Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

"Your Majesty, the time is coming soon! With Your Majesty's decree, the river will definitely take this matter seriously and ensure that the river embankment is intact!" Liu Jin, now equivalent to a secretary, responded very optimistically.

Zhu Youtang looked at the falling spring snow, a flash of worry in his eyes: "I hope so!"

When you actually sit on this throne, you will find that it is really not easy to govern this country well.

It’s not that I’m incompetent or that I’m just trying to have fun, it’s that I have to worry about everything, and I have to contend with both people and heaven.

However, even if I try hard to do many things, after all, I am separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, and sometimes I don’t know what is going on below.

The only good thing is that there are no major deviations in the country's current strategy, and the giant ship of China is sailing steadily according to its own will.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has just sent the latest artillery map. They said that the improved heavy artillery is extremely powerful!" Liu Jin reported the good news knowing that Zhu Youtang valued artillery and ships.

Zhu Youtang nodded noncommittally, but he didn't know if the guys from the Ministry of War were exaggerating again.

Since he came to the throne, he has been quietly promoting the development of ships and cannons. It is not that he wants to conquer the whole world, but that he wants to build China into the world's textile center, which requires corresponding military support.

Sea ships are naturally the basis for dominating the ocean, and heavy artillery is a powerful weapon for clearing obstacles.

As long as the production capacity of cotton cloth keeps up, the next step is to truly set sail and promote Ming Dynasty's cotton cloth to the world in exchange for a steady stream of resources.

Now that the heavy artillery has become increasingly mature, the next step is to build a sailing ship with sufficient displacement, and the flag of the Ming Dynasty can march to the East China Sea, Nanyang and the West.

"Hurry up, the wind is coming!" Liu Jin suddenly urged after seeing the snowflakes getting bigger and bigger.

Zhu Youtang saw that it was still early and he happened to be in the West San Palace area, so he calmly ordered: "Go to Changle Palace."

Changle Palace, one of the three western palaces, belongs to the Northern Concubine.

Ixi has a lively and active personality. He brought back an injured snowshoe rabbit from Xiyuan some time ago. Now the snowshoe rabbit has jumped into the stone cave in the southeast corner of the front yard.

"Your Highness, the vegetable leaves are here!" A round-faced palace maid hurriedly walked over, holding a few vegetable leaves in her hand.

Yikesi took the vegetable leaves and used them to tempt him: "Dabai, come here, this is your favorite tea!"

Facing the temptation of Nanye, the snow rabbit continued to curl up in the hole and ignored the vegetable leaf shaking at the entrance of the hole.

"How could this happen?" Yikesi kept shaking the vegetable leaves. Originally, Xue Mian still had his eyes open, but then he simply closed his beautiful eyes.

"My Lady, the wind is blowing now, you should go back first!" The round-faced palace maid patted the snowflakes on her head and persuaded her.

Ixi's head seemed lower, and he continued to shake the vegetable leaves in his hand and said, "Don't make any noise, it might freeze to death if it stays here!"

"The snow rabbit is cold-resistant and will not freeze to death so easily!" Zhu Youtang came to Yi Kexi's side and looked curiously at the snow rabbit in the hole.

Unlike many people’s impressions, this beautiful Mongolian girl has a kind heart. Although she likes archery, she can only shoot large animals, but she really likes small animals.

Yikesi turned to look at Zhu Youtang who came to him, and asked with surprise on his face: "Your Majesty, why are you here, my concubine?"

"It just snowed and I came back early. I thought I hadn't seen you for a few days, so I stopped by your place to have a look!" Zhu Youtang looked at the surprised girl and felt a little warm in his heart.

Unlike the intrigues in the court, most of her harem is innocent girls, and this Northern Concubine has her happiness and anger written all over her face.

Everyone hopes to be taken seriously, but now that he appears here, he can surprise this girl so much, but he did not expect it.

"Your Majesty, please go back to the house and wait for a while. I will get Dabai out soon!" Ixi seriously suggested without giving up on the snow rabbit.

"Your Majesty, the carrot you asked for is here!" Liu Jin hurried back and handed a carrot to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang took the carrot, broke it off and put it in the hole. Miraculously, the snow rabbit that had been silent opened its eyes and then jumped out.

The Snow Rabbit seemed to be hungry, and was happily chewing on the half carrot with its front teeth.

Yikesi seemed to have quick eyesight and quick hands to catch the snow rabbit and put it back into the rabbit box. He felt relieved and handed the snow rabbit to the palace maid next to him to take care of it.

