The [-]th day of the first month of the Chenghua Year

Zhu Jianshen personally visited the Fengtian Hall and announced to the ancestors of the Zhu Ming Dynasty the birth of the eldest son of the emperor yesterday.

This prince is the first son of the young emperor, and also the first child of his beloved Minister Wan.

In the few years before the prince's arrival, the couple, who had gone through countless hardships, had already endured too many gossips.

The ministers and common people of the empire did not seem to be optimistic about this old and young couple, especially the delay in waiting for the news of the arrival of the emperor's heir, which made the ministers worried about the "national capital".

In the eyes of some stubborn courtiers, the significance of the existence of a young and strong prince may even exceed the importance of the emperor himself.

Now the arrival of the eldest son of the emperor has swept away the haze that once troubled the young emperor, at least for now.

According to the practice after the royal family was born, Zhu Jianshen couldn't wait to order the officials of the Ministry of Rites to cooperate with the servants to go to famous mountains and rivers in various places.Hang brocade robes on Bodhisattvas and immortals for him as the prince, put high incense on them, and pray for the gods to protect Longzi.

At the same time, in the Earl's Mansion of Xinle, Wan Gui led the whole family, young and old, to burn incense and thank God for his grace.

Qin Chang, who came to announce the good news, was also beaming.

As Wan Zhen'er's personal servant, he is also honored and full of joy.

The last time a child was born in the Forbidden City was probably when Emperor Daxing was imprisoned in Nangong.

After so many years of anticipation, the empress and the others have finally come to expect it.

Qin Chang excitedly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Eunuch, when can I see my sister, I want to see her."

Wanda pulled Qin Chang aside, eyes full of expectation.

"I still want to meet the little prince."

I don't know what the children of the emperor's brother-in-law and sister look like.

White or not, fat or not, beautiful or not, is he as cute as Ah Zhi?

"Don't worry, the miscellaneous family is here for this matter. Tomorrow is the third day after the birth of the emperor's eldest son. According to the usual practice, the 'Three Baptisms' will be held. As the natal family, you and your elder brother, as well as the wife Zhao They all have to go to the palace to watch the ceremony.”

In the Ming Dynasty, in the afternoon of three days after the baby was born, the family would bathe and send blessings to the baby.

In particular, Wan Zhen'er is from Shandong, so she attaches great importance to this ceremony.As the mother's brothers, the two uncles are bound to be present.

Wanda nodded again and again, wondering whether to make some "nutritious confinement meal" to enter the palace, to nourish her sister well.

In fact, according to Zhu Jianshen's mind, Minister Wan, who gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, should be the queen, so that his son will also be the legitimate eldest son.

However, the current Queen Wang has made no mistakes, and is so low-key that sometimes he can hardly remember that there is such a legitimate "Mother of the Nation" in Kunning Palace.

Zhu Jianshen's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Zhou, was also happy when she learned that she had been promoted to the imperial grandmother, but she still secretly regretted why the eldest son of the emperor was not born to other young concubines, but this Concubine Wan who was the same age as her.

On the other hand, Empress Dowager Qian was really happy for Wan Zhen'er.Overnight, the personal maid was sent from Renshou Palace to bring various rewards, as well as children's clothes, hats and other items that had been prepared before.

This is like a mother's behavior, calling Wan Zhen'er to give birth alone without the company of her mother's family.She dragged her still weak body, lying on the bed, and prostrated herself in the direction of Renshou Palace.

Qin Chang didn't know that Wanda was already thinking about what kind of soup to cook to help the mother secrete milk. He continued, "After the full moon ceremony for the eldest son of the emperor is finished, the emperor will give you a word and ask someone to crown you .”

After the new year, Wanda will be done.

Although they have not yet reached the age of 20, men in the Ming Dynasty generally crowned in advance before they got official status or got married.

The little emperor himself carried out the coronation ceremony shortly after he was made the crown prince for the second time.Therefore, when Zhu Qizhen was seriously ill, he was able to serve the court as the "Prince of the Supervisory Kingdom".

"I have become the uncle of the eldest son of the emperor, and that bastard should also be an adult."

The little emperor said so.

Eunuch Qin relayed the truth.

Hearing the word "adult", some indescribable "waste" flashed in the mind of the bastard, and he smiled embarrassedly.

He made an agreement with Guang Huai, after he passed the coronation ceremony, he would bring Xiao Yugan to the Yang family for "hiring".When the time comes, "make it a good thing".

In both lives, he has been a "room man" for nearly 40 years.

If one travels into a fantasy novel, maybe Wanda, who directly possesses the status of a magician, will be so turbulent that she can row a boat.

