After hearing the emperor's decision, although the cabinet process had not yet been completed, after the banquet, Zhu Shuren could not help but receive a lot of compliments from his colleagues and subordinates.
No matter where I go, there are people shouting "Congratulations, Your Majesty", but no one shouts "Chitose"——
Speaking of which, this is also a rumor passed down from the popular opera culture of later generations. In fact, in ancient times, let alone the Ming Dynasty, even in the Qing Dynasty, there was absolutely no one who casually called the prince Chisui to his face until the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
It is nothing more than a person who wrote a songbook for later generations, and generalized it from the folk stories about the eunuchs flattering the "9,000-year-old" Wei Zhongxian.
In fact, the real ancient princes would only find those words vulgar and nondescript. At most, they would only be willing to be "congratulated on the eternal life" when celebrating birthdays (only when congratulating the emperor on his birthday can he say "long life without borders"), and would not use them at ordinary times.
Faced with everyone's overwhelming praise, Zhu Shuren naturally had to show due humility. After all, Cao Cao had to resign before he was granted the title of king. How could he be more arrogant than Cao Cao? (Not only did Cao Pi have to resign when he was granted the title of Duke of Wei,
The king of Wei also resigned)
That day, he had no choice but to rush back to his home without being disturbed, and closed the door to thank guests for the time being.
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In the next few days, Zhu Shuren did not wait idlely for the canonization process, because although Duduo died, the Ming and Qing wars in the Jianghuai area were not over yet. Even though Zhu Shuren did not have to go to Jiangbei in person to supervise the war, he still had to mobilize people across the river.
Will deploy -
As mentioned above, after Dorgon received an urgent report from the Qing army in Huainan, on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, he ordered the Qing army in Shandong to go south for reinforcements, and also asked the Qing army in Hebei to supplement the defense of Shandong. The Qing army in Azige, Henan, was the last
Around the twenty-sixth or seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, preliminary preparations for reinforcements can also be made and the troops move eastward one by one.
According to the marching speed of the Qing army, the Shandong Qing army will definitely be able to reach Yangzhou before the Lantern Festival in the first year of Longwu. Azige's reinforcements can come even faster, and will definitely arrive before the tenth day of the first lunar month.
It's just that Azige is also involved in Nanyang, and the troops coming will definitely not be as large as the Qing army in Shandong. At most, they will allocate 30,000 to 50,000 reinforcements.
If there are more, Azigena itself may have flaws in the process of shrinking and switching to defense. The only way is to gradually retreat and move in batches to ensure safety.
Therefore, in connection with the change of Yuan Dynasty and the ceremony of presenting prisoners, Zhu Shuren rested for two or three days, and on the third day of the first lunar month, he got busy again.
Huang Degong from Jiangbei also reported at about the same time that the Qing army might try to receive Duduo's reinforcements and approach Yangzhou again.
The civil and military officials in Nanjing who were still immersed in great joy were a little surprised again when they heard the news, but their reaction was definitely much smaller than the last time the Qing army went south.
The approaching imperial court had just won a great victory, everyone was excited, and the myth of the Qing army's invincibility was completely shattered. The brief surprise quickly turned into a new unity of purpose.
Shi Kefeng, the Minister of War, took advantage of this opportunity and suggested that the imperial court should quickly simplify the cabinet process for discussion of reward promotions, and at the same time let the chief ceremonial supervisor around the emperor handle special matters during special times.
In order to completely finalize the rewards of all meritorious civil servants and generals as soon as possible, this will encourage the soldiers to continue to fight against the enemy without any worries.
Originally, the matter of Zhu Shuren being crowned king had to go through a process of several months. Those who were crowned princes and uncles did not come to a conclusion so quickly.
However, the re-invasion of the Qing army's rescue force provided such an opportunity, so the military situation was so fierce that special arrangements were made. On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Zhu Shuren's official canonization came down:
The governor of the three provinces of Fengyuan, with the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhu Shuren, the Duke of E State,
As the king of Hubei, he had the power to take charge of the governor's office, command all the Chinese and foreign military forces, and also oversee the food and military equipment of the seven provinces in the south.
There is a mixture of titles, mansions, official positions, and dispatches, some of which were temporarily created by no one before. Generally speaking, Zhu Shuren was authorized to command the external combat operations of the Nanming army, and was given the power to internally raise armaments and build the army.
authority.
In other words, military power is unquestionable, but civil and financial power are not absolute.
