Compared with containing Yue Lengqiu, Dong Yuan and other foreign forces, Huaidong is still facing an urgent problem to solve, that is, what kind of power structure Huaidong needs to use in order to control Jiangning.

Emperor Yongxing ascended the throne in Jiangning, in order to cope with the situation at that time, set up the Imperial Camp Department to take charge of the military and government, and the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall concurrently served as the imperial camp envoy and deputy envoy, including the Jingying army was also placed under the structure of the Imperial Camp Division, and the political power and military power were unprecedentedly concentrated.

The Imperial Camp Army, the Hanghu Army, and the Huinan Army were successively broken and disabled, and with the exception of the Jiangzhou Army, the Huaixi Army, the Jinghu Army, the Xiangtan Army and other foreign domains, the Huaidong Army was almost all the soldiers and horses that South Vietnam could control.

Huang Jinnian said: "The authority held by the lord today is the same as that of the imperial envoy, and the imperial envoy is naturally concurrently served by the first assistant; According to what Jin Nian saw, the lord should be the first assistant and the imperial envoy to govern the country......"

Lin Jian shook his head and said, "The Queen Mother invited Shen Rong to board the ship in Weiyang to come to Jiangning with her, and she intended to invite Liu Tingzhou and Yuan to return to politics. After that, there were quarrels in the political hall, and I didn't have the energy to run to the political hall all day to fight......"

Qin Chengzu, Lin Mengde, Sun Jingxuan and others are not familiar with the official system, and they can't talk about this kind of topic, but they also feel that Huang Jinnian's idea is unreliable.

First, Lin Jian did not have so much energy to be involved in cumbersome administrative affairs. Second, once Lin Jian became the first assistant, he could not leave Jiangning to personally preside over the war on the front line. At present, in the military, Lin Lian's position cannot be replaced by others.

In addition, Lin Xuwen is in the deputy phase, and he lives with Lin Lian, which is very ugly in the eyes of outsiders. Moreover, in the internal power structure of Huaidong, there can be no "second person" setting. Even if the issue of heirs will be involved in the future, it should be selected from Lin Lian's heirs, and it should never be Lin Xuwen.

Once Lin Jian becomes the first assistant, Lin Xuwen will inevitably resign as deputy minister; And once Lin Xuwen resigns as deputy prime minister, there is no other suitable official position above the court to place him.

Song Fu said: "Master Youyun: the wealth of the world is attributed to Si Nong, the prison of the world is attributed to the court captain, and the soldiers of the world are raised to the privy council - there is another privy envoy outside the political hall, and the chief public commissar is appointed to control the military power of the world." He has authority in his hands and has no trouble with trivial matters. In addition, the authority of the political hall should be attributed to the yamen of all ministries, and even if the empress dowager summons Yuan to return to the government, Liu Tingzhou, and Shen Rong to enter Jiangning, it will not constitute a major disaster......"

"What Song Gong said is very good." Gao Zongting was familiar with the official system, and thought that Song Fu could have this discussion, but I was afraid that he had already thought deeply.

Lin Jian frowned, he was not familiar with the official system, and he had to think about Song Fu's strategy.

Huaidong wants to control the government, except for him, Lin Xuwen, Huang Jinnian and other Liao Liao people, including Qin Chengzu, Lin Mengde, Sun Jingxuan and others, for the time being, they do not have enough qualifications to take up prominent positions.

Weakening the political hall and returning the government to the six ministries, with Lin Mengde, Sun Jingxuan and others serving as squires and other powerful ministries in the six ministries, can avoid the intensification of contradictions, and provide a buffer time for Huaidong to digest the land south of the Yangtze River. The abolition of the Imperial Battalion Department will break up the original military and political system and concentrate the military and political power in the Privy Council, one is to grasp the big and let go of the small, and the other is conducive to implanting the Huaidong Military Department into the Privy Envoy System.

