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Chapter 692 Want to be an emperor's woman? Bah!

The chapter name is wrong, and the woman is the son-in-law.

Although I remember clearly in my previous life that the Guo surname would eventually be defeated in Nanjing, Zhou Shixiang was not sure what the outcome of the Nanjing Battle would be. If the Zheng army won a great victory in Nanjing, it would be a big blow to the Tang King regime, which had just been established in Guangzhou, because if the Guo surname had another royal family in Nandu, with the political weight of Nandu in the minds of the people of the world and the existence of the Gao Emperor Xiaoling Mausoleum, the Tang King, the governor, would be suppressed in terms of legal principles. At that time, Zhou Shixiang would not be able to guarantee whether the Guo surname and he would have another civil war to fight for the throne because of the Tang or a certain royal family.

When Gui Yongzhi came back from Xiamen, he tactfully reminded Zhou Shixiang that the reason why Yanping refused to support Tang was because he had the idea of ​​taking Nandu and establishing another person. Zhou Shixiang never took this reminder seriously, because he knew that Zheng's army would be defeated in Nanjing. What qualifications is Zheng Chenggong, who was defeated in disastrously, have the right to establish a new clan? At that time, he led his troops to seize Nanjing, and Zheng Chenggong had nowhere to stay and could only respond to his support Tang. But now it seems that he was too superstitious about his previous life's impression. Zheng's army progressed too quickly, and he was not afraid of ten thousand things in the world, but he was afraid of something. If Zheng's army really took Nandu, it would really cause big trouble out of thin air.

In terms of military strength, the Taiping Army may be stronger in land warfare, but on the water, the Zheng army is a huge monster. The Taiping Army can oppress Annan with two or three hundred warships, which will make the Zheng family in Annan please the Ming Dynasty with the whole country, let alone two or three thousand warships of the Zheng army. If the Zheng army followed the battle of Annan in the Taiping Army, Guangdong, the scholar's nest, would be decayed in an instant.

The consequences of Zheng's capture of Nanjing made Zhou Shi anxious. He wanted to make an attack on the north immediately, but what happened in Guangzhou these days annoyed him and made him have to start solving it. If this matter is not only related to his political power in the Tang Dynasty regime, but also to his control over the Tang Dynasty regime.

This incident was actually caused by Zhou Shixiang himself. After the Tang King's State Supervision Ceremony, Zhou Shixiang considered that Yongli would marry Princess Changle, which was the daughter of Emperor Shaowu. Although Emperor Shaowu had all kinds of problems, he was the emperor who died for the country. His elder brother was Emperor Longwu and his legitimate brother was King Tang. Therefore, his son-in-law should make the name of this dead father-in-law in terms of emotion and reason, rather than continue to use the Tang common people of the Yongli period to call it. This is unreasonable.

Zhou Shixiang instructed Ding Zhixiang, an old minister of Shaowu, to submit a memorial to the King of Tang to posthumously honor Emperor Shaowu. The content of the memorial was to recognize Emperor Shaowu's status and to give Emperor Shaowu's posthumous title, moved Emperor Shaowu's spiritual throne from the Tang Dynasty to the Taimiao, and worshipped in the Fengxian Hall, and established the tomb of Emperor Shaowu's clothes near Guangzhou.

After seeing the memorial of Ding Zhixiang, the King of Tang was naturally willing to rehabilitate his brother because of the identity of Emperor Shaowu's legitimate brother. But doing so would mean that he would draw a clear line between him and the Yongli regime and go their separate ways from then on. The King of Tang always claimed to be the governor of Yongli and be the minister of Yongli. He also used a large number of officials of the Yongli Dynasty. Now that he suddenly rebels against Yongli, he will definitely cause an uproar.

The King of Tang was afraid of causing disputes and due to brotherly love, so he did not dare to agree with this proposal, but he did not object. After Zhou Shixiang signaled Ding Zhixiang to submit a memorial, he also used the excuse of military ignoring the government and watched coldly. After the second servant Lian Chengbi learned about this, he felt that the matter could be used and might be able to compete for some rights from Zhou Shixiang, so he told Zhang Xiaoqi about it. So a group of Yongli officials led by Zhang Xiaoqi came forward to oppose it, and confronted the Zhou party led by Duke Xiang of Song, Yuan Kuoyu and Ding Zhixiang in the court and did not give in.

