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Chapter 4: Breaking the Ice (1)

It was already late at night after Wenyuan Pavilion discussed state affairs, and Zhu Yinglong dragged his tired body back to the Ganqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to rest." Yanhong took off Zhu Yinglong's dragon robe with heartache and said.

Zhu Yinglong was already mentally prepared. It was hard to be an emperor, but he didn't expect that he was so bad. Being a fool is naturally simple, but he didn't want to be a fool who was drunk and dreaming. If he wanted to be a fool, he would be a good emperor. Even if he was doomed, he would have to go on. In the past time and space, he was a small person who could not be smaller. In this time and space, he must be a big person who cannot be bigger!

"Yanhong, I'm sorry for you. I originally wanted to give you a title after ascending the throne, but now I can't live without you, so I can only feel wronged." Zhu Yinglong pulled Yanhong's little hand and said softly.

"Emperor." Yanhong's eyes suddenly turned red, and his bright eyes were filled with mist, which made him cry.

Women are all made of water. Zhu Yinglong pulled Yanhong into his arms and comforted her carefully, which stopped the little girl's tears.

"Your Majesty, Yanhong gives you a wide dress."

"No, go to the imperial kitchen to get me some food, I will make a copy for a while." When Zhu Yinglong came back, he brought back a pile of memorials waiting for him to approve. He picked up some important ones and approved them first. As soon as he ascended the throne, he was exempted from the power of "approval of the dividends". The cabinet of the government can directly approve it and submit it to himself. Only those above the government will submit it to himself for special approval. In fact, part of the power has been delegated to the cabinet. In this way, there must be more than a hundred memorials that he needs to approve every day.

"Your Majesty, you'd better take a rest first. These memorials will be approved tomorrow." Yanhong said with heartache.

"Yanhong, have you forgotten how I told you this emperor?" Zhu Yinglong's face suddenly pulled down. Now he is strict with them, so he will make less trouble in the future.

"Yanhong knew she was wrong." Yanhong touched Zhu Yinglong's stern eyes and knelt down in a hurry.

"Okay, go quickly, I'm really evil." Zhu Yinglong picked up a memorial and browsed it carefully.

Yanhong stood up with a bitter expression, but thought in her heart that he was the emperor now, no longer the prince who could play with him at will. Thinking of this, she actually felt a little inexplicable pain. Could this emperor's throne really change a person?

Yanhong walked out in broken steps, but Zhu Yinglong put down the memorial in his hand and sighed. Then he thought that he was still wandering around the affair between his children at this time. He was a little disregarded by the overall situation and hurriedly picked up the memorial again and looked serious.

"Your Majesty, Tremella Soup." After a while, Yanhong walked over with something for a night and placed it under the lamp.

"Let it go there, I'll go later, you go down and rest." At this moment, Zhu Yinglong had already been dealing with these memorials and had forgotten his hunger.

"Emperor?" Yanhong called out again. Zhu Yinglong was considering that Suiyuan Governor Zhu Tongmeng submitted a memorial to himself, saying that he supported him as emperor. Zhu Tongmeng investigated the fall of Donglin Party member Xiong Tingbi's border and impeached Congwu's constitutional minister Zou Yuanbiao. Feng Congwu built the "Shoushan Academy", so he offended the Donglin Party and other non-party members, and was also attracted by Wei Zhongxian's party members. In the fourth year of Tianqi, the Donglin Party was defeated. Wei Zhongxian recalled Zhu Tongmeng, Guo Yunhou was the Shaoqing of the Taipu Temple, and was soon promoted to the right deputy censor of the Censorate, and was favored by Jiujing. Can he believe such a person? Just considering this issue, he did not hear Yanhong's call at all.

Yanhong called out again unwillingly, but still did not respond, so she had to slowly retreat.

"Someone is here!"

"Yanhong is here!"

"Yanhong, why haven't you gone down to rest yet?" Zhu Yinglong was slightly stunned and said to Yanhong who was still in the house.

"If the emperor has something to do, please tell Yanhong to do it."

