"Who said I was going back to Nandu?"

If the generals don't come, Zhu Cihong will be disappointed. After months of water grinding kung fu, if these generals heard that they were going back to Nanjing but did not move, it was really a waste of kung fu.

It's better to drive them all out and bring another group of people with them.

Seeing them in front of him at this time, Zhu Cihong also showed a smile on his face.

Although the superior has no true feelings, at this moment, the smile on Zhu Cihong's face is also very moving.

Talking about martial arts and soldiers, putting his heart into his heart, from the treatment of officers to the sense of honor, to the equipment, bit by bit, to now, this army has been able to ensure that it has completed the cornerstone of changing the fate of the Ming Dynasty in this life.

"Your Highness won't return?"

"Of course not!"

Zhu Cihong laughed loudly and said: "The queen mother summoned me back to Beijing, just to discuss marriage. Today, General Wei has a righteous sister Wei Qinghui, who has an innocent family background and a tame surname, which is enough to be the concubine of the East Palace. I have made up my mind, this winter and next spring, I will command the army in Qingjiang, and at the same time play the queen father and mother, and appoint Wei Qinghui as the crown princess. ”

Summoning the crown prince back to the southern capital, there is indeed an unstated reason, that is, to select and appoint the crown princess.

In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the royal family was already selecting the crown princess, and moved the palace room to Duanben Palace to prepare for marriage.

But at the end of the sixteenth year, Li Zicheng entered the palace, and went out in March of the seventeenth year, and now it is November of the seventeenth year.

It has always been around fifteen or sixteen when the prince gets married, and now he has to choose a good candidate and handle the big wedding, and he has to catch up in the summer and autumn of the eighteenth year.

If it is delayed for another year, the prince will not be able to reach the age of seventeen or eighteen and not be married.

That's a big joke.

Now the crown prince is not in the palace, and the rules in the palace cannot be controlled. Originally, before the prince was married and did not have a concubine and a side concubine, the palace maids in the dormitory had to keep a distance, and the eunuchs would serve and live, otherwise, the prince would be born from the capital, which would bring a lot of trouble.

Zhu Cihong not only did not return, but chose his own concubine, so that he led the army abroad and never wanted to return to Nanjing, so there is no need to say more.

The civil officials present all had complicated expressions, and all the generals first cheered.

Wei Qinghui is Wei Yue's sister-in-law or not, but in the Wei Mansion, she is very generous, virtuous and shrewd, and her appearance is impeccable.

The generals originally had this kind of thought, but the royal affairs were not something that a group of old rough people dared to intervene in, so although Wei Qinghui had been by the prince's side for a long time and became closer, no one dared to mention such a thing at all.

The royal concubine selection has its own rules, where can the foreign minister be allowed to make irresponsible remarks.

However, Wei Qinghui is also quite qualified, she was originally from a pure white family, otherwise she would not have been elected to the palace. Then he made great contributions, and his appearance was impeccable, which was just right for the Ming Dynasty's tradition of choosing concubines.

Therefore, although Zhu Cihong is in charge of himself, Chongzhen and Zhou Hou in Nanjing will not refuse if they want to.

This matter is a foregone conclusion.

The crown prince stayed in Huai'an Qingjiang, which was already a joy, and the announcement of the crown princess was a joy for the generals.

Even the soldiers of the Qingjiang battalion, as well as the merchants and the people, I am afraid that their hearts will be more stable.

Although the crown prince is not very old, many people have completely ignored the age of the crown prince. Because since the prince left Yanjing, he has acted decisively, even sometimes ruthlessly, and his administration has become more and more sophisticated, unlike when he was in Nanjing, he occasionally made some mistakes.

The current crown prince has been trained for a long time and is politically proficient, and he is no longer the young man he was when he considered things.

"The ministers congratulate Your Highness."

"Congratulations, Your Highness!"

"The minister has the courage to ask His Highness for a drink."

At this time, this kind of marriage, the civil officials are hesitant to congratulate, although the generals are happy, they don't have too many words. At this time, I am afraid that Wang Yuan is the only one who comes out to please the wine.

"I can't miss you."

Zhu Cihong is also very reluctant to decide his marriage in this way at such a time, but this is how things are. If you keep taking the lead at this time, and after a while, Nanjing will use this matter as an excuse to urge you to go back, then you will be passive.

At this time, it is a bit unfilial to take the lead, but for the sake of the overall situation, it is nothing.

Fortunately, Zhou Hou has always loved herself, and when she wrote a few times, she also secretly clicked it. The crown princess will never ask the queen to choose again, she already has a candidate on her side, and she doesn't have to bother the queen mother.

Of course, Zhou Hou didn't dare to call the shots, but if he had greeted him in advance, it wasn't too out of line.

But in any case, the father-son relationship between him and Chongzhen must be affected a little.

Riding on the horse, Zhu Cihong also sighed quietly.

This situation was also expected in advance. The situation will get better and better, seeing that the thieves and the Dongyu are going to fight, a war of hundreds of thousands of people is about to break out, and the Ming Dynasty will have more and more financial resources, and the financial problems that have been trapped in Chongzhen for many years will be solved.

Coupled with the official system, the military system, and all kinds of measures are very smooth, after the donation, the gentry class is back on the set, and the cornerstone of the Ming Dynasty is slowly stabilized.

As soon as the situation is good, Chongzhen certainly wants to control all the power himself.

