Chapter 217: Thoughts
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live......"
When the dock is surrounded by thousands of people, this scene always makes people feel excited.
Although Zhu Di is not like other emperors, he always hides in the deep palace, but except for occasional hunting, or going to the homes of some civil and military ministers for red and white ceremonies, he rarely leaves the palace.
Traveling with such fanfare as much as today is rare except when worshipping the sky.
Today's Ming people still have great respect for today's emperor. Today's trip to Zhu Di attracted hundreds of people to watch from afar.
Of course, they also wanted to see the king of the Japanese who was captured by His Royal Highness the Taisun and Yingtianfu, and wanted to see the grand occasion of their submission in front of the Ming Emperor.
The result did not disappoint them, when His Royal Highness the Taisun visited His Majesty. The Wa kings who were escorted to Yingtianfu, including hundreds of ministers of cultural relics of the Wa Kingdom, as well as tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of envoys from various countries, bowed to His Majesty three times and bowed nine times.
This scene was naturally painted by the court painter, and it also made countless people who watched the ceremony feel that the trip was worthwhile.
Now the Ming Dynasty is mighty all over the world, and even the kings of other countries have submitted to the Ming Emperor, which has aroused the pride of countless Ming people.
Zhu Di raised his hand, and Wang Yan shouted loudly: "Zhu Qing is flat, ......" His words were also ordered by the eunuchs to spread throughout the dock area, and everyone got up one after another.
Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanji sitting next to his right leg with satisfaction, and asked with a smile: "Ji'er's line is a lot darker." ”
"My grandson didn't make much effort, but it was hot and stuffy on the ship, so he stayed on the deck a lot, and he got a lot of tan."
"Arrange a car for all the soldiers and envoys, and meet them one by one when they arrive in the palace." Zhu Di confessed to Wang Yan, and the order was passed down. Those envoys of Dongying, including high-ranking soldiers, were all given various chariots with different regulations, and returned to the palace together after Long Yuan.
Led by sixteen horses, Long Yuan marched towards the palace, and Zhu Di said to Zhu Zhanji again: "Ji'er has made this great achievement now, you can ask for something, and tell you one by one." ”
Zhu Zhanji glanced at his father, who was sitting side by side with Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi was a little bitter, he had lost a lot of weight in the past few months, but his complexion looked better.
At this time, he showed a reassuring smile of a loving father and made a slight wink.
Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "As a grandson, it is natural for Sun Er to serve the Ming Dynasty. Now that he has made some contributions, it is also the work of all soldiers, how dare he claim to himself. It's just that I've been exhausted in the past few months, and my grandson's energy is also a little lacking, so I want to be lazy for some time and enjoy some family fun in the palace. ”
Zhu Di laughed and said: "Now that you are also a father, you should be like this." But it's not okay to be lazy. You don't have to worry about other things, but only you know about the bank, and you still need to run it well. ”
Zhu Di's interest was very high, and he chatted with Zhu Zhanji about the journey to Dongying along the way, and waved his hand to the people kneeling on both sides of the road from time to time.
Where the dragon chariot passed, the people of the Ming Dynasty knelt down to greet each other, and only got up when the dragon chariot passed, and pointed at the other car drivers.
It's a pity that Zhu Zhanji doesn't have much interest in them, because almost all of them are men, even women, and most of them are at the level of aunts.
Zhu Zhanji has been thinking about his father's eyes, and he is speculating about Zhu Di's intentions.
As the heir of an empire, Zhu Zhanji often thinks about problems, and it is not so simple.
Zhu Di dotes on him very much, but this kind of favor is more sincere when there is no interest relationship.
Because of this concern, Zhu Zhanji has always avoided contact with internal affairs, and rarely expressed his opinions on matters that were unexpected by his duties.
But this time, he did two things that touched the vital interests of his grandfather.
First of all, of course, there are "immigrants" from the East.
Contrary to Taizu's will, the re-immigration of the relocated people to Dongfan was resolutely opposed by Zhu Di.
Although Zhu Zhanji only used the expansion of the navy as an excuse to set up a naval division in Dongfan, and then immigrated his family to Dongfan.
This matter is opportunistic, although it does not violate Taizu's intentions on the surface, but from Zhu Zhanji's actions, it can also be seen that he does not care about and rebels against "tradition".
Although Zhu Di agreed to his request, he must have been a little unhappy in his heart. Because it can also be seen from this incident that Zhu Zhanji really wants to ascend the throne in the future, and he will not take the edict he left behind seriously.
And then there was the big win.
Zhu Di's two northern expeditions, although the results were very good, but at most achieved a little effect on the battlefield, and did not achieve the strategic goal of the Ming Dynasty at all.
But what about Zhu Zhanji? He brought less than half of the soldiers of the Northern Expedition, let alone requisitioned a single citizen, but he was able to directly attack the capital of the Japanese Kingdom and capture their royal family alive.
