I'm really not the carpenter emperor

The matter of cultivating the crown prince is related to the continuation of the empire, which is of great significance, and it is really beyond her ability to intervene.

Patting the prince who had fallen asleep again, Zhu Youxiao asked:

"I will look for the teacher's matter. A few days ago, I asked the queen to find a wet nurse. Has anyone chosen?"

Although she felt that this was a little inappropriate, Zhang Yan hesitated again and again and asked, "What does Your Majesty think of Mrs. Xu?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao raised his eyes and glanced outside the palace. Xu's service in Kunning Palace all these years is considered conscientious.

Wei Zhongxian had already reported her details.

Xu was born in abject poverty, from Tongzhou, Shuntian Prefecture. In addition to his old father, he also has an older sister.

When Zhu Youxiao saw her at first, she was innocent and lovely, but now she is the head of all the female officials, and she has not seen any arrogance, she is indeed a trustworthy person.

But Zhu Youxiao was afraid that she would walk on the same path as Ke Shi in the future.

Power makes people inflated, and there are very few people in the world who can reach Wei Zhongxian's step and still walk on thin ice.

It was because the Ke family was too inflated back then that it was used by the Donglin Qunxian of the Manchu Dynasty as an excuse to intervene in the affairs of the court.

But now, although the prince is young, he is not yet 25 years old, and he is sent to monitor him all day long, so he is not afraid of what she will do in the harem.

After thinking about it, apart from Mrs. Xu, it seemed that there was really no better candidate.

Finding a simple peasant woman from outside the palace would not be better than Xu Shi who has served by her side for many years.

Zhu Youxiao pondered for a while, and agreed:

"The empress is right, but since Mrs. Xu has become the nurse of the eldest son of the emperor, she cannot continue to be a female official in Kunning Palace."

"This female official of Kunning Palace, the queen will promote another person, let me know."

Zhang Yan nodded, looked lovingly at Zhu Ciran who was sleeping soundly in the bed, and said jokingly:

"Sleep, sleep, there are not many days left for you to be chic."

……

That night, Zhu Youxiao looked at the sleeping mother and son, leaned over and kissed Zhang Yan on the cheek, and said softly:

"Zhuzhu, I'm sorry for you."

Turning around, his expression changed, and he said coldly, "Call Wei Zhongxian over here."

It was a young eunuch who went, Wei Zhongxian didn't know at all that this little eunuch was already a secret agent of the Emperor's side.

When he came to the side hall of Kunning Palace in a hurry, he found Zhu Youjiao standing on the edge of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the lights in the palace and thinking about something.

Chapter 578 The eldest son of the emperor leaves the pavilion to study

"coming?"

Zhu Youxiao still looked at the lights of Wanjia outside the window, and said lightly: "It's no big deal for me to ask you, and there won't be any complaints, right?"

Wei Zhongxian was taken aback for a moment, and quickly said:

"My lord, what are you talking about? The slaves have always done their best for the royal family, so how dare they have any complaints."

"That's good, I didn't trust you for nothing."

Zhu Youxiao came back, sat on the imperial case, motioned him to sit too, and said:

"After the new year, the eldest son of the emperor will be five years old. I want to find a teacher for him, and he will start classes after the year. Do you have any candidates?"

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian's heart suddenly brightened.

As the saying goes, "If there is a heir, there is a heir, and if there is no heir, there is an elder." Zhu Ciran is the eldest son of the empress of the Central Palace. If there is no accident, he must be the crown prince, that is, the future emperor.

The matter of the crown prince is very important, and the emperor suddenly came to him to ask about the candidate for the teacher, Wei Zhongxian had to pay more attention.

You know, in this dynasty, he is already an extremely human minister, if there is a slight difference in his conduct, the situation around him may be turned upside down.

Could it be that the emperor asked himself to test himself?

What's more, the current emperor is at the peak of his spring and autumn. Three years ago, he was even able to conquer and kill people himself. Wei Zhongxian really didn't think that his old bones could make him go away.

So focus on the present and follow along honestly.

Thinking of this, a candidate appeared in his mind, and he said with a flattering smile:

"Master, I do have a candidate."

