The Ming Dynasty finally ushered in the first year of the Apocalypse (1621). On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the Forbidden City was decorated with lanterns!
Queen Zhang Yan had fasted and bathed three days ago, and officials from the Ministry of Rites had also worshiped the heaven and earth and the ancestral temple in advance.
After everything is ready, the envoy responsible for the canonization rings the bells and drums three times.
Apocalypse Emperor Zhu Youxiao, wearing a royal robe, entered Huangji Hall (formerly Fengtian Hall) together with hundreds of officials.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites presented the emperor with the book of canonization and the queen's seal and placed them on the desk prepared in advance. The officials then went to the hall and stood in their respective positions according to their positions during the court ceremony.
Afterwards, the music started, the monarch and his ministers bowed four times, and after all the officials got up, the music stopped.
Then the canonization ceremony officially begins!
The official in charge read out the order: Canonize Mrs. Zhang as queen, and order you to observe the etiquette and show the etiquette!
After a lot of complicated etiquette, the emperor stood up and the officials retreated.
The official in charge encapsulates the festival order, and the registered official holds a wat board and stands next to the dragon pavilion where the books and other books are stored. The honor guard and the music team lead the way to the gate of the middle palace, and the music starts.
Queen Zhang Yan wore a crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes, wore a sacrificial dress, walked out of the attic, and stood in the main hall of her residence, facing south.
He began to receive the Queen's books and seals.
Then Zhu Youxiao led Zhang Yan to the Huangji Hall to pay homage to his ancestors.
After completing the sacrifice, Zhu Youxiao sat on the throne of Huangji Hall, and Queen Zhang Yan held a thank-you ceremony. After completing eight obeisances, the ceremony finally ended.
At this time, the most disappointed person in the entire Forbidden City is probably the "Fengsheng Lady" Ke Yinyue.
Being neglected, she seemed to be thrown into the cold palace all of a sudden, and her resentful eyes seemed to eat Zhang Yan alive.
The tears of disappointment were already welling up in his eyes.
When Ke Yinyue needed comfort most, Wei Zhongxian appeared beside her.
Keshi immediately snuggled into Wei Zhongxian's arms and shouted coquettishly: "Brother Wei!"
Wei Zhongxian comforted him softly: "Even if your Majesty is trying to be fresh, he still can't do without you."
Zhu Youxiao could not wait to come to Jiaotai Palace. This palace, located between Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, became their new house.
Zhang Yan was taught many ways to please His Majesty when she was in heaven and on earth.
Although Zhu Youxiao lacked education, he was no stranger to sexual intercourse.
Zhu Youxiao, who had tasted the joy of fish and water, suddenly felt that his job as a carpenter was not good anymore, and he favored the queen for several days in a row.
This made Wei Zhongxian and Hakka anxious, although they hoped that Zhu Youxiao would indulge in various games and ignore government affairs.
But if you only favor the queen, the Hakka family will have no sense of existence!
For Eunuch Wei, it is definitely not worth the loss!
In order to attract His Majesty's attention, Wei Zhongxian added more types of troops for training. Cavalry and firecrackers appeared in the training items.
He also selected dozens of instructors from the imperial guards to train the martial eunuchs in the palace, and expanded the number of internal trainers to 2,000.
This large-scale exercise really attracted Zhu Youxiao's attention, which obviously rekindled his interest in internal exercises.
The sound of gunfire and the sound of cavalry fighting made him trapped in the iron horse.
And the combat power of the imperial guards was much stronger than that of the previous palace maids and eunuchs.
Zhu Youxiao personally mounted his horse to fight, scaring the cavalrymen on the opposite side from daring to act rashly!
Soon the cavalry team led by Wei Zhongxian was defeated, which made Zhu Youxiao excited!
In addition, Eunuch Wei also began to care about the emperor's health.
Since Emperor Jiajing was assassinated by a palace maid, special eunuchs are now arranged outside the emperor's bedroom to monitor.
On the one hand, he is always on hand, and can come in to rescue him if someone is up to no good.
Now, as long as His Majesty still makes any movement after half an hour, the eunuch outside the door will shout: "Your Majesty, please take care of your dragon body and pay attention to moderation!"
As long as Emperor Tianqi doesn't stop, they will keep shouting.
Although this limited the time for Emperor Tianqi to have sex, it still couldn't stop the emperor and empress from being inseparable!
Keshi was so angry that she jumped up and down, and even complained: "Your Majesty really married a daughter-in-law and forgot about her mother (nanny)!"
