My father is Jiajing

Jingren Palace.

Qimuge was so enthusiastic about wanting Zhu Zaigui to favor her. Besides the fact that she herself needed Zhu Zaigui's love and care, she also wanted to have another child of her own, and she also wanted Zhu Zaigui to give more benefits to the Tatars.

After all, she was ultimately a woman from the grassland, although she had resisted the marriage at the beginning.

But when she learned that Zhu Zaigui was the one who had defeated her father so badly that he fled to the Baima River and killed her brothers in the wilderness outside the capital, Qi Muge's heart had already been conquered by Zhu Zaigui.

Now, in addition to wanting to be a good woman, what she wants most is to have a son, and she thinks that one day her son will be able to gain power on the grassland with Zhu Zaigui's training and support.

After Zhu Zaigui arrived at Jingren Palace, Qi Muge was already waiting in front of the palace.

When Zhu Zaigui saw Qi Muge standing under the palace lantern, he couldn't help but quicken his pace and went over to hold Qi Muge's hand.

"Why are you waiting outside? Aren't you cold?"

Qi Muge was held in Zhu Zai's palm, and she looked up at Zhu Zai, "I am not cold, I just want to see the emperor as soon as possible."

Zhu Zaigui put his cloak on Qi Muge, held her in his arms, and said with a smile: "Don't do this again in the future. What if she gets frozen? I will be sad."

Qi Muge felt a little sweet when she heard Zhu Zaigui's words. She added, "I am a daughter of the grassland. I am not afraid of the cold."

Zhu Zaigui laughed and said, "If they really don't fear the severe cold, why don't the Tatars live north of Buir Lake? Now I allow them to settle in the Hetao, Xuanda, and Zhangjiakou areas, and I don't see that they are unwilling to do so."

Qi Muge blushed and smiled, "That's not what I meant. What I meant was that I am more cold-resistant than the average Han woman. I'm not saying that I'm not afraid of the cold, nor am I saying that the herdsmen on the grassland are not afraid of the cold."

"Moreover, the emperor has shown great favor and allowed my father and his people to settle in Hetao, Xuanda, Zhangjiakou and other places to form a complementary trade market with the Ming Dynasty. Of course, they are willing to be closer to the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Zaigui and Qi Muge entered the bedroom of Jingren Palace together. Qi Muge attentively helped Zhu Zaigui take off the cloak he was wearing, and then helped him take off his casual clothes. She also prepared a more comfortable and casual black Taoist robe with a dragon pattern for Zhu Zaigui to wear as home clothes.

Zhu Zaiqi leaned back in a comfortable chair and looked at Qi Muge who was taking off his boots and washing his feet. Zhu Zaiqi smiled and said, "Qimuge, you should know the rules of us Han people. The harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs."

Qi Muge gently massaged Zhu Zai's feet and then looked up at Zhu Zai and said, "How could I interfere in politics? What I said is the grace of the emperor."

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "You are smart. Don't worry, I will not use your father and brother to establish my authority, nor will I change the current situation. The Ming Dynasty will continue with its previous policies and continue to cooperate deeply with the Tatars and other grassland tribes, so that the border residents of both sides can continue to live a good life."

When Qi Muge heard what Zhu Zai'e said, she couldn't help feeling happy. She helped Zhu Zai'e wipe the water stains off his feet and gently massaged the acupoints on the soles of his feet.

Qi Muge said, "This is a method I learned from the Imperial Hospital. They said that massaging the soles of the feet frequently can make people feel more relaxed and comfortable. Your Majesty, how do you feel about it?"

Zhu Zaigui felt Qi Muge's strength and was a little dazed for a moment, as if he had returned to the old times.

Zhu Zaiqi hummed, "Yes, this method is indeed very comfortable. I like it very much."

When Qi Muge heard Zhu Zaigui say that he liked her, she felt happier and her hands moved more seriously.

After all, she was still lonely in the harem and had almost no contact with the queen and others. The only ones she could rely on were Zhu Zaigui and her daughter.

But unfortunately, her daughter is still very young and cannot provide her with any help, nor can she make her feel much security.

Therefore, in Qimuge's heart, she always wanted Zhu Zaigui to favor her more and let her have another child of her own, and it would be best if it was a boy.

