After the palace examination, Zhu Qiyu gave the courtiers a three-day holiday.
Everyone has a good rest for three days, and then the papers will be reviewed and the results will be published. Shujishi and Hanlin Academy will be selected to compile and edit the papers.
Different from previous imperial examinations, Zhu Qiyu also had to select a group of middle school students.
According to current experience, going to the Hanlin Academy is obviously not as good as following the emperor as a scholar.
The Hanlin Academy was a noble yamen, and Zhongshu Sheren was responsible for handling government affairs for the emperor as soon as he came up.
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On March 18th, early in the morning, the weather was fine.
Zhu Qiyu got up early and ran to serve his beloved concubine and eldest son.
What made Zhu Qiyu stunned was that as soon as he entered the inner room, he saw that Lin Xiangyu had already gotten up and walked around.
Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "Little princess, are you in such good health that you are already bouncing around in just three days?"
Lin Xiangyu said with a smile: "It's all because of your husband's consideration. After lying down with a big belly for several months, I'm finally as light as a swallow again, so I can't move around quickly.
The slave family must recover quickly so that they can compete with their sisters for favor. "
Zhu Qiyu nodded, fight, fight, she got pregnant again after not being able to fight for three months.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xiangyu continued to act coquettishly: "I want to discuss something with my husband. The slave family doesn't want to have any more children in the past few years. I wonder if Mr. Dao can agree?"
Zhu Qiyu was stunned at first, thought for a moment, and then nodded very firmly: "If you don't want to give birth, let's give birth. My favorite concubine has a big belly all day long and cannot sleep with her. In fact, I am also suffering.
Anyway, I already have my eldest son, so I don’t have to worry about the rest. I can have a baby if I want to, and forget it if I don’t want to have another baby. "
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, the other beloved concubines also responded.
Zhu Qiyu nodded and agreed.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Qiyu continued to add: "You will give birth to ten princes in total, and I will raise them all in peace.
Xuanzong only had two sons, so he lived a good life.
Now that the throne of our family has been consolidated so quickly, it seems that there is no need to have too many princes.
If dozens of sons were born, our family would not be able to support them, the court would not be able to support them, and the people would not be able to bear it.
Forget it, forget it, the princess is right, let’s control birth control. "
Even if you become an emperor, you have to go through a process from youth to maturity.
Many of Zhu Qiyu's ideas when he first became emperor have changed a lot now.
For example, at the beginning, Zhu Qiyu did not even intend to change the crown prince, but now his mind has completely changed. Besides, even if I don’t want to change the crown prince, can so many of my cronies agree?
Especially the distinguished families such as An Guogong, Wu Dinghou, and Chengshan Hou, everyone put their heads on their waists and followed the emperor to risk their lives, not just to see you pass the throne to Zhu Jianshen.
If Zhu Qiyu really dares to insist on the idea of Zhu Jianshen succeeding to the throne, in ten years, when his eldest son can succeed to the throne, these cronies may really be able to send His Majesty the emperor to ascend the throne.
Besides, just looking at Chenghua’s history, his ability is indeed pretty good. But if you look at the father and son Chenghua and Hongzhi together, it will have a completely negative effect on the Ming Dynasty.
Chenghua fought hard to get back fifty from the ministers, but Hongzhi dared to give away one hundred.
In the end, when the achievements of Chenghua and Hongzhi were totaled, not only did they get nothing back, but they also paid out fifty percent.
The reason why the emperors in the middle and late Ming Dynasty lived such a miserable life was that many of the scandals were laid by Yingzong and Xiaozong.
Xuanzong, Yingzong, Xianzong and Xiaozong, there were three mine-laying masters in four generations.
Zhu Qiyu felt that it was not too much to plan ahead and completely seize this imperial lineage.
Zhu Qiyu was thinking wildly when Qianxue and Suxi also walked in from outside.
Seeing that Qianxue's first action when she came in was to look at him sympathetically, Zhu Qiyu knew it was over. After the beloved concubines became intimately connected with him, they all became particularly clingy, and their eyes were always filled with love.
Once Qianxue's look just now appeared, it meant trouble was coming.
