Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 425

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One death is chilling, and the drop of a needle can be heard.

At this time, Ding Kuichu's life and death depended on the emperor's words.

In terms of personal feelings, Zhu Yihai actually wanted to kill Ding Kuichu more than once. This kind of guy is more aggressive than He Tengjiao in Huguang, more greedy than Zhu Dadian, and more fond of forming cliques than Ma Shiying.

But from the current overall situation, Ding Kuichu is not an exception, but universal, especially because of his high status. Although he has only been in Lingnan for two years, he has also taken advantage of the troubled times to raise a mountain.

Zhu Yihai wanted to kill Ding Kuichu with just one word, and a single executioner could tear his corpse into thousands of pieces.

But if he did this, it would not be much different from Chongzhen.

Are there still few governors and governors killed by Chongzhen?

What's the use?

Even in the Chongzhen Dynasty, Zhu Youjian's indiscriminate killings caused panic among the people, and even more turmoil from top to bottom.

What Zhu Yihai needs is to control the overall situation and change these chaotic situations, not just for a while.

When he decided to send Jin Yiwei to the south in secret, he had already made a decision to bring him back to Nanjing without killing him, and even to save him some dignity.

This dignity is not reserved for Ding Kuichu, but for Daming, and for everyone else.

He treated He Tengjiao like this at the beginning, and later he treated Zheng Zhilong like this, and now he treats Ding Kuichu like this.

Although killing chickens can scare monkeys, but if the force is too large, it will have a counterproductive effect.

Living in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, in fact, the heights are extremely cold.

Zhu Yihai doesn't even have the capital of Chongzhen now, so he can't kill him as he wants.

"I have appointed Qu Shixu as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Guangdong. With Lu Daqi as the governor of Guangxi, Ding Qing can stay in Nanjing and assist in cabinet affairs."

Lu Daqi once served as the governor of Gansu, and later served as the right servant of the Ministry of War, the governor of Baoding, Shandong, Hebei and other places, and later the governor of Jiangxi, Huguang, Yingtian, Anqing and other places. Later, Fu Wang supported Ma Shiying and the four towns to set up a supervisory state. Lu Daqi was excluded and served as the left servant of the Ministry of officials. He was impeached soon after and was forced to return to his hometown in Sichuan.Later, Hongguang also issued an order to arrest him and put him in prison, but at this time he was no longer connected to Shu, so it failed.

After Zhu Yihai supervised the country, he specially summoned Lu Daqi to enter the court and still served as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

This time being the governor of Guangxi is actually a demotion. At least he was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Qu Shixu was still the governor. However, because Lu Daqi always impeached and attacked Ruan Dacheng, Ma Shiying and others, he intended to provoke party disputes. Zhu Yihai reprimanded him several times for this matter. To no avail, he simply threw him to Guangxi to be the governor, which also made him honest. At the same time, it also considered that Lu Daqi was still loyal to the country and had good experience as a local governor.

Qu Shiqi was promoted to Governor-General because he was loyal to Zhu Yihai and capable of handling affairs, so he was naturally promoted.

As for Ding Kuichu, he stayed in the capital to idle, and the property he brought back by Jin Yiwei was said to be the taxes paid to the national treasury by Guangdong and Guangxi, which can be regarded as a respect for Ding Kuichu.

The Ding family was given a house in Nanjing city.

But Ding Kuichu's political life is basically over. He is not as good as Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and the others. After all, they have rejuvenated their political second with Zhu Yihai, and now they are highly valued governors.

Ding Kuichu was dejected, but he had to weep to thank the emperor for his kindness.

And seeing Ding's ending, Shen Youlong on one side was better. After all, although he was Ding's last governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, his political achievements and official reputation were good, that is, he accepted some bad gifts and couldn't get online.Later, when he became an official in his hometown in Songjiang, he raised the flag to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and returned to serve as the governor of Su Song and then the governor of Zhejiang Zhizhi. It can be said that he has made great achievements.

"Go back."

Ding Kuichu retreated sadly, like a walking corpse.

Zheng Zhilong watched all this secretly, and had to lament that the emperor's methods were clever, and it was better not to kill than to kill.If it was only Lei Ting who was furious and ordered the Wumen court stick, even if it was to kill with a stick, he would only think that the emperor's ability was mediocre.

