Because the statement of the boss Qian Qianyi means that the Donglin Party has completely failed in the major event of "supporting the establishment", and it is inevitable that King Fu Zhu Yousong will supervise the country.
Gao Hongtu, the Minister of Household Affairs, gave Shi Kefa a wink.
Shi Kefa understood the meaning of this look, and the merit of supporting the establishment has fallen by the wayside. Now the only thing they can strive for is the merit of persuading people to come in. The only way to ease the relationship with King Fu is through persuading people to come in.
Who told them that there was an old enmity between Donglin Party and Fu Fan?
Liu Kongzhao took out another official announcement that had been drafted a long time ago.
Qian Qianyi first transcribed it, and then a group of Donglin Party bosses pressed their fingerprints.
The next day, Wang Duo, the Minister of Rites of Nanjing, held the official seal of the hundred officials and crossed the river to meet Zhu Yousong, expressing the earnest wishes of the Nanjing officials, gentry and people, hoping that he could come forward to supervise the country and turn the tide from collapse.
Zhu Yousong refused in every possible way at first, but finally couldn't resist and reluctantly agreed.
At noon on April 29, Zhu Yousong, accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites, crossed the river and arrived at Yanziji.
At this time, the Nanjing officials headed by Shi Kefa and the dignitaries from the capital headed by Wei Guogong Xu Hongji were waiting outside Yifeng Gate early, and then they went through a series of procedures.
After completing the process, Zhu Yousong was not in a hurry to enter the city.
Zhu Yousong has also grown a lot during these years of exile.
Zhu Yousong first took the civil officials and nobles to the Xiaoling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty to pay homage to Emperor Taizu Gao, and then to pay homage to Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao before entering Nanjing and officially taking over the important task of Linguo.
One day later, on the first day of May, Zhu Yousong issued his first decree after being imprisoned - to recommend cabinet ministers.
This is actually no problem in terms of procedures, because after Wanli, the cabinet responsibility system of the Ming Dynasty has evolved quite well. All major and minor affairs of the country are first drafted by the cabinet to give opinions, and then sent to the ceremonial supervisor for approval. If the emperor If the emperor disagrees, he will send it back to the cabinet to vote again. If the emperor agrees, it will be sent to the six ministries, departments and various monasteries for implementation.
In this system, the cabinet is responsible for decision-making, and the six ministries and monasteries are responsible for implementation. The emperor only has the power of supervision, including the most important power of personnel appointment and dismissal among all powers. The emperor also only has the power of supervision. Every time he encounters When there are officials to fill the vacancies, the emperor can only make selections from the list drawn up by the cabinet.
The emperor can also regain some personnel power through the imperial edict.
It's only once or twice that the civil servants are tolerant.
But as soon as it happens more often, the civil servants will attack in groups.
Moreover, the methods used to besiege the emperor were extremely ruthless - officials went on strike on a large scale, paralyzing the government!
Speaking of this, Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Wanli had a deep understanding of this. Both of them suffered from large-scale strikes among civil servants, but the two emperors were very different in their ability to cope with it.
Emperor Jiajing divided the civil service group by recruiting some groups and suppressing others.
However, Emperor Wanli came with a broken pot. If you go on strike, I will also go on strike.
Then? Then, with the combined efforts of the civil servants and Emperor Wanli, the Ming Dynasty was completely tortured. Therefore, historians say that the Ming Dynasty did not die from Chongzhen, but actually died from his grandfather Wanli.
I say all this to illustrate one point: the cabinet system is quite mature.
Not only was the work efficiency high, but it was also highly accepted by the officials and the common people. It was also endorsed by the emperor's ancestral precepts and there was nothing the emperor could do about it.
However, after the fall of Beijing, the whereabouts of the emperor and the three emperors were unknown, the cabinet was also disrupted, and the entire bureaucracy of the Ming Dynasty had effectively come to a standstill.
Therefore, in order to get things done, we must first restore the functioning of the bureaucracy.
If you want to restore the functioning of the bureaucracy, you must first have a brain—that is, the cabinet.
However, the fact that there are no procedural problems does not mean that there is nothing going on. In fact, there is an even more urgent matter waiting for Zhu Yousong, the supervisor, to deal with.
Is that appeasement or suppression of the four towns in Jiangbei?
Except for Huang Degong, the other three towns have become frightened.
They all felt that the Ming Dynasty was about to end, so they were desperately trying to rob their homes and collect wealth.
At this time, Liu Liangzuo was burning, killing, and looting in Fengyang Prefecture, and Liu Zeqing was burning, killing, and looting in Huai'an Prefecture. Gao Jie's looting all the way to Yangzhou Prefecture was not enough, and the city of Yangzhou Prefecture was also surrounded.
Who are these fucking officers and soldiers? They are simply bandits!
Only Huang Degong's army maintained strict discipline and did not loot.
However, neither Zhu Yousong, who had just become the supervisor of the country, nor Shi Kefa, the Donglin Party bosses, took this matter to heart. They just transferred Huang Degong's subordinates to Yizhen to act as a barrier for Nanjing.
As for Fengyang, Huai'an and Yangzhou, it is up to Gao Jie and others to make trouble.
They just want money, as long as Gao Jie and the others still recognize the Ming Dynasty.
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Officials in Nanjing thought so, and officials as far away as Beijing thought so too.
