Zang Feng was transferred back to Beijing, and the governor of Xuanda was replaced by Peng Ze's cronies.

For the time being, the situation in Xuanda still seems to be very stable.

But the Tatars continued to harass Koubian......

Originally, this was the main direction of attack of our grassland tribes, and now that you Daming is still engaged in such a thing as changing commanders before the battle, then why don't we step up the attack on the front line of Xuanda?

The consequence of the fall of Baiyangkou was that all the defenses of the pass were destroyed, and after the Tatars remobilized their forces, they used Baiyangkou as a breakthrough.

Our team of a few hundred people can capture you at one pass, and if there are ten times more people, what will be the result? The persimmon should be pinched softly, and we can't pinch it on the three sides, so let's take Xuanda.

The situation in Xuanda is getting worse day by day.

Entering August, there are two things that are hot in Beijing.

One is that it is about to be Halloween, that is, the emperor's birthday, and Zhu Si's birthday is the tenth day of August.

When Zhu Si first registered, not many people cared about Wanshou Halloween, and at that time, Zhu Si also asked for everything to be simple, so there was no rumor at all.

And now the situation is different, Zhu Si has been on the throne for a year, even if the throne is no longer passed on to him in the future, Zhu Si, the emperor, can be remembered in the annals of history.

And now, except for a little suspicion between the monarchs and ministers in the court, Zhu Si's ability to be the emperor has been fully affirmed, and the chaos during the Zhengde Dynasty has stabilized, and now the court is thriving.

In this way, the emperor's birthday became a matter of concern for the ministers.

The second thing is that the emperor is about to get married.

After the election, it has entered the final step of the selection of the three links, which will be personally selected by Zhu Si, and the time is set for mid-August, and the three candidates who participated in the selection of the three candidates were all personally selected by the Empress Dowager Zhang, and the emperor's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Jiang, did not show up from beginning to end in this matter.

Empress Dowager Jiang was naturally unhappy, she chose a daughter-in-law for her son, and her mother didn't even have the qualifications to go to the sidelines, isn't this a bully?

But unlike when she first arrived in the capital last year, she took the threat of leaving the palace and returning to Anlu Xiang at every turn, now she has learned to be obedient, and it is okay to stay in the palace, even if she is angry with the sister-in-law of Empress Dowager Zhang, then just don't go to see it, anyway, if you don't go to Empress Dowager Zhang here, you don't force it, and you have nothing to do!

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The fourth day of August.

Zhu Hao received a letter from Yongping Mansion, which was the boundary where Lu Song, Gongsun Yi and others went to open a mine, which was located in the territory of Zunhua and Qianshan in Tangshan in later generations, and the letter mainly told about the progress of iron ore mining.

Because after the past, it was not from scratch, there was already a certain foundation, and after the team was in place, it was actually similar to the machinery entering the field to start producing iron ore, and Su Xigui, a worker or something, had already recruited in the local area, and with the support of the imperial court policy, the progress was very smooth.

In Gongsun Yi's letter, he detailed the current situation and has begun to ship iron ore abroad, and it is uncertain how much daily production and monthly production capacity there is.

If you want to scale up and finally stabilize production, you will probably have to wait until the end of the year.

However, Zhu Hao is more concerned about the letters from Guan Jing and Sun Ru, the two of them are Zhu Hao's apprentices, and Jiang Rong, who became the son of Yutian, is different, the two are considered commoners, and they need to accumulate merit and connections and prestige by doing things for the imperial court.

Just like Tang Yin......

In fact, Tang Yin didn't know anything at the beginning, he was driven by Zhu Hao to the shelves and learned a little bit, but now he still has a firm foothold in the court?

Approaching midnight, Tang Yin came over to help Zhu Hao review the recital, and when he saw that Zhang Zuo was no longer there, he turned around and was about to go back to rest.

Zhu Hao beckoned, "Sir, don't you sit down and talk to me?"

"No need."

Tang Yin smiled awkwardly.

If Zhang Zuodu went to rest, it would mean that the steps of the different categories had ended, and even if he stayed, he wouldn't be able to help Zhu Hao too much.

Zhu Hao handed over a few letters from Yongping Mansion to Tang Yin to see.

Tang Yin was more concerned about Lu Song's situation in Yongping, and as for Gongsun Yi, they were ...... Tang Yin knew very well that these people had no skills

, all relying on Zhu Hao's help, now that he has just gone to Yongping Mansion, what achievements can he make?

"What's wrong? Are they in trouble over there?" Tang Yin asked.

"Nope."

Zhu Hao said, "Actually, I asked Guan Jing and Sun Ru to go over because I wanted to form a local team."

"You...... What did you say? Respect...... Respectfully, don't mess around...... Do you know what a sin it is to recruit privately?" When Tang Yin heard this, he woke up in fright, and stammered and asked.

Zhu Hao could see that in fact, Tang Yin went to drink that night, and he didn't know who he was looking for to drink, but he expected that Tang Yin was messing around in officialdom now, and he had a lot more entertainment than before.

Zhu Hao smiled: "I just asked them to recruit a group of people as mine guards, and they didn't have horses, not even armor, weapons and other things like sticks...... Besides, I've mentioned these to Your Majesty a long time ago, and it'll be fine."

"Mine protection?"

