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Chapter 147: King of Chu

(ps: I wrote another Ming Dynasty figure last night. I found that writing such things is much more interesting than novels. It seems that I have to write more in the future. Finally, can I ask all book friends to collect it? It is only 69 of them now, which is a bit ugly. Thank you all book friends.)

After the throne ceremony was completed, Zhu Hongsan had nothing to do. He waited for Feng Ruoshu to make an appointment and then set off to return to Guangdong.

The next day, Feng Ruoshu went out to court early, and Zhu Hongsan slept until midnight.

When I woke up at noon, I found that Feng Ruoshu had not come back yet. It was logical that it was over. Zhu Hongsan didn't think about anything else and began to prepare for things to go tomorrow.

Qian Lide had to leave 10,000 taels of silver for the early start-up capital of the secret guard. In this way, Zhu Hongsan brought out the silver that he brought from Beijing.

Zhu Hongsan thought: "It seems that he still has to get money. If he can't leave Nanjing City, he will find a farmhouse to slaughter it. It's really uncomfortable to have no money."

Just as Zhu Hongsan was thinking about something, he notified Feng Ruoshu at the door that he was back.

Old Man Feng entered the house with a smile on his face. Zhu Hongsan saw that this old guy was proud and he had obtained his position.

Zhu Hongsan asked, "Looking at my uncle's face full of joy, it seems that he has been appointed?"

Old Man Feng nodded and said, "Yes, I have been appointed as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi."

Zhu Hongsan asked, "It's not the supervisor."

Old man Feng said, "I told you that it is impossible to supervise the army. Guangdong and Guangxi are not war zones, so what should I do?"

Zhu Hongsan continued, "Where is the prefect?"

Feng Ruoshu said: "I agreed with Shoufu Ma, Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, Qiongzhou and Leizhou four prefectures."

Zhu Hongsan cursed: "Damn, Leizhou, what's the use of Qiongzhou? The poor rabbits in that place don't poop."

Feng Ruoshu said: "There is no way. I will give you two good places, Guangzhou and Zhaoqing, and I will build two poor places. But don't worry, lord, I am the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and I still have a certain say in the local area."

Zhu Hongsan was in a better mood when he heard Feng Ruoshu say this.

Feng Ruoshu continued, "Lord, look at which people these four prefects should use?"

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said, "Feng Ziyong's second cousin went to Guangzhou Prefecture, Ma Jiyuan went to Leizhou Prefecture, Tong Yangjia went to Qiongzhou Prefecture, and Xu Dali was originally the prefect of Hengzhou, so he asked him to go to Zhaoqing Prefecture."

Feng Ruoshu said: "Who is this Tong Yangjia?"

Zhu Hongsan explained Tong Yangjia's origin. When Feng Ruoshu heard that he was a scholar, he was not a juren. But when he saw Zhu Hongsan insisting on using him, and the Qiongzhou rabbit did not shit, he used to be exiled to prisoners, so there was nothing he gave to him.

Seeing that Feng Ruoshu had no objection, Zhu Hongsan said: "Then please go to the Ministry of Personnel tomorrow to operate. If you need money, please ask the teacher to speak."

Feng Ruoshu nodded and said that he would do this tomorrow.

Next, Zhu Hongsan asked how the court arranged it. Zhu Hongsan asked: "Just just now, did Ma Shiying become the prime minister?"

Only then did Feng Ruoshu tell Zhu Hongsan what happened in the court today.

Originally, today the dynasty meeting had to decide on some personnel appointments. This is normal. The new emperor had to use his own people when he came to power.

The first edict of Emperor Zhu Yousong Hongguang was to grant Huang Degong the title, Zuo Liangyu was the marquis, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo was the bonnet. This was nothing, so he gave the soldiers some power, after all, he wanted them to go to the front line and be stabbed.

Then he was appointed as the civil minister, appointed Shi Kefa as the Grand Secretary of the Dongge and the Minister of Rites, and entered the cabinet to serve. Ma Shiying was appointed as the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, the Minister of War, and the Right Deputy Censor, and was still appointed as the Governor of Fengyang. Jiang Yueguang was the Left Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Duo, the former Minister of Rites, and the Grand Secretary of the Dongge entered the cabinet to serve. Zhang Shenyan was appointed as the Minister of Personnel, and Liu Zongzhou was summoned to serve.

This is nothing, and everyone has no objection to getting promoted and making money, but then there is something wrong with the limelight. Shi Kefa actually resigned from the chief minister in the court and wanted to go to Yangzhou to supervise the army. The key point is that Hongguang actually agreed on the spot and appointed Ma Shiying as the chief minister.

This is interesting. The Donglin Party present immediately thought that Ma Shiying and Emperor Hongguang excluded Shi Kefa, and the court immediately became in chaos.

