"Mr. Ye Ge, long live the foreign minister who said I won't see you today..."

When Ye Xianggao reached the gate of Qianqing Palace, before anyone could announce him, the guards at the gate of Qianqing Palace stopped him, and Ye Xianggao also said:

"I have something to tell Banzai about Kunimoto!"

"Long live the farewell...please Mr. Ye Ge don't embarrass us." The flag officer of the Jing Army bowed, but Ye Xianggao saw this, stood there for a long time, and finally turned and left.

But when he left, Zhu Youxiao, the big tree who always protected Zhu Youjian from wind and rain, was standing nervously in Kunning Palace, staring at the sixty-year-old man in front of him.

"Is the matter confirmed?"

"Hui Long Live, it's confirmed..."

In the hall, five eunuchs including Wei Zhongxian, Cao Huachun, Liu Ruoyu, Wang Tiqian, and Wang Chengen stood behind Zhu Youxiao, and Hakka, who looked unnatural, also stood aside.

While everyone was waiting for the news, the sixty-year-old man suddenly bowed and said:

"Congratulations! Your Highness and Concubine Hui are indeed pregnant. Your Highness is more than five months pregnant, and Concubine Hui is three months pregnant..."

"well!"

When the news of double happiness came, Zhu Youxiao walked around happily, then raised his hand and said to the old man:

"Zhang Jingyue, when you go back, tell all the imperial doctors at Tai Hospital and ask them to work with all the medical officers from Yanshan Medicine to study the prescription for preventing miscarriage. Don't let anything go wrong for my royal son!"

"I...accept the decree." Zhang Jingyue heard that Zhu Youxiao used my title and understood that the emperor was very concerned about this matter.

But this is not surprising. Zhu Youxiao is already eighteen years old. Under normal circumstances, it is not surprising to have children at this age.

Perhaps it had something to do with Zhu Youjian's interference and asking Zhu Youxiao to get the boat. Originally, Zhu Youxiao at this time should already have a daughter.

However, because Zhu Youxiao went to build a boat and did not have sex with women for most of the year, the princess was not pregnant.

On the contrary, Zhu Youxiao returned to the harem at the beginning of this year, and after several months of hard work, he finally got results.

Therefore, for him, the pregnancy of Zhang Yan and Fan Huifei was worth celebrating, so he waved his hand and said:

"All slaves in Kunning Palace will be rewarded three hundred coins!"

"Long live thanks, long live Long En..."

Immediately, everyone knelt down, and Zhu Youxiao also said to Zhang Jingyue:

"Zhang Jingyue, I will reward you with a hundred silver. From now on, you will be responsible for the medicine of the Queen and Concubine Hui."

"I must do my best..." Zhang Jingyue knelt down, and then Zhu Youxiao stopped paying attention to him, and Liu Ruoyu also stepped forward and took Zhang Jingyue out of the harem.

It was just that Liu Ruoyu had just left with Zhang Jingyue, and Zhu Youxiao's original joyful expression disappeared. Although he did not frown, the micro-expression on his face gradually became terrifying.

There was obviously no change in any of the facial features, but it still made people feel terrified.

Such changes made Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian, and Liu Ruoyu lower their heads, while Cao Huachun quietly waited for the emperor's instructions.

Wang Chengen, on the other hand, retreated after finishing speaking, and Zhu Youxiao also spoke after a brief silence:

"What's going on in the outer court..."

"As you expected, the military rations and gunpowder were transferred away, but they were also stopped."

Wei Zhongxian responded honestly, but Zhu Youxiao walked to the chair beside him like a leisurely stroll, sat down, picked up the tea, took a sip and said:

"Xu Pi really needs disaster relief to avoid problems with military rations. The military rations from the Ministry of Household Affairs should be transferred to Xu Pi for disaster relief."

"As for the land in Liaodong, my brother has already collected millions of dan of grain, which is enough to feed the army for a year and a half. Don't worry. If it's not enough, the Royal Horse Supervisor will adjust the grain. The only thing to worry about now is gunpowder."

"The armor factory only has more than 400,000 kilograms of gunpowder, which may not be enough to support the entire Fu Liao War."

Like many civil servants, Zhu Youxiao also believed that his younger brother would be caught in a protracted war, so he subconsciously thought that 400,000 kilograms of gunpowder was not enough to support the restoration of Liao Dynasty, so he asked:

"How much food do you still have in your internal funds?"

"Long live the return..." Wei Zhongxian took a step forward and replied:

"There are only more than 364,300 taels left..."

The internal funds were consumed very quickly because Zhu Youxiao had been slowly building the three main halls.

Zhu Youxiao didn't think there was anything wrong with this, but said to Cao Huachun and Wang Cheng'en:

"How much food does the Royal Horse Inspector have right now?"

"There are still more than 2,060,000 taels of silver in the treasury, and more than 4,296,000 shi of grain." Wang Chengen reported back:

"It's mainly caused by the transfer of grain and grass to Liaodong and Ryukyu, as well as disaster relief, and the fact that the autumn harvest hasn't started yet."

After Wang Chengen finished explaining, Cao Huachun continued:

"Long live, the matter of gunpowder is simple. All you need to do is to approve the expansion of manpower in the Gunpowder Bureau of the Yanshan Ordnance Institute. If the manpower is increased by 1,000 people, starting in ten days, it will be able to produce more than 30,000 kilograms of gunpowder every day."

