eldest son of Ming dynasty

"His Majesty has ordered that I, your concubine, your concubine Jing, and your concubine Shun will accompany you. However... I only found out today that Zhuo'er has also come secretly hiding among the maids."

The person Concubine Xian was talking about was her cousin, a woman in her twenties and eighties. She was much different in age and had a much worse temperament.

In the 19th year of Zhengde's reign, Zhu Houzhao went to Jiangnan for the third time. He became lustful, so he brought him back to the palace with a decree.

In fact, Concubine Xian's biological sister Chen Xiaohui was also in the palace and was given the title of Concubine Chen.

However, his liking for these three women gradually decreased.

Just like this Zhuo'er, her skin was as white as snow, which immediately caught his eye. Later, when they had sex, he also felt that her whole body was completely white, and he was fascinated for a while.

But this pure desire... comes and goes just as quickly.

As for Zhuoer, she is beautiful, but just beautiful, which is not acceptable in the palace where there are so many beauties.

Sure enough, when Zhu Houzhao heard what was going on, he couldn't help but frown slightly, "It's ridiculous, she is acting more and more unruly."

The noble concubine Xian also took the blame herself, "I failed to teach her well, please be punished by your majesty."

"Lock her for two days and bring her to see me after two days."

By the 20th year of Zhengde, the emperor was already in his thirties, so most of the concubines he received in the early years of Zhengde were also "older". But a man’s hobbies will not change as he grows older.

Although the young woman is more tender and watery, like a bubble filled with water, so soft that it will drip before she reaches nirvana.

But soaking in it every day can easily make you feel tired.

Therefore, there are now more than twenty beauties and talented people in the harem, all of whom are very young. Not only that, but there are also a number of women sent from vassal countries?

It turns out that Zhu Houzhao naively thought that since he had slept with these women, he would be responsible for these women, but in fact, after there were too many, even the emperor could not take responsibility...

We can only select those who have sons or daughters among them and block them.

But as the number increases, the harem becomes less simple.

Each one has a lot of thoughts.

So far, his sons have grown up to the eleventh son. The eldest and second son are married and have children on their own, and the eleventh son is still being held in the arms of the wet nurse.

Princesses are also indispensable, and by the 20th year of Zhengde, there were already seven.

Xiurong and Xiuyu gradually grew up, and even reached the age of marriage.

These things have to be considered by him as the emperor, but state affairs are also important, and sometimes it is inevitable to be lazy.

Fortunately, he had always paid attention to maintaining the authority of Queen Xia and was very nostalgic. At least people like Concubine Xian who had been in the palace for a long time could not be bullied by others.

Queen Xia really shared a lot of burdens for him,

Sometimes, instead of taking her to the palace, she is asked to take charge of various matters in the palace.

"Okay, get up." Zhu Houzhao doesn't want to bother with this kind of woman. He usually doesn't care. If anyone goes out of line, he will be punished in a formal way. If he, the emperor, doesn't show this attitude, the harem will be in chaos. .

"Don't mention her. This is the news I just received this morning. Take a look."

Concubine Xian blinked her round and beautiful eyes, then stretched out her hand to take the note. There were only four simple words on it, but she couldn't hold back her smile.

‘The Third Prince An. ’

"Your Majesty." Concubine Xian covered her mouth, slightly excited.

Zhu Houzhao nodded at her, "It was sent from Taiwan, so don't worry. Although fighting is a bit dangerous, looking at the world, there is no larger warship than the Ming Dynasty Treasure Ship. Zai Yao will be fine."

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"Your Highness, look, those small boats that look like 'small sampans' are the battleships of the Fo Langji people."

On the calm ocean, Zhang Jing, the Minister of War, pointed at the more than ten ships that were rising and falling with the waves in the distance.

The two of them were standing on the deck of the Ming Dynasty treasure ship.

This ship is now the main force of the Ming Dynasty navy. It is 160 meters long and about 70 meters wide. There are four black gun ports on each side of the hull. In today's Nanyang, this thing looks like a proper Big Mac.

Not exceeding, but far exceeding the warships of various countries.

Zai Yao had seen pictures and data in books at the Naval Academy before, but it was still more intuitive to experience it in person.

"Manila Bay is our place, how come there are French warships cruising here?"

This place is obviously thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, but Zai Yao's tone seems to be that someone else has arrived at his door.

There is no way around it, Zai Yao can be said to be a newly grown generation of young people.

When he was ten years old, which was already the fifteenth year of Zhengde's reign, and he had just become sensible, he had always seen his father in high spirits, scolding Fang Qiu, and saying the words "the great power of the Ming Dynasty" everywhere.

Under the influence of his ears and eyes, this guy actually learned a bit of 'robber logic'.

In his concept, this is the place of Ming Dynasty. Zhang Jing also frowned, "You will understand naturally when you get to the shore and ask Duke Cheng."

In the eighteenth year of Zhengde, Zhu Fu, the Duke of Chengguo, died of illness. The emperor ordered his second son, Zhu Feng, to succeed him to the title.

As a noble Ming Dynasty official, it was his duty to go to such a far place to guard the frontier generals.

"Ah."

After more than a month of sailing, the twelve thousand naval force led by Zai Yao and Zhang Jing finally entered Manila Bay. On the shore, Luzon Governor Zhu Feng had been waiting for a long time.

