Zhu Youxiao still knew about Yang Chongyou, even though he was not famous in history.
But for him, whether he has talent or ability is no longer the most important thing. What matters is whether he is loyal enough.
Therefore, he is now preparing to focus on training his two sons, Yang Zhen and Yang Jihu.
In this battle, Yang Zhen followed Li Wensheng into the desert for thousands of miles, swept away the Mongolian tribes, and defeated Huang Taiji. Not only did he have great military achievements, he was also among the best in the army.
It is rare for someone among the nobles to like him, so naturally it is impossible for him to be placed in the capital.
Therefore, Yang Zhen was directly promoted by him to the rank of staff general, stationed at the vacant Dushi Maying Fortress, leading an army and commanding one side.
Yang Jihu, like Guo Peimin, was transferred to the Royal Forest Army as General Qian and became the emperor's personal guard.
"I thank Your Majesty for your grace."
After sending a few people away, Zhu Youxiao went directly to Kunning Palace. Today, he did not want to get involved in political affairs.
Even though a large number of officials were kneeling outside the Meridian Gate, crying and clamoring to see him, he paid no attention to them.
Although the emperor returned safely, Zhang Yan was still worried in Kunning Palace.
The reason is naturally because of his father.
Zhang Guoji originally thought that if his daughter was canonized as a queen, his family would rise to great heights and become one of the upper-class nobility of the Ming Dynasty.
But the reality was quite different from what he thought. The emperor only rewarded him with some gold and silver silk and satin, and a house in the inner city.
This was given at the time of the wedding. Since then, the emperor has never paid attention to it. As the head of the dynasty, he has never seen the emperor.
Even his own daughter, he has tried not to see her since she entered the palace.
He lives in the capital, and with the title of the head of the country, he seems to have a good life, but only he knows what is going on.
Thinking about his dignified father-in-law, the emperor never paid any attention to him, and he was reluctant to even give it to an earl.
Every time he thought about this, he felt extremely unbalanced in his heart, so he wrote letters to his daughter every three days.
I hope to be able to whisper in the emperor's ears and grant him a title.
Every time Zhang Yan saw those letters, she felt extremely annoyed and sad.
If it weren't for the loud noise from the palace maids outside greeting him, Zhang Yan wouldn't even know that the emperor had come to Kunning Palace.
She quickly stood up and hurried to the palace gate, and happened to bump into Zhu Youxiao head-on.
"I, my concubine, see you, Your Majesty."
After more than two months apart, Zhu Youxiao missed his wife very much, not to mention she was so beautiful.
Although the relationship is not very deep, after more than a year of getting along, the foundation is naturally there.
The emperor's character and attitude towards her also made Zhang Yan feel less restrained.
Although he had only been away for more than two months, Zhu Youxiao still had to say that the change was really big.
At this time, Zhang Yan is more beautiful and has more temperament. After giving birth to a child, there have been obvious changes in all aspects.
Zhu Youxiao, who had been holding it back for a while, couldn't bear it, so he decided to do it for her on the spot.
Although this was not the first time the emperor had done this, Zhang Yan was still shy and ordered the maids and eunuchs to leave the palace.
When Zhu Youxiao let out a long roar, this long-lasting battle came to an end.
Zhang Yan, who was satisfied, hugged Zhu Youxiao tightly, feeling the heat all over her body. Zhu Youxiao almost didn't want to do it again.
But in the end reason defeated desire.
"How is your father doing lately?"
Zhang Yan, who was leaning on her husband's chest, never expected that the emperor would suddenly ask her about this, but she responded quickly:
"My father has always been healthy and well, why did Your Majesty suddenly ask about my father?"
Knowing that Zhang Yan was hiding something from him, Zhu Youxiao thought about it and stopped pretending to be dumbfounded. Since she didn't want to say it, he might as well point it out himself.
It's better to resolve such a trivial matter as soon as possible to avoid upsetting people.
Moreover, he knew Zhang Guoji very well, and he was not a peaceful person.
If you don't give him some color to see, this guy really might open a dyeing room.
If he still wants a title, he would never give it to him in his dreams.
Zhang Guoji had close relationships with officials and gentry, especially the Donglin Party members. It can be said that he was the minion of the Donglin Party members.
In history, after Zhang Guoji was awarded the title of Taikang Bo, he was very free and comfortable with this dual identity.
The road to business was going smoothly. Not only the Donglin Party members relied on him more, but even the traditional gentry and gentry in Jiangnan began to fawn over him.
Zhang Yan's background and experience are destined to be on their side.
That's why Emperor Tianqi didn't like Zhang Yan in history, and even hated her.
After waiting for a few years, Emperor Tianqi, who grew up slowly, discovered that the entire dynasty was filled with Donglin Party members, and he was very shocked, or rather frightened.
He made a prompt decision and immediately seized Zhang Guoji's title and drove him back to his hometown in Henan, and was not allowed to leave home even half a step.
From then on, the connection between foreign ministers and the palace was severed, at least on the surface.
Then he began to alienate Zhang Yan, and with Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family as his confidants, one controlled the internal affairs and the other the external ones, and began to eliminate the Donglin Party members.
It was also five years after the Apocalypse that Wei Zhongxian finally stopped making small fuss and began to use various means and conspiracies to forge various charges and massacre the Donglin Party members.
And Hakka also started her own actions. She directly replaced Zhang Yan and became the de facto master of the harem, and began to purge the palace of the Lin Party members.
Emperor Tianqi naturally knew about these things, but he never asked about it, nor did he blame Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family. Instead, he hid behind the scenes because this was all his instructions.
And why did Zhu Youxiao, who knew all this, choose Zhang Yan as the queen and go out of his way to improve her status?
There still needs to be a balance. The Donglin Party members should indeed be killed, and the aristocratic families in Jiangnan should not be spared either.
But if he knew and killed them all, other parties would also rise.
For example, the half-dead KKK and some of the partisans surrounding Wei Zhongxian.
Could he just keep killing? This is obviously impossible.
Therefore, he must strike a balance, at least not directly cutting off their way of survival, but always giving them some hope.
And Zhang Yan, the queen promoted by the Donglin Party members, is naturally their best hope.
Including Concubine Liu who lives in Cining Palace, her relationship with the Donglin Party members is not shallow.
But now she is no longer a threat to Zhu Youxiao, but the harem cannot be without someone in charge. She is too lazy to take care of it, so she simply leaves it to him.
As long as the front palace where you are located can be firmly controlled, it is enough.
Wang Chaofu has been his playmate since childhood, and Wei Zhongxian will not betray him.
What's more, Liu Ruoyu's newly rebuilt West Factory and Yang Huan's Jin Yiwei are still there.
Unless they all become lackeys of the civil servants, there is no way they will lose.
He might not go to the harem once every half a year. When he did, he would only give a symbolic greeting.
In Kunning Palace, he could stay overnight only a handful of times, and there were no rules, so there was no need to worry too much.