Two quarters of an hour later, Chongzhen finished reading the chapter, picked up the teacup that Wang Chengen brought to his mouth, and after tasting it, he lay down on the throne very relaxed.

Only then did Zhu Cihong speak: "Father, my son has harvested some sweet potatoes in Xincheng today, and I want you to try them." ”

Under Zhu Cihong's greeting, Wu Zhong led the eunuchs of Shangshan Prison to bring up the roasted crispy sweet potatoes.

The eunuch of Shangshan Jian first cut the sweet potato into pieces with silk thread, and took out a piece to taste, and then Chongzhen began to enjoy it.

After taking a small bite, Chongzhen was slightly surprised: "It tastes good!" In my early years, I heard that Xu Guangqi tried to grow this kind of sweet potato in the south of the Yangtze River, and the yield was very large, and the imperial court also promoted it, but for some reason, the people did not want to plant it. ”

Wang Chengen explained with a smile: "Emperor, it's not that the people don't want to plant, but if all the fields are planted with this thing, then they can't pay the grain required by the imperial court, and the imperial court can't put this thing in the grain storage warehouse, right?" I heard that this sweet potato can only be stored for three months at most. ”

Chongzhen tasted another piece of sweet potato and nodded: "Well, this is reasonable." After that, he stopped paying attention to the sweet potato.

Zhu Cihong is also thinking in his heart that if the planting of sweet potatoes is popularized on a large scale throughout the country, although it can alleviate the disaster situation in the whole country to a certain extent, it will also lead to a sharp decline in grain output, or even no grain to produce.

Moreover, the shelf life of sweet potatoes is only three months at most, which is not enough to support the people's rations for a whole year, which is also a big problem.

Like the people of Xincheng, it is very good to use some sweet potatoes to exchange for food in surrounding states and counties, but it is always impossible to plant sweet potatoes on a large scale.

"Looks like it needs to be carefully planned!" Zhu Cihong sighed in his heart.

In the end, Chongzhen finished eating, and never mentioned the impeachment of Yushi, which was the same as a can.

Zhu Cihong had no choice but to say: "Father, the son wants to send some roasted sweet potatoes to the queen mother to taste, please give permission." ”

Chongzhen nodded silently, granted his request to go to Kunning Palace, and then said no more.

Out of the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Cihong felt that the emperor Lao Tzu had some estrangement from him, and he felt an indescribable discomfort in his heart.

Unconsciously came to Kunning Palace, and after reporting in front of the door, the second sister Zhu Yujiao and the third brother Zhu Cijiong immediately greeted them, and the two said happily: "Brother Emperor, let's play together!" ”

Zhu Cihong suddenly felt dizzy in his head, since returning to Beijing, these two little things have been pestering themselves to play, and at first they accompanied them to hide and seek or something, but after each time, the two little guys shouted vigorously: "Do it again!" ”

After playing for ten rounds, I have to do it again, Zhu Cihong completely collapsed, and said in his heart that I am a person in my thirties in my two lives, and I have played hide and seek with the two of you, and I have played more than a dozen rounds.......

Now Zhu Cihong has a headache when he hears the words "let's play together" and "do it again".

Looking at the little eyes of his sister and younger brother, Zhu Cihong said: "Brother Huang brought you a gift today, can you play by yourself?" ”

Princess Kunxing was suddenly displeased, and pouted and said: "Brother Huang's gifts are nothing more than porcelain dolls and rag dolls, which are not interesting at all, I don't want them!" ”

Zhu Cijiong also nodded vigorously, indicating that he didn't want to play with those toys.

"This time it's a different gift!" Zhu Cihong had already prepared, he waved his hand to take a brocade box from Wu Zhong's hand, and took out a jade toy with nine rings intertwined from it, shook it in his hand and smiled: "Do you know this?" ”

Princess Kunxing pouted and said, "Brother Emperor, what is this?" How come I've never seen one? ”

Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "This thing is called Nine Rings, it is a puzzle toy that circulates in Shanxi, it is connected into a string with nine rings, and it is won to untie it." ”

"Whoever can solve it is the smartest person in the world, which of you wants to try?" Zhu Cihong shook the nine chains and tempted the two little guys.

"I want to play!" Princess Kunxing snatched the Nine Links from Zhu Cihong's hand and ran aside, while Zhu Cijiong followed behind.

Looking at the second sister and third brother who ran away, Zhu Cihong finally exhaled lightly, and finally fooled the two little guys away.

After meeting Empress Zhou, Zhu Cihong talked with her, and then the Shangshan supervisor presented the roasted sweet potatoes.

