Lei Yuelong and Fu Gang were actually local figures in Yunnan and Guizhou. Unlike the previous chief ministers Wu Zhenyu, Wen Anzhi and the others, they left their hometowns to serve in the Yongli court. Among them, Lei Yuelong was from Yunnan and had early

He once served as a bachelor of military affairs in Sun Kewang's Prince Qin's palace, but he did not have the same feelings for Sun Kewang as Gong Yi. It was just that the situation was stronger than the person. When the Yongli court came to Kunming, he immediately turned around. And that

Fugang was a member of Dujunwei in Guizhou, and he was also a minority and a Buyi ethnic group in later generations. However, this did not prevent him from winning the imperial examination during the Chongzhen period and becoming a Jinshi.

Cabinet Bachelor.

The imperial edict and the memorial were placed on the table again, and the two of them suddenly felt that they had nothing to say, and it was inevitable that they would become silent. However, things still had to be done, and they called someone to copy the two memorials.

They made a copy, and then the original was sent to Emperor Yongli, while the copy still remains here, firstly as a backup, and secondly because besides them, there is another minister in the cabinet who happens to be resting today, and that person is now in Jin Dynasty.

The prince is a very popular figure, and even they are determined not to ignore him.

The copying was completed quickly, and the original was sent directly to Yongli. At this time, like the two bachelors, Yongli was also at his desk reviewing the memorial.

Now that the imperial court is stationed in Kunming, it is the advice in Chen Kai's brochure last year. To weaken the power of the Qin vassal, Chen Kai made his purpose very clear. In Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Mu Tianbo and others

Thanks to their efforts, the imperial court quickly took control of Yunnan and limited the actual control area of ​​Qin Fan to Guizhou and the southwestern part of Huguang. However, Sun Kewang was never a master who was willing to suffer losses. Since he stationed in Kunming

, the Yongli court has been showing goodwill to the Prince of Qin's Palace in Guiyang, and it is extremely busy.

After the Yongli court moved to Kunming, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu looked at the situation - Guangxi and Yunnan were in hand, and the Zheng group in Fujian and Guangdong provinces also opposed Sun Kewang's usurpation of the throne. They felt good for a while, so they led the princes, princes, and uncles to

The general said: "The Conquest of Ritual and Music comes from the Emperor of Heaven. The King of Qin and his ministers can hope to treat the lost people with courtesy. The ministers gathered together and discussed: Feng Sun Kewang will go out of Chu, my minister Ding Guo will go out of Guangdong, my minister Wenxiu will go out of Shu, and each will command his troops.

Ma, who is engaged in sealing the territory. Anyone who controls the world and returns it to his owner will risk his life to hear it."

Comparing four provinces with one, it seems that Sun Kewang really has no choice. However, compared to Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, Yongli knew that Sun Kewang could narrow the emperor and order the princes in recent years, so he would definitely

He would not give up his rights easily and give in to his ministers, so he left this memorial undisclosed.

Sitting on the throne, he was not confused because of An Long's house arrest career. On the contrary, he was able to understand the current situation more clearly. Speaking of which, four provinces are indeed stronger than one province, but Sun Kewang's position in Yungui

Their power is deeply rooted. Yunnan, which they have been operating for many years, cannot be called stable for them. Sun Kewang also has tens of thousands of troops in Guizhou and southwestern Huguang. In contrast, Liu Wenxiu was defeated twice and his military power had long been abolished.

After all, Mu Tianbo was already insignificant during the Sha Dingzhou Rebellion. Li Dingguo's 50,000 troops alone, while also keeping an eye on Wang Shangli, Wang Ziqi, and He Jiuyi's troops, were really stretched. And Fujian was really stretched.

The Zheng Group in Guangdong is even more distant and unable to quench our thirst, and the balance of power against me is still extremely disparate.

For this reason, Yongli had already figured it out clearly on the way. Therefore, once he entered Kunming City, he did not use the magnificent Kunming Prince Qin's Palace as his palace, but lived in the Gongyuan with humiliation. Later, not only did he pay attention to Sun Kewang,

The generals Bai Wenxuan, Zhang Hu and others were promoted to positions and titles, and they were released to Guizhou to make peace with Sun Kewang. In August, they sent people to send Sun Kewang's wives, concubines and sons who had stayed in Kunming, and even sent them there.

He kept sending people to Guizhou to discuss matters with Sun Kewang.

Yongli blindly showed his kindness, but in fact he also knew very well that Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were not completely blinded. He did not say anything else, but only talked about the previous memorial. While he criticized Sun Kewang for betraying the courtesy of a minister, he did not dare to blame him.

, even when he proposed the strategy of the three kings to separate their counterattacks, Yu Sun Kewang also used the honorific word "Feng", which was completely different from the two of them.

After sending away Sun Kewang's wife and children, the imperial court moved from Gongyuan to Prince Qin's Mansion, which was a great honor. During this period, the imperial court's energy was still focused on observing the trends in Guizhou, which was a matter of life and death for them.

