“……”

When the five words "guess who I am" appeared, Zhu Youzhen was embarrassed.

He wondered, in this imperial city, is there a second person who dares to cover his eyes like this?

"Brother, there are two good news and one bad news, which one do you listen to first?"

Zhu Youzhen spoke helplessly, and as soon as Zhu Youxiao heard that Zhu Youzhen had recognized his identity, he suddenly felt bored, raised his hands and motioned to the palace maid to change his clothes, and responded:

"Listen first."

"The good news is ......," Zhu Youzhen pushed the two letters of Liaoshen disarmament to the side, and said:

"Liaoyang was disarmed, and after checking the vacancy, he saved 158,000 taels of silver for the imperial court, as well as 150,000 taels of grain and grass."

"Shenyang was disarmed, and after checking the vacancy, he saved 230,000 taels of silver for the imperial court's military salary, as well as about 200,000 taels of grain and grass."

"In addition, the South Field of the Imperial Horse Prison has abolished the four guards and three institutes, and found more than 4.46 million mu of cultivated land, which will probably be able to harvest about 3 million stone of tenant grain in the coming year, and the imperial court will be able to collect about 500,000 stone of land and additional distribution."

"The bad news is that there are only 18,100 soldiers and auxiliaries in Shenyang, and only 9,100 in Liaoyang."

"Hehe, it's okay, I think my brother has already thought of a way to solve the shortage of soldiers and horses in Liaodong." Zhu Youxiao, who changed back into his regular clothes, smiled at Zhu Youzhen, and without waiting for Zhu Youzhen to speak, he said again:

"By the way, how is my brother's soldiers and horses training, and when will Qingling be repaired?"

Zhu Youxiao sat down next to Zhu Youzhen without worrying at all, and in Zhu Youzhen's eyes full of resentment, he glanced at the three letters and the document book measuring the acres of land.

"The soldiers and horses are not bad, I think they should be able to be reviewed by my brother and hundreds of officials before and after the sting."

"But brother, my brother helped you get so many good things, so you didn't have any reward?"

Zhu Youjian waited for Zhu Youxiao to ask him what he wanted, but he didn't want to be a good brother and learn to be obedient, so he said with a cheeky smile:

"Isn't it right for my brother to help my brother? Wouldn't it be rusty to ask for a gift? ”

"......" Zhu Youzhen was speechless, didn't want to speak, and even wanted to make a middle finger print of Wang Lingguan to the good imperial brother.

"Haha!" Looking at Zhu Youzhen's deflated appearance, Zhu Youxiao smiled:

"Tease you, whatever you want, just say it."

"I want to ask my brother to set Bijie as a mansion, and Sun Chuanting will serve as the prefect of Bijie Mansion plus a military road." Zhu Youzhen was not afraid of Wenchen impeaching him at all, and directly said his thoughts.

However, Zhu Youxiao nodded without thinking: "Yes!" Including the private salt you want to get, after reviewing the soldiers and horses and confirming that the soldiers and horses are OK, they will be made for you. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen touched his nose, always feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't say anything was wrong.

How does he feel that Brother Hao is ironic?

"Speaking of which, brother, you are eleven years old...... Zhu Youxiao suddenly spoke, and then smiled:

"On the twentieth day of February, the show girl entered the palace, and when the time comes, let's see if I can find a princess for my younger brother."

"I'm still ...... young" Zhu Youzhen was a little weak-hearted, so he changed his tone and said: "What is the scale of this show girl?" ”

"Well......" Zhu Youxiao muttered: "It is said that it is five thousand beautiful girls, but I can't say if I can choose the one I like." ”

"When the time comes, you and my brother will go to the East Five Institute to have a look, it just so happens that your brother didn't go to the harem, if you don't go this time, I will have a concubine in the future, maybe you won't be able to enter the harem."

What's there to do in that place...... Zhu Youzhen muttered in his heart, thinking that more than a dozen concubines were a blessing, and dozens of concubines would be a disaster.

There are only tired oxen, and there is no ploughed land......

His great-grandfather Emperor Longqing, as well as his cheap father Zhu Changluo, weren't they all the goods that died on a woman's belly.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the good imperial brother, and then pondered: "The good imperial brother should not be so interested in women. ”

Zhu Youzhen remembers well, the good imperial brother has been the emperor for seven years, has only nine concubines, and has six children.

