It's not bright yet, but the roadside is already crowded with people.
Many people have been here since midnight last night.
On the roadside, soldiers from the Fifth Military Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalion of the Beijing Camp surrounded an open space and set up a pavilion. Sitting there were the ministers of the cabinet department of the Lu Supervisor Dynasty and other important ministers. Each one of them specially changed into a prison today.
The country gave him a red sitting python robe and a jade belt around his waist.
"The main force of the Tatars has returned south and has crossed the Yangtze River. What a good news." Song Zhipu, the first assistant, sighed as he held a cup of tea. It has been more than two months since he raised the flag in Sui Lu to supervise the country in Taizhou, but every day is like a year.
.The supervisor of the country trusted him greatly and worshiped him as his chief assistant, but after all, his qualifications were shallow, especially after the arrival of ministers such as Fang Fengnian, Chen Meng, Liu Zongzhou, etc.
He also submitted a letter to resign, but the supervisory authorities refused.
He stayed in Shaoxing to preside over the cabinet, which put great pressure on him. Scholars in Tokyo often published comments and comments, saying that he was not worthy of being the chief minister, and some even attacked Lu Jianguo for employing nepotism.
Song Zhipu was forced to resign seventy-two times in two months. He wrote several resignation letters almost every day, but the supervisor rejected them all.
Sitting in this first and auxiliary position is like holding a hot potato. Fortunately, for more than two months, the Qiantang River defense line has been held. Lu Jianguo even personally led his troops northward and won a series of victories. The provinces in the rear also
They all came to support him.
He endured and endured, until finally the prisoner was about to come back, and Song Zhipu could finally breathe a sigh of relief. This time, he planned to read this poem in person no matter what.
Wang Zhiren, the governor of the Beijing camp who had just sent Zhang Guowei to the capital of Ganzhou, was also wearing a red robe and sitting among the crowd. After Wang Binqing handed over Zhoushan and went north, Wang Zhiren could finally return to Tokyo from Ningbo. After he arrived,
First, he accompanied Zhang Guowei back to his hometown in Yiwu, where he recruited 8,000 Yiwu recruits, then sent them to Ganzhou, and then returned.
He began to rectify the Qiantang defense line according to the order, reorganize the various battalions and rebels, set up battalions, draw up rosters, distribute food and pay, inspect and train, and even strengthen the garrison upstream, aiming at Fang Guoan.
Jian Guo has a secret decree for him. He will prepare to attack Hangzhou next. He must make preparations in advance and let him start first. As the leader of the generals in the army, Wang Zhiren has not yet been able to defeat these soldiers and horses on the Qiantang River.
If the integration is good, especially if there is a domineering warrior like Fang Guoan, there will be many obstacles and he will not cooperate.
He Tengjiao, who was summoned to the cabinet from Changsha, Huguang, had many worries. He became very decadent after being forced to enter the court. He had no foundation in Tokyo. He basically entered the court alone and has not yet found his place.
.I am about to meet with the supervisor, and I don’t know what the outcome will be.
Fang Fengnian blew the foam from the Longjing tea in the cup and said, "The chief minister conveyed the decree of supervising the country and asked the six cabinet departments to rectify the Jiang defense troops and horses, arrange food and wages, and also rectify the garrison and military garrison. But now we have not done any of it, and we can't see it."
Supervise the country."
His words seemed to be referring to all the ministers, but in fact they were directed at the chief minister, Song Zhipu. As Fang Fengnian, who had worshiped the chief minister in Chongzhen, he always felt that he had high qualifications. When he was the chief minister, Song Zhipu was only
He's just a junior official.
Chen Meng also helped.
Song Zhipu chuckled, but didn't answer.
On the other hand, Liu Zongzhou, the censor of Zuodu, answered the call at this time and helped to protect Song Zhipu. He had no personal relationship with Song Zhipu, but Song was the chief minister worshiped by the prison country, that is, the head of all officials. If everyone does not respect this chief minister, it is because the imperial court does not
Dignity, if you lose your dignity, you will have no authority, how can you still operate?
"Things are coming one by one. The Tatars have already issued an order at the beginning of the year to remove all craftsmen from the country and exempt them from the price of Beijing craftsmen. How can we still lag behind the Tatars? His Highness said that the system of withdrawal of guards should be abolished. The military status should be abolished, and the craftsman status should be converted into civilian status. This is all far-sighted. As ministers, what we have to consider is how to implement the decree and get specific things done."