Lin Jian pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "The privy envoy is an official title, and the government office can be called the privy council, and its details are the work of the Song Gong, the Zong Court and others; The details will be drawn up here for the time being, and the Empress Dowager Liang and the foreign vassals will have to bargain - Dong Yuan, Hu Wenmu, Yue Lengqiu, I think they are given the title of privy deputy envoy, and they can't be considered too stingy! ”

It doesn't matter what titles Dong Yuan, Yue Lengqiu and others are given on their heads, the key is still in the soldiers and horses and the territory - after Huaidong controls Jiangning, Yue Lengqiu, Dong Yuan, Hu Wenmu and others will nominally obey Jiangning's dispatch, but it is difficult to change the trend of feudal towning.

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Jiangning City was generally calm by the sixth day of the new year, although the war experienced was not long, even less than ten days, but it also brought scars to Jiangning that were difficult to erase.

Nearly 20 percent of the houses in the city were set on fire, tens of thousands of civilians died in the fighting, more people were looted, their homes were destroyed, and a large number of displaced people from other towns were still stranded in the city of Jiangning -- and the counties south and west of Jiangning were more completely destroyed by the war, and it will take a long time to eliminate the after-effects of the war.

Although the curfew will continue for a while, and there are still many rebels in and around Jiangning City who are evading arrest, most of the people are glad that the war can survive so quickly.

The Empress Dowager Liang and King Hailing and her entourage sailed westward against the current, and finally arrived at the mouth of the Jinchuan River before noon on the sixth day of the lunar month. Huang Jinnian rushed back to Jiangning in time to meet him.

In the early morning of the sixth day of the first lunar month, Huang Jinnian, Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan and other few left-behind officials in Jiangning, as well as the honorable Mu Guogong Zeng and Yongchang Hou Yuanjinqiu, who stayed in Jiangning, went out of the Donghua Gate of Jiangning City to the Jinchuan estuary to welcome the queen mother......

After the Empress Dowager Liang arrived in Gutang County, she learned the news of Chen Xiyan and Zeng Mingxin's sudden death on the day of Jiangning's recovery from Liang Wenbai, the Gutang magistrate who came on the boat to greet her, this news was undoubtedly a heavy blow to her and to Shen Rong, who boarded the ship from Baisha County and returned to the court with the Empress Dowager.

Afterwards, it is inevitable to liquidate the responsibility for the defeat of Huizhou and the abandonment of the capital and the westward flight, Yu Xinyuan is difficult to preserve, Emperor Yongxing is bound to issue an edict of guilt, Zuo Chengmu, Cheng Yuqian, Wang Tian, Wang Xueshan and other officials who fled westward must hold their tails and be people, so that they can escape the purge - only if Chen Xiyan does not lose his integrity and is still popular, he can naturally continue to gather the Wu Party and the remnants of the local forces in Jiangnan by his side.

With Chen Xiyan inside, Yue Lengqiu and Dong Yuan outside, it is possible to restrict Huaidong from covering the sky with one hand above the court - now that Chen Xiyan has passed away, and Yue Lengqiu and Dong Yuan will definitely not come to Jiangning to see Huaidong's face and live, not to mention Lin Binding, above the court, there will be very few officials who can compete with Lin Xuwen and Huang Jinnian.

Empress Dowager Liang was supported by Hailing Princess Tian and Yuan Yan, and boarded the riverbank wharf tremblingly, and a handful of officials led by Huang Jinnian knelt on the wharf to greet her.

There were not many people who came to greet Shizi Qingliu.

The gentry in Jiangning City who did not flee with the emperor in time were far more devastated in the war than the civilians. Those soldiers and soldiers of the imperial camp knew where there were beautiful big girls and little daughters-in-law in Jiangning City, and where there were more gold and silver treasures to loot. The gentry who did not have time to escape from the city for refuge naturally could not escape the catastrophe, how could they still have much loyalty to the imperial family who abandoned the capital and fled westward? Even the people who were able to escape the imperial city in time were more grateful to Huaidong in their hearts.

Looking at the bleak scene in front of her, the Queen Mother Liang couldn't help but sigh in her heart: This situation is more difficult than expected!

Empress Dowager Liang wanted to greet the officials and summoned Huang Jinnian and others to the front to ask: "Can Duke Peng Cheng go to Jiangning?" ”

"Pengcheng County is busy with military affairs, so maybe I can come to Jiangning in the afternoon to ask the Queen Mother for ......," Huang Jinnian said.