In comparison, Chongzhen is a queen of seven concubines, seven sons and three daughters.

"By the way, my younger brother should also pay attention, if you have a concubine, you must not covet women!"

"......" Zhu Youzhen was thinking about this, when he heard the words of the good imperial brother, he looked up, and the good imperial brother looked at him with a serious face, as if he Zhu Youzhen would become a womanizer in the future.

"I'm a gentleman......

Zhu Youzhen responded in his heart, but nodded again and again on the surface.

"Hooray, it's time to pass the meal."

At this time, Wei Zhongxian's voice sounded, and Zhu Youxiao also waved his hand when he heard this:

"Hurry up, I'm hungry."

"Yes......" Wei Zhongxian saluted slightly, and then asked someone to pass the meal.

Since breakfast was ordered by Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youzhen ordered two plates of dumplings, two bowls of noodles, two plates of steamed boneless pork knuckle, and rinsing tea.

"Eat so little today?" Zhu Youxiao looked at the breakfast, and looked at Zhu Youzhen with some surprise.

Zhu Youzhen touched his nose and said, "I recently read some medical books, which said that it is not good to eat too greasy." ”

"After that, I took a look at the meal records of Emperor Gao, Emperor Wen, Emperor Su and Emperor Grandfather, as well as the meal records of other ancestors."

"After reading it, I found that I am very particular about eating, I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but all the long-lived monarchs, mostly meat and vegetarian matching."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen looked at the good royal brother with concern and said: "I heard that my brother especially likes to eat seafood stew, that thing is too greasy, so in the future, my brother will try to eat as much as possible in the morning." ”

Zhu Youzhen's words warmed Zhu Youxiao's heart, and then he smiled and said gently:

"I remember my brother's words, but I don't eat the seafood stew, I always feel uncomfortable, and the daily breakfast is either noodles or rice, and I really can't eat it."

"Isn't it delicious?" Zhu Youzhen was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that his good imperial brother grew up in the north, and he was not used to eating pasta.

"Not really, it's just that I'm eating too much and I'm a little bored." Zhu Youxiao smiled helplessly, and when Zhu Youzhen saw this, he volunteered:

"Then I'll make you a few more kinds of breakfast for my brother."

"You?" Zhu Youxiao looked at his younger brother suspiciously and said, "When will you cook?" ”

"I read books to learn, brother don't worry, I'll make it for you tomorrow to ensure that your food is very fresh." Zhu Youzhen rubbed his nose, thinking that this was his specialty.

As a poverty alleviation worker in Yunnan in his previous life, he didn't dare to say anything else and was particularly good at cooking, but making breakfast can be said to be varied.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen's saliva was about to flow out, and the noodles and dumplings in front of him were suddenly tasteless.

For him, a southerner in his previous life, it was really difficult for him to eat noodles every day, although the noodles made by the imperial chef were also delicious, but he was really tired of eating.

Just take this opportunity to call the Imperial Chef, Da Cu Chef, and Donggong Cu Chef together, and give them the rice noodles they know how to make, so that they won't have to worry about what to eat in the morning.

"Gan!"

Suddenly, Zhu Youzhen, who was eating dumplings, scolded secretly and bit something hard.

He spit it out, but it was a silver bean.

"Congratulations to Chitose on getting the money, it seems that Chitose is going to have good luck this year."

Wei Zhongxian's eyes were sharp, and after seeing the silver, he immediately blessed it, and Zhu Youxiao also laughed when he saw this, and patted Zhu Youzhen on the back.

"I just wanted to eat a good dumpling, and I almost broke my tooth......"

Looking at the silver bean in front of him, although he was disgusted, Zhu Youzhen wiped it and put it away.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also remembered something, so he said to Zhu Youzhen:

"By the way, Sun Ruyou and Fang Congzhe gave me thirteen resignations in a row, hoping to regain Ye Xianggao, what does my brother think?"

"Let's restart......" Zhu Youzhen's attitude towards Ye Xianggao changed one hundred and eighty degrees in an instant.

Naturally, this is because of the change in political stance, so he changed his tone.

Before, he didn't want Ye Xianggao to enter the cabinet, in order to prevent Ye Xianggao from being reinstated and muddy, but as a result, the Donglin Party couldn't kill the Zhejiang Party.

Now that the matter has become a foregone conclusion, the five parties of Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun have all broken their arms, and the court is Donglin.

