Daming talker

Chapter 763: Many Children, Many Blessings (Please give me a monthly ticket!)
After Emperor Wanli issued an edict to arrange Lin Tailai's position, Lin Tailai packed his luggage and prepared to go south as soon as possible.

At this time, the Northern Canal had begun to freeze, but Lin Tailai and his servants had no difficulty in traveling by land.

If you set off now, you can arrive in Suzhou in the twelfth lunar month and spend the New Year with peace of mind.

However, before leaving, a small incident occurred. Wang Xianggan, the governor of Xuanfu Town, sent his confidant to deliver a secret letter.

You don't even need to open it to know, who else except Sanniang could make Wang Xianggan forward the secret letter so carefully?
Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu, the left and right Dharma protectors, happened to be nearby. Upon seeing this secret letter from the prairie, Zhang Wen asked a soul-touching question: "Can we still go home for the New Year?"

The month of October that just passed was the last month of the border city's opening hours each year. Sanniang must have heard the news of Marshal Lin's triumphant return to Beijing, and then the secret letter was sent.

If his leader is summoned to the border to sacrifice his life for the country, it will be difficult for him to return to Suzhou for the New Year.

Lin Tailai said helplessly: "I don't know either. Let's see what the letter says first."

After opening the secret letter and quickly glancing at it, Lin Tailai was obviously relieved and said to his left and right guards, "No need to go to the border, just head south!"

It turned out that the first item in the letter was the good news that the Queen of the Northern Tartar Shunyi King and the third wife of Mrs. Zhongshun had given birth to a baby boy this year!

After calculating the time, Lin Tailai was very pleased. He made two trips to the border area of ​​Xuanfu before his eastern expedition last year, and his hard work for more than ten days was not in vain.

At the same time, I breathed a sigh of relief that I had finally completed a big task, otherwise it would have been troublesome to always be thinking about it.

In theory, this child is also the eldest son of the contemporary Shunyi King Bushitu, who is only 13 years old.

Thinking of this, Lin Tailai couldn't help but think of the twelve-year-old Duke Lelang of the Ming Dynasty.

They are all the same age, twelve or thirteen years old, but some are still greenhouse flowers relying on their mothers for support, while others already have legitimate eldest sons. It's really the same person with different destinies.

Continuing to read the contents of the secret letter, I saw that Sanniang wrote in the letter that she had named the prince Lindan Batur.

There is no other reason, except that after this name is transliterated into Chinese, the first character can be written as "Lin".

In the language of the Northern Barbarians, Lin Dan means a child of destiny, which is quite consistent with his identity as the eldest son of King Shunyi.

"Ah, this." Lin Tailai, who is well-versed in history, has many complaints about this name, but doesn't know where to start.

Forget it. Anyway, there are many leaders of the Northern Barbarians with the same name, so it doesn’t matter if there is one more Lin Dan.

After pressing the Northern Tartar side quest, Lin Tailai continued to pack his luggage.

But unexpectedly, the next day, another piece of news about the Northern Barbarians reached the capital through official channels!

The third Shunyi King, Bushitu, died suddenly of an acute illness at the age of thirteen.

Lin Tailai, who was packing century-old ginseng, was stunned for a long time after hearing the news.

Isn't this third lady too impatient and ruthless? It's only been half a week since Lindan Batur came. Can't she wait a few more years?
To put it bluntly, what if the "child of destiny" dies young? Or if we don't take action now, Bu Shitu will become an adult?
Alas, although they are all teenagers of twelve or thirteen years old, some are still enjoying the love and care of their mothers, while others have been sent to reincarnation by the cruel court politics. It is really true that people have different destinies.

Then Mrs. Zhongshun Sanniangzi submitted a petition to the court, requesting the Ming Dynasty to continue to confer the title of King of Shunyi on Lindan Batur, who was only half a year old.

In theory, the issue of succession was undisputed because Bushitu, who died of a sudden illness, had only one son, Lindan Batur.

This conspiracy-filled palace change in the Northern Tartar King's court caused a big scandal for the Ming Dynasty. Many people also cast doubtful eyes on the Daifang Marquis's mansion, speculating on the role of Lin Junhou in it, and the gossip and rumors about "Han Derang of the Ming Dynasty" were once again spread.

Lin Tailai couldn't stand this kind of gaze, so he packed his bag and two hundred servants and quickly left the capital without waiting for anyone to see him off.

The main reason is that there is a possibility that he will be designated as an envoy and sent to the Northern Tartars for enthronement, so the sooner he leaves, the better.

As for why he only brought 200 family servants back to his hometown, it was because there were still 100 family servants left in the Lin Mansion in the capital to keep the place under control. If the people in the Renewal Society encountered any trouble, they could still have some military force to rely on.

Then the team of 200 people marched southward and arrived in Yangzhou in late November.

After staying for a few days, Wang and Tian, ​​who had not seen each other for many years, were reluctant to let Lin Tailai leave.

So Lin Tailai simply changed boats and took Wang, Tian, ​​the son born to Tian and raised by Wang, and the young version of Wu Xiang back to Suzhou to celebrate the New Year.

Looking at the young version of Wu Xiang in front of me, I remembered Zu Chengxun whom I met in Korea. As a time traveler, I once again felt the wonder of history.

In early December, Lin Tailai arrived in the still loyal city of Suzhou.

On both sides of the river near Shili Fengqiao outside the city, there were once again crowds of people and loud drums and gongs.

Lin Tailai looked at the crowd coming to the shore to greet him, and suddenly he felt emotional: the flowers are the same year after year, but the people are different year after year.

When he got closer, Lin Tailai was suddenly surprised because he saw the figure of former Prime Minister Shen Shixing.

After the boat docked, Lin Tailai hurriedly got off the boat and greeted Shen Shixing, "How dare I trouble you to come out to greet me, senior? How can I be worthy of this?"

Given Shen Shixing's status, even if an imperial edict came, he could just receive it in front of the hall.

No matter how rude Lin Tailai is in private, he still has to pretend to be polite in front of thousands of his fellow townsmen.

Shen Shixing said with a smile: "I am not here to welcome you, my lord, but to welcome the ministers who have made contributions to the country."

The main reason was that Lin Tailai's title of nobility finally replaced the dark history of Xu Youzhen's title of nobility, so the people of Suzhou were very happy.

There were also a few special figures in the crowd on the shore, who had never appeared in previous welcoming ceremonies.

They are the five-year-old eldest son of Daifang Marquis's family, Lin Shuangxi, and the eight-year-olds Lin Jiuyi and Lin Jiuwu.

When he returned home, Lin Tailai saw his four children who were born between the end of last year and the beginning of this year.

These were all tinkered with at home in the first half of the 20th year of the Wanli reign, before he went to the capital to take over the post of Minister of State Affairs.

Wang, Fan, Huang and Bai each gave birth to a child. Among them, the legal wife Wang Shiwu gave birth to a daughter this time. Madam Fan and Huang Wuniang gave birth to a son each as if in competition with each other. Secretary Bai wanted a son the most but gave birth to a daughter.

Looking at the pile of dolls, Lin Tailai silently counted the number in his mind.

Currently, his wife has one son and one daughter, Fan from Mudu has two sons, Huang from Hengtang has two sons, Bai from Mishu has one daughter, and Wang and Tian from Yangzhou have one son together.

If the one from the Northern Tartar is included, there are nine biological children in total, seven sons and two daughters.

If you have a system like having many children, it's time to upgrade it, right?
(End of this chapter)