East Factory Governor

Chapter 635 The struggle for power!

Qin Shuhuai and Sun Chengzong were very happy to see Chongzhen have this insight, and said in unison, "The emperor is wise."

Chongzhen laughed and said, "You two, don't flatter me. Oh, I only wish that the ministers of the Ming Dynasty are as good as you two, so it doesn't matter whether I am wise or not, the Ming Dynasty can be powerful everywhere, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. , isn’t it happy?”

After a pause, he said again, "By the way, tomorrow I will personally preside over the encoffining ceremony of Mr. Chen. Brother Qin, you must invite Mrs. Qi out. I will thank her well and then apologize. .”

Chongzhen held Chen Lue's funeral beyond the standard, which was naturally a show, intended to appease the morale of the army and win over the hearts of the people, and inviting Chen Lue's widow, Qi, to come out and complete the show together, would definitely be more contagious.

Of course, the reason why Chongzhen wanted to hold such a grand show was also due to Qin Shuhuai's factors.After all, Chen Lue was his father-in-law, and Chongzhen personally presided over the funeral, which was worthy of the brotherhood between him and Qin Shuhuai that surpassed the monarch and ministers.

Qin Shuhuai knew very well that the Qi family had been saving his life for so many years just to wait for this moment.On such an occasion, with Qi's character, how could he not come?

So he said, "Don't worry, the emperor, the minister must have invited the old lady to come, and I will live up to the mighty grace of the emperor."

On the second day, it is time.

Outside the Marco Polo Bridge in the southwest of the Forbidden City, people were crowded.

When the common people in the capital heard that the emperor was going to preside over the encoffining ceremony of the loyal minister Chen Zongbing, they flocked from all over the place. For a while, there were crowds of people near the ceremony site. At least [-] to [-] people gathered here.

For the common people to see, this is naturally the proper meaning.After all, this is a show, how can there be no audience?

But the excitement is lively, and the security problem is highlighted.

With so many people, it is definitely not enough to rely on the manpower of Shuntian Mansion and Jin Yiwei.

Therefore, Wang Dehua's Warrior Battalion, the Three Great Beijing Battalions, and Qin Shuhuai's Wulin Allied Forces mobilized together to shoulder the heavy responsibility of on-site security and maintaining order. The troops dispatched by the three parties reached [-].Including Jinyiwei and Shuntian Mansion's troops, there are about [-] people.

The officers and soldiers surrounded the scene with a human wall, and ordinary people could only watch from 300 meters away.Sun Chengzong, who is fully in charge of the encoffining ceremony, has ordered that any common people who break through the human wall, whether intentionally or unintentionally, will be killed without mercy.

In addition, all nearby highlands were also guarded.There are no snipers in this era, but there are cannons. If someone occupies a high ground and bombards them, it is not for fun.

At the same time, a large number of factory guards were mixed among the common people to prevent accidents.

Now is a sensitive moment, so we can't be careless.

At three quarters past, while all the people were waiting eagerly, the encoffining ceremony officially began.

The solemn and solemn horn sounded suddenly, echoing in the cold air.

Sun Chengzong led the civil and military officials, dressed in plain clothes, and marched slowly in two rows.All officials wear plain clothes, which is the standard for princes to be encoffined.

In the middle of the queue, eight people slowly moved forward carrying a black coffin.The two people who carried the coffin at the front were Qin Shuhuai and Chen Jing.

After the coffin was placed in the center of the venue, the sound of horns stopped.

I saw Chongzhen wearing a dragon robe, an imperial crown on his head, and a white cloth around his waist. Surrounded by officials from the Ministry of Rites, he walked slowly to the coffin.

Sun Chengzong shouted at the top of his voice, "His Majesty the Emperor sacrifices!"

Crack, crack!
Except for Jin Yiwei who was still standing, the rest of the soldiers knelt on one knee.

Seeing this, the people present also knelt down without order.

There was no sound at the scene, only the sound of the north wind.

Solemn and solemn.

Chongzhen opened the sacrificial speech and read aloud, "Since I ascended the throne, I have only regarded loyalty and filial piety as the foundation of the country..."

