The morning court meeting the next day was the largest court meeting in the history of the Tianqi Dynasty. All the officials in Beijing, including those reporting on their duties and those waiting for vacancies, all entered the palace. The genius was bright, and the carriages, horses and sedan chairs outside the Meridian Gate were packed.
There was a dense platoon of royal guards, strictly checking every official who entered the palace.
Zhu Youxiao put on a show of honor because he was happy from the bottom of his heart. This was the second time since he ascended the throne that he was proud and proud. In the past, he was suppressed by the Queen Mother and Jiu Qiansui because he was a puppet, and later he was restrained by the Donglin Party after the coup was successful.
Being overshadowed by Liu Ziguang's brilliance, he has always been unhappy. After the second coup, he finally regained his dignity. From today on, he will work hard to become a truly great emperor.
When all the officials entered the court, they saw that Danbi in Fengtian Hall was filled with guards wearing brand-new flying fish uniforms. Judging from the color of the uniforms, they were not Jin Yiwei, let alone Nanchang. The young men all carried fire guns and sabers on their waists, standing proudly, with their heads held high.
Holding the handle of the knife with one hand and one hand on his waist, he looked very proud. Of course the officials didn't know that these were the spies of the Ming Dynasty's newest spy agency, the Secret Service, who had surfaced for the first time.
On both sides of the royal road there were countless eunuchs holding lanterns, elephants dragging treasure vases, and Han generals wearing golden helmets and gold armor holding red lacquer poles and gold melon axes as ceremonial guards. All the officials walked to the front of the hall, and the eunuchs swung their whips and whipped them three times.
The drums and drums sounded, hundreds of officials went to the palace, and the emperor went to court. From the jade robes of the python, the red robes worn by the unicorn crane, to the green robes of low-level officials, the officials lined up all the way to the gate of Fengtian.
Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with the grand and solemn effect, and signaled for Wei Zhongxian to announce the edict. The newly released Chief of Ceremonies, the Eunuch in Charge, the Chief Superintendent of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Minister of Internal Affairs, and the Admiral of the Imperial Secret Service Wei Zhongxian. Eunuch Wei had a serious look on his face and held the imperial edict in his hand.
When he came to the door of Fengtian Hall, he read aloud.
The imperial edict was an explanation for the riots in the capital yesterday. It was said that Liu Ziguang had controlled the government for a long time, was corrupt, used power for personal gain, was domineering, and was good at killing princes. In the end, he actually raised troops to attack the palace with the intention of usurping the throne. Fortunately, the loyal ministers and good generals in the court were able to turn the tide.
, put an end to the rebellion, kill the rebellious officials and traitor Liu Ziguang, and restore a bright future to the Ming Dynasty.
After Wei Zhongxian finished reading, all the officials were in an uproar. Although they had already guessed the ending in their hearts, everyone was still deeply shocked. Liu Ziguang's reputation has been deeply rooted in their hearts for a long time. Such an undefeated hero, an iron-blooded hero.
The general finally fell into the hands of his own people. It can be seen that the strong among the strong are the strong among the strong. No matter how strong the courtiers are, they are just a joke in front of the imperial power.
All the officials were impressed by the emperor's thunderous methods. They all fell down and shouted long live. Not even one person jumped out to defend Liu Ziguang. It's no wonder that all the officials who were familiar with the Duke of Zhen were imprisoned last night. Now they are going to court.
Either he is a member of the Donglin Party or he is a petty official with no foundation.
Even the officials of the Donglin party could not help but break out in cold sweats. Qian Qianyi and Qi Zhenming looked at each other, both deeply shocked by the emperor's thunderous methods. They had launched such a big operation. As the chief ministers of the cabinet, Qian Gelao and Jin Yiwei both commanded
The top political and legal leaders of the Ming Dynasty, including the Minister of Punishment, did not know this, which shows that the emperor was actually on guard against them.
Now that Liu Ziguang has fallen, is it his turn? The officials of the Donglin faction are feeling uneasy. The second imperial edict has been issued. Sure enough, there is a big reshuffle of officials. All the people from Liu Ziguang's original faction have been taken away from their posts and imprisoned.
It is said that Donglin officials were also affected. Qi Zhenming officially resigned from the position of head of Jinyiwei, Xu Sanpi took over, Huang Xiaotian, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was demoted to the rank of minister, and old officials in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel resigned. Some famous officials
Unknown new officials came up, but the emperor only deprived the Donglin Party of military and financial officials. Instead of demoting high-ranking officials like Qian Qianyi and Hou Xun, they were given the title of Grand Master to show his favor.
Another disturbing news is the promotion of Wei Zhongxian and the emergence of the Imperial Secret Service. Since ancient times, emperors have loved to use eunuchs because they cannot reproduce and cannot gain a foothold in society except in the palace, so they must rely on imperial power. Zhu Youxiao’s experience
After Liu Ziguang's incident, he had more reservations about his trust in the ministers. After defeating Liu Ziguang, he established a new opposition for the civil servants, that is, the new eunuch party.
In fact, Wei Zhongxian had already won over many middle and low-level officials. They came to power after killing Liu Ziguang. Most of these people were unscrupulous and unscrupulous people, but there were also capable people. Their rise formed a new political group. This group
The strength lies in the support of the Secret Service, the highest secret service agency.
