Domineering Daming

Although the establishment of the Royal Political Academy and the popularization of academies in various places will help expand the scope of education and improve the overall quality of the people, the abolition of the imperial examination will also help send scholars from all over the world to the Political Academy, weaken the influence of Confucianism, and enhance the sense of identity with "materialism" , to help the development of science and technology, but the side effects are also somewhat large, which are constantly appearing.

After a long while, Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes slowly, and said softly to himself: "It's a chance, I can send another sweet date with the big stick..."

Cao Huachun looked at Zhu Xu's expression, bowed slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, should we go to the cabinet first or..."

Zhu Xu raised his head to look at him, and immediately said "huh", slapped his knees with the playbook, and said, "Let's go to the Palace of Compassion, I also want to see how the cabinet handles it. Besides, I and these sisters It’s not close, so I have to make up for it.”

"Yes." Cao Huachun said.

The carriage soon turned into the palace, and Zhu Xu was still thinking about his older sisters.

His father Guangzong had a total of seventeen children, and only six survived. The eldest son Zhu Youxiao, who is Emperor Tianqi, the fifth son Zhu Youjian, and the sixth son Zhu Youxu are also him, and there are three older sisters, the fifth sister Ningde The princess, the sixth sister, Princess Suiping, and the eighth sister, Princess Le'an.

Zhu Xu didn't get close to his older sisters because the court was unclean. For example, the eighth sister, Princess Le'an, whose biological mother was Xi Li, Li Xuanshi, an ambitious woman, really couldn't get close.But her husband, Gong Yonggu, is the most promising one among the clan, and Zhu Xu is quite optimistic about it.

This time Gong Yonggu was beaten for no reason, and Zhu Xu had to let others make the decision.

After passing the Qianqing Palace, several people left the carriage, all wrapped in clothes, and trotted towards the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Little Yongning was the most anxious, pulling Li Xiangjun straight to the Palace of Compassion, his little face turned pale from the cold.

In the Palace of Compassion, Empress Dowager Zhang and the Eighth Princess Zhu Huiti were still talking and comforting.

Huan'er got the news early, walked in quietly, and whispered in Empress Dowager Zhang's ear: "Your Majesty, the emperor and the princess are back, and they are on their way to the Palace of Compassion."

Empress Dowager Zhang's calm face suddenly became a little colder, and said: "Well, you go to the door and wait."

"Yes." Huan'er turned around and stood at the door again.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Zhu Huiti and said, "Don't worry, the emperor is here, I will tell him."

Zhu Huiti bit her lips and nodded. In fact, she was a little afraid of Zhu Xu. After all, Zhu Xu was known to be harsh on his "inners". If he didn't care about her and her husband Gong Yonggu, she would be fine.

"Mother, mother..."

Little Yongning yelled before reaching the Compassionate Ning Palace. Now she has a deep understanding of the benefits of her mother—she is freezing and needs warmth.

When Empress Dowager Zhang heard this, she remembered that Yongning had also gone out with Zhu Xu. Hearing her shout, her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly walked towards the door.

"Mother's Queen..." The little girl rushed over and hugged Queen Mother Zhang, her face was upturned, full of grievances.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at her pale face, then saw Li Xiangjun standing aside shivering, and hurriedly said: "Come in, come in, Huan'er, close the door, regenerate the fire, by the way, make a pot of tea..."

Huan'er was also frightened when she saw it, and said repeatedly: "Yes..."

As a result, just as Zhu Xu arrived at the door, the door of the Compassionate Palace was about to close.

"Hey, I haven't gone in yet..."

Chapter 825 The Struggle Between the Cabinet and the Sixth Ministry

The maid who closed the door was startled, and hurriedly opened it again to let Zhu Xu in.

After Zhu Xu came in, he glanced at the people inside before patting the snow on his clothes.

When Zhu Huiti saw Zhu Xu, she quickly stood up and saluted, "Le'an has seen the emperor."

Zhu Xu came over, smiled and waved his hands and said, "You're welcome, Eighth Sister, sit down."

Zhu Huiti saluted restrainedly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Xu shook his head, sat down in front of the stove where Empress Dowager Zhang, Xiao Yongning, and Li Xiangjun were warming up, stretched out their hands, and breathed.

Empress Dowager Zhang held Xiao Yongning in her arms, and was rubbing her hands in front of the stove, looking at her cold and red hands, she was her own daughter. Empress Dowager Zhang raised her head and frowned at Zhu Xu, and said dissatisfiedly: " You too, you have to take her out in such a cold day, you see they are freezing..."

