Li Zhi only had one wife, so Cui He was more important than an ordinary Duke's wife. Cui He's birth has almost become a major event in Tianjin, and "Tianjin Daily" recently published a notice.
Li Zhi's third child, if it is a boy, is the younger brother of Li Huan, the crown prince of Jin State. Li Zhi's career is getting bigger and bigger, and the younger brother of the crown prince of Jin State will surely become an important figure in the Ming Dynasty.
Although Li Zhi is already the Duke, the officials under Li Zhi are either relatives or juniors. Occasionally, a few who were promoted later also followed Li Zhi in the seventh year of Chongzhen, and they are all very close. I heard that the Duke’s wife said today
When there was news of the birth, all the generals and officials under Li Zhi gathered in the lobby of the General Military Mansion to wait for the news.
In the future, if the Duke's Mansion in the south of the city is built, these people can wait in the main hall.
Li Xing, Cui Changwu and other closest relatives were waiting with Li Zhi in the Santang courtyard.
Li Zhi's second uncle, Li Dao, took a puff of dry tobacco, blew out smoke rings and said: "My lord, it is precious to marry a wife and have children. Now I have six children, and you are the third."
Li Zhi did not answer his second uncle's words. He saw Li Huan holding his sister Li Shu obediently and asked: "Li Huan, you are going to have a younger brother and sister again, are you happy?"
Li Huan puffed up her chest and said, "I'm happy. I just want my mother to give birth to ten younger brothers and sisters, and they will all listen to me in the future."
Li Zhi smiled and said, "Are you so sensible?"
When Li Huan saw his father praising him, he beamed with joy and said, "Dad, if mother gives birth to a younger brother for me, I will take him to conquer the world! If she gives birth to a younger sister, I will share the candy with her!"
Li Huan was in a good mood today. He touched Li Huan's head and smiled.
Li Huan saw his father's expression, blinked his eyes, and stretched out his hand to hold on to Li Zhi's clothes.
Everyone waited for two hours. When it was almost time to have lunch, Cui He's maid Ju'er ran out and shouted excitedly: "Master! Master! It's a son!"
Li Zhi has his second son. These days, sons are given priority over daughters, and a boy is more precious than a daughter. Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they were all very happy, and congratulated Li Zhi one after another. Li Zhi laughed and strode in.
delivery room.
In the delivery room, Cui Hezheng, who was sweating profusely from exhaustion, was holding the newborn baby carefully. He didn't even notice when Li Zhi walked in.
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Madam, give me a hug."
Cui He thought about it for a long time, but refused to give it to Li Zhi and said: "You must have thrown my son with your rough hands!"
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On June 25, Li Zhi summoned his officials to discuss matters.
Li Zhi first asked about shipbuilding. After being threatened by Zheng Zhilong in the court, Li Zhi felt that his navy needed to expand. Construction started again at several shipbuilding sites in Shandong, and Li Zhi asked Gao Ligong to recruit manpower again.
"Don't worry, Lord, all the six shipbuilding sites were staffed last month. Six large ships can be produced in two and a half months."
Li Zhi nodded, looked at Zhong Feng again, and asked, "Have the new soldiers entered the camp?"
Zhong Feng nodded and said: "We entered the camp the day before yesterday and put away the summer clothes we made yesterday. The officers entered the camp yesterday to give training to the new recruits, and the grassroots squad leaders are already in place. The most basic physical training has begun this morning."
It would take less than half a year for Li Zhi's recruits to be fully combat effective.
Li Zhi nodded and was about to speak when he saw Huan Yihua, the responsible person of the newspaper office, running in with a newspaper in his hand and covered in sweat. He ran straight to Li Zhi, raised his hands and said: "My lord,
Sorry, the people from Three Kings Daily are breaking the rules! They are starting to spread rumors.”
Li Zhi took the newspaper, shook it off, and read the content. All he saw was the headline on the front page of the newspaper, which read "Li Zhi colluded with the Tatars and plotted to rebel!"
Li Zhi's face sank and he continued to look down.
"In the Battle of Jinzhou, although the Tatars had a large number of people, they were all strong men recruited temporarily and had no fighting strength. Li Zhi led 170,000 frontier troops and could have taken advantage of the situation to regain Liaodong. However, Li Zhi commanded the entire army, but stopped at the uprising
The state stopped chasing, why? Just because Li Zhi had already colluded with the Tatars and raised the bandits to respect themselves!"
"Afterwards, Li Zhi indeed no longer conquered the Tatars, but led a large army to surround the capital. If it were not for the 80,000-strong Beijing battalion defending the capital, Li Zhi would have committed regicide and rebelled."
"Li Zhi and the Tatars communicated regularly and planned to divide the world with Huang Taiji. Li Zhi and Huang Taiji had already agreed that if Li Zhi obtained Tianjin and Shandong, he would help Huang Taiji break through the border and conquer the world."
On the back page, there are also various comments accusing Li Zhi of being a traitor and rebelling. They fabricated facts and used vicious words, which are already full of curses.
Li Zhi looked at the slander in the Three Kings Daily and his face turned black with anger.
"This Three Kings Daily is so brave!"
Seeing Li Zhi's anger, Huan Yihua was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and said: "My lord, the news of Three Kings Daily is not as timely as our newspapers, and the comments are not as fair as our newspapers. The number of people who are willing to listen to Three Kings Daily these days has become more and more...
They came less and less. The newspaper staff of Three Kings Daily felt that no one would read their newspaper if this went on, so they smashed the paper and started going shirtless to spread rumors and slander."
Li Xing took the newspaper from Li Zhi, read it, and said, "Brother, this is not okay. Although Three Kings Daily is not as influential as our newspaper, it is still a big newspaper that scholars vigorously promote. To smear us like this,
Many people are half-convinced and unable to tell the truth from the false. Once the talk spreads, the people in Shandong will become hostile to us."
Zhong Feng frowned and said: "Sir, spreading rumors and slander is what these literati are good at. If we can't counter them severely, I'm afraid there will be no peace in the future, and all kinds of slander will follow. By then, the people of Shandong will be slandering us every day.
If they are surrounded by rumors and hate us, it will be difficult for us to do things in Shandong."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "Cui Changwu, write a memorial to the emperor and report to the emperor the things that the Three Kings Daily slandered about us and incited the people."
Cui Changwu nodded quickly and said, "Don't worry, brother-in-law, I will write the memorial right away."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and looked at each other. Finally, Zhong Feng said: "Sir, these scholars have done countless rumors and slanders, and no one has ever taken care of them. It was the emperor who scolded them.
It's like a gust of wind, it just blows over. In a few days, they will try their old tricks again."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "I am reporting to the emperor just to let the emperor understand why we will fight back. It is of course impossible to rely on the emperor to stop the slander of these scholars. Since the Three Kings Daily has spread rumors and slanders, don't blame me, Li Zhi.
Suppressed with an iron fist."
"Zhong Feng, you brought five thousand soldiers and horses into Jinan City and sealed the Three Kings Daily newspaper office! Capture all the newspaper writers in the newspaper office and behead them!" 8
