Half a month has passed since the Guangzhou incident, and the city of Guangzhou has already returned to its former prosperity. However, on the Guangzhou Wharf, there are many more criminals in shackles on the boats heading to Luzon. I heard that they are all officials, and the unlucky people in this Guangzhou incident. However, these people have only added a topic after meals to the people of Guangzhou. What should be made or make money, and what should be farmed is still farming, as if the incident half a month ago had nothing to do with them.

In fact, the Guangzhou incident seemed to have a great blow to Zhu Hongsan, but those who knew the inside story knew that it had no effect on Zhu Hongsan at all, but it only caused great damage to Zhu Hongsan's family. The most important thing was that his eldest wife Ma Xiaofang died, and his second daughter Zhu Yu disappeared. Originally, Zhu Yu went to Tong Yangjia's house to visit his grandmother, but he did not expect to encounter the Qing army entering the city. Afterwards, Zhu Hongsan also asked people to search for Guangzhou City, but found the carriage where Zhu Yu was riding. The woman in the carriage had also been hacked to death, and Zhu Yu's whereabouts were unknown.

Except for these Zhu Hongsan, he had no losses. His foundation was all in Dongguan. If Li Chengdong went there and burned and killed him, Zhu Hongsan would have the intention to jump into the river.

Seeing that the safety of Guangzhou City was really a problem, Zhu Hongsan decided to form an imperial guards. He ordered the expansion into a division based on Duan Fei's regiment, Zhu Hongyi was appointed as the division commander and Zhang Sanqiang's deputy division commander. One division consisted of five regiments, three regiments were stationed in Guangzhou, two in the city, and one outside the city. There were also two regiments stationed in Dongguan to protect Zhu Hongsan's life*Genzi Iron and Arsenal.

Just when Zhu Hong's three major forces expanded their army, these ministers in the cabinet were not idle. Now there were two prefectures in Guangdong Province, and there were a large number of vacancies in six counties. None of the prime ministers in the central government had three relatives and six relatives. This time, if there was such a good opportunity, they could be spared. For a time, the seven prime ministers joined forces and stabbed the knife and had a great time. In the end, the Huguang faction obtained the quota from one prefecture and four counties, and the others were obtained by the Guangdong faction, which was considered a draw.

Just when the court was getting together for the official positions, one night there was a two-person sedan outside the Prime Minister Chen's mansion in Beicheng.

The sedan chair stopped two hundred meters away from the Chen Mansion. A family next to the sedan chair came to the front of the mansion. In the past few days, because the imperial court selected officials, the Chen Mansion had become a market. A large number of literati were waiting in front of the Chen Mansion, hoping to get a job from Premier Chen.

The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door is still modest. Chen Zizhuang is the prime minister now. His doorman must wait honestly, not to mention the seventh-rank magistrate, even the fifth-rank magistrate, when he comes to the door.

At this time, the doorman saw a person walking over from the side. Seeing that he was also a servant in the dress, he hurriedly stepped forward and stopped him and asked, "Which family are you from? Do you know the rules? Let's go in line behind!"

The servant smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'll hand over this greeting to your master!"

"My master? Who do you think you are! Now in Guangzhou City, besides the emperor, you can also see my master at will!"

The servant took out a piece of paper from his arms and stuffed it into the doorman's hand.

"Brother, thank you for your hard work!"

The doorman opened it and saw that he was very good, one hundred taels of silver, a big deal. Although he was the doorman of the Prime Minister's house, he usually collected a lot of silver, but it was the first time he had given one hundred taels at a time.

The doorman packed the banknotes and said to the servants: "You know the rules very well, wait, but it's hard to say whether my master can see you!" After that, the doorman took the greeting letter and reported to Chen Zizhuang.

Chen Zizhuang is now getting angry at home. What kind of fire is it? Now that the queen Ma Xiaofang is dead, the position of the queen is vacant. If Chen Zizhuang's daughter is not a widow, Chen Zizhuang really wants to push his daughter to the throne of the queen. However, his daughter Chen is too low-born and now she doesn't even have a grade in the palace, she is just the lowest-level nobleman. However, Chen Zizhuang has no good candidates. Most of Zhu Hongsan's wives are not locals. If the locals either died early or had a low-class background, they really don't have the capital to compete for the lord of the harem.

When Chen Zizhuang was in depressed, his family sent a prayer letter with four words written on it, Dongjian Old Man.

Chen Zizhuang was stunned and wondered why he came. But in his heart, he was so happy that he was really sleepy and sent a pillow to whatever he wanted. But now there are too many people outside the mansion, so let him come in through the back door.

"You go and arrange it and let the visitor come in through the back door." The servant didn't expect that a reply was really effective, so he quickly went out to arrange it and let the visitor take a detour to the back door and enter the Chen Mansion.

The old man from Dongjian is Qian Qianyi's claim, but only some of his friends know this title and it is not widely circulated. This time, Qian Qianyi also thought about seeing the harem without a master. After all, his daughter is the princess of Hongguangzhe, and his status is second only to Ma Xiaofang in Zhu Hongsan's wife, and he gave birth to a son two years ago. Now that the queen is dead, can his daughter also rise to power? Can his grandson be the crown prince? But now it is not in Nanzhili. Qian Qianyi is not Donglin Juzi now, but an unpopular traitor, so he came to see Chen Zizhuang, hoping that his old friends can help.