At this time, the use of Ye Xianggao can play a role in curbing the Donglin Party.

When the time comes, when the five parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun recover, whether it is Wei Zhongxian or whom, they will be turned into a knife, and the other Donglin mouth cannons and corrupt officials except for Liu Yixie, Yang Lian and other capable ministers will be kicked out of the court, then the court will be much quieter.

"In that case, let's restart it." Zhu Youxiao said, suddenly his facial features wrinkled, and then spit out a silver coin from his mouth.

"Congratulations brother, it seems that you are going to have good luck this year, maybe you can choose a good sister-in-law for me." Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen smiled without conscience, but Zhu Youxiao gave him a blank look:

"You're still eating dumplings, and you're starting to mention your sister-in-law......"

"I ......" Zhu Youzhen almost didn't come up in one breath, he didn't expect that the good royal brother would actually play such a cold joke.

"Haha! Tease you. Zhu Youxiao said, wiped the silver beans with paper, and then stuffed them into Zhu Youjian's hand, and then turned to Wei Zhongxian and said:

"Zhongxian, transfer 200,000 taels of silver to Yanshan camp."

"Brother, I still have silver!" Seeing the good emperor's direct transfer of internal money, Zhu Youzhen immediately became anxious.

Now that the imperial court needs money, he can already be self-sufficient.

However, although he was in a hurry, Zhu Youxiao turned his head and smiled at him:

"I didn't spend your eleventh birthday with you, and this time it's the New Year's Day, so I just got together to send you New Year's money."

"How can there be a saying that 200,000 taels of silver is pressed for New Year's money......" Zhu Youzhen smiled helplessly, and Zhu Youxiao responded:

"I said yes, I am the emperor!"

"Okay...... Looking at the appearance of the good imperial brother, Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to pout: "Then I'll reluctantly accept it......"

"......" Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhu Youzhen's reluctant appearance, and roared in his heart, "Give it to me!" Give me! Don't even give it to me! I'm going to! ”

But after all, it is from the heart, if he dares to say it, it is estimated that he will wait for a while.

During the time when Wei Zhongxian's heart was dripping blood, Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youxiao ate dumplings and noodles one after another, and finally rinsed their mouths with tea, and then spit out the tea.

The palace maid stepped forward to re-wash the teeth of the two of them, and then the good royal brother got up and said:

"The Shandong governor you recommended, Yuan Keli, he did a good job."

"What's wrong?" Zhu Youzhen was very curious, and the good imperial brother said:

"He gave me seven strategies, the first strategy is to train the Liao soldiers, the second strategy is to win over the northern captives, the third strategy is to defend cautiously, the fourth is to reward and punish the merits, the fifth strategy is to enrich the Beijing camp, the sixth strategy is to reserve grain, and the seventh strategy is to make good use of talents."

"He has explained these articles and how to do them very clearly, very organized, and has more suggestions than many ministers in the DPRK and China."

"To be honest, if it weren't for my younger brother saying that leaving him in Shandong could improve the situation in Shandong, I would have wanted to transfer him to Beijing and be the secretary of the military department."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh, and Zhu Youzhen said with a smile:

"There are some things that can't be handled by sitting in a high position, and it's always easier to do a little bit below, just like me and my brother, what my brother can't do for my brother, I'll do it."

"Huh...... You're not wrong. Zhu Youxiao responded with a smile, and then said:

"That Yuan Keli, who has only been in office for a month and a half, has organized and trained three battalions of Dengzhou, Jimo, and Wendeng, and has 9,000 soldiers."

"I estimate that when these 9,000 soldiers and horses are trained, he will start to attack the preparation of the Japanese Division."

"Isn't that great?" Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "If Shandong can supply Liaodong, then it can reduce the burden of the people of Liaodong." ”

"In addition, after my brother and other Shandong government affairs are clarified, he can also set up a separate political envoy for Liaodong."

Because the population of Liaodong was only tens of thousands in the early Ming Dynasty, neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Zhu Di set up a political envoy in the local area, so administratively speaking, Liaodong was under the jurisdiction of Shandong.

If Liaodong can set up a separate political envoy, it will be able to calm the hearts of the majority of the people in Liaodong.

Once the road of governing Liao with Liao is passed, after the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty improves, the taxes of the people in Liaodong will be reduced, and the local military tuntian in Liaodong will be divided equally among the people after the tuntian is removed.

