"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! The prince is six pounds and a half, and the good concubine, mother and son are safe!"
In the Forbidden City, eight hours had passed since there were signs until now, and the good news finally reached the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Houcong stood up excitedly: "Everyone has a reward, let's go to Chang'an Palace!"
The sex of the child cannot be confirmed until the child is born. If the child is born as a son, half of the country's foundation has been stabilized.
The child weighs six pounds and a half, which also shows that the prince is healthy.
One pound at this time is equivalent to one pound and two taels five hundred years later. In other words, the child weighed seven pounds when he was born, was full-term and strong enough.
The good news had spread throughout the palace. When Zhu Houcong arrived at Chang'an Palace, Empress Dowager Jiang and Sun Ming were already there.
Seeing Zhu Houcong's arrival, people knelt down and congratulated him inside and outside the house.
Sun Ming looked at the fat boy who was carried out with envy. It was not convenient for her to come before the baby was born. But now that the birth has been completed, no one would say anything if she, the queen, came to visit.
"Come, let me hug you!"
Empress Dowager Jiang was startled: "Where can the emperor hold a child?"
"What's wrong with this?"
Zhu Houcong looked at his cleaned and wrapped son, who was still crying. After he reached over, the wet nurse arranged by Empress Dowager Jiang could only be handed over to him carefully.
Empress Dowager Jiang and Sun Ming saw Zhu Houhuan shaking his sleeves and rolling up his sleeves, and skillfully holding the child in his arms, shaking his arms from side to side.
He really knows how to hug.
The newborn baby couldn't see clearly, so Zhu Houcong said softly: "Are you hungry? Let's go find your mother."
After that, he walked towards Sun Ming and said to her with a smile as he passed by: "Don't be anxious, it will happen sooner or later. Let's go and see Qingping together."
I don't know whether it was because he returned to his mother, or whether it was because Zhu Houcong held him, shook him slightly and made cooing noises, the child gradually stopped crying.
Lin Qingping lay weakly on the bed, her face a little pale, but there was a happy smile on her lips.
She was also surprised to see the emperor hugging him properly.
"Let him suck more, and you should feed him more. It's good for your health."
Empress Dowager Jiang and Sun Ming only listened to the emperor muttering about how to take care of the baby, including how to "massage" the baby with his hands.
Zhu Houcong had seen Zhu Houcong in the hospital ward before traveling through time, and he had also taken care of babies. The emperor, who now had "extreme knowledge", couldn't help but give instructions.
The maids serving in Chang'an Palace and the wet nurse responsible for taking care of the children were stunned.
As he talked, Zhu Houcong also recalled his original identity after traveling several years ago, and his emotions were quite complicated for a while.
Looking at Lin Qingping, he said softly: "Thank you for your hard work."
"...Concubine..." Lin Qingping was very moved when she heard that he cared so much about the child. She was choked with sobs and didn't know what to say.
"Have a good rest." Zhu Houcong looked at her son who was lying back next to her and said, "I have already thought of a name. Let's call him Zai'an."
According to the rules of the old Zhu family, Zhu Houcong's son was of the generation with the character Zai, and his name had to be a rare character next to the character Obito.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name. I wonder... what does the word "庺" mean?"
Zhu Houcong smiled and said: ""Zhuangzi Qiu Shui Pian" says, Fu Jing means small and micro; Ya means Yin, which means big. Ya means big, so it is appropriate to use it as the name of the eldest son. Also, Ya means blank. Also, he will make molds for bricks, pottery, and porcelain, hoping that he can set an example for other princes in the future. Also, with the intention of outer city, I will protect my brothers in the future."
After saying one, two, three, Lin Qingping knew that this name had a profound meaning. His Majesty had thought about it carefully, and she nodded happily.
"When the queen gives birth to a prince, she should be like a city guarding the Ming Dynasty in the future." Zhu Houcong said again, and then looked at Sun Ming, "When you are pregnant, after you are pregnant, you should be like a good concubine, taking the right amount. Move around. Look, it’s six pounds and five taels, and the Concubine Xian is safe and sound."
Sun Ming understood the meaning of his words and nodded enviously: "I will come to consult the virtuous concubine from time to time."
