In the fifth year of Chongzhen, at the end of February, Xue Hongqi easily captured Dali according to Xu Renjie's strategy and defended it according to the county. And learn Zhu Yuanzhang's management style, and retain the court officials of Dali, thinking that it has been used. Then he sent someone to send a thank you gift to Huanglong Cottage, and since then the north and the south have relied on each other and become a solid "ally".

Three months have passed in a blink of an eye!

In May, spring was in full bloom, Zhu Yuanzhang took Ma Xiaotian and his own personal guards, out of Baishui City, and was about to go to the training ground outside the training ground to see the leaders training, just arrived at the city gate, but saw a scout was burying his head, hurriedly drilling into the city, this scout did not know the road that had been in a hurry for several days, and it was obviously a mountain road, with a lot of black mud on his body, and a unique fresh smell of the soil in the mountains.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed lightly, and hurriedly shouted: "Then scout, what are you running in a hurry?" Could it be that something happened in Huanglong Mountain? ”

The scout was taken aback by Zhu Yuanzhang's drink, and when he raised his head, he saw clearly that the person in front of him was Zhu Yuanzhang, and his face immediately showed a touch of joy, but this joy quickly turned into an indescribable embarrassment, and he wanted to shout loudly, but he said as if he couldn't let go: "Brother Zhu, happy event!" ”

"Huh?"

"My sister-in-law gave birth to a ...... Cough...... Gave birth to a ...... Daughter. ”

"Oh, I see!" Zhu Yuanzhang replied lightly, as a person from two lifetimes, with countless children and grandchildren in his previous life, he heard that having a child does not have the ecstasy of ordinary people, so he calmly analyzed: No wonder this scout's expression is weird, it turned out that he gave birth to a daughter, and he wanted to congratulate me but he didn't dare.

In these years, the whole society is seriously patriarchal, if someone else has a son, you go to the door and congratulate loudly, it is no problem, people will definitely invite you to drink. But if someone gives birth to a daughter, and you also run to say congratulations to someone you don't know, it is equivalent to slapping someone in the face, and the host can't take a dung fork and fork you out directly.

Therefore, when this scout reported the good news to Zhu Yuanzhang, he didn't dare to say congratulations, but only said a happy event, and stammered when he said the word "daughter", for fear that Zhu Yuanzhang would get angry and kick him, the person who reported the news, away.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing, after floating in the sky for hundreds of years and being exposed to many ideas of later generations, such a thing as patriarchy no longer existed in his mind, and for him, there was no difference between having a boy and a girl. As for the question of the heirs...... Only if he is really talented, his daughter can be his heir, Britain, Spain, Russia and other countries have had queens, and China's thousands of years of patriarchal customs can be changed! Besides, China has also had an empress, and the name Wu Zetian is not fake, so it can be seen that the difference between male and female surnames is not the main reason for deciding whether to be an emperor, the most important thing is whether you can play power tricks and whether you have the ability to manage a country.

He patted the scout on the shoulder and smiled: "Very good news, you have worked hard to bring the letter, now I don't have any silver on me, I can't send happy money, go back and let someone bring it to you......"

The scout was startled, and he didn't know whether Zhu Yuanzhang's smile was true or false, and where he dared to ask for any happy money for sending a letter, so he nodded and ran away, and threw down a sentence before running: "The sister-in-law of Li Chujiu's family asked me to give you a message, saying that Sister-in-law Qiuye was weak after giving birth, and when she finished her confinement, the two sisters-in-law went out of the mountain and came to the city together." ”

At this time, Ma Xiaotian also came over, he and Zhu Yuanzhang were together every day, and they belonged to the close ministers among the close ministers, so they spoke more casually, and they were much bolder, he couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, it's actually a daughter...... Don't be angry, Brother Zhu will definitely give birth to a son next time. ”

"There's nothing wrong with a daughter!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

Ma Xiaotian thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was forcing a smile, shook his head and said: "Brother Zhu, don't go out to watch the training today, go home and rest, brother, I'll go to the restaurant to find out if there is any singing, and ask the two of you to sing two voices at your house to give you comfort." ”

"No, I'm in a good mood." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "Let's go and see the training!" ”

"Huh?" Ma Xiaotian muttered in a low voice: "Are you in a good mood after giving birth to a daughter?" It's a bit too tough......"

The group went out of the city, went east for a while, and came to a flat land, which was surrounded by a wooden fence, and it was the training ground, and the soldiers guarding the door hurriedly welcomed Zhu Yuanzhang and his party in, only to see Wang Er, Yang Hong, Xu Renjie, Miao Mei and others were all there, they each had their own work, Yang Hong was responsible for training firecrackers and crossbowmen, after all, he was a regular imperial court general, and the ability to use these two kinds of soldiers was much stronger than other leaders, so these two kinds of soldiers were all under his command. Xu Renjie is in charge of the infantry drill array, this guy is a self-proclaimed Confucian general, and he likes to toss things like formation changes, and it is most suitable for him to do it.

