Hearing the two letters with completely different contents, Zhu Youzhen's brows couldn't help frowning, and then he asked Lu Qi, "Isn't there any news from Jinyiwei to the southwest region?" ”

Lu Qi, who was standing silently in the corner, suddenly came to life and said to Chongzhen: "Zhang Daojun, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, also has a report, and the minister originally planned to report it to His Majesty later. ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said, "Take it out and read it to me too." ”

Lu Qi agreed, then took out a letter from the bookshelf on the side and read it to Chongzhen from the beginning. The content sent back by Zhang Daojun, in addition to a detailed description of the situation of the various officers and troops fighting against Shuixi in the next month, mentioned that among the Yunnan Tusi, Wang Lane Tusi Shayuan and Amizhou Tusi Pu are the most courageous, and the soldiers under the command of Yunnan Tusi are far more brave and good at fighting than the Yunnan official army.

In the end, Zhang Daojun briefly mentioned the fact that the official army of Yunnan and Sichuan captured the local people of Shuixi and sold them to merchants, but most of the proceeds from the sale were indeed used to fill the gap in military salaries, so that the morale of the armies besieging Shuixi was always high, so that the Shuixi family had to send envoys to ask the officials and soldiers to surrender.

After listening to Zhang Daojun's report, Zhu Youzhen thought for a long time before he asked suspiciously: "When were these three letters delivered?" ”

Wang Chengen exchanged glances with Lu Qi for a moment before replying to Chongzhen: "Li Chaoqin's recital arrived today and last night, and Governor Zhu's recital arrived early this morning. ”

After Wang Chengen finished speaking, Lu Qi said briefly, "Zhang Daojun's performance was from the hands of the minister an hour and a half ago. ”

After Zhu Youzhen arranged the arrival time of the three letters, he finally didn't say anything, he immediately changed the topic and asked, "So what does the cabinet think about this matter?" ”

Wang Chengen immediately replied: "After Governor Zhu's recital was read by several gentlemen in the cabinet, Huang Shoufu suggested that officials be sent down to investigate and verify that the officers and soldiers plundered the people as slaves. As for the request for surrender of the Shuixi family, the cabinet thought that it should be accepted, but it should require the Anxi Shuijia to set aside a part of the land and return it to the stream, and the remaining part of the Anjia family could continue to administer, but it should accept the judicial and educational officials sent by the imperial court to serve in Shuixi to educate the natives. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded with satisfaction and said: "The cabinet's response this time is quite in line with my appetite, and I will do it according to the decision of the cabinet when it comes to the Shuixian family's request." However, I have to add one more, and this seat must go to Beijing to accept my re-canonization, and select a few young children from the An family to go to Beijing for education.

By the way, he asked Wang Lang Tusi Shayuan, Amizhou Tusipu Fame and others to also go to the capital to walk, and they always had to be rewarded for winning battles. Although Yunnan is good, it is also necessary to let them see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, otherwise it is difficult to ensure that there will be no more people who sit in the well and watch the sky.

If that person refuses to go to Beijing to see me, and he is not willing to let the children of the clan go to Beijing to be educated, then there is no need to talk about the surrender. In addition, he told Zhu Hengyue that negotiations are negotiations, and the use of troops is the use of soldiers. As long as the Shuixian family does not surrender one day, then our army must not give them time to rest and recuperate, and must continue to fight, and show the momentum to completely eliminate the Shuixian family. ”

Wang Chengen naturally responded without hesitation, he thought about it and seemed to have some questions missing, so he cautiously asked: "Your Majesty, then the cabinet proposes to thoroughly investigate the case of plundering people as slaves, does Your Majesty have any instructions?" ”

Zhu Youzhen stretched out his thumb, rubbed his slightly swollen temples, and after a while, he made up his mind and said, "It's okay to send someone, pick a smarter official." Since Li Chaoqin was also involved, let the palace and Jinyiwei each send one person, and the three parties formed an investigation team to investigate the case.

However, civilians supporting the rebellion in enemy areas, prisoners of war who have been captured, and families of enemy soldiers should not be considered civilians. The disposition of such persons shall not be considered a criminal act. However, the crimes of certain officers and soldiers who abduct and plunder civilians in non-war zones and who massacre civilians and rape women should be publicly punished after the announcement is made.

The rebellion caused great harm to the people of Sichuan and Guizhou, and I thought it was no big deal that the rebels were sentenced to a certain period of hard labor to restore local production and construction.

However, it is strictly forbidden for the army to do its own thing, and to completely embezzle the remuneration of these rebels in exchange for hard labor, and all remuneration must be handed over and distributed uniformly. In addition, a part of the remuneration will be used to subsidize the local people who have lost their property as a result of the rebel attacks..."

In the Changchun Palace of the West Sixth Palace, Cui Yuzhi lay on his side on the warm collapse of the Xinuan Pavilion and looked at the window in a daze. Because of the development of glass-making technology, the rooms where several concubines in the palace lived were replaced with glass windows. Of course, it will not be a transparent white glass in later generations, but a small piece of glass and a wooden lattice patchwork window, but there are two large pieces of glass inlaid in the middle of the window, which can better transmit the light and make the room much brighter.

