Entering June.

It is the hottest season of the year, and Zhu Hao's day of entering the palace has been determined, and the time of his day of entering the palace is set for the eighth day of June.

At this time, the feast has stopped.

In the Ming Dynasty, the feast day lecture system, the second, twelfth, and twenty-second times a month, a total of three times, originally the cold and summer were not held, but also before Zhu Si and the civil officials proposed to choose young people to be the lecturer, specifically mentioned, you can find someone to enter the palace to give a daily lecture when the summer is not very hot.

"Is this your case?"

Yang Shen was responsible for reviewing the part that Zhu Hao was going to talk about.

According to the rules, the sutra feast must talk about the four books and the scriptures and the articles of the saints.

However, the content of the Japanese lecture is relatively broad, but it is also mainly to explain the Confucian concept of governing the country, and most of the time it is a supplement to the scriptures, and it stands to reason that Zhu Hao should also talk about the content of the Four Books and Five Classics, or some of his feelings about Confucianism.

Now Yang Shen intends to let Zhu Hao talk about some "deviant" things, and the next little emperor's majesty, so that Zhu Hao will become a bird, whether it is the gun of a civil official, or in Yang Shen's opinion, the gun of the new emperor's forces will be aimed at Zhu Hao, a bird who flies recklessly at the order.

Zhu Hao asked in surprise, "Compared with the previous lectures, there have been a lot of things, so it's not okay?"

This is the third edition of the lecture prepared by Zhu Hao.

"No."

Yang Shen was still not satisfied.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, this was more troublesome than preparing Zhu Si's lesson plan when he was in Xingwangfu.

If you want to give a lecture to the emperor, I have been teaching Zhu Houxi for six or seven years, what content has not been taught? Even Tang Yin and Sui Gongyan are not as attentive as I am in teaching Zhu Si, in fact, I am the real emperor!

I knew the emperor's preferences, and I prepared for it, but you were good enough to veto it all.

Yang Shen said: "I'll give you a copy of the lecture when I go back, and you can figure it out after you go back, and just follow the script."

One sentence made Zhu Hao feel a strong taste of "office politics".

Yang Shen, as the supervisor of this daily lecture, seemed to be very enlightened, and repeatedly expressed his trust in Zhu Hao and asked him to prepare the speech on his own, but he repeatedly rejected it after reading three drafts.

If I knew this was the case, what else should I prepare?

You told me from the beginning that I would listen to you?

Of course, politics is not such a simple thing.

Yang Shen asked him to prepare three drafts, precisely to create the impression that "it is precisely because you did not prepare satisfactorily that you will adopt my manuscript", which made Zhu Hao feel a sense of frustration in his heart, feeling that he was incompetent, so as to suppress Zhu Hao.

In terms of official positions, neither of them is higher than the other, and they are both historians, but in the errand of the Japanese lecturer, because Yang Shen took up the post one step earlier, from the perspective of seniority in the Hanlin Academy, they are both university scholars or officials at the same level, as long as they go one step first, they will be ranked first.

Yang Shen also took this opportunity to create a concept in front of Zhu Hao that I am stronger than you.

"Okay."

Zhu Hao did not object.

I'll use it if you tell me about it?

When I'm stupid!

Anyway, it's all about deviant content, and then I'll be pushed out as a bird, so why should I obey you? Say whatever I want to say then!

If you have the ability, you will shoot at me, who is afraid of whom?

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Zhu Si wanted to choose Zhu Hao to speak on the same day, but it was also a whim, on the one hand, he wanted to promote Zhu Hao a little as a reward; On the other hand, he was afraid that it would be inconvenient to leave the palace in the future, so he came up with a countermeasure in order to have a place to discuss things with Zhu Hao.

But then during this time, he went out of the palace as usual, and it seemed that no one in the court noticed his entry and exit from the palace, so they almost forgot that Zhu Hao was going to Japan.

As soon as Zhu Hao said it in front of him, Zhu Hao patted his head, shook his head and said, "Hey, don't you say that I forgot that there is still this stubble...... Okay, you can say whatever you want, anyway, you don't teach me a day or two, I just listen to you."

Recently, Zhu Si was in the palace than ever

Relatively boring.

Now he doesn't have concubines, most of the three palaces and six courtyards are the people of the first two generations of emperors, and now they are all under the jurisdiction of Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu Si is more like a guest under the fence in the palace, saying something unpleasant, if someone wants to be unfavorable to him, he has no ability to fight.

Zhu Si urgently needs to get more self-esteem, and the big wedding will be a turning point in his life.

From then on, he can cultivate his relatives in the bright light, and the palace will become his home, and he will also accept concubines into the palace at that time, so naturally he will no longer think about going out of the palace every day to have fun.

Recently, Tang Yin has no plans to return to Xishan.

Zhu Si read a few copies of the music and ran to listen to the play, Tang Yin stayed and accompanied Zhu Hao with Zhang Zuo, but Tang Yin yawned early.

「…… Recently, the situation in the northwest has been turbulent, and the three sides have been under martial law, and the summer grain production is almost extinct, so I am afraid that after the autumn, the imperial court will have to allocate a lot of money and grain to the northwest."

Zhu Hao said: "I'm afraid that the Tatars will suddenly attack from the front line of Xuanda Yaotou Pass and invade the outer pass."

"How did you come up with this idea?"

Tang Yin frowned, "Could it be that you have arrived again?"

