Jingnan City is broken!

600,000 slaves are lying on the ground to survive!

The news from the front line was instantly transmitted by telegram all over the country. Even the Ningjing Commandery, which was far away in the southwestern border, was immediately immersed in revelry.

The Ming Dynasty, from the native land to the Zhuxia, and even the colonies, at this moment has been like a volcano erupting with flames, the noise is boiling, and the burning air seems to want to melt everything in the world. The news of the victory has spread all over the Ming Dynasty and all corners of the Ming Dynasty.

Rejoicing people crowded into the streets, dancing and shouting. Streets, squares, and parks are crowded with people, and the sky is full of paper with the deafening sound of firecrackers.

At this time, this small coastal town is completely boiling, with the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums, and the cheers of the crowd resounding in the sky. The enthusiasm from the bottom of everyone's hearts greatly outweighed the heat of the weather. In the streets and alleys, men, women and children have run out of their homes and spontaneously thrown themselves into the carnival crowd...... The town became a carnival city.

The deafening sound of firecrackers rang out everywhere in the city, and in the midst of this revelry, there were some who were different from the others by coming out of the city alone, making a circle on the ground with sticks, and then lighting a stick of incense, and thus offering a stick of incense to their dead relatives in a foreign land, and sprinkling a glass of wine:

"Your vengeance has been avenged!"

When he had finished speaking, he began to cry. It's in this moment. For them, perhaps only these tears can express their feelings at this time.

In the year of Jiashen, hundreds of millions of people died tragically, and many of them disappeared from the world without leaving their names.

How can revenge be avenged?

People have been looking forward to this day for many years, and now, that day has finally arrived.

The official army conquered Jingnan!

600,000 Jiannu bowed!

This all means that everything is finally over, decades of hatred, decades of war, finally end today.

However, although it is all over, it does not mean that it is perfect - the life and death of the chief are unknown, and there is no trace of it!

Missing!

Unlike the others who were happily celebrating the victory, after receiving the news, Zhu Mingzhong's whole person fell silent, his eyes staring at the palm-sized number in his hand.

This number is issued by the newspaper office in the city, but there are only more than 100 words, I am afraid that it is a telegram that is reprinted, there is not much news in this public message, just a simple and concise introduction to the situation on the front line, if he is in the capital or the territory of Daming, Zhu Mingzhong can learn the inside story at the first time, but now, he can only learn about these news through open channels like ordinary people.

The victory won by more than 20 years of hard work has finally arrived, but he is in the border area, and he does not even have an accurate understanding of the situation on the front line.

Now what?

At the moment, an unprecedented ambivalence plagued him deeply.

A voice told him that he should go back, back to Zhongdu, to find out the inside story. And another voice told him that he should continue to patrol the south, after all, there is a prince in the middle, and there is a prince in charge of the country, and he will take care of everything.

The inner entanglement made it difficult for Zhu Mingzhong to make a decision for a while, and even the beautiful scenery of Halong Bay that could be seen by pushing the door in front of him lost its charm in his eyes at this moment.

From the day he crossed, Zhu Mingzhong tried his best to turn the tide, and after years of hard work, the result was not bad. Now, when the original motivation has been completely resolved, he has mixed feelings in the face of this expected victory.

In addition to the joy, there was an even more difficult problem in front of him.

For months, he consulted extensively on how to solve the thorny problem of "building slaves", but the result was a dispute. Whether it is the cabinet, the imperial court, or the common people, there have been many conflicts of opinion, on the one hand, they advocate that the blood feud should be repaid with blood, and on the other hand, they advocate that innocent people should not be killed indiscriminately.

Now that 600,000 Jiannu have surrendered, what to do next?

Half a month ago, Zhu Mingzhong hesitated for a long time in the face of Li Dingguo's request in a secret telegram. Until now, it has been silent, what will be the result of this step?

For a while, even as the emperor, Zhu Mingzhong couldn't decide whether this step should be taken or not.

"Since my father is so worried about state affairs, I might as well return to Zhongdu now."

Sensing the solemnity of his father's expression, Zhu Heyuan persuaded him on the side.

"After all, it's the first time for the eldest brother to face ......such a big event."

Facing his son's persuasion, Zhu Mingzhong suddenly thought, yes, this is also the first time Zhu Hejia has dealt with such a thing, he will face more tests in the future, after all, he will be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and now, a test like today's is rare!

