The visit between the officials of the Ming Dynasty began at the beginning of the lunar month, which is somewhat similar to a few hundred years later, the officials did not have much time to rest, this year thanks to the emperor's gift, the Beijing official's rest time, starting from the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, until the fifteenth day of the first month, such a long holiday, has not appeared for a long time.

In the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are too many high-ranking officials and dignitaries, seeing these dignitaries, they think that they must progress and be promoted, in order to be able to live the life of a superior person, they need to constantly find opportunities to visit their superiors on weekdays, and they need to find reasons all the time, so that their superiors do not forget themselves.

Therefore, it is really time for the New Year, rest time, all officials need to rest, this year's holiday is a little long, and some officials of medium and low rank are even ready to ask for leave, go back to their hometown to see, it is rare to have such an opportunity. At this time, everyone will not visit each other, and it is much more comfortable at home, but the Spring Festival is the biggest festival, and it is definitely not possible not to visit the superiors, so you can only choose the time of the lunar month.

There are exceptions, during the first month of the year, some officials also go to the mansion of their superiors to pay New Year's greetings, so it is not an ordinary relationship, confidants and the like, choose this time to go to the superior's home, it seems to be a family.

Before the fifteenth day of the first month, he had to rush to Ningyuan, the plan of the year lies in the spring, and the spring cannot be delayed, although the situation in the Ningyuan area is special.

On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Xu Er came to the door to pay New Year's greetings.

Xu Eryi is Su Tiancheng's teacher, it is said that Su Tiancheng should not be given a New Year's greeting, but Su Tiancheng's identity is different, the prince Taibao, Jiliao Governor, the military department Shangshu, and the right capital imperial envoy are already high-ranking officials from the first grade, which is equivalent to the existence of the top in the Ming Dynasty. Xu Er came to pay New Year's greetings, which is also reasonable.

Hearing that Xu Er came to pay New Year's greetings, Su Tiancheng hurriedly went to the door of the mansion to greet him, and said in his mouth that he didn't dare to disturb the teacher's words.

Xu Eryi is still the left squire of the Ministry of War, an official of the third grade, and he wants to be a scholar in a short time. I'm afraid it's a little difficult.

Su Tiancheng took Xu Eryi and entered the study directly.

After sitting down, the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Xu Eryi was very emotional, saying that he had been in the capital for so many years, and this year was the most lively, and he hadn't seen such a lively situation for a long time, all because of the extermination of the Liukou and the quiet of Liaodong.

After saying this, Xu Eryi's topic quickly shifted. Let's go straight to the matter of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"After His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came back from Sichuan, all the adults in the court felt that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had changed a lot, the emperor had already made a decision, starting from the first month, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to go out of the cabinet to give lectures, which means that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was about to leave the palace, I really didn't expect it. According to the rules of the imperial court, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went out of the cabinet to give lectures. At least until I'm fourteen. ”

The prince's lecture out of the cabinet, also known as the scripture feast, is specially designed for the emperor or the prince to lecture on the history of the imperial pre-imperial lecture, by the most knowledgeable ministers in the court, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the bachelor of the chamberlain, the cabinet minister, etc., respectively, this is actually the most important way for the emperor to accept Confucianism.

The Ming Dynasty attached great importance to the sutra feast. The opening feast is a grand event of the imperial court, very grand, the ceremony is presided over by the first assistant of the cabinet, all the cabinet ministers assist, six books, left and right servants. The imperial envoys and deputy envoys of the left and right sides of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all to participate.

Since Chongzhen ascended the throne, he has been in trouble both internally and externally, and no one has mentioned the matter of the feast, but now the situation has begun to improve, and the feast has naturally been taken seriously by the ministers of the imperial court.

The prince went out of the cabinet to give lectures, which is indeed a big event.

As soon as Xu Er said about this matter, Su Tiancheng's heart moved.

The Ming Dynasty's sutra feast is generally three times a month, the days are on the second, twelfth and twenty-second days of the first month, it seems that His Royal Highness the prince went out of the cabinet for the first time to give a lecture, and it must be arranged on the twenty-second day of the first month, which indicates that from this time on, the sutra feast will be regularized, and the prince's study must be formalized.

If the feast had begun, it would have been impossible for Zhu Cihong to go to Liaodong in a short period of time. Otherwise, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will impeach His Royal Highness the Prince's studies are the most important thing.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went out of the pavilion to give a lecture, this is a good thing, and it is also a big event, but it is a pity that the students cannot participate, and the teachers must participate."

"Adults have a lot of responsibilities, and it's normal not to be able to participate."

Su Tiancheng's rank is too high, and Xu Eryi is not easy to support, which is also the rule in the imperial court.

"The students have been at home for too long, and before the fifteenth day of the first month, they have to rush to Ningyuan, otherwise the students themselves will be embarrassed."

"There is no need for adults to think like this, the situation in Liaodong is very stable, the Houjin Tartars dare not learn to be as rampant as before, and the Jiangning battalion is stationed in Jinzhou and Ningyuan, which is a great deterrent to the Houjin Tartars."

Su Tiancheng did not speak, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all had such an opinion, including the emperor.

