Zhao Mengguan had seen this kind of scene many times. When he saw Zhao Heng vomiting, he asked with concern: "My dear nephew, are you feeling unwell?"

Zhao Heng listened to Lao Liu's piercing screams and smelled the strong smell of blood. He couldn't stay any longer and quickly opened the door and ran out.

Zhao Mengguan saw Zhao Heng going out and followed him out. After Zhao Heng finished vomiting, he said: "My dear nephew, this is all the fault of my uncle's neglect of discipline. My dear nephew, please don't blame your uncle!"

Zhao Mengguan also knew that just by punishing Lao Liu, it was impossible to calm Zhao Heng down, but there was no way, Zhao Mengguan could never punish his nephew.

Zhao Heng has become a lot more mature after the pirate rebellion and today's events. He knows that his father currently does not have any official position. Even his father-in-law Zhang Wenming is just a local government official. To put it bluntly, this kind of lack of

For intellectuals whose official positions only have prestige, if they give you face, it’s all face, but if they don’t give you face, your face is just the insole of your shoe!

When Zhao Heng heard that Zhao Mengguan had left his nephew alone, he knew that he might not be able to get revenge today, but it didn't matter, the situation was changing, he was still young, and he was not afraid that you, Director Zhao, would not fall into his hands in the future!

Zhao Heng wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "My uncle is very satisfied with how he handled my nephew! If nothing happens, my nephew wants to resign!"

Such words against his will made Zhao Heng very uncomfortable. In addition, Old Liu's screams came from the execution room, and Zhao Heng wished he could get away from this devil's cave as soon as possible.

Hearing what Zhao Heng said, Zhao Mengguan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked Zhao Cai to prepare the vehicle while arranging for someone to escort Zhao Heng home.

After Zhao Heng left the Jinyiwei Yamen, Zhao Caicai asked: "Master, do you think this matter is over?"

Zhao Mengguan snorted: "Humph, what else can I do if it's not over? If Zhao He hadn't come back, I don't know the exact news about the capital. How could I be so humble to a junior today?"

Zhao He is the son of Zhao Cai, and he was also the confidant who Zhao Mengguan sent to the capital to deliver a message to Chen Mingxia. Now that Zhao He has been gone for more than three months, why has no news come back? Zhao Mengguan even doubts whether it is Zhao He.

He was killed on the way.

Hearing Zhao Mengguan mention his son, Zhao Cai was also very worried. He said: "Please don't worry, sir. Zhao He has always been smart, and he will definitely be able to successfully complete that matter for me!"

Zhao Mengguan nodded and looked at the shadow of the cart in the distance. Zhao Mengguan suddenly thought of his nephew, Director Zhao, who had caused trouble for him. He cursed: "What is this bastard Director Zhao doing? Zhao Cai, go and kill him..."

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Zhao Mengguan originally wanted to catch Director Zhao and give him a few whips, but thinking that he was the only flesh and blood of his own brother, Zhao Mengguan was speechless. He had no choice but to sigh: "

Go and lock up this bastard Director Zhao, lock him up for seven days and then let him out!"

Just when Zhao Mengguan was scolding his nephew, Director Zhao, a yamen servant came from the road and came to the Jinyiwei yamen. Seeing Zhao Mengguan at the door, he quickly went forward and knelt down and said: "Master Baihu, the villain is

The servants of the prefect’s Yamen, Master Fu Yin sent a villain to say that if there is an important matter, please ask the adults of a hundred households to come to the government for consultation!"

Although the Jinyiwei rank is much lower than that of the prefect, because the Jinyiwei is directly under the central government and is also responsible for supervising the words and deeds of all local officials, their status is very special. If there is nothing important, the prefect and other civil servants will not go to Jinyiwei to discuss any major matters.

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Zhao Mengguan frowned after hearing this and asked, "Do you know what it is?"

The yamen servant shook his head and said, "I don't know the specifics, but I heard the news came from Nanjing!"

What news is there in Nanjing? Could it be that another rogue bandit is about to cross the Yangtze River and invade South Zhili?

Zhao Mengguan thought for a while

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He asked next: "Master Zhou also asked you to inform that master?"

The yamen officer said: "I will go to the yamen to inform Master Mao soon!"

Zhao Mengguan knew immediately upon hearing this that there must be something wrong with the rogue bandits again.

