The eldest brother of the Empress returned, and after kneeling in front of his brother-in-law of the Emperor and saluting, he was picked up by the Emperor himself.

The atmosphere in the imperial study was sad, and Huang Jin sighed silently in his heart.

Zhu Houxi looked at Sun Yuan's already dark and thin face and the wrinkles on it, and said softly: "After so many years, I have worked hard for you." ”

"The minister is not bitter, Your Majesty mourns, take care of the dragon's body."

"Sit down." Zhu Houxi sat down after returning to the imperial case, "How are the trees growing over there in Shaanxi?" ”

“…… Difficult. Sun Yuan told the truth, "The tree species came second, and there was too little manpower to plant the trees." Farming and grazing were banned in the area of Namu Usu, and the people naturally preferred to go to the Hetao border area. Xining border city is prosperous, business is endless, and ministers cannot afford to pay higher salaries than enterprises and companies. ”

Doing this is something that will not be effective in the short term, pure investment.

In fact, the monarchs and ministers also understand this, and try to find some cash crops that have the best of both worlds.

"Sand dates, wolfberries, and Wenguan fruits, have not yet been completed?"

"The harvest is there." Sun Yuan opened his mouth and said, "But there are not many hanging fruits, and after the harvest, the quality is not good." When the minister came back this time, he also wanted to ask His Majesty to let the worshippers of the Agricultural College go to Shaanxi again, and this time send some people to stay there all the year round. Different tree species should still see if they can be grafted into new ones, where it is easier to survive and bear more fruits. ”

Zhu Houxi nodded, but said: "I have always paid attention to the report of Shaanxi. The Sun family has worked hard, you have been in Shaanxi for so many years, and the foundation has been laid. In the future, there will be people who are willing to go there and plant trees and get fruits, and this is not something that can be done by spending time. When you come back this time, you can stay in Kyori. ”

“…… Minister, it's better to go to Shaanxi. After many years of desertification control, we must not fall short. ”

Zhu Houxi waved his hand: "I have a plan, and I have someone in my heart." If he goes, he will be able to continue to do this well. ”

"I don't know who it is?" Sun Yuan asked, and then explained, "Your Majesty forgives your sins, and the minister does not want to disobey the holy will. It's just that the trees there were all planted by the ministers, and the ministers remembered ......"

"I have this layer of memory, I didn't mistake you." Zhu Houxi paused and said, "It's Hai Rui, a Jinshi in Jiajing's fourteenth year." Now that he has been in Liupin for a few years, I will appoint him to patrol the sand and make a special deal about this matter. He...... He endured hardships and loved his people like children. ”

"The minister has heard of him." Sun Yuan suddenly, "Xingang County, Taiwan's border region, is quite famous for education. The native people and Han people are all regarded as one, cultivating wasteland and cultivating fields, building water conservancy, and having the reputation of blue sky. ”

"Let him go there, and he'll get your errand done." Zhu Houxi returned to the topic, "Why did you stay in Beijing, I think you must be clear, and you don't have to mention returning to Shaanxi." ”

“…… Be. ”

Sun Yuan was expressing his position before, and it was only the reason for today's correct words.

Sun Lan's matter requires his eldest brother to come forward.

Zhu Houxi said slowly: "In Beijing, the important minister elected Yang Shen to take over as the prime minister and minister of state, and there is no need to worry about the prince's affairs." This harem can't be left without an owner, I still have a lot of things to do for Daming, and I can't involve too much energy because of harem disputes. Ming'er has a will, and the sisters don't have too much trouble after each other, but the Sun family is so favored, the government and the opposition will talk about it. In addition, the mother's family ......"

