"Your Majesty, this is Li Shaoyou's recital...... It was sent four months ago and the content is very important......"

Wei Zaode was holding a stack of pieces and was following Emperor Zhu's buttocks. In the Imperial Palace, there were still a bunch of eunuchs, palace maids and imperial merchants, who were listening to Emperor Zhu's instructions and assigning tasks.

"Are the troupes and singing and dancing ready? Especially singing and dancing, you must not be sloppy, the Emperor Taishang likes this the most! A little wrong, but it will ruin the prosperity of his old man's fiftieth birthday! Hakumon, the Dumpling Dance Company from Japan, you have to pay attention to it, there are many Kabuki in Japan who dress up as women...... The Emperor doesn't like this tone, they all have to be women, and they have to be young and beautiful! ”

"The filial piety of each vassal must be recorded and valued...... Su Laomi, this matter is entrusted to you, you must make a good estimate and strive for accuracy. After estimating the value, I will send me the list of feudal towns and gift lists worth more than 10,000 taels of silver, and I will take a closer look. ”

"Grand Duke Luo, you have to say hello again to the concessionaires of Western countries, you can't give a bell for a birthday gift, it's one thing for the emperor to like it, but you can't give a clock for a birthday gift, that's unlucky...... The Emperor still wants to live a long life! ”

"What? The Ottoman Empire sent a Rakshasa white slave? No, no, the emperor is old, how can he bear it? Isn't this nonsense!

Go back? That's not necessary, people are also kind, so send it to me to see...... I'll take a look. ”

"Jeju Island's Lee Di has come to the court to celebrate his birthday? Okay, let's make arrangements, I'll take the time to meet him! ”

"The Sultan of Sulu brought people to Quanzhou? Let Zheng Sen tell him that he didn't return the gift this time...... Now there is nothing thin in the Celestial Empire! ”

"The king of Siam is also here? Well, I've wanted to meet him for a long time! ”

"By the way, what about the Great Lama of Tibet? Have you set off? The Emperor Taishang also wanted to ask about reincarnation...... Let him hurry up, or I'll send troops to invite him!" ”

It was easy to wait for Emperor Zhu to finish being a filial son, and Wei Zaode handed over the piece in his hand.

Wei Zaode, who was reappointed as the first assistant, had some signs of "holding power" during this time, because Zhu Cihong had recently been a little "negligent in government affairs". Since he returned to the old mountain palace, there have been a lot of troubles.

The first is to give Emperor Chongzhen the 50th birthday, this is a good opportunity to whitewash the peace, of course, we have to do a big job, and make a big country to congratulate, so that everyone knows that now the Ming Dynasty is a peaceful and prosperous era!

What the? There are hundreds of thousands of anti-thieves in Sichuan and Yunnan? Those are all beam-jumping clowns, not worth mentioning......

The second is to build the imperial mausoleum!

Beijing is not going back, so the mausoleum area of Tianshou Mountain cannot be used, so you have to find another place to repair the imperial mausoleum. After pacifying the outside of the Guan, Zhu Cihong ordered the palace to send people to look for feng shui treasures, and as a result, he found a piece of mountain land in Chuzhou, which is close to the old mountain, where he can bury the bones of the emperors and princes of the Zhu family - now Zhu Cihong has encircled most of the princes to Yingtianfu, so they will have to be buried next door to the emperor Laozi in the future!

There are more people to bury, and the project will be bigger, and it is the palace that pays for it, so Emperor Zhu must be careful!

The third is to promote the "business" of the United States of New Continent.

The United States of New Island is a very unique existence, this country is not a vassal state established by the Ming court, but a joint-stock state under the name of the Ming Dynasty, initiated by the Ming Emperor himself and served as a major shareholder. It is equivalent to Zhu Cihong, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who came forward to pull a group of investors to establish a new country. This kind of thing seems to be rare in the world, not to mention in China.

Because it's so unique, there's no precedent to follow. Zhu Cihong could not be the shopkeeper, so he could only do it himself, holding a "shareholders' meeting" (a meeting of the United States of America) every other day to discuss the investment and development of the United States, and personally issuing various instructions to the ruling government of the United States, which is still in charge of Tianfu.

