In the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty, early May.

Beijing City, Jinyiwei Back Street.

A brand new four-wheeled box-type prison truck rumbled past the most prime street in the center of Beijing and turned into the alley where the Fusi Yamen of Jinyiwei Town is located.

At the entrance of the alley, a school captain wearing a blue Feiyu uniform, carrying an embroidered spring knife, and a small flintlock pistol came forward with a few soldiers carrying flintlock spears. This new-style prison car had front and back

There were guards carrying flintlock guns and riding Mongolian horses, and a Tiqi leader wearing a red flying fish uniform. When someone came to ask, he took out a token (actually a piece of paper) and handed it over.

The captain in blue who was guarding the entrance of the alley took the token, examined it carefully, and then raised his eyebrows: "Hey, we caught the chief master of the Confucian Northern Dark Hall!"

The red-clothed Tiqiu stroked his beard, grinned and said, "That is a serious crime punishable by death!"

The captain in blue responded with a smile: "Then you have to open your eyes... Come, I will lead you in."

As he spoke, the captain in blue raised his hand to the main gate of Beizhen Fusi on the back street of Jinyiwei and shouted: "We're here for the big mission, open the door halfway!"

Opening the door halfway means opening one of the two gates in Beizhen Fusi, so that the new four-wheeled prison car can drive directly into the yard of Beizhen Fusi. This is not a treatment for just any kind of prisoner. In Beijing

Since the opening of Fusi Yamen in Jinyiwei North Town, only two prisoners have enjoyed such treatment. The last one was Li Guangdi, the chief master of the Confucian Southern Secret Hall, who was also escorted in this way.

The person being escorted today is Chen Tingjing, the chief master of the Confucian Northern Secret Hall!

Chen Tingjing is in his forties this year. He looks quite dignified. He looks like a high official at first glance. Even though he has been disheveled for many days and his gray beard is a bit messy, he still looks very dignified. Since he is a repeat offender, he was given

He was handcuffed and shackled, locked directly in the carriage, and it was a bumpy journey. He really suffered a big mistake. But when he was dragged out of the carriage by two soldiers in uniform, he still tried hard to maintain the demeanor of a high-ranking official of the imperial court. "Hmph."

He made a sound, struggled and said: "Let me go, I can walk!"

A Jinyi guard Tiqi who spoke in Cantonese snorted, pointed at Chen Tingjing and cursed: "Shame on you mother! You don't know it when you are about to die. Li Guangdi, who was taken into custody last time, is smarter than you and has already joined the Ming Dynasty as an official."

Got it!"

Chen Jingting was stunned for a moment, and a glimmer of light flashed across his lifeless face, but soon the clouds gathered again, "Humph, I was born as a Qing minister, and died as a Qing ghost. I would rather die than be a second minister!"

He spoke so forcefully that he believed it himself, with his chest held high, as if he was ready to die generously. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone calling his name.

"Brother Ziduan, you are fine."

"Brother Zi Duan, I've been looking forward to seeing you!"

Chen Jingting turned around and saw two officials from the Ming Dynasty wearing green official uniforms and black gauze hats, carrying their robes and walking out of the lobby of the Zhenfu Department. The two of them looked familiar, but Chen Jingting was a little uncomfortable in the prison car.

I was so dizzy that I didn't even remember who they were?

However, what these two people said is really a bit irritating. He is like this, how can he still be "all right"? Why did he expect you to come... to be beheaded, no, did he expect to come to Lingchi? Chen Jingting is

When he wanted to get angry, the two people had already arrived in front of him, and they both bowed their hands to him.

"Brother Zi Duan, I am Zhou Peigong! We haven't seen each other for just a few years and you have forgotten me?"

"Brother Ziduan, I am Li Guangdi...can't you recognize me?"

"Zhou Peigong? Li Jinqing?" Chen Jingting was shocked, "You two..."

Zhou Peigong smiled and said: "Yes, yes, the two of us have already voted for the Ming Lord!"

Li Guangdi sighed: "It's a pity that I voted late..."

Chen Jingting said in his heart: "It's not that you were admitted late, but that you were admitted early. You are a great talent in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, and your family is from the same hometown as King Yanping. If you fail to enter the ninth year of Kangxi, you will never participate in the tenth year of Kangxi again."

Those who took the imperial examination of the Qing Dynasty in the second year must have voted for the new Ming Dynasty. Now they have long been a hero of the restoration of the country, and maybe they have been awarded a title. Unlike me, a Shanxi native, my family still does not welcome Shanxi merchants.

