Zhu Qiyu looked very open and knew that Zhu Wenfang had not given birth to too many sons.

He gave birth to more than 20 people before and after, and if Zhu Wenfang was born like this, the ministers should be forced to rebel.

One by one, the way of relaxation, slow down, the next generation will work hard.

Lin Xiangyu asked, "Husband, when will Mu Cong return to Yunnan?" ”

"This August?"

"It's okay, he wanted to go back and have a look."

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "We also have to buy more family property for Mu Cong, and then let him take the two guards I prepared for him back to Yunnan."

Originally, I wanted to give Mu Lan of Yunnan on behalf of the town a marquis and let him go to Myanmar to guard the town, but he died of illness last year and had no son.

There was no choice but to let Mu Cong hurry back to Yunnan.

With two guards to protect him, he should be able to take over the Qianguo Mansion smoothly. ”

Lin Xiangyu praised: "Over the years, my husband has been really good enough to Mu Cong, and his son has only three guards, and there are already a lot of guards for Mu Cong." ”

"That's because they are loyal enough to Daming."

Historically, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, a few Guogong were killed, and most surrendered. Mu Tianbo, the last Duke of Qianguo, showed his face more and accompanied Emperor Yongli to Myanmar, and finally died of the curse water.

Zhu Qiyu reviewed the map when he was fine, and after repeated playing, he came to a conclusion: If it is the end of the Ming Dynasty, the best choice for a prince is to go to Zhanyun, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces first.

Based on Yun, Guizhou and Sichuan, it is dormant and waiting, and once the world changes, a general will be sent to attack Huguang and Henan, and the monarch will personally lead the main force to the northern expedition, occupying Xi'an and collecting Tongguan. If you're lucky, you might still have a chance to turn things around.

It's a pity that the princes of the late Ming Dynasty all gathered in the southeast, accompanying the ministers and generals to love and kill each other endlessly. It's clear that the Donglin Party is still in the mood to engage in infighting. Whichever prince went to the southeast, he fell into the quagmire 100 percent.

Zhu Qiyu's conclusion is: If you want to have a way to live, you must go west.

What I can do now for future generations is to manage the southwest well.

Among the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan in the southwest, Yunnan is now the most worthy of intensive cultivation. In addition, Burma also has to focus on management, not only to send princes to build a domain to guard it, but also to seal a few hereditary marquis and earls in the future.

Zhu Qiyu was thinking about it, and Lin Xiangyu asked again: "Husband, one prince has three guards, and the prince of our family has to form dozens of guards, aren't you afraid that these armies will get out of control?" ”

Zhu Qiyu smiled: "Are you also afraid of another battle of Jingjing, don't worry, it won't." These guards nominally belonged to the prince, but the soldiers were promoted in the same way as other ordinary guards. Moreover, military salaries and materials were supplied by the imperial court.

They only have one more duty to protect the prince than ordinary guards.

The most important thing is that the creation of armor is strictly controlled in Beijing and Nanjing, and it is never allowed to be manufactured locally. Firearms and cannons are only produced in Beijing.

As long as the armor and firearms are controlled, it is difficult for the local army to rebel.

You don't have a steady supply of firearms, and there are tens of thousands of troops in the local area, how can you succeed in the rebellion.

I don't believe that there will be a stupid pig like Jianwen among the emperors of later generations.

Besides, I still have a 'native recusal' system, which disrupts the county kings under the prince and divides them to other princes.

A prince, with a bunch of county kings from foreign countries, is not of the same heart, how to rebel.

Don't worry, I've already devised complex restrictions, and as long as the kings of the future generations don't die, there will be no problems. ”

Lin Xiangyu nodded: "It's good, it's good, then will we have no worries at all in the future, and we can play at home carefree?" ”

Zhu Qiyu smiled: "Go, take the rope and play with a tie." ”

There was no word for several days, and the next day, the ministers wrote to the court and asked for a meeting.

Zhu Qiyu reluctantly came to the Qingyun Palace and listened to the government with the prince.

The ministers saluted, and Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "In the past, the prince was still young, and we sat on a dragon chair, which was quite harmonious. Now that the prince is an adult, the two of us sit on a dragon chair, which is a little cramped. ”

If you are an ordinary prince, you should stand up at this time and move another chair to sit down, but Zhu Wenfang is still the old god and as stable as Mount Tai.

Zhu Qiyu coughed twice, cleared his throat, and continued: "I mean, I will abdicate and become the emperor this year. I've been the emperor for fifteen years, and I'm completely annoyed, so you can assist the prince well in the future. ”

When the ministers heard this, they all knelt down and tried their best to dissuade them.

At this time, if the minister stood up and replied: "Okay, His Majesty the Emperor should have retired a long time ago, and being the emperor is just a good way to cultivate oneself." ”

Then he is not too far from death, even if the emperor does not kill, the crown prince will kill.

