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Zang Feng was transferred back to the capital, and Governor Xuanda was replaced by Peng Ze's cronies.

The Xuanda situation seems to be stable for the time being.

But the Tatars continued to harass Koubian...

Originally, this is the main direction of our grassland tribe's attack. Now that you Daming are still doing things like changing coaches before the battle, why don't we step up our attack on Xuanda's front line?
The consequence of the fall of Baiyangkou was that all the pass defenses were destroyed. After the Tatars mobilized their forces again, they used Baiyangkou as a breakthrough.

Our team of hundreds of people can capture one of your gates. If the number of people is ten times larger, what will happen?Persimmons should be pinched softly. We don’t know how to pinch the three sides, so let’s take Xuan Da as the knife.

The Xuanda situation is getting worse day by day.

Entering August, there are two popular things in Beijing.

One is that the Longevity Festival is coming soon, which is the emperor's birthday. Zhu Si's birthday is on the tenth day of August.

When Zhu Si just registered, not many people cared about the Longevity Festival. At that time, Zhu Si also asked everything to be kept simple, so there was no rumor at all.

But the situation is different now, Zhu Si has been enthroned for one full year, even if the throne is not passed on from his line in the future, the emperor Zhu Si can still be engraved in the annals of history.

And now, apart from a little suspicion between the monarch and his ministers, Zhu Si's ability to be emperor has been fully affirmed, the chaos during the Zhengde Dynasty has calmed down, and now the court is thriving.

In this way, the emperor's birthday became a matter of concern to ministers.

The second thing is that the emperor is about to get married.

After the election, it has entered the final step of selecting the third link, which will be selected by Zhu Si himself, and the time is set in mid-August, and the three candidates participating in the selection of the third are all personally selected by Queen Mother Zhang. He never showed his face in this matter from beginning to end.

The Empress Dowager Jiang was naturally upset. When choosing a daughter-in-law for her son, the mother-in-law didn't even have the qualifications to watch it. Isn't this obviously bullying?

But it’s different from when she first arrived in the capital last year, she threatened to leave the palace and go back to Anlu at every turn. Now she has learned how to behave and stay in the palace. Even if she is angry with the queen mother, she just doesn’t want to see her. Anyway, if you don't go here, Queen Mother Zhang will not force you, and you will be safe and sound!
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The fourth day of August.

Zhu Hao received a letter from Yongping Mansion, which is the land where Lu Song, Gongsun Yi and others went to mine. It is located in Zunhua and Qianshan of Tangshan in later generations. The letter mainly tells the progress of mining iron ore.

Because in the past, it didn’t start from scratch, but already had a certain foundation. After the brigade was in place, it was actually similar to the machinery entering the field to start producing iron ore. Su Xigui had already recruited workers in the local area, and with the support of the imperial government’s policies, the progress was very fast. smoothly.

In Gongsunyi's letter, detailing the current situation, iron ore has already begun to be shipped out. As for the daily and monthly production capacity, it is still unclear.

It will probably take until the end of the year if we want to scale up and the output will finally stabilize.

However, Zhu Hao is more concerned about the letters from Guan Jing and Sun Ru. The two of them are Zhu Hao's apprentices. Unlike Jiang Rong, who became the heir of Yutian Bo, the two are considered commoners and need to earn money by doing things for the court. Contributions, connections, prestige, etc., Zhu Hao has reason to recommend them to the court or directly to Zhu Si for official positions.

...

Just like Tang Yin...

In fact, Tang Yin didn't know anything when he first started, but Zhu Hao drove him to the shelves and learned a little bit to figure it out. Now he still has a firm foothold in the court?

Near midnight, Tang Yin came over to help Zhu Hao review the memorials, seeing that Zhang Zuo was no longer there, he turned around and wanted to go back to rest.

Zhu Hao greeted, "Sir, won't you sit down and talk to me?"

"no need."

Tang Yin smiled awkwardly.

If Zhang Zuo has gone to rest, it means that the step of sorting the memorials into categories has ended, and even if he stays, he will not be able to help Zhu Hao too much.

Zhu Hao handed several letters from Yongping Mansion to Tang Yin for reading.

Tang Yin is more concerned about Lu Song's situation in Yongping. As for Gongsunyi and the others... Tang Yin is very clear that these people have no skills

Thanks to Zhu Hao's help, now that he has just gone to Yongping Mansion, what achievements can he make?

"What's the matter? Are they in trouble over there?" Tang Yin asked.

"no."

Zhu Haodao, "Actually, I let Guan Jing and Sun Ru go to form a local team."

"You...what did you say? Respect... respectful, don't mess around...do you know what a crime it is to recruit soldiers without permission?" Tang Yin was startled sober when he heard this, and asked stammeringly.

Zhu Hao could tell that Tang Yin actually went to drink that night, and he didn't know who to drink with, but it is expected that Tang Yin is hanging out in the officialdom now, and socializing a lot more than before.

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "I just asked them to recruit a group of people to be mine guards, and they didn't equip horses, not even armor, and the weapons were sticks and the like... Besides, I have already told His Majesty about these I mentioned it, it'll be fine."

"Mine guard?"

Tang Yin heaved a long sigh of relief, "It turned out to be recruiting a housekeeper, but you insisted on building a team? Don't scare people, okay?"

