"Father, my daughter-in-law came here today to discuss with Empress Nissa about choosing a concubine for the Crown Prince..."
When Ding Yuying explained her intention to Emperor Zhu Da, she felt a little uncomfortable. She and Prince Luck were originally a good couple, but now it seemed that a third party was about to get involved! And this third party has to be found by Ding Yuying... Of course, this third party must be a woman!
Zhu Cixi also understands his daughter-in-law's thoughts very well - even though he has so many women in his harem, that is not what he wants, mainly because he has no choice! Being an emperor is a hard job day and night. You have to work hard on world affairs during the day, and you can't have a good rest at night. There are so many beauties in the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard... If you don't want to have fun, this emperor Isn’t it a loss?
Moreover, the woman Ding Yuying wants to choose now is not the woman who is serving the king, but her own substitute!
Because in the power map that Zhu Cixi arranged for future generations, the "emperor's woman" played a very important role. Therefore, the prince cannot only have one Ding Yuying, but must have several women like Ding Yuying, so that when number one Ding Yuying falls, number two and number three can be substituted.
"No. 2" and "No. 3" must also pass various assessments and selections before entering Jinling Women's University. However, as long as Ding Yuying does not fall, Zhu Cixiang will not personally train "No. 2" and "No. 3". In principle, he will not participate in the selection of "No. 2" and "No. 3"... Selection The work of cultivating the Crown Princess's successor is all the responsibility of the current Crown Princess Ding Yuying!
"Yuying," Zhu Cixiang noticed something unusual in Ding Yuying's expression, so he asked with a smile, "Is there anything difficult? Tell me!"
Ding Yuying glanced at Princess Nesa, who smiled and said: "Long live my lord, the Crown Princess's sister also participated in this primary election for women's major, and she did well and ranked among the best!"
"Oh..." Zhu Cihong remembered that Ding Yuying did have a girl named Ding Yuru, who seemed to be five or six years younger than Ding Yuying. It was time to get married now.
"Really?" Zhu Cixiang smiled and nodded, looking at Ding Yuying, "You yourself know why you chose a concubine for the prince... Yuying, in fact, I am very satisfied with you, and the prince also treats you wholeheartedly. . However, no one who eats grains can guarantee that they will not get sick or suffer disaster. If you really have an emergency, someone must guard the prince and Yipu for you. You choose this person, as long as he can survive with his true ability. For big exams, I will support whoever you choose."
Choosing the Crown Princess is obviously based on merit, but in reality it is still a power game. The exam is a qualification. After the exam, how to choose is a matter for those in power to weigh the pros and cons.
If Ding Yuying and Ding Yuru can really work together as sisters, and Ding Yuru is as capable as her sister, then there is nothing wrong with making Ding Yuru the crown prince's concubine - at least it is better than choosing someone from a wealthy family like the Wu family or the Zheng family.
When selecting people from wealthy families, both Ding Yuying and Zhu Yipu would be in danger... But by choosing Ding Yuru, those wealthy families would be at peace without thinking about it.
Of course, the premise is that the two sisters of the Ding family cannot bite dogs!
This depends on their political wisdom...
After receiving Zhu Cixiang's words, Ding Yuying was relieved - the good luck prince listened to her, and her sister Ding Yuru was also a smart girl. She knew that only sisters who work together can continue to play in this chess game of power.
And since Ding Yuying has entered the game, Ding Yuru has no way out... she can only play with her sister, and play well and wonderfully!
After talking about choosing a concubine for the prince, Ding Yuying stood up and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Zhu Cihong.
"Yuying, don't leave yet." Zhu Cihong said, "I want to talk to Nisha about a major military matter in the world. The prince is coming soon... You can stay and listen together."
During this period, Ding Yuying was busy choosing a concubine for the prince. After Prince Luck returned to Beijing, he was assigned to the Military Advisor's Office and served as the Chief Staff Officer of the Military Intelligence Department of the Military Advisor's Office (equivalent to the Army Staff Department), in charge of military intelligence - —The position is not high and the power is not great, but he can master a lot of information. Not only can you understand all aspects of the Ming Dynasty's army, but you can also know about international affairs.
