At this point, there is a very strange stalemate in the War of Tomorrow.

The Ming army surrounded Kyoto from the northeast, southeast, and southwest, but did not attack or sweep the surrounding areas.

The Ming army was surrounded by the territories of various powerful daimyo in Japan, sandwiching the Ming army in the middle.

A situation of encirclement and counter-encirclement has been formed.

Anyway, Anguo Gong Xu Heng has made up his mind not to take the initiative to attack, and after occupying Sakai Port, he can completely block the supply of Kyoto.

Relying on national strength, the siege of the Muromachi shogunate had to start a decisive battle.

This set of strategies is copied from the battle of Qin and Zhao Changping.

If God bless the Ming Dynasty, there should be a Lian Po in Japan at this time to help postpone the decisive battle between tomorrow and Japan.

The current deployment of the Ming army is flawed, and in the southeast of Kyoto, the partial divisions that landed in Ise and Owari are weak and have no stable foothold. There were also shogunate reinforcements returning from Kanto in eastern Owari.

If Ashikaga Yoshimasa is bold enough and far-sighted enough to attack this Ming army, it will be impossible to destroy this partial division.

At that time, the morale of the Japanese army was high, and the situation on the battlefield was a different situation.

The number of Ming troops was relatively insufficient, and Xu Heng had no good way, so he could only hope that there would be a Lian Po on the other side, blindly guarding the main defense, and consuming the Muromachi shogunate alive.

During this period, the Ming army built strong fortifications, and when the Japanese army ran out of food, the Muromachi shogunate was forced to change generals for a decisive battle, so the Battle of Changping was completed.

The situation was generally developing as Xu Heng expected, but several commanders on the front line of the Ming army could not have dreamed that Ashikaga Yoshimasa would attack instead of defend and formulate a bold plan for a sneak attack on Busan.

……

February 17th.

As the time of the examination approaches, the Kyoshi division becomes very lively.

The emperor has already let out the wind, and after the new science and technology jinshi is released, he will take this opportunity to make major adjustments in the court.

The Yi Chu incident caused a lot of turmoil, and more than 100 officials resigned and many official positions were vacated, and all sides were eyeing each other.

Those who come early eat meat, and those who come late drink soup.

In addition to Zhan Shi and Shao Zhan Shi, the two most important positions in Zhan Shifu: Zuo Chunfang University Scholar and Right Chunfang University Scholar have been occupied by Huang Pu and He Yi.

This time, the emperor appointed Huang Pu and He Yi as the main exam, and the intention is self-evident.

After being crowned the crown prince, Zhu Qiyu gave himself a big vacation and ordered Zhu Wenfang to go to Qingyun Pavilion every day to be on duty, manage politics in the morning and study in the afternoon.

Of course, the administration is carried out with the assistance of He Yi, Gao Yao and others, and Zhu Wenfang just listens to it.

Anyway, there are no major changes, Zhu Qiyu is hiding at home and not coming out.

In Qingyun Pavilion, Zhu Wenfang listened to He Yi, Gao Yao, Cao Tai, Xu Guan, and Xie Xing talk about government affairs for more than an hour, and finally got tired of listening to it, and complained to He Yi:

"Master, has my father always been so lazy?"

He Yi shook his head: "It can't be said to be lazy, in the words of the saint himself, as an emperor, you must control the overall situation."

If you devote all your energy to handling trivial matters, it is easy to neglect one or the other.

For an emperor, the most important thing is to look at the big picture. ”

Zhu Wenfang asked again: "Then Taizu Taizong has to be more diligent in government, and it doesn't affect the overall situation." ”

He Yi said with a smile: "The times are different, at that time, the imperial court was just starting, and it naturally needed to be diligent. Now that the Ming Dynasty is in full bloom, there is really no need to bow down to everything.

Moreover, only Taizu can stand it, and when he arrived at Taizong, he was already setting up a cabinet to assist in handling government affairs.

