[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

The relatively peaceful and peaceful September of the seventh year of Hongzhi has passed.The last yellow leaf in the Forbidden City has fallen, and the first winter snow falls in the gloomy sky, announcing the coming of winter.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao stepped into the Qianqing Palace, Eunuch He, who served in front of the imperial court, held him back, "Your Highness, be careful, the Yellow River burst its embankment the day before yesterday, and the emperor lost his temper just now." Zhu Houzhao nodded to show that he understood, and Eunuch Liu stepped back.

Entering the hall, I heard Zhu Youtang reprimanding the ministers.It is not easy for him to break in on such an occasion, so Zhu Houzhao had to hide in the side hall and write quietly.After a while, the voice in the main hall became louder and louder.Only one person said impassionedly: "Your Majesty has been sympathetic to the difficulties of the people's livelihood since he took the throne, and the expenses have been reduced and reduced. Compared with the previous emperor, all kinds of expenses have been reduced by more than [-]%. Now that the Yellow River is flooding, the people are struggling to live, and the treasury is still in surplus. Could it be possible that even the people who control the river Don’t you have any money yet?” His voice sounded a bit like Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, he was transferred from Wen to the Army and always advocated hard work, unlike other civil servants who only know how to calm things down.

At this time, another person rushed to answer: "Although the emperor has made great efforts to govern the country, since the first year of the country, natural disasters have continued, and the Great Wall has been full of fire from north to south. First, there was Bai'ang Yellow River to control the water, Xu Guanyuan went to the south of the Yangtze River, and Liu Daxia and Mr. Liu divided the water to control the Yellow River. The cost is not cheap. Now The Holy Majesty has just promulgated the law of strengthening the people, and the expenditure is huge. The water needs to be treated, but the treasury can't afford the money." But Zhu Houzhao couldn't tell who it was.

Just listen to the previous person interrupted: "Although water transport is an important task in the world, the Yellow River is also related to the national economy and the people's livelihood. Now the valley is protected and the Yellow River is suppressed, and the people complain. It is better to be effective than to rule it all. Now the people in Henan do not want the Yellow River to enter. As for the murder of an official of the court, there is no guarantee that someone with intentions will use it to stir up public grievances next time."

At this time, Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Rites and Prince Taibao, say: "The matter of river governance can be discussed in a long-term manner, but the matter of Caohe cannot be delayed. Nowadays, all the officials and surnames come from water transportation. The canal leads directly to the capital. If the embankment bursts The shipping is blocked, and the capital will be in a hurry within a month. So the most important thing now is to punish the troublemakers and appease the people, and build a levee on the north bank of the Jialu River as soon as possible to prevent the canal from bursting."

Earlier, he argued that the man wanted to speak again, but Emperor Hongzhi interrupted him and said, "What Liu Aiqing said is right to my heart. The matter of water transportation is related to the country's society. It has been passed down that the governor of Henan should strictly prohibit the people of Henan from blocking the construction of river embankments. Those who cannot be banned by the local government will be punished together with serious crimes. As for the treatment of Huang, it will be discussed with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households." He paused and said: "Punish the unruly people only need to severely punish those with bad intentions, ignorant villagers Just let it go."

Seeing that the emperor had made up his mind, the ministers had no choice but to kneel down to thank the emperor for his kindness and leave the palace.

After listening for so long, Zhu Houzhao finally understood what was going on.It turns out that since the Ming Dynasty started from Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, because the political center was moved from Nanjing to Beijing, grain and other materials had to be mobilized from the south, and taxes in the Jiangnan area centered on Suzhou Prefecture became the lifeblood of the country.The canals that transport these materials have become the top priority.In order to ensure the smoothness of the canal, the Yellow River governance in the Ming Dynasty often focused on the canal.

