Yang Shen and Yu Chengxun did not ask Zhu Hao in detail what he had experienced on the road. Perhaps in their eyes, everything is irrelevant.

It is reasonable for Zhu Hao to stay in Nanjing, after all, the Zhu family is in Nanjing, Zhu Hao said that he wanted to stay in Nanjing to do his duty as a filial son and grandson without any errands, in the ears of Confucianism, this reason is very appropriate, no one cares about Zhu Hao whether you are honoring your elders at home.

Whoever asked, on the contrary, it seemed that the person who asked did not understand the matter and did not understand filial piety, righteousness, etiquette, and law. Regarding Zhu Hao's return to Beijing, Yang Shen didn't even mention it to Yang Ting.

is also as Zhu Hao previously analyzed, as long as he, Zhu Hao, is not the one who advises the new emperor behind his back, then it is meaningless to explore who Zhu Hao does things for, anyway, he is just an insignificant little person, what's wrong with him.

Since Yang Tinghe was suspicious, it was impossible to delegate important matters to Zhu Hao.

But this does not affect the personal relationship between Yang Shen and Yu Chengxun and Zhu Hao, at least in the eyes of the two, Zhu Hao has no problem at all, but because Zhu Hao speaks straightforwardly, plus he has strong ability to do things and analyze, he can become a good helper.

They are also willing to pull Zhu Hao, the "lost lamb", so that Zhu Hao can regain the warmth of the organization, perhaps in their opinion, this is to save Zhu Hao, so that Zhu Hao can develop on the right track of his career.

They also feel like it's a good thing. In fact, he just wanted to use Zhu Hao to do things.

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After Zhu Hao returned to Beijing, the first thing he had to face was a lot of music.

In Sixian's residence, Zhu Si was unceremonious, personally helped Zhang Zuo, moved a large stack of music to Zhu Hao, and said with a smile: "I know that you are coming back, but recently I just asked Zhang Zuo and them to approve the inconsequential notes, and leave the rest to you!"

Zhu Hao really wants to say, you really don't care about my hard journey, right?

In order to rush back to the capital, I haven't closed my eyes much in the past two days and two nights, and now it's okay, and when I come back, I will directly stuff the question book and recital for ten days and half a month for me to criticize?

I really want to thank you!

Zhu Si greeted Zhang Zuo and said, "What are you waiting for? Come over and help, who else do you need, Zhu Hao, you just said it, I called you...... Now that Mr. Tang is not here, I rely on you alone, and I really work hard for you......

Zhu Hao glared at Zhu Si angrily and asked, "What about Your Majesty?"

"I.......... Just rest and rest, you haven't been in Beijing for the past few months, I face so many boring things every day, I'm tired to death, and I haven't mentioned it to you? Isn't it also important that I have a son as soon as possible? So I'll leave it to you to do the work!"

Zhu Si looked ashamed, as if it was a matter of course to use Zhu Hao's criticism. When Zhang Zuo heard this, he felt unbearable.

How can you be an emperor?

Let others do your own business, and still say it so righteously?

Zhang Zuo looked at Zhu Hao with sympathetic eyes, probably Zhu Hao was not in the capital, and the busiest person was counting him, but now that he was finally liberated, the whole person was relieved.

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At night, Zhu Hao worked hard to write against different recitals.

Among them, the northwest military affairs report is the most important, but many of them are just crying for money and food, not only Xuanda has a clue, but also the three sides are also asking for medicine, and Jiliao is also asking for it, and it is obvious that after Zhu Si ascended the throne, the situation on the Jiliao front line also began to deteriorate, and the Eastern Mongolian tribes and the Jurchen tribes on the eastern Liaodong line were ready to move.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the focus of defense was in the northwest, and the northeast was not put in the eyes at all, thinking that it was a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, small people who could not get on the stage, and Liaodong only arranged official positions such as governors and admirals, and did not have the official positions of governors of several regions.

It was not until the Jiajing period that the eastern Liaodong clan began to rise, and because of the 29th year of Jiajing, the Tatars entered the capital from the Jizhou line, resulting in the "Gengxu Change", and since then, Liaodong has begun to set up a governor.

Zhu Hao is familiar with history, and naturally knows where the future defense priorities and difficulties of the Ming Dynasty are, even if there are still more than a hundred years before the fall of the Ming Dynasty in history, Zhu Hao estimates since

He didn't live to that time, but as a person with a sense of responsibility for the times, he had to check and fill in the gaps.

The matter of Jiliao's establishment of a governor seems to have to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

「.... Mr. Zhu, the biggest problem in the imperial court recently is the lack of money, food, and armaments, but fortunately, now that the situation in Xuanda has stabilized, it seems that it is unlikely that the Tatars will send troops to the Ming Dynasty in the cold winter of Layue, and it can be delayed until the beginning of spring next year."

Zhang Zuo's words were a little happy. That's right.

For the grassland tribes, the biggest barrier for them to fight is the horse, which can be described as a nation on horseback, because they are good at archery and horse riding, which is not comparable to the Ming cavalry, so that they have repeatedly won in the plain war.

But if it is winter, even if it seems that the weather is good, when you enter the Ming Pass, and suddenly the snow falls into the ice, the advantage of the cavalry will be gone, and it is likely that the Tatars will be surrounded by the Ming army because of the untimely retreat..... The Ming soldiers can't do anything else, that is, there are many people, we fight alone or two against one, we may lose, but we won't beat one out of ten? You won't be able to run then, so wait for death!

