The emperor finally made the crown prince.

Xingwang, do not give in.

This time, it was not the ministers who persuaded the prince, but the emperor himself who took the initiative.

He was busy and tired, and his health was not good, and he finally felt powerless.

The eldest son has no intention of the throne and does not have much ability, so the emperor does not have too high requirements for him. As long as he can carry it, hold it down, hold it down, and don't hold back, that's it.

The emperor figured out that he would hold on for a few more years, and the eldest son would hold on for a few years, and the eldest grandson would be able to help him up. Ten years, ten years at most. That's it.

The emperor talked to Zhu Yongxing, and if he could survive until then, he would directly pass on the eldest grandson. If he can't reach that time, Wen You's cabinet will be on top, Wu Youyu Bohong and other loyal ministers will protect him, and he will arrange a few more loyal ministers to suppress him, and there will be no problem in holding it out for a few years. When the time comes, King Xing can pass the throne to Hongwen.

At this moment, there is no one else to choose, Zhu Yongxing has no other way but to follow the emperor and learn......

Internal worries, external troubles.

There is no hope for Yan'an to break through, and most of the operations will be placed in Liaojiang this year.

The main forces of the Liaojiang region had been focused on the southeast earlier, but now they had to transfer troops to the west. The battle line is elongated, and not only the troops are stretched, but also the financial resources.

So this winter, Liaojiang came to the fold and asked the imperial court for funding and loans, and wanted to take advantage of this winter to strengthen the construction of defense facilities in the west.

Liaojiang asked for help for five million taels of silver.

But in the past two years, the disasters have continued, and the imperial court has not only been taking silver from outside, but also exempted many local taxes. Not to mention the need to take precautions elsewhere.

Liaojiang has suffered a lot of losses this year, and the imperial court understands the truth of cold lips and teeth, so this matter cannot be ignored. But five million taels is indeed too much.

After several quarrels between the DPRK and China, in the end, the imperial court supported 500,000 taels and lent one million taels of silver to Liaojiang, totaling 1.5 million taels.

There is still a big gap between this amount and the 5 million demanded by Liaojiang.

Liaojiang has quite a few complaints, thinking that there are too few. The imperial court felt that this was the greatest support and generosity within its ability, allowing Liaojiangdi to think of his own ideas. After all, for many years, the finances of the major Saidi are responsible for themselves, and the imperial court is willing to donate and lend, which is already benevolent and righteous in a certain sense......

This year, the whole word "disaster" was carried out to the end.

In the middle of December, there was a blizzard in Beijing.

After the blizzard, it brought extreme cold.

During this period, there were many heavy snowfalls.

There are frozen bones on the road - I hear bad news like this every day.

The cold and snowy days lasted until the end of December.

The cold north wind blows through the snowy streets, making the atmosphere of the New Year, which should be very lively, and the New Year's goods are much more deserted. Everyone was looking forward to what had been a terrible year.

Rong An's morning sickness this time was not as serious as last time, which made her not lie in bed every day like last time.

On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, seeing that the New Year is approaching, Rong'an plans to make up another batch of grain to the major good halls.

She had heard that it had recently been crowded with three times as many people. Many people were homeless due to the blizzard and had nowhere to go, so they asked for help and went to the charity hall.

"Let's go while I'm still light. During the Chinese New Year, I try not to go out. After becoming pregnant, Rong An only felt that her heart was much softer, and she couldn't look down on those poor people who were hungry and cold.

In addition to food, she also bought a lot of ginger, sugar, medicinal herbs, quilts, etc., and packed them all and sent them together.

She never worries about the safety of going to Shantang.

The things she donated were all escorted by officers and soldiers, and they were protected by officers and soldiers, so she had no worries at all.

Today, Rong An went to the good hall in the south of the outer city.

The outer city is inhabited by many poor people, so this is the largest number of refugees in the city.

The road was very difficult to walk, and the dark sky began to snow again.

The hall is crowded with people, and there are people lining up outside to receive rice noodles according to the sticks, and there is a long queue in the free clinic booth on one side, which makes people worry when they look at it.

But Rongan knew that such a disaster year would have to last for two or three years. It's fine if there's no war, or else...... It's the destruction of life.

She was pregnant and inconvenient to distribute rice noodles, so she helped in the back kitchen and checked the inventory with others.

This busyness is two hours.

was just about to leave, but a woman suddenly fell to Rong'an's side when she passed by.

Ah Sheng subconsciously protected Rong An to retreat, and Ah Twilight blocked it.

The officers and soldiers over there were also alarmed.

Everyone came together, only to find a false alarm.

The woman just slipped under her feet.

The woman was lifted up and left.

Twilight has an extra note in her hand.

Rong An received the note and looked at it, but was shocked.

On the way back, Rong An's carriage asked for a pot of water at a tea house halfway through.

When the carriage started again, who knew that there was already one more person in the carriage.

No, two to be exact.

One big and one small.

Chang Rufei, back.

The note just now was passed on by her to Rong An.

Let Rong An quietly pick her up at the designated place.

Rong An's first reaction when she saw the note was disbelief, and then she thought it was some kind of trap, but she recognized Chang Rufei's handwriting, and there was an character flower in the upper left corner of the note, which was the logo pattern on the back of the velvet flower sold in her shop. It is a one-stroke drawing, and it cannot be drawn at all without practice.

At that time, Rong An's head was already up and down.

Chang Rufei came back, what does it mean?

What is the situation in Gyeongnam?

This sneaky, and don't dare to enter Beijing directly, what does it mean?

Shouldn't she be looking for the Chang family as soon as she comes back? How can you find yourself first?

Why don't you go directly to the General's Mansion or the Palace, and use this way of quietly blocking people?

Going north with a child, if you don't have to, how can you do that?

What about Zhu Yongze? Did he fail to protect Ru Fei?

So what should Zhu Chengyi do? It's been almost a month since he's gone, didn't he just go through the motions? What will be waiting for Zhu Chengyi?

One question after another popped up one after another, Rong An had a headache and panicked, and hurried over with no breath.

Sure enough, it wasn't a lie to her, even though Chang Rufei was wearing a heavy cloak and couldn't see the face under the hat clearly, Rong An still recognized her at a sight.

She quickly flashed into the car, looked at Rong An, and before she could say a thousand words, her eyes were already flashing.

Chang Rufei in front of him, his face was full of exhaustion, and he was much haggard compared to when he left the year before last.

"Rong'an, I'm back." Chang Rufei's eyes were red.

Rong An handed her a cup of hot tea and personally took the child in her arms.

Rong Anxin is very unpleasant, the child is very thin, and he has obviously suffered a lot recently. After all, it is a child of more than a year old, and it is a thousand miles of bumps, and the hardships can be imagined. If it was a last resort, how could Chang Rufei take the child so far? The heart is even more panicked.

She struggled to keep her composure.

"You warm up first, I'll find a place to talk to you."

"No, it's good here. The carriage continues to walk, and do not stop deliberately. Chang Rufei also glanced through the back window as she spoke......

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