The second year of Chenghua is destined to be an extraordinary year.

At the beginning of March, Bai Gui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, who is also the chief admiral of Hubei Jingxiang, reported that he was about to divide his troops into four groups to encircle and suppress Liu Qianjin, the leader of the bandit who set off a wave of rebellion in Hubei and echoed the rebels in Guangxi.

Having learned the painful lesson from his father Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Jianshen has always trusted these battle-tested veterans, just like he trusted Han Yong before, and he immediately approved, telling Bai Gui to act cheaply without asking too many questions.

If Jingxiang can calm down, it means that the war spreading from Guangxi to the inland will be completely subsided within this year.

On the eighth day of March, Li Xian, who had just come to Earl's Mansion on behalf of the emperor as a "guest guest" to participate in the ceremony of crowning Wanda and bestowing letters, received the news of his father's death and prayed to return to his hometown for three years.

This request was rejected by Zhu Jianshen on the grounds that "when the imperial court is employing people, please regard the country as home and restrain filial piety".

On March [-]th, Li Xian entered Zhaode Palace as a deacon and awarded the golden book and gold treasure to the noble concubine Wan.At the same time, the silver book and silver treasure were awarded to Bai's virtuous concubine.

In the entire harem, except for the queen's position, there is no promotion. All the maids, servants, and female officials are promoted to one level as a reward for the birth of the emperor's eldest son.

The palace rejoiced for a while, and everyone thanked Wan Niangniang and His Majesty for their kindness.

The whole Forbidden City is full of the peace and warmth of spring, except for one person

In the inner palace of the Ming Dynasty, the status of "noble concubine" was the most noble from the empress and below, and generally only the mother of a prince could be named a noble concubine.

Even Zhu Jianshen's mother, the Empress Dowager Zhou, was only named a "virtuous concubine" when she gave birth to Zhu Jianshen.

It was not until her husband Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne for the second time and Zhu Jianshen was established as the prince for the second time that she was promoted to "Zhou Guifei".

After seeing that her son actually gave birth to a prince in Wan Zhen'er, she couldn't wait to make her an imperial concubine. The Queen Mother Zhou was furious and clashed with Zhu Jianshen.

"Your Majesty, don't forget, your uncle, the abolished emperor, favored the Tang family back then, and named Tang a 'noble concubine' when she was just pregnant. But what will happen to the Tang family, and what will happen to your uncle? Your Majesty Didn't you see the lessons learned from the past and want to be a fatuous emperor!"

Zhu Qiyu's final fate was to die inexplicably in the West Yong'an Palace where he was imprisoned after the "Change of Seizing the Gate".

The final end of Concubine Tang Gui was forced to be buried, and the child died young.

Zhu Jianshen was trembling with anger when he heard this, he blushed, pointed at this man and cursed himself viciously, Cursed Minister Wan, and even cursed his mother.

Without wanting to say a word, he left Qingning Palace with a flick of his sleeves.

Although he was furious at that time, he never took this vicious curse to heart, and his heart was filled with the joy of being a new father.

Because he firmly believed that this child would undoubtedly be his crown prince, the next master of the Ming Empire.It is perfectly normal for the crown prince's mother to be named "Noble Concubine".

On the second day of the canonization ceremony, Zhu Jianshen asked Huai En to call Wanda who was paying respects to Concubine Wan Gui in Zhaode Palace.

When Eunuch Wynn came to Zhaode Palace, he saw Wanda and Xiao Wangzhi standing beside the little prince's cradle, one on the left and the other on the right.

One was holding a cloth tiger in one hand, the other was holding a little Jinling, they were all muttering, making the two-month-old little prince giggle.

It stands to reason that after the prince is born, there will be nurses to nurse him.

But Wan Zhen'er wanted to raise the child herself, not by others.

In this regard, Zhu Jianshen is also happy to see its success.

He knew that his Minister Wan was the best mother in the world.

So the family of three lived in Zhaode Palace together, just like an ordinary small family in the folk.

The eldest son of the emperor has gradually grown up now, becoming more white and lovely.

He inherited his father's light-colored eyes and his mother's snow-white skin.

Maybe even because of the relationship of "nephew looks like uncle", he always has a smile on the corner of his mouth, happy and cheerful, very easy to carry, a bit like Master Xiaowan is smiling all day long.

He seldom cried even at night, allowing the emperor to continue to sleep in the Zhaode Palace with Concubine Wan Gui.

Such a golden, precious, snow-white and cute child who doesn't like to cry has brought the royal couple incomparable joy and joy.It also made the palace people love it.

"The little prince is so cute."

