Chapter 741

Beijing has been immersed in a strange atmosphere, especially after Nanjing was captured.

In the past, it was always dominated by the civil service group. Under this force, even the imperial power had to give way.

At that time, Wei Zhongxian vigorously suppressed the civil service groups and cleaned them up, but he also suffered a crazy counterattack.

Although Wei Zhongxian's suppression of the civil service group has greatly reduced their arrogance and is not as arrogant as before, the decline of the civil service group in the high-level of the imperial court does not mean that their overall strength has decreased, but has strengthened.

The official system of the Ming Dynasty always stresses that the small should be used to control the large. It is full of speech officials and imperial historians in various departments, but these old monks and books are eaten to death. Although the civil service group can not dominate everything, they can secretly influence everything and the actions of the emperor.

However, the rise of Liu Jiajun is not only a crackdown on the royal power, but also a crackdown on the civil power.

In the past, as a civil servant, he always stood on the high ground of morality, told others what to do, demanded others according to the standards of saints, and demanded himself according to the standards of bitches.

This kind of behavior of them has crushed the imperial power to death. As for other groups, such as the generals group and xungui group, they are simply not their opponents. They are not farts in front of them.

It is reasonable to say that half of the country will be lost in the fall of Jiangnan this time, and their power will be further expanded, because this is the time when the imperial power is declining on a large scale.

Who knows, at this time, their civil service group also suffered a big loss. This is mainly because they have always demanded others with moral gentlemen, and Wu Zongda and Qian Qianyi are the representative figures they pushed out.

When the Chinese army appeared, these people recommended by their Wen Chen group basically took refuge in the enemy and became subordinates, which made them lose face.

If only the two of them surrendered, their power could not be seriously damaged. However, according to the news released by the Chinese army, the whole literati group and Shilin in Jiangnan basically took refuge in the Chinese army. Many people took refuge in them like crucian carp crossing the river.

This led to the disappearance of the self proclaimed morality of the literary ministers. They all understood that they were not saints and perfect people, and suffered the same loss when the country was in danger.

The decline of civil power made the emperor seize the opportunity to master a lot of power, at least his voice was much stronger.

For example, his arbitrary reuse of Xu Jianqiang was opposed by many people, but in the end, they could not oppose it.

The key is that the emperor reused Xu Jianqiang, which made him get a lot of things and high returns. At least Xu Jianqiang got a lot of money and food, which eased his financial crisis to a certain extent.

Originally, Wen Chen was very dissatisfied with the emperor's reuse of Xu Jianqiang. Maybe this is another traitor like Wei Zhongxian and Liu Jin.

However, as the capital of the cabinet, Zhou yanru didn't say anything wrong. Zhou yanru said, "even rich people will keep two dogs to watch the door, let alone the emperor."

When everyone thought of this festival, it was not about entanglement. Although Xu Jianqiang offended many literary ministers and hated him to the bone, he got so much money and food, which also made many people very welcome him. At this time, earth shaking good news came from the south.

This is commander Zhu Xieyuan, who suddenly sent troops to defeat the Qingzhou division, one of the six main forces of the Chinese army, and completely annihilated this army in Yiling.

This was a real victory, a huge and brilliant victory. The imperial court was really shocked and elated when it heard such news.

Why do they say this is earth shaking good news, because in the past, their army often boasted about how many victories they had won and how many enemies they had defeated, but it was all in general, and they didn't dare to tell the truth or cheer up. Only this time, Zhu Xieyuan wrote quite clearly and clearly in his memorial, which was the total annihilation of the Qingzhou division of the Chinese army.

The array cut 14000 heads. All heads were stacked at the foot of the east mountain outside Yiling city to build a Beijing Temple to commemorate it.

Emperor Chongzhen was about to return to the palace when he saw the memorial. He was ecstatic when he heard such news.

But he has reservations. In the Ming Dynasty, there is no bottom line for officials. Everyone dares to kill good people, make false military contributions, and brag about anything. Like before, they often received news claiming victory several times.

But in the end, nothing was achieved. The enemy became stronger and stronger, they became weaker and weaker, and finally lost half of the country.

Because of doubts, Emperor Chongzhen had to turn to his intelligence department for help and ask them for their opinions in this regard.

Emperor Chongzhen's intelligence department, royal guards, has been abandoned. It has been completely tamed by the civil service group and has become a department for the elderly. On the contrary, the East Hall under the command of Xu Jianqiang shows an extraordinary side. The East Hall has actually done several things and solved a lot of troubles for emperor Chongzhen.

Therefore, in the face of this major event, Emperor Chongzhen had to ask Xu Jianqiang.