Wang Er and Miao Mei were practicing equestrian and hand-to-hand combat kung fu, and they were bent on being fierce generals in battle, and it was none of their business to command or anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang routinely came to see their training every day and pointed out some tips for Yang Hong and Xu Renjie to train soldiers, but before it was his turn to speak today, Ma Xiaotian rushed up first, gathered the leaders together, and whispered to them that Zhu Yuanzhang gave birth to a daughter.

The expressions of all the leaders seemed to be sinking, and after a while, Wang Er walked over with a straight face and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother Zhu, hmm...... Don't be sad, the next one is definitely the son. ”

Miao Mei followed: "Don't worry, how can you not have a son, next time you will be a man." ”

Then Yang Hong: "Brother Zhu, good people have good rewards, it is impossible not to give birth to a son, don't worry." ”

Finally, Xu Renjie: "Brother Zhu, you are too clean and self-conscious, there are too few women, how can a wife and a concubine guarantee an heir?" Look at my brother, tomorrow I will send two henchmen to Xi'an to buy you a batch of beautiful maids back, and you can see which one is pleasing to the eye and will be raised into a concubine room...... Isn't it a five-five to give birth to a boy or a girl? Get ten concubines to give birth together, and you will have five sons in five or five years...... If you are afraid that your sister-in-law will know, you will keep these ten concubines outside and make separate courtyards...... Brother, I'll help you out. ”

"!" Several leaders stepped out together and kicked Xu Renjie aside.

Zhu Yuanzhang really couldn't laugh or cry, these guys ...... That's it! It is normal for them to have such thoughts, and I have hundreds of years of knowledge more than them, so why bother to see them in general.

"Don't worry about me, I like my daughter!" Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.

Zhu Bugs was laughing and laughing, and all the leaders got together and expressed 120,000 sympathy for Zhu Yuanzhang.

"I don't have anything to say to you guys!" Zhu Yuanzhang was annoyed: "Forget it, you are training, I will come to give my daughter a nice name." ”

"A name? Brother Zhu, I'm good at this! Wang Er jumped out and laughed: "This is your eldest girl, named Sister Zhu, do you think it sounds good?" ”

"your eldest sister Zhu, what kind of broken name is this?" Miao Mei jumped out from the side and said, "She was born in May, her name is Zhu May, this is good." ”

Xu Renjie shook his head: "You uneducated, let's come with me, huh...... Zhu Qiangxuan, okay with that name? ”

"Get out! Have you broken your brain lately playing with the crossbow? Several leaders stepped out together and kicked Xu Renjie aside.

Only Yang Hong was the most reliable, he pulled this group of unseemly leaders aside, and said in a low voice: "What are you fooling around?" Compared to learning, we are not Zhu Bugs' opponents, let him think about it himself, don't make trouble. ”

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already thought of the name, he picked up a branch, scratched it on the ground a few times, wrote the word "Zhi", and said with a smile: "Just call it this name, Zhu Zhi, um...... Not bad. ”

"What's that?" Wang Er didn't know him.

"I only know the bottom half, it seems to be a stop word." Miao Mei didn't know each other either.

"Huh? This name is very good, it has a taste......" Xu Renjie leaned over: "It is indeed better than Zhu Qiang's crossbow." ”

Yang Hong covered Xu Renjie's mouth and dragged him to the side, preventing him from speaking.

Everyone was having a good time, but they saw another scout running over, and said urgently: "Brother Zhu, something is wrong......

"Oh?" Xu Renjie's mouth couldn't be covered, he leaned over again and said, "If it's a matter of Zhu Baba getting a daughter, we already know, there's no need to pass on the word twice, right?" ”

"Huh? Zhu Bugs got a daughter? Congratulations......" The scout almost said congratulations, but suddenly thought that it was his daughter who couldn't congratulate him, so he quickly took it back and changed his words: "It's not this, it's news from the north, it's a big deal...... In February, we received news that Tianfei and Hao Lin'an were besieging Qingyang, and Hong Chengchou sent Cao Wenzhao to relieve the siege of Qingyang...... Follow-up news of this has already come out. ”

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang and the leaders all raised their spirits: "Hurry up and talk about the back!" ”

The scout wiped a handful of sweat and reported in a deep voice: "On March 13, Cao Wenzhao and Yang Jianuo, the general soldier of Gansu * Su, met up, first relieved the siege of Qingyang, and then fought with the rebel army in the west trench...... The government has reported the battle and called it the Great Victory of the West Trench. ”

"Oh?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, as a result, the Western Road Righteous Army could be said to have completely collapsed: "But the two big leaders Tianfei and Hao Lin'an were not killed?" ”

The scout reported: "But Tianfei and Hao Lin'an are not dead, they led the remnants to escape, but Tianfei was stationed in Tiejiao City, north of Huanxian County, Tiejiao City is located in the mountains, the mountains are high and the ravines are deep, and the terrain is dangerous. As for Hao Lin'an, he fled to Yaozhou Awl Mountain, where he was stationed, and the place was also high and dense, and the government could not take it for a while......"

(To be continued)