Finally, a few days later, Queen Zhang Yan's menstruation came, and Zhu Youxiao finally stopped.
But without the Queen, Your Majesty still has Concubine Wang Liang and Concubine Duan Chun. Fortunately, Zhu Youxiao was not very interested in these two concubines. They met each other once and then stopped summoning them!
Keshi said: "It seems that Your Majesty still has a soft spot for Zhang Yan. I originally thought that the Queen was a virtuous and virtuous person, but I didn't expect that she is also a charming and charming person!"
"If only her periods would keep coming!"
This request is indeed a bit excessive, but just because they can't handle it doesn't mean that others can't do anything!
After your majesty’s wedding, the world will grant you a general amnesty!
Wang Huazhen, who was originally going to be exiled to Danzhou, Hainan, was acquitted.
Eunuch Wei arranged for him to serve as the fifth-grade hospital envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital, so that Divine Doctor Wang could give full play to his expertise.
Soon this problem was put in front of Wang Huazhen.
Doctor Wang prescribed a prescription that could disrupt Zhang Yan's menstrual period, but this didn't seem to be of any use, because Zhang Yan was not sick and could not take medicine for no reason.
Even though Eunuch Wei said that he could cover the sky with only one hand in the inner court, he could not force anyone to force the medicine into Zhang Yan's mouth.
In desperation, they had to tamper with Zhang Yan's daily food, which eventually caused the empress to bleed profusely and her menstrual period became extremely disordered.
However, Hakka's joy did not last long, because the Donglin Party members quickly targeted her.
Sun Ruyou, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, wrote: Now that His Majesty is married, it is very inappropriate for the Hakka family to live in the palace as a wet nurse. It is recommended that the Hakka family be moved out of Qianqing Palace and live outside the palace.
Sun Ruyou's opinion soon won the support of many civil servants, and seven cabinet ministers including the first assistant Ye Xianggao and Liu Yijing all agreed.
At this time, there were not many civil servants who served Wei Eunuch, and most of them were low-ranking officials. They did not have much say in the court.
The nobles, on the other hand, have an attitude of "it has nothing to do with them, just hang on high". Although Zhu Youxiao said he was a little distant from the Hakka family in the past few days, he would still be reluctant to leave the Hakka family if you really wanted him to.
He said aggrievedly: "I have become accustomed to the care of the Holy Lady. Although I have a queen now, the queen herself is not very old, so I still cannot do without her care!"
Liu Yijing said: "It is very inappropriate for 'Mrs. Saint' to live in His Majesty's palace now. I just asked her to leave the palace. If His Majesty needs it, you can still call her into the palace at any time!"
Liu Yijing's purpose was simple, first get the Hakka family out of the palace.
Finally, at the insistence of the ministers, the Hakka family was forced to return to their residence outside the palace.
The Donglin Party members began to celebrate this major victory. As long as the Hakka family did not slander in front of the emperor, Wei Yi's energy was limited.
This also proved to the court that the Donglin Party was not afraid of Wei Wei.
After the Hakka family left the palace, Zhu Youxiao was also very uncomfortable with it, especially since the queen Zhang Yan was in poor health recently and they had not had sex for several days.
Wei Zhongxian took the opportunity to say: "If your Majesty misses the Holy Lady, you might as well ask her to go to court together, so that your Majesty can see her every time he goes to court."
Zhu Youxiao thought Wei Zhongxian's idea was a good one, so he agreed.
The Donglin Party soon discovered that His Majesty's favor for the Hakka family had not diminished even a bit.
Every time he left the palace and returned home, he was accompanied by hundreds of guards, and the palace servants had to kneel and kowtow to greet him.
After leaving the palace, they transfer to an eight-carriage sedan chair and are strictly prohibited from walking on the street. When he returned to the palace, he looked like his wife. There were eight eunuchs in front of her, holding big red gauze lanterns to guide her. From a distance, they looked like a royal chariot.
After the ceremonial guard, there are rows of bright Dutch chandeliers.
At that time, the Netherlands had established diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty and presented hundreds of crystal lanterns. Xizong specially gave twenty lamps to the Hakka family to prepare them for entering and leaving the palace at night.
The royal road paved with yellow satin shines like daylight.
Finally, there is a phoenix chariot with a high hub and embroidered curtains and tassels and jade pendants. Sitting on the chariot is the Hakka family.
They seem to have created a "Queen Mother"?
