Domineering Daming

In their view, this is Zhu Xu's mighty imperial favor, a reward, a means to win over their courtiers.

Zhu Xu waved his hand and chatted about other things, resting while waiting for the evening meeting.

Chapter 1489 Ming's External Influence

In the evening, the inside and outside of Qianqing Palace were full of seats, and they were also full of people.

The inner eunuchs and maids came and went in a hurry, serving dishes.

Zhu Xu and the cabinet, the cabinet ministers of the six ministries, and the ministers sat in the palace, naturally they exchanged pleasantries. Although Zhu Xu didn't like clichés, it was easy for him to be willing or unwilling over the years.

Zhu Xu seldom doted on the officials like this, so everyone present was extremely excited, and after Zhu Xu persuaded him to drink a few drinks, they were all a little drunk.

After some courteous greetings, Zhu Xu and Sun Chuanting went out of Qianqing Palace, and exchanged pleasantries with all levels of officials, governors and councilors in the courtyard under the lights.

The emperors of Ming Dynasty have always been aloof, especially Emperor Wanli who has been hiding in the palace for decades, and the officials have been unable to get close to the emperor for too long.

Zhu Xu's attitude of being "close to the people" was unprecedented, and many officials were ecstatic. They seized the opportunity to get close to Zhu Xu and to make a good impression on him.

After a while, Empress Zhang Yun rushed over with Prince Zhu Cixiu, accompanied Zhu Xu to exchange greetings with these people, and brought the dinner party to a climax.

There are several tables not far away, which are for foreign envoys, and the conspicuous one is European.

A bearded man watched Zhu Xu walk around in the crowd, blinked, and said word by word in awkward Chinese: "The emperor of our country doesn't have such affinity."

Judging from his clothes, he was from the Ottoman Empire.

On his right is the envoy of the Netherlands, a handsome, young, and fair man. He looked at the councilors and said to himself, "Their council is very interesting. I need to study it." , report to the country.”

Next to the Dutch envoy was the French envoy, a big fat man with an arrogant look. He snorted coldly and said, "The king of our country is wise and powerful, and he is destined to dominate Europe. There is no need to condescend like the emperor of the Ming Dynasty." !"

On the right of the French envoy is the English ambassador to Ming Dynasty. He is a tall, thin, middle-aged man with an eagle nose and blue eyes. The voice said: "We need to maintain a good relationship with Daming. I have a hunch that in the future world, Daming will be very important..."

To the right of the English envoy is the Spanish envoy, with a solemn face and twinkling eyes.

Things were going badly for Spain, facing the increasingly active challenge of the Netherlands at sea, and the threat of a rising France on land, in addition to its traditionally powerful enemy, the Ottomans.

The relationship between Ming and Spain passed the initial honeymoon period, and some differences gradually emerged.

Spain asked the Ming Dynasty to sever ties with European countries outside of Spain, and the Ming Dynasty insisted on free trade and no sidelines—even though Ming Dynasty signed a maritime security treaty with Spain.

Ottoman is now gradually equipped with a sea fleet built by the Ming Dynasty. This fleet is in the Mediterranean Sea, especially the big ship of the Ming Dynasty. This makes Spain, which once destroyed the Ottoman navy and is now weakening with each passing day, very uncomfortable.

The Netherlands has the closest relationship with the Ming Dynasty. Although it does not involve military aspects, the Netherlands accounts for almost [-]% of the Ming Dynasty's foreign trade, and the scope of cooperation is expanding.The national strength of the Netherlands has almost doubled in the past two years, as can be seen from the more than doubling of merchant ships.

The Netherlands is at war with Spain for independence, and the strength of the Netherlands is increasing, which is the biggest threat to Spain.

Although France is arrogant and doesn't have anything to do with Ming Dynasty, and doesn't pay attention to the sea, its national power on land is still growing rapidly, and it is constantly provoking Spain's hegemony. The war between the two countries seems to be a matter of time.

England hangs overseas and seems to be isolated, but it also destroyed Spain's Armada that year and is Spain's enemy.

In this way, Spain is almost isolated and helpless in Europe.

This kind of environment makes people feel uneasy!

"No, this situation must change!"

The eyes of the Spanish envoy to Daming spewed fire, and he said secretly in his heart.

