The capital was already quite hot in June, and the courtyard of the Palace of Nourishing Heart in the Forbidden City, the covered room next to the south wall has now become a place where civil and military courtiers heard the summons and came here to wait for the audience.

It's like the gatehouse when you visit the home of a dignitary, but this is the gatehouse of the Son of Heaven.

After another conversation at the entrance of the courtyard, another person walked into the gatehouse.

There are only two rows of chairs in the room, and there will be a square stool between the chairs and the chairs, where you can put teacups, and you can also allow them to put some books and materials.

Now after the newcomer entered the room, after a little look, he first went over and saluted one of them: "Master Nie is here to say goodbye?" ”

It was Nie Bao who was saluted, and he stood up first and saluted back: "Zisheng doesn't need to be polite, I came to bid farewell to Your Majesty and go to Hetao." ”

When he was the magistrate of Huating, Xu Jie had not yet reached high school.

Before this new job change, both of them were already the general directors of Zhengsipin.

Xu Jie, who had just turned thirty, greeted Nie Bao, who had a teacher-student friendship, and greeted the others waiting here one by one.

Among them, there are Zheng Xiao, who accompanied him all the way during the imperial expedition and came back after going to Hetao to find out the truth of the "quelling chaos", as well as Lin Xiyuan, the editor-in-chief of "Ming Pao", and Jin Qila, who was awarded the title of county knight for his meritorious service in making fertilizer, and then Sun Yuan, who sent his father back to Beijing after the funeral and returned to Beijing after serving the new filial piety period.

None of them are important ministers of the court, so they have to wait here.

Generally speaking, if a person at the level of counselor wants to meet with the emperor, he will usually arrange the time in advance.

And now, they have to wait for the emperor to finish the lecture for the princes and clan relatives from the Zhongyuan Hall.

"Congratulations to Chief ...... Xu"

In the face of Xu Jie's salute, no one else dared to slack off.

Starting from Xu Jie, the chief of the imperial study changed another way.

In the past, they all entered the imperial study first and then released it. And now, Xu Jie is Xu Jie, who has been a magistrate, has the experience of knowing the county, and has successively served as Langzhong of the household department in Nanjing and the general director of the official department in Beijing.

Everyone regards this as the emperor's attention and cultivation of him - he is very young, has a solid resume, and listens to more teachings in front of the emperor, and when he is released again, he should be a third grade.

With the experience of the chief of the imperial study to participate in the national policy, Xu Jie's future is already a national affair.

The porter was chatting here, and people came one after another.

Such a scene is no stranger to everyone.

After the imperial driver returned to Beijing, there was no big move, and the emperor began to spend time summoning more officials below the fourth rank in Beijing, sometimes just chatting and getting to know a thing.

This is what the middle and lower-level Beijing officials have been looking forward to in the past three months.

In this regard, Yang Shen breathed a sigh of relief: No need to persuade him, Your Majesty has calmed down and discovered and familiarized himself with the important ministers of the court in the next twenty years.

On the side of the Central Circle Hall, Zhu Houxi's class was coming to an end.

In today's class, all the people who can come to listen to it are older children.

Among the princes, there are only the crown prince and the king of Yue. After the clan lords, there are only three who are studious, talented and diligent.

They are: Rui Wang Zhu Zaiyan, Su Wang's young grandson Zhu Bi Neem, and Lingbi Hou's grandson Tang Shilong.

"What I am talking about today is the fundamental reason why China has been in contact with you and Beiyu for thousands of years." Zhu Houxi looked at these five people and spoke to them more deeply, "Today's homework is to sort out the content of my lecture again." Farming and nomadism, two ways to ensure the survival and reproduction of the people, how to make the north and south become like this, you will understand better what physical human theory is all about. ”

They were taught by the Emperor of extraordinary achievements, who had proved the extraordinary and useful of his learning with more and more achievements.

What Zhu Zaiyan learned from him was far from the height that Xia could reach.

He just still didn't quite understand that the emperor seemed to be really trying to cultivate him.

Many contents involve the fundamentals of governing the people. Not only is he listening here, but King Yue is also listening.

Doubts existed in the mind of Zhu Zaiyan, who was fourteen years old, but he knew that these lessons would not stop, and the day would come when the mystery would be revealed.

Perhaps the more esoteric content is not yet appropriate for them.

"The prince will follow me to the imperial study."

Zhu Houxi stood up, the prince was still different.

The emperor cultivated him more by word and deed.

Even if he is no longer in charge of the country, after His Majesty returns to Beijing, the crown prince can still receive the emperor's individual teachings from time to time.

