Chapter 67: The Dragon Gives Birth to Nine Sons and Sons Are Different
The dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the sons were different.
The heirs of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, have not only the generals who can write and martial arts, but also have medical scientists, Taoist priests, and talents in other aspects......
For example, divers.
For example, Zhu Zi, the king of Tan.
He is the eighth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, because he is thirteen years old, he now lives in the imperial city and is not in the palace.
The mother is the concubine of Dading, and Chen Youliang is the concubine.
I don't know when it began, some people began to rumor that he was Chen Youliang's widow, saying that he had a nose and eyes, and some old people brought out by Concubine Dading from Chen Youliang's palace also served Zhu Zi, saying some strange things from time to time, as a prince in the rebellious period of youth, this caused him to have a violent personality, cloudy and uncertain, and at this moment he was bound in the imperial city The resentment in his heart is getting deeper and deeper.
Especially in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, he was named the king of Tan, but his father never let him go to Xiangtan Changsha to become a vassal.
Now, more than two years have passed......
The anger and resentment in his heart grew more and more, and he began to think crankily.
Am I really not born to my father? He doesn't want me to go to Changsha to become a vassal, isn't it because there are many old people in Jingchu and other places......
There is no family affection in the royal family.
Zhu Yuanzhang has a total of twenty-six princes, only a few of them are more important, and he doesn't take the other princes to heart, he doesn't see them much, most of the time, it is the eldest son of the prince Zhu Biao who takes care of his younger brothers.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards the princes is also related to the dependence of the concubines on foreign courts, such as the mother of King Lu Zhu Tan, Concubine Guo Ning, the two marquis Guo Xing and Guo Ying, the more brilliant her military exploits, the more favored she is, and the more valued Zhu Tan of Lu King is.
This is also why, Zhu Tan is only one year younger than Zhu Zi, but he can still live in the palace without moving out to live in the imperial city, Zhu Tan can also act recklessly, but Zhu Zi is often reprimanded......
In fact, he can't be Chen Youliang's posthumous son at all.
Because the eighth son of the emperor, Zhu Zi, also has a half-brother, Zhu Rong, the king of Qi.
Even if it is Chen Youliang's posthumous son, it is his brother Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, not Zhu Zi, the king of Tan.
It's just that his figure and appearance are indeed not very similar to Zhu Yuanzhang.
With fair skin, a slender figure, and a hint of coldness between his eyebrows, Zhu Zi looks very much like his mother Concubine Dading, not like Zhu Yuanzhang, if it weren't for his violent personality and frequent abuse of old women in the palace, he would not be a handsome young man.
At this moment, Zhu Zi was sitting on a chair in his house, his eyes were cold, and there was a trace of blood on his cheeks, his eyes flashed, he licked his lips and looked very excited, and suddenly laughed.
All because the old palace woman in front of him was incontinent and convulsed by him.
"Tell me, my brother, is it my father's own son!?"
The old palace maid nodded again and again, and cried: "Yes, yes, prince, you spare me!" β
"You're lying!"
Zhu Zi laughed, his handsome cheeks showed a trace of hideousness, sat up, walked up to the old palace woman, bit his cheek masseter muscle, his eyes widened, and he beat him with a whip.
"Smack!"
"Smack!"
"Smack!"
The whipping of the whip grew more and more intense, and the voice of the old maid's cry became weaker and weaker.
The surrounding palace maids and chamberlains were so frightened that they closed their eyes and didn't dare to look.
Since he was a child, he grew up in the hands of the women of the deep palace, and the prince who lacks father's love and mother's love, rarely has a normal personality, even if Zhu Zi once went to Fengyang, the central capital, to observe the people's suffering, even if he himself knew that it could not be Chen Youliang's widow, but he still hated his father deeply, and his father didn't love him at all......
Why, why doesn't my father love me, what is worse than I Zhu Zi!
Zhu Zi, the king of Tan, gritted his teeth hatefully.
If you love him, how can you not let him go!?
He couldn't help but think of the Confucian ministers he recruited to do the poetry club, and he also hinted at his mother's background, and couldn't help but believe a little more in the rumor that he was not Zhu Yuanzhang's biological son......
A pair of eyes were fierce and violent, Zhu Zi bit his cheek muscles, and his face was extremely hideous.
"You lied to me, lied to me!!"
"If you didn't lie to me, why didn't you let me go!"
He grabbed the palace maid's neck with one hand, and his neck was also excited and bruised, his face was red and his eyes bulged out, and he laughed wildly.
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The princes of the Ming Dynasty, since Zhu Biao entered the East Palace, the prince was named the king of the domain, and before going to the fief to become a vassal prince, they all had to go to the Wenhua Hall of the East Palace to listen to the Confucian ministers.
The time when the princes came to listen to the lectures was not fixed, and most of them came to listen to the lectures when the important ministers were giving banquets.
