Theoretically speaking, it is a good thing for the eldest son and the second son of the emperor to sneak out of the palace, after all, under the banner of sharing the worries of his father, this is a great filial piety.

However, the eldest princess Zhu Jingxue also ran out with Zhu Cihong, but was thrown down by her two brothers on Sakhalin Island, and asked her to stay with Xingzi, who was pregnant, and did not take her out to sea.

The reason why Xingzi let the watch seal sue was Zhu Jingxue's idea.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was slumped in a chair, rubbed his forehead and sighed: "Send someone to Sakhalin Island to bring Jingxue and Xingzi back to the capital, and let Jingxue accompany Xingzi to live in the Liao Palace." These two bastards, they won't stop if they don't make me angry! ”

There are no secrets in the capital, especially when Emperor Chongzhen did not deliberately block the news, from the civil and military officials to the Shengdou Xiaomin, they all knew that the second son of the emperor sneaked out of the palace and joined the news that the eldest son of the emperor went to sea.

Regarding the news that the eldest son and the second son of the emperor went to sea, the people did not care very much.

Emperor Chongzhen has expanded countless territories, and the two princes have the style of being fathers, which is a good thing, even if the third son of the emperor and even the younger princes have gone out.

At the very least, this also shows that the next emperor of the Ming Dynasty still attaches importance to overseas pioneering and martial arts, as long as he does not support the policies of Emperor Chongzhen, the lives of ordinary people will definitely be better.

For the ministers in the court, this is not the case at all.

It is a good thing for the prince to be martial, the military generals and nobles are naturally happy, and the civil officials can also reap the benefits, in fact, it is not unacceptable.

The problem is that the country is the capital.

Now the biggest problem of the entire Ming Dynasty is that the country has not yet been decided - the one who is qualified to enter the East Palace must be the second son of the emperor.

As for the eldest son of the emperor and the third son of the emperor, in fact, there is not much hope - after all, one was born to Concubine Wan, and the other was born to Concubine Yi, neither of them was born to the queen's main palace, so naturally there is no possibility of the crown prince.

But the problem now is that the two adult princes have all gone out to wave, except for a nine-year-old third prince in the palace, it is a group of princes who are a few years old, once something goes wrong, it will inevitably be a turmoil.

Especially when the eldest son of the emperor and the second son of the emperor go to sea together, once something happens to the second son, the third son of the emperor can enter the East Palace, but the king of Liao does not know how much trouble he will have to carry.

This kind of turmoil is unacceptable to any civil and military official, especially when the second son of the emperor is not yet married.

In just a few days, a large number of officials in the court have begun to write to Emperor Chongzhen, asking Emperor Chongzhen to appoint the crown prince as soon as possible.

Of course, these pieces were left by Emperor Chongzhen.

Predetermined Prince? How old are you? What is the prince doing now? Let the officials have a second allegiance?

Empress Zhou couldn't bear it when she saw Emperor Chongzhen rubbing her forehead and was entangled, but she still raised a question that made Emperor Chongzhen even more entangled: "Xue'er is now twenty years old, and Your Majesty plans to stay by her side for a few years?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen snorted and said: "Xue'er's marriage, let her make her own decisions, I don't propose marriage for her, let Xue'er decide for herself." ”

The marriage between the royal family and the nobles has been a rule since ancient times, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't like this rule.

If the emperor has his own ability, he can still suppress the world without marrying his daughter, and if the emperor has no ability, no matter how many daughters he marries, he will inevitably end up cold.

Do you need to marry your daughter to win people's hearts?

Things have long proved that no one dares to be happy when Emperor Chongzhen is unhappy, and there is no need to marry his daughter to win over the nobles.

Queen Zhou said: "Xue'er has long been interested in Zhang Shize, the prince of the British princess, I'm afraid you don't know yet, right?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen immediately covered his chest: "Okay, don't say anything about it, the queen." I'll just go back and get married. ”

After coming back to his senses, Emperor Chongzhen doubted again: "No, how could Xue'er know Zhang Shize's little rabbit cub?" ”

Empress Zhou pursed her lips and smiled: "You care about military affairs every day, where can you pay attention to Xue'er?" It's not once or twice that Xue'er has been out of the palace to play, and it is normal to meet the child of Broad & Bright. If it weren't for the concubine's body to find out, I don't know how long it would be hidden. ”

The cabbage that has been raised for 19 years actually let Zhang Shize's little rabbit cub be hooked away! Zhang Zhiji, I can't spare you!

