"There's been a lot of trouble down there lately, you should all know that, right?"

At the beginning of May, on the official palace of Beijing and Shenyang, Wang Yi, who was sitting in the main hall but was old, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Sitting in front of him on the left and right, they were Zhaozhou Hou Chen Chang and Li Loss, Li Cha, Li Chi and other Bohai lords.

"It's all clear, but we're also doing it for the good of our hometown."

Li Shu said rashly: "Jilin and Bohai are the places where we made our fortune after all, how can anyone forget their hometown after making a fortune?" ”

"Besides, the distance from Changchun to Jilin is only 200 miles, so what can be delayed?"

Li lost no political acumen, so he simply wanted to go home in the future, but Wang Yi put down the teacup when he heard this, and his cloudy eyes swept over everyone.

He set his eyes on Chen Chang, he didn't believe that Chen Chang didn't know what it meant to do so.

Facing his gaze, Chen Chang also frowned and said, "Guogong, we really don't want much, just a railway that is less than 200 miles." ”

"You tell Wang Yi that he doesn't have to worry about the affairs of the palace, if he and Chen Chang have thoughts, then persuade the people below, don't go too far, and also support Xu Shuo, he is the one I choose."

"I don't blame him, he has his problems, just a little sigh."

There are many military merits in the Governor's Mansion of the Six Armies that are much higher than him, and how many of them are offended by him?

"Guogong, you yourself know that this family is difficult, otherwise why would you retreat from the north?"

"When Your Majesty asks you to recommend people, you should recommend people, instead of pretending to be stupid."

"The stakes in this, Li lost them don't know I believe it, but you can't not know...... Chen Chang. ”

After a short time, only Chen Chang and Wang Yi were left in the main hall.

"Don't think that Your Majesty doesn't know what you're doing, Your Majesty knows everything like Spiegel in his heart, just see if you will stop."

"I'll write a letter for you to see if there are anyone willing to take the initiative to join the cabinet."

Chen Chang said that he was facing the situation, he actually had candidates in his heart, but he couldn't say these candidates, and what he said couldn't please him.

After Yishiha got the news, he also came to the Wuying Hall to manage the government in Zhu Gaoxu, and took advantage of the fact that the ministers had not yet arrived, and made Chen Chang's matter clear to him.

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Yi asked people to tell Yishiha and Chen Chang's difficulties.

Hongwu old ministers, Jianwen relics, Yanfu faction, Bohai faction, New Deal faction......

Chen Chang questioned Wang Yi, and Wang Yi was also choked by his question.

"Didn't you start this, and the group of people in Jiangnan would propose the Jiangnan Railway project and roast His Majesty on the fire?"

"You should be glad that Your Majesty's temper has been much better over the years, otherwise according to Your Majesty's temper, you should pack up and prepare to go home!"

"Speaking of which, you are all young, when you reach a certain age, retire honestly, and don't mess with too many things."

"You don't overdo it, but you get started." Wang Yi interrupted Chen Chang's words and taught:

He obviously had more important things to talk to Chen Chang, Li Shi and the others were already sweating by Wang Yishuo, but now when they saw him say this, they got up and left.

"The Yan Mansion can't be recommended, the heirs of the old ministers are dissatisfied with the generals, and the generals are unwilling to let their heirs enter the cabinet, no matter how I choose, I will offend people."

Perhaps this was taken into account afterwards, so the emperor did not trouble him.

His qualifications are very old, but he can't suppress the entire Governor's Mansion of the Six Armies.

There is a serious faction among civilian officials, and so is the military attaché.

Sitting in the position, Zhu Gaoxu, who was wearing a yellow and white round-necked robe, did not pause the movements of his hands, but his mouth responded to Yishu.

Wang Yi pointed out something, which made Li Yi and the others look at each other, only to feel that the chair under the buttocks seemed to be placed with iron nails, which made people feel like they were sitting on pins and needles.

He got up and shook his head, then got up and left the palace.

Wang Yi softened, sighed and said, "It's hard to do, but it has to be done after all." ”

Not long after, the ministers of the Wuying Hall walked into the hall, and the five of them looked at Zhu Gaoxu in the side hall side by side.

"There are some things that you don't mess with, and they will mess with you."

Seeing that there were only two sides left, Wang Yi spoke: "I don't know what you were thinking at the time, it is impossible for your brain not to imagine the result of your refusal." ”

"Don't think that the harmony between His Highness and you means that you can be tolerated without a lower limit, if you make a start, Liaodong and Shandong will follow suit, and then the entire north and southwest will start this head."

