eldest son of Ming dynasty

After You Zhi left the palace, Zhu Houzhao felt that he had time, so he turned back to the harem and rushed all the way to Cining Palace, where his mother, Queen Mother Zhang, lived.

  When I arrived, I happened to see Queen Xia and Concubine Xian also there.

  Both women are in their early twenties. Their faces are delicate and smooth, and their eyes are full of hope. Their appearance is still more beautiful than before, but they are more feminine. Especially after giving birth to children, their bodies become richer and more exaggerated. The arc makes people want to study it.

  "My son sees my mother."

  "Don't be too polite, don't be too polite."

  Empress Dowager Zhang is also a happy person now, with her daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter always by her side. Although Zhu Houzhao comes relatively rarely, after all, his reputation for diligence is widely spread.

  From the perspective of Queen Mother Zhang, it is not easy for the country to rely solely on her son.

  Besides, Zhu Houzhao was very filial to her and would grant her almost anything she asked for.

  In this era, filial piety, even if it is just a superficial thing, must be done with all one's strength. What's more, people are not grass and trees. After living together for so long, Empress Dowager Zhang is devoted to him, so the emotional foundation is still deep.

  "I have met the emperor." Queen Xia and Concubine Xian also greeted him.

  "Exemption."

  After the greetings, Queen Mother Zhang said with a smile: "They two have been with me for a long time, and they happened to be talking about the emperor."

  "It should be." Zhu Houzhao praised the two of them instead, "I am sometimes busy with court affairs, but fortunately you often come to Cining Palace, and my mother can laugh more."

  Queen Xia and Concubine Xian's delicate faces were slightly red, and their mouths were full of joy. They looked so tender and tender that they might come out if they pinched them even slightly.

  Looking back, Zhu Houzhao asked: "I wonder what the queen mother told them about her sons and ministers?"

  "It's your summer palace. We are all saying that if it is completed a year earlier, you can live in it a year earlier. It would be best if it is completed before tomorrow's summer."

  Zhu Houzhao smiled lightly and said, "My mother loves her son very much, and it is understandable that she is anxious. However, it will not be possible before next summer. I am afraid it will take three to five years."

  "Well, you should have brought it up earlier."

  Queen Xia said respectfully: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to the country. In the past few years, he was afraid of wasting national power, so he has been compromising until now."

  With these women, they had no major national affairs and no court situation. Even if the emperor was good, Zhu Houzhao was used to it.

  Empress Dowager Zhang lacked nothing. The so-called filial piety was to come and talk to her, nothing more.

  In fact, she is only in her early forties. She is pampered and looks very old.

  "Is that He Jian still there?" Queen Mother Zhang suddenly asked.

  Zhu Houzhao nodded, "Yes."

  She mentioned this person because she remembered that He Jian had opposed the summer palace at that time, which made her hate him.

  "Humph, that means you are magnanimous."

  Empress Dowager Zhang stood up, and Zhu Houzhao had the foresight to help her walk. In fact, it was only an empty help. In short, it was a picture of a loving mother and a filial son.

  "This kind of old man, who doesn't even feel sorry for your father, should have been replaced long ago."

  When Zhu Houzhao faced Empress Dowager Zhang's "nonsense" remarks about government affairs, he basically just listened and didn't talk much. She wouldn't really interfere anyway, so he just let her talk and get angry, and most of them were directed at him.

  "Mom, it's not hot now. It's too late to put on more clothes. The kang in Cining Palace will start to burn in a few days."

  Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Zhang put a smile on her face again. The emperor himself was suffering from the heat, but he thought of ways to keep warm the women who were afraid of the cold.

  The children she had with Emperor Hongzhi died young and died young. Fortunately, she had a good son who gave her unlimited support.

  In ancient times, women obeyed their father, husband, and son at home.
  Historically, after the death of Emperor Zhengde, the situation of Empress Dowager Zhang in the Jiajing Dynasty was not very good.