It doesn't matter what you think in your heart, it's important to perform.

Zhu Qiyu sat on the dragon chair, looking at the reactions of the ministers below and wanted to laugh, there was a third general in later generations, and his people were all excited and inexplicable when they saw him, which was closer than seeing the eighteenth generation of relatives.

The performance in front of me also has a bit of that meaning.

The ministers persuaded for a long time, but the emperor did not let go, but Xu Youzhen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, knew the holy will and stood up and said: "Shengshang, the straight road from Xi'an to Hami is almost finished, is it time for the imperial court to mobilize a large army to conquer Hami?"

Another big war is coming, the court must remain stable, and the matter of the Zen position must not be held in the near future. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded when he heard this: "Hami is a vassal loyal to our Ming Dynasty, and has been occupied by the coalition forces of the Eastern Chagatai and the Timurid Empire for several years, it's time to send a large army to recover it, otherwise where will I be in the sky."

Okay, this year we will mobilize a large army and start a war next year. ”

Xu Youzhen asked again: "Dare to ask the Holy Lord, who should command the troops and which troops should be mobilized?" ”

"It is still Cao Guogong who commanded the army, Counselor Ma Ang military affairs, mobilized the border army of Gansu and Shaanxi, plus 20,000 people each of the Xiaocai Battalion, Shenji Battalion, and Duoyanwei, and 10,000 people from the Shenshu Battalion. In addition, the king of Su was notified to lead his guards to join the battle. ”

"Holy Lord, does King Han want to lead his guards into battle?"

Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment, and then replied: "Inform him and let him decide for himself." He can go if he wants to, or if he doesn't want to go. After all, he just became a feudal domain, and his belongings may not be able to be settled, and his ass is not hot, so it is a bit inappropriate to let him run more than a thousand miles away to fight. ”

As he spoke, the topic shifted, and Zhu Qiyu chatted with the ministers about military affairs for half an hour with great interest before he gradually stopped.

At this time, He Wenyuan finally had a chance to speak: "Shengshang, the old minister is frail and sick, and he can no longer deal with complicated government affairs, please ask the holy minister to return to his hometown to care for the elderly." ”

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly said to save him, but He Wenyuan had already made up his mind, and his body really couldn't support it.

At the end, Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Since Aiqing has made up his mind, then he will be promoted to a scholar of Huagai Palace, Taibao, and a former official." ”

Da Ming Wenchen, there are almost no people who live to give the Taishi, and they are already very respectful to give a Taibao. Moreover, after He Wenyuan became a scholar, he could take three copies of the Huagai Palace's scholars, Taibao, and officials' books, which can be said to be decent.

He Wenyuan's wealth and dignity were exchanged for the eight big characters of 'the father has the world and should be passed on to the son'.

For the first few ministers who were loyal to Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu gave them great treatment, which can be regarded as having a beginning and an end, and fulfilling the righteousness of the monarch and the minister.

Since He Wenyuan just proposed Zhishi today, he must not be able to elect the next secretary on the spot, otherwise it seems that this person is too eager to go to tea.

Most people also know that the next secretary of the ministry is none other than Wang Wen.

Even the next appointment can guess that it is Xu Youzhen's turn.

It was easy to catch the emperor and go to court, and the monarch and ministers chatted for a long time before they dispersed.

Zhu Qiyu returned to Lingyu Palace, and Zhu Wenfang returned to Wanshou Palace.

Wanshou Palace was built on Wanshou Mountain, and Zhu Wenfang knew that the inheritance of Lingyu Palace was far away, so he had to build another dormitory.

Wanshou Palace, Liuyun Tower, the crown princess Xu Qing is sitting on the bamboo chair on the second floor, watching the beautiful scenery of Kunming Lake outside the window, while swaying the cradle in front of her.

A pair of little babies lay quietly in the cradle, sleeping soundly.

Zhu Wenfang tiptoed in and sat side by side on a bamboo chair with Xu Qing.

Xu Qing smiled: "Why did the husband come back so late, where did he go to seduce the little woman?" ”

Zhu Wenfang looked helpless: "Don't mention it, my father only went to court once half a year young, and the ministers saw that my father was cordial, and they detained him and chatted for almost two hours before they dispersed." I was tired of listening to it while sitting on the dragon chair, and I was too embarrassed to say it or to leave.

According to my temper, I will go home early. Go home and see my baby brother and sister.

You said that it would be good to raise the two of them in Changle Palace, you have to take it and raise it yourself. ”

Xu Qing said with a smile: "Didn't my father say that he would never give birth again, then these two little ones are the young sons and girls of my father." As the saying goes, the youngest son, the eldest grandson, is the lifeblood of the elderly.

The youngest son and youngest daughter, the father must love him very much. The Queen Mother is old and raised in Changle Palace, and she has no energy to take care of it.

