Zhu Xu's carriage envoy entered the capital without a grand welcoming ceremony. No one except Cao Bianjiao and Sun Chuanting knew about it.

Zhu Xu was riding in the carriage all the way, and he had to explain it to the two of them for a while.

In the imperial study room, Zhu Xu looked at Cao Bianjiao and said, "The imperial guards must maintain the strongest combat power and must constantly train and run in. It is not just guarding the palace city. If one day they want to be pulled out for actual combat, I want them to be proficient in infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and must not be frightened!"

Cao Bianjiao knew that the emperor attached great importance to the imperial guards and said calmly: "Don't worry, the imperial guards are all selected from thousands of miles away. They are constantly dispatched to train and eliminate them constantly. There will never be any slackness. Whether it is guarding the palace or fighting, they are not afraid of anyone!"

Zhu Xu nodded, and there was no need to pay too much attention to the imperial guards. He turned to Sun Chuanting and said, "The cabinet was restarted, and the General Staff Department was planned to change it to the Military Information Department, and placed it under the Ministry of War to be responsible for the collection of military intelligence, tactical formulation, strategic planning, etc. Who do you think is suitable?"

When Sun Chuanting was transferred to Liaodong, the General Staff, which is now the Military Information Department, naturally had to bear the responsibility. Sun Chuanting had already considered this matter and raised his hand and said, "Emperor, I have two candidates, one is Qin Liangyu and the other is Cao Wenzhao."

Zhu Xu leaned on the dragon throne. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said, "Qin Liangyu is indeed a suitable candidate, but I am not at ease if she is not in charge in the southwest. Cao Wenzhao... is still a little worse. Let's do this, and I will adjust Yang Sichang to Beijing, He. Nan... I will consider the candidate again."

Yang Sichang, a man, Sun Chuanting, had an assessment, was reserved and generous in his mind. He was silent for several years in the south, but suppressed the people in the south. This shows that the people in the south could not raise their heads.

Sun Chuanting had no meaning, and said, "I obey the order."

After saying this, Zhu Xu tapped his fingers on the table and said in contemplation: "The patrol battalion is still under the charge of the Minister of War. Next year, I will summon all officials from all over the world to Beijing. The patrol battalion must do a good job of protection. There must be no accidents. If necessary, you can send troops out of the city to greet them!"

Sun Chuanting was about to take office in Liaodong, which was obviously the emperor's last remark. He was quite excited about his trust in Zhu Xu and said, "Yes."

After Zhu Xu finished speaking, he took a sip of tea and said, "Well, let me talk about the southwest first."

Sun Chuanting had already thought about it and said, "Emperor, the six southwestern provinces are now strictly implementing the "reinforcement law". Some remote places have been forcibly migrated, some sent to Liaodong, some sent to some newly reclaimed fields, and some counties have been re-divided, concentrating all food, agricultural tools, livestock, etc. to deal with the severe drought. The governors and governors of the six provinces are doing everything possible to provide relief. All water conservancy, bridge construction, and road paving are underway..."

Zhu Xu nodded while listening. The southwest was now divided into six provinces, Shaanxi, Xi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Guizhou, Sichuan, with a total force of nearly 400,000. Bi Ziyan is still in the southwest and is promoting political reform.

The Ming Dynasty now needs to centralize power, especially the six southwestern provinces, which must concentrate all their efforts to fight against disasters. The court's allocation is limited after all, and it depends on the local government offices at all levels.

"At present, there are few civil unrest in the six southwest provinces, and the methods of relief are diverse, basically covering six provinces. The governors and governors of the six provinces are also doing their own jobs and are quite responsible. Lord Bi has traveled to six provinces, and the provincial reform has been basically completed. I believe that he can return to Beijing before and after the New Year..."

Zhu Xu said, "Well, I understand. Let go of the southwest in advance. I let the Jinyiwei stare at it. I want to tell you a few words about Liaodong."

"Yes." Sun Chuanting looked at the ears.

Zhu Xu sat upright, his eyes slightly cold, and his tone slowed down, "Shen Yang has recovered, there is no reason to lose it again. When you are in Liaodong, the first thing is to ensure that Shen Yang is not lost, and the second thing is to ensure that sea cucumbers and Weiwei are not lost. Vladivostok was discovered by Yang Lin and others in the north. I value it very much, even more important than Shen Yang. Do you understand?"

Sun Chuanting had heard of it before, recalled it, and said, "Does the emperor... want to use this sea cucumber. Wei and Shanhai and Guan to protect Shenyang?"

Zhu Xu couldn't say anything too clearly and said lightly: "You can think so, but sea cucumbers and Wei must be taken seriously, more attentive than Chen Yang. This... is an estuary, an estuary without any obstacles!"

Sun Chuanting remembered the maps he had seen in the Zhengyuan, especially the Strait marked "Malacca", which was written by the emperor himself.

