Chapter 77. Considerations and plans.
When Liu Zimin left the study, Zhao Junchen also put down the booklet in his hand - in fact, he had already read this booklet, holding it in his hand was just a disguise - and took out a thin booklet , open it and take a closer look.
The book records some basic information about Emperor Deqing's legitimate sons, including the adult princes who have been crowned kings and left the capital, as well as the young princes who are still in the capital.
Today, Zhao Junchen does not yet have a complete and effective intelligence network, and he does not want to go to great lengths to attract attention when collecting information, so he can only collect some basic information, such as the age of the princes, their personalities, etc. Evaluation of talents, superficial relationship network, mother's family power, etc.
For Zhao Junchen, Zhu Hejian is too scheming and is not a good support object. Although he does not mind cooperating with him, it is only temporary. If Zhu Hejian gradually becomes more powerful, for Zhao Junchen It's hard to say whether it's a help or a threat.
Therefore, while Zhao Junchen was collecting information about Zhu Hejian, he also collected information about other princes.
Although it was only very basic information, it was enough for Zhao Junchen to get a lot of useful things.
Among them, the most useful news is nothing more than two points.
First of all, although Emperor Deqing had many sons, the maternal families of these princes and princes, without exception, had nothing worth mentioning. Although there were a few well-known concubines in the harem whose families were not low in power. The favor of Emperor Deqing, but for so many years, no one has been able to conceive with royal blood!
Regarding this, Zhao Junchen did not think that it was just a coincidence. The purpose was also obvious, and it was nothing more than to guard against the influence of his relatives.
In fact, in the middle and early Ming Dynasty, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty would not even choose women from official or noble families as concubines. In the early days, the quality of the concubines in the harem was extremely low. Today, although such unspoken rules have changed, I still want to be careful in the harem.
Secondly, and most importantly, the youngest prince of Emperor Deqing is still less than two years old. Reminiscing that Emperor Deqing has always paid attention to health care, and recently even planned to hold a draft to enrich the harem, it seems to mean that although Emperor Deqing is getting older, he is getting stronger and stronger, and he is still able to have children today.
These conclusions can be said to be both good and bad for Zhao Junchen.
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Zhao Junchen closed the book in his hand and frowned thoughtfully.
There was no prince in the book that could attract his attention. However, these information reminded Zhao Junchen of something more profound.
Previously, Emperor Deqing had promised Zhao Junchen that Zhao Junchen could select a woman of suitable age from his mother's Zhao family to be sent to the harem when the harem draft was held again, and Emperor Deqing would give her a noble status.
At that time, Zhao Junchen was still tempted. After all, based on Zhao Junchen's understanding of Emperor Deqing, it would not be difficult for the Zhao family girls to please Emperor Deqing as long as they were trained properly. If Zhao Junchen could bribe some more It is very possible for the eunuchs concerned to make this Zhao family woman pregnant with royal blood in a short period of time and eventually give birth to a prince.
If that's the case, as long as he is properly prepared, it will be enough to make Zhao Junchen determined to take risks.
But now after reading this information, Zhao Junchen found that his idea was probably going to end in vain. Because of his own existence, even if Emperor Deqing doted on the Zhao women in the future, he would never let the Zhao women. The one who gave birth to royal offspring.
"However, if Emperor Deqing still has the ability to have children, this route may not be possible and he cannot give it a try. Although a girl from the Zhao family cannot give birth to a royal descendant, but if her identity is not a girl from the Zhao family..."
While muttering to himself, Zhao Junchen picked up the rabbit hair on the desk and wrote the four words "hiding the truth from the sky" on a piece of rice paper, and then stared at these four words and thought about it non-stop.
While Zhao Junchen was thinking secretly, Xu Qingyan pushed the door open and entered.
"Master, everything is ready. I gave Liu Zimin five thousand taels of silver notes, and sent Zhao He and Zhao Xuan to him as book boys. Although Zhao He and Zhao Xuan are not old, they are also We, the Zhao family, are old men and have always been loyal to the young master. With the two of them watching, we are not afraid that Liu Zimin will do something secretly."
After hearing Xu Qingyan's report, Zhao Junchen nodded. These things had been arranged for a long time. Zhao Junchen didn't care, but suddenly said: "By the way, do you know anything about the Zhao family?"
Xu Qingyan was slightly stunned and asked: "Zhao family? Which Zhao family?"
Seeing Zhao Junchen frown slightly, he seemed to be hesitant. After a moment, Xu Qingyan understood what Zhao Junchen meant and hesitated: "Master, do you mean the Zhao family over there in Yangzhou?"
Zhao Junchen nodded and said, "That's where my mother's house is."
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Xu Qingyan also shook his head and said: "I don't know much about the situation over there. Because of what happened back then, young master, you have never wanted to see them. Since the young master entered the court as an official, at the beginning, they were He would often send people to contact him, hoping to restore friendship with the young master, but he drove all those people away without saying a few words. Speaking of which, no one was sent to see the young master for more than a year. So I don’t know much about the situation there, I only know that it’s just a big clan with a lot of people, and it also has some influence in Yangzhou.”
Speaking of this, Xu Qingyan looked at Zhao Junchen strangely, wondering why Zhao Junchen suddenly mentioned the Zhao family.
After Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment, he murmured to himself: "In this case, we can't put this matter off forever. We need to prepare as soon as possible."
At this point, Zhao Junchen raised his head and said to Xu Qingyan: "Qingyan, send someone to send a message to the Zhao family, saying that His Majesty now intends to select a woman of suitable age from the Zhao family to enter the palace. You ask them to All the girls in the Zhao family who have not yet left the court are gathered together. Don’t delay. As long as they are related to each other, don’t leave out any of them. Those who are engaged should break off their engagements, and those who have sweethearts should break up. In short, after I accompanied me on my southern tour, we arrived at Yangzhou. Bian will personally select suitable candidates among them."
In fact, Zhao Junchen was not so urgent at first to select girls of the right age from the Zhao family to send to the palace. However, as a plan formed in his mind, Zhao Junchen discovered that this candidate for the palace had various qualities. But it was extremely high. Zhao Junchen was not sure whether he could pick a suitable candidate, so he had to make preparations early and try to expand the scope of choices.
On the other side, hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Xu Qingyan couldn't help but be shocked. Zhao Junchen had been hiding the fact that Emperor Deqing wanted to select girls of suitable age from the Zhao family to enter the palace. Now this was the first time he told him that he understood how important it was. Xu Qingyan didn't dare to delay, so he left quickly.
However, before leaving, Xu Qingyan suddenly remembered something, stopped, turned around and said to Zhao Junchen: "Master, we haven't had contact with the Zhao family for many years, and we have also driven them away over the years. There are quite a few of them, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have broken all ties with each other. If we rush to send a message, will they listen to us?"
Hearing what Xu Qingyan said, Zhao Junchen looked at Xu Qingyan with a half-smile but said nothing.
After a while, Xu Qingyan suddenly figured out something, looked embarrassed and said, "I was confused. Don't worry, young master, they will definitely listen."
As he spoke, Xu Qingyan realized that he had asked a stupid question. Now that Zhao Junchen has a high position of power, he took the initiative to contact the Zhao family this time. From the Zhao family's perspective, it was a great opportunity to repair the relationship with Zhao Junchen. How? Will you miss it again? Even if the Zhao family was resentful because of Zhao Junchen's attitude over the years, with Zhao Junchen's current power, it would be easy to force them to submit.
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