During the three days that Huang Han was on the road, the emperor spent exactly two afternoons inspecting the cityscape of Beijing, and put on the clothes of a scholar and came to the city of sleepless for two consecutive nights for a private visit.

Accompanied by the three most favored ministers at the moment, Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun, and Fang Zhenghua, plus the retainer Jinyiwei and Li Ruolian.

The prosperous capital and the prosperous city that never sleeps often give people the illusion that the emperor temporarily forgot that the people of Shanxi were not living well, that the people of Henan were all over the place, and that the remnants of the rebellion in the four provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guizhou had been thieves and repeatedly attacked the Ming army.

He watched the changing of the guard ceremony performed by the "Red Shirts" through the bright glass window in the exquisite private room of a teahouse, and when he saw many onlookers, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

Chongzhen asked Fang Zhenghua and said, "Fang Companion, those guards' flower shelves look good, are they useful?" ”

Fang Zhenghua affirmed: "The slave and maid return to Your Majesty, this is useful, and the effect is remarkable. General Pingliao once said that it is better for soldiers to kneel less, and to implement discipline and obedience while enhancing their sense of honor and self-esteem. ”

Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "That makes sense. He looked at Li Ruolian and Fang Zhenghua, and said, "Since it is beneficial to do this, you can also follow suit by training Jingying and Jinyiwei." ”

Fang Zhenghua said: "When the slave wakes up, she will definitely keep His Majesty's teachings in mind!" ”

Li Ruolian said: "Weichen will definitely do it seriously." ”

The emperor went out of the Forbidden City in the afternoon, under the secret protection of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, accompanied by Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun, Li Ruolian and Fang Zhenghua, he walked around half of the outer city and then went to the teahouse in the city that never sleeps, and waited for it to watch the night scene after dark.

What he saw and heard in an afternoon gave the emperor a sense of accomplishment, he was not much freer than he is now, and he often had the opportunity to go to the streets, and the capital city at that time was now compared to the heavens and the earth, all of which of course was due to him as the emperor.

"Wang Banban, Cao Banban, I came out and looked at it for a few hours without seeing a single beggar, didn't you temporarily imprison the beggar?"

Chongzhen is not confused, and sometimes he can be considered shrewd, he suspects that Dongchang and Jinyiwei have teamed up to whitewash the peace, deliberately showing him a prosperous, lively, clean and stable capital.

Cao Huachun smiled and said: "Your Majesty, where would the old slave do such a deliberate thing, the old slave knows that His Majesty is in order to see a real sentient being, so he is in a busy schedule to pay a private visit. Now it is very difficult for the capital to find a beggar. ”

"Oh? Could it be that the beggars in the Jingshi were really raised by the Huang family and the Zheng family? ”

"Your Majesty, you can only raise a small part, and now those beggars who are disabled or too old live in a concentrated manner outside the Guangqu Gate, and can get food and clothing, and the rest of the beggars who can work all have work to do, and there is no need to beg on the street."

Chongzhen was silent, how much money does it cost to spend such a large sum of money every year? That Huang Han is really generous, but he is so invited to buy people's hearts, blessings and misfortunes?

Fang Zhenghua whispered: "Your Majesty, this should be the businessman advocated by General Pingliao to give back to the society after earning money, and to do good deeds and accumulate virtue." I think that the profits earned by Sleepless City are enough for the Huang and Zheng families to do this good deed. ”

Chongzhen nodded and said: "It makes sense, Wang Companion, remember to remind me in the future, once there are any more officials who impeach the extravagance of the city that never sleeps, let them go to Guangqu Gate to see those disabled beggars." If they are willing to take over the food, clothing, and shelter of the beggars, I will immediately shut down the city that never sleeps. ”

Wang Chengen, Li Ruolian, Cao Huachun, and Fang Zhenghua all said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

The emperor, who was in a good mood, visited the night view of the city that never sleeps, and tasted half a bowl at a stall selling bean brains, chatted with the stall owner's father and daughter about the living conditions of his family, and learned that this small stall was enough to make a family of seven rich and festive.

The next day, the emperor saw a lot of places, and went to the sauna in the evening, of course, the reception of the emperor was not sloppy, and the entire VIP area of the leisure club revolved around the emperor, and outsiders were not received, the reason was to receive two internal ministers.

Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun have also been here a few times before, and they have never played chartered, and they still like to chat with familiar officials in the sauna, what is wrong today? Many of the senior officials who had met the prime minister in the VIP area were full of suspicion.

Some thoughtful adults have a plan in their hearts, and they are talking to each other in the general guest area in private. Even the nobleman who was busy with state affairs all day long came to the city that never sleeps, so it can be seen how attractive this place should be?

That night, the emperor also tasted a small bowl of duck blood vermicelli with great interest, and was amazed when he saw that all the busy people were women.

Wang Chengen did not dare to speak out loud this time, and only said in the emperor's ear that Huang Han believed that women could reach half the sky, strictly forbade women to bind their feet in Funingwei, and tried to provide jobs for women.

This is completely challenging the conventional feudal etiquette, and Chongzhen chose to be silent.

Chongzhen is a very self-disciplined person, and after two nights of private interviews, he immediately warned himself not to be lost by those pleasures, and continued to return to the Dragon Book case to review the twists and turns that would never be completed.

But Huang Han left an indelible impression in the emperor's heart, and Huang Han's talent made Chongzhen breathtaking!

The emperor summoned him on the platform on the second day of Hanzi's entry into Beijing, several cabinet ministers and six officials were present, Hanzi honestly won the praise of many important ministers, and the emperor couldn't help but think of the former chief military officer of Xuzhen who sacrificed his life for the country, Wu Jingluo, Dongping Hou Mangui.

That fierce general is also honest, cute, fast-talking, loyal to the imperial court, and now has a member of this type of fierce general Yang Dalang, Chongzhen finally made up his mind to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, issued a holy decree, and appointed Hanzi as the chief military officer from the first product with the approval of the cabinet, stationed in Shanhaiguan.

Next, the emperor also summoned Hanzi separately and gave him a python robe and jade belt to show his favor, and Hanzi was of course happy to see his teeth and eyes when he received a generous gift from the Son of Heaven, and it was natural to thank the emperor for saying something to show loyalty.

It's just that the emperor didn't want Hanzi to stay in Beijing, so he ordered him to go to work on the same day to rectify the soldiers and horses of Shanhaiguan as soon as possible, and encouraged him to train the soldiers of Shanhaiguan to be no less than the "Red Banner Army".

The emperor's meaning was very clear, the "Red Banner Army" under the command of the Shanhaiguan General Soldier and the two chief military officers of Huang Han and his son had been mixed into one was not the same thing, and there were some intentions to let Hanzi get rid of the influence of Huang Han's father and son independently.

Hanzi grasps a principle, and uses a smirk to play sloppy on a problem that he can't figure out on the spot, and often this trick is effective, and others can't know whether he has an opinion in his heart.

Huang Han did not tear his face with the imperial court, and now he is still a loyal minister and good general of the Ming Dynasty with a heroic halo, and the emperor is not easy to pick out the words, the Son of Heaven personally separates the border guards, isn't it ridiculous and generous to spread it?