Chapter 410 Your Majesty, It's Time to Flip the Brand
In the Wuying Palace shrouded in darkness, the emperor was still immersed in reviewing the memorial.
"His Majesty,"
Guo Jinzhong, the eunuch of the Jingsi Room, came in and called in a low voice. He personally brought mung bean and lily porridge and several side dishes.
Zhu Yihai raised his head and stretched, feeling that his eyes were a little sore. Although the lights in the palace were bright, they were not as bright as the circuit lights. Reading and writing at night still made his eyes tired.
Guo Jinzhong handed the emperor porridge and a silver plate with several famous cards on it.
"Are you going to let me have something to eat?" Zhu Yihai couldn't help but frown after seeing it.
"Your Majesty, you haven't been to the harem for half a month. A saint takes care of everything and takes care of state affairs, but he also has to continue to produce children for the Ming Dynasty." Guo Jinzhong persuaded carefully. There were ten people in the emperor's harem, and now seven of them are pregnant.
, although Dahuang’s concubine is about to give birth, she has not given birth yet after all. Da Mingzi now only has one daughter. It can be said that everyone inside and outside the palace is worried about the emperor.
Especially the eunuch of the Jingshi Room who was responsible for the emperor's bedroom. He was directly in charge of this. Who the emperor slept with, what month, day, or even hour he slept with, he had to record the specific details one by one.
The emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is. This is Guo Jinzhong. The emperor does not even have a prince, so of course he has greatly neglected his duty.
Zhu Yihai felt a little headache looking at these famous brands on the silver plate.
There are only three cards, and the other seven pregnant concubines cannot sleep with them.
Zhu Yihai was not unfamiliar with this brand. It was a long wooden sign with a green headband, commonly known as the green-headed sign. When the emperor chose a concubine to sleep with, he would turn over whose nameplate had a green head.
Of course, this thing was not actually used to choose concubines at the beginning, at least not in the Ming Dynasty.
From the late Ming Dynasty onwards, all those who came to see the emperor had their names and resumes written on pink plaques. Among them, the heads of princes and ministers were decorated in red, and the others were decorated in green.
Secondly, whenever urgent matters or matters involving trivial matters are reported in the six chapters, green-headed wooden tablets are used.
The brand itself is actually equivalent to a business card.
When the emperor came to the palace and turned over the green card, he was actually just following the rules of the foreign court.
Since Zhu Yihai came to the throne, he has changed a lot of rules, such as giving fish bags to officials to give fish talismans. This thing is imitated from the Tang Dynasty. It is not only decorative, but the color of the fish bag also indicates the grade like the official uniform.
The fish talisman is a pass, especially when entering the palace, the fish talisman must be checked. The palace gate guard also has a special talisman book. Half of the fish talisman is kept by the officials and half is kept in the palace.
"I'm not interested today!"
Guo Jinzhong said, "My slave, you can ask someone to go to the garden to cut some deer blood and mix it with wine. Drinking it will strengthen your muscles and bones and increase your mood!"
Zhu Yihai couldn't help laughing after hearing this, "I am less than thirty years old, and I am in my prime of life. Why do I need deer blood? I just don't have the time and interest. With the current situation like this, how can I always indulge in harem entertainment?"
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"Your Majesty, you must also take care of your dragon body. You work so hard every day that your body won't be able to bear the pain. You also need to take a proper rest. You haven't been to the Qing Dynasty for many days, and the concubines are all thinking of you."
"Okay, step back."
Zhu Yihai didn't want to talk too much about this. He was busy with the Northern Expedition these days, and he was not in a leisurely mood. Of course, he also knew that everyone inside and outside the palace was staring at the emperor, especially the women in the palace, who were eager to be lucky every night.
, especially the three who are not yet pregnant, they are even more eager to be pregnant with Cheng En right away.
Guo Jinzhong had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I heard that Duke Ping has entered the Yangtze River and will soon enter the court."
Zhu Yihai raised his head, "Huh?"
