What is Sakhalin? It was by no means the so-called bitter cold land outside the Saiwai, in fact, as early as the Tang Dynasty, China had already established a ruling body there, and it continued until the Qing Dynasty, and it was all part of Chinese territory.

Especially in the Qing Dynasty, Sakhalin Island can even be said to be the ancestral land of the Eight Banners, because on Sakhalin Island, there have always been Tungusic people represented by the Hezhe and Oroqen people, who mainly rely on hunting and fishing for a living, so Sakhalin Island is under the jurisdiction of the three deputy capitals, all under the jurisdiction of Jilin generals.

However, at present, the Russians have taken a fancy to Kuye Island, but Zhang Tingyu is also a little embarrassed, after all, although the land of northern Xinjiang can be allowed, but once it is allowed to the ancestral land of the Eight Banners, this is unacceptable to the Qing court in any case, so in full view of everyone, the first negotiation finally ended in failure.

Although the negotiation failed, Count Savaulla was not at all disappointed, because in this negotiation, he had already obtained enough benefits, but there was a problem with the last point, and he was confident that he could gnaw it down, what is the so-called ancestral land? As long as you can live, it's fine.

After Zhang Tingyu fed back the Russians' demands to Yongzheng, Yongzheng also felt a little embarrassed, of course he could not cede Sakhalin Island at will, otherwise the Eight Banners would not be convinced by him as the emperor in the future, so the negotiations with the Russians were delayed.

For the current Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng also wanted to drag it out and see if the front line could still be fought, and if it really couldn't be fought, then he would agree to the request of the Russians, and if he could fight, then naturally there would be no need to continue talking, so the Qing court was not in a hurry.

And Count Savaulla also knows this, but he is not in a hurry, because any country, when it is about to face destruction, there will be some active or passive changes, depending on who can grasp the opportunity better, and the current Count Savaulla only needs to wait for one opportunity, that is, the Northern Expedition of Ningchu.

Due to the deliberate delay of both sides, the negotiations between the Qing court and the Russians were suspended, but Ning Chu in the south did not stop his pace, a large number of troops had begun to formally assemble, and the preparations for grain and grass logistics were basically ready, and the atmosphere on the front line of the Yellow River instantly became solemn and tense.

Nanjing City, Fengtian Palace, the lights are bright, Ning Yu is reviewing the excerpts overnight, most of them are about military affairs, and the people's livelihood is basically handled by the cabinet, otherwise Ning Yu is afraid that he will not be able to finish these tasks every day until he stays up all night.

Being the emperor is a hard and hard errand that cannot be taken off, Ning Yu has a deep understanding of this, he spent a circle on a letter about military transfers, and then quickly wrote a few words with a red pen, "The transfer needs to be carried out according to the customized route of the General Staff, and it must not be arbitrarily asserted." ”

When Ning Yu completely put down his pen, Ning Zhongjing, the head of the cabinet, was standing aside, his expression was very solemn, and he arched his hand: "Your Majesty, this battle must not be fought in person, after all, the battlefield has no eyes, if Your Majesty has a strain on the battlefield, it is a major event that will turn the world upside down. ”

Ning Yu pursed his lips, this is the sixth time, and it is not just Shoufu who came to admonish, it can be said that all the officials in the capital who have some reputation are writing at this time, or bluntly or euphemistically admonishing the emperor, "Fighting is no longer your job, you must not personally recruit it!"

It stands to reason that Ning Yu has always shown an image of being very good at accepting advice in the past, but this time he didn't even look at it and denied it, "The Northern Expedition is an important matter for the unification of the world, since I have decided to go on the Northern Expedition, you naturally don't need to persuade more." ”

Ning Zhongjing sighed slightly, "Your Majesty, now that my Northern Expedition Army has both the commanders in the Privy Council, the counselors of the General Staff, and the generals of all the group armies and divisions are all battle-hardened generals, how can we not win a so-called Eight Banners?" Why do you need Your Majesty to do it personally? ”

Ning Yu snorted coldly, he really didn't want to explain this matter anymore, you must know that he was a famous general in the world comparable to Li Er in the past, but since he became the emperor, he has never led his troops to fight - but in this way, Ning Yu has a kind of trouble.

