Empress Zhou gave birth to such a good news as a prince, and as soon as the palace gate opened the next morning, it quickly spread to all the powerful families in the capital city.

The officials of the five armies and six departments of the imperial court in the capital city, as well as the idle families of the emperor's relatives and nobles, quickly took action.

On the one hand, they wrote to congratulate the emperor and empress on the birth of a child, and on the other hand, they prepared valuable gifts, so that the wives of various families with titles given by the imperial court went to the palace in an endless stream to meet the empress.

Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, who was in charge of the Zongren Mansion, also sent the Zongren Mansion and the Ministry of Rites to the Qianqing Palace on the morning of the second day after the news spread, according to the name given to the newborn emperor's eldest son according to the royal genealogy set by Taizu that year.

After Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, established the country, he set the rules for choosing names in advance for the then crown prince Zhu Biao and the other sons of the prince.

The names of each branch of the Huangming clan cannot be repeated, so except for the one in the East Palace, which is relatively tall, the further the other branches are ranked, the more remote they become.

Of course, the branch of the crown prince Zhu Biao, although it is tall, has not been able to pass on for long.

As for the branch of King Yan, it is not so tall, but it is okay, from King Yan to below, in order:

Gao Zhan Qi saw you, Hou Zai Yi Changyou, Ci and Yi Bozhong, Jian Jingdi Xianyou.

In this way, it is equivalent to since Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, his grandchildren and the descendants of his grandchildren can only have three words.

And these three words, Zhu Yuanzhang has already set two in advance, the first word is the surname, of course, it can't be changed, and the second word is also set, and it can't be changed.

Among the names of his descendants in later generations, the only one that can make a fuss is the third word.

However, this third word is not taken casually, but must be determined in accordance with the rules of mutual restraint between the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth set by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang in advance.

And because of the large number of descendants of these people, it is inevitable that many very, very strange names will appear among these people.

Although Emperor Chongzhen was a little unimpressed with these things, he knew that no matter how much he followed the rules of the five elements in his name, he would not be able to determine the rise and fall of your dynasty.

However, he still understands the principle of following the local customs, so he also accepts these cumbersome rules.

And according to this rule, Emperor Wanli is Jin Shengshui, so if he has Jin in his name, his sons will have water.

After the Wanli Emperor, it was aquatic wood, so the sons of Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo, the third word in their names are all next to Muzi, such as Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse, and Zhu Youzhen of Emperor Chongzhen.

Then when it comes to Emperor Chongzhen, it should be wood to make a fire.

Therefore, when Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, and Xu Guangqi, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of the Cabinet, entered the palace with the names they had set in advance, and asked the emperor to give the name to the newborn prince as soon as possible, Emperor Chongzhen saw it from the table presented by the two of them, and it was indeed next to the word fire.

Emperor Chongzhen held the red pen in his hand, hesitated for a long time, and finally drew a circle on the red character.

In the final analysis, he just doesn't believe in this evil, he just wants to see if all these strange things, such as this tragic name, have not changed, and now with him, can the future and destiny of the Ming Dynasty really be reborn!

"The word red is brilliant, and the meaning of the universe is clear! Long live my emperor, there is a successor, it is the sign of my Ming Dynasty's eternal solidity, the sun and the moon are eternal! ”

Now this Emperor Chongzhen, because he knows the history of the Ming Dynasty, has always had no good impression of this Dingguo Mansion that later surrendered to the Dashun regime.

If it weren't for the fact that the current Dingguo Duke Xu Yunzhen was quite familiar with current affairs, and was very cooperative when he was rectifying the Jingshi and cleaning up the military fields of the Gyeonggi Guard, I am afraid that even if he did not win the title now, he would have been allowed to stand aside.

Therefore, since Emperor Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, rarely received errands assigned by the emperor, and rarely had the opportunity to enter the palace to meet the emperor.

A hereditary prince has never had the opportunity to meet the emperor when he is old, which is not a good sign.

Especially now that there have been many changes in the Huangming lord system, whether it is a prince or a marquis, if the descendants have no military merits, this title is in jeopardy.

In this case, if you can't have a good relationship with the emperor, isn't it just waiting for the duke, who has been inherited for hundreds of years, to be taken back by the emperor one day?

Therefore, Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, who never regarded the errand of the Zongren Mansion as any important business, since he heard that the concubine in the palace was pregnant, he began to run errands in the Zongren Mansion every three or five places, and he made the genealogy of the clan clear as early as possible, and prepared a long list of names for the emperor and queen according to the old rules that had been set a long time ago.

