Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 434: On New Year’s Eve, is there a military situation?
New Year's Eve.

In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, New Year's Eve.

On this day, the whole country celebrates the New Year.

Especially in the capital, starting from daytime, firecrackers are set off everywhere.

At the same time, the aroma of various delicacies began to waft from the chimneys of every household.

The palace had already been transformed into a festive bright red, with lanterns and festoons everywhere. Even the eunuchs and maids had all put on new clothes.

Only today, red is no longer a symbol of powerful people, anyone can wear it.

Zhu Chu also put on a red python robe today and entered the palace early in the morning, accompanied by Mu Qiu.

After all, Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin had no status yet, so they could only wait until the evening banquet and enter the palace with their families to attend the dinner.

Mu Qiu was also dressed up today, wearing a luxurious dress in palace style, which was what Concubine Zhou had prepared for her.

With so many and so frequent achievements, one after another, each of which is a miraculous and unparalleled achievement, how should we reward them?

At this time, in Concubine Zhou's harem, Zhu Ming and Mu Qiu had arrived and were paying New Year's greetings to Concubine Zhou.

Not to mention the news of a great victory in Tibet, waiting until the news of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and Timur Empire is sent back.

The entire army can be rewarded based on merit.

Many civil servants even gathered together in private and discussed quietly.

At least in Zhu Zhen's view, those who are not married should be treated as children.

It’s okay to have a family and start a career. If you don’t have a family, you can’t be considered an adult.

"What did you say?" Zhu Ming was unhappy and said, "It's not that I'm stingy, it's that I really have no money."

What's more, if the prince has a vassal state and a fiefdom, wouldn't he be able to become independent directly?
Once such a precedent is set, it will open the door to the unknown and cause endless harm.

The problem is that Zhu Zhen is already a vassal king and the largest noble among the nobility besides the emperor.

Zhu Lun has been advancing vigorously all the way. He defeated Tatar two years ago, and this year he defeated Oara and Uliangha.

And adding some salary or something, that would be too shabby, who can say that?

"New Year's money," Zhu Song actually wanted to steal Zhu Min's money as soon as they met.

From last year, no, from the very beginning, Zhu Chu took control of Yunnan, and then with the start of the Battle of Dingbian and the news of the great victory in Yunnan.

In fact, he is still just a child.

There was no way, Zhu Min was never short of money, so his annual salary had either helped the Qin Palace to compensate the people a lot, or it would have been used as a pension for the soldiers who were killed or seriously injured in battle.

But with Zhu Zhen's current popularity, who doesn't know that she is the protagonist of this year's harem.

"Please ask your concubine to be your queen?"

Including the salaries of the staff of the royal palace in the capital, they are all paid directly by the imperial court and the clan mansion.

I don’t know how many people still have illusions.

"Brother," Zhu Song ran in from outside at this time.

He himself really has no money.

"Or is it like before? Since the King of Dian is already a highly respected minister with no titles and no rewards, why not ask His Majesty for a decree to confer the title of Concubine Zhou, the mother of the King of Dian, to the throne?"

"good."

After tossing and turning, I had to make up my mind about Concubine Zhou.

That should have been Concubine Zhou's own dress. After all, she was just canonized as a concubine this year. Although she has not yet received a title, such as Concubine Guo Ning, Concubine Guo Hui, etc., all have titles.

But Zhu Chun was only sixteen years old. When the two brothers stood together, Zhu Chun's maturity and stability were immediately apparent.

Otherwise, we can't just give Zhu Zhen some extra years, right?

Today, Zhu Yuanzhang's post is still vacant.

Therefore, it is impossible to grant land to Zhu Zhen.

The two brothers are only one year apart. Speaking of which, Zhu Song is only fifteen, right?

Especially today's Concubine Zhou, she is extremely beautiful.

At that time, it was even more remarkable.

In that case, the people will still suffer.

These people took reference from Concubine Zhou's "gameplay" of conferring the title of Imperial Concubine in May this year, and they wanted to continue to attribute Zhu Chu's long-lasting achievements to Concubine Zhou.

"With the current momentum of the King of Dian, there is no possibility of threatening His Royal Highness Taisun. Once His Majesty thinks of changing his position, the foundation of the country may be shaken."

Or is it a fiefdom?
However, the princes of the Ming Dynasty used this method to control the royal power by "distributing enfeoffments instead of tinkering with the soil". Even many princes and ministers had their own land title deeds, which were better than the conditions of the princes.

"Stingy," Zhu Song curled his lips and muttered.

How to seal and reward?
Many people are thinking about this issue nowadays.