Sun Yuan understood what the emperor meant, and lowered his head a little helplessly: "Although there are all kinds of constraints, it is inevitable that there will be relatives who use the emperor himself to slander and do something that ruins the reputation of the heavenly family, and the ministers are ashamed of Your Majesty." ”

"Human nature is inevitable." Zhu Houxi recalled the situation when Lu Bingcha came back, "It's not a big problem, it's just that I bought a few more acres of land in the township and bought a few more shops." I have never done anything to oppress the township and harm people's lives, but it is already a strong restraint. ”

“…… Your Majesty's intention is to let the ministers personally restrain them in the future? ”

He knew that it was because there was a layer after all. is just a concubine accepted by Sun Jiao in his old age, and Sun Lan is not Sun Ming's sibling. But judging from the current enthusiasm for real estate, if Sun Langui becomes the queen, Sun Jing, who was given the title by Sun Yuanqian, may not be able to suppress the inflated profit desire of the Tong family's mother's family.

Zhu Houxi nodded: "After all, Sun Jing has no official position, and he is not an important minister in the court. ”

“…… The qualifications of the ministers are dull, and it may be difficult to take on the big responsibility. ”

"It doesn't matter, the position of the chief of the General Department of Public Security is all hand-picked by me." Zhu Houxi has made arrangements, "Today's two deputies, Chen Yin used to guard the Yang family in Chengdu at the beginning, and he has some connections with Yang Shen. After Yuan Hongmao was a loyal minister, he also had bravery. You are in that position, just use good people, and now there are not so many things in Daming. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!"

With the eldest brother of the two queens as the chief of the General Department of Public Security, the anti-theft and public security power of the two capitals and sixteen provinces in the entire Ming Dynasty is in his hands, and Sun Yuan's deterrent power is enough.

The two brothers naturally have to be more careful in handling things, so as not to be picked out too much by others.

On weekdays, to restrain the Tong family, which is its own small portal, is not something that can be done by the emperor or the Sun Yuan brothers in a word or two. If there is really something, deal with it impartially, that is the right reason.

Tong herself is still young, but she is afraid that Brother Sun Yuan will leave in the future, and she is still alive.

Sun Lan is younger.

If you don't restrain the Tong family in the next ten years, God knows how it will evolve in the future?

Zhu Houxi originally really wanted to stop being a queen, so he only promoted two concubines, and asked Lin Qingping and Wen Suyun to help him take care of the harem.

Sun Ming had a problem, and Zhu Houxi agreed to her request when she was dying, so she had to arrange it and deal with the hidden worries.

Now in addition to Sun Lan's mother's family, the bigger concern is Sun Lan herself.

"I have decreed that in the name of the queen and your father and son, who have made great contributions to the country, I will reward the Sun family at this time. Tong was given an edict, and his father was also given a township lord for his meritorious service in taking care of the grain storage number. Outsiders may think that I am just grieving the Sun family, but the clever courtiers may have guessed a thing or two. How to welcome your young sister into the palace, you will visit Cui Yuan later. ”

"Jingshan Hou?" Sun Yuan was a little surprised.

"The queen mother is gone, I will entrust the eldest princess to do the work for this important matter." Zhu Houxi reminded, "Since last year, there have been many misfortunes in my family. Cui Yuan offered a plan, and the eldest princess asked some newcomers to enter the palace again in the name of Chongxi, balancing the old and the new. Then the old palace is unwilling to be small, and it will be more worrying to compete in the future. I don't know much about your young sister's temperament, so I asked the eldest princess to take a look at it first, and you sent her over first to live in the eldest princess's mansion for a while. ”

Sun Yuan knew the danger inside. Since a new queen is to be established, the most unpredictable thing is always the future thoughts of the new queen herself. If she has a son, when the emperor is old in the future, she hopes that her parents and sons will have hope to inherit the unification, and that will be the real big trouble.

If you want her to save the emperor from harem troubles, and she wants to be indisputable, how high is the requirement for temperament?

“…… Your Majesty, the queen has this invitation, and they are all princes. Your Majesty now has proper arrangements, and the prince is worry-free, so why do you need to make trouble? Sun Yuan knelt down and advised, "The Sun family is one family and two queens, and it is difficult to bear its weight, does Your Majesty consider one or two more?" ”

Zhu Houxi was silent for a moment, and then spoke: "Ming'er hasn't gone far yet, something has already happened in the harem." The back seat hung empty, always an irresistible temptation. After setting up another family, it will not be the prince's mother's family in the future, and the problem is just as big. In that case, let the two of you brothers be reluctant to do so, and be cautious. ”

In this incident, Cao Cha's desire to be deeply tied to the prince was not something that moved Zhu Houxi. But Wen Jingyi's unwillingness to be tortured by a little bit of thought was the one that made Zhu Houxi realize how many possibilities were hidden in the harem.

