The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was watching the secret music. This Emperor Chongzhen, although his reputation in history is not very good, is rare for him to be industrious, and his life is not luxurious, let alone a lot of women.

It is said that such an emperor has become the king of the dead country, no matter how you say it, it is a little unfair.

Zhu Youzhen's side, is the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi eunuch Wang Chengen, this Wang Chengen, is also famous, Chongzhen 17 years in March, Beijing City was broken by Li Zicheng's peasant rebel army, the huge palace, only Wang Chengen accompanied Zhu Youzhen's side, committed suicide together.

Zhu Youzhen is a rare diligent emperor, but unfortunately this stall left by his ancestors is not a man of great talent, it is difficult to bear and prosper, but Zhu Youzhen is not such a talent.

Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne at the age of sixteen, and since he succeeded to the throne, the biggest thing he has done is to kill the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, which is supported by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen has been the emperor for five years, and the rest of the things, I can't see anything outstanding, on the contrary, the post station, which is now the post and telecommunications bureau, has been dismantled, causing Li Zicheng, an employee of the post and telecommunications bureau, to lose his job, and people have rebelled, and now it has become the climate, which makes Zhu Youzhen have a headache. The court has no money, and there are many things, even if you want to handle them, there is no way.

Historical evaluation said that Zhu Youzhen was ambitious and suspicious by nature, and although he was hardworking, he would inevitably be the king of the country.

Zhu Youjian watched the secret performance for half an hour, the night was dark, and Wang Chengen reminded him carefully.

"Your Majesty, the night is dark, and it will be time soon, you should rest in peace, and the slaves and maids will wait for you to go to bed."

"Don't worry, don't worry, princess, I remember this Su Tiancheng, I once rewarded him at the beginning of the year, by the way, who went to Shanxi to announce the decree, I can't remember."

"Your Majesty, it is the chief celebrant who follows Qin Sande."

"Oh, I remembered it, this Qin Sande, after coming back, I also said that Su Tiancheng is good, father-in-law, what do you think of this Su Tiancheng."

"The slave maid congratulates the emperor, there are young talents in the court, this is the emperor's great blessing, the slave maid thinks that the emperor is filial piety and diligence, and he has moved the heavens, which is a blessing from the heavens."

"Father-in-law, I'm afraid you also know the content of this secret recital, this Su Tiancheng is about to participate in the meeting examination and the palace examination, let's see how his talent is."

Wang Chengen stood aside and did not speak.

"Su Tiancheng exterminated the Liukou, the performance is very good, the poems written are wonderful, and it is the township test to solve the yuan, it must be both civil and military, that Xu Eryi, has always liked to pick thorns, an old stubborn man, he actually thinks that Su Tiancheng is good, and strongly recommends it, father-in-law, you see this matter this way."

"Your Majesty, the slave maid said bluntly, Lord Xu is stubborn, known throughout the Manchu Dynasty, and the person who wants to recommend it is good, Su Tiancheng is only nineteen years old, compared with the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, he is very young, the slave maid thinks that as long as the emperor attaches great importance to it, Su Tiancheng must be grateful to Dade and serve the emperor."

"You said that, my mood suddenly improved, I also have such thoughts, the court is short of talents."

Wang Chengen was a little anxious, and he didn't know how Emperor Lu Dao thought about the affairs of the court again.

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen quickly changed the topic.

"These secret performances, very interesting, I think, this Su Tiancheng is not simple, if you can participate in the palace examination, I have to take a good exam, tomorrow morning after the dynasty, the decree of the Imperial Inspectorate of the Imperial Envoy Weng Tongzhang, to Wenhua Hall to see me, Weng Tongzhang is Su Tiancheng's teacher, used to be the prefect of Pingyang Mansion, I want to ask, see what Weng Tongzhang thinks of Su Tiancheng. This Su Tiancheng came to the capital, didn't he visit Weng Tongzhang. ”

After the next morning, Weng Tongzhang received the order, stayed, followed Wang Chengen, and went to Wenhua Hall to meet the emperor.

Wenhua Hall is the place where Zhu Youzhen and the cabinet ministers deliberate, after the early dynasty, if Zhu Youzhen thinks about which minister to summon, after the end of the discussion, Wang Chengen takes the minister and comes directly to the Wenhua Palace.

When he arrived at the Wenhua Palace, after Wang Chengen went in to report to him, he took Weng Tongzhang and entered the Wenhua Palace.

"The ministers meet the emperor in the same chapter, long live the emperor, long live the emperor......"

"Flat, Weng Qing's family doesn't have to be like this, it's not above the main hall."

Inside the Wenhua Palace, only a pot of charcoal fire was placed, and the huge palace looked cold.

After Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, financial resources were tight, and the lack of silver in the imperial court reached the point of no return, and he even sold some ginseng in the palace to supplement the treasury.

Zhu Youzhen is only twenty-one years old, an out-and-out young man, but on the throne of the emperor, he has to work hard every day, and he has to deal with many troublesome things, preventing party strife and corruption among the ministers of the DPRK and China, and being troubled by the harassment and rebellion of the Houjin.