Zhu Ming rolled his eyes: "I'm not married yet, and the elder gave it to the junior, and the junior had to kowtow to the elder. What's wrong? You want to kowtow to me?"

This is because he is worried that the prince will become lawless in his own territory, just like the previous Qin King Zhu Ping, no one can control him at all.

Ask him for money? Thank you for thinking it through.

However, if Zhu Ming is willing, he can exchange resources for silver taels from the system store at any time. The exchange rate is one to one, and one tael of silver can be exchanged for one resource.

One can also imagine how terrifying Zhu Ming's real wealth is.

"Okay Song'er, don't mess with your brother," Zhou Guifei interrupted the two brothers with a smile.

Originally, she was more partial to the younger brother, but now she likes the two brothers more and more when she sees them standing together, especially Zhu Zhen's tall stature and his increasingly calm and overbearing aura.

Zhu Song came close to Concubine Zhou and, like a child, pestered his mother and concubine for new year's money, delicious snacks, candies, and preserves.

He knew that since his mother became a noble concubine, the treatment she received had also increased with the tide.

And although Zhu Chu came back from the grassland, since he improved his relationship with his mother, he often sent many delicious gadgets directly from Yunnan to the palace.

It is said that many other concubines in the harem liked her very much, and it also made Concubine Zhou a lot more popular in the harem.

Especially those little things that you can’t even buy outside.

Concubine Zhou shook her head dumbfounded. They both crawled out of her belly, so why were they different as brothers?

The two brothers are only one year apart, and they almost wish they were twins.

But looking at this and that, she had to wonder whether the eldest brother had sucked away all the good things from her and His Majesty, causing the second child to be nothing.

Fortunately, she didn't say it, otherwise, Zhu Songzhi would have been very sad.

"By the way, mother, yesterday my father wanted to make you his queen," Zhu Song said while eating a pastry in his hand.

Concubine Zhou's eyes suddenly lit up, and her whole body trembled with excitement.

"Really?" Concubine Zhou asked hurriedly.

"Ah," Zhu Song agreed, and then said, "But my brother rejected me."

Concubine Zhou's mood was like riding a roller coaster. She almost fainted from the sense of loss after great joy and great sadness.

"Zhu Shiba, you'd better give me a reasonable reason, otherwise don't force me to whip you on New Year's Eve." Concubine Zhou had the idea of ​​whipping her eldest son with the sole of her shoe for the first time.

Even if they were not close before, Concubine Zhou would just stay aloof from afar and not near, and would not abuse Zhu Xi when she was a child. After all, he was her own flesh and blood.

But now Concubine Zhou is wondering, did she really give birth to this boy? You've cheated your father, so why are you still cheating your mother?

Zhu Ming glared at Zhu Song who was watching the excitement and said, "This wasn't yesterday, it was the day before yesterday. And wasn't you there at the time? Why didn't you tell the truth?"

"What is the truth?" Concubine Zhou's heart moved. Is there anything more important than becoming a queen? Doesn't this brat know that once he becomes the queen, the two brothers will become his legitimate sons, which will be of great help to them in the future if they have the opportunity to seize the legitimate sons.

Zhu Zhen sighed and had no choice but to briefly recount what happened at the family banquet the day before yesterday.

Concubine Zhou was trembling all over.

What the hell? The day before yesterday, in a place that no one in the world knew about, your father and son and your family conspired about the crown prince?

Although Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor, even if you are the emperor, can you not consider the thoughts and opinions of your ministers?

and also.

"Then Zhu Yunwen is so obedient that you can destroy him?" Concubine Zhou was puzzled.

Zhu Zhen smiled and did not hide his mother's story, telling her what happened when she returned to the city.

"When we entered the city that day, we encountered a mutiny at Xuanwu Gate. Behind the scenes, Zhu Yunwen presided over, led by Qi Tai, the Minister of War, together with Huang Guan, the Minister of Rites, Huang Zicheng, the Minister of Taichang Temple, and others, privately dispatched troops from the First Guard to surround and kill us. .”

"It's just that my father suppressed this matter, so others have no way of knowing it. I don't say that I am the son of your majesty, the Hongwu Emperor. I just say that I have made countless great achievements this year, and he, as the crown prince of a country, has Being so jealous of talents and talents makes it difficult for him to be of great use."

"Actually, if Jin Yiwei hadn't appeared at that time, things would have only become more troublesome, and we wouldn't even have had a good year this year."

As Zhu Ming spoke eloquently, Concubine Zhou and Zhu Song realized what he had experienced. Xuanwu Gate Change?
Zhu Yunwen dared to imitate Li Erfeng?