"Well, I got ......"

Turning his head to look at Zhu Heyuan, Zhu Mingzhong smiled.

"Your eldest brother is here, he is a prisoner, so he will naturally deal with all this!"

After finally making this decision, Zhu Mingzhong breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Zhu Heyuan.

"Send a telegram to your eldest brother...... and will chase Yu Yong after the poor Kou ......"

originally wanted to say that Zhu Mingzhong, who would never let go of Xuan Ye's whereabouts, finally shook his head, and then said.

"I think, he will make a suitable decision, let's continue to visit ours, the scenery of Nanyang is very different from the Ming Dynasty, the opportunity is rare! Well, the food in Nanyang is also good! ”

When Zhu Mingzhong made the decision not to interfere with the prince's prison and wanted to take this opportunity to let the prince accept the test, at this time, Zhongdu, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, was rejoicing at the same time, but also fell into an unprecedented test.

Fang Yizhi, a member of the chief cabinet university, is 71 years old, and he has been working on state affairs for the past few years, and in addition to this, he also needs to worry about another thing - the next first assistant.

As the first assistant Fang Yizhi, he knew that he was old, and he had the responsibility to recommend the next first assistant to His Majesty.

It is precisely because of this that in the past few years, Fang Yizhi, who has the intention of taking Zhang Huangyan as the first assistant, has always put him in the position of the second assistant, and even when he leaves the capital and goes to the local area to inspect, he will let Zhang Huangyan belong to the cabinet on behalf of the cabinet, or let him go to the local place on behalf of the cabinet. With the construction of railroads and steamships, Gyeongchen was no longer trapped in the capital as in the past, and his knowledge of the place was often only through the official documents of the local minister, and they could understand the place in a more direct way.

It is precisely because of this that most of the people in the government and the opposition in the central capital know very well that Zhang Huangyan, the loyal and righteous uncle, will be the next chief cabinet scholar. Therefore, when the news of Jingnan City was broken and Jiannu was bowed, in addition to rejoicing, Fang Yizhi immediately asked Zhang Huangyan to discuss countermeasures together.

In fact, sometimes, it is easier to deal with defeat, it is nothing more than to increase the army, concentrate forces, and so on, and in the face of victory, especially such a victory of nearly a million prisoners, there are too many problems to solve.

"What now?"

Looking at Zhang Huangyan, Fang Yizhi asked rhetorically.

"Before and after, there are almost 800,000 prisoners, what to do with these people?"

When he said this, Fang Yizhi's face was bitter, as the first assistant, he knew very well how big the differences between the Ming Dynasty were on the issue of treating the prisoners.

"If you are not careful, you will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the people."

Zhang Huangyan said directly.

"Actually, the mainstream of the attitude between the government and the opposition is to fundamentally solve the problem, but ......"

Raising his head and looking at Shousuke, he sighed again.

"The question is, who wants to be responsible? We can't let the prince be responsible! ”

When mentioning the crown prince, Zhang Huangyan smiled bitterly.

"Our Majesty, such a big matter, even didn't send a telegram, at least we have to give the prince some instructions, Your Majesty is good, as if you don't know, ignore it, it seems that you have an iron mind, you want to hand over the matter to the prince, the prince is in charge of the country, but such a big thing is ......"

"It's a big deal!"

Fang Yizhi sighed.

"Your Majesty's purpose is obvious, that is, to test His Royal Highness, so that His Royal Highness can handle the state affairs as soon as possible, my Ming Dynasty is different from the past, the prince must contact the government as soon as possible, only in this way, can he succeed to the throne calmly in the future, which is also the reason why His Majesty now often orders the prince to supervise the country."

As the first assistant, Fang Yizhi once had a deep discussion with His Majesty on the issue of the crown prince's imprisonment, so he knew His Majesty's plans.

"Let the crown prince supervise the country and hone it, of course I know this truth, but will Your Majesty be a little too ...... this time The prince is only in his twenties, so let the prince deal with such a big matter...... Will there be a travel pool? ”

Poor pool!

Suddenly, Fang Yizhi seemed to understand, and he understood why His Majesty didn't have any instructions.

