I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 578 Adoption
Zhu Houxuan was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly realized that Empress Xia was also a miserable person. She married Zhu Houzhao when she was fourteen years old, and it has been twenty-six years now, but she has no children. Zhu Houzhao also often went to war and rarely went to the harem, so Empress Xia must have been extremely lonely in the palace all these years. Anyone would be ecstatic to hear the news that she was going to have another son.
Probably because she saw that Zhu Houxuan was kind, Empress Xia couldn't help but say a little more: "There has been no child in the palace for more than 30 years. If Little Twelve goes there, he will definitely be loved by the sisters in the palace."

After saying that, he couldn't help but look around quietly, wanting to see which one was Little Twelve.
Zhu Houxuan suddenly lost the desire to speak. It was not only Empress Xia who was lonely in the palace, but also Zhu Houzhao's concubines. They had not had children for more than 30 years. It was scary to think about it.
Liu Yourong, who was standing next to Zhu Houxuan, also heard what Queen Xia said, and she couldn't help but feel some sympathy.
The ceremony began soon. The eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department came to read out Zhu Houzhao's decree. The main content of the decree was to adopt Zhu Houxuan's twelfth son as the prince and give the little one the name Zhu Zaiqi.

堻(jīn) means moisturizing.

Don't complain that it is too obscure. The Ming Dynasty royal family did it on purpose to make it easier for people to avoid it.

Li Shimin's name was not uncommon, so many officials at that time changed their names, and even the famous general Li Shiji (Xu Shiji) changed his name to Li Ji. In order to avoid the word "Shi", the Bodhisattva had to give way, and Guanshiyin directly became Guanyin.

His father, Li Yuan, also changed the Longyuan sword into the Longquan sword.

The Ming Dynasty was much more relaxed, and homophones, similar characters, and single characters did not need to be avoided.

For example, Zhu Houzhao should be written as "朱后燳" in the normal way. You can name him Li Houzhao or Zhang Houzhao, as long as you don't use "后燳" together. Who would give such a name to ordinary people? It almost eliminates the possibility of violating taboos. If someone violates taboos, it must be intentional!
Before the reign of Emperor Hongzhi, when officials submitted memorials to the emperor, princes, temple names, or posthumous titles, they had to deliberately write fewer strokes. But during the reign of Emperor Hongzhi, officials were allowed to write whatever they wanted, and those who deliberately omitted fewer strokes to show respect would be dismissed from office.

At least in terms of taboos, the royal family of the Ming Dynasty was particularly close to the people.

After the decree was announced, everyone waited quietly. This was Nangong, and the master was Zhu Houxuan, so no one dared to rush.
Liu Yourong also knew that the situation was hopeless, and she shed tears and whispered to Queen Xia about the precautions for taking care of Little Twelve.
Zhu Houxuan's children also attended the ceremony, and several boys cast envious glances at Little Twelve.
Queen Xia listened to Liu Yourong's words eagerly. She attached great importance to taking care of Little Twelve.
"Let's set off. His Majesty is still waiting in the palace. This time, little Twelve's wet nurse will also come into the palace, so there is no need to worry about not being taken good care of," Zhu Houxuan couldn't help but urge.

Liu Yourong also understood the significance of this matter, so she reluctantly handed Little Twelve over to Queen Xia, who then carefully held Little Twelve in her arms, holding Little Twelve's little hand, with a look of happiness and joy on her face.
Little Twelve was confused the whole time and didn't cry or make a fuss.
Little Twelve's wet nurse followed Queen Xia onto the carriage, and then the entire welcoming team set off back to the palace.
There is another ceremony to be held in the palace, and finally a sacrifice to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
Zhu Houzhao returned to the capital from his western suburbs manor for this purpose, but he did not stay in the capital for long. He left the capital after the ceremony was completed. He was not used to the environment in the capital now, because the capital usually burned a lot of coal, making the capital full of the smell of coal smoke, which was very unfriendly to Zhu Houzhao and would cause him to cough violently.

So he couldn't stay in the capital for too long. After completing the ceremony, he immediately left with Little Twelve and returned to the manor where he was recuperating. He was accompanied by Queen Xia and several concubines.
This was suggested by Zhu Houxuan, because the palace of this era was not suitable for raising young children. In order to look good or prevent insects, a large amount of cinnabar was used inside and outside the buildings of the Forbidden City. Cinnabar is arsenic, a toxic material. It is difficult for young children growing up in such an environment not to be affected, so Zhu Houxuan had to prepare for a rainy day.
Of course, this was not all Zhu Houxuan had prepared. He also prepared a nursing team for Xiao Twelve. The infant mortality rate of children in those days was still very high, even the royal family could not avoid it. However, the infant mortality rate of Zhu Houxuan's children was very low because Zhu Houxuan had modern nursing methods that could greatly reduce the infant mortality rate.
Zhu Houxuan even had a book on early childhood knowledge compiled for this purpose. In the book, he refuted some bad habits in raising children in the Ming Dynasty at that time, and proposed the correct way to raise children. After the book was published, it was very popular in the court and among the people. It was reprinted in various places, which really reduced the infant mortality rate in the Ming Dynasty.
On the first day of April in the 26th year of the Zhengde reign, Zhu Houzhao issued an edict to confer Zhu Zaihe as the crown prince. On the second day of April, Zhu Houxuan submitted a petition to Zhu Houzhao requesting him to take back the title of King of Wu and change it to King of Jing, and the emperor agreed.

By this time, the political situation in the next ten years of the Ming Dynasty had become clear.
This matter quickly spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, and there were voices of praise from all over the country.
The Ming Dynasty seemed to have calmed down again, but under this calm situation there were undercurrents.
The various forces in the south are accelerating their connection.
Hangzhou.

Gu Zhongfu and Hong Wendi were waiting patiently in a restaurant.

After a while, a few people dressed as servants came in, leading a middle-aged scholar.
The three of them exchanged a few pleasantries and then started chatting.
They were talking about a northern family migrating south.
"It's a pity that more than 500 men from the three clans of the Fei family in Qianshan were all slaughtered by that treacherous king!" Hong Wendi said fiercely.

Someone had to take the blame for last year's coup, and in the end it was Jiang Bin, the Heng Wang family, and Fei Hong's family. All the male members of their families were killed, and the female members were exiled overseas.
"Yes! The Fei family is really full of loyal heroes! However, the Fei family still has male descendants alive. I heard that all the big families in Jiangxi and even King Ning took action to save many male descendants of the Fei family." Gu Zhongfu said.

"Is this true?" Hong Wendi asked excitedly.

"Really! But they can't see the light of day for the time being and can only live under everyone's protection," said Gu Zhongfu.

"Please be patient for a few years. When we succeed in our campaign to quell the rebellion and bring down the treacherous king, we will then restore the reputation of the Fei family," said Hong Wendi.

"Yes! Now even the Kong family supports us, why worry about whether the Jingnan Rebellion will succeed?" Gu Zhongfu smiled and looked at the visiting middle-aged scholar.
(End of this chapter)