Tang Yin originally thought that Zhu Hao would form an army on his own, but it turned out that he wanted to form a guarding force to maintain order in the mine. Is there anything to be surprised about?

Zhu Hao said: "But I still want to train them into a qualified army."

Tang Yin's eyes widened all of a sudden, extremely shocked.

"I asked people to make a batch of new firearms, which are much easier to use than the previous matchlock guns. Generally speaking, the bullets can be reloaded in a short time...the standard bullets are used, and within about ten numbers, you can Complete one load and launch." Zhu Hao said.

The muscles on Tang Yin's face twitched twice, and he asked, "Do you know what nonsense you're talking about?"

Zhu Hao asked, "Don't you believe it?"

Tang Yin frowned: "But the weapon you gave to the imperial court earlier is obviously already..."

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Not all good things have to be handed over to the imperial court. I asked you to hand over the improved firecracker just to make it appear that you are researching this and preparing for the research of more advanced weapons...you don't need this Look at me, I have also sought His Majesty's consent for this matter..."

"You two little fellows, this is going against the sky."

Tang Yin was exasperated.

Tang Yin was still thinking before, where did Zhu Hao learn such advanced technology, and the firecracker manufactured by Zhu Hao's improved technology was praised by the craftsmen in Wang Gong's factory, saying that it would take several generations to improve it, At that time Zhu Hao also said that he was very dissatisfied. Tang Yin always felt that Zhu Hao was bragging.

...

Only now do I know that Zhu Hao's confidence comes from the fact that he has already manufactured a more advanced firecracker.

Zhu Haodao: "Actually, the structure of the firecracker is not complicated. If it is difficult, it is difficult to add explosives, that is, gunpowder that can generate sparks by impact. Previously, we had such strong explosives for breaking mountains and rocks. If we can't equip better percussion powders , that would be such a pity."

Tang Yin was puzzled and asked: "Zhu Hao, what are you going to do?"

"Sir, I study these, one is to conquer the grassland as soon as possible, and the other is to add Vega to the world. The grassland can make my Ming's frontier stable, and overseas can bring me inexhaustible wealth. Overseas There is also vast land, better crops, and a large number of minerals, which can meet the needs of our descendants for thousands of years...Is this not good? Zhu Hao asked with a smile.

Tang Yin might be a little sleepy after drinking, and he really couldn't understand what Zhu Hao said, so he waved his hand to indicate that he didn't want to listen to it.

Zhu Hao said: "Mine guards will be incorporated into the local guards in the future. From now on, Jinyiwei will give priority to drawing troops from them to use new weapons. Mister is tired, go back and rest, we will talk about things later."

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After Zhu Hao talked with Tang Yin, Tang Yin didn't take it seriously.

It was never mentioned in front of Zhu Hao after that.

Zhu Hao was still in the Hanlin Academy, continuing to work on writing books, but was called away by Yang Shen on the seventh day of August.

"I have something to do for you." Yang Shen said.

Zhu Hao said: "It won't be that I am preparing for the daily lecture.
Lectures?Doesn't it mean that this matter is over? "

Yang Shen said unhappily: "I know you like to evade. Since you choose to be an official, don't be too lazy. That's how the king of Joseon sent envoys to the capital to congratulate the Longevity Festival. They have arrived at Huitong Hall, and now Honglu Temple There is a shortage of manpower over there, let me receive it temporarily, and I plan to take you there."

Receive foreign guests?

This live.Zhu Hao didn't like picking it up very much.

The current king of Joseon is Li Yi, who is Zhongzong anyway. Li Yi was a faint king in Korean history, not much better than his predecessor Yanshan. When he was in power, there were serious party disputes in North Korea, and the people had a hard time. .

Right now North Korea is just a piece of shit, Daming doesn't have the heart to move, and that area has never been conquered by the Central Plains dynasty, even if Zhu Hao plans to include it in the Ming territory in the future, it's not a priority.

"What is the identity of the envoy in North Korea?"

Zhu Hao asked.

Yang Shendao: "It seems that one is Hu Cao Shenpan, and the other is Li Cao Shenpan, which is equivalent to the six servants of our dynasty."

North Korea is also divided into six departments, called "Cao", and the highest supervisor is called "Panshu", which is equivalent to the six ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the next is the Shenjuan, which is equivalent to the minister.

Zhu Hao laughed and said, "Send your servant here to celebrate the suzerain's Longevity Festival? Wouldn't it be a little rude?"

"That's why I took you with me. They didn't have any important people here. Don't we have to use the hall to receive them?"

Yang Shen glared at Zhu Hao, as if blaming him for talking too much.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, the person from North Korea is only a minister-level official, and I am equivalent to the chief assistant of the cabinet, which is not reciprocal.

But now Yang Shen obviously appreciates him and wants to take him out to see more, Zhu Hao naturally has no reason to refuse.

"Which day are you going?"

Zhu Hao asked again.

"Tomorrow morning, prepare yourself. Put on your court clothes. The main reason for taking you there is to see that you are young, and you can suppress their arrogance. If they have some problems, you can adapt accordingly, or simply keep silent."

Yang Shendao, "These envoys from foreign and small countries often like to show off their wits in front of the envoys of the upper state, just don't fall into their trap."

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Understood."
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