Yang Shen and Yu Chengxun did not ask Zhu Hao in detail what he had experienced on the road. Maybe in their eyes, everything was unimportant.
It is reasonable for Zhu Hao to stay in Nanjing. After all, the Zhu family is in Nanjing. When Zhu Hao had nothing to do, he said that he would stay in Nanjing to fulfill his duties as a filial son and a virtuous grandson. To Confucian people, this reason was perfect.
, no one bothers Zhu Hao about whether you honor your elders at home.
Who asked, but it seemed that the person asking was ignorant and did not understand filial piety and etiquette. Regarding Zhu Hao's return to Beijing, Yang Shen did not even mention it to Yang Tinghe.
It is also because, as Zhu Hao analyzed previously, as long as he, Zhu Hao, is not the one who advises the new emperor secretly, then it is meaningless to find out who Zhu Hao works for. Anyway, he is just an insignificant person, so who cares about him.
Since Yang Tinghe had doubts, it was impossible to delegate important matters to Zhu Hao.
But this does not affect the personal relationship between Yang Shen, Yu Chengxun and Zhu Hao. At least in the eyes of the two of them, Zhu Hao has no problem at all. On the contrary, because Zhu Hao speaks frankly and has strong analytical skills in doing things, he can become a good person.
helper.
They are also willing to recruit Zhu Hao, the "lost lamb", so that Zhu Hao can find the warmth of the organization again. Perhaps in their view, this is saving Zhu Hao and allowing Zhu Hao to develop on the right track in his career.
They also thought that this was a good thing. In fact, they just wanted to use Zhu Hao to do things.
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After Zhu Hao returned to Beijing, the first thing he had to face was a large number of memorials.
While Si Xian was staying at home, Zhu Si was not polite and personally helped Zhang Zuo and moved a large pile of memorials in front of Zhu Hao. He said with a smile: "I know you are coming back. Recently, I just let Zhang Zuo and the others take care of the less important things."
The memorandum has been approved, and the rest is all left to you!"
Zhu Hao really wanted to say, you really don't care about my hard journey, right?
In order to rush back to the capital, I haven't slept much for two days and two nights. Now it's better. When I come back, I will be given ten and a half months' worth of test papers and memorials for me to review?
I really want to thank you!
Zhu Si greeted Zhang Zuo and said: "What are you waiting for? Come here to help, who else is needed? Zhu Hao, just say it, I will call you... Now that Mr. Tang is not here, I am relying on you."
, thank you so much for your hard work..."
Zhu Hao glared at Zhu Si angrily and asked, "What about Your Majesty?"
"I...just take a rest. You haven't been in Beijing these past few months. I have been facing so many boring things every day. I'm exhausted. Besides, haven't I mentioned it to you?
I want to give birth to a son as soon as possible, isn’t this very important? So I leave the matter of approving the memorial to you!"
Zhu Si looked like he was not ashamed of his words, as if it was only natural for him to use Zhu Hao to criticize memorials. Zhang Zuo felt uncomfortable hearing these words.
How can you do this when you are an emperor?
You let others take care of your own affairs, and you still speak so righteously?
Zhang Zuo looked at Zhu Hao with sympathy. Probably Zhu Hao was not in the capital, so he was the busiest person. Now that he was finally liberated, he felt relieved.
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At night, Zhu Hao wrote furiously on different memorials.
Among them, the northwest military affairs report is the most important, but many of them are just asking for money and food. Not only the Xuanda First Line is asking for it, but the Three Sides are also asking for it, and Ji Liao is also asking for it. It is obvious that after Zhu Si ascended the throne, Ji Liao's first line is also asking for money.
The situation has also begun to deteriorate, and the Eastern Mongolian tribes and the Jurchen tribes in Liaodong are ready to take action.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the focus of defense was on the northwest, and the northeast was not taken seriously at all. They thought it was a group of soldiers and generals, small people who could not get on the stage. Liaodong only arranged official positions such as governors and admirals, and did not have governors who were responsible for several regions.
official position.
It was not until the Jiajing period that the tribes in eastern Liaodong began to rise. In the 29th year of Jiajing, the Tatars came to the capital from the Jizhou frontier, leading to the "Gengxu Revolution". From then on, Liaodong began to establish governors.
Zhu Hao is familiar with history and naturally knows where the future defense focus and difficulties of the Ming Dynasty will be. Even though it will be more than a hundred years before the fall of the Ming Dynasty in history, Zhu Hao estimates that he will
He will not live until that time, but as a responsible person for the times, he must check for omissions and fill them up.
The matter of setting up a governor in Jiliao seems to have to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
"...Mr. Zhu, the biggest problem for the court recently is the lack of money, food and ordnance. Fortunately, the situation in Xuanda has stabilized now. It seems that the Tatars are unlikely to send troops to the Ming Dynasty in the cold winter. They can wait until next year.
Spring has begun."
Zhang Zuo's words were filled with a sense of joy. This is not wrong.
For the grassland tribes, their biggest barrier in combat is horses. They can be said to be a nation on horseback. Precisely because they are good at bow and horse riding and shooting, they are not comparable to the Ming cavalry, so they have repeatedly won in plain battles.
But if it comes in winter, even if the weather seems good, if it suddenly snows and turns to ice when entering the Ming Pass, the advantage of the cavalry will be gone. It is very likely that the Tatars will be surrounded by the Ming army because they did not retreat in time...
