golden scales

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The crown prince's big wedding is not a matter of setting up two tables of banquets and entertaining the neighbors to fool him.

Ceremonies, court clothes, gold books, banquets, and gold gifts, which one does not need money?And the bigger problem is that the Taimiao is still in Beijing. For such a big matter as getting married, one must sue the ancestors.

"The Taimiao is not a problem, is it?"

Zhu Cihong sat in front of Chongzhen, Zhou Hou, and Zhang Hou, just like a prisoner being interrogated.Of course, this is already a gift given to him considering his exhaustion along the way. According to the rules, he should stand and answer questions from his parents and aunt.

"Didn't we bring out all the tablets of the God Lord?" Zhu Cihong said seriously.

"Shall we build another Taimiao in Jinan for the God Lord?" Chongzhen asked back, obviously mocking his son's ignorance of etiquette.Now he can only regain his father's self-esteem in literature, etiquette, and scriptures. He has completely given up comparing himself with his son in terms of natural history, style, military, military equipment, and politics.

"Isn't it okay to find a hall to enshrine the god?" Zhu Cihong said, his voice gradually lowered, and from the increasingly tangled faces of his father, mother, queen, and aunt, he knew that he had said something he shouldn't have said.

"Disrespect to the ancestors." Chongzhen squeezed out five words from between his teeth.

——Sorry, I have no idea about ancestors.In fact, I personally think that Taizu and Shizu are indeed heroes, and Renzong Xuanzong is also a Mingjun, but the closer the ancestors are, the more childish they feel.In contrast, Uncle Huang has a bit of political wisdom...Of course, this is just an illusion.

Zhu Cihong sat on the embroidered pier, unconsciously wandering away, and began to think about the rectification work in Henan.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty walked around from east to west, and all the counties and states were watching the wind and surrendering.If you don't want those people to come down again when Li Chuang calls, you must complete the bandit suppression work as soon as possible so that the people can settle down.Although these tasks are under the responsibility of the grassroots officials.But if the boss does not keep an eye on it, various problems will definitely occur.

Problems are not the most frightening thing. What is afraid of is that the executives below will cover up the problems in a moment of enthusiasm!

"Brother Chun. Your imperial father is talking to you!" Zhou Hou raised his voice.

"Ah? Damn my son, I was in a daze just now." Zhu Cihong quickly apologized.

Only then did Chongzhen turn pale: "You are tired. It is inevitable that you have traveled thousands of miles." He originally wanted his son to go down to rest, but thinking that he hadn't seen his son for so long, if he announced his retirement rashly, his wife would definitely refuse. Joy.

Zhu Cilang raised his spirits, and said: "Father, mother, queen. Auntie, son, I still hope to get married before the Shangyuan Festival." He stopped to look at the reactions of the three, and gave them time to digest, and then Explained: "After the beginning of spring, spring plowing and spring planting will be carried out everywhere. Henan is a newly restored land. I am afraid that I will have to sit in Kaifeng or Luoyang to prevent the county officials from losing their sense of proportion. Furthermore, I heard that Zuo Liangyu Hemoptysis day and night, I am afraid that the end is coming. Therefore, stabilizing Chu Town is also an important matter. My son is in Henan, so he can react faster."

"How about sending a supervisor?" Chongzhen frowned and asked: "If you are worried that He Tengjiao can't control Chuzhen, Yuan Jixian is in Jiujiang, and you can let him go to Wuchang."

He Tengjiao is the governor of Huguang. He has been in Zuo Liangyu's army since he took office in the winter of 16, and he gets along very happily with Zuo Liangyu.According to the original historical script.Zuo Liangyu raised his troops to advance eastward to the "Qing Emperor's side", but He Tengjiao was almost half-pushed.Looking at later, in order to fight for the power of recovery, he personally provoked internal strife in the Southern Ming army, and ruined the great situation of anti-Qing and restoring Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that he is a villain who has more success than failure.

As for Yuan Jixian, who is currently in charge of military affairs in Huguang, Jiangxi, Yingtian, Anqing and other places, and stationed in Jiujiang, Zuo Liangyu is indeed under his command.When Zuo Liangyu went eastward, he personally entered the camp to dissuade him, and was then placed under house arrest.After Zuo Liangyu died of illness, his son Zuo Menggeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and dedicated Yuan Jixian to the Qing court.Yuan Jixian refused to surrender and sacrificed himself generously, leaving an inscription: "It's easy to be a high-ranking official, but it's hard to move a big festival." His loyalty was able to stand side by side with Wen Tianxiang and Xie Fangde.

But a loyal minister may not be a capable minister, even if Yuan Jixian is a capable minister, Zuo Liangyu can't be suppressed without soldiers in his hands.Isn't Ding Qirui, the former supervisor of Huguang, a living example?If he hadn't run fast enough, Zuo Liangyu would have killed him long ago.

