Dashun Yongchang

Chapter 262 New Deal 77

Slogans like Manifest Destiny obviously appealed to young people like Zhu Cihong. When Li Zicheng finished speaking, he was the first to applaud.After staying by Li Zicheng's side for a long time, he has begun to understand Li Zicheng's preferences. Li Zicheng prefers the more direct response of his subordinates to the submissiveness of his courtiers.

At the same time that Zhu Cihong was applauding, several generals standing opposite him also began to applaud. Obviously, they had the same thought as Zhu Cihong.However, these generals looked at Zhu Cihong quite unexpectedly, obviously they did not expect that there would be someone who could react faster than themselves.

The military academy cadets sitting on the ground hadn't recovered from the shock. This was the first time they realized that the military academy they were going to attend now had such a great significance.No matter whether they can understand or agree with what Li Zicheng just said, they already understand that their future is bright and unlimited, which is more inspiring than any other remarks.

So after hearing the applause, the students applauded without thinking too much.Hearing the thunderous applause, Li Zicheng's expression couldn't help but relax. Only a few civil servants standing behind the prince had gloomy faces and refused to raise their hands, but they didn't pay much attention to them.

After the speech to the cadets of the military academy was over, after everyone left the barracks, several officials who believed in Neo Confucianism immediately got together.While discussing the physical condition of Duke Luo who just fainted at the venue, they criticized Li Zicheng's remarks on the road, but they couldn't grasp the loopholes in Li Zicheng's remarks after discussing for a long time.

These officials naturally refused to admit that they lacked knowledge, so someone soon said: "Although Emperor Yongchang has a bad temper, he has always been sincere and honestly admitted to outsiders that he has not read any books, so we can only let him Those scholars have to translate the article into vernacular to understand the meaning, and even add punctuation marks to break the sentence.

So today's remarks must have been written by someone on behalf of His Majesty, this person is really hateful, relying on his own reading a few books, he spouted nonsense, deliberately trying to mislead His Majesty astray.We must catch this bastard, and then refute his fallacies and heresies in person, and we cannot let him hide behind His Majesty and talk nonsense. "

Someone immediately echoed: "I support it, it's fine if this person bewitches His Majesty, but did you see it just now? His Royal Highness seems to have really listened to these remarks, and took the lead in applauding. If the Crown Prince If you really take this manifest destiny seriously, wouldn’t there be no peace in the world in the future? To educate the savages and crusade against disobedient ministers, this is to use military force..."

Amidst the echoes of the crowd, someone suddenly guessed: "Could it be that Zhou Jiesheng said these words? This guy hangs around Emperor Yongchang all day, and he almost didn't even enter the palace."

Although these words were a bit vicious, no one stood up to defend Zhou Zhong.Zhou Zhong's uncle, Zhou Yingqiu, was the leader of Wei Zhongxian's Ten Dogs. After Chongzhen ascended the throne, the Eunuch Party lost power, so Zhou Zhong joined the Fushe, which was a cleansing of himself.However, after Li Zicheng invaded the capital, Zhou Zhong not only surrendered first, but also wrote articles such as "Persuading Jin Biao" and "Going to the South of the Yangtze River".

"Persuading Jin Biao" compares Chongzhen to: a single husband grants the head, and all surnames return to his heart; he also praises Li Zicheng: he has martial arts compared to Yao and Shun, and he has no shame in virtue of Tang and Wu.

Although there were many ministers who surrendered to Li Zicheng, in order to be accepted by Dashun, some of them deliberately dyed their white hair black.But everyone still hopes to be able to stand up and eat Dashun's bowl of rice. After all, they were gentlemen known for their integrity in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

But Zhou Zhong made a bad start. He flattered Li Zicheng so humbly, how could others praise him?In other words, Zhou Zhong has already knelt down, can the others still stand?What's more, Zhou Zhong was only a Jinshi in Chongzhen for 16 years. There are many seniors who surrendered to Li Zicheng. They haven't spoken yet, so why is he in a hurry.

