In the early morning of the next day, the emperor decreed that Xu Guangqi, the young Zhan Shi and the imperial history of Henan Province, was promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor, and the left grandson Chengzong was promoted to the Shao Zhan Shi as a Japanese lecturer. There was no objection to either appointment. After retiring from the court, he first entered the imperial study with Xu Guangqi.

After saluting, Xu Guangqi sat down. Zhu Youxiao choked up and said, "A year ago, I had a dream one night. In the dream, Emperor Taizu said to me that the dynasty has been passed for more than 200 years, and now it is in a crisis of survival, there are Jiannu raging outside, and there is famine everywhere inside, if you don't rise up and revitalize, the Ming Dynasty will die in less than 30 years. Taizu ordered me to prepare early, and there was no need to scruple. I obeyed the orders of Taizu, repaired the military revolution, made good seeds, introduced the learning of Taixi, and wanted to strengthen the foundation of the country. Unexpectedly, a year later, it was me sitting here, if I had known this, I would rather be my father Kang Zujian, so that I could bear the joy. As he spoke, tears flowed.

The biggest confusion in Xu Guangqi's heart was finally solved, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty's filial piety can be learned from the world, how can the sky not be a holiday, please Your Majesty take the common people in the world as the priority, and don't be too sad so as not to hurt the Holy Body." ”

"At the beginning of my reign in the world, I felt a great responsibility, and I was only a shallow learner, so I would like to ask my husband to recommend good materials for me for national use. One of the good materials is a person who is proficient in astronomy, geography, machinery, firearms, and arithmetic of Taixi; The two of good materials are those who are good at finance and good at farming; The third of the good materials is those who are good at military affairs and are good at training and leading soldiers. Please sir tomorrow to classify these good materials and present them to me. ”

This is an expression of Xu Guangqi's absolute trust, and if he is asked to recommend so many officials at once, even Shoufu does not have so much power. Xu Guangqi was grateful in his heart, and knelt down to thank him. Zhu Youxiao hurriedly helped him up and said: "There is only one requirement, the person recommended by Mr. only needs to have his talent, and the rest is not enough." This is the meaning of meritocracy, he was afraid that Xu Guangqi would be too demanding, so he added such a sentence.

"Obey the Divine Commandment."

"You and I have a teacher-student relationship, please don't be so formal. In addition, sir, can you tell me who the officials of the DPRK and China are from the Donglin Party? ”

Xu Guangqi hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the so-called Donglin Party is the words of the political enemy, and the ministers dare not say it. ”

Only then did Zhu Youxiao understand that the Donglin Party is a word that only others use when they attack Donglin people, and a Donglin person will not stand up and say, "I am the Donglin Party", because at this time, the word party is often regarded as a friend party and is a derogatory term. Xu Guangqi is very kind-hearted, and he didn't take the opportunity to attack others, which is already very good.

In that case, let's ask another question, "There should be some factions among the ministers of the DPRK and China, why don't you tell me in detail about it?" ”

So Xu Guangqi had no choice but to reluctantly explain the basic situation to him. Of course, he didn't use the party word, but Zhu Youxiao certainly understood the meaning. There are probably several parties in the DPRK and the Central Committee now, the Donglin Party, such as Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Zhou Jiamo, Zhao Nanxing, Liu Yixiu, Han Yi, and Ye Xianggao, who is not in office, Li Sancai are all famous figures in the Donglin Party, and Sun Chengzong is also the same; Then there is the Zhejiang Party, like the first auxiliary party from Zhehe to Yao Zongwen is; The Chu Party, Xiangguan Ying Zhen, Wu Liangsi, Huang Yanshi is, Xiong Tingbi is also the Chu Party; Qi Party, to the matter of Qi Shijiao, Zhou Yongchun is; In general, the Donglin Party was the most powerful, because they contributed the most to the matter of the former emperor becoming the crown prince.

Zhu Youxiao thought that he wanted to reuse the Donglin Party, but now he had offended Li Sancai, and then Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou didn't like it either, was he too demanding? In fact, they are all very good, at least single-mindedly? It's just a matter of expression, or a matter of stance, that makes you feel bad about them. As the old saying goes, if you listen to it, you will be clear, and if you listen to it, you will be dark, you can't beat these people to death with a stick right now, take your time, as long as you can serve the country wholeheartedly, they still have to use it.

Finally, it's about the cannon, Zhu Youxiao said: "The purchase of cannons that I explained last time can be carried out now." In addition, the focus is on talents, artillery casting talents and artillery talents, the more the better, just buy artillery will be subject to the Yi people. Xu Guangqi also thought so.

After Xu Guangqi left, he summoned Sun Chengzong to visit. This man was very powerful, and although he was nearly sixty years old, he had an iron face and sword eyebrows, and he had to be angry, not like a scribe but like a general. In his previous life, he had seen the story of Sun Chengzong's superintendent Liaodong arranging the Ningjin defense line, and he also knew that he was martyred in the end, so Zhu Youxiao naturally had a good impression of this person.

After the two sides sat down, Zhu Youxiao first asked him about the current situation in Liaodong, Sun Chengzong happened to be concerned about side affairs on weekdays, so he explained it to him in detail: In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, Yang Hao's army was defeated by Salhu, and the imperial court used Xiong Tingbi as the strategy of Liaodong, but the result was not out of the Beijing Division, Kaiyuan was conquered by Houjin, and when he arrived at Shanhaiguan, Tieling had been lost, and the soldiers and civilians of Shenyang and other castles all fled for a while, and the people in Liaoyang were uneasy. Xiong Tingbi beheaded Liu Yujie, Wang Jie, and Wang Wending, and killed the corrupt general Chen Lun, and wrote a letter to impeach and dismiss the chief military officer Li Ruzhen, and replaced him with Li Huaixin. He urged his soldiers to build chariots, buy firearms, dig warwalls, build walls, and prepare for defending the city. His orders were resolute and the law must be carried out, and after a few months, the garrison was greatly strengthened, and the hearts of the local soldiers and civilians were re-stabilized.

In August of the first year of Taichang (that is, the forty-eighth year of Wanli), Nurhachi attacked Puhe, and more than 700 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were scattered, but He Shixian and other generals also had the credit of beheading and capturing the enemy. Now that the imperial court is sending Yao Zongwen to inspect in Liaodong, I heard that he and Xiong Tingbi have many disagreements, but they have not come back yet, so I don't know what is going on.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know much about Xiong Tingbi, but listening to Sun Chengzong, it seemed that he still had a positive attitude towards Xiong Tingbi.

Then Zhu Youxiao asked Sun Chengzong about Liaodong's strategy, and Sun Chengzong did not comment on the grounds that he did not understand the situation, which made Zhu Youxiao have a better impression of him.

At this time, the eunuch came to report, and the palace suddenly caught fire. Zhu Youxiao was in a hurry, rushed out of the study and ran to the palace of Luan, Zhou Yuji is now the emperor's personal guard, and he also ran together, when the two ran to the palace, the fire had been extinguished, and Li Xuanzhi and Yuan Yuan were hugging and crying.

Seeing that Yuan Yuan was fine, he first breathed a sigh of relief, and then carefully looked at Li Xuanzhi and Yuan Yuan, both wearing coarse cloth clothes and having vegetables on their faces. Yuan Yuan saw him first, called "Brother Huang" and stopped talking, and there was grievance and panic in her two big eyes, which made Zhu Youxiao's heart ache.