Time soon came to the year 1884 in the imperial calendar.
If we follow the AD calendar, it would be 1664.
At this time, 20 years have passed since Chongzhen fled Beijing in disgrace.
Chongzhen also entered the middle age of 54 years old from the prime of 34 years old, passing the age of knowing his destiny.
After the Lantern Festival, Chongzhen came to Wuyi Lane by the Qinhuai River and saw Gao Qiqian, who was already in his twilight years. Lao Gao was eighty years old this year.
Although the medical conditions in the Ming Dynasty have improved greatly, there are still only a few people who live to be eighty.
Gao Qiqian also knew that this meeting was probably the last meeting between master and servant. Before parting, he took Chongzhen's hand and said with tears, "Long live my lord, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you after we say goodbye today."
Hey, long live my Lord, take care of me."
"Hey, what are you talking about?" Chongzhen said angrily, "In my opinion, your body is still very strong. There is no problem at all if you live to be a hundred years old. I will wait for another twenty years to personally
I’m planning a hundred-year-old birthday for you.”
"In this case, I will accept the blessings of Long Live the Lord." Gao Qiqian smiled so much that both rows of gums were exposed.
After returning to the headquarters at the foot of Qingliang Mountain from Wuyi Alley, Chongzhen saw Zhu Cixiang waiting at the gate with two young men with vaguely similar facial features.
Seeing Chongzhen coming out of the carriage, the three of them quickly greeted him.
"My sons and ministers see my father and wish him long life."
"My grandson meets the Emperor and wishes him a long and prosperous life."
These two young men are the eldest emperor Sun Zhu Hezhen and the second emperor Sun Zhu Hegui.
Zhu Hezhen is 19 years old this year and will graduate from Nanjing Military Academy in the second half of this year. Zhu Hegui is also 17 years old and was admitted to Nanjing Military Academy in the second half of last year.
Of course, Zhu Cihong was not just the two sons Zhu Hezhen and Zhu Hegui.
After all, he is a prince, and Zhu Cixi now has more than a dozen concubines and more than thirty children in total.
However, Crown Princess Kang Xi only gave birth to brothers Zhu Hecheng and Zhu Hegui. The other children were all concubines, and their status and attention were definitely not comparable to those of the two younger brothers.
"No need." Chongzhen motioned to Zhu Cixiang and his son to get up.
Then he touched the back of Zhu Hecheng's head and asked, "Is it time to graduate in the second half of the year?"
"Replying to Grandpa Huang, my grandson will graduate in October." Zhu Hezhen replied seriously.
"Yeah." Chongzhen nodded and then asked, "What are your plans in the future? Do you want to go to Australia or America? Or to Black Africa. I just want to be with your third uncle."
The Ming Empire has been colonizing Australia, America and Black Africa.
It's just that the scale of colonization was not large because of the population. It was all based on the model of armed strongholds. Especially the colonization in Africa was very unsatisfactory due to the large number of indigenous people.
By the way, Zhu Cizheng arrived in South Africa eight years ago.
However, Zhu Hecheng went to Africa not to visit the feudal vassal, but just to gain military experience.
After all, Zhu Hechen was the emperor's eldest grandson and the second in line to the Ming Dynasty throne.
Zhu Hecheng and Zhu Cixiang looked at each other and said respectfully: "My grandson wants to go to Black Africa."
"Okay, let's go to Black Africa." Chongzhen nodded happily and said, "Be sure to bring more medical supplies."
After saying that, Chongzhen turned his eyes to Zhu Hegui and asked with a smile: "What about you? You are in the second grade at the beginning of school, right? I heard that your kid performed very well in practice last year, and Dean Chen even praised you."
Because Zhu Hegui was not the eldest son or grandson and had no burdens, he seemed very relaxed in front of Chongzhen.
When Chongzhen asked, Zhu Hegui immediately said with saliva on his face: "Grandpa Emperor, it's actually nothing. He just happened to suppress a group of absconding slave workers when he was traveling outside the city of Suwu in Siberia."
"That's not a group of ordinary slave workers." Chongzhen waved his hand and said.
"They are Maori captives who were captured from Australia. They are wild and untamed. You are not afraid of danger and lead a dozen scared classmates to defeat the attacks of more than a hundred Maori indigenous people. It is quite courageous."
After a pause, Chongzhen asked with a smile: "If you have merit, you will be rewarded. What reward do you want?"
Zhu Cihong winked at Zhu Hegui repeatedly, asking him to refuse, but Zhu Hegui pretended not to see it and said with a sneer on his face: "Grandpa Huang, do you really mean what you said?"
"Of course I take it seriously." Chongzhen said with a smile, "When has Grandpa Huang ever spoken without counting?"
Zhu Hegui immediately said: "Well, Grandpa Huang, please take your grandson with you on this expedition."
"You want to go on an expedition? How can you do that?" Chongzhen was stunned, "You still have to go to school."
Zhu Hegui said anxiously: "You can come back and start school again. It doesn't matter if you graduate a year later. But if my grandson misses this trip to Europe, he will not be able to catch up with any big wars in his life."
Good guy, I'm worried that there won't be a big war in the future, so I'm anxious.
"Haha, good, you are ambitious, you are worthy of being a descendant of our Zhu family."
Chongzhen said happily: "Then you will go on the expedition with Grandpa Huang this time."
"My grandson would like to thank Grandpa Huang here." Zhu Hegui was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.
While he was talking, a crisp voice came from outside the door: "Father, you are so partial."
