In December, it was snowing heavily in the capital. After nearly two months of traveling on the tour, Zhu Cijiu finally returned to the Forbidden City, which had been away for a long time. When he left the palace, he was surrounded by Qin Mingyue and Cao Huachun, but when he came back, he had two more scoundrels.

One is naturally Zheng Sen, the prince of the Nanwang of Xinke Town. Zhu Cijing was afraid that he would get involved in the businessmen's businessman's business after staying with Zheng Zhilong for a long time, so he simply brought him to the capital. Although Zheng Chenggong was a famous hero at that time in the Nanming period, he still considered his own interests too much. Zhu Cijing wanted Xu Guangqi and others to educate him well, so that he would lose his selfishness and become a pure patriotic young man.

Another one is not Wang Zhengnan but Liu Rushi. After all, Wang Zhengnan is a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old, so it is not appropriate to bring him into the palace. Zhu Cijiu directly asked him to follow Qin Yiming and the others to go to the Beijing camp station. Liu Rushi is different. He is a stunning little beauty himself, and he was bought out by Xu Wenjue, which is equivalent to the family of the criminal who was confiscated. It should have been dealt with as a slave. Zhu Cijiu saw that he was pitiful, so he simply brought her into the palace with him.

Of course, this is not because Zhu Cijiu is lustful. At his age, he can't get lustful. He mainly considers Zheng Sen. Isn't Zheng Sen only six years old? He needs people to take care of his daily life. It just so happens that Liu Rushi is a specialist in serving people, and he is proficient in both piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so it is perfect for her to take care of Zheng Sen.

Zheng Sen was the best time to move. As soon as he got off the dragon chariot, he saw the snowflakes in the sky, he pulled Zhu Cijiong's sleeve and said excitedly: "Emperor, Master, let's build a snowman together!"

He finally knew Zhu Cijiu's identity and no longer called "third brother, third brother", but his tone did not seem to be talking to the emperor!

Zhu Cijing didn't care much about this. He was a modern person's thinking and did not value the superiors and inferiors very much. He reluctantly pretended to be in front of his ministers, but he was too lazy to pretend in front of his own people.

He was still a little moved by Zheng Sen's suggestion. Although it was not interesting to make a snowman with a little kid, it was different if there were two stunning beauties next to him. That scene was desirable to think about it.

However, he really had no time, so he could only say regretfully: "I still have a lot of things to do. Mingyue, please take them to play, and arrange a residence for them by the way. Just choose a courtyard in the East Sixth Palace. No one lives there anyway."

Sometimes Zhu Cijing is indeed quite lonely. In the huge palace, he and the two empress dowagers live in three masters. The others are eunuchs and palace maids. There are no three palaces and six courtyards, no brothers and sisters, and no princesses. If you want to find a playmate, you can't find him. He can also be regarded as the loneliest emperor in history.

Now with Qin Mingyue and Zheng Sen, he was finally not so lonely. Looking at their backs as they were leaving, Zhu Cijiu smiled and shook his head, turned around and walked towards the imperial study room.

Although he issued an order to let Regent Zhu Youjian handle state affairs fully before leaving the capital, there were some things that were not possible without him, the real emperor, nodding.

For example, Han Kuang, Minister of Personnel and Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace, resigned. Will Zhu Youjian dare to criticize him?

For example, the Taifu, Grand Secretary of the Zhongji Palace, Minister of War, and Chief Auxiliary of the Cabinet Sun Chengzong asked for Yongzhen Ji Liao. Will Zhu Youjian agree?

The first thing Zhu Cijing has to deal with is these two things. These two are Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. You should know that there are only four people in the Cabinet, which is equivalent to half of them. If they are not dealt with, the entire court will be paralyzed!

He came to the imperial study room and carefully looked at Han Kuang's memorials. The reason for resigning was very simple. He was old and weak, so he could not serve in office. Well, Han Kuang is over 60 years old, and he is indeed older, but the problem is that Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong are older than him. Why are these two people not old and weak?

In fact, Zhu Cijiu knew that the real reason was the corruption storm of Qian Qianyi and others in the Donglin Party. Corrupt officials appeared in the Donglin Party, which has always claimed to be honest and honest, and there were not one or two. Han Kuang, as a veteran of the Donglin Party and the Minister of Personnel, had many people raised by him. How embarrassing is that, he really has no shame to stay, so he resigned.

Zhu Cijing felt that this was good. When the Donglin Party, the Minister of Personnel, came to Taiwan, they had fewer opportunities to promote officials. The fewer officials of the Donglin Party in the court, the lower the possibility of party struggles. The serious internal friction between the Ming Dynasty court can be cured slowly. It is not that he must be unable to get along with the Donglin Party, but that he was already disgusted with all acts of forming cliques and making personal gains. Any clique, whether it is the Donglin Party or the resumption of the society, will try every means to suppress it.

Now that Han Kuang has submitted his resignation, Zhu Cijing will certainly not try to keep him. He signaled Zhu Youjian to approve a "responsible memorial", and then asked Cao Huachun to draft an imperial edict to commend Han Kuang's achievements and reward Han Kuang with ten thousand taels of silver, allowing Han Kuang to go home to retire with peace of mind.

Sun Chengzong was ashamed of Qian Qianyi and his corruption storm, just like Han Kuang, and he wanted to resign. He was the teacher of the late emperor. Emperor Tianqi held Zhu Cijiu's hand and entrusted it to him. Now that the little emperor has not grown up, he has given up his son. Isn't that sorry for the late emperor!

