It's been five years in the blink of an eye.

The big week is safe inside and outside, and the wind and rain are smooth.

Although the menacing internal and external troubles five years ago were very dangerous, in a certain sense, they also induced and uprooted the poison accumulated under the prosperity of the Great Zhou royal family and the court and the central government for many years.

Partisanship, stopped. The scourge of the old clan is gone. The troubles of the foreign race have also subsided for the time being.

After Zhu Changzhe took office, he was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, quickly grasped the main power in his hands, vigorously and resolutely suppressed some stubborn forces, and supported a large number of henchmen. After a series of measures, the DPRK and China finally got over the post-chaos crisis and slowly entered a stage of stability.

Zhu Changzhe knew that he did not have a deep foundation in the court, so he still chose to govern the country as a benevolent monarch.

The harvest is very rewarding.

On the part of the first emperor, he protected Zhu Changzhe in his later years and ensured that he got the most important position. He reciprocated the favor, couldn't let the royal family become a joke, and made a gesture of filial piety. Whether it is face, such as funeral; delay the establishment in the name of "filial piety"; all kinds of maintenance of the reputation of the former emperor; the silencing of all kinds of rumors; Kindness to the confidants of the former emperor...... He's pretty much done.

The Queen Mother was in charge of his harem, and he never once questioned and said no; He couldn't move to ask for peace every day, and the Queen Mother came first in big and small things, and the Queen Mother personally served the sick when she was sick...... He was equally unfussive.

In terms of the royal family, he respects his only imperial uncle, King Xiaoyao. When the latter did his birthday, he not only prepared a generous gift with his own hands, but also came to the door to celebrate his birthday. He also appropriately delegated power to the new prince and helped to give marriage, and the family affection that he took the initiative to show made everyone's expectations and evaluations of him higher regardless of whether it was true or not.

In terms of brothers, he left the first prince and treated several young royal brothers kindly. Although the prince has no freedom, at least he has no worries about food and clothing. Several royal brothers each sealed the king's fief and sent it out. Compared with the vigorous and resolute methods of the first emperor, Zhu Changzhe's "benevolence and filial piety" is more obvious.

After the stubborn old people were uprooted, many long-term reforms were also smoothly implemented. His measures to reduce taxes and promote production several times have won a lot of goodwill from the people. The imperial court was not short of silver, and he was not stingy with various post-war construction and repairs. In just a few months, the people's support for him has been higher and higher.

In terms of state affairs, most of his energy is located. The court can see clearly, the emperor leads by example, and the next court basically stays in the imperial study to deal with state affairs, in this regard, there is no better than the diligent emperor.

There are many flowers in the harem. But the new emperor insisted on only entering the harem a few times a month, and he also abided by the ancestral admonition that the rain and dew were evenly wet. At the beginning, the ministers were pleased that the new emperor focused on state affairs and was not affected by beauty.

But half a year has passed, and after a lot of fresh and lovely people have entered the palace, the emperor is still calm, and the ministers can't sit still. I thought the emperor was making a gesture, but how do you know that it was a real game? The ministers were heartbroken.

The emperor doesn't like it? What does the emperor like? Isn't it good to be a woman? When the emperor is strong, how can he be so determined? Advise!

Zhu Changzhe entered the harem on January 5 and changed it to eight times.

The emperor has no heirs! There are few people in the harem, where are the children? Advise!

Eight times became ten times.

The emperor has no queen! Even if you can get pregnant, isn't it also a concubine? The concubine is long, and it is easy to get into trouble! Advise!

This time, the persuasion became the queen again!

But the emperor did not retreat this time, insisting that the first emperor had only been gone for half a year, not the time to establish the queen.

Seeing his resolute attitude, the ministers asked when the time would be appropriate.

He replied: Two years.

After some admonition from the ministers, he finally backed down and waited for another year.

The ministers couldn't say a word, so they made up their minds.

