In the icy and snowy weather, it is really not easy for Zhu Houzhao to get up from the gentle township.

It wasn't until I drank a bowl of hot bone broth and ate three small cakes that I felt more comfortable.

Empress Xia has been in the palace for many years, and she is also familiar with the emperor's preferences, not only what to eat, but also how much to eat.

"Approaching the end of the year, you have to worry about the affairs in the palace."

Empress Xia is dignified and polite, beautiful and moving, "Your Majesty can rest assured, even if there is any problem, the queen mother will also preside over the overall situation." ”

Zhu Houzhao patted her hand, "There are more and more people in the family, and I will inevitably take care of it sometimes, such as forgetting whose birthday it is, etc., you have to bear more of these, and remind me when necessary." ”

"Yes."

"How's Suyoung doing?"

He is talking about Princess Xiurong, who was born to Queen Xia, who is now six years old.

"Okay, it's just that I'm clamoring to see my father."

"Outsiders say that a woman's lack of talent is virtue, but I ignore those, you still let people teach her to read and write, or paint and play the piano, you have to find something to do, otherwise her future life will always be boring."

Empress Xia said, "Then either let Xiuyu and Xiurong be together?" ”

Xiuyu was born to Concubine Shen Shu, and Xiurong was one year old.

Concubine Shen Shu first married into the palace at the time of the emperor's wedding, and was originally favored, but because of the lawlessness of her relatives, she was snubbed by the emperor, although she later corrected it and saved some of it, but there were too many people in the harem, and the emperor's time was less, so the frequency of seeing the emperor would be much lower.

And the virtuous concubine Chen, who was favored later, is now a virtuous concubine.

The gap is still very obvious.

Empress Xia proposed to let Xiuyu and Xiurong be together this time, which is still very much in line with the emperor's wishes, what about adults is one thing, the child is still his child after all.

As Queen Xia herself, being able to have this tolerance is also appreciated by Zhu Houzhao.

"Okay." The emperor shaved the tip of her light and white nose mischievously, "Ya'er just look at it." ”

Empress Xia dodged shyly and sneered, "Your Majesty." ”

But Zhu Houzhao didn't care, and left proudly after succeeding.

However, the palace maids in Kunning Palace also felt amazing when they witnessed this scene, so they added good words to the side, "The queen mother and Your Majesty Luan Feng and Ming, the flounder is deeply affectionate, and it can be an example for the world." ”

Queen Xia was also happy herself, "Don't be flamboyant, why don't you hurry up and invite Concubine Shu?" ”

"The slave is gone!"

The emperor also has a daughter, born to Concubine Jing Kui'er, who is only three years old in the New Year, and it is too early for her to learn something.

Zhu Houzhao on this side,

In the early morning, when he had nothing to do, he walked to the Wenhua Hall to see the study of the three princes.

In fact, rationally speaking, it is better for the queen to have a son, as a proper son-in-law, to be crowned the crown prince and inherit the throne, this will never be a problem.

If there is no concubine, they are all concubines, and it is inevitable that there will be a court battle.

The eldest prince Zaiyuan and Zaiqi have Pinghai Bomei as support,

The third son, Zaiyao, was born to a virtuous concubine.

Zhu Houzhao also has to be supported.

Of course, this is the right choice, so as not to dominate the family, but it is inevitable that there will be fights in the future.

No matter what, he can't be too naïve, in case Queen Xia just doesn't give birth to a prince, he has to face it.

But on the other hand, there are advantages to not having a son-in-law.

Since there is no son-in-law, then everyone has a chance, Zhu Houzhao can make a choice and choose one of his sons to be the prince he is satisfied with.

In this way, he will naturally pay attention to their growth status.

Before he arrived on the road, Zhu Houzhao ordered, "I just take a look and let them not make a sound." ”

"Yes."

In addition to teaching some world geography, navigation, mathematics and other knowledge, these princes also have to learn Confucian classics, and they are also biased towards the main part.

As the children grow up, Zhu Houzhao also has a sense of personality traits.

The eldest son, Zaiyuan, is bolder, and although he looks small, he often has bold words, Zhu Houzhao is afraid that he will be too confident.

The second son, Zaiyan, is a bit of a woman's delicateness, rarely speaks, and does things unhurriedly, because this calm reading and reading are very serious, and they naturally master it best. However, he has a cowardly personality, which is no problem for ordinary people, but it is not okay as a leader, Zhu Houzhao hopes that he can correct it a little.