Zhu Youxiao sat on the throne, and there was a phoenix seat next to the royal desk, where the holy lady Hakka sat.
Emperor Tianqi retired from the court, and the Hakka family followed Luan Nian back to the palace.
There were even some officials who had taken refuge with Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family, and knelt directly to welcome the Hakka family.
Obviously, the Donglin Party's move did not hit Wei Zhongxian, but instead made these people more arrogant.
And Wei Zhongxian's power became even stronger.
On the third day of March in the first year of Tianqi, under the treatment of Divine Doctor Wang, Commander Luo Sigong suffered from lung disease and had no choice but to resign.
Under the advice of "Fengsheng Lady" Hakka, Tian Ergeng took over the command of Jinyiwei as he wished and took full control of "Beizhen Fusi".
Eunuch Wei, who had completely mastered the factory guard system, was at the peak of his power. Many civil servants and military generals changed their families and joined Wei Wei's sect.
The three parties of "Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang" that were attacked by the Donglin Party also began to seek refuge with Wei Zhongxian in order to protect themselves.
Cui Chengxiu, the censor of Henan Province, Li Kuilong, the chief of the Ministry of Personnel, Wu Chunfu, the military commander of Xi'an, and Xu Xianchun, the commander of Jinyiwei Dudu, and other officials who had committed crimes wanted to protect themselves. They all took the initiative to seek refuge with Wei Zhongxian and regarded him as their adoptive father.
Of course, Eunuch Wei's power in the court was still very weak at this time. Not to mention the cabinet ministers, even the chief and deputy chiefs of the six ministries did not join him.
But he also relied on his own "factory guard" system and ceremonial supervisor to fight against the Donglin Party members.
Although Wei Zhongxian focused a lot of energy on the previous dynasty at this time, his control over the inner court was still strong.
After learning that Wei Zhongxian had manipulated Zhang Yan's meals, the Intelligence Department had always wanted to arrange for someone in the palace to serve as the eunuch in charge of Kunning Palace.
However, Wei Zhongxian had very strict control over Kunning Palace. After all, the eunuchs sent to the palace by the Intelligence Department had only been in the palace for a short time, and there were no eunuchs who could hold high positions.
In desperation, Mao Yuanyi had to ask Cui Wensheng to find a way to send people to the palace.
Cui Wensheng is now a garrison eunuch in Nanjing, so he is naturally prosperous, but after all, he followed Wei Zhongxian's path, so he regularly sends money to Wei Zhongxian to thank Wei Eunuch for his kindness.
Of course, it is impossible to directly obtain the eunuch in charge of Kunning Palace. Eunuch Wei is not a fool. He directly handed over such an important position to someone recommended by Cui Wensheng.
Their target this time is Xin Wang Zhu Youjian.
After Emperor Tianqi succeeded to the throne, he quickly named his only surviving brother Zhu Youjian as King Xin.
But Zhu Youjian did not leave the palace immediately, but lived in Xuqin Palace behind Ciqing Palace in the Forbidden City.
The eunuch sent to the palace by the Intelligence Department this time is Cao Huachun. Cao Huachun, who is in his thirties, has been in the palace for twenty years. He has been smart and studious since he was a child, and is proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting. He is the former eunuch of the ceremonial department, Wang An. cronies.
Because he was implicated by Wang An, he was demoted to Nanjing.
Soon Cao Huachun joined the Intelligence Department with Cui Wensheng's help.
Because he once accompanied Zhu Youjian, the grandson of the Fifth Emperor, he soon became the eunuch in charge of Xu Qin Palace.
The eleven-year-old Xin Wang Zhu Youjian also has a good impression of Cao Huachun.
Dorgon, who had received training in the Intelligence Department for more than seven months, also followed Cao Huachun to Xu Qin Palace this time.
Due to their similar age, Dorgon soon became Zhu Youjian's personal eunuch.
Although the surname Duo is relatively unpopular, it is also a traditional Chinese surname and originated in the Shang Dynasty.
At this time, no one knew that he was Nurhachi's son, they only thought that he was a Han.
Although Zhu Youjian is the only younger brother of Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao also cares about him.
However, due to Wei Zhongxian's obstruction, it was difficult for Zhu Youjian to see his imperial brother, and even if he did, he could hardly speak.
Affected by Wei Zhongxian, the eunuchs in the palace did not take Prince Xin seriously.
One day, King Xin Zhu Youjian met his queen Zhang Yan unexpectedly in the imperial garden.
