[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

Political affairs are not going well, and the emperor has lost the nature of having fun.There are no banquets for officials on Wanshou Festival and Double Ninth Festival.Celebrate by yourself only in the palace.King Xing of Jiuyue came up with the invitation to the feudal clan. This matter had been planned a long time ago, and Zhu Youtang's stroke of a pen made it right.King Xing's mother was Concubine Shao Chen who was most favored by Emperor Xianzong besides Concubine Wan Gui.

Zhu Houzhao had heard the gossip about Concubine Shao Chen when he was very young, especially when he was still a baby, the nuns did not shy away from whispering by his side, and were not afraid of being heard by him.

Most concubines of the Ming Dynasty were born in poverty, and this Concubine Shao was no exception.This Concubine Shao was originally from Zhejiang, she was born in a poor and humble family, and her father was a soldier who washed sand. After giving birth to Shao, she was sold to the eunuch guarding Hangzhou because of her poor family.The guarding eunuch originally bought her to be a servant girl, seeing Shao's beauty and intelligence, he moved his mind and asked someone to teach her to read and write.When Shaw was 16 years old, he happened to meet Xianzong's choice of concubine again. In order to please the emperor, the guardian eunuch sent Shao to the palace.

It's just that Concubine Wan Gui's family was the only favorite at that time, and she never had the chance to see the emperor, let alone be favored by the emperor.It is also Shaw's luck that the old stalker in the Gongdou drama of later generations appeared.One day, Shaw felt the lonely life in the palace, and unconsciously sang a little poem in the imperial garden, "After the rain on the jade steps, the autumn air is cold, the wind shakes the golden locks, and there are many nights. I haven't seen the king for several years. How close is Penglai?" At this time, Emperor Xianzong happened to pass by the garden, and he was deeply moved when he heard this poem sung by Shao. , became the concubine of Xianzong.Don't ask why the emperor walked alone in the imperial garden, Xianzong said he didn't know either.

Although the Shaw family was somewhat favored, but with Concubine Wan Gui in front of her, she really didn't dare to have children.It wasn't until Zhu Youtang's sudden appearance that diverted Concubine Wan Gui's attention that Shaw was able to give birth to Zhu Youtang.Zhu Youzhang was the second son of Emperor Xianzong. Of course Xianzong was very happy to have his son in middle age. Shao's mother was conferred the title of concubine Chen because of her son's honor, and later concubine Chen was promoted to noble concubine.

In the last year of Xianzong's reign, Zhu Youzhu was officially conferred the title of King Xing and the state of Weihui.After Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, he also treated this younger brother very favorably.Zhu Youtang also personally selected Jiang Shi, the daughter of a military general, as his younger brother Zhu Youtang as his concubine, and presided over the wedding for him.Now that the emperor's uncle is about to take over, Zhu Houzhao has also started to get busy.And up to now, our history-blind youngsters don’t know that this uncle and his second son have been deeply involved with him in history, and they are the famous white-eyed wolf father and son in the future-Ming Shizong father and son.

King Xing will take over the vassal on September [-]th, the seventh year of Hongzhi, and the vassal land is in Anluzhou, Huguang.Before joining the feudal clan, on September [-]th, Jiang entered the palace to meet the Empress Dowager Zhou, the Empress Dowager, Concubine Shao, and Empress Zhang.Although Concubine Shao is old, she is still beautiful, and she is a widow and plain clothes.Concubine Shao's second son, Qi Wang Zhu Youfu, was entrusted in De'an. He is about to get married and will go to the fief soon.

Now that her son is about to travel far away, mother and son don't know when and when they will see each other again, Concubine Shao is naturally worried, but her high status is too high to perform in public, so she can only cry secretly, her eyes are red.Although Zhu Houzhao looks bright on weekdays, he is still only three years old, and others only regard him as an ignorant child.

That day in the palace of the Empress Dowager, the old nanny next to Concubine Shao looked at him gloomyly as if she was about to eat him raw, Zhu Houzhao was so frightened that goose bumps fell all over the floor.Zhu Houzhao was also not good at attacking in public, so he had to bear it silently and acted as if he had never seen him.

