There are disadvantages to having more sons, such as the cost of marriage! In future generations, if any family wants to have two sons or three sons, they will definitely have a headache over their sons’ marriage. And Chongzhen had more than a hundred sons... Except for one emperor and four princes, they were all county princes who were neither above nor below. We can’t leave the wedding unattended at all!
Fifty thousand yuan is not much to spend on a marriage for a county prince, right? More than a hundred sons are worth tens of millions!
Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty royal family spends money on a lump sum basis. These millions of expenditures cannot be reported to the Ministry of Accounts. Emperor Chongzhen has to come up with it from his own gold and silver. But Chongzhen was a "poor dad" who didn't know how to manage money. In the past few years, he had lost a lot of money by investing in the bottomless pit of the Kingdom of Luzon, and he didn't have much wealth at all. The 350,000 taels obtained from the "sale" of Zhu Cixuan has now been filled into the Kingdom of Luzon. There is really no place to cry!
Now that he heard that Zhu Cixiang was willing to arrange the marriages of twelve younger brothers, Emperor Chongzhen felt warm in his heart - even a traitor has a conscience to find out!
"Grandfather, Emperor," Crown Princess Ding Yuying spoke again at this time, "I heard that a man should first establish a career and then get married, in order to get a good match. If the prince's twelve uncles only have one Guangban County King, I’m afraid it will be difficult to grant a marriage, right?”
Chongzhen thought about it and felt it made sense. He has too many sons, and his value is greatly devalued. The bare king is worthless!
"But how to establish this business?" Chongzhen looked at Zhu Cixiang, "Boss, they are all your biological brothers, you can't ignore them!"
Zhu Cixiang looked unwilling and cast a reproachful look at Ding Yuying - Why are you meddling in other people's business, woman?
Ding Yuying seemed a little confused today and continued to say to Zhu Cixiang: "Father, the Crown Prince will soon lead the army to conquer Ao Bai and Yue Le, but he has just graduated from the martial arts hall and there are not many available people around him, especially It’s because there are no civil servants available... It’s useless to use anyone. I think my own uncles are more reliable than outsiders, right? Why not send all the twelve uncles of the prince to serve in the Northern Expeditionary Army."
Zhu Cixiang seemed a little unhappy, and his tone was quite stern, "Yuying, you are still young and inexperienced, how could you know how difficult it is to be a civil servant in a feudal town? My younger brothers all grew up in the deep palace, and they don't know that people outside are sinister. Northern Xinjiang is also a place for people to harm!"
Ding Yuying was still not convinced and continued to talk back to Zhu Cixiang: "Father, the prince's uncles have graduated from middle school after all. Even if you take the official examination based on your own ability, you can still get a minor official."
Zhu Cixiang was stunned by his daughter-in-law and was speechless for a moment. After a pause, he hummed and said: "The towns of Heilongjiang and Andong will be left to you and your wife. If you mess up, I won't spare you! As for what you want to use My little brother... you have to let your grandpa make the decision on this matter, those are his sons!"
Ding Yuying ignored Emperor Zhu's expression, turned around, smiled and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Grandpa Emperor, please let your twelve sons go out and have some experience!"
Emperor Chongzhen didn't have a good impression of Ding Yuying at first, but seeing her confront Zhu Cixiang today, he was very relieved! The treacherous son also has today! So he immediately felt that this was a good granddaughter-in-law... Since she was a good granddaughter-in-law, of course she had to agree to her request.
"Okay!" Chongzhen said with a cheerful smile, "Aren't there just twelve sons? Here they are for you... Take them all to Heilongjiang and Anton to practice hard. Without practice, you won't be successful!"
Zhu Cixiang still looked unhappy and snorted: "Since the Supreme Emperor has agreed, I have no objection... That's it for now. When I turn around, I will issue an order to transfer twelve senior officers." The prince went to the prince's army to praise Hua's service. Father, do you think this is okay?"
"Okay..." Chongzhen smiled and nodded, but as soon as the words came out, he felt something was wrong.
Twelve sons were handed over like this? Laojiu "sold" 350,000 taels, and shipped 12 pieces at a time. The wholesale price must be 2 million, right? Now why is it handed over to the prince without even paying a penny... This is because he was deceived!
