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After some preparation, the court selected June 27, the first year of Hongxi as an auspicious day. On this day, Zhu Zhanji held a grand throne ceremony in the imperial city and ascended the throne as the fourth king of the Ming Dynasty. The following year, he changed his name to Xuande.

The Zhonghe Shao music was played in Fengtian Hall, and thousands of civil and military officials knelt on both sides of the imperial road under the Danban to pay homage to the New Emperor's guard of honor.

The guard of honor held flags, flags, umbrellas, covers, axes, halberds, and other objects in his hands, and moved forward in a majestic, slow and steady manner to show his majesty.

Only a few people see the form of etiquette, and what really affects many people in the world is the edict of the throne.

Many of the edicts of the throne began with a general amnesty. From before the 12th June of the First Year of Hongxi to after August 15th last year, officials, military and civilians committed crimes. Except for the treason of rebellion, descendants murdered grandparents and parents, wives and concubines killed husbands, slaves killed masters, plotted as a result of murder, murder of poisonous poisonous poisonous poisonous poisonous poisonous poisonous poisonous poisonous poisonous poisonous robbers, the rest have been discovered, not discovered, have been established, have not been established, and have not been established, and there is no big or small crime, and all of them have been forgiven.Those who dare to forgive the past will be punished for their crimes.Since August 15 last year, officers and generals of the flag army, strong men, school captains, senators, and reigns, except for those who rebel against the party, had committed crimes in various places to make meritorious service and surrender to the army, and were sent to Charlie of the Ministry of War to resume his duties...

The edict was very long and had a rich content, covering almost all aspects of the empire's daily government affairs.

Among them, there are regulations on handling criminals, craftsmen, and soldiers in various situations, as well as detailed regulations on land reclamation, taxation, procurement, supply methods, etc.

This edict was written by Yang Shiqi. The author and content determined the bureaucratic team headed by Yang Shiqi in the early stage and the program and tone of governing the country that the Xuande Dynasty would implement.

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Many prisoners can be pardoned, and the Ming Dynasty ushered in another new beginning.

However, there are also many people who ended before the new beginning. There is also the lucky one who heard the grand Zhonghe Shao music, but it looked like a death knell to her, that is Beauty Wang.

Shortly after Emperor Xuande ascended the throne, she finally died without warning in the palace where she was imprisoned.

During the imprisonment, Wang Meiren was in a state of unstable mood, sometimes frightened and sometimes frustrated, and sometimes she even went crazy and talked nonsense.

She said that the late emperor did not die of illness, but was poisoned by someone. At first, it was said that it was the poison caused by a jealousy of a concubine who had been buried with her. Later, she said that the new emperor, Emperor Xuande, had long been unjust, wanted to ascend the throne as soon as possible, and had conspired and designed before going to Nanjing...

But nothing she said was useless. People all said nonsense from such a person.

Then she died.

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Zhang Ning was writing a memorial at home and wanted to say something to the new emperor, because Xuande had just ascended the throne, and he must have felt very fresh and was in a good mood to accept advice. It was very good to write a letter to say something at this time.

Of course, he had also been on the previous comments. He had just gone to bed two days after he went home, and he made up for the comments not long after he woke up.

What comments are made at this time?

He thought about it all over and over and could not talk about the private affairs of the Zhu family. Although the country and the world are one, most people say that this kind of thing is just a type of scam. I heard that Li Shimian, who was in charge of the royal private life during the reign of Emperor Hongxi, seemed to be in trouble after the new emperor ascended the throne. Zhu Zhanji did not mention the vassal king for the time being, and Zhang Ning felt that he should not talk about the King of Han, saying that this matter might also bring hatred between the King of Han and the brothers of Han, at least they are still in good condition in front of the King of Han, and they can't afford to offend for a while...

Of course, the memorial cannot completely write nonsense that Zhu Zhanji doesn't care about. If he writes that, it means not to write it, and it is meaningless.

Finally, Zhang Ning decided to write a suggestion for the Vietnam War.

At the turn of summer and autumn, the weather is hot and there are many mosquitoes. Zhao Erniang is very diligent today. She is busy grinding ink and fanning the ink, and then rushing the insects. Zhang Ning is still praising her while thinking about her words.

He held his pen in the air, looked at the window for a while, then lifted up his sleeves, and began to write and write drafts quickly.

Zhang Ning and Zhu Zhanji have been together for a few days, and privately feel that this emperor should be a very strong person.

Zhu Zhanji should have been influenced by Emperor Yongle since childhood and learned a lot of things, and may also be influenced by Emperor Yongle's mind. He is very happy with merits, but he is more likely to love face.

Based on this scheming of the holy intention, Zhang Ning believed that Zhu Zhanji was definitely not happy to withdraw his troops from Vietnam.

However, reducing the burden on the people and developing the economy is a established national policy. Jiaozhi County does not pose too much threat to the Ming Dynasty's national defense. From the decision-making perspective, it is a matter of time before the withdrawal of troops is a matter of time; otherwise, all court officials would not agree with it. Even Zhu Zhanji, on the surface, believed that Zhang Ning was making random suggestions and that the emperor was not a person who was ignorant of the current affairs.

