"Your Majesty, it's almost dawn, you'd better sleep for a while." Xu Yingyuan also sat with Zhu Yinglong for a night, but Zhu Yinglong sat and pondered for a night, and he sat on the steps and took a nap all night.

"Forget it, go and get me a basin of cold water. I want to wash my face." Zhu Yinglong shook his head and waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, although the cold winter has passed, the weather is still very cold. If you wash your face with cold water, wouldn't it be frozen?" Xu Yingyuan quickly rubbed his eyes and said.

"If you ask you to go, just go, you are a slave, why are you talking so much!" Zhu Yinglong was a little unhappy and said coldly.

"I'll go now, go now." Xu Yingyuan was frightened and suddenly remembered the thick stick. Although he was the emperor's close friend, he was beaten much more than other eunuchs. It was because he said what he shouldn't have said, so he naturally didn't dare to say anything more.

After a while, Xu Yingyuan walked in with a basin of cold water and placed it on the basin rack. He was about to put the towel in it, wet the towel, squeeze it, and then wipe the emperor's face. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yinglong pushed him away and said, "Get up, I'll do it myself!"

The cold Yuquan landscape was enough to calm Zhu Yinglong's chaotic mind. Zhu Yinglong pierced the cold water in the copper basin on one end. Xu Yingyuan stood aside, and he was not stopping, nor did he stop him. He was at a loss and didn't know what to do.

Zhu Yinglong let his head stay in the cold water for a minute and a half before he raised his watery head, grabbed the dry towel in front of his right hand, and said to Xu Yingyuan: "Go, go ahead and take a look. If the old director Sun comes in advance, let him come to my place first."

Zhu Yinglong wiped his wet face with a dry towel. Seeing Xu Yingyuan standing on the spot, he said angrily: "You slave, why are you still standing here? Why don't you call me!"

Xu Yingyuan suddenly woke up and couldn't help but nodded, "Yes, yes, my master, I'll go now!" He ran out as if he had lost his soul.

Da Yu'er was on duty last night, but the night before yesterday, Zhu Yinglong offended her for no reason and scolded her very fiercely. She deliberately lacked the amount last night and was angry with her. I am afraid that only the emperor, the emperor, would have such a good temper. If it were someone else, this girl would have died several times. At this moment, this girl is still sleeping like a dead pig. If she serves him, she may have to serve her herself!

"Look at the memorial of Liu Hongxun from the 800-mile fast horse in Liaodong, old dean." As soon as Zhu Yinglong saw Sun Chengzong with gray hair, he quickly asked someone to set up a soft seat and personally handed Liu Hongxun's memorial to him.

Sun Chengzong hurriedly reached out to take it, took out the reading glasses that Zhu Yinglong had specially polished for him from the small gold-edged box hanging on his chest, and read it carefully in the faint morning light.

The words in the memorial are long stories and express the most direct meaning in the simplest words. In a short while, Sun Chengzong finished reading the 800-mile horse secret fold of Liu Hongxun, took off the reading glasses in front of his eyes, put them in the wooden box with gold edges on his chest, and closed them carefully, then said: "Emperor, Huang Taiji's intention is very obvious, that is, he has fully grasped the emperor's mind. Even if the emperor wants to fight, he will not fight at this time. It seems that the emperor's orders Liu Zongzhou to go on a mission to Mongolia to achieve the purpose of driving tigers and swallowing wolves. It also shows that the emperor's mind must first calm the country when he fights foreign countries. Huang Taiji is so confident."

"The thoughts of Mr. Sun coincide with me. As the spring exam is approaching, I am thinking of ending the Liaodong dispute before this, putting my energy back to the country, refreshing the administration of officials, eliminating bad policies, and solving the pseudo-Ming court in Nanjing, and then leading the army northward to rescue the lost land and the people enslaved by the Jin people." Zhu Yinglong sighed.

"The court agreed to a peace talk with the Jin people. That was just one month after the emperor ascended the throne. Almost all the important officials in the court were old ministers of the emperor's residence, so no one opposed the emperor's peace talks with the Later Jin, but now it is different. Although the big idea is still with the emperor, the peace talks over the past few months have not achieved any results. Some ministers are inevitably complaining and unresolved. The court believes that the Later Jin deliberately delays time because there are many people." Sun Chengzong said.

"What President Sun means is that some ministers in the court oppose peace talks?" Zhu Yinglong asked in his heart.

"Even if the old minister doesn't say it, the emperor can still see it. Although the court is united on the surface, one hundred people have 100 thoughts, and not all of them can understand the emperor's good intentions." Sun Chengzong couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In order to stabilize the situation, many ministers who were not taken away by Wei Zhongxian were retained, and a group of people were recruited. Although these people were one or several levels lower than those who came out of the Qiandi Palace, there were quite a few of them. In order to achieve the Six Ministry and the yamen in the capital, alternate officials and those who were idle at home, and even those who were Ding You also entered the court, which formed the current situation.

Zhu Yinglong pondered without saying a word. In the past, he saw the emperors of all ages in history, and the heroic spirit was a foundation that made future generations praise and amazement. That was both envious and jealous. How many people could see the little things behind these emperors of all ages? Being an emperor is difficult, being a wise king is even more difficult, and being a wise king who makes a difference is even more difficult.

Sun Chengzong now understood why King Xin took such a big risk in Kaifeng to build a villa as a cover to start two academies to train talents. It turned out that it was for this purpose. Unfortunately, the time was too short. It was impossible to cultivate so many talents in just two years. This requires accumulation. It is probably their stage in ten years. The only thing in front of him is to keep the old ones, cultivate them and discover them.

