Zhu Youzhen looked at the objects in front of him and thought for a long time, before he said to Wang Chengen: "This canned fruit brought back by Gao Encheng from Guangdong, you give it to the queen, and let her give a point to the palace, so that everyone can taste it." ”

Wang Chengen hurried up, bent down at Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty is benevolent, the slaves and maids in the palace of the Yu Dynasty have thanked God..."

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand to stop him from continuing to compliment, and then continued: "By the way, you go and inform the Imperial Secretariat, and let them sort out the information about Liangguang, and I want to take a good look at it." ”

Accepting Chongzhen's order, not long after Wang Chengen left, Lu Qi came in and reported to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the British Duke wants to ask to see Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Youzhen paused, and subconsciously said: "The British public asks to see? What's going on in the British Mansion lately? ”

Lu Qi hurriedly replied: "I don't leave home on British Fair Day, and when I go out occasionally, I just go out to relax near the suburbs, and nothing special happens around me. However, the British prince has recently had dealings with a number of nobles in Beijing, and every time they meet, they are negotiating, and this time they defeated the Chahar tribe outside the gates, and those people can be rewarded. ”

Zhu Youzhen seemed to understand something, but he didn't continue to ask, but asked Lu Qi to invite the British Duke to come over to discuss.

As soon as the British public Zhang Weixian walked into the upper study with Lu Qi, he saw Chongzhen standing not far from the door waiting for him, and he suddenly wanted to curtish in a little panic, but he was stopped by Chongzhen, who was quick-eyed.

"The British Duke doesn't need to be polite, you are the father of the Four Dynasties, and the Minister of the Three Dynasties, you are old and virtuous, so you don't have to be so polite when you see me in the future." Zhu Youzhen helped him, and at the same time motioned to Lu Qi on the side to bring the chair to his desk, and then insisted on helping the British Duke to walk over and sit down.

Zhang Weixian's affectionate attitude towards Chongzhen today made Zhang Weixian a little confused, but he quickly calmed down and told Chongzhen, who was sitting back in his seat, his intention for today.

After listening to the British duke's request, the smile on Zhu Youzhen's face did not change, but he pressed his right hand on the table, but he couldn't help arching his fingers and tapping a few times.

After being silent for a while, Zhu Youzhen said to the British duke: "According to the British duke's opinion, you asked me to use this military merit to promote the children of the capital's honorable relatives, right?" ”

The wrinkled British Duke replied with an unchanged expression: "That's right, since Your Majesty ascended the throne, he has made a lot of war against the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Beijing Camp, and even took off a lot of the titles of the lords and relatives of the Five Armies Governor's Mansion, not to mention that the current training in the Beijing Camp does not allow us and other lords to interfere."

Your Majesty, the reason why the ancestors decided: let the lords command the army and defend Shenjing, and let the ministers manage the money and food documents and supervise the rules of the generals in the army. It certainly makes sense.

Although the old minister knows that there are many unscrupulous and dull people in this Xun Qi's son. But the net worth and life of our honorable relatives are all tied to Your Majesty, and who will be more loyal and loving to Your Majesty than our honorable relatives in this great tomorrow?

Our honored family has retired with the country, and it has been passed down from generation to generation, and today almost every family has a friendship with His Majesty by marriage. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he wanted to rectify the Beijing camp and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, which is a matter of course.

But Your Majesty blindly gets close to the lowly and alienates his own relatives, and the old minister said something unpleasant today, doesn't it make these lords and nobles resentful? Although His Majesty is wise and wise, he still needs some of his own family members to think that he is a winged in the army.

At the very least, the force of this capital is always entrusted to a person who knows the roots. Even a mediocre man with no talent is much stronger than an ambitious martial artist. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the British Duke and was silent for a long time, and the smile on his face also converged, but the British Duke didn't seem to notice anything, just sitting there with such an old god, waiting for Chongzhen's answer.

Zhu Youzhen sighed in his heart, put a smile on his face again, and said gently to the British public: "What the British public said just now is the words of the old Cheng to seek the country, and I will remember it in my heart."

Although you are honored at home, you are still the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies after all. If you think that the children of that family are outstanding, you might as well write an excerpt and recommend it to me.

As Guogong just said, the lords and nobles of the Ming Dynasty are resting with the country, after all, they are different from others. With their relationship with me, why do they need to rely on military merit to get ahead? As long as the national gazette comes up, I will definitely hire them according to their talents.

As for the rewards for military merits or something, let's throw them to those rough people in the army. Guogong has been in the army for a long time, so he should naturally know that if the rewards and punishments are unfair, who will be willing to fight for me in the future?

Since the children of the Xun family are loyal to me, they don't want to watch me destroy the foundation stone of the Great Ming Dynasty, just to let them gain an illusory name, right? ”

Zhang Weixian, who was originally looking down at the table in front of Chongzhen, suddenly raised his head slightly and glanced at Chongzhen's expression, and he quickly responded to the emperor's proposal peacefully. Then he put the matter behind him and diverted the subject from the emperor.

Zhu Youzhen had already taken precautions to deal with Zhang Weixian's continued persuasion. Although he was deeply dissatisfied with the British duke coming forward to seek officials on behalf of those noble children, he also knew in his heart that the British duke was willing to come forward to discuss this matter with him, probably because those noble relatives finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Since he began to rectify the Governor's Mansion and the Beijing Camp of the Five Armies, he has taken away all the power from the hands of those lords and nobles. Although he made a noble house and let these nobles find a place to retire.

