During the Qianlong period, Qianlong ordered the compilation of the "Biography of the Second Minister", which mainly introduced the officials who descended to the Qing Dynasty at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, Qianlong also ordered the compilation of the "Records of the Martyrdom of the King James Dynasty", which mainly introduces the ministers of the Ming Hui Emperor Jianwen Jingnan and the martyrdom of the late Ming Dynasty, and to commend these loyal martyrs who are loyal to the country, and build a loyal and righteous shrine for these people.

In history, Lu Xiangsheng was posthumously presented to the prince and the military department by Chongzhen more than three years after his death in the war against the Qing Dynasty. In the Qianlong period, he was posthumously called "Zhongsu". Zhu Youxiao felt that he owed something to Lu Xiangsheng, so he specially rewarded Lu Fu this time.

Leaving Yixing County, Zhu Youxiao decided to hide his itinerary again, and did not even enter the city when passing through Liyang. Having lost the trace of Zhu Youxiao, the officials in Jiangnan were anxious again, and people came to ask Wang Liqian about Zhu Youxiao's traces all day long.

Seven days later, Zhu Youxiao arrived in Nanjing. At this time, the city of Nanjing was sent outside and tightened inside, and the spies of Jinyiwei and Dongchang were all over the place. Zhu Youxiao decided to go back to the palace first, and Wang Liqian was already driven crazy by this group of officials.

"Your Majesty, will you summon the ministers tomorrow?" Wang Liqian asked.

"Tomorrow is fine, deal with political affairs first, and then handle private affairs." Zhu Youxiao nodded.

"No, the minister is going to inform the ministers at this moment." Wang Liqian said.

As a matter of fact, the current political affairs are mainly handled by the cabinet, while Zhu Youxiao only deals with some things that the cabinet cannot decide, as well as military affairs. Zhu Youxiao adopted the separation of military and political affairs, and all military affairs were handled by Zhu Youxiao, the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and the Metropolitan Governor's Office; Zhu Youxiao attached great importance to the mastery of military power, and the appointment and dismissal of posts at the rank of general and above must go through Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao's will must be required for major military decisions such as troop mobilization and waging war against foreign countries.

"Your Majesty, in March this year, Lin Dan Khan once again committed border looting and was repelled by the army led by Admiral Yao Yuanjun." Duke Xu Wenjue of Wei said.

"What about the losses?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Nearly 100 households were plundered, hundreds of people were killed and wounded, 36 soldiers were killed and wounded, and Admiral Yao was beheaded 115 and captured 52 enemy soldiers." Xu Wenjue reported.

"What do you think should be done with Lin Dan Khan?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"According to the secret report of Dongchang, the Han Department is extremely short of food, even to the point of killing people and making it easy to eat. The Dongchang secret agent took the opportunity to successfully plot against five leaders including Bada Xizhai Sang, and these five leaders were willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Wang Liqian said.

"The minister thinks that since Dongchang has already arranged the internal response in the Han Dynasty, it is better to send troops to Qinghai to annihilate Lin Dan Khan in one fell swoop." Xu Wenjue proposed.

"Your Majesty, Lin Dan Khan has formed an alliance with Chotu Khan in Mobei Outer Khalkha, Zangba Khan in Tibet, and Baili Tusi Yuedun Dorjee in Kham." Wang Liqian continued.

"What did Ma Shilong and Yao Yuanjun say?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Ma Shilong requested that the border people be moved to Ordos, the defensive area should be expanded, and the original 5,000 cavalry should be expanded to 20,000 to increase the mobility of the army and deal with Lin Dan Khan's attacks from all sides." Xu Wenjue said.

"Just according to Ma Shilong's opinion, now is not the best time to send troops, our army is not suitable for fighting in Qinghai, and the soldiers who go there to fight can't even breathe, how can they fight? If I try to pile it up, this is not the result I want. Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"Wait." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while, and then said, "The Han people moved twenty miles from the border, and the rest of the people moved to Ordos. ”

"No."

"Tell Yao Yuanjun that in the border land, you can't be merciful in doing things, if you are ruthless enough, they will be afraid of you and will listen to you." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"Tell Yao Yuanjun the original words, don't change a word, he will understand." Zhu Youxiao emphasized.

"No."

"Your Majesty, the Governor of Luzon has requested that soldiers be recruited from among the local natives and that the local garrison of Luzon be expanded to 100,000." Xu Wenjue said.

"No, there is no strong enemy outside Luzon, but a group of natives with no combat effectiveness, and 50,000 garrisons are enough to protect Luzon." Zhu Youxiao refused.

"Whose signature is there on this letter?" Zhu Youxiao thought about it and asked again.

"Governor Wang Mengxiong, Admiral Li Zicheng." Xu Wenjue asked.

"Li Zicheng was transferred to the operational command of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion as the commander." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"Your Majesty, after Li Zicheng is transferred to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, who will serve as the Admiral of the Expeditionary Force?" Xu Wenjue asked.

"Do you have any good advice from the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"I think Deputy Admiral Xiong Anwen is the most suitable, the first batch of soldiers of the new army." Xu Wenjue replied.

"Then bear safe." Zhu Youxiao said.

……

There were not many military and political affairs that Zhu Youxiao needed to deal with this time, and Zhu Youxiao handled more than half of them in one day.

Back in the harem, Wang Liqian followed behind Zhu Youxiao and asked softly, "How to deal with the affairs of the Luzon Domain?" ”

"Wang Mengxiong, Xiong Anwen is loyal and commendable, Luzon can't turn over the big storms, on the contrary, King Xinwang has done well during this time, Luzon's development speed is beyond my expectations, and in a few years, Luzon will definitely become a major tax province of the empire." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No. The ministers will increase the number of men in Luzon. Wang Liqian bowed and said.

"That's very good." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Houjin should increase the investment of manpower and material resources, and Houjin is currently the biggest enemy of the empire." Zhu Youxiao said.

"According to the spies' report, Huang Taiji has regained full control and is embarking on the reorganization of the Mengba Banner, and there will be occasional conflicts between the empire and the Houjin, but on the whole it is much calmer than before." Wang Liqian reported.

"Since the first battle of Shenyang, the Houjin forces have suffered a great loss, and after the Houjin forces recover a little, it will be the time for the empire to use troops against the Houjin again." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"With the current strength of the empire, Your Majesty can completely eliminate future troubles once and for all." Wang Liqian said softly.

"It takes an excuse to start a war, it needs the support of the whole empire, at this time there is a more powerful country rising in the north of the empire, this country is still far away from the empire, but if I send troops to this country, not only will the victory or defeat be unpredictable, but once I fail, you can imagine the pressure I will face, but if it is ignored, it will only take a few decades, and this country will be bordered by the empire." Zhu Youxiao said.

(End of chapter)