The Ming Dynasty implemented the system of two capitals and thirteen provinces.
And thirteen provinces and north and south Zhili.
Many dynasties in history had capitals, but never had such a regular capital as Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty.
As the companion capital of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing can be said to have all the yamen that Beijing has, including the imperial palace, the 24 yamen of the inner court, palace maids and eunuchs, and the yamen of the six departments of the outer court.
All that is needed is an emperor and a cabinet. It can be said that as long as the emperor comes, even if he is alone, Nanjing City can immediately become the administrative center of the empire, and all yamen can be put into operation in an instant and take over all government affairs in the south.
However, with such good conditions, the Southern Ming Dynasty in history was not as good as the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty who rushed southward.
The reason is simply that the internal fighting is too serious, and there are more people who are boastful than pragmatic.
At this moment, the city of Nanjing was already in a state of excitement. From the pier to the city gate to the imperial palace, both sides of the street were full of people, and the second floors along the street were already packed.
There were many people crossing the river to greet him, but even more chose to stay in the city, especially some scholars who almost occupied the second floor early.
Obviously, these people also understood that the only people who could really see the Queen Mother and the Imperial Concubine when crossing the river were the big shots, so they all chose to occupy a good position in advance on the streets that they had to pass through.
The views of the imperial concubine and the Jiangnan literati were actually very contradictory.
I feel that His Majesty canonizing a rebel woman as a noble concubine and allowing her to command the army is really unbecoming, offensive, outrageous, and almost unacceptable.
But it happened that this woman, whom everyone could not accept, defeated Jiannu, saved the Ming Dynasty, and swept away the decadence of the Ming Dynasty for decades.
Therefore, compared to Zhang Yan, Jiangnan scholars were more curious about this red lady.
Everyone wanted to take this opportunity to see this legendary concubine and see if she had three heads and six arms.
"Look, it's coming..."
"Oh my God! Could it be that the female general riding a tall horse and wearing silver armor is the imperial concubine?"
"This imperial concubine is really different. Unlike ordinary women, she chooses to ride into the city instead of riding in a carriage."
As the red lady rode Zhuiyun and stepped into the city of Nanjing under the escort of a group of female soldiers and soldiers, the common people and scholars along the street suddenly became agitated. They exclaimed for a while. Obviously, they did not expect that the imperial concubine would actually be there.
Will ride into the city on horseback.
Although it caused a commotion, no one dared to rush into it because it was not Nanjing's soldiers and horses who were maintaining order along the streets.
But the ten thousand officers and soldiers of the Chinese army who looked like wolves and tigers, their powerful aura made the people of Nanjing, who had been at peace for a long time, tremble in their hearts just by looking at them.
Looking at the commotion of the people along the street and the young ladies on the second floor, the red lady looked left and right, secretly frightened.
She didn't expect that Jiangnan was so prosperous. Almost everyone was wearing brocade clothes, and the streets were lined with restaurants and shops. The level of prosperity and bustle was simply not comparable to that of Beijing.
Zhang Yan, who was in the carriage, couldn't help but lift a corner of the curtain and secretly looked at Nanjing, which was rumored to be the richest city.
"Sister Liu, Sister Dong, look, it's Sister Yuanyuan. I see Sister Yuanyuan, she's in the carriage..."
"What?"
"Sister Xiangjun, did you read that correctly? Why did Yuanyuan appear in the team?"
Next to the second-floor window of a restaurant, a group of women in gorgeous dresses were secretly looking at the passing team like everyone else. One of the petite women pointed at a carriage and suddenly exclaimed, "Provoke."
The other women all looked over.
"It's really round..."
"Why did she come to Nanjing with the imperial concubine and the mother-in-law?"
The girls looked at Chen Yuanyuan, who opened a corner of the curtain in the carriage below, and were surprised and surprised.
"Sister Yuanyuan, I am Xiangjun..."
