Chapter 67: Zhu Qizhen's Harem

When Zhu Qizhen heard the Queen Mother say this, he immediately said: "Please rest assured, the Queen Mother, I will immediately recall the prince and marry the prince next year." ”

Only then did the Queen Mother soften her tone and said: "It's good that you know, don't be busy with those things that are out of tune all day long, it's only right to let me hug my great-grandson quickly." ”

Zhu Qizhen was entrained with a stick in the Queen Mother, and he was beaten openly and secretly, so the Queen Mother sent Zhu Qizhen away.

Zhu Qizhen walked out of Kunning Palace and breathed a sigh of relief.

After so many years, few people have made him so passive. For a while, I was still not used to it.

"It's all the concubine's fault." Qian saluted and said.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Where is your business, I was negligent." ”

After many years of husband and wife, the relationship between Zhu Qizhen and the Qian family is naturally not as enthusiastic as when they were teenagers. But the relationship between each other seems to be estranged, but it is actually very measured.

Zhu Qizhen has always respected this wife, and has never interfered in the affairs of the harem.

And the Qian family is also qualified as a royal palace.

Whether it is managing the harem, handling various affairs of the inner court, supporting the queen mother, or even taking care of relatives from all sides, raising children, and even taking care of the beauties of Zhu Qi Zhenna.

It's all done properly.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen also knew that the Qian family had done some things in it.

For example, after Zhu Qizhen's first son, Zhu Jianjun, the Qian family gave birth too early and injured his body, so he couldn't get pregnant for a while.

It was during this time period, that is, for a period of time after the birth of the prince, that the Qian family took the initiative to recommend beauties for Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen naturally did not refuse to come.

But one of these beauties counts as one, and none of them gave birth to children. Only after the Qian family recovered their health, in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, gave birth to the eldest princess, and in the sixteenth year of orthodoxy, gave birth to the second son of the emperor, did the beauties in the palace get pregnant.

That is, the second son of the emperor, the little prince, is nearly ten years old, and the third son of the emperor and the fourth son of the emperor are still young.

From the age, it can be seen that the status of the crown prince, or the queen, is stable.

You must know that there are too many things about the death of the heir in this year, even in the palace. Once the crown prince has a case, the one who will inherit the great treasure in the future will be either the prince or the second son of the emperor. So Queen Qian's position will not be shaken a little.

Extrapolating vested interests from the outcome.

Zhu Qizhen naturally suspected that Queen Qian had done a trick.

But as an emperor with a great career, he didn't have time to play the legend of Zhen Huan in the harem. As long as he doesn't get killed, Zhu Qizhen doesn't know anything.

Over the years, Zhu Qizhen has also been infected with some habits of this era.

Many beauties in the palace, in his opinion, are almost recreational utensils, or playthings, the status of cats and dogs. Even if it is pampered, it will not be out of proportion.

And Queen Qian can't just look at her beauty, but her political partner.

Therefore, the queen and the emperor cannot be associated only as husband and wife, as well as monarchs and ministers.

This is also Zhu Qizhen's consistent style, not demanding details without a subordinate, and only looking at the results.

The harem that Zhu Qizhen wants is a quiet harem, don't make any trouble and damage his prestige, and don't care too much about other things.

And Queen Qian did just that.

Not to mention his ability in general affairs, after all, he is a person trained by the Empress Dowager, so he is naturally scheming and skillful. But she did a very good job of currying favor with the Queen Mother and acting as a buffer between the Queen Mother and the emperor.

Zhu Qizhen made the Queen Mother angry, but the Queen persuaded her.

You must know that when Queen Qian just entered the palace, she was very unpopular with the Queen Mother.

But for so many years, Queen Qian's daughter-in-law didn't know how many things she had done, how much bitterness she had swallowed, and how many grievances she had suffered, before she was favored by the Queen Mother. Become a celebrity next to the Queen Mother.

For this alone, Zhu Qizhen has to rely on Queen Qian.

It's just that Queen Qian may not be happy in the palace, and the person she is most unhappy with is Concubine Zhuang Manduhai.

Without him, first of all, Concubine Zhuang's concubine should not be.

Zhu Qizhen has never paid attention to the affairs of the harem, and several of Zhu Qizhen's concubines were sealed because of merit? What kind of merit is to give birth to an heir for the royal family, whether it is a princess or a prince, it is the same.