In this way, even if one day she grew old and ugly and Zhu Zaigui no longer had any interest in her, she would at least have hope that she could continue to enjoy the comfort and filial piety brought by her son.

Zhu Zaigui could naturally see Qi Muge's current anxiety, but he had no way to help her eliminate this anxiety.

After all, Zhu Zaigui was not an emperor who specialized in love affairs. He had many ideals and ambitions that he wanted to achieve through his current status and power.

How can you have the leisure to guess what a woman is thinking?
Moreover, Zhu Zaigui had more than one woman, Qi Muge. The Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Household Department were still petitioning for a selection of women for the palace.

Although it was not explicitly stated that this was to select a concubine for Zhu Zaigui, anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was to find new young girls to enrich Zhu Zaigui's harem.

Of course, Zhu Zaigui did not have any extra opinions on this matter, and directly asked the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Household Department to handle it according to the previous rules.

At the same time, Zhu Zaigui also instructed the Imperial Household Department to learn some new rules and laws in the special district of the capital outside, and prepare a "pension insurance" and "housing provident fund" for the palace servants.

Let the eunuchs and palace maids who have served in the palace for many years have a decent appearance when they are older, so that they don't have to live by the wishes of others.

At the same time, Zhu Zaigui also asked the Imperial Household Department to draw up a retirement system for palace servants of different levels. For example, ordinary palace maids, when they reached the age of 28, could leave the palace and get married if they had not been favored or become a female official with a position.

They can also withdraw the "pension insurance" and "housing provident fund" they have accumulated since they served in the palace at one time, or transfer them to other places.

Of course, there are not many options for "other places". Currently, only the capital can do this. Other places cannot do this either because of problems with management level or because of practical financial issues.

Therefore, currently the only place that can pay for "pension insurance" and "housing provident fund" for ordinary workers is Beijing.

In addition, Zhu Zaigui also asked the Imperial Household Department to provide certain skills training for these young palace maids who left the palace, otherwise these palace maids, most of whom had only learned some etiquette and rules in the palace, would have difficulty leaving the palace.

If you are lucky enough to find a good in-law family, live a life of respecting your parents-in-law, supporting your husband and children, and having no worries about food and clothing, that would be fine.

But what if no one wants them because they are too old, and they have no skills and cannot support themselves, wouldn't we be harming others if we let them go?
Therefore, skill training must be provided, at least to let them know something, so that they will not be left with nothing after leaving the palace and can only be confused and wait for death.

Of course, for those palace maids who had reached the age to leave the palace, Zhu Zaigui had another clear path for them, and that was the Beijing Camp!
There were tens of thousands of strong men in the Beijing Army. Although many of them were married, many were unmarried. If the palace maids who had reached the age of retirement did not despise the men of the Beijing Army who were born as warriors, Zhu Zaigui could arrange for them to meet the unmarried men in the Beijing Army, so that they could become military wives.

But this doesn't seem to be easy.

Because of traditional concepts, both the general public and the mainstream opinion think that being a soldier is not a good job, so it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to find a wife unless their families have arranged a partner for them in their early years.

In addition, due to special reasons, military families may always be separated, and some soldiers may not even see their wives a few times. A soldier may go to the battlefield and become an unknown ghost.

And those military wives who marry them, in addition to enduring the pain of missing their husbands, may also have to remain widows for the rest of their lives under the current strict etiquette and laws.

Under such circumstances, it was indeed difficult to marry these palace maids, who looked better than ordinary women, to soldiers whom they might only see a few times a year.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui's advice to the Imperial Household Department was not to enforce the law in this matter. He also informed the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites, as well as the Hongwenguan and Daming Bookstore, to guide public opinion, re-establish the lofty image of officers and soldiers defending the country, and change the people's previous perception of officers and soldiers.

At the same time, we must strengthen the management and education of all active officers and soldiers in the court, eliminate the stubborn problems of ruffians and old soldiers, and formulate an effective ideological construction system.

Zhu Zaigui did not give full authority to the Ministry of War to build this ideological system, but instead asked the Imperial Stables in the palace to experiment with it.

The reason for this was that Zhu Zaigui wanted to use the Imperial Stables to build a "political commissar system" that was in line with the current Ming Dynasty system.