..The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are not good at anything else but there are so many of them. If we fight alone or if two of us fight one, we may lose, but we won’t ten of us surround one? By then you won’t be able to run away, so just wait to die.
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The war between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars basically adhered to the rule that the Tatars invaded during the autumn season and then retreated before winter.
Now it is the time for troops to strike in winter in the traditional sense, and it is time to check for leaks and fill vacancies in the northwest. But if the northwest was attacked by the Tatars, then the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the northwest would be very difficult, because of the serious shortage of food and supplies.
Zhu Hao said: "Most of the farmland in the northwest has been abandoned. Food mostly relies on the imperial government to allocate food from various places, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It is actually necessary to re-implement the Chinese method of food development."
Zhang Zuowei said, "Such a thing is not easy, isn't it? When Yang Ge is always in the court, anything your Majesty advocates, no matter whether it is right or wrong, will be a stumbling block."
"Yeah." Zhu Hao nodded.
Yang Tinghe's current task is to maintain the status quo during Hongzhi and not allow the emperor to make some changes that would affect the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty.
But in fact, the grain-opening law was only changed during the Hongzhi period. In just twenty or thirty years, the northwest farmland was abandoned and became like this. In fact, now is a good time to put things right, but there has been no history in history.
People come forward at this time...
Perhaps people in the DPRK also feel that it is better to control the economic lifeline of the northwest in the center of the capital, rather than leaving it to local governments.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, military affairs in the northwest have been mainly reflected in the allocation of money and grain. In Zhu Hao's view, the change in the method of distributing grain is more of a "wasting food due to choking".
"Mr. Zhu, in fact, what your Majesty is most concerned about is the employment of the imperial court."
As Zhang Zuo spoke, he placed several report papers about the civil servants in front of Zhu Hao. This was also the main reason why Zhu Si urged Zhu Hao to return to the capital. But in fact, Zhu Hao knew very well that this was just Zhu Si's rhetoric. In fact,
I just want him to come back as soon as possible to help handle the government affairs and not delay too much on the road.
Of course, it is reasonable for Zhu Si to want to arrange more "own people" in the six ministries of the Central Government and the local yamen. But in fact, Zhu Si couldn't even figure out who his "own people" were, which made it very difficult.
While trying to arrange his own people, but there was no one he could use, he thought of Zhu Hao, thinking that Zhu Hao could find those who were unsuccessful or loyal to the emperor among the numerous officials in the court and use them.
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This is not only something that Zhu Si admires about Zhu Hao, but it is also something that Zhang Zuo and others find incredible.
Because Zhu Si was single and weak after he ascended the throne, it was Zhu Hao who forcibly opened up the situation for Zhu Si in the court. Now there are forces in the court that can compete with Yang Tinghe, and Yang Tinghe's camp is no longer as monolithic as it was at first.
"Your Majesty wants to re-enable Wang Qiong." Zhang Zuo reminded him specifically.
Zhu Si didn't know who could be used by him, but based on the education Zhu Hao had given him before, he understood that veterans such as Wang Qiong, Wang Xian, Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian could be used.
It can create a confrontational situation with Yang Tinghe and act as a constraint to Yang Tinghe.
But Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian will not return to the court easily. Everyone is waiting and watching, but Wang Qiong is still assigned to work as a coolie in Zhuanglang. Does Wang Qiong have a choice?
Zhu Si thought about it for a long time and found that this person is the most suitable. I want to use him. He can be called upon at any time. If he can make Yang Tinghe uncomfortable after returning to the court, he is the best candidate.
Zhu Hao said: "Now there is a dispute between His Majesty and Mr. Yang Ge about the employment of people in the northwest. From a game point of view, we must not go too far, not to mention that most of Wang Qiong's crimes were due to
It is related to the former emperor's daughter Gan Ning's collusion, and the placement of cronies in the army to enrich his own pockets. A consensus has been formed among the Confucian officials in the court. Unless the situation in the northwest has reached an uncontrollable point, there is a possibility that he can be punished and meritorious...
It must also be based on the premise that Mr. Yang Ge has taken up his official position. It is absolutely impossible to use Wang Qiong now!"
Zhu Si is confused, Zhu Hao will not make such a stupid mistake.
Now Zhu Si can confront Yang Tinghe and has the upper hand. It is said that it is Zhu Hao who is behind the plan. In fact, what is more important is Yang Tinghe's compromise on the relationship between monarch and ministers.
Even Zhu Hao's opponent had to admit that many times he took advantage of Yang Tinghe's "high integrity". If there were a more powerful chief minister, such as the future Zhang Juzheng...then the relationship between the monarch and his ministers might not be the same.
With such harmony now, Zhu Si will probably be submissive by then, walking on thin ice, and will only dare to liquidate things after Yang Tinghe is dead.
Since you are taking advantage of Yang Tinghe's compromise on important matters, if you insist on pressing hard and pushing people to a desperate situation, how can they not resist?
The issue of mining tax is a good example.
You have to auction the Xishan coal mine at the beginning, and let you, the little emperor, do the hard work.
But later on, if you want to make things bigger and establish a rule, and you are playing dirty tricks, then it won't go as you wish... It was precisely because Zhu Hao saw Yang Tinghe's character that he planned carefully.
The main purpose, in addition to clearly stating the court's intentions to the merchants, was to make Zhu Si feel an unprecedented pressure, so that he could restrain himself and at the same time trust and rely more on Zhu Hao.
Not for success, only for failure, to let you know how to be afraid!