Once you die, you can feel the chill of death and you can hear the drop of a needle.
At this time, Ding Kui and Chu Sheng were all killed at the emperor's word.
From a personal emotional point of view, Zhu Yihai actually wanted to kill Ding Kuichu more than once. This kind of guy is more outrageous than He Tengjiao was in Huguang, more greedy than Zhu Dadian, and more interested in forming cliques than Ma Shiying.
But from the current overall situation, Ding Kuichu is not an exception, but is universal, especially because he has a relatively high status. Although he has only been in Lingnan for two years, he has taken advantage of the troubled times to make a mark.
Zhu Yihai wanted to kill Ding Kuichu with just one sentence, and an executioner could cut him into pieces.
But if he did this, it would not be much different from Chongzhen.
Did Chongzhen kill too many governors and ministers?
What's the use?
Even in the Chongzhen Dynasty, Zhu Youjian's indiscriminate killings only caused people to panic and made people more turbulent.
What Zhu Yihai needs is to control the overall situation and change these chaotic situations, rather than trying to be quick.
When he decided to send the Jin Yiwei secretly to the south, he had already made the decision to bring him back to Nanjing without killing him, and even to give him some dignity.
This dignity is not reserved for Ding Kuichu, but for Ming Dynasty and everyone else.
He treated He Tengjiao like this at first, he treated Zheng Zhilong like this later, and he treats Ding Kuichu like this now.
Although killing chickens can scare monkeys, if the force is too great, it will have the opposite effect.
Although I am in the 95th year of my life, I am actually in a cold place.
Zhu Yihai doesn't even have Chongzhen's capital now, so he can't kill him as he pleases.
"I have asked Qu Shiqi to take over as the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the Governor of Guangdong, and Lü Daqi as the Governor of Guangxi. Ding Qing can stay in Nanjing to assist in cabinet affairs."
Lu Daqi once served as the governor of Gansu, and later as the right minister of the Ministry of War, he was the governor of the military affairs of Baoding, Shandong, Hebei and other places. Later, he was the governor of the military affairs of Jiangxi, Huguang, Yingtian, Anqing and other places. After Chongzhen's death, he conspired with Qian Qianyi, Shi Kefa and others to support King Lu to the throne.
Later, King Fu supported Ma Shiying and the four towns to supervise the country. Lu Daqi was excluded and served as the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He was impeached soon after and was forced to return to his hometown in Sichuan. Later, Hongguang also issued an order to arrest him and imprison him, but at this time
The road to Shu has been blocked, and the result has not been achieved.
After Zhu Yihai took charge of the country, he specially summoned Lu Daqi to join the court and still served as Minister of Civil Affairs.
The appointment as governor of Guangxi this time was actually a demotion. Originally, he was at least the governor of Guangxi and Guangxi, and Qu Shichu was still the governor. However, because Lu Daqi always impeached and attacked Ruan Dacheng, Ma Shiying and others, and had the intention of provoking party strife, Zhu Yihai scolded him several times for this.
To no avail, they simply sent him to Guangxi as governor, which would make him honest and honest. At the same time, it was also because Lu Daqi was considered loyal to the country and had good experience as a local governor.
Qu Shichun was promoted to governor because he was loyal to Zhu Yihai and had good ability in doing things, so he was naturally promoted.
As for Ding Kuichu, he stayed in the capital for leisure, and the property he brought back by the Jinyiwei was known to the outside world as taxes paid to the national treasury by Guangdong and Guangxi, which could be regarded as a sign of dignity for Ding Kuichu.
The Ding family was given a house in Nanjing City.
But this is basically the end of Ding Kuichu's political life. He is not as good as Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and others. After all, they have rejuvenated their political second life here in Zhu Yihai, and now they are all well-respected governors.
Ding Kuichu felt sad, but he still had to weep and thank the emperor for his kindness.
Seeing Ding's ending, Shen Youlong on the other side felt better. After all, although he was Ding's previous governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, his political performance and official reputation were not bad. In other words, he only accepted some small gifts with bad rules and could not get on the line. Later, he became an official in his hometown of Songjiang. , he also raised the flag to resist the Qing Dynasty, returned to serve as governor of Su Song, and then served as governor of Zhejiang Province. It can be said that he also achieved great success.
"Back off."
Ding Kuichu retreated sadly, like a walking corpse.
Zheng Zhilong watched all this secretly and had to lament that the emperor's methods were so clever that not killing would be more powerful than killing. If he was just furious and ordered the Meridian Palace Staff to kill, even if it was to kill with the staff, he would only think that the emperor's ability was average. .
