In Fengtian, Tokyo, envoys from various dynasties arrived in Beijing one after another. This year, envoys from all over the world also came in particularly large numbers. The Ming Dynasty was reviving, the two capitals were recovered, and the surrounding tribes and tribes came to pay tribute.
Snow is falling all over the sky, and the Denglai Peninsula is covered in snow.
The emperor specially summoned Zhang Huangyan, the governor of Guangdong, Qian Sule, the governor of Jiangbei, and Dong Zhining, the crown prince of the East Palace, as well as several of their children.
"Wan Qi is good at reading books, and he is also good at bow, horse, and fire. It's very impressive." Zhu Yihai pulled Zhang Huangyan's son Zhang Wanqi to his side and considered it for a while, then he praised the young man very much. "He will be twelve years later."
When you are old, let’s go to the East Palace to read with you.”
Zhu Yihai set up a full set of East Palace subordinate officials for the prince, including three divisions, three young masters and four guests, as well as Zhan Shi, concubine, Xi Ma, chief secretary and so on.
In addition to Chongxian Hall, which is a specialized library, in addition to bachelor's degrees, there are also Prince's Assistant Lecturers, Prince's Assistant Readers and Prince's Assistant Readers. The first two are teachers and the latter are companions.
The prince's companion is the prince's companion, who accompanies the prince to study and even serves as a guard. He selects the ministers' children to act as his companions.
Zhang Huangyan is two years younger than Zhu Yihai, but he got married early. Although Zhang Huangyan lost his mother at the age of twelve, the Zhang family is a famous noble family in Zhejiang. His father, Zhang Guizhang, once served as a judge of the Salt Transportation Department of Shanxi, and he was a member of the Ministry of Punishment, and his mother was Zhao.
, also from a famous family.
At the age of sixteen, he took part in the county examination and passed the examination as a scholar. At that time, the country was in turmoil. After the literary examination, the court also added a martial arts examination to examine riding and archery. Zhang Huangyan hit all three arrows in a row, and his military strategies were extremely good.
Xiao Zhang became famous as a young boy, and there was an endless stream of people proposing marriage. Finally, his father chose the Dong family of Ningbo for him. Zhang Huangyan married the Dong family's daughter at the age of sixteen and became brother-in-law with Qian Sule, and Dong Zhining was his wife's cousin.
younger brother.
Zhang Huangyan passed the imperial examination at the age of twenty-two, which was already the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen Emperor's reign. The young scholar encountered national calamity, and the last scholar abandoned his writing and joined the army.
He actively contacted and raised the flag of righteousness in Ningbo. Due to historical reasons, Zhu Yihai had great trust in Zhang Huangyan. He had held important positions in the past few years, and now he is the governor of Guangdong.
Although some people feel that Zhang Huangyan is a little too favored and think that he is a close minister, they don't know that in Zhu Yihai's time and space, there is a saying that Huangyan dies and Ming dies.
Zhang Huangyan was defeated, captured and executed, which represented the true demise of the Ming Dynasty.
This hero, who is one of the three heroes of the West Lake along with Yue Fei and Yu Qian, can be called Wen Tianxiang of the Ming Dynasty. He persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty with King Lu for eighteen years and entered the Yangtze River four times.
For these reasons, Zheng Guo has listed Zhang Huangyan on Zhu Yihai's red and black books. He is also training Zhang Huangyan in the same way as a prime minister. His performance in recent years has made him worthy of him.
He is truly loyal and diligent, and his talents have already emerged.
Today, Zhu Yihai specially summoned Zhang, Qian, and Dong for another purpose.
"I would like to thank Your Majesty on behalf of Quanzi."
Being able to be the prince's companion is of course a great honor, and it is also a great benefit. The prince is the future emperor. If you follow the prince now, you can become the prince's confidant, and you will definitely have a bright future in the future.
Zhu Yihai also gave Qian Sule's thirteen-year-old fifth son as a companion, as did Dong Zhining's son.
Qian Sule was the leader of the Ningbo Uprising. He was a Jinshi in the 10th year of Chongzhen. He was from a famous family and had outstanding talents. When he was appointed as the magistrate of Taicang, he severely punished the powerful slaves and cunning officials. He ranked first in the south of the Yangtze River in his performance evaluation. He was promoted to a member of the Ministry of Justice and Wailang. Zhu Yihai raised an army.
At the beginning, Qian Sule was Yuan Cong's confidant and held an important position.
Before the change of cabinet, he was sent as a co-organizer to the governor of Jiangbei, and he performed very well in Jiangbei for one year.
"How old is Cang Shui's daughter?" Zhu Yihai asked Zhang Huangyan with a smile.
"My little girl is thirteen this year."