Tang Yin let out a long sigh of relief, "It turned out to be recruiting a caretaker, you have to say that you want to form a team? Don't scare people, okay?"

Tang Yin originally thought that Zhu Hao was going to form an army on his own, but it turned out to be to form a team of guards to maintain order in the mine, is there anything worth making a fuss about?

Zhu Hao said, "But I still want to train them into a qualified army."

Tang Yin's eyes widened suddenly, and he was extremely shocked.

"I've had a new batch of firearms built, which are much easier to use than the previous arquebuses, and in general, can be loaded in a short period of time...... It uses standard bullets, and it can be reloaded and fired in less than ten minutes." Zhu Hao said.

The muscles on Tang Yin's face twitched twice and asked, "Do you know what nonsense you're talking about?"

Zhu Hao asked, "Don't you believe it?"

Tang Yin frowned: "But the weapon you gave to the imperial court earlier is obviously already a ......."

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Not everything good has to be handed over to the imperial court, I asked you to hand over the improved firecracker, just for the surface, you are studying this, preparing for the research of more advanced weapons...... You don't have to look at me like that, I have also asked His Majesty's consent on this matter......

"You two little ones, this is going to be against the sky."

Tang Yin was furious.

Tang Yin was still thinking before, where did Zhu Hao learn such advanced technology, and the fire gun made by Zhu Hao after improving the technology could actually be greatly praised by the craftsmen in Wang Gong's factory, saying that it would take several generations to improve, and Zhu Hao said that he was very dissatisfied at that time, Tang Yin always felt that Zhu Hao was bragging.

Now I know that Zhu Hao's self-confidence comes from the fact that he has already manufactured more advanced firearms.

Zhu Hao said: "In fact, the structure of the firearm is not complicated, it is difficult to start the explosive charge again, that is, the gunpowder that can produce sparks by impact.

Tang Yin was puzzled and asked, "Zhu Hao, what are you going to do?"

"Sir, I studied these for the sake of conquering the grasslands as soon as possible, and for the sake of the four seas. The grassland can make my Ming frontier stable, overseas can bring me inexhaustible wealth, overseas there is still vast land, there are better crops, there are a large number of minerals, can meet the needs of our descendants for tens of millions of years...... Isn't that bad? Zhu Hao asked with a smile.

Tang Yin may have been a little sleepy because he had drunk, and he really didn't understand what Zhu Hao said, so he waved his hand to indicate that he didn't want to hear this.

Zhu Hao said: "The mine guards will be incorporated into the local guard station in the future, and in the future, the Jinyi Guard will give priority to the transfer of men and horses from them to use new weapons. Sir is tired, go back and rest, and we'll talk about it later. 「

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After Zhu Hao talked to Tang Yin, Tang Yin didn't take it too seriously.

After that, he never mentioned it in front of Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao was still in the Hanlin Academy, continuing to do the work of repairing books, but he was called by Yang Shen on the seventh day of the eighth month.

"There's something for you to do." Yang Shen said.

Zhu Hao said, "It won't be for me to prepare for the day

Tell the case, right? Doesn't that mean it's done?"

Yang Shen said angrily: "I know that you like to push, since you choose to be an official, don't be too lazy." That's right, the king of Korea has sent an envoy to the capital to congratulate the Wanshou Holy Day, and the people have arrived at the Huitong Hall, and now there is a shortage of manpower at Honglu Temple, so let me go to receive it temporarily, and I plan to take you there."

Receiving foreign guests?

This live. Zhu Hao doesn't like to pick it up very much.

The king of Joseon is currently Li Yi, that is, Zhongzong anyway, Li Yi is a faint monarch in the history of Korea, not much better than his predecessor Yanshanjun, and when he was in power, there was serious party strife in North Korea, and the people did not have a good life.

At this time, North Korea is a chicken rib, Daming has no heart to move, and that place has never been conquered by the Central Plains Dynasty, even if Zhu Hao has plans to include it in the Ming Dynasty in the future, it is not a priority.

"What is the identity of the envoy in North Korea?"

Zhu Hao asked.

Yang Shen said: "It seems that one is the Hu Cao Judge, and the other is the Li Cao Judge, which is equivalent to the six servants of our dynasty."

North Korea is also divided into six parts, called "Cao", and the supreme boss is called "Judgment Book", which is equivalent to the six books of the Ming Dynasty, and the next is the judge, which is equivalent to Shilang.

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Come to congratulate the Sect Master Country on the Longevity and Holy Day, and send a waiter? Isn't it a little rude?"

"That's why I took you with me, they didn't have any important people, should we still use the ministry to receive them?"

Yang Shen glared at Zhu Hao, as if he was blaming him for talking too much.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, North Korea is just a waiter-level official, and I am equivalent to the first assistant of the cabinet, which is not called reciprocal.

But now that Yang Shen obviously appreciates him and wants to take him out to see more, Zhu Hao naturally has no reason to refuse.

"When?"

Zhu Hao asked again.

"Tomorrow morning, you prepare, put on your court clothes or something, and take you there mainly to see that you are young, which can suppress their arrogance. If they have a problem or something, you can improvise or simply don't say anything."

Yang Shen said, "These envoys of small countries often like to shake their wits in front of the envoys of the upper states, just don't fall into their traps."

Zhu Hao smiled, "I know."