My Daming New Empire

Zhu Zhanji curled his lips secretly, no matter what era these women are, they can't escape the nature of gossip.

Walking up the bluestone steps with short legs, the ladies in the court obviously knew him very well, and those with high rank greeted him one by one, and those without rank were not even qualified to talk to him.

The Kunning Palace is the Queen's bedroom. There are nine main halls and three deep rooms. From the outside, the area is about seven to eight hundred square meters.

Of course, such a large area is not just a bedroom, which is divided into different uses by walls and decorations.

Entering the door is a hall, about 15 meters deep, with carved seats on the left and right, and a coffee table in the middle of the seats.

The innermost one is a golden-yellow-decorated phoenix seat, which is the place where the queen meets with ministers or noble wives.

Seven or eight young maids were wiping the dust. Seeing him looking in from the door, they all smiled and did not stop their work.

Jiang Shanggong smiled and called him: "Didn't His Royal Highness dislike the main hall? Why did you go over there? Come here quickly, the empress is looking forward to you!"

Enter through the second door on the east side. This should be a small living room. Empress Xu is sitting on a soft couch like a chaise longue. There are some fabrics and needlework in front of her, and she is picking and choosing.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji, he immediately smiled, put down the silk thread in his hand, and waved to him. "Ji'er, come to grandma, wearing the crown today, you really look like a little adult."

Zhu Zhanji recalled his memory, came to her, knelt down in front of her, and kowtowed three times.Shouted: "Eldest grandson, son of King Yan Zhanji, to see His Royal Highness Grandmother and Empress."

Empress Xu hurriedly stood up in a panic, helped him up, hugged him in her arms and asked in surprise, "Why does Ji'er make such a big gift?"

Although Zhu Zhanji was not used to being hugged so intimately by a middle-aged woman, he did not resist, but pretended to be obedient and said: "Today is Ji'er's birthday. Without grandma, there would be no father, and without father, there would be no me." , so I want to be grateful.”

Based on Zhou Youzai's domineering and ruthless past life, he would never have thought of such words.This sentence was said by the sensible Zhongxuan once when he was teaching the mischievous Zhongao, and Zhou You remembered it.

Empress Xu asked, "Who taught you this?"

"No one teaches the child, the child thinks on his own."

Empress Xu didn't believe it, she looked at Fu Dianyi and Xue Zhangwei behind the crowd.The two were so frightened that they immediately stepped forward and knelt down, but they didn't dare to open their mouths to say goodbye.

"You didn't talk to Shizi privately, did you?"

"Slaves dare not," both of them responded quickly.

"How could the son say such things? He didn't know these truths yet! If a six-year-old child is taught to be flattering, it would be a great sin."

It is not difficult to find out this matter, because there are at least four people around him to take care of each other, help each other, and supervise each other.Therefore, if you ask separately, whoever said what to Zhu Zhanji can't hide it.

It took a while for Empress Xu to confirm that no one taught Zhu Zhanji. If an adult instigated it, it would be something wrong.But it is true that a five-year-old child can be so sensible, which will only make Empress Xu like this smart grandson even more.

Mrs. Zhang told Empress Xu what Zhu Zhanji said to her in the morning, which made Empress Xu more happy. She put her arms around Zhu Zhanji and asked: "Ji'er told grandma, why did you think of this? "

Zhu Zhanji deliberately pretended to be unhappy. "Grandmother doesn't believe in Christianity... son, no one taught me... I thought of it myself."

Zhou You felt more and more that the name Zhu Zhanji was really too low, Jier, Jier, who talks about this every day!

Chapter 4 Who's Who?

In the Ming Dynasty, there were many eunuchs and many court ladies, but the royal family had few people.

Except that Zhu Yuanzhang gave birth to a lot of sons, the next emperors had very few children.

Zhu Di married a large group of women, but only gave birth to four sons and five daughters.

Although all three sons have married wives, they now only have two grandchildren.Three of the five daughters are already married, and the remaining two have been married and will marry this year.

In the huge imperial palace, tens of thousands of people served only a dozen or so masters.Even with the addition of those concubines, there are no more than a hundred masters in the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in the lower class. Although he is a rare genius in a century, he also has inherent defects in managing the country.

Because of their low background, they paid extra attention to ostentation, which made the palace overcrowded, which was completely unnecessary.

In the history books, he was described as a cruel and unbearable emperor. Although there were his evil deeds, it was mainly because of his suppression of Confucianism.

The next Emperor Jianwen was limped by a group of literati, and was taken over by Zhu Di who was almost the same as Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Di half used Confucianism and half suppressed it.Although he conquered the grassland seven times and created a peaceful environment for the Han people, his evaluation in history is still average.

On the contrary, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji, who were kind to Confucianism later, can be said to have no historical contribution at all.They are just the masters of success, and they lost their strongholds outside the Great Wall and the Northeast, but they were hyped and called the rule of benevolence.

Zhou You didn't know much about this period of history, but he also knew that the decline of the Ming Dynasty started from Zhu Zhanji.

Because he lost the stronghold outside the Great Wall, spent the power of the whole country to build the Great Wall, and abandoned the Northeast, which caused a great increase in grassland power.

Sealing off the country and enforcing a sea ban have resulted in the lack of business and taxation.

Then he met a stupid pig son, who was limped by Wang Zhen. He created a civil fort with superior forces and was defeated. He even became a prisoner.

This great defeat led to the decline of noble forces, the end of the army, and the rise of Confucianism as a whole.

In order to fight against Confucianism, the royal family had to use the eunuch party to balance the court. Since then, the Ming Dynasty fell into internal struggle and completely declined.

Zhu Zhanji sat on a wooden horse that could be rocked back and forth, swaying gently, with a group of court ladies looking after him.

A little farther away, Empress Xu, Mrs. Zhang and other female relatives were doing needlework and chatting. Seeing Zhu Zhanji frowning like a young adult, they all felt a little funny.

"Ji'er, why are you so sad?"

While lamenting the fate of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help sighing when he thought that he would still be a child for ten years.

"Grandma, I didn't sleep well last night, so I'm a little out of energy."

Empress Xu put down a red robe in her hand, which should be a dowry for a certain princess, and waved to him: "Come to grandma, and have a good sleep. When your grandpa comes down, I will give birth to you at noon."

Instead of pretending to be a child here, it's better to take a nap for a while.

From a hero who roams the world to suddenly become a child, it is one aspect that he is not used to it, and more importantly, he also needs to think carefully about his future path.

If you become an adult, you won't be as passive as you are now, even if you face a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire.

But he is now a child!

Coming to the soft couch next to Empress Xu, Zhu Zhanji climbed onto the soft couch, and stretched out his fingers to tease Zhu Zhanhe's face who was sleeping soundly.

This is Zhu Gaoxu's eldest son, who is less than one year old.

In this era of backward medical care, even royal infants have a [-] to [-] percent loss rate.Therefore, children under the age of four or five don't even dare to love deeply, for fear that they will die young and feel overwhelmed.

Zhu Di has just officially ascended the throne, and Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui have not yet been crowned kings. In fact, Zhu Di has not even confirmed the crown prince yet.

Among his sons, he likes Zhu Gaoxu the most, but Zhu Gaoxu has a domineering personality. Although he is brave and good at fighting, he is brave and foolish, and he has made many mistakes.

Although he didn't like Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaochi was respected by literati, and he took advantage of the righteousness and gave birth to a good son.

Zhu Di loved Zhu Zhanji, his grandson, very much. On the night of his birth, Zhu Di was still the King of Yan. He dreamed that his father, Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, gave him a big gift.