"Oh!" The Empress Dowager Liang replied lightly, her voice was indifferent, and her heart was like a mirror: What do you say about busy military affairs, Lin Jian dragged it until the afternoon and then went to Jiangning, but he didn't bother to kneel down to greet her, an old woman, otherwise how could Lin Jian not enter the city until Jiangning recovered for four days?

When the Zhejiang-Fujian army occupied the outer city of Jiangning, in order to limit the penetration of Huaidong warships into the hinterland, the Jinchuan River was blocked by sunken ships in many places, and it was not completely cleaned up. Princess Yuan Yan and King Hailing can live in the palace.

The imperial city is well preserved, but the buildings around the imperial city have been demolished, and the luxury Feihu initially had the intention of attacking the imperial city, but it was not implemented, and the periphery of the imperial city was razed to a piece, which looked particularly dilapidated.

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Lin Tie entered the city from Fengyang Gate in the south city in the afternoon, compared to the desertion of the Empress Dowager Liang entering the city, Lin Tie entered the city much more lively, and both sides of the Yuqian Street were crowded with people who greeted each other.

Lin Liang rode his horse and surrounded the guards and horses, and many secret sentinels were deployed in the crowd along the street to prevent the assassins.

It is naturally inconvenient for Lin Jian to stay in the imperial city directly. Chen Yuan, who had been used as a mansion for Li Zhuo and Yue Lengqiu earlier, was located on Yuqian Street. Luxury Feihu also used Chen Yuan as a line for a short time, so as to supervise the offensive against the imperial city nearby. Although the extravagant Feihu abandoned Jiangning and retreated, although he sent people to set fire to Chen Yuan, because Chen Yuan was quite close to the imperial city, the fire was extinguished in time, and the damage was not serious.

Zhao Hu led the 1st Brigade of the Tianjin Navy to be mainly stationed between the Imperial City and Chen Yuan, and Lin Jian stayed in Chen Yuan, which was also convenient to control the Imperial City nearby.

Before walking to Chen Yuan, Lin Tie dismounted, led the horse to look up at the eaves, the place where the door plaque was hung was empty, and there were deep traces of time, and the left corner door had scorched black marks from the fire.

Seeing that Lin Lian looked up at the eaves of the corridor, he didn't go inside, grabbed the reins in his hand, and didn't ask others to lead the horse away, Sun Jingxuan said with a smile: "I have to quickly ask someone to make a door to go up!" ”

"It's better to delay it for a few days, make a piece today, and change it every few days, isn't it a trouble?" Lin Mengde said with a smile.

Entering Jiangning City today, how can these people not be unwilling? In addition to Lin Mengde's words, Lin Jian is the prince of the county at this time, and he may be the prince of the country or the king of the county in a few days.

Lin Jian just smiled faintly, ignored Lin Mengde and Sun Jingxuan's conversation about the door, and said to the people behind him: "You guys go in first and wait, I will go to Muguo Mansion first to worship the old grandfather and come back!" ”

"When the lord goes to Mu Guofu to worship, he should also go to Chen Xiangye's mansion to worship; We are not tired, but we can go with the lord. Song Fu said.

Lin Lian turned his mind to understand what Song Fu meant, Zeng Lao Guogong and Chen Xiyan both died of exhaustion to guard Jiangning, and they worshiped the two when they entered the city, which can show the immorality of Emperor Yongxing - Lin Jian sighed lightly in his heart, like Zeng Lao Guogong, he knew that there were only a handful of people who believed in him and helped him, and they all died one after another, so that he wanted to repay but couldn't.

When he heard the news of the death of Zeng Lao Guogong in Liyang, the joy of recovering Jiangning was also diluted a lot, and Lin Jian thought that when he arrived in Jiangning, he would go to worship Zeng Lao Guogong first, but he reminded Song Fu that Chen Xiyan really wanted to go to the mansion.

If there is anything disappointing about it, that is, when you enter Jiangning, Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan, and Yuan Jinqiu are all hiding and disappearing, will you be like a stranger in the future? I don't know how Song Jia would feel when she knew the news that Luxury Feihu was killed in the Yiyang River Estuary - Lin Jian pinched his nose, only to find that entering Jiangning City was not as easy as he imagined.