"Have a good rest." Zhu Houcong stood up, gave instructions to the others, and finally said, "Everyone will be rewarded. Take good care of the prince."
After that, he took Sun Ming back to Kunning Palace and said on the way: "The more you care about it, I'm afraid it will be counterproductive. Just enjoy the pleasure of the boudoir."
"...Yes." Sun Ming was in a complicated mood, wondering if it was time to try those particularly embarrassing methods.
His Majesty said that the more devoted she is, the easier it will be for her to conceive.
Seeing how knowledgeable he was on how to take care of babies today, Sun Ming felt that he still had to listen to the emperor.
The results of the war in Guangdong have not been reported yet, but Zhang Fujing said that the Portuguese still wanted to discuss trade, and the urgent report that he decided to annihilate them at the minimum cost by pretending to be a coward has reached the capital. Zhu Houcong believed in Zhang Fujing's ability, so today was a double blessing. .
The next day, the news of the successful birth of Prince Zhu Zai'an spread throughout the outer court and the capital, and there was joy inside and outside the palace.
Yang Tinghe and others felt a lot more reassured. It has only been two years since he ascended the throne, and the emperor already has a son. It will definitely not be difficult for his heirs in the future.
If another legitimate son is born, it will be stable and stable.
Ten days later, Lubu Feijie from Guangdong also reached the capital.
"The entire Guangdong army worked together to defeat the invading Western enemies, capture warships and countless treasures, kill more than a thousand people in formation, and more than 50 people including the Yi chieftain were captured alive and are being escorted to Beijing to be presented as prisoners!"
The good news that came all the way from Guangdong to Beijing was held high by the person who summoned him, and he rode all the way to the palace. He kept repeating the core content of the good news.
The good news was quickly delivered to the palace, and the imperial study room had been moved to the completed Yangxin Hall.
The counselors were overjoyed and knelt down one by one to congratulate the emperor. At the same time, they thought that Zhang Fujing had won another victory and the situation in Guangdong was stabilized.
Zhu Houhuan repeatedly said yes, and at the same time looked at the content of the battle report in detail.
The process of how Zhang Fujing led Sun Jiao and others to trick the Portuguese into believing that the Ming Dynasty indeed intended to trade with them was presented in detail. Zhu Houcong admired Zhang Fujing's shamelessness very much.
What etiquette should you tell the Portuguese? Solving them at the minimum cost is the right thing to do.
Even if I want to trade in the future, I have to conquer them first. Information from the Foreign Inspectorate in Nanyang was also sent to the capital from time to time. Zhu Houcong knew that these seventeen ships were of considerable importance to the Portuguese's military deployment in India and Nanyang.
Once again there is no return, and next time I don’t know how many warships will be organized to come, or maybe I will completely change my attitude.
For the time being, Zhu Houcong did not need the sea trade company to make much money from trading with the Portuguese. It would be better to wait for work and eliminate more of their manpower. In the future, if the throat of Manlajia is strangled, there will be a steady stream of cash machines.
General Alfonso of the Portuguese fleet and many merchants, craftsmen and other useful people were captured. Although three clippers still escaped, it was harmless.
The warships, guns, ammunition, and goods captured this time were a great wealth.
Zhu Houcong was about to ask them to discuss the reward when another urgent message was sent outside the Yangxin Hall.
Seeing Huang Jin holding the memorial to the emperor with a very uneasy expression, Yang Ting and the others didn't know what was going on.
After Zhu Houcong opened it and took a look, his face darkened, and then he became more and more angry.
"...Your Majesty?" Yang Tinghe asked.
Zhu Houcong briefly read the memorial and handed it to Huang Jin: "The Japanese mission fought in Ningbo, and more than a hundred people seemed to be in no one's land! Now they have fled from Ningbo to Shaoxing, burning, killing and looting all the way. Ningbo Guards Commander Yuan Jingjing They were kidnapped, and many soldiers from thousands of households, hundreds of households, and banner schools were killed in the battle! There are only more than a hundred people, what do people all over Zhejiang do to eat!"
Everyone's heart sank when they heard this.