Therefore, whether it is the civil servants who surrendered to Li Zicheng or the officials and gentry around the prince, they all look down on this person.That is to say, Li Zicheng is powerful now, so everyone can't trouble Zhou Zhong.After hearing Li Zicheng's words today, many people first thought of this low moral Jinshi.

But at this time, Li Changxiang, Zhou Zhong’s Jinshi in the same year, still defended him: “Zhou Jiesheng’s articles can indeed be beautiful, but I am afraid it is difficult to write such powerful words. With his temperament, how could it be possible? To criticize Zhu Zi and respect Xun Zi?"

Everyone listened to this sentence, and many nodded and said: "That's true. Zhou Jiesheng really wouldn't take such a big risk to offend so many scholars. Then who wrote this article for Emperor Yongchang?" ?”

At this time, someone said weakly: "In the past few afternoons, it is said that Emperor Yongchang has summoned Kim Jong-hee, and each time the conversation lasted for an hour. He didn't come to the school's founding ceremony today, could it be..."

Someone in the crowd immediately interjected: "Kim Jong-hee prides himself on being a disciple of Xinxue and believes in Western Buddhism. He has never had a good impression of Taoism. If he wrote this article, it is indeed very possible."

Then someone raised his arms and shouted: "Then what are you waiting for? Go to him and question him. Doesn't he live in Zheng Yuanxun's Three Shadows Garden? Go, go..."

Li Changxiang was a little hesitant. He didn't really want to go. After all, Jin Sheng was a famous prose writer, and he was well-known among the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. He didn't want to offend such a person.

But the others obviously didn't intend to let him go, they pushed him directly to the pier in the west of the city, let him board the boat and headed to the south of the city together.The Shadow Garden is located in a lake outside the southwestern city wall of Yangzhou City. Ships can go directly to the wharf on the southwest corner of the Shadow Garden along the moat.

Hearing that a group of officials came to visit him, Zheng Yuanxun hurried to the Yugou Thatched Cottage to receive him, but what he didn't expect was that a group of vicious guests came. Hand it over.

Facing these menacing officials, Zheng Yuanxun was sweating. Although he felt that he could not bear the demands of these officials, he did not want Jin Sheng to have an accident at his home. Jin Sheng's reputation in his hometown was comparable to He is getting older, and he doesn't want to be unable to return to his hometown in the future.

Therefore, it took him a long time to calm down the group of officials, and after inquiring about their intentions, he said: "Brother Jin may not have done this, and you all have to give Brother Jin a say." If you don’t have the opportunity, you should convict him? If you insist on this, then I have no choice but to send someone to inform His Majesty, and His Majesty will give you an answer.”

Zheng Yuanxun immediately angered some people. They patted the table and asked: "Are you planning to use Emperor Yongchang to suppress us? Zheng Chaozong, this is a moral dispute, and you want to get involved too?"

Zheng Yuanxun quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, I don't agree with His Majesty's statement. I still support the theory of good sex. But since it is an argument, how can you not give others a chance to speak? Since you don't want His Majesty to come forward, then It's the same when we ask His Highness the Crown Prince for arbitration. Now, everyone has no objection, right?"

The officials present must have had an opinion. His Royal Highness had listened to Li Zicheng's speech with gusto before. If this were to be stabbed in front of the prince, it was uncertain which side the young and energetic prince would support.They came to find someone to settle accounts, not to really debate. Before they were sure they would win, who would agree to invite the prince to come and arbitrate.If you lose this defense, you may not be able to stand up for the rest of your life.

Li Changxiang watched the scene suddenly quiet down, and his heart was even more vented. It turned out that these Neo Confucianists themselves were not sure to refute Li Zicheng's flattering remarks about Xunzi, so what was he doing.Thinking of not letting himself get trapped in this possible quagmire, he had no choice but to say a few words to ease the atmosphere, "We are all guests, since the master Chaozong has opinions, we might as well do as the guests do, let Chaozong first Zong invites Senior Jin to come out and talk about it. If the Righteous Lord does not appear, we will be taught by unknown teachers here, we must not let Brother Zheng suffer an unreasonable disaster."