Emperor Chongzhen, who was furious, simply said to Wang Chengen: "Go and pass Zhang Zhiji to see me!" ”

Wang Chengen bowed down, personally ran to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and called Zhang Zhiji to the palace, and told Zhang Zhiji in advance on the way that Emperor Chongzhen's face was not very good-looking.

Zhang Zhiji was also very confused, he was thinking about the barbarian in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, why did he suddenly call himself into the palace again? Especially Emperor Chongzhen's face is not very good-looking?

After Zhang Zhiji finished his salute, Emperor Chongzhen did not order someone to give Zhang Zhiji a seat as usual, but snorted coldly: "Broad & Bright, this kid, not bad. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's words had a strange feeling of yin and yang, and Zhang Zhiji was even more confused - his son himself knew that there were no bad problems with Xungui's children, and he had never even been to Qinglou.

If you have to pick out something bad, it's probably that this kid always likes to fight and kill, but what's the problem? When it comes to killing, can you compare to yourself? All the British needed was a love of fighting, killing, and loyalty.

Without waiting for Zhang Zhiji to figure out what was going on, Emperor Chongzhen said directly: "I told you directly, the eldest princess and the child Shize are in love, and I intend to marry them." ”

Zhang Zhiji suddenly hesitated.

There are many advantages to marrying into a royal family, but the disadvantages are also obvious.

Marrying a princess can't be called marrying, you have to call it a princess, and you can't live in a courtyard after marriage, the princess lives in the princess's mansion, and the horse lives in the horse mansion, and you can't take a concubine, even if two people want to meet, they often have to be troubled by their grandmother.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that Zhang Zhiji was a little hesitant, and his heart suddenly became even more unhappy, and he said with a cold face: "Why, isn't my eldest princess still climbing your British Mansion?" If Zhang Aiqing is unwilling, the matter will be done. ”

Zhang Zhiji panicked in his heart, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty has tormented Weichen, but Weichen is happy for a while, and I don't know what to say." ”

Emperor Chongzhen snorted coldly again before he said, "Don't think I can't see what you're worried about. Since it was Xue'er, the child, who went out of the palace to play in private and met your family, Shi Ze's child first, I don't have any rules with you about Princess Shang.

I tell you, when the Zongren Mansion and the Ministry of Rites set a date, let the child from Broad & Bright carry a sedan chair to the palace gate to carry Xue'er through the door.

As for the princess's mansion and the concubine's mansion, I don't have any silver, I don't give it, you spend your own money to build a mansion for the two children, except for Xue'er's personal palace maid, there is no one for the grandmother and the eunuch, you prepare it for them yourself. ”

Zhang Zhiji suddenly put his mind at ease, bowed down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhang Zhiji's appearance, and his heart suddenly became uncomfortable again.

What's the matter, isn't it the honor of your Zhang family for my daughter to marry into your family? Why the hell are you still posing like this bird? Are you happy? I'm not happy!

Emperor Chongzhen, who was very unhappy in his heart, snorted coldly again: "How is the Mughal side? ”

Zhang Zhiji restrained his great joy, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, at present, the three Mughal kingdoms are no longer able to fight, and it is estimated that they will not be able to hold out in the autumn of the twentieth year of Chongzhen at most, and they will completely stop." ”

Emperor Chongzhen hummed and said: "Let Zhang Shize go to Assam's side to receive a guard alone, and he is not allowed to come back before the wedding date, don't let me see his shadow, otherwise, I will beat him once I see him." ”

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen's nose was not a nose and his face was not a face, Zhang Zhiji secretly said in his heart that the rumors were indeed true, and then bowed down.

It is rumored that Emperor Chongzhen's favorite is the eldest princess Zhu Jingxue, and even above the emperor's eldest son and second son, now the little bastard in his own family doesn't know how to get the eldest princess's secret permission, which makes the old man unhappy.

If it is replaced by someone else's daughter, Zhang Zhiji can naturally not care about it, and he doesn't have to take this threat to heart - whoever dares to beat his son once he sees it, he dares to lead the big soldiers of the Beijing camp to demolish his house!

But if it is the daughter of Emperor Chongzhen, this matter cannot be treated with caution - if his old man really beats the child back to Shize once a day, he can only watch, and even has to stand next to him and applaud.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhiji felt a faint pain in his heart.