"A century-old plan is based on education!" Zhu Yinglong sighed to the sky, "I finally understand the true meaning of this sentence."

"The emperor's words coincide with the old ministers. The emperor went through so much luck and hardship to establish Beijing. Isn't this the reason for the two universities in Tsinghua University?" Sun Chengzong couldn't help but have moistened his eyes. He spent his whole life with the country, hoping to see the national religion become stronger. The person in front of him is a wise ruler who has never been seen in the ages. Although he is determined to support all his decisions, no one lives in this world, and is not independent. Some things must be restrained and obstructed, and he has to make some choices he does not want to.

"The content of Liu Hongxun's secret letter is only known by you, the king and the minister. Do not reveal a word to the outside world." Zhu Yinglong calmed down and ordered.

"The old minister understands, but how should we deal with this matter?" Sun Chengzong asked for instructions.

"If peace talks are not reached, the first mistake is because peace talks are my arbitrary and proactive, but the ministers will never count the guilt on my head. The one who is implicated must be Liu Hongxun Liu Aiqing. Unless I admit my mistake in public, no, I cannot admit my mistake, and Liu Aiqing is not wrong, and peace talks must not be interrupted like this. Otherwise, I have made such efforts to waste all my efforts!" Zhu Yinglong became more and more excited.

"But the emperor, Huang Taiji's ten principles cannot be agreed to. If the people in the world know, what will the people think of the court?" Sun Chengzong stood up and looked at Zhu Yinglong and asked.

"Turn harmony with each other!" Four words burst out from Zhu Yinglong's teeth.

"Thank you to fight?" Sun Chengzong was shocked. He was always steady and was shocked by the emperor's idea. This method was like walking a tightrope. If it was not done well, a full-scale war might break out.

"Yes, Huang Taiji predicted that I would not be willing to move troops from the north easily, because what I most urgently needed to solve was the tax-heavy land in the southeast, and it was still in the hands of Wei Zhongxian, so he used peace talks to force me to get things that I could not even get on the battlefield. If I was really as he expected, then I would have become a puppet controlled by him. I would not let him do it!" Zhu Yinglong's face said with evil spirits.

"Your Majesty, you have to think twice about this matter. If a full-scale war is launched, it may be unfavorable to the emperor's overall plan. Nanjing may take advantage of the situation!" Sun Chengzong said with concern.

"What Mr. Sun is worried about is not unreasonable, but it is not unhelpful to the court if we drag it on like this. Once Huang Taiji is restored, he will not ask the court to negotiate with him. There is also the Chaharlin Dan Khan who is close to me. If the court fights with the Later Jin, he may be the happiest person. Maybe he will take advantage of the situation to rob the Later Jin, and maybe he will watch the fire from the other side. When we are exhausted or both are injured, so if we want to fight, we can only fight quickly and we must be 100% sure to seriously damage Huang Taiji, otherwise I will be more passive!" Zhu Yinglong clenched his fists tightly. With such an adventurous idea, how dare he say it easily without considering Zhu Yinglong?

"It seems that the emperor has made up his mind, so the old minister will not say anything." Sun Chengzong knew that the emperor had not slept all night after receiving the secret letter, so he must have weighed the gains and losses in his heart for countless times, which was much more thoughtful than himself who had just learned the news.

"Your Majesty, it's time for three o'clock. It's time for you to change your clothes and go to court." Xu Yingyuan came over and whispered to Zhu Yinglong.

"Old me, please leave first!" Sun Chengzong hurriedly bowed and left the Palace of Yangxin.

Zhu Yinglong quickly changed into a dragon robe with the help of Xu Yingyuan, and rushed to the Palace of Supreme Harmony with all his might.

This morning, the court discussed the Spring Examination. The candidates from all over the country have gradually entered Beijing. Since some provinces in the provincial examination were as usual in the provincial examination last year, some provinces, such as the Shuntian provincial examination in Zhili, were postponed for a month, so the Ministry of Rites of this year requested a postponement for one month. On the ninth, twelve and fifteenth day of the third lunar month, the palace examination was also postponed for April 15th. This is the first time that the new emperor ascended the throne to the throne to recruit students. The court took it very seriously, especially now that there are many officials, this time the candidates for the examination must be much more than the previous years. Therefore, although there are fewer candidates from several major provinces in Jiangnan, the candidates who come to Beijing to participate in the Spring Examination do not have to be young in previous years. In particular, many candidates from Jiangnan secretly ran to Fujian, Guangdong and other places, and set off after the New Year and took a boat to Beijing to go to sea, which really surprised Zhu Yinglong and slightly diluted the dark cloud in Zhu Yinglong's heart.

After fierce quarrels among court officials, Zhu Yinglong decided that the chief examiner of this year's examination was Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Rites, and called him the president, the deputy chief examiner Huang Zunsu, the Minister of Personnel, and Wen Zhenmeng, the new Minister of Rites, as well as the Chief Executive Officer of the Examination Hall, the Left Censor Guo Duxian and others.

The military exercises were also carried out at the same time, and the time was also set in April, mainly to select and supplement some low-level military officers from the military.

Correspondingly, the pseudo-Ming court in Nanjing was also preparing for the spring examination in the first year of the new emperor Honglong, which was postponed for a month. The examiner was still Qian Qianyi, who had changed his tribute. In comparison, Nanjing was overcrowded, and several provinces under Wei Zhongxian controlled had fewer candidates to participate in the spring examination. Several famous people were still arrested by Wei Zhongxian to participate in the spring examination, and they also made many big jokes that had been passed down through the ages.
Chapter completed!