"You go back first, I will take care of things, and I will also talk to Yi Zhangyin on Your Majesty's side, and let him speak for you."

These can't be said, and those that can be said can't be put on the stage, this is the embarrassing situation Chen Chang is facing.

"If we really ask too much, then we should let the imperial court build the railway from Zhaozhou to Nuergan."

The two of them did not move like a mountain, and Chen Chang was not shaken by the words just now.

"The slave takes the command." also bowed and saluted, Zhu Gaoxu stopped speaking, lowered his head and continued to review the recital.

"......" Chen Chang didn't speak, and Wang Yi continued to speak:

"It's okay if you don't speak, I just want to remind you today that if the imperial court wants to build a railway or something, don't interfere, Your Majesty will decide."

"You can remember my words, Chen Chang, you stay, Li Shi, you go back and think about it yourself."

Because there was a screen, they couldn't see Zhu Gaoxu.

"Thank you." can be understood, and Chen Chang has no complaints.

"The Governor's Mansion really can't recommend anyone." Chen Chang frowned in response, and asked Wang Yidao:

"Guogong, can you find a good general to enter the palace? And it's easy to enter the palace, but it's hard to come up with it, who do you want me to recommend? ”

Just listening to these factions is a headache, and even Wang Yi, who has a high prestige, feels troublesome, let alone Chen Chang?

"It's hard for you......"

"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live......"

"Let's go to the government!"

"The Minister's Edict ......"

Zhu Gaoxu's voice came from behind the screen, and Wang Hui and the others returned to the long table one after another to start taking care of the government.

Watching them leave, Zhu Gaoxu put down the pen and dealt with a bunch of the notes that could not be dealt with yesterday.

"That Wang Hui is clever and tongue-in-cheek, and it is just right to use him to balance Yang Rong and Yang Pu."

"But you have to keep an eye on it, and check his performance well to avoid being exploited."

"Yes......" Yisha nodded, but after looking outside the hall, he whispered:

"If it's dangerous, why don't you replace him?"

"It's easy to change, but it's hard to find another one." Zhu Gaoxu's voice fell, and he suddenly changed the topic and asked:

"How about the construction of railways in various places, and what about Yang Shiqi in Shaanxi and Fu Rang and Wang Ji in Jiaozhi?"

He inquired about some of the things he was concerned about at the moment, and when he heard this, he said:

"Thanks to Your Majesty Hongfu, the construction of railways in various places is going very smoothly, and the Mobei Railway has been repaired to Zhenyuwei and is being repaired to Hailaer."

"After the railway in the northwest is divided into two, now the southern section has been repaired to the territory of Taiyuan Prefecture, and the northern section has been repaired to Dingxiang (Hohhot), which is being repaired to Jiuyuan, and it is expected to reach Jiuyuan County by the end of the year."

"The Central Plains Railway has been repaired from Weinan to Tongguan, and the Beijing-Tianjin Railway will be completed in 20 miles, and it is expected to open to traffic in mid-July."

"The railway on the Sichuan side has been repaired from Jiangyou to Deyang, and the Yunnan-Vietnam railway in the south has also been repaired from Haiyang to Xuanguang."

"There is progress on railways everywhere, you don't have to worry."

"As for Yang Shiqi in Shaanxi, he is very honest, but his son Yang Ji has committed a lot of things in his hometown."

"Your Majesty, if you want me to say, it is better to use his son as an excuse to depose him and return to his hometown."

It seems that Yang Ji has done a lot of bad things, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to impeach a person.

It's just that in this regard, Zhu Gaoxu shook his head: "Yang Shiqi's ability is still okay, there is no suitable person to replace him in the imperial court at the moment, keep him for the time being, and when there is someone who can be replaced, I will naturally make an order." ”

"Okay, let's talk about Cochin, along with overseas."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't care about overseas for a long time, mainly because overseas was already on the right track, so he didn't need to pay too much attention to it, and although the population of the Ming Dynasty increased, the population of the mainland was extremely unbalanced, and he still needed to find a way to migrate the population.

"Li Li of Jiaozhi was surrounded by Fu Rang on Niutou Mountain in Changshan last month, and now it has been a month and a half, and I am afraid that he will surrender soon."

"Wang Ji settled the people who migrated to Jiaozhi, and Jiaozhi now has as many as 1.2 million in Hankou."

