The next day, Zhu Cihong slept until three o'clock in the morning before waking up.
Thinking of the craziness last night, especially those long legs, I had endless aftertaste, and then I found that there was nothing around me, except Hong Ling standing guard in front of the bed.
"Hong Ling, where is the imperial concubine?"
"Your Majesty, you are awake..."
Hong Ling hurriedly turned around, bent down to help him up, and then explained: "The empress woke up early in the morning and went to court. She asked the general not to wake up your majesty and let him sleep a little longer."
"What time is it?" Zhu Cihong rubbed his eyes and then remembered that today seems to be the monthly imperial meeting.
"Back to Your Majesty, it's just past midnight. Do you want to sleep a little longer or get up?" Hong Ling asked for instructions.
"Don't sleep anymore, there will be big events in the morning."
Zhu Cixi waved his hand.
It was just after 6 o'clock, that is, just after nine o'clock in the morning, and there was only one hour left before the ten o'clock morning meeting.
If the court meeting is moved to ten o'clock, and he, the emperor, is still late, it would really be unreasonable, not to mention that it is only a regular court meeting every month.
"It's your Majesty, come in!" Hong Ling said and called out, then helped Zhu Cixi to sit on the edge of the couch. She couldn't help but take a sneak peek, and immediately couldn't help but whisper: "Your Majesty was so powerful last night.
fierce!"
"Haha, that's natural." I thought of the red lady last night who was arrogant at the beginning, but was killed by me in the end. She begged for mercy again and again, with a trace of pride on her face. Seeing the spring in her eyes, she smiled
Said: "What, you want to sleep with me too?"
"I don't dare. I still want to serve His Majesty faithfully for another two years." Hong Ling hurriedly waved her hand and said.
Although she also wanted to push down the little emperor like Sister Hong, she shuddered when she thought of Sister Hong's fate last night, not to mention that she was not qualified to do such a thing.
"Well! I just appreciate your temperament. Don't worry, I will never break my promise."
Zhu Cixi nodded, very satisfied.
The most important thing in life is to be honest, do whatever you say, and always remember your identity.
If the red lady hadn't played a trick on him first last night, he would never have forced her.
Immediately, a group of maids came to the bedroom carrying a lot of utensils and clothes, and began to serve the emperor to wash and dress.
Under Hong Ling's strict supervision, all the maids were careful and did not dare to think anything wrong.
When we returned to the palace, the time was just right.
All the civil and military officials drank tea in the Huangji Gate for more than an hour. Apparently they were used to coming to court before dawn and couldn't change it for a while.
Inside the Huangji Palace.
After the ministers paid their respects, Zhu Cihong glanced at the Red Lady subconsciously, and the latter's expression was the same as usual.
"Four generals, how is the field work going?"
"Your Majesty, the former army has a total of 2.21 million acres of fertile land. It will take at most half a month to cultivate all of it."
"Your Majesty, the rear army has a total of more than 2.3 million acres of fertile land. It will be fully cultivated in half a month."
Wu Sangui was the first to step out of the queue and replied. After saying this, Zhou Yuji also hurriedly stepped out of the queue, followed by the British Duke and Huang Degong.
"Your Majesty, the left army has a total of more than two million acres of fertile land. It will be fully cultivated in ten days."
"Your Majesty, the right army's 2.5 million acres of land will be fully cultivated in January at the latest and September 15th at the latest."
After Huang Degong finished speaking, he felt somewhat ashamed.
"Well, they are all good. The right army is the farthest away and has the most land. It is reasonable to be slower. As long as all the plowing is completed in mid-September, there will be no delay."
Zhu Cixiang nodded, and this time he enclosed almost 80% of the land in Yongping Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture, and even included Baoding Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture.
There was no way around the capital. The land around the capital was all owned by nobles. Zhu Cixiang turned a blind eye to the fact that the three of them deliberately avoided it. There was so much land now that there was no need to touch those nobles now.
After all, they defended the city with themselves, but the gentry and landlords from all over the country surrendered to the thieves and did not punish them. It is not allowed by nature.
"I'll be sure to hurry up when I get back!"
The four people answered in unison, in fact, everyone was very doubtful about whether crops could be grown by planting wheat in winter, but they just didn't dare to ask.
