Capital.
After Emperor Zhu Youxiao left the capital, Fang Congzhe notified the officials of Shuntian Prefecture, the Censor of the City Patrol, and the officials of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division to his residence, and reminded him seriously: "Don't let your Majesty leave the capital just because he has left the capital." I think I can indulge in laziness, but in order to prevent mistakes, I will be ten times stricter than before in catching thieves and rumor spreaders. Regardless of the severity, they will all be caught in jail first, especially those who spread all kinds of rumors, and there must be no mistakes!"
"yes!"
The officials replied immediately.
Then, Fang Congzhe said to his son Fang Shihong: "Here at Chongwen Temple, as soon as the "Huang Ming Bao" news about where His Majesty arrived successfully came out, it was immediately reprinted to stabilize people's hearts. Remember, it only reported that His Majesty arrived safely where. There is no need to bring up other reform matters such as clearing land and land, as well as counterinsurgency and other matters. Let people know that my emperor is safe, the world's seas and rivers are clear, and the people live and work in peace and contentment."
"clear!"
Fang Shihong replied.
Then, Fang Shihong went to the cabinet again, and invited the cabinet ministers and the nine ministers who were staying in Beijing, and said: "Gentlemen, although your Majesty is not in the capital, we can't relax, not to mention that your Majesty made an explanation before leaving the capital. All reforms must be accelerated!"
As he said that, Fang Congzhe looked at Bi Ziyan, Feng Quan and others: "Here at the Ministry of Household Affairs, we will step up our efforts to ask about the progress of the land clearing in the three provinces of Henan, Shandong and Huguang. There is a rebellion in Zhejiang, so we can take our time. But Henan, Shandong, and Huguang cannot delay the clearing of land in the three places. Although there are many vassal kings in these two places, this is not a reason to shirk. If the vassal king obstructs it, then arrest the people in the palace first, and just deal with it if anything happens. Push it on me, and when the time comes, the vassal king will actually come to me to impeach me, and I will plead guilty to His Majesty!"
"Please rest assured Yuansuke, I will send you a message immediately to ask."
Bi Ziyan replied.
"Also, the Ministry of Rites, the initiative to ban foot-binding, has the lower level of the Ministry of Rites urged it, and have the etiquette officers sent to preach and advocate the preservation of heavenly feet and abide by the way of heaven been sent to the provinces? There is also the phenomenon of excessive slavery. We have made inspections in each province. No, I have to ask what the result will be."
Fang Congzhe continued.
Sun Ruyou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, replied: "I have urged you to ask questions, and the appointed ceremonial officials from each province have already taken up their posts. Many problems with excessive slavery have also been found."
Fang Congzhe nodded, and after explaining some reforms, he entered the palace and came to the political hall.
At this time, Liu Ruoyu also happened to be in the political hall.
"Motosuke!"
Liu Ruoyu first greeted Fang Congzhe and bowed his hands in greeting.
Fang Congzhe also smiled slightly: "Eunuch Liu!"
Then, Fang Congzhe stopped talking and began to pack up the original notes.
Liu Ruoyu saw that he was struggling to move the memorials, and his gray old hands were still a little trembling, so he walked over quickly and wanted to take the memorials with both hands: "Let's help you. Where should Yuan Fu move these memorials?"
"useless."
Fang Congzhe took a step back, not letting Liu Ruoyu take the heavy memorial in his hand, and then he still walked with difficulty outside the Political Affairs Hall.
Liu Ruoyu was stunned for a moment, frozen on the spot.
After Fang Congzhe reached the door, he raised his voice and said, "Eunuch Liu, I am a bit deaf. What did you ask me just now?"
Liu Ruoyu said "Ah", then turned around. After thinking about it, he laughed loudly and asked, "We are asking you, where do you want to put the memorial?"
"oh!"
Only then did Fang Congzhe laugh and replied loudly: "I plan to put it back in the cabinet! Your Majesty is not in the capital at the moment. There is no need for me to come to the political hall every day. I'd better go back to the cabinet for duty. When the time comes, I'll trouble you to ask the father-in-law in the clerk's office Let's work as hard as before, after all, this is different from when His Majesty was here. Without Your Majesty in this central place, the servants will feel uneasy if they stay here."
Liu Ruoyu understood what Fang Congzhe meant.