In fact, Qian Qianyi was sure. Chen Zizhuang's daughter was remarried by a widow, so she could not become the queen at all. There was no one in the Guangdong faction. However, the opposing Huguang faction has a large number of queen candidates. Needless to say, Ma Ruyan is there, and the power of the Ma family is there, and Dong Zhen and Dong Huan are Tong Yangjia's goddaughter. The Guangdong faction wants to suppress the Huguang faction and must do something about the queen issue.

As for Zhu Hongsan's other wives, they are not qualified to compete for the queen at all. The most valuable identity is Zhu Mai, the Princess Kunxing of Chongzhen, but her identity also determines that she cannot be the queen at all. Zhu Hongsan's flag was a bullshit of Zhu Di's lineage. This time, if you can do it yourself, if you use Zhu Di's bloodline as the queen, wouldn't you slap yourself in the face? Another issue is ethical. According to the genealogy, Zhu Mai, should be Zhu Hongsan's cousin. There was no law to get married in the Ming Dynasty that five generations could be used, but there were laws that could not get married in the same surname. This is why Zhu Hongsan should be careful to avoid this. Therefore, Zhu Mai, in the palace, has no identity at all, which is one of the reasons why she cannot become the queen.

Another person with a noble status is the princess Zhu Youjia. Now she has given birth to a daughter and a son for Zhu Hongsan, but her identity is similar to Zhu Moe. Zhu Youjia was married and had children before, so she was not the queen at all. The rest of the rest are not the only one who can be the queen. The Yan family was born into a water bandit, and there was no hope at all. Bian Yujing was favored by Zhu Hongsan, but she was born into a prostitute and had no hope.

Only Ma Ruyan, Qian Yuting, and the sisters of Dong. Qian Yuting is the most promising among them. He is the legitimate daughter of Old Man Qian, and he is Hongguang Cefeng, and his status is there. Ma Ruyan and Dong sisters are both illegitimate, but now the power of the Ma family and Tong Yangjia is at its peak, so he can completely get a point back.

Qian Qianyi thought of this and found that he had no one in Guangdong, and there was no suitable candidate for the Guangdong school. This is really a perfect match for Ding San and Ding Si, and a widow looking for a bachelor.

Chen Zizhuang stood at the door and welcomed Qian Qianyi into the study. After sitting down, the two began to talk about the mountains and exchange academic thoughts.

Qian Qianyi saw that Chen Zizhuang didn't ask why he came first, and couldn't help but curse in his heart. "When Chen Jisheng was in charge of the Nanzhili, why didn't he find it so cunning when he was a scholar in Nanzhili? He insisted on me to speak first!" What Mr. Qian didn't know was that his butt decided his head. When he was in Nanzhili, Chen Zizhuang was not concerned about his affairs. If he didn't like him, he would say a few words. Anyway, he didn't need to manage this country. But now it's different. The whole of Guangdong is managed by Chen Zizhuang. What else dares to say?

Qian Qianyi thought about it and said it first.

"Jisheng, Brother Yu came this time to ask if the cabinet has a certain choice for the queen?"

Chen Zizhuang refused to comment and asked back: "Brother Muzhai, don't you know what good candidates you have? Let's hear it!"

"Your Majesty's concubine Qian is the princess who was conferred by Emperor Hongguang back then. She has a noble character and virtuous character. In addition, she gave birth to the prince Zhu Xun two years ago. I think she is the best candidate for the queen!"

After hearing this, Chen Zizhuang scolded Qian Qianyi for being shameless and praised his daughter for not being so proud.

Chen Zizhuang didn't say anything, picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea.

Seeing Chen Zizhuang like this, Qian Qianyi knew that he had not offered the conditions, so he was waiting for him to raise the price code.

"My brother Jisheng, I have a son, who is seventeen years old this year, has a reputation as a Juren, and has not yet married. I heard that Jisheng's younger brother Chen Zisheng has a daughter of similar age. Can you beg for a dog?"

Hearing Qian Qianyi say this, Chen Zizhuang thought about it. A 17-year-old Juren is extraordinary. He will definitely win a Jinshi before the 25th. In addition, if you get married to Qian Qianyi, you can get in touch with the Donglin Party in Nanzhili. Chen Zizhuang knew that those stools are not sweet and jealous, but they are sour. Now the emperor lives in Guangdong. If the Northern Expedition is not successful in the future, everything will not be discussed. However, if the Northern Expedition is successful, his Guangdong faction needs the help of the traditional scholar group in Nanzhili. At that time, Qian Qianyi's in-laws will be assigned to use it.

Thinking of this, Chen Zizhuang nodded and smiled and said, "Brother Muzhai, don't worry, my niece is fifteen this year, and everything is on my side!"

Chen Zizhuang said a pun. Qian Qianyi felt relieved when he heard what he said. It seemed that his daughter was almost the same.

Just when the Guangdong faction and the Donglin Party formed an alliance, the two bigwigs of the Huguang faction also put aside their grudges and sat down to discuss the matter for the queen.
Chapter completed!