Several officials nearby discussed in a low voice, and then went down the steps given by Li Changxiang, asking Zheng Yuanxun to invite Jin Sheng over and give them an explanation.

After walking out of the Yugou Thatched Cottage, Zheng Yuanxun walked along the path with his right hand next to the pond.There is a small lake outside the shadow park, and there is a small pond connected with the small lake inside. This is a pattern with an island in the lake and a pond in the island.

It should be said that the most beautiful seasons of the movie park are spring and summer, and there is a sense of seclusion in a paradise amidst the lush greenery.As for autumn and winter, it is only one season away. The interweaving of stones and fallen leaves is quite a bleak and decaying image, but if it is snowing, it will be another beautiful scene.

Yugou Thatched Cottage is on the south side of the pond in the island, and the place he is going to now is Yizizhai on the north side of the pond. Although the two places can look at each other across the pond, they have to go half a circle around the pond to walk there.To the south and east of Yizizhai is a rockery stacked with rocks from Taihu Lake. The willow shadows, water shadows, and mountain shadows are the beauty of the garden seen standing in front of Yizizhai.

It's just that Jin Sheng and Jiang Tian, ​​who live in Yizizhai now, don't have time to enjoy the scenery of Three Shadows Garden.

Jin Sheng said to his disciples: "I have talked with Emperor Yongchang several times in the past few days, but I have not convinced him, but I think Emperor Yongchang's idea may be more suitable.

In the past, when we wanted to establish township treaties in the countryside, we mainly considered preventing thieves and cleaning up the morals in the countryside, so we formed a three-level organization with the treaty, district, and company, and controlled the villagers step by step with the gentry and landlords..."

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Jiang Tian looked at the summary written down by the teacher in front of him, and nodded in agreement: "Indeed, we all pay too much attention to the content of preventing theft and restraining the villagers, but neglecting the needs of the production organization in the countryside.

The current world is chaotic. In order to protect their own safety, the gentry and landlords are willing to use money and grain to support the expenditure of the township treaty, but when it comes to peace, they may not be willing to pay.In order to ensure that the township pact does not decline during the peace season, the pact should be combined with the production cooperatives united by farmers in the countryside, and the production cooperatives should bear the daily expenses, which is indeed much more reasonable..."

Jin Sheng stood in front of the south window with his hands behind his back and looked at the rockery and pond outside. The withered grass on the rockery and the withered lotus in the pond was not a sight to behold, but Jin Sheng felt that this scene was very similar to today's Daming , looks like a time is running out.However, a small bird suddenly flew over and landed on the remnant lotus, bringing vitality to the desolate landscape.

To be honest, since Liu Zhilun and the monk Shen Fu recommended by him died in the battle under Chongzhen's impatience, he is not optimistic about the future of Daming.He felt that Liu Zhilun was capable of commanding troops, and that Shen Fu had unique insights into making chariots and firearms. The soldiers fought.

Even if you want people to lead troops to fight, at least give people some time to get familiar with their subordinates, but Chongzhen obviously doesn't think so. If you say these two people are talented, then I will find some soldiers and horses and give them to command. If you lose, it means that your recommendation is not strong enough.With such an aggressive temperament, how can a capable person dare to stand out?

Jin Sheng felt that Chongzhen simply regarded state affairs as a game of chess, grabbing a rook can be used as a rook, completely disregarding whether this rook has the strength of a rook, and whether the chess pieces on the opposite side will obediently let this rook Only the car eats it.Even for a talented person like Hong Hengjiu, it was difficult for him to show his strength when he met Chongzhen. In the end, Huang Taiji came to shut him down and beat the dog, and lost the last bit of Ming's mobile force.

He resigned from office and returned to the village. He opened an academy to teach while promoting the autonomy of the township agreement. His original intention was to prepare for the final catastrophe.After Li Zicheng conquered the city of Beijing, he already had a premonition that the final time limit for Ming Dynasty was approaching.Although he didn't like the peasant army, he didn't dislike it that much. He was also prepared. If Li Zicheng won the world, he would never set foot in the city for the rest of his life and become a survivor of the Ming Dynasty.