Sun Chuanting looked at the emperor deeply. He could feel Zhu Xu's unspoken ambitions, understand some plans related to the emperor, and responded: "I understand that after I arrive in Liaodong, I will focus on building it."

Zhu Xu nodded and said, "I won't say much about the rest. You can do it yourself. Also, I am determined to annex Korea and Korea. You must advance slowly and not cause too much or offensive movement."

This time, Sun Chuanting felt the emperor's ambitions bluntly, and his heart was also touched. Suse raised his hand and said, "Abide by the order."

Zhu Xu said a few more casually, then let the two of them go, lay on the chair, and slowly took a breath.

Cao Huachun kept watching from the side. After a while, he stepped forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, do you want to go to Miss Li's place to rest and go to Cining Palace later?"

Zhu Xu raised his eyebrows and looked at Cao Huachun. He knew that this was reminding him. He let out a sigh and said, "Well, go to Li Jieyu first."

Cao Huachun knew that the road was so bumpy that he couldn't bear it, let alone the spoiled emperor. However, some things were really not something that could be done without just one word "tired".

Zhu Xu came to the side hall, and Li Jieyu was already waiting. When he saw Zhu Xu's face was exhausted, he quickly waved his back and welcomed Zhu Xu in.

Zhu Xu lay on the bed, smelling the fresh fragrance on the quilt, and squinted her eyes: "It's still comfortable at home."

Li Jieyu sat next to him, gently pinched his shoulder, and said softly: "I don't know how many times I have complained about it. I hope the emperor will not leave the palace and take risks easily."

Zhu Xu lay lazily there, not wanting to move a finger, and smiled and said, "Sister-in-law doesn't want me to leave the palace. Oh, later, you can go with me and get less nagging."

Li Jieyu chuckled softly, feeling the hardness of Zhu Xu's shoulders. When he saw him again, he was tired on his side and hesitated: "Master, should you go to see the Empress first and then come back to rest earlier?"

Zhu Xu opened his eyes and said helplessly: "Well, let's go." As he said that, he got up from the bed and stretched.

Li Jieyu gently cleaned Zhu Xu's clothes, and asked someone to prepare hot water. He asked Zhu Xu to wash his face and became more energetic, so he turned to Cining Palace.

Before Zhu Xu could enter the Cining Palace, Xiao Yongning rushed out like a whirlwind, shouting, "Uncle Emperor, have you brought something delicious back..."

The little girl is seven years old this year. To outsiders, she seems quite "crazy" and causes trouble all day long.

Zhu Xu smiled, took a food box from Cao Huachun and said, "Hey, the bacon from the northeast is very delicious."

"Really?" Yongning opened his eyes wide, took the food box happily and turned it up. As soon as he opened it, he smelled a strange smell. He closed it without hesitation, stuffed it into Zhu Xu's arms, and said in disappointment: "If you don't eat it, it smells bad!"

"You said that, I won't be allowed to snatch it with me later!" Zhu Xu took the food box and strode inside.

Empress Dowager Zhang walked out, glared at Xiao Yongning, looked at Zhu Xu's uncovered fatigue, and said with reproach: "If you are so tired, go back to rest, why bother to go there?"

Zhu Xu smiled and said, "Xie Yu must come over, I can't stop him."

Li Jieyu was stunned at first, and then smiled shyly.

Queen Mother Zhang didn't understand anything and smiled happily, "Sit for a while when you come, I'll let the imperial kitchen cook something you like."

Zhu Xu and Li Jieyu walked into the hall and sat down at the dining table. Queen Mother Zhang almost asked questions as she did in the past. Until she noticed Li Jieyu, she quickly took back her words and asked Huaner to urge the imperial kitchen.

Xiao Yongning lay on the table, held his cheek with both hands, blinked his big eyes and said with a crisp voice: "Uncle Emperor, is Liaodong fun? I heard that there is very cold there, and horses can run on the river? Is that true?"

Zhu Xu took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It's really cold, there are horse racing, I'll take you to play next time."

Xiao Yongning sat up suddenly and said, "Really? Can I go ride a horse? I heard that the snow is very thick there, and it is very fun to slide on it. There are also, I heard that there are a lot of wild beasts, so hunting must be fun..."

Before she finished speaking, Empress Dowager Zhang slapped her and stared at her, "Stop telling me this, just read some books in the palace honestly. In the future, without my permission, you will not be allowed to leave the Cining Palace!"

When the little girl heard his mother's words, she shook her head and hummed, her big eyes were spinning around, obviously she had another idea.

Queen Mother Zhang also knew that this little girl had many tricks and was quite troublesome.

Zhu Xu stayed in Cining Palace for a while, ate something, got up and went to Renshou Hall. As soon as he came out, Cao Huachun hurried over.