My 12 sons were deceived like this?
Emperor Chongzhen knew something was wrong and wanted to regret it, but how could Zhu Cixiang allow him to regret it? Those were twelve county princes of the Zhu family, and they were all close relatives. They were all old enough to marry and have children, and they all had attended middle school. Although they didn't have any college education, a few of them were good enough to be considered as low-school students.
But as long as you use it in the right place, it still works! For example, use it for marriage... The eldest daughters of rich families in Heilongjiang, Manchuria, Barhu, and Mongolia in Anton must be very fond of these princes. Most of the sons of Emperor Chongzhen are good-looking, even if they are straw bags, they are all beautiful straw bags! It's perfect for marriage. Don't come back after the marriage. Seal land in Heilongjiang and Anton. The two rebels, Ao Bai and Yue Le, and their men own the land. It's a good time to use it now. Granted to 12 idiot kings.
Give each of them a city, that is 12 cities, 6 in Heilongjiang and 6 in Anton, plus Huining, the capital of Heilongjiang, and Vladivostok in Anton—it is not the capital now, but Zhu Cihong plans to make it the capital. Ming Dynasty's control over Heilongjiang and Anton has greatly increased!
So these 12 idiot princes are the trump cards in the hands of Prince Luck and Ding Yuying.
Of course Emperor Zhu couldn't let Chongzhen regret it, so he immediately said to Chongzhen: "Father, there are more and more princes in our Ming Dynasty, and they are becoming less and less valuable. If you don't practice hard, you can get an official position... ..I can’t even find a good match for them!”
Zhu Cixiang was threatening Chongzhen - if you go back on your word, then I will go back on my word too, and I won't care about my brothers' marriages!
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, of course he did not dare to go back on his words, but he was still a little unwilling. "Boss, your brothers are not very capable. They will not be of much use in Heilongjiang and Anton!"
They are of great use! Zhu Cihong said in his heart: It's just that you don't know how to use it... Without them, Heilongjiang and Anton would not be so easy to pacify!
Zhu Cihong said: "Father, in fact, among my brothers, there are still capable people. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth are all pretty good! Now there are sixty or seventy of the older ones, some of whom have finished middle school. There are almost forty people. I will go back and test them one by one, and just select twelve that are worthy of use.
Father, you can't always pamper them and prevent them from going out to practice... Good men are ambitious in all directions, and if they practice more, they may be able to produce a few talents. Otherwise, do you really have the heart to let them guard 3,000 acres of Susukino fields for the rest of their lives? "
Chongzhen was so annoyed that he had to pick three minus four without giving him a penny... This deal was really a loss!
Thinking of this, he glanced at Ding Yuying again, saying that this loss was all on her! This Crown Princess is even smarter than Ni Zi, no wonder Ni Zi likes her so much!
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After seeing off the Nine Princes Zhu Cixiang, singing harmony with the Crown Princess Ding Yuying, and defrauding Emperor Chongzhen's 12 idiot sons, Zhu Cixiang happily returned to Laoshan Palace.
Because he still wanted to explain the Northern Expedition and the marriage, he took Zhu Hexing and Ding Yuying back to the Huangji Palace. When the three people walked into the Huangji Hall talking and laughing, they found that Chief Assistant Wei Zaode, Military Advisor Yan Yingyuan, Jinyiwei Commander Zhu Chunjie, Minister of War Li Yan and Ning Fei Ajige were all waiting there.
This combination is a bit strange...Why did Ajige come to Huangji Palace? She hasn't been demoted to a slave yet! Fan Anu hasn't gotten married yet, and the emperor's personal servant's seat hasn't been vacated for her yet!
"Ajige, what happened?" Zhu Cixiang did not ask several ministers, but asked about Ajige who was paying a blessing to him.
"Long live my lord," Ajige said, "I have just received an urgent report from Anton. Deputy Governor Yue Le transferred all his family members, confidants, and soldiers to Heilongjiang in early September, and took them away The money in the Jianzhou treasury and the horses and mules kept in the Xingkai Lake Racecourse... In addition, the Anton Festival Division also reported that the Rakshasa soldiers invaded Yaksa City from Nerchinsk, and Yue Le I went north to Heilongjiang to support the Heilongjiang Protectorate in fighting the enemy."
