I'm really not doing business

Chapter 884: The hair is tied up lightly, the sunset glows dimly, and the beauty is completely gone

"My dear Liu, are there any difficulties?" Zhu Yijun asked Liu Shunzhi whether he needed more support from the court.

For example, during the spring drought last year, the court had to choose between opening the sluice gates to release water or not, and it ultimately chose to support Liu Shunzhi.

Liu Shunzhi thought carefully and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty's grace is so great that I have no other request."

He did not ask for promotion. The most important thing for Xuzhou was to ensure the grain transport and people's livelihood. The court had already given its greatest support, which solved Xuzhou's biggest problem. As for other things, he did not dare to ask for anything else.

"I heard that Minister Liu moved his family from Guangxi to Xuzhou. If you need anything, just tell me directly. There is no need to worry too much." Zhu Yijun said with a smile.

Liu Shunzhi did not want it, but the court had to give it to him. He solved the problems of coal mines and tenant rents that concerned the emperor. If he was not rewarded, it would be unclear what rewards and punishments were.

Liu Shunzhi is from Liuzhou, Guangxi. He chose to move his family here with the intention of putting down roots and making Xuzhou his hometown.

"I just hope that the water of the Yellow River can be clean." Liu Shunzhi thought about it and realized that he really had a request for His Majesty. He hoped that His Majesty would continue to grow forage grass and trees on the Loess Plateau to reduce the amount of yellow sand in the Yellow River and allow the people in the Huanghuai River Basin to live a stable life.

"For the Yellow River to be clear, a saint must emerge. I am not a saint. So, let's put it this way, Wang Ci Fu, build a machinery factory in Xuzhou. Xuzhou has coal. The northern railway will go south, and the machinery will be made in Xuzhou before continuing to go south." Zhu Yijun thought about it and gave policy support.

Build Xuzhou Machinery Factory to help Xuzhou solve more employment problems.

As the emperor's pioneer, Chen Mo visited Xuzhou and other places and found that there were more vagrant households in Xuzhou than in Shandong. There were as few as six or seven people in a village and as many as dozens of people. There were more than a dozen Caogangs of all sizes in Xuzhou city.

Not all of these vagrants are hooligans. Many of them are simply unable to make a living and have no choice but to do so.

If a machinery factory is well run, it can accommodate two to three thousand skilled craftsmen and tens of thousands of unskilled laborers. Together with the industrial cluster formed by government-owned factories, it can provide for the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people. Even if the work is hard, it is better than nothing.

"Wang Ci Fu, is it feasible?" Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu. As the second assistant and leader of the Labor Party, he was in charge of all matters related to the government factories.

"I obey your order." Wang Chonggu made a simple calculation, then bowed his head and said, "The construction of the factory can be started before the end of the year, and production can be scheduled in about three years. Considering the situation in Xuzhou Prefecture, if it is completely supervised by the court, the profits of the Xuzhou Machinery Factory can only be given to the Xuzhou government office. ”

Xuzhou contributes manpower and labor but not money. The Xuzhou government office can get 10% of the income, but while solving a large number of jobs, it can also catalyze the development of local industrial clusters.

A state-owned factory has never been a single factory, but an industrial cluster formed around it. The industrial chain that can be derived from a machinery factory alone is enough to make Xuzhou prosperous.

Xuzhou is very poor these days. Last year, the 300,000 dan of grain used for disaster relief had already emptied Xuzhou.

There are a total of four machinery factories in Daming, including the Jingshi Machinery Factory under the Xishan Coal Bureau, the Yongping Coal Bureau Machinery Factory, the Shengzhou Coal Bureau Machinery Factory and the Shanghai Machinery Factory. Except for the Shanghai Machinery Factory, the rest of the machinery factories are all close to coal mines.

If you want to run a government-run factory these days, you need the emperor’s favor.

Because it needs the approval of His Majesty, the dispatch of coal and steel materials, the construction of the factory area by the engineering corps, the guidance of the master craftsmen of the Xishan Coal Bureau, the support and training of craftsmen from the machinery factory, and the cooperation of the imperial court and the government offices.

In short, a great Ming Dynasty is needed.

After an extremely complicated game of bargaining, the Songjiang Shanghai Machinery Factory was finally settled in Shanghai County where Yao Guangqi was located. Because Yao Guangqi was the son-in-law of the Wang family, this was obviously an abuse of power for personal gain, but Zhu Yijun not only did not punish him, but chose to indulge him.

