Good news: Zhu Lian transmigrated, becoming Emperor Chongzhen of the Great Ming, Zhu Youjian.
Bad news: Today is the tenth day of the third month of Chongzhen's seventeenth year, and Li Z...
"Please let me know, Father."
"Alas," Chongzhen sighed, "your elder brother suffered a lot in his life, and he disappeared before he had the chance to enjoy happiness. I am so heartbroken, so sad!"
Zhu Cixiong knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face.
Others may not know what kind of suffering Zhu Cilang has endured, but he knows it very well.
After waiting for a while, Chongzhen said again: "Go to the harem to see your mother. Your eldest brother's disappearance was a great blow to her."
Zhu Cijiong kowtowed and said, "Yes, I will go right away."
When mother and son met, they hugged each other and cried bitterly.
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August 18, the 28th year of Chongzhen.
Chongzhen held an early morning court in the Huangji Hall.
There is only one thing today: reward according to merit.
Minister of War Wang Jiayan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Liaodong has been pacified, the civil strife has been quelled, and the armies have returned to their hometowns. I think that we should reward the meritorious officials in order to comply with the will of heaven and reassure the army!"
"I second the motion."
"I second this motion."
The repeaters in the court began their work.
Chongzhen nodded: "Yes, the meritorious officials should indeed be rewarded."
Everyone's eyes were on the Minister of Personnel Qiu Yu.
The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of the selection, appointment, reward, merit and assessment of officials throughout the country.
(In the late Ming Dynasty, the transfer and promotion of military generals came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, but the conferment and inheritance of titles were still under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel.)
Minister of Personnel Qiu Yu held up a memorial with both hands: "This is the memorial for the reward drafted by the Ministry of Personnel. Please review it, Your Majesty."
Chongzhen had already read the memorial in advance, and he symbolically read it again, then stood up and said, "Call all the generals to the palace to accept the reward!"