In the dormitory of Yongning Palace, Zhu Youzhen was leaning over to look at the sleeping baby in the cradle, looking at this delicate doll-like baby, he always had a strange feeling in his heart, such a cute doll would actually be his son.

Seeing that the sleeping baby suddenly moved and wanted to put his finger into his mouth, Zhu Youzhen subconsciously reached out and held his little hand, not allowing him to put his finger in his mouth.

The sleeping little doll moved several times and did not escape from Zhu Youzhen's clutches, he suddenly cried after pouting, Zhu Youzhen was so frightened that he let go of his hand, he had never coaxed a child in his previous life, so after seeing the little doll crying, he looked back left and right and wanted to find someone to help him deal with the situation.

However, Zhu Youzhen hadn't found anyone to come over to comfort his son, so he first heard the anger of Tian Xiuying, who was woken up on the side, "You are so idle early in the morning? I had only been squinting for a moment when you came over and woke him up. Your son tossed me for the night last night, and you will toss me during the day? ”

A wet nurse finally came up to pick up the baby and comforted her, Zhu Youzhen climbed onto Tian Xiuying's big bed, carefully coaxed her for a long time, and finally quieted her down. Tian Xiuying lay in Chongzhen's arms without any image, and finally began to lose her anger.

The 19-year-old Tian Xiuying was originally more delicate, and whether it was the former King of Xin or the current emperor, Zhu Youzhen was more indulgent to her, so Tian Xiuying has always maintained her true colors in front of him, so she dared to lose her temper at him without any scruples.

However, after all, the two are a young husband and wife, and Tian Xiuying still guards the moral concept of women in this era, so although she is petty, she quickly reconciles with Zhu Youzhen, who went to bed with Ba to please her.

After eliminating the resentment, Tian Xiuying began to worry about her own image, she kept sniffing the smell of her body, and couldn't help but say to Chongzhen with some worry: "The concubine hasn't taken a bath for almost three months, is this body a little stinky." ”

Zhu Youzhen gently pinched her Yao nose, then lowered his head and took a deep breath between her neck, before saying, "No, I think the smell on your body is very charming." ”

Tian Xiuying pushed away Zhu Youzhen's head with her hand, and said with a "giggle" smile: "Don't be like this, it's very itchy." Then tell me, how charming is the smell on the concubine's body, better than that Cui girl? ”

Zhu Youzhen hugged her tightly, quickly changed the topic and said: "It's my mother's taste, and there is no better smell in this world than my mother's taste." ”

Tian Xiuying's body stiffened for a moment, then softened, and no longer refused Zhu Youzhen's hug, but gently hugged back with her backhand, and gently patted Chongzhen's back to express comfort. Obviously, she was a little mistaken, thinking that Chongzhen remembered her biological mother.

After the two of them warmed up for a while, Tian Xiuying suddenly opened her mouth to Chongzhen and asked, "What name does the husband plan to give Gui'er?" ”

"Gui'er?" Zhu Youzhen retold it with some puzzlement.

"When I was pregnant with Gui'er, my concubine once had a dream that there was a tall golden laurel tree under the starry sky, and the tree was full of flowers... So the concubine gave him a nickname called Gui'er. Husband said quickly, what name did you give Gui'er? After all these days, you should have figured it out, right?

Or did you forget Gui'er, husband? The concubine heard that you came back from Jiale Hall yesterday at noon and went to the queen's sister, but you immediately named your sister's daughter, Zhu Tingting..."Looking at Tian Xiuying, who suddenly stood up and glared at her with a dissatisfied face, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly pressed her back.

Then he quickly turned his head and said: "How could I forget, in fact, I have already thought about it, but I just asked you suddenly that I can't turn the corner." You listen, Gui'er is a Cizi generation according to the ranking, and the name of my Daming clan is mostly based on the five elements. I think the word Huan next to the word fire is good.

The word Huan has the meaning of radiating brilliance and radiating light, and it also has the meaning of enthusiasm and happiness. I hope Gui'er will grow up to be a warm and healthy boy in the future, what do you think? ”

Tian Xiuying finally turned her anger into joy, and stopped looking for trouble with Chongzhen, when the two were quietly living together, Lu Qi's voice suddenly came from outside the hall, "Your Majesty, the heads of the three banks in the capital have entered the palace." ”

Tian Xiuying, who buried her head in Chongzhen's chest, suddenly hugged him and whispered, "I won't let you go." ”

Zhu Youzhen gently patted Tian Xiuying's back and whispered: "I really don't want to leave, but you have to think about Gui'er's future, and you don't want Gui'er to live in a war-torn world with internal and external difficulties." ”

Tian Xiuying silently let go of her hands, Zhu Youzhen gently climbed out of bed and walked towards the outside of the hall, when he was about to leave the door of the dormitory, he stopped again and looked back, looking at Tian Xiuying, who was still lying on the bed with his back to him, he couldn't help but smile and shook his head, before stepping out of the threshold.

After leaving Yongning Palace for a while, Zhu Youzhen adjusted his mood and said to Lu Qi behind him: "How did you talk to them last night?" ”

Lu Qi took a few quick steps forward and said, "The minister has already discussed with them yesterday, Zheng Zhilong, Yang Tiansheng, Liu Xiang and others are willing to set up a company to preside over the war to recover Saigon.