When the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Zhu Yijun did not agree with Lin Qing's accusation before his death. He and Zhang Juzheng had never asked everyone to work for the public good and to have no selfish desires.

If Zhu Yijun were Zhu Yuanzhang, he would definitely do so and make such demands. Zhu Yijun was not the founding emperor, and he was not as wise and powerful as Zhu Yuanzhang. All he wanted was to make the Ming Dynasty great again.

"I thank Your Majesty for your great grace." Liu Shunzhi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then stood up from his seat and respectfully performed the ceremony of five bows and three kowtows. This was a great grace.

The Ming Dynasty's demand for machinery was increasing rapidly, and new machinery factories were needed. Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi were all vying to have government factories settled in their territories. This was not only a political achievement, but also a sign of people's livelihood and a concrete manifestation of productivity.

Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "Xuzhou has the conditions. After a long time, there will naturally be a machinery factory. It's not a big deal. No need to be polite."

After Liu Shunzhi stood up, he glanced at Zhang Juzheng and was already very sure that the narrative of favor was Zhang Juzheng's own idea. His Majesty really did not like the narrative of favor very much.

Your Majesty is right. Xuzhou does have this natural endowment. It will naturally have a machinery factory over time. But without the support of the court, how long will it take? Ten years, twenty years, fifty years, or six hundred years?
Liu Shunzhi couldn't wait, and the people of Xuzhou couldn't wait even more.

Zhu Yijun and Liu Shunzhi chatted for about half an hour, mainly focusing on the flood problem. They needed to treat the symptoms and the root cause. If the loess plateau is not green, the downstream area will not have peace. This is a concrete manifestation of the importance of working as a national chessboard.

According to the theory of contradiction, there is a universal connection between all things in the world. Xuzhou and the Loess Plateau thousands of miles away are such a connection.

In later generations, because the English were unhuman, they gave the mouth of the Ganges to Bangladesh and the main basin of the Ganges to India. This resulted in the entire Ganges basin not benefiting from the river, but instead causing many problems.

For example, in water resource allocation, India builds dams upstream, which store water in the upstream during the dry season, leaving no water available downstream; in the flood season, water is released upstream, causing floods downstream;

For example, cross-border pollution, upstream pollution causes harm to downstream;
For example, coordinated governance is difficult, soil erosion is extremely serious, and rivers are silted up and cannot be navigated;

For example, the salinization of the Ganges Delta;
For example, the Ganges water pollution caused a major outbreak of delta diseases.

Before Suiyuan was recovered, no matter how hard the imperial court tried, the Yellow River would not be cured as long as the source was not cured.

"I'm taking my leave." Liu Shunzhi bowed again and left the Taoshan Posthouse.

He was reserved inside the palace, but walked quickly outside. He originally wanted to post an announcement, but when he thought that this favor came from His Majesty, he thought it would be better to wait for His Majesty's imperial edict, so he slowed down his pace.

Whenever anyone mentions the Xuzhou Machinery Factory in the future, they will mean that it was established in Xuzhou during his tenure.

After Liu Shunzhi left, Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu and asked, "If it is impossible to do it, just wait and build it. Don't do it just because of my will. Production is a reality. Administrative orders can sometimes do harm."

"Your Majesty, Xuzhou was originally on the list of candidates, and I also have my opinion. Other places are not close to the canal." Wang Chonggu did not feel any pressure.

A machinery factory does not have to produce iron horses, locomotive heads and carriages from the beginning; it can also produce farm tools.

As for whether His Majesty is using the interests of the Labour Party to show favor? The government-owned factories were never just workshops, but the dominant position in the local economy, or more specifically, power itself.

After meeting Liu Shun, Zhu Yijun prepared to continue his southern tour to Yangzhou. The Ming Emperor's route and itinerary were fixed, and he had been waiting for the assassination to happen, but the journey was very smooth without any unexpected incidents.

The fire that killed the emperor in Renhe destroyed the imperial examination system in Zhejiang for ten years and burned all the land of local gentry. It would have been fine if the emperor had killed the emperor, but if he couldn't, the price would have been too heavy.

Your Majesty, it’s a bit too difficult to kill.

It was the end of April and the beginning of May when Zhu Yijun arrived in Yangzhou Prefecture.

Willow smoke locks the Twenty-Four Bridges, and the painted boats shake the jade gauze to pieces.