Guangdong was victorious, but Zhejiang was messed up like this by a mere Japanese mission?
When Yang Tinghe opened the memorial, he saw that it was Xie Changjie's apology, describing the cause and result in detail.
After retrieving the weapons from Zong Sheqiandao's brazen attack on Shibo Si Dongku, things got out of hand overnight.
It is true that the Municipal Shipping Department was unable to pursue this group of wandering Japanese pirates, but the performance of local officials and generals in Ningbo was really eye-catching.
Shibosi listened to Song Suqing's words and returned the weapons to them, which was one of the incentives, so Xie Changjie had to plead guilty.
I heard that Zongshe Qiandao and his group had killed Luangang Ruizuo, but Song Suqing had fled to Shaoxing, and Zongshe Qiandao led his men to pursue him.
"Your Majesty, please give the order immediately..."
"It's too late! It all depends on how the local people in Zhejiang deal with it. By the time the order arrives, either the person has been captured or has escaped."
Zhu Houcong told the truth. At least more than half a month has passed since the news came and went. It was too late to direct how to deal with the chaos itself. The other party only has about a hundred people, and they definitely don't dare to stay in the Ming Dynasty for any longer.
Having said that, the decree ordering the local government to capture or kill him must be sent out first and urgently delivered to Zhejiang.
Jiang Mian, who had returned to Beijing, said after reading the story: "The fact that Song Suqing pointed out the traitor Fang Muxian made everyone in the Shipping Department more scrupulous. Your Majesty, this person may be hiding evil intentions and stirring up trouble. We must capture him." Send to Beijing."
Zhu Houcong nodded, secretly scolding Xie Changjie for being unsatisfactory and Ryan for being confused.
He is the emperor, after all, he cannot think too much like a minister. No matter what Song Suqing's purpose was, Xie Changjie and Ryan were persuaded.
Although they gave Song Suqing and others weapons, the fact that Zong Sheqian Dao was so rampant was indeed beyond their expectation.
"It can be seen how despised the Southeast Guard and the officials and people have been! There are only a hundred people..." This is the most unacceptable point for Zhu Houcong. "If they cause chaos in the city, what does the Ningbo Prefecture do? What does the Ningbo Guard do? ? He actually allowed the thieves to escape from the city, and then burned, killed, and looted all the way to Shaoxing!"
Yang Tinghe coughed and suddenly said: "Your Majesty... this matter involves the traitor Fang Muxian. The Japanese pirates are so rampant, and Song Suqing and Zong Sheqiandao are citizens of the Ming Dynasty. This matter may be used to make a fuss in the southeast. …”
Zhu Houcong's mood, which was temporarily disturbed by the key information about Japan and more than a hundred people, was calmed down a lot by Yang Tinghe's words.
Regardless of the reason, the two Japanese missions to the Ming Dynasty had Ming people serving as envoys. This extremely embarrassing Japanese invasion was indeed a reason.
He looked at Yang Tinghe, and then saw Wang Qiong and others thoughtful.
The Japanese mission was causing trouble in the Ming Dynasty. With its current strength, apart from capturing them, it was naturally impossible to conduct an expedition. Japan was a "country that does not conquer".
What they are thinking about should be the new law.
Now that the country is firmly established, the new law is even more necessary for Yang Ting and them.
Jiang Mian said: "Guangdong is not a tax-rich area. The year before last, Zhang Maogong took advantage of the Tuenmen War to recruit important officials from Guangdong and Guangdong. It took more than a year and many reasons to gain momentum in Guangdong. However, in the southeastern tax-rich area, the gentry accounts for nearly half of the world. In the future, if The new law in Guangdong has been successful, but the obstacles to its implementation in other provinces cannot be underestimated. This time, the Japanese mission was used to carry out Japanese pirates and the reasons for the poor local defense should be investigated and punished!"
Yang Tinghe added: "We need to make Fei Zichong borrow money to cause trouble."
"How dare more than a hundred Japanese pirates do this? If there is anyone in the southeast who relies on them, they should be found out!"
Zhu Houcong closed his eyes and meditated.
Southeast's killing of officials the year before last ended with the main focus on appeasing Southeast.