  Zhu Houzhao took Queen Mother Zhang for a walk in the palace, then turned around and asked Queen Xia and Concubine Xian to leave. He had something to say.

  "Mom, it's not cold. You have a heavy burden, so you have to pay attention to the dragon body."

  "Well." Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and then said, "Mom, my son has something..."

  Queen Mother Zhang laughed strangely, "What's wrong?"

  "I didn't want to bother my mother, but the matter is serious. My son also found out recently... It's Prince Ning. On my uncle's side, the spies from the Jinyiwei reported that my uncle had been planning for many years and secretly contacted Jiangxi thieves and Jiangnan's fugitive gentry. Now he is in It’s time to raise an army and rebel.”

  Queen Mother Zhang's arms shook and her brows raised, "What?! This matter...is not a joke."

  "Is my son a person who doesn't know what's important? This kind of thing is always a scandal for the Zhu family. And first it's An Ni, and then it's my uncle... Sometimes my son thinks that one day he won't know how to explain to his father."

  "Why do you need to blame yourself?!" A mother began to protect her calf, "He rebelled against a vassal king, and he was a traitor who did not care about loyalty. It is useless for you to call him uncle! After doing such an evil thing, you ask him what he should do? Do you have the dignity to be a descendant of the Zhu family?!"

  "There is no need to be angry, mother. Even in an ordinary family, not all children and grandchildren are virtuous and filial. It's just that before the incident happened, my son wanted to make it clear to his mother to avoid rumors. Judging from the latest detective report from Jin Yiwei, Presumably at this juncture, Prince Ning has already raised his flag."

  Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao thought twice before coming to Cining Palace.

  King Anhua and King Ning are not the same. King Ning himself has some connections with King Yan, and Zhu Chenhao inherited it directly from him.

  Historically, Ning Fan was not all eliminated during the Zhengde period, and it was actually delayed for several decades afterwards.

  Bloodline determines the natural legitimacy of the throne, and no one can replace it. Even if he is mentally retarded, he can sit on the dragon throne. But while enjoying its benefits, you must also face the constraints it brings.

  Blood relatives are not so easy to kill.

  But he didn't want to be ticking and unclean.

  Also, it's really not a good thing for an emperor... to always experience rebellions from his vassals, or at least it's embarrassing. If it’s Zhu Gaoxu’s kind, that’s fine. Everyone knows that it is because of his own inexplicable reasons.

  But this is not the case for King Anhua and King Ning. Most people would think, if the emperor had not really done something shady, why would his family have turned against you?
  Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Zhang angrily tossed her sleeves and said, "You bastard! From the time I came to you, the late emperor, I treated you very kindly, but you never expected that you would turn out to be a white-eyed wolf who repays kindness with vengeance!!"

  "I would also like to ask my mother to get an accurate answer for my son on this matter. After all, this is a state matter and a family matter."

  These were polite words. Empress Dowager Zhang said: "A mother knows her son best. You have always had your own opinions. Why should you ask your mother to make decisions for you? Are you considering that this person's surname is Zhu, and he is Taizu Xueyin? Yes or no?" ?”

  Zhu Houzhao did not deny it, "There is no better child than a mother."

  After all, when Emperor Xuanzong wanted to kill Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, he also experienced a wave of opposition.

  Queen Mother Zhang frowned and thought for a while, "No matter how dissatisfied you are, it won't cause you to rebel, let alone that our family has not sorry for him!"

  Well... that's actually not that accurate. Prince Ning was tricked by Prince Yan, but she was a woman, so it didn't matter.

  "If he is really rebellious, bring him to the capital, and I will order someone to question him."

  "it is good."

  Empress Dowager Zhang worriedly asked: "By the way, this matter...should be okay, right?"

  "This is nothing to worry about. Although it is a bit sudden, my son will not be plotted by him." Zhu Houzhao reassured, "My son has urgently transferred 5 shi of military rations to Jinglu Marquis Zhou Shangwen. The military supplies are sufficient, and everything will be fine."

  In the Ming Dynasty, one stone was about 150 jins, and 5 shi of grain was 750 million jins.