When others say this kind of thing, it is at most regarded as angry words, and it is okay to be angry in the past, but Emperor Chongzhen has always been known for his magnanimity, and he can still have a good one in his mind?

was having a headache, and suddenly heard a cough from behind the curtain, Emperor Chongzhen's face was also stiff, and he snorted coldly: "That's it, I am angry for a while, you look at the arrangement, that child in Broad & Bright I also know, he has always been stable, and he can be regarded as a good match for Xue'er."

After I go back, I will see that I will find an errand for him in the military palace, and I must have some merits on my body, so that I can open my mouth to give him a marriage. ”

Zhang Zhiji was immediately overjoyed, now that his son was stable, his son did not have to be driven to Assam's side.

After Zhang Zhiji bowed down again to thank him, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Speaking of which, the matter on the Mughal side should also be resolved.

Since those barbarians can still hold out until next year, let them hold on a little more, and the military government must be ready to increase troops to the Mughals, and strive to pacify the Mughals before Chongzhen 21 years. ”

Zhang Zhiji first bowed down and responded, and then continued: "Your Majesty, Xinlehou has written more than once, saying that the Suez Canal has been navigable, and even Li Chengyan and others, who went to sea before, also went to the Europa continent through the Suez Canal.

What Xin Lehou means is, should you take advantage of this opportunity to take down the Osman in one fell swoop? ”

Emperor Chongzhen squinted and said, "Now? Ottoman? I don't think he wants to pacify the Ottomans, but he intends to take advantage of this opportunity to return.

He wrote back and told him to stay on the Ottoman side honestly, and wait for the Mughal affairs to settle down before talking about anything else, and not to think about something that is not there all day. ”

Regarding the proposal of Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, Emperor Chongzhen was not interested at all.

It's right to be your own head, but you're not arrogant enough to attack the world on multiple fronts at the same time.

Now the Penglai continent, that is, the Americas in the official history, is fighting, and it is not clear how many troops and material resources are needed, and Zheng Zhilong is also fighting with the football hooligans on the African side, and Daming is about to go to the Mughals again, which is equivalent to a three-front battle.

If you send troops to fight the Ottomans now, isn't it a war on four fronts? Can the national strength of the Ming Dynasty support it?

What kind of international joke, even if the military can support it, the treasury can support it, and I don't have that plan.

Before a large amount of Ottoman national power was consumed, it was wise to open a complete and powerful Ottoman by himself?

Fighting a war kills people!

What the Ming Dynasty lacks most now is the population, and the soldiers are even rarer, and the huge territory has to be guarded by them, so it will be sent to the battlefield to consume now?

Besides, now that the barbarians have been dealt with, who is the rest? There is only one Europe left, and those scum can survive in front of the army for a few days?

After killing them, what else is there in the whole world to be scared?

The answer is no, there is no one in the whole world who needs to do it by himself, and he can only stay in Daming honestly, or occasionally go out for a private visit, or do nothing to inspect the territory like a lion.

Anyway, having made up his mind not to scare the Ottomans for the time being, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Is there any news from Sakhalin Island?" ”

Zhang Zhiji bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the East China Sea Fleet has been loaded with supplies and gone to sea, and it is expected to arrive at Penglai Island soon."

It's just that when they arrive in Penglai, they catch up with the winter, and if they want to return to the voyage, they are afraid that it will be delayed until the next spring. If the eldest prince and the second prince want to come back, it is estimated that they will have to do it next summer. ”

Emperor Chongzhen snorted coldly: "Remember to send a message to Sakhalin Island, let the people of the North Sea Fleet find out the situation on Penglai Island, and see how many barbarians there are on that continent!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't figure it out, how could he still have the spare strength to send people to develop the land over there now that the European continent was now under fire and dead?

Besides, even in the later generations, that land can be called vast and sparsely populated, how can there be a large number of barbarians now, and it will also make the army of the Ming Dynasty deflated?

……

Looking at the shadow of the sail that appeared in the distance ahead, Zhu Cixiao said happily: "Look, it's probably Penglai there!" ”

Zhu Cihong, who vomited like a dead dog along the way, said weakly: "It's finally almost here, if you continue like this, this palace will die at sea." ”

Zhu Cixiao said: "It's okay, you'll know when you return to the sea, the so-called seasickness, if you vomit and vomit, you will get used to it, and you won't be seasick." ”

Nan Juyi glanced at Zhu Cixiao.

I don't know who vomited like the second prince yesterday!