Nanking.

As the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it is also the earliest Ming Jingshi. Because of the defeat of civil engineering, Yingzong Zhu Qizhen came here and rebuilt the capital here, known as Nanming.

Speaking of Ming Yingzong, Zhu Qizhen was the most special emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He set three major records in his lifetime.

First, he was the only emperor of the Ming Dynasty to serve as a prisoner. (In this life, because of Yang Chendong, he was lucky not to become a prisoner of the battlefield)

Second, he was the only emperor of the Ming Dynasty. (That's what Daizong Zhu Qiyu now calls him to the outside world.) ）

Third, he was the only emperor in the Ming Dynasty to ascend the base twice. (When the Southern Ming Dynasty established the capital, he still called himself Yingzong, came to the throne ceremony again, and vigorously promoted his courtiers.) ）

However, these records do not say that he was a great emperor. The evaluation of him in history is not high, such as this process of "defeat", "capture", "displacement" and "reset", which just proves the ups and downs of his fate.

It was with this experience that Zhu Qizhen wanted to do something more than any emperor to prove his ability.

In this way, after the establishment of Nanming, he can be said to have changed his mind, gave up all his food, drink and entertainment, and put all his energy on governing the country. His dream is that one day, he can reunify the Ming Dynasty and return to the emperor in the northern capital.

It's just a pity that God doesn't seem to have enough of him. No matter how hard he tried, there were many troubles that should have arisen, and on the contrary, they were getting worse.

Just when Zhu Qizhen was making every effort to develop the military and civilian fields, the judgment chaos in the south still appeared truthfully. Not only that, but the scale is even grander than in history, and even Jiaozhi has sent troops.

During the Yongle period, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di once conquered Jiaozhi (present-day Vietnam). At that time, the commander of the army was the late British Gong Zhang Fu. With the strength of the Ming army, they were defeated and the province of Cochin was established. In 1431 AD, the province of Cochin was revoked, and Li Li accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and became the king of Annam.

This move dealt a major blow to the prestige of the central government over the southwest Tusi. Later, Shi Duo's facts proved that the negative effects caused by Xuande's "abandonment of Jiaozhi" were long-term and fatal. This incident dealt a heavy blow to the international prestige of the Ming Dynasty in the Western region and shook the Ming Dynasty's suzerainty status. The loss of Annan means the loss of the West, which Zhu Zhanji probably did not expect. Since then, Annan has been disturbing the border and encroaching on the land.

This time, Minzhuang Wang Huixuan took the initiative to find the old but still ambitious King Lili, and after promising heavy profits, they finally started to move their troops.

Once Jiaozhi enters the war, the affairs in Yunnan will become bigger and bigger, and the rebellion in Guangdong seems to be shaking each other, and the chaos in the rear is inevitable. Next, how to make Zhu Qizhen concentrate on developing national strength, and still want to plot the unification of the Northern Ming Dynasty?

The great chaos involved more people suffering; The chaos means that the emperor's imperial power has been shaken, and it will inevitably be stained by historians; The chaos means that the rebellion is to be quelled, which means that it will cost a lot of money and use a lot of troops...

All of this, none of which Zhu Qizhen wanted to see, and he had a headache for this matter. At this time, when Queen Qian was having dinner with her, she suddenly proposed that she could ask for help from the loyal father. In her words, even if this young loyal duke could force even the elite army of Warat to retreat, the rebellion in the south should also be resolved.

Queen Qian would say this, naturally she heard the words of the eunuch Mu Mu beside her. It's just that no matter who she hears, she feels that there is some truth and says it. This hit Zhu Qizhen's mind.

Zhu Qizhen, who is familiar with history books, has seen many wise emperors' deeds and found that they all have a common characteristic, that is, they can use people and are good at using capable people. Undoubtedly, Yang Chendong is a capable person, in addition to his age being too young, whether it is his experience, background or what he has done, it proves that he is a usable talent.

Such a talent, but he could not be used by Nanming, which made him distressed for a while. Fortunately, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, doesn't seem to be very good at employing people, at least on the issue of Yang Chendong, he didn't take the way of reuse, but he has been guarding against it, and everyone in the world can see his intentions, which makes Zhu Qizhen see a glimmer of hope.

To say that it is also God's help, at the time of the rebellion in the south, Yang Chendong, a loyal and courageous duke, had to leave Beijing to avoid the limelight because he overturned Yu Shiyue, the secretary of the criminal department. At this moment, he was in his own territory, how could he let go of this kind of God-given opportunity, and immediately notified Kuang Ye, the secretary of the military department who was inspecting the military guards, and asked him to let Yang Chendong use it for himself no matter what, but all the conditions proposed by the other party were not too excessive, and they could be agreed to one by one.

This led to the meeting of Kuang Ye and Yang Chendong in Hangzhou. And now Kuang Shangshu has reported the meeting with Yang Chendong, and has attached several conditions proposed by Yang Chendong.