Zhang Huangyan's eldest daughter is more than one year older than his son Zhang Wanqi. He became a scholar at the age of sixteen and then married the Dong family. The first child he gave birth to was the eldest daughter Zhang Jinghui. She is now thirteen years old and is the same year as Zhu Hongjia.
months.
Zhu Yihai had inquired in advance and found out that Zhang Jinghui was a tall, slim and beautiful child. What was even more rare was that he had been studying with his father and mother since he was a few years old.
Dong is also a talented woman. The Dong family is a famous scholar family. Dong's mother is the Yang family of Ningbo. She is a fifth-level scholar, and her father and son are three ministers. They are rare top-notch families in Yinxian County, Ningbo. Yang Shou and Chen Jingtai are Jinshis and Chenghua's bachelor's degree students.
In the Hongzhi year, he was the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Minister of Zhan Shifu. After his death, he was given the title of Minister of the Ministry of Rites. His younger brother Yang Shouxi also became the Minister. Yang Shou and Yang Shouyu were both Jinshi. Yang Shou followed the official to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Shouyu became the chief envoy of Guangxi. His son Yang
Maoren and Yang Maoyuan were all Jinshi scholars, and their official positions were governor and minister.
Zhang Huangyan's wife's uncle's cousin Yang Wenzhan, Dong Zhining, Dong Deqin, Yang Wenqi, and Tu Xianchen were also known as the Five Gentlemen of Ningbo, and their reputation was far higher than that of the Six Kuangsheng of Ningbo.
Yang Wenzhan was a Jinshi in the twelfth year of Chongzhen's reign. He was awarded the title of Censor of Guizhou Province in Hongguang Year. Later, he returned to Zhejiang to liaise with righteousness and was also a distinguished official.
Zhang Jinghui has been taught by his grandmother Zhang, mother Dong and father Zhang Huangyan since he was a few years old, so he has been a young talented girl since he was young.
Since the late Ming Dynasty, the association of literati in the south of the Yangtze River has been popular, and the poets in the south of the Yangtze River have also established poetry societies one after another. The most famous one is the Qi family society in Jiangyin, Shaoxing. Qi Biaojia and his wife Shang Jinglan's family are both from famous families.
The Dansheng Hall of the Qi family was one of the three major libraries in the south of the Yangtze River. The Qi family's poetry club was dominated by two businessmen, four daughters and two daughters-in-law. Shang Jinglan's sisters plus Shang Jinglan's three daughters and her sister's daughter.
In addition to the two daughters-in-law of Zhang Derhui and Zhu Derong, as well as their nieces, Qi Biaojia was an official in the court, and his wife Shang Jinglan took care of the housework at home, hosted the family poetry gathering, led his daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to visit gardens, recited poems and poems, and sang to each other.
, taking poetry as her soul, and even doing some charity, she is the representative of Jiangnan gentry women.
The Yang family, the Zhang family, the Dong family, and the Zhao family in Ningbo were related to each other, and the female relatives of the local prominent families also formed a women's poetry club like the men in the family. They were all a group of talented women. Under this atmosphere, Zhang Jinghui's little
At this age, she has become a talented woman.
Not only can she write poems and poems, but she is also good at calligraphy and painting. Like sisters Ruan Lizhen and Ruan Lihua, she is also good at writing dramas and novels. She used the pen name Xiaoxiang Jushi and serialized her plays and novels in many newspapers, which made her famous.
Quite big.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! What is particularly rare is that her works are not the kind of little girl's works that sadden the spring and autumn, but focus on the turbulent society during the national crisis, especially the people at the bottom.
Especially the unyielding struggle to save the country is very powerful.
Even Zhu Yihai likes to read her books and gives high praise. He thinks Zhang Jinghui's poems, novels and scripts have a bit of Ruan Dacheng's writing power and depth. Although his skills are slightly lower than those of the Ruan sisters,
Future achievements may be even higher.
Of course, Zhu Yihai was able to choose Zhang Jinghui because she was the daughter of a loyal minister and a daughter of a famous family. In addition to her talents, what was even more rare was that she also learned horse riding and archery since she was a child. Zhang Huangyan taught her horse riding and archery himself. She even
She can also fire cannons. She is not a soft-spoken little girl from a water town, but has a strong body. This is something Zhu Yihai likes very much.
Qi Biaojia's family also has daughters and nieces of the right age. They are also talented girls from the south of the Yangtze River, but their feet are bound and they can't step out of the door, let alone horseback riding and archery.
"Prince Hongjia is three months older than Aiqing's daughter. I think these two children are quite suitable. I would like to propose marriage to Aiqing for the crown prince. I wonder if Aiqing will be able to accomplish this?"
Zhang Huangyan was a little surprised by this suggestion.
He thought for a while and said, "It is an honor for me and my daughter that your majesty can take a fancy to my daughter. As long as your majesty and the prince don't dislike her, I will naturally be willing."