"Actually, this matter is not a matter at all! Maybe on the surface, it's a big deal, but in fact, you say, what kind of big deal is it? It's just hundreds of thousands of enemies, and the things that I will face in the future will be more important than this, if the prince can't even deal with this kind of thing, how will he face greater storms in the future? What a rare opportunity! ”

After figuring everything out, Fang Yizhi finally had a smile on his bitter melon-like face. He knew His Majesty's intentions to test the crown prince, and for him, it also gave him one less trouble.

"Mizhi, do you want to kick this ball to the prince?"

Zhang Huangyan's eyes widened, and he looked at Fang Yizhi in puzzlement, hone is hone, but he doesn't want the crown prince to be frustrated by his reputation, he is different from Fang Yizhi, he is a minister, and the lord and the royal family are naturally one, and he must stand on the royal standpoint.

"As a courtier, shouldn't I share the worries of the king? Now that His Majesty is not here, since the crown prince is in charge of the country, we should be worried about the king! ”

Zhang Huangyan said very tactfully, but in fact, his attitude was also very clear, he did not approve of kicking the ball to the prince. Let the prince deal with this troublesome matter.

"Cangshui, you're thinking too much!"

Fang Yizhi said with a smile.

"It's not that you want to hand over the trouble to the prince, but the opportunity is rare, if you don't let the prince get in touch with some tricky things, why let the prince be in charge of the country? Besides, even if there is something wrong, we can directly dissuade it, and we can't reach the subordinate at all. ”

The administrative decision-making of the Ming court is often made by the "vote" of the cabinet ministers, and then by the emperor's "approval of the red", and this "approval of the red" is often through the subordinate division, the subordinate of the subordinate is similar to the celebrant supervisor, but now the role of the subordinate is often the emperor's "secretary", the establishment of this institution is also to contain the cabinet, of course, it is also to place the "fortunate minister", after all, even as the emperor, there is no power to directly appoint officials below the fifth grade, and the officials below the fifth grade are appointed by the ministry, Only officials above the fifth rank had to be appointed by decree of the emperor. In this system, the imperial power and the imperial power are mutually restricted, but Zhu Mingzhong deliberately left a loophole, that is, the subordinate division, which is the office of the palace attendants, and its officials are naturally directly appointed by the emperor, and do not need to report to the ministry, and do not need the consent of the cabinet.

Over the years, while many "fortunate ministers" have moved from the subordinate division to the imperial center of the Ming Dynasty, after continuous development, the subordinate division has not only replaced the role of the celebrant supervisor, but also plays an extremely important role in the government, and is not just "approving red", but more importantly, as the emperor's secretary, they can directly make suggestions to His Majesty, similar to the cabinet, and are also the emperor's staff.

Because of this, the relationship between the Cabinet and its subordinates is extremely delicate, and although most of the time, cooperation outweighs differences, but sometimes the Cabinet wants to see the subordinates make jokes.

"Actually, it would be a good thing if the subordinate could take the initiative to intervene in this matter!"

Zhang Huangyan's words were not loud, so he could only let Fang Yizhi hear his words himself.

"After all, no matter what the result is, when the time comes, you can push it on the body of the subordinate boss, even if someone is dissatisfied, someone can also take responsibility for the prince."

His suggestion made Fang Yizhi stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"Cangshui, if Gu Ningren knew what you said, it is estimated that you would not think of him as a guest in the future."

The reason why he said this was because Gu Zhen, the subordinate servant, was Gu Yanwu's adopted son, so it was obvious that he was "trapping" the son of the deceased, how could Gu Yanwu not be angry.

"Even if he is replaced by Ning Ren, he can't say anything, eat the king's lu, share worries for the king, be a minister, carry the black pot for the king, it is also his duty, the subordinate is a palace minister, and he should share his worries for the king!"

What Zhang Huangyan said is awe-inspiring and unrefutable, this is a fact, and as a minister, you must have this kind of awareness. Even Fang Yizhi could only nod yes, and then he shook his head and said.

"However, I'm afraid Cangshui will be disappointed this time, if my expectations are correct, Gu Fa will never interfere in this matter, not because he is unwilling to share the worries of the king, but because he is now the prince in charge of the country!"

specifically mentioned the "Prince Prison Country", and then Fang Yizhi sneered again.

"Don't forget that they have always considered themselves to be His Majesty's retainers! Your Majesty's, not necessarily the Prince's. ”