"Hahaha!"

It was time for lunch at Tianning Temple again, and hearty laughter came from the main hall. This was Prince Zhu laughing wildly!

In the main hall, except for Chongzhen who was "learning" how to be an emperor, everyone's facial expressions were consistent with Zhu Cixiang!

Chongzhen looked depressed! Why was it that when he was the emperor, there were always upright gentlemen who spoke against him? Now that it was the unfilial son's turn to take power, not only did no one speak against him, but even his expressions became unified.

The prince is angry, and the traitorous ministers are also filled with indignation. The prince is happy, and everyone is also happy...

What is even more hateful is that Prince Zhu even threw away the Jin Yiwei, the three tools for rectifying the officials, including the Imperial Staff and the Dongchang. The Jin Yiwei now no longer cares about the disobedience and corruption of officials, but only catches rebellious thieves and spy on military affairs.

The cane was simply canceled and the spanking was stopped, and the Dongjishi Factory also issued an order to remove it!

In Chongzhen's view, Zhu Cixiang now is almost like a toothless tiger!

But the question is, why are the officials so afraid of him? What are they afraid of? What means does the prince have to punish them?

Do they all believe that Zhu Cihong is the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao? Isn't this too ridiculous?

Zhu Cixiang didn't know that his cheap dad was studying how to control his wife. This thing is actually very difficult to learn, it's more about talent!

Zhu Cixi just had such a talent, otherwise how could Emperor Taizu Gao take a fancy to him?

In Zhu Cihong's view, using Dongchang, imperial edicts and imperial staffs to deal with civil servants is completely incompetent! Only when there is no way to deal with civil servants and no official group can be relied on, this kind of intimidating method is needed.

And Zhu Cihong now has his own bureaucracy - he has his own group of heroes who have overcome difficulties, most of whom are proletarian bureaucrats in exile. If you don't follow him, you will have to suffer poverty and have problems eating. So there is no need to worry about confrontation from the bureaucracy.

, everyone is unanimous on the issue of dealing with the bureaucrats, nobles and gentry in the southeast.

Only by cleaning up the bureaucrats, noble gentry and gentry in the southeast can they live a good life!

Zhu Cixi also has an army he built by himself - the New Army to overcome difficulties! Although the backbone of this army comes from Wu family members, surrendered bandits, and remnants of the Beijing camp, it has been completely controlled by him. Now there is no one who can incite the new army.

The possibility of the army opposing the Crown Prince!

Zhu Cixi even had more than 300 "eunuchs who overcame difficulties" he could rely on. Although he had been reducing the power of the inner court, these "eunuchs who overcame difficulties" could still be trusted. Because they were not only eunuchs, but also heroes. They could get titles and take up posts.

Official positions in foreign dynasties.

In addition, Zhu Cihong also established an "Imperial Merchant Group" for his own use, including Huang Jiang, Su Sheng, Shen Tingyang, Zheng Sen, Huaiyang Siyanzong and Tie Abacus Yunsan.

Precisely because he has forces he can rely on in all aspects, he can implement his policies quite effectively.

The good news is coming one after another!

And there’s not just one good news, but four joys!

Of course, the first great news is that Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, and Hangzhou fell into the control of Prince Zhu one after another!

In addition to Fang Gongyue, Qiu Yu, and Fan Jingwen, who had served as cabinet elders, ministers, and held the title of Earl of Kenan, they served as governors, prefects, and general towns. Zhu Cixiang also sent two "Kenan" who followed from Beijing.

"Nan Wenchen" went to serve as the prefect of Changzhou, Songjiang, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing and other prefectures. Later, a new army of the Association was stationed in each of these nine prefectures - now there are six divisions and two divisions of the "Nan Wenchen" on the books.

Of the Fourteenth League, two divisions and Eight Leagues were stationed in Dengzhou and Huai'an. Nine of the remaining sixteen Leagues were stationed in various places, and only seven Leagues were still in Yangzhou.

The second joy was the news from Jinan Prefecture. Donglu, who was entrenched in Beijing, sent a delegation to discuss marriage, saying that they wanted to marry Dorgon's six-year-old daughter Dongguo to Zhu Cixiang as his wife - although Zhu Cixiang never thought about it.

To make the lie come true, this Donglu mission can still greatly enhance the prestige of Zhu Cihong and Xingchao.

Because Dorgon's attempt to marry a daughter can also be seen as his intention not to destroy Nanming and unify the world! In other words, Dorgon already knew that the Qing Dynasty was unable to defeat Nanming and unify China.

Therefore, this Zhu Cixi has a great possibility of owning half of the country. Although he only has half of the country, he is still the king of a country!

The third joy came from Wuchang. Zuo Liangyu, who had always ignored the DPRK, finally sent an envoy to Yangzhou. This envoy was not from Zuo Liangyu, but Han Lin, a minister of Li Zicheng who came from Taiyuan.

This Han Lin is amazing. He is the author of "Shouyu Complete Book" and a famous scholar from Jiangzhou, Shanxi. In his early years, he traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, made friends with scholars, learned Western knowledge from Xu Guangqi, became a Catholic, and met a man who was proficient in city building.

