Zhu Houzhao lived a stable life in the Forbidden City. The biggest difference between being a prince and being an emperor is whether to sit in front of the curtain or follow the politics behind. .

Zhu Houzhao didn't understand most of the affairs of the court, especially when it came to various statistics from the court, he was even more confused. How much food consumption was per day in various provinces of the Ming Dynasty, how much surplus of the national treasury, annual income and expenditure, and the distribution of expenses of each government office, etc. These things were like listening to a heavenly book for Zhu Houzhao.

Most of the naughty children said in the court that they couldn't understand them. He could not participate in these things, so he could only listen to the court officials below.

As for what you can understand, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others may not give him a chance to express their opinions, which will result in a result that no matter whether you understand or not, you have no right to speak.

Occasionally, he will decide one or two things, and he will be complacent and feel that he has become the master of the court and that anything can be decided.

The court talks on the northwest ended, and Xie Qian looked for an opportunity to visit the Ganqing Palace to meet Zhu Houzhao.

Xie Qian was preparing to inform Zhu Houzhao of the secret of the court's peace talks with the Tatar Yisimayin tribe when Emperor Hongzhi was alive. Xie Qian did not want the previous emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao to violate the will of the previous emperor, otherwise the ministers sent out for peace talks would be very dangerous and would put the Ming Dynasty in a state of embarrassment of going back on their word.

Zhu Houzhao met with Xie Qian in the main hall of the Ganqing Palace. Xie Qian reported alone that Xiao Jing, the eunuch of the Sili Principal, was not present. Zhang Yuan accompanied Zhu Houzhao to come out to meet Xie Qian.

Zhang Yuan also knew that he was not qualified to participate in politics and did not stand behind Zhu Houzhao, but stood at the gate of the hall. In this way, no one could blame him for not being wrong.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Xie Qian and asked, "Mr. Xie, are you in trouble? You seem to be very anxious. Is there any change in the war in the southwest? It is not convenient for you to say it in the court?"

Xie Qian said: "When you go back to your Majesty, the old minister has no relevant reports from the southwest. It's just... When the late emperor was alive, he issued an edict to the battle in the northwest and told the old minister to do as he did. However, the late emperor suddenly passed away and many things were too late to entrust to your Majesty. The old minister came here to convey the meaning of the late emperor!"

"Last Emperor? What's the matter?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little impatient when she heard that it had nothing to do with Chen Xi.

Whenever the court officials mentioned Emperor Hongzhi, the naughty child always felt that he was going to be suppressed again, and he would feel a sense of resistance in his heart, which was also related to Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others always talked about the ancestor.

Nowadays, the people in power in the court are all powers granted by Emperor Hongzhi. According to the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, Zhu Houzhao is the only one who is the new emperor, and his country is his. However, the court officials did not want to give in to the control of the government directly, so they used the excuse of Xiaozong entrusting his orphans as an excuse.

When talking about Xiaozong, it seems to be to make Zhu Houzhao surrender. Therefore, the "Last Emperor" has become a taboo in Zhu Houzhao, and whoever mentions it will be anxious.

Xie Qian roughly said the matter: "...The old emperor entrusted the old ministers to the northwest, and ordered the old ministers to secretly find the peace talkers to Yansui. By the first month of the peace talks, the envoys of the peace talks had arrived in Yulin, and there was no result yet. If a large army was launched at this time, it would be unfavorable for the stability of the northwest border. After the war was restarted, it would be a waste of money and damage the people..."

Zhu Houzhao listened with emotion, no matter how sincere Xie Qian said, it could not resonate with him.

In the end, Zhu Houzhao couldn't listen and waved his hand: "Okay, OK, Mr. Xie, the decision of the late emperor was the last emperor's business. Now I have discussed with the ministers that not only will we send troops, but we will also launch a large-scale army..."

"These Tatars are so hateful. I thought that before the Ming Dynasty won the battle of the capital, they would flee back to the grassland with their tails and never become enemies with the Ming Dynasty. Now, it's better. After a few days of going back, they started to make trouble again. This is the fact that the wildfire cannot burn out and the spring breeze will blew again."

"Mr. Xie said that these things are meaningless, and the things I decided will not be changed!"

Zhu Houzhao was very enthusiastic about sending troops. First of all, he decided to take the initiative in the court. If Xie Qian rejected it, he would feel too frustrated.

Furthermore, Zhu Houzhao was born with a belligerent spirit. Any conflict between the country and the country came to him, and he would never have a peaceful solution to this path. He would have to do his best and fight to the end. This is due to nature. Even if Chen Xi had transformed it, the things in his bones would never be changed.

Xie Qian was so worried that in just a few days, the court's policy on the northwest changed completely with the change of the throne. It might not be anything to others, but Xie Qian was the executor of Zhu Chu's peace talks policy. The policy change now had the greatest impact on him. He was the one who sent to the northwest peace talks for Zhu Chu. Now it was equivalent to selling the peace talks envoy.

Xie Qian didn't know how to tell Zhu Houzhao, and after he bowed, he said earnestly: "Your Majesty should think twice before he can do it. Now you are the first to ascend to the great treasure and the country's destiny is not completely stable. If you start the war lightly at this time, you may be unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty and may repeat the mistake of Di Yi's long-term advance into the capital!"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, his face suddenly turned dark and he said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Xie, even if I respect you, you cannot exaggerate in front of me. I just as soon as I ascended the throne and needed to establish my authority, the battle in the northwest is the best time to establish my authority. Didn't Mr. Xie hear clearly what Liu Shaofu said before?"

