After all the procedures were passed, the Prime Minister's Yamen immediately issued an imperial edict of appointment to Chen Qiyu, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Beijing.
He changed his title from Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to concurrently Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, and added the title of Zuo Shilang of Zuo Qiandu, and immediately went to Shanxi to take up the post of governor.
Sun Chuanting, the magistrate of Dang County in Henan Province, had no idea that he had been favored by the emperor and was about to entrust him with an important task.
The person responsible for delivering the message to Henan was Ye Bushou, one of the Yulin troops, who had superb riding skills and could run around on horseback for a long time, and could even eat, drink, and defecate on horseback.
At this moment, this kind of elite knight is the perfect candidate to deliver the message.
After receiving the imperial edict, the two men immediately got on their horses and ran away.
After another half-day of deliberation, the four prime ministers will draw officials from North Zhili and the imperial court and send them to Taiyuan to fill the vacancies.
After the incident was over, Wang Xiangqian and others symbolically informed Zhang Weixian, but said nothing else.
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After hurriedly cleaning up Taiyuan, Zhu Youxiao did not stay any longer.
Although there was a small earthquake in the officialdom, the current Ming Dynasty was not ready to cause civil uprisings and military chaos by beheading two heads.
What's more, there are Jin Yiwei who stay behind secretly. If something unexpected happens, they can pass the information to the capital and themselves as soon as possible.
He also sealed all the money and food donated by King Jin in the palace. It was only two palaces and one corridor away from King Jin's bedroom, which could be said to be very close.
This was specially arranged by Zhu Youxiao. In addition to completely binding King Jin, he also had to monitor him at all times.
Zhu Qiugui had no choice but to swallow his breath and obey the emperor's will when he encountered such a master who talked about morality and righteousness at one moment and acted rogue and threatened him at the other.
Only he knows whether he can sleep well at night, whether he can eat with peace of mind, and whether he can give his best when having fun.
Zhu Youxiao dispatched 300 people from the 5,000 sergeants accompanying him to station at the Jin Palace to take care of the money and food.
The order he issued was that without his own handwriting and tokens, even if the sky fell outside, he could not step out of the palace gate, and everything must be kept low-key.
If there is a so-called fire inside the palace, or if thieves or the like appear, causing chaos in the palace, they should immediately divide their forces.
One team of guards stored the money and food, and the other team immediately went to the main hall to protect King Jin's safety, and immediately took King Jin away from the scene.
Anyone who stands in the way, no matter who they are, even members of the Jin clan, as long as they are not the King of Jin himself, will be killed without mercy.
Zhu Youxiao also specially inspected the surrounding areas of the palace and selected several places as strongholds for the Jinyi Guards. Together with the imperial guards stationed in the palace, they monitored the inside and outside of the palace day and night.
After making such arrangements, Zhu Youxiao truly felt at ease. If his money and food were gone, then the King of Jin would be gone as well. I believe he still understands this truth.
Of the dirty money confiscated from those officials and Cao Jixiang, he only took away 500,000 taels of silver, which he planned to use for military expenses.
The other silver and grain were all handed over to Xu Xianchun, and Jin Yiwei found a safe place to seal them, and slowly transported them back to the capital when enough manpower was mobilized from the capital.
As for the military preparations and military power in Taiyuan City, he boldly handed it over to the remaining left and right chief envoys and let them take charge.
He had no time to continue spending time here. He was already pressed for time, and this time he had to carry an extra five hundred thousand taels of silver southward, which would have a great impact on the speed of the next march.
It had been less than a month since She Chongming launched his army to rebel. He must rush to Sichuan before September 25th to personally command the suppression of the rebellion.
Before the reply from Wang Xiangqian and others in the capital arrived, Zhu Youxiao had already assembled his troops and set off for Xi'an with Zhu Shenxuan, the crown prince of Jin Dynasty.
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In the city of Xi'an, the 20,000 troops heading south led by Chen Guang and Qin Bangping have been stationed here for quite some time.
The city of Xi'an is now more harmonious than before the army took over.
But who knew that when they first entered the city and took over the city's defense, all the people in the city were afraid.
Some even hid at home for several days without going out, for fear of being robbed of their money by these soldiers or offending these murderous gods.
In addition, local officials organized the gentry to spread rumors and propaganda everywhere, saying that they led the army into the city to seize the autumn harvest grain, causing great panic to the people.
This made the second general extremely angry and cursed these officials as being treacherous and shameless, and that they would play dirty tricks behind the scenes and spread rumors to cause trouble.
As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. Although the attitude of the second general is very tough, it still cannot change the power of the gentry to control public opinion and incite people's hearts. These scholar-bureaucrats are good at it.
Within a few days, the news that the imperial court had sent troops to grab grain spread throughout the city. The people in the city were like avoiding the plague, and they all took a detour when they saw Yulin's army.
Qin Bangping and Chen Guang were anxious in the military camp every day. They had become like rats on the street, and no one in the city wanted to see them.
There were even rumors that they were going to be driven out of Xi'an.
The second general knew very well that such words must be spread by the gentry, and ordinary people would not have the guts to say such things.
Just as they were preparing to issue a military order to arrest the rumor mongers in the city, Qin Bangping's son Qin Yiming came up with a way to deal with it.
That is to learn from the way he dealt with civil servants in the capital, sending people to the city to refute rumors and propaganda, explain to the people the reason for their trip to Xi'an, and copy the emperor's imperial edict and announce it to the whole city.
Generals Qin and Chen both thought this method was appropriate, so they quickly ordered it to be implemented.
So in the city of Xi'an, the army and the local officials and gentry actually started a war of words, and the two sides pulled each other off, which was extremely fierce.
The common people who did not know the true situation were completely confused, especially when the emperor's imperial edict was presented, they no longer believed the words of these gentry officials.
A few days later, when the people saw that the army did not commit any crimes and only conducted routine patrols every day, and the way they walked was different from the soldiers before, they began to believe it.
When the gentry officials saw that the situation had been reversed, they could only sulk in the official office holding wine glasses. After all, their most powerful thing was their mouths.
What they are best at is guiding folk customs and public opinion to their advantage. When military commanders dare to go head-to-head with civilian officials, this is their only method.
But now this tried and tested trick was actually broken by these warriors, which really made them very angry.
But now they have no choice. The Yulin Army has already established a foothold in the city. It is impossible for them to drive these warriors out like before.
The most disgusting thing is that they have no fear of their own side. Last time they said they wanted to impeach them, they actually laughed in front of them.
Forget it, he actually mocked him and asked if they should ask a great scholar to ghostwrite the impeachment memorial.
How many people would dare to believe such a thing?
But something bad happened to them.
After cursing the man for not knowing he was dead, they went home and wrote an impeachment memorial overnight and sent it to the capital.