In this way, the mess left over during the Wanli period and the impact of the mining tax can be minimized, and the Liao people will not make a move that would rather surrender to the imperial court than to vote for the imperial court.

"As for the establishment of the political secretary, let's see how many people my brother can find out in Liaodong after that......"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Zhu Youzhen, but Zhu Youzhen said:

"The people of Liao, if you want to make an inventory, it's simple, after taking over the soldiers and horses in Jizhen, and then dismantling the guards in other places, you can almost dismiss the soldiers and horses in Liaozhen......"

"Having said that, has my brother ever thought about what the other eight towns will think after replacing Ji Town?" Zhu Youxiao specifically inquired about this and reminded:

"In the news of Beizhen Fusi, some generals in western Liaoning have a lot of criticism about the Zhejiang soldiers and Sichuan soldiers stationed in Liaoshen......

Zhu Youxiao was beating Zhu Youjian, or rather, reminding.

Among the contradictions between the southern and northern soldiers, the most intense were the Liao soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers.

The problem arose during the Battle of Korea, because at that time Li Rusong ordered the Zhejiang soldiers to attack the most difficult places to attack, and ordered the whole army not to harvest the heads of the Japanese invaders.

As a result, everyone did so, but Li Rusong asked his family to harvest the heads of the Japanese corpses.

You must know that the head of the Japanese army is probably fifty taels of silver, for which the generals of the Zhejiang soldiers and other guest troops scolded Li Rusong in public.

After that, Li Rusong naturally made a lot of stumbling blocks for other soldiers and horses, and Qi Jin was also in North Korea at the time, so he naturally witnessed that scene.

Therefore, Qi Jin's revenge on the Liaodong generals was inevitable, and Qi Jin and Qin Bangping led 10,000 people to settle in Liaoshen, if they did not make meritorious contributions for a long time, they would inevitably provoke criticism from the Liaodong generals.

However, for this point, Zhu Youzhen said:

"Brother, please rest assured, as I said before, the old slave is entrenched in the mountains, and only by fighting can the interior be stabilized."

"If nothing happens, it should be in the next few months, the old slave is going to raise heavy troops to invade Liaoshen."

"If it's really as my brother said, then I can take credit." Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, and at this time, the sound of footsteps also came from outside the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Wang An, who took a thick stack of songs, and two little eunuchs walked into the Yangxin Palace, and said to Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youxiao:

"Hooray, it's time to deal with it."

"Alright, I got it." Seeing Wang An walk in, Zhu Youxiao was a little displeased.

He was still immersed in the atmosphere of chatting with Zhu Youzhen, and suddenly someone told him to go to work, and no one would be happy.

"Brother is busy first, I'll go to the armor factory to have a look, this time it is estimated that I will stay in the capital for about half a month, my brother doesn't have to worry too much about me."

Seeing that the good imperial brother wanted to deal with the music, Zhu Youzhen also stood up.

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then said to him with one last concern:

"After the beginning of spring, the water vapor is heavy, remember to ask people to add more fires in the Miaoqin Palace."

"Well, I know" Zhu Youzhen replied, and then walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

But when he walked out, Wei Zhongxian was waiting at the door, and when he saw him, he hurriedly laughed and said:

"Your Highness......"

"How?" As soon as Zhu Youjian saw the old eunuch's wrinkled face, he knew that he must have something to ask him for help.

Sure enough, as he expected, after Wei Zhongxian sent Zhu Youzhen to the avenue of the Qianqing Palace to the outer court, he smiled and said:

"Your Highness, that king is ......"

Hearing Wei Zhongxian's words, Zhu Youzhen responded calmly: "You also saw it, it's not that I don't want Wang An to go, even Wang An himself wants to go, it's the imperial brother who won't let him." ”

"But ......" Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen glanced at Wei Zhongxian and said:

"Your subordinate Wang Tiqian is a good person, you can try to recommend him as the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch."

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness......" Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian's old face stretched out with a smile, like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"Okay, serve the imperial brother well, you don't need to send it." Zhu Youzhen explained, and then led people out of the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

As for Wei Zhongxian, he stood at the door with a smile, waiting for Zhu Youzhen to go away before he happily turned around and walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

On the contrary, it was Zhu Youzhen, who went to see the armor production of the armor factory, and then asked someone to leave the 50,000 taels he brought from Changping to Sun Liang, and then he returned to the Qinqin Palace.

