Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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After filling up the personnel of each ministry, we started to change the settings of the government offices in various places.At the same time, the House of Representatives drafted an imperial edict to open up the world and explain the reform.

By the way, there is still time for rewards.The two courts also want to discuss the list of people who will be rewarded, and hand it over to me as soon as possible.After winning the whole world, the reward will be awarded. "

Zhao Wen's voice kept echoing in the hall, and the officials in the hall listened carefully to Zhao Wen's voice.

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, all the officials whose names were read by Zhao Wen in the main hall stood up and thanked the emperor for his kindness.

After finishing what was supposed to be done, Zhao Wen asked someone to announce his withdrawal from the court.

The rules and regulations formulated by Zhao Wen can greatly reduce the workload of the emperor, after all, there are so many officials in the two courts, plus the detailed ministries.

With so many people around, even if Zhao Wen doesn't care about the government, the country can continue to run.

Because Zhao Wen had never used a eunuch before, Zhao Wen, the great eunuch who is now following Zhao Wen and serving Zhao Wen, did not know him before.

The big eunuch who followed Zhao Wen was called Chen Donglai. He used to be the head of a small eunuch in the Prince Jin's mansion. He was about 40 years old.

Chen Donglai has no brothers and sisters, and his parents passed away very early. He belongs to the kind of person who can eat enough for one person and the whole family is not hungry. In addition, he is honest and knows a lot of etiquette, so he was selected by Liu Wenzhong and sent to the palace.

Zhao Wen saw that this person was agile, able to write and count, and he was honest, so he mentioned him to his side.

After Zhao Wen retired from the court, he came to the imperial court and walked in the imperial garden. Chen Donglai followed behind Zhao Wen, his old face full of restraint.

"Come east, I heard that you used to be in charge of the treasury of Prince Jin's Mansion, right?" Zhao Wen asked.

"Returning to His Majesty, that's exactly the case." Chen Donglai said respectfully.

"Here, you don't need to call me a slave, just call me." Zhao Wen frowned slightly.

"Slave dare not!" Chen Donglai had not been with Zhao Wen for a few days, although outsiders said that Zhao Wen had a good character and would not punish others without reason, but Chen Donglai did not dare to act presumptuously.

"Don't dare, why don't you dare? You are not allowed to call me a slave in the future, you can only call me, do you understand?" Zhao Wen shouted in a low voice.

Chen Donglai was so frightened that he hurriedly said yes.

"By the way, I heard that you were still in the palace before?" Zhao Wen asked again and again as he walked.

Chen Donglai said: "Returning to Your Majesty, I was on duty in the palace at the beginning. At that time, I was young and didn't know the rules. When I spoke ill of Wei Zhongxian, those descendants of Wei Zhongxian wanted to kill me.

Fortunately, my godfather at that time was a godson of Wei Zhongxian, and I also gave my godfather a lot of benefits on weekdays, so he interceded for me.In the end, Wei Zhongxian threw me into Prince Jin's Mansion. "

"Oh? I remember that when people in the palace make mistakes, they are usually thrown in Jinling? Why did they throw you in the Jin Palace?" Zhao Wen turned his head and looked at Chen Donglai.

Chen Donglai said: "I chose Prince Jin's Mansion, my home is in Shanxi, I wanted to be closer to home, and at that time, Prince Jin's Mansion was preparing to replenish the manpower in the mansion, so I went."

"So that's it!" Zhao Wen nodded, "Since you have been a valet in the palace before, then tell me, is there anything that needs to be improved in the palace now?"

"Don't dare, Your Majesty is wise and mighty, I dare not speak nonsense." Chen Donglai said cautiously.

"I let you tell!" Zhao Wen looked at Chen Donglai.

Chen Donglai said: "Returning to the emperor, although the current imperial palace is complete, it lacks internal officials. There were four divisions, eight bureaus and twelve supervisors in the imperial palace of the puppet Ming Dynasty, but there are not so many yamen in the imperial palace of the new dynasty.