"Okay, go and call Zhou Huaian to me, you don't have to come back, go down and rest." Zhu Yinglong ordered.

"Yinghong obeys the order."

After a while, Zhou Huaian, who was covered in armor, hurried over and knelt down and said, "My memory, Zhou Huaian, respectfully invites the Holy One!"

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhou Huaian stood up and asked, "I don't know what is the important thing about the emperor summoning the ministers late at night?"

Zhu Yinglong showed him the memorial of Zhu Tongmeng, the governor of Suiyuan, and said, "You go investigate this Zhu Tongmeng. The faster the better. In addition, not everyone in the eunuch party is a bad person, and he has some talents. As long as there are those who have sincerely corrected, I can still accept it. You can do it as you wish."

"Your Majesty, you may have dissatisfied the old ministers, especially the Donglin Party members hated Zhu Tongmeng to the core, which is very difficult to deal with!" Zhou Huaian looked embarrassed.

"I told you to do this, go quickly!" Zhu Yinglong scolded impatiently.

"I obey the order." Zhou Huaian hurried out.

If the eunuch party does not have any hope for those who do not have much evil, how could they quickly disintegrate Wei Zhongxian's power? Although Zhu Tongmeng was appreciated by the eunuch party and had built a temple for Wei Zhongxian beyond the specifications, as a minister guarding the border, he could not directly participate in the eunuch party's planning. Zhu Tongmeng had a magnificent appearance, simple and upright nature, generous ambition, good at riding and shooting, generous, and a strong official, and both literary and military strategies. Although such a person had some flaws, he was still a talent. This reminded Zhu Yinglong of the later theory of "save the country in a curve". He asked Zhou Huaian to investigate, just to see what Suiyuan was like under his control, and then decide whether to accept his memorials.

Zhu Yinglong is worried about Sun Chengzong now. How can he say Huang Zunsu? Gao Panlong and others are dead. Huang Zunsu undoubtedly became the new leader of the Donglin Party. What he thinks is the most important thing. Sun Chengzong is not a member of the Donglin Party. As long as he has the overall concept and his own influence, he should not have much significance. This is a completely breaking the ice. Once Zhu Tongmeng is loyal to him as an emperor, the impact will be immeasurable and will be of great benefit to stabilizing the political situation in the north.

There is also the battle situation in Liaodong, and it is now in a stalemate. He knows a little bit about Mao Wenlong. Although he is a bit arrogant and domineering, he is still able to win. He has been operating in Pidao for many years. Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong is his general. Yuan Chonghuan has strong tactical thinking, but his overall strategic view is a little worse. Mao Wenlong does not obey the general order. Such a person cannot tolerate any commander. Moreover, he has made so many mistakes. It is not an exaggeration to kill him. However, from the overall strategic situation

It is said that killing a Mao Wenlong did completely lose all the strategic advantages of the court. Yuan Chonghuan had an unshirkable responsibility for this. Fortunately, it has not yet arrived at Yuan and Mao and the two of them have an unremitting dispute. There is still room for this matter to turn around. First use Mao Wenlong to resolve the current crisis, and then find a member to take over his position, seize his military power, and give him a high and idle position. Will it be possible to resolve the tragedy of Yuan Chonghuan's loss of strategic advantages brought about by killing Mao Wenlong in the future?

"I sent an order to add the general of Pi Island to the throne of the Liao general and the left governor. He ordered him to send troops to attack Changcheng and Liaoyang, and force Huang Taiji to withdraw his troops from Ningyuan." Early the next morning, Zhu Yinglong issued an imperial edict.

This imperial edict made Sun Shenxing and some other officials resigned due to illness. Zhu Yinglong personally went to the mansion to stay and expressed his thoughts. Then he persuaded the stubborn old man to return to the Ministry of Revenue to work. When the other officials saw that Sun Shenxing was persuaded by the emperor, they naturally returned to the yamen to work.

The emperor was arbitrary, and even if the people below were complaining, they would not dare to say anything.
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