After serving as the head of army intelligence, Prince Luck should be able to understand the situation of the army very well.
As for instigating India to support the Ottoman Empire's colonization of Europe, the Military Intelligence Division of the Army's Military Participation Department certainly had to be involved. So Prince Luck, who had become a great spy, also received a summons from Emperor Zhu, rode into the palace (Laoshan Palace covers an extremely large area, and riding horses is allowed in the palace), and soon arrived at Princess Nesa's Red Castle. She was taken into the map room in the Red Castle by Princess Nissa's Pujarat maid.
After the prince greeted him, Zhu Cihong looked at his son and said, "Prince, let's talk about the battle situation in Xiaoxiyang..."
Prince Zhu's face suddenly changed. He was smiling just now and seemed to be in a good mood (of course, his sister-in-law Ding Yuru is going to be his soon, can he be in a bad mood?), but now he suddenly became worried - —This is called changing faces faster than turning the pages of a book. Prince Luck has indeed made progress in these years!
In addition, when Zhu Cihong summoned Prince Luck, he had already brought the records of the previous military meeting between the two governments.
So Prince Luck already knew that his father was going to cheat his Indian father-in-law out of his silver rupees.
"The navy suffered a loss in the Myeik Islands, losing 8 warships and more than 2,000 people..." Zhu Hexing had a look of pain on his face when he spoke!
8 battleships! We also lost more than 2,000 people (there were many people on the galley, but the oarsmen were all indigenous indentured slaves bought from the Republic of Batavia). What a tragedy!
Ding Yuying added on the side: "This is all to help our friend Tianzhu Timurid!"
Princess Nisha was also a sensible woman. She understood immediately and said to Emperor Zhu: "Long live Lord, we can't let so many true friends of Tianzhu die in vain... My father must pay for the compensation." , I will write to him immediately and ask him to pay."
"No, no..." Zhu Cixiang waved his hand quickly, "Now Ming Dynasty and Tianzhu are allies... Allies can't be so fussy about each other."
"Long live my lord," Princess Nesa said with a smile, "This is not about being fussy, this is what Tianzhu should do... Besides, with Tianzhu's wealth, this little money is not a problem."
Aurangzeb is rich!
But Zhu Cixiang wants more than just money now...
"Now is not the time to talk about this." Zhu Cixiang still refused to quote, and after speaking, he winked at Prince Luck.
Zhu Hexing said: "Money is a trivial matter... The real trouble now is that the French, Dutch and bandits have joined forces to occupy the Antoine Mountains, the Myeik Islands, and also built a castle on the New Ryukyu Island. Completely blocking the westward approach from Malacca.
Judging from this posture, we are going to cut off the connection between us and Tianzhu first, and then the three families will join forces to carve up Tianzhu! "
"Dividing Tianzhu..." Princess Nesa's face changed a little, "Is there such a possibility?"
Zhu Hexing nodded: "It's possible, and it's very big!"
"But France and the Netherlands are so far away from Tianzhu..."
"But the rogues are very close to Tianzhu!" Zhu Hexing frowned and said, "According to reliable information, the Duke of Orleans, the younger brother of the King of France, has arrived at Haidu Port with thousands of French officers and master craftsmen. He is ready to help train the rogues. 200,000 European-style new troops, and then a full-scale invasion of Tianzhu... and the Netherlands will provide fleets and merchant ships to transport the new troops trained by France and rogue pirates to the coast of Tianzhu."
"It's too scary!" Princess Nesa turned to look at Emperor Zhu, tears began to flash in her bright eyes. She has a very deep affection for the people of Tianzhu, and she has an annuity of millions of silver rupees a year!
Zhu Cixiang frowned and looked very anxious, "Now the sea route to Tianzhu has been blocked... Our navy can't rush through it! And even if it rushes into Xiaoxiyang, it's impossible to fight. We can destroy the French and Dutch combined fleet. They have so many military ports on the coast of the Little Western Ocean where they can divide their forces and avoid them. Our large fleet can't fight even if it goes there, so we can only retreat. Once the new army of the rogue bandits is trained, Tianzhu Timu will be able to destroy it. The empire is really in danger.
At that time, we won’t just grab a handful and leave, but we will really divide the empire of Timur! "
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