Chongzhen walked quickly, taking a look at the people and villages on both sides of the official road from time to time.

Because of this autumn's bumper harvest, the faces of the people of Daming are no longer malnourished and desperate.

In this regard, Chongzhen is very pleased.

He believes that from now on, with the industrious people and high-yield crops, the population of Daming will definitely rise again and again, and with the basic technology brought by Zhu Youjian in later generations, the quality of life will continue to improve.

The journey from Shanhaiguan to Jingshi was not long, and three days after departure, Chongzhen rushed to 50 miles outside the city of Jingshi.

Here, the emperor's guard of honor was opened again, because not far ahead, the crown prince was waiting on the side of the road with the Manchu civil and military forces.

The salute kept ringing, and the pennant waved in the wind.

The few nobles followed behind the prince and bowed to Chongzhen.

The officials also looked at Emperor Chongzhen who had returned triumphantly with excitement.

The chanting of Long Live My Emperor and Wan Ming Wan Sheng was almost not broken.

After a tedious ceremony, Chongzhen finally dragged his tired body back to the dormitory to rest.

"These red tapes are much more tiring than marching and fighting."

The crown prince Zhu Cihong, who returned to the East Palace, wiped off the fine sweat on his head, and with the help of the attendants, took off his dress and took a rare rest.

In the past three months, he not only had to go to court early, but also to review the recitals day and night, and always pay attention to the war in Liaodong, coupled with the recent preparations for the cumbersome pick-up matters, he was really tired and panicked.

For him, a teenager, governing the country is really not an easy job.

Well, now that my father is back, I can finally rest.

Zhu Cihong only found out that Chongzhen was working so hard, and he couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and set a grand goal for himself.

He drank a bowl of ginseng soup, rested for a while, and then changed into his regular clothes and went to the study to sort out the copywriting.

Because he knew that Chongzhen would soon summon him and ask him to report on the affairs of the country for more than three months.

Although he had already memorized the content of the report, after seeing Chongzhen, he was inevitably nervous, for fear that something would go wrong.

Just when he finished preparing and waited for his father to summon him, Tian Shouxin sent an edict: "Brother Chun has worked hard in recent months, so I will rest a lot today and tomorrow."

By the way, Tian Shouxin also told Zhu Cihong some things about this expedition, so that he knew in his heart.

On the third day, Chongzhen summoned Zhu Cihong.

"Brother Chun, how has your sister's mood and life been in the past few months since I went on the expedition?"

Zhu Cihong was stunned, his sister was Princess Changxing with a broken arm.

It was normal for the father to care about his daughter, but he didn't expect that the father didn't mention state affairs and asked about family affairs first.

"My sister is in good health, but she still doesn't want to go out, and she recites Buddhist scriptures in the hall all day long, spending time for her mother and Kunxing, and praying for her father."

"Hey......" Chongzhen sighed, things are really developing towards the situation of Lu Ding, and there will not really be a one-armed god and nun in the future." She's still resentful! You ask the crown princess to accompany her more often to untie the knot."

Zhu Cihong knew that the hanging of the queen mother and the tragic death of Princess Kunxing were too big a blow to Princess Changxing.

She is disabled with a broken arm, and her future colt is imprisoned, which becomes her nightmare.

This is too cruel for a teenage girl.

"Erchen knows."

Chongzhen didn't want to mention this heart disease more, so he turned to ask about state affairs, and Zhu Cihong answered them one by one.

This question and answer is an hour.

Zhu Cihong could hear that his father was particularly concerned about the division of land, immigration, commercial taxes, official camps, military conscription, and silver mines.

Chongzhen listened quietly, interjected from time to time to ask, and praised his son's achievements in supervising the country.

Zhu Cihong was humble and did not dare to respond, only saying that it was the credit of the cabinet and the nine ministers.

Chongzhen smiled and said nothing, and changed his words, "I see that you have promoted some young officials to the local government, and even selected some criminal ministers to go to Liaodong to explore. These are all good, and your ability to control the court and the place has improved a lot!"

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong's face turned a little pale, and he said in a deep voice: "In recent months, Erchen has found that the operation of the imperial court has been smooth, but the local personnel are uneven, and many things cannot be done, so he has promoted some people and criminals."

Chongzhen saw that although he was a little uncomfortable, his tone was calm, and he didn't mention his words at all, and nodded with a smile.

In terms of his heart, the prince has improved.

Although Zhu Cihong did not mention his control over officials, he was very uneasy in his heart.

The officials promoted by themselves are their own descendants regardless of their own eyes, and if this leads to the suspicion of the emperor, it is really not good.

He immediately explained: "Since my father has not yet returned to the court, those newly promoted officials are all temporary errands, and no formal appointment documents have been issued."

Chongzhen nodded, knowing that this was intentional by the prince, for fear that he would be jealous, "Just do it yourself. Also, I have been very tired in the past few months, and I am not ready to go to court for the time being, so you have to continue to do it."

Zhu Cihong was a little surprised, his other task today was to resign from the post of superintendent, but he didn't expect Chongzhen to propose it before he could speak.

"Father and emperor work hard, and the son will be a prisoner for another ten days and half a month."

Chongzhen smiled: "It may not be just ten days and a half months, you have to be prepared to be in charge of the country for a long time!"

Zhu Cihong smiled bitterly: "It is appropriate for sons and daughters to share their father's worries more."

……

Soon, the news that the crown prince would continue to supervise the country spread throughout the government and the opposition.

Some people saw Chongzhen's trust in the prince, and a few people were keenly aware that Chongzhen was ready to continue to lead the army to recruit in person.

Ministers who disagreed with this wrote one after another, passionately denouncing the Tang King and the Fu King, strongly advocating the Southern Expedition, and at the same time recommending candidates for the Southern Expedition generals.

Obviously, they wanted to determine the generals of the southern expedition in advance and extinguish the possibility of Chongzhen's personal expedition.

Chongzhen was speechless, and the officials of the imperial court changed a whole batch, but the result was still the same pedantic and vain attempt to trap the emperor in the palace as before......

Looking at their righteous words, Chongzhen got angry, and Chongzhen was even more angry when he saw them gangs and factions go to the book together.

For these slacks, Chongzhen did not send them all.

This has provoked more letters from ministers, and even the cabinet is adding fuel to the fire.

"Li Banghua and Shi Bangyao clearly know my thoughts, but they just sit back and watch the minister recommend the generals!" Chongzhen was furious.

Just when Chongzhen was about to settle accounts with the cabinet, another huge storm was set off in the court.

On the 7th day of Chongzhen's return to Beijing, when the voices of stopping Chongzhen's personal expedition gradually increased, Kong Mengchang, the third assistant of the cabinet, broke this momentum and pointed the finger at King Ding, who was far away in Korea:

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached the king for plotting against him!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"Your Majesty, please recall King Ding!"

"The vassal king leads the army, which violates the ancestral system, makes the court uneasy, and the society is unstable, which will be a catastrophe!"

"Your Majesty, the king's behavior of buying people's hearts must be stopped!"

Chongzhen's face was cold, he looked down at the audience, and only spoke after a while: "Retreat!"