At the same time, he also made it clear what each word meant and why he took it this way, and memorized it well, waiting for one day to show his face in front of the emperor and show the emperor that he was not a waste of corpse vegetarian food in the position of the Zongren Order.

Today, he really made him wait for the opportunity, and as soon as he saw the emperor asking the chamberlain to hand back the imperial approval to him, he immediately took out the words he had prepared before and said them to the emperor.

Hong, bright, bright, the meaning is good.

Presumably, those ministers in history also thought so at that time, and said so to Emperor Chongzhen!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen said to Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, and Xu Guangqi, a minister who was also the secretary of the Ministry of Rites: "The country is eternal, the sun and the moon are eternal, not bad!" The implication is really good, so it's a word! ”

After Emperor Chongzhen said this, the two of them bowed and saluted, and said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand at them and continued: "It's rare for two Xu Aiqing to come to see me today, I have some things here, and I want to ask you too!"

"One of the two is in charge of the Zongren Mansion, and the other is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, speaking of which, they are both directly related to the affairs of the royal clan!

"I received a report from the Jinyi Wei Datong Thousand Households that Zhu Dingwei, the relative of the clan of Datong City, was seriously ill and bedridden for several months. I forwarded this report to the Ministry of Rites a few days ago, and ordered the Ministry of Rites and the Zongren Mansion to send personnel to Datong with doctors and medicines, but I don't know if there will be a response now? ”

After hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, Xu Guangqi looked at Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, and saw that Xu Yunzhen had no intention of speaking, so he bowed down and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister has ordered Feng Shikong of the Ministry of Rites to take a few medical officers from the Tai Hospital to Datong. A few days ago, I also received a letter written by Feng Shikong, saying that Wang Shui had not eaten for many days, and he was afraid that the oil would run out and the lamp would dry up, and time was running out.

"It's just that there will be a happy event in Kunning Palace, and His Majesty has lived in Kunning Palace for many days to accompany him, and it is really inconvenient to report such things to His Majesty!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and did not ask any further, but changed the topic and said to the two:

"Taizu was the first to seal the clan, it has been more than 200 years, the son gives birth to the son, the grandson gives birth to the grandson, and the disciples of the Emperor Ming clan want to be tens of thousands of people in the genealogy today!

"These clan children, speaking of which, are all related to me, however, I grew up in the palace confinement since I was a child, and I have never seen any of them. I don't know how many descendants of the clan are now listed on the jade of the Zongren Mansion, and how many people have to eat the court?

"Like such royal nobles, who are full of food all day long, what kind of business do they do, how do they live, and are there any one or two of them who can be used? Two Xu Aiqing, may be a solution to my confusion? ”

When Emperor Chongzhen asked this, he didn't know what the emperor meant, but he didn't prepare carefully for this question.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen looked at him, but he could only turn his head to look at Xu Guangqi, the elder of the pavilion who was also the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Although the Zongren Mansion is in charge of the royal family's pedigree, it is the Hanlin Academy that has the right to add or delete this pedigree, and the Hanlin Academy is under the control of the Ministry of Rites.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, was like this, and knew that he was indeed a waste who had made things happen because of people, so he no longer looked at him, but turned his head to look at Xu Guangqi, wanting to hear what Xu Guangqi had to say.

At this time, Xu Guangqi's heart was rapidly accumulating like lightning.

Two days after the queen gave birth to the eldest son of the heavenly family, the emperor began to inquire about the affairs of the clan, and the meaning of the words was out-of-the-box.

Xu Guangqi thought about it, but he couldn't tell what the emperor meant, and he couldn't make the emperor wait longer, so he bowed down and said about what he knew and could say:

"Your Majesty! The system of my emperor's Ming clan is very different from that of the previous dynasty, and the custom of this ancestor and Chengzu is also!

"The princes and vassals, seal the country without splitting the soil, give the lord but not the people, eat Lu but not govern things, the princes are hereditary, the rest of the descendants are reduced to the first rank, and the sixth generation and below are all knights and lieutenants of the country.

"As for the clan Yulu, the prince Nai Sui gave Lu rice 10,000 stones, from the prince, the prince of the county, to the lieutenant of Fengguo, there are waits and differences, and they are all paid with the court Lu rice.

"The ancestor was worried that the children of the clan were competing with the people for profit, and they had already obtained the food of the court, so he explicitly ordered the children of the clan to prohibit the business of the four people. His Majesty asked the clan what his relatives were doing, but the ministers really didn't know how to answer! ”