As soon as Emperor Zhide walked out of the palace, he saw several palace maids chasing a little girl in the corridor opposite and shouting loudly: "Little princess, run slower, be careful not to fall."

The little girl quickly avoided the palace maid's interception and ran straight to the Yangxin Palace.

When Emperor Zhide saw her, he immediately stepped forward to greet the little girl and said with a smile: "Hey, why are you running around outside again?"

The little girl ran over and bowed to Emperor Zhide: "Here, I'll pay my respects to my father."

After the ceremony, the little girl raised her little face with pink makeup and said aggrievedly: "My father and mother don't play with Ner'er. Ner'er is so pitiful."

"Naughty little naughty boy!"

Emperor Zhide stretched out his hand and tapped his daughter's little nose, then bent down to pick up her daughter and walked forward slowly.

This little girl's name was Ning Nai. She was the only daughter of Emperor Zhide and the daughter of Empress Zhang, so she was particularly favored.

Emperor Zhide was not a womanizer. He only had one empress, one concubine and two nobles in his harem. He also had few heirs. Apart from Princess Ning Jue, he also had three princes. The eldest prince Ning Jue was born to Chen Guiren and was granted the title of Wu after the emperor ascended the throne.

king.

Although the King of Wu is the oldest, his mother died of illness three years ago, which caused him to be quickly marginalized and further and further away from the position of crown prince.

The remaining second and third princes are named Ning Jing and Ning Ke respectively. These two princes were both born to Queen Zhang. Because of their young age, they have not yet been crowned kings.

Queen Zhang's name is Zhang Wei. Her grandfather, Zhang Zai, was a resourceful man and was known as the Xiaoliu Hou. He followed Taizu in battles in his early years and often offered up ingenious schemes at critical moments. After the founding of Chu, Zhang Zai was granted the title of Linxiang Marquis.

Zhong served as the censor of Zuodu. Although his title was not obvious, he was deeply trusted by Taizu.

Zhang Wei is the goddaughter of the Crown Princess, and she was also the wife she chose for Emperor Zhide in her early years. To say that Emperor Zhide successfully ascended the throne, it had a lot to do with Zhang Wei's silent support.

…

Emperor Zhide was holding his daughter on the porch and admiring the snowy scenery when he saw Empress Zhang walking towards her, surrounded by a group of maids and nuns.

Empress Zhang came up, bowed down to Emperor De, Yingying, and said, "I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"Queen, you don't need to be polite."

After Empress Zhang finished her salute, she reached out to pick up her daughter, but the little girl turned her head and hid in Emperor Zhide's arms.

Emperor Zhide smiled and said, "Zitong, just let me hold you for a little while longer."

Empress Zhang: "Your Majesty has so many things to do all day long and rarely even has time to rest. I feel ashamed that I can't share your worries with you. How can I let Er'er cause trouble to Your Majesty again?"

The little girl was not happy when she heard this, "Mother, my son is very good and has not caused any trouble to his father."

Emperor Zhide smiled and said: "What you said is right. As long as I see her, I will be very happy."

"Hehehe~"

The little girl laughed proudly and looked at her mother as if to demonstrate.

Empress Zhang smiled tenderly and accompanied the father and daughter to watch the snow scene.

…

At this moment, a small chamberlain quickly walked over from the other end of the corridor, saluted Emperor Zhide and said, "Your Majesty, Chief Lu Shan of Yichen Academy has sent a letter."

Emperor Zhide was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked quickly: "Where is the letter?"

The chamberlain took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Dai Quan.

Dai Quan quickly reached out and took it. After checking that it was correct, he handed it to the emperor.

Empress Zhang quickly took her daughter over, leaving Emperor Zhide free to read the letter.

Emperor Zhide took the letter and opened it. He saw that in addition to a letter written by Lu Xingzhi, there were also several pages of manuscript paper with different handwriting from Lu Xingzhi.

He first read Lu Xingzhi's letter. The other party told the emperor in the letter that he saw an article on how to solve the Annan problem today and thought the article was very insightful, so he thought of recommending it to the emperor.

Emperor Zhide was surprised to open the article and read it carefully.

After watching for a moment, he suddenly raised his head and shouted to Dai Quan: "Dai Quan, send someone to inform Mr. Zhou Ge and Grand Scholar Song, and ask them to come to Yangxin Palace to see me. Also, please invite Uncle Wang as well.

