Domineering Daming

Li Jieyu bowed slightly to Zhu Xu, followed Cao Huachun and turned around to go out.

As soon as Li Jieyu turned around, Zhu Xu lay down again weakly, muttering in a low voice: "Learn quickly, I want to take you to Liaodong..."

Zhu Xu slept until dawn, and didn't wake up with sore body until Cao Huachun called out.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Sun Ge has entered the palace and is changing his clothes." Cao Huachun said while watching Zhu Xu freshen up.

Zhu Xu nodded and said: "Well, let's get something to eat, I will eat with Mr. Sun Ge."

Cao Huachun agreed and asked someone to make arrangements.

When Zhu Xu arrived at the side room, Sun Chengzong was already waiting.

When Sun Chengzong saw it, he quickly knelt on one knee and said, "My subject, Sun Chengzong, kowtow to the emperor."

Zhu Xu looked at his travel-stained face, his eyes bloodshot, obviously driving day and night, eager to enter Beijing.

Zhu Xu sighed slightly in his heart, there are many great Mings who are so dedicated to the country, and Sun Chengzong is the only one who can suit his wishes.

"Come, sit, and eat together."

Zhu Xu sat down at the table with a smile and greeted Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong also dealt with him a few times before entering the palace, looked at Zhu Xu, sat down after a pause, and said: "The emperor, except for Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan provinces, and several important towns in the north, all others that should be reorganized It's almost finished."

Zhu Xu smiled, and waited for the waiter to bring the food together, Zhu Xu picked up the bowl and said, "While eating, I said, today there are no monarchs and ministers, only colleagues."

Sun Chengzong has never been treated like this for several dynasties, and he has never seen such an emperor. His heart was agitated, he bowed, but did not eat, and continued: "Your Majesty, the reorganization is almost completed, and the southwestern provinces are fine. However, other places, especially the more coastal provinces, Huguang, and Guangxi, are not stable enough in terms of local government affairs or military morale. I am worried that something will happen. The military reform is too urgent, too fast..."

Zhu Xu naturally understood, nodded and said: "I know this, and I've been busy trying to appease you recently, using both kindness and power, trying to stabilize it within two or three years..."

This is actually Zhu Xu's optimistic estimate. According to his pace of reform, it will not be so fast at all, and it is very likely that it will arouse a greater backlash.

But Zhu Xu was helpless, the crisis was imminent, and Da Ming was dying of illness, no heavy medicine would have any effect, if not for some scruples, he would even want to be a little more violent.

Sun Chengzong didn't know the recent big and small things in the capital, but he knew that the new emperor's ascension to the throne was bound to reward the world. It was indeed a good opportunity to calm people's hearts and reduce backlash.

"Your Majesty, if you want to stabilize the place, you must first stabilize the morale of the army."

Sun Chengzong looked at Zhu Xu, thought it over and said: "I think that in addition to the official position and Yinxiang, there must also be meritorious service, so as to win over the army, plus rigorous training, the survival of the fittest, training a strong army, as long as the army is stable , the place will not be too big a problem..."

Zhu Xu nodded while eating rice porridge.

His strategy is to put the army first and then the government. Now that the reform of the military system is basically completed, the next step is to stabilize the morale of the army and strengthen the army.

Sun Chengzong's words obviously knew that he didn't understand the military, and he thought he could understand what he said.

But for the army, Zhu Xu not only trusted the Ministry of War, the leading generals, but also placed his people inside the army, and Jin Yiwei watched secretly, so he was not worried about big troubles.

Seeing that Zhu Xu was listening seriously, Sun Chengzong began to report in detail the restructuring of the coastal provinces, especially the important towns in the southwest.

Although Zhu Xu knew all aspects through Jinyiwei and the Military and Political College, he was still not as detailed and intuitive as Sun Chengzong said.

After Zhu Xu finished eating, Sun Chengzong was still talking, there were too many things and too complicated, even though Sun Chengzong had been concise, he still talked for more than half an hour.

