Just when Qian Sunai didn't know how to answer the questions between her sister and Chen Zizhuang, the little eunuch's singing harmony came from the Wenhua Palace.

"Concubine Xuan Qian, Chen Zizhuang, and Qian Sun fell in love with the palace!"

Qian Sunai heard the emperor let him in, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said to his sister and Chen Zizhuang: "Sister, uncle, let's go in first!"

The three of them entered Wenhua Hall under the leadership of the eunuch. It is now December. The Chinese New Year will be celebrated in a few days. The temperature in Nanjing is very low and sometimes it can freeze at night. So four basins of golden carbon braziers were lit in Wenhua Hall, and as warm as spring as you enter the hall.

Emperor Zhu Hongsan sat behind the desk. When he saw Qian Yuting coming in, he quickly said, "Tingting, didn't you let you pay attention to your health? Come on, prepare your seats for Concubine Qian and Lord Chen!"

Qian Yuting and Zhu Hongsan got married for four or five years. When the emperor called her nickname, she couldn't help but feel shy. She lowered her head and sat down without saying anything. The help of the palace maid.

Chen Zizhuang ignored those things and sat down in the seat and asked, "Your Majesty, I heard from my family that Qian Sunai was captured by the palace guards. I would like to ask when the palace guards have the right to arrest them? Did it give them to you?" Chen Zizhuang planned that as long as the emperor admitted it, it would not be over, and he would not have any power organs outside the factory guards.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Probably this is why Concubine Qian came here! It's all a misunderstanding! I heard that Zigao came back from studying abroad and wanted to talk to him, so I ordered the Imperial Guard to invite him. But Zhao Hu, the Imperial Guard, heard my orders and thought he was going to capture Qian Sunai, so he ordered his subordinates to arrest Zigao. This is my negligence!"

When Chen Zizhuang heard that Zhu Hong had taken all the responsibility from all three generals, he had no choice. Based on Chen Zizhuang's official experience, he naturally knew that the emperor was making excuses for Zhao Hu again. It was unlikely that an emperor's guard officer could actually mis-order the order. However, when Chen Zizhuang thought that Zhao Hu was the emperor's son-in-law and Zhu Hongyi's eldest son, the emperor was right to speak for him. The main reason was that Chen Zizhuang heard that he did not give the imperial guards the right to arrest him, so he felt relieved and did not intend to hold Zhao Hu accountable.

Qian Yuting did not have Chen Zizhuang's political experience. She believed Zhu Hongsan's words and patted her chest and said, "I'm so scared that I'm so scared. I thought Erlang had made some mistakes!"

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "My dear concubine is thinking too much. Even if Zigao makes any mistakes, I will spare Zigao for the sake of the child in her beloved concubine's womb!" Zhu Hongsan looked at Qian Sunai standing beside him and said, "Zigao, go and send your sister back first, come over later, and talk to me!"

Qian Sunai quickly bowed to answer the order, and then helped Qian Yuting back to the palace.

Zhu Hongsan watched Qian Yuting go out and waved his hand to let Zhu Luo and Zhao Hu go out. Seeing that today's big crisis finally passed, Zhu Luo did not dare to plead for Zhao Dequan, so he quickly pulled Zhao Hu down.

Zhu Hongsan asked Chen Zizhuang, who was sitting, "Mr. Chen, you are so concerned. You don't care about the matters of the cabinet when you hear that your son-in-law has something to do, and come to save people directly!" Zhu Hongsan knew that the cabinet was busy these days, and Ma Mingyuan was still having a temper and was sick, so all the things in the cabinet were thrown to Chen Zizhuang.

Chen Zizhuang blushed when he heard Zhu Hongsan's question, and quickly bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, the expenditures for the first year of Shenwu and the budget for next year reported by various provinces have been sorted out. I'm just waiting for the final accounts meeting of the 29th!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded, but did not ask about the preparation of the final accounts. Zhu Hongsan knew that it was an astronomical number without looking at it. Zhu Hongsan is worried about the strategic direction next year.

After the attack of the first year of Shenwu, the territory controlled by the Shenwu regime expanded by four times and the population increased by five times. You should know that the provinces occupied by Zhu Hongsan did not encounter major natural disasters and had relatively complete social structures, so the population loss was far less serious than those in the north of the Yangtze River.

Now the Shenwu court looks prosperous on the surface, but it looks like a fat man who eats too much, with a fat man on the surface and an indigestion inside.

The most serious problem facing Zhu Hongsan is that he has no money. Zhu Hongsan is different from the Tartar emperors of the Qing Dynasty. He just needs to rob him. Zhu Hongsan now represents the orthodox state of the country. If he occupys a place, he must exercise the obligation of a country, which is to ensure that local people have basic living conditions and not starve to death. But this matter is simple. The entire Nanzhili has not stopped since Nanjing was occupied, and various uprisings have started one after another. It was not until the beginning of this year that the Qing Dynasty sent Hong Chengchou to improve, but there were many farmers in various prefectures in Nanzhili and no one cultivated a large area of ​​land. In addition, Hong Chengchou had to raise food and grass to ensure the wars in the northern part of the Qing Dynasty and various places, so the food in the three provinces of Nanzhili, Zhejiang and Jiangxi were basically all gone.

Fujian has not suffered a great war, but Fujian is mountainous and not a grain-producing area. It would be good to be self-sufficient, let alone transfusions for those provinces. Therefore, the most important thing before Zhu Hongsan after occupying Nanjing was the issue of food.