The emperor's "hmm" signified his dissatisfaction, indicating that the supervision of his office was too lenient. Only the eunuchs and eunuchs in charge of etiquette had the right to interfere in this matter. How dare you, the eunuch of the office, mention a duke in front of the emperor?
What does it mean?
You must know that people in the inner palace are most taboo about interacting with foreign ministers, let alone foreign vassals like Zheng Zhilong who are divided into one side.
"My servant has no other intention. I heard that Duke Ping Guo has several daughters, and the daughter born in Yanshi, his concubine, has reached the marriageable age, so I would like to ask if your majesty would like to include her in the palace?"
Zhu Yihai's eyes turned cold as he looked at Guo Jinzhong.
He violated a taboo, a big taboo.
Just by saying this, he can be executed.
"Guo Jinzhong, you are also an old man from Prince Lu's Mansion. You followed me all the way south from Yanzhou, so I also value you very much and let you take charge of the Jingshi Room."
"Just mind your own business, and don't overstep certain things."
Guo Jinzhong was greatly frightened and said quickly, "I am very loyal to Your Majesty. I also heard that Duke Ping is very powerful, so I thought of this trick to bring his daughter into the palace so that I can recruit him and be used by Your Majesty. I have no other intentions."
Zhu Yihai looked at Guo Jinzhong, who was sweating. He had been with him for many years. He had no ability or ambition. He never left him even in the most difficult times. He was like Liu Chao.
He should not have the guts to communicate with Zheng Zhilong in secret.
Maybe it was a good intention, but it still went too far. Once the mouth was opened about the people and things in the harem, it would be difficult to control them in the future.
"Back off,"
Guo Jinzhong knelt there and kowtowed several times before getting up and retreating.
When he reached the door, Zhu Yihai said again, "I won't do this next time."
After eating the porridge, Zhu Yihai had no time to think about his official duties.
Although the emperor deliberately put this matter aside when Zheng Zhilong entered the dynasty, Zheng Zhilong still had to treat it carefully. The Qing government had already decreed that Zheng Zhilong should be crowned the King of Fujian and given him the title of Governor of Fujian, Guangxi, Guangxi and Three Provinces. Its intention was also very obvious.
Although Zheng Zhilong secretly met with the Qing court's emissary, refused the Qing court's offer of surrender and refused to report it, this matter could not be hidden from Zhu Yihai. Over the past year, Zhu Yihai has been trying to find ways to continuously place spies around Zheng and keep an eye on him.
every move.
After all, Fujian is the home base of the Zheng family, but it is also behind Zhu Yihai, so he has to guard against it.
After rejecting the Qing envoy, the Zheng family immediately accelerated their journey north and spent a lot of money on sending ships, people, money and food to the Fujian camp, and increasing the amount of soldiers, horses, money and food they brought to the court.
But the more he behaves like this, the more it shows that this guy is dishonest.
But now that Zheng is in such a posture, Zhu Yihai has no reason to trouble him. In other words, the Northern Expedition is imminent, and Zhu Yihai should not trouble him now. A stable rear is very important.
Although Guo Jinzhong's suggestion just now is a taboo, it is not completely impossible. Although it is a bit taken for granted, after all, political marriage is a common method, but in the end, it still depends on strength.
However, if Zhu Yihai wanted to appease Zheng Zhilong, it would indeed be feasible if he admitted his daughter into the palace. After all, when Zhu Yihai first started his army, in order to gain the support of the Zheng family, he had promised to marry his daughter to Zheng Zhilong's son.
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Yihai walked to the secret file room behind him and rummaged through the Zheng Group's intelligence archives.
Zheng Zhilong has five brothers, and now there are two left, Zhibao and Hongkui (Zhifeng). He has seven sons, two of whom were born to his Japanese wife, the Tagawa family. The eldest son Zheng Sen is now Zhu Chenggong, and the second son is still
He stayed in Japan and was adopted by his wife's family, the Tagawa family, so he is now called Tagawa Nanaemon.
