readx; After many days of not seeing each other, Anna has become quite fluent in Chinese. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info was "questioned" by her in public, and Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but be stunned: "When did my words not count?" ”

Anna smiled and said, "His Majesty the Emperor once promised Anna that on the day the embassy was completed, he would definitely come to congratulate him in person. It's been a long time since the embassy was built, and you haven't been there once! ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly realized at this time, and smiled embarrassedly: "Hehe, this is indeed a broken promise, I'm sorry." However, please also ask the princess to forgive me, the recent Tartar captives have been in the Kou, and I have to deal with this important matter first. Now that this matter has finally come to an end, I must take the time to visit in the next few days, okay? ”

Anna was overjoyed when she heard this, and immediately asked Zhu Youzhen where he went, which made Zhu Youzhen quite embarrassed. Or Qiulina smiled and said, "Anna, don't be in such a hurry, you will definitely go." By the way, Miss Xiangjun has always been very grateful and worried about you, so I want to greet you. ”

Anna squeezed her eyes narrowly at Qiulina and said, "Catherina, I see that you have lived in China for too long, except for your appearance, you have become Chinese in all aspects." Obviously, you miss His Majesty the Emperor yourself, but you are also involved in Sister Xiangjun. ”

Qiu Lina's face turned red, and she stopped talking to Zhu Youzhen, and finally retreated silently to the side. Zhu Youzhen's heart moved, and secretly thought that since Anna was called so, when Ming Qiulina got along with her, she still preferred to use the real name "Catherina". Thinking of her strange behavior before, Zhu Youzhen was even more suspicious.

However, he has just returned to Beijing, and there are countless important things to deal with, and he has no time to think about it. Luan drove slowly through the crowded crowd, and finally met with Rui'er and the others. Several concubines had already waited for a long time, and when the husband and wife met, although they had a thousand words, they didn't know where to start for a while, but they just bowed down with tears.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly got out of the car and picked up several beloved women one by one, his eyes were already red, and he barely squeezed out a smile and said: "You have really worked hard for the past two months!" Meifeng, why are you here, you just had major surgery, and you should recuperate! ”

Qi Meifeng was so excited that she burst into tears, and she didn't say a word, but Concubine Bao Yulian explained gently: "Long live don't blame Meifeng, it was the queen mother and the concubine who allowed her to come." She was born as a military general, her physique is superior to ordinary people, and long-term rest is not conducive to wound healing. ”

Zhu Youzhen shook Qi Meifeng's hand lovingly, and asked with concern, "How is your son?" Is there enough milk to eat? ”

One sentence made Qi Meifeng blush, and Queen Rui'er hurriedly smiled and said slightly: "Long live!" In front of the public, how do you answer Sister Meifeng! It's better to hurry up, these parents are short things, and it's not too late for the concubines to return to the harem and then slowly echo to Long Live again. ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen drive back to the palace, first to the Qianqing Palace to ascend to the throne, and held the first court meeting in many days. The war had just ended, and naturally there were a lot of important things to do, and this court meeting was also held from late afternoon until late at night.

First of all, Zhu Youzhen made clear arrangements for the defense of the northern border. Gao Di still served as the governor of Liaodong, responsible for guarding the Shanhaiguan, supplemented by four generals: Zu Dashou, Man Gui, He Kegang, and Zhu Mei. Among them, He Kegang temporarily garrisoned Jizhou, and then returned to Shanhaiguan in the future.

In this regard, some Donglin ministers also raised objections, believing that Gao Di passively avoided the war in this war and should be replaced. Zhu Youzhen flatly refused on the grounds that Gao Di was acting on orders, but in fact, he knew very well in his heart that Gao Di was not a member of the Donglin Party, and these ministers were just party members who fought against differences. Don't look at Gao Di is indeed a bit of a "good old man", but in Shanhaiguan where there are many factions of military generals, especially when the strength of Zu Dashou's family is still quite strong, there is no such good old man who can get along with the mud, and it is really easy to cause trouble.

As for Jizhou, Zhu Youzhen appointed Li Laiheng as the chief soldier of Jizhen and the leader of the guard, and led the original division in Beijing to rest for a while, and then went to Jizhou to take over the defense. In terms of Xuanhua, Yuan Chonghuan still served as the governor of Xuanda, and Li Dingguo served as the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu.

Because these two generals have been on the order to go to the southwest, they have galloped thousands of miles for most of the year, and the casualties of their subordinates are not light. Originally, they each led 5,000 light cavalry, but now in addition to 500 men and horses who stayed in the south and did not return to Beijing, there are only more than 2,000 people left, among whom there are many wounded, and Li Dingguo has also been seriously ill, so he must have a good rest no matter what.

Second, because the Guanning Iron Cavalry had already arrived, Zhu Youzhen immediately allocated this force, along with the generals Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao, to the new trilateral governor Lu Xiangsheng, and asked him to immediately lead the army to replace Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou returned to Beijing to report on his work and was appointed separately.

Thirdly, we should continue to carry out reconstruction work, because reconstruction and disaster relief must be carried out simultaneously due to heavy snowfall for several days. Sun Chengzong, a cabinet minister and secretary of the ministry, took the initiative to invite Ying to Jizhou to preside over the reconstruction. Jizhou, Zunhua, Qian'an, Yongping, Luanzhou and other places are the areas where the Qing army has been ravaging for the longest time and the people have suffered the greatest losses. With him as an old minister, all aspects of affairs can be handled more smoothly, and there will be no obstacles everywhere. Although Zhu Youzhen was reluctant to be this powerful minister, he couldn't think of a more suitable candidate, so he had to give permission.

Fourth, it is a reward for meritorious civil and military ministers and soldiers. According to the views of many ministers, especially officials of the Ministry of Rites, generals with outstanding military achievements, such as Hao Yongzhong, Xie Sheng, Li Dingguo, Li Laiheng, etc., should be knighted, at least an earl.

But Zhu Youzhen did not adopt their opinions, and he did not knight any of the four generals, but was promoted to the governor of Zhengyipin, and Hao Yongzhong hung the seal of "Xiaocai General" and still led 3,000 battalions; Xie Sheng hung the seal of "General Zhendong", and still led the five military battalions and the Shenji battalion; Li Dingguo still hangs the seal of "General Dingnan", and Li Laiheng still hangs the seal of "General Pingnan". At the same time, the four generals will each reward a mansion in Beijing, and the reward will be 10,000 taels of silver, and there will be no others.

This level of reward surprised the ministers, because the chief military officer was originally a positive product, and the Zuo Du Governor was also a positive product. Zhengyipin's Yulu is 1,000 stones, even if the double share of the commander and the governor of Zuo Du is only 2,000 stone a year, and Zhu Youzhen also specially pointed out that the Yu Lu will be issued according to the governor of Zuodu, that is, he will not give double shares.

Although the earl's salary is also 1,000 stones, the biggest difference between the title and the grade is that the title can be hereditary. As for the silver and the mansion, those ministers don't look down on it at all, but who hasn't had the means to get these things?

But if the emperor is stingy with rewards, it doesn't seem to be. For Zu Dashou, who did not participate in the war at all, Zhu Youzhen instead issued an edict and was named the Marquis of Xingning!

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