This allusion is clear to everyone, and it is what Liu Bei said when he was unwilling, the so-called 'I always keep my body from the saddle, and my flesh is gone; If you don't ride again, your hips will be born', and the days that have been peaceful for a long time will indeed make people's willpower gradually consumed, and they will even covet these comfortable days.

Ning Yu didn't want to be completely bound in the palace in the future, although the battle of the pro-conquest did not seem so rational, but this move could boost the courage of the whole army, and it was also in the Northern Expedition, which is a war of historical significance, once Ning Yu appeared, I am afraid that it would become the focus of the whole army, and it was naturally of great significance to the improvement of morale.

The ministers in the court can naturally understand this truth, but after all, there are no eyes on the battlefield, if there is really an accident, with the current foundation of Ning Chu, although it will not completely collapse, it will also be greatly damaged, and it will even give the Qing court a chance to breathe, so the first assistant Ning Zhongjing will naturally not stop admonishing.

Ning Yu was naturally a little helpless about his uncle, so he said softly: "Third uncle, in the court, you are the head of a hundred officials, in private, you are the uncle of the Son of Heaven, I will give you a face no matter what, but have you ever thought that if the Northern Expedition is handed over to someone else, will I feel at ease?" ”

"This ......."

Ning Zhongjing was a little speechless, if Ning Yu did not personally lead the army, then the 200,000 troops of the Northern Expedition could only be entrusted to the privy envoy Ning Zhongyi, and there was no second person in the court who could command such an army - but the problem is that even if Ning Zhongyi is a clan, he must avoid suspicion, there are profound lessons in history!

Ning Zhongjing thought of this, and he couldn't continue to advise, because if he continued to talk about it, he was afraid that he would seem to have different intentions, although the emperor wouldn't think so, but he couldn't stop the saliva of the people in the world.

Seeing that he blocked Ning Zhongjing's mouth with a word, Ning Yu was a little happy, and said with a smile: "Shoufu doesn't have to worry too much, with the protection of 200,000 Northern Expeditionary troops, I can go anywhere in the world, but here in Nanjing, I also need the cabinet to take care of the family business, and there can't be chaos." ”

"Yes, Wechen obeys."

Ning Zhongjing shook his head a little helplessly, after cleaning up the gentry, what kind of mess is there to talk about?

After Ning Yu returned to the harem, Queen Cui Ji greeted her, with a little smile on her face, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I have been busy with state affairs these days and often come late, but today is much early. ”

"Things are always busy, and I won't force them."

Ning Yu explained briefly, and then naturally took the queen's hand, walked into the Kunning Palace, and took a good bath under the service of the female official.

"Your Majesty, after the Northern Expedition, shouldn't you find a gentleman for Chengze.......

Cui Ji pinched Ning Yu's head with her bare hands on the side, but it made Ning Yu feel extremely comfortable, as if the fatigue of the whole day was gone, and then she heard the queen's words, and her brain was slightly sobered up for a moment.

"Cheng Ze is almost two years old....... Time flies so fast......."

"Your Majesty, when the Northern Expedition is over, if you count it as a virtual age, he will already be three years old, and you can start to find him a gentleman...... Of course, it's all up to His Majesty. ”

Cui Xi's temperament has always been light, she has never had the so-called intention of scrambling, and some of the occasional requests to Ning Yu are usually for the people, even the emperor's eldest son, Ning Chengze, has never really asked for anything, and even the matter of the prince has not said a word.

I have to say that there were still so many people who came to Ning Chu and stared at the pending crown prince all day long and wanted to make trouble, but later Ning Yu gave the reason for the lessons of the Qing court, and cleared all of them out of the court, which can be regarded as avoiding the problem of the battle for succession, and it is precisely because of this incident that there are not so many people who make decisions around the eldest son of the emperor.

In Ning Yu's view, there is no benefit to the early establishment of the prince, on the surface, it can reduce the internal friction of the country, but after all, it is established in the past environment, and in this era, the influence of the monarch has been greatly enhanced, and the faint monarch cannot be allowed, so Ning Yu is cautious about the issue of inheritance.

