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Zhu Hongsan stepped forward to help the crown prince Zhu Hai, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, he is taller than Lao Tzu!" ”

Zhu Hai has become more and more calm in the past few years, and when he heard his father say this, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "My father is working hard for the country, and my sons dare to compare with my father!" ”

Zhu Hongsan was originally very happy to see Zhu Hai, but Zhu Hai's flattering words made Zhu Hongsan sigh in his heart, it seems that the previous scene of father and son filial piety is gone.

Zhu Huai, the king of Chu, was beaten by Zhu Hongsan a few years ago, and now the injury has already healed, so he came up and kowtowed and said: "The son of the emperor to meet his father!" ”

Looking at Zhu Huai, who was like a pig, Zhu Hongsan didn't like it very much, but just nodded and didn't say anything.

Zhu Huai saw that his father didn't speak, so he hurriedly said: "Father, the concubine of the son gave birth to a grandson for his father half a month ago, please give his father a name!" ”

Hearing that he was a grandfather again, Zhu Hongsan smiled a little: "Well, not bad!" The third child, this is your eldest son! In this way, let's call Zhu Shengjin! "Thorn is a kind of ornament on the forehead of ancient horses, and it is not a good word, it can only be regarded as average.

Zhu Hongsan now has a total of four grandchildren, the eldest grandson Zhu Shengduo was born to the prince's concubine Xiang clan, the eldest granddaughter Ruyang County Lord and the eldest son Zhu Shengyu were both born to the crown princess Ma Ning'er, and now there is another eldest son of the prince of Chu, Zhu Shengding. The eldest grandson's Duo character is a musical instrument in the army, and the eldest grandson's Yu character is a treasure, and these two names show that Zhu Hongsan likes these two grandsons very much. However, the name of the third grandson Zhu Shengjin has a general meaning, and Zhu Huai, the king of Chu, heard the name given by his father.

Zhu Hongsan is now full of worries, and he can still pay attention to what Zhu Huai thinks, and after giving his name, he put Zhu Huai aside, and said to Ma Jiyuan, the prime minister of the cabinet behind the prince: "Mr. Ma, you are here too!" ”

Ma Jiyuan has obviously aged a lot in the past three years, and it seems that he is very tired from state affairs.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty on the return of Desheng!" Ma Jiyuan took six deputy prime ministers and a bunch of Shangshu behind him to perform like a ceremony.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please get up, the state affairs of my expedition have depended on you in the past three years, and you have worked hard!" All the ministers hurriedly bowed down and said that they didn't dare.

Zhu Hongsan said to Ma Jiyuan: "Mr. Ma, I am very tired today, let's have a meeting tomorrow morning!" I have decided to lead the Northern Expedition in March of the following year, and the Central Plains has been in chaos for so many years, and it should be over! ”

Ma Jiyuan had already received the letter from the Military Aircraft Department, and Nanjing had already begun to prepare, but some other ordinary officials did not know. Now when I hear that the emperor wants to go on a northern expedition, I am overjoyed. As long as there is a war, it means that you can make meritorious contributions, and when the time comes, your sons and relatives can get a military merit as an official, and you can also be promoted, and the factory under your name can accept large orders, so the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty like to fight wars, and for a time the sycophants who sing the praises of virtue are like a tide.

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said to Ma Jiyuan: "Mr. Ma, I am very tired, go back to the palace first!" After Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, he left the dock with the guards, entered the palace from Zhengyang Gate and went back to rest.

Tong Yangjia has been standing behind Ma Jiyuan as the second assistant, Zhu Hongsan's face he can see very clearly, it doesn't look like he's tired, is there something?

Several bigwigs in the DPRK and China are like Tong Yangjia, and they all think about whether something is wrong! Ma Jiyuan turned back to the ministers and said, "Everyone, you have all heard Your Majesty's will, except for those who are on duty today, everyone can go back if you have nothing to do!" Tomorrow morning, all the cabinet elders, Jiuqing Kedao, and all the ministers will go to the Wenhua Palace! ”

The ministers naturally had to comply, and they all bowed down and left the dock, each doing his own thing.

Zhu Hongsan sat in the carriage and marched, he was not very tired today, but he had not yet made up his mind how to arrange those Huguang nobles. For the sake of the long-term stability of the dynasty, land annexation must be cracked down. However, those Huguang nobles are their own basic plates, and it is not certain that they will not be able to get to where they are today, but if they are not attacked, they will not be able to alleviate the land annexation.

In addition to this, there are also the Zhedong faction and the Donglin Party, according to Zhu Hongsan's plan, his Huguang faction must be above the Zhedong faction and the Donglin Party. However, the suppression of the Huguang faction was too ruthless, and the Zhedong faction and the Donglin Party were about to take power, and the party struggle in the Wanli period would not come back at that time?

Of course, the officialdom of the Shenwu court is not a harmonious officialdom, and the party struggle has existed since Zhu Hongsan established the strategist system, but in the past ten years, because Zhu Hongsan himself has been very methodical, the party struggle has been controlled to a certain extent. In fact, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and some people have to divide into gangs and factions, and it is unrealistic to have no party struggle at all, as long as the party struggle is controlled within the scope of fighting but not fighting, it can also effectively promote the vitality of officialdom.

Therefore, what Zhu Hongsan is worried about is how to crack down on the Huguang faction and make them honest, but not too hard, so as to prevent the Zhedong faction and the Donglin Party from catching up, which is really a troublesome matter.

Just when Zhu Hongsan was thinking hard, the convoy entered Zhengyang Gate and entered the palace through Hongwu Gate. Ma Ruyan, the administrator of Zhu Hongsan's harem, took all the concubines and children here to welcome His Majesty's triumph.

