It's already December, the inside and outside of the Ming Dynasty are cold winds, the temperature is terrible, and the heavy snow covers the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, and even Yunnan has rare heavy snowfall, which has caused a lot of shock in the government and the opposition.

The weather is getting weirder and weirder, the disaster is getting heavier and heavier, and the pressure on the court is getting bigger and bigger!

The inside and outside of the palace are also two heavens, the road outside the palace is very deserted, sparsely populated, and the figures in the palace are longing and in full swing.

Zhu Xu started a crazy work mode, the cabinet, the six departments are basically the same, it's the end of the year, there are too many things to do, everyone is almost busy with their feet on the ground, and they can't tell the difference between east and west, north and south.

On the third floor of the cabinet, there was hardly a moment of stopping, Zhu Xu did not leave, and the ministers of the cabinet rarely walked, and they all lit the lights until dawn.

Even if Zhu Xu returned to the Qianqing Palace, there was still a group of people chasing after him, day and night, without a moment of rest.

All kinds of meetings, large and small, one by one officials want to meet, Zhu Xu is dizzy, I don't know what day it is, even he sometimes can't distinguish between east and west, north and south, and his mind is chaotic.

After seven or eight days in a row, under Zhang Yun's reminder, Zhu Xu held down the speed of the cabinet, and if it went on like this, it would be harmful and useless, and the cabinet also realized that it was deliberately suppressed, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

In the second year of Jingzheng, December 11, heavy snowfall.

Zhu Xu, Zhang Yun and a group of people braved the snow to go out of the palace, the cold wind was cold, and the snow was flying, but fortunately, the road had been cleaned and it was not so hard.

Not long after leaving Donghua Gate, the newlywed Cao Bianjiao, Su Yinyin and his wife came together, wearing thick cotton clothes, and approached to make a one-knee salute.

Zhu Xu glanced at the two of them and said with a smile: "Excuse me." ”

"Your Majesty." The two got up and stood in front of Zhu Xu.

Cao Bianjiao was dressed in silver armor, heroic, and stood proudly. Su Yinyin wears a thin one, sassy and capable, and her pretty face is the unique charm of a young woman.

Zhu Xu walked forward with a smile and said, "You are just newly married, so I will send you to travel far away, I don't blame me in my heart, right?" ”

Cao Bianjiao and his wife leaned over, and Cao Bianjiao said: "Eliminate difficulties for the country, share worries for the monarch, and divide internal affairs between ministers and husbands, and dare not complain." ”

Zhu Xu walked in front and said, "Hmm." I have already transferred a part of the navy to Jeju Island to monitor the Japanese and make sure that they don't jump over the wall. ”

Cao Bianjiao said: "Yes." There is already a specific plan on the side of the marshal's mansion, and the minister will go to Korea first, and then go to the Satsuma domain, and collect enough information, and then the minister will make a specific strategy against the Japanese and present it to the emperor and the marshal's mansion. ”

"Intelligence is the key to the success or failure of all operations!"

Zhu Xu emphasized a point and said: "The intelligence work should be put first, the military intelligence is in the intelligence network of the Japanese State, I will let the Shuai Mansion open up to you, you can command, call, expand, you can give full play to your ......"

"Yes." Cao Bianjiao followed.

Facing the cold wind, Zhu Xu stretched out his hand to straighten Zhang Yun's hat, and then said: "I know that many people in the government and the opposition think that the Japanese country does not need to care so much, even if they invade Korea once, it is not a big trouble, there is no need to be in such a hurry, and it is not too late to tide over the disaster, and so on." These ideas are very strange, and I don't bother to refute them. I will say two reasons, the first is that China cannot tolerate provocation, this is the way of heaven, there is only one China between heaven and earth, and the slightest provocation cannot be tolerated! Second, it is order, and anyone with a discerning eye should be able to see that I am building a great China circle, and the Japanese Kingdom is the only missing piece in the east of this circle, and it must be taken! One is China's dignity, the other is the trend of the times, this is where the order of heaven lies, and no one can stop it! ”

Zhang Yun blinked, looked at Zhu Xu's side face, and listened to his words, with a look of adoration in his eyes.

In fact, she didn't understand much.

Cao Huachun and the others behind him were full of poetry and books, and they could understand Zhu Xu's words, but they heard another word - 'Heavenly Order', this word has a deep meaning!

Cao Bianjiao listened to Zhu Xu's words, his heart shook slightly, and said, "Yes, the minister understands." ”

Zhu Xu didn't care how much Cao Bianjiao could understand, turned his head to look at Cao Huachun and said: "When I look back, remember to remind me to write an article about the 'Heavenly Dao Order', and I will sign it in the Chaobao and include it in the Jingzheng dictionary." ”

"Yes." Cao Huachun said.

Zhu Xu looked at Cao Bianjiao again, and said: "I will send you some people, mainly to do propaganda in the army, teach soldiers to read, especially those warriors in the Wa Kingdom, you must train and train well, and they will be the vanguard soldiers of my Ming Dynasty in the future......"

Cao Bianjiao heard Zhu Xu's words and said, "Yes." I heard that there are more than 3,000 warriors in the hands of General Zuo, and the minister plans to take over at that time to carry out unification and strict training to ensure that they are used by my Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhu Xu nodded and said, "I won't say much about the rest." The king ordered that all the armies and intelligence networks of Sakhalin, Korea, Ryukyu, and the Wa Kingdom be deployed by you, and I will teach the Wa Kingdom a deep lesson! There is no need to scruple, if the Wa Kingdom really wants to dare to provoke my Ming Dynasty, I will grit my teeth and send a large army to levy in advance to solve this scourge as soon as possible! ”

In the end, Zhu Xu squinted, and there was a cold glint in his eyes.

