Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1226
Both sides took a step back, and Wang Yan's army began to continue going south. With the absence of the people acting along the way, the army's marching speed was much faster, and it reached the boundary of Yangzhou from Shandong in half a month.

Here, Wang Yan met the golden envoy sent by Hauge. Han Chaoxuan, who originally thought Wang Yan had already added a yellow robe, was disappointed when he found that Wang Yan had not proclaimed himself emperor.

As long as Wang Yan proclaims himself emperor, there will inevitably be turmoil within the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Kingdom of Jin can secretly fund the Fuming forces and cause trouble for the Ming Dynasty. Wang Yan will have no time to attack the Kingdom of Jin, and the Kingdom of Jin will have time to rest and train the army .

Now there is no major turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, but morale has been greatly boosted because of the destruction of the Qing Dynasty and the recovery of Beijing, and the Jin Kingdom is in danger.

In order to delay the time, Han Chaoxuan could only express that the Kingdom of Jin was willing to coexist peacefully with the Ming Dynasty, while Wang Yan proposed that the Kingdom of Jin should go to the emperor, return Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Hexi Corridor and other places, and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, please be a vassal .

Such a condition was naturally unacceptable to the Kingdom of Jin, and Han Chaoxuan could only return to the Kingdom of Jin in despair.

From Shandong to Lianghuai, after the road was relatively deserted, when it arrived in Yangzhou, it had to be lively again.

In order to celebrate the victory, the Nanjing court and Empress Dowager Zeng sent a large number of officials across the river to welcome Wang Yan.

As soon as Wang Yan went to Yangzhou, he was picked up by many officials and palace servants, and then he crossed the Yangtze River with drums and gongs. At this time, the people of Ming Dynasty sincerely expressed their welcome to Wang Yan.

After five years of operation in Jiangnan, officials from all over the country came out to welcome, gentry and common people cheered, and embraced the guard of honor of the king of Chu to welcome the triumphant soldiers back to Jiangnan.

The cabinet returned to Nanjing first, nominally to prepare for the triumphal ceremony, but actually to implement the conditions proposed by Wang Yan.

After several cabinet ministers entered Nanjing, they immediately convened a meeting in the council hall to discuss and inform everyone of the three conditions Xia Wanchun said.At this time, it was irreversible for Wang Yan to advance to supervise the country, and everyone had no objection to the emperor's relocation to Beijing. The focus of the debate was on the third point.

Xia Wanchun mentioned that when the emperor's will is contrary to the imperial court's order, because the imperial court's will should prevail, many ministers think it is inappropriate, and feel that there is no legal basis, and it is easy to cause serious confrontation between the emperor and the imperial court, which will damage the country. Book.

Seeing that the matter was irreversible, Du Yinxi immediately suggested that it is better to follow the Song system. The emperor's will must be signed by the prime minister to take effect. Without the endorsement by the prime minister, it is equivalent to waste paper.In this way, there are precedents to follow, and it can also prevent the emperor from issuing an order and the court from issuing another order, causing the two sides to confront each other and cause turmoil in the world.

In the Song Dynasty, the king and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled together, and there is this tradition.

It is said that when Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, Shenzong once issued an order to the general Zhong'e to take Suizhou. Seeing that Suizhou had been defeated, the prime minister Wen Yanbo immediately ordered Zhong'e to be locked up in the name of privately dispatching troops, and almost killed him. .Zhong E took out the imperial decree, but it didn't work. Wen Yanbo said that he was not affiliated with me, it was fake, and directly photographed the imperial decree on the ground.

Since there was evidence to be found, many people agreed with Du Yinxi's opinion one after another, so Su Guansheng ran outside the city again to meet Wang Yan to present the cabinet's proposal.

Wang Yan also admired the Song system, but the Ming Dynasty did not have the same foundation as the Song Dynasty. He agreed with the proposal that the emperor's will must be attached to the state to take effect, but in order to prevent the emperor from issuing "clothes edicts" indiscriminately, or directly Give orders to ministers to intervene in political affairs. In the third article, the emperor must not intervene in political affairs. When issuing orders beyond the cabinet, a statement must be made, and those who do not have imperial decrees affiliated with the supervisory state will be punished.

At that moment, Su Guansheng ran back to the city and informed the meeting hall of Wang Yan's request, and most of the people agreed. This way, one door can be made, and the authority of the central government and the cabinet will not be strengthened.

After both the meeting hall and Wang Yan agreed, Su Guansheng and several elders went to Miyagi together.

The Empress Dowager Zeng rarely needed her to come forward these days. Apart from presiding over the various sacrifices of the state and accepting the worship of ministers and vassals during the New Year, she and the emperor basically did not leave the palace, let alone take the initiative to meet ministers.

Now that several cabinet ministers came together, the Empress Dowager Zeng became flustered immediately. Although she didn't ask about the government, she didn't know everything. Rumors outside the palace had already spread in the palace.

Empress Dowager Zeng is also worried these days, for fear that one day when she wakes up, soldiers armed with weapons will suddenly rush into the palace.

She met Su Guansheng and others in the palace, and when she learned that she and the emperor would be sent to Beijing, and that the emperor would also need to appoint the king of Chu as the supervisor of the country, and then issue an imperial edict to declare the world, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief. At least their mother and child are safe for the time being.

Empress Dowager Zeng was still very shrewd. If they left Nanjing for Beijing, their mother and son would be out of the sight of the King of Chu, and they would be safer. She naturally agreed. As for the imperial edict, she could issue it, but she needed a promise from the King of Chu.

The situation in the Ming Dynasty has developed to the present, and the royal family is already very dangerous. The Empress Dowager Zeng is also mentally prepared. She doesn't care about her own fate, but she has to think about the emperor. Jiangshan, like the Chai family or the Liu family, can continue to live a wealthy life.

