Wang Hua and his son did not know that a catastrophe had quietly befallen them.

In May, the rain suddenly increased in the capital, and the dark sky with rolling dark clouds seemed to destroy the ancient city, and the raindrops the size of soybeans hit the streets and alleys of the capital.

When the rain reached the central palace complex, it became noticeably softer, especially falling on the surface of the lake in the Taiye Pool, and no matter how loud the sound was, the result was that the soft overcame the rigidity.

The Tingchao Pavilion by the lake was almost finished, and the raindrops hitting the smooth glazed tiles of the new hall not far away did not make much noise, and the rainwater quietly collected into the tile canal and fell from the eaves.

The light of the Heart Cultivation Hall has been affected somewhat, but compared to the storm outside, it is like a warm harbor.

Zhu Youzhang, who was wearing regular clothes, sat in front of the desk as usual, looking at the various things that had happened in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

The matter of the draft girl is obviously coming to an end, but there is still nothing to do in the imperial history.

It's just that this is the characteristic of the Ming Dynasty, although these imperial historians can keep an eye on those important ministers for themselves, like the two thousand Datong soldiers who died in the war were also poked out by the Datong patrol, but most of the time they are actually afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

Zhu Youzhu was immediately stunned when he saw that Jiangxi Governor Li Ang and Jiangxi Governor Imperial History's Fu Ji Hui were stunned, but he didn't expect that Wang Hua would actually commit an economic style problem and be impeached and deducted from military salaries.

Although the amount of money involved is not large, it is a felony.

"Your Majesty, regarding Wang Huake's deduction of soldiers' salaries, there are also two officials from the Jiangxi Inspectorate Department!" Liu Jin knew that Zhu Youzhu had always attached great importance to Nangan, and even sent two copies of the same kind to the Tao.

Zhu Youzhu glanced at it lightly, then put the music in his hand directly on it and said, "Send it to the cabinet first!" ”

Since the official reform, he has made some articles on the confidentiality of the notes, not only asking the clerical office to send the important notes directly to himself, but also directly abolishing the copy system.

After I haven't officially seen the recital, theoretically the recital will not be made public. Only when they have completed the remarks themselves, or handed them over to the cabinet for drafting, can the officials have the opportunity to spread the message to the outside world.

Although Zhu Youzhu felt that Wang Hua would not make such an economic mistake, after all, he should not be too subjective about people and things, so he still chose to listen to the opinions of the cabinet.

In fact, this is the consistent practice of Emperor Gaoming! If you encounter a vacillating decision, you can first make a decision by the cabinet, and if the cabinet vote is consistent with your own thoughts, you can naturally face it together with the cabinet.

"Yes!" Liu Jin didn't say anything more, and immediately returned the three notes to the notes sent to the cabinet.

Zhu Youzhu thought that Wang Hua had not yet achieved results, and he began to wonder if he had chosen the wrong person.

Due to its special geographical location, the problem of Nangan should not be taken lightly. If the development of maritime transportation is better, once the inland transportation is continued, then the stability of the southern Gan region is related to the prosperity of Guangdong.

Although Guangdong is now receiving the dividends of opening the sea privately, Guangdong's handicraft industry is still too weak, and silk, ceramics, and tea depend on the southeast.

It is precisely for this reason that he has always attached great importance to the problem of southern Jiangxi, and absolutely did not allow the rogue of southern Jiangxi to affect the economic transportation lines of Guangdong and the southeast.

Even though the rogue is just beginning to form a climate, he is very determined to extinguish it.

Of course, if you want to avoid the appearance of rogues on the scale of the original history, in fact, the imperial court needs to really solve the livelihood problem of the local people at the bottom.

In the evening, the rain cleared.

Zhu Youzhu returned to the Forbidden City in a dragon chariot as before, and Zhang Yong accompanied him.

The thirteen eunuchs and leopards are on duty in turn, in fact, the most important thing in the palace is the eunuchs, and the thirteen eunuchs in charge of the army mainly came to report the situation of the military camp to Zhu Youji, after all, they are actually the representatives of the military camp.

The A.H.I.E.L.D. battalion is now fully equipped, and after such a long period of training, its combat strength has already surpassed that of the twelfth battalion, and in the face of the challenges of other battalions, the opponent can return home every time.

"Wang Zhi was sixteen years old, and the slave maid is nearly twenty years old this year, and the slave and maid will not let Your Majesty down!"

"The current elite of the Beijing army of the Shenji Battalion, but it is also the face of His Majesty, I have only one request for you!"

When he first started driving, Zhu Youzhu had a conversation with Zhang Yong.

"Slaves and maids listen to you!" Zhang Yong had already regarded Zhu Youzhu as his spiritual sustenance, and immediately solemnly accompanied him.

Xiyuan Gate and Xihua Gate are only a short distance of tens of meters, and whenever the emperor passes by here, Zhu Ji will always personally take the captain of the brocade clothes to strictly guard the periphery.

