The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 442 This Child Must Be Very Rich

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Upon hearing the news, Chen Jingke's heart stopped for a moment, then started beating rapidly.

Nervous? Excited?
Indeed, but it only lasted for a moment, and then everything returned to normal.

What followed was an indescribable joy.

This joy did not make him lose control of his ecstasy, but it made him a little unsure of what to do.

According to the plots in movies and TV dramas in his previous life, he should be shouting and jumping to express his excitement.

But he really had no such urge in his heart, and it would be too fake to force himself to do so.

But if he doesn't do this, he always feels like something is missing.

Then he became conflicted about how to express his joy.

Madam Ma reacted much faster, she stood up in surprise and said:
"Is the news true?"

The waiter replied with joy, "It is true. It was the chief steward of the Marquis of Anping's residence who came in person to announce the good news. He is waiting outside the palace."

Madam Ma smiled so hard that her mouth couldn't close. She kept saying, "Good, that's great."

"Rewards, everyone will have rewards today. To celebrate the princess's pregnancy, all palace servants will receive double their monthly allowance this month."

The surrounding waiters were all delighted: "Thank you for the reward, Madam. Congratulations to the Marquis of Anping."

Chen Jingke was awakened from his confusion and looked up in confusion. When he heard the congratulations from everyone, he quickly stood up and said:
"Let's celebrate together...Come on, everyone will get a reward..."

Then he touched his pocket and said awkwardly, "Um... I'll owe you the money first. I'll pay you back when I get home and get the money."

"Haha..." His helpless look made everyone laugh.

Madam Ma smiled and said, "You, go home quickly. Your Majesty and I will go there later."

"Okay, okay." Chen Jingke hurriedly walked out. When he was almost at the door, he remembered that he had not yet saluted, and quickly turned back and said:
"My lady, I'll take my leave now."

Once again, everyone laughed.

Afterwards, Empress Ma sent someone to inform Zhu Lao, Zhu Biao, Zhu Xiongying and others about the matter.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was watching several princes reading. When he heard the news, he threw the textbook in his hand and ran out of the palace.

He had not walked far when he remembered that Empress Ma must also be going, so he hurried back to look for him.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard Madam Ma laughing and saying, "You don't know, Jing Ke was stunned at that time..."

Concubine Zheng An was naturally there too, and she was so happy that her teeth were showing.

Her daughter has not had a child for so many years, and she has been worried a lot.

Although Chen Jingke always said that it was his family's problem and had nothing to do with the princess.

This statement was also recognized by everyone, and no one blamed the princess for anything.

But as a mother, she can't help but worry.

What if there’s something wrong with my daughter?
Besides, there have been some rumors from time to time over the years, saying that if you find a few more women and sow more seeds, maybe they will sprout?
Some people say that Chen Jingke is stubborn, and some say that the princess is jealous.

Otherwise, how could there be only one mistress in Anping Marquis Mansion?

Although a prince consort is not allowed to take concubines, which prince consort doesn't have a few women around him?
Most of these women were sent by the royal family with the purpose of helping the princess consolidate her status.

There is no one around Chen Jingke.

All of Fuqing's maids who came with her as a dowry, who were the concubines allowed by the royal family, were allowed to marry.

Although Chen Jingke does not seem to be a henpecked person, various rumors still exist.

After hearing this so many times, how could Concubine Zheng An, as a mother, not be worried?
She knew very well that the root of all this was the lack of children.

There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and no one is the greatest.

As long as you have a child, all problems are no longer problems.

After so many years of anticipation, it is finally coming to fruition. How can she not be happy?

When she first received the news, she fell twice while walking.

Hearing about Chen Jingke's embarrassing appearance, he also started laughing.

Zhu Xiongying said with a look of regret: "Really? Really? What a pity that I was not there at that time..."

Xu Miaojin secretly laughed in her heart, but she was also a little envious.

I don’t know when I will have my own children.

It's not just her maternal instinct that's bursting out, but also because her child represents so much.

If Chen Jingke knew about this, he would definitely tell her that having a child born too early is not necessarily a good thing.

Haven't you heard of the sixty-year prince?

Zhu Biao ignored his son and smiled, "The Chen family has only one son for three generations. He has been married for so many years and finally made some moves. It is inevitable that he will be a little out of control."

Old Zhu stepped in and laughed, "I'm happy too, haha..."

Everyone naturally understood what he meant. Having a child would make many problems easier to solve.

It can be said that the biggest headache for Chen Jingke was his lack of an heir, but now this hidden danger has been resolved.

Ma Niangniang stood up and said, "Everyone is here, let's set off."

So the group went to Anping Marquis Mansion.

The Emperor Retired, Empress Ma, the Emperor, the Crown Prince, and the Crown Princess all left the palace together. This was a big deal.

