He Xuan and Zhao Xu were sent to the imperial city by Zhu Yuan in the afternoon, and returned again in less than an hour, not bringing a courtesy official, but a copy of Lao Zhu's edict and a series of messages.

The edict is about Lao Zhu's holy decree to cancel the ceremony of tomorrow's heavenly birthday: "The emperor of Fengtian carries the edict and says: Every time I meet my birthday, I remember the kindness of my parents, and I want to support it, but I am sad." Now that the army is fighting outside, the Central Plains is in ruins, and I am in the prime of life, and I do not want to abolish state affairs for my own selfishness, so this birthday is not subject to congratulations, and the hundred officials will be the same. Chin this. ”

It's still expected.

There is no need to write the worship table, and there is no need to get up early tomorrow to rush to the palace to salute Lao Zhu, counting the usual banquets, similar activities, it is often a toss for a day. However, Lao Zhu ordered that he should not pay attention to his birthday, as the twenty-third grandson, if he really ignored it, it was called low emotional intelligence.

I'm sure I'll still have to enter the palace tomorrow.

Moreover, some days in advance, Zhu Yuan had quietly prepared gifts.

In addition to the birthday, there is also various news.

Related to Zhu Yuan, this morning, His Majesty the Emperor ordered in public to kill six Zhongshu or local imperial historians for the crime of framing and defiling important officials of the imperial court for no reason. Then, he instructed the Ministry of Rites to discuss the preparation of Zhu Yuan's ancestor recognition and succession ceremony.

This is not over, and Zhu Yuan was publicly promoted to be the political affairs of Pingzhang Province of Zhongshu Province.

Because of Lao Zhu's statement at Longwan Wharf yesterday, the officials have been mentally prepared, but this series of ...... It's still a little cloudy.

In response to the first case, Cheng Zhangyi refuted in public in the imperial history, believing that His Majesty the Emperor should not scold people for his words.

Repulsed.

Zhang Yi insisted on pushing back, and knelt outside the gate of heaven after the court meeting, asking His Majesty the Emperor to withdraw his order.

In the end, it was the queen Ma who came forward, and the ministers also advised, thinking that the emperor was unlucky to kill people near his birthday, and finally let Lao Zhu take a step back.

made such a fuss, and the other two things, Zhu Yuan's recognition of ancestors and succession, and Zhongshu Pingzhang's acceptance of fate, did not have many objections.

Perhaps, on the one hand, this is the emperor's family affair, and on the other hand, Zhu Yuan's ability and merits, the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs are also well known.

In addition to these, there is one more.

The imperial court officially determined that the time of this year's imperial examination was September 28, and at the same time, Lao Zhu appointed Zhu Yuan, a newly promoted Zhongshu Pingzhang, Tao An, a bachelor of Hanlin, and Qian Yongren, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, to serve as the chief examiner.

This is something that Zhu Yuan knew before.

When I felt that Lao Zhu wanted to let himself take on the responsibility of the main examination alone, Zhu Yuan was under a lot of pressure, and on the way back, he said to Lao Zhu that he even confessed the truth of checks and balances.

Lao Zhu accepted the suggestion.

However, it was originally the three positive and three products that went hand in hand, because Zhu Yuan suddenly rose from the first grade of the Zhongshu Pingzhang, and it was obvious that this time, he was basically the main one.

Zhu Yuan mentioned that Li Shanchang could be allowed to lead the host.

Lao Li's loyalty to Lao Zhu is undoubted, and Zhu Yuan does not approve of Lao Zhu's idle Li Shanchang, on the one hand, it is also to leave a good reputation to avoid being said to unload the mill and kill the donkey, on the other hand, it is still the truth before getting off the boat yesterday, since it is not suitable to be completely idle, then, make the best use of it, in order to avoid all kinds of moths.

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Lao Zhu didn't agree.

Zhu Yuan can also understand that perhaps, his ancestors feel that there are enough Huaixi in the imperial court, and Li Shanchang cannot be allowed to use the imperial examination to develop a group of disciples and grandchildren.

