Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 776
Time flies, and it is the eighth year of Zhaowu (1652), the eighth day of the first lunar month.

On the day of the opening of the dynasty, Zhu Wei asked the Ministry of Rites to prepare two things, the wedding of the king and the wedding of the king.

After the news spread, although it was not published in the newspaper, it also caused a heated discussion in Nanjing.

"Are King Ding and King Yong going to get married too? How time flies."

"Your Majesty has been on the throne for seven or eight years, can you not hurry up?"

"I don't know how the court will handle the two weddings."

"Long Live Chongzhen died for the country. Today, there are only three close relatives, Princess Kunqing, King Ding, and King Yong. This time the two princes will marry, and they will definitely handle it well."

"That will cost a lot of money?"

"What are you afraid of spending too much money? Now the court and His Majesty are not short of money. In addition, the court purchases are also fair now, and the prices will not be lowered. We merchants in Nanjing City may make a lot of money."

"···"

The discussions between the government and the opposition did not affect the preparations for the wedding of King Ding and King Yong at all.Because this time it was a big wedding for two people, they all took money from Aimee Zhu's internal funds, and did not touch the treasury at all.

Because the two big weddings were arranged in a big way, a lot of things needed to be purchased, which also stimulated Nanjing's economy to a certain extent.

However, what Auntie Zhu didn't expect was that she got her two younger brothers married, which actually caused trouble for herself.

On the tenth day, in the afternoon.

Huang Daozhou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, asked to see him.

After entering the Hall of Martial Heroes, he presented a memorial.

Auntie Zhu looked at it and said with a smile, "What memorial needs to be delivered by Da Zongbo (Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites) in person?"

Huang Daozhou said with a serious face: "It is an important and secret matter related to the safety of my Ming Dynasty. As a minister of the Ministry of Rites, I have no choice but to disclose it."

Auntie Zhu didn't think much about it, because Liu Zhu had already placed the memorial in front of her at this time.

When she opened it, her complexion changed and became very strange.

Because Huang Daozhou's memorial mainly stated the importance of the emperor's heirs to Ming Dynasty, and clarified the importance of the heir to the throne to Ming Dynasty.

The content is not too much, but the implication is obvious: Your Majesty, when will you have a baby?There is no heir to the throne of Ming Dynasty yet.

Even if she is the empress, Aimee Zhu would be quite embarrassed to talk about this matter with the ministers.

She coughed lightly, and said, "Why did Uncle Da Zong suddenly think of publishing such a memorial?"

Huang Daozhou asked back, "Your Majesty is twenty-three this year, right?"

Aunt Zhu said, "That's right, I'm 23 years old."

She was born on the second day of December in the lunar calendar in 1630. Strictly speaking, No. 20 has not celebrated her second birthday now.

According to Hao Guangming's age calculation, 21 years old is fine.

Huang Daozhou said bluntly: "Your Majesty is now at this age, and he should have an early heir with the emperor, so that the hearts of ministers at home and abroad can be at ease."

Auntie Zhu was silent for a while, but decided to explain it to the great uncle Huang Daozhou.Otherwise, under the suspicion of the ministers, even if it will not affect the stability of the Ming Dynasty, they will use their energy to do things.

She said: "The emperor and I have considered this matter for a long time - I have received the heart of heaven, and bestowed supernatural powers on future generations, this is the destiny of heaven.

If I become pregnant and give birth to an heir, how can I know that it will not affect my destiny? "

Huang Daozhou frowned when he heard this, and asked again: "Your Highness is destined by heaven, may he live forever?"

Auntie Zhu smiled wryly and said, "Although I have a destiny, I am still a mortal. How can I live forever?"

Huang Daozhou looked distressed when he heard this, and asked: "Then what should the Great Ming do after a hundred years from now?"

Auntie Zhu said: "The emperor is already trying to solve this matter, but it will take some time. In addition, although I am a mortal, my health is very good. I dare not say much. At least I can live to the age of seventies.

After such a long time, is Uncle Da Zong still worried that I will not be able to make arrangements for the affairs of Daming?
In addition, there is Princess Kunqing, and King Ding and King Yong. Even if something happens to me, according to the ancestral system, there will be no shortage of heirs to the throne of Ming Dynasty. "

Huang Daozhou hesitated for a while, and said: "The successor is unknown, and the foundation of the country is ultimately unstable. Please make your majesty's orders."

Aunt Zhu said: "I will leave a secret decree, so don't worry about this matter."

Huang Daozhou thought about it, and felt that the Ming decree would easily cause trouble. Although the secret decree had shortcomings, compared to the current situation, it was better than the Ming decree.

So he replied: "Yes."

···
night.

The bedroom on the second floor of the old bamboo forest house.

Auntie Zhu leaned into Hao Guangming's arms and talked about it.