And Zhu Yuanzhang gave most of the power to the crown prince Zhu Biao.
This also makes it possible for there to be a lot of Confucian ministers in the Wenhua Hall of the East Palace, and there are often great Confucians in the world, every day.
The compilation of the Hanlin Academy, the lectures, the prince's washing of horses, and the accompanying reading of the East Palace are all first-class Confucians.
Everyone wants to brush their faces more in front of the future Son of Heaven and be familiar.
Zhu Biao also respected the great Confucian ministers very much.
On this day, the Wenhua Hall was full of Confucian talents.
A large group of squires, scholars, editors of the Hanlin Academy, and princes washing horses are gathering together to give lectures to the princes and explain the essence of the Confucian classics.
Zhu Xiongying, the eldest grandson of the emperor, was not listed.
What is surprising is that Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the emperor, sat behind the princes and listened to the lectures of the great Confucians with a solemn face.
An old man of the Lu family served on the side, and when the great Confucian finished speaking, he happily stepped forward and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, can you have a harvest today?" β
Zhu Yunwen glanced at her with an old-fashioned face, and whispered, "I should study hard." β
The old woman of the Nalu clan nodded with satisfaction.
Zhu Yunwen clenched his fists, and said with a firm heart in his black eyes: "Big brother, Yun Wei has always remembered that you want to study for the rise of my Ming Dynasty, and Yun Wei will never let you down......"
Not far away.
The crown prince Zhu Biao was talking with the Confucian ministers, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help frowning heavily.
The Wenhua Hall was originally in the East Palace.
And the crown princess Lu is now the lord of the East Palace, and there is nothing wrong with arranging the imperial grandson to come to listen to the lecture.
After all, there is no explicit law.
But the problem is that Zhu Xiongying, the eldest grandson of the emperor, did not come to listen to the lecture, and Zhu Yunwen is just a concubine.
Back then, after Zhu Xiongying's biological mother Chang Shixuan, Zhu Yuanzhang corrected the Lu family and canonized him as a step-concubine only about a year later.
This is because the country cannot be without a king for a day, and the East Palace cannot be without an owner for a day.
Moreover, the Lu family and Song Lian and other Confucian families were deep-rooted and powerful, and in order to win over the approval of the Confucian family, Zhu Biao agreed to this matter.
Because, there are too many people in the world who don't like Emperor Zhu Ming and Hongwu.
Look at Shi Nai'an, Xu Qi and his ilk can know.
Who knows, now it seems......
The Lu family sits in the East Palace, which is inevitably powerful, and even if the Lu family has no intention, the Lu palace maids, chamberlains, and old people who she brought into the palace to marry will still be biased, and in some ways they will hold Zhu Xiongying hostage, but they are biased towards Zhu Yunwen.
This is not in line with etiquette, there will be hidden worries!
Zhu Biao waved his sleeves, let the Confucian ministers around him push down, his broad cheeks became serious, he looked outside, and Jiang Xuan, who had been following him for a long time and was doing a secret errand for the crown prince Zhu Biao, was standing respectfully outside the door.
Jiang Zhen is not very old, shrewd and capable, good at figuring out his intentions, and he is strong in martial arts.
is different from Mao Xiang's black face is thin and capable, Jiang Xuan has fair skin, red lips and white teeth, and even no beard.
In fact, he is more terrible than Mao Xiang.
Mao Xiang is strict with the outside and loose inside, and in the face of Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang and other old Huaixi people, he always has a little affection and can't do it, but Jiang Zhen has no such scruples.
In Zhu Xiongying's previous life, Jiang Zhen was the second commander of Jinyiwei who succeeded Mao Xiang.
Many people think that he is Zhu Yuanzhang's cronies, but in fact, he has always been a close confidant of Prince Zhu Biao, and he has done all kinds of secret errands for Prince Zhu Biao, and he is also the eagle dog that Zhu Yuanzhang planted for Prince Zhu Biao.
Even strictly speaking, the four major cases of Hongwu and the three major cases were all handled by the prince Zhu Biao, and Jiang Zheng played a huge role in them and was valued by the prince Zhu Biao.
Today's Jinyiwei, in addition to Mao Xiang, belongs to him Jiang Zheng is the most powerful, although it is only a small thousand households, but he has extremely heavy authority, life and death can be controlled, many officials call him "Eryan King", which means that Mao Xiang is the king of Hades, he is the second Hades king.
This shows Jiang Xuan's prestige.
Zhu Biao sat on the chair, waved his sleeves and pulled them back, covering the slightly bulging lower abdomen in front of him, he retracted his gaze and looked at the many Confucian ministers in front of him, and nodded solemnly.
Over there, although Zhu Biao did not nod at Jiang Zheng, he arched his hand and respectfully raised the embroidered spring knife in his hand.