Unexpectedly, the Donglin Party members were even more furious. Ma Shiying actually recommended Ruan Dacheng as the Minister of the Ministry of War. You should know that Ma Shiying is also the Minister of the Ministry of War, which means that Ma Shiying is actually in charge of the affairs, so the power of the Ministry of War falls into Ruan Dacheng's hands.

From the perspective of the Donglin Party, the eunuch party was rekindled. Old man Liu Zongzhou and Liu were about to be killed in the Golden Palace on the spot, and the court was in chaos. However, in the end, Emperor Hongguang saw that this was really unreasonable and promised Ruan Dacheng to postpone his affairs.

Next is the chief officials from all over the country, and Feng Ruoshu served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. There is nothing to make a fuss about. Old Man Feng is a sleek person and has friendship with the eunuch party of the Donglin Party, so everyone agrees.

Unexpectedly, at the end of the imperial edict, Emperor Hongguang added another one, and appointed the Huguang royal family as the King of Chu. This was even more chaotic than before, and Qian Qianyi even opposed it.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Hongguang did not give in this time, and said that he would not be appointed as the emperor, Zhu Hongsan, would not do it, and took off his robe and gave way.

This scared the ministers and finally reluctantly agreed to Zhu Hongsan to be the King of Chu.

When Zhu Hongsan heard Old Man Feng repeating the morning court, he didn't expect that Zhu Yousong would do it. It seemed that Zhu Yousong was really good to him.

Feng Ruoshu smiled and said, "Now I want to call my lord the prince. The enthroned gold book can be sent in the afternoon. But don't be too happy. This group of Donglin Party will not give you any salary or rewards on the grounds that the national treasury has no money. There are also no three guards of the prince. The lord, the king of Chu, is basically an empty title."

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "What I want is this title, everything else is easy to say. If there is no soldier, we will recruit ourselves, and it is better to say that the money is better. We are now richer than the Nanjing court."

This is not a big deal. His steel, arms business and Dongguan Port Development Zone can earn nearly 100,000 taels of silver every month. The little money given by the imperial court really doesn't see it.

Feng Ruoshu said: "But we will leave a few days later. After all, being named a prince is a big deal. This is also the first time that the new dynasty has been crowned king. You also have to go to the palace to thank you and meet with several other princes."

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Then let's stay for another five days."

Seeing that nothing happened, Feng Ruoshu went back to his house to rest.

Zhu Hongsan sat in the room and was secretly happy. In fact, it was nothing to be named King. But after Hongguang finished, he had the capital to compete with King Tang and King Gui for the throne.

Zhu Hongsan thought of Qian Qianyi, the old bastard, again, which was a good thing, so he insisted on getting into trouble. Although he was not short of that little money, no matter how small the flies were, they were still meat. It just so happened that he was short of money now.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hongsan was wondering if he was giving this old bastard Qian a lesson. Zhu Hongsan went out and called his royal spy Wang Jinbao and said, "Xiaobao, take a few people to the city to find out where Qian Qianyi's home is, look at the surrounding terrain, and then come back to report."

Wang Jinbao agreed to go out.

Next is to wait for the edict to receive the title of the king. You must know that the King of Chu is not a second-rate prince. This is the prince personally conferred by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the bloodline of Taizu. This is also the fact that the Chu family lineage was almost killed by Zhang Xianzhong. The rest of the few ran away and disappeared, so that Zhu Hongsan would be cheaper. Otherwise, it would not be his turn to be with Zhu Hongsan's bloodline for a hundred times.

In the afternoon, someone from the Ministry of Rites read the enthronement edict. Zhu Hongsan knelt down after the incense desk and listened to the court. He didn't understand anything else, but he understood the last sentence and was restricted from leaving Beijing today.

What does this mean? Seeing the officials of the Ministry of Rites leave after reading the imperial edict, Zhu Hongsan took the imperial edict and found Feng Ruoshu and asked him to interpret the imperial edict.

Feng Ruoshu looked at the imperial edict and said, "The imperial edict said that Zhu Hongsan, a member of the Huguang royal family, was appointed as the King of Chu, and temporarily lived in Guangzhou. After the reconstruction of the Wuchang Chu Palace was completed, he would return to the vassal state. In addition, the country now has no money, no other rewards, and no princes and three guards. In the end, you will leave the capital today, and you will leave today. You don't have to go to the palace to thank the gifts."

Zhu Hongsan was furious when he heard this: "What? Let me leave today? Are you not ready yet?"

Feng Ruoshu said: "It seems that this one was added by the guys from the Donglin Party. I have to find some awkwardness for you. There is no way, so prepare tonight. You guys go first, I will go to you after I finish the matter."

Zhu Hongsan said, "Okay, let me go if I leave. I will leave a boat for my uncle. Let's go and meet in Yangzhou as agreed. I'll prepare it first."

After Zhu Hongsan said that, he went out and prepared something. Zhu Hongsan was so angry that he knew that this must be the old bastard Qian Qianyi was damaging behind his back.
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