The other five sons were born from the side rooms of the same house. Among them, the fourth son Zheng En was born from the Yan family, and the other sons were born to the Chen family, Li family, Huang family and others.
The Tagawa family adopted the Han surname Weng. After Zheng Zhilong accepted the recruitment, he took her and Zheng Sen back to Fujian from Japan.
The Tagawa family also had a daughter, Zheng Sen's sister, who also became a Catholic at a very young age and took the Christian name Pascal. Later, a religious rebellion broke out in Japan, and the shogunate expelled the Portuguese from the country and banned Christianity. Some people in Japan
The Portuguese went to Macau, and Pascal followed them.
Zheng Zhilong had planned to take his daughter back to Fujian, but her daughter only wanted to stay in Macau.
Even Zhu Yihai's intelligence showed that the bishop of the Catholic Jesuits in Macau intended to marry Pascal to Antonio Rodriguez, the son of fellow congregant Manuel Bello.
Its intention is also obvious. After the Portuguese in Macau made trouble in Japan and were banned from Christianity by the shogunate and expelled from Japan, they suffered serious setbacks in the Far East. Their country was also in decline and no longer as strong as before. The Portuguese in the Far East could only rely on themselves. Zheng Zhilong of Fujian
The rise has become the largest force in China's coastal areas and even has an official background.
Therefore, the Portuguese in Macau, especially the Jesuits, wanted to strengthen their relationship with the Zheng family through this marriage.
Speaking of the Jesuits, this is not as simple as preaching.
The Society of Jesus was founded in Paris one hundred and ten years ago. It was modeled after the Knights Templar. It was a religious group with paramilitary discipline and organization. The founder, Loyola Ignasi, a Spanish nobleman, was a Monty
Member of the Savoy organization.
Montissa was secretly established by some members of the Knights Templar after the Knights Templar were suppressed by the Holy See and the King of France.
The Knights Templar are even older, but when they withdrew from Jerusalem to France, they actually became an armed banking organization. They became very rich by lending money. In the end, the King of France owed too much debt and could not repay it, so he simply joined the Pope and brought this order to France.
A powerful and uncontrolled armed force was wiped out together.
Established by the Society of Jesus, it is also called the Legion of Jesus, which is equivalent to the meaning of the Guards of Jesus.
After the Jesuits obtained official permission from the Holy See and the support of Jewish bankers in Venice, Ignacy was, to put it bluntly, the Catholic branch of Freemasonry.
With the General Assembly as the highest authority, the Jesuit empire was established below, with a council under it, which was divided into provinces and regions in charge of the Jesuits around the world. The highest power was concentrated in the hands of the general manager Ignacy Loyola, so he was called
The Black Pope.
Loyola initially hoped to lead his troops back to conquer Jerusalem and rebuild the temple, but the Pope believed that the Jesuits should expand overseas colonies.
Later, the Pope ordered the Jesuits to send missionaries to the colonies established by Portugal and Spain.
Jesuit members adopt a secret spiritual practice, not practicing in monasteries but entering secular life, influencing social life according to the interests of the Catholic Church and the instructions of the Jesuits.
Serves directly to the Pope through the Jesuit Archdeacon.
Some even say that the Jesuits are actually the Rangers and espionage organizations used by Catholicism and the Habsburg dynasty to build a world religious empire.
They like to build churches, schools, and hospitals overseas and spread new cultural clan ideas through education.
The Catholic Jesuits and the Portuguese had trouble in Japan, which meant that they went too far. The Tokugawa shogunate saw through their intentions, and the Tokugawa family still had good strength at this time, so they quickly banned Christianity and expelled them.
The failure in Japan greatly reduced the strength of the Jesuits and the Portuguese in the Far East, and they changed their policies. The marriage with the Zheng family was also reflected in this.
Even the cooperation between Macau missionaries Bi Francis and Zhu Yihai was essentially the same.
However, this marriage has not yet been approved by Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong has a lot of trade relations with the Dutch, and he is not very willing to cooperate with the weak Portuguese.