"

"Old slave respects the order."

After Dai Quan left, Empress Zhang hurriedly said goodbye to Emperor Tianzhi De. Although the little girl was a little reluctant to leave, she also understood that her father had something urgent to do and she couldn't stay and disturb him.

After sending the mother and daughter away, Emperor Zhide quickly walked back to the Yangxin Hall, sat down on the warm kang, picked up the article and continued to read.

Suddenly, he noticed that at the end of the article, Lu Xingzhi also wrote, "This article was written by Lin Yun, Lin Ruhai's nephew."

Emperor Zhide was immediately stunned. It was hard for him to believe that such a national-level strategy was actually the work of a young man.

However, Emperor Zhide believed that Lu Xingzhi would never deceive him. It seemed that Lin Yun was indeed somewhat talented.

"Your Majesty, Elder Zhou Ge and Academician Song are waiting to meet you outside the palace." A young chamberlain came in and reported to Emperor Zhide.

"Hurry up and tell them to come in."

"promise."

…

Not long after, Zhou Muzhai, the chief minister of the cabinet who was over sixty years old, and Song Yue, the second minister, walked into the palace with the young chamberlain.

After the two men came forward to see the ceremony, Emperor Zhide asked his chamberlain to hand the article to Zhou Muzhai and said: "Mr. Zhou Ge, these are some thoughts of a scholar in Yichen Academy on how the court will solve the Annan dilemma.

, see if it’s feasible.”

"oh,"

Zhou Muzhai was a little dissatisfied when he heard this. How could His Majesty listen to the advice of a young scholar on such an important foreign policy decision and then discuss it with the cabinet ministers? This was not a slap in his face.

Although he was very dissatisfied, Zhou Muzhai still took the manuscript paper handed to him by the chamberlain and began to read it carefully.

Song Yue was an official in his fifties, with a square face, thick eyebrows, and an elegant temperament. He was very surprised that the emperor brought a scholar's article to discuss with the cabinet ministers.

He secretly thought to himself that judging from the emperor's actions, either this suggestion had merit, or the emperor was very dissatisfied with the suggestions put forward by the cabinet and used this to beat them.

After Zhou Muzhai read the article, he handed it to Song Yue who was standing beside him, and then he cupped his hands toward the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I think this proposal is inappropriate."

Emperor Zhide asked calmly: "Why is it inappropriate?"

Zhou Muzhai: "Sending thousands of elite troops to a foreign country to guide other countries' armies to fight, let's not say that there is no precedent for this. Let's talk about how to coordinate the logistics of these thousands of troops. If an army is alone outside, if it encounters danger, the country will definitely be

Out of reach, unable to rush to help~"

Listening to Zhou Muzhai eloquently criticizing this suggestion as useless, Emperor Zhide frowned slightly. He was concerned about the strategic significance of the matter, rather than nitpicking on these small details.

At this time, Song Yue had also finished reading the article. While he was surprised in his heart that this scholar was bold, he was also secretly pondering the emperor's thoughts.

At this moment, Emperor Zhide asked him: "Song Qing, what do you think of this matter?"

Song Yue cupped his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, I think this proposal is feasible."

Zhou Muzhai glanced at Song Yue with dissatisfaction, "Although he is the second assistant, he caters to the emperor's ideas in everything and ignores the overall situation of the court. He is truly a treacherous villain."

He asked Song Yue: "Since you agree with this idea, Chang Qing (Song Yue's name), do you have a way to solve the logistical supply problem for these thousands of troops?"

Song Yue: "This article also said that the logistics supply can be provided by Siam. Since they want to invite our country to send troops, how can they be stingy with the money and food supply for these thousands of soldiers."

Zhou Muzhai: "It is easy to solve the problem of money and food, but the firearms and equipment used by these thousands of soldiers need to be replenished at any time. This is not something that the small country of Siam can provide alone."

"This is not difficult. We can ask the army to bring some craftsmen to make firearms with local materials in Siam."

"How does this concentrate military power and the power to make firearms in the hands of one person? If this person has a different intention in life and wants to replace the King of Siam, it will lead to serious trouble."

"Well,"

Song Yue did not dare to say anything anymore. If this matter was not controlled well, it might happen.

At this moment, a chamberlain came in and reported to the emperor that Prince Xuan was outside the palace asking for an audience.
Chapter completed!