But building slaves and entering the customs broke his illusion. Li Zicheng's seizure of the world was just a change of the Han dynasty, but building slaves and entering the customs was another matter.At the beginning when the news of Nurhachi's Seven Great Hates raising troops spread to Guannei, Jin Sheng hired a martial arts instructor to teach him horseback riding and archery. At that time, he had the idea of ​​joining Wu Pingliao.

In terms of attitude towards the invasion of foreign enemies, Xinxue disciples are obviously much more staunch than Daoxue masters.Although Jin Sheng also emphasized cautious independence, he did not agree to talk about cautious independence when foreign enemies invaded. At this time, it was obviously not a question of changing the dynasty, but a question of the destruction of the world.

Li Zicheng was able to take the crown prince and the first emperor Zigong south, and tried to fight against Jiannu with the Daming Strike Force. As far as this political proposition was concerned, Jin Sheng could still accept it.It was also because the crown prince and the former emperor Zigong went south that he was willing to come out of his hometown. He wanted to meet the crown prince and Emperor Yongchang, and see who Wu Chuan was who raised the question of whether the Datong world was a world of etiquette or justice.

But what he didn't expect was that when he talked with the crown prince, he mentioned that he had done some trivial things in the countryside, and the crown prince actually told Li Zicheng that Li Zicheng was not interested in running his school, but was interested in the village pact he promoted in the countryside. I was very interested, so I called him over and asked about this matter many times. He also put forward several opinions such as making the township contract based on the production cooperative and removing the clauses that bound the villagers to the countryside.

Promoting the rural covenant was an idea of ​​Jin Sheng and other gentry who wanted to save Daming through rural reforms. Since Li Zicheng mentioned this issue, he naturally couldn't easily back down.

But this discussion caused a great shock to Jin Sheng.During the discussion, Li Zicheng naturally would not lower his figure, and it was impossible for Jin Sheng to admit that the other party was really the supreme emperor, so the two basically put each other on an equal footing for communication, so this exchange was very important for both parties. It opens up a whole new world.

From Jin Sheng, Li Zicheng learned about the views of the gentry, or some enterprising gentry, on the world, while Jin Sheng gained the experience of looking at rural organizations from another perspective.This made the village contract system that he thought to be flawless suddenly become full of loopholes.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help sighing and said to his disciples: "When we formulated the village rules and regulations, we paid too much attention to etiquette and clan. It is the oppression of them by the landlords and the big surnames. If the people in charge of the village have a fair heart in dealing with things, then the people at the bottom and the small surnames can bear it; It's against my will."

As soon as Jiang Tian looked at the note in his hand, he couldn't help nodding his head slightly. Although he was Jin Sheng's disciple, he almost fell to the bottom in the first half of his life. He naturally understood Li Zicheng's words better than Jin Sheng. What kind of bully will Hyun become.

With such a strict village organization like the Township Covenant, it is impossible for those village sages to oppress the people without relying on the Township Covenant. For example, forcing you to go on a business trip during the busy farming season and forcing you to spend money to exempt from labor is the easiest way.If you dare to resist, Xiangyue can report to the yamen to send someone to arrest you, and then your family will pay a large sum of money to redeem you.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking the teacher tentatively: "Then how does the teacher plan to respond to Emperor Yongchang's call?"

Jin Sheng turned around and was about to say something to his disciples, but saw that the cotton curtain at the door was suddenly lifted. Zheng Yuanxun hurried in, and after begging Jin Sheng to apologize, he said anxiously: " Oh no…"

Jin Sheng was a little baffled by what Zheng Yuanxun said, and after hearing what the other party said next, he suddenly laughed a little and said: "So these gentlemen of Taoism counted today's speech by Emperor Yongchang on the basis of catching wind and shadows. My head? They really don't know what to say."

