Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 712

Nanyang North, Baizhong Mountain.

Soldiers from all walks of life left one after another and rushed to station in various provinces.

Nanyang became much quieter all of a sudden, the noise was gone, today the emperor brought two princes to shoot and hunt.

Hongjia and Hongju's riding skills have been well practiced, each riding a Qinghai dragon horse galloping, surrounded by the inner four guards and their companions.

With a thud.

The King of Qin shot an arrow with his bow on his horse, and he hit a deer that rushed in front of him in a panic.

"White deer, a white deer!"

Zhu Hongjia watched excitedly as his followers captured the wounded and fallen deer. They brought the white deer in front of King Qin, and the deer was still struggling.Zhu Hongjia pulled out his dagger, and stabbed the white deer, ending its suffering.

A large group of guards embraced the emperor and came over.

Zhu Hongjia presented the white deer in front of the emperor's horse.

Zhu Yihai looked at the white deer and felt a little pity.Sun Jiaji, the governor of Hubei who accompanied him, felt that this should be a Shennong white deer. The fringe area of ​​several counties such as Fang County from Wudang Mountain to Daba Mountain in Hubei is the unique geographical Shennongjia.

There is a group of unique Shennong white deer here.

Compared with the one or two white deer that occasionally appear outside, there are many groups of white deer in Shennongjia, which is a rare species.

In ancient times, the white deer was regarded as auspicious.

The young king of Qin shot and killed the rare white deer, which was not a good thing, even a bit unflattering, but Zhu Yihai simply thought that this deer was rare, and didn't think it was a bad omen.

"King Qin is good at archery!"

"Let's keep shooting and see who has more prey before dark!"

Zhu Yihai laughed loudly, and rode his horse to continue chasing the prey.

The large groups of prey were driven out of the mountains by the guards and ran around.

Wang Sangyu, dressed in military uniform, galloped on his horse, picked up the cavalry shotgun on the horse, and shot down a deer with a bang.Anu on the other side did not show any weakness, even stood directly on the horse's back, bowed his bow and set an arrow, and shot the other deer over with one arrow.

Zhu Yihai rushed forward on his horse and chased after him.

He locked on a second king.

There are tigers and leopards in Funiu Mountain in Nanyang. The tiger is called the king of the mountain, and this leopard is naturally the second king.

The Second Great King, who was usually very comfortable in the mountains and forests, had nowhere to escape when being chased away by the guards and relatives, so he had to flee everywhere.

The emperor chased after him on horseback. He didn't pick up a musket or a bow, but directly picked up a spear, and chased after the second king. He stabbed it down, and the always agile leopard did not escape the blow.

If it fights alone in the jungle, it is the king, but when it is driven to the flat ground, it loses its prestige.

With a scream, the leopard was provoked by the emperor.

In the later generations, this is definitely a prison beast. There are probably only a few dozen in the entire Funiu Mountain, but at this time, tigers are rampant, let alone the two kings.

This time the emperor brought his troops to hunt, not just for fun, but to target tigers, leopards, wolves, and other ferocious beasts, and get rid of some of them, so as not to harm the people and prey on cattle and horses.

Although Nanyang is not as infested as tigers are in groups like northern Sichuan, but in the chaos, they also multiply and grow rapidly, causing harm.

All the guards applauded and applauded loudly.

The emperor stabbed the leopard with a single shot, and the bachelors who were worthy of the driving all hurriedly thought of a few good poems to praise.

Suddenly a tiger roared in the distance.

A tiger was driven out by the guards.

A colorful worm.

When a large group of guards saw the fierce tiger, they all gathered in front of the emperor to protect the emperor.

"Whoever kills a tiger will be given a tiger gun and a tiger coat." Zhu Yihai shouted with a smile.

Participating General Liu Zhaoxie rushed forward with an iron spear in his hand. This is the son of Liu Mu, the new admiral of the Jiangxi Imperial Battalion. His father Liu Mu was originally a champion of martial arts. He is a master of martial arts and has accumulated meritorious service as a general of the Imperial Guard.