In order to ensure that the canals in Shandong are not broken, it is common practice to build dams on the north bank of the Yellow River in the eastern part of Henan to force the Yellow River to flow south or to block the canals in time when the Yellow River is broken. Digging a branch river.In October this year, after the Yellow River burst and blocked the Huanglinggang breach in Yifeng County, Shandong appointed officials and civilians to build a levee on the north bank of the Jialu River to prevent the Yellow River from affecting water transportation. Officials who went to embankment.This incident was reported to Emperor Hongzhi, and only then did the scene just now appear.

For Zhu Youtang, this matter was actually a dilemma. After sitting there for a while, he came out to look at Zhu Houzhao when he was really not in the mood to correct the memorial.Seeing Zhu Youtang approaching, Zhu Houzhao didn't dare to be distracted. He picked up a pen and wrote neatly and neatly as a "Guo" son. "Today's handwriting is good, and I have benefited a lot."

"It's all about the father who taught him well." Zhu Youtang is really a good father, he taught his son to be patient and tolerant, and ordinary fathers can't do it, let alone Zhu Youtang is an emperor, above tens of thousands of people.

"You heard it today, what do you think?" Zhu Youtang was moved when he saw the word "country" written by Zhu Houzhao, and suddenly wanted to hear the child's thoughts.

Zhu Houzhao was terrified, he was only a three-year-old boy, yet Zhu Youtang actually asked him this matter.There were so many spins in his mind, he didn't know how to answer.There was silence for a moment.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't know that his birthday was September 24, which was Shenshi on the Jiaxu month and Dingyou day in the year of Xinhai. Read his birthday in the order of time, day, month, and year, which happens to be "Shen, You, Xu, Hai". , is the image of "penetrating like a pearl", and it is the order of the emperor.This birthday is also similar to □□, so Zhu Youtang placed high hopes on him when he was just born.He is also smarter than ordinary children, Zhu Youtang has never treated him as a three-year-old child, and today he is so worried that he asked these words without hesitation.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao didn't know how to answer, Zhu Youtang didn't think too much, just sighed: "The people's livelihood is difficult, and the national treasury is empty."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't stay silent anymore, pretending to be childish and said: "The treasury is empty, so make more money."

Zhu Youtang couldn't laugh or cry when he heard his son's answer: "You are too young to know that finding money is like picking dirt with a needle, and spending money is like washing sand with water. Making money is not as easy as you said."

"Eunuch Gao said that Azhao's things are worth a lot of money, and those barbarians are rushing to buy Chinese goods, so they should sell all Azhao's things to foreigners." Zhu Houzhao couldn't directly lift the sea ban and encourage seaborne trade, so he had to take a roundabout way .The father-in-law Gao he was talking about was originally named Gao Feng, who was the supervisor of the internal officials and the right young supervisor and also acted as the agent of the salary department. He was one of the famous Eight Tigers of Zhengde in history.But now he is still a good eunuch in the eyes of Zhu Houzhao, who is blind to history.This father-in-law is hardworking and steady. Every time Zhu Houzhao attends a class, he takes good records.He was born in Neishutang and was well educated, and he often told Zhu Houzhao some historical stories, anecdotes and anecdotes.

"Stupid child, you are a prince, how can you do business business. Our country is a superior country with a vast land and abundant resources, so how can it be reduced to the point where it competes with the barbarians." Zhu Youzhang only thought that Zhu Houzhao was thinking of a child, and his words Noncommittal.

"Baby is educated." Zhu Houzhao knew that there was no rush for this matter. The ancient people's ideology of emphasizing agriculture and despising business was deeply rooted and could not be changed in a short time.

"How is your mother today?" Mrs. Zhang has been pregnant for seven months. In this era, giving birth to a child is a hell of a time, and Mrs. Zhang is no exception even though she is a queen.

"Mom is in good spirits today, and she has two bowls of fragrant rice in the morning, and she is watching the snow with Aunt Huixiang."

"That's good. Your mother stays in the house all day, so you remember to spend more time with her every day." Zhu Youtang straightened Zhu Hou's messy bun, and suddenly he was concerned about the maritime trade that Zhu Houzhao said. Feelings are just sporadic ideas, take your time.