He wanted to speak at first, but the snowflakes were flying all over the sky with the strong wind, making people's eyes narrow.

Zhu Youtang found that the squinted Iksi was very cute. Unlike the other concubines, this girl looked more energetic, like an unfettered wild horse.

Yi Kexi smiled sweetly at Zhu Youtang, reached out and grabbed Zhu Youtang's hand, and then the two of them ran towards Changle Palace in a tacit understanding despite the wind and snow.

The sky is full of wind and snow, and at this moment, it seems that only Changle Palace is the harbor on earth.

The eyes of the Mongolian girl were filled with a kind of wildness. After the two entered the room, their eyes met, and Yikesi took the initiative to put his arms around Zhu Youtang's neck and give him a sweet kiss.

Zhu Youtang looked at this energetic Mongolian girl. After feeling the wildness and softness in her body, he hugged the girl directly.

It was windy and rainy outside, but the room was already fragrant and warm.

Liu Jin originally planned to lead the little eunuch in to avoid the wind and snow, but when he saw the clothes that had been taken off on the ground, he waited silently outside to welcome the wind and snow.

Yixi actually likes her current life very much. If she hadn't married this man, even if she was the princess of Beiyuan, she would still have to suffer the cold wind in the grassland.

But it's not like today, with the violent storm outside, and I want to enjoy happiness with my lover in this warm spring-like room.

Zhu Youtang once again galloped on the prairie, enjoying taming the little wild horse-like girl in front of him, and at the same time he knew the great value this girl had.

Originally, his plan was to fight a tough war with Mongolia, but due to this marriage, Daming not only established a relatively beneficial relationship with Mongolia, but also got this somewhat wild woman.

Woohoo...

Ixxi was in pain and happiness, but he was crying in the clouds.

Zhu Youtang seemed to have made a major decision, but instead of enduring it any longer, he chose to go further.

The wind and snow outside are getting bigger and bigger, accompanied by a whimpering sound, but here it seems full of spring.

Yikesi's figure looked very well-proportioned and healthy. She was wrapped around Zhu Youtang's body like an octopus, but she was feeling the happiness that belonged to her at this moment.

Zhu Youtang was lying on this soft bed that belonged to Yikesi, but now he felt a different kind of freshness.

On the way back, I didn't think about it at all. It's just that some ghosts and gods came to Changle Palace, and they dealt with this woman in a confused way, as if there was some kind of providence.

"Your Majesty, what you did just now, will my concubine... get pregnant?" Yikesi is a woman after all, but she knows what it means.

Zhu Youtang did not answer directly, but asked seriously: "Are you willing to give birth to a prince for me?"

"I am definitely willing, but... you have always treated me like this!" Yikesi's eyes looked extremely firm, and then revealed a kind of resentment.

Zhu Youtang had had enough of God's teasing, so he stroked the skin on her belly and said, "Then you have to be more diligent, I want a prince!"

Originally, for the sake of the blood of the throne, the eldest prince's biological mother could not be the Northern Concubine. This was to prevent him from having a legitimate son and being forced to pass the throne to the eldest prince.

It’s just that I have been working hard for such a long time, not to mention that I won’t gain anything from my hard work, and I won’t even gain anything from my hard work.

As long as the queen doesn't move, even a few women will be disappointed.

If this is God's will, I will admit it. Compared with Jue Si, even if the Han Meng family is still his own species after all, it is better than having the spiritual tablet thrown aside.

Just like this, he decided to give up his last insistence and try to see whether Bei Fei could fall into the trap and see if God was deliberately teasing him.

"Bei Fei, why are you touching my legs?"

"Your Majesty, I still want my concubine!"

When Zhu Youtang heard this, he suddenly felt numb all over his body.

The weather in February is changeable. Yesterday it was a violent spring snow, and today it can be a bright spring day with sunshine.

The gate of Sunchon Gongyuan was opened on the ninth day of closure, and the first batch of candidates were released.

The five questions in the third session of Current Affairs are indeed relevant to the "Ming" publication. They include Liu Daxia who was nailed to the Pillar of Shame in the Battle of Annan, the pros and cons of participating in the island's mutual trade, and Qing Zhang who is still slowly advancing. Acres, finally have the pros and cons of the epoch-making Diaomin register.