Zheng Zhilong planned the entire battle, and Liu Xiang and Yang Tiansheng were in charge of the command of the invasion war. The delegates who participated in the banquet last night were willing to invest 450,000 yuan, and the remaining 550,000 yuan will be borne by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Sihai Commercial Bank, and the Central Bank respectively.

Liu Xiang, Zheng Zhilong, Yang Tiansheng and others are now calculating the ships and manpower needed for this war, as well as the plan for the attack on the coast of Quang Nam Kingdom, which can be reported to His Majesty in about a week. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said: "Let the Naval Academy deploy a few graduates to participate in the discussion, and inform you that the Second Coastal Defense Battalion will not be established for the time being, and troops will be transferred to participate in this war, and the Taiwan Reclamation Battalion will also be transferred to participate in the war."

Although this war was handed over to those who surrendered to the pirates, we cannot completely let it go, and the troops and military attachés involved in the war must learn and understand their way of fighting, and study how to deal with their way of fighting, so as to avoid such attacks on our Ming coast in the future. ”

Lu Qi hurriedly responded, and then continued: "The Prime Minister's Yamen has already selected envoys to Annan and Quang Nam, and they are scheduled to leave in a week, when does Your Majesty plan to summon them?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said casually: "It's arranged in five days, and the Social Investigation Bureau will also send a few people to follow them to find Ruan Fuyuan's opponents in Annan or nearby, and then let the Shen family support them, and they can provide them with some firearms..."

After hearing this, Lu Qi replied: "After the minister returns, he will select people to travel with the envoy, but Your Majesty, according to the observation of the minister, although Liu Xiang seems to be rude on the outside, he has a city government in his heart, and he is deeply connected with the Dutch, so he may not be loyal to the court."

After recovering Saigon, he continued to serve as the town guard, and the minister was worried that this person might betray the imperial court, so he considered finding a reason to transfer him out of Saigon. According to His Majesty's vision, Saigon will be the largest export port of overseas grain for the imperial court in the future, and it cannot be handed over to those who are swaying from side to side. ”

Zhu Youzhen stopped and thought for a moment before saying, "What you said is quite reasonable, but now is not the time to deal with Liu Xiang." After Eighteen Zhi surrendered, although they were given the title of the imperial court, these pirates may not have been wary of the imperial court. I heard that Zheng Zhilong not only built a house in his hometown, but also built a private port. When traveling on the mainland, there is never a time without an escort. It can be seen that they are still worried in their hearts that they will become the second Wang Zhi.

So, as long as I don't have to, I don't want to deepen their doubts. The ancients all knew that a thousand dollars bought horse bones, and today I will borrow the hearts of Liu Xiang'an and these pirates. Since I can tolerate Liu Xiang, I can naturally accommodate them.

But what you said is not bad, for a secretive bandit like Liu Xiang, we can't help but make some preparations. His younger brother Liu Peng can do his duty as a garrison on Xiangdao, so you can find a time to arrange it and let him come to see me.

In addition, it is said that there are Portuguese in the army that attacked Saigon this time, and isn't Antonio, the bishop of Macau, already in the capital? Summoning him to the palace in the afternoon... No, it's better for me to go out of the palace to see him, so that no one will chew his tongue. ”

In the study room of the Qianqing Palace, Wang Fengyuan of the Central Bank, Chang Wanchun of the Shanxi Bank, and Hu Guangyuan of the Bank of Communications saluted Chongzhen together, and then heard Chongzhen say: "Get up, show them a seat, sit down and talk, everyone is casual today, don't be too restrained." ”

Wang Fengyuan and the two companions beside him looked at each other warily a few times before thanking the emperor and sitting down. Zhu Youzhen put down the brush in his hand, leaned back, and after looking at the three of them for a circle, he said with a smile: "After the Jin invasion, if the three of them had not underwritten the war bonds issued by the imperial court, we would not have been able to achieve this victory."

I am a man of rules, and since you have invested in this war, after the war is won, you should naturally share in the dividends of the war. Of course, the three of them will also be rewarded with knighthoods, and those who have titles on them will also be promoted to one level.

If you have any personal requests, as long as I find them acceptable, I will grant them as appropriate, and of course I will not mention anything that violates legal ethics. ”

The emperor wanted to give them war dividends, and the three of them were naturally quite happy to hear it, but Wang Fengyuan was still a little worried and said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty has given us such rewards, and the ministers are naturally very happy."

However, didn't the war bonds purchased by the ministers have already agreed to be repaid with annual interest, and how can they dare to ask His Majesty so much now, and the ministers are worried that if they spread it, it will cause dissatisfaction among others. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "Hecheng man is too worried, the war debt naturally pays interest, but the risk you have taken has exceeded the value of this part of the interest." If this war is lost, the war debt in your hands may be worthless.

The fact that you were able to take such a big risk to buy 10 million war bonds shows that the three major banks are willing to ride the same boat with me, so I will naturally give you some additional dividends. Otherwise, who will reach out to help the imperial court in the future? ”