Thinking about this, Zhu Yuan didn't mention it anymore.

In addition to things related to themselves, Zhao Xu and the two also inquired about one thing, which was also at today's court meeting, and the left minister Li Shanchang personally wrote a letter, proposing to follow the ancient system and set up six departments.

Less than a year after the founding of the People's Republic of China, many departments of Daming have been imperfect.

Let's just say that the traditional six departments of the imperial court, before the Western Wu court, there were only three departments: the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, plus the same three grades of the general division, the Division of Agriculture and the Department of Dali, together with the authority of the six departments.

This is actually very irregular.

It is said that the yamen called 'Si, traditionally, is often at the level of the fifth grade and belongs to the six departments. Earlier, in order to show the importance of related fields, Lao Zhu set up three products, including Zhu Yuan's 'Yinghai Division,'.

If there is no appearance of Zhu Yuan, I think Lao Zhu will be happy to carry out a standardization.

This time, Lao Zhu's reply was, let's discuss again.

Having said that, this matter is still related to Zhu Yuan.

At that time, the hundred officials could probably imagine that His Majesty the Emperor's renegotiation would not be with them, but with a certain young favorite.

Thinking about it again, Li Shanchang proposed to set up six departments, perhaps with the intention of including the free Yinghai Division into the authority of the Chinese book, but unfortunately, stealing chickens does not make rice, and the six departments have not seen a shadow, but they have recruited a deputy from the first grade.

Not counting Zhu Yuan, there were already four Zhongshu Pingzhang in the imperial court before, namely Chang Yuchun, Hu Tingrui, Liao Yongzhong and Li Bosheng. However, as everyone knows, these four people are basically part-time jobs who do not practice concretely, similar to the various provincial chapters of many generals, and they are more inclined to dismiss official titles.

This time, Zhu Yuan's subordinate product must have real power.

I just don't know whether Li Shanchang wrote before or after Lao Zhu mentioned himself at that time. Anyway, with the small conspicuousness of the left phase, no matter before or after, it is inevitable to be heartwarming.

Then, Zhao Xu and the others mentioned that this morning's prisoner sacrifice ceremony was very lively.

Most of them are in a nest, can it not be lively.

Moreover, he also said that he saw the mark of the jade seal of the country in the Ministry of Rites.

Zhu Yuan had seen it two days ago.

The famous jade seal, another time and space, it is rumored that after Emperor Yuan Shun fled north, it was lost in the grassland and never found, so it became one of the three major regrets of Lao Zhu's life, but this time, it was held by Emperor Zhizheng and sent to the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and all the way to the Bianliang camp at that time.

Zhu Yuan also played with Lao Zhu's building boat before, and he felt that it was very historical.

This is a sign of thousands of years of continuity in China.

Having said that, Lao Zhu's three major regrets, Prince Yuan did not return to obedience, the jade seal of the country was lost, and Wang Baobao did not accept it. This time, there was only one left in the blink of an eye. Moreover, without the orthodoxy of the Yuan room, under the scattered sand of the grassland, Zhu Yuan felt that it would be difficult for Wang Baobao to set off too many storms in the future.

Anyway, there's no hurry.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day, September 18.

Zhu Yuan got up a little early, at eight o'clock, after dinner, before he had time to go to the palace, he ushered in Tao An, who was preaching the decree.

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Later in the matter of recognizing the ancestors and returning to the ancestors, this time it is about Zhu Yuan's book from a product.

received the holy decree, the seal letter, the official uniform and other things, and by the way, there were a lot of documents that Lao Zhu asked Tao An to bring, such as one of the candidates who came to Jinling this time and recorded the file, a total of more than 13,000 people, and the list was a foot thick.

The two discussed some of the topics of the court meeting in the past two days, and what His Majesty the Emperor ordered was more comprehensive than what He Xuan and the two of them brought back yesterday.

The first one is against the Ming Xia regime in Shuzhong.