Zhu Cixi didn't bother to explain to them, and there was no forced promotion. In the drought conditions in the north, growing winter wheat is definitely better than spring wheat.
As for the Little Ice Age now, he didn't know whether the wheat seedlings would be frozen to death in winter.
But at best, it will be a waste of some seeds, and the work will be in vain. At worst, spring wheat will be replanted next spring.
"Your Majesty, I have something to tell you!" As soon as the four of them retreated, Wei Zaode, the first assistant, hurriedly came out to pay homage, for fear that if they were a step too late, they would lose the chance.
"allow!"
Zhu Cixiang was a little annoyed that he had disrupted his train of thought. After all, this court meeting was only a place to announce matters, not a place to discuss politics. Any matters had to be reported in private.
"Your Majesty, please tell me how to deal with officials from various places who surrender to thieves."
After Wei Zaode finished speaking, all the civil servants pricked up their ears nervously. It was obvious that officials from all over the country were a little uneasy when they saw that Zhu Cihong had not been punished.
"This matter will be discussed later. I have made my own decision. Each locality can perform its duties. For the officials who died in the line of duty, the cabinet must draw up a list of posthumous titles as soon as possible, especially Sun Chuanting and Sun Aiqing."
Zhu Cihong waved his hand and was very dissatisfied that these guys did not care about the pensions of the civil servants who died for the country, but instead worried about those civil servants who lived in fear of death.
As for how to deal with it? Needless to say?
Every civil official who had surrendered to the intruders would be counted as one, and naturally they would all be forced to commit suicide, and a new batch of officials would be replaced.
Otherwise, how can we be worthy of those civil servants who choose to die for their country?
Civil officials who had surrendered to the Jian slaves, especially those in Yongping Prefecture, had their homes confiscated and their families distributed.
This is to encourage the integrity of literati, reshape the backbone of China, and deter those who are greedy for life and afraid of death.
Of course, the various places are not stable now, and there is a shortage of candidate civil servants, so he plans to wait until next autumn to harvest, and after Enke, he will issue a decree to kill them all and let them live for one more year. He has been kind enough.
"I must hurry up!"
Wei Zaode hurriedly replied, not daring to be verbose. In fact, he had vaguely guessed His Majesty's plan in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it even if he was beaten to death.
Zhu Cixi then announced the return of the intruders, and then announced four appointments.
Appoint Gao Jie as the chief military officer of Henan, Ni Yuanlu as the patrol envoy to Henan, Liu Liangzuo as the chief military officer of Shanxi, and Li Banghua as the patrol envoy to Shanxi.
Regarding these four appointments, no one was surprised at all. What was surprising was that His Majesty could hold back and let the intruder continue to live in this world.
In the eyes of everyone, Your Majesty only needs to ask the imperial concubine to bring troops to go, instead of simply picking up the head of the intruder?
"My beloved sirs, it has been half a year since I ascended the throne. Officials from various southern provinces have come forward to congratulate me, and last year's autumn tax collection has not yet been escorted to Beijing.
It is reported that officials, gentry and students from various parts of the south want to establish a new king and split the Ming Dynasty. How do you think this matter should be handled?"
After Zhu Cixiang finished speaking, he glanced at the civil servants and generals on the left and right.
Faced with the emperor's inquiry, everyone remained silent, obviously having concerns in their hearts.
Naturally, what everyone was worried about was not that the gang from Jiangnan would come to the capital, because they didn't have the ability yet, but they were worried about the grudges and revenge of the gentry and literati from Jiangnan in the future.
After all, Jiangnan, as a land of wealth, has always occupied the most important position in the court, and the influence of Jiangnan scholars spread throughout the country.
"Your Majesty, the people in the south of the Yangtze River are actually traitors and thieves. Everyone can find them and punish them. I have asked you to lead a large army to conquer them!"
After waiting for a long time and seeing no one speaking, the red lady had no choice but to stand up and pay her respects.
"Your Majesty, what the empress said is absolutely true. I also ask Ying to lead the army to conquer!"
Zhou Yuji also stood up.
Seeing that the two men were taking the lead, the other three generals had no choice but to stand up and ask for a fight, no matter how worried they were.
