hanlin Academy to draft an edict and send it to the Ministry of Secretariat. I will definitely discuss it seriously.
In addition, on the first and fifteenth day of every month, ministers and others will come to the palace to pay their respects to His Majesty and report the results of their deliberations. Therefore, in the future, in addition to the annual ritual sacrifices, the emperor only needs to attend court twice a month, and the rest of the time can be spent cultivating his body and having fun. "
This is really a good job. In addition to some activities to worship the ancestors of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers, Zhu Cijiong only works two days a month. He doesn't have to bear any responsibilities. He can just fool around for a while. The rest of the time, he can play casually and have a young lady to accompany him. Play!
Moreover, the emperor's income is definitely not low. Even if his request for a house change and a salary increase are not approved this time, Zhu Cijiong's income is still quite good! When the two kings and the three middle halls discussed the political affairs before, they set a "daily salary" of one hundred taels for him, which is thirty-six thousand five hundred taels for three hundred and sixty-five days in a year!
This is the first high salary in the Ming Dynasty!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am so happy!"
In Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, where the former Ming Dynasty and Jin Dynasty princes were staying, and now the Qing Emperor was walking in the palace, the long-lost sound of good news suddenly sounded.
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Aixinjueluo Xuanye, was sitting in his south study room in the Jin Palace in Taiyuan, discussing with his close ministers the matter of attacking the regent of Beijing.
Kangxi's war against Fuquan had not yet begun, but he encountered a lot of problems.
First of all, Datong, which was selected by Kangxi as a stronghold for "pleasing blessings", was occupied by the Mongolian cavalry sent by Fuquan, so he had to settle for the next best thing and put his old camp in Taiyuan.
The difference between this old camp in Taiyuan and Datong is huge!
If Kangxi was stationed in Datong, he could send troops to sweep Monan Mongolia nearby and kill Fuquan first!
But there was an expert behind Fuquan. He was also a monk, and he was sure to give him a move to occupy Datong first, and put an end to Kangxi's idea of sweeping Monan Mongolia and using the tribes in Monan for his own use.
Secondly, Kangxi got the news through an insider ambushing in Beijing and learned that Fuquan had ordered Yang Qilong to try to contact Datou, the powerful traitor king of Nanming, in order to attract the help of the Ming army to balance out Wu Sangui who was on Kangxi's side.
Third, Wu Sangui, who had previously promised to provide military aid to Kangxi, seems to have changed his mind recently. He no longer pays much attention to Kangxi, but has established contacts with Beijing. This seems to be the work of the old monk! It is said that King Yu Fuquan has released Princess Jianning and the two young sons brought by Jianning and asked them to go to Xi'an to meet Wu Yingxiong. Therefore, under Wu Yingxiong's persuasion, Wu Sangui chose not to help each other.
The situation on Kang Mazi's side is now dangerous!
Wu Sangui no longer supports Kang Mazi, and Wang Datou is likely to be dragged to Fuquan's side by Yang Qilong. By then, Kangxi will be one against two, and the emperor may be in trouble.
The fourth piece of bad news is that Fuquan, the regent, actually publicly vindicated his rebellious subject Ao Bai. He declared that Ao Bai had already died in the name of the regent's decree without authorization. He also restored all the titles that Ao Bai had during his lifetime and gave him a posthumous award. Chao Wu Gong (Ou Bai was originally a first-class Duke, now Chao Wu is added), posthumous name "Wu Mu"!
This is Yue Fei's posthumous title!
Ao Bai became Ao Wumun, so what did Kangxi mean? Aixinjueluo? This is really deceiving.
In addition, because many people were implicated in the case of Obai, of course Obai and his party members were executed, but many of their family members and slaves were exiled to Ninggu Pagoda.
Now that Obai is rehabilitated, his party members will naturally be rehabilitated as well, and those who were exiled in Ning Guta will be able to return to Beijing. These people will undoubtedly become Fu Quan's best friends!
Therefore, for Kangxi, this situation can be said to be precarious!
However, Kangxi was not a master who would give up easily, not to mention that he still had 70,000 to 80,000 elite men on hand, and he still had the capital to give it a try!
Therefore, after Kangxi entered Taiyuan, he immediately began to reorganize and train the 70,000 to 80,000 troops at hand.
His 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers were composed of Eight Banners soldiers, Green Camp soldiers and regiment training soldiers. Not to mention the complex composition, and the three types of soldiers had three benefits, which was nothing when the Qing Dynasty unified the country. The Eight Banners Army was the master! Who dares to dissent? But it doesn't work now. The treatment is uneven, the team is difficult to lead, and people are easily distracted.
Therefore, Kangxi immediately expanded his Eight Banners Army in Taiyuan. It doesn’t matter what kind of green camp or regiment training, each one counts as one, and all of them raise the flag, and they all count as the Eight Banners Han Army!
As for the original eight battalions of the "West Eight Banners", no matter where they came from, they are all Eight Banners in Manchuria. Many of them are still the original Gansu and Shaanxi Green Camps!
At the same time, Kangxi also waved people everywhere, summoned Feiyanggu and Amida troops from Yulin in northern Shaanxi and Henan, and also raised flags for them.
After some hard work, Kangxi had as many as 100,000 troops on hand!
One hundred thousand Eight Banners soldiers!
This book strength is still very strong!
However, only God knows whether these people are willing to die for Emperor Kangxi when the time comes!
Just as Kangxi was preparing for the upcoming war, good news came!
Kangxi looked up and saw that the person who came to tell him the good news was Tong Guogang, the minister in charge of the bodyguard.
"Uncle," Kangxi called affectionately, "Where does happiness come from?"
