Since Beijing was not restored and the Qing Dynasty was not destroyed, all the imperial court orders came from the Qi palace, thinking that military and political unification were unified, and there was nothing to discuss in the court meeting. However, Emperor Dingwu worked hard to govern and issued an order to make a small court every day, and to follow the example of Emperor Lie to devote himself to the national affairs.

At first, officials from the Southern Capital were diligent in attending court, but when they saw that the meeting was really fine, and they had to work hard every day, they gradually fewer people entered the court. After two or three months, they could still insist on entering the court, but the officials of the six ministers and nine ministers of the cabinet were found to find reasons not to attend court. Emperor Dingwu was furious again and again, and Guo Zhiqi, the chief minister of the cabinet, repeatedly made orders, but no effect was achieved. Today, Jinyi's personal army on duty outside the Daming Gate found that there were many strange faces among the officials who entered the court that they had never seen before, which made the personal army very strange.

Before the time came, the palace gate was not open. The officials who came to the court gathered in groups of three or five, talking endlessly or whispering. When some officials were talking, they looked up from time to time to look at the surrounding soldiers. Seeing that the soldiers were far away and did not pay attention to them, they felt relieved and continued to tell their colleagues about what happened last night.

There were more and more officials entering the dynasty. Although they were not as large as the former Beijing Forbidden City Dynasty Meeting, there were no less than 200 officials of all sizes. With more people, the noise became louder. The personal army only maintained order but did not interfere with the officials' speech. Over time, there was naturally a little chaos in front of the Ming Gate. Seeing this, the hundreds of families on duty wanted to come forward to stop it, but heard the crowd shouting:

"Ge Guo is here!"

"Georg Master Hong is here too!"

The chief minister of the cabinet in red robe, Guo Zhiqi walked out of the sedan chair, followed by Hong Yuao, the newly promoted secondary assistant.

After Lianchengbi's death, Zhou Shixiang originally wanted to use the Minister of War Zhang Huangyan to enter the cabinet as the secondary assistant, but Emperor Dingwu appointed Hong Yuao as the secondary assistant. Zhou Shixiang considered the relationship between Hong Yuao and Zhongzhen Camp and the 13th family of Yaohuang, so he did not stop this matter. Otherwise, if he forcibly stopped it, it would probably lead to Li Laiheng and Hubei Governor Yuan Zongdi and others to think randomly, which would be detrimental to the overall situation.

After the military information department found out that Wu Sangui sent an envoy to Hubei in the name of Zhu Youlang, which was obviously intended to win over Zhongzhen Camp. Although he did not believe that Li Laiheng and others would turn to Wu Sangui and re-establish Zhu Youlang, Zhou Shixiang had no intention of giving them too much imagination about the Nanjing Dynasty. Hong Yuao was the secondary assistant, and Pan Yinglong was the eunuch of the Sili, which was to some extent the manifestation of Zhou Shi's greatest kindness relative to Zhongzhen Camp.

Seeing that there were so many officials outside the Ming Gate today, Hong Yuao was a little surprised, but Guo Zhiqi didn't care. He seemed to have known that this change would be there for a long time. He walked forward and nodded from time to time to greet the officials. Seeing this, Hong Yuao did not think much and followed. Wherever the two went, the crowd naturally separated the same path, and many officials looked at the two with respect.

Before the time came, Guo Zhiqi and Hong Yuao walked into the middle of the crowd. While waiting for the palace gate to open, they heard a shout from behind:

"Ge Lao Ding!"

"Old Ge Lao!"

As far as the eyes were met, Grand Secretary Ding Zhixiang and Yuan Kuoyu both arrived. Both of them had smiles on their faces and returned salute to the officials who greeted them from time to time.

"He and the two of them are also the elders?"

Not far from Guo Zhiqi, an official from the Ministry of Rites looked at Ding and Yuan with contempt. He looked very contemptuous of the officials who flattered Ding and Yuan, and felt ashamed to be with them. Ding was just fine, but although he had little experience, he never lost his integrity. However, Yuan Kuoyu not only served as the governor of the Pseudo-Qing Yuan, but also a disciple of Hong Chengchou. Now he has become a cabinet minister of the Ming Dynasty. How can this be convinced? What is most unsatisfactory is that Yuan Kuoyu, as a disciple of Hong Chengchou, watched the son of his mentor Hong Shiming, be killed, and was ruthless and unrighteous. Such a person has a high position in the court in a noble manner, which is really disappointing.

The term "gelao" originally refers specifically to the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the second assistant was probably because of the Ming Dynasty, and the second assistant was very young. However, in the Dingwu court, the chief assistant of Guo Zhiqi is about 40 years old, and the second assistant of Hong Yuao is less than 60 years old. One is the chief assistant and the other is the second assistant, and it is a good candidate to claim that the chief elder is still good. Ding Zhixiang and Yuan Kuoyu are just directors of the cabinet and are ministers. They are not even 40 years old, but they are also called the chief elder, which is a bit unruly.

When Guo Zhiqi heard the official's complaint, he shook his head and ignored it. Hong Yuao ignored this little detail. The two of them looked at it and turned around and continued to concentrate on looking at the Daming Gate that had not yet been opened.

"Be careful, two elders!"

"It's okay, let's go together!"

"Please, two elders!"

Surrounded by a group of officials who were interested in clinging to each other, Ding Zhixiang and Yuan Kuoyu walked towards the Ming Gate with a smile.

"Hmph, the villain has attained the truth!"

"Shh!"

Someone in the crowd roared in the low voice, and immediately someone around him stopped him.