Zhao Mengguan remembered that in the eighth year of Chongzhen Emperor's reign, rogue bandits burned the Fengyang Emperor's Mausoleum. At that time, Nanjing was in turmoil. Three big bosses, the Nanjing garrison, the Nanjing Ministry of War Minister, and the Nanjing garrison eunuch, jointly mobilized the armies of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili provinces to assist in the defense of Nanjing.

.However, the rogue bandits faked a shot and went upstream along the Yangtze River in Luzhou to Huguang. Only then could the crisis in Nanjing be resolved.

At that time, Zhao Mengguan was still on duty in Fusi, Nanzhen, Nanjing. Naturally, he knew the situation at that time. However, even in such an emergency, he only mobilized the troops from several surrounding provinces. Now he has to mobilize the troops from Hainan Island, which is thousands of miles away. Could it be that the rogue bandits are really

Crossed the Yangtze River?

Zhao Mengguan sighed and wondered when this troubled world would end. He waved his hand and asked the yamen servant to direct the envoy's yamen to deliver the message, while he returned to his hometown, changed into his official uniform, and went to the magistrate's yamen.

When they arrived at the magistrate's yamen, Zhao Mengguan was led to the second hall by the yamen servants. The magistrate Zhou Shuguang, fellow magistrate Cai Sichun, and a civil servant wearing a sixth-grade official uniform were sitting in the hall waiting for Zhao Mengguan.

Because Zhao Mengguan and the civil servants do not belong to the same system, there is no need to pay any kind of courtesy. After Zhao Mengguan entered the room, he cupped his hands and said, "Master Zhou, Master Cai, Master Jie, what's the point of letting me come?"

The other two did not speak, and the prefect Zhou Shuguang said: "Sir Zhao, the edict of the Southern Capital has been received from the Chief Secretary's Office in Guangzhou. In a moment, Mr. Mao will come and read it out. Mr. Zhao, please sit down for a moment!"

Imperial edict? Zhao Mengguan looked at the desk next to Zhou Shuguang and there was indeed a yellow satin scroll. Zhao Mengguan couldn't help but feel a little suspicious when he saw the imperial edict.

Imperial edicts are also imperial edicts. These things have always been sent from the capital. Why are they sent from Nandu this time? Did something happen to the capital?

The matter was so important that Zhao Mengguan did not dare to ask questions, so he had to sit aside and wait for Mao Jiao to arrive. The four people in the room were speechless and were all thinking about their own thoughts, so the silence in the room was terrifying.

After a quarter of an hour, Mao Jiao's voice appeared at the door. Mao Jiao said with a smile: "My lords, you arrived very early. My old *Mao was late for some things. Please forgive me! Please forgive me!"

Seeing the last person coming, Zhou Shuguang didn't wait for Mao Jiao to sit down, he picked up the imperial edict from the desk and said: "My lords, I invite you all to come here today because of the edict that came from Nandu. Now Mao Jiao is here."

Alright, everyone, kneel down and accept the order!"

Mao Jiao had just arrived and didn't know what was going on. He looked at everyone in the room with a confused expression. Seeing that everyone was kneeling down, he had no choice but to kneel down.

When Zhou Shuguang saw everyone kneeling down, he opened the edict and said:

The emperor's edict was carried out by heaven and said: Our country is blessed by Tian Hongzuo, and the world is prosperous; it guarantees great achievements, and pays tribute to Xi. Since the emperor Long Fei laid the cauldron, the history of boundless history has been predicted. I will guard the vassal service and propagate

Moved to the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River. The ministers and the people came to welcome them in succession, and asked for the correct title. I was temporarily allowed to supervise the country and take care of tens of thousands of people. I urged them to move forward with many notes, but they refused to accept it. I would like to say this on the 15th day of the fifth lunar month.

Tell the heaven and earth, the ancestral temple, and the state of the country, that the emperor is located in the southern capital. He bows with contempt, and it is a sacred weapon. But I, the emperor of Daxing, is wise and upholds the past, and builds the country diligently and frugally. He spends his time in business and hopes to achieve a flat performance. It is stolen by Huangchi.

Zhongya was shocked; Yan Ji swept the ground to cover up the dust, and the dragon rode up to the sky. The three spirits were angry together, and all the surnames shared the same hatred. I am cold and defensible, and I left my bow in pain; I dared to resign and was so exhausted that I vowed to capture the poor.

The success! It depends on the efforts of relatives and virtuous people to help the enemy. He will regard next year as the first year of Hongguang, reform the people, and grant amnesty to the world.