The situation in the world is like this, everyone is like this, can you kill them all? Besides, if this kind of border official pulls out the carrot and brings out the mud, and liquidates this one, what will he do with his subordinates?
Strict? Wouldn't that force them to jump over the wall?
"Shen Qing,"
Zhu Yihai became the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Shen Yulong, and was promoted to the title of Shaobao. He was also appointed as co-organizer of the bachelor's degree and joined the cabinet to assist in affairs.
Compared to Ding, Shen was truly promoted.
The governor-general of Zhejiang Province has great power, but his rank is lower than that of the six ministers. When the governor rises to the rank of minister, this is a promotion, especially the official department is still the head of the six ministers.
Not to mention adding a co-organizer, Grand Master, especially when it is clear that he will co-organize Dongge affairs. When Dongge Grand Master becomes vacant or goes on duty in the palace, he will be responsible for Dongge affairs as co-organizer.
Under the current cabinet system, there is a vote-sharing system, that is, in addition to the first assistant and second assistant, there are six bachelors who draw votes for each branch, which is equivalent to one bachelor in charge of the affairs of one department. The Dongge bachelor ranks The last one in the three halls and three pavilions is in charge of the Ministry of Works. Although the Ministry of Works ranks last, it is one of the six central ministries after all.
Shen Youlong is getting older, and this time he has officially entered the senior leadership of the central government. Although he is not yet a formal bachelor, he is already a co-organizer, which is one step away from becoming a formal bachelor.
"I thank your Majesty for your kindness." Shen Youlong accepted the order happily.
The original Southern Zhili Province was now split into two provinces, Jiangsu and Anhui, by Zhu Yihai. This time Zhu Yihai canceled the position of Governor of Zhejiang Province, believing that the power was too great, and divided it into the Governor of Jiangnan and the Governor of Zhejiang.
"I have appointed Ruan Dacheng, governor of Zhejiang, as governor and governor of Zhejiang, and Ma Shiying as governor of Jiangnan and governor of Jiangsu."
The two famous traitorous ministers are now in the royal family, and this time they have gone a step further and both have been promoted to governors.
In order to allow the two of them to take charge of one side and take full responsibility, the governor of Zhejiang Province was also removed and Shen Youlong was transferred to the central court, leaving only Yan Wogong, the governor of Jiangnan.
Shen Youlong is old and is very satisfied with this arrangement and readily accepts it.
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In fact, he and Ma Shiying have been getting along well over the past six months. He is very satisfied with the restoration of stability in the Taihu Lake area. He has also gone from strongly opposing the re-employment of traitors like Ma Ruan to now silently supporting it.
Zhu Yihai finally looked at Zheng Zhilong.
The Duke of Ping was calm on the surface, but he was still a little uneasy.
Zhu Yihai was actually extremely cautious about Duke Ping because his strength lay there.
Zhu Yihai, who is extremely wealthy and owns a province as the King of the Southeast Sea, now has more chips in his hands, but he does not dare to easily irritate Zheng Zhilong and must handle his relationship with him carefully.
Zhu Yihai cannot afford to handle it poorly, intensify conflicts, or even trigger internal strife and rebellion at this stage, especially now that the third Northern Expedition is about to take place, and he must deal with Zheng Zhilong well.
Even if he entered the court, the Zheng family's power in Fujian would still be there.
"Ping Guo Gong, I asked Ping Guo Gong for the marriage before. I wonder if Ping Guo Gong is willing to do it?"
Zhu Yihai smiled and said to Zheng Zhilong, and personally poured him a cup of Shaoxing Pingshui Pearl Tea, "This is a new tea from Zhejiang, no worse than Fujian tea. Please give it a try."
After Zheng Zhilong entered the court, the emperor specially sent his ministers to visit the palace and mentioned that the emperor wanted to admit Zheng Zhilong's two daughters into the palace. One was the daughter of the Jiao family in Macau, the legitimate daughter of the Japanese Tagawa family, and the other was the Yan family.
The one who was born now is in Fujian.
This marriage proposal was expected by Zheng Zhilong.
After all, when he first entered the court, the emperor specifically met with his brother-in-law Yan Keying first, admitted his daughter to the palace, and also admitted the daughter of brother Shi Tianfu of General Shi Daxuan to the palace. He also granted them titles and the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Camp. It was very obvious.
Poaching behavior.
But he cannot refuse, because if he refuses, he will arouse the dissatisfaction of Yan Keying, Shi Daxuan and other senior officials of the official party, which will touch their vested interests.
Faced with the emperor's conspiracy, he had no choice but to admit it.