In the morning of early May, the surface of Suzhou's West Lake was covered with a gauze-like mist, and the branches of the weeping willows were immersed in the sparkling lake light. The light green of the lake surface and the goose yellow of the willow branches blended into one in the early summer breeze, which was very beautiful.

Before the morning dew dried, Wang Yaozhuo pushed open the carved window of the palace and saw the Twenty-Four Bridges lying across the blue waves. A few kingfishers were perched on the white stone railings, chirping and whispering.

Pedestrians shrouded in the misty smoke, carrying their loads, walked hurriedly across the Twenty-Four Bridges. Perhaps as the pedestrians were crossing, the kingfishers on the white stone railings suddenly flapped their wings and flew across the lake covered with green duckweed.

The sky and water were both dyed with morning glow. A pleasure boat was sailing on the lake. The mottled red paint reflected the sparkling waves. The boat girl's bamboo pole broke through the reflected shadows of the clouds, causing ripples and startling two or three egrets in the reeds.

The wild roses on the west bank of the lake are in bloom, dyeing the stone embankment with rouge color, which complements the eaves of the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

The early summer breeze brought the fragrance of locust flowers, which, along with the sound of the morning bells from Daming Temple in the distance, were crushed and scattered among the ripples of the blue waves.

Bai Yu was suddenly startled by the shadow of duckweed, and a pole broke the rosy clouds on the lake.

"It's so beautiful." Wang Yaozhuo sat by the window, looking at the lake, and said sincerely.

Zhu Yijun stood behind Wang Yaozhuo, playing with her hair. He took out a hairpin from his dressing box, inserted it into Wang Yaozhuo's hair, curled it, took out two strands of black hair from the bottom, and hung them on both ends of the hairpin. A simple and elegant bun was ready.

"The scenery is beautiful and the woman is even more beautiful. Her hair is tied up in a bun and the sunset glow is dim. Shili Yaozhuo has completely lost her color." Zhu Yijun sat beside Wang Yaozhuo, casually fiddling with the rouge and powder in the dressing box. He didn't recognize any of these things except the eyebrow pencil.

Wang Yaozhuo listened to the emperor's words and thought about it carefully. Suddenly, he looked at the sky and said angrily, "Husband, why isn't it night now?"

"What are you going to do?" Zhu Yijun stood up in shock and said, "My wife, you are tired from the journey, you should rest! We fought till midnight last night, your husband is not an iron man."

The poems were carefully prepared by Zhu Yijun and were not the result of accidental creation.

There aren't so many talented writers out there. Writing poems and lyrics requires repeated polishing and revision.

He considered it over for a long time. According to the original plan, he would tour the south after the spring examination in February. When he arrived in Yangzhou, the peach blossoms would be in full bloom. Everything was planned out.

The beauty combing her hair by the window makes the morning glow dim;
The peach trees are lush and green, their flowers are dazzling. In the ten-mile peach forest, tens of millions of peach blossoms are in full bloom, their colors bright red like fire. But such a beautiful scene will pale in comparison to Wang Yaozhuo.

Yaozhuo represents the splendor of peach blossoms and also the appearance of Wang Yaozhuo.

Zhu Yijun revised it dozens of times in his spare time when reviewing memorials.

Life is often not as we wish. Due to the outbreak of the Yang Wei case and the Tian Yijun case, the emperor set out more than a month late. In the end, he missed the gorgeous peach blossoms and only the wild roses bloomed.

Wang Yaozhuo knew very well that His Majesty never paid attention to the rules of rhythm and tone when writing poetry. Like Wang Chonggu, he focused on narrative and rhetoric was secondary.

These two sentences were obviously carefully considered and had obviously been brewing for a long time. Wang Yaozhuo's heart was filled with stormy waves. His Majesty had the country and the people in his heart, and there was also a place for her.

"Let's not visit the Slender West Lake today." Wang Yaozhuo was a little moved. She turned around and hugged Zhu Yijun. Still feeling it was not enough, she leaned into Zhu Yijun's arms and hugged him tightly. Still feeling it was not enough, she sat on Zhu Yijun, climbed onto her husband's neck and kissed him hard.

After a long time, they parted their lips, her eyes were like waves, and she whispered, "Go to bed."

