That cry was like a pair of big hands, grabbing Zhu Youxiao's heart so hard that he almost suffocated. Without hesitation, he rushed to the delivery room, so fast that his body almost became a phantom.

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With a bang, while everyone was still immersed in various emotions, he smashed the door and rushed in.

"Baozhu, Baozhu, are you okay?" Zhu Youxiao asked hurriedly. Although he was outside just now and heard that the child was giving birth very smoothly, he still couldn't help but worry in his heart at this moment, what if, what if something happens?

"Long live Lord, long live Lord..." Zhang Yan couldn't help shouting when she heard Zhu Youxiao's voice. Just shouting, she couldn't help crying.

"I'm useless as a concubine. I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but it's useless to give birth to Lin'er." Zhang Yan's face was pale, and her crying made her skin color almost transparent, which made people feel heartbroken.

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhu Youxiao didn't care about the dust on his body, and quickly held Zhang Yan's head in his arms, carefully protecting and comforting her.

Zhang Yan leaned over and still sobbed softly.

Next to me, when the midwife saw this scene, she froze in her movements to announce the good news, and was at a loss for a moment. Think about it, this is the royal family, the difference between men and women is even worse than among the people, not to mention that it is a queen giving birth, not a man.

, this loss is even greater.

However, this was a little life after all. It was so cruel to be ignored by his parents as soon as he was born. The midwife couldn't bear it, so she finally hugged her and congratulated her loudly, "Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty, the queen has given birth to a princess."

However, when Zhang Yan heard this, she felt even more sad and burst into tears again. Zhu Youxiao comforted her again, but he had no experience in this area, so comfort was useless. He had an idea and saw the midwife next to him at a loss.

Holding his daughter in his arms, he stood up and handed the little thing over to Zhang Yan.

"Baozhu, look, this is our daughter. She will be the eldest princess in the future. Isn't she cute? It doesn't matter if she doesn't give birth to a son. We can just have another baby in the future."

"Eldest princess?" Zhang Yan murmured sobs, then gradually stopped her tears, and carefully looked at the infant baby. After all, this was the flesh that fell from her body. As soon as she took it in her hands, she felt a mother-daughter feeling.

The feeling of connectedness came to my heart, and joy gradually emerged, crowding out other emotions.

The eldest princess is usually the title given to the extremely favored princess and the emperor's sisters. Zhu Youxiao has no siblings, and his younger sisters are all concubines. Now that the eldest daughter was given the title of eldest princess as soon as she was born, this shows how favored she is. Of course, this

This kind of love is actually for Queen Zhang Yan.

It is precisely for this reason that when she heard His Majesty's title, Zhang Yan was immediately stunned, and the sadness in her heart gradually stopped.

"Your Majesty still loves me!" Zhang Yan murmured in her heart, "But we still have to strive to have our eldest son as soon as possible. It's a pity. It would be great if this baby was a boy..."

As soon as the title of eldest princess came out, another woman in the delivery room was also stunned, and then she showed a look of ecstasy. She was none other than the wet nurse who had been prepared for a long time. This is how it is in the palace, or it is like this in China.

Yes, one will be prosperous, one will be harmed, one will be harmed, and one person will ascend to heaven.

A wet nurse who can give birth to a princess is naturally better than an ordinary princess. This is a matter of status in the eyes of the emperor.

When this title was spread to the ministers outside, they were surprised that they had just regretted it. This was not an ordinary title. Such a title was not much different from that of a prince.

The eldest princess, what a eldest princess!

The ministers were silent and then retreated.

On that day, the news that Queen Zhang Yan gave birth to the eldest princess spread throughout the capital. It was then published in the Imperial Daily and spread throughout the entire Ming Dynasty within half a month.

The whole country is jubilant and the whole world is celebrating.

Although he did not give birth to a prince, as Zhu Youxiao's first child, he still issued a decree to reward the three armies, all soldiers, civil servants, and internal government employees, with an extra month's pay for the month, and the merchant transaction tax was halved.

This decree made the prisoners who committed crimes this month secretly curse, but it made countless people across the country cheer. The volume of commodity transactions that month not only did not decrease, but surged, and the tax revenue in various places doubled.

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Just because the tax revenue was halved this month, almost all counties, except for the really remote and uninhabited ones, have basically completed the tasks they set out to do.

In the delivery room, seeing the favored queen Zhang Yan, the other two concubines, Fan Zhenzhen and Yi Dieer, were so jealous that they almost burst into flames, but they had to hide it.

As a group of people who entered the palace at the same time, the three of them can be said to be in a competitive relationship. How come the other one is the queen, and they are so favored even after giving birth to a daughter.

"We must find a way to give birth to the prince first." The two women thought in unison.

After arriving at the palace, they all learned about the various stories that had been circulated before, including the story of Zhu Youxiao's biological father, Guangzong Zhu Changluo. Such inspiring stories simply gave hope to all kinds of concubines with humble backgrounds, as long as they could give birth to a child.