Hao Guangming said: "You are only 22 years old this year. Even if you are 27 or [-], you have not passed the optimal age for conception. As we discussed before, the later the child is, the more secure it is.

The medical technology on our side has been developing. After a few years, when the technology on our side is more developed, I will not be helpless if something happens to you. "

"Yeah." Concubine Zhu first responded softly, and after a while of silence, she suddenly said, "Master, if something really happens to me, you have to help Concubine Continuing to govern Daming."

Hao Guangming frowned, hugged Aimee Zhu tightly, and said, "You will be fine!"

Originally, Hao Guangming did have the idea of ​​having a child with Aunt Zhu.But now, he felt that before there was no guarantee of safety, he would rather be with Aimee Zhu Dink.

One pair for life people!

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In February of the eighth year of Zhaowu, Zhu Yuxi drove to Chuzhou to inspect the chemical industry base here.

Because the chemical industry has a certain degree of danger, especially when it is just beginning to develop and the foundation is lacking in all aspects.In addition, it is easy to cause environmental pollution.

However, the chemical industry is very important to Ming Dynasty now - only light industry, heavy industry and other aspects are developed, but the chemical industry is not developed. There is a bottleneck in the industrial revolution.Therefore, the chemical industry must develop.

Therefore, after discussing with the ministers a few years ago, Auntie Zhu built the chemical industry base in the Chuzhou mountain area opposite the Yingtianfu River.

This chemical industry base started construction and development in the third year of Zhaowu, and now it has a certain scale and produced some results.

European alchemists obtained chemical products such as sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and hydrochloric acid through alchemy between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.There are also some Taoists and alchemists in Shenzhou who obtained these chemicals in the process of alchemy, but there are no official historical records.

The first sulfuric acid plant in the history of later generations appeared in the middle of the eighteenth century, which is actually only 100 years away.

The chemical industry base in the Chuzhou mountain area has the "work" brought by Zhu Wei from later generations to copy, and the progress in this area is even faster, which can be called amazing speed.

In the past two years, it has successively achieved large-scale safe production of three acids and two alkalis, and now it has made breakthroughs in petrochemicals.

This will allow Ming to make breakthroughs in weapon development and other industries.

For example, the Gun Factory and Ammunition Factory in Nanjing are now developing guns equipped with smokeless powder, as well as more powerful shells and grenades.

Aimee Zhu's visit to the chemical plant in Chuzhou this time is mainly to convey the emphasis on the chemical industry, and secondly to understand the development level of the chemical industry base.

In order to ensure Aimee Zhu's safety, the Chuzhou chemical industry base has been suspended for three days, and the Yulin Army and Yousi personnel have been investigating potential safety hazards for three days to ensure that there will be no accidents during Aimee Zhu's inspection.

Even so, Aimee Zhu only walked around the chemical base when she inspected it and then came out.

After that, I met some main officials of the chemical base outside, and the officials and technicians who made contributions were rewarded on the spot to show encouragement.

That night, Auntie Zhu stayed in the Chuzhou Palace (actually a camp), and when she really had a rest, she returned to the old house in the bamboo forest.

After chatting with Hao Guangming about the chemical base, Auntie Zhu said: "The rapid development of weapons may not be good for Daming.

Therefore, I am going to seal up a series of technological innovations and inventions of weapons brought about by smokeless gunpowder.After a few years, when the time is right, it will be taken out gradually, so that the weapons and equipment of the Ming army can be updated. "

Hao Guangming nodded, "With the current weapons and equipment of Ming Dynasty, it is actually invincible to all countries.

If metal bullets supported by smokeless gunpowder, light and heavy machine guns, and artillery are equipped with troops too quickly, then the Ming army will not only be invincible, but will be able to massacre the armies of other countries at will without any tactics.

In this way, the army will inevitably breed arrogance, which is not conducive to the construction and development of the army itself, nor is it conducive to the training and training of soldiers.

In the absence of external pressure, I think you can wait for the further development of Daming's industrial system and social system to the extent that it can match this type of weapon, and then it will not be too late to upgrade the army's weapons. "

Auntie Zhu was very happy to see Hao Guangming's support for her ideas, and said with a smile, "Then I will strengthen the security of various weapon research institutes when I return to Nanjing."

The next day.

When Aunt Zhu crossed the river and returned to Nanjing, she received a telegram on the imperial boat.

"Your Majesty, the capital of Yingzhou has sent a telegram that the Seven Kings immigrant fleet has arrived at Dengyingwei. But..." Liu Shuying brought a telegram, but frowned.

Now it is mid-February, counting the time, the Seven Kings immigrant fleet should indeed arrive at Yingzhou.

But with Liu Shuying's expression on her face, the immigrant fleet may not be going smoothly.

Auntie Zhu didn't ask any questions, just took the telegram and read it carefully.

　First more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)