As soon as Zhu Youxiao said this, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly touched his round belly, and said with a smile: "Drag Your Majesty Hongfu, over the years, the Ming Dynasty's national strength has been thriving, the people have plenty of food and clothing, and even with the old minister, they have also been stained with the blessings of this peaceful and prosperous world, not to mention that now His Majesty has a dragon seed, this is a great auspicious thing, the old minister made a wish in front of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the old year, as long as the little prince is safe and sound, the old minister is willing to fast for a year, and now it is just three months, but he has not lost weight." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Wei Zhongxian's words made Zhu Youxiao laugh, pointing at Wei Zhongxian and saying: "You, you, when did you learn to be so funny, this Jiangnan is the place where Zhong Lingyu is beautiful, you have been here for more than half a year, why haven't you been touched by any aura, this mouth is more oily than before." ”

When Zhu Youxiao said this, the officials present couldn't help laughing, and they all envied that Wei Zhongxian could be favored by His Majesty the Emperor to speak so kindly, and all the officials also knew that they were definitely inferior to Wei Zhongxian, after all, Wei Zhongxian grew up with Principal Zhu You.

Wang Chengen, who followed Zhu Youxiao, was recommended to Zhu Youxiao by Wei Zhongxian before he left Beijing, and he was also Wang Chengen's nobleman, so Wang Chengen didn't dare to follow the joke, but Li Mingrui couldn't help but say from the side: "Father-in-law Wei forgot to see Your Majesty's joy, Your Majesty can't blame Father-in-law Wei for this." ”

"Okay, the elder Li Ge has spoken for you, and I don't dare to say you anymore", Zhu Youxiao said this, and Wei Zhongxian noticed that the middle-aged man in the red robe in front of him was the newly high-ranking and powerful cabinet elder Li Mingrui, who had played an important role in the recent collapse of the Confucian Sect of the Northern Sect.

Although he has left Beijing, Wei Zhongxian did not pay attention to the dynamics of the capital, and he has long heard of Li Mingrui, and now he has to see the real person, and he is also called "Li Ge Lao" by His Majesty himself, Wei Zhongxian is even more sure of the status of this new cabinet minister in His Majesty's heart, so he also wants Li Mingrui to give his hand.

Li Mingrui also returned the salute, he was also looking at this once powerful government and opposition and now the inner court boss who is in charge of Jiangnan alone, to put it mildly, Li Mingrui knows that his rise in officialdom is because of his impeachment of Wei Zhongxian, and his impeachment made Wei Zhongxian fall from the position of the master of ceremonies to Nanjing as a town guard.

Li Mingrui wasn't sure if the old eunuch who grew up with His Majesty was jealous of himself, but what he could be sure of was that His Majesty had never really wanted to abandon Wei Zhongxian, so Li Mingrui never slandered Wei Zhongxian in front of Zhu Youxiao for half a sentence, and even praised Wei Zhongxian from time to time, such as today.

Zhu Youxiao was also a little happy to see that Li Mingrui and Wei Zhongxian saluted each other, although there were contradictions in power between internal and external officials, they could also share weal and woe in the face of major rights and wrongs, and help each other in the most basic harmony, so that the struggle between the party and the government in the imperial court could be eliminated invisibly.

"You are Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei?" At this time, Zhu Youxiao walked up to an old man with a full beard and black face and big ears and asked.

Xu Hongji hurriedly replied: "It is Weichen, Weichen welcomes His Majesty to inspect the capital." ”

"At that time, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, drove back to Mobei the Tartars who had enslaved me in China for nearly a hundred years, and recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun that had been occupied by the Hu people for hundreds of years.

As Zhu Youxiao spoke, he turned to Wang Chengen and instructed: "Wang Chengen, Li Mingrui, you will discuss with Wei Guogong later, arrange a good day and auspicious day, I will sacrifice and sacrifice these heroes who have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty and China after sacrificing filial piety, especially Xu Da, the Duke of Wei." ”

After Li Mingrui and Wang Chengen received the order, Xu Hongji hurriedly knelt down to thank him, but was helped up by Zhu Youxiao: "Don't be so restrained, speaking of which, your Xu family and our Zhu family have been in-laws since the great grandfather, I only hope that if the Ming Dynasty is in trouble in the future, you can not abandon the Ming Dynasty and go, learn from some families to recognize the thief as a father, you must remember that once there is no Ming Dynasty, you are nothing, I also hope that one day, you can have your ancestors' legacy again, mention crossing the horse for me to fight on the battlefield again, expand thousands of miles of mountains and rivers." ”

Zhu Youxiao said this, naturally he also meant to mention the Xu family, in fact, in the original history, Wei Guogong did surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but in the end he still ended up being demoted to a common people. Actually, this is also normal, the Xu family is indeed the home of the founding fathers of the Ming Dynasty, but for Da Qingguo, it is nothing, the Manchu Qing would rather raise a group of useless Eight Banner soldiers than raise you The father of the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Hongji didn't know that his son Xu Wenjue would surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the future, but he still understood the meaning of Zhu Youxiao's vigilance against his Xu family, and then thought of the Confucian family of the Northern Sect who had just been slaughtered, Xu Hongji couldn't help but be secretly shocked, scared into a cold sweat, how Zhu Youxiao said, his Xu family is not the Confucian family, there is no transcendent status in the Confucian forest, and now after a hundred years, he has no influence in the army, so he really only relies on the glory of his ancestors to live with the grace of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as he heard Zhu Youxiao say this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen does not dare to do things that are not loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and the Xu family will not have such unscrupulous descendants, if there is really one, Weichen will not be the first to spare him, let alone fight on the battlefield, Your Majesty is now the head of Weichen, and Weichen has nothing to say." ”

"This is serious", Zhu Youxiao said and looked at Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials: "Wang Yongguang, how is the defense of Nan0 Beijing, although the world is peaceful, but there can be no slack, on the one hand, we must beware of the incident that a small group of Japanese robbers can break into the city of Liudu during the Jiajing period, on the other hand, we must always pay attention to the river defense, the threat of the Tartars is still there, no one can guarantee for sure, whether there will be another incident in Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty in the future, in order to plan for a rainy day, we must also have our own quarry rocks, and the strategic position of the capital will be very important at that time." ”

The secretary of the military department of Nan 0 Beijing is the official of the six departments with the most important functions in Nanjing, Wang Yongguang also knows that he has a heavy responsibility, and when he sees Zhu Youxiao talking about the defense of Nan 0 Beijing, he also gives a fluent answer, but when Zhu Youxiao hears it, it is just an old talk, but now he has limited energy, not to mention whether the defense of Nan 0 Beijing will still have strategic significance in the future.

After listening to Wang Yongguang's brief report, Zhu Youxiao turned to Wei Zhongxian and said: "We are now blocking this city gate, affecting the lives of the people, let's go into the city quickly, I want to see the style of the ancient capital of the six dynasties, when Taizu ascended the throne here and built the Ming Dynasty, I don't know what the situation is after two hundred years of wind and rain." ”

Zhu Youxiao said that he took the first step on the dragon chariot, and as soon as he entered the city, he heard the voice of the newsboy not far away: "Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the Confucius Gate of the Northern Sect was removed for rebellion, and the Confucius Gate of the Southern Sect has become a descendant of the Confucian line!" Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, took the lead in collecting commercial taxes in the face of the world's disapproval, whether it was a move to conform to the will of the people or a vicious government that competed with the people for profit, Zhang Juzi had quite an opinion on this. ”