If you want a horse to run, you have to give the horse grass, which is a truth that is not easy for the ages.

It's not easy for anyone to build a business with their bare hands, especially in a complex situation like Myanmar's.

This truth, of course, is very clear in the heart of today's Emperor Chongzhen.

Especially after Li Xin took the holy decree to create the foundation of Lushun Town, Emperor Chongzhen basically figured out the way of this.

Therefore, in addition to setting them a higher position than the ordinary graduates of the lecture martial arts, just before they left Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen allocated part of the money and guns in advance as the cost of recruiting troops on the road for Ma Gan and others, as well as the basis for receiving Ava and quickly gaining a foothold.

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen also gave Ma Gan, the envoy of Burma and China who went to the wilderness to take office, several edicts.

When he passed through Nanjing, and after arriving in Kunming, he could fully withdraw the funds for the first year of running the Burmese Central Town Guard Mansion from the household department in Nanjing, and continue to select and supplement the generals and ordnance materials from the Nanjing Military Department, the Nanjing Beijing Battalion, and the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor's Mansion in Kunming.

And this is all that Emperor Chongzhen can do for Ma Gan's party at the moment.

After all, Myanmar is far away, and it is impossible for firearms and materials to be transferred directly from Beijing.

And Burma is not the focus of Emperor Chongzhen's attention at the moment.

Just when the envoys from all walks of life who gathered in the Ming Dynasty because of the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting in the fourth year of Chongzhen, dispersed at the end of the first month, the northern region of the Ming Dynasty, which had been in drought for a whole year, finally ushered in a large-scale snowfall.

On the night of the first day of February in the fourth year of Chongzhen, it should have been a frightening solar term in the year, which means that the cold winter has passed, the ice and snow have melted, and the time for spring to arrive, but in the north of the Ming Dynasty inside and outside the Great Wall, a heavy snowstorm has covered Liaoxi and Andong outside the Shanhai Pass.

Fortunately, it snowed heavily on the night of the first day of February, not in the morning or the night before, otherwise, the first Jianji Hall court meeting after the major yamen of the Beijing Division ended their doors and opened their doors for work, I am afraid that they would have to drop out.

It snowed for two days and three nights, and on the morning of the fourth day of February, the sun rose again in the east.

This sudden blizzard, although the patrol teams of the various patrol battalions of the Five Cities Terracotta Division were busy, but they were welcomed by the people of Gyeonggi.

At the same time, it was also welcomed by the civil and military officials of the Beijing Division and the officials and people of the entire northern border of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as the four snows stopped at the beginning of February, the officials in the ministries, courts, and temples of the imperial court, who had just opened their offices, began to write letters to congratulate the emperor.

For a whole year last year, Emperor Chongzhen knew that he would not pray for rain, so no matter how officials from various ministries and institutes of the imperial court wrote to the emperor to pray for rain on the outskirts of the Temple of Heaven, he did not accept it.

However, just a month ago, during the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting, Emperor Chongzhen arranged for Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, to go to the Temple of Heaven in the suburbs to worship instead of himself, which included praying for the rain of heaven in the spring ploughing season and praying for the wind and rain to be smooth tomorrow in the fourth year of Chongzhen.

And now, just after January of the fourth year of Chongzhen, there is a heavy snowfall, and the Gyeonggi area, which has been dry for a year, is full of the joy of a long drought and a rainy day.

For those officials who are good at pandering to their wishes, this is certainly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pat the emperor's ass.

On the morning of the fourth day of the second lunar month, Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting in the imperial study of the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, looked at the congratulatory folds personally sent in by Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

Of course, he knew that the heavy snow had nothing to do with him, and it had nothing to do with the silk books and prayers that the cabinet chief had burned after worshipping the heavens at the Temple of Heaven on his behalf.

However, seeing these thick stacks of congratulatory watches sent in by Cao Huachun, he was still quite happy in his heart.

