After seeing the prosperity of the capital and having a "ordinary" meal at Wei Guangde's house, King Yu thought he had already had a certain understanding of the living standards of the people.

However, after leaving the Wei family and returning to Prince Yu's mansion, from the moment he entered the door, Prince Yu fell into deep worries again.

Of course he was not worried that Gao Gong would harm him. He was still very satisfied with his trip today. He also ate well in the Wei family, but when he entered the mansion, he felt a little guilty. Did he be too indulgent today?

Another worry is that what my father will think of him today is what he has done to the palace.

As Wei Guangde said during the banquet, he only needs to be himself well. As long as he ensures that he does not make any mistakes, his position will be as stable as Mount Tai.

So will the father approve of what he did today?

I don’t know, but King Yu really doesn’t know. He could only sit down and think about it when he was alone, because the image of Emperor Jiajing was very unfamiliar in his mind, so strange that he could not remember what he looked like. His temperament was also analyzed by Gao Gong and the others.

Can't figure it out.

Inadvertently, King Yu suddenly felt a sense of regret. If he did not obey Gao Gong, Wei Guangde and others today, he would not have the troubles he had now if he didn't go out for this trip.

I just stayed in the palace, drank and listened to music, and my life seemed to be pretty good. Although it was really good outside, I saw all kinds of people on the way, as well as a wide range of goods in street shops.

Thinking of this, King Yu couldn't help but feel that the country under his father's rule was also pretty good.

Although Gao Gong and others often criticized the emperor for delaying national affairs because of his practice of Taoism, and appointing treacherous ministers to govern the country, causing thieves everywhere to rise up and make people live in poverty, but at this moment, King Yu suddenly felt that their statement was too one-sided. Is there any fuss about some scabies that deserve to be fussy?

Even at this time, King Yu felt that it seemed that his father's decision was right, and it seemed that it was good to hand over the government to those civil officials.

There is also Emperor Hongzhi of the previous dynasty, who was considered his grandfather. At that time, he chose three cabinet ministers to govern the country well.

King Yu felt that he should learn from him, and chose a few better officials to help him manage government affairs, so that he could do what he liked to do with peace of mind.

Gao Gong is a person, Chen Yiqin can do it, Yin Shidan, and he needs to take a look.

At this time, King Yu suddenly forgot his previous worries and began to consider who he should arrange to enter the cabinet to help him manage the country.

As for the others, King Yu was not familiar with him, but he also knew that he could not all appoint his own officials.

Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin are people he think are pretty good, capable and loyal.

It should be enough to have these two people. There is still one left for Xu Jie to leave for the rest of the place. No matter what, Xu Jie still supports him over the years.

King Yu felt that since Xu Jie supported him, he should give him some benefits.

Moreover, judging from his experience with Xu Jie, this person is still very capable. Perhaps he may not be as good as Yan Song in some aspects, but it is also very evident that he can serve as the secondary support for a long time.

For mediocre people, the father should not let them stay in high positions for a long time.

Thinking of this, King Yu suddenly felt better and relaxed. Then he thought of the juggling kids I saw on the street today. The kid was really good and could perform various performances on such a high pole.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel moved. It was very exciting. When will I find some juggling skills to enter the palace to perform? I will get tired of listening to music and watching opera every day.

As for Wei Guangde, he was entertaining the future emperor at home today. He has not calmed down yet and is excited.

At this moment, he rubbed his hands and walked back and forth in the bedroom, and Xu Jianglan and her maid were watching the side covered their mouths and laughed.

After walking around for countless rounds, Wei Guangde finally stopped and sat by the bed.

"You go down first."

At this time, Xu Jianglan looked at Wei Guangde and finally sat down, stopped shaking in front of her, and said to the little maid behind her.

After the little maid went out to bring her to the door, she spoke, "Why do you think so much about King Yu? I heard from my brother that Your Highness, Your Highness, is not favored by the emperor, and Your Highness, King Jing, is more likely to inherit the treasure."

Xu Jianglan's words were a bit overbearing, but fortunately she was at home, and she only heard her continue saying: "And I heard from my uncle and the others. It is still unknown who will win now. The best way is to not say or do it. When the emperor decides, we will just follow the order."

"That's because he is a nobleman and is with the same country as he is, so he doesn't need to stand in a team or compete for the merit of following the dragon."

Wei Guangde replied casually, and at this moment, what Wei Guangde thought of was just as he said.

He knew very well that the uncle Xu Jianglan mentioned should be Xu Yande. As Ding Guo Duke, he still needs some credit for what he wants. Do you still expect to be awarded the title of king in his lifetime?