For a moment, Zhu Yijun couldn't tell whether the spring scenery or Wang Yaozhuo was more beautiful. How could he let such a beautiful woman down? He stood up holding Wang Yaozhuo. After a while, the sounds of orioles and swallows chirping could be heard, echoing with the singing of birds outside the window.

His Majesty has a rule that palace servants are not allowed to enter when the door is not open. Zhang Hong looked at the sky and knew that today's itinerary would have to be postponed again.

The Empress Dowager has issued an imperial decree that if the Empress, Concubine Zhou Defei and Concubine Ran Shufei who accompanied the emperor south are not pregnant, they must be given to the Emperor as concubines.

Zhou Dingzhi and Ran Huiniang had originally planned to visit the Slender West Lake together today, but after waiting for a long time and seeing no eunuch coming to call them, they immediately realized that they had indulged in pleasure.

"Are you feeling jealous, sister?" Zhou Dingzhi looked at Ran Huiniang with a cold face and knew that Ran Huiniang was feeling uncomfortable.

Ran Huiniang knew that her emotions were too obvious. She showed a bitter smile and said with some sadness: "Hey, sister, don't blame me. Don't you feel bad? My husband and sister Wang are inseparable and stick together all day long."

Zhou Dingzhi looked at the surface of the Slender West Lake and said with a smile: "I am not jealous. I am old, old and yellow. My husband does not despise me and is willing to see me. I am very satisfied. You don't have to be jealous either."

"In fact, your majesty and the queen are two very lonely people."

Ran Huiniang looked at Zhou Dingzhi, who looked like a ripe peach, and said with some envy: "Sister, you are so bright and beautiful. If you say that you are old and yellow, then there will be no more beautiful women in this world."

"Sister, you still don't understand what I mean." Zhou Dingzhi thought carefully and said, "The eldest prince Zhier, from the moment he becomes regent, must call himself a son and minister, and address His Majesty as the Emperor, not Father."

Because of her age, Zhou Dingzhi could not compete with these younger sisters, and she was too lazy to compete. She was considered the quietest one in the harem. If His Majesty wanted to look for her, she would serve him carefully. If His Majesty did not look for her, she would not compete for anything.

Her calm state of mind allowed Zhou Dingzhi to see more clearly that the emperor and the empress were two very lonely people.

The Queen didn't even have a place to visit her parents, and her entire family was harmed by the Lu family of Shanzhou. When Your Majesty was only ten years old, he had to face cruel political struggles like a storm, which continues to this day.

Your Majesty's loneliness is like staying in a dark room with no light for seventeen years.

Zhou Dingzhi even saw that His Majesty was wary of Empress Dowager Li, because Empress Dowager Li participated in political affairs, even if it was very short, but in the early years of Wanli, Empress Dowager Li was one of the actual decision-makers. The relationship between Zhu Changzhi and the emperor also changed from father and son to father and son and monarch and minister. Many princes in the past dynasties could not wait and turned against their fathers.

The most ruthless imperial family.

Ran Huiniang frowned slightly, then shook her head with a look of relief, and said dejectedly: "My husband and Sister Wang are childhood sweethearts, so naturally they can't be compared."

Zhou Dingzhi said no more, knowing that she could not persuade him. Concubine Ran Huiniang understood what she had said.

Ran Huiniang's appearance and figure are the type that would cause trouble in the family. Ran Huiniang herself is also very strong-willed. She has two sons, the second prince Zhu Changchao and the fifth prince Zhu Changji.

It is natural for Ran Huiniang to want to be the queen and for her son to be the crown prince, but Zhou Dingzhi does not think that there will be any consequences for Ran Huiniang's competition for favor.

In the Hongwu era, it would be better to compete with Zhu Yuanzhang for the throne than to compete with Empress Ma for favor.
During the Yongle period, it was better to compete with Zhu Di in military talent than to compete for favor with Empress Xu.

Among Zhu Di's four sons and five daughters, only one son and one daughter were not born to Empress Xu. This only illegitimate son died young, and the daughter also died early.

Ran Huiniang has lived in the deep palace for a long time, but she still hasn't figured it out. She is not only fighting for the emperor's heart, but also for the political order of the world.

Once it starts, Ran Huiniang will have no way out but death.

Political struggles have always been so cruel. Your Majesty has never been a hesitant person. When it is time to take action, Your Majesty will never hesitate.