The third son Zaiyao is six years old in the New Year, a little naughty and eccentric, but the virtuous concubine is very strict with him, Zhu Houzhao sometimes feels that it is actually unnecessary, always suppresses his nature, and finally loses his own characteristics.

Looking out the window, the great Confucian of the Hanlin Academy was leading them to read "University".

With their age, he probably didn't know what it meant, but he was like this back then, remember it first, and then slowly understand.

"It's cute to have a little head."

Hearing the emperor mutter, You Ji smiled.

Zhu Hou looked at it and thought of other places, the children are all brothers, it is best not to have any vicious fights in the future, Zaiyuan, he can be a general, let him go to Nanyang in the future. It's too quiet, but you can go to Japan and get closer......

……

……

Zhu Houzhao still didn't bother them.

But after returning to the Qianqing Palace, he began to mutter, "Wu Wending has been out for almost half a year, I don't know if he is going well in Japan." ”

You Zhi said with relief: "Japan is a small country, and the soldiers of the Great Tomorrow will inevitably kill all sides and be like a bamboo, how can they stop it?" ”

Zhu Houzhao was slightly bored and half-lying, playing with the branches he had just picked from the road, and after a while he tilted his head, "What is the cabinet busy with?" ”

"Slave maid go and ask? Or do you summon the three elders? ”

"Go and see, don't summon you."

"Yes."

Later, Xie Pi came to report and said: "Wang Ge Lao is discussing with Liang Shangshu the candidates for the Ministry of Industry, and they have drawn up a few, and said that they will ask the Holy Lord to rule later." ”

"Ministry of Industry?" Zhu Houzhao remembered that Yang Yiqing had promoted industrial development when he was there, and finally decided on the strategy of setting up a ministry of industry and a cotton spinning business.

During this period of time, there was a lot of fighting, and the chaos in the court must have been affected a little, and now it is Wang Wei who continues to do it.

"Cheng, let them discuss. I saw the book of the military department and went to announce Wang Jing. ”

Because he had just seen the artillery, Zhu Houzhao was very concerned about the Shenji Battalion now.

The Shenji Battalion has guns and artillery, which he started to rebuild a few years ago, and now there is only one guard station, that is, more than 5,000 people. This is specially equipped with firearms.

For example, Zhou Shangwen also had firearms when he used troops in the northwest, but only a few were transported over.

After Wang Jing came, he gave a seat as usual.

Zhu Houzhao was young and couldn't sit still, but stood up and walked around and told him, "I went to see the artillery of the Ordnance Bureau yesterday, the power is acceptable, the Shenji Battalion used to be the elite unit of the three major battalions in Beijing, and it has always been difficult for me to let go. The problem of people is the business of the Ministry of War, and the elite guard must not have old and weak soldiers. I, the emperor, all say that they are powerful, but in the end, I can't lose the battle and damage the prestige of the country. Later, when I went underground, I couldn't explain to my ancestors, so I just gave orders here, and when I got to more than 100 emperors over there, who else did I order? It's all about facts. ”

After Zhu Houzhao took back the power of the Beijing camp, the relevant administrative affairs were still retained in the Ministry of War, such as the preservation of information on the soldiers' places of origin, post-war pensions, and other affairs.

This time it's about people.

Wang Jing is also a very capable person, he replied: "After the old minister goes back, he will screen a stubble to ensure that every soldier is a combatable soldier." ”

"It's not just the system, it's the background." Zhu Houzhao said: "From now on, the Ministry of War will establish a special secrecy system, because from this artillery, I will order the gradual equipping of weapons made by the Ordnance Bureau, how these cannons are made, will be classified in the future, and the people who directly use it will naturally be the focus." Because the enemies of the Ming Dynasty will definitely find ways to spy on them. ”

Wang Jing's expression was shocked, he hadn't considered this matter yet.

"Your Majesty is thoughtful, old minister, understand."

"Because it will take a while to change clothes, build a new system, and so on, wait until ......," Zhu Houzhao calculated in his heart, "Wait until next summer, I will have a special review of the Shenji Battalion." Recently, I'll wait until Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

Ten years of governance, ten years of expansion, ten years of Zhengde, the Ming Dynasty gradually turned, in fact, this feature has been obvious from this year. But he's more of a chicken thief, and he just doesn't say anything.

But he was thinking in his heart, for example, he also put a Yan Song in the southwest, and the problems there also needed to be solved.

Wang Jing left, Zhu Houzhao began to get bored again, and the Ministry of Rites mentioned a lot of things, all of which were some sacrificial activities at the end of the year, which was even more boring......

He still wants Zhengde to come sooner in the eleventh year.

(End of chapter)