After a winter snow, the weather was abnormally sunny.Beijing earthquake in November.The earthquake happened in the middle of the night, Mrs. Zhang was sleeping in the Kunning Palace, when the earthquake struck, her fetus gasped in panic, which frightened everyone. Fortunately, the rescue was timely and the child was saved.

At this time, Mrs. Zhang was already nine months pregnant, and the child was about to come out, and such an accident happened.Everyone dared not slack off, for fear that Mrs. Zhang would make some mistakes during production.

In addition, the imperial concubine Xianzong is seriously ill, and the imperial doctor means that it will be in the past few days.I don't know when the little prince or the little princess will come out, but I just hope that the happy life of the concubine will not be bumped into, for fear of bad luck.

December is an ordinary day in the lunar calendar. On this special day, January 1495, 1, our cute second prince came out of the belly of his mother, Queen Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang had a difficult labor, and it took a day and a half to give birth to him. Fortunately, after giving birth, he recovered well without any major problems.

Zhu Houzhao stared blankly at his brother who was connected by blood in this world—the second prince who was just born with a big pointed head, red skin like a monkey's buttocks, eyes that have not yet opened, a bumpy nose, no neck, short legs, Looks like an ET (Alien).This is really my brother, isn't he an alien.This is what Zhu Houzhao really thought when he saw the little bun for the first time.

In fact, it’s not Zhu Houzhao’s fault. When he was Zhu Houzhao, when his mother Lao Pengshengzhu had his third brother, he had already lived in a boarding high school. When he saw his third brother, the third brother had already grown white and fat. Fat.Now this little brother is the first newborn baby he has seen, although he is not uglier than ordinary babies, no wonder he is surprised.

Seeing that his wife gave birth to the second child smoothly, Zhu Youtang finally let go of his anxiety.He began to preside over the comfort of heaven and earth and inform all officials.Looking back and seeing the elder son standing there in a daze, Zhu Youtang thought that the child had never seen such a scene and was frightened.Looking around, he saw that the people in the palace were busy and no one was taking care of the prince. He was about to get angry when Zhu Houzhao took his hand and said softly, "Your brother is so ugly."

Zhu Youtang found it funny, "You don't like my brother?"

"I like it, my brother is very good, but he is a little ugly." Zhu Houzhao really thinks this brother is ugly. Although he knows that the child will grow up and look better, he still can't accept such a shock.

Zhu Youtang was first hid by the Ji family when he was young, and later his mother died early and he had no siblings.As a prince, the birth of younger siblings in the harem is none of his business, and he had never seen a newborn baby before Zhu Houzhao was born, so he could understand the elder son's thoughts. "My younger brother will grow beautiful in two days. Ah Zhao will be the elder brother from now on, so take good care of your younger brother."

In December of the seventh year of Hongzhi, Gengshen Zhu Youtang had a second child, and Zhu Houzhao had a younger brother, the Wei Mourning King Zhu Houwei who died young at the age of two in history.

The Laba Festival is about to come, and the new second son, Emperor Hongzhi, happily entertained all the officials to celebrate.

On December [-]th, Concubine Shun Wang of Emperor Xianzong passed away, and Gao Feng, the inner officer and supervisor You Shaojian, was ordered to sacrifice to Concubine Shun.In Zhu Houzhao's eyes, the gentle and loyal eunuch bid farewell to the prince and went to Jinshan, but he didn't know that his fate was changing.

Generally speaking, the seventh year of Hongzhi was not a very good year. There were six earthquakes in Beijing and Beijing, and the country was still in constant disaster. This year, the people's strong law was implemented, and the new border beacon towers were implemented to respite.This year Zhu Houzhao opened his eyes to see the world at the age of three. This year he had a new younger brother, a white bun who shared his blood.This is the seventh year of Hongzhi, and history is about to change. I don't know where his torrent will go.

It's the seventh year of Hongzhi, and everything will change.