Seeing that Jin Sheng denied the accusations made by those officials, Zheng Yuanxun was also relieved, but he still made sure and asked: "Brother Jin, did you really not discuss this with Your Majesty?"

Jin Sheng took a look at this fellow, and felt that Zheng Yuanxun still had a bit of a businessman's air. The key to the problem was not who compiled Li Zicheng's remarks, but what kind of impact these remarks would bring after they were published.Are those Taoist gentlemen looking for trouble?Of course not, but want to know who the enemy is.

After a few thoughts in his mind, he turned to his disciple and asked, "Wen Shi, what do you think of what Emperor Yongchang said today?"

Jiang Tianyi didn't realize it at first, and was about to say that although these remarks hit Neo Confucianism, they were not in favor of Yuzhang's studies, but he stopped suddenly just after he uttered a word, and a new idea flashed in his mind. thought.

Under the watchful eyes of Zheng Yuanxun and Jin Sheng, Jiang Tianyi hesitated for a moment, but changed his mind and said his new idea: "What scholars in the past dynasties pursued was to revive the governance of the former kings, and Zhu Zi's theory is even more comprehensive.

However, what His Majesty said today is an advocacy: inherit the ambition of the former king, and pursue the world of great harmony described by the sages.Based on the three generations of inheritance from Duke Zhou, Confucius to Xunzi, the political concept that the present is better than the ancients was put forward.It is not only Zhu Zi who is going to be defeated by this person, but the great Confucians of all dynasties since Dong Zi have all become objects of doubt. "

Jiang Tianyi used this person to confuse the author of Li Zicheng's remarks, but Zheng Yuanxun and Jin Sheng who were present knew that this person not only refers to the author who wrote this article for Li Zicheng, but also includes Li Zicheng.It is impossible for Li Zicheng to understand such a plain language article. Since he can understand the meaning of the article and read it publicly, it shows that Li Zicheng has recognized this political idea.

Zheng Yuanxun glanced at Jin Sheng, and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, this is a scholar who is challenging the world. If Zhu Zi is defeated, then those scholars who have buried their heads in the Four Books Annotation will waste their time in vain?"

Jin Sheng wanted to say something, but when he reached the tip of his mouth, he changed his words and said, "Let's go and see what those Taoists outside want to do, and we'll talk about other things later..."

On the other side, Li Zicheng and Zhu Cihong, who rode back to the city from the military camp in the western suburbs, and Zhu Cihong who followed Li Zicheng couldn't help but asked him about Xunzi's philosophy.

Seeing that Zhu Cihong seemed to have a good impression of Xunzi, Li Zicheng thought for a while and said: "I don't fully agree with Xunzi's ideas, but I admit that his ideas have repaired Confucius' shortcomings. On the way forward, teaching without discrimination will not allow us to build a world of great harmony.

But Xunzi put forward the road to build a world of great harmony. He believed that the biggest difference between human beings and all things is the energy group, because the energy group can surpass all things.Therefore: Taoism is neither the way of heaven nor the way of authenticity, it is the way of human beings.This is true. A society composed of human beings should naturally study people's daily life, and finally find out the objective laws governing the operation of human society.

However, Xunzi also said: People have different levels of wisdom, so sages are born.Therefore, if the Dao exists, it will survive if it is obtained, and it will perish if it is lost.This is obviously contrary to Confucius's proposition that there is no distinction between teaching and learning, and I support Confucius on this point.In my opinion, the Tao exists objectively, it does not exist because people know it, and it does not exist if they do not know it.

Look at the sun in the sky, whether the saint is there or not, it rises from the east and sets to the west every day.Therefore, everything in the world has its own laws of objective existence. Human beings can only discover and use them, but they cannot change them.Therefore, matter is first and thought is second. Without the existence of the body, people cannot think..."

Chapter 264 New Deal 79

In Mingzhen Temple, Li Zicheng summoned Li Shichun, Chen Mingxia, Xie Sheng, Lu Zhenfei and others, and asked Zhu Cihong to sit and listen.He came here today because he also wanted to hear about the results of the Wenhua Palace's contacts with powerful people in the southern provinces.