Seeing the ministers in the palace arguing, the King of Tang had no choice but to announce the suspension of the court and discuss it again another day. After Zhang Xiaoqi and others dispersed, they immediately went to the Censorate to find the left censor Guo Tianxu and the right censor Ma Anmin. One of these two was the head of the Ministry of Rites of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and the other was the former prefect of Huizhou in the Qing Dynasty. They were both appointed by Zhou Shixiang after surrendering. But I don’t know what Zhang Xiaoqi and the two said, but they agreed unanimously opposed the rehabilitation of Shaowu.

"It is not your own business to oppose the emperor's reign of Shaowu, but to all colleagues in the court. Guo Zhiqi is the chief assistant and the chief civil servant. He has no reason to stay out of the matter. I think it is better to invite him to take charge of the overall situation. After all, he is the chief assistant. If the Duke of Guangdong has any adverse actions and with him, the general manager will not let him do anything."

Ma Anmin had seen Zhou Shixiang's PILI method in Huizhou and knew the power of the Taiping Army, so he reminded Zhang Xiaoqi to pull Guo Zhiqi out of this matter, otherwise Zhou Shixiang, Shaowu's son-in-law, would have no good results if he had a sex attack.

Guo Tianxu and the dozen censors who had just appointed the Censorate, all tend to ask Guo Zhiqi to come forward. After all, Guo Zhiqi is the chief assistant and has a greater weight than any of them. If he is willing to come forward, the chances of winning will be a little more.

After hearing everyone's persuasion, Zhang Xiaoqi thought about it and then thought, and finally stood up slowly, nodded to Ma Anmin and the others, and said, "Okay, you guys will go to see Master Guo with me."

Seeing that Zhang Xiaoqi agreed to invite Guo Zhiqi, Ma Anmin and Guo Tianxu were overjoyed and hurriedly ordered people to prepare sedan chairs and rushed to Guo's mansion immediately. Unexpectedly, as soon as everyone came out of the house, they saw a few Jinyiwei surrounded a eunuch and headed straight for this side, but it was Pan Yinglong, the eunuch of the Sili.

"The Censorate is quite lively today."

Pan Yinglong swept across the faces of the Censors and Zhang Xiaoqi and other officials, and finally stopped on Zhang Xiaoqi's face and chuckled: "Mr. Zhang, our family shouldn't say much about the affairs in the court, but please understand one thing. Shaowu is the legitimate brother of His Highness and the father-in-law of the Duke of Guangdong. So, please take care of yourself."

Pan Yinglong pulled the word "一" long, then turned his head and left without saying a word. The Jinyiwei hurriedly followed him out. As soon as he left, Zhang Xiaoqi blushed and said angrily: "The eunuch temple dares to interfere in politics!"

Guo Tianxu looked worried: "Is this what Eunuch Pan himself think or what Your Highness meant?"

Zhang Xiaoqi said angrily: "Even if your highness means, it is Pan Yu who is deceived. The scholars can tolerate it, who can't bear it? You will follow me to see Your Highness. I want to see how many courage Pan Yinglong has to dare to watch and watch your highness!"

Zhang Xiaoqi said that he was going there, scaring him, Ma Anmin hurriedly pulled him. Zhou Shengmin, the prefect of Leizhou appointed by the Yongli court, came to Zhang Xiaoqiu, and shook his head, saying, "Pan Yinglong is afraid that this is a profound meaning. Maybe his highness really wants to rehabilitate his brother."

"If Shaowu is rehabilitated, then what are we? The evil son of a traitor?!" Zhang Xiaoqi praised the loyal minister of Yongli, and he could never accept rehabilitation of Shaowu. In this way, the Tang Dynasty regime had nothing to do with the Yongli court.

"Yes, we are the officials of the Yongli Dynasty, but not the officials of the Tang Fan. If Shaowu really wants to quell the rebellion, we are not in the court, inside and outside. What is the purpose of such an official?" Wang Wanda, who was formerly appointed by the Yongli court, frowned with a look of pain and reluctance.

"Don't be discouraged. This matter is a trick made by Zhou Shixiang for power and profit. He said that he married the daughter of Tang Shuren, and he was the emperor's son-in-law! Bah, I dreamed that I would never let him succeed if I waited! Let's go and find Mr. Guo. No matter what, Guo Zhiqi is always the leader of my civil servants, not his Zhou Shixiang's hawk!"

(To be continued.)

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