At the great court meeting at the beginning of March of the eleventh year of Zhengde, Zhengde participated in the court meeting very rarely, which surprised the ministers who had long been accustomed to not having the emperor to attend the court meeting. Speaking of which, in addition to Zhengde having just taken the throne and participating in a few court meetings, he will be absent from most of the other court meetings, and the ministers of the court and the central government have also been used to it, and now Zhengde suddenly appeared on the dragon chair, which surprised all the ministers who participated in the court meeting.

However, the things that surprised the ministers were still to come, and after they finished playing some government affairs in front, Zhengde suddenly spoke: "Zhongqing, I have a big event to announce today!" ”

As soon as Zhengde's voice fell, Gu Dayong personally stood up and read out the holy decree, and all the ministers in the court were taken aback again, after all, the holy decree that could be read by Gu Dayong himself, the content on it was definitely not ordinary.

Sure enough, as Gu Dayong read out, the faces of the ministers below became wonderful one by one, they never thought that His Majesty the Emperor today actually had a lost younger brother, and it was the Zhou Zhong who was doing it overseas, which made the faces of those who heard the news show a very wonderful look on their faces.

Suddenly there appeared a prince of the Ming Dynasty, which made all the courtiers a little unbelievable, and even some people were still doubting the truth of this matter, after all, Zhengde's character was really not good, plus he had always been ridiculous, and he accepted hundreds of righteous sons, in case of another fake brother, it was not impossible.

However, after the holy decree was read, Zhou Chong helped the Empress Dowager Zhang to walk in from outside the palace, and the Empress Dowager Zhang personally testified that Zhou Chong was the second son who was stolen by the thieves back then, and then Li Dongyang also confirmed that Zhu Houwei was indeed stolen out of the palace, just to take care of the face of the heavenly family, so he announced that he had died young.

With the two heavyweights of Empress Dowager Zhang and Li Dongyang testifying, no one doubts the identity of Zhou Chong, and now the ministers are shouting long live, congratulating Zhengde and the Queen Mother on the joy of family reunion, and Zhengde is also very happy, and immediately announced that his younger brother Zhu Houwei is King Zhao Kang, referred to as King Zhao, the historical Zhao State is located in the south of Hebei, and the capital is close to each other, this honor can be described as the first person since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, after all, generally speaking, the prince's fief will be in Shandong, Henan and other places recently, as for Hebei because it is close to the capital, Therefore, it is generally not given to the feudal king.

In addition, because Zhou Chong was stolen by thieves since he was a child, the Queen Mother and Zhengde missed him very much, so Zhengde authorized Zhou Chong not to go to the fief, but to live in Beijing, the 9,000-year-old mansion before Liu Jin, now it has been renamed Zhao Wangfu, becoming Zhou Chong's mansion in the capital.

Zhou Chong restored Zhu Houwei's real name and identity, and the news quickly spread from the court to the people, and the result also caused a huge storm among the people for a while, after all, Zhou Chong was not an ordinary person, and the Journey to the West he wrote had already been widely circulated among the people, plus he vigorously developed overseas immigrants during the presiding over the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas, and millions of victims survived because of him, and even many people returned to their hometowns after making a fortune in Nanyang, which attracted the envy of others, and all this is Zhou Chong's credit, Therefore, Zhou Chong's prestige among the people can be compared with Zhengde.

It is also Zhou Chong's own prestige, coupled with his legendary background, which makes the people very curious about Zhou Chong, and even within a few days, some legends and anecdotes about Zhou Chong began to circulate among the teahouses and restaurants, such as how Zhou Chong was stolen out of the palace at the beginning, and how he recognized His Majesty today.

For those folk rumors about himself, Zhou Zhong has no time to take care of it, he is also busy during this time, since his identity was revealed, the door of King Zhao's mansion has been full of traffic, and the road several zhang wide has been blocked by these people who came to visit, so the situation can be compared with when Liu Jin was alive before.

Speaking of which, although Zhou Zhong is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has always been very strict with the emperor's relatives, they can enjoy various privileges, but they do not have any power in politics, and even the court has a rule that foreign ministers are not allowed to make friends with the emperor's relatives. However, Zhou Chong is different from ordinary princes, for example, Zhou Chong was allowed not to go to the fief to be a vassal, and Zhengde did not have any scruples about him because of Zhou Chong's identity, but after disclosing Zhou Chong's identity, he handed over the very important military school to Zhou Chong for management, plus Zhengde has no heirs, and he doesn't like government affairs, so some people with a vision know that in addition to the emperor Zhengde, the Ming Dynasty will have one more high-powered prince in the future.

It is precisely because of the particularity of Zhou Chong, the prince, that since he was named King Zhao, there has been an endless stream of people who come to visit, at first Zhou Chong also met a few, but then there were too many people, in desperation, Zhou Chong had to let Jiao Fang find an experienced palace staff, who was responsible for many people who came to visit, only those who were particularly important in their status would be received by Zhou Chong, otherwise it would be useless for anyone to come.