He secretly sighed in his heart that the royal power struggle was really complicated.Emperor Hongzhi was weak and sick, and Concubine Wan Gui made things difficult. Originally, the second son of the emperor was the most likely to succeed.Emperor Xianzong was about to abolish Zhu Youtang and make Zhu Youtang the crown prince.It was just an earthquake on Mount Tai that caused Concubine Wan Gui and the Shaw Brothers to fall short.Now Zhu Youtang can only travel far, to that desolate place.Concubine Shao, as a mother, inevitably complained in her heart. She wrote many times to ask the king to follow the king, but Emperor Hongzhi only said that there was no precedent and that he would not allow it.Now that the emperor does not allow Concubine Shao to accompany him in order to restrain King Xing, he, his son, is afraid that he will be angered.Zhu Houzhao could only sigh about this, there is no good or bad in this game, because maybe tomorrow you will be dead.

On September [-]th, King Xing Zhu Youtang and the Jiang family bid farewell to Emperor Hongzhi at the Meridian Gate. Zhu Youtang gave them wine and sent them back to the Meridian Gate. Tang himself didn't know.

As Xingwang's carriage slowly drove out of the capital, Zhu Houzhao's third birthday was approaching.

On the occasion of Zhu Xiaobaozi's third birthday, he finally saw the first foreigner since he came to this world—Xu Chen, the envoy from North Korea.At the same time, he also met the interpreter of this era - Huitong Tongshi.It's just that the image of Xu Chen is far from the image of Korea's Oppa on TV.

Both of them looked a little apologetic, which made Zhu Xiaobaozi, who always judges people by appearance, lose some interest.However, the gift presented by North Korea is unique, which Zhu Xiaobaozi likes very much.In particular, the two ginseng presented were as thick as a baby's arm.It was tied with a red thread, and Zhu Hou wanted to tear it off to see if it would really escape, but Empress Zhang forbade him to touch it again.

On September 24, Zhu Houzhao was pulled out of the bed early in the morning. First, he went to the Empress Dowager Zhou to pay his respects. The Empress Dowager gave some gold and jade things.I went to Queen Zhang's place again, and after a few days, Queen Zhang's belly became much bigger again.Zhu Houzhao touched his mother's belly in satisfaction.After Mrs. Zhang also gave some treasures, I went to see Emperor Hongzhi at the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Emperor Hongzhi changed his previous appearance as a loving father. After Zhu Houzhao made three worships and nine kowtows, he told him with a straight face that he should study hard in the future, respect his parents, and love his younger brothers and sisters.All the officials worshiped twice and kowtowed six times, and the prince was a thousand years old.

In the afternoon, when the sun was setting, the crown prince held a banquet at the Meridian Gate on Qianqiu Festival.The previous year's birthday, Zhu Houzhao only showed one side, and he returned to the palace early because of the cold weather. This year, Zhu Houzhao is one year older, so he has no more scruples.Zhu Houzhao and Emperor Hongzhi sat in the hall together, and the chieftains and vassal states bowed down in front of the emperor one after another, and the barbarians from other countries also performed their own rituals.

Sitting on a high place and seeing the palace people coming and going, officials of all colors in brocade clothes and costumes intertwined, Zhu Houzhao had a real sense of being in the torrent of history.The people in Emperor Hongzhi's palace were simple, there was only one queen and one prince, and even the title was not the same as that of ordinary people. Zhu Houzhao seldom had the consciousness of being a prince.Now that he sees the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, his heart is full of the pride of being the first kingdom that has never been seen in modern times.

From the Ming Dynasty to the seventh year of Hongzhi, it has been standing for 160 years. After eleven generations of monarchs, this is the most prosperous moment for the Chinese nation since the Tang Dynasty, and Zhu Houzhao is the witness of this prosperous age.Thinking of these, his heart was full of fighting spirit, so what if the country is closed to the outside world, what if the eunuchs are in power, what about the corruption of the officials, let the Lord change the day.

At this time, Zhu Youtang was also gratified, since the moment he ascended the throne, he vowed to show the world.Look at him, Zhu Youtang, the upright and upright son of the Zhu family, how he managed the foundation in an orderly manner, and he is doing better than his father.Although today's world is still not as good as it was under Chengzu's rule, the life of the common people is much better than that of Chenghua years, how can he not like it.

