The importance of the Hetao to the Ming Dynasty is undeniable, but the Ming rulers had a blind spot here, giving up the extremely important Hetao area.

This caused a gap in the entire northern defense system between Datong and Ningxia, which brought continuous attacks and losses to the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, even with the restoration of Dongshengwei, the transportation and consumption of materials for the garrison defense will be a huge difficulty. This should be the main reason for abandoning the Hetao back then.

But Zhu Tongmeng won't say it now, and he won't ask. I haven't skimmed it yet, and it's really inappropriate to think about it now.

"I've said enough." Zhu Youxiao smiled, took a sip of tea, and continued: "One last addition, that is, the tea and horse market in Xuanfu." The rules must be changed, step by step, and not in a hurry......"

Xuanfu, that is, Zhangjiakou, from the fifth year of Longqing, in the area of Yuanbaoshan outside the Dajing Gate, has gradually formed a border trade market of "tea and horse market".

Livestock, furs, medicinal herbs, woollen fabrics, and silverware from the Mongolian steppe, as well as silk, tea, porcelain, and sugar brought in by merchants from the interior, were traded here and contributed to the prosperity of Zhangjiakou.

For Zhu Youxiao, the mutual trade was not only a means to appease the Mongolian tribes, but also a profitable big deal.

Although there is a big conspiracy for the locust merchants who betrayed the country, it does not mean that they should continue to make money from border trade.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Youxiao wants to use his own "imperial merchants" to monopolize border trade. The locust merchants are all big families, and they can only be fed to the dogs with some leakage leftovers.

It is a similar operation to "planting flags in a book", but Zhu Youxiao's definition prefers to call this method "import and export license".

"The implementation of the permit system should have no impact on the current border trade, and it can increase the income of the imperial court, but the merchants are different."

With a meaningful smile, Zhu Youxiao looked at his palm prints, and said slowly: "When Zhu Qing trains his elite soldiers, it is not too late to implement the sales plan." Now, let's find out the situation of the Mongolian tribes and get ready! ”

"Long live the foresight, and the ministers are full of admiration." Zhu Tongmeng is really convinced, this interlocking plan, even military and political, and business, is it afraid that he will not be able to subdue the Western Captives with a multi-pronged approach?

Zhu Youxiao smiled and pressed his hand, handed the two documents to the palace people and handed them to Zhu Tongmeng, and said: "This is the general strategy and policy, as well as the list of capable generals selected by me. Zhu Qing can rest for a few days and then call them for discussion. As for whether it will be suitable for use in the future, Zhu Qing can be self-explanatory. ”

Zhu Tongmeng took the document and put it away, and the palace people sent the secret box, and seeing that the emperor had no more orders, he bowed down and retired with interest.

The imperial study was quiet again, and Zhu Youxiao gently tapped the armrest of the chair, lowering his eyes slightly, thoughtfully.

Sun Chuanting, Zhu Tongmeng, Wu Yongxian, Lu Xiangsheng, plus Yang Zhaoji, the chief soldier of Jizhen Town, You Shiwei, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, Sun Zushou, the chief soldier of Datong, and the newly appointed Ma Shilong, the chief soldier of Ningxia, and He Huchen, the chief soldier of Yansui Town, can be said to be a gathering of famous ministers and brave generals on the northern border defense line.

That's right, Lu Xiangsheng will be the right political counselor and deputy envoy to assist Zhu Tongmeng in going to Xuanda to reorganize the army and military affairs.

And He Huchen, the former chief soldier of Dengzhen, was transferred to Yansui Town, not because he was not loyal and brave, but because he was not good at water warfare. The Northwest is his hometown, where he can play his best there.

The successor to Dengzhen is Zhang Keda, a newly promoted general soldier who is stationed in Zhoushan and has many achievements in killing Japanese and thieves. Zhang Keda is not only able to fight, but also erudite and talented, and has also made achievements in governance, and has the style of a Confucian general.

With so many capable generals, after half a year, the military towns should be strong and strong, and they can have a good chat with the Mongolian departments, right?

Zhu Youxiao counted the time and felt that he had finally arranged the important town of the Nine Sides properly. As long as you ensure that the food and salary are sufficient, you don't have to worry too much about your own work in the future.

Zhuge Liang is dying, tired to death!

A qualified and wise leader should not be meticulous, do everything himself, and take care of it personally.

It is necessary to know how to "grasp the big and let go of the small," to know how to recognize and employ people, and to concentrate time and energy on resolving the main contradictions, so that we can firmly grasp the initiative in work.

Xunzi said: If the Lord is good, everything will be detailed, and if the Lord is good, everything will be short.

Zhu Youxiao thinks that selecting talents and appointing talents is the key to being a king, if the courtiers are all busy people, you are useless to die of exhaustion.

Just like Chongzhen, alas, this is really a typical example of being able to think of him in everything.

Zhu Youxiao smiled to himself and looked at the hour. Although it was a little early, there was no work to deal with, so he got up and walked out, and set up for the princess of the East Palace.

Concubine Wang Liang of the East Palace, Concubine Duan Chun of the West Palace, was canonized by the emperor together with Empress Zhang Yan, and she is the oldest qualified.

But let a palace maid waiting for the cat grab the jackpot, don't say anything, but no one is happy in her heart.

Queen Zhang Yan wants to be generous to the world, and Concubine Duan Chun is a gentle temperament, and both of them are not very obvious.

In comparison, Concubine Wang Liang seems to be anxious and frizzy, which is also due to her personality.

