I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 461 Selection

Zhu Houzhao was very pleased with Sun Gong's words.
"Actually, this song is not bad. Although the lyrics are simple and not as elegant as "Farewell", it has some flavor when sung by Mongolians!" Zhu Houzhao said, nodding.

Zhu Houzhao was a very smart man with a wide range of hobbies, music being one of his main hobbies, so he could comment on these songs.
"Come to think of it, my brother hasn't written a new song for a long time. He is too busy. I didn't expect that he wrote this song recently." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to report that Your Highness is very concerned about the naturalization of the Mongols. These songs were written to better help the Mongols naturalize," Sun Gong said hurriedly.

"These songs?" Zhu Houzhao grasped the key point with keen insight, "Could it be that my brother has written more than one song?"

"Yes, Your Highness composed a total of three songs, all for the purpose of naturalizing the Mongols," Sun Gong said directly.

"Is this true? Then show it to me quickly!" Zhu Houzhao urged excitedly.

"Yes, sir!" Sun Gong said, and then he asked the Mongols to start performing.
The Mongolians performed two more songs: "Beautiful Grassland, My Home" and "Standing on the Grassland Looking at Beijing".

Zhu Houzhao and the people present were amazed and thought that the popularity of these songs would help the Mongolians to assimilate.
"You have trained these Mongols well. Their singing and dancing are quite good," Zhu Houzhao said to Sun Gong.

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty." Sun Gong quickly expressed his gratitude.

"This is quite surprising to me. In the past, the Mongols were known for their barbarity and cruelty. I didn't expect that the Mongols nowadays are so like this." Zhu Houzhao was speaking and suddenly found that he could not find a suitable word to describe this.

"Good at singing and dancing!" Zhu Houzhao quickly thought of a suitable word, "I didn't expect them to be so good at singing and dancing."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. They will become more and more good at singing and dancing in the future." Sun Gong said with a smile, "Then we will show Your Majesty more wonderful performances."

"Hahaha!" Zhu Houzhao laughed at Sun Gong's words.

After this little episode, Zhu Houzhao's team returned to Beijing and returned to normal.
The winding team marched across the land like a long dragon. Zhu Houzhao stood on his horse and observed the cavalry of his guards. After fighting again and again in the past few years, these cavalrymen have become more refined and refined. It is obvious that they are an elite force.
This made Zhu Houzhao feel proud.
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao heard bursts of singing behind him:
——I look at Beijing from a high hill

——Listen attentively to your mother’s voice

——Looking forward to the mountains

——A horse-riding trip across the green pasture
——I sing Beijing on the grassland

——Whose eyes swept across the scenery
When Zhu Houzhao led his army to Beijing, it was already early November, and the entire city was shrouded in a faint coal smoke.
As steam locomotives gradually replaced the Marxist locomotives, the transportation cost became even cheaper, and the low transportation price made the energy price even cheaper, so the price of coal delivered to the capital was very low, and it has become the first choice for the people of the capital to keep warm in winter.
Although the Royal Group has done a lot of publicity about carbon monoxide poisoning, people in Beijing still get poisoned from time to time.
The price of charcoal is high because all the trees in the surrounding mountains have been cut down.
It was because of this background that Zhu Houxuan implemented a series of ecological restoration operations in Shuntian Prefecture, such as planting a lot of trees, especially on both sides of the road, and prohibiting people from cutting trees indiscriminately. The Industrial Revolution had already begun, so the relevant policies on environmental protection should also be implemented. He wanted to slowly restore the ecological environment on the North China Plain.

Zhu Houzhao only brought back 1 infantrymen to the capital, because the cavalry would continue to attack in the spring of the next year, so he did not bring any back.

The news that Zhu Houzhao had captured Borjigin Barsborot had spread throughout the capital. After returning to the capital, he naturally had to offer the captive to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and other operations. The people of the capital had become numb to Zhu Houzhao's successive victories, but the direct capture of the Mongolian Khan still caused heated discussions on the streets for a while.
"What's going on with the Ministry of Personnel? Is it so difficult to select a dozen officials?" Zhu Houxun said coldly, "The four prefectures of Hetao have been established for a year and a half, and the four prefectures of Chengde have been established for more than half a year, but now these eight prefectures haven't even filled up their officials?"

The four states of Chengde were set up after the recovery of the three guards of Doyan, to manage local civil affairs.

After hearing what Zhu Houxuan said, the Minister of Personnel Shi Yan felt a headache. "Your Highness, the Ministry of Personnel is already doing its best to select officials. Please give us some more time."

"Give me leniency? How can I give me leniency? Hundreds of thousands of people in the eight newly established states are waiting for their superior officials. In the end, the superior officials are late in arriving. How many things have been delayed?" Zhu Houxun said in a cold voice.

“Moreover, those selected by the Ministry of Personnel before were all garbage. Before they even arrived at the place, they heard the news of the Tatars heading south, and they were so scared that they ran back to the capital. How should we deal with such garbage?” Zhu Houxuan showed no mercy at all.

"Your Highness, please calm down. It was indeed the Ministry of Personnel's failure to judge people that led to this incident. Please forgive me, Your Highness," Shi Yao said helplessly.

"Let's talk about how to punish these fugitive officials?" Zhu Houxuan continued, looking at the Minister of Rites Mao Cheng.

"Why not deduct one year's salary?" said the Minister of Rites Mao Cheng.

"Deduct one year's salary?" Zhu Houxuan sneered. "For such a coward, it would be better to strip him of his honor and allow him to return home!"

"Your Highness, please don't do that." The Minister of Rites Mao Cheng felt a headache and cursed those officials in his heart, "They studied hard for decades to get their honors. Please have pity on their hardship and don't easily take away their honors."

"I can sympathize with their hardships, but what about the Han people and naturalized Mongolians in the eight newly established states? Are we just going to leave them alone? If military and national affairs are delayed because of this, who will take the responsibility and who can bear this responsibility?" Zhu Houxuan rebuked in a cold voice.

"Don't think that I don't know what they are thinking. They just despise the harsh conditions in the newly established eight states and the fierce wars. All the books about loyalty to the emperor and serving the country have been read like dogs, so they are afraid and dare not go and don't want to go," Zhu Houxuan continued.

"Your Highness, please forgive me." The Minister of Personnel Shi Yao apologized.

"I don't care about so much. Just gather the people in three days. Let me be frank first. I don't have to use the people selected by the Ministry of Personnel. If we can't get them all together, don't blame me for choosing other people to serve as officials in the eight newly established states." Zhu Houxuan said calmly.

(End of this chapter)