Sun Chengzong was a kind and kind person. He had a particularly deep relationship with the late emperor. Since the late emperor had entrusted his orphans to him, no matter what, he would not let go before Emperor Chongzheng became an adult. After thinking about it for a while, he chose to go far to Liaodong. Now the biggest threat to the Ming Dynasty was the Later Jin. He was ready to fight with the Later Jin and try his best to drag the Later Jin to Liaodong. In this way, the Ming Dynasty would lose a fatal threat and gradually recover its vitality. If he could persist until the day of the Ming Dynasty's revival, he would be worthy of the late emperor. Of course, if he could defeat the Later Jin and recover Liaodong in his lifetime, he would be even more despaired.

Zhu Cijing carefully read Sun Chengzong's memorials, feeling his sorrow and loyalty to the Ming Dynasty until death, and his heart could not be calmed down for a long time. How could such a loyal minister and general make him die tragically in Liaodong? After thinking for a long time, Zhu Cijing suddenly stood up and said loudly: "I draft an order to grant Sun Chengzong the Duke of Zhenguo, and it will be hereditary. The guards and border troops in Liaodong, Shandong, and Jizhou are all led by him, and they will be rewarded with one million taels of silver for their own expenses."

Zhu Youjian looked at Zhu Cijing in surprise. It would be fine if this Duke Zhenguo was fine. The troops from Liaodong, Shandong and Jizhou accounted for more than half of the current Ming army. Is it appropriate to hand them all over to an outsider commander? But he carefully recalled Sun Chengzong's character and felt relieved. Sun Chengzong was indeed a trustworthy person, and such a person could not rebel.

After dealing with the matter between Han Kuang and Sun Chengzong, the next step is to promote officials. This time, there were too many Donglin Party members involved in the corruption case in Jiangnan. A large group of officials were dismissed, so naturally they had to find someone to take over.

Let’s not talk about Qian Qianyi’s gang of officials sent to Shaanxi, but have arranged for the Fushe to take over. There are still many Donglin Party members in the court who were implicated. Most of them are the chief censors, the censors who even the emperor dare to scold them.

Zhu Cijiu has suffered enough of these "censors" and always flew over like snowflakes. It would be better if you don't listen to them. These people are famous for being able to make trouble. If you don't accept advice, they will make trouble with you. The whole court is uneasy. Due to the ancestor's rule, you can't deal with them. It's really 'tofu fell into ashes, and it can't blow it, and you can't beat it.'

This time, all these "tofu" were rotten, so Zhu Cijing naturally stepped on them into the ashes without any hesitation, and then all replaced them with Jinshi in the first year of Chongzheng. These were his disciples and they were definitely not afraid to make trouble with him. After the major blood exchange, these censors were truly supervising all officials for the emperor, not for the emperor.

The problem of censors has been solved, and only the candidates for the Minister of Personnel are left. Zhu Cijing did not speak politely this time and was promoted directly. Now he is still unknown. The right assistant censor Yang Sichang of the Censorate is appointed as the Minister of Personnel!

Although Yang Sichang is not famous at all now, at that time, he was the most famous "Yang Ge Lao". Emperor Chongzhen was so suspicious. In the 17th year of the dynasty, the chief minister had changed more than 50 times, but he had always trusted Yang Sichang well. Even if he was defeated and committed suicide in the end, Emperor Chongzhen did not blame him, but lamented as if he had lost his brothers and feet.

However, Yang Sichang's reputation was not good at that time. Li Zicheng and other peasant uprising leaders compared him to a treacherous minister who was worse than Qin Hui. Many officials in the Ming Dynasty also believed that he was the culprit for killing Lu Xiangsheng.

In the chaotic history of the late Ming Dynasty, it is really hard to tell whether he was a good person or a bad person, but Zhu Cijiu values ​​him the most, that is loyalty, his unswerving loyalty to the Ming Dynasty until death in a desperate situation. Faced with the desperate situation in the late Ming Dynasty, he did not escape, but faced difficulties and personally led his troops to deal with the enemy with the emperor as the chief minister. In the end, he failed. He did not shirk responsibility, but committed suicide and apologized.

In fact, Chongzhen did not read Yang Sichang wrongly. Yang Sichang had the ability. Not to mention anything else, no one could match his ability to use it well. Like Sun Chuanting, he was the best general in the late Ming Dynasty. Although Zuo Liangyu and Hong Chengchou both surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the end, it is undeniable that they were all generals and led troops to fight more and more fiercely.

Even if Xiong Wencan is criticized, he is also a negotiating expert. Zheng Zhilong was fooled by him, and Zhang Xianzhong was persuaded to surrender. Of course, a capricious villain like Zhang Xianzhong, surrender and rebellion have become commonplace. He is so thick-skinned that no one can match. When encountering such a person, he can only blame Xiong Wencan for being too careless and cannot say that he has any problems with his ability.

After some adjustments, the Ming Dynasty court was completely renewed. Four Grand Secretarys of the Cabinet, Xu Guangqi and Yang Sichang, were both Zhu Cijiu's confidants. Sun Chengzong was far away in Liaodong and basically no longer expressed any opinions. Daozong was a good man. In addition, the Donglin Party censors were almost dealt with by him, and no one would jump out to sing against him. At this time, Zhu Cijiu really achieved a golden word and a word of a word.
Chapter completed!