May 28th.

Censor Song Quan and members of the Three Judicial Departments arrived in Xuzhou.

That afternoon, Song Quan sent an official document to Nanjing in the name of the imperial envoy, requesting Xu Wenjue, Duke of Wei, Zhu Guobi, Marquis of Funing, Liu Kongzhao, Earl of Chengyi, Zhao Zhilong, Earl of Xincheng, and Liu Zuochang, Marquis of Anyuan, to go to Xuzhou for questioning.

Three days later, on the first day of June, Xu Wenjue, Zhu Guobi and others received the official document.

Xu Wenjue asked: "Are you going or not?"

Liu Kongzhao replied: "You can go, but you can't come back."

Zhu Guobi said with a sullen face: "Song Quan is not only the chief judge of the Three Courts, but also an imperial envoy. His order is equivalent to an imperial decree. If you don't go, you will be disobeying the imperial decree. I don't think you need to explain the consequences of disobeying the imperial decree, right?"

The expressions on everyone's faces suddenly became tense.

Disobeying the imperial order is also called rebellion against the imperial decree, and according to the Ming Dynasty Law, the person should be executed.

They had already committed a capital crime, and now they were charged with the crime of disobeying the imperial decree.

If the two crimes are punished together, the whole family will probably be executed!

Xu Wenjue stood up impatiently: "If you go, you will die. If you don't go, you will also die! What should I do?"

Liu Kongzhao also stood up: "Since no one wants to die, then we can only rebel!"

"Okay, let's rebel together!" Zhu Guobi also stood up and said, "Let's go to the Donglin Party to ask for the right to mobilize troops."

"Haha," Liu Kongzhao snorted coldly, "Just listen to the Donglin Party's promises, don't take them seriously! Besides...rebellion is much more difficult than you think. We can't just tie up the prince and use his seal to issue orders, right? Even if we succeed in the end, we will be liquidated by the prince."

"you mean?"

"Force the Donglin Party to rebel and let them coerce the Crown Prince."

"How to do it specifically?"

Liu Kongzhao leaned forward and whispered, "Prepare for both situations! On the one hand, contact Zheng Zhilong and ask him to put pressure on the Donglin Party in Nanjing. On the other hand... help the Donglin Party in the capital to suppress the Donglin Party in Nanjing."

"Even rabbits bite when they are angry. I don't believe that these people in Nanjing can keep their composure!"

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After everyone dispersed, they immediately took action according to Liu Kongzhao's plan.

They did not dare to disobey the order openly, and could only write back to Song Quan to say that they were busy with official business in Nanjing.

They waited until they had settled their current official duties before setting off for Xuzhou.

Whether Song Quan believed it or not, they could only use this method to delay time.

at the same time.

Liu Kongzhao wrote another letter to Zheng Zhilong, asking him to bring the Donglin Party into the water.

At the same time, he used his connections to impeach and even frame the Donglin Party members in Nanjing to the cabinet.

Xie Sanbin was very happy to see the sudden arrival of friendly forces.

He immediately compiled the names of those who had been impeached into a book and asked the Imperial Household Department to hand it over to Chongzhen.

Please let the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty decide.

Looking at the long list in his hand, Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen: "Are these the people who were impeached?"

"Yes, there are sixty-seven of them."

Chongzhen asked: "Have all the charges been verified?"

"The Censorate is verifying it, but it will take time. It may take half a year or two to three months."

"Then let the Censorate verify it." Chongzhen put down the booklet and continued to look through other memorials.

Although Chongzhen did not handle state affairs personally, the Imperial Household Department would make a copy of the processed memorials and place them in the Palace of Heavenly Purity so that Chongzhen could check them at any time.

After taking a rough look, Chongzhen withdrew his gaze and planned to close his eyes to rest.

"Your Majesty," Wang Chengen walked over with a tray in both hands.

After seeing that there was a memorial on the tray, Chongzhen frowned and said, "Didn't I say that I don't review memorials? The Imperial Household Department will directly approve them or return them to the cabinet."

Wang Chengen immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The Imperial Household Department originally intended to approve the memorial, but the content of the memorial is so important that the Imperial Household Department dare not make a decision on its own."

"Important?" Chongzhen was a little unconvinced and reached out to take the memorial and start reading it.

After reading the contents, Chongzhen felt that Wang Chengen was right and this memorial was indeed very important.

The content of the memorial was the candidates for the Governor of Liaodong proposed by the cabinet.

After pacifying Liaodong, the court began to discuss how to govern Liaodong.

For example, how to migrate people to Liaodong, promote the cultivation of potatoes and corn, tax collection policies and exemption measures, etc.

After a series of discussions, the policy was finalized, but choosing the right people to implement the policy became a problem.

Governing a place and marching to fight a war are two completely different things.

Considering that Liaodong has been initially settled, the army that pacifies Liaodong will sooner or later withdraw from Liaodong and return to its hometown.

Therefore, the new Governor-General of Liaodong must have the ability to govern the people as well as the army.

In other words, Liaodong needs a person who is both civil and military.

Most people think that Lu Daqi is the most suitable.

But something happened on the Mongolian grassland: the leader of the Western Tumed tribe, Shunyi King Omubu, died of illness.

According to the rules, Ombu's son Borot should inherit the throne.

However, Borot himself was not highly recognized within Xitumed.

Several senior generals expressed dissatisfaction.

These high-ranking generals seemed to be dissatisfied with Borot, but in fact they were dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty.

So we must help Borot to secure the throne.

As a result, Lu Daqi, who is familiar with the Mongolian grasslands, cannot be transferred.

The Cabinet can only recommend others.

However, many people were recommended, but they were all rejected by the Imperial Household Department for inappropriate reasons.

Xie Sanbin could only keep changing the people he recommended.

The candidate he recommended this time was Ling Yiqu, the Minister of Dali Temple.

Ling Yiqu, whose courtesy name was Junfu, became a Jinshi in the fifth year of the Tianqi reign.

He served successively in the departments of rites, households, and military affairs; right councilor of Fujian, provincial judge of Huguang, military governor of Suzhou and Songjiang, right governor of Shandong, minister of the Nanjing Guanglu Temple, and minister of the Dali Temple in the capital.

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