For the next month, he practiced his horsemanship at the back door of the center and left every day, or went to the imperial dining room to get some delicious food.

But in this way, because the rice noodles, rice noodles and other things are a bit in line with the appetite of the royal brother, he was kept for an extra half a month.

In the days when I stayed in the capital, I either ate every day, or went out of the imperial city to go shopping, and I saw a lot, but in fact, it was just like that.

On January 27, there was good news.

"Your Highness! Lu Tongzhi sent a letter, saying that he had already paid the autumn tax and grain, and Deputy General Qi had arrived in Cangzhou! ”

In the good spring season, when Zhu Youzhen was lying on the recliner of the Qingong Palace, covering his face with a fan and basking in the sun, a little eunuch ran in overjoyed.

"Huh?" Zhu Youzhen turned his head sideways, looked at the little eunuch with a pu fan to block the dazzling sunlight, and only after reacting, did he sit up, took the letter in the little eunuch's hand, opened it and looked at it.

At a glance, I quickly read the contents of the letter.

After reading it, he breathed a sigh of relief, because Lu Wenzhao and Qi Yuanfu would be separated halfway.

Qi Yuanfu would take 8,000 Zhejiang soldiers to Tianjin Wei, take a boat along the coast, and go north to Liaoyang to garrison.

If you take the sea route, you should be able to reach Liaoyang in less than a month, which means that you can reach Liaoyang before March.

"It's almost there......" Zhu Youzhen touched his chin, but he remembered the military ration again, so he said to the little eunuch next to him:

"You send this letter to the Qianqing Palace, show it to the imperial brother, and ask the imperial brother for me, can you directly transfer 200,000 stone military rations to Qi Yuanfu, take a sea ship to Liaoyang, and use it as military rations for the two cities of Liaoshen in disguise."

"Yes......" The little eunuch bowed slightly, then paused and said to Zhu Youzhen:

"By the way, Your Highness, General Qi of Liaoyang also sent a letter, saying that he had sent someone to see the terrain from Liaoyang to the Yalu River, and the area of southern Liaoning, with at least 10 million acres of cultivated land."

"But ......"

"Say!" Zhu Youzhen frowned, he didn't like the appearance of others.

The little eunuch was reprimanded, and said honestly:

"General Qi said that there are five guards and 21 guards in southern Liaoning, including Haizhou Wei, Gaizhou, Jinzhou, Fuzhou, and Yizhou, and the military tuntian occupies one-fifth of the cultivated land in southern Liaoning, and most of them are greedy by the officers of the local guard station."

"It's the ...... of the guard again" Zhu Youzhen felt a headache, he really wanted to dismiss the guard in the whole world of the Ming Dynasty in one go.

Wuwei and 21 are nearly 50,000 military households and nearly 2.5 million mu of cultivated land.

It was really abolished, and then the general Tuntian was sent to military households, and it was estimated that the price of grain in Liaodong could be slightly calmer.

However, at present, the generals in Liaoxi have not been cleaned up, let alone the guards in Liaodong.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen could only say to the little eunuch:

"Write back to Qi Jin, and say that the guard doesn't have to worry about it for now, and tell him and Qin Bangping to be vigilant, the old slave should invade Liaoshen at the end of February and early March."

"Let him remember that Liao Shen cannot be lost, and if he loses, he will lose all the games!"

"The slave and maid know ......" The little eunuch responded honestly, and then saw that Zhu Youzhen was not going to explain anything, so he was ready to go to the Qianqing Palace to spread the word.

However, not long after he walked out, a brocade guard walked into the courtyard of the Qingong Palace, knelt down on one knee and said to Zhu Youzhen:

"His Royal Highness and Wang Zhangyin sent someone to deliver a message, saying that the soldiers and horses have been trained and the Qingling has been completed."

"After three days, you can wait for Your Highness and Banzai, as well as the hundred officials and ministers to review at any time."

"There's good news...... Zhu Youzhen heard this, stood up and stretched his waist, and said to Jinyiwei:

"Send the news to the Qianqing Palace, and tell the four guards and one battalion of the imperial brother and the three guards of the Yulin Prison that they can be reviewed at any time."

"In addition, after sending the letter, I asked Cheng En to temporarily transfer the recruited people to various Mintun, so that the officials would not see them."

"Yes......" Jinyiwei returned the salute when he heard this, turned around and left......