However, the situation of Zhu Yunwen and Li Erfeng was different. At that time, Li Shimin had been forced into a dead end by his eldest brother Li Jiancheng and his younger brother Li Yuanji. If he did not launch the Xuanwu Gate Revolution, it would be a dead end.

Moreover, the ministers of the Prince of Qin's Palace around Li Shimin will also suffer a fatal blow, which is a last resort.

It's equivalent to being forced to go uphill, it has to be like this.

But what about Zhu Yunwen?

After all, he is the emperor's grandson, and he is the crown prince.

And you don’t want to think about the people around you, or the people around Li Shimin.

How about comparing Qi Tai, Huang Guan, and Huang Zicheng with Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, and Changsun Wuji?

Therefore, Zhu Yunwen did not lose unjustly, and he had already saved face. Zhu Yunwen also had to be self-aware.

You have done what you have done. The winner is a prince and the loser is a bandit. You have lost and there is nothing left to say.

At least in this regard, Zhu Yunwen was still responsible, so he readily agreed to abdicate.

What else could be done? With the death of three people from Qi and Tai, a lot of people will be implicated afterwards.

His team has collapsed.

On the other hand, Zhu Zhen not only relied on a group of military generals as his team, but also had a great reputation in the army, and the two Dukes Tang and Xu built momentum for him.

Zhu Xi's momentum has become unstoppable.

"But what does this have to do with you stopping me from becoming a queen?" Concubine Zhou suddenly realized that since her son was now standing in front of her intact, she naturally no longer had to worry about him.

Then she began to think about herself.

Just ask this harem woman, who doesn’t want to be a queen?

She is also the queen of Emperor Hongwu.

That is the emperor of the ages.

Zhu Ming was quite helpless and had to say: "But my mother, if I, Zhu Ming, want to ascend the throne in such a tricky way, wouldn't I be ridiculed by the world? I think I am a dignified man, but in the end it was my mother who became the queen." Being the new emperor is both easy to say and not easy to hear."

"Besides, with my ability and means, as well as the extraordinary achievements I have made over the years, am I not qualified to be an emperor?"

At this time, Zhu Chu's body showed a strong and domineering aura that looked down on the world.

The king's domineering spirit is fully displayed.

At the same time, Concubine Zhou also secretly understood that the reason why she was able to become a concubine was all because of her mother's wealth and her son's wealth. It was because of Zhu Ming's contribution to her that she was now so prosperous.

If she wanted to be promoted to a lower position, it would not be possible without Zhu Zhen's extraordinary achievements.

But once she used it to increase her political bargaining chip, it would be equivalent to draining Zhu's salary from the bottom. He would rely on these extraordinary achievements to seize the throne.

"It doesn't matter whether the mother is more valuable than the son, or the son is more valuable than the mother. After all, you crawled out of my belly. As long as your brothers are better, I will be satisfied," said Concubine Zhou.

Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm determined to take this throne. When I become the emperor, naturally no one will dare to bully my brother. But how long I will sit on this throne, I haven't considered it yet."

Concubine Zhou rolled her eyes and said amusedly: "What do you think the emperor is? Can he abdicate early?"

why not? Why can’t we retire after becoming successful?
Let him bring the concept of retirement to the people of Ming Dynasty.

In my post-retirement life, it would be great to raise birds, walk dogs, play with cats, and raise grandchildren.

That is enjoyment, that is life.

What Zhu Zhen didn't say was that the life he wanted to live in the future was to take his wives and live in seclusion in a deep mountain and old forest.

Just cultivate a few acres of land, enough to eat and drink.

It is best to be close to a water source, where you can still fish without worrying about water shortage.

As for other supplies.

Anyway, with the system in place, there is nothing to worry about.

Moreover, the four of them have begun to enter the world of cultivation. In the future, as their cultivation level becomes higher and higher, they will also need a lot of time to concentrate on cultivation.

I'm afraid we really need to solve the problems in the mortal world as soon as possible. Otherwise, with the current progress of cultivation, it's unknown whether he can become an immortal before his life span is approaching.

Time came to the evening in a blink of an eye.

With the sound of bells and drums, the gates of the palace, which had been tightly guarded in the past, were now completely opened.

One by one, the invited court officials lined up in order of rank and followed the Huangmen Minister to the palace.

There was also a queue of female family members, all family members of officials of various ranks, who also followed the female officials to the harem.

Today is the New Year, and even Zhu Yuanzhang’s daughters are back.