Almost in the blink of an eye, all the dignitaries in Luoyang knew about it.

Naturally, everyone was shocked. What big event could have caused these people to leave the palace en masse?
Then they found out the reason: there was good news from the Anping Marquis Mansion.

Everyone suddenly realized that Marquis Anping had an heir. No wonder.

and many more?

Princess Fuqing is pregnant? Marquis Anping has a successor?
As a result, everyone with a little status in the capital city took action.

If you don’t give gifts now, when will you wait?
But there is no need to be anxious. We cannot go to give gifts today. After all, the emperor and the others are here.

Let's talk about it after they leave.

Zhu and his companions arrived at the Anping Marquis Mansion and found that Xu Da, Lan Yu and others, as well as their families, were already there.

This is not surprising, as they all live close to the palace and can rush over faster upon receiving the news.

Although Xu Da and others had guessed that the royal family would attach great importance to this child, they were still shocked to see everyone mobilized.

Not to mention Chen Yuan and his wife, they were already very excited to have a successor of their own.

Now that the Royal Group has taken action, they are even more excited and can hardly speak clearly.

Fuqing's eyes were also filled with tears. Pregnant women are easily emotional, and she was naturally very moved to see the royal family mobilizing such a large force.

Empress Ma, Concubine Zheng An and others rushed forward to comfort her, saying that one should not cry during pregnancy or the baby will become a crybaby.

It was naturally not appropriate for a man to stay in the backyard, so he just looked at Fuqing and then went to the front to chat.

Only a group of women were left here.

Everyone was talking at once, and most of the questions they asked were about how it had been a few days, whether they were feeling unwell, etc.

Or just teach some parenting skills or something.

Madam Ma glanced at Xu Miaojin standing beside her, and seemed to have thought of something, and said with a smile:

"Don't you think it's a coincidence? The prince just got married and Fuqing is pregnant."

Everyone naturally knew what to say, and they all echoed, saying that it was the prince who brought the joy and so on.

Madam Ma smiled and said, "So, this child is destined to be a member of the royal family."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, what do you mean?
Some of those who reacted quickly have already guessed something.

Ma Niangniang did not give the crowd a chance to speculate and continued:

"Your Majesty told me before that if the Jingke family gave birth to a daughter, she would be the future Crown Prince's Consort, and if they gave birth to a son, he would be the future Prince Consort."

"I even joked that Miaojin's age difference was so big that by the time she had a child, Jingke's child would be that old."

"Perhaps because he heard our voices, this child was dragged out for so many years before coming out."

"It seems that he (she) is also very satisfied with this marriage."

Everyone looked at each other in surprise. When Empress Ma said this in public, it was equivalent to finalizing the child's marriage.

It is not surprising that the royal family wants to continue the marriage with the Anping Marquisate.

After all, Chen Jingke's abilities are there.

But it's a bit unexpected that you're so impatient. You should at least wait until the child is born and a few years older.

But they were all time-tested ladies in the fame and fortune world, and they reacted immediately.

They all echoed: "You didn't say that, I haven't discovered this yet."

"What a coincidence."

"What a coincidence! This child wants to marry into the royal family."

"It's good to be close to each other."

Empress Ma was very satisfied with these people's compliments.

She naturally knew that she seemed a little anxious when she brought this up in public.

But there is really no way, it is too difficult for Chen Jingke to have a child.

Now that there is finally some movement, we must occupy this position in advance and never allow any accidents to happen.

Fuqing would say nothing at all.

There was a custom in ancient times that a married daughter would marry one of her daughters back to her parents' home.

This is a way to repay the mother's family for giving birth to and raising her, and it also has the meaning of strengthening the relationship between relatives.

Her children, whether a boy married a royal princess or a girl married a royal family member, were in accordance with custom.

What's more, this marriage has deep political factors.

No matter from which perspective, she is happy to see it succeed.

Even proud of it.

This kind of honor can only be enjoyed by our family.

As a grandmother, Mrs. Feng was just happy.

She also knew that she and Chen Yuan had little say in this child.

But she herself is not a nosy person, as long as the child is healthy and safe, that's enough.

As for a marriage with the royal family, then just do it.

The princess daughter-in-law Fuqing is a very good one. She knows etiquette, right from wrong and is filial.

Well, she had already assumed that Fuqing was pregnant with a son.

It's not entirely about favoring boys over girls. After all, the only child in three generations is a boy, so she subconsciously thinks that this is also a son.

Xu Miaojin, who was standing by, felt more and more strange the more she listened, and her gaze towards Fuqing's stomach became more and more odd.

After all, this is either her daughter-in-law or her son-in-law, doesn't it feel weird?