"Weng Qing's family, I came to you today to ask about your student Su Tiancheng's situation."

Hearing the emperor say this, Weng Tongzhang breathed a sigh of relief, when he didn't know what the emperor summoned him, he was uneasy.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Su Tiancheng is a rare talent."

"Oh, then tell me why."

"When the minister was the prefect of Pingyang Prefecture, he had some conversations with Su Tiancheng, and the minister felt that he was not simple, at the age of nineteen, he could be pampered and not shocked, low-key and low-key, and talk decently, not arrogant or humble, he was different from ordinary people, and he had seen a lot of young people, and after high school, he was complacent, but after Su Tiancheng Gao School Township Test Xie Yuan, he talked to him, Su Tiancheng actually thought that the Township Test High School was not worth celebrating."

Zhu Youzhen nodded, there is nothing strange about this, after the township examination and high school, he is thinking about participating in the general examination and the palace examination, Su Tiancheng's initiative is mature, and from the perspective of age, he has some advantages.

"Since last year, Su Tiancheng has done two things, the first is to support his tenants, Pingyang Province suffered a disaster, tenants are in difficulty, he provided tenants with food, salt, seeds, etc., so that the tenants have survived, the second is to develop agricultural production, teaching farmers to plant maize and sweet potatoes, the yield of maize has reached more than two stones per mu, and the yield of sweet potatoes has reached ten stones per mu, which has greatly alleviated the famine."

"The yield of sweet potatoes has caused the surprise of the gentry and wealthy households in Pingyang Prefecture, and it is commendable that Su Tiancheng did not hide his personal interests, and donated 2,000 stones of sweet potatoes to the government to promote sweet potato planting techniques, and the minister expects that Pingyang Mansion will vigorously promote the cultivation of sweet potatoes this year."

Zhu Youzhen was very surprised, Su Tiancheng was only nineteen years old, and it was really not easy to do such a big thing, don't look at many ministers of the DPRK and China, what they say is high-sounding, but in fact what they do is another thing, when Su Tiancheng was eighteen years old, he took the courtyard in the house to kill three hundred Liukou, and wiped out all the Liukou, how much ability should this be.

Scholars are generally unfamiliar with farm work in the fields.

In some cases, the tantric music is not very clear.

Zhu Youzhen even thought that he would meet this Su Tiancheng immediately.

"The Qing family has such a high evaluation of Su Tiancheng, and Su Tiancheng is your student, it seems that the Qing family can find talents, so you still have to pay more attention to this Su Tiancheng."

"Obey."

After leaving the palace, Weng Tongzhang was surprised, I don't know why the emperor paid so much attention to Su Tiancheng, the emperor's meaning was already very clear, Su Tiancheng had to pass the examination and participate in the palace examination, and the emperor wanted to meet Su Tiancheng.

Weng Tongzhang was a little puzzled, what kind of ability Su Tiancheng has, to be able to get such a high degree of attention from the emperor, Xie Yuan is not only Su Tiancheng alone, besides, Su Tiancheng is not very old after all, he has no hair on his mouth, he is not firm in his work, and he needs a lot of experience, of course, the emperor is an exception, the emperor is really a son of heaven, and he has no teacher.

Weng Tongzhang is still a little happy, Su Tiancheng is his own student, if he can be the top student in high school, this is also his honor, and Su Tiancheng will be able to please Lu in the future.

Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, entered the Palace of Heart Cultivation.

"Zhou Aiqing, how are you going to prepare?"

"Your Majesty, everything is ready."

Zhou Yanru is worried about the affairs of Dengzhou, Shandong, the Dengzhou mutiny, for the imperial court, is a major blow, as a logistics base to fight against the Houjin, Dengzhou's status is very important, there are many military supplies stored, and now they are all taken captive by the traitor Kong Youde, the governor of Shandong, Dengzhou officials, all were captured, it is a shame for the imperial court, and he, the head of the cabinet, also has a certain responsibility.

Of course, Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Shandong, is an official recommended by Wen Tiren, and he has not yet taken responsibility for negligence in employing people.

But Wen Tiren played the emperor and impeached himself for failing to rescue, because Sun Yuanhua was not an official recommended by himself, so he ignored Dengzhou, which was a perverse wrong.

Although the emperor didn't say anything, Zhou Yanru's heart was still a little apprehensive.

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, the emperor asked about the examination, but did not mention the Shandong Dengzhou mutiny.

"Zhou Aiqing, the examination is to select talents for the imperial court, you are the chief examiner, you must do your best, you must not miss Junjie, Houjin invasion, rogue harassment, years of disasters, Dengzhou has such a big thing, I am very anxious, the court needs talents."

"The minister must do his best to select talents for the imperial court."

Zhu Youzhen looked at Zhou Yanru and thought about what to say, but in the end he didn't speak.

Zhou Yanru is familiar with this situation, the emperor must be thinking about who to recommend, but considering the seriousness of the test, he will not speak, in this case, it is impossible for him to ask, and he needs to find out the details secretly.

Zhou Yanru looked at Wang Chengen beside the emperor.