The Western Region was in chaos, but the emperor was warming himself by the fire in front of the fireplace in Yiwu's palace, drinking wine.
Anu is squeezing the emperor's shoulders. Recently, she is tired of being around the emperor every day, and she is particularly gentle.
The strength of the kneading is just right. She is worthy of being a girl from Oirat who can ride a fierce horse and shoot wild wolves. She has a lot of strength in her hands.
Zhu Yihai opened the letter from the prince and looked overjoyed.
"Why is Your Majesty so happy?"
"I'm going to be a grandpa."
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess gave birth to the Emperor's eldest grandson, a fat boy weighing seven pounds and eight ounces. The Crown Prince wrote to congratulate his father and asked the Emperor to name his grandson.
Anu felt a little sad after hearing this. The emperor was already a grandfather, but she was not even pregnant with the child.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"Hahaha, it's really worth being happy." Zhu Yihai was very happy. The couple had been married for more than a year and they gave birth to a baby so quickly. They were born half a year after their marriage, and the first one was a boy. For the royal family
In other words, this eldest grandson is very special.
The eldest son of the prince is also the eldest son and the emperor's eldest grandson.
The Ming Empire has a successor.
It has been more than a year since the Western Tour, and the prince's performance in staying in Beijing to supervise the country has been good.
When he thought about the two acute asthma attacks he had this year, the most severe one was in Zhangye, he couldn't lie down to rest at night and could only sit and lean to breathe. Although his body was still strong, Suiying Yuying immediately prescribed medication.
It calms down quickly.
But this once again reminded the emperor that he might not be able to escape the historical ending after all.
Even though he usually pays attention to exercise, this disease cannot be cured and will come at any time. It is okay to be young and strong now, but when he gets older, it will be difficult to resist.
Calculating the time, he might only have about ten years left, so he couldn't help but feel urgent.
Fortunately, despite the opposition of some people, he chose to have the eldest son Hongjia. Now the prince's performance is pretty good. He is sixteen years old and has given birth to his eldest son. He will be given another ten years to train and train him.
, should be more mature and able to take over.
Time was running out, and he had to do some things more quickly.
What name should you give your eldest grandson?
Zhu Yuanzhang has already decided on the generation of each branch of the old Zhu family. King Lu's branch will be responsible for Zhao Taiyang and being healthy.
Zhu Yihai himself is the ninth generation of the Lu vassal, the tenth generation grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, who is of the Yi generation, and the prince Hongjia is of the Hong generation.
Now that the eldest grandson is born, he will be Zhu Yuanzhang's twelfth generation grandson, and he will be named Zhenzi.
The twenty words Zhu Yuanzhang gave to Lu Fan were a poem. The literal translation means that to open up peace, the Yang Qi should be strong. Observe and support it so that your life will be long. If it is revitalized, you hope to help all the wise people in the world. If you only have food and clothing.
Personal peace should be maintained.
The word "Zhen" was passed down to Zhu Yihai's grandchildren. Wasn't it the time when the Ming Dynasty weakened and then revived again?
Zhenzi generation.
The last word is also very particular. When choosing a royal name, the last word must also be based on the five elements, according to the cycle of fire, earth, metal, water and wood. Hongjia's generation is wood. Except for the eldest brother, Hongjia's "A" does not contain wood. His brothers
Hongchao, Hongtou, etc. all have wood.
According to the rules, the current Zhenzi generation is the one who brings fire.
Zhu Yihai picked up the pen, and Anu immediately polished the ink for him.
Pick up the pen and meditate.
After a long time, the pen tip fell.
Leave two big characters on the rice paper, Zhenye.
The eldest grandson of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was named Zhenye, and the twelfth grandson of the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhenye.
The status of the emperor's eldest grandson is indeed extremely noble. After Zhu Yihai personally gave the name, he also specially drafted a Taoist edict himself and selected a master, escort, lecturer, etc. for the emperor's eldest grandson in advance, and directly arranged the treatment according to the grandson's treatment.
As long as the eldest grandson is not too bad, he will be directly canonized as the grandson of the emperor when he is ten years old.
Zhu Yihai, who was in a good mood, happily punched in the room.
After a while, the emperor finally calmed down a bit and sat down again to read the memorial.
I saw a secret report from Dongchang, reporting the basic situation of the prince while he was staying in Beijing, including the close contacts between the prince and Chen Qianfu, Zhang Mingzhen, Du Yinxi, Zhang Huangyan, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu and others.
But after Zhu Yihai saw it, he just laughed.
The prince indeed deliberately wanted to win over these ministers. Although these people all had the position of East Palace and were specially selected by the emperor to be the masters of the East Palace, under normal circumstances, it was not convenient for the prince to have close contacts with foreign ministers.
It is easy to arouse unnecessary suspicion.
Emperors and princes are equally susceptible to suspicion between father and son.
Fortunately, Zhu Yihai knew the prince very well, and he also knew that his time might be limited, so he would not deliberately stop the prince from trying to build his own team.
He will not live to be seventy or eighty years old, nor will he have another forty or fifty years to live, so there is no need to worry that the prince will be impatient to seize power after he becomes full-fledged.
In ten years, even if the prince is allowed to run the business, by the time his team is initially formed, Zhu Yihai himself will be finished and it will be time for the handover.
However, after all, the prince is still too young, and his methods are still lacking, and his actions are a bit stiff. However, ministers such as Chen Qianfu, Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi, Zhang Mingzhen, and Du Yinxi all know the boundaries, and they still maintain the boundaries in their deliberate efforts to win over the prince.
distance.
There are no two days in the sky.
After all, the prince is just the crown prince.