He had already expected that the emperor was trying to show him off and win over his subordinates, but it was just imperial power, and he would inevitably win over him in the end.
And marriage is undoubtedly the simplest and most effective way.
Zheng Zhilong was actually very happy that the emperor wanted to admit his two daughters into the palace. As the king of the Southeast Sea, Zheng Zhilong had always felt inferior and felt that his background was too low.
I have always tried to lean into the system and climb up.
But even if he became the Duke, others still looked down upon him. This was true of the officials and gentry in Fujian, and it was even more obvious in Nanjing.
When a dignified prince came to court, he paid homage to a great scholar, but at the Zheng Mansion in Nanjing, there were very few guests and no one came to the door.
Zheng Zhilong and the emperor were both very wary of each other. They were cautious when dealing with each other, testing again and again, and did not dare to act haphazardly.
Both of them want to strengthen their relationship with each other, but they always distrust each other. In the final analysis, it is still a conflict of fundamental interests, but this does not affect their current cooperation.
Zheng Zhilong immediately told the emperor that after receiving the visit from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he fully agreed with this matter and had already sent his family back to Fujian and Macau to pick up his two daughters and bring them to Beijing.
"The Northern Expedition is imminent. This time I plan to send troops in three directions. Does Ping Guo Gong think it is feasible?"
Zheng Zhilong immediately said it was feasible and even expressed his willingness to play forward.
"Ping Guo Gong is an important minister in the court. How can he be the vanguard? However, this time I will lead the expedition to the east. I will also bring some important ministers and staff with me to lead the army. Ping Guo Gong is a naval war hero and is invincible on the sea.
, and the East Road passes through the Xuyang coast and goes straight to Denglai, Shandong for combat. This road relies more on the navy, so I plan to let Ping Guogong take charge of the troops on the East Road..."
Zheng Zhilong agreed without hesitation.
As they continued chatting, Zhu Yihai got down to business and took a detour. He was exempted from the title of Dongge University Scholar who had previously worshiped Zheng Zhilong. The reason was naturally that he had to accompany him on the expedition and had no time to handle cabinet affairs.
Zheng Zhilong's errand was to serve as Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, governor of the imperial camp, and commander of the Eastern Route of the Northern Expedition. His title of Duke Ping and his title of Shaobao and Crown Prince Taibao remained unchanged.
On the Fujian side, the governor-general and admiral positions of Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Zhifeng also remained unchanged, and the Zheng family's general-general, deputy-general and other positions also remained unchanged.
Even the generals of the Zheng family who entered the capital were basically promoted to higher ranks.
Zheng Zhilong was also very clear about Zhu Yihai's arrangement. The emperor just didn't want him to join the cabinet. Although he was a bit renegade and even poached him before, Zheng Zhilong remained calm on the surface, accepted it happily and thanked him.
In any case, for Zheng Zhilong, everything has now settled. Zheng Zhilong and the Fujian Zheng family have officially gained their status in the Shaotian Dynasty and landed safely.
As for Zhu Yihai, the two have reached an agreement. At least the Fujian Zheng family has been comforted, and their relationship has even become closer. Although it cannot be completely solved in one step, the future is long and we cannot rush it.
Now that it's stable, it's already good.
There were many voices in the court criticizing the Zheng family, but they just stood and talked without pain. Could it be that after Zheng Zhilong entered the court, Zhu Yihai would be able to show the Jinyiwei investigation and evidence that he had a secret meeting with the Qing envoy, and then drag him to Caishikou.
Cut?
Although this is pleasurable, it comes at a heavy price, and the gains outweigh the losses. Politics itself is nothing more than an exchange and compromise of interests. Fighting with weapons is just the ultimate manifestation of a failure to exchange interests.
Compared to the Zheng family, Zhu Yihai's primary enemy is still the Tatars who have invaded the Central Plains.
"Your Majesty!"
Liu Chao hurriedly came in and brought shocking news. Huang Binqing's daughter, Dahuang Fei, gave birth earlier today and had a dystocia. In the end, she was rescued, but the child died just after birth.
"It's a prince," Liu Chao was extremely sad.
This is the emperor's heir that everyone has been waiting for for a long time, especially since there was news that she must be pregnant with a prince. However, she actually gave birth to a prince, but she died in childbirth.
When Zhu Yihai heard the news, he felt a sting in his heart. He felt breathless and heartbroken. He squatted down holding his chest, his face was swollen and purple, and he couldn't breathe.
"Your Majesty?"
"Imperial doctor, please send the message to the imperial camp quickly!"