"To suppress Chu Town, I'm afraid you have to use heavy troops." Zhu Cihong shook his head and said, "And I don't think much of He Tengjiao. As the governor of Huguang, Hubei only has Wuchang, but he doesn't know how to advance the troops; Hunan is still in the hands of the officers and soldiers. They also don’t go to stockpile grain and secure the people for military supplies. My son thinks that such a person should be regarded as a mediocre official.”

If it was before, Emperor Chongzhen would definitely not be able to help but say "children's opinion".However, now that he is in Shandong, he has seen the stable life of the people after the liberation along the way. In addition to the midwinter season this year, the streets of Jinan did not "fall down".The eunuchs secretly sent out to investigate also said that there were no fireworks in the Huaren field outside the city, which shows that the Eastern Palace is indeed effective in local governance.

"Since you say so, is there anyone to choose for the governor of Huguang?" Chongzhen frowned and thought for a while, and finally said: "Officials of the local state government, you can appoint and remove them at the discretion of the Ministry of Officials."

"Father, it is really not easy to choose good officials now." Zhu Cihong said helplessly, "In Henan province alone, the number of officials used is already stretched."

"By the way," Chongzhen said, "the imperial examination hasn't been held after this year's general examination. Could it be considered a make-up examination?"

"These Jinshi are useless to my sons and ministers." Zhu Cihong shook his head and said, "However, if we find a reason to hold the Enke next year, it will be able to win the hearts of scholars all over the world."

For scholars all over the world, the imperial examination is more important than mothers and fathers.

Now Dashun and Daxi are also holding imperial examinations, forcing scholars to take the exam, but there are very few candidates.Some people even write nonsense on purpose, for fear of being picked.For this reason, both Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong killed many noble scholars.It can also be seen from this that the signboard of Ming Dynasty Scholars is still very strong.If there is another subject at this time of year, most of the candidates from the enemy-occupied areas will also come to take the test.

"That's right, Mo Ruo even held the rural examination." Zhu Cihuang suddenly had a thought: "All students from the Northern Strait can come to Jinan to take the test; students from Shanxi and Shaanxi can go to Kaifeng and Luoyang to take the test; students from Sichuan can go to Take the exam in Huguang. No matter how many come or how few come, as long as someone is willing to come, it will be the harvest of the court."

Chongzhen nodded slightly, and said: "It's just because it's not easy to find..."

"Why don't we just call it... National Disaster Special Examination." Zhu Cihong said.

Chongzhen felt that the name of this subject was really ugly, but the key to this kind of thing is to see the effect, and no one cares whether the name is nice or not.At the same time, he was also very pleased that his son was able to sit down and discuss politics with him, and made decisive decisions, unlike those mediocre officials who couldn't make up their minds for a long time.

"Father, there is one more thing to make a decision in the morning." Zhu Cihong regained his energy, regardless of his mother and the emperor's aunt sitting in the hall, talking to himself.

"What's the matter?"

"Amnesty." Zhu Cihong said: "Many officials staying in Beijing were deceived by the Eastern captives' begging for thieves for Ming Dynasty' and served in the captive court. Now that the situation is clear, they are afraid that they will be prosecuted for the crime of surrendering to captives after returning from the south, so they headed to the capital. The two ends of the mouse. The current plan is to make the father and emperor announce to the world: Anyone who lost his integrity before the Shangyuan in the 18th year of Chongzhen will be pardoned for his crimes. If he is still serving the imperial court after the Shangyuan Festival next year, he will use treason to seek rebellion guilty."

Chongzhen was stunned, shook his head and said: "You are so fantastic! Those people deserve to die, but now they are going to be pardoned? Who will be a loyal minister in the world in the future? What's more, with such a character, even if they return to the south, how can they still be able to live?" Use it? It’s the utmost benevolence for me not to implicate their family members, let alone pardon them!”

Zhu Cihong had been prepared for a long time and persuaded: "Father, let them return to the south not to use them, but to make the Donglu thieves and bandits no one to use. Especially the Donglu, whose members are vulgar and uneducated, difficult to govern, It is necessary to have the assistance of the Han people to be able to secure the Han land. If the father is willing to grant an amnesty, it is tantamount to drawing salary from the bottom of the pot for the Eastern captives.

"As for whether there will be loyal ministers in the future, I believe that the key is not to kill these second ministers physically, but to use "Huangming Bulletin" and other newspapers and books to punish their reputation among scholars, so that scholars all over the world can take warning Don't those scholars just value reputation? In this way, there will be no more defectors in the future."

After hearing Zhu Cihong's explanation, Emperor Chongzhen also turned around in his heart.Rather than considering the question of whether there will be loyal ministers in the future, it is better to draw the salary from the bottom of the pot to make Donglu's life difficult, and maybe he can recover Beijing as soon as possible.

But as an emperor, of course he can't appear to have too soft ears.

"Let's discuss again." Chongzhen said.