Even if the emperor wants to give it to him, he doesn't dare to ask for it.

The man who heard that he is not very good now, and after hearing Xu Jianglan talk about it a few times, I am afraid that he will be able to survive in a few years. By then, the title of Duke Ding will be transferred to Xu Wenbi.

Xu Wenbi and Wei Guangde have also seen this person several times, but except for the first time I met him at the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion, the rest were all hit together in a restaurant and a brothel.

Wei Guangde accompanied his colleagues to listen to music and poems at that time, but he was not doing anything dirty. As for Mr. Xu, he seemed to be similar to him, and he was always with a group of nobles from the capital.

Through Xu Wenbi, Wei Guangde has known all the young second generations of nobles in the capital.

Xu Wenbi gave Wei Guangde the feeling that he likes to play, but he seems to know the importance of it, and is very cautious in people. He will make noise when he should make trouble, and will make peace when he should be quiet, and he will make peace when he should be quiet.

Among those second generations, Xu Wenbi is still a figure.

This is Wei Guangde’s understanding of the current and next generation of Duke Dingguo. If he is a relative of such a family, he will at least not worry about encountering unlucky things like the Red Mansion Jia Mansion.

"Actually, there is no need for you to fight. You can continue step by step. With your ability and the help of your uncle and others, you will be able to hold a high position sooner or later."

Xu Jianglan said aside.

"You women don't understand what's happening in the court."

Wei Guangde shook his head. If he really had something to do with the nobles, his official position would not be very likely to be promoted very high.

Now Wei Guangde is consciously drawing a clear line with the Duke Ding Mansion, because he is worried that other colleagues will be assigned to the Wuxun family.

Although the civil and military ministers in the court were very polite when they met, the civil servant group was always on guard against the Wuxun family, which is why the Jing camp was firmly controlled by the Ministry of War.

Although Zhu Xizhong was the leader of the Beijing camp army, he actually did not have the Ministry of War’s note, so his soldiers could not command them at all, and he could not even get out of the military camp.

The Ministry of War, but there are officials stationed in all the battalions of Beijing, are the real commanders of each battalion.

"I don't know anything. You just want to please King Yu. After King Yu ascends the throne in the future, he will see if he can promote you to a greater official position and let you enter the cabinet. In the future, others will respectfully call you "Ge Lao Wei" first, haha."

As he said that, Xu Jianglan burst into laughter like a silver bell.

"One of the officials who have entered the government through the imperial examinations regard entering the cabinet as their ultimate goal, let alone your family is walking fairly on the road to entering the cabinet. Naturally, they must work harder to succeed in entering the cabinet.

Wake up and hold the power of the world, and lie drunk on the beautiful knees. This is our lifelong pursuit.”

Wei Guangde said casually.

"You still want to sleep in the beautiful knees drunk, who do you sleep in? Don't think I don't know. You guys are running to that place when you're fine. When you come back, you say you were pulled by your colleagues. Hum, don't think I don't know. In fact, you are the one who shouts the most."

At this time, Xu Jianglan had already stood up and walked to Wei Guangde, and said with a bad expression, while squeezing her jade hands into small fists and shaking in front of Wei Guangde's eyes.

Xu Jianglan was born in the Duke of Wei. She didn't only know how to play music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She also learned some fancy moves, perhaps to strengthen her body, and to have more self-defense and life-saving ability. In short, when Xu Jianglan saw Wei Guangde getting up in the morning to do boxing, she also "discussed" with Wei Guangde.

Of course, Wei Guangde's boxing technique was not a fancy move, but he didn't dare to act freely, so he was beaten by Xu Jianglan in a few strokes, which made her very arrogant at home for a while.

However, Wei Guangde didn't plan to spoil her today. He reached out and grabbed one of Xu Jianglan's arms and put her in his arms. Then he turned over and pressed her under him. He smiled frivolously and said, "Who to sleep with? I'll sleep with you tonight."

In the days that followed, Wei Guangde lived a leisurely life.

He had already written Yu Dayou's reply and handed it to the servant for him to take it back to Datong.

If you want to ask for an order to build a military chariot camp, you must first gain a real victory in Datong. The advantage of the chariots in the fight against the Mongolian cavalry. Otherwise, the current financial situation of the court would definitely be unable to support it. The Ministry of War would never allocate money to build a unicycle without seeing the effect.

In fact, the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not lack any outstanding vision. If they were different from readers, they were also influenced by the times.

After seeing the Fran machine cannons and bird guns from the West, officials saw the effects in actual combat. Compared with the firearms originally equipped by the Ming army, it is easy to see their advantages.