According to the system, the cabinet and the eunuchs in charge of rituals have always needed eunuchs from the clerk's room to deliver messages, but cabinet ministers and eunuchs in charge of rituals and eunuchs cannot communicate directly.
However, after Zhu Youxiao came to the throne, in order to centralize power and improve the efficiency of decision-making, he called the eunuch who was the Supervisor of Ceremonies and several important cabinet ministers to the political hall, where the edicts were discussed and approved on the spot. The document room gradually lost its role as a medium.
And Fang Congzhe now said that he should be put back into the cabinet and let the eunuchs in the clerk's office work as hard as before. He took the drafts from the cabinet and sent the memorials to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. This was obviously to avoid suspicion and did not want to be with the emperor when he was not around. Liu Ruoyu, the ceremonial supervisor who stayed in the capital, and eunuch Bingbi worked together in the same room.
Liu Ruoyu laughed because of this and said: "What Yuan Fu said is that our family should still go back to the ceremonial office as usual. If the people in the clerk's room are allowed to run around more, our family will be uneasy if we stay here alone! "
After Liu Ruoyu replied, he picked up the ink pen and seal and walked towards the Director of Ceremonies.
…
"Your Majesty will not be able to come back before the end of the year. Eunuch Liu is responsible for the inner court, so we don't have to worry about it. However, the capital and Jiubian cannot have trouble in our hands. Your Ministry of War will provide the military supplies to Jiubian in a timely manner. Don't give it all at once. You have to wait until they urge you several times before giving it to them, especially the money and food from Liaodong. If you don’t mind the trouble, go to Jiliao first. If anyone really wants to do something evil, Ka Liangcao can control them."
Here, after Fang Congzhe returned home, he continued to arrange the relevant matters for Zhu Youxiao after he left the capital, Zhang Jingshi, the left minister of the Ministry of War, who was temporarily in charge of the Ministry of War affairs.
After hearing this, Zhang Jingshi quickly said yes and said: "It is Yuan Fu who is the master!"
Fang Congzhe sighed: "I don't know what's going on in Nanjing now. Li Changgeng, the summer official in Nanjing, was recommended by a servant. He is familiar with military affairs. Yang Zhaoji, who is the admiral of the Nanjing camp, is also a brave and resourceful man. The servant had long been worried that some of the Jiangnan gentry would be forced to jump over the wall, so he arranged for these two capable people to guard against this day. Now that the inner city has not been lost, he hopes that these two people can guard the inner city and don't let the Nanjing gang The nobles have done something embarrassing, and I am really worried that the nobles in Nanjing will not dare to defend the city and surrender because of Xiao Jingao's troops!"
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Nanjing inner city.
On the Zhengyang Gate.
Gu Mingjiao, the Marquis of Zhenyuan in the Nanjing garrison, seemed a little afraid of heights. He crouched down behind the battlements and said to Li Changgeng, the Minister of War in Nanjing who was standing in front of him: "Da Sima, there are tens of thousands of rebels outside. You Look, they’re all over the city!”
At this time, Funing Marquis Zhu Guobi, who was standing behind Li Changgeng, also said: "Da Sima, they have handed over the surrender letter, saying that if we don't surrender, they will massacre all the people in the inner city!"
As Zhu Guobi spoke, he suggested: "Now that the outer city has been destroyed, the inner city cannot be defended. Otherwise, if we do not welcome the surrender, the people in the inner city may be harmed! So, we might as well surrender."
"That's right, it's better to surrender. When the time comes, if we really have to fight with each other, the people who will die will be the common people. This is the case for Yan Shilang's family and Sun Zhuangyuan's family!"
Lingbihou Tang Guozuo also echoed.
Just like in history when the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south, these Nanjing nobles lined up to surrender. At this time, these Nanjing nobles also became afraid because they saw some rebels outside burning, killing and looting in an undisciplined manner.
Li Changgeng really couldn't listen anymore.
Because from the morning until now, these Nanjing nobles kept buzzing in his ears like mosquitoes about surrendering to avoid disaster.
Li Changgeng felt that if the city gate had not been controlled by Yang Zhaoji, the Minister of War and the Commander-in-Chief of the Capital Camp, these Nanjing dignitaries would have taken the initiative to open the city gate long ago.
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