Other generals were not qualified to ask for a battle, but they also came out to support him.
"good!"
Zhu Cixiang had a satisfied expression on his face, but he was extremely disappointed in his heart. The reason why he asked the Red Lady not to stand up first was because he wanted to see the reactions of the generals.
"Your Majesty, regarding the affairs in Jiangnan, it was because Chen Yan, the former chief minister, had ulterior motives and spread rumors, which caused various places in Jiangnan to misunderstand Your Majesty and the imperial court.
I believe that this matter does not need to be mobilized and sent a large army to go south to conquer. It only needs to send a sufficient number of imperial envoys to go south with orders to clarify the rumors, and the matter can be solved easily.
I request you to leave Beijing and go south in person. If I cannot restore the hearts of people in Jiangnan, I am willing to commit suicide and apologize!"
When Wei Zaode saw that the young emperor really wanted to send troops to conquer, he secretly cursed him as crazy and quickly stood up and said.
In his opinion, there is no need to send a large army to the Jiangnan matter. Now that the emperor has hundreds of thousands of troops, he has just defeated the intruders and driven back the slaves. Unless the people in Jiangnan are crazy, they will continue.
Create a split and establish a new king.
At this time, most of the people are riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off. Firstly, they are worried about His Majesty settling accounts in the future, and secondly, they are concerned about their face.
At this time, as long as an imperial envoy is sent over to clarify the rumors, let the Jiangnan scholars have a chance to deal with it, and then declare that they will not be held accountable, all places will definitely rush to express their congratulations to the new emperor on his accession to the throne.
"Your Majesty, what Mr. Wei Ge said is to seek for the country. I hope your Majesty will think twice. I am also willing to request an order to go south to clarify the rumors for your Majesty!"
"Start your Majesty..."
If Wei Zaode could figure it out, other civil servants could also figure it out, and they all stood up and wanted to snatch this job.
Obviously everyone understands that this is definitely a huge mistake.
Not only can he achieve great achievements and create a good impression on His Majesty, but he can also gain great prestige and make friends with the gentry, literati, and officials in the south of the Yangtze River.
Seeing that His Majesty was silent, more than a dozen first- and second-rank officials exposed each other and started quarreling.
Even Ni Yuanlu and Li Banghua, who had just been appointed as patrol envoys, participated.
Civil servants who are not qualified are waving flags and shouting.
For a time, there was a lot of ugliness and chaos, and they almost didn't take action directly. It can be seen that these civil servants are willing to do anything for the sake of reputation.
"Pah! Do you think this court is a vegetable market?"
Zhu Cixiang shouted loudly.
This scared all the civil servants and returned to their seats quietly.
"Your Majesty, at this time, the northern provinces are in urgent need of recovery, and it is indeed difficult to mobilize the troops. I believe that most officials and scholars in the south still love the court and your Majesty, but they are just deceived by rumors and used by a small number of people with ulterior motives.
If we rush to send a large army south to conquer at this time, it may be true for the rumors and alienate those officials and scholars who originally care about the court and your majesty. I hope your majesty will think twice!"
Not to be outdone, Duke Dingguo stood up and obviously wanted to seize this opportunity.
Zhou Yuji thought for a while and then stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I also think that the rumors should be clarified first. If your Majesty sends an imperial envoy to the south to clarify the rumors, and there are still people using this to cause trouble, he will be a real traitor and traitor. He will be unpopular with everyone."
If you get it and kill it, then send a strong force to conquer it, and you will get twice the result with half the effort."
After Zhou Yuji finished speaking, the British Duke also stood up and agreed.
Finally, except for the Red Lady, Liu Fangliang and Li Dakai.
Almost all military generals came forward to advise that the rumors should be clarified first.
Obviously, they just agreed with the Red Lady to ask for a fight in order to express their absolute obedience to His Majesty.
But now the persuasion is done from a rational perspective.
Because in their opinion, there is really no need to send a large army to conquer Jiangnan.
"It's getting late, it's time to have lunch, let's discuss this later!"
When Zhu Cihong saw everyone saying this, he calmed down and decided to think carefully about how to deal with the Jiangnan gang after he went back.