"Sister Xiangjun, shut up!"
When Li Xiangjun saw the carriage coming downstairs, she couldn't help but waved and shouted at Chen Yuanyuan. Liu Rushi on the side was so frightened that she quickly covered her mouth.
Chen Yuanyuan also spotted Li Xiangjun and the others. She also had a look of surprise on her face. She opened her mouth to respond, but when she saw the people along the street looking this way, she had to smile and lower the curtains.
The red lady who was not far in front was also attracted and turned her head to take a look. She was so frightened that the hearts of Liu Rushi and the other girls trembled, and they subconsciously took a step back.
"Sister Xiangjun, you were too reckless just now. If you bumped into the imperial concubine and the Queen Mother..."
Dong Xiaowan patted her chest with a lingering fear on her face. The faces of the other women also turned slightly pale. Li Xiangjun lowered his head in self-reproach.
Recalling the look in the imperial concubine's eyes just now, everyone was really a little scared.
Indeed, if Lady Hong hadn't just seen that they were just a group of women, and they seemed to know Chen Yuanyuan, she might have used them to scare the monkeys.
As the team arrived at the palace, the people on the street began to disperse, but they were still talking about it.
The scholars and scholars upstairs began to talk loudly, some commented on the Red Lady and the troops, and some analyzed the true intentions of the Queen Mother and the noble concubine in going south this time.
However, the 10,000-strong army responsible for maintaining order began to take over the city defense of Nanjing, mainly taking over the docks and various city gates.
Li Dakai took the remaining 10,000 people and stationed outside the city.
Inside Fengtian Hall.
Zhang Yan sat at the head, the red lady holding the hilt of a sword and standing beside him in military uniform, while the ministers and nobles knelt on the ground, listening to the reading of the imperial edict.
The content of the imperial edict is very long.
First, let Zhang Yan handle all the government affairs of several southern provinces on behalf of the emperor, and then summarize them and report them to the capital. Then, let the Red Lady control all the money and food of the soldiers, horses, and horses in several southern provinces. She can kill them first and then report them.
Finally, Qian Qianyi was appointed as the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, Hou Xun was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Shi Kefa was promoted from the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing to the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Ma Shiying took over the post of Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.
In addition, many senior officials who were dismissed from their posts during the Chongzhen Dynasty were restored to their original posts.
Obviously Zhu Cixiang wanted to bring them all to the capital, and did not want to leave them in Jiangnan to cause trouble.
The people kneeling on the ground were overjoyed and secretly frightened at the same time.
Where did the Queen Mother and the Imperial Concubine come to worship their ancestors?
The two of them together are like an emperor.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
After the imperial edict was read out, everyone stood up to express their gratitude. People such as Qian Qianyi, Hou Xun and others were all excited, and Shi Kefa was also a little excited.
Especially Qian Qianyi, although he is only the second assistant, but what does Wei Zaode mean to him?
Once he arrives in the capital, he will be the chief assistant.
"Where is the King of Fortune?" The red lady ignored the excited-looking civil servants and shouted coldly.
"I wonder what happened to the noble concubine?"
King Fu, who was standing in the front row, suddenly shivered and stood up anxiously to ask.
There was already a shadow of fear in his heart towards this red lady.
It was she who led the rebels into Luoyang City first, rushed into the palace, arrested her father, hung him from a tree and beat him to death. Later, I heard that his father was even cooked and eaten by them. If not for that time,
He ran so fast that he was almost caught by the red lady.
But everyone didn't know that Lady Hong and King Fu had such a Liangzi, so they were very surprised when they saw that his face was pale and sweat broke out on his forehead.
After all, King Fu has not yet ascended the throne, and he is the cousin of the little emperor. He will not kill him no matter what. He is not so scared, right?
"You are much thinner than your father. You were the one who abandoned Prince Fu and ran over the wall in servant clothes, right? You look familiar to me."
