Jinyi champion

Enter June.

It was the hottest season of the year, and Zhu Hao's talk on the day of entering the palace had been finalized, and the time of his talk on the day of entering the palace was set on the eighth day of June.

At this time, the Great Sutra Banquet has stopped.

In the system of lectures on Jingyan Day in the Ming Dynasty, there were three times on the [-]nd, [-]th, and [-]nd of each month. Originally, it was not held in the cold and summer. When it is not very hot, find someone to enter the palace for daily lectures.

"Is this your speech?"

Yang Shen was in charge of reviewing what Zhu Hao wanted to say.

According to the rules, the Sutra Banquet must talk about the meaning of the Four Books and the articles of the sages.

However, the content of the daily lectures is relatively broad, but it also focuses on explaining the Confucian concept of governing the country, and most of the time it is a supplement to the scriptures. It stands to reason that Zhu Hao should also talk about the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics, or some of his insights into Confucianism.

Now Yang Shen intends to let Zhu Hao say something "deviating from the scriptures" and try to impress the prestige of the little emperor, so that Zhu Hao will become the first bird, whether it is the gun of the civil servants, or the new emperor's power in Yang Shen's view. The guns will be aimed at Zhu Hao, a bird that obeys orders and flies recklessly.

Zhu Hao asked in surprise: "Compared with the previous lecture, there have been many things added, so why not?"

This is the third version of the lecture prepared by Zhu Hao.

"No."

Yang Shen was still not satisfied.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, this is more troublesome than preparing Zhu Si's teaching plan when he was in Xingwang Mansion.

Speaking of lecturing to the emperor, I have been teaching Zhu Houcong for six or seven years. What content have I not talked about?Even people like Tang Yin and Sui Gongyan didn't pay much attention to me in teaching Zhu Si. In fact, I am the real emperor's teacher!

I know the emperor's preferences, and I have prepared for it, but in the end, you are fine, and I vetoed them all.

Yang Shen said: "I will give you a report later, you can think about it after you go back, and you can just follow the script."

One sentence made Zhu Hao feel a strong smell of "office politics".

As the supervisor of this daily lecture, Yang Shen seemed very open-minded. He repeatedly expressed his trust in Zhu Hao and asked him to prepare the speech by himself, but he repeatedly rejected it after reading the third draft. that version of .

If I knew this earlier, what else would I prepare?
You told me from the beginning, let me listen to you?
Of course politics is not such a simple thing.

Yang Shen asked him to prepare three drafts, precisely to create the impression that "it is because you did not prepare satisfactorily that you accepted my draft", which made Zhu Hao feel a sense of frustration, feeling that he was incompetent, and thus Come to suppress Zhu Hao.

In terms of official positions, neither of the two is higher than the other, and they are both written by historians. However, in the job of Japanese lecturer, because Yang Shen took up the post earlier, from the perspective of ranking seniority in the Imperial Academy, they are both bachelors or peers. Officials, as long as you step up first, you will be ranked first.

Yang Shen also took this opportunity to create a concept in front of Zhu Hao that I am stronger than you.

"it is good."

Zhu Hao didn't object.

You tell me the case and I will use it?

When I am stupid!

Anyway, it's all about deviant content, and I will be pushed out to be the first bird, so why the hell should I obey your orders?Then I want to say what to say! …

Fire at me if you have the ability, who is afraid of whom?

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Zhu Si wanted to choose Zhu Hao to speak as an official that day, and it was also on a whim. On the one hand, he wanted to promote Zhu Hao a little as a reward; A countermeasure that came up with a sudden inspiration.

But during the following period of time, he went out of the palace as usual, and it seemed that no one in the court had noticed his entering and leaving the palace gate, so he almost forgot that Zhu Hao was going to Japan.

When Zhu Hao said something in front of him, Zhu Hao slapped his forehead, shook his head and said, "Hey, if you don't tell me, I'd have forgotten that there is still this... All right, then you can say whatever you want, anyway, you It’s not a day or two to teach me, I just listen to it.”

Recently Zhu Si competed in the palace

more boring.

Now he has no concubines. Most of the Sangong and Liuyuan belonged to the emperors of the previous two generations. Now they are under the jurisdiction of Queen Mother Zhang. Zhu Si is more like a resident in the palace. To put it bluntly, someone wants to harm him. , he has no ability to fight.

Zhu Si desperately needs more freedom, and the big marriage will be a turning point in his life.

From then on, he was able to cultivate his relatives in an upright manner, and the imperial palace would become his home. At that time, he would also accept concubines into the palace, so naturally he would no longer think about going out of the palace every day to have fun.

Tang Yin has no plans to return to Xishan recently.

Zhu Siping read a few memorials and then went to listen to the play. Tang Yin stayed behind and accompanied Zhu Hao with Zhang Zuo. Tang Yin yawned again and again.

"...The situation in the northwest has been turbulent recently, the three borders have been under martial law, and the summer grain production is almost exhausted. I'm afraid that after autumn, the imperial court will allocate a lot of money and grain to the northwest."

Zhu Hao said, "I'm afraid that the Tatars will suddenly launch an attack from the Xuanda Piantou Pass and invade the Wai Pass."

"How could you have such an idea?"

Tang Yin frowned, "Could it be that you counted again?"

"No, I have read reports from various places in the Northwest. According to the past situation, the Tatars harassed the three sides and other places for the purpose of looting. Due to the poor conditions of the grassland in the past two years and the political turmoil, some small It is difficult for a tribe to survive. If a big tribe with ambition wants to encroach on a small tribe and grow bigger, it will inevitably need a large amount of food, grass and supplies. If the grassland cannot provide it, it can only be robbed from Daming. If this is the case, it makes no sense to let it go Prosperous Xuanda and other places."