Cao Bianjiao bowed down and said, "Yes, the minister understands!" ”

Zhu Xu glanced at Su Yinyin again and said, "The imperial sister-in-law is worried about you, and I mentioned you to the queen yesterday, before leaving, you go to meet the imperial sister-in-law, so that she can be relieved." ”

Su Yinyin had been behind Cao Bianjiao, and when she heard the words, she came out, pursed her lips quietly, and said, "Yes." ”

Zhu Xu glanced at the two of them again and didn't say much.

This time, Cao Bianjiao went to sea to exert power on the Japanese state, weaken the strength of the Japanese state, and test the strength of the combined fleet by the way. There is not much danger in itself, mainly naval battles.

Zhu Xu didn't say anything about Cao Bianjiao's specific tactics, he was not good at these, so he explained a few words of grand strategy and let the two go.

Zhu Xu and Zhang Yun stood side by side and turned to the south of the city.

The heavy snow is still falling, Zhang Yun's whole body is wrapped thickly, she is less than three months pregnant, she already has a lower abdomen, one hand is holding Zhu Xu, and the two are chatting while walking.

Such a move in broad daylight is immoral in the Ming Dynasty, but fortunately, it is winter, wearing thick cotton clothes, huddled together, and no one jumped out to say anything.

"Some things are hard for me to say, look at my eyes later, what about you, follow the words, and reward some silver, not more, one hundred thousand, three times is enough......" Zhu Xu whispered beside Zhang Yun.

Now the treasury is empty, but his cabinet is becoming more and more full, all the subordinate countries in the open and secretly tribute, the Shenlong Mansion this year's income, some overseas gold and silver mining, and those loot in the past are constantly being realized, such as the first museum established in Nanzhili, whether it is the sale of collections, or the money for visiting tickets, the income is very high.

There are many others, and there are naturally a lot, although it is a small number, but it can gather sand into a tower, which is really a lot.

In addition, Zhu Xu's expenses in the palace have been very low, and his internal money is almost richer than the treasury.

Zhang Yun listened to Zhu Xu's words, blinked, and said, "Hmm." ”

200,000 is already a lot in her eyes, and in the past imperial court, it was a huge amount of money, and the household department may not be able to say that it will be taken out.

Zhu Xu paced, didn't say much, and his heart wandered.

This money has to come out of the treasury, Zhu Xu can't release too much at once, he needs to observe the Ming people's collection of silver, need to conduct an in-depth combing of the currency market, and establish the most advanced monetary management system.

Heavy responsibilities!

Many things are not in a hurry, such as the current replacement of the new Daming currency, which is still not completed. The so-called imperial power is not under the county, not only power, but also policy, economic and other aspects of the influence, want to make the county below the currency exchange, I don't know how many years it will take.

It didn't take long for Zhu Xu and a group of people to come to the political court, and Song Yingxing, Zhang Rongsui and others were already waiting.

"Ministers, see the emperor, the queen." A group of people stood in the snow and saluted, quite excited.

Zhu Xu smiled and waved his hand, "It's all free of courtesy." ”

A group of people thanked him, got out of the way, and stood on both sides of Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu walked forward, looked at Song Yingxing and smiled, and said, "I heard that you have studied a lot of things recently, do you have to take a look?" ”

Song Yingxing's expression was unusually excited, and his tone was still a little chaotic, and said, "Yes, the following research institutes have achieved some results, these are all valued by the emperor, and the minister thinks that the emperor will be very happy when he sees it......"

Zhu Xu showed a look of anticipation and said, "Well, okay, I can't wait for what I said." There is still a way to talk to me about the affairs of the political court. ”

Song Yingxing restrained his expression and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." At present, there are 70 colleges at all levels under the Royal Political Yuan, and there are more than 40 colleges of various kinds of cooperation, and there are more than 40 joint colleges, and the problem is that one is money and food, and the other is manpower, and the ministers are stepping up the training of professors and doctors in various disciplines, and they are also contacting various places to prepare for the construction of more academies, and two ...... can be established every month."

"The library of the academy is open, but it is not enough, and the minister plans to build a hundred seowon across the country in two years, which is relatively easy, but it takes time to invest......

"The political yuan has basically established a nine-plus-five system, the county government and the province are three levels, the survival of the fittest, and finally sent to the capital political yuan, a total of 14 years, although three years is a little less, but there is no way to do too much at once, the minister plans to expand the political yuan enough, the Ming Dynasty survived the disaster, with sufficient money and food, you can gradually extend the time of teaching, until the realization of the goal of 'China is Hanlin', 'the world has no cold people'......"

Zhu Xu listened to Song Yingxing's words, and he kept a smile on his face.

These goals seem to be out of reach, but as long as they persevere, they may not be used in a hundred years, and the initial goal of literacy and illiteracy for everyone in the Ming Dynasty can be achieved.

Song Yingxing went on to talk about the teaching, research, and achievements of the Political Yuan, all of which were brief.

Zhu Xu listened, and the final constraint was still two words: money and food.

With the current situation of Daming, there is not much spare energy to fully promote the development of education, and even Zhu Xu can't spare enough energy to pay attention.

"We are in a race against ...... time"

Coming to a building, Zhu Xu stopped, thought for a moment, he looked at Song Yingxing and the others: "Now the country is in difficulty, there are too many difficulties to overcome, there are no extra resources for you, you must be considerate, grit your teeth, overcome the current predicament, be prepared, lay a solid foundation, accumulate a solid foundation, if you are given a chance one day, you must be of great use, and you can't drag your feet......"