"Emperor, Empress Zheng is gone." Cao Huachun said, with a cautious expression.

This Empress Zheng is Concubine Zheng of Emperor Shenzong. This person can be said to be a symbol of an era, the Wanli Dynasty, and her existence and influence spread throughout the Ming Dynasty. The original "country between the foundation of the country" and the three subsequent cases were all related to her, and her death also meant the complete end of that era.

"The Ming Dynasty is about to enter a new era." Zhu Xu held his hands behind his back and squinted his eyes at the sky. He had no impression of Concubine Zheng, but he was just sighing.

Li Jieyu didn't quite understand what Zhu Xu meant, so he just stood by his side calmly.

Cao Huachun believed in his heart that the Ming Dynasty's restoration of Liaodong had already herald the beginning of a new era.

The three of them were silent for a long time. Zhu Xu pulled Li Jieyu's hand and strode forward, "Go back to sleep!"

Li Jieyu was startled at first, then his face turned red, he quickly struggled gently, and at the same time whispered in Zhu Xu's ear: "Master, someone is watching..."

Zhu Xu didn't think about anything else. He was really tired, and he didn't care about it. He pulled Li Jieyu back to the side hall and couldn't wait to take off his clothes and go to bed.

After all, Li Jieyu is a traditional girl, a lady from a wealthy family. How could she do such things in broad daylight? But before she could finish her struggle, Zhu Xu, who was lying on the bed, had her eyes closed and breathed evenly, and she had no intention of doing anything at all.

Li Jieyu looked at the tired look on Zhu Xu's face, and a hint of heartache appeared in his eyes. He packed up his clothes, closed the door quietly, and retreated.

The news of the emperor returning to the palace had spread. I don’t know how many people wanted to enter the palace to ask for a meeting, but they were blocked by Cao Huachun.

Fortunately, the end of the year is approaching, and no one wants to cause trouble, and there is nothing big.

Concubine Zheng’s funeral was handled calmly, and the etiquette was handled by the Ministry of Rites, but this person in the world didn’t like it. The people thought she was a “traitorous concubine” and the officials believed that she was a “unbeaten concubine”. As the son of Emperor Taichang and the current emperor of Emperor Tianqi’s younger brother, naturally he had no good feelings.

Therefore, Concubine Zheng’s funeral was simply silent and had to go through the trouble.

Not causing trouble does not mean it is okay. Zhu Youjian’s memorials have been impeached, and almost all those who are qualified to report memorials have been submitted. Some people just express their opinions, some people are also for maintaining the "ancestral system", and naturally some are also for personal grudges.

The order of these memorials to enter the palace should be: Tongzheng Envoy, Cabinet, Selijian, and finally the Imperial Study. However, Zhu Xu had made great changes before, and he usually went straight to the Imperial Supervision after passing the screening and submitting it to the Imperial Front.

Liu Shimin transferred all the memorials of impeachment by Zhu Youjian and Lai Zongdao to the cabinet. Zhu Youjian was furious and directly issued an imperial edict to officials all over the world in the name of the cabinet, saying, "The ministers will listen to the verdicts, and the censors should keep the general principles and do not need to attack them."

As soon as these words were said, they were like cooking oil in the fire. All the officials in the world exploded. They were meant to impeach you, but you dared to silence the world?

Some old people in the literary world and old officials from the Ministry of Rites were filled with righteous indignation and surrounded the Xinwang Mansion and asked for an explanation.

Even if these people wanted to drive him out of the cabinet, Zhu Youjian was not easy to mess with, so he directly asked Shuntian Mansion to drive everyone away.

These people did not dare to go to the palace gate to make trouble, so they had to go to the Ministry of Rites and asked the Ministry of Rites to give an explanation and clearly explain the provisions on the "Prince" in the ancestral system.

Zhang Woxu is not the Donglin Party who is stubbornly obeying dogmas. He also knows that there needs to be an explanation for this matter. After more than half an hour, people say, "The ancestors are in charge of the ancestors, and the law is now determined. Right and wrong should be respected and judged."

Sixteen words, first talking about "reason" and later talking about "power", two-pronged approach.

"Reason" can also be argued, but "imperial power" cannot be easily touched. Now no one knows that everyone in the world can be provoked, but the emperor cannot provoke it!

The current emperor has the momentum of Liaodong to win, and his prestige is high and unattainable, and no one can resist it.

Although these people were blocked by the Ministry of Rites, the Dongchang was still arresting people in the south and all the Ming Dynasty. The tiara was spread all over the world and no one could control it. The Dongchang was under the cabinet again, and a burst of anger naturally rushed to the cabinet.

There are more and more memorials impeaching Zhu Youjian, and these literary elders have also discovered a new battlefield. They contributed to the court newspaper and denounced the king of Xin, almost from head to toe, scolding him for being useless and incomplete.
Chapter completed!