Seeing Zhu Youjian's thin face, Zhang Yan inevitably asked a few more questions.
As a result, Lu Ansheng, the eunuch in charge of Yikun Palace, relied on the fact that he was the godson of Wei Zhongxian's trusted eunuch Li Yongzhen, so he interrupted Zhang Yan directly and said: "Empress, you are not in good health. It's windy outside, so please return to the palace quickly. .”
Then without any explanation, he ordered his subordinates to ask Zhu Youjian to give way, and even pushed him.
At this time, Dorgon on the side was not happy. He said: "The masters are talking, how can you slaves interrupt."
As he spoke, he guarded Zhu You behind him.
Lu Ansheng saw that he was just a teenage eunuch, so he quickly called on the two tall eunuchs around him to come forward and teach the boy a lesson.
Although Dorgon has never been on the battlefield, he has been proficient in bow and horse since he was a child, and it is no problem to deal with two eunuchs.
He cleverly used his small stature to shuttle between the two eunuchs and nimbly avoid their attacks.
Eventually, he managed to hit both men in the stomach with his small fist. The two eunuchs bent over in pain, shouting "Ouch, ouch!"
Zhu Youjian was very pleased to see his personal eunuch protecting his master so loyally and bravely!
Lu Ansheng didn't expect this little eunuch to be so difficult to deal with, but a good man doesn't suffer the consequences, so he finally said: "Just wait for me!"
Lu Ansheng, who was domineering in the palace, had never suffered such a loss. Soon after, he selected a dozen good eunuchs from the internal martial arts eunuchs and went directly to Xu Qin Palace.
Cao Huachun, who had received the news in advance, immediately sent someone to deliver a letter to Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan unexpectedly saw the code of the "Intelligence Department" on the letter sent by Cao Huachun.
This was the first time that the Intelligence Department sent someone to contact her since she entered the palace.
Zhang Yan quickly found Zhu Youxiao who was doing carpentry work. When he heard that a slave dared to beat his imperial brother, Zhu Youxiao was furious and hurried to Xu Qin Palace.
They happened to run into Lu Ansheng and others who broke into the palace.
Zhu Youxiao directly ordered Lu Ansheng to be killed without saying a word. By the time Wei Zhongxian arrived, it was already a done deal.
Emperor Tianqi also appointed Cao Huachun as the eunuch in charge of Kunning Palace according to Zhang Yan's wishes.
Wang Cheng'en was promoted to be the steward of Xu Qin Palace.
After this battle, Zhu Youjian trusted Dorgon even more and directly asked him to be his accompanying eunuch!
After Cao Huachun took over Kunning Palace, he quickly made adjustments to the personnel and transferred many people from the Intelligence Department to Kunning Palace to ensure the safety of Queen Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan was so smart that she had already guessed that Wei Zhongxian and others were responsible for her menstrual disorder, but she was alone. Although she was the queen, Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family were the ones who made the decisions in the palace, so she had nothing to do about it.
She asked curiously: "What are the organizational instructions?"
Cao Huachun said: "Our mission is to protect the Queen. The organization asks the Queen to be patient for the time being and try to build a good relationship with Wei Zhongxian. If necessary, we can say some good things about Wei Zhongxian in front of His Majesty to make him relax his vigilance towards the Queen."
Zhang Yan sighed helplessly!
Although she persuaded Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao more than once not to lose one's ambition by playing with things, it was of no use at all!
Cao Huachun said: "Now that the harem is under the control of Wei Zhongxian, the first thing we have to do is to protect ourselves. It is helpless to take the initiative to lower our posture and repair it. After all, will the future be long?
Now that the decisive battle with the Donglin Party is imminent, Wei Zhongxian is not willing to create complications.
Zhang Yan took the initiative to praise Wei Zhongxian in front of Zhu Youxiao for his diligence in government affairs and his loyalty to His Majesty.
Wei Zhongxian no longer pursued the matter of Lu Ansheng.
The life-and-death struggle between the Donglin Party and Wei Zhongxian in the court finally allowed Liaodong to live a peaceful life for several months.
Li Xianzhong soon carried out a major reorganization of Liaodong under the pretext of checking the empty wages.
Of course, at this moment, he is already the manager of Liaodong, so he will no longer save money for the court.
Once a vacancy is discovered, recruit directly on the spot.
Ensure that the 100,000 troops in Liaodong Town are at full strength.