Emperor Chongzhen was worried that someone was falsely reporting military merit. If it was false, the joke would make a big noise.

Xu Jianqiang said, "if Duke Zhu is not credible, there will be no credible people in the world."

Xu Jianqiang looked respectful and admired Zhu Xieyuan.

Emperor Chongzhen said, "I'm asking for information from you, not your opinion. If you become a person who can only flatter others, it's OK for the East Hall governor not to do it."

Xu Jianqiang pondered: "Dongchang has no eyeliner in Yiling. We have laid some eyeliner in Wuchang and Nanjing, and the message from the eyeliner should be true. The Liu Zhongyong, the first of the besieged cities in Wuchang, has stopped the attack on Wuchang. The Nanjing city has also mobilized. It is estimated that there is a big problem, and more detailed information will come within a few days."

Emperor Chongzhen said, "this move can be judged. Even if it is not true, it is possible that the Chinese army will be defeated in the direction of Yiling."

Xu Jianqiang said: "according to the analysis of Weichen, this should be the case. Otherwise, the Chinese thieves should attack Sichuan directly."

Generally speaking, Emperor Chongzhen smiled when he heard Xu Jianqiang. He patted the armrest of the imperial case and said, "Zhu Xieyuan is indeed a pillar of the country. I am a minister of brachial shares. I sent a message to seal Zhu Xieyuan as a southern governor, a Bachelor of Zhongji hall, a grand master, and a president of Jiangnan military affairs. You can act cheaply first and then."

At the emperor's order, Wang Chengen immediately nodded and agreed. Although it was said that this will had to be signed by the cabinet before it could become a decree, Zhou yanru of the cabinet still dared not face the emperor, and he didn't have to oppose it.

Zhu Xieyuan is also an outstanding representative of the civil service group and has always been the top figure they boast.

Although Zhu Xieyuan has always been a local official, his reputation is very good. Even if these officials don't want to be a person like him, they highly approve of him.

For example, during the chaos of She'an, she Chongming sent an army to capture Chongqing, took half of Sichuan and went to attack Chengdu, but Zhu Xieyuan led the army to defeat it, which suppressed the arrogance of she Suiming.

Just as Zhu Xieyuan wanted to command the army and exterminate these anti thieves, who knew that the ship came and the news of his mother's death.

On the spot, all civil and military officials and generals advised him to focus on the overall situation and continue to lead the army to eliminate the extravagance and security rebellion.

But Zhu Xieyuan was unmoved. Even if the imperial court ordered him, he took off his official clothes on the spot and immediately went home to Ding Xiu. Moreover, Ding Yu stayed at home for 27 months and didn't come back as an official until 27 months later.

The scholar bureaucrat at that time talked about it with relish, and everyone lamented Zhu Xieyuan's filial piety.

However, it was also pointed out that Zhu Xieyuan was regardless of the overall situation. If he could command the army in Sichuan and unite as one to put an end to the extravagant rebellion, the rebellion would have to be put down at least five or six years in advance, rather than nearly ten years as it is now.

However, because of this, Zhu Xieyuan is also respected by the officials. The Ming Dynasty has been boasting of governing the country with filial piety. What is called governing the country with filial piety, which is called governing the country with filial piety. Personal filial piety must be above loyalty to the country and everything.

In those days, Zhang Juzheng was so powerful that he had great power and commanded all the officials. No one could defeat him. Even the emperor and the court had to smile at him, so he could carry out vigorous reform for ten years.

The reform of one whip made Daming temporarily prosperous.

But it was also a critical time. The news of Zhang Juzheng's father's death came. Zhang Juzheng didn't want to leave at this critical time and make his reform come to naught, so he ordered the imperial court to let him seize love.

Both the emperor and the imperial court were deterred by his power and could only be forced to agree. Who knows, Zhang Juzheng died soon, which made him the object of criticism by thousands of people.

What his political enemies focus on attacking him is his unfilial behavior. As a scholar bureaucrat, unfilial behavior is the biggest crime.

That's why Zhu Xieyuan was accepted by Shilin, although he made the situation in Sichuan worse again. Everyone liked to talk about him and thought he was a great man.

Zhu Xieyuan also lived up to his expectations, led the army, gradually restored Sichuan, killed extravagance and Chongming, and gradually calmed the rebellion.

Don't think that he only had the ability to fight against the barbarians in the southwest. When he went out of the southwest and raided Yiling, he won the Qingzhou division of the Chinese army, which frightened the whole south. It caused a sensation all over the world, and the whole court was also alarmed. Everyone shouted: "why worry about the Chinese thief when there is Duke Zhu?"