The emperor is also a human being, and he also needs to get married and have children. Not to mention His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire!

Unless there are special circumstances, His Majesty the Emperor usually gets married and takes a daughter-in-law at the age of sixteen. Although most emperors would harm a group of palace maids before getting married and taking a daughter-in-law. However, the Ming Dynasty is a monogamous society, and His Majesty the Emperor must set an example.

In the Ming Dynasty, getting married was regarded as adulthood. Generally speaking, families would split up at this time, and the children who got married would be separated to live together. For the special job of the emperor, getting married was the beginning of pro-government.

From the day he gets married, he will take over the supreme power from the auxiliary minister and become the supreme leader of the empire.

There is no one!

Now this question falls on Li Xiao's head. Logically speaking, Zhu Yihai, who is fifteen years old this year, is about to enter the process of selecting a daughter-in-law. Then he will find an expert from Qintian Prison to find an auspicious day next year to complete the major events in his life.

Legally speaking, from that day on, Li Xiao and Sun Chengzong had to hand over their power and loyally assist the 16-year-old Emperor.

Hand over your power?

Of course Li Xiao would not make such a stupid decision!

If you think about what happened after Mr. Zhang Juzheng, you will know that once a powerful official loses power, he will end up worse than a drowned rat. His family was starved to death, and his son was tricked to death. If it weren't for a few righteous fellow students, Mr. Zhang might have been buried.

The husband will also be dragged out for repairs.

But if you don't hand over your power, what can you do? Kill the emperor and create a new emperor?

This trick is feasible. It’s hard to find three-legged toads in this world. People waiting in line to become emperor can circle the earth several times per meter. It’s best to find a little friend who is still breastfeeding. I think

He will have to wait another sixteen years before he can take charge.

In view of the huge population base of the Zhu family's descendants, finding such a person does not seem to be a problem.

This idea is very tempting, but the only flaw is that... all the people in Ming Dynasty are fools.

The emperor died just as he was about to take charge, and all fools knew that Li Xiao was the biggest suspect. Needless to say, he was the murderer.

Although the Zhu family dynasty is already in turmoil, the two hundred years of rule have strong inertial thinking. Whether it is the people of the Ming Dynasty in the Forty-Nine Cities or the remote outside the Great Wall, the Zhu family is still the orthodox emperor in their minds.

If the Zhu family had not been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Li Xiao would not have had to place a memorial tablet named Zhu Yihai in the Forbidden City.

There is another layer that Li Xiao also has to consider. After all, Zhu Yihai is Zhang's biological son. If he is really killed..., it is really unjustifiable.

Li Xiu stayed with Li Xiao for one night and then took the train to Qinhuangdao. Mrs. Zheng gave birth to a fat girl for him. The girl was his father's little lover in his previous life. Li Xiu wanted to see if his little lover was as beautiful as a flower.

Like jade.

The capital city ushered in the golden autumn of October under the warm sunshine.

October is almost the best season of the year in Beijing. The weather is neither hot nor cold, and it usually doesn’t rain. People go out to play in groups, and restaurants and tea shops are even more crowded.

In the past few years, the Ming Dynasty has entered an upward path. The powerful army has conquered the city in an invincible manner. Especially when the news that Li Xiu sent troops to the South China Sea to quell the rebels came back to the capital, it greatly aroused the people's national pride.

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Ever since Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, went to the West, the Ming Dynasty had not made any achievements on the ocean for many years. Now that the national border has been pushed out for tens of thousands of miles, it is simply a shot in the arm for the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, even beggars will look down upon wealthy Hu merchants when they see them. The money donated by Hu merchants will be thrown away by beggars. They can accept relief from Ming people, but they cannot accept relief from Hu people.

The barbarians in Xidan Market became more and more humble, walking cautiously for fear of bumping into the old man and getting into a useless lawsuit. Today's Ming Dynasty is no longer the time for the Tatars to wreak havoc outside the Great Wall.

As long as there is a dispute between the Ming people and Hu Hu, the government will not even think about judging the Ming people as the winner. If the officials favor the Hu people, they will bury him alive with bullets like snow flakes the next day. Dismissal from office is still light, family

Countless people will block the door and curse you until you lose interest in life and hang yourself from the southeastern branch with a rope.

That's it, you are not allowed to enter the ancestral graves after you die.

It was pushed for tens of thousands of miles before crossing the border. This was a great victory for the Ming Empire. The Ministry of Rites sent a letter to the emperor to personally visit the Temple of Heaven to thank God for the good weather and peace of the country and the people in these years. At the same time, he prayed that the Ming Empire would overcome all obstacles and open up borders in the coming years.