Zhu Zaiyan, the king of Yue who was eleven years old, didn't have any other ideas, that was as it should be. And his mother is a calm woman who knows how to remind him.

The middle circle hall is not far from the imperial study, and the first to reach the imperial study is Xu Jie.

Zhu Houyu looked at him, from some prejudices about Xu Jie, to Xu Jie's official reputation for so many years, Zhu Houyu couldn't always maintain his prejudices.

Maybe he brought a different atmosphere, maybe Xu Jie's ambition is too big, and his official position is not high now, in short, he has not done anything excessive for the selfish interests of the family and future generations at the moment.

Jiang Rubi will be released and go to Xuanfu to be the prefect.

He has been in the imperial study for a long time, and he is very aware of the supporting role of the Xuanfu in the entire Xuanning border area and even the Hetao.

And Lieutenant General Wang Shen went to take over as editor-in-chief of Ming Pao, and the imperial study room was going to change a group of people. Gao Gong returned to the imperial study and looked at Xu Jie curiously.

Zhu Houxi also found it interesting, so let the two of them face each other in the imperial study first.

"Zisheng doesn't have to be formal, so let's start performing his duties. At present, I summoned the courtiers, and Su Qing did his own chores such as daily life. ”

"Obey."

Xu Jie was very cautious and deferential.

Then, it was Sun Yuan who was called over first.

"All the housework is done?" Zhu Houxi was very kind, and there was some regret in his tone, "After a few months of going north, I couldn't see the last time I saw the national abbot." ”

For this sister-in-law, Sun Yuan could only kneel down to thank the emperor first and express his gratitude.

"This time to Shaanxi, you have a heavy responsibility." Zhu Houxi said seriously, "I have decreed that horses are not allowed to be raised in the old land south of the Yellow River. If it weren't for me, you would have sent a drudgery, and your heavy responsibility was related to the millennium plan of the Huanghuai flood and the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. With you going, I can rest assured that Shaanxi can obey orders. ”

The Hetao is back, and the desertification control in Shaanxi and Shanxi can be put on the agenda.

Among them, there is not only the long-term work of controlling sand and planting trees, but also continuing to promote high-yield crops in dryland, so that Shaanxi and Shanxi will also become the granary of the northwest.

Obviously, a lot of land has been reclaimed and can be cultivated with peace of mind, but it is difficult to plant trees in some key areas to control sand and maintain water and soil, which may cause a lot of misunderstanding.

Sun Yuan is the queen's own brother, and he has this special responsibility to solve some problems better.

As long as he wants.

When Zhu Houxi talked about this, Sun Yuan naturally assured again and again, and said that he had no great talent, and he was not greedy for official promotion, but only hoped not to dishonor the king's life.

"You let your brother take the title, I know that the prince taught you." Zhu Houxi sighed, "It's all a family, and I can put it simply." If this matter is done well, the record of the Sun family in the history books in the future will never be only based on the identity of the national relative. If the Huanghuai flood can be controlled, it is a matter of immeasurable merit. ”

"The minister understands, and the minister should do his best. Since ancient times, there is a saying that the Yellow River is clear, and the saint comes out. Now that the holy monarch is in power, the ministers have exhausted this life, and they must also do their best for the clear water of the Yellow River. ”

Xu Jie listened to the emperor's teachings at close range.

The queen's own brother was sent by the emperor to a difficult place like this, and even had to run around the sand and loess for the rest of his life to do this, which was difficult to imagine in the previous dynasty.

This was the first major event he came into contact with with his own ears - it may be a small matter in the court and the opposition, but the emperor's expression of importance is true.

Then Nie Bao also came, he did Huating Zhixian, did Guangdong City Bo Si Lift, and did the General Department of Guangdong Qing Officials of the Ministry of Households, and now what he wants to do is long-term.

"The Hetao has been restored, the Qinggan border area has been established, and the Qingganbian city is a major event." Zhu Houxi looked at him, "Duogan, Wusizang, Turpan, and even the remnants of Wara, the west starts with the border market." The court pushes you to go to the Qinggan border area to take charge of the civil affairs of the border area, and this city is also related to military affairs and etiquette. I promise you the same monopoly and the right to change as the Marquis of Xining and Mao Dutai, and I hope that the three of you will sort out the affairs of Qingganbian first. ”

After Tang Shunzhi keenly realized that Gunbilik had shrunk back from Qinghai, the situation in Qinghai was not very optimistic now.

The tribes sent by Gunbirik on that side had been rounded back from Turfan. Turpan and Tibet actually knew about such a big movement earlier.