.In comparison, the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong can no longer divide the imperial court's energy. Even the offensive and defensive battle at the beginning of the year actually had a negligible impact on Yunnan.

At the beginning of the year, Liu Wenxiu had already been ordered to control Sichuan's troops and horses. He commanded Wei Ning Bo Gao Cheng'en, conquered the left general Qi Sansheng, assisted and suppressed the rear general Di Sanpin, Pinglu camp commander Yang Wei, Huaiyuan camp commander He Tianyun, and supervised the Chongqing Tuntian commander.

Soldiers Zheng Shoubao and other generals left Yazhou Prefecture and Jiading Prefecture, set up a commander's office in Qianqiuping, Hongya County, and began to re-operate Sichuan. This time, Liu Wenxiu did not make big strides forward, but concentrated on farming in southern Sichuan.

At the moment, Sun Kewang's side seemed more and more unprepared. Emperor Yongli had begun to hesitate whether to transfer Liu Wenxiu's army back to Yunnan to fight to the death with Sun Kewang, and he had no time to think about things in Fujian and Guangdong.

However, he didn't want to think about it, but things were still happening over there. The original document was sent from the cabinet to the main hall. He thought that he could just read it briefly, write a comment on it, and then throw it away. Who would have thought that once he opened the document

In response to Kai's request, even though Yongli was one of the top two, there was no way he could continue to think about Liu Wenxiu's affairs.

"Consultative Council, this is tampering with the ancestral system!"

In the past few years of the Southern Ming Dynasty, military generals have been domineering and vassal towns have been self-defeating. These are the least new things. Not to mention, Sun Ke hoped to narrow the emperor to order the princes. Some time ago, there was news that Zheng Chenggong had set up six officials in Fuzhou. Even

Li Dingguo also stuffed the guy who he originally sent to be executed into the cabinet, so the court would also look at the face of the Jin Palace. It is impossible for all parties to have no selfish motives. Sun Kewang did not mention it, Zheng Chenggong

He and Li Dingguo were both clearly on the royalist side. But what Yongli never expected was that the feudal town was just like this. Chen Kai was clearly a civil servant.

However, when he thought of the word "civilian official", he couldn't help but feel stunned. Chen Kai was a civil official, but this civil official did not come from an orthodox imperial examination background. He started working as a staff member in the feudal town, all because of his amazing career

Only talent can make you what you are today.

He is not a disciple of the emperor, and he has no connection with the original civil servant group. Thinking about it this way, there is nothing new about Chen Kai's creation of such a thing.

"This consultation bureau is clearly an attempt by the narrow gentry and the people to respect themselves. Chen Kai acted like this at this time because the King of Fujian set up six officials, or because he came to the imperial court, or a combination of both...

"

Yongli was never stupid, he was just too cowardly. He was sitting on the dragon chair here, and the palace was full of Mu Tianbo's restrained imperial guards. He was not as precarious as An Long, and his brain could naturally distinguish more details.

He had more energy to think about more far-reaching issues. But the more he thought about it, the less sure he was of Chen Kai's thoughts, especially the tip bag earlier, which might be the preparation for today's move.

Not sure.

In the palace, the emperor was still scratching his head over this matter. Over at the cabinet, another cabinet minister received the news and rushed to the cabinet. Not only did he not discuss with Fu Gang and Lei Yuelong, but he also did not go to the palace to have an audience.

He took the copy and headed straight to Prince Jin's Mansion without any hesitation.

He hurried to the Jin Palace. This cabinet minister was now a popular person in Li Dingguo's eyes. The disciples invited him in directly and passed the news on his behalf. Coincidentally, Gong Ming, who had been promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of War, and the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel

Jin Weixin and his two men also came to the Prince Jin's Mansion to pay their respects, but they couldn't help being surprised when they saw this man walking in a hurry.

"Mr. Ma Ge, why are you so panicked?"

This cabinet minister was none other than the commander of the Imperial Guards, Wen'anhou Ma Jixiang, who had once attached himself to Sun Kewang and reported on the Yongli court officials and enlisted the help of Li Dingguo.

Originally, Li Dingguo welcomed him and the Yongli court followed him into Yunnan. Emperor Yongli asked Li Dingguo to execute Ma Jixiang and Pang Tianshou. As a result, Pang Tianshou, who had lived in the palace for a long time and lacked social experience and ability to withstand pressure, got the news.

So he committed suicide. In this situation, Ma Jixiang was destined to die, but he relied on flattering Jin Tongwu, Jin Weixin and Gong Ming to hug Li Dingguo's thick legs. Not only was his life saved, but now he was arranged to enter the hospital by Li Dingguo.

Together with Jin Weixin and Gong Ming, they formed the three pillars of the Jin Palace in the court.

Flattery was the beginning of Ma Jixiang's friendship with Jin Weixin and Gong Ming. Then the imperial court moved to Kunming, and Emperor Yongli was once ready to appoint Jin Weixin as Minister of Dali Temple. However, Jin Weixin was more interested in the staff, so he was just dismissed by Li Dingguoan.