"As for overseas, it is mainly the dispute between the vassal states in Kunlunzhou, and Yang Zhan's personal trip to Ceylon to rectify the Western guards."

"Zhang Chun and Jiang Gui in the east are also doing things according to Your Majesty's will, but the brothers in the West Factory have found that there is something wrong with the accounts......

Yisha glanced at Zhu Gaochu vaguely, and Zhu Gaochu was unmoved: "As long as you bring the money back, the imperial court will have the means to let him hand over the money." ”

His meaning is obvious, he is not ready to deal with these people, because what is needed at this stage is to maintain stability.

In a few words, the situation at home and abroad has been clear at a glance, but Yisha emphasized the matter of Mobei.

"In Warat in Mobei, according to the news given by the Bald Polo, the Mahami Department can still pull out 25,000 or 6,000 soldiers and horses, and Taiping and Alitai will each have about 30,000."

"There are still more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Bald Polo, and the entire Mobei can pull out nearly 110,000 soldiers and horses."

"Even if you exclude the Bald Polo, there are nearly 90,000 soldiers and horses."

"But there is a piece of good news, the Tatar department also sent people south to Kaiping to communicate with our army, willing to serve as our army's internal response, and he has more than 5,000 soldiers under his command, and nearly 20,000 troops."

Yishaha told Mobei about the situation, and the matter did not surprise Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Di's previous northern expeditions have completely hurt the Tatars and Warat, although Mahamu and they can still raise the courage to fight with the Ming army, but their battle is at most entangled, wanting to wait for the Ming army to run out of food and grass and retreat on their own.

But as time went by, the railway got closer and closer to Hailaer, and after repairing Hailaer, Zhu Gaoxu would not stop there.

Just as he sent Wang Rong to explain, the Ming Dynasty's railway had to be repaired to reach Hulan and even further west.

As long as the railway is built, the Mongols in the north will only have the only way to move west.

Similar to the group of people who took Bald Polo and Yexian Tugan, they were unwilling to fight the Ming army, and they were even more reluctant to go to the west to eat sand, so they expressed their stance early to take refuge in order to maximize their interests.

"There will be no lessness in their reward, let them inquire well."

"Mahamu is still recuperating, but they shouldn't have expected the railway to be built so quickly, and it is not an exaggeration that our army's train is more than 700 miles away."

"Let Wang Rong and Lin Su expand the granaries in Songyuan, Hecheng, Zhenlu, and Hailaer, each of which must be enough to hold a million stones."

Zhu Gaoxu commanded, and Yisha also responded.

The master and servant had no topic for a while, so they could only bow their heads to deal with government affairs.

Unfortunately, before they could be quiet, footsteps and familiar voices could be heard outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something important to do!"

"Come in!"

Zhu Gaoxu responded without thinking, and soon saw Hu Lun, whose face was not very good-looking, walking into the hall.

"What's wrong?"

Zhu Gaoxu frowned, sensing a hint of something wrong, and Hu Lun also knelt down and said:

"A quarter of an hour ago, news came from the Duke of Wei's mansion that the Duke of Wei ...... It's gone! ”

Hu Lun's words made Zhu Gaoxu's face appear in his mind.

This news made his expression complicated, and Yizha was worried that he would be frightened and whispered: "Your Majesty ......"

"Well, I'm fine." After experiencing too much life and death, in the face of Xu Huizu's death, Zhu Gaoxu did not show too much sadness.

In the final analysis, although Xu Huizu helped him a lot at the beginning, after his father and son entered Nanjing, Xu Huizu still looked like they were not their father and son, which inevitably made their father and son feel uncomfortable.

Zhu Gaoxu originally thought that it was because Xu Huizu didn't want to serve his father, but after he ascended the throne, Xu Huizu didn't even teach properly in the military academy.

He lived sixteen years longer than in history, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't feel sorry for him, so after taking a few deep breaths, he spoke: "Posthumously present Xu Huizu as the king of Pinglu, and he is called loyal." ”

Although Xu Huizu's performance was not good, Zhu Gaoxu still remembered his former affection and gave him the honor of being posthumously presented as king and given the nickname, although he did not necessarily appreciate it.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei ......"

Hu Lun asked carefully, the reason why this is so is because Xu Huizu's eldest son Xu Qin was arrogant, and he had committed many things in his early years.

