Today's most powerful woman in Daming Palace is still Princess Taiping, and other court ladies are suppressed because of this and cannot interfere in court politics. Princess Jincheng lived in the Penglai Palace, got up early in the morning and had nothing important to do, so she walked around the palace, and when she walked to the periphery of the Penglai Palace, she saw the emperor's imperial chariot from the avenue to guò. Since she was far away, she didn't have any etiquette, just stood up and watched.

At this time, Xue Chongxun suddenly turned his head and looked at Que, the car he was sitting in did not have a roof, and his every move could be seen from afar. Seeing this, Princess Jincheng bent her knees slightly, and nodded from afar as a greeting. Xue Chongxun stared for a while, and had already recognized that it was Princess Jincheng, until the group turned a corner, and her figure disappeared from sight.

Yu Liben, a eunuch walking on the side, said softly: "Your Majesty, it's the princess of Jincheng." ”

Xue Chongxun didn't speak, and there was a slight feeling in his heart. But soon he entered the Zichen Hall surrounded by his entourage, and the ministers were already waiting there to get down to business, and he had to deal with it, so he didn't care about feeling too much faint personal feelings. The meeting of the courtiers in front of the emperor is generally carried out until close to noon, during which there are a lot of boring things, and then they each go to the yamen to work, Xue Chongxun also left the throne to choose a comfortable place to look at the chapter and the like, most of them are in the greenhouse hall, of course, sometimes he is not in good spirits to meet the minister is also in the greenhouse hall.

After the meeting ended, he went to the greenhouse hall with Sanniang and others, changed his clothes and had lunch, and then watched the recital. The dragon robe he wore in the morning looked luxurious, but it was actually a little uncomfortable, Xue Chongxun didn't like the yellow color that was too bright, so he changed into an old robe brought from the Jin Palace, a cyan robe, when he left the Zichen Palace...... I remember that Cheng Ting personally bought it a few years ago when she was in Shanzhou, and the fabric was good to wear for a few years and was not broken, and it was lined with white cotton cloth. Xue Chongxun prefers this kind of dress, especially in mid-April, when the weather is getting hotter, wearing cloth feels refreshing and comfortable, and the most ornaments are hung with a piece of jade.

The place in the greenhouse hall, which is used as the imperial study, is also very spacious, but Xue Chongxun asked people to pull a curtain on the north side, but it is not empty. There is a desk and a chair next to the bed on the north side where Xue Chongxun sits, and there are incense tripods, porcelain and other things in the room, incense is burned in the ding, and the surroundings are also very quiet. In addition, there is an incense case, where the jade seal and Zhu pen are all there, and Bai Qimei sits there to help Xue Chongxun approve the recital, so the word "quasi-play" in those recitals is a very beautiful font. Some officials in important positions are not necessarily well-written, and typos in the recitals are common, and the appointment and dismissal of officials from the Tang Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty did not depend entirely on the imperial examination. Xue Chongxun didn't care much about this kind of subsection, but if Bai Qimei saw it, she would use a red pen to circle it out without authorization, and maybe she would write two sarcastic sentences, which made the dull government affairs system a little more lively.

Xue Chongxun looked at it for a while, and after seeing that he had no opinion, he threw it aside, and the eunuch took the incense case below for Bai Qimei to approve it. He suddenly raised his head and said to Yu Liben on duty: "Tomorrow, you go and inform the political affairs hall, and send the chapter to the cabinet first, let the cabinet read it first, summarize the main content in one sentence and paste it outside, saving so many words and looking tired......"

Only then did he suddenly remember that the Ming Dynasty seemed to have a similar method, and of course a good method should be used for reference. Yu Liben hurriedly replied: "Obey." ”

Xue Chongxun asked some about the geography and military affairs of Youzhou, and Yu Liben was probably not very good at military affairs, so he often couldn't answer. When Xue Chongxun was about to change Yang Siqiao to come over on duty, someone came in with a roll of things, and reported: "The thing that Du Xianjin, the general of the Right Military Guard, presented to His Majesty." ”

"Open." Xue Chongxun said casually.

When the four eunuchs slowly unfolded the things, Xue Chongxun felt very familiar with it after just one glance, this is a map! He was busy looking at a few words on the map: the map of the rivers and mountains of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Xue Chongxun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he involuntarily stood up from his chair and walked to the drawings. This map is too familiar to him, isn't it a map of China? However, the shape is a little different from the impression. He was very happy to see this, and even praised Du Siam for sending a good thing, and immediately ordered someone to hang it on the spot, and said: "Spread Du Siam to the palace to meet." One of the eunuchs answered and ran out at a hurry.

This map is several zhang wide, and the terrain of mountains and rivers in various places is depicted in detail, and it can be seen that Du Xian has indeed spent some effort. Xue Chongxun looked at the places with great interest, and looked at the past from the map, and then he truly felt that the territory he ruled was so large, completely different from the Chinese characters described in the file, and it seemed that he could touch the place where power reached on the map.

After the summons, he had to wait for a long time to see people, so Xue Chongxun waited for others to watch the map of the rivers and mountains. In the end, he fixed his eyes on the area of Youzhou and looked at it for a long time.