Specifically, Zhu Shuren could raise military supplies in the southern provinces on the pretext of fighting against thieves and regaining the Central Plains, but he could not directly interfere with civil and household affairs.
He does not collect agricultural taxes, and he cannot directly control household registration. As long as the local government provides enough military rations and does not prevent him from recruiting troops, he still cannot interfere.
In fact, Nanming has no shortage of troops now. What it lacks is the reorganization and transformation of the old army, a thorough investigation of empty pay and other shortcomings, training and upgrading of equipment, so Zhu Shuren will not have any need to recruit troops in the short term.
As for the power of justice, supervision, personnel appointment and dismissal, and merit examination, he does not have the power, so there is still a big gap between him and the direct national power.
Of course, a lot of money is definitely needed to build armaments, and military rations alone are not enough. In order to prevent the government from getting involved in multiple affairs and wrangling troubles, the cabinet finally approved that he, who "also supervises the food and armaments of the seven provinces in the south," will only be responsible for military rations and
Industrial and commercial tax.
As for the money part, it will naturally be made up by industrial and commercial taxes. Don't think about poll taxes and agricultural taxes. After all, those two items still have the role of maintaining local expenditures.
The Lijin system was implemented five years ago by Zhu Shuren, who worked hard to implement it. He has also collected it in Huguang and Sichuan for several years, and his experience is very mature. This time, he took advantage of the situation and handed over the Lijin system in all seven southern provinces, and directly
It was upgraded to the official commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty and completely merged with the original scattered commercial taxes for unified management.
Later, this also formed a new system in the Ming Dynasty: except for military rations, all materials needed for military construction were supported by industrial and commercial taxes.
Industry and commerce, which had not been taken seriously for more than two hundred years since Zhu Yuanzhang's small-peasant thought, have become a thing of the past.
Future emperors will all know that to strengthen the military and defend the country, they rely on developing industry and commerce, improving science and technology, and engaging in manufacturing. Only when industry and commerce are strong can military expenditures be sourced, and only then can the armament be equipped with advanced weapons, armor, and high-quality livestock.
Finally, because armaments also involve construction, the functions of the Ministry of Industry will also fall under the overall coordination scope of the Metropolitan Governor's Office to a certain extent, making it easier for Zhu Shuren to intervene.
This will make it easier for Zhu Shuren to prospect, mine, build metallurgical steel mills, arsenals, machinery factories, and uniforms throughout the Ming Dynasty... This is equivalent to assigning all other functions of the Ministry of Industry to the Ministry of Industry except building water conservancy and building palaces.
It is within the scope of Zhu Shuren's coordination.
As the commander-in-chief of all Chinese and foreign military affairs, and also in charge of food and military equipment for the seven provinces in the south, he had absolute leadership over the entire Ministry of War, half of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and most of half of the Ministry of Works. Basically, he had absolute leadership over half of the imperial court.
Moreover, although the original six ministries had a military department, civilian officials did not directly enjoy the power to command the army. Zhu Shuren actually had military command power.
So in general, he roughly has all the command rights of the foreign military officers in the court except the palace guard system, plus 40% of the command rights of the civilian system.
Zhu Shuren was of course very satisfied with this scope of power.
He also didn't want to be too embarrassed to see the powerful minister who completely ignored the emperor and the traitorous prime minister. Considering the current situation that the emperor has no son and his relationship with the emperor, this rhythm is already the best.
Moreover, Zhu Shuren was not good at administering justice to criminals, supervising matters, and tedious personnel management. Things that he was neither professional nor interested in could be left to the original professionals.
In addition, in order to cooperate with Zhu Shuren's power structure, the imperial court has recently been discussing to gradually let Shi Kefa hand over work to Zhu Shuren, and then gradually transfer Shi Kefa to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs within this year.
This is not to ignore Shi Kefa, but to let him do things that are more suitable for him.
To be honest, Shi Kefa is really not very talented in directly supervising divisions, coordinating generals, and military command. Historically, his loyalty is the most worthy of recognition, but the Yangzhou city defense battle was really a mess.
It would be a better choice to let a selfless and trustworthy person like him lead the civil service.
Wang Duo has been imprisoned and is still being interrogated for his specific crimes and is preparing to convict him. Naturally, his vacated position as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs needs a powerful person with sufficient weight to take over.
