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In the traditional folklore of northern China, the 23rd day of the lunar month, also known as "Little Chinese New Year's Eve", is the day when the people sacrifice to the stove. Legend has it that the god of the stove is in charge of the family's fortune and misfortune, and in the middle of the night on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the god will return to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor what the family has done throughout the year. In order to keep this stove prince from speaking ill of his own family, the people used yellow rice and malt to make a very sticky sugar, commonly known as "sugar melon", which was enshrined in front of the tablet of the stove prince and used to stick to his mouth, "God says good things, and the earth keeps peace."

In fact, this is just a rare silence for hard-working and kind people, and this sugar melon is not stained with the mouth of the prince of the stove, and it will be worshiped for a while, and after the matter is over, it will be cheaper for their own children. There is a nursery rhyme: "Twenty-three, sugar melon dipping", which is about this interesting custom.

However, this year's situation is different, the food crisis in Jingshi is extremely serious, and ordinary people are reluctant to even send the little sugar to the heavens. The impact of Jianyu's invasion of the Gyeonggi region has not yet passed, the Central Plains rebellion has broken out again, and this year is another cold winter, and the grain from the south cannot be transported, and the food problem is like a black and oppressive dark cloud, which has always shrouded the hearts of more than one million soldiers and civilians in the city.

It was under these circumstances that Zhu Youzhen entered Beijing. Although he missed his wives and children very much, there were still countless important things waiting for him to deal with, so he avoided all the ceremonies and deliberately chose to enter the city after dark, so as not to disturb the people.

After returning to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen immediately convened an emergency court meeting. All the members of the cabinet and the main officials of the six ministries and five temples were all here, and they had not seen the emperor for more than a month. Although the group of officials led by the Donglin Party often held the emperor's elbow for their own interests, they still maintained the imperial power after all. In particular, Zhu Changxun, who launched a rebellion, was the sworn enemy of the Donglin Party, and the ministers were very excited.

Before the official start of the court meeting, Zhu Youzhen first proposed: All the soldiers who died in the counterinsurgency war and the innocent people who died, including of course, Yuan Keli, who had just died. Although Yuan Keli was not a member of the Donglin Party, he was highly respected, and he had many friends and even protégés in the DPRK and China.

After the silence, the court meeting officially began. Zhu Youzhen has already dealt with the 100,000 urgent government affairs through the flying pigeon and the stagecoach, but there are still many backlogs. First of all, the Six Books of Shangshu told the emperor about the current situation, and the content of the report of Sun Chengzong, the official of the Ministry of Officials, mainly concerned officials in the rebellious areas.

When the rebellion began, a large number of local officials defected to the enemy, including some young officials who had just entered the ranks through Enko. There are also many officials who have been killed unyieldingly, and there are very few who have survived like Yan Ermei. At present, the rebels have been basically expelled from Henan, and there is an urgent need to send officials to manage them.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, secretly thinking that Enke had taken 6,000 jinshi, although he had tried his best to select according to the new standards, but only by writing or speaking the exam, he still might not be able to test a person's true character. Only by putting him in the actual job, or even in a crisis like Mount Tai's pressure, can we see whether this person is rotten wood or beautiful jade. Real gold is not afraid of fire, although the sacrifice of some people makes Zhu Youzhen sad, but also screened out some people who can only talk about it, but lack the most basic "big festival", these people will never have the opportunity to steal a high position, causing greater harm to the country.

As for the list drawn up by the ministry, Zhu Youzhen said that he needed to read it before deciding it, but Sun Chengzong was still more relieved to do things, and this list could be determined soon.

Next is the new head of the household department, Bi Ziyan, but his report is full of complaints. In fact, it is no wonder that there is a shortage of food everywhere, and Zhu Youzhen forced him to raise hundreds of thousands of stone military rations to transport to the front line, making Bi Ziyan almost crazy. Fortunately, the treasury bonds were issued in the summer, and there was the Daming Bank, so the silver was enough to spend, but the problem was that there was no food, and the silver could not be eaten. Moreover, some large depositors lost confidence in the financial situation of the imperial court and began to withdraw their deposits in Daming Bank. Although the reserve ratio of banks is set at 50%, there is no need to worry about it in the short term, but if this panic is allowed to spread, the consequences will be unimaginable if a run is triggered.

With regard to the current grain and financial predicament, Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to hold another small meeting with the cabinet and the household department after announcing the court meeting to discuss how to deal with it.

Next is the Ministry of Rites, which mainly reports the Hundred Officials Pilgrimage Ceremony and the Suburban Ceremony seven days later. However, Zhu Youzhen didn't have the heart to listen to these now, so after listening to a few words, he asked the Ministry of Rites to leave a recital and read it after the dynasty was dispersed.

Behind it is the military department's recital. Because Yuan Keli, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, was transferred to Nanjing, and the original successor Hu Yingtai was deposed from all official positions and wanted by the whole country, and now the secretary of the Ministry of War is in a vacant state. And this gave the new right attendant of the military department, Yang Sichang, a chance, this new political star who is not yet 40 years old this year but has become famous all over the world, under the deliberate promotion of Zhu Youzhen, finally stood on the court for the first time and made his voice heard.

In addition to the counterinsurgency war, Yang Sichang's report also introduced some noteworthy developments in other areas. In the north, although Lin Dan Khan of the Mongol Chahar Department, who fled to Ordos, wanted to make peace with the imperial court, on the one hand, to unite against the Manchus, and on the other hand to solve the material difficulties of burning his eyebrows, but he did not want to bow down to his subordinates, so he sent representatives to Beijing to talk twice, but no result was discussed.

Zhu Youzhen sneered after hearing this: "Then I have to let him go." I think how powerful I was back then, and I still accepted the imperial court to canonize the 'King of Shunyi'. Now that the offensive and defensive trends are different, he is still dreaming of the Qingqiu Dynasty of the Mongolian iron cavalry sweeping the world! Don't pay attention to him, when he can't stand it anymore, he will lower his stature, and it's not too late to talk about it then! ”

In the northeast, Zhu Youzhen specially asked if there was any news of Mao Wenlong, but the answer was that there was no news. Zhu Youzhen's heart couldn't help but sink, and he also regretted it a little, secretly thinking that these five hundred people were probably more than lucky. The Manchu Qing Dynasty returned this year, and will take fierce revenge in the coming year; What should we do if there is still civil strife and there is an enemy on the back and back?

As for the reports of the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Industry, and even the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, Taichang Temple, etc., it is not an urgent matter, and Zhu Youzhen is not interested in listening to it now, but he has to patiently straighten his waist and let the ministers finish playing one by one. No way, he is the emperor and the head of the Ming Empire, and everything is waiting for him to make a final decision. So he can't slap his ass and leave because he is unhappy or tired, that is a faint king!

By the time the meeting ended, it was nearly noon the next day. As soon as Zhu Youzhen walked out of the Qianqing Palace, he yawned for a long time, quickly inhaled a few breaths of cold air, patted Fa Mu's face, and walked slowly towards Kunning Palace.

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