"What do you mean?" Dorgon's eyes narrowed slightly.
Duduo said: "What I mean is that Yan Yingyuan will come to King Qin."
"King Qin?" Dorgon said suddenly, "I am waiting for him to come."
After a pause, Dorgon continued: "Fighting in the field is not as good as defending a city. This person may have a lot of experience in defending the city, but his conspiracies are useless in a field battle."
Duduo said: "This man has endless schemes and tricks."
"It doesn't matter." Dorgon said, "Under the great bow of my Eight Banners elite, any conspiracy and trick are useless. Our Eight Banners elites are invincible in the field!"
Dorgon's words are really not bragging.
Since the bloody battle of Hunhe River and the decline of the Zhejiang soldiers and the white pole soldiers, the Eight Banners soldiers have truly become invincible in field battles. At least so far, they have not encountered a well-matched opponent in the field battles.
"Brother Fourteen, you still don't pay enough attention to this person." Duduo became anxious after hearing this.
Duduo said in his heart, I buried nearly ten thousand people under Shanyang City and you didn’t listen to the bloody lessons I learned. Then didn’t those ten thousand people die in vain? Brother Fourteen, don’t underestimate the enemy.
"Okay, stop talking." Dorgon was a little impatient.
"No matter how evil Yan Yingyuan is, there is no way he can lead tens of thousands of local warriors to defeat our Eight Banners elite in a field battle."
"Fourteenth Brother, Yan Yingyuan really cannot be judged by common sense." Duduo said anxiously, "Moreover, the hundreds of thousands of rural warriors in Huai'an Prefecture are not ordinary rural warriors. These rural warriors are even more fierce than Guan Ning's army."
Duduo recounted his experiences in Suining, Taoyuan and Qinghe County.
Hearing this, Dorgon finally showed a solemn look on his face, and asked in a deep voice: "You mean, the rural warriors from these three counties can fight to the last man?"
"Yes, everyone can fight to the last man."
Duduo nodded heavily and said: "The weapons of these rural warriors are very crude, with a small number of firearms, and the spears are also crudely made, and they even have a large number of bamboo spears, and there are almost no armors and stomachs, but they are really not afraid.
Death, no one could turn around and run away, no one would dare to believe it, really."
Dorgon said solemnly: "You have to be careful about this."
Duduo nodded repeatedly and said, "You have to be careful."
Dorgon said: "Okay, then I understand."
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In fact, the worries of Dorgon and the Duduo brothers are unnecessary.
Because the party struggle in Nanjing was about to begin, Yan Yingyuan and other scholars would soon be deprived of their military power by the Ministry of War. These were the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, and there was no time to initiate party struggle.
For the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, party struggle lasted only day and night.
The only one among the four cabinet ministers who still has a political bottom line is Shi Kefa.
Others like Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, and Xie Xuelong, you may say that they are corrupt officials, but they are really not. Especially Gao Hongtu, he is extremely incorruptible.
Call them mediocre officials, but they actually have abilities.
But you are wrong to say that they are good officials.
These three are really not good officials. They are ignorant of current affairs and ignore the interests of the country.
At this morning's cabinet meeting, Shi Kefa finally quarreled with Gao Hongtu and the other three.
Shi Kefa said: "Do we have to carry out the court recommendation now? Although Shanyang has been defended, the battle on the battlefield of Xuzhou is in full swing. The Holy Emperor and the more than one million soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou City are still surrounded. As the cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty, I and others,
Isn't it inappropriate to not think about how to mobilize troops to help the king, but to rush to drive out the officials who followed the emperor in defeating the siege of Beijing?"
Gao Hongtu frowned when he heard this and said with some displeasure: "What does Shoukui mean by these words? What does it mean to drive out the official department? Meng Zhaoxiang was not demoted, but promoted to the eldest uncle. Don't say such ugly words."
Shi Kefa said to himself: "There are also 200,000 Xiangyong trained by Huai'an Prefecture. Although there was no explicit decree at the beginning, you are all clear about the Holy Spirit's intention. Besides, the money for training the Xiangyong was also raised by the Holy Spirit himself.
, the Ministry of Revenue has not paid a penny or a grain of grain, is it really okay for us to deprive Yan Yingyuan and other Qin Wang scholars of their military power now?"
"This is inappropriate." Jiang Yueguang was also said (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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He was a little unhappy and frowned and said, "It is originally the responsibility of local officials and the Ministry of War to train rural warriors in border states to assist in guarding flood areas. On the contrary, it is the responsibility of the Qin Wang Shizi to train and command rural warriors in urgent matters.
It is a special case, so what we are doing now is just to return the power, so why should we take it away?"
Shi Kefa said angrily: "Yan Yingyuan has proven his ability in the great victory of Shanyang. Do you really have to hand over the heroes of Huai'an Prefecture to Zhi Tingjian and other officials?"
Now Gao Hongtu was even more dissatisfied and retorted: "Shou Kui's words are wrong. Even if the power of recruitment and command of Xiangyong has been transferred to the local officials of Huai'an Prefecture, Yan Yingyuan and other Qin Wang scholars are still still in Huai'an Prefecture, building slaves.
If they violate the situation again, they can still play their due role in defending the city."
"Then you don't plan to be King Qin, right?" Shi Kefa was completely angry.
However, Gao Hongtu did not give in at all, saying: "Without the imperial edict from King Qin, we are just pretending to send troops without authorization. Does Shou Kui want to imitate Cao Mengde?"
"You?!" Shi Kefa was speechless.