"Your Majesty, here comes Jiannu's letter of credence."

Suddenly, Liu Shimin led Sun Chuanting and walked in quickly.

Chapter 286

As soon as Liu Shimin finished speaking, Sun Chengzong's face changed slightly.

He had been outside for a long time and didn't know anything about Huang Taiji. Seeing Liu Shimin come in, he hurriedly stood up.

Sun Chuanting walked in quickly, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the bandit chief sent a letter of credence, saying that he wants to form a brotherhood with my Ming Dynasty and be peaceful forever."

Sun Chengzong frowned, and his eyes were solemn.

By doing this, Jiannu obviously gained confidence and wanted to be on an equal footing with Daming. The message revealed in it was that Jiannu's strength had expanded and he had begun to have greater ambitions.

Zhu Xu had expected it, but after hearing Sun Chuanting's words, his heart still sank.

He looked at Sun Chuanting and said decisively: "Master Sun, the Ministry of War has a great responsibility. No matter what method you use, we must stabilize the troops as soon as possible, strengthen training, and support Liaodong at any time!"

Sun Chuanting paid homage and said, "I obey the order!"

Zhu Xu looked at Sun Chengzong again, and said in a cold voice: "I have mobilized a hundred Hongyi cannons to Liaodong, and at the same time, I ordered Yuan Chonghuan to return to Beijing. After the Chinese New Year, I will make an order to replace Xiong Tingbi. At that time, I want you Bringing the two of them back to Liaodong quietly, we must step up our arrangements to build the iron wall of the Ningjin defense line, I will never allow the Ningjin defense line to be lost!"

Sun Chengzong raised his hand and said, "I obey the order!"

Zhu Xu secretly breathed out, looked at Cao Huachun and said again: "Allow another two hundred to Liaodong, no, five million taels! Pass the decree to the six ministries and ask them to fully cooperate!"

"According to the order!"

Cao Huachun bowed and agreed.

In the small side room, everyone could feel a strong depression.

The letter of state is a small matter, but behind it is a big event. Neither Zhu Xu nor the Ministry of War dared to delay. Zhu Xu was in the cabinet and recruited all the ministers and servants of the Ministry of War.

Sun Chengzong still bears the name of the chief assistant of the cabinet, so he will naturally preside over the military meeting, and Zhu Xu will attend.

This meeting involves too much, it is the first formal military meeting since the new dynasty, although there are only five people.

After the military meeting, Zhu Xu made an exception and recruited the six ministers to the imperial study room, and gave them serious instructions.

At this time, the bureaucracy of the Ming Dynasty was still the same as usual, and the officials from all walks of life kept impeaching, but whether it was the six ministers or the servants, they were all arranged by Zhu Xu, and Zhu Youjian could not move. Zhu Youjian did not dare to set foot in the forbidden area.

In addition, Zhu Xu stopped the court discussion. Although the officials became more and more crazy, the political situation of the Ming Dynasty was rarely calm. Apart from the panic at the beginning, it gradually stabilized, and more and more people really worked hard. A lot of things go into the right track unconsciously.

This can be regarded as Zhu Xu's unexpected harvest.

Amidst the busy schedule, the six years of Apocalypse have also come to an end.

Accompanied by a dull bell, it marked the end of the Apocalypse Dynasty and the beginning of a new era.

The court meeting is suspended, but the court meeting cannot be missed. The new king wants to feast all the ministers.

In Huangji Hall, Zhu Xu sat on a high dragon chair, with his back straightened in a serious manner, and there were hundreds of human heads underneath, big and small.

This was after Zhu Xu cleaned it up, there were more of them in the first place.

Zhu Xu sat there with a cold expression on his face. After finishing his opening remarks, he just sat there motionless, with a straight face, and glanced down from time to time.

It was originally a lively time, but with Zhu Xu doing this, no one can drink and eat happily. They all hold their breath and look up from time to time to look at the emperor above and King Xin at the front.

Zhu Youjian was also bored, but there was nothing he could do.