Now that Cui Ji mentioned Ning Chengze's education issue, it made Ning Yu think deeply, since he has been continuously suppressing Confucianism, he naturally does not want to see a possible emperor in the future being brainwashed by Confucianism again, so the traditional one is definitely not good, as for the one in the study room of the Qing court, it has not changed in essence, and it is naturally not in the scope of Ning Yu's consideration.

"I thought that now that the children are still young, they don't have to think about education, and it will be better to wait until they are a little older....... However, some things can be considered in advance, such as the establishment of a new private school school, which is used to teach today's new knowledge, which does not need to be very profound, but can lay a foundation for children, and when the establishment is completed in the future, Cheng Ze can be allowed to sign up. ”

Hearing this, Cui Xi nodded a little ignorantly, she didn't have the idea of the so-called 'imperial education', after all, the current Ning Yu is the best way to slap the face of past education, after all, those princes who have learned from elementary school emperors to adults, in front of Ning Yu's wild way, they are still beaten up.

"Now that Your Majesty has taken the whole picture, Ji'er is relieved that everything will be in accordance with the holy will."

The husband and wife simply said their own personal words, and they chose to sleep, but when Cui Xi fell asleep, Ning Yu couldn't sleep a little, from Cui Xi's words just now, Ning Yu found a big problem, and this problem may become Ning Chu's biggest hidden danger in the future.

This problem is very simple, that is, the education of the heir, and it is also a problem that all emperors will encounter, and it can even be said that many Ming monarchs are good emperors, and they have no disadvantages in state affairs, but in the matter of heirs, they often fall into a big pit.

From a distance, such as Qin Shi Huang, Han Gaozu and even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there have been stains on the issue of heirs, such as Hu Hai, such as Liu Ying and Liu Ruyi, and then Liu Ju, the prince of Wei, and even Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Kangxi, etc., these emperors have been troubled by this problem.

In order to solve the problem of heirs, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had the feat of setting up a son to kill his mother, Li Shimin had the problem of the prince making a rebellion, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more wantonly killing heroes, and in the period of Emperor Kangxi, there was the famous Kowloon seizure of the heir.

Judging from Ning Yu's current age, it seems that it is a little early to consider these problems, but he also has to plan early, the emergence of the heir problem is essentially an institutional problem that is difficult to solve on the current heir issue, simply put, when the emperor needs an heir, it is necessary to cede a part of the authority belonging to the emperor to the heir, that is, the so-called semi-monarch.

Usually at this stage, the relationship between the emperor and the crown prince is essentially a certain degree of competition, if the prince behaves too well, the emperor will feel jealous in his heart, such as the Wei prince Liu Ju; If the crown prince behaves too mediocre, then he will face endless attacks from other princes, such as Li Chengqian and Yinren.

Ning Yu knew in his heart that he actually had no better solution at the moment, not that he could change it by choosing a new way of education - this required changing the structure of power, as long as the prince was high enough in authority, then he would also be jealous as the emperor, after all, the prince's next step would be the emperor.

In addition, there is also the dispute between the two about the route, the meaning is very simple, Xiao Guicao is a virtue, the reason is that there are very few people who can do it, even between father and son, the views on things may be completely different sides, and the new emperor after succeeding to the throne, often in order to show his ability, will also express some different views from the old emperor.

Ning Yu knew in his heart that this was a dead knot, at least in this era, he didn't have a better way to control it.

Of course, Ning Yu has another choice at the moment, that is, to increase the education of the princes, so that their understanding of the world is closer and closer to the emperor himself, so that even if the crown prince ascends the throne, he will involuntarily follow the steps of the old emperor, and this is a way with a higher success rate.

"It seems that the new type of education must not only be carried out in universities, but also the creation of a primary school in Nanjing...... Not only my children should study, but also the children of the noble ministers' families. ”

In the dark night, Ning Yu had a lot of thoughts, and there were some things he had to think about again, but he thought too much, but he unconsciously fell into a deep sleep.