eldest son of Ming dynasty

The Zhu Feng mentioned by Zhu Houzhao is the second son of Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu.

Zhu Feng made meritorious service in the Zijingguan and Liangxiang battles in the second year of Zhengde. For a nobleman like him, even if he did nothing, he would still receive a position. He must have inherited the Duke's title.

The emperor saw that one was still usable, so naturally he would not be stingy with awarding it. Zhu Feng was only 26 years old and served as the deputy commander in Datong.

His father, Cheng Guogong, performed quite well. After serving as a defense in Nanjing for a period of time, Zhu Houzhao was also transferred to the capital by Zhu Houzhao to take charge of the governor's office.The [-]th Regiment Battalion in Beijing is under his command.

It is equivalent to replacing the position of the original British public Zhang Mao.

Xunchen's group is both good and bad, and they can only beat a few and reuse a few.

Apart from the fact that Shangzhi's personal guards were led by the emperor himself, the leader of the [-]th Regiment Battalion was also a sensitive position, and it fell on Cheng Guogong's head.

You have to take one.

However, Zhu Houzhao is different from the previous emperors. In the past, when Zhang Mao led the Beijing camp, in reality, most of the Beijing camp was in the hands of the Ministry of War because of the great decline in the status of nobles. The emperor took it over bit by bit. When it comes to employing people, he pays more attention to it, and controls it strictly.

Therefore, Cheng Guogong is more powerful than the British Duke who has been in charge of Beijing for more than 20 years.

However, as the old saying goes, it is difficult for an upright official to break up housework.

Cheng Guogong was originally a "sacrifice comes after all hardships", but he didn't want him to have an eldest son Zhu Lin besides Zhu Feng, the second son.

Zhu Lin is not a good person. Historically, he was expelled from the guard for his crimes. He asked for the title many times but was rejected. It was not until the fourth year of Jiajing that he succeeded in the title. Finally, he worked for three or four years Died again, presumably, the body is empty.

In other words, because of him as a troublemaker, no one has held the title of Duke Cheng for several years.

Now, seeing that his younger brother has made great achievements in battle, and his own father's status in the Zhengde Dynasty has also risen, he is pretentious on the one hand, and resentful and dissatisfied on the other.

He was provoking trouble outside all day long, which made Cheng Guogong also have a headache.

The end of the fourth year of Zhengde was approaching, and the next year's grand court meeting was not far away. According to the usual practice, it would involve personnel adjustments, so people from all over the capital were clearly lively, not to mention that Wei Ningbo suddenly became active.

After a little inquiring, you will know what Wenningbo is doing.

Zhu Lin didn't feel ashamed, so he grabbed a few friends and went straight to Weiningbo's mansion, asking Weiningbo to recommend him by name.

This made it very difficult for Wang Xuan. If he wanted to say no, he wouldn't be able to say no to Cheng Guogong's son, but if he wanted to say yes, recommending such a person to the emperor, what's wrong with that?

Helpless, he had no choice but to go to his sister and said, "Should we report this matter to the emperor truthfully, and ask the emperor to make a decision?"

Wang Zhi immediately shook her head, "Of course not. The emperor has a lot of things to do, so he wants to hear you talk about such boring things? Besides, you have offended Cheng Guogong by reporting this time. How is it different from directly refusing?"

"But I heard that the son of Cheng Guogong is greedy for pleasure and has two good things in his life. One is gambling and the other is beauty. Do I recommend such a person to His Majesty?"

This is a problem.

"Your Majesty's right to recommend you is to foster the prestige of Weining Bofu among the nobles, but if it is not done well, it is easy to backfire on yourself. Just like Zhu Lin, you can neither explain it to him, nor can you make peace with him. The Duke made it clear that it is really difficult." Wang Zhi bit her lip lightly, she would be helpless in such a difficult matter being caught in the middle.

"Second brother, don't worry, wait for me to meet His Majesty and find out what's going on."

"it is good!"

In fact, there have been major events in the palace recently.

Because Concubine Shu is about to give birth, Zhu Houzhao's mood gradually becomes tense.And amidst this tension, news suddenly came out that Empress Xia had a happy pulse!

This makes this winter extraordinarily colorful, after all, the empress's daughter is the legitimate son.

On the night of the second day of December, Concubine Shu suddenly began to have a stomachache.

The emperor woke people up in the middle of the night.

It snowed as heavy as a goose feather outside the palace, and the wind was blowing, blowing on the face like a knife.

Zhu Houzhao ordered people to light the lanterns, and then he put on his cloak and went over. His ears were red from the cold, and he knew that it was useless for him to come, but what man can still sleep at such a time?