Ma Jixiang, who was inserted into the cabinet, worked hard and appointed him as the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the right deputy minister of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He was also promoted to the left minister, which can be said to be very proud.

With the help of each other in the court, the friendship between the three people developed rapidly. At this time, Ma Jixiang's expression made the two of them a little anxious. However, before Ma Jixiang could say anything, the servants over there had already been ordered to invite him.

, the three of them went to meet Li Dingguo together.

When Jin Weixin and Gong Ming came here, the things were not very important, but more important was to report one or two. Ma Jixiang, on the other hand, took out the two copies from his sleeves, first showed them to Li Dingguo, and then circulated them to Jin

Wei Xin and Gong Ming. For a moment, the three faces in the study were all so surprised that they were speechless.

Unlike Ma Jixiang, Jin Weixin and Gong Ming had crossed paths with Chen Kai, and the relationship between the two parties was very harmonious. I vaguely remember that when they were in Guangzhou, Chen Kai had made a conclusion that they would follow Li Dingguo in the future.

Promotion into the imperial court was bound to be extremely fast, even a few minutes faster than him. At first, they didn't believe it. After all, Chen Kai's outstanding achievements were obvious to all. As a result, when the imperial court entered Kunming, they were promoted directly from the beginning.

Having reached the official position of Minister of War, especially Jin Weixin, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the right deputy governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is roughly the same as Chen Kai's left minister of the Ministry of War and the left deputy governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

On the day they were appointed, the two celebrated together for a while, and many of them mentioned the matter, and both were deeply impressed by Chen Kai's foresight. In the days that followed, Liancheng Bi died for his country, and the court at that time urged Chen Kai to be appointed.

There was no lack of their voices among the ministers of the Ministry of War and the title of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. However, Guo Zhiqi's impeachment changed the direction of the court, and the matter was put on hold for the time being. Who knows, how long has it been before Chen Kai actually came up with something new?

Come on, there is a consultative bureau, and it is also bundled with commendations. Even if you think about it with your knees, you can realize that Chen Kai is bound to win this time.

"The Consultative Council has never existed before. However, retrofitting and restructuring is something that has never happened in ancient times."

Feeling Li Dingguo's gaze on his face, Jin Weixin was not sure what Li Dingguo was thinking for a moment, so he simply said such an ambiguous sentence.

Jin Weixin was like this, and so was Gong Ming. None of his closest aides seemed to have a definite answer. Immediately, Li Dingguo turned his attention to Ma Jixiang, wanting to hear about this guy who had been stuffed into the cabinet by him.

How noble it would be.

If there is one line of sight, then there are two or three. At this moment, the other three people in the study are waiting for Ma Jixiang's answer. This guy who only has a rough understanding of the meaning of the text has obviously thought about the relationship clearly and directly asked Ma Jixiang.

Li Dingguo explained: "Your Highness, from the perspective of a humble minister, Chen Fujun's move will be of great benefit to Your Highness and not a single harm."

"how do I say this?"

If he had known that Li Dingguo would ask such a question, Ma Jixiang had already thought of his words. But even so, when the words came to his lips, he still couldn't help but swallowed, and he encouraged himself in his heart before he said it out: "

I dare to ask Your Highness, what will be the fate of the Kuidong generals when the Ming Dynasty is restored?"

This statement was so shocking that not only Li Dingguo, but also Jin Weixin and Gong Ming were immediately stunned on the spot. Because they knew very well that what Ma Jixiang asked was not Kuidong at all.

The fate of those former bandits is now a question of whether Li Dingguo, who was also a former bandit, will be cleared of their crimes once the Ming Dynasty is restored!

Li Dingguo was still shocked by this question, and he didn't have an accurate answer for a while. However, Jin Weixin and Gong Ming knew very well that in officialdom, it doesn't matter whether there is guilt or not, the key is whether it interferes with other people's affairs.

Damn it. According to today's situation, if the Ming Dynasty is revived, Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong will definitely have the most outstanding achievements, and even Liu Wenxiu will not be spared. By then, the emperor will not like them, and the bureaucracy and the

The nobles of other forces are also jealous of the huge resources that their strong strength will inevitably possess, and they use the name of settling old scores to reduce the vassal. This is the most unfamiliar thing.

Ma Jixiang's words were so heartfelt. Li Dingguo sat there and didn't say a word for a long time, but the look he looked at Ma Jixiang was no longer what it used to be. The most important thing was that he had more trust in him.

At this time, Jin Weixin and Gong Ming also roughly figured it out, and soon agreed with Ma Jixiang's opinion. Gradually, Li Dingguo's preference continued to shift towards them, until Ma Jixiang's last words came out,

Li Dingguo was completely convinced by them and no longer had any doubts.

"Your Highness, Chen Kai is indeed trying to narrow the will of the people to protect himself. If he can do it, we can also narrow the will of the people to protect ourselves in the future."
Chapter completed!