In addition, he formed a new Yingkou Road from Jinzhou, Fuzhou, Gaizhou and Yaozhou in southern Liaoning.
After adjustment, Liaodong Town has ten roads under its jurisdiction:
Opening the original route, General Li Sanshun and 10,000 troops were stationed.
Tieling Road, where General Yu became famous, stationed 5,000 troops.
On Fushun Road, Lieutenant General Mangui and 15,000 troops were stationed.
On Qinghe Road, General Zhao led the army and stationed 10,000 troops.
Shenyang Road, the general Zhu Mei, garrisoned 10,000 troops.
Liaoyang Road, deputy general Mao Wenlong, garrisoned 10,000 troops.
On Yingkou Road, General Zu Dashou had 10,000 troops stationed there.
Guangning Road, deputy general Luo Yiguan, garrisoned 10,000 troops.
On Ningyuan Road, General Ma Shilong was stationed with 5,000 troops.
Shanhaiguan Road, Commander-in-Chief Li Huaizhong, stationed 15,000 troops.
Among these ten generals, only Shenyang General Zhu Mei, Guangning Deputy General Luo Yiguan, and Ningyuan General Ma Shilong were not direct descendants of Li Xianzhong.
At this time, the troops and horses in Liaodong were completely under Li Xianzhong's control.
Of course, except for the earliest Kaiyuan, Tieling, and Fushun groups, which had better equipment, the other groups did not install Lumi guns.
Based on the strategic location and close relationship, Li Xianzhong decided to first replace the four roads of Qinghe, Liaoyang, Yingkou, and Shanhaiguan with some Lumi guns.
Then with the support of Yan Mingtai, the governor of Jiliao, the entire land of Liaodong was remeasured.
The total farmland under the jurisdiction of Liaodong is 3.8 million acres, of which 900,000 acres are owned by Ningyuan Bo Li Xianzhong.
Although the drought was severe last year, fortunately there have been several heavy rains this year, and the land shortage has basically been alleviated.
At present, about 3.5 million acres of the 3.8 million acres of land have been re-cultivated. Only Qinghe and Fushun have 300,000 acres of uncultivated land.
Among them, Qinghe Road is due to insufficient population, and Fushun Road is because part of the land has just been acquired from the Tatars, and no one has cultivated it yet.
At present, food prices in Liaodong have stabilized, with sweet potatoes costing 2 cents per shi, corn 8 cents per kilo, and rice costing 1 tael per kilo.
Although it is still higher than the level of Jiangnan and Jingshi, it is much better than last year's sky-high price.
Especially after a large amount of sweet potatoes were put on the market, there were basically no people who starved to death.
Among the 3.5 million acres of land sown this year, the ratio of corn to sweet potato is about 50:50.
Although the yield of sweet potatoes is large, the storage time of these things is short. Although people will not starve to death, people who eat them all the time will have no energy and will look sallow and thin.
Therefore, Li Xianzhong still limited the sweet potato planting area.
It is a waste to plant too much and not eat it completely until it rots.
Although this thing has been baked into dried sweet potatoes and used as dry food.
But the Ming army did not welcome this kind of military rations.
The most important thing is that the Mongolians are unlikely to accept this stuff, and sweet potatoes cannot be exported!
At present, the population of the entire Liaodong region is not large, only 1.82 million, including 60,000 North Korean workers.
In the 28th year of Wanli, the number of people in Liaodong exceeded 2.5 million, and at its peak, the number even reached 3 million.
Twenty years have passed and the population of Liaodong has not increased but has decreased by more than 30%. This is all caused by the Tatars.
Nowadays, the threat from the Tatars has become much smaller, and the Intelligence Department has also gone to some areas with serious famines to recruit refugees. However, the people of the Ming Dynasty still have a strong rural sentiment, so they have not gained much.
Although the climate in Liaodong this year has been passable and there have been no major disasters for the time being, the temperature this year is obviously lower than in previous years, and the spring sowing time has been delayed by more than ten days than in previous years.
Li Xianzhong knew that the climate in Xiaoglacier would become increasingly abnormal.
So he must prepare to develop the warmer land in the south.
Otherwise, if God comes to nothing, then everything in Liaodong will be reduced to nothing!
At this time, Li Xianzhong came to the newly built Lushun Port, which is a real deep-water port compared to Yingkou.
It will take another two months for Yingkou Shipyard's two latest 800-ton light galenic ships to be launched.
However, he decided not to wait and directly sent a fleet overseas.
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