Wang Zhi raised his head, his eyes were bright like black grapes, "Susu, when will the little prince be able to stand up and walk. Ah Zhi wants to play football with him."

In the past few days, Wang Zhi came to Zhaode Palace to play with the little prince after school every day from Neishutang.Two dolls, one big and one small, are surrounded by Wan Zhen'er's knees, which can be regarded as a scene in the palace.

"This... I'm afraid we have to wait."

Wanda put down the cloth tiger, walked to Wan Zhen'er who was sewing a bellyband for the child, took her arm and said, "It's so tiring to do the needlework by myself, my sister asked the little maid to do it. Chen Sishan's craftsmanship is good. "

This bright and lovely cloth tiger is the masterpiece of Chen Sishan.

Unexpectedly, she has a good knife skills and is also good at needlework.

"I'm talking nonsense again. It's the duty of a mother to make clothes for children. No matter how well others do it, it can't compare to doing it yourself. When the little prince wears the clothes on his body, he will feel that I am a mother." My dear."

Wan Zhen'er smiled and gave him a sideways glance, the radiance of maternal love all over her body made Wanda feel unable to open her eyes.

For such a lovely and virtuous woman, those who wrote history books actually called her a demon concubine who brought disaster to the country and the people.

May I ask if there is something wrong with them?

Thinking of this, Wanda felt aggrieved.

"You, you are all the people who have completed the crown ceremony, and you are so reckless. Let me see, I will marry you a powerful daughter-in-law sooner or later, so that your wildness can be restrained."

Wanda chuckled, thinking that my "daughter-in-law" is not ordinary.

He thought, and touched the indescribable part of himself that was a little painful.I went to stay at Yang Xiuxian's house for one night yesterday, and I still haven't recovered from it for a few days.

Wait, I feel like calling Yang Xiuxian a "daughter-in-law" is a bit inappropriate...

After doing it for a long time, I was the one who made someone a "wife"?

When Eunuch Huai En told him to go to Wenhua Palace to answer, Wanda, who was still in high spirits, lowered his head wearily.

According to his past experience, the emperor's brother-in-law was looking for him in the study, either asking him to make money, or asking him to make trouble...

Anyway, there won't be any good things to say.

"You pack up and leave next month."

As expected, as soon as Zhu Jianshen opened his mouth, he sent him out on errands.

This time, I went to a good place - Jiangnan.

"Qiu Zijin is the supervisory censor, and patrols the world on behalf of the emperor, why should I go with him?"

Wanda didn't want to leave the capital.

Wan Zhen'er had just given birth to a child, and he was still a little unsure if the child would be the next emperor.

In the past few days, he searched his brains and scratched his stomach, and finally remembered that the name of the next emperor of the Ming Dynasty should be called "Zhu Youtang".

But now the eldest son of the emperor has not been officially named, and he is still not sure if it is him.

The emperor's brother-in-law was not satisfied with any of the names proposed by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Either he thinks it's too ordinary, or he doesn't think it's precious enough to be worthy of his son's noble status.

As a result, the children have been born for more than two months, and everyone can only call them "Prince" and "Emperor's eldest son".

If it weren't for the possibility of "disrespect", Wanda really wanted to hold his brother-in-law's shoulders and force the three words "Zhu Youtang" into his mind...

The other thing is the old Wanjia's bad things.

The last time he was not at home, his elder brother brought back a concubine of the Wan family who was a monster and made his sister-in-law very angry.

This time I went to Jiangnan, I don't know how long it will take.

He was afraid that after he came back, Wantong, who had already been made an earl, would turn his family into groups of wives and concubines.

As the saying goes, "one person attains the Tao and the dog ascends to heaven", shortly after Wan Zhen'er was named a noble concubine, Wan Gui's father was promoted from "Xin Le Bo" to "Xin Le Hou", and the eldest son Wantong inherited the title of earl.

Although Wanda has no title yet, everyone in the Wan family and even the servants in the palace know that Zhu Jianshen's favorite is this little wife and brother.

After returning from Guangxi, not only Qiu Zijin presented a memorial on the reform of the salt industry, Wanda also presented his more than one year experience in pepper cultivation and eating methods to Zhu Jianshen's desk.

As a semi-literate person in the Ming Dynasty, Wanda tried to use illustrations and texts as much as possible.He put his experience and achievements in planting chili peppers in the past year and a half, and the economic value of chili peppers into the memorial.

And it is claimed that this crop is very suitable for sowing in Guangxi, Yunnan and other regions.It can bring huge benefits to local farmers.