Zhu Di's two northern expeditions are nothing compared to this battle of the Japanese Kingdom.
This is simply a slap in the face for an emperor who is confident in martial arts.
Although the person who made the meritorious service is his grandson, no one knows what Zhu Di thinks in his heart.
Anyway, Zhu Zhanji felt that if he was in Zhu Di's position, there would definitely be happiness, there would definitely be loss, and there would be some unconvincing.
So although he made a great contribution this time, he didn't dare to be complacent, and he was worried that his grandfather couldn't think about it.
Seeing his father's eyes, he felt that his worries should be right.
Seeing that he was about to enter Chengtianmen, Zhu Zhanji said tentatively: "Grandpa Huang, my grandson has been gone for April, and now I have four children, I want to go back to Xingqing Palace first." ”
Zhu Di frowned and said: "Now that the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and the envoys of various countries are waiting for the Dynasty, how can you, the handsome, not attend?" ”
Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "The grandson is the grandson of the emperor's grandfather, and he will inherit the entire empire in the future. The emperor's grandfather only rewarded those meritorious soldiers, and his grandson didn't want anything, so he wanted to go back to the palace to see a few children. ”
Zhu Di smiled and said: "Then you can go back to the palace to meet your mother and child first, Wang Yan will go to that, I have counted the merits of generals at all levels." ”
Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "My grandson is still a child, even if he makes some contributions, he is taught well by the emperor's grandfather and father, and he doesn't dare to take credit." ”
Zhu Di shook his head and said: "The reward should still be rewarded, North Korea has sent another hundred beautiful women, I will allocate half of it to your Xingqing Palace, if you like it, you can also include it in the room." ”
Zhu Zhanji could only express his gratitude, but he was complaining in his heart, so many women, how could he serve him! It is better to reward meritorious soldiers.
However, this time is not the New Year, what is the saying that North Korea is offering beauties again? Could it be that they are a little scared when they see the destruction of the Dongying royal family?
What's even more strange is what does Zhu Di mean when he mentions North Korea at this time? Could it be that when he saw that he had destroyed the Dongying royal family, he felt that he had never had this kind of record himself, and he had the heart to use the Korean royal family to practice......
The convoy entered the Chengtian Gate, then passed through the Duanmen, the Noon Gate, and finally entered the Fengtianmen.
As soon as Long Yuan stopped at the gate of Fengtian Palace, Zhu Zhanji jumped down from Long Yuan first, helped Zhu Di to get off Long Yuan, and then helped Zhu Gaochi down.
Zhu Gaochi smiled and patted his arm, although he didn't say a word, his relieved expression said it all.
In front of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs who got out of the car, Zhu Zhanji said to Liu Wan, who was following behind: "Move to Xingqing Palace, I want to go back to see my child first......
Lu Zhen said loudly: "Your Highness, as the commander of an army, is now returning to the dynasty in triumph, how can it be regarded as child's play? ”
Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Lu Shangshu, he doesn't want to be promoted and make a fortune, he doesn't care about fame and fortune. Anyway, the lonely ones are all given by the imperial grandfather, and the imperial grandfather's will be lonely in the future, how can he care about this moment. The most important thing for Lone right now is to see my children! ”
Zhu Di smiled at this time: "Don't care about him, a little monkey, he thinks the court will be boring...... Regardless of him! ”
The emperor spoke, and all the ministers laughed.
Zhu Zhanji also deliberately pretended to be impatient, and even his inner servants didn't wait, and walked out of the middle hall from the side door next to the Wenlou on the left side of the Fengtian Palace.
At this time, it was almost noon, that is, it was almost eleven o'clock, and I could see that most of the drivers were directly led to the Wuying Palace.
This is to feast the ministers, and the court meeting will not be held until they have eaten.
Out of the three major halls, separated by a vacant land, is the Xingqing Palace on the east side, a group of little eunuchs saw Zhu Zhanji come back, knelt down to greet them, some anxious, have hurriedly run in to report.
However, Zhu Zhanji's pace slowed down, and he said that not participating in the court meeting was just a temptation. But Zhu Di pushed the boat down the river and agreed that he didn't have to participate in the court meeting, which shows that he is indeed a little taboo for his grandfather now.
This meritorious service is too great, and Zhu Di is really a little difficult to do.
Just like he said just now, he is a grandson, and he can't be promoted to make a fortune, and he doesn't care about fame and fortune. He earned back more than 10 million taels of silver for Daming this time, and he didn't care about money, Zhu Di really couldn't be rewarded.
Now the intention of linking the national accident to family affairs is to make it easy for him, the emperor, to step down.
However, although this matter has been resolved, it is really hard to determine whether Zhu Di will have other thoughts in his heart because of this.
He looked back at Jin Kuo, who had a calm face, hooked his fingers, and Jin Kuo immediately walked over quickly.