"No...it's not me. Your Majesty is definitely wrong. Xiao Wang has already left the city." King Fu waved his hands quickly, but he didn't know that this red lady wanted to ruin his reputation first and then deal with him.
"Humph, I still want to argue. In order to escape for your life, you not only left your father alone, but also climbed over the wall by stepping on him. You are worse than a beast. What crime should you be guilty of?"
The red lady came to the hall and stared at him.
When King Fu saw that his scandal was exposed, he fell to the ground.
Seeing his appearance, everyone didn't know that what the red lady said was true, and they immediately started talking in low voices, looking like King Fu with contempt.
"You are talking nonsense, you are making a false accusation..."
"Sister-in-law, you have to make the decision for my younger brother! My younger brother escaped from Luoyang only after a narrow escape. He has been living in exile in the past few years..."
When King Fu saw the expressions of the people around him, he immediately knew that only Zhang Yan could save him. He quickly got up and rushed forward, then fell to his knees and begged.
"Hey, you should get up first!"
Sure enough, Zhang Yan wanted to think more about family ties. Thinking of the Ming Dynasty's King Fan, there are not many left now, her heart suddenly softened, and she said slowly.
"Auntie, I didn't accuse him wrongly. He did use his father as a stepping stone to climb over the wall and run away."
"Ahem!"
Seeing that she insisted on holding on to this matter, Zhang Yan could only cough lightly.
Regardless of whether it is true or not, it is the old Zhu family that has been embarrassed after all, so even if you want to deal with Prince Fu, you cannot use this excuse.
The ministers obviously did not want to interfere in the affairs of Lao Zhu's family, and they all watched with their noses and noses in mind, as if they were watching a show.
"Okay, let's not mention this matter for now. Prince Fu, I would like to ask you, as the king of Fan, what crime should you commit if you leave Fan land without permission?"
"I am not forced to flee Luoyang by you group of rebels...by those rebels."
King Fu also became a little tougher. He knew that as long as the red lady didn't find any reason, he would never dare to touch him. After all, he was also an elder.
"Then why did you come to Nanjing? Does King Fu want to rebel?" the red lady asked again.
"At that time, there were rebels everywhere. If I didn't come to Nanjing, where else could I go?"
"Okay, even if you have nowhere to run and hide in Nanjing, then I ask you again, why do you want to live in the palace?" The red lady sneered.
"This... when I escaped from Luoyang, I was penniless and came to Nanjing without a place to live. I will live in my old house temporarily. Even if Taizu knew about it, he wouldn't say anything, right?" King Fu thought for a while and insisted,
Even Taizu was moved out.
"Okay! I want to see how long you can quibble. Even if you have no place to live, no money, and come to live in the palace, His Majesty thinks that you are an elder and you are homeless, so he won't care about you.
Why sit on the Dragon Throne?"
As she spoke, the red lady came to the dragon chair and touched the armrest. Seeing that his face was red from holding back, she added: "Don't say you are just curious, and don't say you have never sat on it..."
After speaking and making a gesture, several eunuchs were brought up.
"Has Prince Fu ever sat on this dragon chair?"
"Returning to the empress, His Royal Highness Prince Fu has indeed sat on it and even slept on it. The old slave advised him that this was a treasonous act, but not only did he not listen, he also reprimanded the old slave, saying that it was just a dragon chair.
, this palace, the whole world will soon be his."
Lu Jiude, the eunuch guarding Nanjing, said with added jealousy.
"Old man, you are such a mouthful. When did I say this?"
"Prince Fu, do you have nothing to say now?"
"Come here, King Fu is up to no good. He must be captured immediately and sent to the capital to be imprisoned!"
The red lady was no longer patient. She snorted coldly, and the soldiers outside the door immediately rushed in and dragged Prince Fu out.
"Sister-in-law, please save me..."
King Fu yelled at Zhang Yan.
It's a pity that Zhang Yan didn't speak again this time.