Liu Zhaoxie stepped forward, and the others jumped out one after another, not to be outdone.

It should be said that the emperor also recruited a large number of masters of the rivers and lakes.

For example, Liu Zhaoyi's teacher Bi Kunyang, Bi's friend Huaqiang Wushiqing, Siping gun Chu Fubao, Shanxi Fushan, and Chongzhen Dynasty retired general Shi Jingyan, who is over 80 years old, but his marksmanship is extremely good.

Bi Kunyang, Chu Fubao, Wu Shiqing, Wu Wenhu and other gun masters are all inferior to him, and this old man is also amazing. He is over 80 years old and can kill tigers with a single gun.

He is now the imperial coach and imperial bodyguard next to the emperor.

At this time, the old man was walking like flying with a gun in his hand, not falling behind at all.

Others such as Cao Lanting, Zhao Ying, Shaolin monks Hong Ji and Hong Xin, Jiangnan masters Wang Zhengnan and Huang Baijia, and the old man's disciples Wu Shu, Xia Junxuan, Xia Yuru, plum blossom gun Lu Yanting, etc. also rushed up one after another.

Jian Haiseng, a monk and scholar from Jiangyin, also rushed forward carrying a [-]-jin iron knife.

Monk Sanshan from Wuxi followed with his Zen staff.

The female guard Cizhou Li Sai'er held the Nine Rings and her elder brother Li Jia, Ning Guo Liu Qianjin, Sanxian Taoist, Putao monk, sharpshooter Lu Shangyi and others all rushed over.

The tiger falls in Pingyang.

This group of masters, any one of them could kill a tiger, but when they met dozens of top masters, they only came and uttered a scream before being beaten to death.

It was Liu Zhaoxie who took the first step, ahead of everyone else, stabbed the tiger to death with an iron gun, and the others had no choice but to attack the leopards, wild boars, wolves, etc. who had been chased away. In an instant, there was no time to escape The beast fell to the ground.

Some of these people are good at all kinds of guns, some are good at all kinds of swords, many are good at internal boxing, some are good at shotguns, and some strange weapons such as Jiulianhuan.

Several of those who used big knives, iron whips, iron maces, and copper hammers were all strong men, such as the Jian Hai monk, who used an eighty-pound big knife as a weapon, and Zhu Yihai was tired and panicked for him.

But Li Sai'er used nine big iron rings as weapons, which can be thrown, chained into whips, and used on the arms, with endless changes.

Liu Zhaoxie won the first place, and the others were not far behind. They continued to drive wild animals all over the mountains, hunting and killing wild animals everywhere. Tigers, leopards and wolves also suffered today.

Usually, a loud roar can make the common people avoid it, but today they encountered some strong opponents.

At the end of the day, Zhu Yihai and the others harvested a lot. They caught seven tigers, more than 60 leopards, and thousands of other wolves, wild boars, and deer.

Small animals such as rabbits shot and killed more than 3000 a day, and monkeys killed more than 100.

Twenty bears, 96 wolves, and more than 300 wild boars.

Zhu Yihai also harvested a lot. The novice assassinated a tiger, two leopards, a monkey, six wolves, three wild boars, ten rabbits, thirty-odd pheasants and birds.

King Qin and King Han also shot several deer and many rabbits and pheasants.

Great harvest.

Although many imperial troops and guards were dispatched to drive the mountain away, this harvest is still very commendable, especially the emperor's bow, horse, gun, and blunderbuss, which are even more martial arts. Even the performance of the two young princes opened the eyes of the ministers.

It is said that the prince is brave.

Zhu Yihai is now more and more satisfied with the two princes, and he has been taking them by his side since they came back, which not only strengthens their relationship, but also teaches them personally.

At the beginning, father and son were still relatively distant and unfamiliar, but after a long time, they became closer and closer.

As an older brother, Hong Jia had to be more determined and mature, but now he has the stability of the eldest son of the emperor, and Zhu Yihai is more satisfied with this son.