Seeing Guo Zhiqi and Hong Yuao in front, Ding Zhixiang and Yuan Kuoyu looked at each other, but stopped and did not go over. The two of them were clear about their actions. Soon, the officials in front of the Ming Sect were divided into two groups, with some officials who did not want to make a clear position, which was clearly divided.

When they were bored, Guo Zhiqi talked to Hong Yuao about two major tasks that King Qi had recently done, one was the Jiangnan clearance and the other was the salt administration rectification. The two of them were not from Jiangnan, and their attitude towards Jiangnan clearance was optional, because they knew that King Qi had resisted the order against public opinion and forced the Jiangnan clearance in Jiangnan, and what they did was to accumulate money and grain for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

The same is true for the salt rectification. Before the army can be carried out, the food and grass will move first. As the King of Qi said in his letter to Guo Zhiqi, "A cannon fire will cause ten thousand taels of gold." After a series of wars, the King of Qi had no money and food in his hands. If the source is no longer open, it may be difficult to maintain the finances. If the money and food required to maintain the court and the three armies, the northern expedition to the Central Plains and restore the city will be unable to be mentioned. To open source, a large amount of money and food will be seen in a short time. Clearing the debt is the best way, but this strategy is beneficial in the short term, but it is more harmful than good in the long term.

It’s okay to rectify the salt affairs. Since ancient times, salt and iron have been sold by the court. The King of Qi has reorganized the salt affairs and increased the taxes of the court. Jiangnan Qing dynasties offended all the gentry in Jiangnan, and some places have caused complaints and aroused civil unrest, which is a bit radical. Moreover, the targets of the lords are too general and have not been clearly divided. Some gentry who have worked hard to resist the Qing dynasties were also forced to entrust, which caused the imperial court to lose all its hearts in Jiangnan. If this continues, it is probably not a good plan.

"The Crying Temple case is too cruel. No matter how bad the scholars are, they will never kill them. Now the people of Suzhou say that our Ming Dynasty is not as good as the Qing Dynasty. The emperor is very dissatisfied with the King of Qi for this. We are really in a dilemma when we are caught in it. Now the King of Qi has also captured all the famous generals and ministers. I wonder how the emperor will think about this. Alas."

Hong Yuao sighed. If he hadn't spoken out for King Shun and Yuan Zongdi and others in the court, he really wanted to quit this time and go back to Kuidong to farm.

Guo Zhiqi was moved and was about to speak when he saw Huang Zongxi, who was in charge of Hanlin Academy, coming towards him: "Two masters, have you heard about what happened last night?"

Guo Zhiqi nodded and said, "I understand."

Seeing that Guo Zhiqi knew, Huang Zongxi said angrily: "Since the chief minister knows, please bring the friends to report together to impeach the personal army to frame the loyal and good deeds and act in a miserable way!" After saying that, he added: "The old tutor is also dissatisfied with this matter."

Guo Zhiqi did not respond to him, but asked Hong Yuao: "Where are the heroes now?"

Hong Yuao said: "I have been transferred to the jail of peace," hesitated, "I heard that Daxing Bo Zou Cunyi was injured."

Upon hearing this, Huang Zongxi was even more furious: "That Tartars are so brave. After the founding nobles, they dare to be injured. If we ignore this, wouldn't they even dare to copy the imperial court in the future!"

After hearing Huang Zongxi say this, Hong Yuao frowned and reminded him: "The personal army command has become clear and cannot be matched by the Tartars."

"No matter what, he is still a Manchu Tartar." Huang Zongxi said hatefully. He is a great scholar and he should pay close attention to the great defense of China and the barbarians.

Guo Zhiqi raised his hand and signaled Huang Zongxi not to say much. He said sadly: "I was wrong last night. If I knew that the King of Qi was so polite to these ministers, I would not agree to the emperor to regain them that day."

On that day, Emperor Dingwu was about to revive a group of unfaithful ministers, and Hong Yuao didn't care. However, now the King of Qi was so resentful that he couldn't help but regret it. Seeing Guo Zhiqi blame himself, he advised: "Gei Master Guo, no one expected this, you don't have to blame yourself. The most urgent thing is to rescue Duke Wei and others first."

Guo Zhiqi looked up at Hong Yuao and said, "This is natural."

Huang Zongxi nodded and said, "It's great! But the personal army is so reckless, the court must give them some advice, otherwise who will dare to become an official in the court in the future? Because of the Jiangnan debts, many people in our court were locked up. If we don't care about the personal army, we will break the gate of our court one day, I'm afraid there will be no bachelor in my Hanlin Academy."

After hearing this, Guo Zhiqi shook his head and looked at the Daming Gate. Huang Zongxi didn't know what the chief minister was thinking at the moment. At this time, a drum sound of "dong, dong, dong" came from the Daming Gate. He knew that he was going to open the palace gate, so he put away his thoughts and prepared to wait until he saw the emperor joining the personal army, and by the way, he asked the emperor to issue an order to stop the matter of Jiangnan's debt.

After the drum sounded, a group of officials immediately entered the palace. After entering the Daming Gate, the officials consciously lined up to wait for the emperor's arrival according to their respective responsibilities. The six ministers of the six ministries of etiquette, officials, households, soldiers, punishments, and the ministers below had all arrived. The Censorate, the Governor's Office of the Five Army, the Dali Temple, the Taipu Temple, the Tongzhengsi, the Imperial College, the Taichang Temple and other officials were all the same. Hundreds of officials from all over the place stood silently in the middle of the square, and the atmosphere was very serious for a moment.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The bells in the bell tower finally rang, and everyone's eyes immediately looked forward, but the officials did not see the emperor's dragon chariot coming, but the eunuch Pan Yinglong who came.

"The emperor has an order, and the dragon's body is not comfortable, so the court meeting will be temporarily stopped!"
Chapter completed!