At today's court meeting, Lao Zhu summoned the envoys of Ming Xia, saying that Bashu has been the old land of China since the Qin and Han dynasties, and asked the other party to return to Sichuan, and told the Xia lord Mingsheng to obey the mandate of heaven and take the initiative to return to the Ming Dynasty, so as to protect the wealth of the family.

Lao Zhu also promised that if Ming Xia took the initiative to return to obedience, he would avoid a sword war between the two sides and promote Feng Ming to the Duke of Shu. It is one level higher than the Gui Marquis of Emperor Zhizheng and the Gui Marquis of Chen Li, the son of Chen Youliang, which can be described as full of sincerity.

Next to the sweet dates is the stick.

In front of the envoys of Ming Xia, Lao Zhu ordered Chang Yuchun, the deputy general of the conquest in Shaanxi, to reorganize the armament and open up the road to wait for the south to enter Shu, and at the same time ordered Liao Yongzhong, the general of the conquest of the south in Guangxi, and Yang Jing, the general of Huguang and other provinces, to go north and station in Wuchang.

Finally, give the period of March next summer.

If after March, Ming Xia refuses to take the initiative to surrender, and the Ming Dynasty will have one more general to conquer the west.

Zhu Yuan also knew about this in advance.

It is still the plan discussed by the two grandparents and grandchildren on the return trip, relying on knowing the result in advance, once in history, when the army came to the city, Ming Xia also took the initiative to surrender.

Moreover, the Ming clan, the result is still very good, after returning to Shun, Lao Zhu migrated to Tamna, and since then it has spread on the Korean Peninsula, and hundreds of years later, it has become a big surname with a population of tens of thousands on the peninsula.

This time, although the March deadline was given, the attitude that Zhu Yuan and Lao Zhu had discussed before was that after a year of high-intensity campaigning, all armies would have to rest, even if the time for March was up, and there was no annexation next summer, and the real troops would have to wait until next year.

Moreover, mentioning Chang Yuchun in Shaanxi is just a strategic intimidation.

Kill the gods, are you afraid?

The actual candidate for the general of the expedition to the west is Liao Yongzhong, and when the troops are sent next year, they will only use Liao Yongzhong and Yang Jing's two people, plus a part of the troops on the Jinling side to supplement them. If there is a change that is different from the past, Chang Yuchun will not go to the southeast of Shaanxi.

Zhu Yuan's suggestion is that when Shaanxi is more stable, at the end of the year, it is best to recall Chang Yuchun.

Next year......

Just take a year off.

The two ancestors and grandchildren also have the same attitude towards this, and they can't die for 100,000 yuan.

In addition to the matter in Shuzhong, Lao Zhu ordered the establishment of the same rank and three products of the camp field division, and issued a decree to recall the current people in Henan, the governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion Tongzhi Kang Maocai, and appointed him as the camp field envoy.

Zhu Yuan also knew in advance.

The matter of planning a large-scale tuntian was originally proposed by Zhu Yuan to Lao Zhu, and Kang Maocai was also mentioned by Zhu Yuan.

Zhu Yuan's envoy to the camp was inspired by Kang Maocai, who had served as the envoy to the camp.

Moreover, Kang Maocai's health has not been good, and in his memory, the general also died of illness in the past two years.

recalled in advance, and once again transferred to Wen, it was also Zhu Yuan's hope that the other party's fate could change.

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Lao Zhu also agrees with this.

Tongzhi Du Du is from Yipin, Lao Zhu does not plan to completely take away Kang Maocai's military position like Wu Liang, but just let the other party concurrently serve as the camp envoy of Zheng Sanpin. is the same as Zhu Yuan, the battalion envoy who is also the third product from the first product of the book and the flat chapter downward.

Not to mention anything else, this position is also very suitable for Kang Maocai.

Because, in the next Tuntian, the initial plan is mainly to be a military cantonment, so that some soldiers who are not high in combat strength or surrender in various places will be completely transferred to Tuntian, and the advantage is that the implementation of militarized management will be more efficient.

