In the east of Danqi, the ministers in the west prepared the wine and gold jue confectionery box and prepared the etiquette properly.

Zhu Youxiao changed into an emperor's regular dress at this time, sat in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, watched the attendants busy with their work, and quietly waited for the four ministers in the military machine room to enter the palace and bow down in an orderly manner.

After the salute, Zhu Youxiao said lightly:

"Flatten, sit down."

As soon as the words fell, several ceremonial eunuchs and little eunuchs trotted all the way, placing each of the four chairs behind the four ministers of military aircraft.

The last chair is placed at the end.

This is actually an oversight on the part of the celebrant eunuch, they just heard that the emperor urgently ordered the ministers of military discipline to enter the palace to discuss matters, but they didn't expect that there was a person who was almost not in Beijing in the second year of the Apocalypse, so they prepared an extra chair.

The little eunuch didn't suddenly remember that the scholar king was sent by the emperor to the Zhili area in the second year of the Jin Tianqi to be responsible for the implementation of sweet potatoes and potatoes in various imperial villages.

In a moment of panic, he had to put the chair at the end and retreated.

After he came out, he was inevitably affected by the number of Wang Chaofu, of course, if it was really said, this matter was still the negligence of the celebrant eunuch, and the little eunuch was just acting according to orders.

But the big eunuch is in a high position, and he also has his own majesty to control it, how can he admit his mistakes in public, so this pot can only be sent to the chair of the little eunuch to carry it.

For Zhu Youxiao, these details are not what he, the emperor, should pay attention to.

"Four Aiqing, do you know why I called you here this time?" Zhu Youxiao took the blue cat sent by Xiao Gong'e from the cat room, put it on his lap, and asked while petting the cat.

The cat is also spiritual, as if it knows that its owner is in a prominent position, just lying quietly on its stomach, occasionally making a very enjoyable sound of "purr".

The four of them looked at each other with low eyebrows, and then one person walked out of it, and Zhu Youxiao saw that it was Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department.

Just listen to him:

"Back to Your Majesty, the ministers guessed that it was for the victory of the Penghu Naval Battle."

Zhu Youxiao didn't look up, but lowered his head, as if he was asking casually, paying attention to all the pet cats, and lightly urging:

"Go on."

Cui Chengxiu was a little bolder, and said stubbornly:

"Ministers, although I guessed why Your Majesty ordered us to come, but seeing that Your Majesty seemed to be unhappy between your Majesty's eyebrows, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks."

"Penghu's victory is a happy event, Your Majesty..."

Cui Chengxiu paused when he said this, and at this time, Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, threw out a piece of music, scared the blue cat into a spirit, and jumped off his lap.

I saw that it deftly avoided the music on the ground and went to play with Xiao Gong'e.

Cui Chengxiu is not only a cabinet scholar and a minister of the military machine room, he is also the secretary of the military department of the imperial court, and he has known about the Penghu war damage for a long time, but he has never dared to mention it.

Anyway, according to the usual practice, it was the imperial court that won the battle, and there was nothing wrong with blowing it high.

Anyway, the emperor has factory guards, and the real battle damage, even if the military department doesn't report it, sooner or later he will know.

"Look, this is the great victory you have reported——!"

Cui Chengxiu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, carefully picked up the music, and pretended to look at it for a while, his expression gradually changed from calm to slightly exaggerated anger.

"Poof".

Cui Chengxiu knelt on the ground and said in fear:

"Your Majesty forgives your sins, the Ministry of Ministers and Soldiers has neglected to inspect, Your Majesty forgives your sins!"

Seeing that he was so sensible, Zhu Youxiao "Oh? He stared at him and asked:

"What is Aiqing's crime?"

"The Ministry of Ministers and Soldiers has not clearly distinguished the comparison of battle losses, and nearly 1,000 officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy Division have died in battle, so they should be compensated!" Cui Chengxiu broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly said.

