After ascending the throne, Zhu Zhanji had been working hard, and he wanted to reach the realm of Zhu Di's view of everything as a tool.

It started very well.

Really, whether it is the officials or the people, everyone thinks this emperor is good.

But the treatment of Xunqi made him realize his true colors.

It is not a good thing that the emperor values ​​love.

Of course, we can also say that the emperor is not cruel enough, which is not good.

"You all hope that I am ruthless, but who is willing to bear it if I am ruthless?"

Zhu Zhanji returned to the palace, and the two children were full of joy and left reluctantly.

This was a successful exit from the palace, and at least it gave the two children a lot of fun before the New Year.

Before the New Year, the emperor had to reward some things to important officials and honorary relatives. This humane move is probably the same as Fang Xing's unit for delivering New Year goods during the New Year in his previous life.

This is an act of collecting favors and enhancing cohesion.

Fang Xing’s family also has it, but the quantity and quality this year are not very good.

"Husband, these dates are all dried."

A car of rewards was cleaned up by Zhang Shuhui and Xiaobai, but Xiaobai said heartlessly that the royal family was poor, but Zhang Shuhui was a little worried.

"Husband, is our family's holy family gone?"

"It's not true, and don't poke that jerky, at least keep it for two big dogs."

Fang Xing did not explain his judgment, so Zhang Shuhui went out to inquire by herself.

When Zhang Shuhui rushed into the backyard like a gust of wind, Fang Xing, who was sharing nuts with Wuyou, frowned and said, "Be reserved, have..."

"Be reserved!"

Wuyou took advantage of Fang Xing's attention and quietly pulled some of the nuts in front of him, and then said to Zhang Shuhui seriously: "Mom, I want a lady."

Zhang Shuhui had no time to pay attention to her. She was a little anxious, but she was also a little gloating and said: "Husband, the rewards from those honorees are much less, even less than ours."

This is Mrs. Bo who gloats about hearing that her fellow employees are unlucky, but she will cry for some weakness.

This is the two sides of human beings.

Fang Xing likes such a wife. He thinks that such a woman is vivid and real.

No matter how beautiful a woman who is like a wood sculpture or a pretentious woman, he doesn't have the interest to take a look at her.

So he smiled and stood up and asked, "Your Majesty is just venting his anger. He is one of the great masters and relatives, but he is not willing to favor one and the other, otherwise there will be conflicts within, so our family is just a disaster."

Zhang Shuhui said a little discouraged: "It was said that His Majesty received the memorial yesterday, and some captured soldiers and families went to ask the local officials. The officials submitted the memorial before the New Year. His Majesty was very sad, so he wrote the reward at will."

Fang Xing was stunned, and then when he saw Wuyou pushing some of his nuts back with guilt, he rubbed the top of her head and said, "Your Majesty values ​​love, and I think most of Xun and Xun, especially Wuxun, have made contributions, so he has been hesitating. This memorial..."

The timing of this memorial was very good. It happened to be before the New Year, and when many people said that the honorary and relatives should be cleaned up.

"There are many evil people who are illegal. Is Your Majesty trying to beat him? Or is he ridiculing?" Zhang Shuhui was a little puzzled.

Fang Xing's eyes were filled with melancholy and he said, "When the war with Halie was fierce, the vanguards fought fiercely, and the scouts fought every day just to find out the news and broke the other party's sight. Those captured were elite..."

Zhang Shuhui was shocked and said, "Isn't it a big victory? The prisoners were not snatched back?"

Fang Xing shook his head, his eyes a little dazed.

He was thinking about the war back then, and his tone was calm.

"Most of the prisoners were sentenced to death after being interrogated. In the current battle, the Halie people went on a long expedition, so it was impossible to take them with them. There were very few left... The people from the Jinyiwei have found more than a hundred people, and they are currently in Samarkand."

Women are always soft, Zhang Shuhui said with distress: "Everyone is cheering here for the New Year, the country is prosperous and the people are safe, but those soldiers who fought for the Ming Dynasty have become prisoners and will never come back. How uncomfortable their families are!"

"This is just His Majesty venting his dissatisfaction. As for those captured brothers, His Majesty has already arranged people to go to Samarkand to wait for an opportunity to take action."

"Can you rescue it? Don't lose the Warriors to go in at that time."

Women like to use quantity to calculate whether a thing is correct or not, but it is war.

Wuyou didn't know what they were talking about, but felt the stagnation of the atmosphere, so he came over and stood beside Fang Xing.