They would not be stingy with such practical equipment. They invested a large amount of money and made large quantities of equipment from all over the country, even if the finances were tight.

They are not self-confidence, but a group of people who are good at learning.

Of course, when the money was allocated and the people involved in the manufacturing did, they also knew that after all, they could share the benefits from it, but this was not the main reason for them to allocate money, but it was because this thing could indeed improve the combat power of the Ming army.

You should know that there is money where you can do other things without using it to build guns and cannons. You can also get rid of them layer by layer, and in fact their interests will not be damaged.

It is easy for them to spend money.

The connection between Wei Guangde and Chen Ju has been restored, but the number of contacts has become less, and most of them use notes to convey information.

Wei Guangde also knew that Lu Bing's case was thoroughly understood.

A major change occurred within the East Factory. Several eunuchs who took action were poisoned to death overnight, and the clues were completely interrupted.

The resumes of several people in the palace were also extremely ordinary, and they could not tell at all that they had a background. As the matter was undergoing another major purgation in the East Factory, Chen Ju actually got a brand that was not big or small in the East Factory.

Wei Guangde wanted to see Chen Ju wearing a sharp hat, white leather boots, brown clothes, and small ribbons. However, he also knew that the brand Chen Ju said about being familiar with the Dongchang was probably just to facilitate him to serve in the imperial court and to facilitate his work under the emperor's will. It is unlikely that he would be transferred to Dongchang as the chief officer.

He is not qualified to be the admiral of the Dongchang Factory, but his godfather Gao Zhong is okay.

However, now Huang Jin is the eunuch of the Governor, the Secretariat, and the Admiral East Factory. There is no one else in this trust.

Without the recognition of Emperor Jiajing, who could move Huang Jin's status?

Gao Zhong naturally didn't dare to argue with Huang Jin, just be honest in his rituals and pens.

In August, Beijing is bright and cool in autumn, and the court has also ushered in a busy month.

The reason for being busy is of course not the sudden increase in official documents submitted by various places, nor is it the border towns fighting with Mongolian Tartars, or the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are robbed by Japanese pirates, but the Holy Day of the Birthday.

As Emperor Jiajing took 200,000 taels of Taicang silver into the house and issued the edict, the whole court became busy.

Emperor Jiajing's birthday is approaching, so the censors in the court naturally would not criticize the emperor for asking for money from the Ministry of Revenue at this time.

A few days later, the ancestor Confucius ordered the Grand Secretary Li Ben to perform the ceremony, the Taisheji ordered the British Duke Zhang Rongdai, and the Emperor Shuji ordered the Emperor Shuji to be the Duke Zhu Xizhong. An imperial decree was issued from the West Garden.

In the past few days, what everyone in the Hanlin Academy is most concerned about, or what officials in the major yamen in the capital are most concerned about, is whether Emperor Jiajing will be the emperor of Fengtian Hall on the Holy Day of Wanshou.

In Wei Guangde's memory, it seems that he had never seen Emperor Jiajing in Fengtian Palace several times. Moreover, the construction of the three halls has continued and has not been completed. The wood purchased from the south is still being transported into the capital. The Ministry of Works has only completed the reconstruction of the inner and outer palace gates.

However, if Fengtian Hall was not built, it does not mean that it cannot be ceremonial.

In fact, the huge square outside Fengtian Hall has been cleared. Although the worship ceremony cannot be held in the hall, it is also possible to be outside the hall. This is how the palace examination and subsequent rituals were held at the beginning of the year, and Emperor Jiajing also arrived at the scene.

Their discussion ended soon. With the decree issued by the Xiyuan, the Duke of the Nongshou Festival ordered Zhu Xizhong to worship the heavens at the Xuanji Temple on behalf of the emperor. The emperor went to the imperial palace. All officials had court robberies to go to the gate of the court for five and three bowing ceremony. They still expressed their congratulations and gave them money to the banquet. The King of Korea, Li Yi, sent a servant, Cao Shenshen and others to judge Liu Qian, the leader of the Weiyi people in Shenning, and Ge Lu Ge, and other people to congratulate each other. The tribute horses and square goods were given as an example.

After the decree of Emperor Jiajing was issued, the court quickly started to operate according to the decree. It seemed that August had passed so smoothly, but when an emergency memorial from Xuanfu was sent to the capital, the relaxed atmosphere in the court became tense instantly again.

The main force of Altan's army appeared outside Xuanfu and suspected that there were signs of invasion. He asked to transfer troops from Jizhen and other places to assist in defense.
Chapter completed!