In the past peace years, among the Ming Dynasty's cabinet and six ministries, the Ministry of Personnel should be headed by the Ministry of Personnel, and the chief assistant of the cabinet was mostly the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. For example, during the Chongzhen period, Zhou Yanru was the chief assistant of the cabinet, and he was also the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
When the Nanming team was set up, it was simply because the Central Plains and Beijing had fallen, and self-protection with armaments was the top priority. This led to the Ministry of War as the head, and it was considered a temporary wartime system.
Now that Li Zicheng has been killed and Duduo has been defeated, the cabinet ministers gathered and felt that the complete wartime system cannot always be maintained. The counterattack is still very difficult and requires a long process. It should gradually return to the normal rhythm of equal emphasis on civil and military affairs.
At this time, it is not a bad idea to go back to the old way.
In the past few days, Emperor Longwu Zhu Changzi had communicated with Shi Kefa in private to prepare him mentally, saying that after being transferred to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the position of chief minister of the cabinet would still be his, and he would continue to be the head of the civil service.
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Shi Kefa is an upright person and has no objection to this.
After the Minister of War was vacated, it was no longer a special appointment. Zhu Shuren had previously been governor of three provinces and had the title of Minister of War. He could just let him take over the affairs. Part of his powers already overlapped with those of the Ministry of War.
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After Zhu Shuren and Shi Kefa's transfer of rewards were confirmed, it would be much easier for the middle and high-level military officers and civilian officials below to handle it.
In the decisive battle against Duduo, the battlefield contributions of Cao Bianjiao and other generals were naturally the most direct. Cao Bianjiao also led his team to kill Duduo and was awarded a marquis, which is very rare -
Previously, the Nanming court only awarded the title of earl to the generals who had outstanding merits. The title of marquis was always reserved, and the gold content was still very high.
Cao Bianjiao created the title of Marquis of Zhenjiang, but it had nothing to do with the title of Zhenjiang Prefecture. He just said that he had cleared Jiang's defense, ensured that Jiangnan was not lost, and allowed the title to be hereditary.
Li Fuming made the Marquis of Jiangning, which had nothing to do with the fiefdom. He only received a share of world salary, but the title was reduced by one rank for his descendants.
Huang Degong is still an earl now because he did not participate in the Jiangnan Campaign, but he made great contributions in recovering Liuhe, Yangzhou and other places. Zhu Shuren secretly wrote to him, asking him to continue his efforts.
This time Dorgon Azig's rescue Qing army will arrive soon. When the news of Duo Duo's death spreads, these Qing reinforcements from Jiangbei will retreat. At that time, Huang Degong can be given gold to "repulse Jiangbei"
The credit for "rescuing the Qing army" is greater, and he should be granted the title of Marquis for that reason.
Huang Degong and Dexin were naturally very excited and patrolled even harder. He had already seen a "future" Marquis in front of him. He could immediately "redeem the mission reward" after repelling the Qing reinforcements. This was not something he had to do so hard.
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Finally, Zheng Chenggong, who had shown great strength several times in the Jiangfeng Waterproof Battle, also took the lead in the Battle of Jinshan Temple, which lasted for half a month and greatly restrained and weakened Duduo, which could be regarded as laying the foundation for an advantage in the final battle.
Just considering that he was too young and had always been a civilian official before, he could be compensated in terms of promotion, so he did not have to rely solely on titles to raise honors like military generals. Therefore, Zheng Chenggong was granted the title of Ding Haibo and was promoted to the Ministry of War.
Doctor Fang.
None of the other generals were eligible for the title of marquis, but the earl still gave a few to them.
Among the civil servants, it is worth mentioning that Yan Yingyuan, the prefect of Changzhou, was particularly successful in blocking the attack and his credit for exhausting the enemy before the final decisive battle was more conspicuous than Zheng Chenggong's. However, he was less credited than Zheng Chenggong for the Jiang waterproof battle, so the reward was also increased.
Only slightly lower than Zheng Chenggong.
Yan Yingyuan was exceptionally promoted to Su Song Military Preparation Road, responsible for the military preparations of the four prefectures of Su Songchang Town, which was equivalent to being responsible for the river defense preparation work of the four prefecture-level cities in southern Jiangsu along the Yangtze River in later generations.
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The affairs of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War are so complex that it is difficult to describe them all at once.
At the same time, the Ministry of Punishment is also busy dealing with the aftermath of the war, and the discussion of punishing evil and eradicating evil will certainly not be neglected.
