Jingshi, Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City, Chongzhen frowned, and sat in front of the dragon case to review the music.

The weather in Layue was already extremely cold, and Chongzhen changed the office location to the Qianqing Palace in order to facilitate living and working.

Chongzhen put down the pen and suddenly asked, "Hasn't it rained in Beizhili in recent months?" ”

Xue Guoguan, the head of the cabinet who was standing at the bottom, replied: "Back to Your Majesty, I haven't ....... yet."

After hearing this, Chongzhen suddenly coughed violently for a while, he is now in a very bad mood, since June this year, there have been large-scale droughts, locust plagues and famine in Beizhili, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and other places, there has been no rain for many days, and the Central Plains is thousands of miles of red land, and hunger is everywhere.

Chongzhen personally led the ministers to worship the sky and ask for rain, issued the second edict since the registration, and ordered the ministers to be honest and love the civilians, so that the heavens would change their minds.

However, there has been no rain for several months, which has made Chongzhen's mood worse and worse recently, and he has also fallen seriously ill, but fortunately, the prince Zhu Cihong sent a good news, Hu Guangjie, the fifth battalion of Gezuo was killed, and six of the thirteen rogues who broke through Fengyang have been wiped out.

After taking a sip of the ginger tea handed over by Wang Chengen, Chongzhen said again: "How is the cabinet discussing the reward on the prince's side?" ”

Xue Guoguan said: "Your Majesty, it has been planned, but the minister doesn't know, whether to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince continue to suppress Kou in Jiangnan?" ”

The crown prince's merits are too great, I heard that he expanded his army in Jiangnan by nearly 100,000, not only killed a governor, but also killed three general soldiers, and there were countless other petty officials of four, five, six, and seven grades.

It's only been a year, if he continues to develop in Jiangnan, the imperial court can't control it at all, this is something that many people know well, such a big thing, the cabinet can't decide, so the crown prince's father can only make the decision himself.

Emperor Chongzhen on the dragon throne was silent for a long time, then got up and paced back and forth in the Qianqing Palace, he stopped and said, "Rong Zhen will think about it again." ”

Seeing that the emperor's mind was undecided, Xue Guoguan retreated with interest.

Chongzhen sat back on the dragon seat, half lying on the mat, looking up at the dragon mural carved on the Qianqing Palace, unable to decide for a long time.

Chongzhen really wanted to transfer Zhu Cihong back to Beijing and divide the Tianwu Army into three divisions, one to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng in Sichuan, one to deal with Zhang Xianzhong in Jiangnan, and the other to Liaodong to guard Jinzhou.

However, at the moment, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other thieves are still there, and there are many of them, and they even have the strength to attack Nanjing, Chongzhen hesitated for a while.

Chongzhen unconsciously came to Kunning Palace, and when she saw him coming, Queen Zhou was very happy, she already knew the news of Zhu Cihong's victory in Huguangjie.

After the Empress Zhou saluted, she clasped Chongzhen's hand and said, "Your Majesty, all the thieves are defeated, and the country's situation is gradually improving, when will the emperor be transferred back to Beijing?" ”

Chongzhen said with a blank face: "Queen, don't interfere in politics anymore!" ”

Queen Zhou also lowered her face and said: "The concubine hasn't seen the emperor for a year, and she misses it very much, as a mother, can't the concubine miss her son?" ”

Chongzhen frowned and said: "Now the prince is the Ming Dynasty, the country first and then the family, and the arrangement for him is a state affair!" ”

When Queen Zhou heard this, the tears in her eyes kept overflowing, and she turned away, unwilling to pay attention to Chongzhen.

Seeing her like this, Chongzhen's heart overflowed with pity, so he had to say: "When the south is settled, I will summon him back, is this good?" ”

"Really?" Zhou Hou said happily: "The stability of the south is all the credit of the emperor, and Your Majesty can be rewarded." ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Good! Good! ”

Although he said this, Chongzhen was thinking in his heart, if the prince or something, he could reward more fiefdoms, now that he is the crown prince, he wants money and money, and he wants soldiers and soldiers, and the regulations are basically equivalent to the emperor, and he will be rewarded with a fart!

