The next morning, the Beijing capital was already full of lights, and the red carpet was spread from outside the Desheng Gate to the Forbidden City. On both sides of the street were the people who spontaneously welcomed the army back to the division, and Zhu Qizhen walked in the front with his head held high, waving to the people on both sides from time to time.

"Brother Huang, why don't you have a prisoner sacrifice ceremony tomorrow?" Zhu Qiyu, who was beside him, said suddenly.

Zhu Qizhen glanced at him in surprise, and set the prisoner sacrifice ceremony for today, which had already been set on the way back. Otherwise, why bother to wear out your thighs in order to rush back.

"Qi Yu, in order to boost the government and the opposition and reassure the hearts of the people, this matter should not be delayed." Zhu Qizhen's tone was a little hard.

"But Brother Huang, you haven't slept for two days! Let's rest first and do it tomorrow. The captives have been brought back, not on this day. Zhu Qiyu said sincerely.

Zhu Qizhen's face softened instantly, and he replied with a hint of apology in his eyes: "Qi Yu has a heart, but I have made up my mind, if you feel sorry for me, the imperial brother, you have to worry more about government affairs." ”

Zhu Qiyu's face turned pale: "Brother Huang, brother and brother have trespassed!" ”

"Where do you want to go? Do we two brothers still have to be like this? Zhu Qizhen knew that he was thinking too much.

Zhu Qiyu's face softened, and he didn't mention anything serious, and accompanied Zhu Qizhen to chat along the way to relieve his boredom. Not to mention anything else, the foundation cultivated from the royal education since childhood, no matter what you do, it is very comfortable.

Zhu Qizhen had to sigh: Reincarnation is really a technical job.

One or two people were talking and laughing, time passed quickly, and they had arrived at the Taimiao in a blink of an eye.

All the generals who participated in the war have all gathered here, and began to play triumphal music, Zhu Qizhen offered prisoners (ears) outside the south gate of the Taimiao Temple and the north gate of the Sheji Altar to pay tribute to the temple and society, and made three offerings.

After the ceremony, the prisoners were handed over to the Punishment Department.

Zhu Qizhen changed into a crown of heaven and a silk robe, and ascended to the gate tower at noon, and the hundred officials were already waiting here, and then announced the good news that had already been prepared to the world.

By the time all the triumphal ceremonies were over, the sun was already setting in the west.

Zhu Qizhen went through another day of ceremony, his mind was full of wood, and his eyes were straight.

Although he was mentally prepared, he didn't expect it to be so tedious and tiring. No longer had the strength to accompany these ministers to drink and celebrate, Zhu Qizhen patted Zhu Qiyu on the shoulder, and after instructing himself to be a good brother, he went back to the Qianqing Palace alone.

I slept for two days after a big night's sleep, and the Jin Ge Iron Horse and the bloody battlefield in my dream were intertwined with the memories of two lives from time to time, and when I woke up again, it was already late at night the next day.

"Ah~" Zhu Qizhen sat up and stretched his waist.

"Your Majesty, you're awake! Take a sip of tea to moisten your throat. Jin Ying hurriedly served.

"Huh? How did you get in here? Zhu Qizhen was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses.

"Oh, Kim Young. I thought I was on the battlefield, but what time was it? "Take the tea and drink it all in one gulp.

"Your Majesty, slow down! Ay! Ay! Be careful to choke, the tea is poured for you by the slave maid.

It's the first quarter of August. As he spoke, he handed over a new cup of tea.

Zhu Qizhen took the tea, and it took a while to straighten out the time: "I slept for more than a day and a night!" ”

Jin Ying nodded: "No, the Queen Mother, the Empress, they have sent people to ask a few times." ”

"Then go and tell the queen mother that I am awake! Hey, don't don't, forget it, let's wait until dawn. ”

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "There is no major incident in the DPRK and China, right?" ”

"It's not a big deal to say that it's a big deal, it's just that Warat Khan can't take off his flowers, and he has already sent someone to send a table." Kim Young replied.