Even so, Zhu Gaoxu still sighed and said: "Xu Qin is the lord, in addition, you will write a copy for me, and remind this guy." ”

Zhu Gaochu did not have Zhu Gaochi's good temper, and in history, Zhu Di abolished his title after Xu Qin's arrogance three times and twice, and was later restored by Zhu Gaochi after Zhu Di's death.

If Xu Qin dared to be arrogant under his own warning, then the Duke of Wei would have to be abolished.

"Your Majesty, the Shu Wangfu sent someone to send an urgent report."

Before the dust had settled on Xu Huizu's affairs, the voice of the eunuch on duty came from the door of the side hall.

"Come in!"

Yisha opened his mouth to signal, and after a while, he saw a eunuch on duty walking to the table and kneeling down with a letter in both hands, and offering it with both hands.

Yishiha was handed over to Zhu Gaoxu, who opened it and read it quickly, and sighed at the same time: "The king of Shu has ......."

Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, the vassal king who had been in Sichuan since the Hongwu period, ushered in the end of his life, and after learning of his death, Zhu Gaoxu also sighed a little and said:

"On the tenth day of the Chang Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites and the Zongfu gave sacrifices, and the sacrifice was made, and the former Shu prince Zhu Yuexi was the village, and the other ......"

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Hu Lun, and Hu Lun said: "Back to Your Majesty, now the grandson of Shu is the grandson of the world." ”

Zhu Chun's eldest son Zhu Yuexi died of illness in the eleventh year of Yongle, and the current grandson is Zhu Yuexi's eldest son Zhu Youyu.

"Order Zhu Youyu to attack the prince of Shu, and order him to keep to himself in the domain and not cause any trouble."

"Yes!" Hu Lun responded, and then got up and withdrew from the side hall with the eunuch on duty.

What happened in the side hall was heard clearly by the king of the main hall, but they didn't dare to say anything, after all, no one knew whether Zhu Gaoxu's temper was good or bad now.

However, in two hours, the news of the death of Zhu Chun and Xu Huizu, the king of Shu, had already spread, and Zhu Di was in a complicated mood when he heard the news, but fortunately, nothing happened.

It's a pity that the ten days haven't ended, and news also came from Lanzhou in the northwest that Su Wang Zhu Aoxu died in Lanzhou at the age of forty-seven.

Hearing the news of Zhu Ao's obituary, Zhu Gaoxu also felt a little incredible.

He remembered that Zhu Chun died in front of Zhu Chun in history, but he never thought that he would die behind Zhu Chun in this life and live for more than three years.

Compared with Zhu Chun's death, the shock caused by Zhu Chun's death was much smaller, after all, Su Fan was a small domain, and the place where the domain was located was still a bitter cold place like Lanzhou, so the ministers did not have much shock.

In addition to announcing his resignation for ten days, Zhu Gaoxu mainly pursued Zhu Ao as a village, and then issued a holy decree to appease Zhu Ganyan, the son of Su Shi, and ordered him to take the title and become a vassal.

Perhaps fed up with the barrenness of the northwest, Zhu Ganyan hoped that the imperial court would allow the Su clan to move inward, on the grounds that Zhu Ao wanted to be buried in a place with green mountains and clear waters before his death.

Historically, the Su clan has always asked for internal relocation, but it has been refused, the reason is that the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the northwest is too weak, and arranging a vassal king in the local area can better control the local area.

However, with the imminent opening of the train and the world's leading technology in the Ming army, Zhu Gaoxu did not have these worries.

Keeping Su Fan in Lanzhou, he was really afraid that after the train was opened, Su Fan would do something bad in the local area, so he thought about moving Su Fan very early.

Now that Su Fan took the initiative to ask, Zhu Gaoxu allowed Su Fan to move to Jianchang Mansion in Sichuan, which was the residence of the Sichuan Xingdu Division.

Here, the two brothers, Qu Yu and Qu Tao, changed the land and returned to the rivers of the Great Snow Mountain, and migrated these Hello, who were still living in slavery, into the Anning River Plain, the second largest plain in Sichuan.

There are few local Han people and there are more Xifan and Loro, and the environment is not bad.

The relocation of a vassal king to this place helped the imperial court to rule the area.

As for whether Zhu Ganyan will dislike this place, it is not something he can choose.

The first generation of vassal kings may be able to talk to themselves about some small conditions, but these second and third generation vassal kings, their role is to help the Ming Dynasty control the local area, and there is no room for resistance.

Not to mention these vassal kings, even his heirs have to take on this responsibility.