In the past few years, the IPO of the United States has progressed very smoothly, and the actual funds raised (paid-in) have reached more than 20 million taels!

It is not easy to manage such a large amount of money and use it effectively!

And this time, after Zhu Cihong returned to Yingtianfu from Wuhan, the peak period of investment in the United States almost began. The scale of the transportation of people and materials to the Americas has increased, and the administrative units such as counties, cities, and tuns under the American government have begun to appear in large numbers, and more and more real estate can be distributed (to shareholders or immigrants...... All kinds of major interest distribution, all kinds of huge capital expenditures, and all kinds of far-reaching key decisions involved in this have to be personally inquired about by Zhu Cihong.

In addition, Zhu had to personally preside over various examinations of the financial and managerial problems of the United States, which existed not only in the bureaucratic bureaucracy, but also in corporatized or semi-corporatized institutions such as the Royal Chamber of Commerce and the United States.

In order to manage these two "companies" well, Zhu Cihong even used the power of the emperor and promulgated the "Commercial Law", which equated corruption within the commercial house with fraud and included it in criminal liability - this Emperor Zhu has never been the best employer!

Fourth, the matter of recruiting samurai troops from Japan.

Again, this matter cannot be entrusted to others - the recruitment, organization, training, merit and use of the Japanese samurai army must be strictly regulated, and there must be no sloppiness in the slightest.

A lot of things were pressed, and Emperor Zhu's energy was limited, so he couldn't exhaust the dragon body...... So you can only abandon the government!

After all, the government has been put on the track, and as long as Emperor Zhu is in charge of the candidates for the key positions of the first assistant, the head of the household, the secretary of the military department, the generalissimo's military division, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the imperial history of the left and right, there will be no big mistakes.

After Emperor Zhu finished pretending to be a filial son, he sat on the throne, stretched out his hand and took the chapter from Wei Zaode's hand, opened it, only glanced at it a few times, and immediately snorted: "Damn Dutchman!" ”

Wei Zaode knew the reason for Zhu Cihong's anger, because Li Shaoyou reported in the recital that he was about to open the Pacific route with the Dutch and his position of "neutrality" in the New World War, as well as the Dutch position on the South Seas.

And also gives a rather shocking analytical conclusion - it is highly likely that the Netherlands provided Spain with a huge loan to support Spain in waging war in the New World!

Wei Zaode knew that Li Shaoyou was proficient in Western affairs, so he thought that most of the conclusions he gave were accurate.

This means that the United States of New Continent is about to face a life-and-death test!

In addition, the progress of the Ming Dynasty in the direction of Nanyang should also be slowed down slightly.

"Your Majesty," said Wei Zaode, "the House of the Americas has a bearing on the future rise and fall of the nation, and must be dealt with with with all its might...... Should the imperial court set aside a military budget? Is it enough to prepare 30 million taels? The number of active soldiers in the Americas is too small, only 3,000, and it must be increased as soon as possible. Should we adjust our transportation strategy and transport more soldiers across the ocean?

In addition, the Dutch dared to support Spain, because they were enemies of our Celestial Empire, should they be severely punished? Your Majesty, please make it clear. ”

The current prefect of the Americas is the son of Wei Zaod! Can he not be in a hurry? However, Zhu Cihong was still calm, and after scolding, his face had eased.

"Division, the accounts of the United States of New Continent and the accounts of the Great Ming Dynasty should be counted separately...... How can these 30 million taels be released by the imperial court? As soon as this precedent is set, what will happen to the United States of New Zealand and the Ming Dynasty in the future? Where should I send the king, or where should I send the governor? ”

When Wei Zaode heard Zhu Cihong say this, although he didn't understand it, he didn't dare to question anything, so he said: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that this United States is attached to the Ming Dynasty, but the long-term peace and stability of our Ming Dynasty also depends on the United States...... It's urgent, so you can always do something special, right? ”

Zhu Cihong shook his head, "It's not time yet...... Shi Ling, you go back and meet with Li Yan to discuss the budget for sending troops. After the discussion is done, it will be brought to the United States Council. ”