Civil strife broke out in Luzon, and the rebel army and the government army fought fiercely.

All the forces that felt that they could not intervene during the calm period were ready to take action. One after another, they contacted the two forces in Luzon, promising help and obtaining some kind of benefits.

However, no matter what benefits these people want to gain, they are basically grabbing food from Ming's mouth.

At this time of the storm, when the imperial army arrived, Zhu Feng breathed a sigh of relief, so he prepared a grand welcome ceremony at the dock.

Unfortunately, it was okay when he saw Admiral Zheng Bu of the Navy and Zhang Jing, the Minister of War, but when he saw the young people following them, Zhu Feng's face froze.

He hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "I, the Governor of Luzon, Zhu Feng, come to pay homage to His Highness the Third Highness!"

Zai Yao immediately stepped forward and said, "Duke Cheng Guo, please rise."

Zhu Feng's expression was complicated.

But in the end, it’s better to get over this ‘reception’ event.

When the big scene was over and many people had withdrawn, Zhu Feng began to 'complain', "His Royal Highness the Third Prince, tell me... why are you here? Luzon is in civil strife and it is an island country. If something goes wrong, you won’t have anywhere to run! Your Highness, Third Prince... How about I send a fleet to take you back?"

Zai Yao smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng Guo, this is not possible. I spent a lot of time convincing my father to agree to send me to Luzon. Now that I have just arrived, nothing has happened yet." How can I go back?

Don't worry, Duke Cheng, I have made an agreement with my father. This time, I am a partial general under your account. Since I am in the border army, I will follow the rules of the army. "

As he spoke, he simply knelt down on one knee and said, "General, I will see you at the end of the day, Commander-in-Chief!"

"Ouch, Third Highness, what are you doing?!"

However, Zaiyao insisted that all these etiquette must be fulfilled.

Zhu Feng had no choice but to look at Zhang Jing and Zheng Bu for help, "This... you don't really agree to let His Highness stay here, do you?"

Zhang Jing laughed and said, "How dare you disobey the emperor's order? The way things are now, even if His Highness wants to leave, he can't leave, otherwise he will be rebelling against the order."

"Look." Zai Yao understood, but he didn't want a group of people to be entangled in his identity, so he said: "Dong Cheng, let's focus on important things. Don't put your mind on me. Luzon Island What is the situation now? Is Shitang Port in danger? Now that Admiral Zheng and Zhang Shilang have arrived with their troops, you have to tell them."

Zhu Feng had no choice but to bear with it for the time being.

He thought, anyway, on the battlefield, victory or defeat, life and death are all matters. If he wins, he will be able to protect the Third Highness. If he loses, he will not survive. So what is there to say since they are all dead.

Simply don't close it anymore.

Instead, he said with a serious face: "Four words, it becomes more and more chaotic. By the way, what did the emperor say?"

Zhang Jing said seriously: "Mr. Cheng, we have to ask you a question carefully. Did the Luzon rebels and the army take the lives of our people in the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Feng was puzzled.

Zheng Bu explained: "Your Majesty has a decree. Anyone who hurts our people in the Ming Dynasty will be killed. So no matter how they make trouble, as long as something happens to our people, we have to ask him for an explanation. Otherwise, the emperor will hold him accountable. You have become the Duke’s responsibility, and even the rest of us can’t escape your involvement.”

"Your Majesty is really the master of great talent and great strategy, and he can conquer mountains and rivers with great power!" Zhu Feng tried all kinds of ways to control things, but he didn't expect that the Emperor would subjugate them all at once like this. He nodded and said, "This time the civil strife suddenly broke out. Outside Shitang Port, , there are at least 20,000 people of our Ming Dynasty scattered in Luzon, so there must be casualties."

Zhang Jing and Zheng Bu looked at each other and said, "Then there is nothing else to say. Duke Cheng Guo has been in Luzon for a long time, and he must know the situation in Luzon better than we do. Your Majesty has a decree, and our troops are here." Shitang Port will be under your control from now on."

As for controlling what they do, of course there is no need to say more.

Shitang Port was very important to the Ming Dynasty. After traveling south from Taiwan, it was an important transit station. Moreover, the central plain adjacent to Shitang Port has tens of millions of acres of farmable land.

They all watched the Hetao Plain become a large military camp, and the potential here is even greater.

Zhu Feng understood that the time had come for him to make contributions.

"Okay! The Emperor has an edict. As a minister, how can Zhu Feng disobey it?!"

Zai Yao imitated Zheng Bu and Zhang Jing and saluted Zhu Feng, "I am willing to encourage the commander-in-chief!"

"You have come a long way, so please do not move rashly. Let's take a rest for the time being. Furthermore, the arrival of more than 10,000 troops in Luzon will always attract the attention of all parties. Let's take a look first before talking about it."

Zai Yao asked the question he had been holding back, "Commander, when we came here we saw the Franco-Ji fleet in the outer sea. Why did they appear in Manila Bay?"

Zhu Feng sneered, "Of course I came here to get chestnuts from the fire."

Without reinforcements, Zhu Feng was a little worried considering the large amount of silver and food in Shitang Port. But it was different now. If someone caused trouble again, he would not be easy.