Zhu Xu looked at Yong Ning, who was curled up in Queen Mother Zhang's arms, with a pale face, and said with a smile, "It's all right, if you don't go through wind and rain, how can there be a rainbow..."

Empress Dowager Zhang immediately snorted, while Huan'er hurriedly brought two cups of hot tea, and said, "Your Majesty, let the princess drink it to warm you up..."

Empress Dowager Zhang reached out to take it, gave Xiao Yongning a cup, and gave Li Xiangjun a cup.

Zhu Xu coughed, looked up at Huan'er pretending to be majestic and said, "Where's mine?"

Just as Huan'er was about to speak, Empress Dowager Zhang said, "Go out and see Rainbow..."

Zhu Xu suddenly laughed, bent down and said, "Sister-in-law Huang, don't worry, being sick is not a bad thing..."

Empress Dowager Zhang glanced at Zhu Xu again angrily, looked down at the little girl drinking hot tea, and felt at ease when her face turned ruddy.

"By the way, Le'an is here. Do you know what happened?" Empress Dowager Zhang felt relieved, and immediately thought of Zhu Huiti again.

Zhu Xu turned his head and glanced at Zhu Huiti who was standing not far away, and said, "Well, I see, this is why I came here."

Zhu Huiti was not surprised by the harmony between Zhu Xu and Empress Dowager Zhang's family. She was also in the palace when she was a child, and knew how Empress Dowager Zhang adopted Zhu Xu and protected him. It can be said that without Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu Xu would have died a long time ago. .

With red eyes, she stepped forward, bent down and said to Zhu Xu: "I also ask the emperor to make the decision for Le'an."

Zhu Xu looked at her, nodded, and said: "Sit down, the cabinet is already dealing with it. I just ordered someone to inquire. If there is news, I will report it immediately. If Miss Huang is not satisfied, I will punish severely."

Although the emperor was not furious and dealt with it directly, with such an attitude, Zhu Huiti felt a little relieved and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

After a while, Huan'er brought another cup of hot tea to Zhu Xu. He took a sip, and a warm current spread all over his body. It’s been quite a few years in the Royal Political Council, why haven’t you come out to do something?”

Zhu Huiti's expression was slightly tense, and he hesitated: "Because he is a clan relative, there is no suitable place to go."

Zhu Xu blinked. For the clan and relatives, the current regulations are very strict, or in general, it is decided in one word, without any flexibility.

Daming is now at a critical moment of change. It is constantly sorting out the chaos of the past, and at the same time it has created new and more chaos, which takes time to digest and sort out in an orderly manner.

As for the clan, the foreign relatives obviously cannot all be locked up, otherwise new problems will definitely evolve in a hundred years.

Zhu Xu pondered for a while, and said: "Gong Yonggu, um, I have read his information, and the Political Yuan has a good evaluation of him. Well, there are two paths, one is inside the Royal Political Yuan, and you can be promoted to the teaching faculty." Instructions, professors, etc., the other is to come out, the cabinet now has a foreign affairs department, he can be the deputy director, from the sixth grade, which one does Huang Jie think is suitable?"

In recent years, the clan has been severely suppressed, not only Zhu Xu, but also the outer court deliberately weakened it, so the treatment can be regarded as "differing from before".Zhu Huiti's birth was not good, so the treatment was naturally even worse. Now hearing Zhu Xu's words, I was quite pleasantly surprised, but I didn't know what to do. I looked at Zhu Xu at a loss, and then looked at Queen Mother Zhang .

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't understand this, she frowned slightly, looked at Zhu Xu dissatisfied and said, "Of course it's the best."

Zhu Xu laughed and said: "Okay, then go to the Department of Foreign Affairs. It's just that I hurt a few ribs, and I'll be fine after a while. I'll take up the post after the new year. Sister Huang, go back and tell him to do it well, don't worry." Let me down."

Zhu Huiti was overjoyed, got up hurriedly, saluted and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Le'an!"

Zhu Xu waved his hand, looked at Empress Dowager Zhang and said, "Sister-in-law, there will be no results in the cabinet for a while, let's eat first, I'm already hungry."

Xiao Yongning finally came to his senses at this moment, raised his face, and said pitifully: "Queen, I want to eat fish and drink fish soup."

Empress Dowager Zhang touched her small face with some distress, then glared at Zhu Xu, and said, "Well, Huan'er, go get ready."

Zhu Xu rubbed his face, feeling in his heart, after all, it is the biological daughter who is important...