Empress Zhou was extremely pleased, and recognized the roasted sweet potato at a glance, she had eaten it in her hometown in Suzhou before entering the palace, and she liked it very much.

Queen Zhou said with a smile: "The emperor is becoming more and more filial, and she also inquired about the food that the queen mother likes to eat." ”

Zhu Cihong was a little surprised, how did he know that Queen Zhou was so good, but since people praised it, it can't be embarrassing to tell the truth, right?

After Zhu Cihong returned to Zhongcui Palace from Kunning Palace, he read the book for another hour, and then he heard that the group of officials and imperial historians kneeling outside the noon gate had already dispersed, the reason was: his legs were sore, and his waist was tired.

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In July of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the Liukou, was captured and executed by Ling Chi, and Li Zicheng was elected as the new king of Chuang.

In August, Li Zicheng gathered his troops to cross the Tianxing Department into the mountains of Huang and Longshan, and was defeated by the Ming army in Guanshan, and fled in all directions, and Cao Bianjiao led the cavalry to chase and kill dozens of miles all the way.

At the end of August, since Lu Xiangsheng and Tianxiong's army were transferred back to Beijing, the pressure on the Central Plains Liukou dropped sharply, and Zhang Xianzhong took the opportunity to recover, united with Luo Rucai and other more than 200,000 people, marched east along the river, and scattered activities in the areas of Qizhou and Huoshan.

Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of Hong Chengchou and other officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng in Shaanxi, and led a large army to invade Xiangyang on 13 October.

Xiangyang has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, with the Yangtze River basin as a stronghold, it is very convenient to go north or south, it can be said that the importance of Xiangyang to the Central Plains is very important.

Xiangyang was in an emergency, and Emperor Chongzhen held a court meeting in the Huangji Palace.

The results of the court meeting came out quickly, Chongzhen issued an order to Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, to order him to support Xiangyang quickly, and at the same time ordered the defenders of Xiangyang to defend to the death, waiting for reinforcements, if Xiangyang City is broken, all officials of all sizes will be executed according to the crime of trapping the domain!

King Xiang in Xiangyang City is three generations older than Chongzhen, the old thing and Emperor Longqing are the same generation, Emperor Longqing is behind Emperor Wanli, Emperor Wanli is behind Emperor Taichang, behind Taichang is the Apocalypse, and behind the Apocalypse is Chongzhen......

Zhu Cihong didn't know what to call King Xiang and the emperor's great-uncle? Uncle Huanggao?

Just when Zhu Cihong was entangled in the title of the clan thousands of miles away, an imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate said: "Your Majesty, Jiannu entered the customs twice around Chen Bing's Jingshi, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the Jingshi was no longer as safe as before, and the minister suggested moving the capital to Nanjing!" ”

"Moving south? Going to Nanjing? As soon as these words came out, the ministers suddenly exploded.

"Since Emperor Chengzu moved the capital to Beiping, it has lasted 215 years, and it has already formed a foregone conclusion, and the capital must not be moved again!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, you must not move south."

The ministers of the court and the central government have accumulated their family funds for many years in Beijing, and if they move the capital to Nanjing now, won't these people have to start all over again? As a result, the proposal to move south was soon met with fierce opposition from the courtiers.

"Emperor Chengzu moved the capital to Beiping that year, which is conducive to controlling the political situation of the whole country, and is also conducive to resisting the southern invasion of the remnants of the northern Yuan forces, and is more conducive to the management of the Liaodong region, but the general trend of the world has undergone tremendous changes, the southern rogue has not been eliminated, Liaodong is even more changed, and often sends troops to the south, destroying the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, moving the capital to Nanjing at this time is indeed the best choice."

Although there are many opponents, there are also many supporters, and they have also expressed their opinions at this time.

"The current taxes of our dynasty mainly come from the Jiangnan region, the Jiangnan region is extremely rich, and the manpower and material resources are also sufficient, plus the geographical location of Nanjing is good, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the imperial court can first concentrate troops to eliminate the Central Plains Liukou, and then it will not take a few years for my Ming Dynasty to recover its vitality, and then go north to recover the lost territory!"

"Nanjing has six ministries, inspectorates and other complete government agencies, moving the capital to Nanjing, you can go to work in person, you don't have to work hard and money to do construction."

Chongzhen listened and listened to it and was also a little moved, now the Ming Dynasty is in financial difficulties, and Jiannu has to go south to loot every once in a while, the Jiangnan region is rich, and moving south can solve the financial and food problems very well.

However, once it moves south, it will be difficult for the nine sides to hold, and it is difficult for Chongzhen to accept the southward move instead of losing the northern land.