During the hurricane disaster last year, Jiang Mian went south to comfort and suppress the situation.
What will happen to Southeast this year when faced with this matter?
Zhu Houcong opened his eyes: "Except for the previous decree, let's wait and see. Southeast Memorials are better than urgent reports. When their memorials come, let's see what Zhejiang and South Zhili have to say."
Everyone saw the coldness in his eyes, and the emperor's uncontrollable anger fell into their hearts.
Just after the prince was born, something like this happened in Zhejiang that even more than a hundred Japanese pirates could not control. How many people in the southeast will be needed to quell the emperor's anger this time?
Between Ningbo and Shaoxing, a village is in shambles. At this moment, the ground is covered with grass and the sound of crying is loud.
This is the village that the Japanese pirates went to Shaoxing City and plundered. Those who have returned now are villagers, or relatives and friends who were not in the village that night.
Every family is planning a funeral.
"We pay food and money every year, can't the officers and soldiers even stop hundreds of Japanese pirates?" A man in his early twenties said with tears in his eyes, filled with grief and anger, "My third uncle's family of seven members! They were all killed!"
"What a fool. I heard that those Japanese pirates ran away and left a hundred or so people in the city. Why didn't the government arrest them?"
"Go and ask for an explanation! Those evil thieves, why haven't you arrested them and killed them!"
In Ningbo City, many people gathered at the gate of the government office.
"With so many officers and soldiers in the city, why did the Japanese pirates who killed a thousand swords come back and robbed our boat and escaped?"
"There are still so many Japanese bandits, why not kill them? We don't agree!"
"Hand over the dog officer of the Shipping Department!"
The government servants at the gate of the government office all had angry faces: "What's going on? The inspector is already here, the government office will take care of it! If you make trouble at the gate of the government office, be careful that I will arrest you all and put you in jail!"
"Damn it, you dare to attack us! Why didn't you catch the Japanese pirates? How did you let them go out of the city and come back? There are hundreds of people, even we common people caught them together!"
"You don't understand, do you? They're all copycats, so I'll break them up!"
There was a commotion outside the government office. As soon as the people who went in to report finished explaining the situation, Zhejiang's censor glared at Ningbo magistrate Lu Hongwu angrily: "You are not doing your best to defend the land. Is this how the people in your government office always do things?"
Lu Hongwu looked helpless: "European Inspector, the imperial decree has not been issued yet. After all, it is foreign envoys competing for tribute. Those people are still members of the envoy. Are they really going to be arrested and killed?"
Ouzhu was furious: "What's the use of keeping those people? It's only right to kill them first to quell the public's anger. As for how to deal with this matter, isn't it already here?"
Lu Hongwu gritted his teeth: "Tell them to stop, go to Jingqing Temple, arrest everyone and chop them up to anger the people!"
Then he looked at Ou Zhu with some hesitation: "European Inspector, I wonder how Sun Fantai wants to deal with this matter?"
There is no governor in Zhejiang yet. This governor is the chief official of the local science and technology department in Zhejiang who has direct access to the imperial court.
Ouzhu said calmly: "Sun Fantai has already expressed his opinion on this matter. Where are the officials of the Municipal Shipping Department?"
Lu Hongwu cursed him in his heart for not revealing the news, and said: "I will go to the Shibosi Yamen to punish the crime."
Ou Zhu walked to Shibosi Yamen with a sullen face and rolled up his sleeves. Over there, Xie Changjie, Lai En, and Zheng Shoujie all looked pale and haggard.
After seeing them, Ou Zhu just said: "Jie Qiandu, that Song Suqing, I think I have already brought him here in Shaoxing. Why did this matter happen? Please tell the truth!"
Hearing that Xie Changjie had submitted a confession to the emperor, his expression changed: "Why don't you discuss it first and then report it? After all, this matter is just a provocation between two missions competing for authenticity. How can we say that it is a Japanese pirate?"
Ryan also nodded repeatedly: "It's just a matter of competing for authenticity!"
Xie Changjie, however, knew the emperor better. He looked at Ou Zhu and stopped talking.
Ouzhu had an uncertain look on his face, and then he said, "Xie Qiandu, I have a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not."