So Zhang Ning came up with a way to take into account both, and withdrew his troops with a decent title.

At this time, the largest resistance army in Jiaozhi County was the Leli army. During Yongle, he launched the Blue Mountain Uprising and called himself the King of Punishment. It has not been eliminated until now and has become a major enemy of the Ming army in the south. Its status is equivalent to that of Laden and Gaddafi, and it is difficult to deal with. In Jiaozhi County, it is regarded as a savior by the locals, but in the court, he is a negative person who is anti-human, anti-king and anti-universal values, and a leader of the rebellious party.

Zhang Ning's letter suggested that he would launch the last war in Vietnam first, defeat the Lili army first, and make enough face, and do so much money and life in Vietnam for so many years; then negotiate to withdraw the troops to recognize the legal status of Lili in Vietnam and other conditions, so that he would be vain to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

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He believes that this suggestion may be very likely to be supported by Emperor Xuande. Otherwise, if there is a region around him who does not submit to the usual style of the Central Plains dynasty, how can Emperor Xuande remain?

Such a thing is definitely not allowed to happen for an ambitious monarch.

The purpose of Zhang Ning’s memorial is not only for this, but also for his career planning.

The plan is not detailed for the time being, and there is only one big framework. Because considering potential hidden dangers such as life experience, it may be meaningless to formulate a detailed plan now; but there cannot be no plan at all.

His profession is currently an official, but a country's affairs include all aspects. As a middle and lower-level bureaucrat, he cannot get involved in everything. He must find the right direction to develop.

Zhang Ning's direction around the end of Yongle was interviewing, but he had long since wanted to do that job and felt it was not suitable for him.

His plan is to put this note first, which is likely to be recognized and be prepared for the preparation.Then he was about to start talking about Zheng He's fleet's ocean-going affairs.

At this time, the ocean-going affairs were like Vietnam's withdrawal of troops, which were a huge project that cost a lot of money, so some ministers had long asked to stop it. It would be sooner or later for the Ming Dynasty to cancel these two things.

The motivation for stopping is similar, which is to reduce national expenses and people's livelihood; in order to adapt to the times, it is a process that is difficult to reverse.

But in Zhang Ning's opinion, these two things are actually very different, and the result may also change.

It is indeed difficult for Vietnam to withdraw its troops, and in Zhang Ning's view, it is meaningless to attack and occupy Vietnam except for opening up the territory, and the essence of hard work and money cannot be changed.

However, Zheng He's fleet's voyage to the West is different. At present, it seems that it is a life-threatening loss, but if the strategy is right, it is not impossible to turn losses into profits.

Of course, there are many chains of interest, including the interests of the gentry and landlords, and the emperor's concern that a large number of naval forces are at risk of losing control.

These can be solved slowly by compromise and discussing.

The key is to be able to earn back the money and visible benefits for the court, which is the key; by then maritime affairs will become a major fiscal revenue, rather than a burden of hard work and financial damage, so why should we stop it?

This big event is enough for Zhang Ning to achieve many achievements in his career.

Besides, from his modern perspective, this matter is of great significance. His career and work are a meaningful thing that will last forever. Why not do it?

It is much more interesting than conspiracy to get involved in the Zhu family's former grudges and grudges.

While writing memorials and thinking about the distance, Zhang Ning was filled with emotions for a while, so he turned to Zhao Erniang and said: Life is meaningless...

For such stupid words, Zhao Erniang had to look at him innocently, but it was a pleasant thing for her to talk to him, and it was not important what she said.

He sighed: I have not seen the tombs of heroes from the Five Tombs, and I have no flowers or wine to make the fields.Fame and career eventually turned into dust, perhaps faster than imagined... He thought of Zhang Juzheng, the whip method he had worked hard for a lifetime, but soon after his death he disappeared.

Zhang Ning may have been influenced by the psychology of scholars of this era and was contradictory, and then his eyes changed. However, when people look back on the past, it would be a meaningful thing to do if they could not say "It's a pity that how did that happen at that time" but instead of turning it into "luckily there is someone, how did that happen?"

Zhao Erniang shook her head and said: I don’t understand what the boss said to me about such a big thing.But if I ask me, you have the ability to be an official and can provide the people in our yard with a clean and comfortable house, food and clothing, and pocket money. We are all living well, which is very meaningful.

Zhang Ning thought about it carefully, nodded vigorously and said: This sentence is good, very realistic.

People always want to live a better life, and there is nothing wrong with instinct.

Zhang Ning had seen the living environment of the people in ordinary cities in this era. Zhao Erniang should have been born in a similar place, perhaps not as good as that. After all, Yangzhou that Zhang Ning saw at that time was a relatively wealthy area; later she might have gotten a little more money than she is now, but what kind of life she lived.

A cleaner, tidy and bright living environment, food and clothing levels, decentness, etc. are all what people want.

After saying a few words, he put down his brush, picked up the draft and read it word by word.

The memorial needs to be revised several times before copying it, and write less typos and neatly, at least it can give the emperor a good impression.