The key point is that she has not made any movement on her own, and her child’s marriage has already been arranged.

Listening to this group of people's serious discussion, she felt inexplicably funny.
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Outside, Lao Zhu was equally eager to assert his sovereignty over the child.

"Don't fight with us for it, or don't blame us for turning hostile."

Xu Da and others naturally wouldn't say anything. This was not the first time that Zhu Yuanzhang had said something similar, so how could they have any other ideas?

Lan Yu smiled and said, "Even if I wanted to snatch it from you, I wouldn't have the chance."

His daughter Lan Min already has a child, and his two sons are not young anymore.

Whether it is Chen Jingke's son or daughter, there is no chance.

When a group of grown men get together, it is impossible for them to only discuss children, or it can be said that children are just a small topic.

The topic soon turned to military and national affairs, and then naturally came to talk about the great enfeoffment.

Old Zhu was indeed somewhat excited, and for the first time he announced the next plan for enfeoffment:
"In the next few years, I will enfeoff some small princes in some remote places."

"Like Kuye Island, Ezo Island, and some habitable islands in the South and West Oceans."

This also means that the great nobles have no chance of being enfeoffed, unless they are desperate and voluntarily apply to go to these remote places.

"After three or two years, when the vassal states in the South Seas are stable, the imperial court will establish a stable route to Yanzhou."

"Then slowly transport people upwards and build more strongholds."

"If all goes well, the second major enfeoffment will be carried out in five years, and Yanzhou will be enfeoffed to the princes."

Zhu Biao interrupted and said, "In two years, I will confer titles on both Yunwen and Yunxun first."

"With two closed countries as support, we can better develop there."

There is another reason. Yanzhou is too far away, so the royal children must go there first to set an example.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, obviously dissatisfied with Zhu Biao's arrangement.

Zhu Yunwen could just go there. If that doesn't work, he could select two of his remaining sons and enfeoff them together.

Let’s talk about Zhu Yunhuan’s matter separately.

After all, Zhu Biao had few descendants, so he had to leave a few brothers to help Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Yunhuan is undoubtedly the most suitable one.

He and Zhu Xiongying are from the same mother and have had a deep relationship since childhood.

He is also intelligent and calm, very much like his mother.

He also grew up with Chen Jingke and others, and under the influence of them, his abilities are also outstanding.

Especially for the new policies, I am full of ideas.

In Old Zhu's opinion, this is simply Zhu Xiongying's best helper. How could he be confined to a place like Yanzhou?

However, he did not refute Zhu Biao's words. It would not be too late to discuss it privately when he returned. He could not offend his son in person.

At this time, Zhu Xiongying said: "There should be a result in Japan, and many princes can be enfeoffed there."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Japan is a nice place.

The key is to have a large population, which can save you a lot of trouble.

Old Zhu didn't expect him to bring this up suddenly, and he was a little undecided for a moment.

Zhu Biao said: "Japan still has a population of more than 6 million and is far away from the Ming Dynasty. It will take a lot of effort to conquer it."

"The court is currently dealing with a myriad of issues, and it is not appropriate to start another incident. Let's wait and see."

Old Zhu generally supported him and nodded:
"The Great Enfeoffment, Grassland Strategy, Western Regions, Anxi, domestic reforms are still needed, and the first phase of the national plan is coming to an end..."

"We really can't afford to take care of Japan anymore, so let's put this plan on hold for a few years."

Finally, he looked at Chen Jingke: "Jingke, what do you think?"

Chen Jingke nodded slowly and said, "Japan has a long heritage, and it is difficult to conquer them."

"When we send out troops, we will inevitably encounter strong resistance."

"In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, we must make long-term plans."

"With the support of the Ming Dynasty, Japan's Northern and Southern Dynasties are in opposition, and both sides have become bloodthirsty."

"Now they have a serious shortage of young and strong population."

"The main force of production activities has become the elderly and women."

"It is foreseeable that the population will inevitably drop precipitously in the future."

It's very simple. There are not enough newborns. Once the current adults die, the population will naturally decline sharply.

If there is another famine, even more people will die.

As we all know, Japan has many typhoons, tsunamis and earthquakes, any one of which can kill countless people.

"And by that time, the vassal states will have been almost stabilized."

"Let's all work together to divide up and absorb the remaining population of Japan."

"If the land is freed up, the imperial court will be able to migrate there and establish a new rule."

From now on, the Japanese ethnic group will completely disappear in the long river of history.

amount……

After finishing the plan, Chen Jingke subconsciously glanced at the backyard.

Isn't it a bad idea to start fighting just because your wife finds out she's pregnant?
However...killing small things is an exception, as that is for accumulating merit.

His father works so hard to earn merit for him, this child will definitely become rich and powerful in the future.

(End of this chapter)