Although there are not many yamen in the palace, they are indispensable. If there are not so many yamen, it is estimated that the palace cannot be managed well. "

"What you said makes sense. Now that the country is being created, everything is not on the right track. Let's talk about these things later." Zhao Wenchang sighed.

In fact, Zhao Wen was not very willing to use eunuchs, but courtiers like Liu Wenzhong couldn't be persuaded, so Zhao Wen had no choice but to agree to them.

The new dynasty has just been established, and the size of the imperial palace is not large, so there will not be so many eunuchs and maids to fill the imperial palace.

Before, Liu Wenzhong said that some young soldiers were selected from the captured soldiers, castrated, and then flooded into the palace.However, this proposal was rejected by Zhao Wen. After all, these captives wanted to build railways and carry out infrastructure construction, and they would not lose what they could.

Besides, Zhao Wen is a descendant after all, and cannot accept this method of castrating people, so he first used the captured eunuchs.

……

When the news of Zhao Wen's ascension to the throne reached the capital, Chongzhen sat in the imperial study with a newspaper that Jin Yiwei had obtained from somewhere, with a livid face.

"Damn thief Zhao, he actually became the emperor, he became the emperor." Chongzhen's face was ashen, looking at the newspaper in his hand, he kept yelling and cursing in a low voice.

Some time ago, when the news of the fall of the whole of Shaanxi and the fall of central and northern Sichuan reached the capital, Chongzhen was half-dead in anger. Now Chongzhen's mood finally eased, and he received the news of Zhao Wen's enthronement.

"Damn it, really damn it!" Chongzhen slapped the newspaper in his hand on the table and cursed loudly.

Gao Qiqian stood beside Chongzhen, and hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body, the dragon's body is important."

"Is it important for the dragon body? Bandit Zhao has already ascended the throne as emperor, and the newspapers still claim that Ming is a false Ming. How can I take care of the dragon body?"

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Chapter 643 Qian Qianyi's Plan

"Now that the thief Zhao has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Xuanzhen, and half of Sichuan have been taken down by the thief Zhao. Half of the Ming Dynasty has gone, how many of these two capitals and thirteen provinces are left? Once the thief Zhao With your hands free, how do you resist Zhao Bandit's attack? How do you tell me to take care of the dragon's body?"

Chongzhen was so angry that he didn't start, he could only roar at Gao Qiqian non-stop.

Gao Qiqian knelt on the ground, trembling constantly, "It's not worth it, my lord, it's not worth it."

Gao Qiqian kept kowtowing his head, trying to persuade Chongzhen.

Chongzhen overturned the desk in front of him angrily, shouted loudly in the imperial study room, and kept insulting Zhao Wen.

"Are the thousands of miles of ancestors going to be cut off in my hands? I don't accept it, I don't accept it." Chongzhen raised his head to the sky and screamed, yelling and cursing loudly.

In addition to Chongzhen knowing the news of Zhao Wen's ascension to the throne, many officials in the court also knew the news of Zhao Wen's ascension to the throne.

After all, in the past few days, there have been a large number of newspapers in Xuanzhen.

The newspapers that appeared in the capital were all obtained by Zhao Wen's spies in the capital. Although Zhao Wen has shrunk his troops and horses now, they can still disturb the hearts of the people in the capital.

For this reason, most of the officials in the capital knew about it.

For a moment, the capital fell into a strange atmosphere.

Although the people's reaction was very intense at the beginning, it gradually calmed down within a few days. After all, for them, the biggest thing is to have a full stomach.

However, the officials in the capital became more and more worried day by day.

Chen Xinjia was sitting in his study, looking at the newspaper in his hand, frowning tightly.

The butler of the mansion stood opposite him, "Master, it's getting late now, it's time for the master to rest."

"Rest?" Chen Xinjia put down the newspaper in his hand, and sighed, "Oh, bandit Zhao has ascended the throne, how can you let me sleep?"