The happy result of both father and son was that they both drank the cold wind, and both fell ill early the next morning. It was inconvenient for Empress Zhang to take care of Zhu Houzhao, so Zhu Houzhao was taken care of by Zhu Youtang.One of the two people is now full of breaking the sea ban and getting rid of the disadvantages, and the other is full of wanting to cultivate a heir to a peerless sage, and they hit it off.For a while, the two patients were happy and happy, and the relationship between father and son went up to a higher level.

Zhu Houzhao clings to Zhu Youtang all day long, and is familiar with all the adults.He is good-looking himself, and has a good eye, which can often ease everyone's tension when the atmosphere is stalemate, so everyone is willing to listen to the prince.

That day Zhu Houzhao was practicing calligraphy there, but Du Yide came in to say goodbye.At this time, it was the time when the Qian Min Zhuang Law was about to be promulgated, and Zhu Youtang felt a little bit drummed in his heart, and he pulled Du Yide to talk a lot.Zhu Youtang remembered that Du Yide's only son, Du Ruo, was one year older than Zhu Houzhao, and wanted to find a companion for Zhu Houzhao, so he called Zhu Houzhao out to see Du Yide.

Zhu Houzhao was also very curious about this child with the same name as his lover in the previous life, and behaved more obediently. Du Yide, who saw him up close for the first time, praised him again and again, which made Zhu Houzhao feel embarrassed.Zhu Youtang looked at his well-behaved son, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.After a while Du Yide knelt and retreated, Zhu Youtang called him over, stroked his head and sighed, and talked with Zhu Houzhao some nonsense, and then went around to the origin of Qianmin Zhuangfa.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the military guard method was used to deploy the national army, and the guards were established in each province to calculate who was more important, and the guards were used to maintain military status, and the sergeants belonged to the guards.In the early Ming Dynasty, the sergeants of the guards were mainly from military households. After Zhu Houzhao’s great-grandfather ruled in the orthodox end of the year, the military household system was abolished, and the recruitment system gradually became the main military service system.But now Zhu Youtang wants to write this system on paper and become a decree. This is the law of strengthening the people.

The Qian Min Zhuang Law stipulates that the number of recruits is determined according to the size of the prefecture and county. Generally, 110 households are a mile (20 households are one mile).For prefectures and counties with a distance of more than 50 li, two soldiers will be recruited per mile, for each mile of [-] li, three soldiers will be recruited, for cities with a distance of [-] li, four soldiers will be recruited per mile, and for counties below [-] li, five soldiers will be recruited per mile. The government conducts training and distributes food and grass as an armed force to maintain local law and order.

Zhu Youtang took the scriptures given to Sun Nai in the Rites and read them word by word to Zhu Houzhao. "Azhao, you are already three years old. Although you don't understand these things, I really want to teach you slowly. This is the inheritance of our ancestors, and it will be passed on to you one day. You are young but smart, Taifus I also often praise you to me, but I am both happy and worried. The joy is that the world will be blessed with this crown prince, and the worry is that you will fall into the likes of hurting Zhongyong. Now that you are getting older, the emperor slowly teaches you these things, I hope you don't let me down."

Zhu Youtang's eyes turned red uncontrollably, but seeing Zhu Houzhao's childish ignorance, he felt depressed and went to criticize his papers.

Zhu Houzhao pretended to be ignorant on the surface, but he was very moved in his heart. He thought that the Tian family had no father and son, but he did not expect to have a pair of lovely and respectable parents.He gently hugged Zhu Youtang to give him some comfort. Seeing how considerate he was, Zhu Youtang deeply hated his weak body, fearing that he would not be able to live longer, so he could not protect Zhu Houzhao more, so he sought a doctor more now Ask about the mind of medicine.

From this day on, Zhu Houzhao, who could only listen to Zhu Youtang, had a small table in the side hall of Qianqing Palace, where Zhu Youtang taught him how to deal with political affairs when he was free.This matter was no small matter. Some ministers wrote many times saying that the prince was young and unethical, but Zhu Youtang rejected them all.