Thirty thousand kilograms of gunpowder, which for European countries could be said to be the amount needed for a major war, but for the Ming army in Liaodong, it was only the consumption of more than 4,000 artillery pieces fired for three-quarters of an hour.

"According to the report! Don't delay the war in Liaodong." Zhu Youxiao approved directly without hesitation.

The gunpowder output of the Yanshan Ordnance Institute has been restricted by Zhu Youjian himself, because it gave his imperial brother a handle.

But now Zhu Youxiao has solved this problem, but Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen do not understand the meaning, they just bowed and agreed, and then ordered people to deal with the matter.

"The royal horse supervises the transportation of 1.5 million stones of military rations and transports them to Liaodong according to the central decree. Anyone who dares to inspect along the way will be warned and killed on the spot if he does it again..."

"As for the gunpowder, we will do it as you said, Huachun. Don't let the army stop at the front because of the gunpowder."

"As for the disaster victims, let the 12th Battalion of Shangzhi do it freely, and then give the central decree."

"In addition, bring up the sand table and call for Li Ruolian and Cui Yingyuan." Zhu Youxiao continued to sip the tea. It seemed to him that these things had been expected a long time ago.

When Xu Pi's Yellow River burst, he knew what bad excuses the civil servants would use to do bad things.

He had heard his imperial grandfather say this method a long time ago, and he had already been prepared for it.

A quarter of an hour after he gave the order, a huge Liaodong sand table was carried into the Qianqing Palace.

The sand table was three feet long and three feet wide, and soon Li Ruolian and Cui Yingyuan arrived one after another.

"At the moment, is the situation in Liaodong good or bad?"

Zhu Youxiao was good at side affairs, but his tactics and strategies were not very smart, so he could only ask.

For people who don’t understand the situation, seeing Nurhaci running around in the hinterland of Liaodong, which is full of Ming troops, is obviously not a good situation. But after all, Li Ruolian was born as a martial artist, and he has first-hand intelligence about Liaodong.

, also knows the analysis of Xiong Tingbi and Zhu Youjian, so he naturally understands the situation.

He bowed to Zhu Youxiao respectfully, and then said:

"Currently in Liaodong, our Ming soldiers and horses are mainly defending the Hun River and Taizi River and recapturing Wu Jingying Camp, and using Xiong Jinglue, Yang Bing to prepare the road, He Zongbing, Hong Bing to prepare the road, and Qin Zongbing as the offensive.

"

"In the land of Liaoshen, it seems that old slaves are running around in the belly of our army, and are trying to disperse our army and implement encirclement and suppression. However, our army is divided into as many as ten battalions and as few as six battalions. The soldiers and horses chasing in the field, no matter what

They won’t carry the old slave behind and easily encircle and suppress them.”

"Now Lao Nu's 40,000-strong army has been besieged in the hinterland of Liaodong. His Highness the King of Qi has also sent 30,000 Mangui-led cavalry to cross the Liao River for a surprise attack. Together with General He and General Cao's cavalry, nearly 50,000 cavalry are in Liaoshen.

land."

"Now we just have to wait for His Highness King Qi to order the troops to encircle and suppress us, and then we can severely inflict heavy damage on the old slave! The situation is not that bad."

"Okay!" Zhu Youxiao shouted, and everyone in the hall also breathed a sigh of relief.

But when they breathed a sigh of relief, Zhu Youxiao no longer cared about Liao affairs, but said to Cui Yingyuan:

"Cui Yingyuan, let's talk about Xu Pi and the salt class..."

"Yes!" Cui Yingyuan bowed in response, and then said to Zhu Youxiao:

"Since the King of Qi led his troops out of the customs, the salt tax collected by the salt tax in the Huaihe River area has become increasingly scarce. Last year there were more than 2.2 million taels, but this year there are only more than 1.3 million taels."

"Besides, the tea class only earns more than 300,000 taels..."

"The land of Xu Pi and Suiyang was caused by local officials' unfavorable efforts to reinforce the dam..."

"The reinforcement is not good...does it mean that money is being used for money?" Zhu Youxiao was not as angry as he imagined, but smiled and turned to Wei Zhongxian and said:

"Zhongxian, did you recommend an official named Cui a few days ago?"

"Long live the return, I have indeed recommended you. This person is Cui Chengxiu, who patrols Huaiyang. He is quite careful in his work, but he was squeezed out in the official circles of Huaiyang and could not bear to be wronged..." Wei Zhongxian didn't know why the emperor suddenly mentioned this matter.

matter.

"If you're careful, I'll give you a promotion." Zhu Youxiao said meaningfully:

"It's time to investigate the salt tax and tea tax in the areas south of the Yangtze River. A central edict was issued to promote it to the title of Zhejiang. The two Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers were envoys, and they were also the left deputy censors of the capital procuratorate. They inspected southern Zhili and Zhejiang.

Yancha, by the way, I also checked into Xu Pi’s case.”

"In just three years, this section of the Yellow River burst twice, turning a lot of land yellow. How can the people endure it if this continues?"

"I ordered Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou to inspect the Yellow River and report back one by one the sections that need repair."

"My slave obeys the order!" Wei Zhongxian responded excitedly when he heard that Cui Chengxiu was promoted and that he was also patrolling the lucrative Southern Zhili and Zhejiang provinces.

But when he agreed, the expression on Cao Huachun's face was somewhat frozen.

Looking at the posture, the emperor was directly preparing to attack the Zhejiang Party's home base, and he also chose to let Wei Zhongxian's people do it.
To be continued...