But after all, not all nobles are happy to be so idle by Chongzhen, there are always some nobles who want to grab something as their own support for enjoying a rich life.

As a minister, if you can't even see the emperor's face, and you can't get any official position, what will happen to you in the end, and there are vivid examples in the family of the Ming lords.

Once marginalized by the center of power, even the noble family that claims to be with the country is just a big landlord in the countryside. If you are accidentally caught by the civil officials, there will be a lot of people who will end up miserable.

Zhu Youzhen is also helpless about these nobles, although he is not willing to let them return to the army, but he is not clear whether these noble families can be retired with the country, but these noble families are indeed inextricably linked with the royal family, and they are indeed intertwined in Gyeonggi.

Although he rejected the British duke's proposal, it was just a bargain, and in his heart he had already begun to think about how far to back down, but the British duke's reaction was somewhat unexpected to him.

After provoking this question in front of him, he changed the topic and talked about it, and he came to the newly built garden of the silver ingot bridge in Shichahai. The British public's style made Zhu Youzhen feel that he was stepping on the air.

Zhu Youzhen was patient and listened to Zhang Weixian's introduction to the scenery around this garden, what is the east and the smoke and green in spring and summer, the clouds and yellow in autumn and winter, and the rice fields. Over the smoke tree in the north, hundreds of millions of families, and the white clouds on the smoke wisps. It is connected to the West Mountain in the west, bending layer by layer, bright green and twilight purple, close as climbable.

Until the British Duke got up to say goodbye, Zhu Youzhen did not hear him mention the previous topic again. This made Zhu Youzhen quite uneasy, and finally said when he left: "What Guogong said before is actually quite pertinent. In fact, I have issued several orders before, asking the children of the Xun family to study at the Navy and Army Military Academy, or to study at Yenching University.

As long as they are successful in their studies, I will naturally take care of them. The British Duke might as well convey my words to them as well. ”

Zhang Weixian reluctantly agreed, and then followed the little eunuch who led the way and left the upper study. Zhu Youzhen just stood at the door of the upper study for a while, and then threw this matter away.

In any case, according to the reports of the doctors of Tai Hospital, Zhang Weixian's lung disease is difficult to heal, and time is running out. Even if it's good maintenance, it's a matter of one or two years.

Therefore, the most important thing for Zhang Weixian now is to arrange family affairs, thinking about how to pass on the family business of the British duke, instead of wrestling with him, the newly enthroned emperor.

When Chongzhen put this matter aside, he returned to his desk and continued to deal with the official business at hand. Over there, Zhang Weixian had already left the imperial city from the Donghua Gate, and Zhang Zhiji, the British prince outside the Donghua Gate, suddenly greeted him and helped his father into the prepared carriage.

After instructing his carriage to turn around and go home, Zhang Zhiji retracted his head back into the carriage and asked his father in a low and nervous voice: "Father, what did Your Majesty say?" ”

Zhang Weixian, who was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, opened his eyes suddenly, and after seeing his son lowering his head, he said coldly: "Is there anything you can't ask when you go back to the mansion?" If you don't even have this patience, how will you take charge of my British Mansion in the future? ”

After reprimanding Zhang Zhiji, Zhang Weixian said calmly: "You will tell them in a while that it is probably impossible to go back to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies empty-handed." Your Majesty's will to change the military and political government is very firm, and it doesn't hurt if you ask for a military officer. But if you want to have a real job with authority, you either have to go to a military school, or you can wait for Your Majesty to change your mind. ”

"Military school? I'm waiting for this age, what kind of military school are I still studying. Isn't it being laughed at by others..."Zhang Zhiji was suddenly a little unhappy.

Zhang Weixian snorted coldly, and he didn't want to deal with this son anymore. There was a sudden silence in the carriage, and only the sound of the wheels of the carriage carrying the two men could be heard rolling on the ground.

In a spacious courtyard in Datong City, Deng Yuhan had just completed a major operation on a wounded man, removing his necrotic right foot.

After having one of his assistants do the final dressing, he stepped aside and washed his hands with the water on the table.

The busy work during this time had obviously damaged his health, and his face had become a little unhealthily pale.

Although the Ming-Mongolian coalition army was victorious, there were many wounded. Deng Yuhan, who followed the army to Fengchuan, fainted at the scene due to too much work, and was finally forced by Sun Chengzong to withdraw to the rear for recuperation.

However, after recuperating in Datong for a few days, he had a little more energy, but despite the dissuasion of his students, he once again served as the attending doctor of this rear hospital.

After washing his hands, Deng Yuhan walked out of the room, wanting to return to his office and record the medical case. However, as soon as he lifted the cotton curtain at the door, he coughed violently because he had inhaled cold air.

The cough made him feel like his sternum was about to crack, and he finally took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose after squatting down, and finally let the cough gradually subside.

But when he saw the blood coughed up on the handkerchief, his heart suddenly calmed down. Based on what he knew about his body, he thought he had a problem with his lungs, and there seemed to be no cure for the condition.

He was reluctant to let people know about his condition, especially the students around him. Because he feared that if his illness was known, he would be deprived of the right to work and study medicine.

It scared him more than death. As he was crouching there in a daze, an exclamation from a student came from behind him.

"Teacher, are you uncomfortable there?"

Deng Yuhan quickly folded the handkerchief in his hand, then stood up, turned his head to the students behind him and said, "No, I'm just a little hungry." At this time, it would be nice to have a cup of hot tea. ”

"Then teacher, you go back and rest first, and I'll go get you a pot of hot tea..."