"Master, Bandit Zhao's soldiers and horses are very powerful. Now that Bandit Zhao has ascended the throne, he might attack the imperial court aggressively. At that time, I don't know how long the imperial court can last." The steward also said worriedly.

"Well, in my estimation, the imperial court can't hold out for even a year. If the imperial court's army were to meet Zhao Bandit's soldiers, they would not be able to match Zhao Bandit at all. Zhao Bandit's strength is unfathomable, and the court cannot deal with it. "Chen Xinjia looked worried, he stood up, walked out of the study, and looked at the night sky.

He recalled what he had seen and heard in Xuanzhen, and he became more and more sure that the imperial court was not Zhao Wen's opponent.

The moon shines brightly in the night sky, and tonight is a clear night.In the past, Chen Xinjia might have been in the mood to drink and compose poems to the moon, but now, Chen Xinjia has no such intention at all.

"Master, what should we do then? The imperial court is not Zhao's opponent. When the building collapses, what should we do?" The housekeeper looked at Chen Xinjia anxiously.

Chen Xinjia's face was solemn, and he kept thinking about it.

"Let's wait and see what happens!" Chen Xinjia couldn't figure out what to do for a while, so he could only do it first.

In a house in the capital, a decent-looking middle-aged man was sitting in his study, holding a newspaper from Xuanzhen in his hand.

"Zhao Thief has already ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, coupled with Zhao Thief's tyrannical strength, it is estimated that it will not be long before Zhao's army will sweep the world, and by then, the Great Ming will be overthrown.

Although I was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli, good birds choose trees to live in, and virtuous officials choose masters to work on.

Although Bandit Zhao is a rebel, the policies adopted in Xuanzhen are all first-class benevolent government. Now the emperor has no way to compare with Bandit Zhao.

Isn't this what scholars of my generation seek?Don't scholars of my generation just hope to assist the Holy King?Now that thief Zhao has this ability, I might as well vote for him.

Today's imperial court is already a wrecked ship, and His Majesty is not a wise emperor, so I might as well vote for Bandit Zhao. "

The middle-aged man looked at the newspaper in his hand and kept muttering, looking for reasons for himself to surrender to Zhao Wen.

This middle-aged man is none other than Qian Qianyi, the well-known Shui Tailiang itchy scalp in history.

Originally, Qian Qianyi was dismissed by Chongzhen in the early years of Chongzhen because of the fraud case in the examination room.

Qian Qianyi is a person who likes being an official very much. In order to be an official, he can do anything.

Not long after Qian Qianyi stayed in his hometown, he came to the capital again with all kinds of belongings brought out from his hometown.

After he kept running around and entertaining guests for dinner, he finally got his wish and became an official, a servant under the Ministry of Rites.

After becoming an official, Qian Qianyi didn't think about how to do his job well, nor did he think about contributing to the court.

Qian Qianyi only thought about one thing, and that was promotion.

Therefore, after Qian Qianyi became an official, he kept digging his way, trying to climb up.

However, as Zhao Wen became more and more powerful, Qian Qianyi also had other ideas in his heart, especially this time when Zhao Wen ascended the throne, Qian Qianyi saw something unusual.

Now that the Great Ming Dynasty is about to collapse, Qian Qianyi doesn't have the ambition to throw his head and blood for the country.

If he had this kind of ambition, he would not have opened the gate of Jinling in history and knelt down to welcome Dorgon.

Today's Qian Qianyi had the idea of ​​surrendering to Zhao Wen when he saw Zhao Wen's growing power.

"Nowadays when Zhao Wen started a new dynasty, even if I wasn't the first to follow him, if I worked under Zhao Wen for seven or eight years, Zhao Wen would give me a promotion no matter what.

Judging from the newspaper, Zhao Wen set up the Political Council and the Military Council, and these two things should be the cabinet.There are a total of forty officials in the two chambers, and I should be able to add them no matter what. "

Qian Qianyi looked at the contents of the newspaper and kept thinking about it.