Expanding soil.

The emperor goes to the Temple of Heaven to practice. This kind of thing happens every year. Most of the time, the emperor living in the palace is not willing to do such stupid things. In full view of the public, he walks out of the Tian'an Gate and the front door, and then walks through the long

Walking down the street to the Temple of Heaven is too tiring.

What's more, there was an Apocalypse explosion during the Apocalypse period. The emperor's prince was actually frightened to death in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. After this incident, the emperor was even more reluctant to go to the Temple of Heaven, thinking it was an unlucky thing.

Most of the time, the Minister of Rites would do the work for the lazy Emperor. After Zhu Yihai ascended the throne, this work fell on Sun Ruyou. Anyway, in the past few years, it was Sun Ruyou who came to the Temple of Heaven to worship heaven and earth.

It won't work this time. We have opened up thousands of miles of territory and His Majesty the Emperor has to show his face no matter what he says.

With extreme reluctance, Zhu Yihai agreed to Sun Ruyou's request. On the first day of October, he walked out of the Forbidden City and went to the Temple of Heaven to thank heaven and earth and pray for the Ming Empire.

The emperor wants to travel, which has not happened in the past few years. The people in the capital have seen their masters before, and the emperor has seen them before since Emperor Yongle. But this is the first time for this mysterious Emperor Longwu to travel. This is

You have to meet him properly. When you go out to brag to others, I am also someone who has met the emperor.

After the news spread, the streets in the capital were deserted. The roadside from Qianmen to the Temple of Heaven was packed with people. The scene was much more lively than a temple fair.

When the emperor wants to travel, security must be strict. The night before, people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division were guarding the streets and no one was allowed to walk around at will. All the windows of the restaurants and tea shops along the way and the street windows were closed. Anyone who dared to poke their head out

, there will be ferocious soldiers going over to interrogate you, what are you going to do?

Households with glass windows are blessed. If you carefully lie down inside the glass window, you can see the tense streets below.

The officers of Shuntian Prefecture were driven like donkeys. They went from house to house to check if there was anyone suspicious. Anyone who looked suspicious would be taken back for strict interrogation.

Of course, Li Xiao would not be stupid enough to accompany the emperor around, and Sun Chengzong was unwilling to move. The two of them got a black fish weighing more than seven kilograms, and sat on the edge of the Chaobai River, enjoying the taste of boiled fish while basking in the sun.

Zhang Huangyan has a dog's nose, and he can smell the fragrance even across the eighth floor of the courtyard. He came uninvited with chopsticks, and scolded Li Xiao and Sun Chengzong for not calling him if they had something delicious to eat. He wouldn't believe it even if he killed Li Xiao!

The Second Assistant to the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Huangyan, the great scholar of Wuyingdian Palace, just needs a mouthful of boiled fish?

"Sun Ruyou made things big this time. The Five Cities Military and Horse Division dispatched more than 10,000 people. I heard that the troops lined up from in front of the Meridian Gate to the Temple of Heaven. Now the world is considered peaceful. As for such a big commotion, our Tongzhou garrison,

More than a thousand people have been transferred to participate in security, Commander! Did you approve it?" Zhang Huangyan sat on the pony and used chopsticks to constantly take out the black fish fillets from the pot.

"I'm afraid this world can't be called peace. The Donglin Party members are still making trouble. Three of Yang Sichang's chief guards have been replaced. They were either shot to death or killed by bombs. Originally, Cao Wenzhao was in charge of Jinling. They

We still didn't dare to fight with open fire. Now it's better. Cao Wenzhao's three divisions have gone to the northwest. Now there are only three garrison divisions in Jinling, and the strength is only half of what it was when Cao Wenzhao was there.

It can be said that the wealthy locals in Jiangnan are already ready to make a move." Li Xiao ate a chopstick fish and took a sip of Wuliangye.

"Hmph! The land accumulated by your ancestors for hundreds of years was confiscated and then distributed to the tenant farmers. Are you willing to put it on you? Don't go to Jiangnan. I'm afraid there are thousands of them now.

Thousands of people want to peel off your skin and eat your flesh.

Yang Sichang was assassinated four times in three years. If you go to Jiangnan, you will be assassinated ten times a year!" Sun Chengzong stretched his neck, fearing that the red oil would drip onto his meticulously combed beard.

"This is the long-standing shortcoming of our Ming Dynasty! The scholars did not pay land taxes, and the people were willing to sell their land to the gentry to avoid paying taxes. As a result, the court could collect less and less land from tax. The Ming Dynasty was at war with the Tatars

, it was almost impossible to get military pay. The front line was retreating steadily, but the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River relied on their welfare to enjoy themselves extravagantly.

