Nanming Engineer

Chapter 496 The Fall
The carnival of the Yongli imperial court lasted until January of the fifth year of Yongli, when they procrastinatedly began to examine the situation of the whole country. Many bigwigs were surprised to find that the two Zhili thirteen provinces in the whole country, except Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian As well as Zhejiang and Huguang, the rest of the region has more or less fallen into the control of the Kuizhou faction. Even in Yunnan, the rebel chieftain Sha Dingzhou flirts with the Kuizhou faction in Sichuan. , the Kuizhou commercial firm in its territory is booming, controlling the trade of the entire Yunnan.

Du Yinxi and He Tengjiao from Huguang tentatively pushed towards Xiangtan and Changsha, which were controlled by the Kuizhou Army. In the face of sharp firearms and elite soldiers, even a powerful force like the Loyalty Battalion did not take advantage of it at all.

In March, Duke Liang’s third memorial came. He once again asked Emperor Yongli to move to the north. His words were earnest and moved people to tears. However, except for a few people such as Zhu Tianlin, no one in the Zhaoqing court agreed. Naturally, he was afraid that Yongli would go north and leave his sphere of influence. Wang Huan only needed to control the emperor and kill the Chu party with a decree; other cronies, of course, also had concerns, fearing that Yongli would lose their existing power after Yongli moved north. position, before Wang Huan made a clear statement, he blindly obstructed it.

Emperor Yongli's attitude was also very ambiguous. He knew that if he went north, he would just change from the control of a group of warlords to the control of a single warlord. The state army withdrew from Nanzhili, but this was unacceptable to the Kuizhou army.During this period, he also exchanged letters with Princess Changping many times, hoping that Princess Changping can judge the situation and try to protect the dignity of the royal family, but Princess Changping persuaded him in turn. Today's world, without Wang Huan, will only fall into disintegration again Even the Tartars outside the customs are in danger of going south again.

After Zheng Chenggong regained Zhoushan, he returned to Fujian, and had several contacts with Zu Tianci of Nanzhili. At a certain time, he disappeared from the town for a short time, and he didn't know where he went.After reappearing, he was full of worries and frowning, often staring at the map in a daze and sighing.

One year passed like this, and the Kuizhou Department operated safely on its own territory. According to Wang Huan's ideas, it firmly controlled the power of wealth, introduced commercial taxes, monopolized lifeline industries, developed agriculture, and expanded production. Income has grown geometrically.Officials are all from the Grand Princess Mansion, and the imperial seal is stamped with the seal of Princess Changping, not the seal of Yongli. After the appointment of personnel, a record list will be sent to the Ministry of Officials in Zhaoqing. Regardless of whether the court agrees or not, they will install it anyway. Yes, no one can object.

Zhaoqing also sent officials to some places, but without exception, they were stopped when they passed the Kuizhou Army's territory before they arrived. Go back on your own, if you want to go there secretly, if you are caught without the guidance of Kuizhou, you will be directly labeled as a thief without saying a word, thrown into the prison, or even chopped up with a knife, and find a place Buried, no one knows.Even after going through untold hardships and going to the place, you will find that someone has already been sitting in the government office, and the Yongli order in your hand is regarded as a fake, torn up and thrown into the cesspit, and you will not escape being imprisoned as a bandit.

To a certain extent, the relationship between the Kuizhou army and the Zhaoqing court has already evolved from subtle hypocrisy to a turbulent confrontation, but this confrontation has not yet torn off the last fig leaf.

So much fuss came to the end of November, which coincided with the birthday of Emperor Yongli. According to the custom, officials from all over the country had to come to Zhaoqing to pay their respects in person. The birthday banquet was held in a splendid manner, the traffic convoys flocking to Zhaoqing from all over the country almost blocked the official roads, the city of Zhaoqing was decorated with lights and festoons, the inns were hard to find, the restaurants and restaurants were full of guests, a small temporary capital city, suddenly turned into a big city comparable to the capital city appearance.