  An adult soldier, who consumes a lot of physical strength, consumes about 6 kilograms of food a day. For 18 people, that is [-] kilograms a day.

  In this case, it can be eaten open for about 40 days.

  It's not a lot, but we didn't plan to stock up on food for three to five years. Would it take a long time to quell the chaos?

  It is not difficult to transport it. The standard load of a grain ship is one thousand dan, and of course there are also two thousand dan. However, this time the Ministry of War allocates grain ships uniformly.

  The scene of a fleet of 50 ships traveling on the canal was also extremely shocking.

  There will be no water bandits trying to rob it.

  As for military pay, Zhu Houzhao originally thought that there would be a simple allocation from Zhejiang, and there would be no problem with [-] taels of silver.

  However, he himself did not think that way - but in fact, Liu Jin confiscated more than [-] million taels of houses in Jiangnan.

  This is still cash, not counting antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

  So there is no need to trouble others.

  As for war horses, knives, and artillery fire, the latter two are not lacking. The Class A guards assemble them themselves, and the war horses... Zhou Shangwen mainly leads elite infantry this time.

  It is difficult for cavalry to be effective in the water network area. It is not like the North China Plain, where [-] people rush to kill gods and Buddhas.

  Zhu Houzhao had everything ready and only needed the east wind, and he came to Cining Palace specifically to make some preparations for the future. After all, Empress Dowager Zhang was still the empress dowager of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor's mother-in-law. Some family affairs were involved, and she had her own agenda. and attitude, he can be more 'unscrupulous'.

  After leaving Cining Palace, passing through Kunning Palace and arriving at East Sixth Palace, you can have a panoramic view of the colorful concubines in the harem.

  Concubine Shen Shu, who is often unable to see you, has a "more casual look" in her makeup, and the strands of hair falling on both sides of her cheeks give her a more charming posture.

  The noble concubine is still dignified, like a lady, and should not be desecrated.

  Ben was enjoying watching among the girls, and You Zhi came in very quickly from outside and said, "Your Majesty!"

  Zhu Houzhao already knew that there were only so many important things in the country. He waved, "Bring it here."

  After unfolding it, he took a quick look, and there was no surprise in his heart. The court's attitude of wanting to investigate him scared Prince Ning. He originally rebelled in the [-]th year of Zhengde, but he took action this year.

  "You guys continue chatting, there's a little something, I'll come as soon as I can." Before leaving, he scraped Concubine Shen Shu's delicate nose.

  On the road.

  Zhu Houzhao began to issue an order, "This is the fastest secret letter from the Jin Yiwei. The cabinet may not know it. You announce the person to the palace first."

  "Yes, the slaves obey the order."

  "and many more."

  After some consideration, Zhu Houzhao found that many of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River had rebelled against the imperial court, and were now joining forces with the rebels. This was not only a rebellion, but also a challenge to the imperial court's order to clear the land.

  So he suddenly had a bold idea in his mind.

  However, he is not someone who does things casually. This is a national policy, not a child's play, so he thought it was better to think more carefully and said, "It's okay, you go first."

  When he arrived at Qianqing Palace, he paced back and forth and thought to himself.

  He was wondering what they would do if this was Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Di.

  After about half an hour, the ministers entered the palace one after another.

  The last one to arrive was still Wang Hua.

  After everyone arrived, Zhu Houzhao clenched his fists slightly and said, "Everyone loves you, King Ning has rebelled. I want to personally lead an army to suppress him!"

  Because he knew they would object, Zhu Houzhao himself said it first, "If it were only Ning Fan, I wouldn't have to come in person, but the merging of Jiangnan gentry and Ning Fan has shaken the confidence of officials from all over the world in the land clearing order, so I am here This time we not only want to suppress Ning Fan, but also the evil gentry who rebelled against the imperial court! I think that my repeated imperial edicts actually forced someone to support King Ning and rebel. If I don't completely eliminate this treacherous intention, I will still be responsible for it. A bird wins the emperor!"