Xie Changjie looked at him: They are all in the rank of Kedao officials, and his rank as the right-hand censor of the capital is indeed higher than that of the seventh-rank supervisory censor and patrolling local magistrate.
Ouzhu looked at them and said: "Master Lu has made it clear to Sun Fantai. It is hard for you to blame everyone for what happened now. However, if you handle it properly, you may be able to get away with it. It all depends on how you act."
Xie Changjie couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at him: After such a big incident, do people in Zhejiang still think that everything will be fine?
Maybe...this is also his turning point?
In Hangzhou Mansion, several wealthy businessmen gathered together and gnashed their teeth: "How does the Shipping Department do things! If you do this, all orders for this year will be lost. In the future, the Shipping Department may be abolished because of this, and the Japanese country will not be allowed to pay tribute!"
One person sneered: "Don't worry, how many people in the Ministry of Rites and the Yamen of the feudal lord are related to the interests of the Shibo Division?"
Inside the Chief Secretary's Office in Hangzhou, Sun Xiu, the Zhejiang Chief Envoy from the Left, and Liang Yao, the Zhejiang Guarding Eunuch, both looked troubled.
"The Minister of Rites is Zhang Zilin. This matter is not easy to handle."
After hearing what he said, Liang Yao said with gloomy eyes: "Even if the matter is not easy, it must be done! The envoy chased to Shaoxing City just to get Song Suqing. This matter was caused by their competing for status. Although he plundered Shaoxing County in Ningbo After all, it hasn’t invaded other places yet. Tell them that if they don’t want the City Shipping Department to be abolished, they should all contribute some money to subsidize the people, officers and soldiers, and suppress this matter!"
"But that Jie Tiju... he was specially sent by His Majesty."
"Your Majesty sent him here because he wanted to start with the Shibo Division. Guangdong is changing, and he should be the one who will accept the Shibo Division in the future. If Your Majesty wants to reap the benefits of the Shibo Division, you must rely on him to contact each family first! Xianfei Your Majesty is about to give birth. How would your Majesty be willing that something like this in Zhejiang ruins a happy event for the country? At this time, Uncle Zong would not pursue this trivial matter in the southeast and miss the new party's strategy of dividing the government and gentry! Since the sea trade bank has set up Sooner or later, we will arrive in Zhejiang, so will our trade with Japan be cut off?"
Within a few days, many memorials from all over Zhejiang were submitted to Beijing.
In the Yangxin Hall, Zhu Houcong looked at each letter one after another.
Ou Zhu, the inspector of Zhejiang Province, said in an understatement: The matter was that because the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties arrived at the same time, the two missions fought for each other's identities and got out of control. Zong Sheqiandao led his troops to chase Song Suqing to Shaoxing, who fled there. The Shibo Division leaned towards them because the Luangang Rizuo mission brought a congratulatory note from the Japanese King, but Zongshe Kendo brought more tribute and refused to give in.
In other words, this is not a big deal, they are all here to congratulate His Majesty on his enthronement. Japan is very sincere in paying tribute, but the barbarians are rude and now they know they have caused a big trouble so they ran away.
Sun Xiu suggested that the tribute trade with Japan should still be maintained. It was better to issue a new dynasty and let Song Suqing take it back to Japan. At the same time, he strictly ordered the Japanese king to severely punish the other envoy and return the criminals.
Xie Changjie sent another memorial: Ouzhu was wooing him, and Zhejiang wanted to cover up the impact of this incident.
Zhu Houcong looked at Yan Song: "What do you think we should do?"
When he arrived at the Imperial Study Room's memorials, Yan Song naturally read them all.
Over the past few days, he has also been participating in the plans of the advisers regarding the southeast.
Why does Zhejiang want to cover up this matter? Because for so many years, the interests of the Zhejiang Shipping Department have basically involved most of the officials and gentry in the southeast.
He saluted and said: "I would like to appoint the governor of Zhejiang. If I take office as the chief of the imperial study, I will be able to stir up trouble in the southeast, which will facilitate many future plans. Five years before Jiajing, I will be able to clarify all the affairs in the southeast from Zhejiang."
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(End of chapter)