Seeing that his daughter was well-behaved, Fang Xing whispered: "This is a war. Some people will die, but some people should not die. For this, we must pay a price to rescue them. This has nothing to do with winning or losing, we just don't want to throw away our robes."

The emperor sent New Year's goods, no matter how good or bad it was, it was always appropriate to go to the palace to thank him.

Fang Xing saw many honorary relatives, and those civil servants, who actually had the intention of a grand ceremony.

As soon as there were more people, they were divided into factions, and before the emperor arrived, everyone gathered together.

The Chinese New Year is coming, and the censor doesn't want to worry about these violations, so his voice gradually becomes louder.

"More than one hundred people? Not many!"

"There are not many, the Ming Dynasty captured more Halie."

"It's so pitiful, why don't you just exchange it."

"Yes, exchange, let's change two or three, they will always be willing, right?"

A group of civil servants were worried about the captured Ming army. Meng Ying from Wuxun said: "I sent an envoy to ask about the exchange of prisoners. The Halie people disagreed. They were afraid that the prisoners would affect the morale of the people after they returned."

Well!

The civil servants had never thought about this possibility, and some people said, "Or why don't you spend money, let's spend money to redeem those soldiers who serve the country."

"They refuse."

Meng Ying's words made the hall feel a little cold, and the civil servants lowered their heads uneasy.

"We don't want to."

Zhang Fu introduced the military's attitude: "Since they are still preparing to be enemies with the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty cannot exchange money for those captured soldiers, which is an insult to them."

This logic is unreasonable, but the Wuxun nodded, thinking that this was a matter of course.

The blood of the warrior has not yet dissipated, this is good news.

Then Zhu Zhanji came.

"It's the New Year, everyone is happy and every family is reunited. I wish you all the best in the coming year."

The ministers thanked the emperor in unison and wished the emperor and his family good food and drink during the New Year and good health.

Zhu Zhanji smiled, and after the ministers finished speaking, he gradually stopped smiling and said, "I received a memorial a few days ago. A mother asked me to ask me that she missed her son. She wanted to cook for her son during the Chinese New Year next year. She asked me that she was willing to devote her remaining life to me, only to ask that her son could return."

The ministers were all confused.

When did a civilian woman’s request appear in the memorial?

Moreover, this request was brought up by the emperor with great respect.

Yang Rong came out of the squad and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to send another envoy to Halie."

This is to be prepared to redeem the prisoners at a great cost.

The ministers were silent, and Xia Yuanji came out and said, "Your Majesty, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. I can reunite my family to celebrate the festival, but those soldiers can only be locked in a dark place, not having enough food or wearing warm clothes. I empathize with it. The Ministry of Revenue has a surplus this year."

Xia Yuanji's words cleared everyone's concerns about money, so the atmosphere became relaxed again.

Someone chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, the Halie people are not rich now. Let's give more gold and silver, and they will definitely be jealous of money."

The relaxed atmosphere gradually spreads, and everyone doesn't think this episode from the past New Year is considered to be true.

Zhu Zhanji was feeling the atmosphere and said calmly: "I am not going to trade with Halie."

Well!

What does the emperor mean?

Since they wanted to get the prisoners back, but the Halie refused to exchange them, they could only use money to redeem them.

Only Fang Xing knew what Zhu Zhanji was thinking.

He thought of the empty camp of Black Thorns, and Wuchuan, who was confused when he could not see his robes when he returned to Beijing.

The emperor said calmly: "My duty is to take care of the Ming Dynasty and the people. The soldiers fought for the country and were captured and slaves. I can't bear it, I can't bear it. An army has already set out, and it should have arrived in Samarkand at this moment."

The ministers were stunned and shocked.

The Minister of War Zhang Ben looked at the emperor at a loss, almost offending: "Your Majesty, they have been captured."

As the Minister of War, he didn't even know which army set out.

The emperor did not explain anything, but looked at the ministers and said in a deep voice: "They are heroes. When someone greedily embezzled the land and property, they are fighting; when someone embraced the beautiful women and the glass was filled with fine wine, they are enslaved."

The atmosphere was a little more nervous and awkward, especially the honors and relatives, who always felt that the emperor's words were wrong.

Zhu Zhanji emphasized again: "They are heroes, so I sent an army to rescue them. I will wait for them in the capital. Before that, I can only pray to the heavens and pray for all their safety."
Chapter completed!