The New Year is coming in a blink of an eye, and things are still going relatively smoothly for Jia Ke this year, since the beginning of the year, the emperor has cleaned up the ministers, and no one dares to blow up in front of him.

In the autumn of this year, he issued a series of military orders, requiring all parts of the nine borders to be strictly defended, and at the same time ordered Xuanfu Town and Liaodong Town to seize the opportunity to attack the Tatars.

These two tribes, with the cooperation of the Manchu Eight Banners, restrained most of the Tatars' energy, so that the Tatars did not have the energy to invade elsewhere this year.

However, Jia Ke took advantage of the heavy losses of the Tatars last year and ordered the Manchu Eight Banners to fight several battles with the Tatars on the steppe, so that the Tatars were forced to move north this year. The Manchu Eight Banners rapidly expanded their territory, and their territories were already almost the same as those of the Tatars. Become another superpower in the steppes that can compete with the Tatars.

Just a few days ago, the Manchu Eight Banners, in the name of a race, sent people to Beijing, apparently to pay tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty. Secretly, he sent a lot of money and horses to Jia Ke. These people were secretly arranged by Jia Ke in the Jingshi troops under his control, so Jia Ke's control over the troops was further strengthened.

The only bad news for Jia Ke this year is that the emperor's health is getting worse and worse, and Jia Ke even sent a few of his treasured Ganoderma lucidum to the emperor, but it seems that the effect is not very great.

Jia Ke's purpose in doing this was to delay the time for the new emperor to ascend the throne, so that he could settle his forces in the army more steadily and quickly.

Jia Ke has long been disobedient, but now the time is not ripe, he has not been able to absolutely control the army in the court, and Jia Ke is also a more nostalgic person, this old emperor can be said to be kind to Jia Ke, and there is nothing to be sorry for him, so Jia Ke still wants to wait for the old emperor to die, and then do big things.

But now it seems that next year the new emperor will ascend the throne, and it is inevitable that the old emperor will abdicate as the emperor. There is not much time left for Jia Ke, and he doesn't want to be Heshen.

So Jia Ke began to speed up his movements, taking advantage of the opportunity when he was still the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, and the opportunity for the chief soldiers and jiedu envoys in various places to go to Beijing to report on their work, and met them one by one, so that these people became his loyal subordinates one by one.

Although Jia Ke had begun to expand his power, the people in the DPRK and China did not find anything wrong, after all, it was only natural for Jia Ke, as the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, to meet with officials who came to Beijing to report on his work.

In this way, Jia Ke began to control the military power of the imperial court step by step, and now more than half of the army has been secretly controlled by Jia Ke.

A few days before the New Year, the emperor convened a great court in the Taihe Hall and met with the Manchu envoys who came to pay tribute. And promised the Manchus, as long as they pay tribute every year, they will be called ministers every year. It is guaranteed that he and the border city of the Central Plains Dynasty will continue forever.

And the tribute envoy who came this time was either a bystander or Ji Ya, this person still had some wisdom, and on behalf of the lord of the Manchus in the main hall, he agreed to all the requirements of the Central Plains Dynasty, and called the emperor Tian Khan on the spot.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains court's control over the grassland has been very weak, and it has even been invaded by the grassland several times, and the country is almost destroyed. This time, the people of the steppe paid tribute to the Central Plains and called him Tiankehan, which was something that did not exist in the previous dynasty, and even Emperor Taizu of this dynasty did not do it.

The emperor's joy naturally sent down a lot of rewards, and made people engrave a treasure of the Manchu Khan, which was rewarded to the Manchu envoys who came to pay tribute, which was regarded as the recognition of the Manchus by the Central Plains Dynasty. And personally issued a holy decree that the Manchus could exchange markets with each other on the side of the Central Plains Dynasty.

That can be said to be the Central Plains Dynasty's greatest reward to the grassland peoples, generally speaking, as long as the grassland people surrender to the Central Plains Dynasty, then the Central Plains Dynasty will definitely open a mutual market, if the grassland people once rebelled, then the Central Plains Dynasty will carry out an economic blockade on him, so that the forced grassland Dynasty had to invade the south and plunder the Central Plains Dynasty to meet its own needs.

But the invasion was not so easy to do, as long as the Central Plains Dynasty was a little aggressive, it would definitely strengthen its defenses, making the invasion of the steppe peoples outweigh the losses, and finally slowly weakened.

Just like the current Tatars, under the blow of Jia Ke, they have failed several times, although they plundered some finances from the Central Plains, but he lost a large number of people, and in the end it was more than worth the loss, which made the Manchu Eight Banners begin to rise, and can be equal to the Tatars on the steppe.

After the departure of the Manchu tributary envoys, the emperor began to seal them, and the ministers began to take more than 20 days of leave.

In this New Year, Jia Ke was very worried, because Qin Keqing was about to give birth. In order for Qin Keqing to give birth safely, Jia Ke invited four or five well-known stable women in the capital to live at home in advance. And let the grandmothers invited from the four palaces divide into several groups and follow Qin Keqing constantly.

