(Happy New Year’s Eve!)

April of the first year of Longhan.

Liu Jun respected his father Liu Xiu as the emperor and his mother Li as the empress dowager. He named his elder brother Liu Zhao as the Marquis of Xiangyang, and appointed four sisters as the eldest princesses, and their husbands as the son-in-law of the son-in-law.

On the same day, Liu Jun appointed Yuan Pei Lu as the empress, and his eldest son Liu Hekun as Duke of Chu. He appointed Korean princess Li as the imperial concubine. The second son Liu Heyuan as Duke of Wu, Chen Man, Chen Yuanyuan, Liu Rushi, Lu Yao and Liu Baoer, all five concubines were concubines.

Liu Jun's family moved into the Forbidden City.

Liu Jun also issued another edict to reiterate the treatment of the royal family and officials of the previous dynasty. The royal family's titles were all deprived of them for the people, and the officials' original positions remained unchanged and their salaries were doubled.

The funeral of Wu Yan and Chen Xinjia was very simple. They both died of rebellion and resistance. If the Xinhuang Jiaen had not allowed the two families to collect the bodies, their heads would have to be hung on the city gate for public display.

At Wu Yan's funeral, there were very few old friends. Although he was the chief minister and the leader of the Jiangbei Party, he was a rebel minister who committed rebellion to death. Everyone knows clearly that the matter of rebellion is probably not that simple. After all, the one who benefited the most from that turmoil in the end was today's son Liu Jun.

If Emperor Longwu had not died unexpectedly and the poisoning of King Ding and King Yong were killed again, Liu Jun would not have been so successful in becoming emperor.

Wu Yan's wife and son knelt in front of his spirit and thanked their relatives and friends who came to pay their respects. Ni Yuan stepped forward, "I mourn you by the way!"

"Thank you, Mr. Ni, for coming." Mrs. Wu was very grateful.

Burn incense and pay condolences, and then return to the side.

Ni Yuanlu sat there, looking at the seemingly simple mourning hall. With just a few guests, he couldn't help but sigh at the coldness of the world.

"Brother Ru Yu is here too." A voice sounded next to him, interrupting his thoughts. Ni Yuanlu looked up and saw that it was Li Banghua, the former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who was here.

"Aren't you here too?" Ni Yuanlu smiled.

In the past, one of them was the leader of Zhejiang officials in the court and the other was the leader of Jiangxi officials, but they both supported Wu Yan. Previously, one of them was the Zuodu Censor and the other was the Minister of Revenue. They were important officials in the court, and now both of them were just ordinary people.

Li Banghua looked at the mourning hall and shook his head.

"I didn't expect that there were only a few people at Mr. Wu's funeral."

"It's good to be able to come here. After all, they are carrying the name of a rebel party. Besides, today is the day when the Marquis of Wuchang gets married, and almost all the families in the capital have gone to congratulate him."

Li Banghua also knew about this. Wuchang Marquis Liu Jian, currently the governor of Shuntian, is also the emperor's brother. He is less than sixteen years old, but he is a Jinshi in the 13th year of Chongzhen. He later served as various officials, and he was promoted to heaven. He had already served as the governor of Shuntian at a young age, and now he is engaged to the daughter of Zhang Guowei, the new Minister of War.

"After the new emperor ascended the throne, he has not given a single title of royal title yet, which is a bit strange. So far, he has only given three titles, one is Liu Qiao, the uncle of Long Zhigong, and the other two are his own two sons, one is Chu and the other is Duke of Wu. Even the two brothers are only given marquis."

Jiang Dejing walked over with a wine glass and sat down next to the two of them. "This is a good thing. I think the Ming Dynasty treats the royal family the best. As a result, the Ming Dynasty's royal family only has no less than 70,000 to 80,000 men. The salary consumed by the royal family every year is a shocking number, not to mention the amount of people they occupied in various places. The investment they received as many as hundreds of thousands of hectares. But what's the use of spending so much financial resources to raise so many royal families? It only increases the burden on the court, but it really has a little effect now?"

When he heard about the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu could only sigh. On the one hand, the Ming Dynasty did treat the royal family very favorably, with high salary and sufficient fiefdoms. But on the other hand, they were strictly restricted, not allowed to leave fiefdoms or become officials, and even the Ministry of Rites had to be the master of the Ministry of Rites for naming names.

Today, the tens of thousands of Ming royal families in the world are actually just tens of thousands of fat pigs. Now that Liu Jiye has usurped the world, the royal family in the area has no reaction at all.

Ni Yuanlu probably might have a few royal family members who have been raised as pigs, but what is the use of these royal families who have been raised as pigs since childhood?

Ni Yuanlu sighed, "Do you guys have any plans?"

"What can a commoner, what are the plans for you? Mr. Ni?"

"I plan to write and paint, and learn from Dong Qichang. In the future, if I lose my official salary, I will rely on calligraphy and painting to support my family." Ni Yuanlu smiled.

"Ni Gong is both famous for his calligraphy and painting, and is famous all over the world. It would be better if he doesn't become an official and goes to paint." Jiang Dejing said that Ni Yuanlu's calligraphy and painting skills are very powerful, and that he has long been famous.

At this time, Zhang Jinyan came over with a group of people who were involved in the rebellion case and were pardoned. They all came to participate in Wu Yan's funeral today. Most of them were from Donglin and Fushe. Although they had been in prison for several days, their bones were still very hard. At this time, they didn't care about the opinions of the court at all and still came to attend Wu Yan's funeral.

Former Minister of War Zhang Jinyan came over and sat down, "Do you guys really think the court will let us go?"

Li Jiantai, Huang Jingfang, Wei Zaode, Qiu Yu, Fang Yuegong, Fu Shuxun, Chen Zilong and others also surrounded him.