Bowing down, Jiang Zhen raised his knife and slowly withdrew, and a smile of excitement appeared on his fair face......
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Imperial.
Queen Ma was in better health, so she couldn't be idle, and an old woman of her age slept very little, got up very early in the morning, and often sat in the pavilion after getting up.
The Confucian ministers preached in the Wenhua Palace.
In the imperial field next to the imperial garden, Zhu Xiongying was wearing a straw hat and barefoot, as if he was a peasant child, picking up a field of flowers.
But he is more liked by Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma in this way.
Even the concubines, palace maids, and chamberlains in the harem all love this special imperial grandson very much.
Because Zhu Xiongying never puts on a show, and does everything himself, he can do it himself and never let his subordinates do it.
And the subordinates made mistakes, and they didn't blush with them.
A child with a mother is like a treasure, and a child without a mother is not good.
Fortunately, Zhu Xiongying also has a royal grandmother Queen Ma who has always loved her.
At this moment, Queen Ma was squinting and smiling quietly, listening to Zhu Xiongying and the Goryeo eunuch Jin Liyuan talking about farming.
"Jin Zuojian, how is the harvest of cold-tolerant rice planted by your old farmers in Goryeo in a year?"
Zhu Xiongying asked with a grin.
The Goryeo eunuch known as Jin Zuojian is named Jin Liyuan, who was actually brought into the palace of the Yuan Dynasty by Pu Buhua, the personal eunuch of Empress Qi, the second queen of Emperor Yuan Shun, when Emperor Yuan Shun was in the time of Emperor Yuan Shun.
At that time, because Queen Qi was favored, but she was very excluded in the harem, Pu Buhua found many chamberlains and palace maids from Goryeo, so that the Goryeo people in the harem had the right to speak.
This Pu Buhua can also be called an infatuated species.
He and Queen Qi have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and they are in love, but in the end, Queen Qi was sent to the Dayuan Palace.
So, Pu Buhua voluntarily castrated into the harem of the Great Yuan, often accompanied by Queen Qi, in order to stabilize the status of Queen Qi, he also played the legend of Zhen Huan in the harem of the Great Yuan, seized power, won over the powerful, and set off a coup d'Γ©tat several times.
After the Ming Dynasty recovered the capital of Beiping, Jin Liyuan, who was still a little eunuch, was captured and included in Nanjing, Yingtianfu, in the second year of Hongwu, the emperor's grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang sent this person to send Goryeo and the Yuan Dynasty's official eunuchs to the festival, a total of more than 160 people sent back to Goryeo.
And after several Liaodong negotiations, this Jin Liyuan also went to communicate.
Without him, other eunuchs could not understand their words.
Although the emperor's grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang personally warned that eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics, in fact, he had been using eunuchs to envoy overseas countries, or to help Li Wenzhong supervise the trade of the West, or to Quanzhou City to supervise the tribute.
During the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial palace of the Yuan Dynasty paid tribute to many attendants from neighboring countries, such as Annam, Japan, Goryeo, Siam, Burma, etc., and when envoys to these countries, the Ming Dynasty used these foreign language attendants left by the previous dynasty to send envoys to solve the language problem.
Jin Liyuan was paid tribute to the Yuan Dynasty by Goryeo when he was a teenager, and now he is in his thirties, his eyes are very small, and he looks very similar to the people in the Goryeo Kingdom in his previous life, with a white face and no beard, good at flattery, and teasing the superiors to be happy.
Hearing Zhu Xiongying's inquiry, Jin Liyuan hurriedly told everything he knew, the yield of cold-resistant rice in Goryeo, and the planting method.
The nobility of the Goryeo kingdom was called the "two classes".
Under the influence of the Mongols of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the Goryeo people also attached great importance to the "root feet", that is, their origins, and even those who were selected to be eunuchs in the Celestial Empire had to be born in the nobility, and Jin Liyuan was actually born in two classes.
Although he is not involved in production, he knows some Goryeo farming.
In his narration, Zhu Xiongying gradually understood the current situation in Liaodong and North Korea.
Today's Liaodong is not the black land of the previous life.
The winter is bitterly cold and extremely cold.
Many places are plains permafrost, and plains are semi-permafrost, interspersed with mud mounds and swamps.
When the summer weather is hot, the ice melts, and the humus layer of hundreds or thousands of years becomes a paradise for mosquitoes, as well as a paradise for all kinds of wild animals and fish.
In the old forest, there are not only Siberian tigers, but also all kinds of wild boars, yellow skins, and long snakes as big as small mountains.
The rotten leaves that have fallen for thousands of years are piled up to two people high, and there have been ginseng pickers from Goryeo who stepped on them and were directly swallowed by the rotten leaves, and the natural environment is very primitive and harsh......