Because on the same day that Zhu Yousong took over as the supervisor of the country in Nanjing, the slave-building army also came to the outside of Beijing. Beijing officials who had survived the disaster spontaneously rushed outside Chaoyang Gate to greet them.
It turned out that what came was not the Guan Ning army as expected, but the Jiannu army.
When they saw Jian Nu, the officials in Beijing were a little confused, but they soon began to comfort themselves. It didn't matter whether he was Jian Nu or what kind of slave, as long as they still recognized the Ming Dynasty and borrowed help from his master to suppress the Ming Dynasty.
Until now, Wu Sangui's banner is still "borrowing teachers to help suppress".
But in fact, from the moment the Battle of One Stone broke out, Jiannu turned against guest and became the leader.
Dorgon did not even allow Wu Sangui to enter Beijing, but ordered Duduo to lead the Eight Mongolian Banners to seize the Guan Ning Army surrounding Wu Sangui and bypass the city of Beijing to continue to pursue the Dashun Army.
Dorgon himself led the Eight Banners Manchu and Eight Banners Han troops into Beijing.
At this time, Beijing was really in shambles, and the Forbidden City was almost completely reduced to ashes. Before leaving, Li Zicheng set a fire, which almost burned down the entire Forbidden City.
Only Jianji Hall was left untouched by the fire.
Sitting on the dragon chair in Jianji Hall, Dorgon couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts.
He couldn't help but think of Huang Taiji's last words before his death. If Beijing could move the capital, it would be easy to move the capital to the Central Plains.
At that time, Dorgon only thought that even if the Qing Dynasty could one day capture Beijing, it would take at least several decades. However, he never expected that it would capture Beijing in just one year.
So now, do we really want to move the capital to Beijing?
This was a big project, and Dorgon was a little hesitant.
Prince Baile, the other prince in the hierarchy, did not have this vision.
Azig, who was a compatriot of Duo Duo's mother, said to Dorgon: "Let me tell you, the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty are really stupid. They really think that we are here to help them exterminate the bandits, and they don't think about our great
The Qing Dynasty has been fighting with the Ming Dynasty for fifty or sixty years, how can we help them in turn? Are our Qing soldiers stupid?"
Other Manchu nobles such as Luo Luohun also laughed.
After fighting such a big victory, occupying such a big city, and so many manors outside the city, the land and population all became the spoils of the Qing soldiers, how could they not be happy?
Every one of the Manchu nobles present grinned from ear to ear.
The only exception may be Dorgon. Hearing what Azig said, Dorgon's face darkened. If it had been anyone else, he would have retorted, but Azig was his brother.
Azig still didn't realize that something was wrong, and continued: "Old Fourteen, are you going to plunder a lot? Then return to Shengjing with people, livestock, food, gold and silver treasures? As for the city of Beijing, stay here
Just a prince, Baelor, can guard it. If you don't want it, just burn it with fire. Wouldn't it be nice?"
The Manchu nobles at the bottom laughed again, and it was obvious that many people agreed with this approach.
Hong Chengchou, Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng and other Han officials were in great distress, especially since Hong Chengchou had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and had inevitably developed a fanaticism among first-class converts.
Because only by helping to establish the slave cavalry and rule the world can he prove that his decision to surrender to the Qing Dynasty was correct.
Otherwise, Jiannu would always be hiding in Liaodong, and would eventually be destroyed by the Han Dynasty. Then wouldn't it be a big joke for Hong Chengchou to surrender to the Qing Dynasty?
At that moment, Hong Chengchou came out and said: "Prince Regent, Beijing must not be abandoned, let alone burned. Moreover, I think it is best not to engage in the previous practice of burning, killing and looting. The national policy of the Qing Dynasty should be changed."
"What?" Azig suddenly became angry.
"We can't burn, kill, and loot? Then why are we fighting?"
Hong Chengchou did not dare to reply to Azig, and only said to Dorgon: "Prince Regent, the Ming Dynasty has been completely decayed, and it is impossible for the thieves to come back after they withdraw from Beijing. Therefore, from now on, the city of Beijing and even the entire Beizhi have become
It will become the city territory of our Qing Dynasty, and the people of Beizhi will also become the subjects of our Qing Dynasty. How can there be any reason to send troops to rob one's own subjects?"
"Fart." Azig snorted, "The Qing Dynasty is the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty. How come the people of the Ming Dynasty have become the people of my Qing Dynasty? Aren't you talking nonsense?"
"Yes." A Belle agreed, "Without the people of Ming Dynasty, who will we rob?"
In the minds of these Manchu princes, Beile, robbing the Ming Dynasty has become a habit. It is difficult to overcome or even change this habit.
But Dorgon was a political visionary.
Unlike other princes, Baelor is not short-sighted.
Moreover, Dorgon has skillful political skills.
Therefore, Dorgon did not stand up to Prince Baylor like Azig, but instead lifted Huang Taiji out.
Dorgon looked around and said with a serious face: "Taizong Bintian had left a legacy before. If the capital was moved to Beijing, it would be easy to move the capital to Beijing, and then move to the Central Plains, so don't mention the burning, killing and looting."
"Prince Regent Mingjian." Hong Chengchou and other Han officials were overjoyed when they heard this.
Azig and Prince Baylor were extremely disappointed.
But there is nothing wrong with being disappointed, this is the legacy of Taizong.