Zhu Youxiao was not in a hurry, and he also popularized some common sense with Zhang Yan, Wang Liangfei, and Duan Chunfei, so that they could usually move more and exercise more, and when they were healthy and mature, they would have more opportunities.

Not just lip service, Zhu Youxiao also designed several simple sports equipment, which were built by craftsmen and installed in various palaces.

Zhang Yan and Concubine Chun are still a little reserved, and they are not too embarrassed to exercise on the equipment. The most obedient and active is Concubine Wang Liang.

On this day, she was sweating profusely from exercising, and Concubine Wang Liang hurriedly bathed. She counted the time, and when the emperor arrived, she was just in time to dress up beautifully and wash fragrantly to welcome the holy car.

The warm fragrant soup wrapped her body, and in the bathtub, Concubine Wang Liang closed her eyes slightly.

It wasn't until the sound of "Long live arrived" outside that she suddenly opened her eyes wide, and hurriedly beckoned the palace maid to get a bath towel and clothes, but saw that the emperor had already walked in.

No one dared to stop the emperor, and it was no one else who bathed inside, it was his concubine.

"Concubine-" Concubine Wang Liang was embarrassed, retracted into the bathtub, and said: "Rude, failed to meet the driver, please live don't blame." ”

Zhu Youxiao looked at Concubine Wang Liang, who hugged her chest and covered it, slightly revealing her white jade-like skin, and was infinitely shy, and her heart moved, and she suddenly felt pity and love.

"The most is the gentleness of the bowed head, just like the shyness of the water lotus. Say a stunning, praise a stunning, there is a sweet sorrow in that stunning-"

Concubine Wang Liang raised her eyes, recalling the emperor's chanting just now, I don't know what the word plate is, but it sounds as comfortable as breathing the fragrant fragrance of flowers.

Seeing that the eyes of his woman became blurry, warm, soft, and soft, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, waved away the palace maid, and walked over......

The tub is a bit small, so you have to make a big one!

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Nanjing, the residence of Zhou Yanru, the young Zhan Shi of the Hanlin Academy.

"Use Dongchang Fanzi to kill him like this? This, this, faint king! Zhou Yanru threw down the letter, his white hair trembled and his eyebrows trembled, and he scolded.

Wu Changshi, who was in the seat, took the letter, and his face changed greatly when he read it, and he trembled his lips and said, "How can this be, how can it be so?" ”

Why are the two angry and afraid, because He Wangsheng, Lu Xianming, Li Fengshen and others who went to Beijing to open a newspaper and open a college have been arrested by Dongchang and have been beheaded in Beijing for the crime of bewitching and confusing chaos.

These people were all well-known scholars, and the title at that time was "Famous Scholars in the County". But the court was cut down with such a click, and it was so clean and shocking.

Not only these people, but also Yushi Liang Menghuan was implicated. As the contact person in Beijing, Liang Menghuan has been robbed of his home and questioned, and it is estimated that he will be exiled at the lightest.

Speaking of which, these "county celebrities" are not going to Beijing by themselves. but for the sake of money, and the invitation of the eunuchs and gentry.

Of course, the backgrounds of these celebrities also determined that they would not approve of Zhu Youxiao's reform. From this point of view, they also want to oppose the emperor or the court from the bottom of their hearts.

The newspaper opened the academy, and the imperial court did not prohibit it, or not for the time being.

So, after feeling the full malice of the imperial court, or the emperor, towards the gentry and landlords, these guys wanted to contend with public opinion.

In their plan, the newspaper should be set up first, and the words of the article should not be too sharp, so as not to arouse the alarm of the emperor.

And Liang Menghuan, the imperial historian who presided over the matter in Beijing, instructed them to approach Zhang Guoji, the abbot, and use compliments and money to pull Zhang Guoji to run a newspaper together.

This trick is very damaging, first using Zhang Guoji as a wall to block the wind. When the newspaper has an influence and argues with the imperial court, the world will see the scene of the old man opposing the emperor's son-in-law.

It's a bit ironic, it's also a little funny, even his own family doesn't approve of it, the emperor is really alone!

But the matter is bad here, no one thought that Zhang Guoji had learned a lesson, for fear of implicating her daughter, who was already the mother of a country, and told Zhang Yan in advance.

Moreover, no one expected the emperor to be so ruthless, and immediately dispatched Dongchang Fanzi to take down all these people and kill people.

As for the newspaper, before the first issue came out, the people were gone.

Zhou Yanru scolded suddenly, sighed again, and when his eyes turned to Wu Changshi, he couldn't help frowning.

Wu Changshi's face was already white, a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and the hand holding the teacup was trembling slightly.

I'm afraid, this guy is afraid.

Zhou Yanru suddenly felt a cool breath on his body, and his hairs stood up.

The emperor is so ruthless, will he follow the vine and track him down? Wu Changshi probably thought of this too, so he was scared like this, right?

Moreover, I scolded the faint gentleman just now.

Zhou Yanru blinked his eyes, his feet were a little weak, he hurriedly sat down in the chair, muttered for a long time, and said slowly: "Come on, don't be afraid." Thinking carefully about the name of the court's conviction, it is extremely perfunctory, and even suspected of being killed in vain, so you know that it will not be implicated. ”

Wu Changshi's eyes rounded, looked at Zhou Yanru, tried to calm down and think, and felt that what Zhou Yanru said was reasonable. Although I was not completely reassured, I was somewhat comforted.