"What else?"

"And..."Cui Chengxiu was constantly pressed by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and he was a little panicked, his eyes swept around, and he saw that the emperor was slightly different, and said:

"The minister asks for dismissal and gives up the position of the secretary of the military department, so that those who can live in it!"

"Aiqing is serious." Zhu Youxiao got up from the chair, walked to the edge of the window, and said:

"This time we can defeat Hongyi, and it is also because the ministers of the military department have strategized and dispatched well, as for the crime of negligence, let's offset the merits."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"It is Your Majesty who is in the middle and has a good plan, and the front-line soldiers use their lives, and the Ming Dynasty can win!"

Cui Chengxiu couldn't care about anything, he just blindly kowtowed to thank him, and this situation also made the three important ministers of the military aircraft think of danger in times of peace.

Playing with the emperor is obviously looking for death.

What the emperor can give them, he can take them all away!

Life and death, in a thought!

"I want to take a look at Jiangnan, it is said that it is much more prosperous than this Jingshi..."Suddenly, Zhu Youxiao sighed and said:

"Since I ascended the throne, the prosperity of Jiangnan has only been heard and thought about from words, but I have never seen it alone, I want to see it."

"Let them know who their emperor is!"

The four of them glanced at each other, and in just a moment, they all interpreted several meanings from these words.

Emperor Fang Cai's words that seemed to be complaining were tantamount to making it clear to them, "I want to go to Jiangnan, give you a few days, and find a way to get out." ”

This is a solution, of course!

It is not easy for the emperor to go out of Beijing, the last time he was still in the southwest, so he can still say the past, this time there is no reason, it seems to be a simple shopping trip.

Since there is no reason, if you are a confidant minister, you have to make up a reason for the emperor's trip to play clearly and be praised by the world.

However, such a reason is not easy.

Zhu Youxiao didn't understand their doubts very much, specially, this is not easy, wouldn't it be a deaf old man to learn money, wouldn't it be an emperor for the ages.

Is this still taught by me?

......

In the Qianqing Palace today, Zhu Youxiao clearly expressed two meanings.

First, by reprimanding Cui Chengxiu, I would like to remind several ministers of military aircraft that how their rights came from, how can I take them back.

Second, I want to learn from Qianlong in history, and the next time I go to Jiangnan, but I didn't say it explicitly, so I vaguely told a few words of bitterness.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse asked them to go to the Qianqing Palace, and he said such a thing.

As an emperor, there is no need to say everything thoroughly, and stop at the point, because the courtiers below will rack their brains to guess.

That's it for now.

Cui Chengxiu, Zhang Weixian, Wei Guangwei, and Gu Bingqian, these four ministers of military aircraft gathered together after leaving the Qianqing Palace to discuss what to do.

The emperor didn't say a few words in total, but he asked the Qianqing Palace steward Wang Chaofu to call them one by one, if there is no big deal, what is the trouble for this big crotch.

What about walking him?

This is obviously not possible ...

Now that the emperor has made it clear that he wants to "go down to Jiangnan", the next thing is what these confidants and important ministers need to do.

Several people [ ] analyzed it all night and made a complete plan.

First of all, the matter of going down to Jiangnan cannot be said from the mouth of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, it must be mentioned by the minister, and then the government and the opposition will echo it.

Secondly, Xia Jiangnan can't always be said to be a tour of the mountains and rivers, and although the emperor said it lightly and wanted to go and see, the four people are not fools.

Go down, all the way must be to tidy up the place, this emperor is not a fuel-efficient lamp, wherever he goes, it is estimated that the forces will be reshuffled!

Therefore, we must find a reason to serve the country and the people.

This is also simple, now the "Beijing Daily" is developing well, first building public opinion, and making up a high-sounding reason for the emperor to go to the south of the Yangtze River.

"Worship the ancestors and inspect the place."

These eight words, after all, are not faulty, and have been used since ancient times.