The sky has just broken dawn, the drum on the Wufeng Tower has knocked three ways, the left and right doors are opened at the same time, the Han generals holding the golden gourd axe and Yue banner are lined up in a neat queue to enter, and then the bell rings, the cultural relics of the queue are lined up from the left and right doors to enter, and they are lined up according to the grade on the side of the Jinshui Bridge, waiting for the beginning of the early dynasty.

Since it was a daily Chang Dynasty, only the Jingguan and the Thirteen Imperial Historians above the fourth rank were eligible to participate in the Early Dynasty.

A eunuch in a python robe came to the Jinshui Bridge with a long whip in his hand, swung it vigorously and then retracted it, and a crisp whip sounded, which was a sign of the beginning of the early dynasty. So the cultural relics and hundreds of officials entered the Fengtian Hall along the Jinshui Bridge, standing according to the grade, waiting for the arrival of Emperor Chongzhen, the son of the great emperor.

Standing on the left side are the first assistant Zhou Yanru, the second assistant Chen Yan, the third assistant Wei Zaode, and the university scholars Fan Jingwen, Li Jiantai and other cabinet members, and behind are Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the military department, Ni Yuanlu, the secretary of the household department, and other six officials, and Li Banghua, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Ling Yiqu, the secretary of Dali Temple, and the thirteen imperial histories standing at the end, and the six ministers are medium officials.

Standing on the right are the military generals who are mainly nobles, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, is in the first place, and behind is Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, and Zhang Shize, the Duke of the United Kingdom, the three major dukes. The duke was followed by Guo Peimin, Marquis of Wuding, Gu Zhaoji, Marquis of Zhenyuan, Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, and Wu Weiying, Marquis of Gongshun. Behind them are the counts of Xing'an Bo Xu Zhi'an, Xiangcheng Bo Li Guojiao and others, as well as Gong Yonggu and others. There are dozens of noble generals standing in the Fengtian Palace, most of them are idle nobles who don't care about anything, and they are standing here purely to make up the numbers. Those who really have real power are a few people such as Zhu Chunchen, Gongshun Hou Wu Weiying, and Xiangcheng Bo Li Guojiao.

The cultural relics stood still, but waited for their emperor to arrive. After waiting for a while, I saw the Son of Chongzhen wearing a bright yellow dragon robe walking in all directions, slowly coming out of the apse and heading towards the throne. Chongzhen walked very steadily and slowly, so that the ministers who were used to seeing his impatient temper on weekdays couldn't help but secretly admire, worthy of being the son of heaven for more than ten years, this kind of imperial majesty is impeccable.

If Chongzhen knew what the ministers were thinking, he would definitely be able to scold his mother loudly, where did he not want to go fast, but he didn't dare! Because I am afraid that if I go a little faster, the placket swings too much, revealing the tattered underwear inside the dragon robe. In recent years, the treasury has been unable to make ends meet, and the inner palace has been greatly reduced, Chongzhen has not added a new dress for several years, and the clothes are torn and continued to be worn, and the sewing does not dare to let the palace people sew, because the cost of sewing is too high, he is very distressed, so he troubles his queen to sew for herself, so that you can save money.

A dignified tomorrow, his life is so shabby, and his food and clothing are not as good as those of an ordinary rich family, who will believe it?

Slowly and steadily walked behind the dragon case and sat on the emperor's throne, Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor sat firmly, and the hundred officials of the cultural relics began to kneel and bow three times, and after the ceremony, they began to enter the deliberation process.

A group of ministers quarrel over something, and they can't get a result for a long time, and as the emperor can only listen helplessly, and when he is impatient, he will scold a few words to end the dispute. So many times, the emperors are not happy to go to court every day, it is too boring, like Emperor Jiajing, who has not been to court for 20 years, and Chongzhen's grandfather Wanli Emperor has set a historical record of not going to court for 27 years.

Chongzhen is a responsible emperor, unwilling to be lazy in government politics like his grandfather, but since he ascended the throne, he has made a grand wish to prosper the Ming Dynasty, so he cut off Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party at the beginning of his accession to the throne. However, his heart is higher than the sky, his life is thinner than paper, and since he ascended the throne, natural and man-made disasters have continued to befall one after another. The Houjin Manchurian Tartars in Liaodong have been jumping, and Shaanxi has rebelled against countless anti-thieves, wandering around the entire Central Plains, sending countless elite soldiers and strong generals, but they are always inexhaustible. Severe cold, drought, locust plagues, plagues, earthquakes, and one natural disaster after another occurred one after another, resulting in a reduction in grain production in many places, and the land tax in the north could not be collected at all, and the imperial court's income dropped sharply, and even the salaries of the soldiers of the Nine Frontiers could not be paid.

The elite soldiers of the imperial court have been wiped out in the hands of the thieves and the Manchurian Tartars, the army with combat power is getting smaller and fewer, watching the thieves attack the city, Henan, Huguang Central Plains hinterland by the thieves, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Xiangyang famous cities and towns have fallen into the hands of thieves, Tang Wang, Xiang Wang, many clan princes died in the hands of thieves, watching the Manchu Tartars break through, many robberies, Gyeonggi, Hebei, Shandong and many prefectures and counties were broken by the Manchus, hundreds of thousands of people were plundered to the outside of the customs as slaves, The loss of wealth is tens of millions of taels.

Thousands of sufferings gathered together and pressed on Chongzhen's body, bending his spine and making him breathless. But Chongzhen didn't want to be like the ancestors of the emperors to let the government go free, get by, he didn't want the Ming Dynasty to die in his own hands, always thinking that he could turn the tide and fall, always thinking that one day he would sweep away the thieves and exterminate the Manchu Tartar Zhongxing Ming. So no matter how hard and tired he was, he gritted his teeth and endured, persevered, and never wanted to give up, in order to never die at his own hands for the ancestors!

However, no matter how diligent he is, even if he only rests for two hours a day, and spends all his time dealing with government affairs, but seeing that the situation is still deteriorating day by day, no matter how simple he is, he eats ordinary meals and wears old clothes that are sewn, but his finances are still deteriorating, and he can't even pay the salaries of the hundreds of officials in the Beijing camp in front of him.

The qi is exhausted, the qi of Daming is exhausted, and sometimes Chongzhen himself can't help but think so. But after thinking about it, I wiped away my tears and buried myself in the endless twists and turns again.

In the main hall, the courtiers were still arguing endlessly, as if it was a trivial matter, Chongzhen didn't want to listen to it or pay attention to it, and his thoughts drifted to the clouds.

"Your Majesty, not long ago, the inspection of the Xishan Inspection Department came to report, saying that the recovery of Fangshan County, which was captured by the Manchu Tartars, broke through the Manchu Tartars 500, and captured the first 128 levels. That inspector Chen Yue has made such a great achievement, he should be rewarded, how should Weichen be rewarded? Finally, the quarrel in the court ended, and a voice sounded, which made Chongzhen feel refreshed, and when he looked closely, he saw Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the military department, standing at the foot of the steps, asking for instructions from himself.

Chen Yue, who has made great contributions, is what Chongzhen is most interested in today, although he has already made up his mind about the reward, he still wants to hear the opinions of the ministers.