Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 833: The royal family has a new member and hundreds of officials are helpless. The Ming army divides its troops to conquer east and west.

The ministers didn't want to just stand down and sing praises. The original plan was to make the emperor happy first, and then coax the emperor to deal with the next strategic direction.

But unexpectedly, the emperor didn't show up at all.

The prince, although he is extremely smart, is too young.

There is no harm in letting the prince make the decision on small matters.

But when it comes to major military and national affairs, it is safer for the emperor to speak out.

Zhu Wenfang was very self-aware and advised the ministers: "My father has violated the peace and cannot preside over the court meeting. If there are important matters, you can write a memorial and my father will personally read it."

As for the next military strategy, my father said that the imperial court should make every effort to transport grain, grass and weapons to the two armies of Hetao and Dongsheng via Shaanxi and Shanxi.

This is the first priority. For other matters, each department has its own department and can perform its duties step by step. "

When all the officials heard this, they looked at each other. The two armies were about to have a decisive battle, and the emperor could just say a few words and be done with it?

The reason why Zhu Qiyu did not go to court, and what the prince told him was so simple, was that the battlefield was changing rapidly. Instead of worrying about and directing blindly, it was better to delegate power to the generals at the front.

When the Meng Yuan was destroyed and the emperor's prestige was at its peak, no one dared to speak west when the emperor said east.

Shen Yi stood up and asked for instructions: "Your Highness, nearly half of the savings of the Ministry of Revenue have been spent this year on purchasing grain, building ordnance, rewarding soldiers, and distributing military pay.

Then, before anyone could speak, Huang Qi hurried in and whispered a few words in the prince's ear.

In addition, the Ministry of Household Affairs entrusted merchants to purchase strategic materials such as grain, grass, cotton, etc., and issued more than three million taels of money orders, which will be exchanged for cash before the end of the year, which will require more than three million taels. "

Zhu Wenfang immediately beamed with joy and smiled at the officials: "My dear friends, I have good news for you. It is a double happiness. My mother, the Thirteenth Concubine, has given birth to a son for my father."

I don’t ask you to sing praises to the Empress Dowager and the concubines, but there is still hard work without credit, so all the beloved ministers should at least think of their good deeds. "

But when it comes to treating the imperial concubines, the ministers' mentality is different. The imperial concubines ascended to the throne too abruptly, the power they controlled in the harem was too absolute, and the emperor's wives and concubines died too neatly. As a result, the emperor's harem became a monolithic palace, with no one who could compete with the existing imperial concubines.

The civil servants hoped to place more women through the draft, but they were never able to do so.

Today, the Holy Emperor still secretly gives birth outside the palace in Xuan Temple.

A group of old foxes in the palace immediately understood that this was the prince's performance for the imperial concubines. The focus of what I just said was the imperial concubines, and the empress dowager was just incidental. Because the empress dowager's status is unquestionable, giving birth to an emperor is the greatest contribution to the court. Even if the prince didn't mention it, which minister would dare to disrespect the empress dowager.

For example, in the harem of Xuanmiao, after nineteen years of marriage, only Queen Hu and Mrs. Sun gave birth to children.

Xuanmiao's fertility was normal and she was young and strong. However, for nearly twenty years after her marriage, the other concubines in the harem were unable to give birth to children.

This is exactly why it is better to chase the bad guys with courage and not to sell off the famous school principal.

A normal emperor's harem would be full of undercurrents and flashes of swords.

But you can save some money. The empress dowager is frugal and frugal. The mothers and concubines have worked hard and frugally to run the house. They have saved this money in the past ten years, and now all of it has been allocated to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

All the officials were stunned. Alas, how should I put it? The emperor's harem is incredibly united.

Everyone signaled to each other, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites were searching their hearts and minds, preparing to quote scriptures again and make a last struggle.

Only by sneaking around like this did he end the dilemma of having only the only son Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Wenfang nodded: "Don't be afraid of spending money. This is the last big battle of the Jingtai Dynasty. In order to win, we will do it at any cost. The internal funds will come up with another three million taels, and it will be allocated to the Ministry of Household Affairs tomorrow.