Qian Qianyi looked at the newspaper in his hand, and kept fantasizing in his heart, as if he had seen the glory and wealth.

"Haven't you slept yet?"

At this moment, a sweet voice came in from outside the study door.

Qian Qianyi put down the newspaper in his hand and smiled.

"I have something on my mind, I can't sleep, come in." Qian Qianyi looked at the door of the study and stood up.

"Crench!"

After the crisp sound of the door hinges turning, a beautiful figure walked in.

The visitor was none other than Qian Qianyi's concubine Yang Ai.

Yang Ai is Liu Rushi's original name. When she was young, she read Song Dynasty Xin Qiji's "Congratulations to the Bridegroom" and felt that the two lines of the poem "I see Qingshan is so charming, but I expect Qingshan to see me like this" are very beautiful, so I called myself Liu Rushi.

Originally, Liu Rushi married Qian Qianyi for 11 years in Chongzhen, and there are still two or three years before now.But because Zhao Wen's arrival disrupted many things in this era, Liu Rushi married Qian Qianyi ahead of schedule.

Liu Rushi is a strange woman who has read a lot of poetry and books. She used to be the number one among the "Eight Beauties of the Qinhuai River".

Not only is he beautiful, but he is also well-read in poetry and books. After Qian Qianyi married Liu Rushi, his whole mind was put on Liu Rushi. As for his first wife, he had long left behind him.

"If that's the case, why aren't you asleep yet?" Qian Qianyi hastily went up to greet him, and looked at Liu Rushi with a smile. "Sit down!"

Qian Qianyi pulled out a chair from the desk and placed it next to the chair he was sitting on.

"I see that Mr. has not returned to his room for a long time, and saw that the study room is brightly lit, so I came here." Liu Rushi paused, and then asked: "I don't know what Mr. is busy with? I can read a few words, if If the husband speaks out, the concubine can give him advice."

Unlike the traditional women of this era, Liu Rushi is still a person who is very concerned about the affairs of the court.

Qian Qianyi sat down and picked up the newspaper on the desk, "Do you know the news that Zhao Wen has ascended the throne as emperor?"

Liu Rushi sat next to Qian Qianyi, "I heard that, this afternoon, this matter spread in the capital."

"What do you think?" Qian Qianyi asked.

"I heard that Bandit Zhao is so powerful that he even wiped out the slaves outside the pass. Although I have never met Bandit Zhao, according to the rumors, the court may not be able to stop it." Liu Rushi sighed and raised his eyebrows. wrinkled together.

"What do you think I should do now?" Qian Qianyi asked again.

Liu Rushi looked at Qian Qianyi, "Mr. is an official of the imperial court. He eats the emperor's salary and is loyal to the emperor. Mr. should serve the country and fight against the enemy."

"Hey!" Qian Qianyi sighed, "It's not easy, it's not easy. Zhao Wen's strength and the imperial court are no match, how can I stop it?"

Liu Rushi is a smart woman. When he heard Qian Qianyi's words, he vaguely felt that something was wrong with Qian Qianyi.

"Why did you say that, sir?" Liu Rushi asked.

Qian Qianyi looked at Liu Rushi, hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind, "I want to surrender to Zhao Wen."

When Liu Rushi heard the words, her body shook, and a look of shock appeared on her face.

She really didn't dare to think that these words came from Qian Qianyi's mouth.

"My lord, why do you think this way? Why do you want to submit to Bandit Zhao? Bandit Zhao is deceiving the emperor and committing a rebellion. Mister must not lose his reputation because of this." Liu Rushi persuaded hurriedly.

Qian Qianyi shook his head, "You are wrong, today's Zhao Wen is a rare sage king..."

Qian Qianyi began to praise Zhao Wen in front of Liu Rushi, boasting that Zhao Wen was the best person in the world.