Xie Qian knew that Zhu Houzhao was firm in his attitude and finally kept silent.

Zhu Houzhao said again: "Mr. Xie is worried that the envoys sent to the northwest before will not come back, right? Then it's easy to do. I'll send someone to recruit envoys back, so Mr. Xie doesn't have to worry. This battle will definitely win the Ming Dynasty and make me famous!"

Xie Qian was very distressed. He realized that in the little emperor's mind, fighting was a fun thing. The issues such as the mobilization of troops, food and grass supply, and weapons casting that need to be considered were basically unconceptual in Zhu Houzhao. He decided the direction of the Northwest War simply with a passion. Xie Qian was full of worry.

Xie Qian had no choice but to obey the order and said, "I will obey Your Majesty's orders, but I also ask Your Majesty not to tell the court about this matter. The late emperor has always kept silent about this matter. If the people of the world know that our Ming Dynasty first and then fight, they will slander our court to go back on its word, which is of no use to the overall situation!"

"knew!"

Zhu Houzhao was a little impatient and waved her hand, "If Mr. Xie is fine, go back early. You are old. You should go home and have a rest after the court is dispersed. It is not a good phenomenon to bother me... If there is nothing important next time, Mr. Xie will not come!"

Xie Qian was speechless and thought to himself that this was not important. What else could he count?

But he didn't know that Zhu Houzhao was thinking about mingling with the little palace maid after it was dark, and he had no intention of thinking about Xie Qian's proposal for Northwest peace talks. He had long since had no idea where he had been drifting.

...

...

Even though Empress Zhang had given a warning to Zhu Houzhao and did not allow him to hang out with the little palace maid, because Empress Zhang was eager to embrace her grandson and asked the Xiaozong family to have offspring sooner, she was a little indulgent towards her son. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao had been calm for two days and began to become unscrupulous again.

Empress Zhang had threatened Zhu Houzhao to inform the court officials about this, but after her son insisted on doing it, she had no intention of implementing it, so she would rather turn a blind eye and pretend to be an ostrich.

After all, the filial piety clothes have been removed now, and even if Zhu Houzhao is lucky, a few palace maids are not a big deal. At most, people will be called debauchery. However, Zhu Houzhao is only in the palace, and the women who are lucky are logically prepared for the king. No matter how good it is, others dare not criticize it.

Zhu Houzhao began to be happy again, and Zhang Yuan's status in the palace rose sharply because he mastered the channels for palace maids to gain emperor favor. The old palace maids sent a palace maid over there, the price was two or three taels of silver, but now it has risen to twenty taels.

Zhang Yuan felt that he had made a fortune, but in fact he had small money, which was not in line with the resources he had. However, as the price of the cashier increased, the "quality" of the palace maids presented by the old palace maids decreased accordingly.

Zhu Houzhao initially liked the little palace maids, but because they were beautiful and charming, they flattered them, but Zhang Yuan later gave them some "spoken melons and jujubes", which made Zhu Houzhao very dissatisfied.

On this day, Zhang Yuan sent two top-quality melon-faced beauties who could be at least 90% of the future generations. They all dressed up carefully in gorgeous clothes and sent them to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao was very dissatisfied when she saw it and asked, "What kind of women are these? They are sharp-mouthed and monkey cheeks. Those who don't know thought their chin could pierce my stomach... Eunuch Zhang, you are really becoming less and less willing to do things!"

Zhang Yuan quickly knelt down and kowtowed, and the two palace maids were so scared that they knelt down.

These days, melon-shaped faces are not the standard for beauties. No matter how good the facial features are, any awl-shaped face has basically been kicked out of the category of beauty. In order to satisfy Zhu Houzhao by the two palace maids Zhang Yuan spent a lot of effort to find someone to get brocade clothes and gorgeous clothes, which are treasures of the concubines in the inner palace. Because there has not been a new concubine in the inner palace for more than ten years, these clothes are difficult to find. After finding them, they also asked someone to put on makeup. As a result, Zhu Houzhao was very dissatisfied after being sent.

When Zhang Yuan saw Zhu Houzhao, he was furious and was afraid that he would lose the emperor's favor, so he could only argue: "Your Majesty... Most of the palace maids in the palace are exiled, and those with excellent looks stay in the Jiaofangsi and other places. Your Majesty has lived in the palace for a long time, but has he met his beloved beauties? Even these two people were also selected by the servants..."

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and muttered: "Yes, no wonder my father has been in the palace for so many years and doesn't even accept a concubine. He has made ugly girls in the palace. Compared with his mother, these women are simply unable to see them! Where should I find beautiful women? By the way, Zhang Yuan, let Marquis of Jianchang..."

The naughty child wanted to say, you asked Marquis Jianchang to find a way to send me out of the palace, but when he thought about it again, he immediately felt something was wrong, "Hey, I am the emperor now, this palace is my territory. If you want to go out, go out and come back if you want to come back, who can care? Zhang Yuan, hurry up and prepare for me, I want to go out of the palace for fun!"
Chapter completed!