Reading thousands of books is worse than traveling a thousand miles.

A person’s experience and insight must be increased through contact and experience of people and things.

The emperor did not expect Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youjian to recognize the confusing problems of the Ming Dynasty at once.

But at least let them know the sufferings of the people, how hateful corrupt officials and businessmen are, and how dirty those hypocritical and generous civil servants are actually.

The same is true for the errands given to the two of them, and they investigated the collusion between officials and businessmen in Jiangnan. However, they may not understand the emperor's profound meaning.

Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youjian took turns talking, either from interesting folk stories, from investigation cases, or from laughing or mocking. The emperor interjected a few words from time to time, and the conversation was very harmonious.

"It is difficult to avoid the smell of wine and meat in the rich family, and the road is frozen to death." The emperor sighed with deep emotion: "The so-called peaceful and prosperous times are the same, but there are only relatively fewer ones."

"The emperor's brother is too demanding." Zhu Youjian hurriedly said: "What I see is that the people live a good life. There are wars in Liaodong and southwest, and it is extremely rare for the court to not increase taxes. Even the king of Yao and Shun is just like this."

Zhu Youjian agreed, "What Your Highness, Xin Wang said is true. Long live to crack down on illegal gentry and punish corrupt officials. The burden on the people is greatly reduced. Especially when I am exempted from the lowly family, I am on the way back and saw the people who were able to improve the lowly and improve the people and kneel down to their knees and thank the emperor for their kindness."

Although it may not be seen with your own eyes, those inferior untouchables are indeed grateful. The emperor believed this.

The emperor is not humble, because the fact is that, there is no need to be hypocritical.

However, regarding Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youjian's understanding of the Ming Dynasty and today's hard-working warning to the ministers in the palace, the emperor believed that the effect was limited.

There is no way, they have no idea of ​​the direction of history and will not believe that according to the original historical trajectory, the Yangyang Ming Dynasty was destroyed more than ten years later.

It is precisely because they did not regret that China was devastated by the fishy smell that they would not have the feeling of Zhu Youxiao and their urgency to reform.

There is only one purpose, not to let history repeat itself.

Reform not only involves institutions and personnel, but also education and ideas.

Martial, expansion, pioneering, enterprising...the condensed words are behind the big projects, big investments, and big changes.

Of course, the emperor did not say too much to Zhu Youjian and the others, and the same was true for important officials. The reform was gradually advanced and deepened, whether it was fast or slow, it also depends on the specific implementation effect.

The emperor ended the summons and rewarded the two. Although such insights are not very satisfactory, they are already good and cannot be too extravagant.

Since the reform has begun to formally prelude, the vassal state is a problem that must be solved. Unfortunately, there are too few talents among the vassal states, and Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youjian are two of them.

The emperor dealt with political affairs for a day and looked exhausted. Fortunately, Fan Xiaohui and Li Chengcheng, no matter which one is around, served diligently to relieve his fatigue.

A pair of jade hands gently placed on the emperor's shoulders, and the force was just right. The emperor snorted comfortably and closed his eyes slightly.

After a while, the emperor patted Fan Xiaohui's little hand, his eyes still half-closed, and said with a teasing: "Xiaohui, is the blindfolded red cloth ready?"

Fan Xiaohui's face turned red, even redder than red cloth.

The emperor is so bad. Punishment is actually such a shameful thing, and he even blinds his eyes to do whatever he wants.

Haha, the emperor smiled and said, "Well, there should be no need to prepare. Xiaohui takes it with her, right?"

"Cai, not!" Fan Xiaohui lowered her blushing face, and her low voice stammered and denied.

"It doesn't matter, it's under my pillow." The emperor opened his eyes, took over the girl's slender waist, and smiled and admired her shy appearance.

"Your Majesty, May is here." Wang Tigan was tactfully not entering the hall, reminding him outside the hall.

The emperor then let go of his hand, patted Xiaohui's buttocks lightly, sat up straight, coughed dryly, and returned to his hypocritical expression.

May is both smart and clever, but he is a little greedy. But this is not a big problem. At least the emperor doesn't care, and even likes it very much.

The ability to ask many questions is one of May's advantages. The emperor basically answers questions and treats this little girl as a student he personally teaches.

"Long live." May entered the hall and still knew the rules very well, and knelt down and bowed.

"Get up!" The emperor smiled and raised his hand.

May stood up, blinked his big eyes and asked, "The young woman conducted an experiment to prove that the surface of the water is indeed tense, but..."

The emperor grinned secretly, the little girl's thoughts were getting deeper and deeper, and the questions were getting trickier. That is, I, the entire Ming Dynasty, could answer it alone.

A smile slowly emerged on his face, and the emperor's confidence and pride arose.

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The power of prospering the country, pacifying Liao and destroying slaves.

In the second half of this year, these eight words appeared the most frequently in newspapers and can be called annual hot words.

Despite this, the emperor still did not say enough and did not set a specific time.

The news that made the people of the Ming Dynasty feel that this year was expected was not the victory of the Haicheng decisive battle, but the news that the revival of Liaoyang and continued to advance towards Chenyang.

Liao, heavy, almost represents Liaodong in the eyes of the people. As for remote places such as Jianzhouwei, it doesn’t matter if it can be defeated better.

But for the officials of the court and the generals on the front line, the goal of pacifying Liao was not so simple. The just restoration of Liao Shen was not enough to represent pacifying Liao, let alone destroying slaves.

Jiannu's active retreat and the approaching of the mid-winter made all units of the Ming army accelerate the speed of attack and pursuit.

Material transportation can still be supported, land consumption is very expensive, and water transportation can be maintained. When the river freezes, the Ming army is really unable to advance and can only stop chasing, or even retreat and eat.

Dongjiang Town's attack on the Sarhu area made Jiannu dare not delay and accelerate the retreat. They also knew very well that people's hearts were unstable and their backs were cut off. How miserable would it be to wait for them?

Huang Taiji sent urgent letters, asking the new Khan Dorgon and the auxiliary government to send troops to support him, and asked the troops and civilians to speed up the retreat.

But Dorgon and Daishan were not having a good time. The Ming army's pursuit speed suddenly accelerated, and the flying cavalry and lances stepped behind him, biting them like a vicious wolf.

Block, block, block, and block. After layers of blocking, thousands of people were lost every time, which bought some time for the Jurchen civilian slaves, but the cost was increasingly unbearable for the senior officials of the Later Jin Dynasty.
Chapter completed!