The Qin Secret Service originally had only a dozen people, performing secret and low-level tasks. Now that the big thing has been accomplished, it has grandly surfaced and taken over the original tasks of Jinyiwei and Nanchang. It has great power and can monitor hundreds of officials without going through the Three Laws Division.
The arresters were imprisoned, while the Jinyiwei was reduced to a general domestic detective agency. The situation in the South Factory was even worse. The old superior Liu Ziguang was finished. The admiral Sun Gang was also seriously injured and was in bed. Many people loyal to the Duke of Zhen had quietly left, and all those who were in charge were gone.
Now, although they have not been revoked, their powers have been severely reduced and they can only be responsible for some border intelligence collection work.
After the imperial edict was read out, Baiguanshan shouted long live and the dynasty retreated. The emperor left some ministers to go back to the Qianqing Palace to discuss matters. Everyone understood that it was a meeting of the dynasty just now. Only official things could be said, and the content behind the scenes needed to be done.
The Qing court officials secretly discussed it. What reassured the Donglin Party members was that Mr. Qian Ge and Qi Shangshu were both on the list of those left behind. In addition, there were some young officials who had long been favored by the emperor, such as the new Donglin Party members -
--Li Ke gave the incident to Sun Qichao.
The Xiaochao meeting lasted for a long time. As you can imagine, the content of the discussion was nothing more than dealing with the power vacuum after the death of Zhen Guogong. Liu Ziguang's people were spread all over the northern provinces, including his disciples in Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Taiwan. How to arrange these people is the current issue.
The top priority of the work is that if you are not careful, it is not impossible that a full-scale civil war will break out. Then there are the large inheritance left by Liu Ziguang, Liguo Iron Works, Jiangnan Shipyard, and a large number of companies such as Meilin Cannery and Nanyang Brothers Tobacco.
There are entities such as companies, as well as a large number of stocks and bonds. The shares of China Merchants Group alone are equivalent to almost 30 million yuan! There are countless real estate properties such as hotel chains and tobacco and rubber plantations. It is impossible to take stock of these assets.
Even if it doesn't take more than a year, Zhu Youxiao can be said to have made a fortune by overthrowing Liu Ziguang.
Wei Zhongxian inspected the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion and found a big harvest. Needless to say, there were as many as one million taels of gold and silver in the treasury. There were countless rare and rare treasures, many of which were not found in the palace. Those pearls were bigger and rounder than the emperor's.
The quality of the Chaotian crown is quite good. There are mountains of emerald agate antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and a large number of weapons and ammunition. The most important discovery is more than a dozen sets of dragon robe crowns. This is ironclad evidence that Liu Ziguang intends to rebel!
Everyone is playing politics, and everyone can see this trick. It is true that Liu Ziguang's family has two bad money, and it is absolutely impossible for him to buy a dragon robe. This is nothing more than Wei Zhongxian's attempt to cater to the emperor and prove his plan to eradicate Liu Ziguang.
It's just an arrangement made by justice and necessity. If we don't show this, how can we cover up the world's mouth.
After the morning dynasty ended, Yingtianfu's government officials posted notices of people's peace all over the capital. Mimeographed wax paper with uniform specifications was sent to the entire southern Zhili and even surrounding counties such as Shanghai Road in Zhejiang. Provinces far away announced the news through telegraphs, and then the local people announced the news.
The government posted a notice with the same content, and in a blink of an eye the news that Duke Liu Ziguang had been executed for rebellion spread throughout the country, both inside and outside the Great Wall.
Duke Zhen Guo is dead, the most powerful general of the Ming Dynasty who came from a humble background and made his fortune in the army is dead. The great hero who scared off Emperor Shunzhi, captured Dorgon alive, and led the sons of the Han family to recover three thousand miles of the country's rivers and mountains is dead.
The handsome young man who composed a romantic love story with the eldest princess of the dynasty, the strange man in the hearts of thousands of young girls is dead. The handsome young man who led a thousand people to parachute into Beijing and was surrounded by 130,000 enemy troops, resolutely conquered the west.
The millions of Xixia soldiers, the idols of countless passionate young people, are dead!
He did not die on the battlefield of the Iron Horse, nor did he die of an irresistible illness, nor did he die peacefully. Instead, he died of an unprovoked political storm at the age of only twenty-nine.
Under the slander of the despicable traitor!
The mountains and rivers are changing color, and the grass and trees are in tears. I don’t know why, but the sunshine in Jiangnan in the early spring is not bright and clear, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. The clouds have been low these days, but there is no rain. The martial law has been lifted, but walking on the busiest streets in the capital, you will find
The restaurants and teahouses were empty, and even the brothels on both sides of the Qinhuai River, which were usually flocked by idle men, were closed to welcome guests. People took off their silk silks and satins and put on black clothes and white skirts. All the prostitutes in the capital were united.
They wore a white flower on their temples to express their condolences to the Duke of Zhen. Gradually, all the women in the capital wore white flowers. The whole city did not hear the sound of silk and bamboo, and they all silently mourned for a certain great hero who died unjustly.