At least I have been worried about the severe drought that will continue, because the snowfall that has affected the entire northern border of the Ming Dynasty and inside and outside the Great Wall has been greatly alleviated all of a sudden.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! The so-called Ruixue Mega Year, this snowfall, not sooner or later, just in time! It is God's favor for my Daming! O to my majesty! ”

Cao Huachun cautiously looked at Emperor Chongzhen's face, from the contemptuous smile on his face when he first saw the stack of congratulatory watches he handed over, gradually, gradually, into a kind of joy from the heart, and immediately stepped forward and knelt down, and said to the emperor.

In the end, Cao Huachun even kowtowed and said: "It can be seen that Your Majesty is blessed by heaven, virtue is worthy of heaven and earth, and the gods of the emperor and the queen of heaven and earth are all blessed!" The slave maid is the inner court celebrant, dare not congratulate His Majesty the Emperor! Dare not congratulate the people of the Ming Dynasty! ”

After Cao Huachun, the master of ceremonies, who was also standing in the imperial study, Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch of the Internal Affairs Office, and Chu Xianxian, the eunuch in charge of the military attache of the imperial chamberlain, also hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and said in unison:

"Slave and maid congratulate Your Majesty! Congratulations to all the people of Daming! ”

Emperor Chongzhen actually rarely heard people face to face so naked and patted his own ass, at this time after listening to Cao Huachun's words, he raised his head and looked at him, seeing him kneeling on the ground with a white head, and his heart was a little unbearable, and seeing Wang Chengen and Chu Xianzhang also cautiously follow suit, he sighed, threw down the so-called congratulatory watch in his hand, and said to them:

"The courtiers are congratulating the world! As ministers, why should you do this! ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen stood up, walked out from behind the bookcase, paced back and forth in the imperial study, and saw that the three inner court masters were still kneeling on the ground, so he changed his tone, and then said to them:

"Get up! You are all trusted ministers since I ascended the throne, you still have to have the appearance of a minister, and you still have to have the dignity of a minister!

"So be it! From now on, all the ministers who have a certain function in the 24 prisons of the inner court, as well as the internal affairs office and the attendants, will call themselves ministers in front of me, just like the courtiers of the outer court! Don't always be a slave and a slave and a slave to be self-despise! ”

After Emperor Chongzhen said this, Cao Huachun, Wang Chengen, and Chu Xianzhang raised their heads in surprise at the same time, and glanced at the emperor in disbelief.

These three people have been with the emperor for many years, knowing that the emperor in front of them is young, but they have never joked.

"Slaves and maids, no, ministers, thank you, Your Majesty!"

The three most powerful eunuchs in the palace, led by Cao Huachun, knew that the emperor was serious, and immediately thanked him.

The change of a title is not only the difference in the title itself.

The moral of this may only be truly understood by the eunuchs in front of them, who have changed from slaves and maids to courtiers.

In their opinion, this is a re-recognition of the status of the eunuchs in the inner court by Emperor Chongzhen, and an affirmation and respect for their eunuchs who are loyal to the emperor.

By the time several people kowtowed and thanked them repeatedly, the three inner court leaders, including Cao Huachun, were already full of tears.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them, then turned his head to look out the window, outside the transparent glass window, the sunlight became brighter and brighter under the reflection of the snow.

"Today is a rare good weather! In this way, a few of you, call a few more attendants and military attachés on duty, accompany me, and take a walk on the Banzai Mountain behind! ”

On the morning of the first day of the second month of February, Emperor Chongzhen carefully listened to the various military and government affairs reported by the six departments of the Fifth Army and the various temples and government supervisors of the Beijing Imperial Hall.

Now the drought that he was most worried about was suddenly disappeared because of this snowfall that lasted for two days and three nights, and his mood was also very good, and he had a rare interest in going out for a walk.

Banzai Mountain is close at hand, but Emperor Chongzhen rarely visits.

In the past, when he couldn't make up his mind about the gains and losses of the imperial court, he would occasionally go to see the old locust tree, but since Chongzhen won the battle of Juyongguan at the end of the second year, now the Chongzhen Emperor rarely goes to Wansui Mountain to meditate and meditate.

Do the math, so far, he hasn't been there for more than a year.