Concubine Shu screamed heart-piercingly inside, and Po Wen seemed to have no other words except to use force.A few hours passed, and it was still the same at dawn, and Zhu Houzhao was not calm anymore.

Concubine Jing stayed with him all night, and at this time also held his hand and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, since Sister Concubine Shu became pregnant, the concubine has been calling her pulse all the way until today, and nothing will happen."

Concubine Jing, that is, Doctor Kui'er back then.

Because she was not born in a draft, she is the tallest figure, which suits the emperor's appetite.

"You address."

"The servant is here."

"It's almost dawn, please send a decree to go out, and you will be exempted from the court today. Unless it is an urgent matter, don't send a note to enter the palace."

"Yes."

There is a fish-belly white in the sky, and the red Forbidden City has become white because of a layer of snow.

Standing at the door, Zhu Houzhao rubbed his hands with steam, "In this weather, the wind and snow are still unabated..."

Before he finished speaking, suddenly there was a loud cry from the main hall.

Concubine Jing stood up, "I gave birth!"

"How is Concubine Shu? How is my concubine Shu? Concubine Jing, go and have a look. Why is there no sound?"

"Yes."

The emperor doesn't ask whether it's the prince or the princess, but the concubine Shu first, that's why she entered the palace without hesitation, the emperor is such a man.

Wen Po over there also carried the child out, surrounded her and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, you are a beautiful little princess."

"Okay, okay, come on, let's all watch and reward!"

The wrinkled face of the newborn is not so pretty, but Zhu Houzhao still has a kind of intimacy that is connected by blood. No matter how difficult it is, he has planted many seeds, and finally he has sons and daughters.

After a few teases, he gave the baby to the nurse, and then went into the main hall.

Concubine Jing was also there, and after taking her pulse, she replied, "Sister Concubine Shu was exhausted and passed out from exhaustion. But it's not a serious problem."

"Thank God." Zhu Houzhao took a closer look. There was no trace of rosiness on that beautiful face, but it was completely pale. The sweat on his forehead had been wiped dry, but the wet hair told him that it must be a serious crime.

"In the future, Concubine Jing will have to suffer like this. Are you afraid?"

Concubine Jing blushed a little, "Concubine, I was supposed to give birth to children for the emperor."

Zhu Houzhao stroked her face, her body was exhausted after tension.

It was a great joy to have an extra princess in the Tian family. It just so happened that the sky was completely bright. Under the emperor's order, the harem was decorated with lanterns and festoons to celebrate.

Empress Xia and other concubines were all present, a group of women were playing with their newborn babies, chattering and chattering was actually quite lively.

After Concubine Shu woke up, although she could see that she liked children very much, she was somewhat concerned about gender issues.

When the emperor was tendering with him by the bedside, Concubine Shu lowered her eyebrows and said: "The concubine failed to give birth to a prince for the emperor. It is because the concubine did not live up to expectations. Please punish me by the emperor."

Zhu Houzhao lowered his head and whispered in his ear, "I want to punish you! How many days have you not been to bed, and after your confinement is over, I will punish you to use the position you least want."

Because there were other concubines in the room, Concubine Shu was stunned for a while, and then she blushed, which made Zhu Houzhao laugh out loud.

Empress Xia was probably pregnant because she saw the child's maternal nature and being a daughter, which was even less threatening to her, so she seemed to like it very much, "This is Your Majesty's eldest princess, has Your Majesty thought of a name yet? "

"Not really, but the eldest princess is different. I have already made those learned people in the Ministry of Rites think about it."

"There must be a nickname that can be called."

"Small name? Concubine Shu, what do you think it's called?"

"The concubine listens to His Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao was not in a hurry, he called Zaiyu and Zaiyu who could already walk, pointed and said: "From now on, she will be your younger sister. As an older brother, you must always protect her. Do you know? Actually, I have an extravagant wish. I just hope that you can live in harmony as brothers and sisters."

He didn't want Zhengde to provide future generations with the script of the palace struggle.

And as the number of heirs increases, he actually has to face this problem.

"Your Majesty, how can you call it extravagant hope?" Concubine Jing was more courageous and directly pointed out.

Zhu Houzhao smiled without saying a word.

In the afternoon, the minister really didn't give him a free day in the real sense, so You Zhi came to report, saying that Cheng Guogong asked to see him.

"Cheng Guogong?"

"Yes."

Cheng Guogong is usually fine.

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, clapped his hands and left the harem, "Let's declare."