Sure enough, Qianxue smiled happily and said: "Husband, there are Li Fang and Li Mao, the sons of Princess Lin'an, who are looking for an audience with the former Duke of Wei."
"The son of Princess Lin'an? The wife of the previous Duke of Wei? Is she the widow of Xu Xianzong? What's the use of them seeing me? Why don't you just send them away for me?"
Zhu Qiyu was a little helpless. Being an emperor not only has rights, but also responsibilities and obligations. These countless royal relatives and nobles all have to be served and taken care of.
The imperial court is the same as the Jianghu. It's not just about fighting and killing, but it also has to be about human relations.
Qianxue smiled helplessly: "The slave family also wants to take care of the husband's worries, but people feel that a little princess in the slave family is not qualified to speak on behalf of the husband."
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and he was about to have an attack.
Qianxue quickly explained: "The slave family is joking. Their attitude is very sincere. They just want to see their husband's golden face."
Zhu Qiyu reluctantly nodded, and first took Qianxue and Suxi to see the eldest princess of Yongjia.
At this time, the eldest princess of Yongjia is still in the palace of Prince Qi, and will not leave until the prince's 100th birthday.
An old house where a treasure.
Zhu Qiyu is young, how can he know the twists and turns in the homes of various nobles.
Zhu Qiyu just came out to meet the guests after getting an overview of the family situation of Princess Lin'an and the previous Duke of Wei, Xu Xianzong, from Princess Yongjia.
After all, Mrs. Wei Guogong of the previous generation was a widow. In order to avoid suspicion, Zhu Qiyu, accompanied by Concubine Wu, Qianxue and Su Xi, summoned Li Fang, Li Mao and Mrs. Wei Guogong at the same time.
After everyone exchanged greetings, they got down to business.
Xu Xianzong and Xu Chengzong are both great-grandsons of Zhongshan King Xu Da.
Xu Xianzong had no children, and after his death, the title fell to his younger brother Xu Chengzong.
Mrs. Xu Xianzong in front of her has no children and has no one to rely on. She is a widow at home and has nothing to do, which is a bit redundant. Just before that, Mu Bin, the Duke of Guizhou, passed away, leaving only his son Mu Cong, who was less than one year old.
Mrs. Xu Xianzong proposed to Zhu Qiyu that she wanted to take Mu Cong, the future Duke of Guizhou, into her care.
Zhu Qiyu was a little helpless. The future Duke of Guizhou had become a favorite.
After being stunned for a while, Zhu Qiyu asked very kindly: "Where does Madam live now? I have ordered my personal guards to go to Yunnan to pick up Mu Cong and educate him personally.
Does Madam want to take Mu Cong back to Nanjing or stay in Beijing to raise him? "
Mrs. Xu returned: "I am currently living with my brother-in-law in the Dingguo Palace. If your Majesty allows me, I would like to stay in Beijing and raise Mu Cong."
Zhu Qiyu nodded. If Mrs. Xu wanted to take Mu Cong back to Nanjing, she would definitely not agree to it.
But if Mrs. Xu stays in Beijing, there is no reason to completely reject her.
Although I don't know what the current customs are, Zhu Qiyu has read "A Dream of Red Mansions". As the uncle's family, there is no problem in the Jia family adopting the niece Lin Daiyu; as the aunt's family, there is no problem in Mrs. Wang's aunt's family taking in the niece Xue Baochai.
Now, as Mrs. Xu's aunt, she has to raise her nephew, so there doesn't seem to be any problem.
Since Zhu Qiyu has ordered people to take Mu Cong to the capital, and the person closest to Mu Cong in the capital is Mrs. Xu in front of him, there is no reason why he should not be allowed to raise her.
Zhu Qiyu picked up the jade cup and sipped the tea slowly, taking advantage of this time to get his brain working rapidly.
After turning a few more corners, Zhu Qiyu began to understand the deeper meaning of this: it was probably not just Mrs. Xu's personal wish to raise Mu Cong, but the joint decision of Wei Guogong and Ding Guogong. Is this the Duke of Wei trying to show his favor to him?
(End of chapter)