Careful people have also discovered that the clichés of tax abuse, officialdom and water conservancy have not changed, and have been replaced by more pragmatic concepts of governing the country.

It's just that no matter whether the answer in the third round was good or bad, many people were not happy at this moment, but the question in the second round was always echoing in their minds.

Just as the trial ended, the forces hiding in the dark quickly took action.

In addition to the famous Imperial College, there are four major academies in the capital, namely Dou's Academy, Taiji Academy, Wenjing Academy and Jianyi Academy.

Chief Wu Shanchang of the Admonition Academy was retired from the imperial censor and had a very high reputation in the academy. He called together the eight candidates who participated in the examination: "As long as you can perform normally, you will definitely be able to be named on the gold list. That's also true." Your training as a teacher is not in vain!"

"Thank you for your many years of teaching!" Xu Long and others bowed politely.

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Wu Shanchang said straight to the point: "Today the case of Marquis Huichang is pending, so I would like you to call on your friends. You must create a momentum to allow Marquis Huichang to escape the sanction of the law!"

"Teacher, I'm sorry that this is a difficult matter!" Xu Long and others were stunned at first, and then refused directly.

Wu Shanchang seemed to have been slapped loudly, his face suddenly turned cold, and he seemed to be unable to control his temper and asked: "Why is this? Are you so ignorant of right and wrong?"

"The case of Marquis Huichang is really a dilemma. Now it's up to the court to decide!"

"There are many students who have benefited from the teacher's many years of teaching, but this matter is really difficult for students to obey!"

"To be honest with you, teacher, this case came up in the second examination. Only then did the students and others know that this case was difficult to solve!"

…

Xu Long and other candidates had thought through a lot of things in the three days of the second session, and now they directly chose to refuse even the request from their teacher.

The same situation occurs in other places, and these actions that have just been taken have shown their position.

When the news came back to Ma Wensheng, Ma Wensheng suddenly became furious and said: "Uncensored cases have never been included in the trial in the past. It's just nonsense!"

"The matter has come to this. You don't want to cause trouble now, so let's find another way!" The eldest man knew that his plan had failed, and he seemed very sensible.

The fourth old man came today, but he just said: "What else can I do? I'll wait for death now!"

"No, doesn't he think he is smart? I want him to be smart but be fooled by his cleverness. I will kill Wang Yue first!" Ma Wensheng's mind was agile, but an idea suddenly occurred to him.

The old man's eyes, which had been silent, lit up slightly, and he immediately asked for confirmation: "Can you kill Wang Yue?"

"It's easy to kill a poetry writer!" Ma Wensheng made a fist gesture and said confidently.

Not long after the plan was finalized here, Jinyiwei suddenly took action, and immediately went to Dongsheng Inn to arrest Xu Hong, Haikuan and others.

Fusi, Beizhen, in the execution chamber.

"How did you know the test questions in advance, but someone leaked the questions to you?" Ma Shu, a man in brocade clothes holding a leather whip, interrogated Xu Hong and tortured him.

Although he is only a small member of the Jinyi Bai family, his father is Ma Ang, the former Minister of the Ministry of War. Even Zhu Ji, the dignified commander of the Jinyi Guards, has to give him some face.

Now facing this intellectual scholar, he had the confidence to pry his mouth open and promise that he would participate in the examination fraud.

Xu Hong had been whipped dozens of times, but he still did not give in and said: "I...we want to share your Majesty's worries, so we started studying the case of Marquis Huichang!"

"You still dare to be so stubborn that the person who told you the problem can be named Wang?" Ma Shu slapped him hard again, but asked loudly.

Xu Hong vaguely felt that this was clearly a confession, and even though he was whipped, he still said firmly: "It's nothing!"

"Hit!" Seeing Xu Hong's harsh words, Ma Shu angrily handed the whip to his subordinates.

"We really just want to share His Majesty's worries!"

"Hit again!"

"Aren't you His Majesty's personal guards? How can you deal with our act of loyal service to His Majesty like this?"

…

Xu Hong never confessed from the beginning to the end. Even though he was bruised and bruised, he still did not choose to surrender. Instead, he questioned Jin Yiwei.

It's just that there is a mastermind behind the whole thing, and the news that the test questions were leaked in advance spread throughout the capital. In particular, Jin Yiwei did find evidence of Xu Hong and others' crimes at Dongsheng Inn - the original volume.

The second year of Hongzhi was, after all, a restless year. Just at the beginning of the spring, a major case of cheating in the national examination broke out.