And Zhu Changzhe's various performances, in fact, are satisfied in the eyes of those important ministers who have always had a wait-and-see attitude towards his ability. Just like the queen and the harem, he can not only insist on his own ideas instead of being cowardly and at the mercy of others, but also accept suggestions and make some appropriate concessions, which are necessary for a Ming monarch.

So, seeing that Zhu Changzhe's various performances exceeded expectations, after the death of the first emperor, several old people returned to their hometowns or "hugged" to resign, and the important ministers who were quite famous and important finally accepted several sincere invitations from the new emperor and returned to the court to continue to shine.

The team is stable, the political situation is stable, and Zhu Changzhe breathes a sigh of relief.

That's what he wants.

Among the princes, his foundation is too shallow, which leads to incompetence and passive beating when the crisis occurs, since he decided to inherit the first emperor and volunteer to work hard for the first emperor through the ages, he should strengthen his strength and hold absolute power.

And the human heart is the foundation of all true forces. He could only take it slowly......

After another recruitment, the vitality of the Great Zhou at this moment has reappeared, the politics are clear and prosperous.

And then there is the accumulation of the period of the first emperor there, and the entire Great Zhou has made great strides in the direction of Guotai and Min'an.

Zhu Changzhe was established eighteen months after the death of the first emperor.

The new empress is the daughter of the highly respected scholar Chen.

Empress Chen is a scholar, dignified and virtuous, gentle and generous, and perfect in all aspects.

Zhu Changzhe is very attentive to discover her benefits, but he always feels that there is something missing...... Authentic.

The queen is very capable, took over the harem power from the queen mother, and quickly got started.

The whole body is full of praise for her.

The following year, the queen gave birth to a princess. Another year and a half later, the queen finally gave birth to a son-in-law and became the crown prince. Universal celebration.

Before that, Zhu Changzhe already had three princesses and two sons.

Finally in terms of heirs, there are no worries for the time being.

And Zhu Changzhe's second son, his biological mother is the thirteenth princess of North Korea.

Wenlan was the youngest concubine of the King and Queen of Joseon. Therefore, when Zhu Changzhe asked for a concubine, he chose Wenlan's favorite and most praised, and when he agreed to cooperate with him, he suggested that he go to North Korea to choose the royal princess Wenshun after the fact.

Zhu Changzhe remembered.

After Wen Shun came, he was named Concubine Shun. Beauty, talent, and good name, everything is good, but as soon as Zhu Changzhe sees her, he thinks of Wen Lan.

Especially when the palace is full of all kinds of beauties with clever smiles, but no longer flamboyant and cold, when he has the idea and courage to say no to him, he misses Vinland even more, and the regret in his heart is unconsciously greater.

He kept his promise and was always very good to Concubine Shun, so Concubine Shun soon became pregnant. After the child was born, he rewarded Concubine Shun and the king of Joseon, and he couldn't figure out whether it was to make up for regret or guilt.

Time, little by little.

Politics is stable, everything is smooth.

It's been five years, and Zhu Changzhe is going to tour the south again.

Unlike the first emperor's southern tour six years ago, when the main purpose was to celebrate the birthday of the queen mother, his trip was not to visit the mountains and rivers.

First, due to the serious losses caused by the war in the south of the Yangtze River and the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian, many infrastructure such as river engineering and coastal defense, including the embankments of the two rivers, were rebuilt, and it was the local officials who respectfully asked the emperor to inspect on behalf of the military and the people;

The second is to personally inspect the local officials after the reconstruction of the Liangjiang Yamen, inspect the people's conditions, ask the people about their weal and woe, and appease the people.

The third is to inspect military defense for military parades. After Kang Anbo entered Beijing, the current coastal military power was dispersed into the hands of two generals. In recent years, Zhu Changzhe still has the heart to build a coastal defense force with strong combat strength, and he must personally inspect it.

Of course, they also miss a few old people who are far away in Jiangnan.

Thinking of this, Zhu Changzhe and the Queen Mother were a little impatient.

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