Although he had a trump card in his hand, Li Zicheng didn't think so naively that as long as he used the banner of the prince, he could make the south obey his orders.No matter how much priority the crown prince has over the succession to the throne, the one who enters Xianyang first is the king.

Under the reality that the governors in the south have already supported King Fu as the successor, it is impossible for him to label these people as rebels in the name of the prince, which will only make them more closely united under the banner of King Fu.

Therefore, while discussing with Nanjing about the abdication of King Fu, Li Zicheng also asked Chen Mingxia to contact the southern governors in the name of the prince.He needs to know what attitude these southern governors have between King Fu and the prince.

Facing Li Zicheng's inquiry, Chen Mingxia got up and counted his fingers and said: "The governors of all places in the north of the Yangtze River have already declared to obey the orders of the Marshal's Mansion, so you can ignore them. The governors in the south of the Yangtze River are: Yingtian Governor Zuo Maodi, Jiangxi Governor Governor and Governor Yuan Jixian, Governor of Huguang He Tengjiao, Governor of Sichuan Long Wenguang, Governor of Pianyuan vacant, Governor of Ganzhou Li Yongmao, Governor of Zhejiang Zhang Bingzhen, Governor of Fujian Wu Zhiping, Governor of Guangdong and Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Shen Youlong, Governor of Guangxi Qu Shixu, Governor of Yunnan Wu Zhaoyuan, Guizhou governor Fan Kuang and others.

First of all, Long Wenguang, the governor of Sichuan, died in the battle of Chengdu in August. Nanjing appointed Wang Yingxiong as the governor of Sichuan to suppress... in charge of military affairs, and appointed Ma Tigan as the governor of Sichuan. The two people do not know where they are now, so they have not been able to contact them. .However, judging from Zhang Xianzhong's raging situation in Sichuan, the war will not subside in a short period of time, so we can't expect them to give the prince any support.

The governors of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Yingtian below Sichuan, He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, said that he dare not forget the kindness of the former emperor, but Hongguang has been established. Although the prince goes south, he should take care of the overall situation and should not provoke a battle for the throne.Yuan Jixian's meaning was not much different from He Tengjiao's. Apart from persuading the crown prince not to compete with King Fu for the throne, Zuo Maodi also said some words to provoke His Highness and His Majesty, which didn't mean much.

Governor Zhang Bingzhen of Zhejiang replied to several letters, but none of them indicated his position between the crown prince and King Fu.Governor Wu Zhiping of Fujian and Governor Shen Youlong of Guangdong expressed their willingness to support the prince. Governor Qu Shixu of Guangxi was still on his way to Wuzhou, but his reply also asked the prince to take care of the overall situation.The two governors of Yunnan and Guizhou are far away, and they have not yet received their reply.

In short, among the 12 governors south of the Yangtze River, five were unable to express their positions due to various reasons, three supported the prince, and five supported Nanjing.However, the five governors who supported Nanjing did not support King Fu, they just did not want the current Nanjing court to collapse. "

Li Zicheng turned his head and glanced at Zhu Cihong next to him, and found that although his face was a little red, he still pressed his lips tightly together and did not make a sound.Li Zicheng then turned to several officials nearby and asked, "All of you talk about your views, how should you respond to these governors?"

Chen Mingxia said first: "Nanjing should be captured first. As long as Nanjing is captured, these governors will have no excuse. If King Fu continues to delay, I think he has no choice but to send troops across the river."

Lu Zhenfei immediately objected after hearing this: "It is only natural for the crown prince to inherit the throne. Why did you use the army to attack Nanjing? The people in Nanjing are the people of Ming Dynasty, not the people of King Fu. Using the army to attack Nanjing, Will the people of Nanjing still sympathize with the prince?

What's more, Jianu has already led his troops to the south. At this time, the Marshal's Mansion should go all out to deal with the north instead of opening a new battlefield in the south.Moreover, Nanjing is the most powerful city in the world, how can it be overthrown easily.