Today is naturally no exception, and he is still personally guarding Zhu Youji, his eyes are full of respect.

Zhu Youzhi had a deep understanding of his position as the emperor, so he earnestly admonished: "For the generals, all arrogance will be defeated!" You train soldiers, I train generals, and I want Wang Zhi, who is brave and strategic! This trip does not require you to return with a big victory, but you must advance and retreat in a certain way, and attack and defend in a disciplined manner! ”

The reason why the cards with full marks in the later dynasty were finally beaten and abandoned was mainly because although the generals were loyal to the court, they were unbrave and resourceless.

Xuanfu and Datong were able to survive under the leadership of Wang Yue and Wang Zhi, and even led troops to aid Yansui to achieve a great victory a year before the defeat, and it was they who were excellent generals with courage and resourcefulness.

On the other hand, although Xu Ning and Cai Xin obey the civil officials in everything, they are essentially brave and unscrupulous. Even if the soldiers of Datong can fight again, they can't withstand their death like this, and they are greedy for merit and have recently entered the ambush circle of others.

It is precisely with this tragic lesson that he hopes to choose generals who are thoughtful leaders, not wastes like Xu Ning and Cai Xin who only know how to praise the stinky feet of civil officials.

"Your Majesty is so holy, the slave maid only wishes to be able to serve Your Majesty for a long time, and she will live up to Your Majesty's expectations!" Zhang Yong felt Zhu Youji's expectation, and immediately solemnly stated. 33

After the rain, the Forbidden City seems to have been cleaned, and the air is fresh.

The royal driver came in from the Xihua Gate and walked along the palace road.

Qingyue stood outside Renshou Palace in a green dress, slim and elegant, holding a sandalwood box in her hand, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, looking beautiful and natural and generous.

The daily fixed route is about the same time every day, so Zhu Youji's whereabouts are not a secret now.

Qingyue's good-looking hands held the sandalwood box, and said to Zhu Youzhu Yingying, who was passing by: "Slave Qingyue welcomes Your Majesty back to the palace!" ”

"Keep up!" Zhu Youzhu noticed the sandalwood box in her hand and said lightly.

Because the Queen Mother always sent Qingyue to contact Zhu Youji, the time for the two to contact increased, and they even knew that Qingyue was actually from an official family, but she was just the eldest daughter of a concubine.

Zhu Youzhu has a good impression of this woman who is full of wisdom and good looks, but that's all.

"Yes!" Qingyue saluted again, and obediently followed the team to the Qianqing Palace.

Dozens of eunuchs and palace maids kept the Qianqing Palace in good order, and after the heavy rain just washed, the palace road here has obviously become much cleaner.

The sandalwood incense in the Xinuan Pavilion was lit, and there was a good smell wafting in the air.

Walking into this place is like entering a small museum, in addition to a very eye-catching Jenny spinning machine, there are all kinds of wooden models, the most of which are sailboats.

In addition to the various models sent by the Ministry of Industry, there are also designs of various firearms or heavy artillery from Nanjing.

Out of a deep understanding of the development logic of the industry, it is known that it is impossible for market funds in this era to take the initiative to intervene in the field of ordnance, and only the imperial court can promote the technical research of ordnance.

Zhu Youzhu naturally couldn't satisfy the little Xuefeng Knife, and had already set his sights on the design of the flintlock pistol, the red-coated cannon and the three-masted gunboat.

It's just that nothing can be achieved overnight, and technical research is an economic activity that requires time and money.

Zhu Youzhu picked up the spring that had just been sent by the Ministry of Industry, this technical difficulty was not overcome, and he squeezed it with his fingers to feel the elasticity, but he was still not satisfied.

Qingyue followed with a delicate sandalwood box, this was not the first time she had entered this strange room, and even the contents of the sandalwood box in her hand came from this room.

Rules and patience seem to be engraved in her bones, even if she came on the order of the Queen Mother, she did not bother Zhu Youzhi because of this. After seeing Zhu Youzhu playing with strange objects, he stood quietly aside.

It's just that she has had a lot of contact, and this former wardrobe prince has had a great impact on her, both in courage and resourcefulness, she is far beyond ordinary people, and she is a domineering emperor who can control everything.

Zhu Youzhu put down the spring in his hand, looked at the palace maid in green clothes in front of him, her temperament was indeed outstanding, and her beautiful legs were even the best in the entire harem, so she asked directly: "But what about mahjong?" ”

It's not that he has the ability to predict the future, it's that this sandalwood box is all too familiar.

"Back to Your Majesty, when the Queen Mother played mahjong with the three concubines today, she played a deck of cards but couldn't count the number, so she sent a slave to ask for advice! The Queen Mother said that if Your Majesty is flawless, this matter will not be tightened, so that the slaves and maids will not disturb Your Majesty! Qingyue raised the sandalwood box in her hand, indicating that she meant to be authentic.

"Your Majesty, dinner is ready!" It was at this time that Liu Jin hurriedly walked in from outside and reported.