Gao Yizhi, a Western missionary who practiced art and artillery. With the help of the latter, he wrote the "Shouyu Complete Book", which can be called a textbook for Western French fortification. However, although Han Lin learned both Chinese and Western knowledge, his eight-legged essay was not good enough and passed the exam.

Passing the exam meant that he would be successful, so he had no official position, so he had to live in seclusion in Taiyuan and study Western learning. When Li Zicheng conquered Taiyuan, he happened to be in the court, so he joined the Ming Dynasty...

However, after surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, Han Lin found that the Ming Dynasty was unknown, so he kept looking for an opportunity to leave. This time he finally caught up with Gu Junen and took the lead for him. After Han Lin sent letters from Gu Junen and Wang Chengen

Later, Zuo Liangyu had to change his stance on the Yangzhou visit.

Although he has some strength, he still can't defeat Li Zicheng. Now that Li Zicheng has taken the initiative to make peace, he still dares to detain the envoy from sending it to Yangzhou? Isn't he afraid that Li Zicheng will send troops to beat him? At this moment, Feng San, sent by Zhu Cihong,

Red Lady, Chen Yingyuan and others have occupied the southern part of Runing Mansion again, directly threatening Zuo Liangyu's territory! Zuo Liangyu can't resist Li Zicheng while fighting the approaching Zhu Cihong, right?

Therefore, he did not want to sit back and watch the struggle between Yangzhou and Nanjing, so he sent Han Lin as an envoy to rush to Yangzhou day and night with tributes and memorials.

Now Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo all openly obeyed Yangzhou, but Huang Degong ignored Yangzhou. Zuo Liangyu also sent envoys to pay tribute, which can be regarded as a declaration of obedience.

In this way, Zhu Cihong had four supporters among the five major warlords in the southeast! Coupled with his own direct army, he already had the power to crush Nanjing in terms of military strength.

The fourth joy came from Nanjing, which had been in confrontation with the Yangzhou Dynasty. Nanjing's nobles and ministers seemed to have relented after Zhu Cihong "stepped back". Liu Kongzhao accepted the edict and also invited his predecessor who was recuperating in Nanjing.

Zhang Shenyan, the Minister of Civil Affairs in Nanjing, and Han Zanzhou, the eunuch guarding Nanjing, were coming to Yangzhou to welcome him. According to the report from the eunuch at Daqian Station (sent by Han Zanzhou), the Nanjing nobles were willing to donate 20 million acres of land for the imperial court to distribute!

Now Liu Kongzhao and Zhang Shenyan have arrived in Zhenjiang and will be coming to Yangzhou City soon!

An internal strife seemed to have been eliminated.

"Good news, all good news!"

Zhu Cixiang waved Zuo Liangyu's memorial, sat next to Emperor Chongzhen, laughed and said to the jubilant courtiers below: "General Pingthief is indeed a pillar of the imperial court! This palace is going to make him a feudal lord of Wuchang, and he will live in Wuchang Mansion.

He is also the governor-general of Hubei military and government affairs, and in charge of the military and government affairs of Wuchang, Huangzhou, Chengtian, Yuezhou, De'an, Jingzhou and other six prefectures!"

"Your Highness," Hou Xun, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came out of the class to report, "Zuo Liangyu is in charge of the military affairs of the six prefectures in northern Huguang. The government affairs will usurp the power of the governor of Huguang. Do we need to seek the opinion of the governor of Huguang, He Tengjiao?"

"No need." Zhu Cixiang waved his hand, "Huguang can be divided into two. The six prefectures of Hubei are under the jurisdiction of Zuo Liangyu, and Hunan's Changsha, Changde, Chenzhou, Shizhou, Baoqing, Hengzhou, Yongzhou, Chenzhou, and Jingzhou

He Yongshun, Baojing and the Second Xuanwei Division were all under the jurisdiction of the governor of Hunan. He Tengjiao was appointed governor of Hunan and established his office in Changsha.

In addition, Liu Kongzhao, the admiral of Caojiang Navy, did not need to return to Nanjing after escorting the Tang Dynasty to Anqing Mansion. He ordered him to lead the navy to Jiujiang and take over the garrison of Jiujiang! The military and government affairs of Jiujiang Prefecture were all managed by Liu Kongzhao.

.Also allows the Navy to set up checkpoints on the Yangtze River waterway near Jiujiang to collect taxes!

As for the Marquis of Fuyuan, Chang Yanling, there is no need to return to Nanjing. He is ordered to serve as the commander-in-chief of Hunan garrison and go to Changsha to guard Hunan together with He Tengjiao."

Zhu Cixiang was still reasonable. After all, Chang Yanling did not rebel, so he could not be forced to death - he was just asked to hand over his land and family property in the southeast, and then go to Hunan to make money.

As long as Liu Kongzhao is willing to surrender, he can enjoy the same treatment, because Zhu Cixiang does not want to go to war with Caojiang Navy. His Yangtze River Navy has not passed any actual combat test. What if there is no battle?

After hearing Zhu Cixiang's words, Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the throne, immediately took a breath. The traitor's methods were really unpredictable! I thought he would make peace with the distinguished nobles of Nanjing, but I didn't expect that he would still divide and disintegrate them! Use

Hunan General Soldiers and Jiujiang Guards sent troops to win over Chang Yanling and Liu Kongzhao in order to isolate Xu Hongji and Zhao Zhilong...
Chapter completed!