"No, I have read the reports in various places in the northwest, according to the past situation, the Tatars attacked and harassed on the three sides and other places, the purpose was to plunder, because the grassland has been bad in the past two years, coupled with the political turmoil, some small tribes are difficult to survive, and the ambitious big tribes want to encroach on the small tribes to become bigger, they must need a large amount of grain and grass, and what cannot be provided on the grassland can only be robbed from the Ming Dynasty, in this case, there is no reason to let go of the more fertile Xuanda and other places."

Zhu Hao made his own judgment.

Zhang Zuo was a little nervous when he heard this: "Does that mean that Xuanfu, Datong, and Yatou Pass and other places should all be under martial law?"

Tang Yin said: "Now is the time for summer grain storage, and I am afraid that there will be adverse effects if we do this. The grain is about to be harvested, *** What can I grab now? Zhu Hao, you must not rashly issue this kind of will, if it affects the grain harvest of Xuanda, it will be difficult for the people over there to survive this winter."

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Sir, you don't want to think about it, I told you, Yang Ge Lao and they want to use Huang Shangshu of the Southern Household Department as a target to clean up the military and government in the northwest, can't we follow their wishes and make the Xuanfu a mess?"

"This ......"

Tang Yin was surprised.

Can this also be related to Yang Tinghe?

Zhu Hao said: "The current predicament in the northwest lies in the fact that after the grassland has experienced some turmoil in the past few years, a new pattern is being formed, several large tribes are united vertically and horizontally, and a new overlord is about to be born. If the Tatars really knock on the side from the front line of Xuanda, they will suffer a great loss if they are unprepared."

It has been about four years since Dayan Khan's death.

During this time, the pattern of grasslands has indeed changed a lot.

According to the cable report, the grassland has been seriously affected in the past two years, and all tribes are naturally thinking about how to make a fortune from the territory of the Ming Dynasty when it is difficult to survive, especially when the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty has just ascended the throne, and the little emperor is still a side branch and is not orthodox.

From a general point of view, when the old and the new alternate in the Ming Dynasty, most of them were more than successful and not enterprising.

When the Tatars attacked, the Ming Dynasty would inevitably take a defensive position.

Even if the little emperor has a tendency to fight back by force, because the military expansion of the previous "Emperor Wuzong" has caused many complaints from the Chinese officials of the DPRK, they will inevitably oppose it en masse, so the little emperor can do nothing.

Such a good opportunity, will the steppe people easily let it go?

"You...... Alas!"

Tang Yin didn't want to answer such a profound question, he didn't know much about military affairs, and he didn't want to express his opinions rashly.

"Okay, let's not discuss this matter first, let Your Majesty bring it up in the court, and see the opinions of those old ministers, it's always good to be vigilant, the Tatars are not only one, as long as the tribe is a little larger, they want to bite off a piece of meat from the Ming Dynasty, don't wait for their soldiers to come to the city to find out the danger!" It's time to show Your Majesty's ability to be extraordinary!"

Previously, Zhu Hao portrayed Zhu Si as a person who could raise money and food on his own

, the image of Emperor Wen, who knew thrift and attached great importance to filial piety and etiquette.

Because of the "outstanding" performance of the first emperor in martial arts, the civil officials were extremely repulsive to the emperor's reckless military force, and Zhu Hao did not say that he planned to build Zhu Si into a majestic and martial emperor.

But if the emperor ignores the military and politics, it will seem that the little emperor lacks some ability, and it is time for Zhu Si to take this step.

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Cabinet.

Jiang Mian handed over a copy of the inscription book on the South Household Department to Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe frowned after reading it.

Jiang Mian concluded: "...... Previously, His Majesty sold the Xishan Coal Kiln in exchange for silver to alleviate the financial gap in the southeast coastal defense, but when the transaction was halted, the money was returned to the merchants."

"Since the beginning of the year, the household department has successively transferred the taxes, treasury silver, and grain collected from various localities to the southeast, and the total value is less than 70,000 taels, but now the southern household has reported that more than 230,000 taels have been allocated to the local government, and all the coastal defense posts have been allocated......

Yang Tinghe had a headache when he heard this.

The little emperor's ability to raise money and food was too rebellious.

Everyone thought that the little emperor really had no choice, so he took out the newly opened coal mine in Xishan for auction, and then the little emperor made peace with Yang Tinghe, and there was no movement in the Xishan coal mine. Even if the coal mine has been open, and the emperor has sent special personnel to manage it and continue to produce, where did the money, grain, weapons, etc., worth 160,000 taels of silver, come from to fill the gap?

"Anlu Prefecture, what's the news?"

Yang Tinghe asked.

The only thing he can think of now is that Xingwangfu has some family background, for example, when Zhu Youqi lived in Anlu in the past, he thought about letting his son be the emperor and accumulated a lot of wealth, or Xingwangfu is very good at managing business?

Jiang Mian shook his head, indicating that he didn't know at all.

This is not eighteen thousand taels of silver, but sixteen thousand taels.

Coupled with the previous gap in the northwest frontier, the new emperor has raised more than 400,000 taels of money and grain by himself since he ascended the throne.

"Recently, the three sides of the land have been repeatedly attacked, the local court to request the transfer of money and grain again, Your Majesty has summoned the household department Sun Zhitong into the Qianqing Palace to inquire about the salt tax reform, proposed to increase the number of Shangtun fields in the northwest, this Your Majesty, seems to have a very good set of management of money and grain."

As Zhu Hao worked hard to design, now even a senior Confucian official like Jiang Mian feels that the little emperor is simply a genius in dispatching money and food, not to mention anything else.

Yang Tinghe replied coldly, "Let's talk about it."