If you want to say that the concubines in the harem of Xuan Temple were not tampered with, even the devil won't believe it.

So the ministers were dissatisfied. Today, the Holy Emperor has given birth to nearly twenty princes, and none of them died in infancy. This shows that the harem is extremely harmonious and there is no infighting at all.

As long as there is the slightest bit of infighting, it is impossible for any of the princes to die prematurely. This is comparable to Taizu. Because Queen Gao's prestige was so great that no one could shake her position, there was no internal fighting in Taizu's harem.

Taizu had twenty-six sons, only two of whom died in infancy.

Moreover, the youngest prince among them was born when Taizu was sixty-six years old, so it was normal for him to die young.

After thinking about it and talking about it, the officials still had to congratulate.

Zhu Wenfang stood up and said: "Okay, let's dismiss the court. I'll go to Changle Palace to see my brother. Everyone, please go back and perform your duties."

After that, Zhu Wenfang went to Changle Palace happily.

All the officials looked at each other in confusion. There were more and more younger brothers. It was rare for a prince to be so sincerely happy.

But thinking on the bright side, this also shows that the prince's position is stable and there is no threat at all.

But when Zhu Wenfang came to Changle Palace, as soon as he walked into the Thirteenth Empress's bedroom, she heard constant laughter and laughter inside.

Lin Xiangyu was holding the newborn little prince and was wandering around. When she saw Zhu Wenfang coming in, she quickly greeted him: "Xiao Fang, come in quickly and look at your little brother. This is the strongest one among the dozen of you brothers."

Zhu Wenfang came closer and wanted to take it for a hug.

Ningxiang guided from the side: "Put one arm around his neck, one arm around his feet, hold him in your arms, and if you sway a little longer, he will sleep peacefully."

Zhu Wenfang picked up her younger brother as she was told and looked at him carefully: "He is quite strong, but he looks wrinkled. To be honest, he is a bit ugly."

Ningxiang smiled and said: "Silly son, you are already very beautiful. You were also so wrinkled when you were first born. I was the first one to hug you when you were born, and I also said the same thing about you. Just follow you. He said that your brother is exactly the same, and even asked my mother to scold me."

Lin Xiangyu stopped everyone: "Okay, okay, give the child to the wet nurse and take him down to sleep peacefully. Since mother and child are safe, let's go out first and don't disturb your mother and concubine."

After several people left Changle Palace, Zhu Wenfang asked with a smile: "Where will dad seal this younger brother?"

Zhu Qiyu replied: "The grassland around Hulun Lake will be sealed to him, and then there will be another prince in Bell Lake and Xing'an Mountains."

Zhu Wenfang nodded and smiled secretly in his heart: "Front, seal, give birth to more children. Anyway, I will not have so many concubines and give birth to so many sons. Dad, just use it as a reproductive tool for our royal family."

Zhu Qiyu didn't think too much and took his concubines back to rest.

……

To the west of the Wuersun River, the Ming army camp.

Tao Jinjun has joined forces with Fan Guangjun and reorganized.

Over the past few days, the reorganization has been nearly completed.

The Ming army had nearly 100,000 combat soldiers and nearly 100,000 auxiliary troops. There were also 30,000 surrendered Mongolian cavalry who were eliminated and reorganized.

Tao Jin, Fan Guang, Wang Yue and others were relatively respectable and had no intention of putting the 30,000 Mongolian cavalry in front as cannon fodder.

However, these surrendered soldiers of the Mongolian army actually took the initiative to volunteer and asked to be the vanguard. They had the attitude that if you don't let me charge into the battle, you won't treat me as one of your own, which made the Ming army generals dumbfounded.

There was no other way. At Wang Yue's suggestion, 30,000 Mongolian troops were sent to attack the coalition forces of Bolai and Chang'an Nu.

So the Ming army was divided into two again, with a camp of 10,000 heroic cavalry, 30,000 infantry, and 50,000 infantry heading west to meet the cavalry that was chasing Harakuchu.

The remaining Ming army first marched south, reached the southern end of Bell Lake, and then turned east. In this way, they bypassed the flooded Wuersun River and went north to attack the coalition forces of Bolai and Chang'anu.

(End of this chapter)