The situation in the world is like this, everyone is like this, have you finished killing?What's more, this kind of frontier official pulled out the radish and brought out the mud, and liquidated this one, so what will his subordinates do with it?

Strict?Wouldn't that make them jump over the wall in a hurry?
"Shen Qing,"

Zhu Yihai joined Shen Youlong as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, entered Shaobao to protect his title, joined as a bachelor, and joined the cabinet to assist in affairs.

Compared to Ding, Shen was actually promoted.

The governor of Zhezhi has great power, but his rank is lower than that of the six ministers. The governor is promoted to minister, which is a promotion, especially the official department is still the head of the six ministers.

Not to mention the addition of a co-organizer, especially when it is clearly stated that he will co-organize the Dongge affairs. When the Dongge grandma is vacant, or enters the palace to be on duty, etc., his co-organizer will be in charge of the Dongge affairs.

Under the current cabinet system, there is a vote-sharing system, that is, besides the first assistant and the second assistant, there are six bachelors who each draw up a ticket, which is equivalent to a bachelor in charge of a department's affairs, and the Dongge bachelor ranks. The last of the three halls and three pavilions is in charge of the Ministry of Industry. Although the Ministry of Industry is ranked last, it is one of the six central departments after all.

Shen Youlong is getting old, and this time he has officially entered the high-level of the center. Although he is not yet a formal bachelor, he is already a co-organizer, and he is one step away from the official bachelor.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Youlong accepted the order happily.

The original Southern Zhili is now divided into two provinces, Jiangsu and Anhui, by Zhu Yihai. This time, Zhu Yihai canceled the post of governor of Zhejiang Zhili, thinking that the power was too great, and divided the governors of Jiangnan and Zhejiang.

"I have appointed Ruan Dacheng, governor of Zhejiang, as governor and governor of Zhejiang, and Ma Shiying as governor of Jiangnan and governor of Jiangsu."

Those two famous treacherous ministers are now in the royal family, and this time they went one step further and were promoted to governor.

In order for the two to be able to govern one side and take full responsibility, the governor of Zhezhi was also deliberately canceled, Shen Youlong was transferred to the court, and only Yan Wogong, the governor of Jiangnan, was left.

Shen Youlong is old, and he is very satisfied with this arrangement and accepts it readily.

In fact, for more than half a year, he and Ma Shiying got along pretty well. He was very satisfied with the restoration of stability in the Taihu Lake area.

Zhu Yihai finally looked at Zheng Zhilong.

The Duke of Ping was calm on the surface, but he was still a little apprehensive.

Zhu Yihai was actually cautious about this Ping Guogong, because his strength lay in that.

With wealth beyond rivals and the king of the Southeast Sea in a province, Zhu Yihai now has more chips in his hands, but he doesn't dare to provoke Zheng Zhilong easily, so he must handle his relationship with him carefully.

Zhu Yihai can't afford it at this stage if he can't handle it well, intensify conflicts, and even provoke internal strife and rebellion, especially now that the third Northern Expedition is coming soon, he must deal with Zheng Zhilong well.

Even if he enters the court, the Zheng family's power in Fujian is still there.

"Ping Guogong, the marriage I asked Ping Guogong before, I don't know if Ping Guogong is willing?"

Zhu Yihai said to Zheng Zhilong with a smile, and poured him a cup of Shaoxing Pingshuizhu tea himself, "This is a new Zhejiang tea, not inferior to Fujian tea, please try it."

After Zheng Zhilong entered the court, the emperor specially sent his ministers to visit the palace, and proposed that the emperor wanted to accept Zheng Zhilong's two daughters into the palace. One is the daughter of the surnamed Jiao in Macau, the daughter of the Tagawa family in Japan, and the other is the Yan family. The one who was born in Fujian now.

This marriage proposal was expected by Zheng Zhilong.

After all, he had just entered the court, and the emperor specially met his brother-in-law Yan Keying first, accepted his daughter into the palace, and also accepted the daughter of the general Shi Daxuan Shi Tianfu into the palace. poaching behavior.

But he can't refuse, because if he refuses, it will arouse the dissatisfaction of Yan Keying, Shi Daxuan and other official party veterans, which will touch their vested interests.

Facing the emperor's conspiracy, he could only admit it.

He had expected that the emperor would let him go and win over his subordinates, but it was all a trick of the emperor's power, and in the end it was inevitable to win him over.

Marriage is undoubtedly the simplest and most effective way.