"We are all just a group of civil officials, and we are all people with no power. Since the new emperor pardons us, he will definitely not pursue it anymore. Otherwise, why bother letting us go again? I don't think there is any need to worry about this anymore." Ni Yuanlu said.

A burst of exclamation came from outside the door, and then a group of soldiers walked in.

Ni Yuanlu and others stood up in a hurry, their eyes full of panic.

A young officer came over, "My sirs, your majesty summoned me, please come with me."

Ni Yuanlu asked, "We are all just ordinary people. Why did Your Majesty summon us?"

"This is not what I know. You guys should follow me."

Li Banghua and others were nervous, not sure whether this trip was a bad or a good one, but there was no other choice when they looked at the soldiers around them.

The imperial palace, in the study room on the Qianqing Gate.

Liu Jun felt a little complicated when he looked at Ni Yuanlu and other nearly 100 officials. Those who came to see the court were all senior officials involved in the rebellion case. Moreover, these people, including those honorary relatives, were basically from the six ministries and temples, either the ministers, the ministers, or the censors.

It can be said that once these people left, most of the court was empty.

To this day, Liu Jun has actually fully understood the entire detailed inside story about Wu Qi's conspiracy. Wu Qi and Chen Xinjia did plan to get rid of him, or even depose King Ding, but most of them, such as Ni Yuanlu and others, only expressed their support for getting rid of Liu Jun. They even expressed their opinions.

Even so, Liu Jun didn't care much about this. It was not uncommon for the court to fight to the end, assassination was not a rare thing. The key is that now he won, they are losers.

But Liu Jun cannot do without these people for the time being. Such a large court needs people with sufficient qualifications and prestige to handle affairs. Liu Jun must let the court continue to rotate, or even efficiently turn.

There are more than 100,000 Qing troops under the Great Wall, and there are still bandits in the Central Plains. Even royal officials in various places may rebel, and Liu Jun can no longer let his base camp stop.

"I know that you have all participated in the plot of Wu, Chen Xinjia, but I have issued an edict to pardon your crimes and have done everything in the past. Today I call you here to re-appoint your official positions. I hope you can prove your loyalty by using your performance."

Ni Yuanlu and others were extremely surprised.

He was pardoned when he participated in the rebellion case, but now he still has to call them to be appointed as officials again?

Li Banghua said loudly, "I am only loyal to the Ming Dynasty and I am not willing to listen to the call."

Liu Jun smiled, "There are two kinds of loyalty. Is it loyal to the king or the country? In the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong of Qi said that loyalty to the country and superior to the king. If the country is destroyed, the minister can die. If the country is still there, but the king dies, it is nothing more than sadness."

"The Ming Dynasty was already terminally ill. Although I had saved it for hundreds of times, I could not save it. Emperor Chongzhen died unexpectedly, and Emperor Longwu died unexpectedly. The heir to the throne, King Ding, appointed by Emperor Longwu, was also murdered by Wu Qing, and even King Yong was not spared. At this time, the soldiers supported me to proclaim me to be emperor. What would happen if I disagree? "

"Select a royal family to succeed to the throne? Who to choose?" Liu Jun shook his head, "No matter who succeeds to the throne, I am afraid I can't tolerate me Liu Jun. I, Liu Jun, are not so greedy for power, but who else can lead the world out of this quagmire?"

"For the sake of hundreds of millions of people in the world, and for the sake of stability in the world. I, Liu Jun, are willing to bear this infamy. I don't care that others call me a usurper, because I just want the Han Dynasty to revive and the world is peaceful."

"Everyone, the Ming Dynasty has passed, but the country has not perished. Now the Qing barbarians outside the pass are fighting under the Great Wall, staring at them, and the bandits in the Central Plains are still in chaos. At this time, do you think the country can still withstand the troubles? Think about the Chongzhen Dynasty, what was the world like? Internal and external chaos, constant wars, and the people are in dire straits. Do you still want the world to return to that kind of thing?"

"Just just now, when I talked about the Spring and Autumn Period, the Duke of Qi once asked Prime Minister Yan Zi, what is a loyal minister? Yan Zi said that the country was in trouble, and the king fled and did not follow him. The Duke of Qi asked, why did the ministers usually accept the king's fiefs and titles, but in danger, they repay the king in this way? Are they considered loyal ministers? Yan Zi said, if the king listens to the words of the loyal ministers, how could the country be in danger? How could the king flee? For this reason, why should the king die with him if he does not listen to the loyal advice?"

Liu Jun stood up and walked to everyone.

"If today is very critical, we must unite and unite as one. Only in this way can we revive the Han Dynasty and revive China. If we just look at a little bit of a palm, continue to look at the sky, short-sighted and busy with internal fighting, then the Central Plains may be dominated by fishy smells, and then it will not only be the destruction of the country, but the extermination of the seeds."

"I heard that you want to return home and be a wealthy family in the fields. You are wrong and have a big mistake. Today I want to say something to you. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. If you are poor, you will be safe, and if you are prosperous, you will be able to help the world. Shouldn't you be a minister of the country like Guan Zhong and Yan Zi?"

Ni Yuanlu and others were moved by these words.

"From now on, I will restore your original position and continue to serve the country and the country. Are you willing?" Liu Jun asked.

There was a silence in the hall. After a long time, Ni Yuanlu knelt down, then Li Banghua knelt down, then Fu Shuxun and others knelt down one after another, and finally, everyone knelt down.

"I am willing to be ministers of the country!"

Liu Jun nodded, "Very good." (To be continued.)

PS: Thank you for the flowers and clouds, the mountains are green, I am not young, ***, mr, thank you for your support, thank you everyone, Happy New Year's Eve, family reunion!
Chapter completed!