Looking up at Zhu Xu walking through the crowd, and thinking about how Daming worked together to reform and deal with the disaster during the day, especially the astonishing budget, this ambassador really envied and looked up to him.

"If His Majesty of our country can have the mind of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how great it would be to work together like the Ming Kingdom..."

He sighed inwardly, with undisguised envy.Although the Ming Kingdom faced unprecedented disasters, its strength was still terrifyingly strong, and the accumulation of hundreds of years was no small matter.

The envoy's expression changed for a while, and he made up his mind and said, "We must have a serious talk with Ming Guo, even if His Majesty comes here in person!"

The influence of the Ming Dynasty on Europe is growing, which cannot be ignored, let alone underestimated!

The envoys from the Netherlands and England just said a few words politely, but didn't say anything more. After all, the relationship between their countries is extremely complicated.

But there was thought in everyone's eyes. Obviously, the big discussion of the Ming Dynasty gave them some shocks.

Especially the system of the Ming Dynasty was extremely impactful to them, and the checks and balances in it were very enlightening.

These envoys sat with different intentions, didn't do much to eat, and kept observing the officials up and down in Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xu accompanied these officials, big and small, at the dinner party for an hour, and then went back to Kunning Palace to meet those wives and officials' wives, and exchanged greetings again.

This dinner party didn't end until late at night.

Kunning Palace.

Zhu Xu helped the pregnant Zhang Yun to bed, undressed himself, and said with a smile, "How are you? Are you tired?"

Zhang Yun didn't feel tired, he lay there and said, "The concubine is not tired, is the emperor tired?"

Zhu Xu lay down, hugged her, and said with a smile: "I'm fine, how is Xi'er?"

As the crown prince, Zhu Cixiu accompanied Zhu Xu back and forth all the time. Although the little guy didn't need to drink and didn't talk much, he must be very tired after a few hours.

Zhang Yun couldn't help laughing and said: "Xu'er is already asleep, and before going to bed, I asked my concubine if I could buy him a set of illustrations."

Zhu Xu also laughed when he heard it. This little guy doesn't like anything else, but he is very fond of these illustrations and short stories. He can read them over and over again all afternoon.

Zhu Xu looked satisfied, and said: "I didn't pay much attention before, but I was really pleasantly surprised by Xi'er's performance today. Buy it for him, and you can find a time to take him out of the palace yourself, choose some more, and let them go." Nuan Pavilion, I will watch it with him."

Zhang Yun pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "Well, after a year, my concubine will find a chance to take him out for a walk."

The two of Zhu Xu lay down and talked about some family issues, especially the Empress Dowager Zhang of the Palace of Compassion and Peace. Knowing that she was fine, Zhu Xu and Zhang Yun were also relieved.

Chapter 1490 The end of Jingzheng's seven years

The next day, the parliament went on as usual, mainly related to personnel appointments.

This time the appointment involves too much, except for the relatively taboo imperial court, other cabinet ministers' confirmation, Zongrenfu Zongzheng's confirmation, the Royal Business Group, the Ministry of Punishment's demotion, the confirmation of the Minister of Rites and the officials of various departments of the cabinet, and other relevant departments Changes in personnel, adjustments of local governors, rotations, transfers at the political and council level, as well as the Grand Marshal's Mansion, the appointment of Cao Wenzhao's deputy marshal, the adjustment of relevant power and responsibility agencies, the rotation of the local general army, etc. .

The things involved here are extremely complicated. After all, Daming's management system is still an intricate "relationship network". If you contact two or three people, you can get a big shot.

Although teachers and students, relatives and friends, township party, etc. are no longer so obvious, they still affect the personnel changes in Daming either explicitly or implicitly.

Sun Chuanting upheld Zhu Xu's attitude and hated party struggles. Whether it was overt or covert, he used different methods to suppress it.

Of course, this is also the inevitable need for Sun Chuanting to take power. Apart from the so-called "imperial party" that has been recognized by the outside world, Sun Chuanting has already attacked other small groups and almost divided them.

For example, the so-called "Bi Clan" left by Bi Ziyan, Zhang Guowei, the leading figure, no longer dared to take the lead, Xu Jie worked seriously, and Li Youtang was even sent to the Shenlong Mansion in Nanzhili, far away from the capital.

This is true of all departments, not to mention other so-called township parties, teachers and students helped.