The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 263 The Emperor's Mind

Since Daming is now divided into four regions, the policies implemented in each region are different.

And Zhu Cihong, the main person in charge of the four areas, also gave great autonomy, which led to some confusion in military orders and government orders.

For example, in the south, Zhang Yan has all the military and political powers. Except that he cannot issue edicts, he has almost all the rights of the emperor, and he can also mobilize all the field troops and garrison troops in the south at will.

In the north, the rights that Zhu Cihong gave to the red lady back then were no worse than Zhang Yan's. In addition, the Zuo Dudu of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was attached to him, so the military rights were even stronger than Zhang Yan's.

Because although Hong Niangzi is the Zuo Dudu, she has been performing the duties of the Great Duty, and she can completely mobilize all the soldiers and horses of Ming Dynasty by virtue of her status as the Zuo Dudu.

On the contrary, Zhang Yan could only mobilize troops from the south.

But the northwest and southwest are different. Although the two patrol envoys, Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu, have great autonomy in political matters, they are completely out of control in military matters.

On the other hand, Qin Lihua and Wu Sangui, the two regiment commanders, also couldn't get their hands in government affairs.

But even so, since ancient times, no emperor has dared to delegate power in this way, not to mention the complete delegation of power like Zhang Yan and Hong Niangzi, even Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu are unlikely.

Because people's ambitions change with power, even loyal people may be reluctant to let go of great power after tasting it, and then develop ambitions.

Zhu Cihong naturally understood this, but he was 120% assured of Zhang Yan.

One is that Zhang Yan has no son, and the other is that the family behind him has also been exiled. He is completely alone and a woman. It can be said that as long as Chongzhen does not appear in Nanjing, it is almost impossible to betray him.

The previous Hong Niangzi was also a loner, almost more trustworthy than Zhang Yan. After all, Zhang Yan still had the unstable factor of Chongzhen, but Hong Niangzi really had no hidden dangers at all. After all, the only person who could affect her was Li Yan. Dead, that's why Zhu Cihong delegated power to Hong Niangzi without any qualms.

But now seeing the red lady taking over the military order and skillfully affixing her seal as the governor of the left, Zhu Cihong felt an unprecedented vigilance in her heart, and felt something was wrong.

Zhu Cihong also frowned slightly, and he didn't know why he suddenly had such a thought, logically speaking, it shouldn't be, Hong Niangzi did this kind of thing before, and he never felt that there was anything wrong with it.

But when Zhu Cihong caught a glimpse of Hong Niangzi's swollen belly, he finally came to his senses and understood why he was vigilant and felt something was wrong.

It turned out that it was caused by the child in her stomach, and that's right, after all, after having a child, Hong Niangzi also had a hidden danger just like Zhang Yan.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong was also quite depressed. It's really not easy to be an emperor. Before his son was born, he made himself a little vigilant. What's the matter?

Zhu Cihong also knew that this was an instinctive reaction of the emperor, and it was simply uncontrollable.

However, Zhu Cihong also knew that this was not groundless worry, but a lesson learned from the past. We must guard against it. After all, his mother is the best example.

Now that Liu Xinlan and Lan Duoer are also pregnant one after another, if the three daughters all give birth to sons, no one can say whether Hong Niangzi will have selfishness for her son's throne, after all, a woman's heart is in the bottom of her heart.

Zhu Cihong's heart tightened when he thought of his women and sons, who would fight against each other all day long, stage court dramas, and even fight to the death.

He would never allow this to happen, and if he wanted to avoid possible tragedies in the future, he had to take precautions now.

Zhu Cihuang calmly took over the military order and handed it to Liu Rushi, and decided to start restricting the rights of Hong Niangzi, and at the same time make a good plan for the unification of military orders and government orders.

Because it is reasonable to say that if you want to mobilize the field army, you must have the imperial decree of the emperor and the military order of the governor, and the left governor has no right.

But now everyone knows that Hong Niangzi, the Zuo Dudu, is a noble concubine, and with his unreserved trust and decentralization of power before the emperor, no matter which legion leader receives Hong Niangzi's copy, it is not stamped with the seal of the governor. If you get a military order, you will also choose to implement it.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter? Are you tempted..."

Seeing that Zhu Ciwang was staring at the door in a daze, the red lady thought he was tempted by Liu Rushi, so she teased.

"Ah? Aifei, why are you tempted?"

Zhu Cihong didn't know why, and turned around and asked, he had already thought about it just now, even if Hong Niangzi still let Hong Niangzi share his worries in the future, he must properly regulate the duties and powers of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

For example, to mobilize the field army out of the defense area, there must be a military order with the seal of the governor's capital and the emperor's special imperial decree, otherwise it will be regarded as a violation, and the consequence will be ransacking the family and exterminating the family.

From now on, the army will recognize orders and seals but not people, except of course the emperor.

If he is not in Beijing, he can hand over the seal of the Metropolitan Governor to Hong Niangzi for safekeeping, and let her take him in charge of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but he cannot use her own orders to mobilize the army. The department is responsible for drafting military orders.

"If your majesty is not good at speaking and let others sleep in bed, the concubine can go to her and talk about it."

The red lady smiled, she only thought that Zhu Cihong had taken a fancy to Liu Rushi, but because of her status, she couldn't make a move.

Seeing her appearance, Zhu Cihong finally understood, not to mention that he was really moved, but he waved his hand immediately: "My concubine, don't mess around, this Liu Rushi is no better than other women, even though she was born in a brothel, she looks soft and weak Weak, but very strong, not comparable to Chen Yuanyuan, when you put the sword on her neck, did she have the slightest fear?"

"Hehe, Your Majesty is right. This Liu Rushi is indeed not like an ordinary woman, but I'm sure that if I tell her to come to the Qianqing Palace to serve the bed tonight, not only will she not refuse, she may even steal it." Have fun!"

The red lady said a little tiredly.

As a woman, Liu Rushi couldn't be more clear about what the look in Liu Rushi's eyes meant when she looked at the little emperor.

"Hehe, love concubine, don't talk nonsense, this Liu Rushi is not a woman who clings to power." Zhu Cihong chuckled.

"Your Majesty, how about we make a bet?"

Seeing that Zhu Cihong valued Liu Rushi's character and integrity so much, Hong Niangzi became more unconvinced, and her heart became more apprehensive. She wanted to let him see that Liu Rushi was just an ordinary woman.

If Zhu Cihong directly attacked Liu Rushi, Hong Niangzi would not have any thoughts, but she was tempted like this, but she didn't take action for a long time, which made her jealous.

Because this can only show that the little emperor really admires Liu Rushi very much, and he doesn't want to embarrass her a little bit.

"Forget it." Zhu Cihong waved his hand after thinking about it. He has no shortage of beauties. Nanjing still has ten peerless beauties, but the trustworthy chief executive is not easy to find. If Liu Rushi sleeps Let's not talk about it, if it spreads out and damages the reputation, we will definitely have to re-elect a chief executive. After all, the emperor's woman is not suitable for this position.

(End of this chapter)