Except for Zhou Shuguang, no one else in the room knew the content of the edict. Now that they heard that the emperor was dead, Cai Sichun, Lord Tong Jie, and Zhao Mengguan from one hundred households knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

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Everyone in the room was crying, which made Mao Jiao very depressed. He had never read a book, and although he could not be considered illiterate, Zhou Shuguang had read the imperial edict just now and had no idea what it meant. Now he saw these people in the room crying like this.

Miserable, he quickly poked Zhao Mengguan next to him and asked: "Master Zhao, what happened, why are you crying?"

Zhao Mengguan was crying vigorously at this time. He had no choice but to whisper: "Your Majesty, why don't you cry!"

Holy shit, it turns out that the emperor is dead! This is a big deal. Mao Jiao quickly opened his throat and howled. As the top military general on the island, if he didn't cry when he heard the news of the emperor's death, it would be disrespectful and his head would be lost!

In fact, everyone in the room was pretending to cry. They were of too low a rank and had no contact with the emperor. Even if they had interacted with the emperor when the ancestral tomb was smoking, according to Chongzhen's mean and unkind character, these officials would not die after the emperor's death.

Crying heartbroken.

So after half a quarter of an hour, the prefect Zhou Shuguang stopped crying and said: "Okay everyone, the emperor is doing well, but we have the responsibility to defend the country and the national affairs are the most important, so stop crying!"

After the top leaders said this, these officials stopped pretending, got up and tidied up and sat aside. The next step was to ask the question that everyone was most concerned about, who was the new emperor after the emperor died?

According to the principle of the Ming Dynasty, there are direct heirs and no direct elders. After the father dies, the son succeeds, and the elder brother succeeds the younger brother. When Chongzhen dies, the prince should take the throne. Even if the prince dies, Chongzhen does not have only one son! Now the edict is

But he said that my heir was in the vassal uniform, and it was obvious that the new emperor who ascended the throne was the vassal king before, so there must be something wrong in the north.

Zhou Shuguang knew everyone's questions, so he didn't wait for anyone to ask, and said directly: "Everyone, in addition to forwarding the imperial edict, Mr. Chen also sent a private letter to the main hall of each government. Emperor Daxing was in the capital on March 17.

Martyred for the country, bandits invaded and occupied the capital. The prince and all the princes were killed in the rebellion! The ministers of the Southern Capital and the Governor of Fengyang, Mr. Ma, supported Fu Fan to supervise the country on the first day of May!"

This paragraph contains too much information. In addition to the cause of the emperor's death, there is also the fact that Zhu Yousong, the blessed king, came to supervise the country and was jointly supported by the ministers of Nandu and Ma Shiying. You must know that the ministers of Nandu and Ma Shiying are not from the same group. Ministers

It belongs to the Donglin Party, and Ma Shiying is a member of the Eunuch Party. How come the Eunuch Party has united with the Donglin Party now? Is it really like what the edict says, to work together to help the enemy? Are we all putting aside our past grudges and fighting the enemy together?

Everyone still remembers the public case 20 years ago. Zhu Yousong’s father, Zhu Changxun, was kicked out of the capital by the Donglin Party. Why has the Donglin Party changed his gender now?

I also knew that Cai Sichun was the Donglin Party. He turned pale when he heard the news. If Zhu Yousong really ascended the throne, it would mean that the Eunuch Party had gained power. Then could he, a Donglin Party with a red and upright background, be able to escape?

However, Zhou Shuguang's next words made Cai Sichun relieved: "According to the recommendation of the court officials, Shi Kefa, the former Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, was appointed as the Dongge University Scholar and the Minister of Rites to serve in the cabinet; Ma Shiying was appointed as the Dongge University Scholar, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the right deputy

With the title of Imperial Censor, he is still the governor of Fengyang; the former Zhan Shifu, Zhan Shijiang, was appointed as the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Duo, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, who was also a bachelor of Dongge, came to serve in the cabinet. Zhang Shenyan was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Liu Zongzhou was summoned

Be the Censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate!"

After Zhou Shuguang finished speaking, he looked at Cai Sichun and said, "Zhu Dao Zhouqi has returned to the Ministry of Personnel. Congratulations to Mr. Cai!"

When Cai Sichun heard that his teacher had become the deputy director of the Organization Department, his face immediately turned rosy, and other officials in the room stood up and offered congratulations.

When Zhao Mengguan heard that Huang Daozhou not only resurrected, but also became the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in charge of official promotion, he felt regretful in his heart. If he had known this, he couldn't have used a little prison head to calm Zhao Heng's anger. No matter what, he had to

Give your nephew a few whips to show your sincerity!

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Chapter completed!