In addition, Fu Wang relied on the strength of the four towns to succeed him, and the prestige of the court was already insufficient. Today, the prince enters Beijing by force again, how much central authority is left?If the warriors from all over the place think that a man with strong soldiers and horses can be the emperor, then the capture of Nanjing by the Marshal's Mansion is not enough to command the southern provinces.This will only lead to chaos. "

Li Shichun also didn't want the prince to be used by Li Zicheng as a spearman, to be welcomed into Nanjing by the people of Nanjing, and to lead troops into Nanjing.Therefore, after Lu Zhenfei raised objections, he also echoed and said: "Scholar Lu is right, the most important thing now is to let King Fu announce his abdication, and the crown prince will take over the Nanjing court in a legitimate way. This is the most convincing way for people in the world. .Using other methods will leave hidden dangers.”

Xie Sheng looked at Li Zicheng's expression, and after thinking for a while, he said, "The governors of other places are fine, but the governors of Yingtian and Jiangxi around Nanjing must not be kept. Your Highness will definitely be in charge of Nanjing in the future." , if the governors of these two places do not support His Highness, how can His Highness live in Nanjing with peace of mind?"

Zhu Cihong was about to say that he would not go to Nanjing for the time being, but would still keep Yangzhou.However, Li Zicheng stopped him and said: "Xie Xie's words are reasonable, but Yuan Jixian, the governor and governor of Jiangxi Province, is nominally controlling Zuo Liangyu. If you move him at this time, I'm afraid it will cause some unnecessary troubles. See, you can wait for a while. As for the position of Governor Yingtian, who do you think is more suitable?"

At first, Chen Mingxia wanted to recommend his private person, but Lu Zhenfei interjected, thinking that it is impossible for the Marshal's Mansion to bypass Nanjing to replace Governor Yingtian.So Chen Mingxia changed his mind and suggested that Tian Yang should be sent back to Nanjing, so that Ma Shiying could appoint him as the governor of Yingtian and replace Zuo Maodi.

Tian Yang is a member of Ma Shiying. After the establishment of the Hongguang regime, he was sent to Huai'an by Ma Shiying to replace Lu Zhenfei. When Li Zicheng went south, Tian Yang surrendered. He is also in the establishment of Wenhua Palace.

Regarding the personnel discussions of these civil servants, Li Zicheng agreed after listening to them. After all, he did not have scholars who could replace these old bureaucrats. .

After Chen Mingxia sent Li Zicheng out of the Mingzhen Temple, he deliberately walked a few steps slower and walked side by side with Lu Zhenfei, chatted a few words at random, watched the others walk away, and then turned to Lu Zhenfei Fei asked: "Is it meaningful for you to procrastinate like this? Isn't the most important issue now, is getting His Highness back to his seat as soon as possible?"

Lu Zhenfei stopped, turned around and looked at Chen Mingxia and said seriously: "Do you really think it is a good thing to cross the river with the army? Once some things are done, there is no turning back."

Chen Mingxia was silent for a few seconds and then said: "Your Highness, being trapped here is the worst choice, right? The Shun army can cross the river now, but it may not be feasible to stay in the south of the Yangtze River. Could it be that they can completely abandon the north?" hometown?"

But Lu Zhenfei replied calmly: "I'm afraid of this. The Shun army who have passed the Yangtze River may not necessarily want to go back and fight with Jiannu. Compared with the broken north, isn't Jiangnan, which has not experienced wars, a paradise now? ?Emperor Yongchang has always restrained the desire of the army to go south, and I am afraid that he also took this into consideration.

I am not afraid that Li Zicheng has the idea of ​​being Cao Cao, but I am worried that he is just a Wang Mang.What if he had seen the prosperous scene in the south of the Yangtze River and didn't want to take back the north?So where is His Highness's position?That's when it's the scariest. "

Chen Mingxia looked at Lu Zhenfei's mind spinning constantly. In fact, he didn't mind that Dashun completely replaced Daming. Anyway, in front of Li Zicheng and Zhu Cihong, his position would not be shaken.Of course, on the prince's side, he has more power. After all, there is nothing to do with the prince now, and Chen Mingxia, who can gain Li Zicheng's trust, is naturally in charge of these affairs.

