In the Palace of Qianqing.
Zhu Jianshen, who was sitting in front of the imperial examination case, had no idea about his father's youthful troubles.
He was playing with his blue and white teapot, feeling very happy.
After admiring it for a while, Zhu Jianshen handed the blue and white pot to Zhang Bao and asked him to put it back in its place.
Then Zhu Jianshen sighed in his heart: "It has been six years since we arrived in Chenghua. By the fifteenth year of Chenghua, I will be able to take charge."
There is actually no unified rule regarding the age at which the emperor of the Ming Dynasty takes office, and it is also measured based on the emperor's moral character and experience in governing the country.
He already had the idea of having a good chat with Yu Qian in his mind. Although he always wanted to take action, he could never find the opportunity to speak.
Although I have great trust in Qian's frankness and loyalty to the country.
But Zhu Jianshen was still afraid that his ideas would run counter to Yu Qian's strategy of governing the country.
Everyone has their own ideas, especially Yu Qian, who has had great ambitions since he was a child, and his strategies for governing the country must have been polished in every possible way.
Li Xian and Yu Qian have always followed the old system. Their biggest achievement in recent years has been to clean up officials, so that the court can suppress them and the people can be less oppressed.
Yu Qian and Li Xian have been in power for so many years, but they have never made any changes to the state affairs. Is it possible that neither Yu Qian nor Li Xian can see the hidden dangers of the Ming Dynasty?
Of course not, the most likely reason is that the emperor is still young. If the two of them decide the direction of the court and want to change some systems, they are afraid of being labeled as sycophants who seek power to seek the country. Secondly, they are also afraid that the vassal kings from various places will use the teachings of the emperor's ancestors. As a cover, he rebelled with the slogan of Qingjun like Emperor Yongle.
The most important point is that although he performs very well, he is not sophisticated enough to discuss national affairs with Yu Qian. There are many things that he should not know.
Zhu Jianshen picked up the memorial that Sun Xiang had given some time ago.
This is a memorial written a month ago. It records the border patrol strategy developed by Shi Heng, Sun Xiang and others in Liaodong.
The current Jurchens are not qualified enemies. If Shi Heng does this, the risk is not too high, and it can also play a certain positive role in protecting the country and the people.
But a passive defensive strategy will always be at a disadvantage.
Sun Xiang also stated in the memorial that the culprit who had been plundering Liaodong and killing people had been found.
It is the Dongshan tribe of Jianzhou Jurchen.
The Liaodong Ming Army was also looking for fighters.
During this period of time, Zhu Jianshen had been thinking about the Jurchens' troubles and how to solve them.
The Jurchens today are very different from the established Ming army. You can fight them anytime and anywhere you want.
But after the fight, thousands or even tens of thousands of people were killed, but they would come back here again after a few years of recuperation.
Persistent sweep?
It is estimated that Ming officials would not agree to this move.
It cost a lot, and the Jurchens were never considered to be the opponents of the Ming Dynasty until Nurhaci unified the Jurchen tribe. In the early days, the Ming Dynasty's opponents were always the tribes of the Mongolian grasslands.
But when the Jurchens became a qualified opponent, Daming himself was in trouble.
The Chenghua Liting did attack the Jianzhou Jurchens, but they did not defeat them completely. Before Nurhachi raised his army, he was considered a part of the Ming army, but he later rebelled and became independent.
It's impossible to kill all the alien followers.
10% of the Liaodong Ming Army are Mongolians and Jurchens. If they really want to kill them all without fighting, the Liaodong Ming Army will start to disorganize themselves.
In fact, Zhu Jianshen has always been very clear that as long as the Ming Dynasty's army construction continues, the Jurchens will never dare to rebel against the Ming Dynasty.
But the development of history cannot be reversed just by relying on one emperor.
Now that I have not yet taken charge, I don’t know to what extent the many reforms will be implemented.
He sighed leisurely, doing his best and obeying fate.
"Your Majesty, why are you sighing on New Year's Day?" Zhang Bao asked softly from the side.
Zhu Jianshen glanced at Zhang Bao, but he couldn't say he was worried about national affairs. He could only use his father as an excuse and said: "My father has been touring northern Xinjiang and has not returned for six Zhengdan festivals. I really miss him."
When Zhang Bao heard that Zhu Jianshen mentioned Zhu Qizhen again, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I heard from the people in the palace that the Supreme Emperor's life is very good in Mongolia. Mongolia sees that the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, but they dare not slack off the Supreme Emperor."
Zhu Jianshen nodded after hearing this, and then said: "I know, but I am always a little uneasy."