For a long time, the emperor did not mention the matter of exterminating the Houjin Tartars, probably in his consciousness, and also thought that such a possibility was not great, although the Jiangning camp was brave, but the Houjin Eight Banners were numerous, the Jurchens were not satisfied with 10,000, and the Manchurians were invincible, such ideas were still very popular in the Ming Dynasty, even if Su Tiancheng and Jiangning Battalion had the idea of exterminating the Houjin Tartars, it was not possible to form it in a short time, so as long as the Jiangning battalion was stationed in the area of the Guanning Jin defense line, and the border was safe, everyone was satisfied.

This kind of short-sighted behavior is widespread.

This is also a problem for Su Tiancheng, which means that the imperial court's attitude towards the war in Liaodong is complicated, as long as it encounters a slight twist and turn, it must be the opposition of the Manchu Dynasty and does not agree to take the initiative to attack.

The officials of the Jiliao Governor's Mansion have basically not been allocated, and Xu Er recommended several candidates to Su Tiancheng, and Su Tiancheng wrote them down one by one.

The officials of the Jiliao Governor's Mansion, at its peak, could reach hundreds of people, but over the years, the position of the Jiliao Governor has no continuity, so the officials of the Jiliao Governor's Mansion are also temporarily formed, once the imperial court does not appoint the Jiliao Governor, the Governor's Mansion basically has no officials.

After Xu Eryi said goodbye, Su Tiancheng quickly prepared and went to pay New Year's greetings to Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong is the first assistant of the cabinet, although it is said that his hometown is in Baoding, not far from the capital, but it is unlikely to return to his hometown, plus Sun Chengzong's family, most of them moved from Jiangning County and Baoding County to the capital, so Sun Chengzong does not need to go back, when the children and grandchildren celebrate the New Year, go back to the ancestors to incense.

Sun Chengzong's mansion is not far from Su Tiancheng's mansion, but it is only a few streets away.

Sun Chengzong just returned home and took Su Tiancheng directly to the study, as for Zhu Xianxin, he was accompanied by his wife.

"The teacher is very hardworking, so I still have to pay more attention to my body."

"Alas, it's really a little tired, I'm older, and my physical strength is not as good as before, but I can't slack off, by the way, the emperor has made a decision, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went out of the cabinet to give a lecture on the twenty-second day of the first month, do you know this matter?"

"The younger generation just heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came out of the pavilion to give lectures, which is a good thing."

"The old man's thoughts are different, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had better follow you to Liaodong, this time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came back from Sichuan, the old man finally understood, the sutra feast is indeed necessary, but if you can get in touch with the reality and learn in practice, the situation is much better."

"The ideas of the juniors are different from the ideas of the teachers."

"Oh, what do you think, do you agree with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go to Liaodong?"

"The younger generation feels that there is no need for this at present, after the younger generation goes to Liaodong, there are many things to face, many things, need to be taken step by step, can not be too anxious, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, this process may be a year, two years, or even three or five years."

Sun Chengzong's face became a little serious.

"Kun Yuan, the old man knows your thoughts, you think that you can completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars, the old man is supportive, the old man thinks, all the civil and military ministers who have been to Liaodong have this idea, how can the side of the couch allow others to snore, the Houjin Tartar is ultimately the biggest threat to my Ming Dynasty, if it can't be completely eradicated, it will eventually threaten my Ming Sheji, but many adults in the imperial court, may not be like this, I am afraid that there are optimistic thoughts, thinking that Liaodong is calm, it is the best."

"The younger generation also thought of this problem, the younger generation went to Liaodong, and the biggest goal was to exterminate the Houjin Tartars, but this idea, the younger generation will not show it for the time being, if this goal is said, I am afraid it will cause an uproar."

"Did Kun Yuan think of Yuan Chonghuan, when Yuan Chonghuan was the governor of Jiliao, he once boasted of Haikou, pacified Liaodong in five years, and also made a military order, the old man felt at the time that this was impossible, and sure enough, Houjin Du came to Jingshi, this matter has a great impact in the imperial court, although the old man is the first assistant of the cabinet, he does not dare to easily say the matter of exterminating the Houjin Tartar, this kind of commitment is not easy to say."

Su Tiancheng nodded.

"However, Kun Yuan, the old man believes in you, as long as it is something you decide, you will definitely be able to do it, two years ago, you made a promise to exterminate the Liukou, and now the Liukou is gone, the 100,000 soldiers of the Golden Tartars before the year before and after the year, the momentum entered the pass, the situation at that time was very critical, but you led the Jiangning battalion to annihilate 30,000 Houjin Tartars in one fell swoop, and it was this battle that made the Houjin Tartars much more honest, two years have passed, and they dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool."

"Teacher, the juniors are actually very worried, and the Houjin Eight Banners are different from the Liukou."

"The old man is clear, but the old man feels that you have laid out in advance, the change of the Mongolian tribe is the most important move, followed by the mutual market of Anning Fort and Jingbian, and the establishment of the Yulin camp, all of this, it seems that now it is all chess pieces laid out in advance, and the old man didn't see it at the time, but now it is finally clear." (To be continued......)