Nowadays, it is also difficult for the Ming Dynasty in Qinghai to maintain its absolute strength. It's just that after the news of the Hetao and Xuanning victories spread, Turpan and Tibet did not dare to act rashly.

In that direction, the strategy set by the Ming monarchs and ministers was to set up border markets on a large scale, first let the tribes of the Western Regions accept a new kind of relationship, and at the same time rely on trade routes to lay a better foundation in the northwest.

Nie Bao was followed by Lin Xiyuan, a figure who had been the editor-in-chief of "Ming Pao" for several years, and he went to the Hetao.

From the enterprise to the civil official, Lin Xiyuan is the first person.

"Maozhen, you are very clear about many of my thoughts, and Yingde is also very clear." Zhu Houxi said to him with a smile, "Whether the Hetao can become a plug in the south of the Yangtze River, whether the Han people in the border area and the people who belong to Mongolia can live in harmony, and whether the tribes in the north of Yinshan can be Muwanghua to vote, I believe that you and Yingde can do it well." ”

Lin Xiyuan's departure is also the same as Nie Bao's positive third grade, so he naturally looks forward to making a statement again.

And Zheng Xiao's coming over is also related to the Hetao.

"The General Armaments Department and the herd superintendent have already surveyed the Hetao." Zheng Xiao came over to report, "How many garden supervisors are set up is a trivial matter, but how many Han people are hired to raise horses and how many Mongolian people are hired are now somewhat controversial......

The time of this meeting was longer, and Xu Jie knew that it was related to Ma Zheng, who would be completely captive in the future.

Now Ma Zheng is actually mainly doing it through the enterprise of Qun Mu Jian, but there are a large number of Mongolian people who have surrendered and surrendered to Hetao and Xuanning, and the relationship between Duoyan Sanbu and Daming has also entered a new stage, and there have been many changes.

Similarly, on the side of Qingganbian City, there is also an important goal of good horses in the Western Regions.

Outside, in the concierge, Jin Kela continued to wait.

He was patient. He only has the reward of a county lord, and everyone here is an official.

The others were very patient and chattering, and although he couldn't interject or talk to him, he just stayed here today and waited for the summons.

When it was almost noon, I could only hear the sound outside, and Xia Yan, the general staff of military affairs, and Shangshu of the military department came together.

The people in the gatehouse were silent for a while, not knowing if it was the military intelligence of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

But they didn't hear the good news, and Xia Yan and the two went straight to the imperial study, obviously there was another big thing, so everyone had their own thoughts for a while.

In the imperial study, Zhu Houxi listened to them coming, did not avoid Zheng Xiao, and let them come in directly.

"What?"

"Your Majesty, I urgently deliver the report that has just entered Beijing. The envoy sent it to the minister, but the minister was not summoned, and after asking, he learned that His Majesty was summoning the ministers, but he was afraid that he had not yet read the report that had just arrived. The minister was in a hurry, so he came to ask for a meeting. ”

Zhu Houxi was a little surprised: "What can make you so anxious?" ”

Xia Yan handed the song to Huang Jin, and his mouth was already explaining: "It's the report that Mr. Weng presented back from Malacca." The journey was smooth, and this time it only took 20 days to reach Guangzhou, and then all the way to Beijing. Nanao Bo proposed an idea, and the minister felt that it seemed promising, but he couldn't hold it back. ”

Zhu Houxi opened the note suspiciously, looking at the news handed back by Weng Wanda.

More than a month has passed, and Weng Wanda first detailed the situation after he arrived in Malacca.

Looking at it, with Zhu Houxi's current concentration, he couldn't help but be stunned and opened his mouth slightly.

Alfonso, is this guy letting himself go?

Xia Yan was eager to try: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's feasible!" ”

Zhu Houxi couldn't cry or laugh: "Is it feasible?" Why don't I think? ”

Xia Yan replied strangely: "According to what Juan said, the lord of Portugal was not willing to be defeated, and actually sent nearly 100 warships of all sizes to sail away, and the country was extremely empty. And the old Indian governor has been escorted back to the West, and the new Indian governor has been captured. If you can use clever tricks to subdue the fleet generals, then there is a great possibility of subduing the entire fleet. If Portugal is returned to the United States, won't the Ming Dynasty have a bridgehead in the West? ”

"Alfonso dares to go to sea, he is really bold in his bones." Zhu Houxi shook his head again and again, "Which is so simple?" Even if you can subdue the fleet generals and surrender the fleet soldiers, do you think you can easily seize the position of lord by killing Portugal back? Alfonso didn't have that ability, nor did he have the bloodline and popularity to sit firmly there. ”

This guy has the support of Daming, and now he has such a bold idea.