The war between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars basically adhered to the law that the Tatars invaded in the autumn and when the horses were fat, and each of them collected their troops before winter.

Now it is the time to strike the troops in the traditional sense in winter, and it is time for the northwest to check and fill in the gaps, but if the northwest is attacked and harassed by the Tatars, then the life of the military and civilians in the northwest will be very difficult, and everything lies in the serious shortage of food and materials.

Zhu Hao said: "Most of the tuntian fields in the northwest have been abandoned, and most of the grain depends on the imperial court to allocate from various places, which is time-consuming and laborious. In fact, it is necessary to re-implement the law on grain development."

Zhang Zuowei was puzzled: "This kind of thing, I'm afraid it's not easy, right? Yang Ge is old in the court, but everything that His Majesty advocates, whether it is right or wrong, will make a stumbling block."

"Hmm." Zhu Hao nodded.

Yang Tinghe's current task is to maintain the state of Hongzhi, to keep it, and not to allow the emperor to make some changes to affect the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty.

But in fact, the grain opened in the law, but also in the Hongzhi period to change, this is only twenty or thirty years, the northwest tuntian has been abandoned into such a state, in fact, now is a good time to set things right, but no one in history at this time to come forward.....

Perhaps the people of the DPRK and China also feel that it is better to grasp the economic lifeline of the northwest in the center of the capital, rather than allowing the local authorities to let themselves go freely.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the military administration in the northwest has been mainly reflected in the dispatch of money and grain, and the change in the law of grain development is more of a "waste of food due to choking" in Zhu Hao's view.

"Mr. Zhu, in fact, Your Majesty is most concerned about the employment of the imperial court.

Zhang Zuo said, and put several reports about the ministry in front of Zhu Hao, which is also the main reason why Zhu Si urged Zhu Hao to return to Beijing, but in fact, Zhu Hao knew very well that this was just Zhu Si's rhetoric, in fact, he wanted him to come back as soon as possible to help deal with the government and not delay too much on the road.

Of course, it is reasonable for Zhu Si to arrange more "own people" in the six ministries of the DPRK and the local yamen. But in fact, Zhu Si can't even figure out who is "his own person", which is very difficult.

While trying to arrange his own people, but there was no one to use for him, he thought of Zhu Hao, thinking that Zhu Hao could find those who were unwilling or loyal to the emperor among the vast number of officials in the court, and use these people.

This is not only what Zhu Si admires about Zhu Hao, but also what Zhang Zuo and others find incredible.

Because Zhu Si was weak after he ascended the throne, it was Zhu Hao who opened up the situation for Zhu Si in the court, so that now there are forces in the court that can compete with Yang Tinghe, and Yang Tinghe and the camp are no longer as monolithic as they were at the beginning.

"Your Majesty wants to reactivate Wang Qiong." Zhang Zuo specially reminded him.

Zhu Si didn't know who could be used by him, but with the education that Zhu Hao gave him before, he understood that old ministers like Wang Qiong, Wang Xian, Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian could be used, and after returning to the dynasty, they could still form an opposition to Yang Tinghe and form a constraint on Yang Tinghe.

But Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian will not return to the dynasty easily, and everyone is waiting and watching, but Wang Qiong is still assigned to work as a coolie in Zhuang Lang, does Wang Qiong have a choice?

Zhu Si pondered for a long time, this person is the most suitable, I want to use him, he can be called at any time, and he can make Yang Tinghe uncomfortable after returning to the court, that is the best candidate.

Zhu Hao said: "Now between His Majesty and Yang Ge Lao, there has been a dispute over the employment of people in the northwest, from the perspective of the game, we must not do things too desperately, not to mention that Wang Qiong's crime is mostly because he colluded with the female cadres of the former emperor, and the placement of cronies in the army is related to the filling of personal pockets, and a consensus has been formed among the Confucian officials in the DPRK and China, unless the situation in the northwest has reached the point of uncontrollability, it is possible for him to make meritorious contributions..... It should also be established on the premise that Yang Ge has already become a master. Now that Wang Qiong is enabled, it will definitely not work!"

Zhu Sihutu, Zhu Hao would not make such a low-level mistake.

Now Zhu Si can confront Yang Tinghe and faintly gain the upper hand, saying that he Zhu Hao is making suggestions behind his back, but in fact, what is more important is Yang Tinghe's compromise on the relationship between the monarch and the minister.

Even Zhu Hao, an opponent, has to admit that many times he has taken advantage of Yang Tinghe's "Gao Feng Liang Festival", if it is replaced by a more powerful first minister, such as the future Zhang Juzheng...... It may be that the relationship between the monarch and the minister will not be as harmonious as it is now, and at that time, Zhu Si is estimated to be submissive and walk on thin ice, and only when Yang Tinghe is dead will he dare to liquidate.

Since it is Yang Tinghe's compromise on major matters, you have to push people to a desperate situation step by step, can people not resist?

A good example of this is the issue of mining taxes.

At the beginning, you are going to auction off the Xishan Coal Mine, and it is up to you to let you, the little emperor, toss.

But if you want to make a big deal in the future, and you have to use this to form a rule, and play yin, then it won't be as you want..... Zhu Hao also saw Yang Tinghe's character, so he planned carefully.

The main purpose, in addition to clearly indicating the meaning of the imperial court to Shang Jia, is more to make Zhu Si feel an unprecedented pressure, so that he can restrain himself at the same time, and at the same time, he also trusts and relies on Zhu Hao more.

Don't do it, just fail it, let you know that you are afraid!