The more time passes, the more likely it is that the old people in the harem will have problems erupting.

From concubines to palace maids and eunuchs, it is possible.

Completely abolish this system of eunuchs and palace maids?

It doesn't make sense, and Zhu Houxi is not a political novice. The imperial power is there, and the emperor's own possession of the harem is there, and the longevity of this system proves its reliability.

At that time, twelve were selected in one go, and later there were Carolina, Duoyan, Lanna, and Ordos's offerings, and Zhu Houxi's energetic youth also had the indulgence that he felt as an emperor should be.

The current situation is the result, contradictions are everywhere, everything is one and the same, and it is true that it is not a lie.

Bear it.

In this regard, Zhu Houxi also became the pasteur of his own family.

In this, do you have your own expectations for newcomers?

Zhu Houxi looked at the back of Sun Yuan leaving, and felt that there was also something in his heart. Sun Yuan made sense, and Zhu Houxi's consideration also made sense.

There are many solutions to everything, but Zhu Houxi chose to do so.

Let's be real.

Zhu Houxi looked at Huang Jin, took back the booklet he had written down back into the box and locked it, and then stood up: "Go and sit down with Concubine Xian." ”

After 20 years of dedication, he had no other way to enjoy and relax his mind.

For him, only the spiritual happiness brought by Da Ming's little difference, as well as the joy and relaxation of different faces and customs in the harem.

Uncle Huang has been fighting for most of his life, and he still wants to continue to play music and dance.

Maybe when Sun Ming made that request, she also saw through the man she had been with for many years.

She knew that the emperor would not refuse.

That position was just a position, and it just happened to be her back then. The emperor gave her respect and pampering for most of her life, but it was not because she had no one's love, just because an authoritative queen enough could make the emperor have a lot less trouble.

She was raised by the emperor from an ignorant girl to that.

In that case, why can't it happen to be her sister again?

Why can't it be that the emperor may recall her sister more in the future?

Only when I think of her, if there is a situation in the future, looking at the prince born by the two together, that is the ultimate insurance to awaken the tenderness in the emperor's heart, right?

Zhu Houxi thought about this, and when he walked to the gate of the palace corridor leading to Lin Qingping, he looked back in the direction of Kunning Palace, and then looked back in the direction of the Several Banquet Palaces.

Sun Ming is a very good queen, she has done everything she should have done. Except for the time when she pleaded for Empress Dowager Zhang, she never did what she shouldn't have done.

She understands her husband deeply, but Zhu Houxi doesn't understand her so well.

When she really left, Zhu Houxi's energy had to be divided to deal with the harem during this time, and he knew how deeply Sun Ming thought about it.

There was a slight haze in front of him, and Zhu Houxi remembered the restrained and polite girl who accompanied him on a tour of the imperial garden when he was a teenager.

The young shoots at that time are now relieving, which makes Zhu Houxi seem to be a little drunk.

The first half of his life is indeed gone.

……

The eldest princess of Yongkang told the emperor that her first impression of Sun Lan was Empress Jixiao.

That's not about looks, it's about words, deeds, and temperament.

Smart and hard-working, I'm afraid that I won't live long.

Zhu Houxi felt more and more that Sun Ming had made a lot of preparations early. He already had a vague impression of Sun Lan, and behind this impression was a clearer figure, familiar and gentle.

With Zhu Houxi's current experience, he already has a judgment.

How much training has Sun Lan received from Sun Ming, and when she is ready to let the emperor look at her in the future, her eyes will be full of her sister's shadow?

Zhu Houxi doesn't know whether his choice this time is right or wrong, and now he can only take one step at a time.