In fact, more than two hundred years passed in the previous life, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Xiaoice River period of the Chongzhen era, the environment in Liaodong at that time was more difficult.
Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, in another four or five hundred years, to the Qing Dynasty in the previous life, Liaodong is still a bitter cold place outside the Saiwai, and there are many years in the Qing Dynasty, and Ningguta in Liaodong is a place where exiled prisoners have suffered in the past.
By the eve of World War I, when the great powers rose and the invasion of Guandong began, Liaodong was no longer so cold.
The steam engine and the industrial revolution have promoted the rise of the earth's temperature, and the semi-frozen soil has melted into black soil.
And the kind of humus layer that has accumulated for thousands of years is extremely fertile, and there is no need for fertilizer at all.
At that time, bud rice, sweet potatoes, and potatoes had been introduced to China and began to be widely cultivated.
At that time, East Asia was a good land given by God.
"I see, Jin Zuojian, is there a yamen in Goryeo that specializes in agriculture?"
Jin Liyuan was stunned, shook his head with a wry smile and said: "I waited for the past, and I couldn't stir-fry vegetables, because there was no iron pot and oil, and the two classes of nobles also used more clay pots. β
"The slave remembers that there is a Sinong Yamen, but most of them are princes from all over the country, who are in charge of their own land, and are not subject to the king's control."
Zhu Xiongying's eyes flashed, oh......
In fact, it is understandable that after Goryeo was defeated by the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty ruled Goryeo for blood, not only to the upper class, but also to support a group of new nobles, such as translators for the Mongols in the Yuan Dynasty, doctors who treated the Mongols, and Semu people who did business in Goryeo......
If Goryeo can master these two classes of nobles, there will be ghosts, the people of Goryeo are good at infighting, a small projectile land, and later generations are actually divided into more than a dozen political parties such as the Eastern People's Party, the Western People's Party, the Southern People's Party, the Northerners' Party, etc., and they can fight for each other's brains.
No wonder it was replaced by Lee......
In this life, I, Zhu Xiongying, are here, and I have nothing to do with you Li Chenggui.
Cold-tolerant rice is a good thing, and the best hybrid of rice seeds is used to improve the good quality, so as to prepare for the military tun in the Golden Horde, the Northern Yuan Shangdu and other places in the future, and now the Golden Horde, the Northern Yuan Shangdu, can only grow some sorghum and corn, and I don't know if I can grow rye.
Rye is very cold-tolerant, and it is a good seed, and now Daming has no seeds, so he has to find a way to get them.
In the future, I will go to the Golden Horde, build more fortresses and fortresses, build 180 fortresses in the 17th century that Lao Maozi used to deal with the Qing Dynasty in his previous life, let the Slavic Da Maozi obediently saw wood and farmed the land, and let the Ermaozi Cossacks plant corn on the banks of the Dnieper River in the Great Plains of Ukraine.
I, Daming, will never produce an emperor like Kang Mazi who won the battle and ceded the land.
Thinking of this, Zhu Xiongying said to Jin Liyuan: "I understand, Jin Zuojian, you go, go back to the National Security Division, please ask you for something, what is the specific matter, you wait for the will." β
Jin Liyuan hurriedly nodded and said that he was leaving.
Empress Ma waited for Jin Liyuan to leave and asked, "Xiongying, you want to compile a book of agriculture, but for the sake of Goryeo's cold-tolerant rice seeds?" β
Zhu Xiongying nodded.
"Yes, Grandma Huang, I want to ask Grandpa Xu Jin Liyuan to send an envoy to Goryeo, to bring back cold-tolerant grain seeds for my Ming Dynasty, and by the way, bring some old farmers who can plant cold-tolerant rice, Ningxia Weisuo and Beiping further north, some places are extremely cold in winter, and some places in Gansu are also, where there has been no cultivation by my Han family for a long time, and the fields are barren."
"The spies of the National Security Department sent a message, saying that there are still many foundations of water conservancy projects in the Han and Tang dynasties, which can be used with a little repair, and my grandson is pondering, if we can make some cold-resistant rice, as well as wheat grains, let the guards in the bitter cold land in the north cultivate the tun, our southern taxes can be less, and the people in the south can also breathe a sigh of relief."
"That's a good thing, ahem......"
Queen Ma nodded happily, but coughed again.
"Grandma."
Zhu Xiongying hurriedly patted her on the back, and then ordered someone to serve the yam porridge he had boiled himself.
He pursed his lips.
Wouldn't it be nice to be by my side all the time......
After serving the yam porridge, Zhu Xiongying fed Queen Ma: "Grandma, let's add honey to this yam porridge, grandma, you can taste it, it's sweet." β
At this time, a pair of big hands took the yam porridge and said with a smile: "Come, let's feed it ourselves." β
Zhu Xiongying looked at the man with a look of surprise.