Although there are still many places around the Central Plains that have not been completely conquered, and the crisis of internal division in Tibet has been weakened by the defeat of Tibet in the Great War, the army of the Central Plains still has not occupied that side; The nomadic peoples of the northern plateaus also rose and fell; There were also occasional wars in the Western Regions. But at this time, Xue Chongxun paid the most attention to the Northeast, coupled with some of his personal feelings, he attached great importance to Youzhou and Liaodong.

If it had been two years ago, Xue Chongxun might have moved the idea of personally leading troops to recruit the Khitan, Xi and other tribes. But now that he has ascended the throne, he can't go out of Beijing to fight lightly, not to mention that there are still many problems in the country that he wants to solve, and preventing Hebei Huhua is only part of it.

After a long time, Du Xian finally entered the palace, and Xue Chongxun interviewed him and asked a lot about the military in Youzhou. Xue Chongxun didn't praise Du Xian's picture in person, but as soon as Du Xian came in, he saw that his picture was hung high, and he was quickly received alone, and he naturally understood in his heart that this thing was very appropriate.

In the years since Wu Zetian came to power, the Khitan, Xi and the Central Plains have fought a lot, and the worst defeat of the Khitan was planted in the hands of the Turks, and the Central Plains really didn't get much bargain in the northeast. Du Xian is worthy of being a Confucian general, and he has a wide range of military knowledge, although he has never led troops in the northeast, Xue Chongxun asked about the past and present over there, and he is still like a treasure.

Before the Jin Dynasty, there were mainly three towns of soldiers and horses to defend the Khitan, Xi and other northeastern nomads, Hedong, Youzhou, Jizhou; Earlier, the Andong Metropolitan Government was located in Silla (Joseon). But now the Jin army has changed slightly, the two towns of Youzhou and Jizhou have been merged into a military region, called the Youzhou Governor's Mansion, stationed in the regular army of 8,000, after the battle of Heisha City, the number of Youzhou soldiers was reduced to more than 3,000, plus the border armies, unified by Zhao Qu to preside over the defense; The Andong Metropolitan Protectorate was also renamed the Andong Governor's Office, and the first army stationed in the regular army was called the Anton Army, and the administrative office was moved to Pingzhou within Yuguan (near Shanhaiguan).

At that time, the imperial court used its national strength in the war with Tibet and the Turks in the west, and the actual control range of the eastern prefectures was gradually shrinking, and the Chang'an court coup d'état continued, mainly relying on the feudal king, peace and passive defense to maintain the border line, and the dynasties after Wu Zetian also took the initiative to attack and fight a few battles, and the Tang army or the elite were not in the east because they lost more and won less.

Through the conversation between Guò and Du Xian, Xue Chongxun already had a general understanding of the situation in Youzhou. He went to Youzhou once in his life, and the purpose was to contact Li Shouli, the king of the court at that time, to participate in the political struggle. There are fifteen provinces in the world, and there are more than 300 states in the country, Xue Chongxun suspected that the previous emperors could not know too much about the places one by one, and anyway, he could not get such detailed information if he thought he was diligent in government.

Xue Chongxun asked again: "The courtiers suspect that Youzhou wants to rebel, how does General Du think it should be properly resolved?" ”

Du Xian said with a smile: "As long as His Majesty orders the ministers to bring a few thousand Mingguang troops or Shence troops to the Youzhou Governor's Mansion, the ministers go to the camp and shout, 'Are the generals willing to follow the emperor to pacify the barbarians', and ninety percent of the soldiers will surrender, and no one in Youzhou's generals can restrain them." I will take people directly into the city to arrest a cadre on the charge of dereliction of duty, and wait for the people to enter Beijing to ask about the crime, and how to deal with the matter of His Majesty's words. If Zhao Qu and others dare to gather the border army to resist, the elite of the official army will be defeated. ”

"General Du's heroism is undiminished." Xue Chongxun praised.

"It's all about the prestige of His Majesty." Du Xian said, "The soldiers of the governor's mansion in the north are all warriors who have followed His Majesty to fight in the south and the north, with the integrity of the Han family in mind, and it is an honor to settle the border and Anbang, how can these people follow the unknown Zhao Qu and others to rebel against His Majesty?" ”

Xue Chongxun and Du Xian talked very interestedly, and they were still unsatisfied until the palace gate was about to close. Xue Chongxun didn't leave Du Xian to talk at night, he wanted to do this, but he thought that sometimes it was not a good thing to favor a certain courtier too much, for example, Jia Yi, who wrote "On the Passage of Qin", and the emperor hit it off at first sight, and talked together day and night, Jia Yi did not end well. So Xue Chongxun asked Du Xian to go back first and let him participate in the deliberations of the center the next day.

Du Xian was about to retire, Xue Chongxun thought about it: the personnel who participated in the decision-making meeting were his own rules, and if Du Xian, a bureaucrat who was not in the three provinces and the cabinet sequence, suddenly participated, it would be a bit unreasonable to break the rules, and the suspicion of favoring the ministers would be too great.

After thinking about it, he stopped Du Xian and said, "The government hall is full, how about letting you become a bachelor in the cabinet?" ”G