The little emperor saw that the plain text was not in vain, and he added a bunch of ghostly symbols to the memorial for a long time, so he simply ordered Wynn to bring Wanda and what he called "extraterritorial treasures" together for a demonstration on the spot.

That night, Zhu Jianshen ate the "boiled fish", "spicy hot pot" and "kebabs" served by Wanda himself in the imperial dining room.

Zhu Jianshen, whose mouth was a little swollen from eating, was deeply shocked.

Immediately said that this thing can make people sweat and remove dampness, and it can be used as military supplies and distributed to soldiers stationed in the southern provinces to help them resist the damp and cold.

And it was decided to send officials from the Ministry of Officials to follow Wanda to learn specific farming methods and spread them to the southern provinces of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, especially the war-torn Guangdong and Guangxi regions.

After returning to Zhaode Palace, Zhu Jianshen hugged his chubby son and talked with Concubine Wan Gui, only then did he realize that this "pepper" had long been planted in the palace as a tribute from the Guangdong area.

It's just that people in the palace have always looked down upon it as a plaything that can only be used as a watch, and they don't take it seriously.

It wasn't until Uncle Xiao Lang entered the palace and took it home to study that he discovered its function and value.

The little emperor suddenly felt that he had underestimated this little uncle Lang a little too much in the past.

Wan Zhen'er was very pleased.

Among the natal brothers, only this little brother can be relied on.

She had also heard about the absurdity of Wantong marrying a concubine with the same surname, but His Majesty didn't want to pursue it.

Wanda, the little brother, is so capable. When the little prince grows up in the future, he, the uncle, will definitely be able to help him.

Wan Zhen'er stretched out her finger, teasing her son who was held in her husband's arms.

The second brother's luck is yet to come.

Just half a month ago, the Sixth Division gave Jin Shen a memorial about the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the Hangou dug by Wu State in the Spring and Autumn Period.It was further extended and widened during the reign of Emperor Sui Yang.After the Yuan Dynasty established Beijing as the capital, the original Sui Dynasty river centered on Luoyang was transformed and formed into the current pattern that extends from the capital in the north to Hangzhou in the south.

Until today, 600 years later, this thousand-year-old man-made canal, which flows through most of China, still plays an important role as the main artery connecting the north-south economic belt.

Not to mention that in the Ming Dynasty, which lacked fast transportation means, the Grand Canal was the lifeblood of the empire's economy.

The note submitted by Jinshen said that due to the long-term lack of effective management of the Grand Canal, mud and sand along the coast have fallen, the river has been blocked, and most of the sluices have been damaged, resulting in the inability of the boats to operate normally.

As a result, rice and grain from the south could not be transported to the capital normally, leading to soaring rice prices in recent years.

Especially this year, the spring rains in the north are scarce, which is not conducive to the growth of crops. There are faint signs of food shortage in Shanxi and other places.

Along the way, there are more refugees pretending to be traveling monks and Taoist priests, begging everywhere, spreading rumors to confuse the public, and provoke countless incidents.

If this issue is not resolved as soon as possible, I am afraid there will be riots in the north.

Although Wanda didn't have the opportunity to go to the streets to inquire about the price of rice grains in person during this time, he knew that at the end of each month, the fans of Dongchang would summarize the prices of rice grains and fish meat in the markets of Jingshi and Beizhili counties. Give the emperor a look so that the emperor can know the price situation.

Since the emperor decided to send Xiaoqiu to the south of the Yangtze River as the supervisory censor, it seems that what the golden gentleman said was true.

If the name "Supervisory Censor" still makes Wanda feel a little strange.Then in Zhou Xingxing's movie "Nine Pins of Sesame Officials", the title of "Eight House Patrollers" is even more impressive.

Although this is only a seventh-rank official, he has great power and is responsible for patrolling counties and counties across the country, picking up officials, and cleaning up prisons.

This official position of "Thirteen Supervisory Censors" will be regarded as the representative of imperial power and justice in the creation of operas in the future. It has been talked about by the common people for hundreds of years, and it is the incarnation of "Great Master Qingtian".

"Qiu Qingtian" is the latest one.

The emperor asked him to go to the south of the Yangtze River next month to inspect the livelihood of the people along the coast, inspect the robbery and arrest, and deter local chronic diseases.

"Isn't Qiu Zijin your good brother?"

The little emperor gave him a blank look, "He is from Jiangxi. Apart from being the censor this time, he also wants to go back to his hometown to get married. As brothers, you guys from Beizhen Fusi shouldn't go see it?"

Although "Jiangxi" is called "Jiangxi", "Jiangxi" refers to "the west of Jiangnan", not "the west of the Yangtze River", and has been part of Jiangnan Road since ancient times.