"Your Majesty, who do you think is coming?"
Tong Guogang did not answer directly, but pulled the dark monk into the South Study Room - such a thing was unimaginable in Beijing, even in Xi'an. But now Kangxi's authority has declined significantly, and the rules are not as strong as before.
"This master is" Kangxi was so sweet that he called him "master" when he saw the monk. How could he have ended up today if he had coaxed Oboi and Wu Sangui so well?
"Your Majesty, this servant is Chani!"
The monk knelt down to Kangxi with a plop and started crying.
"Cha Ni? The Sibeile of Yutong County Prince's Palace?" Kangxi recognized this dusty and down-to-earth monk, and his expression suddenly changed, "Aren't you guarding Jiangxi with Prince Kang? Could it be that Jiangxi has... "
Prince Kang's Ministry in Jiangxi is an important chess piece to contain the Southern Ming. As long as Jiangxi is not lost, the Ming army will not be able to launch a large-scale Northern Expedition. Even if we send troops north to support Fuquan, it's just a matter of course. Ten thousand people are the most numerous.
If Jiangxi is lost, the trouble will be big!
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, there is nothing serious in Jiangxi. It's just that Anqing fell during the first month of the year." Chani suddenly laughed as he spoke, "Your Majesty, I have two very good news to report to you!"
"Good news? Any other good news?" Kangxi asked quickly.
"Your Majesty, in the twelfth lunar month of last year, a fire broke out in the city of Nanjing and a fight broke out between Geng Jingzhong, the puppet king of the East, Li Datou, the puppet king of England, Li Fuchen, the puppet king of the south, and Liu Jinzhong, the puppet king of the north! Tens of thousands of people filmed in Nanjing City. , the beating was so brutal, it is said that the killing was so bloody that the Qinhuai River was dyed red!"
"Who won?" Kangxi asked again.
"Li Datou, Li Fuchen, and Li Beiwang won." Chaney said, "But Geng Jingzhong did not lose to the end. He and Yue Le also fled to Zhejiang with thousands of remaining troops!"
"That is indeed good news!" Kangxi nodded, "Geng Jingzhong was able to contain Nan Ming's military power by separatist rule in Zhejiang for a period of time."
"What's more!" Chaney continued, "That Geng Jingzhong went to Zhejiang and broke into pieces. He proclaimed himself emperor in Hangzhou and established a fake Jing Dynasty to fight against the fake Ming Dynasty!"
"What? That Geng Jingzhong really became the emperor?" Kangxi couldn't believe his ears that such a good thing happened!
If Geng Jingzhong had only separatized Zhejiang, it would still be possible for the Nanming court to recruit him. The Nanming court was originally put together by several anti-kings from one side of the separatist regime. After a fight, the winner would take over the center, and the defeated separatist region would be ordinary. It's something.
But when Geng Jingzhong becomes the emperor, things will get really big!
The three-point division of the world turned into a four-nation war! If the puppet Ming court in Nanjing didn't kill him quickly, maybe Li Zicheng, Li Fuchen, and Zheng Jing would all become emperors. Wouldn't everything be chaotic?
However, Kangxi was still a little unbelievable and asked again: "Chani, is this news reliable?"
"Reliable!" Chani said, "It was the father-in-law of the puppet Jing Dynasty, the puppet prince Jing'an and the prince Yue Le of Qing'an who personally sent envoys to Nanchang to report to Prince Kang."
Kangxi was stunned, "What? The fake Prince Jing'an and the Prince of Qing'an? Which family's Prince An is this Yue Le?"
"Your Majesty, Yue Le is the prince of Puppet Jing and Qing Dynasty." Chani said, "The imperial court did not issue an edict to remove him from the title of prince!"
"No? No? Fuquan didn't issue an edict either?" Kangxi asked pretending to be surprised.
"I've never heard of it," Grand Scholar Jin Batai replied, "Maybe Fuquan still wants to win over Yue Le?"
In fact, Kangxi did not want to break up with Yue Le.
"Then what does Yue Le mean?" Kangxi did not mention the matter of removing Yue Le from his post and seizing the title. "What does Geng Jingzhong mean?"
"Your Majesty, Prince An means to form a Ming Dynasty encirclement network! It will consist of the Puppet Jing, the Qing Dynasty and the Puppet..."
"It's not fake!" Kangxi quickly corrected him.
He now dare not say that Wu Sangui's Great Zhou was a false Zhou!
"Oh, that means the Puppet Jing, the Qing Dynasty, and the Great Zhou Dynasty joined forces to carve up the Puppet Ming Dynasty first!"
"This." Kangxi thought for a while, and his face suddenly showed joy, "Is it possible?"
"It can be done, it can be done." Chaney said, "Wu Sangui hates Li Zicheng deeply, and Li Zicheng also regards Wu Sangui as his mortal enemy! Now that Li Zicheng's nephew Li Laishun has become the loyal king of the Ming Dynasty and is entrenched in Wuchang, he has long been a thorn in Wu Sangui's side and a thorn in his flesh. ! Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng didn’t fight last time because of Li Fuchen’s interference. Now I’m afraid no one can stop Wu Sangui who has become the emperor of Zhou.”
Kangxi slammed the table: "Okay, I, the Qing Dynasty, will join this siege network to surround and kill the puppet Ming Dynasty. Chani, please work harder and go to Xi'an with Master Chen. We must promote the three alliances to fight against the puppet Ming Dynasty." bright!"
In fact, Kangxi was not very urgent about the Communist Party's anti-Puppetry Movement. He sent people to form an alliance with Wu Sangui in the name of anti-Puppetry Movement. The purpose was still to oppose Fuquan and Fulin.
(End of chapter)