"Why don't you go back and ask the layman Xiaosha for his opinion first?" Zhu Yihai said with a smile.
Not many people know that the dashing layman is Zhang Jinghui. After all, a lady from a famous family is still young.
"Children's marriage has always been dictated by parents and arranged by matchmakers," Zhang Huang said.
"Cang Shui, your idea is a bit conservative. I think that marriage matters for a lifetime, so we have to be more cautious. If conditions permit, it is best to let young people meet and get in touch. If you have that kind of natural talent
Those who don't deal with it will avoid making big mistakes."
"The handsome layman is a talented woman, and she is also a thoughtful and talented woman. I am afraid that she will not look down on Hongjia. This matter cannot be forced, so Cangshui, you can make arrangements. I can take the prince to the house as a guest, and then find an opportunity to let him go.
How about they meet each other and if my wife doesn't mind, then the matter will be considered a success and the engagement will be formalized?"
Zhang Huangyan was a little surprised by the emperor's words. He felt that the marriages of girls here were all arranged by their parents, and there was no way for them to make the decision themselves. However, seeing the emperor's intention, he did not refuse. He thought that maybe the emperor wanted the prince to see the decision in person.
"I will all obey your Majesty's arrangements!" Zhang Huangyan said respectfully.
Zhu Yihai smiled and said to Qian Sule and Dong Zhining, "At that time, Zhang, Dong, Qian, Zhao and Yang will all be invited to Cangshui Mansion. I will bring the prince to visit incognito and have a meal together."
Zhang Huangyan, who was not yet thirty years old, was blushing. His daughter was chosen as the crown princess. For him, this was also a great favor.
This favor even made him feel a little stressed.
At such a young age, he was already the governor of Guangdong, and now he was about to become the prince's father-in-law. He didn't know how to repay the emperor's favor.
In fact, Emperor Zhu Yihai was only in his early thirties, but within four years of raising his army, he had already restored the Central Plains. This year, he was too hasty to go to Beijing to celebrate the New Year, but he will definitely be able to move the capital to Beijing by the second half of next year at the latest.
After regaining the world, the emperor publicly stated his attitude and finally decided to restore the capital to Beijing.
Although Beijing, as the capital, has some problems.
But in the list of alternative capitals, there are only a few, Beijing, Nanjing, then Luoyang, Chang'an, plus Tokyo and Tianjing.
It's just that except for Beijing and Nanjing, Luoyang in Henan, Chang'an in Guanzhong, Tokyo in Shandong, or Shaoxing in Tianjing in Zhejiang are actually not suitable.
For example, although Chang'an was the ancient capital of several dynasties, since the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong has been unable to supply the capital. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the economic center has moved eastward, and the wealthiest places are in the southeast. Guanzhong cannot even support the officials and people of the capital, let alone a corner.
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Although Luoyang is the center of the world, it is not outstanding in transportation and other aspects. It is just not good enough to be in the middle in everything. Not to mention Shaoxing. Shaoxing has no insurance and is far south, so it is not as good as Nanjing.
Nanjing is located on the bank of the Yangtze River, with advantages in transportation and other advantages, and is located in the financial center of the southeast. However, judging from the past dynasties, it would be difficult to establish a capital in Jiangnan for a long time.
Beijing also has many shortcomings, but even at this time of the Central Plains Dynasty, the greatest threat comes from the Mongols and Jurchens outside the northern pass.
Therefore, directly establishing the capital in Beijing and the emperor guarding the country can help stabilize the northern border. Just like the Northern Wei Dynasty originally established its capital in Pingcheng (Datong), Shanxi, and established six towns in the north of Saibei, which suppressed the Rouran people in the grassland very well, but later
After they moved the capital to Luoyang, the six towns in Saibei where the nobles once competed to garrison were immediately reduced to marginal areas without any political and economic support. This eventually led to an uprising in the six towns and the collapse of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which enjoyed great prosperity in Luoyang, and was overthrown by powerful warlords.
They split into the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties, and were finally replaced by the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty.
If Beijing was not established as the capital, the Ming Dynasty might not be able to hold even one line of the Yanshan Great Wall. But if Beijing was established as the capital, for the sake of safety, it would be able to securely defend the north and even continue to advance.
After careful consideration, although Zhu Yihai didn't really like the sandy and dry city of Beijing, he finally decided to return to Beijing.
This decision was basically supported by the majority of the court.
Although most of the founding ministers are from Jiangnan, and even more than half of them are from eastern Zhejiang, on the important matter of establishing a capital, everyone still agrees with Beijing. It is difficult to establish a capital in Jiangnan for a long time, and it can even only be settled in a corner. This seems to be a curse that is difficult to break.
, so although the Shao Tian Dynasty was a rare example of a successful expedition from the south to the north, everyone still did not support establishing the capital in the south.