Wanda stared at Zhu Jianshen with wide-eyed eyes, thinking that the emperor is the emperor, and you are the boss when someone gets married, so it’s fine if you don’t give them a wedding leave.They even took the time to get married during their "business trips"!

What kind of exploitative spirit is this, the capitalists all over the world are not as ruthless as you...

The brothers were going to get married, so naturally Wanda couldn't say anything more, so he could only get the decree and go back to Beizhen Fusi to inform the others to pack up and prepare to go to the south of the Yangtze River.

The ancients said: Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March.

Although it was already April when Wanda and the others set off, and they didn't have a lot of money, and they couldn't ride cranes, but in this spring season, going to the Yanyu Jiangnan, which has been famous for its spring scenery for thousands of years, still made Wanda very excited. .

This time they will stop in Huizhou and Jiangxi, check the local people's livelihood, and "by the way" arrange the marriage of Lord Yushi.

Wanda, who felt that he was already an "experienced person", stood on the deck and patted the shoulder of Qiu Zijin, who seemed not very interested, "What? Isn't getting married a happy thing? Why are you depressed?"

He felt that getting married was very happy, but after being happy, he felt a little backache.

Qiu Zijin, who was dressed in spring clothes and whose blue hair was blown everywhere by the wind in the river, raised his eyelids, but did not answer.

"Xiaoqiu, something is wrong with you recently. Tell me what's on your mind. Although I haven't read any books, I've seen a lot of things. I'll analyze them for you."

Wanda asked with concern.

After he was "released from prison" last time, Wanda had a grand banquet at the Earl's Mansion, and invited several of his good colleagues from Beizhen Fusi.

Qiu Zijin, who thought he would come here for dinner, sent a message, saying that he had eaten too much a few days ago, and his stomach was uncomfortable, so he didn't show up that day.

Later, Wanda and Yang Xiuxian inquired with the people from the criminal department, and indeed they all said that Qiu Zijin was in poor health recently, and that he was listless when working on weekdays.

Fortunately, my appetite is okay, I still have to eat five meals a day, I'm afraid it really hurts me.

"Maybe it's the 'near hometown'."

Qiu Zijin smiled wryly, "I haven't been home for almost three years since I was selected as a supervising student and entered the Imperial College of the Imperial Academy. When I think of going home to see my mother, I'm too nervous..."

After saying that, he didn't say anything more, and went into the cabin to rest.

Facing the wind of the river, Wanda squinted his eyes and looked at his bleak back, feeling that things were not that simple.

"Just now Gao Hui and I went to Xiaoqiu's cabin to have a look..."

Yang Xiuxian and Gao Hui walked towards Wanda, both of them looked dignified.

"Do you know that Qiu Zijin brought several boxes on board?"

The combined luggage of the few of them was not as much as that of Qiu Zijin alone.

"I know, isn't that a book?"

Wanda nodded.

The last time they went to Guangxi, because it was a private visit through microservices, they could only travel lightly.Except for the large baskets of peppers and various spices, I didn't bring any personal belongings.

But this time it's different, this time it's the patrolling master's outing, and Tan Hualang's return to his hometown to show off, Qiu Zijin has brought a lot of things with him.

According to Wanda's understanding of this little bookworm, those boxes should contain all kinds of books and special products of the capital that are going to be distributed to relatives at home.

"It's all food, all kinds of food."

Gao Hui raised his head, his face distorted, "All kinds of cakes, snacks, candied fruit, melon seeds."

It was like emptying out a pastry shop.

No, not just one, at least two.

"The disaster in Jiangnan has reached this level? Do we need to prepare our own rations?"

Wanda was shocked when he heard this.

"That's not true. I heard that only the northern region has signs of drought. There are no natural or man-made disasters in the southern region..."

It is not that there is no rice in the south of the Yangtze River, but that the waterway is silted up, and it is inconvenient for large ships to cruise on the river.Several important ferries and places with busy waterways often have to wait for several days before large ships can continue to sail.

"Then what is Xiaoqiu doing? I thought there was nothing to eat in the south!"

Wanda has planned everything along the way.

Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice. This time, he will stop ransacking his house and beheading his head. This time it is a relaxing "food journey"

Both Huizhou and Jiangxi are good places to eat delicious food.For example, Huizhou's Yuting cake, stinky tofu, and stinky mandarin fish.There are also Jiangxi Three Cup Chicken, Xunyang Fish, Pingxiang Bacon and so on.

What kind of madness is Qiu Zijin going on?

The three people standing on the deck were all puzzled.

The author has something to say: People in Jiangnan, are you afraid?Xiao Wan is here!

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