Zhu Xu's busy feet don't touch the ground, the cabinet is busy with tea, and the palace is even more hot.

It wasn't until it was dark that Zhu Xu breathed a sigh of relief and weighed the last notebook in his hand.

This recital was sent to Fu Changzong, who went to the six provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu to be the prime minister, and the recital book has his consideration of the general affairs of the six provinces during this time, his views on some personnel, and most importantly, he has a deeper, clearer, and intuitive understanding of the disaster situation in the six provinces, and bluntly said that 'the six provinces are politically famine, the land is famine, and the people are famine', 'the red land is thousands of miles, and thousands of households are wailing', and 'everything is empty, people cannibalism, and it is miserable for thousands of miles'.

Zhu Xu put the notebook on the desk, holding the teacup, and pondered in his heart.

The governor of the six provinces also told him about their situation, but it was not as serious as Fu Changzong said, perhaps because they were divided and looked at it with limitations, and Fu Changzong could not see it clearly.

Zhu Xu took a sip of tea, his eyes were still staring at the script, and every word flashed in front of his eyes, making him feel a little uneasy.

"Perhaps, not only these six provinces, but also other places are much more serious than those mentioned in the sonata, and will be even more terrible in the future......"

Zhu Xu muttered to himself, and then turned his head to look at Cao Huachun who was not far away and said, "Regarding the imperial history of the 22nd Patrol Government, has the cabinet been selected?" ”

Cao Huachun glanced at the sky outside and said, "Not yet, but the cabinet is already working overtime, and there should be a result today." ”

Zhu Xu nodded and put together this Dao script.

If you want to truly understand the situation in various places, in addition to patrolling the imperial history, you also need to promote the development of the 'New Deal', collect local information through various channels, and no longer rely on the scripts of local yamen alone.

Cao Huachun saw that Zhu Xu was finished, thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Guogong is expected to enter Beijing tomorrow morning." ”

Zhu Xu said 'um' and said, "Then please go to Cining Palace at noon, and I will also go over and have dinner together." By the way, Gong Yonggu and Princess Yongan also came. ”

"Yes." Cao Huachun said.

Zhu Xu got up, took a plate of dim sum from the table not far away, took a few bites of tea, and said, "Let the heavens. The Jinwei shipyard is trying to seize the time to test, and before the martial arts, I want to go and see for myself. ”

"Yes." Cao Huachun responded. The shipyard is now in three shifts, and it is busy around the clock, and it is not afraid to make the slightest mistake. The 'Hongwu' has been built, and it is about to be launched for testing.

Zhu Xu took a few bites, clapped his hands, wiped his mouth and said, "Other equipped things, how are you preparing?" ”

Cao Huachun said: "Twenty medium ships, seventy small ships, plus other supplies and the like, a total of one hundred, artillery, money and grain, all kinds of commodities are constantly being transported to the sky. Jinwei, you won't miss the emperor's affairs. ”

Zhu Xu nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and said with a sigh of relief, "Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed." After my royal brother entered Beijing, I didn't bother to see him, everything was arranged as usual. Then pass on Zheng Zhilong, and worship into Beijing. ”

Cao Huachun looked at Zhu Xu, his heart moved slightly, and he said knowingly: "Yes." ”

Before Cao Huachun's words fell, Liu Shimin walked in with two inner eunuchs holding two plates, and said, "Your Majesty, this is a new transcript sent by the cabinet, and some of them are directly into the celebrant supervisor, and the slaves and maids have all sorted them out." ”

The current transcript written to Zhu Xu will directly enter the Ministry of Ceremonies, not the Department of Political Affairs, so as not to be intercepted by the cabinet.

Zhu Xu took the plate and took a notebook in his hand, and his eyes were about the list of the 22nd Patrol Imperial History and the staff.

Zhu Xu looked at it seriously, one by one, and couldn't help frowning.

Most of the people on the list are very unfamiliar to him, and among the few Lang of the Six Divisions, he has some impressions of the Lang Lang, and the others feel that they all appeared out of thin air.

Zhu Xu pondered for a while, looked at Liu Shimin and said, "How was the list drawn up?" ”

Liu Shimin said: "It was jointly recommended, discussed, and finally decided by the six departments of the Cabinet, the Governor's Yuan, Dali Temple, etc. Most of these people were born as Jinshi after the 35th year of Wanli, and they had never participated in party struggles, and they were innocent and had a noble character. ”

What Zhu Xu was most afraid of was the word 'noble character', he pondered for a moment and said, "If you don't leave it, I'll take a look." ”

Liu Shimin was stunned and looked at Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun shook his head slightly, signaling not to say more.

Liu Shimin didn't say anything more, took another plate, and said, "Your Majesty, the three necklaces are ready." ”

Zhu Xu showed a hint of joy on his face, took it, picked up the middle one, and put it in front of him to look at it.

This one, engraved with phoenix patterns, inlaid with pearls and jade, is quite exquisite, more noble, and identity. picked up the other two, these two styles are almost the same, there are a few missing lines on the lines, pearls, gems are even worse, they should be for Li Jieyu and Hailan Zhu.

