"I didn't expect..."

Yue Zhongqi looked at the urgent report coming from the west and couldn't help but sigh. Yes, he never expected that so many people would come to the Qing court all at once, and these people were middle-level officials of the Qing court, including people like Tian Wenjing.

Yue Zhongqi had never dealt with Tian Wenjing, but he knew Tian Wenjing. Although Tian Wenjing was not at a high position, he was quite famous in the Qing court. Moreover, as a member of Qingliu, Tian Wenjing can be said to be a representative of "iron-solidity".

Who would have thought that even people like Tian Wenjing would leave the Qing court and leave. But if you think about it carefully, this is inevitable. Not to mention that these people who abandoned their official positions are Han officials. Now that the Qing court is in a weak position, they can only survive in the Western Regions.

In addition, Emperor Jianxing's death was unclear, and Prince Yong was about to ascend the throne, which even gave these Han officials a heavy moral and spiritual blow. If such a thing happened, it was natural for Tian Wenjing and others to abandon the Qing court and leave, and it cannot be said to be an accident.

"Where are people receiving now?" Yue Zhongqi asked the person who sent the letter.

"Returning to the Grand Marshal, he has been taken to Xi'an for temporary resettlement."

Yue Zhongqi nodded. It was a good place to receive the resettlement in Xi'an. However, the follow-up arrangements for Tian Wenjing and others were definitely not so simple. After all, this is not a trivial matter. Although Yue Zhongqi is a general in the border commanding the towns, Tian Wenjing and others' affairs are not military but political. Not only is he inconvenient to intervene, he is not convenient to make any decisions.

How to deal with this matter depends on the court, which means Zhu Yicheng. Even if the news sent by Tian Wenjing and others expressed their willingness to return home for the Qing officials, how could Yue Zhongqi have the right to agree to the other party? So he had to send the news to the capital as soon as possible and let the emperor Zhu Yicheng decide.

Thinking of this, Yue Zhongqi waved his hand and asked the visitor to go down, then took out a blank memorial and thought about it and wrote it. Yue Zhongqi did not mix any personal thoughts on this secret memorial to Zhu Yicheng, but only reported Zhu Yicheng in detail and asked the court about the matter.

After writing, Yue Zhongqi sealed the secret memorial and sent her to the capital in an emergency with 800 miles. Within three days, the secret memorial was at Zhu Yicheng's desk. After Zhu Yicheng finished reading it, he immediately asked Jiang Jin and Wang Jingqi to enter the palace to discuss matters.

Compared to Wang Jingqi, Jiang Jin's military office was close to the palace, so he came faster.

"My minister Jiang Jin has met the emperor..."

Jiang Jin entered the side hall to salute Zhu Yicheng. Zhu Yicheng didn't politely and showed him the secret message sent by Yue Zhongqi. Jiang Jin initially thought that something big happened in the northwest. After all, news came not long ago that Emperor Jianxing passed away and Prince Yong inherited the throne.

It was not a trivial matter to change the emperor in the Qing court. This time it was not that the father died and the son died, but that the brothers died. This was an extremely rare thing in feudal society. Moreover, the death of Emperor Jianxing and the Empress was unclear. According to the Ming Dynasty's judgment, it was clearly murdered by Prince Yong. It can be said that it was an abnormal change of power.

The Military Affairs Office has been paying attention to this matter. No matter how changes will occur in the Western Regions, it is not a trivial matter for the Ming Dynasty. So the first thing that Jiang Jin thought of was perhaps a big mess in the Qing court and he fought internally, and the second thing that he thought of was what policy changes would happen to the Qing court after Prince Yong turned into an emperor, which might affect the Ming Dynasty's strategy for the Western Regions.

After Jiang Jin finished reading Yue Zhongqi's secret memorial, he realized the real reason why Zhu Yicheng found him. His idea was similar to Yue Zhongqi. He was surprised at the incident, but then he felt that it was inevitable.

"Your Majesty, do you mean... do something about this?" Jiang Jin was certainly not an ordinary person to be the chief military minister, and immediately noticed Zhu Yicheng's intention to ask him to come.

Zhu Yicheng immediately smiled and nodded and said, "Jiang Qing is right, what do you think?"

Jiang Jin's expression was very relaxed. It was not a bad thing for the Ming Dynasty to do such a thing. Moreover, the Qing court is now out of wits and morality, and a large number of Han ministers took the initiative to leave the Qing court. Isn't this the result of those who have gained power more help, and those who have lost power few help?

Since the initial death of Emperor Kangxi, there have been inevitable cracks within the Qing court. In addition, Yue Zhongqi's later opposition to the Ming Dynasty led to the Qing court's upper class having signs of distrust of Han ministers. If Emperor Jianxing was still alive, these problems might not have erupted immediately, at least the Qing court was still a complete regime in name.

But a series of events that later broke the balance. First, Emperor Jianxing was unable to take charge due to so-called "physical reasons", and Prince Yong became the regent. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell what was going on. However, in this case, the Qing court could still keep some decent temporarily, at least not yet achieved an uncontrollable step.

But now it is different. Emperor Jianxing and Empress suddenly died, which means everyone knows what this means. In addition, Prince Yong used the so-called will to inherit the throne, which completely destroyed the last rules of the Qing court, which caused those Han officials to completely lose the last glimmer of hope for the Qing court.

The departure of Tian Wenjing and others represents this. Jiang Jin believes that this is just the beginning and not the end. Perhaps there are many Han officials who have this idea within the Qing court, and maybe even many Manchus are dissatisfied with Yongzheng.

Now the main military direction of the Ming Dynasty is still in Liaodong. In addition, although Ortai has nominally surrendered to Mongolia, it is not possible to truly control Mongolia in a short time.

Yue Zhongqi in the north is more blockade and defense in the Western direction. In the short term, the imperial court did not have much force to withdraw from the Western Regions. In addition, Gao Jin in the southwest has officially started war with Myanmar. Even though the Ming Dynasty has strong national strength, it is impossible for him to launch several wars at the same time.

Under such circumstances, the Ming Dynasty had no preparations for military operations in the Western Regions at present, so it was not a bad thing to happen. In Jiang Jin's opinion, this matter could be made to increase the internal friction and chaos of the Qing court and prepare for the future court to attack the Western Regions.

Immediately, Jiang Jin roughly explained his thoughts. Zhu Yicheng listened quietly and nodded slightly. He had to say that Jiang Jin was considering the problem more comprehensively. This is also the reason why Zhu Yicheng specially found him as soon as possible.

Just when Zhu Yicheng was planning to express his opinion as Jiang Jin's suggestion, Xiao Jiangzi came to report that it was Wang Jingqi who arrived. When Zhu Yicheng heard this, he immediately laughed.

"Now, the guy who made the essay has arrived."
Chapter completed!