Moreover, Changle Palace is full of people, and his father and Shi Niang are particularly worried.

I said that's perfect, I like children, and it's perfect to keep them in the Longevity Palace. ”

Zhu Wenfang stretched out his hand and pinched the face of King Xiao Chu: "Don't say it, these two little ones are really cute, carved with pink and jade, and their aura is compelling." However, the father and Shi Niang really love their son, so they plan for it for a long time.

Let you keep them by your side since childhood, and the relationship is naturally deep. In case the father and mother are gone in the future, then we are also the eldest sister-in-law like mother and the eldest brother like father, and the two of them also have something to rely on and will not be bullied. ”

Xu Qing nodded: "That's what it means, it can be seen that my father has true love for Shi Niang." ”

"Then you were fooled by your father and mother like this?"

"What is fooling or not, Shi Niang is so good to me, she has taught me so many things, I will show her what happened to the child for a few years. Besides, I just happened to learn how to raise children, and when I gave birth myself, wouldn't I have experience?

To borrow the words of his father, it is just to use King Xiao Chu and Princess Mingji as guinea pigs for an experiment. ”

When Zhu Wenfang heard this, she covered her head helplessly: "It's really enough for you to calculate with Shi Niang." Let Sister Baihe come and watch, let's go back to the room to eat and take a nap. ”

The two returned to the dormitory hand in hand, and Zhu Wenfang sat on the chair, taking the book and flipping through it. Xu Qing walked over with a bowl of eight-treasure porridge with a smile, then knelt at Zhu Wenfang's feet, held the bowl and said with a smile:

"This is the eight-treasure porridge boiled by the slave himself, the husband first drinks a bowl of pads to make up for the mats, and in two quarters of an hour, we can start eating."

Zhu Wenfang was taken aback: "Ouch, you can't afford it, you are the daughter of the mansion, you have to kneel down for me to drink porridge, if An Guogong knows, you can't peel me and cramp." ”

"Boudoir love, how would they know. Besides, there is no daughter of the Guogong Mansion here, only the master's slave girl. ”

Zhu Wenfang covered her face again: "Who did you learn this from?" ”

Xu Qing looked innocent: "This is all taught by Shi Niang, is there a problem?" Shi Niang said that this is called raising the case and raising eyebrows, and the little women are all waiting for their husbands like this, and the men also like this tune. If the husband doesn't like it, then the slave won't be like this in the future. ”

Zhu Wenfang smiled: "Don't don't, it's good, I like it." ”

After that, Zhu Wenfang took the porridge and drank it slowly.

After drinking half of it, Zhu Wenfang suddenly asked, "Shi Niang, are they like this in the Lingyu Palace?" ”

Xu Qing said with a smile: "The daily details in the Lingyu Palace, the ladies are not suitable to talk too much to the slave family, but I heard that the ten mothers are much more excessive than the slave family is now."

If you think about it, you will know that Lingyu Palace has not entered any newcomers for more than ten years, and it will not enter newcomers in the future, you know how obedient the ladies are to their fathers. ”

Zhu Wenfang snorted coldly: "I understand, those concubines have teamed up to control their father and the emperor well, and they don't think it's enjoyable, so they will teach you the way of the imperial husband, so that I can also be controlled." ”

Xu Qing smiled: "Does the husband want to resist?" ”

Zhu Wenfang shook his head: "Forget it, let's be a young couple who are married and childhood sweethearts, and I won't resist, you can fiddle with it at will." ”

……

The lives of the emperor and the crown prince were calm and warm.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, I came to February of the sixteenth year of Jingtai.

Outside the city of Ganzhou, a large army gathered.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the most powerful people in the northwest are there.

Cao Guogong, as the coach, sits at the top. On the left, there are civil officials such as Maang; On the right, there are King Su, King Han and other generals and nobles.

The king of Su and the king of Han were very humble and stubbornly rejected the proposal of everyone to sit on the top.

The boss is on top, the left is civil, the right is martial, and he does not pay attention to the respect of the prince in wartime, and everything is cheap.

Cao Guogong asked: "The Holy Lord has handed over the decision-making power to us, and it is completely up to us to decide how far we will fight." The grain and grass are enough, and the imperial court can support it for a few years. Today we discussed whether to fight until Hami or continue to attack Turpan.

After reaching Turpan, should he attack the Timurid Empire to the west, or should he turn south to attack the Eastern Chagatai Khanate? ”

Everyone looked at King Su and King Han, and they were humble and humble, but according to the rules of Taizu, once the war started, the vassal king who was ordered to go out had a great right to speak.

King Han also pushed again and again, please ask King Su to speak first.

King Su couldn't shirk it, so he said: "I heard that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is also engaged in internal strife now, and the entire Khanate is about to be divided into two, and I also think that we should take the opportunity to destroy the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and eliminate future troubles forever." ”

(End of chapter)