Besides, there are several more provinces than at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and one person can't be busier. ”

Zhu Wenfang nodded and continued to ask: "Then when I become the emperor, can I also rule the world like my father?" ”

Cao Tai, Xu Guan, and Xie Xing were all shocked when they heard this, this prince was bold enough, and as soon as he became the prince, he began to study how to be an emperor.

If this is to be replaced by an ordinary dynasty, it will definitely have to be pulled by the emperor to suppress and teach a lesson, and it is very likely that the emperor will push two princes out to check and balance the crown prince.

Even if he is wise and martial like Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, he is not exempt from vulgarity.

Tang Taizong's merits and prestige were unmatched in the Tang Dynasty, but he was still afraid that the crown prince would seize power. defended day and night, and finally made a tragedy of the prince's rebellion.

He Yi didn't care, and patiently explained: "Under the painstaking management of the saint, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has stopped the decline and is rapidly becoming stronger.

When the crown prince succeeds to the throne, he will definitely be more comfortable than now, and there will be no problem in ruling the arch. ”

Zhu Wenfang nodded, picked up a notebook from the table and continued to read it.

As soon as Cao Tai and the others breathed a sigh of relief, they heard Zhu Wenfang suddenly laugh.

Everyone was busy asking the reason, Zhu Wenfang easily stopped laughing, and then replied: "In this list of Jinyi Wei's promotions, why is there a belt called the donkey who commands the affairs?"

Is it a clerical error? No, I know this story, and my grandfather wrote it himself. ”

He Yi and the others looked at the transcript for a while, and then replied: "This is a Mongol, and they often take some strange names.

If nothing else, it won't be long before they will play again to ask for the name of the Holy One. ”

Zhu Wenfang nodded: "This is very interesting to resist the donkey, I remember him." ”

Several of them continued to govern until noon.

Zhu Wenfang said with a smile: "Master, I don't want to study in the afternoon, or I'll rest at home?" ”

He Yi nodded: "Okay, rest." But let me remind you first, you are now the crown prince, and soon a large number of officials will come to the book, and you will be asked to go out of the cabinet to study and participate in the scripture feast.

You have to be prepared in advance, those officials are not as easy to talk as I am. ”

Zhu Wenfang nodded and kept this matter in his heart. After the feast, you will definitely not be able to participate. My own father said that the sutra feast was used by the ministers to brainwash the emperor and the crown prince.

The emperor and the crown prince, who were originally good, were brainwashed and stupidized by civil officials in the end.

While Zhu Wenfang was pitifully calculating how to deal with Wenchen, Zhu Qiyu was sitting on the couch, hugging a beautiful woman on his left and a beautiful woman on his right, eating grilled fish happily.

Lin Xiangyu picked up a piece of fish meat and fed it to her husband's mouth, and asked curiously, "Is your husband really quitting?" Just give yourself a long vacation at home? ”

Zhu Qiyu smiled: "If you don't do anything, I have nothing to do." It will take more than half a month for the Japanese military report to come back, and it will take more than half a month for my feedback to come back, and I have no way to effectively command it, so I can only let An Guogong and Jiang Yuan decide on their own.

Shandong's pro-army has not yet been transferred back, Fan Guang's army has not been stationed in Guangning, and the military deployment of Mongolia will not be completed in three months.

What else can I do, the war is not over, and I can't concentrate on reform. The general examination and the palace examination will be tossed for more than a month.

So the best thing to do is to give yourself a long vacation and recharge your batteries at home. ”

Qianxue retorted: "With our five sisters serving diligently, I'm afraid my husband won't be able to recuperate." Especially the two little sticky spirits, Feng'er and Ning Xiang, I can't wait to hang on you. ”

Zhu Qiyu sighed: "No wonder so many people are willing to be monks, build a temple on the mountain, no need to pay taxes, no need to serve conscription, do nothing every day, and a group of good men and women cry and shout to send money, and they can't do it if they don't collect it."

From time to time, you can dredge and dredge the female benefactor, send someone or something, it's really happy like a fairy.

I'm living a similar life to those great monks now, so I can understand them. ”

(End of chapter)