The other courtiers were also stunned on the spot when they heard this, this palace test is once every three years, and the last palace test was in the first year of Longwu, less than a year and a half from now, and now it is going to open again? !

Soon, someone reacted and asked the housekeeper, "Is the news reliable?" ”

"Back to Lord Chu, the political envoy next to him has already written half a month earlier, and Fujing is the last to receive the letter." The housekeeper said, "It is said that it is to 'celebrate the recovery of the old capital by the Ming Dynasty', and 'make up for the two years delayed by the students of Jiangsu and Zhejiang', and a special ...... will be opened."

There was a sudden silence all around, Daming now has nine provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, open a try, let alone hundreds of tribute students to enter Ying Tianfu, so many talents are not at the mercy of the auxiliary king. At the same time, the scholars of the world have such a chance to enter, and they will definitely be grateful to the auxiliary king, and maybe at this time, a large number of scholars are running for His Royal Highness's "kindness".

After a while, the big man muttered: "When this list is opened, the person who ranks first will not just fill the vacancy......

Although he did not say it, everyone knew whose "lack" it was.

"Those Jiangxi and Cantonese courtiers who have recently gone north are probably the most happy to see this......"

"If we go on like this, I'm afraid there is no place for me......"

Everyone was no longer interested in drinking and feasting, so they hurriedly resigned to Li Chongqi and went back to their homes to think about countermeasures.

The next day, more than 100 courtiers presented Zhu Linmiao and expressed their willingness to go to Nanjing to assist the government. However, more officials changed their attitude of talking about the disadvantages of moving the capital in the early stage, and instead frantically touted the necessity of returning the old capital to the DPRK, and even talked about "where the dragon veins are" and "the sky is like home".

In Li Chongqi's mansion, a group of officials who had asked the Empress Dowager Zeng to delay the relocation of the capital together with him got together for a "heated discussion".

"Recently, there have been more and more people who have been invited to the north, and if we wait like this, I'm afraid we will have to fetch water with a bamboo basket......"

"Lord Wang has said that all the courtiers are asking for the transfer of Nanjing, and I am afraid that it will be too late for me to wait for this time."

"By the way, we can propose some good strategies to His Highness to move the capital, and he naturally understands the meaning."

Someone smiled bitterly, "It's too late, the good strategies that can be thought of have already been calculated, where can I get you and me?" ”

"How, how is this good?"

After a long time, Li Chongqi suddenly looked at the few people in front of him, and said slowly: "Everyone, isn't the Holy One still in Tianxing Mansion?" If you can make an article on this item, can His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King not remember our merits? ”

The rest of the people's eyes immediately lit up, "Master Li's clever plan!" I'll go back and write the recital. ”

"That's right! Let's go to the table together! ”

……

Zhu Linmiao couldn't help sneering at the mountains of concerts in front of him, most of these were asked to be transferred to Nanjing, but he almost didn't know any of them, and he didn't send them all - you loved to ignore them, but now you can't afford to climb high.

The additional list of imperial examinations is in full swing, although the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and the Ministry of Rites are still passively resisting, but with Xu Erlu, the "nail" he planted in the Ministry of Rites in the morning, this preparation is still smooth.

Moreover, Zhu Linmiao simply took advantage of the reason for presiding over the imperial examination to promote the right attendant of the Xu'er Road Rite Department, and Li Guangchun, the former right attendant who had a lot of criticism of the relocation of the capital, was transferred to Dali Temple to serve as an idle position. This is also a reminder to the courtiers - if you dare not do it, just wait to squat in the yamen.

At the same time, he also took advantage of the recent "real shortage" to stuff Yao Qisheng, Ma Lin and other talents into the imperial court.

Now that the plan to move the capital is ready, only the east wind is owed, and when the Son of Heaven goes north, he can change the Tianxing Mansion to accompany the capital, and then completely move the imperial court to Nanjing.

The song that invited the Son of Heaven to Nanjing should have already arrived in Fujing, but for some reason there has been no movement, or what does the Empress Dowager Zeng think?

Zhu Linmiao was thinking about it, when he heard Shi Lin say: "My lord, General Yu asked to see him, saying that there is an urgent military situation. ”

"Get him close."

Yu Xin hurriedly entered the study, raised his hand to salute, and submitted another military report, "My lord, I'm afraid the thief is going to fight hard." ”

Zhu Linmiao hurriedly opened it and couldn't help frowning.

According to the military report, Duoduo, the puppet king of Yu, had returned to Beijing with an army from Mobei, with nearly 40,000 horses. In addition, the thieves were requisitioned and surrendered from Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong, and nearly 10,000 horses were allocated to the Beijing battalion to prepare for war.

He took one last look at the date, it was already two days ago, and it was estimated that Duoduo had left Beijing by this time.

He immediately muttered, "Something must have happened on the Mobei side to lose the control of the Duoduo people. However, it is not surprising that Jianyu wants to fight to the death in Jiangbei. There were nearly 50,000 people in Duoduo's department plus the Jianyu Beijing battalion, and then the Guanning army of Wu Sangui and the green battalions in Shanxi and Henan also gathered a lot of people. ”

As if to answer his question, then a Jinyi guard sent a secret report to Beijing. Zhu Linmiao read it roughly, and then handed it to Yu Xin, "The line report said that Duoduo defeated the Khalkha Department in Mobei, making it retreat and beg for peace, and the Chahar Department also surrendered to Jianyu again, and Duoduo returned victorious.

"This is quite different from the news I received from Mobei last month, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, but it is a fact that Duoduo led his army south.

"And it is mentioned above that Jianyu has sent many secret envoys out of the country, and at the moment it can only be determined that one of them is going to North Korea and one is going to Mobei, but the rest don't know their purpose."

Yu Xin looked at the back of the secret report again, frowned, and said: "My lord, Jianyu is still in Laizhou Xing Shipyard, and Zheng Zhilong is going to build a warship. Coupled with all the previous ones, its plan must be not small. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded, "Our army has suffered a lot of casualties after the Battle of Jurong, and at present, the new recruits have not been replenished, and they are in the repair stage, and there is also the matter of moving the capital to divide most of the energy of the imperial court." It was at this juncture that the thieves mobilized the crowd. ”

He got up and ordered: "Convene the General Staff Department and the Military Department to discuss the matter, and we must deal with it seriously." ”

"Yes!"

As the fastest department to carry out the order to move the capital, the military department has built an office on the former confiscated mansion of a captive official on the south side of the Forbidden City.

At this time, the main generals of the Ming army gathered together and looked at His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King with a serious expression.

"That's probably the way the deployment of Jianzhou's troops is like this," Zhu Linmiao pointed to the map behind him, "The main force of Jianzhou is probably less than 40,000 people, and there are 7,000 Mongolian cavalry. And everyone in Wu Sangui's Guanning Army should be familiar with it, and its combat power is not under the Jianzhou soldiers. As for the other Han troops, because there are still righteous troops in Shanxi and other places, it is estimated that 50,000 or 60,000 people can be transferred.

"According to the speed of its march, the Henan army will be able to reach Yangzhou in the near future, and the farthest Duoduo department will be able to arrive in about half a month."

He glanced at the generals and continued: "Yes, in the territory of Nanzhi, Suzhou, Changzhou and Wuhu City, all the thieves must be exterminated within half a month, so as not to affect the overall deployment of our army. ”