Historically, Emperor Yingzong had nine sons and eight daughters. But today's Zhu Qizhen's thoughts about the harem are naturally not as interested in Yingzong as in history.

So, now he has only five sons and three daughters.

Among them, the crown prince, the second son, and the eldest princess were born to the queen, and the remaining three sons and two daughters were born to the other four concubines.

Among them is Concubine Zhuang, but Concubine Zhuang is different from other concubines, the other concubines all entered the palace in the name of the palace maid and were sealed after giving birth to a child.

Only Concubine Zhuang sealed the concubine as soon as she entered the palace.

Not to mention the strict palace ban.

Taizu's ancestral system is very strict, concubines and foreign ministers can not communicate at all, nor can they see foreign ministers, only the queen has the identity of a vice-monarch, and at a critical time, she can do something instead of the emperor.

But Concubine Zhuang has the right to communicate with outsiders, and even Zhu Qizhen specially ordered Concubine Zhuang to meet foreign guests. Of course, even if you see outsiders, you will be under the gaze of I don't know how many eunuchs and palace maids.

It is impossible to cuckold Zhu Qizhen.

The reason why Zhu Qizhen did this is also very understandable. It is to win over the Mongolian nobles, with the help of marriage, the hearts of the Mongolian nobles who have just surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

Even when Zhu Qizhen was dealing with some Mongolian affairs, he would ask Concubine Zhuang's opinion.

Without him, even though the Ming Dynasty sent too many people to be planted among the Mongols, on the whole, the understanding of the Mongols was far inferior to that of the Mongols themselves.

This again violated the prohibition of the harem not to interfere in politics.

But Concubine Zhuang was a Mongol, and in Mongolian tradition, Mongol Kedun was the queen, who had considerable power and even had her own subordinates.

Even a Mongol Khan had several keduns, and there was no division between them and their subordinates.

Don't think that the Mongols just don't have brains.

As a Mongolian noblewoman, Concubine Zhuang should have no less political education. It's just that she never felt that there was anything wrong with her participation in politics, nor did she feel that the queen had any jurisdiction over her.

In this way, the existence of Concubine Zhuang seriously offended the authority of the queen.

Zhu Qizhen also knows this, he can only talk to the mud. After all, Concubine Zhuang is connected to the court behind her. This can affect the whole body, and you can't just make a political storm because of women's jealousy.

Even Zhu Qizhen had to admit that deep down, Zhu Qizhen's feelings for Concubine Zhuang were a little deeper than those of the queen.

Zhu Qizhen regards the queen more as a partner in political cooperation.

The queen did not live up to Zhu Qizhen's expectations, her mother is the world, extremely dignified, and even handles many things quite measured.

Enough to match the position of the middle palace.

But having time to have it seems a little too boring. Concubine Zhuang is different, she shows the liveliness of a girl, laissez-faire, and informal, which easily makes Zhu Qizhen think of the girls in later generations.

He can ride a horse, he can shoot arrows, he is not a woman, but he can drink bitterly.

Naturally, his heart was slightly tilted.

This became a big pimple in the queen's heart.

When the Qian family heard Zhu Qizhen say this, he still said lightly: "The concubine is the master of the middle palace, this is the matter of the concubine, but Your Majesty has a charter for the crown princess?" ”

Zhu Qizhen and his wife talked while walking.

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment and said: "Everything will be done according to the ancestral system, but Nanzhili is too remote, and the labor force will mobilize the people and harm the people, so the crown princess will be elected in Hebei." ”

According to Taizu's regulations, the queen must be selected from a small family.

Zhu Qizhen has no intention of changing this, of course, Zhu Qizhen also knows that the small households here will naturally not be real poverty. But Zhu Qizhen still thought about it a lot.

For example, the policy he has been implementing is to tilt towards Hebei, whether it is political or economic.

Hebei became the Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu family.

Even if the world is stable in the future, with the power of Hebei, it will be able to regain the whole day.

To achieve this goal is not something that can be done overnight, but Zhu Qizhen has been working hard in this direction imperceptibly, and now Hebei is the most prosperous place in the north.

Without him, it is because Hebei is the largest production area in the north, far exceeding Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi, and Shanxi.