First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 449
The husband and wife walked hand in hand in the inner courtyard of the East Palace. After autumn, the flowers and plants gradually faded, but there were still evergreen trees. The Ling Xiao and the chrysanthemums and osmanthus in the flower beds were gorgeous and colorful. above the palace.

There is also a strong concept of hierarchy in the direction of this era. Among the buildings located in the central block facing south, it is the most noble. Except for the main hall, in terms of east and west, the east is the largest.

The prince is called the East Palace because the prince, as the head of the princes and the crown prince, is second only to the emperor. He should naturally live in the highest-ranked place except the main hall, which is the place where the emperor lives.

After several years of intermittent construction, the current imperial palace is much larger than that in the first year of Hongwu, and the area of ​​the eastern palace has naturally increased with the tide. It's been half an hour.

After Zhu Biao persuaded his father to build the Fengyang Palace in Zhongdu, the original budget for building the capital was used in the current palace. To be honest, this saved the Ministry of Industry and Households a lot of resources.

No matter how you say it, Fengyang is a backcountry. It is conceivable how expensive it would be to build an imperial palace there. Nanjing is different, the foundation lies here.

Even in the Yuan Dynasty, Jiangnanxing Yushitai, which supervised the southeastern provinces and led the southeastern provinces, was in charge of the supervision affairs of the ten provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang. As the economic center of the south, professional craftsmen in the city There are more than six thousand households.

Chang Luohua grabbed Zhu Biao's sleeve with one hand, and listened to him telling interesting stories about the first year of Hongwu with a smile on his face. After listening, he said with a smile: "It turns out that this was dissuaded by His Highness. I still remember that all the families of Wu Xun had rumored The capital is only a temporary place to live, so there is no need to rush to buy and sell shops and farmland, and it will not be too late to make plans after the capital is moved."

Zhu Biao looked at Tuanlong Yingbi in the distance and said: "Most Wu Xun comes from Huaixi, so naturally they all hope to move their capital to Fengyang's hometown, but the capital is the foundation of a country, how can we move lightly, not to mention that Fengyang's hometown is not suitable in every way. .”

Chang Luohua just wanted to say that His Highness might be worried that Wu Xun might be suppressing them deliberately, and he didn't want to let them go as they wished, so the words came to his lips in vain. Even if His Highness allowed her to discuss some things, he couldn't say them all the time. of.

It is always necessary to be cautious in words and deeds. Today is really a bit of a surprise, and she is a little overjoyed, so she can say such stupid and stupid things.

After reacting, Chang Luohua stopped talking, let alone mentioning sensitive topics such as Wu Xun. After all, she is also the daughter of Wu Xun, but after marrying her husband, she is already the wife of the Zhu family. She will not deliberately take care of her natal family.

The couple walked around along the screen wall, and then Zhu Biao helped Chang Luohua to sit down and rest in the pavilion, and took out a towel to wipe her slightly sweaty forehead. There were two children in her stomach. This activity is naturally very hard.

The moment the two of them sat down to rest, the eunuchs who followed hurriedly set up screens to cover the pavilion to prevent the wind and cold. By this time, the sun had already set by half, leaving only a ray of golden light on the horizon.

In fact, the weather today is fine, and there is no wind, otherwise he would not have pulled his pregnant wife out to circle around, but Zhu Biao did not stop the slaves from setting up screens.

After Chang Luohua was relieved for a while, the steady woman who was watching at the side allowed Liu An to bring ginseng tea, and Zhu Biao also took a chance to drink a cup, feeling that his body was much warmer.

What Chang Luohua eats now is the result of the discussion between the imperial physicians. There is a certain amount of food, drink, and benefits, and there will never be any nutritional deficiencies or supplements.

Up to now, it has long been known that pregnant women receive too much supplementation and cause fetal dystocia. Naturally, the Imperial Hospital, the highest hall of Ming Dynasty medicine, is also very clear about it, and they have carefully planned it.

The emperor asked every two days, the queen once a day, and the crown prince kept a close eye on them all the time. How dare they not be dedicated? I heard that the old doctors who used to be healthy and healthy have become thin and old recently...

After Chang Luohua finished drinking a cup of ginseng tea, Zhu Biao helped her back to the main hall. After all, she was the daughter of Wu Xun. physical strength gave birth to twins.

After the two returned to the palace, they washed separately. After Chang Luohua arranged for Nuanyu to go to bed, she went back to the palace and went to sleep. She was pregnant and couldn't sleep well at night. The prince slept with her. Come comfortably......

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Biao dressed and washed under Nuan Yu's service. He planned to take a day off instead of going to court. He planned to meet his younger brothers after breakfast, and then went to the Ministry of Industry for a while. However, the eunuch next to Lao Zhu suddenly came to invite the prince to the morning court.

In desperation, he hurriedly changed into the court clothes, hurriedly ate breakfast and rushed to the class room. Some of the officials inside were talking in low voices, and some were secretly catching up on sleep while closing their eyes.

Zhu Biao waved his hand to let them sit down, they should chatter and sleep, and went straight to Hu Weiyong and other court officials. Hu Weiyong bowed and made a small salute, and then asked Zhu Biao to sit down.

After taking advantage of the situation, Zhu Biao greeted them with a smile, and then asked the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, "How about rushing to make coal? The Ministry of Industry should not delay. If there is any obstacle, you can directly talk to Ben Gong. The process must not be delayed."

Minister of the Ministry of Industry replied: "The specific arrangement was submitted to the Ministry of Education yesterday, as long as it is approved by the court today, it can be implemented immediately."

Zhu Biao looked at Hu Weiyong in a blink of an eye and said, "Have you read the regulations of the Ministry of Education? Low-cost coal is related to the wintering of the northern frontier army and many poor people. If there is no serious problem, pass it as soon as possible to avoid delay."

Hu Weiyong nodded and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, the regulations of the Ministry of Industry are generally correct, and the Ministry of Education will approve the reply after the court meeting."

After Zhu Biao heard the words, he said a few more words about the importance of this matter, not only to Hu Weiyong but also to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, to let them know that he will always pay attention to this matter, and they should not be negligent, let alone use this to amass money and embezzlement.

Then Zhu Biao said to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials: "I went to the Tea Horse Division yesterday. The commander is too old to be of much use. Let him retire. The commander of the Tea Horse Division will be replaced by his Si Cheng Su Zhi." take over."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials immediately agreed, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally spoke about such a small matter, so naturally it is impossible not to agree, but it is a pity that the tea horse commander, he always thinks it is quite good, and he has never missed the tea tribute every year.

Zhongshu Shenzheng Tujie asked curiously: "Why does Your Highness have time to go to the Tea and Horse Department, but the tribute tea is not what His Highness likes. There are still a few taels of good tea in Weichen's mansion, and I will send it to His Highness later."

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(End of this chapter)