How complicated are the in-laws between royal families in Europe? There is also the question of the recognition of the pope in terms of religion. Although the power of the Church is already in the stage of decline, under the call, countries like Spain see the interests of maritime trade and cannot guarantee that they will not attack in groups.

And in the battle at sea and on land, does Alfonso still expect the Ming Dynasty to travel thousands of miles to transfuse blood for him and gain a firm foothold?

How many years has he been away from Europe.

Have one's head in the clouds.

"Your Majesty, if you surrender the fleet and occupy their Goa in India, then the Portuguese lord should give in, right?"

Xia Yan has made great contributions to Xuanwei Waiyun and Nanyang, as well as Qinghai, Hetao, and Xuanning, and is now extremely enthusiastic about expanding the territory.

As far as he is concerned, if he can expand the enclave to the seaside of Tianzhu in the history books, what kind of boast will it be?

So he was really anxious to get the emperor's approval so that he could support Alfonso in this matter.

Zhu Houxi didn't speak, thinking silently.

Malacca will definitely be in the hands of the hands, but there is a fulcrum on the Indian side, is it necessary for the current Ming Dynasty?

There is no doubt that after Alfonso returned to the sea, his ambitions had already emerged.

It's not that he is no longer subordinate to the Ming Dynasty, but the enclave, especially the intermediate stronghold that is extremely important for the maritime trade between the East and the West, represents huge interests.

Decades later, the benefits naturally stand on their own.

Now if you want to support Alfonso to do this, you need Zhao Jun and their help.

If it can succeed, it will naturally be beneficial to Daming in the short term, but it will also trigger a chain reaction.

For example, Portugal can't give up the interests of Malacca and gamble on this national fortune, if they lose, their vitality will be greatly damaged. Spain and other countries, which are eyeing each other on the sidelines, will naturally take over this benefit. When they return to the east, will the Ming Dynasty extend the support force so far for the sake of Goa, a stronghold?

Unless Alfonso is given full autonomy, or even canonized him as a prince to build his own dynasty, let them act as agents of the Ming Dynasty, and fight against the European forces from the West by their own force. The Ming Dynasty is behind it, at most, through trade, they have enough financial resources to expand their power and increase their force.

Besides, there is no qualitative generation difference between the Ming Dynasty's naval division and the European fleet, how can Zhu Houxi bet Zhao Jun and them on this matter?

Thinking of this, Zhu Houxi shook his head resolutely: "This matter is not allowed." ”

Xia Yan was a little disappointed, and stopped talking.

Zhu Houxi said again: "The South Seas have not yet been clear, and we can't blindly go west. However, this is not an impossible task. That Juan knew my Ming military might, and coveted the benefits of the monopoly of the east-west maritime trade, so let him do it himself. ”

Xia Yan was stunned: "He...... How can you do this on your own? ”

Zhu Houxi smiled: "Naturally, he can't do it alone, but since he is against it, let him rebel again." Let him go back, and let him still come to Malacca with the Portuguese fleet, and defeat him. If he can do this, I can let him take the remnants of the fleet to gain a foothold in Goa. Whether he established his own dynasty or was still a viceroy of India, as long as he still relied on the Ming Dynasty's trade license and acted as an intermediary for the Ming Dynasty in trade with the West. ”

Xia Yan still wanted to speak, but Zhu Houxi stopped him: "There are a lot of Westerners, and the Northern Captives are not extinct, what is Gongjin thinking about the West?" If you really want to set foot in Europa, you can't do it all the way at sea, it's too far. ”

If Daming's scientific and technological level has really entered the era of steel freedom, then it is worth trying.

But now, it's really far from that time.

Even if Alfonso's plan comes to fruition, the new Portugal will be a flash in the pan in Europe.

For at least one or two hundred years, as long as the East and the West take what they need and gain through trade, the contradiction will not be obvious.

If in the past twenty years, Daming's scientific and technological level has improved, then it can be tried by spreading branches.

Zhu Houxi never expected that Alfonso would draw him a big pie to enter Europe at this time.

This guy forgot the word South Australia, does he think that his grandson should be a king of Europe instead of being the king of South Australia who doesn't know where he is?

The steps are too big.

Xia Yan left regretfully, and Zhu Houxi could only sigh helplessly.

I don't know what happened to Yu Dayou and Guo Xun after they went deep into the grassland.

Is everyone's heart so wild?

(End of chapter)