After all, apart from the eunuchs in the Imperial Stables who have no way out and must rely on imperial power to survive, the others will surrender when they are told to, and change when they are told to.

But the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were different. There were not many traitors among them from beginning to end. Moreover, in the original historical timeline, there were many loyal eunuchs who emerged during the turbulent history of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

They either led their troops to fight on the front lines as the most elite main force to suppress local rebellions; or stayed in the Forbidden City and died heroically with the last Ming emperor; or they took the initiative to request the subsequent Qing regime to allow them to guard the tomb of the dead Ming emperor with their crippled bodies.

All in all, there is still a lot to say about the eunuchs in the late Ming Dynasty.

The reason why they do so, in addition to their natural dependence on imperial power, is that they are also the group of people who have been most deeply educated in loyalty.

If they were allowed to make use of this advantage and bring loyalty education into the army, so that countless Ming soldiers from top to bottom could be exposed to this loyalty education, then the combat effectiveness of the army that could be inspired by such loyalty education would surely be astonishing!

Otherwise, the army will still follow the traditional loyalty mentality of "whoever pays the salary is the leader". This will be easy if they meet a general who cares about his country and has strict military discipline.

But if you encounter someone who takes the lead in corruption and muddles through life, setting an example for ordinary officers and soldiers, then you don't even have to think about it to know what the combat effectiveness of this army is like.

Therefore, in Zhu Zaigui's mind today, ideological education in the army is absolutely of utmost importance and it is an important matter that cannot be taken lightly.

Therefore, the current Imperial Stables can be said to be an important inner court office entrusted with important tasks. They are not only responsible for the safety of the imperial capital, but also have to contribute to the ideological education of the Ming army and turn the Ming army into an invincible army that is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, able to obey orders, and able to win battles!

This is the army that Zhu Zaigui needs most!

With such an army in hand, it is more practical than any mindless political schemes and tactics. Zhu Zaigui can even do some things without considering other people's feelings, and he can do them arbitrarily without worrying about anyone daring to disobey him.

Therefore, the ideological and political system must be built within the existing army of the Ming Dynasty!
After Qi Muge massaged Zhu Zaigui's feet for a while, he finally stood up.

She went to wash her hands again, then returned to Zhu Zai's side, waited on him, and continued, "Your Majesty, it's time to rest."

Zhu Zaigui looked at Qi Muge's slightly red cheeks and found her more and more beautiful the more he looked at her.

Zhu Zaiqi stretched out his hand to hook Qi Muge's chin, and said with a smile: "It's all up to you, my beloved concubine."

After saying that, Zhu Zaigui stood up and put his arm around Qi Muge's waist, and the two of them walked towards the bedroom.

At the same time, the palace servants serving in the palace began to quietly retreat, no longer disturbing the good times between the emperor and their masters.

As soon as the morning hour arrived on the second day, Zhu Zaigui came out of Jingren Palace early.

The time at this time is converted into a 24-hour system, which is five o'clock in the morning.

Although Zhu Zaigui was used to getting up early, he didn't think this time was that early.

However, as an emperor, after getting up at this time, he could not have enough time to exercise as before and practice the "Xiantian Gong" that he had persisted in for seventeen or eighteen years. Instead, he had to arrange many ceremonial matters.

For example, paying respects to the Emperor Jiajing, burning incense and praying for ancestors, or sitting in a study somewhere and listening to the Hadiths compiled by previous emperors.

After enduring these boring procedures and things for a few days, Zhu Zaigui finally exploded!
Which bastard came up with this idea to mess with the emperor?
If insisting on doing these things can really be good for the country, Zhu Zaigui will accept it.

But is any of this shit a political matter?
No matter how Zhu Zaigui looked at it, he felt that these things were a test of his bottom line. If he admitted to them, he would be bound by these rules and become a puppet who had the right to interpret these rules.

So, after enduring for several days, Zhu Zaigui simply overturned the table.

Before daybreak, he issued an order to summon all the people from the Cabinet, the Six Ministries, and the Hanlin Academy to the outside of the Wenhua Hall and asked them to accompany him to listen to the Holy Scriptures.

Also, stay awake in the cold wind and feel what it feels like to be pulled out of bed before dawn and enter a "learning state"!
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