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In December of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong passed through Luzhou Mansion from Taiping Mansion and returned to Fengyang Mansion, passing by newly built hoarding villages and towns on the way, and saw that the people were happily busy.

When they saw the crown prince's guard of honor return, everyone's faces showed excitement, and they bowed to the guard of honor from a distance.

Zhu Cihong sighed in his heart, after nearly a year of development, Fengyang Mansion has completely changed, and the original potholed official road has now been pressed with some small gravel, which has become wider and more solid.

On both sides of the official road, tall waterwheels stand along the rivers and gravel paths in the fields.

When passing through some cities, the houses in the city are in good order, and the streets and alleys are spotless and clean.

Looking at the smiles of the people, Zhu Cihong was very relieved, he had killed so many people and spent so much money, all of which had not been done in vain, and the people's lives had obviously improved greatly.

Zhu Cihong's guard of honor is ten miles away from Hongwumen, the central capital, only to hear the noise of gongs and drums, firecrackers rumbling, Zhu Dadian, the governor of Caoyun, and Yang Tinglin, the prefect of Fengyang, and other officials are here to greet them.

After returning to Fengyang Mansion, Yang Tinglin first reported the situation in Fengyang Mansion in detail, and Zhu Dadian also reported on the situation in Tuntian, a nearby prefecture.

When Zhu Cihong set out on the expedition, autumn sowing had already begun, and hoarders in Chuzhou Mansion and several other prefectures could plant when they ploughed in spring next year, but the current situation in Huizhou Mansion was not very good, the drought was serious, the water source was insufficient, and it was not good to farm, and few people were willing to go.

Li Tingbiao sorted out a document from the imperial court and the main events that happened in various parts of the Ming Dynasty and presented it to Zhu Cihong.

In the capital, the cabinet minister Huang Shijun resigned and retired, and Liu Zunxian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, began to build the city wall in order to strengthen the defense of the capital.

Cao Huachun was appointed to supervise the Jingying Rongzheng, this is the second time Cao Huachun has held this position, and the imperial horse eunuch Li Mingchen has supervised the capital patrol, and Wang Zhijun is the deputy.

The triennial imperial examination has been completed, and a total of 301 jinshi have been produced, and the champion is Liu Tongsheng, that is, the one who resisted the Manchu Qing Dynasty south with Yang Tinglin in history and died in a bloody battle in Ganzhou.

On the Central Plains rogue side, Liu Zeqing defeated the rogue in Hongxian County, and Hong Chengchou defeated the rogue in Hanzhong.

Not surprisingly, Li Zicheng got out of the predicament, slipped under Hong Chengchou's nose, and entered Xichuan from Qipanguan, and then captured Zhaobei, Jianzhou, Zitong, and divided his troops to Tongchuan, Jiangyou, and Mianzhou.

Zhu Cihong handed the battle report about Li Zicheng to Cao Bianjiao, who was silent for a long time after reading it, and finally sighed.

On the way to follow Zhu Cihong, Cao Bianjiao was very touched by the development of Taiping Mansion and Luzhou Mansion, and compared with Shaanxi, which has been making trouble, this is simply a paradise.

In particular, the changes in Fengyang Mansion made Cao Bianjiao extremely shocked, in the eighth year of Chongzhen and the beginning of the ninth year of Chongzhen, when Lu Xiangsheng sat in Fengyang to preside over the suppression of Kou, Cao Bianjiao led the troops to be stationed in Fengyang, and now Fengyang and before it simply do not feel the same place!

The crown prince actually took only one year to change Fengyang's appearance, and this ability is amazing.

Cao Bianjiao's eyes became more determined when he looked at Zhu Cihong, maybe this is his own master, the future of this world is his, only he will not raise his self-respect, so that the Ming Dynasty can be truly peaceful!