Although Wang Yan once made a promise to Emperor Gaozong, it was only a verbal promise after all. Now it seems that the King of Chu is not really a trustworthy person. Empress Dowager Zeng is not at ease. She needs a legal principle or ritual system on the guarantee.

After listening to the words of several prime ministers, Queen Mother Zeng did not immediately agree, but suddenly said: "The Ai family heard that the eldest daughter of the King of Chu Wenshi, although she is young, she is very cute and lovely. The Ai family wants to be the emperor. Do the Prime Ministers think it is feasible to make this marriage?"

Su Guansheng and the others looked at each other and understood that this was Queen Mother Zeng's condition, but this was the King of Chu's family business, and they had no control over it, but Du Yinxi immediately replied: "The Queen Mother has this intention, and the King of Chu will definitely not object." , this matter is for the minister to talk about!"

Immediately, the group left the palace again, and Du Yinxi went to meet Wang Yan outside the city again. Wang Yan thought for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement.

On July [-]th, Wang Yan led the generals and led the army back to Nanjing. After being cheered by the people, the army circled the city for a week to show off its might. Finally, they assembled in Xiaoling, accepted the review, and held a grand ceremony for presenting prisoners. Consolation Taizu and Emperor Gaozong.

On the square in front of Xiaoling Wei, hundreds of officials from the imperial court and famous gentry gathered here.The young co-government emperor, wearing a dragon robe with twelve chapters and a crown on his head, puffed out his small chest as much as possible to maintain his majesty.

Wang Yan entered the square under the eyes of all the officials and the emperor. Everyone present, whether they were Wang Yan's confidantes or political enemies who regarded him as a Han traitor, at this moment, had to admit one thing, that is, the King of Chu It's really great.

In ten years, from the emergence of Qingzhou to the restoration of the Central Plains, regaining Shenjing, and wiping out the powerful enemy of the Ming Dynasty for more than [-] years, this was a dream that Emperor Gaozong could not realize, but he realized it.

Wang Yan led the generals, entered the square, got off their horses, and walked forward under the watchful eyes of civil and military officials and nobles on both sides. Behind them, countless officers and soldiers in brightly armored flags and flags like clouds, stopped and did not say anything. There was no sound, only the hunting of flags and the snorting of war horses.

Wang Yan only led a few generals to the bottom of the steps, saluted the emperor, and then offered sacrifices to the captives. After all this was over, the little emperor picked up the treasure of the prison from the tray in the eunuch's hand, and Wang Yan half-kneeled to take it. Next to him, a servant unfolded the yellow silk and read aloud: "Follow the heavens, the emperor ordered it. In the past, there was Hu Yuan, who died in China, and the people mourned, and there was no sweet food. Heaven ordered my great ancestor, Emperor Gao, to drive them out and return them. Yu Shuomo, the world loves to wear it, it is like seeing the sun and the moon when you come out of a dark cellar. In 280 today, the emperor was eighteen leaves."

"However, the Yuan Dynasty destroyed our civilization, the Taizu established a business, and the Han system died for a hundred years. Now I think about it, the accumulated evils of the country, the chaos of the suzerains, the disaster of the eunuchs, the alienation of the gentry, the swarms of bandits, and the fall of the captives for two years. Our two capitals, almost destroyed our country, started here!"

"Fortunately, there are stone pillars in the country. The king of Chu has led the army for many years and has worked hard. Now he has returned to the Central Plains, returned the old capital, and returned to the dynasty with great achievements. However, although the homeland is restored, the disadvantages will not be eliminated, and there will be endless troubles. I have thought about it again and again. The legacy of the Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty, the restoration of the system of the Han family, and the desire to rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats."

"Today, I remember the merits of the King of Chu, and I specially bestow the treasure of supervising the country. All military and state affairs are ordered to come out of this door. The emperor's edict should have a cabinet seal letter, and the world can follow it. If the subjects of the world do not obey, the state law shall be severely punished. Announce the world , the salty emissary will know!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!" After the waiter finished reciting, thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, and the momentum shook the sky!The ministers on both sides also saluted and accepted orders one after another, and the thunderous cheers went straight into the sky!

So far, Wang Yan has truly taken over the power of Daming, but this is not without flaws.

Now it is equivalent to the emperor handing over the Ming Dynasty to him to rule. Although he has taken over the power, if he does not do well and the world is in chaos, someone will inevitably play the banner of the returning emperor to drive him out of power, but this is actually the same. A spur and a check and balance.

This is a bit like the fall of Japan, but Japan under the shogunate was a bunch of separatist regimes, and the Ming Dynasty is different. Now it is a unified and powerful centralized regime. It is very difficult to remove Wang Yan, unless he really Make chaos in the world.

After a series of celebrations, Wang Yan returned to Nanjing City. The next day, he promulgated the "New Chapter of Senior Citizens" in the name of supervising the country. The first article was aimed at the cabinet. After four years in Beijing, he was released to the local government as the governor's department, and his political performance was tested to determine whether he would be recruited back to Beijing as a prime minister.In addition, before the ministers enter the cabinet, they must have an administrative plan in the meeting hall. If they cannot complete the plan after entering the cabinet, they will be sent to the local government to serve as officials.

After taking office as supervisor, Wang Yan's goal is to stabilize the world, so he should not indulge the forces around him too much, or even divide them.

This policy can lead to the formation of competition among civil servants and the differentiation of more factions. After all, it is the ideal of literati to join the cabinet as a prime minister. In addition, the cabinet ministers can be put in place and then tried to recruit them back. Understand people's sentiments, better governance...
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