There is a long passage, more than half of which is to promote how he built the country with loyalty and filial piety, and about one third is to review how Chen Lue "martyred the country" and the rest are some ritual-specific phrases such as whining and mourning. Anyway, at the level of Qin Shuhuai's classical Chinese , can only understand half of it.

After reading the sacrificial speech, Chen Jing, the eldest son of Chen, stepped forward with Chen Lue's blood-stained armor in both hands, accompanied by Qi.

After seeing Chongzhen personally put Chen Lue's armor into the coffin, Qi finally couldn't bear it, threw herself on the coffin, and burst into tears.

Seeing this, Chen Jing, Chen Li, Chen Shu and Chen Qing'er couldn't help but burst into tears.

The grievances of the Chen family for more than ten years have finally been washed away at this moment!

However, the dead are gone, and those members of the Chen family who were beheaded back then will never come back.

Do you think the Chen family is happy at this time?Really happy!

But there is some sadness that cannot be concealed by this kind of happiness.

But that's all Qin Shuhuai can do.

That's all Chongzhen can do.

There were 5 to [-] people at the scene, and the sparrows were silent, only the pain of the Chen family, hovering in the cold wind.

And Wang Huazhen, who was in a prison van in a certain corner, was shivering in the cold wind.

There is no doubt that today is the day when Chen Lue's clothes are buried, and it is also the day of his death!

While the encoffining ceremony was going on, the cruel battle for power in various places in Ming Dynasty officially kicked off!
Wuchang, Huguang governor's yamen.

More than [-] guards in Jinyi came suddenly and rushed to the gate of the yamen.

"Who dares to break into the governor's office!"

Accompanied by a blast, a large number of soldiers and horses poured out from all directions, surrounding the Jinyi Guards.

At first glance, there are as many as 5000 people. It is clear that the governor of Guangxi mobilized the local guards to guard his home.

Jin Yiwei Wuchang Qianhu Office Qianhu Feng Zeng took out his token and shouted, "Jin Yiwei is ordered to handle the case, please retreat quickly, otherwise you will be killed!"

Inside the yamen, there are yamen servants rushing to report.

"Report! Report to my lord, Jin Yiwei Feng once brought six to seven hundred people, and they are now outside the yamen."

Sitting in the hall was a graceful person, drinking tea calmly, with a disdainful smile on his lips.

He is Cao Hua, governor of Huguang and right deputy governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.Cao Hua is the younger brother of Cao Guozhang, the governor of Huguang, Sichuan, and Gui, and Cao Guozhang, the governor of Sichuan. He is also a senior member of the Donglin Party.

Cao Hua just smiled and didn't speak.

A thin person beside him spoke.

He said in a flattering tone, "Hehe, the teacher is really good at predicting things. Fortunately, we have dispatched Donghewei and Changhe guards in advance to help, otherwise we will be killed by Qin Ni today."

This person is Zhao Zhixing, the magistrate of Wuchang, Cao Hua's favorite student, because he was promoted to become the magistrate.

Cao Hua put down the teacup and said disdainfully, "Does Qin Ni think that he can shake me Donglin by controlling the factory guards? It's a big joke! Just wait, when Prime Minister Zhou enters Sichuan, the world will change. "

Zhao Zhixing nodded and said, "What the teacher said is very true. The areas controlled by the imperial court today are nothing more than Sanbian, Jizhen, Liaodong and Zhejiang. The rest of the places, I, Donglin, are all in charge of the military and government. This world..."

Cao Hua interrupted solemnly, "Zhixing, don't talk about the imperial court. Our opponent is Qin Ni. If he still has self-knowledge and returns the military administration to the emperor, our Donglin will still be ordered to guard the country for the emperor. If Qin Ni insists on doing what Cao Wei did, then I, Donglin, can only fight for the emperor! Only in this way can I be loyal to the court, and the people will be safe, and I will not be responsible as a courtier."

Zhao Zhixing smiled meaningfully, "The teacher is absolutely right. We did this for the sake of the emperor's orthodoxy!"

(End of this chapter)