Zheng Zhilong was actually very happy about the fact that the emperor wanted to accept his two daughters into the palace. As the king of the Southeast Sea, Zheng Zhilong had always felt inferior and felt that his background was too low.

I have always tried to lean into the system and climb up.

But even though he became the Duke of the state, others still looked down on him. Those officials and gentry were like this in Fujian, and it was even more obvious in Nanjing.

The dignified prince entered the court and even paid homage to the great scholar, but the Nanjing Zheng's mansion had few guests and no one came to the door.

Both Zheng Zhilong and the emperor were very jealous of each other, and they were cautious when getting along, testing again and again, not daring to mess around.

Both want to strengthen their relationship with each other, but they still don't trust each other. In the final analysis, it is still a conflict of fundamental interests, but this does not affect their cooperation at this stage.

Zheng Zhilong immediately told the emperor that after receiving the visit from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he fully agreed to the matter, and had sent his family back to Fujian and Macau to pick up his two daughters to Beijing.

"The Northern Expedition is imminent. This time I plan to send troops in three directions. Does Duke Ping think it is feasible?"

Zheng Zhilong immediately expressed that it was feasible, and even expressed his willingness to play forward.

"Ping Guogong is an important minister in the court, how can he be condescended to be a vanguard, but this time I will drive to the east by myself, and then I will bring some important ministers, staff, and army commanders with me. Ping Guogong is a naval hero, and he is invincible at sea. , and the east road goes through Xu Yang’s coast and goes straight to Denglai, Shandong to fight.

Zheng Zhilong agreed without hesitation.

After chatting and chatting, Zhu Yihai got down to business, went around a circle, and removed the title of Dongge University Bachelor who had worshiped Zheng Zhilong before. The reason was naturally that he had to accompany him on the expedition and had no time to handle cabinet affairs.

Zheng Zhilong's errands were to walk in the Prime Minister's Office of the Ming Dynasty, the governor of the imperial camp, and the commander of the Northern Expedition East Road. The title of Duke Ping and the title of Shaobao and Prince Taibao remained unchanged.

On the other side of Fujian, the positions of Governor and Admiral of Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Zhifeng also remained unchanged, and the positions of Chief Soldier and Deputy General of Zheng's children also remained unchanged.

Even the generals of the Zheng family who entered Beijing have basically been promoted.

Zheng Zhilong was also very clear about Zhu Yihai's arrangement. The emperor just didn't want him to really join the cabinet. Although he was a bit contradictory and even poached his corner before, Zheng Zhilong remained calm on the surface, accepting it readily and thanking him.

Anyway, for Zheng Zhilong, everything is now settled. He Zheng Zhilong and the Zheng family of Fujian have officially gained their names in the Shaotian Dynasty, and they have landed safely.

As far as Zhu Yihai was concerned, the two had reached an agreement. At least the Zheng family in Fujian had calmed down, and the relationship was even closer. Although it could not be resolved in one step, it would be long in the future, so they shouldn't be too hasty.

It's good to be stable now.

There are many voices in the court criticizing the Zheng family, but they just stand up and talk without back pain. Could it be that Zheng Zhilong entered the court, Zhu Yihai could use the investigation of Jin Yiwei, saying that he had a secret meeting with the Qing envoy and other evidence, and then dragged him to Caishikou chopped?
This is certainly a pleasure, but it has to pay a great price, and the gain outweighs the loss. Politics itself is nothing more than an exchange and compromise of interests. The confrontation of swords and soldiers is just the ultimate expression of the failure of the exchange of interests.

Compared with the Zheng family, Zhu Yihai's primary enemy is still the Tartars who invaded the Central Plains.

"My lord!"

Liu Chao hastily visited and brought a shocking news, Huang Binqing's daughter, Concubine Dahuang, gave birth earlier today, and the result was dystocia. Finally, the adults rescued her, but the baby died just after birth.

"It's a prince," Liu Chao said with great grief.

This is the emperor's heir that everyone has been looking forward to for a long time, especially when it was reported earlier that this must be a prince, but in the end, a prince was born, but he died in childbirth.

When Zhu Yihai heard the news, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. He felt out of breath, and his heart ached so badly. He squatted down clutching his chest, his face was swollen purple, and he couldn't breathe.

"Your Majesty?"

"Imperial doctor, quickly pass to the imperial camp!"

(End of this chapter)