This incident is not unexpected, half of the family is gone, and Warat is not going to admit it.

Zhu Qizhen also lost his sleepiness, got dressed under the service of the palace people, ran to the main hall happily, and rummaged through the backlog of music on the imperial case.

But I didn't expect that there were only some excerpts such as greetings, such as: the criminal minister Shi Heng kowtowed and respectfully invited the emperor to Sheng'an.

Zhu Qizhen was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that there must be a few serious things, right? Did the Ming Dynasty wind and rain go smoothly and the country and the people were safe to this extent?

"Jin Ying, what's going on? How come it's all greetings posts? ”

Jin Ying smiled apologetically: "Back to the emperor, I didn't let these things go, but the queen mother has an order to let you have a good rest."

But the courtiers all said that the king's father returned from the conquest and worked so hard for my Ming Dynasty, how could the courtiers not care about the monarch's father's body?

I didn't stop it anymore, and as for the other arrangements, I left the cabinet to discuss with the ministers and officials for the time being, but I really can't make up my mind, and I'll deal with it when you wake up. ”

"Oh, that's it, what's the matter with the celebrant superintendent?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

Jin Ying hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you didn't agree, how dare we approve it!" And there has been no transfer of the Master of Ceremonies to the Master of Ceremonies. ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed, turned his head to look at Jin Ying a few times, but found that he seemed to be a robot, standing there with one expression all the time.

"Hey, tell me something, I'm going to be a little bored." When he first woke up from a big dream, Zhu Qizhen's head was empty.

Jin Ying was stunned for a moment, and always felt that the emperor had changed a lot when he came back this time, thinking that it should be because of these big battles, and that change was reasonable.

So he said: "Your Majesty, the slave maid is stupid and has a solid heart, and if you want to say that you will run errands and pass on the decree, it will not go wrong."

If you want to talk about teasing the stuffy child, the slave and maid really don't have this ability, why don't you call the bell and drum division to sing the song? ”

Zhu Qizhen felt troublesome, and waved his hand again and again: "Forget it, don't make trouble in the middle of the night." ”

I ran to the warm pavilion with those greetings, and lay on the bed to read them one by one.

There was something really different about this, the living minister in the civil fort had returned.

In addition to Yang Shan and Li Xian, who were originally historical figures, there were also Cao Nai and Zhang Yi, two cabinet ministers. This made Zhu Qizhen feel deeply comforted in his heart, and his efforts were finally more useful.

Looking at Song Shu, Zhu Qizhen slowly dozed off, and Jin Ying carefully covered him with a quilt.

This sleep was very shallow, half-asleep and half-awake, and Zhang Fu's determined old face kept flashing in his mind.

"Your Majesty! It's time to go on the pilgrimage. ”

A light call woke up the sleeping Zhu Qizhen, and after tossing for half an hour, he finally arrived at the Fengtian Gate where the imperial gate listened to the government.

The ministers had already arrived, and as soon as they saw the emperor appear, they knelt on the ground in unison, and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

"All Aiqing have worked hard these days." Zhu Qizhen sat on the dragon chair, and as soon as he opened his mouth, many people turned red.

"Now that the war has been decided, I heard that Tokhtar has already surrendered?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, knelt down with the table in his hand: "Please ask the emperor to take a look." ”

"Don't look at it, you just tell me about the conditions they gave." Zhu Qizhen interrupted the internal official road that was transferred.

"Your Majesty, you don't want to eat the lord first, you are innocent of death, thank my emperor for getting rid of this traitor.

And he is willing to sacrifice 5,000 war horses every year to show the heart of the minister and pay tribute to my Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Qizhen raised his eyebrows, five thousand war horses a year, but he had made a lot of money, so he asked: "Originally, it was my Ming vassal country, and this will put gold on my face." What do you mean? ”

"The battle of Lichuan cost a huge amount of money, and Deng Maoqi has just subsided.

The minister thought that at this time, he should stop the war and make peace, and rest with the people. Chen Xun, the left attendant of the household department, said that many ministers echoed it later.

