There is some bleakness in the capital in autumn.

Zhu Yijun didn't expect that autumn this year would come so early. Since autumn has come, winter should not be far away.

The drizzle hits the trees and slides down the grass along the texture of the leaves; the drizzle spreads all over the river, and the raindrops keep falling on the water, and are occasionally brought into the cabin by the wind.

"Your Majesty, let's go in." Chen Ju stood behind Zhu Yijun with a greasy umbrella and said with some concern: "It's still a little cold outside, the dragon body is important."

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said nothing.

An autumn rain is cooler. When we arrive in the north, every autumn rain means that the temperature will drop a little. Today, the autumn rain is a little cooler, and this year is probably another difficult winter.

The scenery on both sides of the strait is different from when I left.

When I walked by myself, the scenery on both sides of the strait was very good, full of green. Now it is full of desolation, less vitality and more solemn.

In such an environment, Zhu Yijun's mood was inevitably affected by some.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Yijun turned to Chen Ju and said, "Is there any news coming from Shanxi?"

The matter in Jiangnan has come to an end, but it does not mean the end of the matter. Since leaving Nanjing, Zhu Yijun's eyes have been staring at Shanxi and Shaanxi, both places he has always paid great attention to.

When the salt business collapses, salt merchants will look for new ways out. Shaanxi people found salt wells and continued to do their salt business. This is the trajectory of history.

Although the salt business has collapsed this time, it is just a little different from history. This time it is artificial and someone is controlling it. This person is Zhu Yijun. Shanxi people can still interfere in the salt business, but it is planned by the country.

In addition, there were those people from Shanxi. In the original history, they began to do business with Cao Yuan and eventually developed into the famous Eight Great Imperial Merchants. They focused their main energy on Zhangjiakou, and the famous Westward Journey began during this period.

It’s not wrong for these people to go west, and it’s not wrong for doing business on the grassland. There is only one thing they do wrong, that is, there is no rule. They sell what should be sold, and what should not be sold. In the end, there is nothing they dare not sell.

Smuggling prohibited items is a trivial matter. In the end, they even led the way for outsiders and brought them in to grab them. After the robbery, they sold the stolen goods on the spot; they sold military intelligence and bribed the generals to surrender, and they all did it.

There is nothing new under the sun, and many people in the future will be familiar with them. Doing arms business, intelligence business, material business, and developing around war, robbery, and plunder.

Under such circumstances, whether Shanxi or Shaanxi is worthy of Zhu Yijun's next attention, and even more attention than Jiangnan, then intelligence is naturally indispensable.

After hearing Zhu Yijun's question, Chen Ju hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, there is no news sent to Shanxi and Shaanxi for the time being, everything is very stable."

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Are you still sending people to the capital?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Ju nodded, "They have sent a lot of people."

Zhu Yijun did not continue to ask about this matter, and there had been news for a long time. Obviously, they still had another idea in their minds. After all, the matter of the Imperial Merchants is no longer a secret.

He glanced at Chen Ju, but Zhu Yijun didn't say anything.

Zhu Yijun actually didn't have much thought about choosing a concubine. What's more, the queen is about to give birth now, and she is not that far, she has to choose a concubine when the queen gives birth.

If the queen could have a son, things would be much easier.

But if the queen gave birth to a daughter, don't do anything randomly for the time being.

However, there is one thing that you can consider, and you do have to do something to soothe the hearts of the ministers. Recently, people from the court and the country are in panic, and some things are not easy to handle.

Suddenly, Zhu Yijun had an idea, turned to look at Chen Ju and asked, "Chen Ju, how about you saying I would add an Enke?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ju was a little confused. His Majesty's thinking was jumping too fast, right?

The so-called Encai means that the emperor held an imperial examination in a year that was not an imperial examination, which was equivalent to giving scholars all over the world a chance and giving them an extra chance to take the exam in vain.

After all, the imperial examinations are not held every year, but once every three years.

Adding Enke once means having another chance. If it is placed in later generations, it means enrollment expansion. Whether it is an enrollment expansion in university or civil servants, everyone is happy anyway.

Once this policy is released, everyone's attention will be attracted.

When he didn't know what His Majesty wanted to do, Chen Ju said respectfully: "I dare not talk nonsense about such a big deal."

Zhu Yijun glanced at him, snorted coldly and said nothing.

The boat was sailing on the water and soon saw a shadow of people ahead.

Those who came to Tongzhou Wharf to welcome the emperor, and naturally the leader was Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty cabinet.

Zhu Yijun got off the boat and directly asked someone to invite Zhang Juzheng over, pulled him into a carriage, and went straight towards the palace.

Zhu Yijun was not interested in what to say to his ministers here in the rain.

The others watched the emperor and Zhang Juzheng leave in the carriage together, with various expressions and everyone's moods.

But there is one thing they can be sure of, that is, the emperor really favors Zhang Juzheng.

Sitting in the carriage, although Zhang Juzheng had a faint smile on his face, his heart was very complicated.

He didn't want to get on the carriage, he was already eye-catching enough, and now he followed the emperor to return to the capital. What's this called?

You don’t have to think about it. After returning to the capital, someone will inevitably impeach you and usurp power and be arrogant and domineering.

Although he didn't care, the emperor seemed to care, but the flies were buzzing in his ears all day long. Zhang Juzheng was so annoyed when he thought about it.

Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "I haven't seen the sir these days. I really miss you very much."

As he said that, he grabbed Zhang Juzheng's hand quite close.

"The old minister misses Your Majesty very much." Zhang Juzheng also said with emotion: "Your Majesty goes south. I have not been worried for a day, for fear that Your Majesty will not eat well or sleep well, and for fear that Your Majesty will not adapt to the environment and feel uncomfortable."
Chapter completed!