Why doesn't he take a step at a time to see the future of Daming?

Today's Da Ming is no longer the Da Ming in his impression.

There are fewer and fewer things to learn from, and more and more things that require him to make decisions based on experience and intuition.

The report from Canton had arrived, and Louis had arrived, and among his petitions was that he wanted to strengthen the friendship between the two countries as the Portuguese diplomat in Peking.

Zhu Houxi knows what friendship is naturally nonsense, and João III feels that Daming has a lot of things worth learning.

Alfonso said that in the past few years, the war between Emperor Charles V of the HRE and France has stalemated, and Charles V, who is also the king of Spain, has not been able to turn his attention to the west. The King of Portugal was able to survive the most difficult period of "secret reparations", and he really had some ambitions in the new situation.

So, if Zhu Houxi promised Joao, what will be the future of the East and the West?

On the Tsushima side, Yan Shifan didn't know that he had won the title of earl, and now it was another thing: after the Niko clan was succeeded by Niko's long-lasting son, he and Mori Yuan fought, and Ouchi Yoshitaka also joined the war. Now that Iwami is in a mess around the Silver Mountain, do you want to make a move and simply take the so-called Kyushu Shikoku in southwest Japan?

That silver mountain produces a million taels of silver a year, and now the silver taels obtained from the various families over there for business are just over 300,000. This is only "turnover", not profit, and not tax money.

Yan Shifan's enthusiastic recital can be summed up in one sentence: Your Majesty, let's grab it.

Similarly, Xia Yan also went to the secret recital to discuss with the emperor first: after the military reform, the armies were purely raised. Although I still avoid war, I am still fighting in the Western Regions, and Yarkand and even more west have gained a lot of territory and slaves. The cavalry brigade is just beginning to grow, Your Majesty, is it time for another battle?

Gao Gong's report on the new situation in Nanyang had not yet come, and Li Yi of North Korea went to the table again to accuse the Jurchens after making a "Neizen": The Jurchens, who were robbed by the people sent by the Alberts every year, had nothing to do with the Mongols, but they began to take advantage of the internal and external relatives fighting for power and the princes fighting for the crown and frequently looking for trouble in North Korea. As a co-suzerain, Da Ming doesn't care?

It's an external matter, and the internal recitals are even more varied.

The pastoral supervisor said that the Ministry of Culture and Education uniformly procured and supplied fresh milk from all over the Ming primary and secondary school system, and the accounts of the previous year were delayed until now.

The Baojin Bureau said that the newly opened iron and steel factories in several places are now unsalable because of the completion of the Beijing-Guangzhou Straight Road and the basic completion of the military reform and armament replacement.

The Department of Publication and Engraving of the Ministry of Rites and Communications said that the calls of the provincial governments and counties for permission to print local miscellaneous newspapers have become more and more difficult to suppress, and the imperial court has to give an opinion.

Daming Bank noticed that a large amount of grain bought from overseas countries at the end of last year greatly affected the price of coastal grain around the Spring Festival, and this year, the private merchants guarded by the Great Wall Company of the Sea transported a lot of good grain seeds cultivated by agricultural colleges to the plantations in Nanyang.

In Guangzhou and Ningbo, due to the promotion of pulley cranes, many wharf workers have lost their livelihoods, and I am afraid that there will be hidden worries......

There are many things that Zhu Houxi doesn't need to take care of personally, but after Zhang Bi took over Zhang Fujing's position, he was not so responsible?

Compared with these things, Zhu Houxi felt that it was simpler to ponder the steam engine.

The completely different Da Ming is like a deep water area for Zhu Houxi.

His gaze returned to the reports of Xia Yan, Yan Shifan and others.

For those more delicate gains and losses in internal affairs and the long-term effects of many measures, Zhu Houxi still needs to look at the opinions of Yang Shen and Yan Song.

But he came to build the foundations of the future Eastern powers. Take advantage of the last bit of prime to lay down the foundation you wanted to build first?

You have to take the time to arrange the digestion position, don't you?

(End of chapter)