In the afternoon in Beijing, after a heavy rain, the extremely hot weather was relieved a little.

In the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao came out of the stuffy bedroom in a thin shirt and walked along the corridor to the back garden. On the summer afternoon after the heavy rain, there was a rare cool time, and Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to come out and get some breath.

In recent times, Zhu Houzhao has been uneasy. The war in the northern expedition has touched his heart and made him unable to sleep at night. The situation in the court had already stabilized, but it became a mess with the failure to recover Hetao. Under the urgency, he had to agree to Zhang Yanling's conditions and once again ask his omnipotent uncle to come out to put out the fire.

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Although the conditions proposed by his uncle were very harsh and unhappy, Zhang Yanling was indeed angry this time. If he refused to come out to clean up the mess, he really wouldn't have thought that anyone would be able to clean up the mess.

That night, in Zhang Yanling's mansion, in Zhang Yanling's study, Zhang Yanling proposed four conditions to him.

The first condition is that Zhang Yanling proposed that as long as he succeeded in the northern expedition, the emperor would need to listen to his memorials, dissolve the cabinet, and reform the internal and external structure of the court.

Zhang Yanling said that the existing imperial structure, the internal and external courts competed with each other, and the hereditary leadership of the noble group has caused the imperial court to be divided into a situation of fighting for power, profit and civil and military division. The imperial structure must be reformed to completely change this situation and avoid this situation of the three major interest groups of the internal and external courts and the honorary and relatives.

Zhang Yanling demanded the restoration of the imperial structure at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the restoration of the position of prime minister, and the establishment of the left and right prime ministers, Hepingzhang Zhengshi and other official positions to command six ministries. The cabinet was abolished, the power of the inner court was abolished, and eunuchs were prohibited from participating in politics and leading the army or even supervising the army.

Zhang Yanling proposed that the troops and horses of the border troops of the Beijing camp and local garrisons should implement a unified military pay and equipment system without specialization. He also said that the leading institutions should be reformed and the leading yamen should be centralized and unified to command the world's troops except the Beijing camp. For example, the Grand Governor's Office should be re-established.

Zhang Yanling said that it is necessary to change the chaotic and mutually restrictive structure of the court, clarify the administrative and military powers, clarify the responsibilities of the internal and external courts, and prohibit randomly reaching out and crossing the border. The Dongchang Jinyiwei Yamen, which has complained, has a great responsibility to the Imperial Guard and the Censorate of the Ministry of Justice. Increase the supervision of the Censorate, so that the Censorate can play a greater role in supervision.

That night Zhang Yanling said a lot. How to restrict government power, how to separate the power of leadership and the dispatch of troops, how to play a supervisory role in the Censorate, how to select and assess the prime minister and the chief general, etc.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao didn't listen to it all, although he vaguely felt that Zhang Yanling's purpose of doing this seemed to be for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. However, this time, Zhang Yanling was very angry because he and the outer court had launched the Hetao battle without him, so he took the opportunity to propose the condition of disbanding the cabinet and changing the structure.

Although Zhang Yanling said that he would not seek to be the position of prime minister and chief governor, the court could appoint others. However, in Zhu Houzhao's opinion, these words were obviously against their will. Zhang Yanling wanted to break the barriers to office, and he was not satisfied with leading the Beijing camp and the navy yamen. He wanted greater power. He wanted to be prime minister and chief governor.

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In fact, Zhu Houzhao didn't think there was anything wrong with him. He knew Zhang Yanling. His uncle was definitely not an ambitious man, and he didn't have to worry that he would take away the Zhu family's foundation. He just wanted to do something big.

However, this time, Zhang Yanling's tough attitude towards him made Zhu Houzhao feel uncomfortable. Of course, this matter was ultimately due to his impulse and agreed to the military plan to recover Hetao without discussing it with Zhang Yanling. Zhang Yanling should be really disappointed with him. He proposed the proposal of disbanding the cabinet and wanted to control the situation, which was actually a worry that he did not want the situation to be out of control in the future.

For Zhu Houzhao, despite all the unhappiness and even annoyed Zhang Yanling's reaction this time, he knew clearly that at this moment, only Zhang Yanling could clean up the mess, and he could only agree to Zhang Yanling's condition.

Moreover, when Zhang Yanling went to war, he ordered people to give Zhang Yanling the golden seal of the foundry of the Great Ming Dynasty military commander as a gift for farewell. That was to tell Zhang Yanling that he would fulfill his promise. If he returned triumphantly, the position of the Great Governor's Office would be Zhang Yanling. In other words, the institutional reform of the court would also be carried out according to Zhang Yanling's wishes.

The third condition is Zhang Yanling's request to mobilize troops and a comprehensive strategy for expedition. Zhang Yanling asked for permission to lead the four foreign armies and named Datong General Hu Zuguang to lead the army to the expedition. He also proposed that this expedition would simply solve the problem of the Tatars once and for all. He would expel the Tatars to the north of the desert, annihilate most of the main forces of the Tatars, and strive to ensure the peace of the border town for at least decades.

Although Zhu Houzhao felt that Zhang Yanling's bold idea was a bit ambitious, since this was the condition for sending troops proposed by Zhang Yanling, it would be okay to have a bigger goal. In fact, they only need them to clean up the mess this time and ensure peace in the border town.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao also knew why Zhang Yanling wanted to take the four foreign troops out of the war, which was a blatant action against Jiang Bin. He wanted to take the four foreign troops out of Jiang Bin. In the final analysis, it was because he favored Jiang Bin and Jiang Bin repeatedly offended Zhang Yanling.

