Xu Huizu, Chang Mao, and Li Jinglong also felt that they had gained a lot from discussing important military and national affairs with His Majesty. Some of the people they recommended had indeed gained His Majesty's trust and had the opportunity to make contributions and serve in His Majesty's important mission of going to Southeast Asia.

Perhaps they recommended some people, and perhaps they had some ulterior motives. But in any case, the people they recommended were all capable individuals; they certainly didn't promote mediocre people.

After all, these three officials had already reached the pinnacle of their positions, and while they did indeed have their own interest groups, their primary concern was protecting the emperor's interests. Therefore, the people they recommended were all quite appropriate.

Moreover, this recommendation seems to reveal a different side of the emperor.

Many people say that Emperor Ying Shi was harsh, and even somewhat vindictive. However, this is not absolute. Wu Zhong and Yu Tongyuan, although they became disgraced officials and had their titles revoked for various reasons, were not entirely without merit.

However, there is now an opportunity for them to make a comeback; it remains to be seen whether they have the ability to seize it.

This is certainly good news for the military nobility, after all, in recent years, and even recently, a number of people have been dismissed from their posts and stripped of their titles for committing offenses. Even if they are better off than ordinary people, they are far inferior to the nobility.

However, His Majesty disregarded past grievances, which can be considered as giving them a chance.

Zhu Yunying's thinking was actually quite simple: some disgraced officials could be used, such as those who had suffered undeserved calamities. However, there were others who could not be used, and there was no chance to use them at all, because those who had crossed the emperor's bottom line basically met a bad end for their entire families.

Using people effectively is also an art.