Because Wang Duo took the lead in becoming a traitor and surrendered, he was eventually sentenced to beheading. He failed to escape the judgment of history. There were also a bunch of other colluders who were formally sentenced, ranging from minor to serious, and were scheduled to be executed on the 11th day of the first lunar month -
Zhu Changzi did not want to delay it too late, because he knew that Qing reinforcements would soon arrive in Jiangbei. Killing the main traitors before the Qing army's second wave of rescue attempts could also boost morale and unify people's hearts.
But it would be unlucky to kill people as soon as the first lunar month comes, or during the Lantern Festival, so we finally compromised and chose a day that was just after the tenth day of the lunar month and before the Lantern Festival.
Qian Qianyi was sentenced to exile as a high official, but before the high officials were confiscated, he was first exiled to Fujian for temporary custody and placed under the supervision of a military general from Zheng Chenggong's clan.
In addition to our own traitors who need to be dealt with, enemy officials and generals who are captured alive must of course be severely interrogated.
The captured Manchus, Mongolian Beizi, and Mele Ezhen all had their heads cut into pieces, while those at lower levels were beaten or cut in half.
There is a difference between the punishment of Zhe and Ling Chi. The punishment of Zhe in the Ming Dynasty was roughly simplified to cutting off the limbs and then beheading. It can be roughly understood as Lu Fei cutting the stick for Mrs. Qi. The number of knives was much less than that of Ling Chi.
Serious, not a permanent punishment.
Of course, the most senior Han official captured was Zhang Cunren, who was at the banner level. This man was the mastermind of Duduo. Historically, after the Qing army captured Jiangnan, he also served as governor of many places and was the chief culprit in suppressing Jiangnan.
One of the culprits.
In addition, Zhang Cunren was a general of Zu Dashou and a military attache of the Ming Dynasty. He finally surrendered to the enemy, so he must be punished with the most severe treason.
In the end, Zhang Cunren was sentenced to three thousand knives, and he was beheaded from the early morning of the 11th day of the first lunar month to midnight on the 13th day of the first lunar month. The emperor personally ordered him not to delay, lest it be delayed until the Lantern Festival and there would be ominous bloodshed.
Except for Zhang Cunren, there is nothing much to say about the other old traitors, except Sun Zhixian, who needs special treatment.
Originally, the Ministry of Punishment only sentenced Sun Zhixian to Lingchi, who had a relatively small number of knives, and gave him sixty-four knives. The main purpose was to punish him for "instigating Duduo to issue an order to shave his hair, which resulted in tens of thousands of volunteers from the Second Prefecture of Changzhen who refused to shave their hair."
They were attacked and massacred by the Qing army."
But Zhu Shuren was familiar with history books, and he also knew how Sun Zhixie died after being captured by the Tiandihui rebels in history. He really didn't want the exclusive death method of Sun Zhixie, a traitor like Sun Zhixie, to be lost, so he specially said hello.
, I hope extra punishment will be imposed.
Prince E has already spoken, how could the Ministry of Punishment not agree? What’s more, it’s just a little inspiration.
In the end, Sun Zhixian replicated the way he died when he was killed by the Shandong rebels in history, and carried out a "reverse Ling Chi" - the positive Ling Chi in history was to chop off the flesh of a person piece by piece.
However, Sun Zhixian was not chopped into pieces. Instead, the executioners added a lot of things to his body.
The specific operation was to ask the people who were watching the punishment to voluntarily donate a handful of hair, and then put it through the hole of the sewing needle originally used to thread the sewing thread, and pierce it into Sun Zhixie's flesh, just like a surgical wound.
It was passed out, and the hair was cut, so that the hair would be implanted into Sun Zhixian's skin.
Doesn’t Sun Zhixian hope that the Han people in the world will shave their heads and tie their hair in braids like him? Then do the opposite and let the Han people in the world give him “full body skin and hair transplantation”.
In the end, thousands of stitches were sewn on Sun Zhixian's skin and flesh, resembling a long-haired chimpanzee, and he died of pain. After his death, the executioner tied ropes to the intricate hair transplants and ordered a group of people to
The cavalry pulled Sun Zhixian's body separately and flew it to the public. It could fly higher than hanging it on a bamboo pole, and people could see it from a greater distance.
On the day when Sun's orangutan kite was flown, countless people in Nanjing came to watch. Those who escaped from Zhenjiang and Changzhou and had their families killed because they refused to shave their heads were even more bitter and resentful, and they had to watch.
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There are also countless people who paid money to beg the executioner to accept their donated hair, insisting on transplanting their own hair onto Sun Zhixian.