Zhu Youzhu looked at Qingyue, who was well-behaved, and ignored Liu Jin and said, "Give me that deck of cards to take a look at first!" ”

Since the last time Champa and Annam paid tribute to the ivory, he planned to add some entertainment to this quiet harem, so he asked the Ministry of Industry to create two mahjong pairs, one for the Empress Dowager and one for the Empress Dowager.

The gameplay of mahjong is easy to master, but after all, it is more entertaining to divide the size of the paste, but it takes a certain amount of brain power to calculate the number of fans.

Qingyue didn't expect to meet the time of use, but she was obviously more decisive than ordinary people, and immediately came to the desk where Zhu Youzhu was standing and took out mahjong from the sandalwood box.

Zhu Youzhu is almost next to this woman, smelling the fragrance of the woman's body between his noses, his side face looks very serious, and his hands seem to have no flaws, which makes people feel a heartbeat.

In just a dozen seconds, a deck of cards was already placed.

All the same, the pair of collisions and the blossom on the bar appeared at the same time in a deck of cards, but a look at a mahjong seems to be wrong, so it is not the right card type at all.

Zhu Youzhu knew that if the card type was correct, there was indeed some difficulty in the calculation of this deck of cards, and it was no wonder that the Queen Mother would send Qingyue to find her.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid wants to ask Your Majesty to eat first, and then disturb Your Majesty when the slave and maid have set up the card types!" Qingyue didn't know what was wrong with the space, but immediately made a decisive request.

Zhu Youzhu knew that he couldn't form the right card type at all, but he suddenly said with difficulty: "Are you thinking I'm in the way here?" ”

Liu Jin didn't know what Zhu Youzhu was thinking, so he looked angrily at this palace maid who had always been down-to-earth and generous.

I thought that this smart and beautiful woman might become one of my heroines, but when I saw that she had offended His Majesty, I found that I was looking away.

"The slave maid doesn't have this thought, but the slave maid is nervous in front of His Majesty, and I'm afraid I won't be able to handle things well!" Qingyue knew that she couldn't make this mistake, so she hurriedly explained the tunnel.

Zhu Youzhu knew that even if she wasn't nervous, she wouldn't be able to form the right card type, but she didn't leave the tunnel: "You are nervous because you are afraid that something will go wrong, and I will punish your sin?" ”

"It's not! The slave maid was nervous not because she was afraid of His Majesty's punishment! Qingyue shook her head slightly, looking serious.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but be curious: "Why is that?" ”

"The slave is nervous because I am afraid of missing this rare opportunity to please Your Majesty, and I am even more afraid that Your Majesty will hate the slave and maid!" Qingyue bit her lower lip lightly, and said truthfully.

Zhu Youzhu knew that this woman was actually stuffed by the Queen Mother, as if he had already seen through everything: "The Queen Mother has put pressure on you?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it was the slave who moved her heart and thought...... A woman who wants to be Your Majesty! Qingyue seemed to raise her head boldly and looked into Zhu Youji's eyes to show her love.

Zhu Youzhi was slightly stunned at first, but when he met this pair of bold eyes, he felt the affection of this woman.

He stretched out his hand and caressed this delicate face, and when his fingertips touched the skin that could be broken by the blow, he also felt a sense of possessiveness and affection in his heart.

Qingyue saw Zhu Youzhi respond like this, and tears suddenly rolled in her eyes, and she felt that her life was worth it at this moment.

Zhu Youzhu looked at this woman full of tenderness, and asked seriously, "Have you thought it through?" ”

"Hmm!" Qingyue didn't even think about it, and nodded when he said.

Zhu Youzhu had already made a decision in his heart, so he ordered: "Liu Jin, you go to Renshou Palace and tell the Queen Mother that Qingyue was left by me, and you stay in Qianqing Palace tonight to sleep!" ”

The first sentence is to Liu Jin, and the latter sentence is to Qingyue's instructions. The emperor never has time to fall in love, and as the only man in the palace, he doesn't need to be hypocritical, he just needs to be in love for a long time in the future.

"The slave and the maid are sincerely blessed by His Majesty, but the slave and the maid are ...... The menstrual period is not over yet! Qingyue didn't expect Zhu Youzhu to be so decisive, and hurriedly blushed and confessed.

Liu Jin was about to be ordered to leave, but he was also stunned.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the woman kneeling in front of him, and said with a complicated expression: "You can flirt more than a lotus beauty!" ”

The fire was lit, and it turned out that this woman actually played this one. No matter how many small movements there are in Jinling, he can knock her down anytime and anywhere, but now he is ready to pounce, but this woman actually showed a red card.

"Your Majesty, please punish the crime!" Qingyue felt Zhu Youji's resentment, and she was also anxious.

Zhu Youzhu looked at this nervous woman, and suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and said, "I will be cured!" ”

That night, a little flower cat was chasing mice on the palace road, but the lotus beauty who was sleeping was constantly ringing bells, and she seriously suspected that Zhu Youzhu had taken the pill.

Some people died, but not completely......