Ran Huiniang was deeply loved by Empress Dowager Li, which was something Ran Huiniang did deliberately. Wang Yaozhuo was strict with Zhu Changzhi, and Empress Dowager Li was very fond of Zhu Changzhi because they were close relatives of the same generation. It was inevitable that there would be some bumps and conflicts between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law.

Ran Huiniang thought it was an opportunity, but was it really an opportunity? Zhou Dingzhi thought it was definitely not.

Ran Huiniang did not realize that being able to quarrel and disagree was in itself a kind of luxury.

Among the concubines in the harem, who dares to quarrel with Empress Dowager Li and His Majesty and disagree with them?

The emperor had a word with Queen Wang about Zhu Changzhi's martial arts training. Queen Wang used what Your Majesty had said in the past to control the emperor, and the emperor finally chose to let Queen Wang take full responsibility.

Zhou Dingzhi didn't try to persuade him, and there was no point in persuading him. He would only repent after he had tried and got bruises all over his head.

A eunuch hurried to the garden, bowed, and then said, "My two thousand-year-old ladies, His Majesty has ordered that there are matters at the outer court, so we will not visit Slender West Lake today."

"Is there something happening in the outer court? What could it be?" Ran Huiniang said with a frown.

There is a limit to indulgence. It's fine if I waste the morning, but won't I have free time in the afternoon?
Upon hearing the question, the eunuch replied, "Yes, the gold ship of Governor Deng Zilong of Jinchi docked at Songjiang Prefecture in April. 340,000 taels of gold will be heading north via Yangzhou this afternoon. Your Majesty will personally inspect it with the cabinet ministers this afternoon, and will also meet with the two officials who have returned from the Governor's Office to inquire about the situation."

"The third son of Lord Guoxing, the consort of the emperor, Yin Zongxin, and Princess Yingjia, along with their two sons and two daughters, have also returned. His Majesty has also given a verbal order, asking Concubine De to wait for a moment. The princess will come to the villa."

"Is Princess Yingjia back too?" Zhou Dingzhi stood up in delight and said with a smile on her face, "Look and see."

"Thank you, Concubine De." Upon hearing that there was a reward, the eunuch immediately smiled.

After the eunuch left, Zhou Dingzhi immediately became busy and dressed up carefully. She had no appetite even for lunch and kept waiting. Just after lunch time, the eunuch brought Princess Yingjia, who had returned to the Ming Dynasty, to the villa.

The last time Yin Zongxin returned to Beijing, he only brought back a painting for Princess Yingjia. It would have been fine if he hadn't brought the painting, but now that she had the object, Concubine Zhou Defei began to miss her.

"Mom!" Princess Yingjia ran over excitedly when she saw Zhou Dingzhi, and hugged her like a young swallow flying into the forest.

"You have no respect for your parents and no rules. This is the palace, we have to be polite. You acted like this when you met your father! Go and meet Concubine Ran." Zhou Dingzhi pretended to be angry and scolded her, but did not push her daughter away. Concubine Ran was still sitting nearby, and it was impolite not to be polite.

"Greetings, Concubine Shu." Zhu Xuanchang bowed and said with a relaxed look on her face, "Mother, I only stayed in the palace for three months to learn etiquette, and then I got married after learning it. I have forgotten all the etiquette. Father also told me to be more casual."

"Did you get wronged over there?" Zhou Dingzhi looked at Zhu Xuanchang and said with some heartache: "You did get tanned."

Zhu Xuanchang said carelessly: "I haven't been wronged. Dad is so busy every day that I don't see him once a month. I am the boss in the Prince Consort's Mansion! Who dares to wrong me? If anyone wrongs me, I will go to Zong Xin and cry!"

The father Zhu Xuanchang mentioned was Yin Zhengmao, not Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun had only met this adopted daughter twice.

As the eldest princess, no one dared to offend her, even if she was an adopted daughter. That was not offending her, that was destroying the relationship between the Ming court and the Governor-General's Office of Luzon. Even Yin Zhengmao, the King of the Country, could not bear this crime.

"Then why did I hear that Yin Zongxin took a concubine? How dare he, a royal consort, take a concubine?" Zhou Dingzhi looked around and asked in a low voice.

"Mother, sit here. I'll tell you in detail." Zhu Xuanchang pulled her mother to sit down and said with a smile on her face, "I married you to Zong Xin. I was pregnant at that time. He finally came back once. I couldn't let him go out to have affairs."

