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After the ceremony, Zhou Yanru played loudly to Emperor Chongzhen, telling how he worked hard and worked hard after leaving the capital according to the order. In the end, he lived up to the emperor's trust and did not cause civil unrest in various places. Instead, he collected food and transported it to Zhangzhou, Tongzhou. Home Bay. Please ask the emperor to send another person to Zhangjiawan to count the grain and verify the amount.

His words and deeds in the report only highlighted the key point, that is, he worked tirelessly to fulfill the emperor's entrustment, almost to the point of working hard and dying.

After he finished speaking, he stood at the bottom and made a humble gesture, but his chest puffed out and his brows raised could not escape Emperor Chongzhen's eyes, knowing what he was thinking in his heart.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything. He just picked up the memorial on the imperial case and threw it into the corner of the imperial case. Gao Shiyue, the eunuch on duty next to him, immediately stepped forward, held the memorial in both hands, walked down and handed it to Zhou Yanru.

Seeing this, Zhou Yanru was slightly shocked, wondering what the emperor meant. Feeling puzzled, he reached out and took it, unfolded it and started reading.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it. At a glance, the complacency I felt just now flew away to the sky. Beads of sweat appeared on his smooth forehead.

It turned out that what was recorded in this memorial were all the big and small things he had done when he was out of Beijing on errands. Including when and where he went, how many banquets he attended, what level of banquets he had, and who accompanied him. How many times have I participated in poetry tea parties, how many poems have I written, and how many confidants have I had? How much salt was consumed, how much food was collected, and other slightly important things were all recorded. These things strongly prove that Zhou Yanru's statement just now about how hard it is to go on a business trip is nonsense.

Emperor Chongzhen was on top. Seeing that Zhou Yanru had finished reading, he said calmly: "In the south of the Yangtze River, the trend of association is prevalent. Zhou Qing enjoys it and enjoys it. It seems that he agrees with it?"

Zhou Yanru's hands holding the memorial were shaking a little. He bent down and lowered his head, not daring to say anything.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he curled his lips slightly and revealed a slight sneer. This Zhou Yanru is a typical sour scholar in the late Ming Dynasty. He likes poetry, calligraphy and painting, likes the stars holding the moon, and likes a romantic life. At a young age, he was already a minister. When he went to the place, he was surrounded by everyone and did some frivolous things all day long.

Seeing that Zhou Yanru was silent at this time, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "Xu Qing, the Minister of Rites, left the capital even later than Zhou Qing, but he traveled more than half of the Ming Dynasty and is now on the grassland. This is what he is doing conscientiously and devoting himself to his work! "

Hearing this, Zhou Yanru bent even lower.

"How does Zhou Qing view Fushe during his trip to the south of the Yangtze River?" Emperor Chongzhen still asked in a calm tone.

After Zhou Yanru heard this, if he had not seen the memorial in his hand, he might have recommended to the emperor the leaders of the society and the key scholars. But at this time, he could already tell that the emperor was obviously disgusted with these preferences. If he said that again, he would really hit a wall.

Therefore, he hesitated for a moment and then whispered in a low voice without confidence: "Your Majesty, the atmosphere in Jiangnan is rotten. Scholars are fond of women and are good at boasting. Exaggeration is prevalent. Most of the backbone of the society are the children of officials. , although they have talents and knowledge, they have not been used in the right way, which is a pity. Through this trip to the south of the Yangtze River, I have had a lot of contact with them, so I really think about it!"

This Fushe is currently in the limelight in Jiangnan. Underneath the rhetoric, he seems to have the potential to lead Jiangnan Shilin. Although Emperor Chongzhen doesn't pay much attention to it, judging from the news he has heard so far, he doesn't like it very much.

Of course, if Emperor Chongzhen knew that in the original history, this Fushe had replaced the Donglin Party, and later developed into a giant in the Chongzhen Dynasty, controlling the imperial examinations of the Chongzhen Dynasty and controlling the government affairs. His meeting with Zhang Pu could even make Zhou Yanru, who had been out of power, come back to serve as the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty. His energy was so great that he was even called a folk emperor. I am afraid it was not just a matter of displeasure.

At this time, after listening to Zhou Yanru's words, Emperor Chongzhen said to him: "Zhou Qing has worked hard to collect food. For Zhou Qing's health, I think it is better to rest for a while. During this period, it is better for Zhou Qing to go again How about a trip to the south of the Yangtze River, with Zhou Qing's talents and knowledge, he might be able to reverse the trend of exaggeration among the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Although it was in the language of discussion, the tone of his words was very firm, leaving no chance for Zhou Yanru to veto.

Zhou Yanru looked at the memorial in his hand. The joy he had felt before had already flown away. He sighed in his heart and respectfully accepted the order: "I obey the decree!"

He knew that if he went to Jiangnan again, he would probably have to fight with the Confucian scholars. It's really a twist of fate. The first half of the year was still fun, but the second half of the year will be full of quarrels.

Seeing that Zhou Yanru had agreed, Emperor Chongzhen finally softened his tone, said some polite words of condolences, and asked him to retreat.

As far as the Ming Dynasty is concerned, the scholarly atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River greatly influenced the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that the entire Ming Dynasty was led by Jiangnan. Previously, Emperor Chongzhen had learned about the corrupt customs there through the chat group.

Just imagine, the scholars who are the backbone of the Ming Dynasty and the future pillars of the Ming Dynasty wear women's clothes and compete for luxury. If such a trend exists, what hope can the Ming Dynasty have in the future?

And the change of atmosphere cannot be solved by killing a few people. The most critical thing is that Emperor Chongzhen's current focus is still on the Liao Dynasty and the disaster in the north of the Ming Dynasty. Zhou Yanru had always been talented and learned in the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that his influence among the scholars of the Ming Dynasty was relatively large. I believe it will have a certain effect if he goes to Jiangnan to prevent further erosion of the scholarly atmosphere in Jiangnan.

When the Jianlu incident in Liaodong comes to an end and the Hetao side stabilizes, I will have enough energy to start paying attention to the Jiangnan side to see how to deal with them!

Emperor Chongzhen thought so and put the matter behind him for the time being. After all, although Jiangnan's affairs are also important, they are not the most urgent. As for the grain that Zhou Yanru raised in the south of the Yangtze River and transported to Tongzhou, he did not need to transport it to the capital and transferred it directly to Zhangjiakou. Let Hong Chengchou send troops from the grassland to Zhangjiakou to transport the food back to Hetao and use it as their winter food. It should be barely enough!

After arranging this matter, Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to Liaodong again. Through the chat group, he learned that the new military fleet was coming to Pi Island soon. Judging from Li Deming's report, the North Korean people have once again fallen into dire straits. Jianlu, who was stationed in the capital of North Korea, forced King Gwanghae to send people to distribute food everywhere. More and more food was forcibly collected and transported to the capital for concentration.