Fortunately, nothing went wrong during this time, and Qin Keqing finally launched it on the ninth day of the first lunar month.

At that time, Jia Ke was chatting with Qin Keqing in the house, talking about what is the name of the child in the future? Is it male or female? These are the topics that Qin Keqing cares about.

Suddenly, Qin Keqing had unbearable abdominal pain, and Mama Zhang, who was waiting next to her, knew that Qin Keqing was about to give birth, so she hurriedly ordered the little maid to carry Qin Keqing to the delivery room prepared in advance.

Then Mama Zhang summoned all the stable women, but did not let them into the delivery room, but drove them to another room, each with two little maids, and began to bathe them.

Jia Ke looked at this situation inexplicably, and Mama Zhang next to her saw Jia Ke's doubts, so she explained to him: "But these are also some ways to prevent villains in the palace, in order to seize the throne in the palace, in order to give birth to a prince, anything can be done." is like this stable woman, that is, the last birth of each imperial concubine, and it is also the saddest level. ”

Jia Ke had also seen various palace fights in his previous life, but these were all speculations by the authors, and he didn't know anything about the real situation. Hurriedly begged Mama Zhang to explain to him.

"When these people delivered the baby, there were people in our house standing next to them, they couldn't make ghosts, but if they couldn't keep it, there was something unsightly hidden between their fingers, as long as these medicines were slightly wiped on the baby's umbilical cord, if they didn't get it right, both mother and son would die."

"If there are any clothes they are wearing, they may have been washed with some kind of potion, and if the mother or baby is sticky, I am afraid that they will be worried about their lives. But these garments were worn by those who were plagued, and not only the mother and son, but the whole house would suffer. ”

"It may also be that they also have medicine in their mouths, as long as they are desperate to suffer some injuries, say a few words casually in the delivery room, and spray out the medicine, they may kill the mother and the baby."

Jia Ke listened to Mama Zhang's explanation, it was a little creepy, he didn't expect that there would be such a selfishness in the palace, it seems that every baby born in the palace has a great creation, they have always been subjected to various attacks in the mother's body, and they have been able to live until birth, and the creation is really unspeakable.

These words couldn't help but remind Jia Ke of Song Renzong, the emperor had many princes in his life, but none of them lived to adulthood, and they all died at a young age. This is simply impossible in the royal family, and Jia Ke does not believe that there is no unsightly deed in it.

Besides, after these stable women were forced to take a bath, everyone was cut off their nails again, and all the dirt in their nails was cleaned up. In the end, they combed all their hair again, and then re-brushed their teeth for each of them, and finally changed into the new clothes prepared for them by Jiafu. This was the end, and finally let the four of them into the delivery room.

At this time, Qin Keqing was already crying for her father and mother, but fortunately, there were several other grandmothers in the delivery room who got up from the palace, although they were not stable women, but they also knew a little about the Tao.

When Jia Ke was in a hurry, Aunt Zhou and the maid had already run over quickly, and when she saw Jia Ke, she asked anxiously, "How is it?" How long have you been in? Did you give birth? ”

Jia Ke was also very anxious at this time, but he didn't know the scene inside, so he could only say to Aunt Zhou: "Auntie, Keqing has been in for a while, and Wen Po has just entered, and I don't know what the specific situation is inside." ”

So the mother and son could only stand outside the door and wait anxiously, Qin Keqing's crying lasted for nearly half an hour, and there was still no intention of stopping.

At this time, Mama Zhang next to her suddenly walked in front of Jia Ke, "Uncle, it's time to prepare things." ”

Jia Ke was very irritable at this time, and when she heard what she said, she asked angrily, "What did you say?" ”

Mama Zhang said quietly: "I heard that a few days ago, the uncle sent a thousand-year-old ginseng to the house next to it, I think we still have it in the house, and I asked the uncle to take out a stick and cut it into slices, and let the grandmother take a slice first." Boil three or four more slices into soup. Give it to the grandmother, I think it can ensure the safety of the mother and child. ”

Jia Ke also remembered when he heard it, he had described such a scene in some of the present, the mother was unable to give birth to a child because of exhaustion, and finally with a vintage ginseng, she recovered her vitality, and finally the mother and child were safe.

So he immediately asked people to quickly go to the warehouse to get a ginseng, and immediately cut it into slices in Qin Keqing's room, and sent two or three slices into the delivery room for Qin Keqing to hold. The others let Qin Keqing's personal maid Ruizhu boil the medicine immediately, and then send it to Qin Keqing after it is boiled.

Don't say it, it's a real idea. Qin Keqing, who had been exhausted and couldn't shout just now, gradually his crying voice was full of strength again.

After a while, Qin Keqing suddenly shouted loudly, and finally stopped. Then I heard the baby's cry.

When Jia Ke and Aunt Zhou heard the child's cry, they were relieved. At this time, the door of the delivery room opened, and a stable woman came out of it, came to Jia Ke and knelt down, "Congratulations, congratulations, my lord, I am responsible for giving birth to a little boy for the adult, and now the mother and child are safe." Do you take the child out for the adults to see? ”