In addition to the headache of those who blocked the door to visit, Zhou Zhong did not forget about the military academy. After all, the military academy is Zhou Chong's first step in reforming the political situation of the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately it is now a mess by Jiang Bin, although Xu Li, the Duke of Wei, is old and moral, but he was put in the air by Jiang Bin, and even almost made the old man half paralyzed, and now he is holding on to prevent the military academy from messing up, and fortunately there is a veteran like Xu Li, so when Zhou Chong took over the military academy, the entire military academy seemed to be at least operating normally on the surface.

On this day, Zhou Zhong finally got out of the mansion and rushed to the military academy in the western suburbs of the capital with Jiao Fang. Speaking of which, after Jiang Bin gained power during this time, his ambition soared and he began to compete for power with various imperial institutions, among which the military academy was the most important part for him, after all, he was not stupid, he knew that if he could master the military academy, when the cadets in the military academy entered the military academy in the future, he could become the first person in the army by virtue of his control of the military academy.

However, although Jiang Bin has a good calculation, he has always been in charge of the daily management of the military school by Xu Li, after all, the position of school supervisor is not something that anyone can do, Jiang Bin wants to control the military school, he must take Xu Li away, but unfortunately Xu Li is tougher than he expected, even if he has been approved by Zhengde and can meddle in the management of the military school, but Xu Li still firmly grasps the core power of the military school, even if he sees the military school in chaos, he still does not let go.

Originally, according to Jiang Bin's plan, he would use his identity to erode the hearts of those instructors in the military academy little by little, after all, he is now the number one favorite in front of Zhengde, as long as he makes an appearance, few people will refuse his solicitation, so Jiang Bin has recruited nearly half of the instructors of the military academy in just a few months, and most of the rest are on the sidelines, and even as long as Xu Li puts down the management of the military academy, these people will immediately throw themselves to Jiang Bin.

However, it is a pity that with the arrival of Zhou Chong, Jiang Bin's invasion plan for the military academy was completely bankrupt, after all, no matter how favored he was, he could not be compared with Zhou Chong, so when Zhou Chong told Zhengde that he wanted to take over the management of the military academy, Zhengde agreed without even thinking about it, and even encouraged Zhou Chong to learn more about the government and politics, so as to help him share some pressure in the future.

For Zhengde's thoughts, Zhou Zhong knows better than anyone else, and now Zhengde is encouraged by Jiang Bin and has always wanted to go to Xuanfu to take a turn, but there is no shortage of people in the capital, and it just so happens that Zhou Chong, the newly crowned King Zhao, is the most suitable candidate. Of course, because Zhou Chong had just arrived in the capital, Zhengde could not let Zhou Chong supervise the country on his behalf as soon as he shook his hand, at least he needed to familiarize Zhou Chong with the affairs of the capital, and at the same time let the courtiers adapt to Zhou Chong's existence, otherwise those ministers would not let him go.

However, although Zhou Zhong understood Zhengde's eagerness to leave the capital, he did not plan to really meddle in the government as Zhengde hoped, after all, he was only a vassal king and not an emperor, and it was already very suspicious to stay in the capital.

After all, the military academy is different from the ordinary imperial court institutions, in the name of the military academy was built by Zhengde with private money, and it does not have much to do with the imperial court, and the cadets in the military academy have been studying for quite a while, and some of the accelerated classes are also about to graduate, as long as these people successfully graduate and enter the army, then the military academy is equivalent to laying some foundations in the army, with the development of time, In the future, this foundation will grow deeper and deeper until it grows into a towering tree.

The military academy was first proposed by Zhou Chong, but he only proposed to build a naval academy, this army military academy is the product of Zhengde's own flash of inspiration, Zhou Zhong is also very curious about this, he wants to know what Zhengde will build the military academy without his own guidance, as a result, when he came to the front of the military academy, and saw the huge statue of Zhengde knight, he was also surprised, I didn't expect Zhengde to have learned to attack the heart, every student can see the knight statue of Zhengde when passing through the gate of the military school, This invisibly increases the prestige of Zhengde, and at the same time can increase the loyalty of the students to Zhengde, although this may be an unintentional move by Zhengde for a while, but it still makes Zhou Zhong feel admired.

Zhou Zhong and Jiao Fang just walked to the gate of the military academy, and saw a white-haired old man leading several instructors of the military academy to stand in front of the gate to greet him, no need to ask, the old man in front of him must be Xu Li, the Duke of Wei, but what makes Zhou Chong feel strange is that he is also a prince anyway, and it is normal for Xu Li to come out with people to greet him, but there are too few instructors around Xu Li, and there are less than ten people when they are full, where have the rest of the people gone? rs

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