Chen Jin, the former governor of Zhejiang and Fujian of the Qing court, who was newly attached to the Qing court, surrendered to Zu Tianci, sent the military commander of Ningbo, Zhejiang, and accepted the appointment of Emperor Yongli. He worshiped the governor of Zhejiang. General Fuming of the Qing Dynasty was highly valued by the small court of Zhaoqing. He led hundreds of people from Zhejiang and directly lived in the Jinyiwei yamen arranged by Emperor Yongli himself. With the predicament of setting up a tent outside the city, the status is obviously much higher.

The birthday banquet was held in Shuiyue Palace. The huge palace was full of tables. Emperor Yongli was at the top, sitting on the throne facing south. It almost makes people forget that this is not the capital yet.

Batches of birthday presents are in order of official rank, and the middle officials will roll their names before the banquet begins. The officials who give them the most are proud and enjoy the honor of Emperor Yongli listening to their names. Some particularly expensive gifts will be carried up directly by people. Going to the stage, it was presented to Emperor Yongli on the spot. The palace was brightly lit, and priceless treasures shone brightly against the backdrop of the lights, pushing the entire birthday banquet to a climax.

"Chen Jin, governor of Zhejiang Province of the Ming Dynasty, presents a piece of red coral three feet high under the sea, which is rich and auspicious. I respectfully wish the saint a long and boundless life!"

The whole audience was in an uproar, and almost everyone in the audience stood up, looking up at the stage with envy and disbelief in their eyes. Gein, this gift is so precious that it is hard to find.

Sitting in the front row, Chen Jin stood up with a look on his face, bowed deeply to Emperor Yongli, and then looked down on the audience.

A huge three-foot-tall red coral was carried by two people, exuding the light of jewels, slowly lifted up, and saw that this coral was inlaid on a gold base, and the heavy base weighed at least several kilograms. A lifelike Jade Shouxing is placed on the base as smooth as white grease, and the precious red coral is radially placed behind the Shouxing. From a distance, it looks like a statue of a god emitting red light.

Almost everyone held their breath, even the well-informed and wealthy people were dumbfounded, this birthday gift was unprecedented, it was the best in the audience, no gift could compare with it.

Emperor Yongli stood up, his eyes were straightened, and he stretched out his hand fondly, wanting to touch it.

Seizing the opportunity, Chen Jin bowed his head and congratulated in a loud voice: "Chen Jin, a few days ago, I was on a boat on the sea. I saw auspicious clouds covering the sun and purple smoke, and I knew that there must be treasures in this auspicious auspicious omen, so..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Jin suddenly heard a thunderous roar from above, and a voice shouted loudly: "I will avenge King Lu and punish this traitor!"

No one reacted, Chen Jin was still bowing his head, speaking auspicious words, all the people in the room were staring at the coral, amazed, even Wang Kun, the eunuch closest to Emperor Yongli, stared straight at it. Treasures, no time for him to care.

A treasurer who was carrying the red coral suddenly let go without warning, and took out a dagger that had been stuck there for a long time from the base, and pierced Emperor Yongli's chest while roaring.

The dagger pierced through the heart, and a sharp point protruded from Emperor Yongli's back, and the blood splashed all over the assassin's body.

Emperor Yongli looked at the knife pierced in his heart, shook it, and fell down without even making a cry.

The assassin drew out the dagger, and the blood spurted up, shooting more than a foot high like a fountain.He looked contemptuously at Jin Yiwei who rushed forward, with the horizontal knife in his hand, he wiped his neck.

It was only at this time that Chen Jin realized something was wrong amidst the exclamation. He raised his head in confusion, and saw the scene that broke his liver and gallbladder.

Wang Kun rushed forward, blocked the bleeding wound on Emperor Yongli's chest with his own clothes and hands, and shouted heart-piercingly: "Quickly send the doctor! The doctor!"

The chickens are flying around, making a mess.

The precious red coral fell to the ground and shattered.

Chen Jin stood there blankly, his mood was like that coral, shattered into pieces.

No one knew what was going through his mind at that moment.

Outside the Shuiyue Palace, Chen Xiang listened to the voice inside, asked a palace man who was running out about the situation, nodded in satisfaction, turned around and left.

(End of this chapter)