After Zhu Qizhen read it twice very seriously, he had an idea in his heart, so he called Chen Xun, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Zuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Liu De, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xiao Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Jiang Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and the imperial history of Shang and other important ministers to come to the palace for questioning.

Several Shangshu and important ministers bowed down first, and after they were together, Zhu Qizhen said in a somewhat impatient voice: "Zhongqing, I want to use the loyal and courageous Yang Chendong as a general to quell the rebellion in the south, what do you think?" ”

There are no impermeable pants in the world, especially in the palace, often a trivial matter will be infinitely magnified in the eyes of the minister. Not to mention that Kuang Ye sent back a letter, which arrived in the hands of Zhu Qizhen after a few people, and the news had already been revealed by outsiders.

As a courtier favored by the emperor and relied on as an important minister, which one has not experienced the ups and downs of the official sea for more than ten decades, and has a great ability to see through people's hearts. This time the emperor had an edict, and they passed a lot on the way they came. Now when Zhu Qizhen asked about it, one by one, they all spoke and said: "The emperor is sage!" ”

Seeing that no courtiers came forward to stop him, Zhu Qizhen was overjoyed in his heart, so he looked at Liu De, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and said: "Liu Aiqing, the loyal and courageous prince has made a request, he can lead the troops, but he needs the approval of the king of Yu, and I want to do the errand by the Ministry of Rites, how about it?" ”

"Obey." Liu De walked out of class with a wat board in his hand.

"Okay, but I don't know who Liu Aiqing intends to send?" Zhu Qizhen nodded with satisfaction. He already knew that Liu De's wife and brother were humiliated by Yang Chendong in Hangzhou. But the idea is the same as Kuang Ye Shangshu, as an emperor, he only has the overall situation in his eyes, and he will not take such a small matter to heart. It's a big deal to add an official position to that Qi Bushen later.

Zhu Qizhen didn't know what Liu De was thinking, but at this moment he said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, even if it is such a big event, the minister thinks that it is better to send Yang Shilang to go, so it is more solemn." ”

The so-called Yang Shilang is Yang Shan, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Speaking of which, Yang Shan is also one of the nine ministers rescued by Yang Chendong. His original position was the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, and after he arrived in Nanjing with Yingzong, he was reinstated and still served as the Zuo Shilang.

Yang Shan used to be an official in the northern capital division and knew the situation there. I am also the official position of the third grade, and I also took it at the level of the northern capital master. It can be said that Liu De's arrangement is very appropriate.

"Okay, according to Aiqing's play, let Yang Shan go to the place where King Yu is done." Zhu Qizhen nodded with great satisfaction, this candidate sent was exactly what he wanted, and he was allowed immediately.

A dialogue between the monarchs and ministers ended quickly. When Zhu Qizhen went to the harem, several important ministers withdrew from the main hall and went out of the palace in twos and threes.

Jiang Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, walked with Liu De, and when he saw that there was no one beside him, he couldn't help but chuckle: "Liu Shangshu is a good means, Yang Shan is afraid that it will be difficult to do this!" ”

"Alas, can Lord Jiang say this? The old man is dedicated to doing things for the country. Liu De looked stunned at first, then shook his head and smiled, obviously he already knew that his little trick had been seen by Jiang Yuan.

said that it was a small means, but in fact, it was also a conspiracy.

As I said before, only Liu De is the only one of the six Shangshu who is from Nanjing. Because of this, he is particularly special, which also makes many people look at him with a trace of jealousy in addition to envy, and naturally some people are not convinced.

Among these dissatisfied, the most important one is Yang Shan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

Zuo Shilang is a member of the third grade, and he is only one step away from Shangshu. But it is often this step away that many people are too poor to reach in their lifetime. This requires not only saints, qualifications, ability, popularity, but also luck.

Yang Shan seems to be a little less lucky. There is a Liu De on it, and he is not much older than him, in this case, it is really difficult for him to get ahead.

Because it's hard, it's hard.

It's not that there is no hope at all, for example, as long as Liu De retreats, his opportunity will naturally come. For this reason, whether Yang Shan has the intention or the unintentional, it is difficult for him to walk on the same point with Liu De at work, and the problem of internal consumption has arisen.

In this regard, Liu De naturally discovered it earlier. But he also knows that this Yang Shan has some popularity, and he came out of the battlefield with Yingzong, so he seems to have more friendship than others, such a person is not something he can suppress if he wants to, and he can clean it up if he wants to.

To say that Liu De also has some skills, he knows what is going on, but he doesn't make it public, he just keeps some things in his heart and waits for the right opportunity to hit it with one blow. Now that the opportunity has come, the emperor wants to send someone to Beiming to talk about things, speaking of which, this is the first real contact between Nanbei and Mingming since its establishment. I'm afraid that everyone has no confidence in this matter, so he put the errand on Yang Shan's head, which seems to be a virtuous and official business, but why not wear small shoes? Because everyone can see that Zhu Qizhen doesn't want to pay too much, and wants to get things done, I'm afraid that this errand will be difficult for anyone to do.