The smoke cage is cold and the moon is caged in the sand. I stay in Qinhuai at night, close to the restaurant.

The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country's subjugation, but she still sings the flowers in the backyard across the river.

Do you think that if the Tatars really drank from the Yangtze River, this scene would not happen?" Li Xiao took a sip of wine.

Sun Chengzong was old and couldn't eat much with chopsticks. He put down the bowl in his hand, took out a Big China and ordered one.

"Li Xiu went to the South China Sea for a trip, and the national border expanded to thousands of miles away. There were tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers to help, and there was no war in the south. Now the only thing the court wants to pay attention to is the war in the northwest.

As long as it takes three or two years and the Northwest Railway is completed, we can conquer the Mongols!

Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and others began their expedition beyond the Great Wall. We Han people have never truly controlled the Western Regions. I am sixty-five this year. If I can see my Han army reoccupying the Western Regions in my lifetime, I can rest in peace!

"Sun Chengzong took a puff of cigarette and looked to the northwest with distant eyes.

"The war in the northwest is all consumption and no output. Moreover, the land north and south of the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Region is mostly Gobi Desert, which is not suitable for farming at all. If we really use troops in the northwest, we will waste national power without getting any benefits. If things go on like this,

The national treasury is unable to support it. We cannot follow the old path of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who went all out with military force. In the end, the national power was exhausted, and it was the people who suffered.

According to my idea, let Geritu, who is gradually recovering his strength, take over. Anyway, it is a matter between the Mongols, let Geritu and Baturhun fight to the death. They are feuding, and Baturhun

We almost killed Geritu. As long as we give him some weapons, Geritu will be very willing to teach Baturhun a lesson for us." Zhang Huangyan rarely expressed objections like this, especially with Sun Chengzong.

"Driving tigers and devouring wolves! Fattening tigers is not a serious problem for us. We have been in the Ming Dynasty for more than 270 years, and the Mongolians in the north have brought countless border troubles. My descendants of the Han family have been killed by the Mongols countless times.

Only then did Emperor Yongle move the capital to the capital, the emperor guarded the country, and the king died in the country.

Regardless of the labor and waste, as long as we can defeat the Mongols and make our border peaceful, it will be money well spent." Sun Chengzong also refused to give in.

"Mr. Zhang is right. The unproductive grasslands are indeed the heaviest burden on the country's finances. In the northwest battle, the most important thing is money and food. Once the war starts, the cannons will fire thousands of taels of gold. This money will be spent like water.

.Without income, the little bit of national power my Ming Dynasty has accumulated over the years is simply not enough to consume." Li Xiao participated, and Sun Chengzong was obviously very unhappy. He smoked a cigarette and glanced at Li Xiao!

"But the grasslands are not without output! For example, in recent years, textile mills in Liaodong have purchased a large amount of wool from the Mongolians. After processing, these wools have been turned into exquisite wool and woolen materials. Now wool and woolen materials are not only

It became popular in the Ming Dynasty and even sold overseas.

Not only the Japanese, but also Koreans like it. Even Indians, Arabs in the Middle East, and even distant Europeans also like it. In front of the Jinzhou Textile Factory, there are densely packed carriages picking up goods. The stewards are all so fat that Jinzhou Port is full of them.

Merchant ships waiting for cloth and woolen goods.

In August, Ai Husheng told me that he hoped I would march into the Western Regions and let the Mongols bring back more wool. So, the grasslands are not without output. Our tax revenue from wool alone is astonishing." Li

Xiao Xiao paused and took a sip of wine.

"What's more, this Western Region is not just about wool. The Western Region has good lighting, which is very suitable for growing cotton. Cotton can also be spun into cotton cloth. The common people live by four things: clothing, food, shelter and transportation. Cotton cloth is

One of them!

In our north, we don’t have a cotton-padded jacket in winter, how can we survive this winter?”

"Not only is there cotton, there are countless mineral deposits in the Western Regions. Why are the Mongolian weapons better than ours? That's because the iron ore in the Western Regions is better than our Ming Dynasty. You don't know how much iron ore our Ming Dynasty is lacking, right?

!There are also copper mines, gold mines and coal mines that we need more and more."

"So, it is still profitable to attack the Western Regions and defeat the Mongols, and it will not empty our treasury. But Mr. Zhang is right, attacking the Western Regions requires the cooperation of Geritu. In the last winter of this year, Geritu
Chapter completed!