Zhu Yuanzhang had a total of sixteen daughters. Except for the two tenth princesses and thirteenth princesses who died young and were not enshrined, and Princess Shouchun who died in the 21st year of Hongwu, all the other princesses returned to Beijing.

The eldest princess Lin'an married Li Qi, Li Shanchang's son.

In the 23rd year of Hongwu, when Li Shanchang was implicated in the Hu Weiyong case and was imprisoned by the Yi tribe, Li Qi was spared the death penalty because he was protected by the princess. It was only because the eldest princess had interceded for Li Shanchang that his family was exiled.

Otherwise, it would probably be awkward for father and daughter to meet each other.

Now five years have passed before Zhu Yuanzhang dared to call his eldest daughter back.

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't show up either.

The second princess, but the eldest daughter (Lin'an was born as a concubine), is the princess of Ningguo, and the consort Mei Yin is the son of Runan Hou Mei Sizu.

Speaking of which, Mei Sizu's son Mei Yi was once the commander of the Liaodong capital, but his whole family was killed because of the Hu Weiyong case.

I'm afraid that the consort Mei Yin was also protected by the princess?
Other princesses include Chongning, Anqing, Runing, Huaiqing, Daming, Fuqing, Nankang, Yongjia, Hanshan, Ruyang and Baoqing.

Especially this Princess Baoqing.

Historically, Princess Baoqing was born in February of the 28th year of Hongwu.

But now this princess was born early years ago and became Zhu Yuanzhang's youngest child, not to mention much favored.

Many people also say that this is a little angel. The reason why Ming Dynasty has won consecutive battles this year is the blessing brought by the little princess.

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang got a daughter when he was old, so the little princess was given a title when she was born, named Baoqing.

Big baby, little baby, that treasure, happy, happy celebration.

From the word "Baoqing", we can see how much Zhu Yuanzhang loved her.

Zhu Ming was a little speechless. Someone wanted to use a child who happened to be born to take away his credit? Is that too naive or too taken for granted?
Secondly, how old is the old man this year? Almost seventy? How can he still make a daughter come out?
The old man is still awesome.

Not to mention the sixteen-year age difference between Princess Baoqing and Zhu Xi, compared with Zhu Di's group of brothers, she could almost be their daughters.

No wonder Zhu Di doted on this little sister like a daughter in history. Even when Princess Baoqing got married, Zhu Gaochi, who was already the prince at the time, personally sent her aunt off to marry her.

In fact, Zhu Gaochi is more than ten years older than this little aunt.

Because Zhu Gaochi is one year older than Zhu Chu.

This big family is too big. This is still one generation and two generations. You will see again in two more generations.

I'm afraid it's really going to happen that the bearded grandfather calls his three-year-old child grandpa.

Even now, once Zhu Gaochi has a child, that is, the Propaganda General Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zheng will be immediately promoted to the grandfather generation.

It is the last day of the year in 1394. Historically, Zhu Zhanji was born in 1398. In four years, Zhu Zhan will become a grandfather? Even if he is not his own grandson, he still has grandchildren?
Due to the large number of descendants of the royal bloodline, and the differences between men and women.

So the princes, princes, and consorts of the princesses were all in the front hall, while the princesses and the princesses were all in the harem.

When all the civil and military officials began to go to the palace to participate in today's dinner party, it suddenly became more lively than the usual court gatherings, or even the great court gatherings.

Especially when Zhu Yuanzhang appeared, the atmosphere reached its peak. First, all civil and military officials, led by the kings, paid their respects to His Majesty in unison.

"Long live my emperor, long live me. I respectfully wish you a holy bow and a golden peace."

Zhu Yuanzhang was also very happy and replied: "My peace, everyone loves you. I invite hundreds of officials to the palace today just for the emperor and his ministers to spend the New Year together. No need to be more polite."

Then came the evening feast.

It's just that the monarchs, ministers and officials who were still having a party at this time didn't know yet that a fleet of fast horses and iron cavalry were coming at a high speed.

When we arrived at the city gate, we almost failed to enter the city.

"Stop anyone coming," said the unfortunate garrison on duty in front of the gate. Seeing that it was almost time to close the city gate, he naturally wanted to close the gate quickly without causing trouble.

"What a brave man. The military intelligence is urgent. Who dares to stop him?" The man rushed over without stopping.

The guard subconsciously moved out of the way, only to feel a gust of wind blowing past him. When he looked back, there was no trace of anyone there.

"What's going on?" the guard muttered.

On the other side, the cavalryman rushed all the way to the palace gate. When he reached the gate, he shouted: "There is an urgent need, military information is urgent. The Kingdom of Korea is destroyed."

(End of this chapter)