At the end of the Ming Dynasty, I freely traveled through Yangshen

Chapter 45 Politics
Zhou Hou thought that her son was thoughtful and led the Guan Ning army to the south, so the court would no longer be at the mercy of others.

"Since Cixing has such a plan, I can rest assured."

Standing up, Empress Zhou said everything she needed to say and did everything she needed to do on Zhu Cihong's side, and she was about to leave.

"My son, I'll see you off. It just so happens that I have to go to school."

When Zhu Cixiang said this, his voice suddenly rose a few degrees, "Chunjie, come out, and after the queen mother leaves, take me to the school grounds!"

"Yes, Prince, my subordinates are coming right now."

As soon as Zhu Cihong finished speaking, the door opened, and a man with a bruised nose and a swollen face came out from outside. He looked at Zhu Cihong's eyes, not to mention how sad, just like an angry little daughter-in-law.

Can Zhu Chunjie not complain, he was the foreman guard in the East Palace, he was beaten up by the crown prince in just one sight, and he was still on the ground, this is too miserable.

His appearance was completely ruined. He was originally a dignified man. His face was covered in bruises and bruises. He looked extremely ugly. The bruises on his face were unevenly distributed and he was wearing the robe of an East Palace guard. He looked like he was singing. It was so dramatic that the palace maids and eunuchs couldn't help but laugh when they saw it. If the queen and prince hadn't been there, these people outside would have burst into laughter.

"Zhu Chunjie, how can you behave like this?"

Seeing Zhu Chunjie's funny look, Queen Zhou covered her mouth with a handkerchief. She didn't laugh out loud, but whispered, "I don't want you to send me off. You can take Cixi to the school grounds now." Well, the prince's arrangements are important."

After Zhou Hou said, he led a group of eunuchs and maids out of the palace. The maids and eunuchs were stunned and couldn't hold back their laughter. Only after they left the house, a faint sound of suppressed laughter could be heard from the team of maids and eunuchs. And quickly took it back consciously.

Zhu Chunjie's expression turned even worse when he heard these voices, but Zhu Cixiang stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, urging, "Don't be stunned, lead the way."

After saying that, he stepped out and Zhu Chunjie quickly followed, leading the way for Zhu Cixiang.

The school ground Zhu Cixiang mentioned was not within the Forbidden City, but in the northeast corner of the Imperial City, on the north side of Taiye Pond, next to the north corner of the Imperial City.

This is the place where the garrison of the Imperial City and the eunuchs of the Pure Army are trained and reviewed. It can also be used to practice bow and horse.

Wang Chengen's work efficiency is quite high. As the nominal commander of the internal and external military camps, the nine-door military equipment, the inner school field, the imperial city garrison, and the Jing Army, Wu Xiang, the military attache who oversees the military camp, naturally does not dare to touch the great eunuch's troubles. .

Therefore, as soon as Wang Chengen visited the Wu Mansion, he arranged for Wu Xiang to go to the inner camp to participate in the defense of the city. Due to the Ming Dynasty's more than 200 years of prestige and millions of annual meals, even if his son was the leader of the Guan Ning Army, Wu Xiang He also did not dare to show any airs in front of Wang Chengen, the chief internal officer.

So after Wang Chengen spoke, Wu Xiang took his third son Wu Sanfu into the imperial city obediently without saying a word. Now they are waiting to be summoned in a hall of the inner school grounds.

Wang Chengen, on the other hand, had already gone out to greet Zhu Chunjie, Zhu Cixiang, and several guards as soon as they arrived at the inner school grounds.

"They're in there?"

When Zhu Cixiang was a few hundred meters away from a hall, he pointed inside and asked Wang Chengen, "And Wu Sanfu is here too?" "Yes, yes, yes, the prince, Wu Sangui and his third brother Wu Sanfu are also here." He and his father Wu Xiang came to Beijing. The old slave also investigated and found that more than 30 members of the Wu family were in the capital this time, including more than 80 bodyguards and servants, and Zu Dashou's son also came with him. So the Wu family still has some servants from the ancestral family."

Although Wang Chengen didn't know what happened, he still knew more about the intelligence because he was born out of his position as a supervisor in the East Factory. "These thirty or so Wu family members are all Wu Xiang's teenage daughter. Several grandchildren, granddaughters, wives and concubines, and a few who are Wu Sanfu’s wives and concubines, and one named Chen Yuanyuan, who is Wu Sangui’s concubine and is said to be one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai.”

"Oh, it's true that the whole family has come to Beijing."

Zhu Cixiang nodded on the surface, but shook his head in his heart. These people were not very famous in history. Except for Chen Yuanyuan because of their beauty, the others were probably killed after Li Zicheng entered Beijing.

There are more than 30 people in this family. If there is no accident, no one will be able to escape when Beijing falls. I wonder if Wu Sangui will go crazy if he knows these things.

Perhaps Wu Sangui let the Manchus enter the customs, not only his concubine Chen Yuanyuan may be the reason why Li Zicheng slept with him, but also his whole family was killed by Li Zicheng, and there is no way to avenge his vengeance. Of course, in history Who can say clearly about the matter, anyway, it hasn't happened yet.

"You said Wu Xiang has a daughter? Wu Sangui's younger sister?"

Zhu Cixiang grasped the key point in Wang Chengen's words, "More than ten years old? How old are you now and what is your name?"

It seems that you can get married when you are more than ten years old in the Ming Dynasty. If you can use marriage to consolidate and win over the Wu family, there is nothing wrong. You must know that in the world of Yangshen, after the senior Feng Longzi became the head of the Feng family, some of his peers People from aristocratic families often let women from the family marry him.

And after the marriage, the benefits come, at least they all become their own people, some secrets and resources can be shared in a limited way, and they can be regarded as combining into a community of interests.

So it's natural to have this idea. Thousands of years have passed since Zhu Cixiang's dream, and he can't understand anything. Isn't this just politics in bed?

In contrast, the practice of selecting concubines before the Ming Dynasty was to select concubines from private families. Although palace battles were avoided, it was still a serious waste of resources.

As for this point, in the original work of Yangshen, the palace of Daqian was very well done. Concubine Yuan of Xianghu King entered the palace of Daqian as the princess of Yuantu Kingdom. At the same time, within the palace of Daqian, there was Yunmeng. , Huoluo, Shenfeng, and other women from major families and countries, the harem of Emperor Daqian is like a small United Nations.

This is Zhu Cixiang's goal.

"My name is Wu Sanmei, she is twenty-eight this year." Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Cixiang slightly after hearing this. "She is Wu Xiang's youngest daughter and Wu Sangui's younger sister. It is said that the whole family likes her very much."

"Prince, do you want to..."

Wang Chengen seemed to have seen some of Zhu Cixiang's thoughts and tried to dissuade him, "But this is inappropriate. The princess cannot be chosen from a general's family. This is not in line with the laws of our ancestors."

"Didn't the former King Anshi of the Song Dynasty say that the destiny of heaven is not enough to fear, the ancestors are not enough to follow the law, and the words of people are not enough to show mercy? There is nothing to worry about." Zhu Cixiang smiled when he heard this, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it. The immortals will point it out for me." Now that we know how to save the Ming Dynasty, I have the autonomy to do whatever I want."

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