After following Chongzhen to Beijing and entering the palace, seeing this Forbidden City, which is not known how many times larger than his own garden, Cui Yuzhi was quite happy at first. However, after shopping for a few days, she felt that the palace was too deserted, whether it was the queen or several sisters, they were lukewarm to her, so she couldn't find someone to talk to.

The emperor was very kind to her, but he only came to see her once in a while, and each time he stayed for a short time, which made her feel very aggrieved. In this cold weather, Cui Yuzhi even remembered the food her mother made for her, which made her sigh and complained in a low voice: "I really want to eat a bowl of dumplings, when will my mother come to see me." ”

"Miss, no, mother. Steward Cui sent a gift from the eldest master, do you want to come out and take a look? The voice of the personal maid Red Silk, who grew up with her since childhood, came from outside the warm pavilion.

Cui Yuzhi, who was rolling around with a warm pillow, immediately returned to a proper sitting posture, straightened the clothes and hair on his body, and then pretended to be indifferent: "You guys bring things in, the eldest uncle sent a gift, so where is the other?" ”

Red Silk, who was two years older than Cui Yuzhi, lifted the cotton curtain and walked into the warm pavilion, and while directing the little eunuch outside to carry in a dozen wooden boxes, she explained to Cui Yuzhi: "The eldest master is inconvenient to enter the palace, but I wrote a letter to Niangniang, and the little maid will send it to you in a while." ”

Although his face looked childish, but on this occasion, Cui Yuzhi dealt with Steward Cui decently, and then ordered the red silk to show people a reward, and let them retreat.

When the eunuchs carrying the boxes left, Cui Yuzhi finally couldn't sit still and jumped up from the warm collapse, and began to look through the boxes sent by Cui Chengxiu.

After looking through it, Cui Yuzhi pouted and complained: "Why is it that my uncle brought most of them silk and satin, gold and silver, why don't I send the daily things that I am used to in the room?" My uncle doesn't know, doesn't my mother remember me? ”

Hongsilk followed her to sort out and count the items in the box, and kept consoling: "With these gold and silver, what does the mother want, just let the palace steward buy some." If you still can't let go, write to your wife, asking your wife to send it to Beijing, and by the way, you can also meet your mother..."

Cui Yuzhi immediately stopped her movements, turned around happily and said, "Good red silk, why didn't I think I could write a letter to my mother?" It was a great idea to let my mother come into the palace to see me. Don't clean up, prepare paper and ink for me first, and I'll write a letter to my mother. ”

Red Silk suddenly dropped the silk in her hand, took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it over, "Then Niangniang will take a look at the letter from the eldest lord first, and I will go to prepare paper and ink." ”

When Hongsilk prepared the writing utensils in front of the desk in the warm pavilion, she found that Cui Yuzhi, who was still elated just now, looked a little lost after reading the letter. She hurriedly stepped forward and asked carefully, "What's wrong with Niangniang?" Is there any bad news in the letter? ”

Cui Yuzhi looked up at her maid, and said listlessly: "Take a look for yourself, where did these things be given to me, and my uncle asked me to use them to take care of the palace."

You followed the list in the letter, and sent everything in a while, which saved me from worrying about it. Besides, when it's just the two of us, you still call me Miss, right? I listened to those two words and felt a pain in my brain. ”

After Hongsu took the letter, she quickly glanced at it, and just wanted to say something to Cui Yuzhi, but she couldn't help it. She walked quickly to the door of the warm pavilion, said a few words to the two palace maids waiting outside, and sent them away before turning around.

"Miss, it's also for your good that the lord does this. Think about it, these days since you came to the palace, several ladies have looked down on us, even if you treat that foreign woman, you are much closer to you than you are to Miss.

Speaking of which, it's not because Miss, you are from a famous family and have the backing of the eldest master, so they are all afraid of you, Miss. If you can befriend the housekeepers and fathers-in-law in the palace, what Your Majesty likes and dislikes, won't it all be able to reach the ears of the young lady? Red Silk stood beside the desk, carefully guiding her own young lady.

Cui Yuzhi, who was writing a letter to her mother, paused in her hand and continued to write. She pursed her lips and said, "But Your Majesty may not like me to do this, and what Uncle thinks may not be useful."

However, my mother often said that it is not strange to have many people. In this case, you go and pick me the best satin of the right color for a girl, and I will send it to the queen later.

Then pick two pieces that are about the same, and you give them to Sister Yuan and Sister Tian for me. The rest will be sent out according to my uncle's wishes..."

Hongsilk replied respectfully: "Miss don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter properly." However, according to the practice of the past, Your Majesty is about to come to see you, are these things something to be moved? ”

Cui Yuzhi looked at the sky outside the window, shook his head and said, "I shouldn't be here today, didn't my uncle's letter say it?" At today's court meeting, there was a lot of quarrel over my uncle's resurrection, so I don't want to provoke Your Majesty these days, so as not to disgust Your Majesty..."