The eldest son will definitely be the future emperor.

This is something that the previous emperor Wanli personally verified.

Of course, the two women who had lived in the palace for a long time did not know that as a praised sage emperor, Zhu Youxiao had long firmly held power in his own hands, and the civil service group could not stop any of his decisions.

After his painstaking adjustments and the arduous maintenance of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, the emperor's imperial edict is now more effective than the cabinet's edict.

His imperial edict does not need to be stamped by the cabinet, it is directly effective. Anyone who dares to resist will be punished by being imprisoned. These have been personally verified by Juren who did not want to be an official at the beginning. Today, these people are still here

He taught in the Northeast or on the Mongolian grasslands, and used his personal experience to warn future generations.

As the saying goes, when the mind moves, the world responds. When the queen and the two noble concubines thought in their minds, the atmosphere suddenly changed subtly. Zhu Youxiao's senses were already more sensitive than ordinary people, and he felt it all at once.

This is the beginning of the palace battle!

This kind of rhythm cannot be stopped by Zhu Youxiao. Unless he is allowed to marry only one woman, it is inevitable. And it is obvious that between palace fighting and monogamy, he would rather choose palace fighting.

Although he has not enthroned anyone in the harem above the imperial concubine in the past three years, hunting for wild food, secretly talking, etc. are unavoidable.

Looking at several high-spirited women, he could only think of a solution in his heart, "It seems that in the future, you must pay attention to your menstrual period when having sex until the queen gives birth to her eldest son."

This is not only his blessing, but also the blessing of the country. Although he has the ability to let his second son ascend the throne, why not save trouble if it can save him.

After the joy, there is peace.

That night, regardless of the exhaustion from the journey, Zhu Youxiao stayed at Kunning Palace and stayed up all night with Zhang Yan. The same was true for the rest of the night. The two were inseparable and there was no room for a third party to intervene. Even if he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity

The other two concubines who had received favor from the king also failed.

Time passed leisurely, and as expected, as expected by several ministers, the emperor never left the harem. He was either teasing the eldest princess or accompanying the queen all day long. He really didn't want the country but the beauty.

Fortunately, the rules of the cabinet and the governor's office have been established. It doesn't matter if the emperor is away. The empire operates as usual and all tasks are done well.

In Mobei, the land of Outer Mongolia, although the Jurchens restrained themselves, they could not resist a secret instigator. Through several fake attacks, the hatred between the two had accumulated, and they even had a fight. It was only a matter of time before a large-scale conflict

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If the Jurchens wanted to get rid of the material control of the Ming Dynasty, they could only seek outside help. But the only capable person in the local area had been aroused by Zhang Shize pretending to be a Jurchen, and did not listen to Huang Taiji's explanation at all.

Yes, Zhang Shize can continue to provoke.

Since he could not get out of the predicament, Huang Taiji could only follow Ming's plan and use the blood of his own people to pave the way for Ming to enter the place.

Stepping on these corpses, Huang Taiji led his tribe to the west.

As the Knights of Cavalry entered Hulunbuir, the map of Inner Mongolia in later generations was completely complete. The division of the northern provinces, Zhu Youxiao also followed the rules of intertwined behavior in later generations.

The basic terrain of mountains, rivers and rivers is used as the basis for division, but one province is not allowed to form a closed area. Mountains, rivers, and arteries in various places are always divided into neighboring provinces, and one place is not allowed to control all traffic arteries.

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As a result, the maps of the northern provinces are basically similar to those of later generations. The only difference is that Gansu Province merged the Ningxia area with later generations.

As for the newly established Mongolian province, no governor has been appointed yet. They can only govern half of the province with the left and right participating in politics, waiting for subsequent resettlement. After all, Inner Mongolia is too long, and the transportation at this time is not very developed, so it is temporarily divided into two parts.

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The frontier was quiet, but there were riots in the interior. Uprisings of landlords were raging in various places, and armies from various places rushed back and forth to suppress them. Finally, the situation was temporarily maintained without collapse. But the shrewd Xu Guangqi had already seen from this unusual place

A clue is coming.

Therefore, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, he did not care about the emperor's return after a long battle, so he broke into the palace with the memorial in hand to see the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the situation is critical now. Your Majesty must make a decision early on." Xu Guangqi said solemnly.

However, Zhu Youxiao didn't take it seriously and just yawned lazily, "My one hundred thousand troops are spread all over the world, which is enough to suppress them."

It's not that Zhu Youxiao is arrogant, but that the original military strength of the Ming Dynasty is too weak in today's world, not to mention the landlord uprising that is even smaller than the Ming Dynasty's guards. He doesn't take it seriously at all.

"It is true, as your Majesty said, but I'm afraid your Majesty has overlooked the conspiracy behind it!" What Xu Guangqi said immediately made Zhu Youxiao's heart skip a beat, and he felt a bad premonition.
Chapter completed!