Although Zhu Hongsan is absurd and unreasonable, in fact, his women are nothing compared to other emperors, all of them are only more than 20 and more than 10 children, which is much less than the 81 people stipulated by the emperor's harem concubines in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Hongsan came out of the imperial chariot and saw his wife standing in the door, led by the imperial concubine Ma Ruyan.

"The concubine led the sisters to welcome His Majesty the Emperor back to the palace! I wish Your Majesty the victory of the court! After Ma Ruyan finished speaking, he led all the women of Zhu Hongsan to bow and salute.

"Hehe, wives get up!" Zhu Hongsan stepped forward to help Ma Ruyan up, and found that it was not the concubine Qian Yuting who was standing next to Ma Ruyan, but Zhu Yujiao, the princess of Kunxing in Chongzhen.

The most noble status of the women around Zhu Hongsan is Princess Zhu Yujiao of Kunxing, he is the eldest daughter of Chongzhen, but because she is related to Zhu Hongsan, she did not give her the title after Zhu Hongsan became emperor, but was raised in another courtyard outside the city.

Of course, the highest status of other famous concubines is Ma Ruyan, but Qian Yuting, who was born in a great family in Jiangnan, is not inferior to Ma Ruyan at all, and Qian Yuting also has the canonization edict of Emperor Hongguang, that is, the dead queen Ma Xiaofang can overpower Qian Yuting, and others are not his opponents at all.

After Ma Xiaofang's death, Qian Yuting should have ascended to the throne according to the etiquette, but Zhu Hongsan let Ma Jiyuan's eldest daughter Ma Ruyan ascend the throne of the imperial concubine in order to win over the Ma family. So now the most respected person in the palace is Ma Ruyan, but she still has some confidence in Qian Yuting.

Zhu Hongsan also knew the situation in his harem, but he couldn't help it, there was only one emperor, and it was normal for some fights to compete for favor, so Zhu Hongsan didn't care much in the past.

Seeing Zhu Yujiao also come out to greet him today, Zhu Hongsan felt very curious, and after helping Zhu Yujiao up, he asked, "The princess is also here?" Now that it's cold, can the princess's arms be better? Zhu Hongsan didn't give Zhu Yujiao a title, so Zhu Hongsan could only call her a princess.

Zhu Yujiao's arm was cut off by his father's elbow, and she was very uncomfortable when it was cloudy and rainy and the season changed. Zhu Hongsan felt pity for this princess from the bottom of his heart, so he respected this princess very much.

Zhu Yujiao is only twenty-four years old this year (the Ming Dynasty was two years old, so I won't explain it in the future!) But he and Zhu Hongsan are already old husbands and wives, and they gave birth to a daughter and a son for Zhu Hongsan, and now they can't help but blush when they hear their husband's concern.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, everything is fine with the concubine!" Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when he saw Zhu Yujiao, who was as beautiful as a flower.

Ma Ruyan couldn't help but regret a little when she saw the emperor's efforts to the princess, she knew that it was better not to let Zhu Yujiao come out, and at that time she only thought of using Zhu Yujiao to suppress Qian Yuting, but she didn't think that stealing chickens would not be a counterproduct.

Seeing Ma Ruyan deflated, Qian Yuting was extremely happy. Originally, she was born stronger than Ma Ruyan, Qian Yuting is Qian Qianyi's eldest daughter, and her family education and status are not comparable to Zhizhou Ma Jiyuan back then. Now that he is in the palace, he has to succumb to Ma Ruyan, and he is naturally unhappy.

Now seeing that Ma Ruyan was ready to invite the princess Zhu Yujiao to suppress herself, but she didn't expect to be robbed of the limelight by the princess, and she was naturally happy in her heart.

Qian Yuting stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the princess sister is so beautiful, she is worthy of royal blood, and her etiquette and demeanor are perfect, much stronger than people from humble backgrounds like me!" ”

Ma Ruyan's face turned white when she heard Qian Yuting say this, Ma Ruyan is eight years Chinese New Year's Eve old today, the same year as Zhu Hongsan, which was already the age of being a grandmother in the Ming Dynasty, so naturally it can't be compared with the twenty-four-year-old Zhu Yujiao and the twenty-three-year-old Qian Yuting. and Qian Yuting herself said that she was from a humble background, but what about Ma Ruyan, who is from a lower background than Qian Yuting?

The old aunt Ma Ruyan gritted her teeth and smiled: "Concubine Qian, my sister is old, and it is very hard to manage the harem!" ”

Ma Ruyan is provoking this clearly, what's wrong with you being young? Now the old lady is the imperial concubine, one level older than you!

Qian Yuting saw Ma Ruyan poking her lung tubes, and her angry apricot eyes widened. Zhu Hongsan saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "Ladies and sizes, you are all beautiful, you are all my sweethearts, so let's do it!" ”

Ma Ruyan and Qian Yuting heard that the emperor came out to play a round, so they had no choice but to bow down and admit their mistakes.

Zhu Yujiao also regretted seeing the conflict between Ma Ruyan and Qian Yuting just now, he didn't expect Ma Ruyan to use herself to suppress Qian Yuting.

Zhu Yujiao was born in the royal family, and she watched a lot of this kind of harem battle when she was young, so she hid in the other courtyard after marrying Zhu Hongsan, just because she didn't want to participate in the battle.

Today, Zhu Yujiao knew that the emperor was back, and she originally wanted to ask the emperor how to deal with Zhu Youlang. Although Zhu Yujiao and Zhu Youlang didn't recognize each other, after all, they were both from the lineage of King Yan, and Zhu Yujiao still didn't want to see Zhu Youlang die in the hands of her husband. So when she received Ma Ruyan's invitation, Zhu Yujiao agreed without thinking too much.