Zhu Hao made his own judgment.

Zhang Zuo was a little nervous when he heard this: "Does that mean that Xuanfu, Datong and Piantouguan are all under martial law?"

Tang Yindao: "Now is the time for summer grain to be put into storage. I'm afraid there will be bad effects if you do this. The grain is almost harvested, so what can you grab at this moment? Zhu Hao, you must not rush into this kind of decree If it affects Xuanda's first-line grain harvest, it will be difficult for the people there to survive this winter."

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Sir, you don't even think about it, I told you, Mr. Yang Ge and the others want to use Huang Shangshu of the Southern Household Department as a target to clean up the Northwest Military and Political Affairs, can't we go along with it?" What do they mean, let the Xuan Mansion go into chaos?"

"This……"

Tang Yin was very surprised.

Could this also involve Yang Tinghe?

Zhu Haodao: "The current predicament in the Northwest lies in the fact that after the turmoil in the grasslands in the past few years, a new pattern is taking shape. Several large tribes are united, and a new overlord is about to be born. They urgently want to restore the previous relationship with the Ming border. Raiding and harassing, looting money, food and materials from the territory of Ming Dynasty, and developing and growing. If the Tatars really attack the border from the front line of Xuanda, they will suffer a big loss if they are unprepared.”…

It has been about four years since Dayan Khan died.

During this period, the grassland pattern has indeed undergone great changes.

Wired reports said that the grassland has suffered serious disasters in the past two years. When the tribes are struggling to survive, they naturally think about how to make a fortune from the territory of the Ming Dynasty, especially when the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty has just ascended the throne, and the little emperor is still an offshoot, which is not orthodox. in the case of.

From a general point of view, when the Ming Dynasty was in transition from the old to the new, it was more likely to be more conservative than aggressive.

If the Tatars came to attack, Ming would definitely take a defensive position.

Even if the little emperor had the tendency to fight back with force, but because of the military expansion of the "Wu Zong" in front of him, the Korean and Chinese officials complained a lot, and they would definitely oppose it.

Would the prairie people easily let go of such a good opportunity?
"You... oh!"

Tang Yin didn't want to answer such a profound question. He didn't know much about military affairs, so he didn't want to express his opinion hastily.

"Okay, let's not discuss this matter for now, let His Majesty bring it up in the court, and look at the opinions of the old ministers. It is always good to be vigilant. There is not only one Tatar, as long as the scale is slightly larger The tribe wants to bite off a piece of meat from Daming, don't wait until they approach the city to find out the danger! It's time to show your Majesty's ability to rule outside the city!"

Previously, what Zhu Hao had created for Zhu Si was a man who could raise money and food by himself.
The image of Emperor Wen who knew frugality and valued filial piety and etiquette very much.

Because of the "excellent" performance of the first emperor in martial arts, the civil officials were extremely repelled by the emperor's military arrogance. Zhu Hao did not say that he planned to make Zhu Si a majestic and powerful emperor.

But if the emperor is indifferent to military affairs, it will appear that the little emperor is lacking in certain aspects of ability, and it is time for Zhu Si to take this step.

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cabinet.

Jiang Mian handed over a copy of the title book from the Nanhu Department to Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe frowned after reading it.

Jiang Mian concluded: "...Your Majesty previously sold the Xishan Coal Kiln in exchange for money to alleviate the financial gap in the southeast coastal defense, but after the transaction was stopped, the money was returned to the merchants."

"Since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Households has successively allocated taxes, treasury silver, and grain stored in various places to the southeast. The combined value is less than [-] taels, but now Nanhu has reported that more than [-] taels have been allocated to the local area. Thirty thousand taels have been allocated to all coastal defense stations..."

Yang Tinghe had a headache after hearing this for a while.

The little emperor's ability to raise money and food is too heaven-defying.

Everyone thought that the little emperor really had no choice, so he put the newly opened coal mine in Xishan up for auction. Afterwards, the little emperor made peace with Yang Tinghe, and there was no movement at the Xishan coal mine.Even if the coal mine was kept open and the emperor sent someone to manage it and continue production, where did the money, food and weapons worth [-] taels of silver come from to fill the gap?

"Anlu Prefecture, what's the news?"

Yang Tinghe asked a question.

The only thing he can think of now is that the Xingwang Mansion has some family background. For example, when Zhu Youzhan lived in Anlu in the past, he wanted his son to be the emperor and accumulated a lot of wealth, or did the Xingwang Mansion have a good business management?

Jiang Mian shook his head, expressing his ignorance.

This is no longer eight thousand taels of silver, but one hundred and sixty thousand taels.

In addition to the previous gap in the northwest frontier defense, the new emperor has raised more than [-] taels of money and food since he took the throne.

"Recently, it has been reported that the land on the three sides has been repeatedly harassed, and the local government has asked the imperial court to allocate money and grain again. His Majesty once called Sun Zhitong from the Household Department to the Qianqing Palace to inquire about the reform of the salt tax, and proposed to increase commercial and farmland in the northwest. Your Majesty, you seem to be very good at managing money and food."

As Zhu Hao worked hard to design, now even a senior Confucian official like Jiang Mian feels that the little emperor, let alone other things, is simply a genius in dispatching money and food.

Yang Tinghe replied coldly: "Let's talk."