Zhu Youxiao took a look.

"Oh? Who?"

"Sun Chengzong." Wei Zhongxian noticed the unexpected look on the emperor's expression, put his heart down, and said:

"Sun Chengzong used to be the emperor's teacher, and his prestige among the courtiers was not low. Now that the Liao Dynasty has been restored, Guangning is no longer a place of danger. It is indeed a bit humiliating for him to be a councilor."

"Of course, this old slave just mentioned it casually. Only the master knows how Sun Chengzong is a teacher."

"In the end, the real candidate must be appointed by the Lord."

Zhu Youxiao was indeed a little surprised. Although Sun Chengzong was not a member of the Donglin Party, he was very close to the Donglin Party, and he was not very good towards the Eunuch Party.

It can be said that he is Wei Zhongxian's enemy.

It seemed that Wei Zhongxian had seen through his intentions this time, so he recommended Sun Chengzong to reassure himself.

Zhu Youxiao smiled from the bottom of his heart, this old trickster.

Sun Chengzong is indeed a bit pedantic, but Zhu Youxiao has personally experienced his lectures and knows what he will talk about.

Different from ordinary people, Sun Chengzong's lectures are purely teaching literacy, what a prince should learn, he will teach.

As for what Zhu Youxiao was worried about, Confucianism taught the prince to forcibly give thoughts and restrict thinking, which is basically impossible for Sun Chengzong.

You know, the "carpenter emperor" Zhu Youxiao in history was derived from Sun Chengjiao.

Regardless of personal experience, or from the perspective of history, he can indeed do things.

But Zhu Youxiao thought more than that. Sun Chengzong could be a candidate, and he could even stay as the team leader of the Eastern Palace in the future.

My own prince still needs to develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically and in an all-round way.

In addition to Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youxiao will form a small team for him consisting of the top people in the country in all aspects.

According to the learning time of later generations, from childhood to adulthood, politics, military affairs, martial arts, geography, astronomy, calendar, all aspects must be successively studied.

Of course, right now Zhu Ciran only needs to learn literacy and basic court etiquette, and the rest will be discussed when he is older.

At this stage, Sun Chengzong is more than enough alone.

That being the case, it might as well sell this old eunuch another face, let him taste some sweetness, so that he can do his best.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said:

"Sun Chengzong used to be my teacher to teach the prince. He is indeed the best candidate. Zhongxian, this imperial decree should be drawn up by the supervisor of rites."

Wei Zhongxian naturally understood the meaning of the emperor's words, and said quickly:

"The servant understands, so I will go back and draw up the decree myself."

"Well, let's go."

After Wei Zhongxian left, Zhu Youxiao looked at the rare scenery during the Spring Festival for a while, and then turned back to Kunning Palace.

……

In the Battle of Hetao, Sun Chuanting led the Ming army to defeat the Chahar tribe.

This battle brought out the prestige of the Central Plains Dynasty. After that, more than [-] troops from the left wing hoped to surrender.

Zhu Youxiao issued an imperial decree, and appointed more than a dozen left-wing county kings around the New Year's Eve, designated the land for the various ministries to live in and pastured, and built the palace in Guihua City.

At the end of February, as the heirs of more than [-] Mongolian tribes from the left wing and the northern part of the Great Wall were sent to study at the Imperial Academy in the capital, the more than [-] people who were taken away also returned home one after another.

For a while, the outer bottom of the plug was fixed.

Everyone in the world says that since Chengzu Wuzheng, it is now the safest moment outside the Great Wall.

With the approaching of the Little Ice Age, the winter moon has become longer and longer, and the snow did not melt until the middle of March, but it is finally the time when everything is recovering.

Qin Tianjian cooperates with the "Beijing News" to publish the latest calendar in newspapers across the country, and distribute it free of charge by the government, and deliver it to every household in time.

Families who received the calendar began to work on farming one after another, starting the five-year busy farming period of Apocalypse.

As for businessmen from all over the world, they are not idle for a moment, and there are many people who are still traveling around during the New Year's Eve.