Only Zhang Huangyan was the prince's father-in-law, and Zhu Yihai had told them face to face more than once that he wanted Zhang Huangyan to assist the prince and serve as his minister in the future, so he was not so averse to suspicion. After all, they were already tied together.
Young people are very courageous.
This is a good thing.
Zhu Yihai likes Zhu Hongjia very much. If he can live to be seventy or eighty years old, then maybe twenty or thirty years later, the relationship between father and son may be tense or even suspicious, but it is unlikely now.
If he could really live that long, he wouldn't be so hasty in choosing Hongjia as the crown prince.
All the actions of the prince are under the attention of the emperor. What he can do now is under the emperor's intentional authorization. From the thousands of people in the East Palace given to the prince to the team in the East Palace, it is all under the emperor's instructions.
A good man has three gangs. Although the prince is now staying in the prison country, he really needs a team of his own confidants.
Although Chen Qianfu was born in Juren, his abilities were indeed outstanding. Zhu Yihai had previously married two of Chen Qianfu's sisters-in-law into the palace. The two were considered brothers-in-law. He is now the governor of the Central Plains. The prince took advantage of the Henan examination strike case and the river construction incident to intentionally win over Chen. It is probably the same.
It seems that Chen Qianfu is both capable and young, especially a person who knows how to adapt.
However, Chen Qianfu had scruples and did not dare to approach the prince casually.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Yihai took up his pen and wrote the edict again.
He was granted the title of Shaobao of Chen Qianfu and Taibao of the Crown Prince.
He also specially ordered Chen Qianfu and his wife to enter the East Palace. Now the relationship was close, and the emperor directly tied Chen Qianfu to the prince.
You don’t have to worry so much about doing things in the future.
After thinking about it, he asked Huang Zongxi, the governor of Shandong, Gu Yanwu, the governor of Guangxi, the granddaughter of the bachelor Du Yinxi, and the granddaughter of the bachelor Zhang Mingzhen to be selected as concubines in the East Palace.
These four heroes are all young men with meritorious service in their fifties, and they will be around sixty in ten years. They can still help the prince to get on the horse and work for another ten years.
Zhu Yihai himself married the daughters of Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu's clan sisters, Du and Zhang, and now he asked the prince to marry their daughter and granddaughter, so that these loyal ministers and confidants could safely support the prince.
Under normal circumstances, the average emperor would not behave like this.
But Zhu Yihai had to consider it.
Zhu Yihai finally gave one of the three internal treasury to the prince to use at his will. To form a team and build power, money is indispensable. Whether it is rewards or doing things, money is needed.
Anu looked on and was secretly frightened.
The emperor really trusted and doted on his highness the prince very much.
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The cold wind howled.
The north and south of the Tianshan Mountains are still covered by ice and snow.
The sun rises in the east.
In the snow, several tents were opened, and a bearded man walked away. He picked up a blanket and spread it on the snow, then knelt down to worship.
The followers behind him also followed.
At this important moment, the snow suddenly shook slightly, and everyone who was disturbed turned their heads to look.
I saw a knight appearing on the silver snow in the distance, holding a flag high.
Apak and Zoidayetullah recognized it as the flag of the Governor of Turpan.
He wondered how the Governor of Turpan knew about their arrival. He came secretly from Kashgar and his whereabouts were hidden.
Or is this just a patrol cavalry that happened to encounter the Governor of Turpan?
Maybe I was overly worried, or maybe it was because the situation was tense and more reconnaissance cavalry was sent outside.
He was mentally preparing his words.
But the next moment, behind the flag held high by the cavalry, another cavalry appeared.
One ride and two rides.
Three cavalry, five cavalry, ten cavalry and one hundred cavalry.
"Ghiligis!"
A follower has recognized the hundreds of cavalry as the Governor's Guard Cavalry under the command of the Governor of Turpan, the powerful Giljis Cavalry.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Giljis had already rushed over.
To trot, to trot, to accelerate, to gallop, to charge.
The earth shook.
The war horses trampled and threw up countless snow powder, and these hundreds of horses formed a wedge formation.
This is the offensive formation.
They charged.
A sense of powerlessness arose in everyone's heart.
There were only a dozen of them, and when faced with hundreds of Giljis cavalry who suddenly charged, it was too late to run away.
"Apak and Zhuo, let's go!" a follower shouted.
Several other people quickly went to lead the horses.
But it's too late.
Abdullah, the governor's son, was already fully armored and was the first to arrive. His war horses were approaching quickly. Some of his followers had not even finished praying. They had neither armor nor weapons. In a panic, some went to get weapons, and some
When I went to get the horse, there were people hugging Apak and running away.
Idayetullah also recognized Abdullah, a member of the royal family who was his student and had great respect for him.
But now, he raised his bow towards him.
The bow string was fully drawn, and an arrow was shot.
A follower stepped forward to catch the arrow for him.
Another arrow came, but another follower blocked it.
The war horse galloped closer, and Abdullah waved his scimitar high.
At the age of seven, the leader of the Baishan Sect, who followed his father Yu Sufu around the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains to preach everywhere, saw the machete swung by.
A human head flew high into the air, blood splattering.
With one charge, the noble Apak and more than a dozen of his followers fell down, and the tent was also pulled down.
Abdul dismounted his horse, took off his helmet, squatted on the ground, and stared at the head on the snow carefully. It was stained with blood and snow cement, but it was that familiar face.
He suddenly spit harshly at the face he once knelt down before and stood up.
"Take everything you can, strip them naked, and throw them here to feed the wolves."
After setting up the scene to look like a robbery and massacre by horse thieves, Abdullah mounted his horse with his three hundred Giljis and quickly left.