At one time, he thought about making Hong Jia king, and in the future he would set up a feudal domain to guard the frontier, but now his performance gave Zhu Yihai the urge to make him the prince directly.

Compared with the Nine Princes born to the still breastfeeding empress, although Hongjia was captive and held as a slave for six years, he is now performing very well, sensible, stable, and more determined.

In the evening, he camped at the foot of Baichong Mountain, and after having a feast of beasts with his courtiers, he asked Hong Jia and his brothers to continue reading Zi Zhi Tong Jian with him.

"Hongjia, do you want to be the prince?"

After reading today's book, Zhu Yihai put down the book and suddenly asked his eldest son.

"My son is a concubine, so I have no qualifications. My Ming Dynasty has always been a son-in-law. Although my son is the eldest son, I don't want to be a good son, and I don't want to be a son." Zhu Hongjia replied calmly.

Zhu Yihai also deliberately picked up the words today.

"It can be said that the former Empress Dazhang has no children. The doctor said that she can't have children. He specially adopted you under her name, and you will become the first wife. When I was the general of the town, I had already made a memorial to the court to make you the eldest son. Later you I was taken away, and I inherited King Lu. I thought you were gone, so I asked the court to posthumously posthumously make you the son of Lu. When I succeeded to the throne, I also posthumously named you the crown prince.

Although Empress Xiao Zhang has given birth to the Nine Princes, you are still the eldest son. "

The Ming Dynasty had a system of establishing a concubine, and the son's concubine was based on the identity of the mother. The son of the main wife was the concubine, and the son of the second wife was also the concubine. If the concubine was righted, her son would also become the concubine.Of course, if the main wife is abolished, then her original son will also be abolished as a bastard.

The identity of the son changes with the identity of the mother.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the vassals still practiced the system of waiting for the concubine. If the concubine’s main family had no sons, no other concubines would be established as the heirs. Only when the concubine died of illness or she was not born at the age of 50 could the concubine be established as the heir. .

Although the emperor's family didn't have this kind of system of waiting for a concubine, there was a secret tradition in the early days, that is, if the concubine or queen has not given up after marriage, other concubines are not eligible to have children.

Unless they have not had children for many years after marriage, the reproductive rights of other concubines will be released. The purpose of this is to ensure that the eldest son is the eldest son.

Of course, in the middle and late stages, this tradition has long been broken.

Zhu Yihai used to be only the general of the town, not even the king of the county, so he didn't have to abide by the system of waiting for the first son, and he didn't say that the wife can't have children if she doesn't have children.The first concubine, Mrs. Zhang, has never had a child, so his concubine gave birth to children for him. Because Mrs. Zhang was in a special situation, it was later checked that she could not have children, so she directly adopted the eldest son of the concubine into her name, and she personally upbringing.

Therefore, Zhu Hongjia is indeed the eldest son.

And the Ninth Prince's biological mother, Empress Xiao Zhang, is also an empress, so he is naturally also a legitimate son.

But with Zhu Hongjia around, he is just the second son.

If Zhu Hongjia's ability is not good, then his status as the eldest son can naturally be manipulated, but now that he is performing so well, Zhu Yihai thinks that the prince should establish him.

"Father, the minister is not the real eldest son."

Zhu Yihai patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "You are my son, and you were brought up by your first wife, so why aren't you the eldest son?
I am very satisfied with you, and when the Chinese New Year comes this year, I will formally confer you the Crown Prince at the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting! "

Zhu Hongjia was in a daze.

"You are both an elder and a virtuous son, so I will establish you and learn from me. In the future, this country will be handed over to you to rule."

The crown prince is the foundation of the country, and Zhu Yihai is so eager to establish the crown prince because he understands that Zhu Hongjia and the ninth son of the emperor have this hidden danger of succession, and he should establish it early and eliminate future troubles.

Moreover, if the prince is established early, arrangements can be made in advance to train the team for the prince, which will help the prince to control the government after he ascends the throne in the future.

(End of this chapter)