As the recovery of the whole Liao Dynasty began to take a long time, the number of businessmen who went to Liaodong gradually increased.

After the 20-day annual leave ended, the entire court machine began to operate again.

Up to the cabinet and the six ministries, down to the local ministers and the government, a new round of busy work has begun.

It is worth mentioning that Sun Chengzong, the counselor of Guangning, was recalled to the capital to serve as Zuo Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu, responsible for teaching the five-year-old eldest son Zhu Ciran of literacy and etiquette.

The legendary experience of Sun Chengzong first teaching the emperor and then the eldest son of the pope has become a topic of discussion among the common people and scholars.

As for Emperor Tianqi's move to let the eldest son of the emperor go out of the pavilion to study at the age of five, it undoubtedly aroused discussions among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Because this almost means that the crown prince of the empire has been confirmed.

There was not much movement in the harem, at least on the surface the concubines were still harmonious. After the New Year's Eve, Zhang Yan had more time to teach Zhu Ciran.

As for Zhu Youxiao, if he has nothing to do now, he will go to the Wenhua Palace to see if his son is lazy.

Back then when I was lazy, being a father naturally has a reason to be a father, no need to ask, but Zhu Ciran can't learn like this.

There is one more thing. Recently, Old Concubine Liu always sends people to Zhu Youxiao, asking him to spend some time pampering Concubine Wang.

It's not that Zhu Youxiao treats one more than another, but because after conferring concubine that day, he completely forgot that there was such a person.

After all, besides the queen and the three concubines, there are also a lot of beautiful women and concubines who are widows.

When Zhu Youxiao first came to the throne, the palace was riddled with holes, and he didn't even care about his own safety, so he couldn't care less about fighting.

After listening to Concubine Liu's words, I also felt really sorry for that girl.

The Wang family stood out from the best girls in the country, so outstanding, just to be his wife, but he let others guard him as a widow for five years in the harem.

If there are too many, forget it, but only one is left, which makes people feel embarrassed and ashamed to stay in the harem.

Without saying anything, Zhu Youxiao immediately replied to Concubine Liu, saying that he had written down this matter, and he would definitely spoil Concubine Liang this month.

After receiving this reply, after all, you have no jokes, so Concubine Liu stopped urging her.

Until March, there were no major events inside and outside the palace, and the people and officials from all over the country were also doing their own things step by step.

Until one day, a secret report from the Taiyuan Governor's Office of Jinyiwei drew the attention of the entire court to Shanxi.

Chapter 579 The Jin Merchants Hurt the Nation

"come in."

Zhu Youxiao was sitting in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and several cabinet scholars were also called. It was still very quiet outside the hall, and the lights were dimly lit in the early morning.

To be honest, getting up from the warm bed of Kunning Palace so early made Zhu Youxiao's head hurt and he was in a bad mood.

Having been in a high position for many years, he has learned to hide his emotions early, so he still looks indifferent and unpredictable.

As for the cabinet scholars including Wei Guangwei, getting up early to manage politics is commonplace for them, and they don't feel much at all.

Having said that, almost all officials of the Ariake generation got up very early.

It is said that when the prince left the pavilion to study, later generations would speak loudly at around five o'clock in the morning. When the apocalypse came, Zhu Youxiao felt that it was really inhumane, so he extended the time limit for Zhu Ciran.

At least let your son have a good sleep and get up to study again.

The emperor's voice was a little tired, and Jin Yiwei Qianhutian Ergeng, who had been waiting outside the door for more than half an hour, walked in a little nervously after hearing the words.

"Your Majesty, the Governor of Taiyuan has something to announce." He said.

The Taiyuan Governor's Office is the Governor's Office of the entire Shanxi Province.

The Supervision Department was originally set up just to urge the collection of canal tariffs, but later it developed into a Jinyiwei organization with one location and one location.

Each provincial government has set up a governor's office. Under the governor's office, each state, prefecture, and county has sub-supervisors.

After the establishment of the Supervision Department, the main task is to sort out the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in various places, and prevent local officials and vassals from collecting taxes indiscriminately.

In addition, the supervisory department can also play a deterrent role.