"The cabinet has not even been able to issue a formal decree so far. It talks about it every day, but there is no result. Once the princes meet with the supervisor, it is said that they have nothing to explain."
Liu Zhouzong had always had a hard and bad temper. He was well-known in the Chongzhen Dynasty but had not been an official for a few days. Lu Jianguo used him to head the capital procuratorate, which indeed made Fang Fengnian and other cabinet ministers not dare to be careless.
Now when he opened his mouth, Fang Fengnian shut up and continued drinking tea.
Chen Meng started to laugh, "Your Highness should be arriving soon, why is there no messenger?"
Lu Jianguo's cabinet had a large number of people. Zhang Guowei went to Ganzhou to supervise Liangjiang, Zhu Dadian went to Changsha to supervise Huguang, and Xu Shiqi and Shen Chenquan accompanied the emperor.
In addition to these four academicians, Song Zhipu is the first assistant and leads the cabinet. Qi Biaojia, Fang Fengnian, Chen Meng, Chen Hanhui, Ke Xiaqing, Yu Ying, plus He Tengjiao, a total of eight academicians are in the court.
There are a total of fourteen bachelors, which can also be said to be a large cabinet.
Although the eunuchs Si Li, the eunuchs in charge of printing, eunuch Bingbi, and the eunuchs appointed by Lu Jianguo, as well as the imperial eunuchs, also shared the administration of the government with the cabinet according to the old practice, the cabinet votes were drafted, and the Si Li eunuch approved.
However, whether it is Pang Tianshou, Li Guofu or Liu Chao and other great eunuchs, they are relatively low-key and introverted. They are neither ostentatious nor excessive in their actions. In particular, the first assistant Song Zhipu has a good relationship with several eunuchs. Therefore, although the eunuchs in charge of the country Not in Shaoxing, but here, there are indeed fewer constraints from the cabinet.
However, the efficiency of the cabinet is not very high. The most important thing is that the cabinet ministers compete secretly among themselves. Although the Supervisory State has repeatedly emphasized that internal fighting and party strife are prohibited, it not only issued an edict to destroy the three dynasties that the eunuchs used to attack Donglin. He also issued a clear edict that the eunuchs appointed by Chongzhen would not be held accountable.
Even those who surrendered to Li Zicheng and others were not held accountable.
In short, party strife is prohibited.
Although it is impossible not to fight against the party, with the attitude of the Supervisor State now, these people do not dare to be too explicit, and make some small moves in secret, such as Song Zhipu accepting the Supervisor State's order and asking the cabinet to discuss and come up with a plan to rectify the camp. There was no consensus on the specific plans for abolishing the guard stations, or even sorting out the tax system, etc., and even Fang every year was still making a fuss about whether the military system of the guard stations should be abolished.
Liu Zongzheng was not a cabinet minister, but he couldn't stand it anymore. He once directly criticized Fang Fengnian, Chen Meng and others for still harboring party ideas. However, Liu Zongzhou himself actually had some problems. For example, he firmly opposed the alliance with thieves to fight against the captives, and believed that Huguang's people could not be trusted. The remnants of obedient thieves cannot be given titles or official positions.
At the same time, he kept writing to Zhu Yihai, requesting that Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and other traitors be killed first.
Without Zhu Yihai's presence, things would still be quite chaotic.
Everyone is looking forward to Zhu Yihai's return to Beijing, and they all want to achieve their own goals by supervising the country. For example, Song Zhipu wants to resign as the first assistant, Fang Fengnian wants to become the first assistant, Liu Zhouzong wants to kill Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, etc.
The ground suddenly shook.
In the distance, a black line emerged on the horizon, getting darker and darker, becoming more and more numerous, and gradually seemed to cover the sky and the sea.
With countless dust flying and war flags hunting, the Jinwu cavalry of the Royal Camp Cavalry, which had gained a reputation in Sanwu, arrived. The leader was Zhu Shengli, the chief cavalry general of Jinwu Town, the adopted son of Li Chixin of the Loyal Camp and a brave general of the Chuang Army.
He ran over holding a big flag embroidered with the word "Jinwu".
In addition to the word "Jinwu" embroidered on the red flag, there is also a yellow dragon with teeth and claws, opening its mouth to swallow a golden crow.
Seeing the shocking appearance of the Jinwu Cavalry, everyone stood up in unison, looking eagerly behind the Jinwu Cavalry, eager to see Lu Jianguo!