....No, how could I have such an idea?"

When he was feeling guilty for his ridiculous idea, Zhou Peigong and Li Guangdi had already picked up Chen Jingting and walked to the lobby of Beizhen Fusi. As they walked, they tried to persuade him to surrender.

"Brother Ziduan, come with us quickly to meet with the commander of Beijing Jinyi Guards, Mr. Feng Xifanfeng!"

"After meeting Mr. Feng, it will take at most three days to see the Holy Sage... The Holy Sage is kind and has heard of Brother Ziduan's name for a long time. He will definitely give Brother Ziduan an official position!"

Chen Jingting became anxious when he heard this, "What are you talking about? I, I, Chen Jingting, were born as a Qing minister and died as a Qing ghost. I am not a second minister!"

"You're confused! Brother Ziduan, no one wants you to be my second minister!"

"Yes, don't be the second minister, be the third minister!"

Chen Jingting was confused, "Why are they three ministers? I have never been an official in the Ming Dynasty. When I became an official, I was an official in the Qing Dynasty... I was only six years old when Emperor Weizong died for his country!"

"That's right, one of your ministers is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, two ministers are loyal to the Mongolia, and three ministers are loyal to the Ming Dynasty!"

"Why is it Zhongda Mongolia?"

"Don't you know? The Qing Dynasty is gone!"

"Yes, no more... the Western Qing Khanate was transformed into a vassal of the Great Mongolia! You are now a minister of the Great Mongolia, a proper second minister!"

"How can it still be calculated like this?" Chen Jingting was a little confused by what Zhou Peigong and Li Guang said. He was a good minister of the Qing Dynasty, but he clearly did not skip the job, and now he has become a second minister of the Mongolia. This is too unfair.

Before the settlement was settled, Chen Jingting had been dragged into the lobby of Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town, by Zhou Peigong and Li Guangdi. As soon as he entered, he heard shouts of "power...wu".

"Kneel down quickly!"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Kneel down and pay homage to Feng Weishuai."

Zhou Peigong, Li Guangdi was so warm-hearted, and had already pushed him to the ground before Chen Jingting could react. Chen Jingting still wanted to struggle, but Li Guangdi had already said to Feng Xifan in Hokkien: "Commander Wei, Chen Jingting knows that he has made a mistake and is willing to change his ways and serve the imperial court.

, please Commander Wei give him a chance."

Feng Xifan was very polite to Li Guangdi, as they were both fellows from Quanzhou... Moreover, the Li family in Anxi, Quanzhou was a famous family with a scholarly family background. When Zheng Jing regained Quanzhou, many of his sons became officials in the Ming Dynasty. Some of them were like Feng Xifan.

They were all very familiar with each other, they were all from the Minnan-Chaozhou group! So after Li Guangdi surrendered, he actually felt a warmth in the Ming Dynasty that he had never felt in the Qing Dynasty.

So Feng Xifan nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, okay, as long as this guy named Chen is willing to surrender, the court will certainly allow him to rehabilitate himself."

Li Guangdi immediately said to Chen Jingting in Mandarin: "Brother Ziduan, Mr. Feng said that as long as you are willing to surrender, the court can let you reform."

Zhou Peigong smiled: "Surrender quickly... Anyway, you have already surrendered to Mongolia once. What's the point of surrendering to Ming Dynasty again?"

"Why, why did I surrender to Mongolia?"

Zhou Peigong said: "Emperor Tongzhi surrendered, but you don't surrender? If you don't surrender, then you are not a minister of Mongolia. Now that the Qing Dynasty is gone, you are just a commoner. Feng Weishuai wants to recommend you to be an official. Why don't you still surrender?"

Don’t you kowtow to express gratitude?”

In just a few words, he dismissed the Qing Dynasty and described Chen Tingjing as a common man.

"I, I..." Chen Tingjing was speechless for a moment.

Feng Xifan looked at Chen Tingjing and said with a smile: "Chen Tingjing, if there is a step, just go down... The Qing Yao is gone if it is gone. If you consider yourself a Mongolian minister now, you will be a third surname if you vote for the Ming Dynasty again."

You are a domestic slave! I don’t think you will be loyal to Mongolia, right? Even if you have exhausted this loyalty, you are still a second minister! If you are not a minister of Mongolia and directly join the Ming Dynasty, you will still be between the first minister and the second minister. From now on.

If I were to compile a "Biography of Er Chen", it would be hard to include you in the list!"

This seems to be the truth!
Chapter completed!