"Your Majesty! I have more than one foreign trouble, this time Warat attacked Gyeonggi, although he was forced to retreat by the emperor.

But if we stop here, will the rest of the small states think that our Ming Dynasty is declining and raise provocative thoughts?

The minister still thought that it should be better to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so as to deter foreign vassals. Chen Huaiyan, the governor of the left army who fled back from Tumu, said.

Zhu Qizhen glanced at Chen Huai without missing a trace, this person put down the Jiaozhi rebellion during the Xuande period.

But he first concealed the exploits of his subordinates, and after quelling the rebellion, he intervened in local political affairs and connived at his subordinates to break the law.

This time he escaped from Tumubao, probably because he wanted to take advantage of the fact that he had just won the battle and had a great personality, and wanted to show his face in front of him.

Seeing that the emperor was noncommittal, the main battle faction, which had been suppressed because of the Tumubao Incident, began to come alive again.

"Your Majesty, the minister only needs 30,000 soldiers and horses to raid, please conquer Warat, and you will definitely wipe out Warat in one battle!" Wu Jin said fiercely.

"Wu Jin, national events can't be mixed with personal emotions!

The treasury of several major wars was empty, and at this time, the supply of grain and grass was a huge project to send troops on an expedition to Warat. Shi Pu, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, interrupted Wu Jin's invitation.

"Yes, now although the 60,000 troops led by Ye Xian have been completely annihilated by the emperor.

But there are still more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, not to mention 30,000 soldiers and horses, that is, twice as much, can you be sure of victory? Jin Lian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said.

"Jin Shangshu, this is not the time to let others lose their prestige.

Didn't the emperor defeat the 50,000-strong army of Wara with 30,000 troops? Deputy Commander Gao Li retorted.

With the beginning of the dispute, there was a sudden noise in front of Fengtianmen, and Zhu Qizhen never spoke, he wanted to find out what these people thought and positioned.

"Okay, stop arguing." After a while, Zhu Qizhen finally stopped this controversy over the strength of the civil and the weak.

"Hu Hui, tell the envoy that it is okay to negotiate peace, but the war horse should be doubled.

You tell them that I will reopen the mutual market in the important towns of the Nine Sides, and that when the number is not enough, I will exchange them for cattle and sheep. ”

"Your Majesty! My Ming country is rich and the people are strong, and I have only a lot more than I have in Wara, and the mutual market can only grow stronger! Honglu Temple Qing Xu Bin said.

Zhu Qizhen glanced at it and saw that there were many people with a look of approval on their faces, and he suddenly became unhappy, do you understand economics? Do you understand the soldiers who surrender without a fight?

"During the reign of Qin Xiaogong, the six kingdoms were divided into Qin, and Qin took 3,000 rich merchants of Wei to force Wei to stop the war.

Is there anything wrong with me now using mutual markets to choke the economic lifeblood of various countries?

And this move can also stabilize the price of food in the border towns, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? Zhu Qizhen's words made Xu Bin speechless.

"Your Majesty, you said that you want to restrain Mongolia with mutual markets, but merchants are heavily profitable, and once there is a change, I am afraid that it will hurt you, Your Majesty." Liu Zhongshiki, the left waiter of the household department, reminded.

Zhu Qizhen smiled slightly and said: "This is the second step I have to do, since the businessman is not credible, then nationalize this matter!"

A commercial bank will be set up by the Ministry of Households, which will be solely responsible for the trade of imported and exported goods, and I will later call on you to focus on this specific situation. ”

"Your Majesty!" Seeing that there were still people who wanted to speak out against it, Zhu Qizhen directly started the next content:

The soldiers who died in the Battle of Tumubao and the Battle of Beijing were buried and rewarded for their meritorious service.

He also built a martyr's shrine next to the City God Temple to enshrine the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country, but no one raised any opinions on this matter except that Liu Zhongfu had a little problem with the budget.

By the time these things were finished, it was already noon.