Along with the sound, a slender figure walked in from the door, but she was a young girl of sixteen or seventeen years old. Who else could it be if she wasn't Zhu Jinxiu, the only princess of Jiangning in the Ming Dynasty?
Ever since the Jiashen National Disaster, Chongzhen's family has been in trouble.
There have been many concubines in the past twenty years, but Concubine Ran gave birth to Zhu Jinxiu.
Other concubines, such as Li Xiangjun, Aizimu and more than a hundred concubines, have nothing to do.
There was only such a precious daughter. Chongzhen held it in his mouth for fear of melting and held it in his hands for fear of falling. She was truly so precious that he wished he could pluck all the stars in the sky and give them to her.
"Jiang Ning, where is the father's partiality?" Chongzhen's face immediately showed an old father's smile.
Zhu Jinxiu pointed at Zhu Hegui and said, "Hegui can follow you to Europe, why can't I go? Unless you let me and Dali follow you, it's just partiality."
"Okay, you go too, you go too."
Chongzhen really had no resistance to his daughter.
But soon, Chongzhen realized something was wrong and asked vigilantly: "Who is Dali?"
"He is a classmate of mine." A faint blush appeared on Zhu Jinxiu's pretty face.
Alarm bells rang in Chongzhen's heart, right? No way? The cabbage that has been raised for seventeen years is about to be eaten by pigs? Where did this wild boar come from? Dali? What a stupid name!
"Grandpa Huang, your grandson knows this Yang Dali." Zhu Hegui raised his hand and said.
"Second nephew!" Zhu Jinxiu immediately cast a warning glance at Zhu Hegui.
Zhu Hegui instantly withered. He was not afraid of anything, not even the Emperor's grandfather. He was only afraid of the Emperor's Aunt. There was nothing else. He really couldn't beat the Emperor's Aunt.
Although Zhu Jinxiu looks delicate and frail, she is really proficient in equestrian, marksmanship, capture and combat.
Among the more than 3,000 freshmen in the 1983 class of Nanjing Military Academy, except for Yang Dali, none of them could defeat her.
Chongzhen suddenly wanted to see the Yang Dali that his precious daughter was talking about, and immediately said: "Classmate? Then call this classmate of yours over and let Father have a look."
"What are you doing?" Zhu Jinxiu was also very vigilant, "What are you doing seeing him?"
"I don't want to do anything, just want to see what he's capable of." Chongzhen explained, "After all, I might have to go to the battlefield if I go to Europe this time. What if I don't have any skills and I lose my life in vain?"
"Father, don't worry about this." Zhu Jinxiu said with a snort.
"Dali is very skilled. I will never embarrass you."
Upon hearing this, Chongzhen's eyes suddenly became more melancholy.
Won't you embarrass me? Are you sure you want to recruit him as your consort?
At that moment, Chongzhen could only say pitifully: "No matter what, I have to let my father see me, right?"
"It's not impossible, then you just wait." After Zhu Jinxiu said that, she turned around and left in a hurry. She was a beauty who looked like a flower branch, but had the personality of a boy.
Anyway, Zhu Cixi really couldn't stand it.
It was only because of his pampering that he pampered his sister like this.
However, Zhu Cixi didn't dare to say anything. A few years ago, he had persuaded Chongzhen to let the emperor's sister read more poems and learn more about female celebrities. In the end, he was scolded by Chongzhen and said that he was old-fashioned.
From then on, Zhu Cihong did not dare to say a word about Zhu Jinxiu.
Chongzhen drove Zhu Cihong and Zhu Hechen away, but deliberately kept Zhu Hegui.
"Gui'er, tell Grandpa Huang about this Yang Dali." Chongzhen asked, "Where is he from?"
Zhu Hegui said: "Grandpa Huang, Yang Dali is from Xuzhou, and his father is a soldier in Nanzhi Town. He moved to Osaka on the Japanese island more than ten years ago, but he and his mother did not follow him, but stayed in Xuzhou.
, because he is the eldest son and can inherit the 25 acres of land left by his father as well as the qualification to be a soldier."
"Oh, he's a boy from Xuzhou Zhenbing Family." Chongzhen felt a little relieved, "What's his father's name?"
Zhu Hegui shook his head and said, "My grandson doesn't know. Grandpa Huang will ask him when Dali arrives."
The headquarters in Qingliang Mountain is not far from Nanjing Military Academy. Less than half an hour later, Zhu Jinxiu walked through the door with a strong and slender young man.
Seeing this young man, Chongzhen nodded secretly.
Well, my baby girl has quite good taste.
This young man looks like he has great vitality.
However, Chongzhen felt very unhappy when he thought that his precious daughter would soon take advantage of this boy. Chongzhen almost subconsciously turned his face down.
After all, he is an old emperor who has been on the throne for more than thirty years, and his dragon power is extremely strong.
In particular, Chongzhen's achievements can be said to be unprecedented and unparalleled, so the majesty on his body is even greater. This sullen face immediately frightened the young man so much that his face turned pale. The words "see the Holy Spirit" came to his lips but he couldn't say it out.
.
It's not that this young man is useless, it's that the evil spirit in Chongzhen is so strong that no one can bear it.
Oh, no, there is one person who can ignore the evil spirit in Chongzhen, and that is his precious daughter.
Zhu Jinxiu stood directly in front of the young man and said coquettishly: "Father, why are you scaring him?"
[If nothing else, this should be the third to last chapter of the extra chapter]