Before, Chongzhen felt that Zhu Cihong's ability was above him, and he knew the conversation on the way to the south, so he supported everything.

But in this situation, it is impossible for the emperor to back down for too long.

Everyone is willing to be Tang Taizong, but not Tang Gaozu.

Under the millennium, that is, the word fame and fortune, the emperor does not pay attention to profit, but this name has to be fought for.

Zhu Cihong is obedient, Chongzhen's trust and favor for him will not change in the slightest, and after his death, the country will still be his.

But now is really not the time, in the middle of the court, only he knows how big the threat of the Dongyu is, and if he doesn't kill this poisonous snake, he will never back down and let go!

………… What happened and changed during this day, Hou Fang Domain did not know yet.

He was originally in the Information Department, and then went to the Military and Political Department to help Chen Mingxia. However, it is not pleasant to work together. Chen Mingxia is a talented and proud person, he likes to act vigorously and resolutely, and Hou Fangyu is the temper of a rich son, and he can't stand it.

Fortunately, Zheng Yuanxun was there, barely maintained, and later asked for the surname to transfer Hou Fangyu to the Department of Culture and Education, in charge of culture and education in the local and military areas.

To put it bluntly, it is to eradicate the illiteracy of the soldiers, and in the interval, I also go to the local government to supervise the teaching of the school officials in various prefectures and counties, allocate some silver taels to the localities, build a few more schools, and give some subsidies to the students, but other than that, there is not much to do.

The most important things are in the army.

At present, the teaching materials in the army have changed drafts several times, and the spirit spent is really unimaginable to outsiders. From the selection of commonly used words, to the excerpts of the specific actual combat in the new book of Wu Beizhi and Ji Xiao, and compiled them into fixed military textbooks...... Of course, this was prepared for the military academy's lecture hall, and during the compilation process, the General Staff Department and the Military Administration Department also sent people to help, and the Military Intelligence Department also sent people to send maps and sand tables, but most of the writing work still fell on the heads of Hou Fangyu and his colleagues in the Department of Culture and Education.

In addition, there is a large number of songs and ballads, and there are things about the origin of China that are extremely new to the Hou Fang Domain...... He had never been in contact with it before.

After a few months of hard work, a few days ago, Hou Fangyu was finally rewarded with a short vacation for his excellent grades, and he almost didn't hesitate to go to Nanjing immediately.

He and Li Xiangjun have been separated for too long, and they have exchanged letters with each other for several months, but their feelings have become deeper and deeper.

However, before the people arrived in Yangzhou, they turned back halfway.

Li Xiangjun and Kou Baimen crossed the river to the north together, but they came to Qingjiang.

Halfway to meet at the inn, meet against the journey, each other's surprise, can be imagined.

So naturally returned north together, when Li Xiangjun was in Nanjing, there were too many people who admired his fame. And recently, the rumors in Nanjing are quite evil, I heard that there are too few palace maids in the palace, so there are quite a lot of rumors, saying that the palace wants to draft girls.

"This is complete nonsense."

Of course, Hou Fangyu didn't think so, and shook his head: "What kind of person is today, how can he do such a thing in the Zhengde period." ”

A few months ago, he was still the kind of surname that was startled, easy to like and irritable, but now he is very calm, just looking at his bearing, he has changed a person a few months ago.

Li Xiangjun was extremely pleased, her cheeks were like jade, and she was flushed with a little redness, she was really like a person in a painting.

The Kou Baimen beside him was even more glamorous, and the two women only dared to sit in the car and talk to Hou Fangyu through the window, if they wanted to show up, they would have to cause a big mess.

Li Xiangjun is inconvenient to refute Fang Yu, Kou Baimen is not very polite, glanced at Fang Yu, and sneered: "Of course the emperor is a holy monarch, why do you have someone who wants to pat the horse to meet you, wait for the eldest prince, have you forgotten Yuanyuan?" ”

Chen Yuanyuan was sent to the Yanjing Palace, I don't know what's going on, Chongzhen didn't take a fancy to it.

Of course, it is impossible for a woman in the workshop to be a concubine, and the name of sending it in is only a song.

Hou Fangyu said with a smile: "When it comes to Yuanyuan, it's sad to take the liberty of the frontier...... By the way, how is Bijiang and Xiaowan doing? ”

"Not so good!" Kou Baimen's surname is very straightforward, and he frowned and replied: "Mao Bijiang is becoming more and more insincere, mixing with Huang Taichong and a few others, drinking wine to make the surname scold, slandering the government, that's it." But he was angry with Xiao Wan at every turn. My sister was blind, and asked Xiao Wan to marry such a person. ”

"Isn't that the case?" Hou Fangyu was puzzled and asked, "Isn't his old lady fine?" ”

Mao Xiang's father has successfully dismissed and returned to his hometown and become a rich man, Mao Xiang is Shi Kefa's staff, and he was proud of the spring breeze last time in Nanjing, but now he is like this?

"Humph!" Kou Baimen sneered first, and then said, "He was dismissed." The prince's Houlu law was promulgated, and there was a law for placing officials, and from then on, officials also had to take exams, and there were also Yulu, and they could also be officials. Originally, he didn't like the prince's governance very much, and after the law was placed, officials were not allowed to invite their own staff, so as to reform the situation and be reformed, and he was reformed by the emperor, so he was naturally even more complaining! ”

(To be continued)