Zhu Xu nodded slightly, handed it to Cao Huachun and said, "Put it in the cupboard, and remind me to take one to the Yuzao Palace at night." ”

"Yes." Cao Huachun leaned over and said.

Zhu Xu took a notebook in his hand and continued his work.

Liu Shimin quietly retreated, and in the warm pavilion, there was no movement except for the sound of Zhu Xu flipping the notebook.

At this time, the cabinet was still busy, more than a dozen people, at the beginning it was quite harmonious, with personnel issues, rights and responsibilities, the debate became more and more intense. Bi Ziyan's control over the cabinet is decent, not to mention the addition of six Shangshu, and the six Shangshu are even more uneven, which brings more trouble to Bi Ziyan.

Bi Ziyan regretted a little, he didn't unify in the cabinet first, otherwise he would not be able to bargain with the six ministries, and the five people in the cabinet were fully capable of suppressing the six scholars of the six ministries.

However, Zhao Han, the secretary of the sixth ministry, is a henchman of the Qianqing Palace, and Zhang Bingwen, the secretary of the household department, is the confidant of Fu Changzong, who is also a member of the Qianqing Palace, which makes Bi Ziyan a little constrained and difficult to fully exert his means.

In the end, it is nothing more than compromise and concession, and then complete the set plan step by step.

However, even though everyone knows it, but the dispute is unceremonious, not only itself, but also involves the relationship between the cabinet and the six ministries, if there is no dispute, the six ministries will really be turned into executive agencies by the cabinet, that is too terrible, yes, the six books are intentionally or unintentionally united, in the rebellion against the oppression of the cabinet.

The cabinet is not in harmony, especially King Jing, on many issues, openly disagrees with Bi Ziyan, making the cabinet very passive.

The contradiction between the cabinet and the six ministries is not a day or two, and many times it is quite mild, and it is not very revealed, but now when it comes to all kinds of personnel, the contradiction can be regarded as breaking out.

After all, the cabinet is in the upper position, even if there is discord, Bi Ziyan can stand up and force it through, which seems quite strong and arrogant.

The cabinet is sticking to each other, and the yamen outside the palace are similar, all of them are working for various government affairs, and the struggle for power and responsibility is bloody, and the sun and moon are dull.

The nobles and ministers were bitter and happy, firstly, their titles would die out within three generations and cease to exist, but happily, the imperial court had reduced restrictions on them, allowing them to get involved in all trades except official careers and military careers.

British Duke Zhang Weixian, Duke Dingguo Xu Yunzhen, Duke Chengguo Zhu Chunchen and others gathered together to plan some big things.

For example, they are ready to gather people and send them to Liaodong or Bei'an Nan to reclaim wasteland, according to the regulations of the imperial court, this can quickly obtain money and grain and at the same time get acres of land, what they care about most is still acres of land.

In addition, they also plan to set up a trading house, buy shops, etc., and some of the taboos in the past are not so important after the 'demote case'.

Just when this group of grandfathers and princes were hotly discussed, the Qinglou Workshop in the capital was also undergoing great changes.

Some women ransomed their bodies one after another, but in just half a day, one-fifth of them went to the yamen in various places to change their household registration, except for the 'lowly status', those who are good follow the good, those who are looking for work are looking for work, and those who are ready to marry are preparing dowries, and so on.

Qunfang Building.

Dressed in gorgeous clothes, surrounded by three or four family members, fourteen or fifteen years old, the arrogant noble son, staring at the middle-aged woman with heavy makeup in front of him, snorted coldly: "I don't care if she is really sick, she still has to be good, I must come out to accompany my son today, otherwise I will demolish your dilapidated building!" ”

The middle-aged woman smiled stiffly and said, "Ouch, little grandfather, Liu Qing is really sick and can't see guests, so you better come back another day......

"Whew!"

The young man was very fierce, and a mouthful of thick phlegm spit directly on the middle-aged woman's face, and said viciously: "You want to deceive Lao Tzu!" I really thought that Lao Tzu didn't know, she had already gone to the cheap nationality, and she would move out of Xiulou today, tomorrow, where would Lao Tzu find it tomorrow! ”

The person in front of him is the little son of Cheng Guogong, Zhu Yingyou, known as the little grandfather, and he is also a little demon king in the capital.

An old bustard who opened a brothel naturally didn't dare to offend, wiped off the phlegm with his own face, and said with a stiff smile, "Little grandfather, I really didn't lie to you, Liu Qing is really uncomfortable......"

"Get out of here!" Zhu Yingyou was furious and kicked over.

"Ouch!"

The middle-aged woman was caught off guard and was kicked out.

Zhu Yingyou snorted coldly, strode upstairs, and went straight to Liu Qing's room.

"Ouch, little grandfather, you can't go up, Liu Qing is really sick...... "The old bustard shouted with his waist propped up, gasping in pain as soon as he took a step.

Zhu Yingyou was furious, ignored it at all, and led a group of people upstairs.