"It's better to have him under our noses than to have him hide outside. If he keeps a mistress, then it will be the Sishui Marquisate, and we will lose face. Then it will be my fault, and I will be a jealous and fierce wife, bringing disaster to our family."

"At first he was not happy about it, and he even recited to me, saying: According to the ancestral system of our dynasty, if a prince consort marries a concubine, he should respect the emperor's daughter and never take a concubine. The royal family's etiquette is of the utmost importance, and the dignity of the emperor's daughter cannot be violated. The Great Ming Law also clearly states: Anyone who marries a concubine cannot have a concubine, and it is written in the first order; it strictly guards against internal and external affairs, corrects the foundation of human relations, stops the gradual increase of foreign relatives, and prevents confusion and disruption of the family line."

"I just stuffed the concubine I prepared into his room. It's a done deal."

"Dad even scolded me. How unreasonable! He was so anxious that he was running around like the sky was falling."

The reason why Zhu Xuanchang could remember these words was that Yin Zongxin and Yin Zhengmao kept repeating them, which annoyed Zhu Xuanchang.

"Ah?" Zhou Dingzhi looked at her cheerful daughter with a dull look in her eyes. She asked blankly, "Aren't you worried?"

"What are you worried about?" Zhu Xuanchang asked with some confusion. There were many meat-eaters in the Ming Dynasty who took concubines, but few who favored their concubines over their wives. Zhu Xuanchang didn't understand what they should be worried about.

"It's okay, as long as you haven't been wronged." Zhou Dingzhi heard this and didn't say much.

Zhu Xuanchang is the principal wife, the daughter of the Ming Emperor, and the mistress of the Sishui Marquis Mansion. The reputation of the Sishui Marquis Mansion is much more important than anything else.

To put it bluntly, she's just a concubine. What's there to worry about?
As a princess, even if Zhu Xuanchang ordered the concubine who dared to act like a demon to be killed, Yin Zongxin would not say anything.

Ran Huiniang frowned slightly, then relaxed her expression as usual, but her fists were clenched very tightly. When she saw Princess Yingjia speak so confidently and directly, she immediately understood her situation.

Not to mention Queen Wang, she couldn't even compare to Concubine Zhou De's influence.

Concubine Zhou Defei had the Sishui Marquisate as a backup, but Concubine Ran Shufei did not.

Zhou Dingzhi said worriedly, "You, you always bring trouble to the Marquis' Mansion. How can you do this? How do you expect the Marquis' Mansion to deal with it?"

"The court officials should say that the Sishui Marquisate is now so powerful that even His Majesty doesn't take it seriously. Anyone who violates this rule will be charged with usurpation, which is a serious crime."

"Father asked me, and I told him the truth. After hearing it, father laughed. He waved his hand and asked me to come to mother, leaving Zongxin to talk. From the look of father, he was not angry." Zhu Xuanchang looked around and whispered, "Mother, Luzon is the fief of the Yin family."

"The Yin family conquered Luzon through military prowess. The Yin family is in charge of Luzon affairs. Zong Xin will be the governor in the future. If I rely on my status as a princess who fell from the sky to boss people around, that would be a rebellious act that would alienate the Sishui Marquisate and the court."

"Father married me to Luzon, not to let Zongxin stay in the capital as a consort."

Zhou Dingzhi thought for a moment after hearing this, then gave up thinking. She smiled and said, "Mother doesn't understand these things. You are the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion, and you think more thoroughly than I do. Is Zongxin good to you?"

"He is very fierce when he leads troops to fight outside, and everyone is afraid of him! When I return home, I am not afraid of him. He treats me as a princess all day long, hahaha." Zhu Xuanchang laughed happily, and Yin Zongxin respected her very much.

Sometimes there were some jokes. For example, in the beginning, even sex had to be reported by posting a notice, and the palace maids and eunuchs would take the notice to ask the princess to use the seal. Even eating had to be done at separate tables. Before eating, they would ask if they wanted to eat, and after eating, they would ask if they liked it.

It's annoying to death.

Zhu Xuanchang abolished all the annoying rules and etiquette. After all, this was Luzon, not the capital, so there weren't so many rules. Besides, she, Zhu Xuanchang, was an adopted daughter.

After hearing these interesting stories, Zhou Dingzhi said with a smile: "He is somewhat similar to Qi Shuai. Qi Shuai is a bit henpecked."