Zhu Zhanji instructed: "Stay away, I have something to say to Eunuch Jin......
The others took a few steps back, not daring to follow too closely, so Zhu Zhanji asked in a low voice as he walked, "Has the imperial grandfather been unhappy recently?" ”
Jin Kuo also said in a low voice: "When the news of His Highness's great victory comes back, Your Majesty is naturally happy. However, as far as the old slave knew, he had sighed for a long time in front of the map of the Jinshen Palace, and he longed for the conquest of the world. ”
"Have you ever said a word?"
Jin Kuo shook his head and said, "Wang Yan went to Dongying, and Li Qian had a general relationship with the old slave,...... Please forgive the old slave for being incompetent......"
Zhu Zhanji waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you tell me who was serving in close quarters that day, and I'll ask in person." ”
In today's palace, Wang Yan, Li Qian, and Zheng He are all close to Zhu Zhanji. As long as you don't go against Zhu Di and want to know what the news is, it's just a gesture.
What's more, he also has an ally in the palace, and Zhu Di shouldn't be able to hide anything from her.
In Xingqing Palace, everyone knew that Zhu Zhanji arrived home today, and his concubines were all dressed up and waiting for his return.
As soon as Zhu Zhanji entered the palace gate, he saw that the courtyard was full of people, and when they saw Zhu Zhanji, they also bowed one after another. "Welcome Your Highness back to the palace."
"No need to be polite, I am not in these days, and I have suffered you."
The concubines led by Hu Liangdi responded one by one: "The concubine is not bitter, His Royal Highness has worked hard all the way." ”
Coming to Hu Liangdi, Zhu Zhanji looked at her who had just come out of confinement, and said with a smile: "You have suffered for giving birth to my eldest daughter." It's a pity that I couldn't see her at the first time. ”
Hu Liangdi said softly: "It's a pity that it's a girl......"
Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Lonely's children, whether they are men or women, lone likes them. It's a boy, Lone has to be trained strictly, it's a girl, Lone will pity and spoil. You should be happy to have a daughter, and you don't have to suffer. What about children? ”
Seeing that Zhu Zhanji didn't like to dislike her for giving birth to a daughter, she smiled and said: "It's getting cold today, and it's windy, and in the side hall, the mother concubine is taking care of it." ”
At this time, the crown princess Zhang couldn't help but come out of the side hall and shouted, "My son is back......"
Zhu Zhanji walked quickly to her, knelt down and kowtowed. "The child is not filial, so the mother is worried."
Zhang took two steps forward and held his arm to get him up. "It's good to come back safely. Come in and see a couple of kids, all lovely......"
Zhu Zhanji's eldest sister, Princess Jiaxing, is eight years old this year, and she just happened to be losing her teeth. She was also very happy to see Zhu Zhanji, and said with a smile: "Big brother, I am also an aunt......
Zhu Zhanji deliberately bared his teeth and smiled: "Jiaxing has grown up." ”
Only then did she cover her mouth and hide behind Zhang. "Mother, eldest brother laughs at me."
Zhu Zhanji laughed and carried his mother into the side hall. I saw four swaddling clothes side by side, a group of palace maids and nurses were standing against the wall, and when they saw Zhu Zhanji coming in, they knelt down one after another. "I've seen His Royal Highness Taisun."
As a result, their voices were a little loud, and when they woke up one of them, the other one began to cry loudly. And as soon as he cried, several people next to him were also woken up, and then it became a quartet.
Zhang smiled: "I don't dare to let them be together on weekdays, as long as one of them cries, several of them always cry." ”
Four children, two boys and two girls, the red swaddling clothes used by the girls and the light yellow swaddling clothes used by the boys can be seen at a glance.
Zhu Zhanji didn't care about the two boys, and looked at the two girls first, one was white and fat, and the other was a little thinner, but they were also white and tender.
But the eyebrows and eyes haven't grown yet, and I'm crying again, so I can't tell if it's good or not.
Zhu Zhanji picked up the older one and said with a smile: "This is my eldest daughter, has it ever been named?" ”
Zhang smiled: "Your father has already considered a number of nicknames, just wait for you to come back and settle down." Don't just be close to your granddaughter, you have to hug your two grandchildren, and when they are sensible, you can't hug them. ”
Hugging grandchildren or not children, this rule is not only among the people, but also in the palace. Even if it is his son, after he is sensible, he can't hold it, but his daughter doesn't have so many restrictions.
(I don't know if it's because I wrote it clearly or expressed it unclearly, in the last chapter, a book friend actually said that I washed the floor for a traitor, and I was speechless.) I'm just expounding on the direction of analysis, how to wash the ground, I also hate traitors. Just like some people said earlier that I washed the floor for the civil officials of the Tumubao Change, it was pure slander...... )