Then, at today's court meeting, Lao Zhu also ordered the division to send people to survey the gold, silver and copper mines in various places to prepare for coinage, and Lao Zhu once again ordered Zhu Yuan to be in charge of this matter, and asked Shan Anren to come to a certain young man Pingzhang to discuss the specific details.

After talking about all kinds of things, it was already noon.

After leaving Tao An for lunch, Zhu Yuan didn't take a nap, and rushed to the imperial city with the gifts prepared in advance.

Entering the palace from the north gate, after the report, Zhu Yuan took the shoulder of the old Zhu special approval to the Fengxian Hall located in the southeast of the inner palace, which is the family temple that Lao Zhu specially built in the inner palace, similar to the Taimiao in the southeast of the imperial city, the purpose is to facilitate the incense from time to time.

One of the chamberlains who greeted Zhu Yuan said that His Majesty the Emperor had sacrificed to the Taimiao in the morning, and after lunch, he came to the family temple of Fengxian Palace, saying that he wanted to meditate alone.

Yourself this ...... Will it come at the wrong time?

However, there is no way, it is all here.

Zhu Yuan entered the door alone, walked through the square in front of the hall, stepped on the stairs, and finally came to the door when he felt a little breathing.

Let yourself be relieved, and after waiting for the waiter at the door to report, he finally entered the door.

In the solemn hall, the smell of incense wafted in the air, Lao Zhu sat cross-legged on a futon on the side very unvividly, originally seemed to be looking at the many tablets in the hall in a daze, and waited for Zhu Yuan to walk aside, only then signaled to a futon in the middle: "They all said to let you rest for a few days...... Since you are here, give your ancestors every incense. ”

Zhu Yuan nodded, put a booklet he brought with him on the ground, walked over, took three incense sticks and lit them, inserted them in the incense burner, and kowtowed four times in a regular manner, and then came to Lao Zhu's side again, and whispered: "Ancestor, Yuan'er worshiped his ancestors like this at the beginning, and I don't know if the etiquette is right, I wanted to find a ceremonial official to learn it yesterday, but I didn't have time." ”

Lao Zhu personally helped Zhu Yuan pull a futon over, motioned for him to sit down, and said softly: "When the intention is reached, it will be done, we are born in cloth, and there are no rules." ”

Zhu Yuan nodded, sat down on the side, and took the booklet that had been placed on the ground before: "The ancestor's birthday, a gift prepared in advance." ”

Lao Zhu glanced at it: "It's all said, don't congratulate." ”

"It's different," Zhu Yuan handed it to Lao Zhu: "This is not those official watches, and besides, it is for the elders of the juniors." ”

Lao Zhu took it and opened the booklet.

Zhu Yuan explained softly: "This is some of the steam engines, internal combustion engines, and other related drawings that Yuan'er began to draw a few days ago, as well as trains, automobiles, airplanes, etc. hundreds of years later. ”

Lao Zhu saw the simple steam engine model on the first page, he didn't rush to turn it, pondered carefully, and said: "Don't you say it, this is not a day's work, let's not be in a hurry." ”

Zhu Yuan paused, and said truthfully: "Yuan'er's body is really not good, I'm afraid that there will be a sudden ......."

As soon as he said this, he was interrupted by Lao Zhu: "I didn't say anything nonsense." ”

Seeing Lao Zhu's annoyed appearance, Zhu Yuan knew that he was genuinely concerned about himself, so he smiled, but continued: "...... Anyway, these were given to the ancestors, and in the future, even if they ...... If you do it the way, you can't go wrong. ”

"Don't say this again," Lao Zhu interrupted again, and slowly turned a page of the booklet full of charcoal patterns in front of him, and said: "This time I brought back a lot of palace people from Dadu, you will pick twenty inner servants to bring back later, and those palace maids, there are thousands, inspired from you, I ordered all the illiterate to be released, and the rest are literate, and I plan to reward the heroes, if you like this, go and pick some." ”