Zhu Jianshen knew that the ministers were lying to him, and I guess some shrewd ministers also knew that Zhu Jianshen knew that they were lying to him, but Zhu Jianshen refused to say, "My father is in Mongolia, and I still miss him very much."
Zhu Jianshen was very pleased with this unintentional behavior.
If you are not in the capital, the threat to you is minimal.
Zhang Bao said softly: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has sent someone to tell you that she wants you to have dinner in her palace today."
Zhu Jianshen nodded, and then asked: "Is there any military literature on Liaodong in the past few days? The title copy has been forwarded."
"Your Majesty, no, I will send someone to the cabinet later to have a look."
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In the cabinet duty room.
Li Xian took the military document forwarded from the Fifth Army Commander's Office and handed it to Yu Qian, who was processing the official document.
Yu Qian's conscientiousness and conscientiousness can be vividly experienced. Since the Zhengdan Festival, he has come here every day to handle official documents.
This made Li Xian, who wanted to rest for a few days, find no excuse and could only accompany Yu Qian.
When other cabinet officials saw that the boss and the second boss went to work every day, if they stayed at home, they would probably be kicked back to the Hanlin Academy on the day of separation.
At this moment, all officials clocked in on time, and Yu Qian single-handedly got the entire cabinet involved.
"It seems that the Jurchens are indeed arrogant. They dare to gather their tribesmen and privately attack the patrolling army." Yu Qian said coldly after reading it, and then suddenly remembered something: "Has your Majesty seen it?"
"No, we just got here." Li Xian said after taking a sip of tea.
"What would your Majesty think if he saw it?"
"The idea of suppressing thieves will be more firmly established in His Majesty's heart." Li Xian put down his tea cup and said with a chuckle.
"In the matter of Liaodong, some officials thought of focusing on appeasement and suppressing as a supplement, but His Majesty felt that only by focusing on suppressing can we achieve miraculous results. Although we have won a victory now, the Jurchens are hiding in the deep mountains and old forests. Even if Even if you think that all evil must be eradicated, it is difficult to do so." Yu Qian sighed and said.
Even if he made up his mind to support His Majesty, he did not want the war in Liaodong to continue.
What is fought in war is silver, which is national strength.
Li Xian looked at Yu Qian's sad face and laughed loudly: "This is not the Yu Taibao I know who outsmarts King Ning. There are difficulties, but if you want to do it, you will definitely succeed. Seeing that The Mongols have become much more peaceful in recent years, and they should indeed remove all the hidden dangers in Liaodong while the Mongols are unable to move south. Otherwise, when the Mongolian tribes decide whether they are male or female again, I, the Ming Dynasty, will not have time to care about the Jurchens."
Li Xian knew that Yu Qian didn't like hearing what he said, so he chuckled and changed the subject: "Forget it, let's not talk about such annoying things during the New Year. I heard that a letter has arrived from Leng Kuang."
"The Supreme Emperor has been talking about it for several days. Leng Kuang is a little scared and wants you and me to make a decision." Yu Qian said, found Leng Kuang's letter from the table and handed it to Li Xian.
Li Xian took the letter and couldn't help laughing when he read the end: "How to decide this matter? This is all a matter of the Tian family. Even if I take the Supreme Emperor back to the palace, won't he dream about the kings of the past generations?"
It turned out that Leng Kuang wanted to protect this secret for the Emperor, but the Emperor sent people to look for him every day and tell him the details of his dreams that he had thought of. And Leng Kuang was indeed frightened by the nagging Zhu Qizhen. arrive.
At that moment, he no longer cared about keeping secrets for the Supreme Emperor, and wrote down everything in the letter about the Supreme Emperor asking him to interpret his dream, and even about the beating in the dream.
"Of course it's impossible to take him back, but do I need to report these things to the Queen Mother?"
"No." Li Xian refused immediately.
"Why?"
"The Empress Dowager originally restrained her thoughts, but if she knew that the Supreme Emperor was tortured by nightmares every day, I'm afraid she would be extremely distressed. When the time comes, if the decree is issued to bring the Supreme Emperor back, there will be nothing you and I can do. Just pretend you don't know about this kind of thing." Li Xian said, then walked to the small stove with the cold letter, threw the letter in, and watched the letter burn in the fire. Li Xian turned around and looked at Yu Qian said: "Yu Taibao, there are some things that you can tell, and there are some things that you have to hide."
While Yu Qian was meditating, a young eunuch walked in.
"My lords, do you have any inscriptions on military affairs in Liaodong? Your Majesty is waiting to see."
"Yes." Yu Qian said, sealed it again, and then handed it to the little eunuch...
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