Zhu Houzhao knew that all this was because he did not punish Jiang Bin. This time, Zhu Houzhao couldn't and did not want to shelter Jiang Bin. After all, it would be better to go to war with the four foreign troops than to take away the Beijing camp.

Furthermore, Jiang Bin failed his expectations, and this person never brought surprise to himself. He is a mediocre person. In this situation, he cannot ruin the overall situation for this mediocre person. Instead, he should stay away from him.

That night, the third condition proposed by Zhang Yanling was to rectify the administration of officials and conduct a major screening and cleaning up civil officials in the foreign court. Zhang Yanling's request was very simple. He would find out the reason for the defeat of Hetao. No matter who the person involved was, he would dig to the end and uproot all the ones that should be killed and cleaned up. He would eliminate all the mixed forces in the civil officials.

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Zhu Houzhao certainly understood that Zhang Yanling did this to target his behavior of not holding Yang Ting and Fei Hong and others accountable. Zhu Houzhao knew that he had a hard time. If the plan he approved was not properly held Yang Tinghe accountable, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? Therefore, although he knew that Yang Ting and Fei Hong and others' explanation was shirking responsibility to Yang Yiqing and others, he could only acknowledge it.

It is better to attribute the failure of the Hetao battle to the arbitrage and mistakes of specific military battles than to attribute the responsibility to the mistakes that the plan was wrong from the beginning. This also avoids being involved. After all, I am the one who issued a self-destruction and made such a big mistake, and then I will really lose the trust of the people in the world.

Zhu Houzhao knew that nothing could be hidden from Zhang Yanling, so he simply confessed his concerns to Zhang Yanling. Zhang Yanling also gave Zhu Houzhao face, and he assured Zhu Houzhao that the cleaning up against the outer court must be carried out under the premise of conclusive evidence and that the emperor would not involve the emperor. He would not hold on to the Hetao battle plan itself.

Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to agree to this second condition.

The fourth condition proposed by Zhang Yanling was quite surprised by Zhu Houzhao. It was a request for his private issues. Zhang Yanling asked Zhu Houzhao to issue an order to marry Zhu Qingyi, the princess of Prince Qing's Mansion, to marry him as his wife. He also confessed the fact that he and Zhu Qingyi already had a son.

This surprised Zhu Houzhao very much. But at the same time, it was funny, not angry. Unexpectedly, his uncle and Princess Qing's Mansion had even had a son. It was such a bold move. However, this was nothing in the eyes of Zhu Houzhao, who was already unrestrained.

Especially this matter is nothing compared to the current major events.

On the contrary, this just shows that Zhang Yanling respects etiquette and law and is afraid of rules. Otherwise, he would not have to ask for permission. This instead made Zhu Houzhao feel more at ease with Zhang Yanling.

Zhu Houzhao naturally wanted to give this kind of favor to the river. He told Zhang Yanling that as long as he could achieve the purpose of the Northern Expedition and return in triumph, he issued an order to give the marriage to rectify the matter.

That night, Zhu Houzhao made a compromise and made a promise, some were sincere, while others were actually perfunctory. Zhu Houzhao also acted a little bit cautiously, and he still had to discuss some things with Zhang Yanling to see if there was any flexibility. At that time, his tone was softer and he was willing to ask for something, and maybe Zhang Yanling would give in.

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Of course, Zhu Houzhao was unwilling to be forced to make some concessions that he was unwilling to make, but at this time, he needed Zhang Yanling, and in the future, he did not want to lose this uncle who could sit on the throne with peace of mind.

The air in the back garden of Qianqing Palace after the heavy rain was refreshing, and the heavy rain washed away the heat, making the flowers and trees seem to be refreshed. The air was filled with the smell of soil after the rain, and the small waterfall on the rockery turned into a white horse after the rain, falling into the pool, and there was a roar.

Zhu Houzhao stood under the gallery and saw the close eunuch Wang An walking quickly.

"I report to the emperor that Lord Jiang from the Jinyiwei Yamen is asking for a visit outside the palace." Wang An reported.

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "Why is he here again? Didn't I say I won't see you? Go and tell him that I'm busy and I won't see you."

Wang An apologized and said, "Your Majesty, I said it, but Lord Jiang refused to leave. He said that when he saw the emperor, he wanted to say something to the emperor, and then he left."

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "What do he have to say? I won't see you."

Wang An whispered: "Master, I heard that Lord Jiang is going to submit his resignation to the emperor in person and return to his hometown in Weizhou to return to his country. If the emperor did not see him, he would not come to the palace to bother the emperor again in the future. Besides, Lord Jiang is the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei Yamen after all, and he will never see him, and the officials outside will talk nonsense again."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned and said in a deep voice: "How did you know he was going to resign? Did he tell you?"

Wang An hurriedly said, "I have heard of it too. Lord Jiang has been in the palace for five or six times these days. Even if he didn't resign, he is afraid that there will be something important. If the emperor sees him, I will ask him to leave."

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Zhu Houzhao waved her hand and said, "I won't see you."

Wang An sighed, bowed and retreated, and turned around and left. Zhu Houzhao suddenly shouted, "Forget it, let him see me for a while. Bring him here."

Wang An was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I obey the order!"

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