Zhu Xuanchang said with some regret: "It's not that I'm henpecked. Zong Xin once told me that when soldiers and generals are fighting outside, victory and defeat are common, and life and death are unpredictable. If they die outside, they will be betraying their wives and children."

"Maybe I feel a little guilty. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be achieved at the same time. If I want to be loyal to the country, I may not care about my own personal gain."

"My father once told me about the battle against the Japanese. When General Qi and General Yu attacked Cengang, the promised reinforcements were nowhere to be seen. The promised supplies were not available at all. General Qi and General Yu were still guilty. To make amends, they could only march forward while trampling over corpses. It was truly tragic. Even a victorious general like General Qi had such a critical moment."

When people get old, they like to talk about their past. Yin Zhengmao, who made great contributions to the suppression of the Japanese pirates, has a lot of "reminiscences of the past" to talk about.

Yin Zhengmao told Yin Zongxin about the Battle of Cengang in great detail. In the precarious situation at that time, there were people behind Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou who were holding them back and preventing them from defeating the Japanese pirates.

Zhou Dingzhi was surprised and asked, "Is there such a thing?"

Zhu Xuanchang nodded and said, "That's right, it's simply abominable. The reinforcements were sent by Zhejiang Patrol King Ben Gu, who led his own troops but did not move, watching General Qi and General Yu being surrounded. General Qi and General Yu had no place to seek justice, so the matter ended up in vain."

"Wang Bengu is Xu Jie's man. No one can touch him except the Yan Party."

"If General Qi and General Yu really put down the Japanese pirates, how could we continue to make money? But General Qi and General Yu finally put down the Japanese pirates in Cengang."

"Dad said to Zongxin: If we fight like this and win, it all depends on the people's hearts. If people's hearts are gone, then the Ming Dynasty will fall apart."

"Since your majesty has strengthened his military power, no one dares to do this anymore. If you do this, even the maggots in the grave will be dug out and chopped in half."

"Don't talk nonsense! Be careful with what you say and do." Zhou Dingzhi was frightened and hurriedly warned.

Zhu Xuanchang said with a smile on her face: "These are the exact words my father said to Zong Xin. I didn't make them up."

"Your Majesty said that?" Zhou Dingzhi was a little surprised, with a strong smile on his face. It really sounded like what His Majesty said.

Ran Huiniang slowly loosened her clenched fists. The conversation between the mother and daughter made Ran Huiniang suddenly lose interest. Why bother? It was doomed to be fruitless and would only bring disaster to her son.

At this time, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was watching the eunuchs in charge of the treasury checking the gold and red copper. The gold would be pressed into gold bars and sent to the Tonghe Palace treasury, while the red copper would be melted into copper coins for the people to use.

"I am guilty of taking a concubine." Seeing that the emperor was happy, Yin Zongxin quickly apologized. This matter was very serious and he had to go back to the Ming Dynasty to apologize.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "Princess Yingjia told me that it was all her own decision, and there was no censor to hold her accountable. Don't worry about it."

This is a very interesting matter.

The censors chose to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear, just as they turned a blind eye to some things done by the Duke of Qian in Yunnan. No one could bear the charge of destroying the national structure and the relationship between the court and the Governor-General's Office of Luzon.

"Your Majesty, my father said that the child has reached school age and wants me to send him back to the capital to study." Yin Zongxin did not dare to be careless. Even if His Majesty did not care, he had to care. He chose another way to express his loyalty.

In the name of education, the children were sent back as hostages.

"Princess Yingjia, do you want to stay and take care of the child too?" Zhu Yijun asked calmly, but he kept looking at Yin Zongxin.

If Yin Zongxin wanted to divorce his wife in the name of education and hostage, he had to keep him in the capital and keep him under his nose.

Yin Zongxin said hurriedly: "Princess, please go to Chijunshan Port with me. I am stationed at Chijunshan Port and I am rarely with you. Princess, please accompany me to guard Chijunshan Port. Chijunshan Port is a key place from Daming to Jinchi Governor's Mansion and cannot be lost."

Zhu Yijun smiled brightly and said, "I see. Very good. Zong Xin is both civil and military, and has made great contributions in defending the border. He is truly a man of good character!"

"But you must be careful and don't trust the barbarians easily. Shilong Hou Deng Zilong trusted the barbarians and traded the golden knife to them in exchange for friendship. However, these barbarians harassed our Ming Dynasty's coastal defense inspectors and Duntai Yuanhou. You must be careful."

(End of this chapter)