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On April 18, the second Apocalypse Award was held in the Taihe Temple. This year's Apocalypse Awards are much grander than the previous one. In this year's Apocalypse Awards, Zhu Youxiao deliberately separated the award ceremony from the banquet. At the award ceremony, Zhu Youxiao specially arranged the host, but this time the award was replaced by a cabinet member. Zhu Youxiao stipulated that the Imperial Academy of Sciences would be responsible for holding the award ceremony of the Apocalypse Award every year from now on, and all members of the cabinet in Beijing must attend.

In this year's Apocalypse Prize, Kepler won the Mathematics Prize for "The New Solid Geometry of the Wine Barrel", the Physics Prize was awarded to Galileo, and the Physiology and Medicine Prize was awarded to Chen Shigong. In history, Kepler died of poverty this year, and in this time and space, with the support of Zhu Youxiao, he not only did not die of poverty, but now he is alive and well, and it is very likely that he will be the first person to discover gravity.

Zhu Youxiao's Apocalypse Award has in fact inspired a large number of people to devote themselves to scientific research, and the number of applicants at Imperial Gewu Academy has doubled compared to last year.

April 28 is the annual charity awards party, which has also become a routine for Zhu Youxiao, and it is also an activity that Zhu Youxiao must participate in naming cabinet members. For the charity gala, the enthusiasm of the court ministers to participate is obviously higher. Last year, the Imperial Community Chest received more than 150,000 taels of donations from the private sector.

The Imperial Community Chest nominally presided over by Zhang Yan, and at the request of Zhu Youxiao, Zhang Yan attended a public event such as the charity awards party for the first time. This is of epoch-making significance in the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, Xiaoxiao also participated in this charity gala, and Feng Qiuhuang is now on the regular, and the daily work is presided over by Marta and Maria, and the focus of Xiao's work has begun to tilt towards the Imperial Community Chest.

The charity auction has also become an important event of the charity gala, and this year's auction is the palace of the four anti-kings and several rare treasures donated by Zhu Youxiao in the name of Zhang Yan.

Afterwards, the "Ming Imperial Daily" gave a key report on Zhang Yan, the queen, attending the charity awards party, which greatly enhanced Zhang Yan's reputation among the people.

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The spy war in Liaodong continued, and at the end of April, Qinyun finally got an important clue.

"Lord Admiral, Qin Yun sent a secret letter a few days ago, saying that a hundred household chiefs in Liaodong may be one of the leaders of the spies in Ningyuan City." Dai Sanxi is now responsible for analyzing and sorting out the in-line reports in eastern Liaodong. In the past, there was no special person in charge of this matter in Dongchang, and Wang Sai'er needed to get the information she needed from the chaotic clues, so she could only cultivate it herself, so Dai Sanxi and a group of people were selected from the orphanage to drive ducks to the shelves, and the grade was entrusted with such an important task at a young age.

"Notify Jinyiwei, and leave the rest to Jinyiwei to deal with." Wang Sai'er said.

"But......" Dai Sanxi stopped talking. This is a great achievement for the East Factory, and Dai Sanxi is unwilling.

"The East Factory will be the intelligence agency of the Empire, and it will gradually dive underwater, and the East Factory in the future will be completely different from the current East Factory, and the organization, personnel, funds and activities of the East Factory will be kept strictly secret in the future, and the East Factory will only be responsible to His Majesty, and outsiders will know the East Factory by this name and a small number of leaders in the future." Wang Sai'er said solemnly.

"No." Dai Sanxi bowed and said.

"If Qinyun's news is correct, she can see the light of day in the future." Wang Sai'er said.

"Qin Yun asked if this matter is over, can you go to Fengqiuhuang?" Dai Sanxi asked softly.

"Tell her that when the dust settles on the espionage case in Liaodong, it will be the day she will go to Fengqiuhuang." Wang Sai'er thought for a while and said.

"No." Dai Sanxi said happily.

"If you and Qin Yun don't mind, I don't mind marrying Qin Yun to you." Wang Sai'er said suddenly.

"My lord, I'm just...... It's just that I'm happy to see Qin Yun get what she wants. Dai Sanxi said hesitantly.

"Your Majesty once said that you must not be soft-hearted in our business, otherwise it will be bad, you are just too soft-hearted, I put you in Dongchang to be responsible for clerical work, and Qinyun is more ruthless than you, even more ruthless than me, if you really want to marry her, you have to be ready." Wang Sai'er said.

"I know." Dai Sanxi said softly.

"Get things done, it's still a few months before Qinyun comes back." Wang Sai'er said.

"No."

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Jin Yiwei received the news from Dongchang and immediately took action together with Yuan Chonghuan. For such things, Jinyiwei is generally a special case. You Shilu personally led his troops to control the head of the hundred households together with Jinyiwei, and raided the residence of the head of the hundred households in Ningyuan.

Qin Yun's news was correct, Jin Yiwei obtained direct evidence from the family of the head of the hundred households, and through this head of the hundred households, Jin Yiwei almost swept away the Houjin spies in Ningyuan City.

More than 100 people were involved in the espionage case in Ningyuancheng, including several soldiers. In order to crack down on the spies of the Houjin in Liaodong, Sun Chengzong proposed to temporarily enforce the Baojia Law in Liaodong to cooperate with the actions of Jinyiwei and Dongchang. Sun Chengzong's proposal was supported by Zhu Youxiao. At this point, both officials and ordinary people in the entire Liaodong have joined in this campaign to crack down on Houjin spies.

During this time, Zhu Youxiao almost stayed in the palace to accompany his family, and he had decided to go to Shanhaiguan at the end of September.

"Your Majesty, in the battle with Jianyu, there is no need for the emperor to drive in person." Zhang Yan dissuaded.

"This war is related to the fortunes of the empire, and I don't go to Shanhaiguan to watch, and I feel uneasy. What's more, if I go to Shanhaiguan, I will not go to the front line, nor will I interfere in the war on the front line, I will only stay in Shanhaiguan. Zhu Youxiao explained.

"Even if the emperor is in Beijing, the time to receive the news is only a day or two later than Shanhaiguan." Zhang Yan said.

"After conquering Shengjing, I will go to Shengjing to see it myself." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Your Majesty can wait until the empire wins a great victory before going to Liaodong and going to Shengjing." Zhang Yan said.

"Orb, go for a swim with me." Zhu Youxiao is no longer entangled with Zhang Yan on the topic.

"The concubine can't move, she wants to rest for a while. Your Majesty will go first, and the concubine will come over later. Zhang Yan said.

"Then I'll go for another swim." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

Now, in addition to a group of concubines by the game pool, Xiaoxiao, Marta and Maria are also playing by the pool. At a young age, she may still be in college in later generations, but in this era, she is a veritable golden leftover girl. Xiaoxiao has been by Zhang Yan's side for a while, Xiaoxiao respects Zhang Yan very much, Zhang Yan also recognizes Xiaoxiao very much, Zhang Yan still understands Xiaoxiao's thoughts, and Zhang Yan is anxious in her eyes for Xiaoxiao's current state.

(End of chapter)