At this time, Jie Xuelong, who was the only one who had not yet spoken, quickly smoothed things over and said, "No more talking, no more arguing about this. The time for Ting Tui is coming soon. It's almost time for us to go there. Don't keep King Yong waiting."
Shi Kefa lost his temper and said coldly: "I will not participate in this election."
Gao Hongtu said tit for tat: "Well, since Shou Kui is unwell, I won't participate if I don't want to."
After saying that, Gao Hongtu fluttered his sleeves and left the check-in room, followed by Jiang Yueguang. Jie Xuelong deliberately wanted to change a few words, but opened his mouth and finally said nothing.
Jiangnan officialdom is a bit complicated, and Shoukui is just a false name.
If the chief minister cannot represent the interests of Jiangnan officialdom, he is not the chief minister.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing Gao Hongtu and the others disappear outside the check-in door, Shi Kefa was so angry that he really wanted to beg Yong Wang for his bones on the spot, but when he thought that Xuzhou City and Shengshang were being built
Surrounded by the army of slaves, the Ming Dynasty was in a precarious crisis, so they endured this anger, all for the sake of reviving the Ming Dynasty!
For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, there is nothing that cannot be sacrificed.
What does it matter if Shi Kefa is a little wronged?
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Nangong's court promotion ended quickly, and the result was no doubt in doubt.
Meng Zhaoxiang was successfully "promoted" from the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to the minister of rites, but there was no "Grand Scholar of Jiadong Pavilion". Fan Zhongjie was promoted from the prefect of Huai'an to the left minister of the Ministry of civil affairs.
In addition, Wang Duo, the former Minister of Rites, became an official.
Wang Duo is actually only fifty-four years old this year, and he is still far away from becoming an official.
However, since the beginning of this year, there has been a wave of public opinion in Jiangnan to liquidate officials who had surrendered and fled south.
Not long after, this public opinion began to deviate from the direction of the struggle, driven by people with ulterior motives, and began to target Beizhi, Shanxi and Shaanxi officials.
The reasons for liquidation are also high-sounding.
Because these officials have relatives who served as officials in pseudo-submissive or even slave dynasties.
Wang Duo fell into this situation. Several of his brothers were officials in the Dashun Dynasty and some were officials in the Qing court. The key is that his hometown was in Shanxi, which is now a territory of the Qing court.
Therefore, Wang Duo was forcibly "employed".
Gao Hongtu took the results of the court recommendation and presented them to Zhu Cizheng.
Zhu Cizheng watched a movie with some young eunuchs last night and was very sleepy. When he saw Gao Hongtu handing over a memorial and a red pen, he immediately took it.
"Your Highness, Meng Zhaoxiang and Fan Zhongjie are all positive candidates and received the most votes."
Seeing Gao Hongtu pointing at two of them, Zhu Cizheng didn't think much and just drew two circles with a red pen.
Zhu Cizheng, the Yongwang who oversees the country, has already approved the decision. This time, the court recommendation has officially become legally binding. Meng Zhaoxiang will hand over the power of the Ministry of Personnel and take up his post in the Ministry of Rites.
Fan Zhongjie is also leaving Huai'an Prefecture and coming to Nanjing.
So before the court was over, Meng Zhaoxiang left Nangong with a dark face.
When I returned to the Ministry of Personnel for duty, I saw Wu Linzheng, Wu Ganlai and Chen Liangmo waiting.
Seeing Meng Zhaoxiang come in, Wu Linzheng and three other people stood up at the same time and asked impatiently: "Zuo Zhongzai, what is the result of the trial? Are we going to change our words and call ourselves elders in the future?"
Meng Zhaoxiang had a dark face (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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Asked Wu Ganlai and Chen Liangmo: "Who are you two looking for?"
Only then did Wu Linzheng and the other three realize that something was wrong with Meng Zhaoxiang's expression. Could it be that the court had made a mistake?
Chen Liangmo snorted softly and said somewhat vaguely: "The official is looking for the supervisory censor Lu Lang, and his advisor is Zhan Shifu Fang Gongqian. Fang Zhanshi made it clear through Lu Lang that he will be here
When the court was recommending the candidate for the Grand Uncle, he proposed to directly add Dongge University Scholar and pre-engineering service, but didn't Fang Zhan mention it?"
"Fang Gongqian didn't say a word." Meng Zhaoxiang said with a dark face.
"What?" Chen Liangmo said angrily, "This hypocrite, villain!"
Hearing this, Wu Ganlai was also panicked: "The official is looking for Hu Ke to give things to Luo Wanxiang. This person has a brother-in-law relationship with Shen Shaofang, the right minister of the Ministry of Hu Bu. Shen Shaofang also agreed and will recommend the Minister of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel in the court.
After the left minister, I asked the court to recommend the candidate for the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and also recommended Mr. Wu."
"You were ripped off too." Meng Zhaoxiang shook his head and said.
"Shen Shaofang never said from the beginning to the end that he wanted the court to recommend the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel."
"Ah? This old man!" Wu Ganlai was furious when he heard this, "How dare you play tricks on me."
This party struggle ended with a disastrous defeat for Meng Zhaoxiang's side before it even started.
Meng Zhaoxiang and others obviously underestimated the Donglin Party's struggle experience, and seriously underestimated it.
Let’s not talk about the Donglin Party’s other abilities, but it still has extremely rich experience in political struggle. Otherwise, it would not have been able to survive the brutal suppression of the Eunuch Party and launch a counterattack at the beginning of Chongzhen’s ascension to the throne.
Wu Ganlai and Chen Liangmo alone wanted to overthrow the Donglin Party. They were overconfident.