"Your Majesty, since then, north of the Huai River in the Qinling Mountains, there are only the kings of Qin, Jin and Zhou."

In mid-June, after Zhu Gaoxu approved the relocation of the Su clan to Jianchang Mansion, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu took the initiative to state the situation of the Ming Dynasty.

At present, in addition to these three vassal kings, the rest closest to the Huai River in the Qinling Mountains are Zhu Haoyi, the king of Hanzhong Mansion, Zhu Quan of Nanyang Mansion, and Zhu Qiongyan, the Tang King of Xiangyang Mansion.

Although Zhu Gaochu vigorously migrated the population, the population of these two provinces was still too small, and Zhu Quan had been busy in the Daning Capital Division, so Zhu Gaoxu was unlikely to move them.

Zhu Quan is only two years older than Zhu Gaoxu, and since he supported himself when he was martyred, his fiefdom Zhu Gaoxu is not ready to move again.

As for the Tang Dynasty and other vassal kings, Zhu Gaoxu could only warn them not to cause trouble, otherwise he would not mind spending more than 100,000 guan to move them to southern Xinjiang as the border of the Ming Dynasty, just enough to distribute the land in the interior to the people.

Perhaps Zhu Gaochu was really ruthless to his uncles and brothers, so in the past twenty-three years, many feudal kings who had done evil were extremely honest, which made Zhu Gaochu unable to find a reason to clean them up.

But it didn't matter, as long as they showed their feet, he could send them to the south to live well.

Touching the mustache, Zhu Gaoxu set his eyes on Song Li: "I have my own decision on the affairs of the vassal king, you don't have to worry about this." ”

"The minister retired......" Song Li saw Zhu Gaoxu say this, and he didn't want to get into trouble, so he hurriedly withdrew.

After he left, the eunuch on duty also heard a voice: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness asks to see you!" ”

"Xuan!" Hearing that Zhu Zhanqi was coming to find him, Zhu Gaoxu also subconsciously announced it into the hall.

Eighteen-year-old Zhu Zhanqi walked into the hall, he was not as tall as Zhu Zhanqi, but he was also five feet seven inches (183cm), his appearance was biased towards his mother Zhang Guifei, and he was handsome, so he was quite loved by Zhu Gaoxu.

"See Your Majesty's ......"

After Zhu Zhanqi entered the palace, he saluted, and Zhu Gaoxu also opened his mouth when he saw this: "You came to look for me for your affairs, right?" ”

"Father Shengming." Zhu Zhanqi was very stable and thoughtful, but fortunately, he was obedient and didn't make any contends, otherwise he wouldn't have been loved by Zhu Gaoxu.

"Erchen heard from his mother that his father wanted his son to be in the southwest of the domain, and Erchen thought about it, since he wanted to be in the southwest, it was better to go to the southwest to the border, understand in advance, and help the court suppress the rebellion in the future."

Zhu Zhanqi took the initiative to ask to go to the southwest, which made Zhu Gaoxu squint.

He was silent and didn't speak, Zhu Zhanqi felt the pressure, and quickly changed his tone: "If my father wants my son to go somewhere else, my son is willing to go!" ”

"No," Zhu Gaoxu interrupted, "where do you want to go to the southwest?" ”

"If you can, it's Yunnan." Zhu Zhanqi replied with his eyes and nose and nose, but Zhu Gaoxu did not agree when he heard this, but said directly:

"I will explain to the Governor's Mansion of the Sixth Army, you go back to rest first, pack up and prepare to go to the border after the Lantern Festival next year."

"The retainers take the order." Zhu Zhanqi respectfully retreated.

After he retreated, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yishuha: "Do you see anything?" ”

"The slave didn't see it." Yisha shook his head, but Zhu Gaoxu frowned: "Did you not see it, or did you dare not say it?" ”

"The slave didn't see it." Yishu bowed in response, but he didn't dare to look at Zhu Gaoxu, the meaning was obvious, he saw it, but he didn't dare to say it.

"If you don't say it, I also know that this kid is worried that I will canonize him overseas or in remote places, so he took the initiative to ask for the southwest, and he still chose Yunnan, which has many mines."

Zhu Gaoxu touched his mustache and exposed Zhu Zhanqi's careful thinking.

"Then Your Majesty, the matter of the Second Highness is ......?"

Yisha asked carefully, Zhu Gaoxu did not pause, and directly announced:

"Tell Chen Chang to arrange him to go to the south of Jiaozhi!"

(End of chapter)