To feed the 30 to 40 million people under his control, it is not enough to rely solely on the output of Guangdong Province. Zhu Hongsan needs to go to various countries in Nanyang and Annan to get food. Except for Luzon, other places in Nanyang are not Zhu Hongsan's territory. He only buys real money and silver to buy food. However, in order to expand his army, Zhu Hongsan has used the deposited silver in his hands, and he really has no living money. This is the reason why Ma Mingyuan is a sick person. It is hard for a good cook to cook without rice!

Zhu Hongsan also saw the shortcomings of his expansion too quickly. He was preparing to slow down the offensive speed next year, that is, adjust the strategic direction, from fighting with the Qing Dynasty to maintaining the current front with the Qing Dynasty, that is, preparing for peace talks.

The peace talk was simple. Zhu Hongsan knew that the bad guys under his command were of the temper. These guys were all serious about Han people. In the past, Chongzhen was so slutty that the treasury was about to run away. These ministers forced Chongzhen not to negotiate. Now he had an advantage on the surface, and he didn't know if the peace talk could be passed.

Chen Zizhuang is here today, and Zhu Hongsan wants to find out what the prime minister means.

"Mr. Chen, look at our current treasury is empty. There are still tens of millions of people in the southern provinces that need to spend money. What should you do if the war in the north in the year?"

As an old official, Chen Zizhuang knew what the emperor meant immediately after hearing what the emperor said. He was not planning to fight the Northern Expedition. Chen Zizhuang lowered his head and pondered. Can he, as the prime minister, not know the current situation of the country? He has been bothering about this matter these days, and now the emperor can't answer when he asks him.

Chen Zizhuang is fifty-three this year and has been the prime minister for three or four years. He deeply knew that as long as he agreed with the emperor's intention and was not prepared for the Northern Expedition, he would definitely be scolded by the Qingliu in the court as Xu Youzhen's second. During the Zhengtong period, Xu Youzhen just said that he was preparing to move the capital, but was scolded by the Qingliu in the court to death. Later, it became a negative example that set off Yu Qian's bright and majestic state. In fact, according to the analysis of the situation, all the elite troops in Beijing were buried in Tumu Fort by the emperor. There was only one way to die in Beijing. It was not embarrassing to escape temporarily.

Chen Zizhuang thought of Xu Youzhen's fate, thought about himself again, sighed secretly, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the great cause of the Northern Expedition is the priority. I hope that Your Majesty will focus on the country and the people as the basis for the Northern Expedition!"

Zhu Hongsan originally thought Chen Zizhuang could support his peace talks, but he didn't expect that this old guy would do his best to fight the Northern Expedition for his reputation. Zhu Hongsan's face, which was still a little smiling, became increasingly ugly. After a long time, Zhu Hongsan slowly said: "I understand. Lord Chen is tired, go back and rest early!"

Chen Zizhuang knew from the changes in Zhu Hongsan's words that he had lost his holy family. Chen Zizhuang didn't say anything. Compared with whether he was an official or not, his reputation was the most important.

Chen Zizhuang slowly stood up and saluted, then retreated.

When Zhu Hongsan saw Chen Zizhuang's figure, he thought that Old Man Chen is old and it seems that the prime minister is going to be replaced.

Zhu Hongsan's intention to prepare for peace talks was opposed by Chen Zizhuang. He was in a bad mood. He looked at the memorial documents in his hand, but no longer had the intention to read them. He threw the memorial on the desk and said to Zhu Hongyi beside him: "I'm upset to stay in the house, go out for a walk!"

The emperor was going out to relax, so naturally a little eunuch came up to prepare for the emperor to stop. Zhu Hongsan went out and saw the imperial chariot parked at the door, waved his hand and said, "No need for this thing, let's walk!"

The emperor had no choice but to follow others if he wanted to walk. A total of five or six hundred people followed the emperor and bypassed the circle in the palace.

Zhu Hongsan came out for a walk because he was so angry that he felt uncomfortable when he breathed the cold air after he came out. He looked up at the three dilapidated halls and the burned Fengtian Hall. He made up his mind to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty next year. If he followed the wishes of those stinky old masters, he would follow Chongzhen's footsteps and ended with financial bankruptcy.

Zhu Hongsan thought while walking, but he didn't know how he got to Jingyang Palace in the harem. Jingyang Palace is one of the six Eastern Palaces. This is the residence of Zhu Hongsan and several concubines from poor backgrounds. Chen, a young widow, and Bian Yu, a singer-songwriter, live here.

Zhu Hongsan looked up and asked, "Where is this?"

The eunuch said next to her: "Back to the master, this is Jingyang Palace where Beauty Bian lives!" Because Bian Yujing's background is too low and not as tall as the Dong sisters, Zhu Hongsan could only give her a fourth-rank beauty. This is because Bian Yujing gave birth to a prince for Zhu Hongsan, otherwise the beauty would not have the grade.

When Zhu Hongsan heard that it was Bian Yujing's residence, he nodded and hadn't seen Bian Yujing for a long time. Zhu Hongsan is a typical ruthless person who is tired of playing with women and throws it aside. Chen Zizhuang's widow daughter Chen is an example. Zhu Hongsan for taking back the fortune and robbing him for a long time, and now he has no grade.
Chapter completed!