Therefore, what Chen Mingxia was most concerned about was how to get Emperor Hongguang to abdicate and let the prince sit in that position, so that at least the meat would rot in the pot.After Emperor Hongguang resigned, no one in the south could challenge the political alliance between Emperor Yongchang and the crown prince, because both his status and strength belonged to this alliance.

Of course, he could only think about these words in his heart, but he couldn't say them out.After all, there are quite a few people around the prince who really want to revive Daming, and they regard the current experience as trying their best.However, he couldn't see what Lu Zhenfei wanted, and the other party could complete the things that Li Zi confessed, but he was not so positive about the crown prince's retaking the throne.

In the end, Chen Mingxia could only say "You think too much" to Lu Zhenfei, and left quickly.Looking at Chen Mingxia's back, Lu Zhenfei couldn't help but heaved a long sigh. He felt that he might have thought too much, so his colleagues couldn't understand him.

Although the scale of the Wenhua Palace is not small now, and even establishing a small court is no problem, but Lu Zhenfei found that this institution has actually become a reserve for Li Zicheng's employers.Although everyone said that they came to follow the prince, not to surrender to Li Zicheng, but after all, this is not the case in actual actions.

However, Lu Zhenfei can still understand these colleagues who follow the prince. Although they have a heart of loyalty, loyal ministers and their families still need to eat. Taking a part-time job at the Marshal's Mansion will at least allow him and If the family is better off, someone will naturally do it.

However, the power of habit is huge. Although everyone did not work for loyalty to Li Zicheng at the beginning, with the establishment of the organizational system, what does it matter if they are loyal to Li Zicheng or not?The work assigned to you does not need to be done with allegiance, as long as you follow the rules and follow the job requirements, you can always complete it.

Lu Zhenfei was the first to wake up, because he realized that after he had developed a work habit, he could complete his work even if he didn't call out his allegiance to Emperor Yongchang, and once the habit was formed, it was difficult to get rid of it.This also means that the longer you work for the Marshal's Mansion, the less you will think about opposing the Marshal's Mansion, because you will feel that you are also a part of the Marshal's Mansion.

Lu Zhenfei could only choose the strategy of delaying the southward move of the Marshal's Mansion. Of course, he could not consider Jiang's interests from Li Zicheng's point of view.However, he still knew in his heart that if time dragged on, the scholars in the north would be completely integrated into the Dashun regime, and then these people would truly become scholars in Dashun.

"But what can we do?" Lu Zhenfei walked forward slowly, such a conclusion flashed through his mind.

Chapter 265 New Deal 80

After leaving Mingzhen Temple, Li Zicheng did not go back directly to Daming Temple, but went to Tianning Temple in the north of the city first, and met with the personnel of the Military Supply Office and the Finance Office.

Jiang Chen, Qiu Junsun, Zhang Jiayu, Xi Benzhen, etc. presided over the financial affairs of the Marshal's Mansion in Yangzhou; Wu Yiqing, Tang Diaoding, Shen Hongzhi, etc. were in charge of the military supplies office.These two departments manage money, food and materials. It can be said that almost all the materials on the ground in Yangzhou are under their control and management. Even private property cannot be transported without the permission of these two departments.

This high level of control is naturally inseparable from the current social changes that Yangzhou is promoting. The "Yangzhou Strike Hard" campaign that started with fighting crime has now become an opportunity to rebuild urban and rural grassroots organizations.The Marshal's Mansion directly established contact with the citizens of Yangzhou through citizen representatives, bypassing the middle class of local officials and gentry.

With the support of the Marshal's Office, the citizens began to control the social and economic life of the entire city through self-organization, and most of the gray area that used to exist between the government and the people was destroyed.According to later generations, these gray areas are dynamic underworld organizations, and these underworld organizations control the lives of citizens in places beyond the control of the law.